WEEKLY inner r 1 i-'i i Volume XXVI. Number 18. Soil Conservation Sun ervisors if !' i V "J'' ' -' : & , ; ; , " , District supervisors of the Al- bemarle Soil Conservation Dis trict will hold their regular meeting in Edenton Wednesday, May 6, at 7 P. M., at the Eden ton Restaurant. - E. P. Knight, - Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company representa tive, wii present certificates of merit to the 1958 -board of super visors for their outstanding ac complishments in soil and water: conservation last year. Members who will receive awards tfre: L. C. -Bunch, J. A. Webb, Jr.,. and R. H. Hollowell, Chowan County Supervisors.. J. W. Nowell, G. G. Winslow and J. A. Bray, Per quimans County Supervisors. W. R. Gregory, J. E. Morgan and W. L. Davis, Pasquotank County Su pervisors. W. F. Williams, H. A. Leary and W. G. Stevens, Cam den County Supervisors. Railph Powers, Manley West and M. E. Doxey, Currituck County Super visors. Fahey Byrum and Car roll Byrum of Chowan County who were selected as the out standing conservation farmers in the five-county district for 1958. L. C. Bunch, chairman of the district, announced that three lo cal farm equipment dealers will receive soil and water conserva tion awards for their cooperation in 1958. These are Hobbs Imple ment Co., Byrum Implement & Truck Co., and, Edenton Tractor & Implement Co., all of Edenton, . Other business : includes a re port 'on the recently sponsored conservation poster contest.. Planr for sponsoring the land judginp contest for FFA students - - thir year and the payment of nation Mi and state dues for the district. Small Watershed projects will also, be discussed. This ' meeting is open to the publis,; The supper will be a 'JDutcAJaujjut. reservations can be made by calling 4127 or 2484; and putting your name in the "pot". The district super visors , encourage farmers and others to attend their meetings," says James Griffin, local soil con servationist. '-.,;.''..'-'. .. Harrell-Corprew Vows Spoken In In a quiet but impressive cere mony April 19, at 4 o'clock ill the afternoon at the Bethel Baptist Church, Miss Amanda Lou Cor prew, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Haskett Corprew of Hert ford, became the bride of Elwood Fahey Harrell, son' of Mrs. . Alma Harrell and the late Mr. Harrell of Edenton, The Rev. Bryan Hollomari, pastor of the bfide, of ficiated. The church was dec orated w i t h Jighted candles, palm's and .magnolia leaves cen tered ' with a large basket of white glads and mums. The wedding music was pre sented by Mrs. Dallas Tillett, or ganist (Of Wanohese. Johnnie Phillips, soloist of East Carolina College, sang "t Love You Truly" and, as a benediction "The Wed ding Prayer'. The bride, given in marriage by her father, was dressed in a gown fashioned of nylon , lace over taffeta with fitted bodice, high neckline, long tapered sleeves and buttoned up the back with self-covered buttons.; btfhe; softly, gather pkfrt eri4ed,,h 'a, short train.' Her'Tihgertip veilof illusion fell from a cap of lace. Her bouquet was made of carna tions with satin streamers . and feathered carnations. , . . MisVMsirgie.Porprew, lister of the hride, w.as,.,maid .of honor,! Her gown was made of pinjt.net over taffeta. It was fashioned with fitted bodice, with puffed sleeves and 1 gathered skirt In her hair she . wore k band of pink daisies. Her bouquet was made of pink carnations with touches of pink, and blue ribbons. . The triaegroom had as his best man, his brother-in-law, Willard Copeland of Belvidere. ;.. The ushers" were ' Johnny Cor prew, 'brother of the ' "bride, 'and Church Ceremony Erittv i I.,hi cf Elenton, broth " Cv..::uu.ibar..'t""1' Meet Awards Made At Court Of Honor i Scouts of Hertford Troop 155 received awards at a Court vof Honor conducted at the Scout Hut last Monday night under the supervision of the Scout Com mittee, W. S. Long, T. P. Byrum, Edward Simpson and Scoutmas ter Marvin Simpson. . Receiving awards were Charles Woodard, first aid and -home re pair merit' badges; Price Monds, first class award and merit badg es for first aid and citizensh'n in the home; John Stallings, first class and merit badges for first aid and home repairs. Tenderfoot badges were award ed to Ricky Gibbs, Charles Bon ner, Tommy Keel, Paul Gregory, Billy Stallings, Clark Henry, Howard Robertson and Joe Towe White, Jr. Indians Tied For Lead In Conference Baseball Race The Perquimans Indians, pres ently tied for first place with J Wilhamston in the Albemarle Conference baseball race, will attempt to sew up the confer ence title Thursday night when they play Plymouth in Hert ford with game time set for) 7:30 o'clock. Perquimans and Wilhamston National Family Week will be ?ach have lost three contests observed throughout the Metho luring the current season and ,jjst Churches of America May the outcome of the Thursday