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uiaws week: 4. t . I... 4 Hertford, Perquimans -County, North Carolina. Friday, September 9, 1960. 6 Cents Per Copy. Education Board Acts:K0.h!!;;Req;ueG Bond Order Given PPmvaliByjlEDard mm if Ah I Commissioners Silt! ly ',:i:.V r. if " ' 1 ' HUMIDITEE-A paddle would be more appropriate than a ' i Club as Mrs. Ken Dowdy splash away at a floating golf ball ; I at St. Petersburg, Fla. The course was inundated by rain. Schools Here Gain SligKt Increase In Pupil MucDonid presents Ccity OCr.'-'YEvcnt 1 I I Carroll McDonnell, , a SMior ; at Perquimans u High StKool, will be in Norfolk and Pcppsmouth as the "guest of the Good Neighbor Days Committee oft September 17.' . 1 Mtes McDonnell, v along with girls'rom 15 other high schools in the area,' will visit NATO headquarters, the Naval : Base and the Naval Air Station. They will also go on a. boat.: tour . the Ndrfolk-fortsmouth , harl Ksrorted hr3afelaifim 4 i erick College; the 'girls will have 1 4 P frvif f'lt ' luncheon at the college and later JlLlVJlU V illUUl .4m thm Hnv! uiimA in. Hnfirp nnrtv..' -. i . M' . ., ..-i Mildred UTeAahMf'-.wOl have a special committee- from the Women's Division of the Nor-iV" folk Chamber of Commerce act Jing as Ihaperpnes. ' s MLssi McDonnell : is the daugh ter of Mrs. H. W. Bright of Diuv aftts Nek and is planning to att tend college. ."...' ' : She ' has held . various school positions including president of the , Student Government, class editor of newspaper and junior class vice presidents .'. . -,; i ii i ')'' i i ii i ii' ' 'f Herbert 1 Bonner : ; JlereQn Tuesday- : . Congressman. H5rbert C. Bon-1 tion of the American Bar, Asso ner was a, visjtqr in Hertford on ciation:' . ' . 1 Tuesday j enroute - from Wash- j He : pointed ' out ' to"th4 Ro- uigton, w, v iu- am - iwine ' ui Washington, N. C. Mr. Bonner Issued an invitation to local ci tizens to attend the : political' rally in Greenville September 17 when Senatoj-. JoKn .F. Kennedy will be the principal speaker. birth Xr::ov::c:: :t H .Mr. and'Mrsi woan tenon anr ounce the birth of a daugh--t, Sharon Reed, born Thurs- t ,rle I ." -l- is.'- i is . e fori., t II.sS Juy I' J Enrollment Perquimans County schools had a net increase in enrollment for the 1960-61 term of 89 stu dents, according to figures re leased Tuesday by J. T. Biggers, county superintendent. " .Attendance at the local schools forv the'iiirst ' official day were very much in line with ;? those predicted by the scho , prior to the opening Total enrollment - for school officials this week.' for the five schools was 2,390 students. j .' Comparing enrollment figures I with last ear, Perquimans High , School gained s nf - fcupils: "Hert- swaenis, , cenUfU ; urammar School " Igst, 10 v students, King Street School gained 23 and Per quimans Union School gained 77 students. t" ; , The enrollment figures for the opening day, as reported by Mr. Biggers, wera: , -" ; -i ' I960 1959 Perquimans H. S. 428! , ' 422 Hertford Grammar ...249 1 251 Central Grammar 413 423 King Street' . ...... .408 ' 385 Perquimans 'Union ..;.892 815 The schools, according .to Mr. Biggers, opened smoothly, on full class schedules following the enrollment : last Friday," ' when students were assigned classes and issued, supplies and instruc tional policies for the new term. 'British Ct K mm 4i Douglas Clift, members of the Vuncn oi Lancaster, jag- land,, whq is visiting Mrs. Eliza beth Skipsey here, was a guest at the meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club on Tuesday even ing. ' In a brief Ttalk, Mr. Clift told the Rotarians he was impressed very much by his visit to .this country and his conception had changed some with opportunities to. spend some, time in New York, , , Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia and 'Hertford. (While in Washington, Mr. Clift i was .pne oi ine visiting ungusn I barristers attend in? the rnnvm. xanans tne importance , or con tihued friendship and partner ship between the United States and England which has been the foundation -of th4 development of the free .world; He repqrted, in giving some ; comparison of the two ; countries, wages are higher here than in England, but at the same time prices were al so ; higher and the average standard of living a bit higher in the U. S. .' cr::Tc to The Perquimans .County Teen i!