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Volume XXVI. Number 33.
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, flriday, August 14, 1959.
5 Cents Per Copy.
Nominees Named
Sponsors Predict
Red Letter" i Day
For Farm Festival
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Juan, rueno xuco, jura, itejsun nutseicuci aja dub auu :,
Now York governor husband; Nelson, riht, are "delighted"
over the engagement oX their son, Steven, to Norwegian Anne
Maria Rasmussen.
Town Board Ready
To Call Special
Election On Bonds
Hertford's Town Board, meet-
- ing here last Monday night, in
dicated readiness for setting a
date for a special election seek
ing public approval for the issu
; ance of $100,000 in bonds for
ithe purpose of financing the in
. stallation of a new water sys
tem for the town. . ;
Attorney Chas. E. Johnson ad
vised the board ( aiffl preliminary
jji work and papers connected with
1 the calling of the election have
Jjbeeht .approved r by New York
bonjl attorneys and Jhe .Local
Government Commission, and he
.is now? waiting for the bona a
Just, as soon,'' as this approval'
isrteceivecT the board ptan.,tq
set the dattf for 'the efbcticVh lano
p)6njto hld a public meeting
tfo'W purVised'cAatlming the
plect to the residents i6 Hert
ford.! ti'.--v.!,-
Mrs." E.;H.' Cannon appeared
before the board and objected to
the'.Jjoard making any changes
in the area in her neighborhood
rezottjng the area from residen-
' tial to business.
i A; delegation representing resi
dents of the Hyde Park Street
area 'appeared before the board
. petitioning enforcement of a no
truck parking; ordinance on that
street from Dobb to King Street.
Aftef hearing 4he delegation the
board, authorized the Mayor to
, take' "nectary' action to pro-
vide;' the area With relief from
' the jituatio'n; s" t
f : Join. Riddick, . Negro, . present
ed f request o the board ask
ing'.that a lot he owns on Brace
( Avetiue being ;;rezoned( Nfrom
residential' to business to enable
himjto, estabjidh a.woqd yard'on
the premises. '..-. "
. Tiie board v also discussed ; the
' tow ordinance which '.forbids
' the storage of dynamite within
the town Jimitsi and the. Mayor
an( Fire Chief were authorized
to jporiduct an investigation to
deftrfine . if his ordinance is
beijng observed.
Eayor 1 Darden .advised the
board CPAs have completed an
auit of the books of the town
fori the past fiscal year and a re?
view of this audit will be made,
at; a special meeting of 'the
bojrd be called next week,
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T,dn T'ti-ry, son 'of Mr -Min-'
D.- Tuiry ani the law A'. 'A.
ry.-: of Durants Neck, "died
iiday in a Clifton, N. J., hos
1 a'tor. a bri'f i:'ness.
; 'e is survived, in addition to
mother, by his wife, Mrs
; Gorman Ferry;, one daugh
Mrs. Marie Perry Sug;;s of
,'itonsville. Md.; two brothers,
- and S. T. Forry of Dur
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background of palm trees in San
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! Ann Burke Chappell
Wed On Saturday
, The Hertford Baptist Church
was the setting on Saturday, Au
gust 8, .at" 3 P. for the mar
riage of Miss Ann Burke Chap
pell and . Roger Allen Wilsom '
The .Rev.; J. O. Mattox per
formed the ceremony. j v .
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pell of Hertford. Tha bridP
groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Robert Wilson f Syossetj
Lrfbg Ilandt New York. .
i . NUptfal imlisic was presented
byV MrS; ! Icharies Johnson, or
ganist, 'and , R. S. Monds, solo
ist. .
Given ih marriage by her fath
er, the bride wore a floor length
gown of dull finish satin end
ing in a chapel train. The em
pire gown, trimmed with lace
and seed pearls, fashioned with
a lace bodice . buttoned up the
back! was designed by the bride.
