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Hertford. Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina, ffriday, February 5, 1960.
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OLD AND THE NEW Helicopters of Britain's Royal Navy
churn the air over an historic backdrop. St. Michael's Mount
with its ancient castle off Cornwall.
Bobby Smith Home
After Sojourn As
Exchange
. Bobby Smith of Bclvidere ar
' rived home this week after be
ing an ' exchange student to
Burma for several months. His
experiences in the Asian coun
try have been " carried in The
Weekly.
Mr. Smitn announced that he
Is . available to civic clubs and
other organizations as a pro-grain-
speaker and requests in
dividuals, and' clubs to contact
him for dates. He is scheduled
to participate in a state-wide
tour sponsored .hy the Agricul
tural Department-of North Caro
lina State College, and that he
till endeavor Lto vschedulpin
gagements to locoTlflUttf'tos he
Is contacted. ? , . y . '
i Mr. Smith's' final installment
o'f his experiences among the
people of Burma 'follows:
December ' and January are
' beautiful months here in Burma.
The weather is warm and com
fortable and the ' days . are a
deep, . clean ; blue. The sky at
night , is so crowded with stars
that. "Clod. must find it hard in
deed, -to : secure a : place frorri
which ' to ' suspend the moon.
. The flowers are . in a peak of
brilliance,; and the occasional
breezes ; which, - slip down from
the -mountainsides seem to hum
a song of happiness and content
ment Even the paople seem to
wear bigger smiles and to show
more enthusiasm as they do
their chores of work and life.
Why is December so wonder
ful?' Why are the people so gay
and happy? The answer to the
Burman is because the golden
fields, of rice that have stood
the 'test of growth and weather
and ; that are now lifting -up
theif heads for the harvest. The
people bra ever more thankful
; this ' year because the harvest is
(iie of abundance, selling prices
appear to , be higher1 and the
government has relaxed some of
the previous hardfast marketing
controls. Thq old -men sit undpr
the shade of palm trees and
repeat special prayers for these
acts! of kindness; the .children
bear - down harder on their
studies. with a greater hope for
the future in their eyes; and the
women folk . busy- - themselves
planning for more -elaborate re
ligious ceremonies. It is an un
forgettable feeling o watch
these things take place and to
realize, they are. happening - be
cause of one single factor it is
great lifeblood of the country
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ln,ie iust In time to help -my
host father, - U Aye Maung, and
.t:e fimily harvest their grain i
icr v a year. The ' rice heads
t in the field by tickles, 1
runoies w noni a w local Government Com
i piled v-n carts which mission the financing -wiU cov
n to the threshing, area. er a period of 20 years, 'with
: .-r the . bundles are five thousand dollars in bonds,
f -J spread upon the with jmerest, being retired each
".ujr, oxen are driven' year" : . t "
i, using their h'oofs to -... - j
? the indivliual TO PREACH SUNDAY
V e rice straw .' Richard Bunch, a ministerial
s ..e rcToved student at Chowan College, will
- c-vf-i -1th I be guest preacher at . the Hert
' s'f-rd T ptlat Church cm Sunday,
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Student
Board of Education
County Schools
Perquimans Board of Educa
tion was in special session here
Wednesday daring which a sur
vey of future plans for county
schools -was discussed by repre
sentatives of the 'State School
Planning " Division. y
JLXUtfthani and G. H. Fur.
guson outhhea to' the lbtal board
members the results of ' a sur
vey the division, had conducted
here but no definite" action was
taken on the report; however,
the board agreed to take the
matter under advisement for
further study.
The board approved a re-j
quest of the PTA of Perquim
ans Union School for installa
tion of flood lights at the school
and voted . to pay the sum." of
$198 .toward this installation,
with all further costs being paid
by the school PTA.
After hearing a report by
Board Member D. H. Eure that
minor repairs are needed at the
Central Grammar School roof,
the board Voted to have these
repairs concluded next summer.
W. H. Matthews reported to
the board the athletic field at
Perquimans High School needed
some dirt for filling and level
ing and the superintendent was
authorized to have this work
done.
TownTMIcltfbTd
Bonds Advertised
W. E. Easterling, Jr., secre
tary of the Local Government
Commission, has called for seal-
; ed bids on ' $100,000 worth of
bonds to be issued by the
Town of Hertford to be opened
in his office on February 23.