ame will have a bearing on the final standing. The Indians scored three wins during the past week, defeating Williamston 4 to 0 last Friday; edging .out Scotland Neck 8 to. 1 iq,va. eightsinning gam -and bumping Ahoskie 6 to 2. , ' . Pete Hunter pitched the In dians to Victory over Williams ton, giving up three hits, while Perquimans collected four runs off of five hits. Hunter got two of these hits. Nixon hit a home, run in the third inning with a teammate on base at the time. : ,,.' Hunter and 'Nixon formed the battery for Perquimans in the Scotland Neck game. Scotland KTorV tiQt o n Ion? in ihp fourth when Parker Chessonl u-.i ,n wi, nn nn o knot the count. Perquimans ... scored the winning run in the eighth. Chesson was the winning pitcher in the Ahoskie contest, which the Indians won easily 6 to 2. Yinslow Rites Held ; Gordon Layden Winslqw, died suddenly at his home on Winfall Star Route Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock. He was a farmer and life-long resident of Perquimans County, son of Thomas R. and Nora Lane Winslow. 'j."--1'' Surviving in addition to his parents, are his wife, Mrs. Fran- ' ces Winslow; four brothers, Claud and Oliver Winslow of Winfall and Charles and George Winslow of Hertford; three sisters, Mrs. Emmett Landing, and Mrs. Lind sey Bunch Hobbs of r Hertford," Mrs. James ,L,; , Hendricks of greet Bridge, Va. ' t Funeril rseryices ii weref ' KJOn ducted Sunday, f afternoon b4 3i o'clock at" Piney Wbodii ' Friends Church by EarL Redding, pastor, assisted by .Orval , Dillon, Dur ing ?the sep'ices Mr. and Mrs. Or Vat Dillon i sang ? "Whispering Hope"i and Elmer Lassiter sang "Beyond The Sunset". Pallbearers were Carlton Nix on, Earl Rogerson, Sam True blood, Shelton Morgan, Seth Mor gan and Parker Copeland. Bur ial was m Up River Friends Cemetery.,- 6 ' PIANO RECITAL Piano pupils of Mrs. Georgia Roberts will present a recital at the Central Grammar School next Tuesday night" Ma , 5, "beginning fit 8"Qclock.' The' public Is in- Sunday Afternoon 34, Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 1, 1959. 570 Vaccine Shots Given At Jaycee An' 'anti-polio clinic conducted here last weak by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with the Per quimans County Polio Commit tee, was termed a success by D. F. Reed, Jr., chairman of the project. Reed announced Monday 57C children and youths from Per quimans County attended the clinic and received polio vaccine shots. All but sixty of the in dividuals received booster shots while 60 received shots for the first or second time. The sponsors of the clinic were highly pleased at the re sponse to the clinic and an nounced tentative plans are now being made to hold another clinic on the night of May 21 Cor the purpose of providing shots for the 60 individuals who have received qnly the first vaccine shot. Church To Observe 'National Family Week May 3 -10 3-10, and this year's theme is "The Family and the Bible." First Methodist Church, Hert fosd, this week announced plans for the special observance as I they issued this statement: ,., "Realizing that what religion ista accomplish- it Can do best in the family, the Commission on Education of our church has made extensive plans for the observance of National Family Week and urges every family of the church to join in .the ac tivities of the church during this week." Beginning with Sunday, May 3, the minister, the Rev. James A. Auman, will preach on "Fam ilies Out of Trouble." I At 6:30 on this same day, the yuth Fellowship will begin a two-session unit on My Par- en and Me- . 1 Wiuiniiuiau m Wednesday night, May 6, wiH be Family Night. Families will bring picnic supper to the church at 6:30 and, weather per mitting, the; jpicnic will be on Hie church lawn or in the Fel lowship Hall. Supper will be followed by ' family recreation, led by Mr. and Mrs. Joe L: Tunnell,. family life leaders. Parents will see a film "Mike Makes His Mark" and discuss "Discovering the Bible as a Fam ily," with Mr. and Mrs, James Auman as the discussion leaders. Miss Caroline Wright will be in charge of the children during the parent discussion hour and they will see several film strips and sink and play together. Some of the older young people will care for the toddlers; in the nursery during this hour: The Commission on Educa tion, of which Mrs. John Coston is chairman, has ordered copies of "The Christian Home" maga zine for general distribution and also copies of a' new leaflet "Know Your Teenager" for par ents of teenagers in the church. There -is something planned for all age families. ; ; , ' ' Mother's i . Day will conclude 'the-' .week. - On .Sunday might, May j 10,! parents of the Metho ds Youth Fellowship will- be invited, to join in the 6:30 .meet ing with this . group as they con sider together "Hints on. Being a Parent, pf a Teenager.". Junior-Senior Prom Is Tonight E. C. Woodard, principal of Perquimans High School, , an nounced the school's annual Junior-Senior prom will be held at the school on Friday night between the hours of 8 and 11:30 o'clock. He stated the school authorities will assume no ; re sponsibility .for the,. students ;af ter.,te.