Her fingertip veil -of illusion was
arranged in frothy folds from a
coronet-cap. She carried a cas
cade of lilies of the valley' cen
tered with a white, orchid,
Mrs. Mary, Dow Morgan ' of
Portsmouth, Va., s, sister . of , the
bride,, was matron -of honor.
Bridesmaids . were . the . Misses
Judy Wmslow pf Hertford,- cod
sin of the bride; Lianne Wilson
of Syosset, New York sister of
the. bridegroom; Marjori'e Shear-t
in . of Weldon, Shu-ley Gales of
Laurinburg; and Mrs, ' Barbara
Bolin RusselU of Arlington, Va-.
and Mrs. Joan Madre Trueblood
of Hertford. ' The bridesmaids
wore dresses designed by the
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Receives Degree
At Wake Forest .
I- Paul F. Matthews, son of
Mrs. Phillip Jackson, Hertford,
was graduated from Wake For
est College August 8. He also
received his "; commission as, 'a
second 'lieutenant in the Army.
He was one of approximately
60 seniors who received degrees
at ; 'the summer school com
mencement ' exercises. James
"W ! Mason, Laurinburg attorney
and one of the state's prominent
'Ejiptist laymen, was the prin
cipal speaker. ' '
"Matthews majored in physical
education -and received a bach
elor of science degree.
Ccthki.m Cl.urch
To HcU Revival
A series ' of revival meeting
services' will be conducted at
Bethlehem Christian Church be-
pginnlng on Monday night,- Aug
ust 17, and continuing through
Sunday night, 'August 23, "at 8
o'clo. ': T , "'.tionr.l singing
p 1 tri" ' 1 ftp Miviaf will
And Roger Wilson
iTThe method of holding com-1
munity ASC farmer-committee
elections has been announced.
Community elections will be
held in the county's six desig
nated agricultural communities
on September 10. Polls will
remain open 8 A. M. ti 6 P. M.
The following farmers were
nominated for election as com
munity committeemen and al
ternates, delegates and . alter
nate delegates to ' the county
convention: Belvidere commun
ity, Rtfllo, P. White, Thomas W.
ChappeM, Elton Layden, Louis
L. Spivey, Brenton Winslow,
Clinton Winslow, Emerson r R.
Asbell, Ralph E. Perry, "Walter
T. NoweB, Quinton T. Stalhngs;
Nicanos community, Elisha S.
Winslow, Arba E. Winslow, Sel
don - Rountree, Joseph H. Stal
lings, Jr.,. Lester J. Baker, Her
bert Williams; Lloyd Stallings,
Ellis Winslow, Oscar Roy Wins
low; Bethel community, C. R.
(Kit) Chappell, W. Dewey Perry,
Jr., Willis Proctor, S. Edgar
Long, ; Lawrence C. fcorprew,
Colon S. Jackson, Earl Riddick,
Winston E. Lane, Jr., Fleetwood
Harrell, Joel B. Perry.
" Hertford community, Carroll
R. Williams, Clarence L, Dail,
Emmett B. Long, Pailen E. Lane,
Clinton Ray Wlnstow, Thomas
Proctor, William E. Elliott, ' T.
Roscoe Kirby, Julian C. Howell,
Robert PJ Hollowell; New Hope
community, Robert E. Sutton,
Benjamin H, Chambers, T. Hoyle
Jones, Howard E. Long, Jack T.
Benton, Albert D. Eure, Abra
ham L. Godfrey, Jr., Moody
I Harrell, , Be'.vin Eure, Marvin
Caddy; Parkyillei community, J.
Lawrence Perry, John A. Bray,
Julian R. Mathews, W. Raymond
Stanton, Elmer L. ' Miller,. Calvin
M. Bundy, Ernest E. Morgan, A.
Thomas Banks, J. OMf ton Morgan
and Winfred E. Smith. ,
' Additions to the above list of
nominees may be. " made pro
vided uch addition! is requested
in a Jjetition signed by ten or
mbre .eligible voters and pre1
sented , to the . community elec
tion board not later than Friday,
August 21, 11959.
