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WE EEC : luine XXVI.-Numbsr 42. r. w t.- 1 Hertford. Perquimans County,Morth Carolina, Friday, October 16, 1959. 5 Cents Per Copy; '3 mm PHI Survey Teams "1! Tovn Board V otesi r; Ji : " 1 f EAR INTO SPACE This Is an ' - largest radio-telescope, now unaer' construction Dy me u.o. V Navy near Sugar Grove,- W.Va. The Instrument's aluminum i reflector dish will have a diameter of 600 feet, twice the length of a football field. The scope will be able to pick up radio " signals from space 19 times the distance probed by the 200-inch ! optical telescope at Mt. Palomar, Calif. Note comparative Indians Drop Game To Plymouth High Play Greenies Next I THIS VMS HEADLINES Washington sources, ,-. expect V President Eisenhower to seek an : injunction r to ' halt" the steel 1 ', strike before this week passes. ..' A- fact -finding board is confer ':. ring with the union and indus- 17.. .s rj. .,J..-t;jj!.. j ii ' ' steel 'sitiiatiton la' a stalemate. Th ;uhkft: ljas? indicated it will strike again; at the' end; of the fcO-day cooling-off period if the Taft-Hartley law is invoked. ' Southern Governors, holding 'a convention in t Asheville, have been combining pleasure with business. North Carolina Gover nor Luther Hodges is host and presiding Officer. The Governors ..in - session Tuesday expressed ' concern with the interstate road program, deploring the slow down on the; part of the federal .government. v- The. executives sllso showed concern on foreign .imports and freight rates, the latter termed discriminating against Southern States. , -, y-i .H ':'T-r-fe! 'VU '" The' U S; Supreme' Court on Monday refused to review a case oij appeal "from- a lower - court wich had to do-with.; the Worth Carolina pupil placement law. State- officials acting, in, the ease interpreted- the action to Jmeari the" high court agrees with low er court's doctrine that the pu- " pill in question had to comply with, the state law requirement pri6r to seeking review by the higbt court. ' .The Conservative party-won a 'third term to head the British government In the election held Thja-sday of last week, andlpolj- ticai . scientists see the outcome as ja trend", on the part of the people,' -away from ' socialism., Th4'Conservatives, led by Prime i Minister MacMillan, increased their membership in Parliament at the expi nse of .the Labor party. ..I. A- a SoVbean Estim&tgj Is Down Slightly !!i , ti, . .S, i ll - Based on probable yield 1 W1' p'orti: as i i of October . . h soybean pvoductionia foreoast-at 10,494, CGD bushels, down ,4 pereentLfrom rrrtember- li accordhict tp the: Nor h Carolina Crop Reporting Gen 're. A crop of this size, if it r Serializes", would be a rec ord oduction - for the .State. 1 r!'f acre, indicated at 22.0 1.0 bushel below the I. rec i set in 1SG8. r c -rlitio-s during the -r ; rt of r--;-'f:?mber were fdVuiable for growth and --fy cf tl?e cr-p. ... In the 1 ' r i cf t - 'pa fcry- artist's drawing of the world's ; TJpsnitp a steflar effort made here last Friday, the Perquimans straight football defeat at the hands of a determined Plymouth High team. The final score was Plymouth 9, Perquimans 7. A safety, scored in the third period when Plymouth trapped an Indian back behind the g line proved to be the turning point in the game for Plymouth, which -.had trailed in the ball game .7-0 from -the opening IUHU'l W . l'v wuwaM M xne . inaiuns, alter receiving the opening kickoff on the 28 yard line, passed to the 38, from where Preston Winslow ran the Plymouth end, to the Plymouth one yard line. WinsloW scored a TiDon .the next play and Til ley converted to " give Perquinv ans a 7 point lead. Both teams made one first down during the first .quarter. . The second quarter "was about eveni with both, teams rolling up two ;firs downs, but Plymouth fumbled ;' once,' recovered by Madre for Perquimans and Gibbs intercepted a Plymouth pass to stop the Panther attack. Half time score was 7-0 Perquimans, Plymouth roared back in the third quarter, receiving the kick off on , their own 22 yard line, The Panthers proceeded to roll ud five first downs, moving the ball to the Perquimans one yard line,; where the Indians held for downs and took possession of the ball. : On the first play Per quimans was trapped back of the goal line 'and Plymouth had two points. ' ilh the fourth quarter a Per quimans fumble on the 29 yard line, was recovered by Plymouth. In a quick opening play Brown field, Plymouth back, scamper ed for 68 yards to the Perquim ans three,, where he was hauled down by, , Madre. . ", ' Plymouth scored its only TD and convert ed the tryi-for extra point, tak ing the ' lead 9-7. The Indians bounced back, striving to recap ture the lead but a drive to ward Plymouth's goal was halted by. the Panther defense as the game ended. Madre, Gibbs and Tarkington played well defensively for. Per- louimans, j. while ...Preston and Johnny, , .Winslow fci and , Sullivan were .' tle jnainjlays pn ' offense. Xfte, ptymputfi! team, , .mostly yet eranp, were sparked , by ' t a . good OaqKljeii , composed ,,,01, t Bjrown field, Xpwry' rid Nqrma.