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Volume XXVI. Number .25.
Hertford, Perquimans County; North Carolina, Friday, June 19, 1959.
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i EGGSPLANATION' -Difference between effects of duty, ambition and assistance on egg pro- '
:" duction is pictured, above, at the Elk River, Minn., research farm of a major feed manufac-
turer. In a 100-day test period, hen at left produced 56 eggs. Ambitious biddy, center, laid
t 76 eggs. ; Chicken at right Is no dumb cluck. She was fed a special egg-egging formula that
soon may be available in the market. Productions 99 eggs. U.S.' hens, now producing some
five billion dozen eggs annually, must produce an additional 1.8 billion dozen a year by 1975
to pace our growing population. So say the eggsperts.
Education Board
Names Principal
And Assigns Pupils
1 Meeting here in' special seS'
sion Thursday night : of last
week, the Perquimans Board of
Education, in compliance1 with
state law, adopted a resolution
assigning pupils to the various
county schools for the' 1959-60
term, which ,will open In Sep
tember. A copy of the resolu
tion is published ,in this issue
ef The .Weekly.
After ponsideratioh" ofj a large
number ! of applications,;' the
-board. ipt ecj.' fjtaanyy
of Elizabeth City as, principal
of Prquimanf Union School for
the next schtfof . term. Dempsey
will . succeed the late R. ' L.
Kingsbury as principal of . the
school. :, j
, - .The board also elected Miss
Margaret Mullen 'as county sup
ervisor of schools for Perquim-.
anst for the 1959-60 term. Also
approved as ;,; teachers ! in ' the
Srhoo's for the next term were
Mrs.' Janet -Walker, ,. English
teaqher j. at' . Perquimans High
School; Mrs. Janet Weathersbee
and Mrs. Audrey Roach, Central
Grammar School.
The superintendent, J. , T,
Biggers, reported to the board
construction of two class rooms
at "Perquimans Urfion School has
beah started and that the worklless mannei;- The measure also
was ' progressing . according tolcalls for a s-vs.tem of "porting
schedule.
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The board authorized the in
stallation of seven light , fixtures
at Perquimans High School.' 1
Aftef a lengthy discussion by
the1 board and its attorney, ""S.
M. itWhfidbee, : in connection with
a claim against a contractor for
the Hertford Grammar1 School,
the board authorized the super
intendent and f, the . architect, J.
W. Griffith, to work out a final
settlement. - . ' i -
The two cjass rooms at Per
quimans Union School are ex
pected to be completed for use
by the school during the next
school year.
Town Board In, ;
Special Meeting-
: Hertford " Commissioners .met
at the Municipal' Buildthg Ust
Friday afternoon ' in i a called
fneetlng " for the purpose' ' Ot
adopting v certalri" resolutions' as
preliminaries' for the1 calling t)f
a' special: bonti election to deter-'
rtflne1 ability 'to 'finance propdsd
improvements1 '"to 'the'' Hertford
ifcuter'systeni''and "supply; "' 'i' ' "
.Tftie ""isDecial ' election" wilFtje
tailed by ; the . Hertford board
following approval by. , New
York bond attorneys of the pre
liminary resolutions' and, firian
cial statements,
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' Recital Saturday '
' "Miss ' Kate Blanchard will
present Mis3 Letitia McGoogan
in a piano recital at 8 o'clock
- nray pight,,. in Ffjllowship
or ine ;vier
at. Church,;
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.leasure
The General Assembly this
week enacted., into law regula
tions 'Ygovernirtgj operations of
miokuiiiiiM&f-fkiii!'t:. .''
The measure, proposed as a
life-saving law, will give ; au
thority to the Wildlife Commis
sion to enforce safety regula
tions 'for all classes of motor
boats. . . ', " ' ,."
It requires the registration
and licensing of all boats using
a ten horsenpwer motor or more
power propulsion. It also re
quires a $3 per year fee for
such boats.
Proponents of the law point
ed out the tremendous growth
of motorboating throughout the
state in recent . years and ad
vocated the measure as a means
to prevent accidents. The law
makes it a misdemeanor for a
boat operator to drive it reck
lessly, drunkenly or in a care-
motorboat accidents, modeled
6n highway accident reporting..
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Safety I
WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY
Hate: Thii w imr, at a enei or
weekly snmmarlei prepared by the
legislative Itaff of the Inntitute ol
Government on the work of the .
North Carolina, General Aaanmbly
, of 11139. It is confined to dlseus
loiu of natten of general interest
and major Importance.