Any 'farmer who as owner,
operator, tenant or sharecrop
per, -is participating or is elig
ible to participate in any I pro
gram administered by theCoun
ty ASC Committee, is eligible
to vote in hisy community.
. Announcements will be made
of the community committeemen
elected immediately after thei
election. . Delegates elected by
the farmers will meet on . Sep
tember 25 to elect county com
mitteemen. ASC county.; and
community committeemen elect
ed wiill take office October 1,
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Basebcll League
FcSdslMout
Usual Playoff '
A hassle which developed in
the final week of play during
the regular Albemarle League
season "caused the league to fold
up without the usual play-off
to determine the league cham
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, According to reports, Camden
protested a game played and
won by Hertford, charging that
Hertford Used a non-listed play
er. At a meeting of the league,
held in Hertford Wednesday of
last 'Week, this protest was up
held by the league president,
but & demand tjiat all Hertford
games, in which Joe Rdgerson
participated be forfeited, was
denied.
!Afttf a three houi1 discussion
ncj bgreemeht was reached con
cerning a league play-off and'
Hertford representatives submit
ted a .request to the league
president for first place, award
for 'the season. '
Final standing of the regular
league season was reported as
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HEADLINES
"Washington reports this week
predict the Congress will enact
a labor bill, before adjourn,
ment, aimed at curbing racket
eering within labor unions. The
House opened debate on three
proposed "bills this week but
thus - far the party leaders re
fuse to predict which bill may
be the one adopted. Since Con
gress is expected to adjourn be
fore September 15, and has oth
er important legisOation to con
sider, a compromise may v be
worked out as to a labor bill
Reaction to the coming visij
to, the U. S. of Russian Pre:
mier Khruschev is mixed. While
top government ' leaders are
hopeful the visit will lead to
a relaxation of cold war tactics,
some officials doubt the wisdom
of the invitation. Meanwhile
President Eisenhower will leave
for Europe August 27 to con
fer with Western Allies prior to
the Krushchev arrival -in
Washington.
Lt. Gov. Luther Barnhardt an
nounced Tuesday he will not
be a candidate ' for Governor in
1960, thus reducing, by one, the
f lettd of prospective candidates.
Reports from Raleigh had link
ed Mr. Barnhardt with backing
of the Hodges administration but
these were not confirmed.
Foreign ministers of Ameri
can nations, j meeting in Chile
this week, ,are expected to study
conditions existingon the Carib
bean area leadine- to olots and
I counter-plots of a revolutionary
nature; - Cuba's Fidel : Castro,
faced with 'additional trouble .'hi
"hjs own country,: is not attend
ing the conference. '' ' . '
The government announced
Tuesday that employment rec
ords for July showed 67.5 mil
lion Americans had jobs ' while
3.7 million were unemployed.
The figures, showed an increase
in jobs over June for those em
ployed and a drop in unemployment.'."---'v.;
In State Contest
"A New Treat With a Beet"
was the title of the first runner-up
4-H State vegetable and
fruit use. deuonstration given by
Eva Ann Smith and Phyllis
Hendren of Perquimans County.,
: The demonstration was given1
at 4-H Club Week at State Col
lege in Raleigh. ' The girls rep
resented the Eastern District in
competition with other districts
in North Carolina.
"A New Treat With a Beet"
depicted many ; : variations of
serving the common table beet.
The girls told- how beets can
serve as 'one of 4he fine vege
tables needed ; daily and how
they help to supply the body
with many needed vitamins and
minerals. Beets add a bright
color to meals. One should
leave two. inch stems whe"n cook.
ing beets. There are many va
rieties of . beets, grown in North
Carolina, They can be prepared
in stich a variety -of ways that
everyone is sure to like them.
The -girls showed how to make
a beet relish cup and served it
as a-salad with complete lunch
eon; They showed " how beets
can be :; used r,; in . marmalades,
relishes,,. , soup, cookies, ' sand
wiches, nwffins and the tops for
greens.. A floral arrangement
was made from beet leaves and
small red beets,
v Phyllis and ' Eva Ann have
given ' their demonstration, ap
proximately twelve times in the
county and state.