(1,.Qsing ,how Qf.he , event , The group shown above will go to Europe this summer as a Methodist Youth Caravan, representing the North Carolina Con ference of the Methodisi Church. They will sail June 6 from New York, on the Holland-American Liner "The Waterman." Rev. and Mrs. James A. Auman of Hertford, last year's counsel lors for the Caravan, are responsible for working out this year's itinerary which will include a ten-day work camp in Berlin, Germany, helping with the reconstruction of a Methodist Church there. Pictured, left to right, are: Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Stev ens, Rockingham, counsellors. Second row. Misses Frances Bell, Beaufort, alternate delegate; Sylvia Nicks, Roxboro; Patricia Olmsteal Arlington, Va.; Mary Sanderson, Plymouth; and Pa tricia Pugh, Old Trap. Third row are Corbin Cherry, Hertford; Ronald Wach, Pittsboro; Tommy Covington, Jr., and Robert Phillips, both of Rockingham. Ready Livestock For Annual Show , On May 5 and 6 the fourteenth annual Fat Stock Show and Sale will be held at the Scott and Halstead Produce Terminal on the Weeksville highway. Perquimans County 4-H Club members who have stock entered in the show and sale have been very busy getting their animals ready for the two-day event.' Of course, they have been feeding and caring for their animals for quite a few months, but with the show and sale getting close they have been washing and cleaning the animals and getting them gentle. The 4-H'ers who have steers entered are: Betsy and Jimmy Kirby, son and daughter of Mr.' and Mrs. T. R. Kirby; Tommy Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell; Louise Chap pell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chappepl; Waldo Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wins low; Clyde Lane, Jr., son of Mr. Hertf ordf Jaycees Install Dinner Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce held its annual La dies' Night Party Wednesday night and installed new officers for the organization for the com ing year. Another highlight of the meet ing was the presentation of the Teenager of the Year award to Donald Baker, , son of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Baker of Belvidere. Installed as president of the Jaycees, . was Marion Swindell, who succeeds Keith Haskett, out ging . president. . Other officers are A Williams,, vice president; Carl Woolard, secretary; Gil Un derwood, treasurer; Francis Nix on, state director; D. F. Reed, Jr., George Fields and Keith Haskett, directors. ' The !dinner meeting was. held at the First Methodist ; Church and a delicious dinner was serv ed by the ladies of jthe church. :; Principal speaker; at the din ner meeting was Russell Twiford of Elizabeth City, recently elect ed vvice president, of ; the. N. C 10th District. ,t . ." ' ' 1) -A h nil C2 4." flnd Mrs. Clyde Lane, Sr.; Floyd Mathews, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Mathews, Sr.; Willis Wil liams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Williams; J. A. Bray, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bray, and Mary Beth Hurdle, daughter of Mrs. Fannie Hurdle. Those who will have hogs are Bryan Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Miller; Gene and Ed Nix on,, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Prejton Nixon: Judy Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Long; Tommy Harrell and Louise Chappell. "Again we want to thank the buyers of last year's stock. It is these people and people like them that have made these Fat Stock Shows sucti a big success. Without their support it would be impossible to hold these sales," states Richard Bryant, as sistant county agent. The buy ers were: Swift and Co., Wilson; Houston Edwards, Mfflton Dail & Continued on Page 6 Meeting Two Road Projects "The State Highway Commis sion has approved and set up funds for two road projects ' in Perquimans County under the Secondary Road Plan for the county.. , . The work includes the grad ing, draining and paving from a point' on a paved secondary road 0.2 miles south of Bethel, south 1.9 miles to the intersec tion with an unpaved secondary read. The - other project involves some 12.0 miles currently being used as the owly access to the Harvey Point Naval Base, which is under construction. Excessive loads which travel : this road daily have caused failures' in the base and pavement and re pairs are needed. Estimated cost of the work in this county is . $22,949.52. and completion is expected : during the construction season. '-1 ' Officers At Given SHC Approval