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. 1 rr: W i 4 Hi' I I "? Witt f.f.s 4- .M - 1; 9 XXVI. Number 50. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 11,1959. 5 Cents Per Copy. ASC List Polling Places For Voting Perquimans Board Names Tax Listers I lilBiiiilHilS fir w ill iv, i mmu ' I J I m v. if f i if Y i ' . ;; : ' . ' OLYMPIC ASSIST Helping to get Squaw Valley, California,! 1ft shape for. the 1960 VUI Olympic Winter Games, U.S. Army Engineers and Signal Corpsmen are pitching in with heavy equip-' merit and setting up communication! systems. Here Specialist 'fourth Class Ronald E. Gates (Alexandria, Missouri), a member of Company C, 84th Engineers from Fort Ord, California, bull dozes a huge boulder to clear a parking area for spectators. Santa Claus Visit To Hertford Will Be On December 1 9 Plans for' the annual visit of Santa i Claus to Hertford have been completed and the event will take place Saturday after noon, December 19, it was an nounced by William A. White, chairman of the committee in charge of arrangements. Santa's visit is being spon sored toy the Hertford merchants in cooperation with the IFire Department and Junior Cham ber of Commerce. The latter organizations will assist in di recting the program and aiding Santa t Claus in distribution of gifts to the children' who came td. see Santa. , , ; lOthdr members of the com mittee! are. Francis Nikon. Ar chie .IT.. Lane-; and, Broughton 8Jhe, Jaycee. drawing' for the Model! T will also be made on . December .19." , i Wo announcement was" 'made as l td the mode of. travel Santa wilir use, for his '.. visit here, but he Us expected to arrive around two k o'clock in the afternoon. He wjll stop at the Court House. wher he will distribute his gifts' and talk with the children who wish to visit with him. The children coming to see Saritaf Claus 'are requested to follow; the rules and orders of the helpers, thus aiding in a quick and equal - distribution of the gifts Santa will pass out to the cMldren. ; , Q The Jay'cees' annual Christmas shopping tour for underprjvilegT ed children wilK be iTieiclJon Monday night, December 21, be ginning at 6:30 o'clock and will be under the direction of Jaycee- Mr.' White. Plans for this event have been . completed . through the cooperation of local' merchants, and it promises to be the' best . ever held. The child ren, accompanied by Jaycee couple, Will visit local stores to purchase presents, Clothes and will be treated to refreshments at S ahd M at the conclusion of , the toiir. L f'.-.;.--. -V Hible Sunday To Observed Here ;5 December. 13 is . Universal Eible Sunday "and services at First Methodist Church, Hert ford, will emphasize' this year's theme, "The Everlasting Liirht." Special,' music will be presented ty te Youth Choir as they sinsr f 9 fourteenth t- century carol1 "J. 1 Kest Ye :, Merry, Gentta-i ".. paraUanvrfor rDn(Y9rall : jnJay, the" rJuttor . High ' A Yodih TOWiipMini j' leadership- of Mrs. Rus '11a. arid ''Miss . Ha .' Grey - n, have beew fdllowirtg f study on "Transmitting 'e Today." They have la most interesting and :Ve display on the work . nerican Bible Society. .y may be seen in the " e Educational Building. I STAR MEETING r of the Ftslerh Stur i i's monthly rHin -, roomMondWi i! W38ll ! 1 Am : Central PTA To Meet Monday Night The December meeting of the PTA of Central Grammar School will be held next Monday night, beginning at 7:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the' school. The children will have charge of the program and will present the annual Christmas program. All members are urged to attend. Special Youth ill; Ml , A special service ' noting the achievements of several young ladies in : the Girls' Auxiliary will be . held at the Baptist Church Sunday evening. V Recognition will be given to the girls who have attained the step of Maiden and Princess, The highlight of the service will be the crowning of two young ladies as' Queens. They ' are Harriett Williams, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Carroll Williams, and Margaf et Ainsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ainsley. Harriett will be attended by her brother, Billy. Williams' as crown bearer and Teresa Cartwright as flower girl. Margaret will be attended by her brother, Frank Ainsley as crown bearer and Robin Perry as flower girl. The service will be under the direction of Mrs. J. T. Biggers, WMU president, and Mrs., T. E. Madre, GA director.! Mrs.- Joe T. White, Mrs. W. F. Ainsley and Mrs. Carroll - Williams are the, Junior GA counselors. Others taking part in the ser vice include Mrs. J. E. White, organist; Bobby Overton, soloist; Mary Frances Baker,; Linda Bass, Sandra Keel and Sarah Dail.