REVIVAL SCHEDULED TO BE
HELD ANDEKSON CHURCH
Revival services will be held
at Andersm I lethodist, Church
bef'-nx'' "'m''iy, Auistu 1
DOUBLE TAKE Two hands are needed to drive out the
thrist during a recent heat spell in Moscow. The lady is down
ing cold soda water.
Bobby Smith Tells
Of Trip To Burma
On IF YE Project
Carolyn Rogerson
As Health Queen
"Have you seen the morning
paper?" shouted Carolyn Faye
Rogerson, Perquimans County
Health Queen at State 4-H Club
Weeki in Raleigh. "My name is
in 'the blue, ribbon group." The
night before at the Health" Pag-
foaRi only --twelve CoujfijrQueens
ih the State were awarded blue
ribbons. In the paper -thirteen
were listed. ; Among them Was
Carolyn Faye's name. But when
Ila Grey . Mellwean, the ' assist
ant home economics agent, Called
Miss Rachel Ferguson, the state
specialist and judge, she said
the paper had made a mistake.
Carolyn Faye returned to Per
quimans County from Club Week
disappointed, yet determined to
try even harder to improve
personal, family and community
health.
One week, later a letter ar
rived from Miss Ferguson con
gratulating Carolyn Faye on her
achievements in health improve
ment and on receiving a blue
i ribbon in the , state , contest.
Somehow ; Miss ' Ferguson had
misplaced ' a list of winners and
the last name on the list , was
not called out, , That name was
Carolyn Faye Rogerson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Thomas Rogerson, Jr., Route 2,
Hertford.
In the letter Miss Ferguson
wrote, "We feel equally sure
that being a good 4-H'er you will
understand and still be proud to
know that your work merited
the honor which you received
my best wishes for continued
success in all your 4-H activi
ties." Carolyn Faye is an assistant
4-H leader of the Belvidere
Community 4-H Club. She has
given demonstrations concerning
health to her club. She has
made many .family , improve
ments around her farm and
home. She has assisted with
community activities, funds and
drives.. She has sold rat poison
to' people in' her community,
She prepared first aid kits for
the- Agriculture ; Building and
for ; her. community building.
She .leads her club in healthful
recreation and : has guided the
club in two health projects.
Caroyn i Faye is interested in
He1, improvement of her health,
family health.' and community.
She' is doing her part to contri
bute to the health of the coun
ty t state and nation. '
Local Firemen Attend
Firemen Convention
i- Fire Chief R. C. , Elliott and
Assistant Chief H. N. Nixon,
represented the Hertford Fire
Department at the annual : Fire
mer.'i r-nventi6n . held ' Ithe first
r'-f ' ''3 week 'at Durham.
j-; ' returned home
By BOBBY SMITH
Greetings from , Burma , and
a land that is about as far away
from the United States as one
can get. . It is a strange land,
full of odd customs and differ
ent beliefs-yet, it is a humble
land where people live simply
relaxed and always ready to
lend a helping hand. There is
no rush, no hurry, no planning
for tomorrow the Burmese be
lieve that time will' take care
of everything.
For the past three days 1
have been living with a farm
family about 60 miles north of
'Rangoon. It is a rice paddy
family and by now I am get
ting used to plowing the water
Buffalo; transplanting rice and
walking five miles home after
a day's work.' My family speaks
no English so t am really put
ting to work the small amount
of Burmese. I have learned. It
is really a wonderful experience.
No matter whether it be in a
rice paddy, gathered around the
family table, or attending a
Burmese opera, the three things!
one will notice most about the
people of the Union of Burma
are their friendliness, their hos
pitality and their very relaxed
attitude. Therefore, with twen
ty million people combining
these three qualities, the end
product has resulted in a land
where happiness, love' and un
derstanding are prevalent. It is
from such a country that I,
Bobby Smith, 1959 Internationa!
