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Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday. October 2, EST
Given
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; . Two defendants George True- Hertford P.TA To
blood and Harry Quidley; were, ItTprf Npf Thiirwlav
handed "12 months road sen-
V t tences by Judge Cthaa E. John
'y -son in Perquimans ; Recorder's
i Court, Tuesday after each of the
men had been found, guilty of j
stealing two . auto batteries from
Hertford Motor Company and
' Glenn's Place. The defendants
:ba&' entered pleas of not guilty
, tto ihe charges .' of larceny and
;.receiVing stolen property,
..William Gantt submitted to a
'charge of driving on : the : left
side of a highway and Jie paid
the costs of court.
"Walter Smith paid a fine of
$5.23 .and costs of court and
- .Otis BrocksV Negro, paid m fine
v oi ? jjlu.zo ana court costs alter
each submitted to charges of
speeding. , 1
Jonah Whidbee, Negro, was
, ; taxed with the court . costs af-
ter he submitted to a charge of
; driving a truck load over the
j height limit. .
:l William,' White, Negro, was
taxed with the court costs on a
charge of failure to have reflect
ors on his truck.
Prayer for judgment, '. upon
payment of , the costs, was con
:, tinned . in ; the ' case in which
Joshua Twiddy was found guilty
on a charge of non-support.
negtnaid James, Negro, was
. ordered to pay the sum ' of $5
per week' for the support of his
child afr he was found guilty
, on. a charge of non-support
" Thelm Parsons Mary i Etta
Felton and Arnetta Harrell, Ne
; groes, were ordered each to pay
the costs- of court or-erv one
week in Jgft after they had: been
found guilty of charges of mu
tual assault.,
Alton Dough paid the court
costs Rafter pleading" guilty to a
vbafgjo,4iiting to see intendri
'-tnawem'efcf'bf his" ' car could be
,made safely. . '
Costs- of court were paid by
(Earl Furlough and James Vick
after each submitted to charges
of failing to observe a-stop
sign. , -.
' A fine of $10 and costs were
i. taxed against Howard Johnson,
V Negro, who pleaded guilty to
charges of having insufficient
u brakes and an improper muffler,
t 'Fines of $2 and court costs
'-were paid by David Carr and
Wilmer Dunham after each had
submitted to charges of being
drunk. . -
The, Parent-Teacher ' Associa
tion of . the Hertford Grammar
School will hold its first regu
lar meeting of . the new -school
term next Thursday night, Oc
tober 1), at 8 o'clock in the audi
torium of the school.
Immediately following the ad
journment of the meeting there
will be a social hour to honor
thev new parents and teachers.
All- members are urged to at
tend. " , ''"-' .
Close Monday For
3 Months Period
The Perquimans County Local
Board No. 73 office of the Se
lective Service System will be
closed Monday, October 5, and
will continue to be closed for a
period of three months,1 reopen
ing' January 4, 1960. All male
persons reaching the age of 18
years during . this time should
report for registration at the
Welfare Department located on
the second floor o in the Court
House building in Hertford,
, Each man is reminded that he
is required by law to report for
registration; within five days af
ter attaining the age of 18
years. y. - . . . , . .
The Local Board will not have
induction W pre-induction calls
during thip period but will re
sume full schedule January ' 4,
I860.. ; ' .
Plans Formulated
To Reorganize
ii!3uastrial;oiij :
5 Cents Per Copy,
BOUND FOR RUSSIA Laden with souvenirs of their- Jife In the United States, the four
Kosmin. brothers depart from Chicago, 111., for the Soviet Union to join their parents. They
are, from left, George, 11; Paul, 10; Richard, 12, and Peteiy 3, In the arms of Chicago welfare
worker Ray Billiard'. , Their parents, victims of a Nazi concentration camp, decided to return
tto Russia in 1956. A court order recently freed the youngsters to return.
lesse D. liountree
irl
Weds English G
felte C:r,sli
C;cGoCrL'3flf
iH.S.CIir"::i,Jr.
lit; a candlelight ceremony- at
4 o'plock Sunday,' September 20
,. at the Rocky Hock Baptist
Church, Miss Jeanette Bunch,
daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. . Earl
Bunch of Edenton and Roy S.
