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Volume XXVI. Number 21.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 22, 1959.
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cover of gold in the area. Car's weight broke through earth
crust into a lo-xooi-aeep, aoanaunea mure ui,i
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Opening Game To
Rock Riidge Nine
ZSi'a
resenting
the state baseball play-offs, lost
the opening round of a two best
out of three; scries with Rock
Ridge for the regional title last
Tuesday. . The game was played
in Wilson and ended with Rock
Ridge edging Perquimans' by a
to 2 score. . I ,
A second., game of the series
was scheduled to be played in
Hertford on ' Thursday night,
? with game time 8 o'clock. The
third game of the. series is
.'scheduled for Saturday night in
wto y , j; -; , ,
ete Hunte wenhe , route
pitcher -.for; Perquimans glv
ing up three runs on four hits.
'The Indians committed two ex
rors. Proctor, pitching for Rock
; . Ridge, was nipped .for five hits
. by the 1 Perquimans, team, which
if, scored two runs, t'Rock Ridge
scored.. s'ngle 'runs' in the first,
fifth and sixth. "Innings. The
Indians scored first in the fifth
end their last Tun in the sev.
enth, ,-'
Chesson and Colson collected
.y two, hits; each for the Indians
i .while Lamm hit a double and-tf
' single for Rock Ridge.
Perquimans won the right to
. meet Rock Ridge in the regional
series by winning, a two out of
three series from Wintcrville.
The Indians look two straight
, from the Pitt . County team,
gaining the decision last Friday
night in a contest played in
Hertford. Parker Chesson pitch
ed the Indians tp a 4-3 victory.
, Parker held Winterville to three
hits while the . Indians collected
six -safeties : off Worthington.
The . Indians . committed six -errors
in thecpntest, ;'
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R, L. Kingsbury, principal of
Perquimans- Union Sohool since
' 1947, died in Albemarle Hospital
Monday a victim' of meningitis.
He was taken to the hospital
Sunday after being absent from
the school the previous-week due
to illness. Doctors advised Super
intendent of Schools J, T.Biggers
there was no evidence'the illness
was contagious but' recommended
persons having - contact with the
principal sto takG precaution by
having shots against the disease.
Kingsbury twas a longtime resK'
dent' of Hertford, having been a!
member of the school faculty for
e pastlD years. '.,
W, TlPrivolt has been desig
nated as acting principal at .the
school, and, according to Mr. Big
gers, will fill tev position
throuf,' out tve r
current m lit 1 t
tion cy t' e r '
the br. I rf . .
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uimans Lose
Cancer Fund Now
Totals WM.ii
Mrs. Norman Elliott, cancer
fund chairman, reported Wednes
day a total of $938.55 has been re
ported ."t to the 1959 fund from
Perquimans County. She stated
the committee desires to .bring
this drive to a close and urges
all -. solicitors who have not yet
made final reports, to doso im
mediately. She : also . announced
contributions are running behind
donations made last'year, and In
dividuals desiring b contribute to
help increase the total fund may
do so, "by sending contributions to
her. " ' '
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HEADLINES
Foreign ministers, meeting in
Geneva have made little pro
gress toward agreement on the
German situation. Both the West
and East have rejected proposals
made by the other side aimed to
ward a final peace treaty for
.Germany. Despite the lack of
progress, reports state tne Rus
sians ; still - hope the conference
will lead to a summit meeting
later this summer. , '
;- National Guardsmen, on duty
at Henderson where labor trou
bles haye, caused,, striffr! f qrr
number ofjyjdekj, jwjll '.be irotat
Cd according 'to , word from Ra-,
leigh. GuardsmeivJCrom this area,
who have 'been Jn Henderson, the
oast two weeks will shortly be
relieved by Guardsmen from the
western part of the State. Mean
while, reports from Henderson
Indicated no progress toward so
lution of the labor trouble.