Farm Youth Exchange delegate
from Perquimans County, North
Carolina, send greetings to my
American friends.
My trip to Burma, comparable
in size to the State of Texas,
was one of many highlights and
interesting experiences. It be
gan on June 9 when we left
Washington, D. C, where we
had undergone a five-day ori:
entation period conducted by
the National 4-H Foundation, for
Los Angeles, California. After
a two-day stay in that sunny
state, we set sail aboard the SS
President Cleveland for Hawaii
where we arrived on June 16.
Here we saw the real hula eirls,
the International Market Place
and went bathing at the beau
tiful Diamond Head Beach. With
our. "alohas" said and with the
night winds, from the sea blow
ing around us, we began our
journey toward Yokahama. At
the dock in Japan we were met
by Mr. Robert Motz from the
American Embassy, who guided
us on a most beneficial tour of
Tokyo, the world's second- larg
est city, and, its surrounding
countryside. We caught a train
from Tokyo back into Yoko
hama, then set Sail once again
for the Orient, our next destina
tion, the Philippine Islands. : ;
.We arrived in, Manila on June
29 and here I visited at length
with a farm family of Filipinos
at the village of Bacoor Cavite.
This family, typical of the Fili
pino people, was very grateful
to the American people for past
U, S.., Government aid and held
a deep respect for the. United
States
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citizen. The horse and
is the native tranf:ort
, Information Only
Property owners who have
mistakenly believed their prop
erty was being revalued during
recent visits of employees of
the Carroll Phelps Company are
advised today by Allen Carroll
these empolyees are not revalu
atmg the property but merely
obtaining information needed in
connection with the 'program.
Mr. Carroll informed this re
porter property revaluation, as
conducted by his company is a
"two-phase" program. Locally
employed persons conduct the
first phase by visiting the prop
erty and securing needed infor
mation, which is recorded on a
permanent record card. This
information is used to classify
property and is used by apprais
ers who will come here at a
later date.
Mr. Carroll stated the experi
enced appraisers of his company
will come here for the purpose
of revaluating the property af
ter the first phase of the work
that of gathering the informa
tion, has been completed by the
locally employed persons. j
Local Club Women
Workshop Aug. 18
The Eastern District Craft
Workshop is becoming more
popular with Home Demonstra
tion Club members and non
cl'ub members. The women
consider it a wonderful three
day vacation on Roanoke Island,
Manteo. ,'
August. 18, 19 and 20 will be
the date of the fourth annual
Crafts Camp. For many of the
women it will be a reunion of
friends which they met during
previous workshops. Along with
free time to enjoy the beach and
The Lost Colony, the women
wi'l be served meals by the 4-H
Camp dietetic staff. These
meals were declared delicious
by those who attended last
year. The 14 crafts which will
be taught by skilled instructors
likely will not seem like work
to the ladies. Handicraft work
shops give the ladies the oppor
tunity to work with their hands
for pleasure. The women will
find their craft entertaining
while "chatting" as they create
an article which will be useful
and beautiful.
Perquimans County's enroll
ment has increased from three in
1957 to seven this year. Mrs.
Alice Combs and Mrs. Whit
Cartwright plan to take Swed
ish darning; Mrs. Ray Godfrey
and Mrs. Ray Perry will ilearn
Italian hemstitching; Mrs. E. J.
Proctor, Sr., plans to arrange
dried flowers; Mrs. Irma Dor
sey is excited over making a
feathered hat, and Mrs. Charles
White, Sr., W'H make a refin-
ished chair which she plans to
bottom by caning.
Other crafts which will be of
fered consists of aluminum chas
ing and embossing, corn shuck
mats, copper enameling, copper
tooling, fabric stenciling, hook
ed rugs, tin can craft and
wood carving. Decorating of
Christmas cards, and plastic
covered oat hangers will be
quickie crafts taught during
night sessions.
The expense for the three
days is $2.00 registration fee
and $6.50 for meals and lodging.