-.::;;V;c:l.Vv;': '. s-- An. informal reception spon sored by the WMS. will be" held, in the lower auditorium imme diately following the service. Interested friends of the com munity are cordially invited to share this service and the re ception that.follows. v: : v., ' Erie Haste, : Jr secretary lreasur.ep, ofi Hertford 'Hardware and toSupply t Company,! i has ; eS ' cepted appointment as chairman pf. : the', annual March of -Dimes drive which willaoejconflujctfl tihrpughqvt ji theii county, i during January. ; hh 1 BOARD TO MEET - :; The',' executive board of Per quimans County Central Gram mar School will meet Friday, December 11. at 2 P. M. at the school in WinfalL All members of the board are asked to be present. '..,-; ;v , ., f. MASONS TO MEET ( ,Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 108, AaT. Service Sunday h 9e iA.".-M:;i: Wurcm'Oatdni'tJrWpod, barber ijTaeffe,,illVJtbjt-i i Most peanut, farmeta jn Perw! guhhans Counfy 1 ire eligible to vote in the I pteahut . marketing quota ! referehdiira' to ' be held " ' bv. Perquimans 'County ASC office' manager, said today. " All personsS are ' "eligible to vote who are entitled to share in the 1959 crop peanuts planted for harvest as nuts on a farm with a planted acreage of mora than one acre. This applies to owners, landlords, operators, tenants or sharecroppers. Bellmon explained that the referendum on . December 15 will decide whether marketing quotas are to be extended to 1960, 1961 and 1962 peanut crops. A favorable vote of two thirds of the growers who vote is necessary to approve the use of quotas. If growers approve quotas by the necessary number, the quotas with penalties on "excess" pea nuts (of growers who' exceed their acreage allotments) will be in effect and price support will be available to cooperators at the full level of available sup port; If growers disapprove the quotas, the quotas and penalties will not apply and the available price support will drop to 50 per cent of parity. In either case, acreage allot ments will remain in effect as a means of determining eligibil ity for price Support. The referendum will be held between the hours of 8 A M. and 6 P. M. on Tuesday, De cember 15, at the following polling places:, VBelvidere com munity, L. L. Chappell's store and Charles Layden's Service Station; Bethel community, J. L. Curtis' store and Jordan and Long's store; Hertford commun ity, Agricultural Building, Sin clair ,, Service jStatijn and Jor: ffalind"Long's store; New Hope community,; ,R.' W. Turner's store, S. T. Perry's fetore and Turner and Caddy store; Nicanor com munity, R. M. , Baker's store and "Wink" Winslow's store, and Parkville community, Fred Wins- low's store and Towe & Pike Grain and Supply Company. Master Of Masons Jack Symons has been elected Master of Perquimans. Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A M.,. for the year starting next January. Other Officers elected by the lodge were: ., Jarvis Ward, senior warden; Dick Brewer, junior warden; R. C. Baker, treasurer; Cecil E. Winslow, secretary; Cecil C. Winslow, trustee and J..-S., Bass," member of he Finance Committee. ADoointive r officers of . the lodge will be named al a later date by" the 'incoming Master. The new officers will be induct ed at the first meeting of the lodge next January. Bateman Funeral Conducted Friday Funeral services for John H. Bateman, 74, who died Wednes day of last week in a Raleigh hospital, were conducted , at the graveside in Cedarwood -Cemetery under the direction of the Lynch Funeral Home last Fri day, morning rat. .11 o'clock,n The. RsHt: A" McClellan, pastor , of 'the Burgess Baptist ii;Churchi conducted the, . services, i . ; ; i : Mt, .Bateman,, was- the , son of ,the late Mr. and Mrs. George Bateman and he. is survived by hifj wfe, Mrs,r Alma Njptoni Bate: man: four sons, Srteiton Bateman of Albequerque, N,. ,M., Ravmond Rateman of Roper, - William Bateman, USMC, and Sidney Bateman of Orleana. Va.'