.. The Legislature, still faced
with major .action on finance
-hatters, is now expected to move
to adjournment about the middle
yt June. - This' week the House
ipproved" a Firemen's Pension
bill and in the , Senate,, a com
rhittee' voted for a 'state .with
hold tax, expected, if adopted, to
s!ive the State much, extra income
-luring the. current year.; -.. v
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Chancres Made In
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'Several changes in the" mail
schedules serving Hertford have
been made during the past week,
affecting services of the local
Post Oiiice." Northbound mail
now arrives about 7 A. M.,'bound
for Elizabeth City and this truck
will return, leaving Hertford -at
5:17 P. M., each afternoon.'- .
A star route operating between
Suffolk and Edwton will arrive
in Jr'F&fI&kmmd ft cbout
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Perquimans Youth
Exchang
The , International Youth Ex-
change program of Washington,
D. C, has announced the ap-1
pointment of Bobby Smith as
the olficial United States dele
gate to the country of Burma
lor - the coming year. Smith,
who will serve as a good-will
ambassador, will be in direct
contact with the Burmese people,
living ' in their homes, working
in ' their stores and on their
farms and speaking to organized
groups. His primary responsi
bilities will be the conveying of
the American way of ' life and
assistance in establishing world
peace and" understanding. .
Bobby, who is the son , of Mr.
,and Mrs. Fred E. Smith of Bel
ividere, will sail from San Fran
cisco, California, on June 9 and
avnve back in the states some
time during March of 1960. He
Will also visit Hong Kong and
China and be a guest at the an
nual Pacific Festival in 'Japan.
Before leaving the United States
he will attend a ten day orienta
tion V program in Washington,
D. C, where government offi
cials will explain the "Job
Ahead." He will also appear at
a reception in Honolulu in mid
June: ,- -
While in Burma, Bobby will
write news columns for several
North Carolina newspapers and
magazines. Among these will be
the Raleigh News ahd Observer,
the Asheville Times and the
Charlotte Observer. The Per
quimans Weekly will also carry
his articles on different occa
sions, He will also write ar
ticles lor .Burmese papers on
the American way of life.
Selection, to participate in the
program is considered one of th
highest honors open to an Amf
erican youth.' Delegates must
be betwee the. ages of 21. and
25, have either a college degree
or be enrolled in a college, and
proven "himself outstanding in
every phase of life. This year
2$ young Americans were se
lected to become exchange am.
bassadors, and each wil visit a
different country.
Bobby-is 22 years of age and
a graduate of the University of
Georgia. He also attended
North Carolifia State College in
Raleigh. At ' Georgia he re
ceived degrees in agriculture
extension training and journal
ism. ' His journalism work war
done in the field of radio and
television production. He was a
1554 graduate ,: of Perquimans
County High School. In college
he maintained an outstanding
record , in both scholastic and
extraactivities. He holds mem
bership in Chi Delta Phi, Phi
Theta Zeta Tau Theta, Mu Tau
Mu, Delta Zeta Delta and Omi
cro fraternities for service and
scholarship. ' He ' was awarded
membership in, the "Order of the
X,"'the highest honor obtain
able' by a University of Georgia
student. He was also a mem
ber of Alpha , Phi . Omega ser
vice fraternity and was . presi
dent of the Alpha Gamma Rho
iwcial fraternity. He was ac
tivities director ' for the Inter-
Fraternity Council of the uni
versity. He was student chair
man for . the .. University of
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Club Completes
Safety Campaign
Perquimans BPW Club has
just' completed their . annual
safety and poster ; campaign
throughout the , schools of the
county. -
: Films were- shown - at each
school.' Name$, of filma.ere.:.
"Safety on the SohooL Bus' and
"Bicycle (Safety". ' S Postej were
made by the students on bicycle
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, Poster winners v were:. White
schools, first prize, Befh. Hurdle,
Perquimans County .Central
Grammar School. . V
. ' Second Prize: Kathleen Adams,
Hertford Grammar School.'-
Third Prize:, JPrice Monds,
Hertford Grammar School.
