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Volume 'XXVI. Number 41
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t if Jr PTA members? tf the: Hertford
.Grammar School and ' Central
Grammar - School have opened
their .'annual ' project to raise
. funds acting " as subscription
fgents for. The ".Perquimans
Weekly. . The PTA groups will
; Solicit ' new J; and renewal sub-
-: scriptions to The Weekly dur
ing the' next five weeks, receiv
v" ing a ' generous, commission, tp
each subscription secured,
Mrs. Elwood Perry is direct
ing the work for,,, the Hertford
Grammar School - group whfle
Mrs. Thomas Chappell is the di
rector . for Central Grammar
School. Members of the PTA
, ore authorized agents for The
, Weekly during this drive, and
. subscribers are :, urged to pay
their renewals to the PTA in
order : to assist; the groups to
benefit through this subscrip
' tion plan. :-.
The Weekly has not mailed
out expiration- notices to ,sub-
; scribers- for several months.
However, the subscriber may
, check his expiration date by the
label on his paper and deter
mine when the renewal is due.'
' The PTA groups will conduct a
house-to-house canvass, -for .sub
scriptions, giving each person an
opportunity to renew his paper
and help the PTA at the same
time. . -
All subscriptions sold through
this drive will be started at the
expiration of present : subscrip-'
tions. That is, if you are now a
subscriber and your subscription
is paid through December, or
any month in 1960, the renewal
you'give to,.the. PTA will be
carried forward at the expira
tion of the present date. X. '. .
This plan will enable the
. PTA of the' two schools to raise
extra funds for activities at the
two schools, and has been con-
'oHieted'jcOopratioh'wifl the
Ota 'tvik " ...... .
': 'Sabscripers' are. urged to ; sup
port, the PTA in this drive and
renew subscriptions flirough the
iPTAjmempersj tjpsiihqbl children.
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THIS WEBCS
IKES
., . . . . .
rresiaeni aisennower nas in-;
' yoked the Taft-Hartley law to
. end temporarily ' ; the strike of
' longshoremen,', and is ; expected
to take the same action in the
- steel strike,, since negotiates
between the union and industry
. has again broken down. The
Taf t-Harfleyv la w provides f pr ; a
: cooling-eff period . of 80 .days
during which the industry re
sumes operation while , negotja
tions are' Continued, j,;U ft
. . Reaction on the part of legis
lators to a proposal for a", spe-
cial session of the Legislature to
consider' additional , funds' for
public welfare to prevent a de
crease in checks being- paid the
aged ' and, totally :C, disabled, Is
mixed according ; to ' a report
from Raleigh,: The payments by
the Welfare . Department I were
.ordered cut recently due to lack
' . of funds, ; the , cuts being esti
v mated at about two dollars, per
month. ' ' ' '
,- World scientists are waiting
(he outcome" of a Russian effort
fa send a ' rocket , around the
. moon, taking pictures of the side
of the moon never seen by earth
. scientists. Late ' reports by the;
Russians stated the rocket w'afc
performing On time and accord!-!
ing to iplanning-VIeanWhae,
U. $. missile 'of ficials fconf irhv the!
fact We are j years behind' 'the
'Soviets : in production of -ifhisf
- type rocket A--" u r- :,-r;i
in Chicago " Thursday following
the 1-0 win by Chicsao in Los
Armeies on Tuesday. ' The White
Sox victory made the standing
h I'e series 3-2, Lcs Angeles.
I ,v a'' if'.ince recc.Jj for the
', II Voi'l Ser' 5 v.ere set
- t t' 1 f "--r J seric-s
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Perquimans Farm
OrMulflOTlSi?