There were cries of "railroad
ing" in the House as the legis
lative express roared' forward
under a fullhead of steam this
week, and members made 'cer
tain that the fires would be well
fed by introducing 94 new bills.
In the last four weeks,, mem
bers have introduced 352 local
bills as many as were submit
ted in the first ten weeks, of the
session. Calendar - committees
were appointed in both houses
Friday, and "; all newly-receiyed,
bij)s( in each, house will be sent
to the committees."' Adjournment
now appears . probable at . the
end of ,this week., .,. , ...
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The Battle of. the Budget 'was
wgn uy uiiiiiusvrauun iotwes
Tuesday when the House, by . a
vote of 60-56, reversed its ac
tion of the previous Friday and
eliminated ' the additional $10
million for increased public
school salaries. The House then
quickly approved the bill . and
sent it to the Senate, where pro
ponents of the pay increase
fought a rear guard action be
fore being overwhelmed, by a
vote of ,32-17, - jNinft J Senators
who s' rned. " the,. resolution , di.-
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Society To Meet
At Library June 22
The Perquimans County His
torical piety wjll meet June
22 at 8 JJP.M.k iri the Perquim
ans Library. Officers for the
coming year wUL.be elected anc
Silas M. Whedbee will give a
program consisting of a bio
graphical sketch oj T. G. Skin
ner, the late Congressman of
Perquimans County.
The program committee .re
quests each .member who can do
so to bring to this meeting any
old will, deed or other document
of historic interest not as a gift
but a matter of interest to the
other .members.
Asbell Funeral
Archie J. Asbell, 66, died at his
home in the Tyner section Friday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock follow
ing a long illness. He was a na
tive of Perquimans ' County but
tive of Perquimans County.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Clara ! B. Asbell; a son, Archie
Ray Asbell of Hertford; a daugh
ter, Mrs. Edith Mae White of Ty
ner; a brother, Alton Asbell of
Tyner; a sister, Mrs. Allie Bright
of Tyner and nine grandchildren.
He was a member of the Cen
ter Hill Baptist Church, where
funeral services were held 'Sua
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The
Rev. Lamar Sentell, pastor of the
Ballard's Bridge Baptist Church,
officiated : and burial was in the
church cemetery'.
the committee's bill voted : with
the majority against the floor
amendment to insert the in
crease. The Senate then passed
the House bill. Representative
Umstead, who led tre fight to
eliminate the $10 million in the
House, promptly introduced a
new bill, HB 1272, which would
appropriate $5 million for each
year of the biennium for .in
creased teacher, pay, and would
increase the income tax rate by
at alljevels in order to
pay for the increase; the House
Finance Committee delayed ac
tion on .the bill until next T ies
day, thereby virtually assuring
that it will not be enacted.
' Revenue
(The House, by a vote' of 79-36,
.approved the withholding of in
dividual income taxes Wednes
day, arid then held its ' tradi
tional "love least" that 'night.
The. next' morning an Unusually
violent lover's - quarrel erupted
as the question of withholding
of corporate income taxes was
debated. When the issue y was
finally settled, the House had
adopted- a requirement - that
corporations file declarations of
estimated income tax in excessJ
of $100,000 : and pay the' esti
mated ' excess in two install
ments. -At the present tax rate,
the-provision would apply only
to' corporations earning'; an sn-
rmal - taxable
of $i,es7.onr
income i in excess'
"he House deleft-
Held Last Sunday
The 51st Farm-Home . Week
was held June 9-12 at North Car
olina State College in Raleigh.
Ninety-one counties were repre
sented with a record attendance
of over 1,000 Home Demonstra
tion Club women. Mrs. Warner
Madre, Mrs. Fred Mathews and
Mrs. Paige L. Underwood attend
ed from Perquimans County.
Mrs. Madre represented the'?ulrements for a "summit meet-I
-i .. . I inff" lafor fhic vaqp in IVia fnno
County Council as voting dele
?ate at the 33rd State Council
aeld prior to the official opening
of the Farm-Home Week.
The State Music Committee
sponsored a Hymn Festival dur
ing the final night's program.
Mrs. Fred Mathews, Eastern Dis
trict Music Chairman and State
Vice Chairman, assisted the com
mittee with the presentation of
this festival by giving the his
tory of two hymns, "Rejoice, Ye
Pure In Heart" and "O God Our
Help In Ages Past.". Dr. Arnold
E. Hoffman, . directed the group
in singing the 12 hymns follow
ing the history of each.
Other highlights of the week
were informal classes held from
3:30-10:00 A. M., and from 10:30
to 12 noon. Mrs. Madre and
Mrs. Underwood ohose the fol
lowing classes: "The New Amer
ican Look in Living" by Beth
Peterson. Home Economist, E. L.