- r wv rp!iim if- its re 1 ' i i r ' Perquimans County Board of . Education had a called meeting , Tuesday to take action on a re-; quest made by patrons of 1 the Perquimans Central Grammar i School ' for a change ' in the teaching program at the school for the coming year.. The .' Board of ' Education, in setting up - an additional section of the' 8th grade at Perquimans; High School transferred a teach-, ev trc.n tne Central Grammar School for this purpose and as- signed some teaching, duties to the principal. A delegation of parents representing the "school protested this latter action and requested the Board of , Educa tion to provide : a part-time teacher for the school to re lieve the principal of some of the teaching duties. r -After - receiving" permission from the County Commissioners to amend its 1960-61 budget the Board of Education voted to se cure the services of a part time A. 1 X A 1. . . I. ' lor lne scno01 em ' ployed Mrs. Ann Nowell for the' position. . Other aotiton itaken during the meeting included the approval of the election of Robert Carter as teacher School; at Perquimans High Geraldine Edgerton as teacher at School . and teacher at School. ' Perquimans Union Edith Walker as the King - Street The Board also approved a re quest submitted by Patsy Saw yer; a married student, grant ing her permission to complete her course at school this year. Apm'n Resumes $ FcIIqymg World Seminar The . Revi,- James i A. Auman, pastor of tiie First Methodist Church, a has returned from a six-weeks Christian World Sem inar, which took him over 25,000 miles into 15 countries in three continents. : He arrived in Hert ford late Saturday .night after flying from Paris, France, that day.' Last Friday he , was in Oberammargau, Germany, to see the Passion Play, which began at 8:30 A. M. and was. concluded at 5 P, "M. with a two-hour- re- cess for . lunch. This was the last phase of his around-the-world ,trip. ' This Sunday at 11 O'clock Mr. Auman will preach on the sub ject "Christianity Around the World." This is a direct follow up of last Sunday's informal re port on the summer travels, which did not deal specifically With the place of Christianity in the. lives of the people of the world. . In speaking' of his travels, Mr. Auman has commented that the 25,000 miles Was covered with a variety of transportation. Al though' the major part of the tour was .made by plane, in lo cal situations the group found it more advisable to travel in numerable other ways: by ' cam-1 Perquimans Superior Court dur el, elephant, burro,- rail cars,jPg the meeting of the Board of automobiles,; i bus, rickshaw or ! County Commissioners on Mon- pedi-cab. , Thinking back over his experiences, he remarked that he was glad to be back in a country which is free and which is blessed with plenty. f're frrnpje Mrs. Annie Dail -Monds, , 79, died Thursday morning at 3:13 at the home of her daughter, Charlie H. Elliott, Watson Eure, tember 30, officials of the School Mrs. t Ci Butt on "Route 3 fol- D. Mi Jackson. - ' of Agrkture, N. C. Stafe Col- lowing a 'long illness. A na-l Thurman R. Harfell, James P. 