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With a .goal of 300 members
for 1959, as its : objective, the
Perquimans .County Farm Bu
reau is in the midst of its an
nual membership drive and the
team' of solicitors selling Farm
Bureau membership is hopeful
the- goal -can be' achieved ' by
ThuwaOctoheff .29, wheft the
Farni Bureau will hold its cam
paign barbecue dinner for all
members at the high school. ;
'! Representatives - of ' the Per
qUimans FSrm. Bureau opened
the - rAehibership campaign this
week, - and . ech community in
the" county ' has a membership
team soliciting dues for the com
ing year., . Farmers and business
men, alike, ere urged to renew
their membership at the earliest
possible date in order that the
goal may be reached without de
lay. ;
Results, so far, in the drive
indicate the county Farm Bu
reau' will reach its membership
goal, -but officials of the county
group believe even." more indi
viduals should join up than the
Farm. Bureau has. set as the goal
for the coming year. These lo
cal officers of Farm Bureau point
out membership in the organi
zation adds strength to the se
curement of farm programs and
the mire members' the Farm Bu
reau can secure means . greater
force' in achieving these results,
vThe teams soliciting member
ships - will make a canvass of
each community in the County,
pffering everybody an opportuni
ty -to join' the Farm Bureau, but
in case1 an individual is pqt con-,
tacted by a solicitor ihe is ask
ed to contact Claude Williams,
Joe Nowell oti Floyd '.Mathews
concerning a raembarship and
these- men-' vill see that the -in
dividual .,'j-eoeives the member
ship credentials. '
StiiiM
CliLiges Hands
A change in ownership of a
Hertford business was announced
here last Friday when Henry C.
'Sullivan, owner of the S and M
n, . . . . . .
Pharmacy . reported he had sold
the business to Mrs. C. P. Mitch
ell and Robert E. Miller of Eliz
abeth. The transaction . was ef
fective as of October 1.
, The "new owners of the local
business operate drug stores in
Elizabeth City, Orangeburg, S.
C, and at Nags Head.
. ' Harry., Umphlett, who for a
number .of months worked as
pharmactist for Mr. Sullivan, is
acting as manager of the j store
under its-new ownership. He
stated there Will be no changes
made - in the : operation of the
business, that; the store policy
and personnel will be retained.
However, due to the connections
of the new owners, . the store
will offer enlargement of 1 its
merchandise "and offer lower
prices on some items. '
V In announcing the sale ot the
drug store, Mr. Sullivan stated
he had no plans for the immedi
ate future. 'He had owned and
operated the store f since the
early 1940's,. making it into one
of the , 'outstanding retail, stores
in this community, j ...
tane Jle-plerted
Local ASC Chairman
r vLeorildas L. Lane -was re
elected chairman, of the : fer
quimans Gbunty Agricultural
Stabilizatibli " and Conservation
Committee tjjr delegates to the
county convention, which was
held ! Friddy, September 25,
Freeman S. Long was re-elected
vice chairman of the committee
and Prestoft Nixon was re
elected as regular member
Ralph Harrell was elected first
alternate and Charlie Thomas
Roeerson, Jr., was. elected sec
ond alternate. !
The County. ASC Committee
if rerpon;'ble for the adminis
tration of the. agricultural con-
! ry" , ";e Sup-
Pharmacy
Hertford. Perquimans County. North
Registration On
For State Election
W. A. White, chairman of the
Perquimans Board of Elections,
called attention to county voters
this week that the registration
books for the special state elec
tion on 1 October 27, are now
open and will, remain open
through Saturday, October 17, for
the purpose of registering per
sons not listed on the books.
'; He pointed out individuals
registered already need not reg
ister again, but persons regis
tered only in the books for the
Town ot Hertford must register
also in the books of Perquim
ans County to - be eligible to
participate in the election.
Indians To Battle
Plymouth Gridders
Here Friday Night
Faced with three straight de
feats, the Perquimans Indians
will definitely be rated as the
underdog Friday night when the
Indians play the strong Plymouth
High team in Hertford on Mem
orial Field. Game time is 8
o'clock.
: Plymouth, undefeated so far
this year, is a veteran outfit
which has eyes set on the Albe
marle Conference '. title. The
Panthers edged out r Ahoskie
last. Friday, night by a B-l score.
Coach Ike Perry's Perquimans
team was soundly trounced last
Friday , night by Tarboro High
School' the ' f inar score being 20
to 6.' The contest opened" with
Tarboro scoring first,, then being
tied by a comeback on the part
of the. Indians. Half time score
wad 6-6.