This, action brings nearer the
town project calling for', instal
lation of a new . water ' supply
and renovation of the town's fil
tering plant. :.. Funds-, realized
through the sale of these bonds
will be used to finance the pro
gram.
ayor V ,Uaraen nfla an
Inounced. work . on .the project
'will get underway ... within a
short time, especially that part
of the program, of installing a
pipe line from the town's new
tn thp ,nnt Rit
TInHpr th of the sale
0, town bondg( M outlined
Perquimans County taxpayers
will benefit thrpugh a substan
tial tax rate reduction made
(possible through the revaluation
program now in progress .here:
This was the opinion of the
Board of Commissioners who on
Monday considered a number of
budget items for the year be
ginning July 1.
"It's too early yet," said R.
L. Spivey, chairman of the
board, to say definitely what
the rate will be. We first must
ascertain the final total valua
tion figure and this will not be
available until mid-March.
However, judging from basic
budget requirements under con
sideration, it appears the Board
will be in a position to reduce
the tax rate which this year is
$2.25 by at least 90 . cents, to a
figure somewhere, near $1.30.
The reduction depending on the
final valuation figures.
Harry Logan, ' Deputy N. C.
Revenue Department, appeared
before the board requesting Per
quimans County to contribute
the. sum of 'eight dollars per
month toward rental of office
space for the, department in Eliz
abeth. This 'request was approv
ed for a period of 16 months.
J. T. Biggers, superintendent
of county schools, appeared be
fore the Commissioners to ad
vise securemerit of an electrical
inspector for Perquimans schools
is stiu pending; Dut tnus iar, u
nas Deen lmpossioie 10 ouiaui a
qualified inspector. ,
The Commissioners alsij drew
a jury list for the March term
of Superior' Court, which con
venes for civil cases on March
i4th.:-';,-.- '.::::::;
Drawn for service for this
terni of court were: Seth Long,
Sr.. Wilbur Owens. Ambrose
Turner,. John Stalling, Z. u.
Robertson, Sr., Hugh Harreil,-H.
If. Lowe, Alton Stallings, Wil
liam V A. Cartwright, Adrian
Smith, Jr., Durwood Twinfe, A.
Stephen Perry, L. fl. Cobbs, Jr.,
Harold H. Copeland, J. C. Bac
cus, Shelton Hobbs, Kenneth
Stallings, Claude Benton, James
B. Sawyer,. Louis StalUngs, Mar
ion Copeland, A. Leigh Wilson,
Obed T. Winslow, John Simp
son, B. S. Hoskins,. Frank B.
Skinner, James T. Nikon, Em
mett Landing, N. W. Chappclt,
Crafton Mathews, Shelton White,
Alvin Hollowell, . William E.
Lane, J. Ray Haskett and Hiram
Weeks.
James Diver tisw
Rotary President
Members of , the Hertford Ro-
Itary Club elected a ' new slate
of officers to direct the activi
ties of the club, for the year be
ginning July. 1.
Elected as president was
James Divers, who will succeed
Dr. A. B. Bonner. Erie Haste,
Jr., was named as Vice presi
dent, and directors will be R.
S. Monds, W. F. Ainsley and
R. L. Hollowell. Dr. . Bonner
will be an ex officio member
of the board of directors. Jack
Kanoy was re-elected as club
secretary and treasurer.
HeftfordPTA To
Meet Next Thursday
Hertford - Grammar School
PTA will meet on Thursday
night, February 11, at 8 o'clock
in the auditorium of the! school.
The Cub Spouts will be in
charge of . the devotional, and
Girl Scouts, under the leadership
of Mrs. G. W. Barbee, will have
charge of the program. ,
One of the PTA objectives is
to promote the welfare of chil
dren and youth in home, school,
church and community. The
Scouts' program will give par
ents ah opportunity to witness
a portion, of this particular ob
jective in action. ,
Mrs. R. L. HoOowelL ! presi
dent, will preside ' at- the busi
ness meeting, which wiU be fol
lowed by a coffee hour.'
" All members are urged to at
tend the meeting, ; and a ? spe
cial - invitation is extended to
parents who : have not yet at-
p r .. ,
Public Meeting
Business and professional men
and . women ' of Perquimans
County are urged to attend;, a
public meeting to be held : to
night (Friday) in the Municipal
Building in Hertford beginning
at 7:30 o'clock. If
The meeting has been 'called
by the local industrial commit-;,
tee for the purpose of organiz
ing a county-wide Chamber 'of
Commerce. -.'J
Results ot a survey conducted
by the committee indicates a
public desire for the organiza
tion to provide a program- of
progress for the county and
every interested citizen is urged
to be present at the meeting.
Cdr.RufusBrinn
Now In Command
Of USS Tarawa
Commander Rufus T. Brinrt
relieved Captain Charles F.