Chappell, Jr., son of Mr.- and
Mrs. ; R. S. ' ChappeU, v Sr., - of
Hertford were united In marri
age. - ' ' . (
The vows were' spoken with
the Rev. L. C. Chandler, : pastor
of the Macedonia Baptist Church,
officiating in the double ring
ceremony. ' '
Prior to the . wedding EanT
Bcrea Church To
Hold, Homecoming
The' annual homecoming ser
vices will be held at the Berea
Church of Christ on Sunday,
October 4 with .Bible School at
10 A. M., and preaching at 1 1
o'clock Jwith the minister, Neal
Puckett, bringing the message.
Dinner will" be served on the
church grounds at noon and be
ginning at 1:30 P. M., there will
be an hour long service. The
public is cordially- invited to "at
tend ' aM the services. 5 ' ;v.
Gospel Hall, in Bushey Park,
l England, was the scene of the
wedding on j September 15 of
Jesse D. Rountree, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James M. Rountree of
Belvidere, and Miss, yeronica
Mary Baker,, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs; Victor; Stanley Baker of
Bushey ' Park. Rountree ' is a
member of the U. S. Air Force
Police, stationed in Bushey Park.
Miss Baker was attended by
her two sisters, Sheila and Mau
reen Baker and a cousin, Chris
tina Baker. The Gospel Hall
was crowded with friends and
relatives and the ceremony was
performed by Mr, Stotesbury.
The services -were recorded and
sent to Mr. Rountree's parents
at Belvidere.
ine coupje plan to live in
Belvidere following Mr. Roun
tree' discharge from the armed
forces. ,
Roard Of Educktion
Meet Monday, P. M.
The Perquimans Board of Edu
cation will hold its regular quar
terly meeting next Mondav
night at 7:30 o'clock In the of
fice of the superintendent of
schools.
Plans will be discussed for a
meeting with representatives of
the State School House Plan
ning Commission expected to.
visit Hertford next week for a
survey of future school needs
for this county.
Indians Gridders
Lose To Ahoskie
Play Tarboro Fri.
A: temporary administrative
committee, to serve; for 30 days,
was named at a meeting of the
Perquimans Industrial Commit
tee Wednesday night when a de
cision was reached by some 40
interested citizens to continue
the committee activity for com
munity benefits. Named to this
temporary committee were R. L.
Hollowell, T. P. Brinn and Max
Campbell.
Meanwhile ;
c
Hertford Voter
Approval To
Bond Issue Pro jec
Give
Commissioners Tel
Meet Next Monday
Commissioners for Perquimans
n ..-...: .. . . . I ' -
vuuuy WU1 nola tneir uctooerTown issue $100,000 in water
inreuHg next monaay, Deginmng bonds to provide a new water
Hertford voters gave ' oveif
whelming approval during spe
cial election held here 'last
j Tuesday to tlie proposal that the
THIS M'S
HEADLINES
Scorine two touchdoms in ho I l?-W-$,
first : quarter, Ahoskie -High j
School defeated the Perquimans
Indians here last Friday 'night
13-0 in the opening round of
Albemarle Conference play. The
early power shown by Ahoskie
was more than the Indians, could
overcome.
Brinkley, Ahoskie halfback,
broke the game open when he
raced 70 yards for the first score
in the opening minutes of the
contest. Perquimans kicked' off
to Ahoskie and Brinkley made
his TD on the second play from
scrimmage. '
The Indians kicked to Ahoskie
after failing to gain from scrim
mage, then held the visitors who
in turn kicked to the Perquim
ans 19-yard line. ' Perquimans
failed-trf totypf .h ball at1a an
attempted punt ws blocked with
'Ahoskie recovering the ' ball on
the Perquimans 2-yard line.
Williams smashed through the
Indian defense to tally Ahoskie's
President Eisenhower told a
press conference Monday his
talks with Russian Premier
Khrushchev had convinced him
that a summit conference of the
Big Four could be.; conducted
with some hope of agreement in
easing the world tensions. The
rresiaent stated pressure over
Berlin had been relaxed and
this was confirmed by the So
viet Premier in : Moscow. The
Presidents has advised the gov
ernments of, Britain France and
west Germany Of the details of
the conference with Khrushchev
but no date has been set for a
summit meeting.
committee composed of Charles
Harrell, . Claude Brinn and
Broughton Dail was named to
survey the county to determine
if public interests desire the or
ganization continue as an indus
try seeking one or be develop
ed into a full time Chamber of
Commerce. This committee is
to report its findings at a meet
ing 30 days hence when new of
ficers for the organization will
be elected.