DuPont de Nemours Company;
"New Furniture from Old" by
Extension Specialist in Housing
and House Furnishings; "Plan
ning and Planting Our Gardens
for Beauty" tour to John H.
Harris' home Mr. Harris is Ex
tension Horticulturist; ; "Learning
to Appreciate Art", Dr. Robert L.
Humber, President N. C. State
Art Societv. 'and "Monev Makers
from the Kitchen" by Nutrition;'
Specialists. "'" V"
Both Mrs. Madre and Mrs. Un
derwood stated that they would
have attended several other class
es but time did not permit since
many other important events
were planned for afternoons and!
evenings.
Mrs. Warner Madre arrived on
Wednesday for the Master Farm
Families Dinner meeting. Mr.
Madre was elected as the 1960
Vice President of the Master
Farm Families.
On Wednesday afternoon two.
N. C. beauties talked to the group
on "The Way to Charm and Beau-
ty. "Hats We Made, on Parade"
was a feature which followed the
beauty tips.
Thursday afternoon a tour to
Chapel Hill was conducted.
Visits were made to the Ackland
Art Center and Morehead Plane-1
tarium.' A tea at the home of
President and Mrs. William Fri
day . concluded the Chapel Hill
tour. , .
Guest ; speakers' f during the
week -were Maxeda van, Hesse, of
the von Hesse Studios of Effec
tiveipeech; jod ;Mrs. Gweh
Terastofci,' author of "Bridge to
the Sun".
Light Docket In
Recorder's Court
; Judge Chas. E. Johnson presid
ed over a light docket in Per
quimans Recorder's Court here
Tuesday morning when a total of
seven ; cases were disposed of by
the court.
James Davis and Jason Vickery 1
niifenitfrrl fn WW f kntorlinff: i
Each paid the costs of court and
Davis was fined $5.25 and Vkk
efr fined $10.25'. "' '
; Costs of court 'were , taxed
against .Guy Sawyer and John
Edward Jones, Negro, after each,
had submitted" to charges of us
ing improper mufflers. , ;
Charlie Wilson paid the costs of
court after pleading guilty to a
charge of failing to observe a
stop sign,
Sylvester Welch, Negro, was
taxed with .the court costs after
he submitted to a charge of driv
ing on the left aide of a high
way.
A. T.-ThomasNegro,-wss fined
$10 an!-t&Ms tfWKfiAg guil
T W' ""care"df dffWni on '4he
' 'r'- a h'.way. ,;.M'
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Reports from Europe statej
Britain is proposing that the j
U. S. and France ease their re-
ing later this year in the face
of a possible failure on agree- I
ment on the part of the foreign j
ministers conference in session,
at Geneva. The foreign minist-)
ers have made no progress to
ward settlement of the Berlin
problems and reports s'ate this
meeting may be adjourned this
week.
The Legislature, mnvins to-i
ward adjournment, all but killed i
proposed changes for North
Carolina courts and constitution
Tuesday when the House voted
down parts of the new court '
plan. During the past week ap
propriation bills were ratified
and the House approved a reve- j
nue bill, and this measure is ex-1
pected to get Senate approval
this week. The revenue law
provides for a withholding tax
plan expected to net the state
27Vfe million dollars which bal-
anoes the budget without new
taxes.
Seven strike leaders in Hen
derson have been chareed with
conspiracy to create violent dis
order in the strike-ridden town,
following investigation by the
State Bureau of Investigation.
The men were given a hearing
Tuesday but the case was con
tinued to a special term of thelrm an abandoned barge to a
rn..nl,. c..M.ln. fmirf ' trestle. Thp East hnv rpachpd
vajiee County
Meanwhile, National Guardsmen
are still on duty in Henderson,
where disorders have diminish
ed since , the Guardsmen went
on duty.
The government announced in
Washington Tuesday two Rus
sian jet fighter planes fired on
a U. S. Navy patrol plane over
the Sea of Japan on Monday,
wounding a member of the navy
plane crew and damaging the
plane. The spokesman said this
was the first incident of the
kind in the area since last No
vember. A tropical storm, second of
the season, was reported head
ed toward the Texas coast from
the Gulf of Mexico Tuesday.
Named Beulah, the storm is ex
pected to reach hurricane force
by the time it strikes land.
The storm, it was reported, cov
ered an area of about 50 square
miles.
A 4-cent postage stamp sa
luting progress in soil conserva
tion in the United States will be
issued August 26 by the Post
Office Department.
