Volume XXVLNumber 44. unity rive Lases , -''Sil'ti 51; hf . -, .i;yfi h: '.. . i - " ! , j a prxea rmi Perquimans ; isupenois. Court U be;con.vene(t . , , . .here .next Monday with, 'Judge ' ' Also Francis L. White, Mar ii ' Chester i Morris presiding. 1 The' vin Simpson. David Cox, Jr., Et court docket for the week lists a' lie Byrum, Jr., Melvin Rogerson, total of 35 cases for trial, 17 be- Albert D. Eure, Ernest L. White, ing- criminal cases and 18 civil suits : i Court officials ''believe 1 the ji.. .;... Eluded by Wednesday, permit ! ting a number of the civil ac- w wj ,. . ,nin,w mrt Lv , , ---- V 7 yt"""Bl " ",ouclow and Floyd Whaley. up of five drunken driving cases, one speeding case, three escapes, one on a. charge of carrying a concealed weapon, two for lar ceny, two for breaking and en tering. s . The civil calendar ; fists the; following suits: William Rid dick vs. 'Mary Riddick; Wiley Welch ..vs.-, Frances Welch, Ly- curgus White vs. Oliea1 White. Barbara Melton vs. William Melton, Tallue Holley vs. Rob ert Hollev. Lorenzo Armstrone vs. Betty Armstrong. - iMvrtle Roberson Vs. Nathaniel Rober- son, H. D. Hurdle vs, J. 1 Van Roach, EJle Simon vs. Hughue . Simon, J. E. Winslow vs. larnes Lilly, Harlan Hurdle vs. Lewis Bros., Towe-Webb Motor Ce. vs. Hughlet White, Towe-Webb Mo v tor Co. vs. Junius Burke, Paul Smith, Jr., vvs. NCSH Commis sion, Mack Lane vs. Herbert Chappell, Elmer Chappell vs. Herbert Chappell, Herbert Chap pell vs. Elmer Chappell, - Rosa Russell ' vs T. C. Story and Towmotor Corp. - vs. J3avid E. - Hervey. ' ' . ' Jurors drawn to serve at this term of court include: . . M. . L. Chappell, C, , T. Helton, ,CecU C. WiriSlpwi Joe'T; .White) Chester, Winslow, Grayson Jor-4 : aan. iaui ., tioKiey, ten uiam bers, i William C Barclifti.: Jack Winslow',; Linford Stallings, K&uy Webb Jr., ' John O. White, Sr.; William A. White; Li C. Winslow, ' John J. Stallings, Jerry Stokley, ' James R. Stokley, Clarence C. Chappell,; Sr., L. B. Sitterson, Oris Winslow, Meador Harrell, Bonner Speaks At Rotary Meeting On Duties Of Office Congressman Herbert C. Bon 'ner was? guest speaker at, ft meeting btf the Hertford Rotary Club, ' held Tuesday evening at the Hotel Hertford. Speaking a on the activity and dutlesjof his t.office, Mr. -Bonner pointed 'out governmental officer cannot be responsible for everything hat happens ; in government . opera tions. , Stating that the office of Rep resentative was riot an easy life but was a fascinating one, he Kflid nponle should hot look Ut- on junkets made by Congress men as pleasure trips but part of a duty which entailed a very - considerable . amount of work during which valuable informa- 54 tion is compiled for the benefit of our government -He told the Rotarlans that he had protested to the Navy, Ma rine Corps and Air Force con cernmg the lanes llymgiH tfcjviee at Holy t Trinity. this Sun area-rMiusing property . damage when the planes' broke the souMd barrier. 1 .-'7'.'"; -v" . " Hie aiso stated lie 'lritende4 to ;ontact!ne'Navy' DepartrMttt as weU asj'thC State Highway COnV mission ' coflfceftimg ' recottstruo tiori ,; of thft " rbads1 hi Bethel Township which" were1 tom aip during ; the construction period v at Harvey Point r ' Concerning operation? at Har- vey Point,. Mr. , Bonner said the failure on the part of Glen Mar tin Company to perfect the plane or this base vas the reason tHe rogram was washed ; out' but t ha firmly, believed that, if Navy continues to use sea 3 that' ti"5 1al- site, will -' te r"i r' "l-''1 ,.f ' --n fi.r .. i-f-'i. Louis Stallincs. Samuel Mans- whW,.rf Ttavi. f "uu,mcc' m- ", I Junan uoyce, T. M. Stainngs, x. Shelton Morgan Charlie L. Dail, i Lorenzo Chappell, John Symons, J lr-1 Thomf sr Gl inslow, Davis I ""' ton Phthisic, William Sawyer. Jr., Henry F. Ward, W. E. Lane, Jiv A Hi Edwards, Cv I. Wins Perquimans High Honor Roll lists Forty-one Pupils The student honor roll for Perquimans High School, for the first grading period, was relcas ed