During the meeting Wednes
day, R. L. Holloweill, chairman
of the PIC, reviewed the ac
tivity of his committee since its
founding in 1954, pointing out
a number of industrial contact
meetings had been held with
prospective firms but nothing
came of these conferences in
acquiring new industry.
A financial report was made
by the treasurer which revealed
the committee had collected con
tributions totaline $910.26 and
had expended $149.47 leaving a
balance of $760.79.
The next meeting for the pur
pose of reorganizing this com
mittee will be held the latter
part of October, the date to be
announced, and it is hoped an
even larger number of citizens
will attend and take part in
this program.
New Chevy Line
On Display Today
at 10 A. M., in the Court House.
In addition to other matters,.the
board is expected to make final
settlement with the Sheriff for
investigating collections of 1958 taxes.
The Board will also make
plans for playing host at a dis
trict meeting of county officials
to be held in Hertford next
month.
local Methodists
supply and rebuild the present
water treatment plant for im
proved service to local consum
ers. ' 'j : - '.
Although the total vote cast
approval for the program while ,
was lient. 168 of thp voters trnvp
only eight citizens voted against
the program.
Mayor V. N. Darderf, follow
ing the announcement of the
outcome of the election, said he
was very pleased with the way
program to provide more and
Hertford citizens supported this
better water for the community.
He also stated that work on the
project will get underwal just
as soon as tht Local' Government :
Commission completes the sale
of the bonds and money is pro
vided for the costs of the pro-
gram.
Tl : i ...:n i i i 1:1
mected to eathpr at (h.l!.nM. i,,c i""J-a wm inuuue line
mi- j , i laying of a pipe line to tha
!l
To Attend Rally
In R?leigli Monday
A large group of Methodists
from Perquimans County will be
among the 12,000 Methodists ex-
Hurricsne Gracie. which hit
second TD and made the score the mainland at Charleston, S. C,
13:0. Preston and Johnny Wins- Tuesday morning, caused at least
low and Sullivan did some nice he deaths and severe property
running to put the ball xm. Ahos-1 damage as it swept northwest
kie's 14 as the quarter ended. across South Carolina into the
Perquimans had four first downs mountain areas of North Caro
to' one for Ahoskie. . lina.. The storm lost much of
, Perquimans opened the second its Dower as it miwnt iniwi w
period by moving to the Ahoskie continued to carry extreme rain
2-yard line and then fumbled j fall into the wide areas hit hv
HD Club Council Elects New
Officers; Plan Year's Program
At Meeting Hdd Here Friday
Mrs,1 Warner Madre'Was elect-pemonfftr ation history will not
Home Demonstration
name of the Publicitv Cnm-
Council mittee will be changed to Pub-
president at the regular Council lie Relations Committee, and thr
meeting last Friday. Mrs. state treasurer be paid a sal,rv
Madre has swved as vice presi- ?f W per month for her detailed
dent of the . county organization j5.
during the past two years. As ' Mrs., Ray Perry, Mr. P'
county family life leader she has Godfrey, Mrs. Alice Combs an?
given reports and attended meet-( Mrs.; i,. J. Proctor Sr., reporte'
mgs concerting ylamnty life.
Mrs. Madre has been home poul
try project leader in the Helen
Gaither Home Demonstration
Club. Among her ; outstanding
a wonderful time while attend
ing Eastern District Crafts Work
shop Each lady ; discussed th
crsft she learned and displayer"
a finiihed article. - ::-
Harrell, . organist, presented a I Community . 4-H -Club, during
1959;- -
Other' officers on the execu
tive board serving . with Mrs.
Madre "are: v" Mrs. Willie Lamb,
Vice president; Mrs. Colon Jack
son. , secretary "and. Mrs.. Edgar
Long, treasurer. " , - ' ,
Twentv-eight Wtib' membprs,
representing 'the' eleveft Home
Demonstration, Cubs," Were pres
ent to discuss and decide, on va
rioUs vitemsi of buriness. , . '.