Colored ' schools:" First prize,
Joseph Sprnill, King Street
Sohool, ' " , , . . ,
'-Second Prize: Josrrkl Jennette,
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Final Meeting Of
Current Year
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of the Perquimans Central
Grammar School held its final
meeting of the sohool year Mon
day night in the auditorium with
the president, Mrsi Ernest Long,
presiding. Elmer Lassiter led the
group in singing "Holy, Holy,
Holy" as the opening number.
The president welcomed the
,large group pi "sent. She slated
that the theme for the month was
"Maturity Through Evaluating;"
She recognized Mrs. Helen W'ns
low, art chairman, who was in
charge of the,-program; Mrs.
Wihslow presented the Rev. Or,
val Dillon, pastor of the Up Riv
er Friends Church, who gave a
most inspiring devotional. ,; He
read the 8th Psalm and comment
ed on it briefly; he also read the
.poem It Couldn't Be Done."
The Men's Chorus of the Up
River Friends Church sang: "How
Great Thou Art," "Still Sweeter
Every Day", and "Seeking The
Lost", with Mrs. Ralph White as
accompanist and Elmer Lssiter
is director. Little Rodney Lassi
ter sang the first stanza of "How
Great Thou Art" as a solo. He
ilso sane "Put Your Arms
Around Me; Honev". Mrs Tfalnh
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White was accompanist.
The following piano pupils of
Mrs. Ralph White presented mu
sic selections: Carolyn Morgan,
Judy Long, Ellen Wood, Ann
Nowell, Chuck White and Sarak
Jenningsv a piano pupil of Mrs.
Georgia , Roberts played "Gypsy
Rondo" as a duet with Mrs. Roberts.'-;';
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During the business session the
minutes of the last meeting were
read by the secretary, Mrs. Ned
Nixon, and approved by the asso
ciation. Robert Louis Stevenson,
historian, gave a resume of the
activities of the association dur
ing the year.
George Baker, ' treasurer, re
ported a balance of $643.49 in the
treasury.
Mrs. Long, president, stated
that the reception room is in the
orocess of renovation.
It was voted to send the in
coming president, Mrs. Harold
White, as a delegate to the PTA
Institute in Greensboro ithis summer;-
George Baker was elected
as alternate.
." The "president showed the most
attractive procedure book which
had been prepared by Mrs. El
wood Nowell. This book will be
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UsSnale League
To Op Summer
Season On June4
The Albemarle League, com
posed of Camtuck,. Pasquotank
County, Hertford and Edenton,
will launch championship play
on June 4 with each team
playing 24 games.
President T. P. Forehand of
South Mills announced final
plans for ' the semi-pro league
season following a meeting of
club officials at" Hertford last
Thursday night.
j Foreha nd said ' plans call for
three night games a Week and
added, that f seven inning con
tests .would be 'tried f the first
week.; ' 1 "If the shorter f games
prove .. satisfactory with the
fans we will continue" thm,"
Forehand stated. He said he ex
pected, to have a Schedule work
ed out within the next few
days. . . .- '
Jack Leary ' will manage the
CamtuckC team while Willard
Scott will pilot Pasquotank
County. 4 Johnny-. Morris will
head the Edenton outfit and D.
A. Carver , will manage Hert
ford. . AU , of the teams 1 plan to
concentrate, i-mainlv on -i .high
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THEY TAKE A SHINE TO THIS BUS Mobile shine parlor,
a converted city bus, takes on "passengers" during 8 pause for
business on New York's Fifth Avenue. The price of a shine
matches the fare charged on New York buses a few years
back 15 cents.
Hertford School
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Perquimans Track
Team Wins Meet
Hefd At Edenton
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Perquimans High's track team
won the conference meet held
Thursday night of last week at
tdonton, scoring 52 points
while Ahoskie finished second
with 30 points, Edenton was
third with 26, points and Wil
liamston fourth with one point.