this week by E, C. Woodard, principal, listing a total of 41 I students achieving scholastic ex. cellence. Heading the list were the eighth graders: Gloria Miller, Reggie Uaker, Freddie Combs, Perry Monds, Sidney Ann Blanchard, Irma Bundy, Mary Beth Hurdle, Price Monds, Clark Harris, Wayne Chappell, Rachel Bass, Nancy Bateman, Ninth Grade: Richard Auman and Janice Stanton. i Tenth" Grade: Frank Ainsley, Sidney Long, Alton Daniels, Pete Cook; Percy Davis, Emily Hur- dle, Franklin McGoogan, Brenda Kay Smith. " Eleventh Grade: Frances . Wins tow;"? Carroll McDonnell, : Anr Bentdri,"tj1nda Bass," Diane Ho"H well, Roland Tripp, Hubert' Bur den, Phyllis Hendren, Connie BjbVce iind : Ha thryn Bonner. ' Twelfth Grade: i 'Pauline Bac cus, Linda LUu Elliott, Linda Kirby, Katherine Sawyer, Caro yn White, Carl Skinner, John hie Winslow, Ann Lane, Arlene Stallings. with care in programming arte' construction of military instal lations &ut that-he believed a future sessions of Congress greater r scrutiny will.be .made if of It requests presented by' the. military .fo such programs. II Visit Holy Trinity ' This Sunday at 11 A. M. the Rt, , Rev. Thoma? .H. Wright, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina, will make his annual visit ito Holy Trinity Episeopa) Church. Bishop Wright will be the celebrant at the service of Holy : Communion, , will cenf inr several persons and will preach There will be another, specia' day at 4 P. M.: . There ill be ar acoiyte ,iestvai,..one 01; lour u the -diocsse.,)! (Acolytes ,are,' thf bos1 who j1; .serve at .the altar caijryi,. the; cross and, otherwise assist hthei'V. clergyman ;in tser vlcies), ,tv Acolytes , Jrom ..six or seyeRi Episcopal Qhurches.in th' area, accompanied by the clergy and laymen, will come to Hert ford for evening L prayer. ; The local rector, the Rev. E. F. Mose ley, will -preach' a sermon on the call to'jthe ministry. ;...-.;-;'-;.j.,;y - 1 1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT SP-4 and Mr. Preston 1 Reece Stevenson of Tacoma, Washing ton, announce the birth of a son, D.'ftivll Kent, on October; 17 .at T """", ,r-"-!t?l , ,in acomSi Bishop Vright To Hertford. Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 30, 1959 i ,s Vt nkvv .11... t Sl&i Al I TUiT'C I CCT T tornado churned through inio itnb HEADLINES A Federal Court Tuesday up held the Taft-Hartley law and ordered striking steel workers to resume work within six days. The government sought invoca-" tion of the law but this was halted by an injunction. The Union is expected to appeal tne lower court ruling to the Su preme Court within the six days time limit. The United States this week protested Cuban-American rela tions are being wrecked by ac tion on the part of Fidel Castro 'and his followers who are con ducting a "hate-America" cam paign. Reports from Cuba indi cate Castro s government has been losing some of its popu-J larity and adopted recent ac tion to s bolster the loss of pop. ular appeal. .- Russia - released, pictures and information" on the back-side of ihe Moon this week, announc ing the data "was secured by its Lunik; which. was launched rsuc :easf ully . about' three weeks agp. Scientists' praised the Soviet pro ject for the success of the pftf-'i ture taking but said the infor mation concerned little not al ready known concerning the ilanet. The Post Office Department lisclosed Tuesday it was devel- nping a system designed to speed lelivery of a letter, from coist to coast , within one day. De tails of the procedure were not evealed but Postmaster Sum- merfield hinted progress is being nade on the project. ?HS Homecoming Scheduled Friday , Friday will be homecoming day. at Perquimans High School with the activities coming to a climax at the half time of the Perquimans Manteo football game -when the Monogram Club will crown its 1959 Queen The club's annual Monogram Queen contest is being - con ducted this week and ends Fri day afternoon. The winner will be announced at the half time program Carl Skinner will be master of eeremoriy for this event while . Becky Gregory, 1958 Queen, will crown the new Queen. Contestants in the. contest this year are Mary Lee Ward, Joyce Owens, Marta Matthews, Sandra Hudson, Julie';: Lanfri Mlyilia Hendren, LaVonne-Lamb, Mary Lou ' Jordartl ' Anne; White,'' Dl annb I Diversj Gerievieye "Chap peU; '! Pauline ' BacCus, ' Jeannie Bagk-y, Jo Ann Hurdle, Diane1 fcDonald:and Paige Ann Chap pell. 1 ! :i- ''''": ."