Garrison as Commanding Offic
er of the anti-submarine air
craft carrier USS Tarawa (CVS
40) during change of command
nprpmrmifM! cn KnnrH (hp cHin
Frjday.
The ship which has been the
nn, n v
Elroy, Jr., Commander Carrier
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Division 18, and has just
pletcd operating with the Anti
Submarine Defense Force in the
Atlantic, has just arrived in
Philadelphia to commence the
ardous task of inactivation. The
Tarawa is one of the 'renowned
Essex Class. Carriers of World
War II fame and is capable of
carrying a complement of 3,000
men and 100 aircraft.
Brinn, a native of Hertford,
was recently selected for promo
tion to the rank of captain.
Commander Brinn graduated
from Duke University with an
AB degree and was commis,
sioned in the Navy in 1941.
The versatility of the new skip
per is illustrated by his varied
career: which includes flying
F2H McDonald Banshee jets
and Commanding Officer of the
USS Newat.
While serving as Executive
Officer of the USS Hopping, he
was ordered to hcavicr-than-air
flight training m 1944 and re
ceived his wings in June, 1945.
Following a tour of duty in the
Pacific which included "Opera
tion Crossroads," i Brinn report
ed to NAS Jacksonville, Florida
as Executive Officer of Fighter
Squadron 12, which was based
aboard the USS Philippine Sea.
Commander Brinn studied at
McGill University, Montreal,
Canada and Naval Schools in
Great Britain, and - served in
Air Intelligence with the .Air
Force in Washington, D. C.
Prior to his duty as Executive
Officer of the Tarawa, Com
mander Brinn saw duty as the
head of the 'Anti-Submarine'
Warfare and Mining Avionics
System Branch, of the Bureau, of
Aeronautics. ;
Among his service ribbons,
Brinn wears the Navy Silver
Star and the Order of the Rus
sian Red Star, for service in
the Armed Guard "suicide run to
Murmansk" in early 1942. r
Commander Brinn is married
to the former Mary Alice Ca
hoon, the daughter of Marshall
and Mrs. B. Ray Cahoon of Ra
leigh and .Columbia, N. C; . The
Brinns currently residing in
Warwick, Rhode Island, have
four children. j
Bonner Candidate
For Re-election
? Congressman Herbert C. Bon
ner on Monday became the first
district candidate when he an
nounced he had filed his no
tice . of candidacy in tha-' prim
ary of 1960 as Democratic Rep
resentative in the U.. S. - Con
gress for the First . District of
North Carolina. .
,' Bonner's action earlier this
week confirms his announce
ment, sometime ago that he was
planning to seek re-election to
the office, ' -
MISS AMERICA TO WED Marilyn Van Derbur, Miss
America ot 1958, smiles over her engagement ring at fiance
Gary Nady. She will marry the former Colorado U. football
star later this year. He is now head coach of the Parsons
College, Iowa, team.
Appraisal Firm To
Hear Complaints
On Prop
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
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ranee queued a reoeinon mi
Alneria this week but trouble
t flared anew along the border'
f'tJi T i i r 1 I
com-ioeiwcen lsrael ana ylla. reu-ii-
ing Jn Nassar moving Arabi Bob Carroll, partner in the
troops into a number of border I firm who supervised the work
positions. French President De- here, was in Hertford Tuesday
Gaulle is credited with a vie-! conferring with Tax Supervisor
tory in the Algerian revolt but 'Julian C. Powell and Commis
reports , from Paris state the sioneis. R, L. Spivay concerning
tiroblerrS arising from the inci-jthe hearings which Carroll win
i dent has weakened the DcGaulle
onvpmmpnt
o - .
New higher postal rates for
parcel post packages are rising
by 17.2 percent and will bring
into the government treasury
some 88 million dollars. Admin
istration plans for further in
creases in first class postage is
expected to fail in receiving ap
proval by the Congress.
A - report has been published
that government officials arc
considering a farm plan where
by participants in programs such
as $he soil bank will receive
payment in surplus commodi
ties rather than cash. Presi-
dent Eisenhower, according to
the item, favors such a plan.should be set at 50 per cent of j 9lh Gnde Bctsy 'Barbce
The idea, the report says, is to the appraised value, thus in- Vick Roathi Mike ,Holloman!
get rid of the present surplus creasing real property valua- Wflvnc winslow Susan Brough.
by paying it out in lieu of cash, tion about twice the figure foron; Janjco stanton Vcrna
the current year. Perry.