Tarboro outplayed the Indians
throughout the second half and
scored two more :, 'touchdowns
during this period and converted
the extra points to take the de
cision 20-6.
The Perquimans defense was
handicapped somewhat during
the second half of the game due
to injuries sustained by Jimmy
Sullivan late in the second quar
ter.
The game here tonight will be
.the last, home game until Oc
tober 30.: The Indian schedule
calls for games at. Williamston
next week" and ' at Edenton on
October 23. Manteo will play
here October 30.
Peanut Growers
Urged To Consider
Support Program
With peanut digging in pro
gress' in , Perquimans County,
peanut growers should consider
the - advantages of the peanut
price,; support program, . George
Bellmoiw- Perquimans County
ASC office manager, said to
day. i Commodity , Credit Corpora
tion will support ' the price 'of
eligible . 1959 - crop peanuts
through (H "loans to associations
operating under agreement with
CCC, . 3) farm storage, loans, oj
agreements with' producers,,.
peSnur price . supporT is a loan
which '. the 4- farmer xe6eives
through the association, when he
delivers his peanuts to the ware
house, r The peanuts are weighed
and 3 graded at , the approved
Warehouse, and the producer- re
ceives a-draft for the amount of
the. loan. The Joan protects the
grower because peanuts can be
turned over - to the government
in full settlement of the i loan.
If peanut prices rise the growers
association and the' farmer' may
receive additional payment -representing
his share of any pro
fits made by the association.
- Bellmon advises ; farmers , to
compare the loan price and, go
i - r--'-,',t i'rr and then pse
iM , t r -fj-Bra. or sfll,
, f y, h iff
i;ir tH-! -M
,m Mr n i'iVirgTilii?l'VlinwiMriiiiirtt'ir'iriiii ffn-ln itlriiniaiAimi. in w mjiioi ' i
NOT HIS DAY Robert Burns, 39, was seriously injured when
on the Bayshore Freeway, Ban Francisco, Calif. Adding insult to
out of the, stretcher as police carried him from the scene,
High
School
Meeting
By 150
Presentation of the 1959-60
Yearbooks was one of the fea
tures of the Perquimans High
School PTA meeting Thursday
night of last week, when around
150 high school parents and
teachers met in the auditorium
for 4he initial meeting of the
school year. Mrs. R, S. Monds,
program chairman,.. presented the
yearbooks which - include " an
outline -of program topics, offic
ers and standing committees,
faculty and grade representa
tives: : ' ' .,.,
According to-' program topics
listed, the-other PTA meetings
for this year will center around
discussion of the following in
terests: December, "Ability
Grouping"; February, "Harmony
at Home"; and April, "Adoles
cents and Automobiles.'1
Mrs. H. C. Sullivan, president,
presided over the business meet
ing, the special project of the
year, recommended by the exe
cutive, board and agreed upon by
the association' will be improve
ment of . the teachers' lounge.
Mrs. Sullivan will appoint a com
mittee to head up. the improve
ment, project at an early date.
The president also named grade
representatives at this ' meeting.
They will be: Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Nixon for the 8th grade;
Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Matthews for
the 9th grade; Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Bob White for the 10th grade;
Mr. and Mrs. Warner Madre for
the 11th grade, and Mr. and
Mrs.' Preston Nixon for the 12th
grade. Chairmen of standing
committees, as announced by
Mrs.- Sullivan, will . be: . Mem
bership, Mrs. Joseph Proctor; Fi
nance, Jim Bass; Publicity, Mrs.
James Auman; Hospitality, Mr.
and Mrs. George Baker; Legis
lation,1 . Clinton Eley ; Congress
Pblications, Mrs. C. T.- Rogerson,
Jr.; Safety, R. A. Tripp; Study
Course, Mrs.' Jack Brinn, and
Program, Mrs. R. S. Monds, Miss
Frances Newby and Carroll Wil-i
liams.