! -The school1 will r sponsbt" ra hoirtebomm't parade Friday'after nobn at 5:3d o'clock which will feature floats, homecoming prin cesses and many other ..attrac tions. The parade will be direct ed by members of the Mono gram Club. , y ; ' tT: 1 ' ' V'- r ' - CIRCLE TO MEET The DeUa Shambiurger Circle of the W.S.C.S., of the Methodist Church i will .meet , Monday.: niKfatJ at 8 .o'clools. at tHe home of ,Mri iiBii HUo ; i.:ji: j mule uiaii Ainuiiiits wuuu reiiiwiis oi a Bapusi cnurot aner a New Mesquite, Tex. Nobody was killed when the church collapsed. Recorder Had Busy Session At Term Tuesday Perquimans County Recorder's Court convened here Tuesday at the Municipal Building, holding its weekly session, while the Court Room was used as a poll ing place for the state bond elecr tion. . A total of 29 cases was dis posed of during the session with most of the defendants submit ting to the charges for which they were cited to court. James White, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of failr ing to list his taxes and paid the court, costs. Submitting to charges of speeding and paying the costs and fines as indicated were: James Sanderlin, $16.25; Walter Bulliner, $33.75; Lloyd Umber- hind, $10.25; Gaston Labbe, $30.25; William Hall, $20.25; Ed ward Melouck, $20.25; Odd Hen- drickson, $10".25; Corley Williams,! $10:25; Gerald Hamer, Jr., $10.25; Fulford Munden, $14.25; : Gerald Gregory;. $30.25; Leroy - Jones, Netjro, $31.25. : Costs of court were taxed against Uslie Coward. James Sullivan and Lee Stepney, Negro, after each submitted to charges of following too closely. William Miller paid the costs of court after submitting to a charge of driving on the wrong side of a highway. Warner Jerniger, Negro, plead ed guilty to charges of being drunk on a highway, resisting ni.or ind 1 auesi, assaumng an oincer ana destroying property was given a 6 month road sentence, sus pended, upon payment of a fine of $255 and costs of court. William Ernest Lane, Jr., charged ' with driving ' drunk, driving after his license was re voked, resisting arrest artd as saulting ' art' officer entered a plea of guilty. He was given a 6-month road- sentence, suspend ed upon payment of a fine of $255 and costs. ' "William Perry, Negro, was fined ' $10 and Costs after he pleaded guilty to a charge of as sault with a deadly weapon. ' Costs" of court were taxed against William Roberson, who submitted to a charge of illegal parking. ' Cris Rountree paid the court costs on a charge of failing to observe a stop sign. Joseph Cofield submitted to a charge of failing to . see his in- te.nded movement in a car could , be made safely . and paid the court costs. Willie ! Felton,' Negroi found guilty on1 bharg'eS of non-support and assault was bfdered to pay his '$8 p'er 'wtiek for'-her1 Support and1 a 'fine-of $10 (nd C0StS." .i"l'.VUJ ;, ' Mary Boone, Ne'jtro, Was; fotihd not guilf'on 'WbHarge of assault Wilh a deadly weapon.1 :' ' ' ':-' Vim Riddick,' Negro," "paid the eotirt costs after1 iaaBmfttmgf itb driving a struck loaded over the height limit. , Henry White, Negro, paid the court costs on a charge of driv ing on the wrong Side of a high way. - . , . : ' ; Herbert Stewart. . Negro, was found guilty on a charge of as sault He was fined $10 and costs. ' Williftnj ,Skiwr,hNegro .,Was ordeijedutoipay ifie rf,$.ltind icfa ,pfi'il-ir,3dl'ii,y itw1 , . . j "..';i-Sj i ........ .. 