The State Highway Depart- -The board of commissioners ( mh Gl..lde ' Frnnk Ainslcv.
ment has received bids for con- wl'l mect as a Bard of Equa- Sidncy Lon(, Alton Dunieis,
struction of a bridge across the j Nation and Review on Monday, Wado Morgani pete Cook, Percy
Alligator River, which when March 14, after which this ( Davis Franklin McGoogan and
completed is
expected to link,
coastal Tyrrell and Dare coun
ties making travel to the coast
more convenient. A low bid for
the new bridge was $2.8 million.
Clinic Committee
Frank McCabe, president of
the N. C. Merchants Association,
announces that L. C. Winslow
of Hertford has been appointed
to the advisory committee for
the tenth annual Retailers Ac
tivities Clinic to be held at
Chapel Hill on February 21-22.
The. establishment of parking
lots, how to improve downtown
parking ; facilities, and the; re
sponsibility of providing parking
space will feature discussions at
this year's meeting. -
The clinic will feature talks
by William Barr, Washington,
D. C, executive director of the
National - Parking Association;
John T. Church, Henderson, vice
president and secretary, . Rose
stores; J. Ernest Yarborough,
executive vice president Win
ston -Salem Retail Merchants As-
solation, and representatives of
the' Kalamazoo, Michigan Chan
fber of Caaercmj;
erty Values
Representatives of the Carroll-Phelps
Company, which re
cently concluded a property re
valuation project in Perquimans
County, will be in Hertford Feb-
ruary u-zo ior me purpose 01
PonferrinfT with nrnnpHv nufnurs
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who desire to register com-
Plaints on appraisals placed on
rrrnArlv hu thi firm
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conduct. Following the con-
ference Carroll announced he
will return for a two weeks
period starting: February 15 and
will be situated in the Court
House each day except Satudays ,
i to discuss with property owners J
any matters pertaining to ap
praisals placed upon property.
The revaluation of property
within Perquimans County,
which was carried out under re-
quiremcnt of a law enacted by j closed last week, it was an
Ihc legislature last year, and nounccd by E. C. Woodard,
which was the first revaluation principal.
the county had had in 30. Winning scholastic honors
years, raised property values were the following students:
about four times. For tax as-1 81h Grade Reggie Baker,
scssment purposes the board of Charles Woodard. Sidney Ann
commissioners for the county
and the Town of Hertford
I agreed the tax assessments
wm " """. '",'Brcnda Smith.
adopting inc new valuation
figures.
Mr. Carroll told this reporter
any person having any ques-
uons concerning appraisal prices. mh G.adj - Pauline Baccus,
placed on his property should I Linda Lou Elliott, Clara Small,
come to see him and discuss the clay Stokes Cari skinner, Anne
matter while he is in Hertford LanCj Johnny winslow, Kath
the last two weeks of this ' crinc Sawyer, Arlenc Stallings,
month. "Errors,' he said, "can Carolyn White and Frances
and do occur, and it mere arc
errors ii is my aesire 10 correct
them."
Commissioners for Perquim
ans County are now studying
-budget requirements for the
fiscal, year, in light of the new
assessment figures and expect to
be in position to make a drastic
reduction in the tax rate accord
ing to the new property valua
tion Djmes Chairman ;
Says Drive Closing
Erie Haste, Jr., chairman ' of
the Perquimans County ; March
of Dimes fund drive, reported
today that contributions now to
tal nearly $400, and it is the
hope of his .committee this total
will reach $500 as the drive
comes to a close. ..
; Mr. Haste requested individ
uals who have not yet made a
contribution to ': the March of
i Dimes to call him at 3461 andidians to hit the basket during
he will then call for the con- the second half permitted Ahos-
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Planning Active
Year For Center
Tlio Pcrqqimans County Rec
reation Committee met at the
County Library Building on Fr
day at 8:00 P. M ior the pur
pose of making plans for the
coming year.
The Recreation Directors, Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Nixon, made
a report showint; enthusiastic
use of the building bv the
j younger teen group, and by the
High School students for after
game parties.
Committee reports were made
on the building of a cook-out
area with picnic tables, to be
ready for spring ust by the com
munity. A special finance committee
was formed to t'.o ahead with
tne main project tor the year.
the paving of an all - purpose
game court. Estimates were
made for the minimum needs for
such construction. The commit
tee will meet on Monday, Feb
ruary 8, and soon thereafter the
campaign will get under way.
For .fie special summer pro
gram efforts vvill be made to
secure trained recreation per
sonnel for an intensive, one
month program. This might in
clude several new types of
events in such a way to dem
onstrate the value of a com
munity recreation center for
many groups of people.
