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Volume XXVI. Number 27.
Road Commission
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The State Highway Commis-
sion, meeting in Raleigh Thurs-
vuty ui lasi wtcjt, ttpiuvcu ex
penditures of ; $1.5 million for
improvement on roads leading
from Hertford into the Naval
Air Station at Harvey : Point.
At the same time the Com
mission announced abandonment
of plans to construct a new road I
to serve the air station. Previ
ously, tentative plans had ben
proposed to construct a super
road from Light Nixon ForK to
a point ; intersecting the Hertford-Harvey
Point road near
Burgess. .
Present roads were torn up in
the proccs? of constructing the
base, th? Highway Commission
was told. The U. S. Navy's!
plans for .the air station have
baen cut back about 75 per cent
from original plans.
The current road leading from
Hertford to the station will be
revamped and in .some places
relocated. The Commission es
timated cost of the work at
about $900,000; acquisition of
right-of-way for the relocation
at $100,000. ;
The road leading off the Hertford-Harvey
Point highway to
wards Bethel also needs to be
re-conditioned, the Commission
decided. .
The Bethel road, leading to
U. S. 17 and Edenton, will cost
about $360,000. The Commis
sion's action on the two roads
came after the Navy asked that
another road project for the
area be dropped. ;;,
Current Navy planning for the
facility calls for 775 military
and civilian personnel, the
Commission was advised by a
This is about 25 per cent of
the original estimate, cut back
by military planners in Wash
ington some time ago.
Members of the Commission
were frank to point out that
there's no way to judge future
military planning, but noted that
the Hertford-Harvey Point road
has been so . badly torn up by
vehicles involved in construct
ing the base that it must be re
paired. ;
It was estimated that the
Navy has already spent $12,-
000,000
in building the facility.
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The first planes are expected to
arrive there next April, the
Commission was told.
State Highway
Authorizes Bridges Built Over
Alligator River - Oregon Inlet
People In Hertford and the en
tire eastern part of the state in
k general were very much elated
to learn last week that the State
Highway .Commission lhad agreed
to build bridges across Alligator
River, Oregon Inlet and the Cape
Fear River at Wilmington.
The . Alligator , River bridge
will replace the state owned fer
ry operated '-'between Sandy
Point in Tyrrell County and East
Lake in Dare County which with
the Umstead Memorial bridge
from Manns Harbor to Roanoke
Island will permilt travel to the
- Dare County ' beaches without
being bothered with ferries.
The Oregon Inlet bridge will
also greatly benefit travel to the
National Seashore Park and the,
,, Quter Banks. Here, too, a state
ferry is now being operated. j
According to W. F. Babcock,
directwi',)f.Sti8".Hihway
. Commission, the Allfgatb'r River
, "bridge1 wnl ; 'prdbably g xxti$er
'construction early next year.
ine Dnuge wm oe ayirnixiuimwr-
'" ly lour miles Jong and he es-
timated cost will be in the
. neighborhood of $5,000,000.
' The Oregon Met bridge will
V ' be ' in the neighborhood of a
1, mile and a half long and the
estimate of cost is between $3,
000,000 and $4,000,000. ;
Mr. Babcock stated that many
months of planning, design, ac
t quHtjon,. of right Jof -way and
, final wnitracting lie ehea be-
f .projects jto be 'completecT" tMs.'rPertiuimtlnsr.t.Msoniiq f Iiodgs,
-rove toe state's fc$$iwjrsy-
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday
The Board of Commissioners
for Perquimans County will hold
its July meeting next Monday,
July 6, beginning at 10 A. M.
in the Court House in Hertford.
In addition to other matters, the
board is expected to take final
action on adoption of the 1960
fiscal year budget and to sign
contracts with the Carroll
Phelps Company of Winston
Salem for the revaluation of real
property.
list Church
The Hertford Methodist
Church was the setting for a
beautiful wedding on June 20,
at 4 o'clock in the afternoor
when , Miss . Martha Elizabeth
Thach, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Benjamin Thach L
of Hertford, and Franklin Earl
McCIoskey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Earl McCIoskey,' of
Goshen, Indiana, were united in
marriage.
The Rev. H. G. Thach, uncle
of the bride, officiated, assisted
by the Rev. James Auman, pas
tor of the 'bride.
iMrs. Charles Johnson played
Lois By rum sang "Because" and
the wedding music, and Miss
"The Wedding Prayer.":
The bride, given in marriage
by.. heiNiwHiwy. wore a .gown of
Chantilly lace and tulle overt
taffeta designed and made by
her grandmother. The fitted
bodice was made with scooped
neckline and long sleeves end
ing in wedding points over the
hands. The floor length skirt
with apron effect of lace ended
in a chapel train. Her finger
tip length veil of illusion was
arranged from a pearl tiara.