's Court Commissioners To Meet Next Monday Commissioners for Perquimans County will hold their November meeting next Monday, beginning at 10 o'clock in the Court House in Hertford. With Superior Court scheduled to convene, also on Monday, the Commissioners will hold their meeting in the office of the Register of Deeds. County Society Elected Officers At Meeting Thurs. The Board of Directors of the Perquimans County Unit of the American Cancer r Society met pal Building and heard a talk by : Dr. 'J. C. Foushee of .Wind sor, who organized the Bertie County Cancer Detection Cen ter and is a member of the N. C. Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society. Steps he gave for combatting this dread disease were: (1) Establishing Cancer Detec tion Clinics; (2) Getting yearly physical check-ups, with espe cial attention ' to cancer symp toms; (3) Early diagnosis; (4) Education of the public; (5) Helping raise money for cancer lop at fud ueaar oireet, r,uza research. Ibeth City, who is serving as He told of a far-reaching plan crew leader for this area. The of the American Cancer Society I crew leader can be reached at for a 6-yeaf research project in the following telephone number: which questionnaires will be. Elizabeth City 7783. given more than 100,000 fami- Applicants for census taking lies of all occupations and all jobs must be citizens of the parts of the United States where-' United States, have a high by they expect to get detailed , school education or furnish evi information of the causes occu-Jdence of comparable experience, pational or otherwise, of vari- jbe in good physical health and ous kinds of cancer, and later, of excellent character, and be at find the cure. least 18 years of age. They must After the talk, he was assist- have sufficient financial resourc ed in a quiz session by Mrs. Bert I es to sustain themselves for ap Tyson of Greenville, Field Rep-' proximately four or five weeks resentative for the N. C. Cancer .from the date of appointment Society, in which many inter esting facts were brought out. Miss Hulda Wood, County president, then presided over a short ' business session, during which those present, after Mrs. Tyson had described the Nation al project in detail, voted to as- sisf ln Putting it over in Pev- quimans County. Officers elected at this session for the ensuing year were presi dent and 'dental advisor, pr. Al len . B.. Bonner; first vice presi dent, .Mrs. .Paige Underwood; second vice president, Miss Au drey Umphlett; secretary, Mrs. -Marian, Payne. Dr. T. P. Brinn iwill . again be Medical Advisor for the County.it 'f;::.: School Presents Tom Thumb Wedding The Primary Department of the King - Street Elementary School will present v a . Tom Thumb . Wedding on Monday night, November 2, at 8 P. M. All parents and friends are urged to attend and support this program. , Come out and see who will be the" fortunate bride and bride-' r" i. t cottipetltion' will Chairmen Named To Direct Coy Scout Campaign MacDonald Dixon, Albemarle District Scout finance chairman, announced the appointment of City Clerk Bob Elliott as chair man and Henry Stokes as vice chairman for the annual Boy Scout fund drive. Both Elliott and Stokes are widely known an very interested in the ac tivities of Perquimans County, Dixon pointed out. Dixon added that Scouting in Perquimans area has grown and I that many more boys wanted in the program than there were units for especially in the county- Presently the Scouting pro gram is in the Hertford-Winfall and Durants Neck areas, accord ing to the records of the Tide water Council. Hertford has enjoyed many Scouting honors and is one of the leading rural areas having the most Eagle Scouts who were able to qualify for their merit. badges through work in the' 4-H and FFA. Elliott, former Scoutmaster, added that, the Scouting pro gram financially had grown from ' a few supporters in his day to assistance over all the county. Scouting has added and assisted many of the boys in Perquimans County, he added. Stokes has been the former drive chairman most responsible for setting the stage