Perquimans High
Honor Roll Lists
39 Students
Thirty-nine students at Per
quimans High School were listed
on the school honor roll for the
third grading period which
Blanchard, Gloria Miller, Wayne
Chappell, John Stallings, Clark
Harris.
nth Grade Hurbert Burden,
Linda Bass, Diannc Hollowell,
Carroll McDonnell, Joyce Owens,
Phyllis Hendren.
j Winslow.
Indians -Squaws
Lose To Ahoskie
Perquimans High School bas
ketball teams lost another set
of conference games Tuesday
night when they traveled to
Ahoskie for contests there. The
Ahoskie girls copped a 46-39 vic
tory from the Squaws while the
Ahoskie boys won a 57-31 de
cision over the Indians.
The girls' contest was a fair
ly game with the decision in
doubt until the final quarter.
In the boys' game Ahoskie
gained, a two-point margin dur
ing the first quarter and added
three more points to its lead
at half time when the score was
Ahoskie 27, Perquimans 22. In
ability on the part of ; the In
to to run up 3Q.9 margin.
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Judge W, H. S. Burgwyn
'granted a motion of non-suit in
the huge $250,000 suit brought
against the Town of Hertford
by Mrs. Ann Taylor. The mo
tion for non-suit was made at
the conclusion of the plaintiff's,
evidence about 11:30 Thursday
morning.
A huge damage suit, in which
the plaintiff, Mrs. Ann Taylor,
asked for a quarter of a .mil
lion dollars, began Wednesday
in Perquimans Superior Court
with the evidence being heard
by a 13-man Pasquotank jury.
Emergency Judge W. H. S.
Burgwyn is presiding over the
term of court, which convened
Monday, heard one case and ad
jurned until Wednesday morning
when the Pasquotank jury ar
rived to hear the Taylor-Town
of Hertford case.
Judge Burgwyn ordered a 13
man jury when it became ap
parent the case might run two
or three days due to the large
number of witnesses for eacu
s.de. Members of the jury,
which was impanelled about 1 1
A. M., Wednesday arc Dallas-
- Dunbar,
Cecil Dunbar, William
Sawyer, Tullie Layden, William
TiJlett, Glen Pritchard, May
wood Saunders, Joseph Brick
house, C. M. Raper, Josepn
Hales, Jr., Floyd Smithson, Ray
mond Doast and Ralph Mycr is
the alternate.
Testimony was started in the
case shortly before noon and the
plaintiff used a total of 11 wit
nesses prior to the adjournment
of court at 5 P. M. Wednesday.
The plaintiff indicated she had
several more witnesses to be
called Thursday morning. 'Mrs.
Taylor is, in her complaint,
seeking damages for the wrong
tul death of her husband. Way
land C. HolWell,' Jr.," who died
as result of injuries sustained on
January 10, 1957 as he was
driving a truck on Edenton Road
Street, near King Street. A
tree fell on his truck causing
the injuries.
Court convened Monday morn
ing and with the reading of the
calendar a number of cases were
continued; one divorce was
granted, that to Robert Thatch
from Carrie Thatch.
A judgment of non-suit was
entered in the cases of II. D.
Hurdle vs. J. Van Roach, Wil
liam Riddick vs. Mary Riddick
and Aaron Riddick vs. Addie
Riddick. Judgment was also
entered in the action of Paul
Smith, Sr., vs. N. C. State High
way Commission.
Political Pot
Starts Simmering
Announcements by two more
candidates for state offices this
week have started the political
pot to simmer and the tempo
is expected to increase as the
final political filing deadline
draws nearer.
.Terry Sanford formally an
nounced his candidacy for the
offce of Governor Thursday and
Addison Hewlett, Jr., on Tues
day, announced he will seek
the office of U. S. Senator for
North Carolina.
Sanford and John Lark ins are
now candidates for Governor,
while Hewlett is expected t:
provide opposition to Senator
Everett Jordan, also expected
to seek re-election.
Locally, no candidate has an
nounced for district or county
offices which will be at stake
in the primary on May 28.
These include State Senate, Rep
resentative, Register of Deeds,
Judge of Recorder Court, Coun
ty Treasurer and membership
on the Boards of County Com
missioners and , Education.
Effective this year, nomina
tions of County Commissioners
will be by Townships while an
other law provides for the nomi
nation of five members to the
Board of Education, one member
coming from each pf the five
townships of the county.
, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr, and Mrs. Sidney Brough.
ton of Wilmington, Del.,, an
nounce the - birth of a' third
child, a third son, born 1 Wed
nesday, January 27,. at Wilming
ton Geacral Hospital, ; ,