Perquimans had five first
i P,ace finishes and
tied for an
other. They got to a flying
start when Overton won the
mile race in 5:10'i with a
tremendous burst of speed over
the final 400 yards. He defeat
ed Ahoskie's Joyner and Eden
ton' ' John Mitchener in this
event. It was the first mile
run Mitchener had lost since he
was a . freshman in school.
Other Perquimans firsts camel lowing announcement by Elliott
in the discus with Mike Stoltz Layden that costs of the equip
120 feet 10 inches; the broad "lent U be about $46.
jump which Preston Winslowl D. F. Reed, Jr., announced thr
won with a leap of 18 feet,'p,8ns fr the polio clinic and
10 2 inches; the half mile run urged residents to take advant
which Johnny Winslow took in age of this opportunity to se
2:12: and the mile relav team ! c"re second shots and booster
composed of James Sullivan,
Carlyle Woodard, Madre and
Preston Winslow. They tied
with Ahoskie's Tayloe for first
place in the high jump as both
jumpers missed
7 inch mark.
at the 5 4 f oot
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Ahoskie took the first place,
winning the shot put with Butch
Williams' heave of 43.2 feet.
A good sized crowd composed
primarily of students from the
various schols was an hand to
witness the very interesting
event. Trophies were presented
individual winners and a team
trophy went to Perquimans,
PTA Dance Recital
At School Tonight
The annual PTA dance recital,
sponsored by the Hertford PTA,
will be presented at the school
Friday night, May 22, beginning
at 8 o'clock. A' matinee will be
presented for the children at 2:30
P. M. Tickets may - be secured
from PTA members or at the
door."
Taking part in the recital, en
titled "Dance For Fun,'' will be
Nan Ambrose, Angela .Baker,
Linda Boyce, Beth -Brinn. -Carla
Elliott, Patti Harris, . Patricia
Lane, Mary Beth Proctor, .Nancy
Reed. : Anne Simpson, Carmen
Sutton, Sharon Swindell, Nancy
Tunnell, Martha White, Beth Au-
man,- Rose Auman, Gaby Baker,
Sharon Bundy, Claudia ' Brinn,
Nell ;.Cox, Susan Nixon, Becky
Owens,1 Jo Perry, Jackie Simpson,
Bea Skipsey, Cindy Tarkenton,
Shannon Taylor, Judy Reed, in
ballet. ,
Tap dancers will be Margaret
Ainsley, Ailene Beck, Nell Cox,
Broughton Dail, Jr., Paul Greg
ory, Sammy Hourmouzis, Brenda
Lane," Wayne Perry, . Kini Rose
and Delores Shouse: . ; : '
The recital will be under the
direction of (the teacher, Margaret
ROse. 1 . Proceeds fwm the pro-'
r-'ty will be used by the' PTA'
" - -"f:t of the school.-
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The PTA
Hertford Gram-
mar School closed out a most
successful year, according to
committee reports given at the
final meeting of the school yean
last Thursday night. Mrs. R...S. I
Monds, retiring president of the,
PTA, presided and informed the
group approximately $1,500 had
been raised through PTA spon
sored activities during the past
year, and this was spent on
school equipment and facilities.
Mrs. Allan Bonner gave the
devotional after which Mrs. W.
F. Ainsley reported the PTA
treasury had a balance of
$268.59. Mrs. Monds then gave
a report on the yearly activities
and thanked all members for
their support and cooperation.
Mrs. George Barbee reported
of
the Girl Scouts were being or-!,.
. . . , -.uie earth. God
giiiuzea very successiui who
enough members to form two
troops. Efforts to organize the
Brownie Scouts, will be made at
a later date. ,
The unit voted to purchase
lights for the uchool stagj, fol-
shots,
Miss Thelma Elliott, principal
of the school, thanked the PTA
for all the work accomplished
this year and announced the
; Hertf ord Grammar School now
i meets all the state requirements
for a Grade A school. A large
amount of the school equipment,
lost through the school fire, has
now been replaced through the
PTA effort.