Membership drive is 'now on,
and 'parents of high school stu
dents who have not yet joined
the. PTA may do so; by contact
ing either the membership chair
man, Mrs.. Joseph Proctor, or
Mrs.. Sullivan. Parents of high
school students, we'r? most inter--ested,
in ithe ,first meeting be
cause at , thjs , time, -they had an
opportunity , , to follow ; through
on theij;, . own boys- and girls
classroom ..schedules,.- meeting
teachers, and, ibecoming acquaint
ed witftj-, ,classro6m,,f, procedures
and ); , ppljcies. TFpHpwing : ) the
meeting .last Thursday, the,, high,
school facultyg, entertained at a
fellowship hour. :
Other officers serving with
Mrs, Sullivan this year, and who
were . elected v last spring, are
Caitoll Williams, vice president;
Mrs. John Hurdle, secretary, and
Jim Bass, treasurer. The next
meeting . is scheduled for : De
cember 3 at B P. M.
. MASONS WEST, TUESDAY
.J rerquimans .yhoi
No-'MCifAriciiltMral
A. I. J A,, Mvw '1 mt !Tuci
Carolina, Friday, October 9, 1959.
PTA
Attended
Parents
Board Of Education
In Meeting Monday
The Perquimans Board of Edu
cation met here Monday night
for its regular quarterly meet -
ing. During the session the
Board named C. C. Chappell,
Sr., and D, H. Eure as delegates
to the State School Board Asso
ciation meeting to be held in
Chapel Hill November S, and ac
cepted the resignation of Vivian
J. Harris as home economics
teacher at Perquimans Union
School.
The Board also Voted to in
stall cement walks at Perquim
ans Union School and Central
Grammar School and surface the
walks at Hertford Grammar
School.
Sheriff White
Commissioners for Perquim
ans County, meeting here Mon
day for their regular October
session, concluded a settlement
With Sheriff J. N., White for the
collection of 1958 property taxes
due the county.
New tax books, covering the
levy on property for 1959 taxes
were turned over to the sheriff,
following the settlement for last
year's accounts.
Of the total of $174,843.06
levied in taxes for 1958 taxe
remaining unpaid at the time of
the settlement amount to $7,
744.47, composed of land sales
and only $1,809.28 in insolvents
j Following the tax settlement
the Commissioners appointed
Deputy Sheriff B. L. Gibbs, as
collector of delinquent persona'
taxes and authorized Sheriff
White.; to turn over the 1958
books to the deputy for further
collections. : - : i -
The Board also discussed the
securement of a fire inspector
for county schools, after teinp
advised F. T. Britt, who' previ
ously had ! been 1 named to the
post, had declined to accept it.'
State law requires all 'schools to
be inspected 'periodically 'during
the school year. However, "the
samelaw makes it difficult for
the Commissioners to' secure - a
qualified'- inspector. The ;'t9eal
Board was advised ' neighboring
counties are undergoing similar
difficulty in ..securing . the ser
vices of an, inspector. 4
The Board voted a sum of $100
to be used in connection with
entertainment andluncheon. for
county officials of this year who
will hold a district meeting in
Hertford on November 17. '
Other matters handled durinf
the meetina V Mbtiday Included
teceivng of , , reports from the
Extension officers
nd t:.'e Dcrartmcnt' of Public
his motor scooter overturned i
injuries, the bottom dropped ,
Survey Team Seeks
5 nCivic
Organization
A survey committee of the
Perquimans Industrial Commit
tee, composed of Charles Har
rell, Claude Brinn and Brough
ton Dail, will begin a canvass
of this area next Monday, Octo
ber 12, to ascertain public sup
port for a paid-secretary f r a
civic
organization to develop
and expand the economic growth
of Perquimans County.
At a meeting of the industrial
committee two wenks ago, at
tended by a number of public
spirited citizens, views were ex
pressed indicating success for the
promotion of the community de
pended much on the county fi
nancing a paid worker for the
program. The survey team was
appointed for the purpose of
canvassing the area to determine
the extent such financing can
be achieved.