- ; f.i terquimans ylll, traveV ii Wil liamston Friday ojt this .week for a" ' ' cbhferenbe game -witli' the Green Wave and on, Friday, Oc tober 30 will play the Edentori Aces, in? Edenton. - - BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' ; Mr. and Mrs. Carlton E. Cope- land of Chester,' Va., announce the birth of a son, Mirhael En' eqntt . on October 4 at ' Stuart Circle Hospital, Richmond, Va. Mrs.-ii Caotfnnrt.:; is?, the ; former i p -lvia 'Xi.y C '-.-i' of Eel " ' s'-'f:l; 1;.;; .-- . r '.Teapi captains, which will su pervise., a survey f,or the Per quimans Industrial Committee to determine public interest in the organization of ' permanent full! time civic set-up similar to a Chamber of Commerce, were se lected at a meeting of 'the sur vey committee last Monday night. :: The survey committee, com posed Of Charles Harrell, Claude Brinn and Broughton Dail, call ed 'the meeting and , invited al! interested parties to attend for the purpose of organizing the survey work. Named as team captains were W. F. Ainsley, Jim Bass, R. S. Chappell, Sr., Rus sell Baker, Ray Haskett, Marion Swindell, Jarvis Henry, Hilton White, Emory White, George Fields, Joel Hollowell, Jr., Bobby Elliott, V. N. Darden, John Beers, Harry Winslow, Brough ton Dail, Charles Harrell, Claude Brinn, W. A. White and Charles Murray. A list of 195 business, profes sional and other interested par ties within Perquimans County has been compiled and will be contacted by the survey teams to determine the degree of pub lic interest in a permanent or ganization. Letters of trie intention of the committee were mailed out on Monday to each of the 195 per sons or business houses. These letters pointed out the aims of the committee which is acting as a fact-finding team for the In dustrial Committee. The survey teams will try to gather the needed information by next -Monday when it will be turned over to the committee for compiling the results and a full report will be . made at a Ctrieeting of ' all interested ' citi zens on Wednesday . nigh V .-October K 28.-.: '-.: The . survey committee, in its letter' advised the plan calls for an active organization which will work for .the improvement and expansion of.' the county's economic future, and that a pre liminary investigation had re vealed a budget between $8,000 and $10,000 will ' be needed to support such an organization on a full time basis. Scouts Observe Court Of Honor Scoutmaster Marvin L. Simp son conducted a Court of Honor for Scouts of Troop 155 at the Court House on the night of October 5,, during Vhich Second Class- pins were awarded to Rickey Gibbs, Joe Towe White, Tommy Keel, Ray Lassiter, Clark Henry, Jerry Sullivan, Clark Harris and Charles Bon ner. First Class pins were also awarded to Paul Gregory, Wayne Stallings, James Hatch, Howard Robertson and Sidney Eley. : Three members of -the troop, Price Monds, John Stallings and Charles Woodard, were awarded Life Scout' ratings. John Decker and William Lane were awarded Tenderfoot pins which .denotes their first step into Scouting. - The Scoutmaster and the Troop 'expressed their appreciation " to the parents and friends, includ ing the Girl Scout Troop, -for the interest and attendance -at the Court Of Honor,; The Scout master also issued an invitation to youths who desire to become Scouts and requested they re port to' the IScout Hut, on Mon day night " - ; : ' Central PTA To Meet Monday Night " The PTA of Central Grammar School will -4iold. its October meeting next Monday 'night at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Following j the business session a reception1" will be held In the school s lunchroom - honor ing Miss Margaret Mullen and Thomas Maston. AH. members urn iirs-ed to be present lor this ir.:.: - -?: anizatic BloodmobileTo Visit Hertford it Talma'ge Rose, Jr., and John Beers, co-chairmen of the Per quimans Red Cross Blood Bank Committee, announced today the bloodmobile will visit Hertford next Monday, October 19, from 10 A. M, until 4 P. M. Head quarters for the bloodmobile will be set up at the Municipal Building in Hertford. : , The chairmen also announced the Red Cross has now set up a schedule for 'the bloodmobile to visit Perquimans County only twice yearly,, with the quota