J. T. Biggers, superintendent,
presented - Miss Elliott with a
plaque, given .the school by the
Board of Education, stating the
time of construction of the
school and listing the members
of the Board of Education at
that time. ' I
Miss Chalk's first grade re-'
ceived the ; attendance banner,
with 100 per cent present, and
also the cup for the year's
highest attendance record.
Mrs. Monds .tnen introduced
the incoming PTA officers for,
the vear 1959-60. exoressine her
thanks , to the members , for
their cooperation given during lowing an Mne$s of four months.
the two years she served as the,A natjve of Perquimans Coun-
president. She then turned the tv n was tne husband of the
gavel over to Mrs. R. L. Hollo-
well, incoming president, who
announced . various committee
chairmen for the next year.
The meeting was ' adjourned
by, Mrs. Hollowell,' after which
open house was enjoyed in the
school library.
Former Resident
State Dental Head
Dr.' Luther "H." Butler of
Greensboro, former resident of
Hertford,, was- named president
of the North Carolina Dental
Society at ' the state - convention
recently held at Pinehurst. Dr.
Butler, a native of Coma, Ga.,
attended Atlantic Southern Den
tal College 1 and Emory Univer
sity in Atlanta before .serving
on the, t N. C. State Board of
Health. He practiced in Hert
ford, from 1928 to 1938 before
moving to 'Greensboro. , .
' V WASONS TO MKBT '
.'Perquimans Masonic Lodge No.
106. A. F. & -'A. '"M.. 'will meet
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
Bonner
In Reports On NAS
At 1 Harvey foirit
Vandalism At
Perquimans High
Several students of Eden ton
High School committed acts of
vandalism at Persuimans High
School Thursday night of last
week following the Albemarle
Conference track meet held in
Edenton. The students smeared
paint on the local pchool, print
ing the name of a member of the
Edenton track team on the build-
- ing.
E. C. Woodard, principal at
j Perquimans, notified Gerald
! James, Edenton principal about
1 the action and the Edenton au
thorities took immediate steps to
j identify those responsible for the
I a-t. A number of the Edenton
students were sent here to assist
in the removal of the paint.
WSCSSubdistrict
Meeting; Held At
Methodist Church
"The Master Calleth For
Tlite" was the theme of the Per
quimans - Chowan Subdistrict
meeting of the Woman's Society
of Christian Service at the
Hertford Methodist Church May
12. Mrs. George Jackson, presi
dent, was in charge and pre
sided at the meeting.
'Through the years God has
cslled to the children of men to
follow H m and to take the mes-
s;ge of salvation to the ends of
is calling yet,
calling each of us today," chal
lenged Mrs. Gerald James of
Edenton in the, morning medita
tion, using as her Scripture
John 11:25.
Mrs. James A. Auman, Hert
ford, presented the noon day
message, using as her subject
"The Master Calleth In a Chang
ing World." She emphasized
that the missionary program of
the church is in a period of tran
sition, and from her summer ex
periences visiting Methodist
cfnters of work in Europe, she
illustrated the changes taking
place on the mission fields. She
concluded her message with a
diiect challenge to American
women, stating that "The Mas
ter calls the American' women,
just as surely as He calls the
women of Europe for more .dedi
cated and consecrated leader
ship in community and church;
lor better trained leadership in
the program of Christian educa-
tion already begun; and for
Christian homes where the worth
, ., ,
of the individual is kept fore-
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Goodwin Funeral
Held Last Thursday
Earlie Loraine Goodwin.
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nno 74 rtip at i-sn A M wH
pesday morning at the home of
u: r n ...:,. t
305 Hyland Park Avenue, fol
late iara Etta Asbell (ioodwm
and son of the late William Ab-
bott and Emma Goodwin. He
was a member of the Great
Hope Baptist Church and a re-
tired farmer.
Besides his son, , Earlie L.
Goodwin, Jr., he is survived by
two brothers, Thomas J. Good
win of Hertford and William A.