She carried a cascade bouquet of
brides roses and baby breath
centered with a purple throated
white orchid.
Mrs, R. B. Thach, Jr., was
, matron of honor. She wore
. .
floor length gown of pastel blue
taffeta made with fitted bodice
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Commission
Perquimans County's- second
drowning of the season occurred
last Friday afternoon about 5
o'clock when a 15-year-old Ne
gro boy, William Thomas Skin
ner, lost his life in Raccoon
Creek near the new bridge
which was opened earlier in the
day. '.:'."''.
Sheriff J. K. White reported a
number of witnesses saw the
accident and that apparently
Qlrinnmt 1sc lift urhAM VtA
' from a ,boat and ,at.
t n. . . .m tn . T. .
sheriff said , witnesses . stated
Skinner was fishing in the boat
with two companions and he
jumped overboard . but was tin
able to swim to the river shore.
Dr. C. .A.. Davenport, .County
Coroner, was called to the
scene and pronounced the youth
dead. The body was removed1
to the Lowe Funeral Home.
Members of the rescue squad
of the Hertford Fire Depart
ment were called to recover the
body and did a few minutes af
ter the squad had reached the .
scene. A resuscitator was usedl
on the youth but proved iutile,,
it being reported he was "too!
iw gone" when brought to the I
surface of the.. water..
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V MASONS TO MEET Aii,
KB. SS7 -Av, R-AnrM., will
meet .Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.!
McCIoskey Thach
Vows Spoken At
Second Drowning
Occurred Friday
Hertford, Perquimans County. North
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Congress beat the June 30
fiscal year deadline this week
by adopting a tax and revenue
bill which will govern national
spending during the next 12
months. A joint committee iron
ed out differences of opinion
concerning the tax bill which
was finally adopted and signed
by the President in about the
same form as used last year.
$1.2 billion was approved by the
Congress for defense spending
during the coming year. A
Washington report said .this
amounted to a $1.4 billion sav
ing over the next several years.
Russia opened a $10 million
exnioii in jsew wk uiy inis-; weev au u.e .
week, to give Americans ajamount will be paid withirt the
glimpse -at Soviet cultural and next three months. The supeifc,,,
scientific
achievement. The ' U
S. will open a similar exhibit in
Russia this month
New York
newspapers praised the Soviet
show for scientific developments
but reported exhibits on hous
ing, clothing and car were in
ferior compared to U. S. stand
ards. A 15-day truie was negotiated
in the steel industry just two
days before the, June 30 strike
deadline. Government officials
prevailed upon operators and
unions to continue discussion of
differences, if possible, without
a shut down of the steel mills.
Washington reported Tuesday
price weakness had showed up
in many non-food commodities
;ndicated production is catching
ip with demand. Some food
items, such as chickens and
eggs have declined in price in
recent weeks,, but a firming of
these items are expected in the
coming weeks.
Chancellor Adenauer is ex
pected to emerge as the winner
in German elections this week,
despite a split within his party.
The 83-year-old chancellor sev
eral weeks . ago announced he
would step up to the presidency
but later reversed the decision
which resulted in a party dis
pute. Reports from Wpst Ger
many say the dispute between
Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard
has been patched up and unity
now exists within the party.
Nathan Elbert Chappetl,: 78,
died at 4 :30 o'clock Wednesday
morning . at the ; home of his
daughter i here after a Sixyear
illness. - ( 1
He-was born .in -Perquimans
County and had lived in Hert
ford for the past 55 years, i He
was a son of the late Lorenzo
Dow and . Sibia ; Chappell and
husband of the late Delia Cof
field. .v-'A;,;. ;.
Survivors include one daugh-
ter, Mrs.
Hertford:
Edgar L. Lane of
two brothers. Dr. J.
I. Chappell of Tampa, Fla., and
W.. H. Chappell of Rahway, New
Jersey. 1
":. Funeral , ,-servipes ,were ; con
tducted hThurj5day..,.aftrnooh,,j.Vt
4 o'Hathft.HenfflrdMethO-
dist jChjfrcK bja thHeyi.i
I' A. Auman Burial was In Beav-.
er Hill Cemetery la Edentoiti
Chaonell Funeral
Held Thursday
Schools Receive
$9087 In Federal
Assistance Funds
Perquimans County Schools
nave oeen allocated tne sum oi
$9,087 from the Federal depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare, it was announced Mon
day by J. T. Biggers, superin
tendent of schools.