Two cars will leave Hertford
Agricultural Building - Tuesday,
August 18, at 7:30 A. M. and will
return around 4:30 P. M. Thurs
day. Mrs. Paige L. Underwood and
Miss Ila . Grey -; Mellwean will
- tloiisi(joM ijBJa puafts soja
MADE STATE CHAIRMAN
Mrs. R.' S. Monds, past presi-
ent of the Hertford Grammar
School PTA, has been elected
State ' Chairman of, the. Goals
Committee of the North Caro
lina Congress I ix.'.-r
August 26 is a "Red Letter":
day for the people of Perquim-.;
ans County. The reason for this
is a Farm Festival will be tak
ing p'Jace at the Perquimans
High School gym. Civic clubs,
Ruritans and Home Demonstra
tion Clubs are co-sponsoring
this county event.
Men and women will have the
opportunity to enter articles in
18 classes. These articles will
be judged on Tuesday, August
25 in order that the exhibits can
adorn their ribbon for the big
day on Wednesday. The indivi
dual man and woman winning
the most first premiums (blue
ribbons) will be named Mr. and
Mrs. Farm Festival in honor of
the event. The winners will be
announced Wednesday night at
a fish fry sponsored by the Jay
cees and other civic clubs. An
advanced ticket sale has begun
with county clubs and organiza
tions distributing and selling the
adult tickets for $1.00 and child
tickets for 50 cents. Marion
Swindell, president ef the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, announc
ed that the profits from the sup
per would be used for the im
provement of the Perquimans
recreation lot.
Mrs. Colon Jackson, chairman
of the Home Demonstration
Council concession stand, has
requested club members of the
eleven clubs to furnish cakes,
pies and sandwiches. Eight
clubs are to furnish five pies
and three cakes or six pies and
two cakes while the remaining
three clubs are to furnish pi
mento cheese and chicken
salad. Mrs. Jackson remarked
that the festival would not be
complete without ham and so
country ham sandwiches will" be
sotd. The Home Demonstration
Clubs have some of the best
cooks in the county and can't
you imagine how delicious the
homemade pies and cakes will
bet j iTov provide prompt, effici
ent service, ; Mrs. Jackson has
asked that each club have two
workers on concession stand
duty for an hour and a half '
shift.
The sponsoring clubs and or
ganizations have another big
responsibility which determines
how successful the day will be.
That responsibility is to secure
an operating fund. The fund is
growing by clubs contributing
50 cents per member. Also,
booths are being sold to inter
ested merchants in Hertford.
The committee has had excellent
response from the merchants
and their display booths will be
advertising their business.
The clothing department will
be manned by Mrs. Vemon Har
rell and Mrs. Floyd Matthews.
Mrs. L. B. Elliott and Mrs. Wal
lace Bright will be in charge of
the home cooked articles. Can
ned foods will be checked in by
Mrs. C. T. Rogerson, Jr., Mrs.
Metflvin Colson and Mrs. E. J.
Proctor, Jr. Mrs. Josiah Proctor
and Mrs. Walton Lane will check
in floral arrangements, and arts
and crafts will be handled by
Mrs. Ray Godfrey and Mrs.
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Local Units Share
Intangible Taxes
Perquimans . County and the
Town of Hertford, late last week
received Checks amounting rto
$7,844.80 In the division of state
collected intangible taxes fov ,
1959 as reported by Allen Pas
ohel of 'the State Board of As
sessment. ; 'j : ,
Perquimans County's share of
the ' collection . was ' $6,856.67,
while the Town of Hertford re
ceived $988.13.
According to Paschel collec
tion of intangible taxes this year
ran ahead of collections for last
year, v However, counties ; and
towns received increased revenue
due to a change in the Saw by
the last General Assembly, j1,
Intangible taxes received by
Perquimans County, are. estimat
ed in the preparation of the
budget and. divided dnto var'io- i
funds of th ecountjr permit!:, j
a lesser tax rate On v" '1 la