. thre" daughters, Mrs, . Louis Eaves of Hertford. Mrs, Arthur Chappell of Edenton and ' Mrs. Charles Tucker of Winston-Salem; : one brother, George Bateman, of Elizabeth City, t ; ; v Pallbearers were Bill Jordan. Young Berrv; Claude White, V. Jack Spons New this y;m's HEADLINES President Eisenhower reached India Wednesday on his 11-day tour after having visited Italy, Turkey and Pakistan. The President's appeal for peace and freedom is being acclaimed by the people in countries visited by the President, as well as in nations aligned with the West. Law enforcement officers of several states are conducting ' a huge manhunt for .19 convicts, all of whom escaped from-a North Carolina prison camp in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The escape was mafie from Ivy Bluff camp in the northwestern part of the state. Officers captured one of tn e convicts Wednesday and con tinued the search for the others. Col. James R. Smith, com mander of the State Highway Patrol, is retiring January 1, ac cording to an announcement made in Raleigh Wednesday. Mr. Smith began duties with the patrol 30 years ago, at the age of 23, as one of the charter mem bers of the organization. A congressional committee is conducting an investigation on prices charged for drugs. Hear ings opened early this .week with charges drug manufactur ers zoom the price of their 'pro ducts. These charges were de nied by drug representatives who stated the figures quoted were distorted. Y" the Stee) workers Union this week .reached aereement ' with two can manufacturers ona la Sor pnitraft but the union and steel industry are still negotiat ing with renorts made little progress is being made toward agreement. Indians - Squaws Perquimans High School bas ketball teams, ' luckless in their first three starts, will be seek ing, victories over Columbia teams when Columbia comes to Hertford Friday night. Griggs High defeated Perquim ans in a twin bill last Friday night, the , Griggs; girls winning 39 to 23 while the Griggs boys topped the Indians 48 to 35. Phthisic. Spear and Brown led the scoring for the Perquimans girls : against Griggs while the Nixon boys scored a total of 16 points for the Indians. Tuesday night the local team traveled to Weeksville where the Squaws lost by a two point margin 48 to -46, and the In dians dropped their, game by one point, 36-35. f Phthisic hit for 21 points for Perquimans in the girls' contest but Bright scored 28 for Weeks ville. The game was' closely contested .throughout with the Weeksville team holding a slight edge at the end of , each (quar ter. : ' '.'.'ii-v ; The .Indians ..opened .vrifai rush ' . against.,! the, Weeksville. boys, holding a 9-4 adMantage at. the first(. quarter, but dropped -bB; hind in. the , second, and ' third, then, putecor. Weeksville ,gain in the fnai, period, ; Jfl iv Nijcon, .hit,, for U ..points and Colson, had . 11 to lead tho lnv.1 dian offensive. James -and Har ris led the host team .with 14 and 12 points. CONCERT SATURDAY ' Greensboro College Glee Club will aopear at. the First Metho dist Church, Hertford, Saturday night, December 12. at 8 P. M. The pybilQ.is invited , to Attend no m aaujaon 14 looking For Wins Ill 1 THE VOICE MEETS ROYALTY Frank Sinatra chats with Princess Marie Cecilie of Prussia at a benefit ball in Holly wood. The event was held to raise funds to place homeless children of Europe and Asia in American homes. Fourt ee n Cases Bef ore Recorder At Term Board Of Education Td Meet Wednesday The Board of Education for:Presided over here Tuesday by Perquimans County will hold its December meeting next Wednes day night, December 16 at the 'homo nf .T T Ri tendent of schools. ' . Prior to the ousiness session Mr. ' and Mrs. Biggers will en tertain the board members at a dinner. PHS Honor Roll iod Honor students at Perquim ans High School during the sec ond . grading1 period cf this school term were named last Friday at the close of the period by E. C. Woodard, principal. The list of honor students in cluded the following: Eighth Grade Reggie Baker, Perry Monds, Gloria Miller, Wayne Chappell, Price Monds, John Stallings, Susan Cox, . Ninth Grade Betsy Barbee, Janice Stanton, Verna Ann Perry, Dianne Sawyer. Tenth Grade Frank Ainsley, Sidney Long,. Alton Daniels, Wade Morgan, Ed Matthews, Franklin McGoogan, Brenda Smith. Eleventh Grade Hubert Bur den, Linda Bass, Ann Benton, Dianne Hollowell, Carroll Mc Donnell, Joyce Owens, Faye Wood, Sylvia Knight, Connie Boyce, Kathryn Bonner, Mary Frances Baker. Billy White, Tom my Lynn Riddick. .Twelfth Grade Preston Wins low, Pauline Bacous, Linda El liott, Mary Glen, Clara Small, Clay Stokes, Dorothy Morse. Jack Brinn, Carl Skinner, John ny Winslow, Brenda Elliott, Selby Jean Hall. Kathryn Saw yer, Arlene Stallings. Jurors Drawn For A venire of 37 names were drawn by the County Commis sioners last Monday for jury service at the February term of Superior Court, which will Con vene here for the trial of a num ber ojf civil actions. fDrtrWn rot1 Jury 'net-vice were Paiten E. Lane, Joe L. Tunnell, FjA McGoogan.' D. T. Rose, Jr., Ethel S: White, W. & Long, Ray mond Lassiter, Claude M. Long, Calvin Lamb. Latham Felton, George A. White, Vernon Har retls Freeman . UmDhlett,' Carl W; !Wlrtsldw, John Harrison, JrM HaVwood J. White, William L. Tllley, Richard Bryant, Ashton Colson, Glenn Matthews, Charlie Mansfield, Clyde White,' Edsar W. s Roberson, Gilliam Under wood. Walter' J. Dale.' Joseph M. Stalline W. A. Renfrew. Clifford Perry, W. D. Perry. Jr, Walton D. Lowe, H. R. Mil ler, John HarrelL ' Ralph Lay i den. .Clarence W; Winslow. Jar- vfciCkh Ward.