The local schools qualified for
the assistance funds by having
more than five per cent of the'
total enrollment made un of stu-j A. G Grizzard, paving superin
dents whose parents were fed- ,tendont in the Highway Com
erally -connected by employment. missiolvs First Division.
Mr. Biggers received $6,815
of the allotment on Friday of
: mtendent stated final tabulation
of enrollment in the Perquimans
! schools, revealed 175 pupils had
parents in federally-connected
jobs and of these 120 were in
average daily attendance during
the school year. '
The formula used by the De
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare in ascertaining the
amount each school receives re
sulted in the local schools re
ceiving $75.75 for each of the
120 pupils.
Local school officials antici
pated receipt of this money last
year when a survey was con
ducted which indicated the lo-
cal schools were qualified to
participate in the program. Ap
plication was filed with the fed
eral government and this, along
with a file check of the fig
ures, were completed in June.
In anticipatio'n of the receipt
of the funds the Board of Edu
cation had used the funds in
balancing the school budget for
the fiscal year which closed
Tuesday. Mr. Biggers also stat
ed a certain amount of these
funds are .anticipated for the
current year and this amount
has been set up in the budget
for. general use in the operations
of the schools.
To Close July 4th
Independence Day, July 4,
will be observed by a majority
of Hertford merchants when
they close their stores Saturday
in observance of the national
holiday.
Mayor V. N. Darden reported
two weeks ago a survey of the
business houses had been con
ducted i and most of the mer
chants indicated a desire, to ob
serve the holiday on Saturday
rather than on Monday, July 6.
However," several neighborhood
stored have announced they; will
be open all day Saturday ' and
will take the holiday by being
closed on Monday, .
The Post Office, according to
Postmaster W. W. White, will
operate on a holiday schedule.
Mail will be received and dis
patched on this schedule but
there will be no mail deliveries.
Offices in the Court House
and Municipal Building will also
be closed all day Saturday.
' Mayor Darden announced that
there will be wr garbage coltec-!
tion on Saturdays "However, th
regular '' schedule " will be -resumed
Monday. ' 4 1 j r. ,
Many Local Stores
Carolina, Friday, July
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One-way traffic is being
maintained where road work is
in progress along U. S. 17 be-
tween Hertford and the Cho
wan Countv line, aecordine to
A
ing
portion of U. S. 17 is
resurfaced with sand
phalti and one.way traffic will
be necessary tor about 30 d
rij-A s a nilot car is
hina tn ,.,.:
deI and accidents. Average
delay where the work is in pro
gress is five minutes.
Miss Linda Swain
The wedding of Edgar Milton
Fields, , Jr., and Miss l.inda
Swain took place Saturday, June
27. at the Hertford Methodist
Church, with the Rev. James A.
Auman, pastor, officiating using
the double ring ceremony.
The church was decorated with
white gladioli, whfte pom poms
and palms, and was lighted by
cathedral candles.
Mrs. Georgia Roberts played
the wedding music, using the
Wedding March from Lohengrin,
by Wagner, ; as a processional
a n d Mendelssohn's Wedding
March as a recessional.
The bride, given in marriage
by her father, wore a waltz-l
length wedding gown of wh'ite
i all-over embroidery organza,
made in princess style with
sweetheart neckline. A bandeau
of the same material held her
shoulder-length veil of white il
lusion, She carried a white
Bible topped with white garden
ias and showered with valley.
lilies. :
Miss Jo Anne Swain was her
sister's maid of honor and only
attendant. Edgar Milton Fields
was his son's best man.
: The maid of honor wore a
gown of mint green with em
broidery of a darker shade,
made with a fitted bolero and
full skirt with which she wore
a matching head-dress. Her
flowers were pink carnations.
i Ushers were George Fields and
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County Tax Sales
Set For Monday
Perquimans County residents,
who as yet have failed to pay
their 1958 property taxes, have
until Monday noon to make set
tlement with the sheriff before
the tax liens will be offered for
sale at the Court House door.
-i Sheriff J JC. White will hold
the jb ale at noon Monday, after
which the outstanding liens will
be turned over toi the County
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Weds Edgar Fields
In Ceremony Here
3, 1959.
Local Watershed
Project Given
Federal Approval
A joint fedoral-state project
to improve flood protection and
drainage in the 10,500 acre
Eurnt Mill Creek Watershed in
Perquimans and Chowan coun
ties has been approved.