' Reports were1 given on ' sum
mer activities ,rconeisting! -of
Farm-Home Week, Eastern , Dis
trkrt Crafts Workshop and the
1DD9 Farm' Festival. 1 Mt: War
ner Madre, voting delegate,' who
works, Mrs. Madre "and her hus-j ";L Mrs.': Colon Jackson ga ve a )r
band organized the Wynn-Ford j port on . the Farm Festival con-
program of pre-miptial , music
and I.Irs. Frank Elliot s0!0
sang , "I Love You Truly" " and
. as the t'cnediction. "The Wadding
Fr; " , ,., '
The bride entered . the bhurch
with hot father, by whom; she
: 3: ( :cn in i marriage. . , She
-e a gown of candlelisht sat
in and rosepoint .lace,.. deigned
' r' .nJing collar. Her
' 'k veil was attached to
i Mil .-'re'. V-i tiara..-i T'ie ;car-
bouquet, with two
ci'chiJs with ' stephon
'd an i 'velvet leaves.
l T h, s'ster of
1 cf honor.
r "I t'f-
' 1 s ,1
I ' ' .
a b
id.fd Sta,1e Council meeting
FirovIIone Week, re-'
1 f M' Jf"- S. "McKim
a .1 I T. f nith Loan
'a v- i'l lis increnoed from
i t . M r rirt of.
. " .- i. one vyear
cession etand and thanked each
club for its cooperation whicr
made the results . satisfactory
The Council voted tp. eive half
the drink profit of $26.55 to the
Pf quimans" County Recreation
Center..;,... .- : ,;.v:v1;, ;; i'y. '
i Ther; J?59 rleadership contest
.was ' discussed.- The . following
clubisj .;iare partkioating. in the
coptesi:;, pmrges&. Beech Springs,
Belvidere',, Helen Gaither, SnoW
,HnirW:hit,' Hat, Durants Neck.
a,n4,;Ktopewell,:(,! Jt was,, decided'
tht the county winner., who will
be named at Fall Achievement
Dp v, will be presented a 10-K
gold p ci,:,
A delegate Interested, in going
on the UN tour, October 26, to
New York City will receive $25
from the Council to help defray
her expense. Perquimans Coun
ty has not had a delegate since
ia54... . ;; '',"::.v.'
The "' in." 3 (Fall ' Achievement
with Ahoskie recovering the ball.
Ahoskie moved the ball well
during this quarter, rolling up
three first ' downsi to one for the
Indians. Madre did some fine
defensive work for Perquimans
stopping the -Ahoskie attack.
Perquimans took the second
half kick off and tfnoved the ball
Sown-.into Ahoskie territory on
runs by Ttlley. Sullivan and
Winslow. Perquimans rolled up
five : first . downs during the
period and, was on; Ahoskie's 9
yard line" when the third period
ended. A Perquimans fumble on
the opening play of the final
"luarter was, recovered by Ahos
kie and thus ended this drive
for a score. .. :
Perquimans threatened" to
score again, in this quarter when
Tilley passed for 30 yards to
Billy Nixohv placing the ball on
the 50-yard stripe. Another
pass, Tilley to Madre, moved the
ball to the Ahoskie 32 and again
tht storm. Meanwhile, weather
forecasters report Hurricane
Hannah, presently with winds up
to 100 mph, may follow the same
path taken by Gracie due to a
high pressure area over the
Foutheastern section of the na
tion.' . ' . ..
Reports from Britain, where a
national election , will be held
next week, indicate the Conserv
atives will retain, control of the
government over the Labor par
ty. Recent developments be
tween the' East and West and
eenerally good economic condi
wong in angiana are reasons
given for the forecaist for a Con,
servative victory.
R. L. , Hollowell. manaeer of
Hollowell Chevrolet Company,
announced Wednesday the new
1960 line of Chevrolet automo
biles, including the company's
new line of the small, compact
Corvair, With its rear engine,
will be on display at the local
showrooms for the first time
this week-end.