Hertford Sullivan, And White Plans Revealed For Observance Of HD Club Week Perquimans County Home Demonstration Club women will observe National Home Demon- : stration Week May 3-9. The an nual spring tour of homes will be held on Wednesday, May 6. at 2 P. M. Homes of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Whitehurst, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Woodard, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Sawyer and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sutton will be toured by club women and enests according to Mrs. E. J. Proctor, Sr., county home beau tification leader. , Room arrangement, storage space, built-ins and general floor plan will be observed. The annual County Commis sioners dinner will be Friday, May 8, at 7:30 P. M. Winfall Home Demonstration Club will be hostess to the Commissioners, K. Lj Spivey, chairman, Warner Mudre, Harry Winslow, Elwood Nowelll, George Baker and their wives, eleven home demonstra tion presidents, County Council officers and Extension staff. Mrs. L. B. Elliott, county house and home furnishings leader, will display furniture re finished and reupholstered at recent workshops. The display will be in Darden's Department Store on Church Street. Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Jr., county food conservation leader, will display canned foods stressing "How to Judge Conserved Products." Subscriptions of the magazine "Gieen 'N Glowing" will be re quested to circulate among club members during the month of May. A radio program will be broadcast over WGAI Thursday, April30. Whiteston and Bethel Horn . Demonstration Clubs will meet dui ing the week. Individua club members have been asked to put emphasis on the national theme, "Today's Home Build Tomorrow's World." Mass Chest X-ray Survey Success In Perquimans Mrs. Duke Cropsey, secretary of the District TB Association, re ported Tuesday that the mass chest X-ray survey conducted for a seven-day period in Per quimans County resulted in 1,815 persons having X-rays made dur ing that period. She stated the results were very gratifying to the county committee as well as the district board. Mrs. D. M. Jackson, chairman of the county committee, express ed her appreciation to members of the home demonstration elubs who served as hostesses at the mobile unit and to other individ uals who helped in any way to make this survey a complete suc cess. Prior to the survey the com mittee had hoped at least 2,000 X-ray pictures might be taken in the county. The results, while a bit short of the goal, were term ed satisfactory. Mrs. Cropsey also announced follow-up pictures, recommended by the Health Department, were now being taken at the Perquim ans Health Center under the di rection of County Health Nurse Miss Audrey Umphlett. LIEUT. HENGEL DIES Word has been received here of the death Wednesday of 1st. Lt. David A. Hengel in an aircraft accident in Germany. Lt. Hengel, who was. 27, was the husband of the former Jua nita Harrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Harrell of Route 1. She and . their three children were with him in Germany. ' ' ' Details are' not available at this time but will be announced later. i Voters Elect Darden Hefren, Hollowell To Town Hertford voters, casting 521 ballots in the primary election .ast Monday, made only one change in the official town board for the coming four years. Nominated as candidates for the offices of Mayor and Com missioners for the General Elec tion coming up Tuesday, May 5, were Incumbent Mayor V. N. Darden, Commissioners Henrv C. Sullivan, A. W. Hefren and Rob ert L. Hollowell. W. A. (Billy) Wh;te received the nomination for the office as commiss'oner. The primary, tantamount to election, develooed much inter est among the voters of Hertford and the recorded vote was the largest cast during the past 15 years. Mayor V. N. Darden received a majority of 155 votes over his opponent. Emmett Landing, the total cast being Darden 338 and Landing 183. Henry C. Sullivan led the 12 nian race for nomination as com missioner. He received a total of 279 votes and A. W. Hefren re ceived 250. Incumbent Robert Board Of Education Approves Election Of County Teachers THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES A minimum wage law for North Carolina appeared certain this week when the Senate com mittee studying the measure Have its approval of the pro posed law. The law will provide 'fcr a 75 cents per hour mini mum wage. However a number of amendments attached to the bill exempts some employers inecting the standards. The U. S. Senate this week otcd to override a veto by president Eisenhower which would strip away the power of the Secretary of Agriculture in connection with REA loans. The Senate action must be approved by the House before the propo ;al is effective. Western diplomats are meet ing in Paris