Goodwin of Edenton; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Ida Rogerson of Hert -
ford; one grandchild.
Funeral services were con.
ducted Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock in the Twiford Funeral
Home chapel by the, Rev. Henry)
Napier, pastor of the Great
Hope Baptist Church, assisted I
by the , Rev. James A. Auman',
pastor of the Hertford Metho
dist Church.
Organ ' music was : quietly
played during the service by
Mrs. J. Ellie White. '
. The casket was covered with
a .pall of ' white gladioli, white
mums. sed- carnations and fern.
Burial .followed in Cedar
wood Cemetery.
Cites
Erroi
Congressman Herbert C. Bon-
ner, in a letter to Mayor V...N.
Darden, has revealed further
light on the construction pro.
gram pertaining to the NAS
Harvey Point at Hertford.
In his letter to the Mayor Mr.
Bonner wrote:
'"I have read both the articles
in the News and Observer and
Tne Daily Advance with respect
to the cutback at Harvey Point
"Today I have had the oppor
tunity to talk with Captain
Sanger. He has gone over a
memorandum showing that $11,
257,000 is now under contract at
Harvey Point, of which 65 is
practically complete. For fiscal
year 1959 an apportionment re
quest has gone through for $3,
700,000. In fiscal I960 there is
an item for construction of a
hangar for $689,000. There re
mains $339,000 worth of addi
ticnal items from fiscal 1959
which will require Congressional
committee approval prior to
funding. The Navy anticipates
a requirement in fiscal 1961 for
about $200,000 additional to
complete the facility for the
initial use intended to base one
POM Seamastcr squadron con
sisting of six Seamasters oper
ating with two Seamasters in a
pool to support the six operat
ing aircraft.
"1 send you this information
merely for the reason : that it
was pointed out to me that there
were errors in the items that
appeared in both of the above
mentioned papers. The Navy
lias already purchased six P6MY
scries of the Seamaster, which
had been purchased prior' to the
so called cutback which I an
nounced to you last January.
The Navy now has on order
eight ; P6M Seamasters of the
two series. Six of these vrc: in
production and two are flying.
Assuming that there are no major
.difficulties encountered in the
P6M program, the Navy would
plan to commission one squad
i(n of the s:x operating aircraft
at Harvey Point early next
summer."
Light Docket In
Recorder's Court
Tuesday Morning
Ten cases were disposed of
during Tuesday's session of Per- :
.quimans Recorder's Court ore-
ed over by Judge Chas. E4
j0finson. r.
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A six months sentence in wo
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men s camp, suspended upon
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payment of a fine of $150 and
'costs of court was meted out to
IMaude Johnson, Negro, who en
tered a plea of guilty to charges
of possession of non-tax paid H-,
quor for the purpose of sale, r
Queen Williams, Negro, was
found guilty on a charge of pos-"
session of non-tax paid liquor.
tne was given a au-aay jail
sentence to be suspended upon
payment of a fine of $50 and
court costs. An appeal bond'
.was set at $100. .
Robert Kenner, Negro, paid a
I"ie f $1" and costs after sub-
'""""s. "J timise ui ai-wing
with insufficient brakes and-
driving on the left side of a
highway. t
Costs of court and fines as"
listed were paid by the following
'defendants, all of whom sub-.
.mitted to charges of speeding
Joseph Warren $10.25, Bruce
Bennett $18.25, Paul Bagg $9.25,'
Helen
Raubar $10.25, Ronald
Giay
S20.25,
$9.25, David Montanino"
Charlie Jordan, Negro;
$10.25. '. !;
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prisftner Meals
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Future inmates of the Per-;
quimans County Jail, convicted
of charges in court, will hence-v
forth be charged with meals ser-
vecf during tieir stay in jail. A
bill introduced in the Legisla
ture by Rep.'C. R. Holmes on May
4, has been ratified by the Gen
eral Assembly legalizing the fu
ture charge of meals served &2
prisoners,' ..' - v