Stating a number of outstand
ing changes in styles and models
have been made for the 1960
line, Mr. Hollowell cordially in
vites the public to visit the
showrooms and inspect the new
cars today.
Coliseum in Raleieh Mondav
October 5, for a conference-wide
Evangelistic Rally. According to
reports from the local Methodist
Church and from the Pernuim
ans Charge and the New Hope
Woodland Charge, these church
es will reach their quotas of
goals set uo for attendance at
this important meeting.
Beginning at 10 o'clock Mon-
a pipe
town's; new well, which is locat
ed about a mile south of the
town plant, adjacent to the
Norfolk Southern Railroad track.
Plans call for the pipe line to be
installed parallel to the track
from the well to the plant site;
also included in the project is
the renovation of the filter plant
to provide capacity for handling
day mornmct, the program for flow
the dav will include a message ,
from Presiding Bishop Paul N ' Surveys made by engineering
Garber, Richmond, Va.; sreet- prir to the Town Board's
ings from Governor Luther ! pposal for this Prject reveal"
Hod?e?; Bishop W. Angle Smith' ed at VSSAt T for the lmProv-
of Oklahoma, president of the f16"1; At fe e the
general board of evangelism; Dr. .f Water iupply lst 3"st
Thomas A. Carruth, director of I hg,tly ae the curi:ent de"
the Prayer Life Movement of I mands, and the new water sup-
the Methodist Church, and Dr. ,p,y Pved out to be-much bet-
r l TPr in mia.lltv than tUa ennn V
now being obtained from some
80 shallow wells.
Renovation of the filter plant,
also will bring the plant up to
all specifications as now re
quired by the State Health De
partment for the distribution of
water: ...
Harry Denmgn, ,ex2cutive secre
tary, genpral board of evange
lism. Walter F. Anderson, di
rector of the State Bureau of
Investigation, is president of the
North Carolina Board of Evange
lism and will be in charge of the
events, of the day, which will al--)
include statements from Mrs.
Pierce Johnson, president of the
Woman's Society of Christian
Service; Nelson Gibson, presi
dent of the Board of Lv Ac
tivities, and Francis Bradshaw,
resident of the Methodist Youth
Vellownhio of the North Caro-
llina Conference.
Continued on Page Eight
Historical Society Program
Includes Early Development Of i
Hertford And Indian Objects
Hoggard Funeral
Conducted SunoV
In Elizabeth City
Washington renorts on Wed
nesday stated : the government
was preparing to invoke the
Taft-Hartley law for temporariJy
ending the strike in the steel in
dl,t.rv unless the .- inrfaistrw ont
to the. 12. A fumble recovered union made some progress in ne-
r 10 with
by the visitors stalled this drive
and Ahoskie ran out the clock.
, ' Continued oft Pap Eight
Scouts To Hold
Court Of Honor
Boy Scouts of Troop 155 will
hdld a Court of Honor Monday
ieht, October 5, at 7 o'clock in
the' Court House in Hertford.
Awards" will be presented
boys ' for." 'the work , they have
done toward these awards.
Th'pubjic is invited. it attend
the Court 'oi ' Honor and jsee the
presentation of the awards.
There will be a demonstration
on first aid. ; ;
A special invitation is issued
to tny boy who is U years- of
age and , who wants to become a
Scout to attend the event and
see what the boys do in Scout
ing. The Scoutmaster will ex
plain to the boy and parents
about the Scout . movement and
1 .v f ? l-conirg a Srut,
gotiations to end the 75-day old
strike which is now affecting
nation s economy,
Los Angeles, defeated Milwau
kee, in . a ' , playoff . for the Na
tional League baseball title and
the right to play, Chicago of the
'American League for tht World
Series title which . starts this
week. The Dodgers and Braves
finished the regular season in a
tie and Los ; Angeles won: two
straight In the playoff, 'v' iv-
'T SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS
y Th Senior Class at Perquim-
anvHlijh Schortl has elected the
following members as class of
ficers for the yean Willis Wil
liams, president! Raiford Cope
land.' Vice 'president and report-'
er; Katherine Sawyer, treasurer,
Carolyn White, secretary. The,
class .this year is the largest
in the history of the school and
What early Hertford was like,
the pattern of its street, who
bought the first lots, etc., was
the subject of the program un
der the direction of Mrs. Corbin
Dozier at the meeting of the
Perquimans County Historical
Society in .the Perquimans Li
brary on September 28.