The sub-committee will try to
determine the views of business
and professional people concern
ing the proposed project, to
learn if there is sufficient public
interest to promote and finance
an organization with a full time
paid secretary who would de
vote his time and effort toward
erpanding. the county's economic
condition. '
It will be the intent of this
survey team to personally con
tact each and every business and
professional person in the coun
ty; however, in the event any
individual is overlooked he is re
quested to call 5601 or 3881 and
either Mr. Brinn or Mr. Harrell
will see that the committee calls
ind explains the program in full
detail.
, Another meeting of the Indus
trial. Comlmittee is now planned
for Wednesday, October 28, at
the Municipal Building in Hert
ford, , when the results of the
survey team, will be analyzed
and recommendations will , be
considered for revitalizing the
local erfort toward expandinc
the county's economic standards.
All business and professional
people and other interested par
ties are urged to attend the
meeting October 28. '
Meeting Held At
Home Of Mrs. Lane
The Perquimans Business and
Professional Women's Club met
with Mrs. Sallie McN. Lane at
her home- on' Hertford, Route 1,
for its regular business meeting
Thursday night, when the presi
dent, Mrs. Mary Dale S. Lane,
presided.' Mrs. Marie S. Elliott,
recording secretary, : read the
minutes and Miss Theltna Elliott,
treasurer,- gave her. report;
The president ' gave a report
on the District Meeting he'd in
Rocky , Mount, and Mrs. Alice
Towe Owehs made comments on
the leadership class, which she
conducted iri " Edenton, ' one . of
which 'Is'eing ,hld''amorik the
clubs' hi ifteisfrict-'J'f:': ''lrf1'
FltirtVwere compleied, for the
.Coe!!nuei'cs--re5t Tlrp 0
Secondary Roads
Propellillp-j
Forllhisf iofill f
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Beta Club Installs
Officers For Year
Members of the PHS Beta
Club installed officers for the
school year at a meeting of the
club on September 22. Officers
are Carl Skinner, president;
Katherine Sawyer, vice presi
dent; Arlene Stallings, secre
tary and Brenda Elliott, re
porter. New member of the Beta
Club this year are Kathryn Bon
ner, Faye Wood, Phyllis Hend
ren, Anne Benton, Joyce Owens,
Carlyle Woodard, Frances Wins
low, Linda Bass, Dianne Hollo
well, Hubert Burden, J. D. Hol
lowell, Mary Frances Baker,
Carroll McDonnel and Linda
Kirby.
Ten Cases Before
Recorder Judge At
Session Tuesday
Ten cases were listed on the
docket of Perquimans Record
er's Court in a session here
Tuesday with Judge Chas. E.
Johnson presiding. Mathews
Bailey, Negro, was ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and costs or
serve six months on the roads
after he was found guilty on a
charge of assault on a female.
Bailey was convicted of slapping
his 84-year-old mother. The
court also placed Bailey on good
behavipr for a period of two
years.
Costs of court were ta:;ed
acain!t KeVio'd Stallings and
iDoris Tebo after each had sub
mitted to charges of failing to
observe a stop sign.
Willie Taylor, Negro, paid the
costs of court after submitting to
a charge of parking'jon a high
way. :-
A- fine of $2 and costs 'were
assessed against George Butler,
who entered a plea of guilty to
chavges of being drunk.
OUie .Owens, Negro, paid a
fine of $25 and costs after plead
ing guilty, to a charge of speed
ing. Costs of court were taxed
against Zachariah Lewis, Jr.,
Negro, on a charge of driving on
the left side of a highway.
Robert Brown, Negro, was or
dered to pay a fine of $35 and
costs after pleading guilty to
charges of permitting an unli
censed operator to drive his car
and also having insufficient
brakes.
Hurbert White, Negro, paid
the costs of court after" submit
ting to a charge of driving with
out a chauffeur's license.
Levy Revells, Negro, was or
dered to pay a fine of $10 and
costs after pleading puilty to a
charge of being drunk.