Senator B. Everett Jordan,
(D-NC) was informed that the
federal government will contri
bute $28,000 of the estimated
$95,000 total cost of the project,
expected to be completed in
three years.
The federal assislance was
approved by Earl E. Garrett,
state conservationist for the
Agriculture Department's Soil
Conservation Service.
The project will include more
than nine miles of stream chan
nel improvement. Local spon
sors are the Perquimans County
Drainage District Number 4 and
the Albemarle Soil Conservation
District.
To Preach At
Methodist Church
Superintendent and Mrs. Fer
dinand Mayr, Vienna, Austria,
will' be guests of the North Ca
rolina Conference Board of Mis
sions of the Methodist Church
July 2-5, and will visit in Hert
ford for part of this time in the
home of the Rev. and Mrs.
James A. Auman. Dr. Mayr
will share the pulpit with Mr.
Auman at the 11 o'clock wor
ship service on Sunday, July 5,
ind bring the message on this
day.
The Aumans have been desig
nated as official hosts for the
Mayrs while they are visitors in
this state. Plans are for them
'o see "The Lost Colony" on
Thursday night. On Friday thev
will go to Durham and visit
Duke University, where they
will also have lunch with oth'r
former Caravan leaders who
have worked in Austrian work
camps.
Saturday the schedule calls
for the Mayrs to celebrate the
typicai American holiday of thejed'from the bill was recording
Fourth of July as typical Am-1 0f cemetery lot deeds.
ericans do, in the home of the1 vvwm
Aumans. At 4 on Saturday af-1
ternoon women of the church
and the community are invited
to the parsonage for a social '
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tunity on Saturday for a visit'
with tht Rev nnr IVfo P T .
Jerome, new district superint.'ii-1
dent and wife for the Elizabeth (
vuy j-iisinci. j
" ' ." ill luciigr; in clil
Methodist work in Austria, and
he and Mrs. Mayr have been en-j
renaming worth Carolinians,
members of the youth caravans, I The commander 5f the Stat?
in their home in Vienna, for the Highway Patrol, Col. James R.
past 11 years. This is their first Smith, cautions holiday travel
visit to North Carolina, but the ers not to push themselves too
second trip to the States. He is hard on the road. "Relax and
also vice president of the newly-' enjoy the ride," says Col. Smith.
organized
Austrian Council of
Churches.
Light Docket In
Recorder's Court
A small docket, composed
largely of traffic violations, was
disposed of by Judge Charles
Johnson,, in Perquimans County
Recorder's Court this week. Sid
ney Rutter McPherson, speeding,
$10.25. fine and costs; Michael
Dunican, speeding, $10.25 fine
and costs; Gene Rogers Al'ligood,
speeding, ' $5.25 fine and costs;
Francis J. McKenna, speeding.
$10.25 fine and costs; Howard
Williams, allowing unlicensed
operator to operate motor ve
hicle on highway, costs of court;
William Orippen, no operators li
cense, $35.00 fine and costs;
Daniel Darby, no operators li
cense, $25.00 fine and costs; He
lena Foster, disturbing the peace
and using' profanity in public,
costs of court; . Levi Revell,
drunk on highway, $10.00 file
and costs; James Bembry, as
sault, $10.00 file and costs.
Board Of Education
The Perquimans Board oiihj
Education Will hold its auarterlv
meeting next Monday night,lciare( ; r i ,n v .
I July 6, at 8 o'clock in the office!
of the superintendent of schools.
Hertford Board
Adopts Ordinance
On New Bond Issue
Methodist Pastors
Assigned For Year
Methodist pastors were as
signed to churches in Perquim
ans County at the annual confer
ence, concluded Thursday o!
last week, in Wilmington. The
Rev. James A. Auman was re
assigned to First . Methodist
Church in Hertford and the Rev.
A. N.: Gore, Jr., was assigned
to Perquimans Charge. The
Rev. J?an E. Meadows was as
signed to Woodland-New Hope
churches to replace the Rev.
W. E. Puckett. The Rev. Frank
Fortescue was reassigned to An
derson Methodist Church.
Register Of Deeds
Ordered To Collect
NewRecordingTax
Perquimans County Regi Ic
of Deeds Julian C. Powell, alonn
with all olher Register of Deed-:
in North Carolina, are facing an
unpleasant task of collecting a
new 50-cent tax fee for record
ing certain types of real estate
transactions.
The General Assembly, storm
ing through its final hours of
session, emu ted the law !v mis
take after the proposed measure
had been stricken from the en
tire revenue lill. The snafu re
sulted in the proposal being en
acted and all register of deeds
have been notified by the At
torney General to start at once
collecting the 50-cent fee, the
proceeds from which are sup
posed to be used to provide the
Department of Conservation and
Development with a mapping
service.