Dr. William Alden Hoggard,
! Sr., 77, who practiced medicine
in this" area for more than, 50
I yesrs, died at his home near
j Wocdville Thursday night of last
i week. , : -
He was a native of Hertford
County, son of Mr. and Mrs.: Levi
Hoggard and the husband of the ,
late Pattie Griffin Hoggard. At
di iimnig togeiner Dits oi m- j Alley
formation from, the Colonial now.
necoras, oia aeeas, maps ana
other sources, Mrs. Dozier de-
low. At that time Water Street
(now completely submerged) ran
parallel to, and between, the
present Front Street and the (the time of his death, Dr. Hog
riven. Hyde Park Street, now a I gard was sliU active in the'
,,t. - v -tu . practice of medicine. He.was
very short street then extended idel known and :beloved b
ZZL T ? Tk" ntheTA the th' area whom
ttreet G?bb', CVm he served with much devotion.
were then as they are I ed SmAay afternoon, in the Firt
i Bantist Church. KlizaViPtH Pitv
Another interesting feature of( by the Rev. Maurice Grisso
vfeloped an . interesting descrio- ,c was tne snowing The choir sang "In the Hour ,
tion of the old town. Dy eroy wt00d Uurants Neck'
' , , , x. . of a collection of obiects found
Records show that lots in in vicinity the perquirnans
Hertford were boueht before1 n.- j .i. ... ,
1759, and there is a reference "1 Z Z TX' TT Tm Griffini Rioh"
to court being held in "Ye I i vet identfL n Tti S fd Bunn HerSey Greg0ry' Wil
Grand Courthouse" in 1701.1 " d nd I cj iam Bogur and Alwh Cook
tt... , i- -v.. -u... iU levwently very ol and of Span- Werment was in an KliahPth
homes in an early settlement
known as Little River.
In April 1759 "John Harvey,
John Clayton, -and Nathan New-
by, trustees and directors of the
town of Hertford, in pursuance
of 'an act of 'the Assemlhly of
said province, for establishing a
town on the land of Jonnthan
Phelps, oh the Perquimans River"
divided the land into lots for
the purpose of sa;le.The first
lot to have been old was o-
parently in the area now reach
ing from Blainehard's store o th
corner v of Market and Church
Streets." " ''
Mrs. Dozier showed a mp of
the town f , Hertford f partially
survevtd and plotted at the in-
it is looking forward to an out. I stigation of the town commis-
.tnr;:;-3 year; '
court was held in 1715 in wrivate, vui .tl . cemetery,
una ji LHinr rv . nni n wd wvt
of Trial" and "My Faith Looks
Up to Thee." .
Pallbearers were James Todd,
piece
which has been examined by
Dr. Wedel of the Smithsonian
Institute, who states, !The frag-
ment is Indian pottery approxi
mately 500 to 600 years old
The collection , included mny
interesting obiects and indicate
that much of interest mv be
found in Pemuimans County
tnrough the efforts , of the so
ciety. - . :v:. .',-.,,.
Steven Perrv of Entrants Neck,
president of the society, presfd.
d Pt the meeting and at the
business session, heard reports
of committees nd mde appoint
ments to several committees. He!
reminded the members that the
annual dues for the second year
of he organization arw nnw rlu.
. The next meeting will be Jield
In January, ...
Surviving are two sons, Dr.
W. A. Hoggard, Jr., of Eliza
beth City; J P. Hoggard of Tam
pa, Fla.; a brother, L L. . Hog
gard of Suffolk, Va.; two sisters,
Mrs. HermaA Sutton of Raleieh
and Mrs. J. J." Peele of Lewis
ton, and six grandchildren ,
County Students : '
Win Scholarships:
' East Carolina. College, Green
ville, i announced this, week that
William i Eugene Byrum of, Win
fall and John Matthews, Hert
ford, were' among the 155 stu
dents at the school awarded $100
scholarships on the basis of good
scholastic standing,' promise of
future, success,! 'excellencfe , oi'
character and personality, ' i