-Clarthce' Wnstowi Grading Per February Court Tuesday Fourteen cases were disposed of during a brief session of i Perquimans Recorder's Court ouage unas. jonnson. Fines of $25 were paid by ; Frederick LaGarde and Wheeler! Martin after each submitted to ' I charges of speeding. Leoteis I oaser, iNejjio, was laxea wnn ,.f o)c exceeding a safe speed limit. A bond, posted by Jeon Le orei who was charged with speeding, was ordered forfeited when the defendant failed to appear in court to answer to the charge. Costs of court were paid by Willie Perry, Negro, and Horace Bunch after each had submitted to charges of driving on th left side of a highway. Leroy Lightfoot, Negro, paid the c.ourt costs on a V charge of failing to yield a right of way. George Johnson, Negro, and Arthur Light each paid the costs of court : after pleading guilty to charges of driving with improper lights. Wayland White, Jr., was found not guilty on a charge of speed ing. Merrian Rae was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of allowing an .unlicensed operator to drive his car. Carolyn Downs paid a fine of $25 and costs af ter submitting to a charge of driving without a license. David Bright, Negro, paid the costs of court on a charge of parking on a highway without lights. Thurman Brothers, Negro, was found not guilty on a charge of following a vehicle too closely. Farm Census Half The 1959 Census of Agricul ture is about 50 per cent com pleted in this area, it was an nounced today by Field Direc tor Joseph R. Norwood of the Census Bureau s regional office ( at Pharlnttp Th r-onsiis nffipifll statAd that Completed In Area he was well pleased with the'N.ewby are receiving from farmers in the area and has high hopes of completing the canvass withm the next ten days. He point ed out that the field canvass cf farms is. one of the larger costs of the . census a nd that ' coopera tion of fanners ' in completing questionnaires promptly will be a vital factor- in keeping1 down the final cost of the undertak ing.. ;' ..' 'Quick : completion of the cen sus will not only' help in keen1 ing costs doWri' but will aid in prompt publication ' of the re sults, the field director said. He urged local farmers who have not already done so to complete the census questionnaire and have it ready when the ' census taker calls. ! BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and ; Mrs. William E. White. Jr., of Raleigh announce the birth of 'daughter. , ftiflne Marie, born" Fr dav, Dewmber 4, Post Office To ' Start Holiday Hours A new schedule of hours for the Hertford Post Office goes into effect starting Monday, De cember 14, it was announced by W. W. White, Postmaster. btamp windows will be open i each day, including Satuday, December 19, until 6 P. M. for! the convenience of the public. I ihe Postmaster appeals to ine puDiic 10 man cards and parcels early irr order to be as sured delivery by Christmas. He also thanked the patrons for the cooperation in the past. Topic At Meeting High School PTA The Perquimans High School PTA met on December 3 with a registered 95 in attendance. Mrs- H. C. Sullivan, president, called the meeting to order and Dresented the eighth eraHos for a sharing of a recently completed reading unit on "Tall Tales and Legends." Giving something of the background of some of the most beloved folk talcs and folk songs, the group of students demonstrated three of the folk games typical of American folk lore, and then sang and illus trated several of the ballads. Devotional for the evening was led by Mrs. J. L. Harris, who used the Christmas story from Luke 2 as a basis for her medi tation. Mis. R. S. Monds, pro gram chairman, presented a pan fl to discuss "Ability Grouping." Mrs. Tommy Maston, moderator, presented members of the panel, in turn, to discuss various nhases of ability grouoing. Mrs. J. W. Dillon discussed "Reasons For" and Talmage Rose, "Rea sons Against" ability grouping. Mrs. James A. Auman discussed the teacher's role, and Silas Whedbee, the pupil's role in ability grouping. This timely subject brought much discus sion and questioning from the floor. Mrs. Maston, who is Perquim ans County Supervisor of Schools, explained the recent : develop ments in the ability grouping of the eighth grade at the High School. It was pointed out that this was done on a trial basis, only in the area of reading. School Superintendent John T. Biggers also made a statement concerning these trends and an nounced plans for continued testing programs and research as we seek to constantly improve our school system in Perquimans County. During the business meeting Mrs. Sullivan appointed the fol lowing committees: To select a candidate for the Community Distinguished Service Award: E. C. Woodard, Mrs. Jack Brinn, Mrs. H. W. Winslow. Teacher's Loun8e Project: Miss Franses Tommy Byrum and Mrs. Carroll Williams, The next I I mAilin ci 6 will be on February 4. Parents and teachers enjoyed a coffee hour following the meet ing. Christmas Seal Sales Total $420 . Sales of Christmas Seals in Perquimans County now amount to. $420, it was reported by Thomas Maston, chairman of the Seal sales campaign. Mr. Maston urged all residents of the county , who have receiv ed the seals to send in their contributions as early as possible in order that the committee may ascertain the progress' toward the county's goal of $1,400. NAME OMITTED In the story in last week's edi tion of The 4 Weekly, carrying the list of students enrolled at Hertford . Urammar School in 1927, the name of Reba Spivey iw omjttid tftroufh error, Ability Grouping li Commissioners for Pcrquitflrlk ans .County,' in session hdrei Monday for Uheir regular De4; ccmber meeting, named towni'i ship tax listers for the tax list-j ing program which starts next V. January 2. , i Listers named were Julian Long, Bethel; Mrs. Elton Lay den, Belvidere; Percy Rogerson, Hertford; Mrs. Belle Proctor, Parkville, and Carson Spivey, New Hope. The list takers will meet with the Commissioners in special session on Monday, Do- cember 21, for the purpose of receiving instructions and sup- plies for the job, Due to property revaluation ; being completed by that dale, special emphasis will be made td the list takers to advise prop ! erty owners on the new values which will be used for tax pur poses during the year 1960 and thereafter. Carroll-Phelps Company, which has the contract for appraisint,' property values, are expected to complete its work within the next few days and notices of new assessments on property will be mailed out to property owners prior to January 1. The Commissioners also ap proved the appointment of W. F. Tarkenton, night police officer I for the town of Hertford as a deputy clerk of the Perquimans Recorder's Court at a salary of $5T per month. The appoinmont was made by W. H. Pitt, Clerk of Court. Sgt. Logan Lane of the High way Patrol appeared before the board requesting the county lake, action which would provide ad ditional service to the patrol in servicing of arrest warrants, es pecially between the hours of 5 P. M. and midnight. , The Commissioners. - cohfciTCI ' with Mr. Pitt on the matter and upon the clerks' appointment the board approved Mr. Tarken-( ton for the post. This county,' under this arrangement, will using a system similar to Pas-: quotank and Chowan counties, which have police departments handling court warrants during night hours. The board also voted to ap propriate $175 to help defray the expenses of a District Fire men's convention to be held in Hertford during the month of January. . I DSA Nominations Asked By Jaycees The Hertford Junior Chamber (if Commerce has named a com mittee to seek the outstanding young man in the county, ac cording to Marion Swindell, Jay cee president. The committee, headed by J; Moody Mathews, Jr., is actively canvassing churches, businesses, clubs and organizations to de termine which young man 21 'hrough 35 has contributed the most to the community during 'he year. According to Matthews, nnm' ination blanks will be available from any local Jaycee. The Distinguished Service Award winner from Perquimans will be entered in the North Carolina Jaycee contest. The state winner will in turn bo entered in the national compe tition, whidi chooses the na tion's 10 outstanding yoUng men. Puritan Club To -Hold Barbecue 1 Members of the Durants Neck Ruritan Club have voted to join" the sponsorship of the Perquim ans High School athletic fund, which is , now running in the red, by holding a barbecue sup oer at the New Hope Comrmm--ity House on Saturday, Decem ber 12. The supper will start at 5:30 and the committee in oharpe of the event, Dick Brew er, R. L. Spivey and R. M. Thompsdn, promises one all he can eat for a nominal price. . Proceeds 'from the barbecue . will 10 to the school's thletio ""H . ....'.f'lC. 1' ,