According to the telegram Mr.
Powell received, he is required
to collect the fee for recording
each deed of conveyance, sher
iff's deed. Commissioner's deed,
trustee deed, tax foreclosure
deed, instruments assigning
right of ways, easements and
eases. The onlv Daners exclud-
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Safe Julv llh Holiday Driving
S
Corporal R. A. Trino and B
R. Inscoe, State Highway patrol-j
men stationed in neruoro, joineci
1U1 lilt: tunic iui-iiinii twi. j
way police force in urging safe.
driving over the Fourth of July
holiday. I
Col. Smith and his staff of
fered that prescription for a safe
and happy July Fourth holidav
trip. He warned that a tense,
aggressive altitude on the road
may end in frayed nerves, phy-'
sical illness or even death.
"If I understand it rightly,"
the patrol boss said, "the pur-j
fose
of a vacation is to relax,
to recharge our physical ana
spiritual batteries so we can re-!
turn to our jobs refreshed. Yet I
thousands of Tar Heel drivers!
merely exchange their everyday ,
tensions for a set of vacation.
type tensions."
As an example of the latter,
he pointed out that many vaca
tioners are so obsessed with the
whereven
thought of getting
they're going in the shortest j
possible time that they begrudge j
the time they must spend on i
the road
"They resent everyone and
everything that causes them the
slightest delay," he says.
Col. Smith emphasized that
this results in mounting tension
which itself is often a prelude
to accident. The person who is
agitated and : tense frequently
makes errors in judgment and
imnatienc coads him Into
"it's a terrible indictment of
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5 Cents Per Copj
Hertford Town Board, acting' J
:n conjunction with New York
bond attorneys, are giving no
tice this week of tne intention
of calling a special election in
seeking authority to issue $100,
000 in bonds for the town to
raise funds to renovate the
town's present water filter plant
and install a new water supply
for the customers of the town.
This notice, along with the
complete bond ordinance, is
published elsewhere in this is
sue of The Weekly. No date
fur the election has been set but
this action will come within a
short time.
Recognizing a definite need
for an improved water system
for lli rtioid. the Board of Town
Commissioners have been inves
tigating and planning this move
lor some time. Last year the
hoard sought and received ex
pert advice concerning the feas
ibility of drilling a new deep
water well to supply the local
consumers. Acting on this ad
v i' f , the board, contracted with
a di'lling concern which later
drilled and installed a new well
capable of supplying the town
with a total of 432.000 gallons
of water every 24 hours.
Te:;ts run on the water from
this well have proved the sup
ply to be superior to the suppiv
now used and taken from a
number of shallow wells.
The Town Board also contact
ed an engineering firm for the
purpose of ascertaining the
.:copo of work needed to convert
the present water supply to the
new, and to also learn the ap-
proximate costs of the project.
Following receipt of this in
formation the board voted to
proceed with lite p'.i,) and so
cured permission from the Local
Government Commission to is
fue the bonds providing the
program is approved by the vot
ers of the town.
Present indebtedness of the
Town of Hertford is reported as
being only $35.(100, and in the
event the voters approve the is
suance ol the new bonds, repay
ment will he set upon a sched
ule whereby $5,000 of the debt
will be retired each year.
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And Accidents
Alphonzo Jordan
To Preach At
Baptist Church
The Rev. Alphonzo Jordan of
Raleigh will preach at both
services next Sunday at the
Hertford Baptist Church. The
pastor and his family will be
attending the School of Chris
tian Studies and Fellowship at
Mars Hill College.
Mr. Jordan is chaplain for the
North Carolina General As
sembly and assistant chaplain
for the North Carolina Prison
in Raleigh. He is a native of
Chowan County and is well
known in this area.
He and Mrs. Jordan will also
bring special messages in music
at the services.
They will be the guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Ike Jordan on the
Elizabeth City highway.
Electrical Storm
Breaks Heat Wave
A severe electrical storm
which disrupted electric power
in Hertford tor several hours
Tuesday afternoons broke a four
day heat wave which had shot
the mercury to around the 100
mark Monday and Tuesday.
Weather forecasters announc-
ea the heat break as temporary.
stating conditions
indicated the
temperature would stay in the
90s for several more days. .
The power - interruption ex-- ,
perienced in some seven coun
ties on Tuesday was r due to
lightning striking a VEPCO
transformer between the Win
fall sub-station and Sunbury.
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