this week-end for tne purpose of conferring on problems and proposals to be made later at a meeting of foreign ministers, including the Russians, in regard to the Ger man situation. Secretary of State Heiter announced he be lieves the Western officials are in accord on policy to be pro posed to Russia. Red China has named Liu Shao-chi as its president, suc ceeding Hao Tzetung. who will remain as chairman of the Com munist Party of China. Re ports state the new Chinese leader is expected to maintain the same policy toward Western powers as did Mao. Efforts to settle the Henderson textile strike were renewed this week when Governor Hodges ap pealed to both sides to reopen negotiations for discussion of problems. Factory management also agreed to halt plans for the time being aimed at in creasing production schedules pending the negotiations. Commissioners To Meet Next Monday Commissioners for Perquimans County will hold their May meeting next Monday in the Court ' House, beginning at 10 o'clock. In addition to routine matters to be handled during the meeting, the board is expected to continue discussion for hold ing a property revaluation this ear and to consider tentative budget items for the fiscal year starting next July 1. CHURCH SERVICES The services at Holy Trinity Episcopal ' Church on Sunday, May 3, will be Holy Communion service at 8 A. M,, regular church, school ' at 0:45 and Holy , Conv munion' and sermon by the Rev. E. F. Moseley, rector, at 11 A. M. ' ' ::, ' "';.; v...' : ": ':C : 5 Cents Per Copj Offices I Hollowell and W. A. White tied I for the third and fourth places, i with a total of 218 votes each. I Vote totals for the other can I didates were Francis Nixon 204, W. F. Ainsley 195, W. Ray White 154, John Beers 145, Jesse Lee Harris 131, William Claude Brinn 123, Mrs. Norman Elliott 58 and I Johnny Broughton, Jr., 47. A total of 17 ballots were dis- carded by the election officials I because voters had failed to I properly mark the ballot. A number of these voters failed to . observe the "one-shot law" and failed to vote for at least four j commissioners as required by ! law. I The General Election for tho Mayor and Town Board will be next Tuesday. May 5. Election officials will be the same as for the primary, and the polling ulace will be open from 6:30 A. M., until 6:30 P. M. Following the General Elec tion the officials will assume their duties at the regular May meeting on Monday. May 11. Meeting in special session on ( Thursday night of this week; I the Board of Education approv ed the election of teachers for Perquimans County schools for th? 1953-60 term to start next September. The boa id acted upon the recommendations of the District School Committee which met on Tuesday night and nominated he present county faculty, with the exception of five teachers who tendered th'ir resigna tions. The five vacancies which now exist include the position at Perquimans High School re signed by Mrs. Carroll 1. Holmes, who has taught in the 'oca I schools for the past 30 years: three vacancies exist at Ctntral Grammar School due to resignations by Mrs.' Nora Raines. Mrs. Gladys White and Mrs. Elizabeth Buiton; the fifth vacancy is at Perquimans Union . School, where Alma B. Biggs reigned. Other action taken by the District School Committee in cluded a recommendation that the Board of Education take ac tion to curtail the use of auto mobiles by students attending ounty schools. During the meeting of the Board of Educa tion this recommendation was taken' under advisement for lat er action. The Board of Education on Thursday also completed ac tion toward making an applica tion to the State Literary Fund fcr a loan of $19,000 for the pur pose of constructing two addi tional classrooms at Perquimans Union School. Authority for submitting this application was granted the board by the County Commis sioners and the Education Board plans, if the loan is approved and funds made available, to start construction as soon as the present school term closes. Funds secured from the State LUerary Fund is repayable over a 10-year period at an interest rate of 3 ''a per cent annually. Building & Loan To Offer Savings Stock Hertford Building and Loan Association will offer for sale its 78th series of savings stock, , beginning Saturday, May 2, it was reported today by Max Campbell, secretary of the As sociation. Individuals desiring to pur chase stock in the local Building and Loan are urged to come to the Building and Loan office to make arrangements for the number of shares desired. The stock is sold on the basis of payments of 25 cents weekly on' each share purchased and the shares mature at $100 value. Based upon present earnings of . , the Association, the . stock, will mature in 346 week, payi mg simple interest in excess o four per cent. ,

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