set for 100 pints of blood on each visit. In an appeal for blood donors for this program the chairmen issued the following statement: "The schedule for Perquimans County is now set for only two visits per year instead of three as in the past. It is hoped that in this manner more donors can be secured per visit. The quota has been set at 100 pints- per visit and with the cooperation of everyone this should be reached. "In the past Perquimans Coun ty has used m'ore blood than it contributed and this situation must be corrected. -' V v "A lot of time and planning go into each visit of the blood mobile and the citizens of this county should feel that it 'is a personal safeguard as well as an obligation to share in this im portant program. Some persons in, this county have already do nated, at Joast 4hr.e$., gaUons0f blood tnrough the years to this program. Being a donor, is al most painless, .;. ; .. "If you haven't been a donor before, why not make 1 it a spe cial point to be one this time. You wilt be glad that you did. Your blood type will be mailed to you shortly after the, visit- Refreshments will be served. -.If you live in Hertford and' need transportation, call 2321 and it will be provided. Let's go over our quota this time." State Corn Crop Yield Second Best Corn production in North Car olina is estimated at a record 86,731,000 bushels by the North Carolina, Crop Reporting Service. The current estimate is slightly down from a month earlier, but is 5.5 percent bove the previ ous record 1958 crop of 82,192, 000 bushels. The indicated yield per', acre of 43.0 bushels is the second highest of record, exceed ed only in 1958 when a record 44.0 bushels was established. The United States corn pro duction is estimated at 4,429, 154,000 bushels, ' compared with 3,799,844,000 bushels last year. Miller-Blanchard Vows Spoken Sat '- - Miss Kathleen Virginia Blanch ard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j Sidney Blanchard, became the bride Of Cecil Norman Miller, son " of Mf. and Mrs." Ralph E. Miller of Hertford Saturday af ternoon, 'October' -10, at . f :30 o'clock in the',' Hertford Metho- dist parsonage. ' With ' Roil Tatn'ali' A Alt. man ofiCiat.ingf ,;using , the dou ble , ring .ceremony,', the 'vows yj-ere- spoken iVpfore embers -o't. the bride's ' irnineuate ttmily. The brjde was Quired, in- a green wool crepe . dress with matching accessories! , ( h AtteT a wedding trip to the Skyline Drive, the couple wi" make their, home on Dobb Street in Hertford. - ' . , i ii i i , , v birth Announcement Mr. and Mrs. William Moore of Goldsboro announce the birth rf a- son, -William Christie bom October' S.i Mra.',MorWU fe' tike former Misi Edna Rath lAfle, Next Monday I i wmmJjk M iff'"' 'l"'n(miiy , , ytnl HORN SHY Susan Keane, 5, of Paramus, N.J., bawls In terror after- engineer Joseph Bodner tooted the horn on the 20th Century Limited. The train company gave her a ride in the engine to erase unpleasant memories. She once snarled traffic for 22 minutes when her foot became wedged between iAW9-S$S9 Jlt'M?-.rt their trains, s- - Grammar School PTA Adopts Plans For School Year Farm Bureau Drive Ends October 29th Perquimans County Farm Bu reau is holding its membership drive at the present time and will continue, through October 29th7 wliich is ifie'date for the annual Farm Bureau barbecue and meeting. This event will be held at the Perquimans High School. Joe Nowell, president of the local Farm Bureau, reminds members to keep the dinner meeting date in mind and make plans to attend. A program committee is now working out arrangements for the annual event : and :. these will be an nounced later. Membership tickets will be re quired for admittance to the barbecue and meeting. However, individuals who are missed by the membership solicitors may secure the tickets at the high school on October 29. Chrysler-Plymouth Line On Display I960 mode's of the Chrysler and Plymouth cars go on dis play at the Towe-Webb Motor Company today, it was announc ed by J. H. Towe, president of the firm. Invitations to . the public to visit the firm's show room to see the new models have been issued and Mr. Towe points out the '60 Chrysle-s and Plymouths are completely new, engineered -for quiet, economical and comfortable ; performance. The Chrysler compact car, the Valiant, will be shown at a later date. Peanut Yield To Be Above Average , Based on condition and prob able yield reports from growers as of October 1, ' peanut pro duction is forecast at 324,850,000 pounds,, up 1.4 percent from Sep tember 1, according to the North Carolina Crop Reporting Service'.. Yield per acre, 'indicat ed at 1,825 pounds, is 35, pounds below ihe record