to a sound manner of raising funds for Boy Scouting and was the prime mover in spreading the base of operations and programs into the county. Both men are calling on key personnel to serve as workers, to be followed by a kick off breakfast at a later date, and are wanting to make this the 1 best campaign to tie in with the 50th anniversary celebration the Boy Scouts of America. of Seek Farm Census Takers For County Applications for employment as census takers for the' 1959 Census of Agriculture in Per quimans County will be accepted beginning October 23, it was an nounced today by Field Director Joseph R. Norwood of the Cens us Bureau's regional office at Charlotte. areinn . i 1 nractari 11 rhOCO .... . jods snouia noiuy i.evi 1. uai- until they receive their salary ch'eck. Applicants with veteran preference who meet all re quirements will be given pri ority over non-veteran. Farm census job applicants must be licensed to operate and must provide a privately-owned automobile in good condition. Census takers will be paid 7 cents a mile for official travel. Halloween Party Central Grammar School 'held its annual Halloween Carnival at the school Tuesday night, Oc tober 27. '"'-.. The carnival was under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Thom as Chappell, co-chairmen of the Ways and Means Committee and Thomas Maston and Billy "Wins low, co-chairmen of the Budget and Finance Committee. - Delicious : barbecued chicken dinners, hot v dogs and drinks were served in the school cafe teria. V.'".: . r-j--"? 'H'; (f Many exciting games were en joyed by the children and candy, popcorn and other goodies were sold in the classrooms. ; The carnival was a tremen dous success and the money rais ed will be used to supplement tr 1 PTA treMury. Civic Group Votes Tb! Form Chamber OfCommerc Government Pays Property Damages Residents of this area who suf for property damages from vi-,lng 01 tne "rquimans Indus brations resulting from airplanes tnal Committee and voted to bi caking the sound barrier can establish a county-wide Cham- secure payments for their dam - ages by f.hng proper claims with nil.- guvLTiiinenc. inis was the: information supplied by Con- gressman Herbert C. Bonner, while he was visiting here Tues day. The Conercssman sfafrri -lio had protested the situation with!mcnded the PrJect. The survey the Navy, Marines and Air i leam- composed of Charles Har Force at a meeting held re-lIc11, Claude Bnnn and Brough cently at Plymouth where muchton Dai1, rL'P0I"ted they had con damage from planes had been ' t!lctcd 102 out of a possible 201 reported. Following this meet- ljusiness or professional men and ing Mr. Bonner was advised nad sccur-'d sufficient pledges damages will be paid uponlof lnanCia, support to indicate proper filing of complaints of, , flnanclnK f a full time such incidents. 1 Chamber of Commerce can be Social Security Monthly Papents $29,986 InCounty The amount of social security benefits coming into Perquimans County was just announced by J. A. Morrison, district manager, of the Norfolk Social Security nffin TU 1 ..... 7 security as of Fehrunrv 1. mfiQ I , ... . was $29,986 a month. This ron. resents an increase of $6,352 a' CCt lho natl0nal Cham month over the previous figures , of Cnmmc,'ce request.ng aid of $23,634 as of December 31.'and asslst:,nce from it in form 1957. There were several rea- ing lhe county chaPter- Another sons for the increase, according ,nectln2 W1'l be called when to Mr. Morrison. The benefits were raised for 1958, this ac-i counts for some of the increase I Four additional members of Also, the growth of the aged ' ,he co'nmittee were added to the population and the proportion of officers elected at last month's the aged population eligible for.meetmK to aid in directing the social security benefits. ' new Prject, these being Charles Mr. Morrison stressed that' Harrell, Jesse Lee Harris, Claude while the benefits are intended I primarily for the beneficiaries' economic security, these