The nation's .: first soil con
servation stamp will ' be form
ally released at the annual meet
ing of the Soil Conservation So
ciety of America at Rapid City.
S. D, August 26, It will go on
sale the following day at post
offices throughout the country. .
I The stamp, which was 'de
yfloPed in cooperation with the
v . "epanmeni oi vjncui-
hire, portrays a modern farm
land .setting , signifying that
conservation farming . brings
beauty as well as bounty to
rural living. Soil conservation
practices portrayed include con
tour v stripcropping, ' terracing,
pasture improvement, tree plant
ing and farm pond. In addition
the silhouette of a city in the
background symbolizes that ur
ban as well as rural people are
hirhly dependent upon the care
arid wise use of land as a prin
cipal source of food, water, shel
ter ' and clothing. The stamp
will be printed in three, colors,
yellow., freen and blue. ;
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. , Perquimans Masonic Lodge Jfo.
1106, A. F. & A. M:, will meet
Tuesday n:."it at-8 o'clock. '
Stamp To Honor
INFORMAL PORTRAIT Standing by an ancient cannon on
the East Terrace of Windsor Castle, Britain's Royal Family
poses for an informal portrait. From left: Prince Charles, 10;
Prince Philip; Princess Anne, 8; Queen Elizabeth II.
Youth Drowns
Perquimans
Sunday Afternoon
A 14-year old boy, Louis Tay
lor, Jr., drowned in the Per-
quimans River near the old
Major-Loomis site last- Sunday
afternoon. He was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Taylor of
Hertford and was a student at
Perquimans High School.
According to reports, the
youth along with two other
boys, Leroy East and Charles
Hughes, went swimming at the
site. The three started to swim
The East boy reached
the trestle but Taylor got into
difficulties and Hughes at
tempted to assist him but
couldn't. Hughes then swam
back to the barge.
The rescue squad of the Hert
ford Fire Department was called
to the scene at about 5 P. M.
after the boy had been in the
water about one and a half
hours. The rescue squad com
posed of Chief R. C- Elliott,
Herbert Nixon, George Fields,
John Beers and Charles Harrell,
recovered the body from about
30 feet of water at about 5:45
P. M.
Besides his parents, he is
survived by two brothers. Willie
Nathaniel Taylor and James !
Thomas Taylor,- both of Hert
ford; four sisters, Mrs. Dorothv
May Taylor Mercer, Elizabeth
City; Helen Ray Taylor, Joan
Elizabeth Taylor, Edna Joyce
Taylor, all of Hertford; his
paternal grandmother, Mrs. Wil
son Horn, Suffolk, Va.; his pa
ternal grandfather, James Tay
lor, Mackeys, and his maternal
grandmother, Mrs, Walter East,
Hertford.
Funeral services were conduct
ed rat the Lynch Funeral Home
Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
by the Rev. James O. Mattox,
pastor of the Baptist Church.
Pallbearers were John Ward, I Edenton. This victory gives the
Carl Overton, Herman Jordan, Indians an opportunity to move
Charles Eley, Billy Tarkington into first place in the league if
and Billy Willis. Burial was in they overcome Pasquotank in the
Cedarwood Cemetery. 1 series Thursday and Friday .
FHA Supervisor Outlines Part
Department Plays In Farming
. Farmer's Home Administrator
is a part of the overall agri
cultural program in the count?
with all the agricultural agen
cies cooperating to. bring to the
fanners. . of the county ' the as
sistance and guidance needed to
become successful. "
W. H. Perry, Jr., county super
visor, said: , "The major purpose
of the Farmer's Home Adminis
tration is to provide the neces
sary credit ' for . farm families to
become established in a sound
system of farming. Our pur
pose is not to make loans but
to make successful farmers Be
sides supplying credit to farm
families we help with farm and
home planning problems and
supplyi technical i aid in farm
and home management so the
families can, make the most of
their land and family labor re
sources and repay their, debts,.
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Hertford Indians
On Friday Night
D. A. Carver's Hertford Indians,
battling for the top spot' in the
Albemarle League play Weeks
ville, league leaders, two games
this week. The Indians, lost to
Camtuck 5-3 Thursday night of
last week then bounced back to
take a 1-0 contest Friday night
from the Edenton Colonials.
The Indians play Pasquotank in
Hertford Thursday night and at
Weeksville on Friday night.
Camtuck collected six hits to
score five runs off the Indians at
Camden last Thursday. The
winners scored two runs in the
second and fourth and a single in
the sixth. Hei tford. led by Win
slow and Trueblood, with three
hits each, scored single runs in
the third, fourth and seventh.