yield produced 'n 195(1.'' Generally, weather con dition have been favorable for ilsejng ' onetatiOn$;', " Yields on mbst of 'the'' acreage which ; has been Combined "jare' turning out sbove nveraee. -. , . .i i ,1 , i ) :, Returns 'To County State Patrolman R. I. Weath ersbee' has been reassigned- to duties in Perquimans County, it was reported this week. Mr. Weathersbee recently was trans ferred from Perauimans to Cam-den-Currituck.i ,He,i was trans ferred back v to Perquimsni last Monday, j U The first meeting of the Hert ford Grammar School PTA was held Thursday ninht of last week in the auditorium of the .ichool. Mrs, R. L. Hollowell, president, presided over the meeting. Other officers who will serve with Mrs. Hollowell this year are: Mi . and Mrs. B. T. iJ, vk presidents; Mrs. 'John Winslow, secretary iind Mrs. Freeman Long, treasurer. The president welcomed the new parents and teachers and recognized Mrs. Tnlmadge Rose, who had charge of the devotion. Mrs. Rose read the 12th Psalm and used "Life's True Values'' as the theme which was most impressive. Mrs. Hollowell dispensed with the reading of the secretary's report on the May meotin! due to a lengthy business session. The secretary, Mn. John Winslow, read the following recommendations of the execu tive committee to the group: To sponsor a Halloween party, have a joint study course with the High School PTA, secure sub scriptions and renewals to The Perquimans Weekly and to ac cept the proposed budget. The special project of the PTA. this year is to purchase a freezer to he used in the lunch room. John Danchise, finance chair man, gave an itemized report on the proposed budget which amounts to $768. The recom mendations were voted on and approved by the members. The president requested re ports from the chairmen of the standing committees. Due to the absence of Mrs. Long, treasurer Mrs. Jack Brinn reported a bal ance of $318.51 in the treasury Magazine chairman, Charlie Umphlett, appealed to the group to subscribe to the PTA Maga zine and that copies would be sold at the meetings. Mrs. Abb Williams, member ship chairman, reported there are 234 members with four rooms having, 100 membership, and that the drive will continue. : Room . representative chair man, . Mrs. ,. Eihorv,; White, an nounced j that the Halloween Carnival will he held on Friday night, .October, 30, at the school. Hamburgers, ... hot , ., dogs, dessert' and other goodies, will be -sold at a small price. Everyone j? invited to the carnival. Supper will,bf sgryfs)latj $4$ .P..M. and the games will begin about 6:30 o'clock. .. Mrs. Walter Harrison reported the newspaper drive will be ir full swing this week . and PTA members will solicit new and re newal subscriptions to The Per quimans Weekly. . , . The president expressed w,ords of appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott for their particular interest in the shrubbery at the ichool, also to R. S.' Monds and -. Conllnutdpn Paa FWr . i vrrimuocketln Recorder's Court A varied docket of 16 cases was disposed of during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Record er's Court, presided over by ! Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Charged with speeding, Enos Witmer, Alexis Crlenjak, Jr., and James White, Negro, each plead ed guilty and paid fines of $10.25 each and costs of court. Robert Webster submitted to a charge of illegal passing and paid the court costs. Lu'her Osborne paid th( costs of court on charges of driving with insufficient brakes. Fines of 2 and costs of court were paid by Butler Mullen, Jimmie Tillett, Russell Gilliam, Negro, and James Revells, Ne gro, after each had submited to charges of being drunk. Grady Bolton pleaded guilty to a charge of driving on the wrong side of a highway and paid the costs of court. Court costs were taxed against the prosecuting witness, Made line Overton, Negro, in the case in which William Overton, Ne gro, was charged with assault. Idonia llogerson, Negro, paid the costs of court after submit ting to a charge of improper passing. , Jesse White and Nancy Craig, charged with following too close ly, voluntarily surrendered their operator's licise for one week when prayer for judgment was continued in the case. William Burk?, NrpV'd the court costs on a charge of driving with improper lights. David Costen, N.egro, pleaded guilty tD a charge of being drunk. He was , ordered to serve three days in jail and a 30 day road sentence was suspended upon condition the defendant not be convicted of being drunk for a period of 12 months. Former Resident Dies In Norfolk Frank Duke Barrow, a native of Hertford, died in a Norfolk hospital Tuesday night at 11 o'clock... He was a wholesale grocery broker, having been en gaged in that business in Nor folk for the last 40 years. He was a member of Free mason Street Baptist Church and active in the Masons. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Helen Mongum Barrow, one son, Robert Mangum Barrow; one sister, Mrs. Lloyd Hinson of Wilson; one brother, Wallace W. Barrow of Hertford, and a half brother, Raymond Barrow of Elizabeth City. Funeral services will be con ducted in Norfolk, Va., Friday morning at 11 A. M-, at the Holoman-Brown Funeral Home. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery. t-H Club Council Meeting Thursday The 4-H Club County Council met on Ortnber 8, at the Agri cultural Building. Vernon Wins low presided over the meeting. The meeting was called to order; United States pledge! 4-H pledge was said, and the devotion was presented by Agent Ha Grey Mcllwean.- It was reported that $36.20 was in the treasury. The) Council voted to attend Swan rianoah 4-H Club Camp the sec ond week in July. Vernon Winslow gave a report on 4-H Club Camp. The Council decid ed to buy a banner to be pre sented at each meeting to the Hub with most attendance. The Hertford 7th Grade was winner of the attendance contest for October. ::'. i ... Richard Bryant, Assistant Ag ricultural Agent, led the group in recreation.' Refreshments were served and tht, 'meeting ad journed, . " Several matters of importance ' were acted upon at a meeting of the Hertford Town Board, held ' at the Municipal Building Mon day night. Among the actions taken : by Luc uutiiu was voting an increase in price of cemetery lots in Cedarwood Cemetery and the Negro cemetery. The board had completed a study of the costs of upkeep of the cemeteries and also prices charged in neighbor ing towns. After some discus sion of the matter the board adopted the following new prices for lots. Cedarwood lots were raised to $300 for residents of Hertford and $450 to non residents; one-half lots will be $175 for town residents and $256 to non-residents. Lots in the Negro cemetery will be priced at $100. The board was advised perma- ' nent upkeep of the cemetery is now costing about $2,500 per ' year and this cost is paid from : the town treasury. The increase ' in price of lots, it is hoped, will help to defray some of this ex pense. Charlie Umphlett was named to succeed Charles T. Skinner, Jr., as a member of the Zoning Adjustment Board. Mr. Skinner, resigned the post prior to the meeting Monday. Mayor V. N. Darden reparted to the hoard that Iho tnum a now covered with sewer service to all homes and the ordinance on sanitation is being enforced both by the town and the Health Department. All property own ers have been notified concern ing the law which requires all homes to be connected to the sanitary sewers. The Mayor stated a check is being made to see that property owners are complying witli the Jaw. Town' Attorney Chas. John son gave the board a report on the wate." bond issue, stating both the Local Government Com mission and New York bond at torneys had been advised as to the outcome of the bond elec tion. The board advised the at torney to proceed immediately for the sale of the bonds to ex pedite , the installation of the new water system. The board also voted to offer office space to the Perquimans Industrial Committee in the event , the present plans of the committee develops into a per manent full-time organization with a full time secretary. The office space offered will be part of the council room at the Muni- cipal Building. Pays Visit To Hertford Club Rotary District Governor Ferd' Davis of Zebulon, paid an offi cial visit to the Hertford Club at its weekly meeting held Tues- ' day night at the Hotel Hert' ford. . Mr. Davis, in a brief talk t , the club members, brought greet" ings from the President of Ro tary International and callei upon the Rotarians to live bj . the Rotary code of service above self, s' . i '; He traced the decline and fall of several civilizations due main ly to the fact that the people of those eras denuded their nations' of the natural resources. Mr.' Davis pointed out similar prac-' tices in this nation, but, said, fortunately; restoration Of the resources were now being car ried out , - Following the dinner meeting ' the District Governor conducted a panel discussion of club pro- grams and objectives with the' officers of the Hertford Club. ( RuritanClubTo Hold Anniversary The Durants Neck Ruritn Club will commemprate its 10th" anniversary at its regular meet- ; ing to be held Wednesday ntehty October 21, at the New Hope Community House. The ladies of the Ruritan Club members. ar Invited to attend this din ner meeting. Rotary Off icer