October 9 Now
Soil Bank Deadline
The deadline , for requesting
rates on cropland offered under
the Conservation Reserve Pro
gram has been extended to Oc
tober 9, George Bellmon, Per
quimans County ASC office
manaeer, said today. The clos
ing date for filing applications
for contracts remains October 6.
Under 1ie 1960 soil bank pro
gram farmers retire- land from
gerteral crops for up to 10 years
and devote the reserve acreage
to soil, water or wildlife con
servation practices. .The govern
ment makes an annual rental
payment for the land and will
also share in the cost of estab
lishing the conservation prac
tice, : ' '' -.'i
The average rental payment
for conservation reserve land in
Perquimans County in the 1960
program is $19.50 per acre per
year. , Payment rates wilL be
higher for the most productive
farms and lower for less (pro
ductive farms.'. Another rate 10
per cent higher will be available
if all eligible land on the farm
is put in reserve. ' . . ,
ROTARY CLUB TO MEET f
Te Hertford. Rptary Clob .wilV
mt Tuesday, evening' at 8:15
o'clock tt K-tel Ksrifsra.
5 Cents Per Copy
7 -a i
Prospects for improving sec
ondary roads within Perquimans
County during the next two
years are very bleak. This was .
the word following a meeting
here last Friday afternoon be
tween officials of the State
Highway Commission and mem
bers of the Board of County
Commissioners.
The state officials, including
W. N. Spruill, resident engineer
of the First Division, his assist
ant, N. E. Baggs, George Mack
and Phillip Jackson, outlined to
the county boaid a resume of
funds allocated to Perquimans
County for secondary road pro--jects.
Due to an overrun of an esti
mate on projects now under
construction, which amounted to
$56,254, the total remaining for
use in the county is $8,300. Ov
erall allocation amounted to
$74,300.
In view of the shortage of
funds, the Board of Commission
ers approved a proposal that
the funds be spent for spot stab
ilization of a number of roads
n order to maintain these high
ways in passable condition. It
appears there will be no funds
available for taking in or im
proving any roads other than
the spot stabilization work.
The Commissioners were in
agreement on the manner in
which the small amount of re
maining funds will be spent, al
though they had hoped suffici
ent funds were to be available
to provide at least some im
provements to the road system
within Perquimans County.
Asked by the Board as to the
status for the completion of the
Cox road, and inst!llaonk-i., a
new bridge ' on -thi road, (the '
state officials replied they un-
derstood right of way problems,
which had halted this project,
had been Worked out and the
project was expected to be com
pleted some time soon.
Queried as to plans concern
ing reconstruction of the Bethel
road and Harvey Point road,
both of which were practically
demolished by traffic to and
from the naval site at Harvey
Point, the officials told the Com-
missioners the State Board in
Raleigh is awaiting word from
i the Navy Department concern
ing plans for Harvey Point be
fore it decides upon a rebuild
ing program for these high
ways. Two Perquimans County men,
Wade Jordan, Sr,, and Eres
Chappell, sustained serious ' in
juries in a highway accident
which occurred i last Saturday
morning near Light Nixon Fork.
They were taken fto Chowan
Hospital for observation and "
treatment and according to re
ports are recuperating satisfac- .
torily.
According to Patrolman W. B.
Riddick, who investigated the
accident, a truck owned by
Fleetwood Brothers, in which
the men were riding, overturned
due to slippery condition of the
highway. '.The men were pinned
under the truck when the ve-
hide left the road on a curve
and turned over. ,
Both men suffered painful in
juries and. Chappell, it was re
ported, had .- two broken ribs.
Considerable damage was re- v
ported to the truck. '
New FordvCars On ,
Display Here Today
The complete line of new Ford
cars for I960, including the all
new compact Falcon is on dis ,
play today at ; the Winslow
Blanchard Motor Company," ac-'
cording to Cecil C. Winslow.
manager, who issues a cordial
invitation to the public to see
these new" model cars at the t
company's showroom.; &-':.c, i c'
; i The Ford line boasts a hummer
of .flhanges . n the, 1960 modefef
ttteye bigger and roomier while ;
the new Falcon is a six cylinder
car entirely tv tfyyy:v
Men Injured In