Fans were treated to an error-'
Play Weeksville
less and scoreless game until the,hrf"1rnP(1 '""ndelabra with cath-
last of the seventh here' Friday,
night when Pete Hunter pitched
the Indians to a 1-0 win over
Edenton. Hunter fanned 18
Edenton batters and gave up
four hits. Hertford collected six
hits off Harrell, pitching for the
Colonials.
The game's lone run was scor
ed in the seventh with the bases
loaded when Demp Pierce singled
to score Tommy Mathews.
Hertford made it two in a row
ver Edenton Colonials when the
Indians . won a 7-0 verdict over
the Colonials Tuesday "night in
"Farming is going through one
of the biggest changes in the
history of farming. Practices
that were employed only a de
ado ago are obsoleted by' more
modern practices that are ' used
today. The changes in farming
practices incur additional fex
oense, in some cases expenses
that will bleed the farmer of, his
income "if he does not plan
wisely. :' :' v..v,;,;'y -
"More and more farmers are
looking to the future and mak
ing plans1 to improve their op
erations by providing necessary
drainage, storage facilities and
he necessary buildings for their
livestock or poultry . enterprise
to bring their farm into full
production, thereby increasing
their -income.
- "Many farmers with farms too ,
small ' to supply the . farm and
family needs front crops' am',
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Two bills introduced in th
Legislature last week by Rep
resentative C. R. Holmes, by re
quest, will, if enacted into Jaw,.
affect the organization of ' the
Board of Education and the se
lection of members of the Board
of Commissioners.
The first of the two bills, per
taining to the nomination ' of
County Commissioners, calls for
the nominee to be elected by the :
voters of the individual town
ships; then elected by the coun
ty as a whole. Under present
law Commissioners are nomin
ated from townships by all vot
ers of the county. The election
is the same as under the pro
posed law. ' , ;'
The second proposed bill, ii
enacted, will reduce the mem
bership of the Board of Educa
tion, ef ective April. 1961. from
seven to five members, and will
require that each of the five
townships of the county have
representation on the Board of
Education. The board members
will be nominated by the voters
of the county as a whole and
the names of the nominees are
to be certified to the State
Board of Education.
Both bills call for application
to begin with primary elections
in 1960. ;
Mr. Holmes stated the bill per
taining to the Board of Educa
tion members was introduced on
request of the Democratic Exe
cutive Committee of the county,
and that the bill on the Com
missioners was introduced on re
quests made to him by a larg
number of individuals of Per
quimans, .
layden-Wiggins
Hobbsville
On Saturdav, June 6. at 3
P. M., Hobbsville Baptist Church
was the scene of the marriage
of Miss Shirley Wiggins, daugh
ter of Mrs. J. N. Wiggins and
the late Mr. Wige'ps,, an Wes
ley Layden, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Lavden.
The double ring ceremony was
performed by the Rev. W. V.
Brown in a setting of native
pine, wnodwardia ferns, baskets
of white gladioli and baby's
breath, interspersed with seven
ea,dl canaies
Mrs. Elton Trotman presented
a program of nuptial music and
accompanied Isaac Byrum, solo
ist, who sang "Because," "At
Dawning." and as a benediction
thp "Wedding Prayer."
The bride, given in marriage
by her brother. Earl Wiggins,
wore a gown of chantilly lace
over satin with trimmings of se
oitins and a panel of tulle in the
Hark forming a sweeping train.
Her fingertip veil of imported
illusion was arranged from a
tiara of seed pearls. She car
ried a white Bible topped with ,
a white orchid and babv's
breath and white satin stream-'
ers.
Miss Judy Bunch was maid of
honor and wore a dress of pink
affeta with round neckline, puff
sleeves and a; very boufant bal
erina length skirt. She wore a
head band of matching material
with white shoes and gloves
and carried a nosegay of pink
and blue painted daisies. .
The bridesmaids were Misses
Betty Lois Lavden, sister of the
bridegroom: Dianne Hurdle. An-1
nip Marie Riddick. cousins of the
bride, and Virginia Benton, of
Coreneake, They wore dresses
identical to the honor attendant
:n pink and blue with matching
head bands, white shoes and
gloves and carried nosegays of
oink and blue painted daisies! "'
' Ushers Were Millard Lavden,.
brother of the bridegroom; John-'
ny Mack Hendrix, Bobby Carter '
of Portsmouth and Prestori
Winslow of Winfall.
James Oliver Lavden, JrM was
bet man for his brother.
Trudy Wiggins, niece of the
bride, was flower girl, :
The ring bearer was. Randy
Hendrix, cousin of the bride-
groom.
Mrs. Wiggins , chose for h
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