pay ments in such a large amount industry hunting trip being made helps business in the county, I by D. E. Hervey, who had previ i generally because most of the ously reported to Mr. Hollowell I money is spent immediately on of locating several prospects who I food, clothing and other necessi- J might be interested in locating ' ties. The total social security j m Perquimans County. Follow , benefits paid nationally are ing these reports the about 10 billion Holla re a voar ' mi 1 . . - . lne yeany total lor Jerquimans County is $359,832. Indians Play Aces To Scoreless Tie; Meet Manteo Fri. The Indians of Perquimans shocked over the outcome. How High School, playing on a rain-j ever, the fans realized the In swept and muddy gridiron, mar red the record of the highly touted Edenton Aces last Friday night by battling the Aces to a scoreless tie. Pre-game dope made the In dians the underdogs by several touchdowns, but the Indians arose to the occasion and out played Edenton despite the fact 'both teams were handicapped by weather conditions. Perquimans' defense, sparked by Ben Gibbs, Hurdle, Tarking ton and Anderson, contained the Edenton offense, permitting the Aces to penetrate' Perquimans territory very little. The clos est Edenton got to the' Indian goal line was the 13, that com ing from a recovered fumble. Perquimans also threatened to score Once when the Indians moved the ball to the Edenton 18.-4 "-.-;'':.;;' 1 The rain and muddy field kept the offenses of both teams from performing efficiently -but Jimmy Sullivan captured the honors of the most ground gained during the evening. He had one 29-yard run. , Perquimans rolled up isix first downs while Edenton had five. The Indians had a total of 192 yards gained by rushing while Edenton rolled up only 78 yards. " ' ! ; Indian fans were jubilant over the fine ' game played "by "their tes,m while Edenton fans were 5 Cents Per Copy. eHere Some 40 interested business and professional men were pres- I. - ; - "" aV .,j . ... . jber of Commerce for advancing lhe economjc condiUon in Per. quimans. The adoption of a program to establish a Chamber of Com merce came following a report by a survey team which recom- accomplished. Pledges secured by the survey team amounted to about 50 per cent of the esti mated budget for such on or ganization for the first year. The survey team also report ed from contacts made with county citizens it was the de sire of the majority that indus trial development be the prime project for the Chamber wilh improvement in farm market ing second and increased tourist trade as third major project. Alter voting to proceed with plans for establishing a Ciam- bcr of Commerce, the crouD au- 1 inonzed the committee officers 1 to contact the ,hcse arrangements are complet- Bnnn and Joel F. Hollowell, Jr. Chairman R. L. Hollowell re ported to the committee on a pH tn ovlon.1 u - thanks and appreciation of the committee for his efforts. dians and Aces contest is always one in which they get their money's worth of action. This week the Indians will play Manteo in' Hertford on Fri day night with game time be ing 8 o'clock. Three games, all home contests, remain on the Indian schedule, after Manteo the opposition will be Scotland Neck on November 6, and Cam den on November 13. REC Committee Names Directors V Mr. and Mrs. Francis Nixon have been appointed to act as. directors in charge of the Recre-, ation . Center activities. The Repreation Committee hopes by having full-time directors that it will stimulate the youth ac tivities. - The Nixons are well known for their interests with young people and will endeavor to work out an entertainment pro gram combined with the usual weekly dancing. , v ' Parents are invited to attend the center', and observe the weekly event at any time. - " -; Anyone desiring to lease the building for private occasions are requested1 to contact the Nixons1 at Hertford 54U,' - " - I c

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