'lege, are 'planning a dinner to be tive of Chowan County, she had 'Jordan, J. H. Stallings, Jr.," Ji. held in Elizabeth City next Fri lived on Route 3 for, 10 years' Alton Pierce, J. M. . Fleetwood, , day night " during which plans and was a member" of the Chap-J Jr., Thomas A. Proctor, R. S. for the -election will be discuss pell Hill Baptist Church. . She, Moiids, Jr., Ernest E. Morgan, ; ed for the benefit of agriculture was ' the ' widow of Thomas F. Monds. ' Surviving .are one .son, J. Clinton Monds of Norfolk, Va.; five daughters, I.Irs, T. A. True- and . Mrs. C.'ace Le.lor, h of W v Ct d. c, i:.-s Tliis Week's Headlines Two former U. S. code clerks turned up in Russia Tuesday after having been . missing for several weeks. Bernon Mitchell and wilUam MarU re rtg - .. . ' . . said- sou8ht Soviet citizenship, Tne Pair appeared at a Russian.-. staged news conference and said 'the U. S. spies 'on its friends, which policy may lead to war.- Hurricane Donna,' fourth storm of the season, may hit the U.- S. mainland, according to weather forecasters. The storm started I in the Leeward Island area Issi Saturday and has wrought 'death and havoc with '- its . 125-mile. winds. Donna hit Puerto Rica Tuesday resulting in 66 deaths and more than 200 missing. Miami Weather Bureau officials reported the hurricane ia. mov ing . in a north-northwest ; direc- tion. i . The President of African Con go fired Premier Lumumba Monday but the Premier refused to quit his post. Much of the Congo trouble of the past month is blamed to Lumumba and the President, Joseph Kasavubu, said he sought to bring about order ih the area by removing the Premier from office. Lumumba in turn said Kasavubu was no longer the head of the nation -as he called upon Congo troops to back his position as Premier. ' - - - -.L vfiarl LoniP three' tnfie gover nor of Louisiana, died of a heart attack ', early Monday, t only' a short time after having won the .nomination to Congress from his home district. Long ; was un successful in seeking the office as Lieutenant Governor in the primary last summer, then came back to win the Congressional contest. With Labor Day come and gone, political activity is now expected to be stepped up con siderably by candidates Ken nedy! and Nixon as each seeks election to the Presidency. Sen ator John F.' Kennedy has made appearances in California,- Alas ka and Michigan since the ad journment of Congress last week and Richard Nixon, ' hospitalized for the past 10 days, is expected to hit the campaign trail next week. Jury List Dravn For Octctsr Term Of Superior Gcat .The names of 50 residents of the county were drawn for jury duty at the October term of day. ine court term will open on October 31, Drawn for duty were C. S. Jackson, William SpruilL Red mon Perry, ? Jr.', Martin Towe, Walter Dail, David Nixon, Clif ton T. HoweU, William A. Wins low, J. R. Webb,' Claude , Wil liams, J. Eugene Winslow, 1. El lis S tailings, Way land Howell, Willie B. Moore. Percy E. Wins low, Jack PJhillips, Ralph Proc tor, Aldred P. Morris, Oscar A. White, Jessie V. Rountree, Rob ert' ' S, Stalling, Joe HarrelL E. Lee Hurdle, Jr; Charlie Wil- leaders and the press. s der,4; Joe., P; White, -Alfred Ken-1 The "Nickels For Know, How" ton,'. Howard Copeland, Herbert program was started byi North WiliSams, Brenton Winslow, Carolina farmers ior the purpose Thomas E. HarrelL J. Ray. Has-; of financing, research and de kett, Stanley j. SpruilL W. W, , velopment of farm : production. T ' y, George T. Cr4-: "t,Th program - ''is''-, continued 4t TbK.e Jo5."' -,throi:sh ''voluntary ''assessment -1 r t." ,f-1,-'-:-f rrrA-al bf thq farm- Iff r MEMORIAL FOR PEACE West Berlin's most famous post-' war .landmark, the burned-out tower of the Emperior Wil-! helm Memorial Church, dominates the skeleton of a new church rising in the foreground. The structure will be! 'octagonal, with colored glass plates. The ruin will be left sianuing as a warning memorial to worm war u. ' Indians Season Night AVitnGity Perquimans High School will ppy RqUmU illfQrC lake the wraps off its 1960 foot-lCl. UUIIulU IfljClO all team here Friday ni8ntiMi j ft when the Indians play the first Will I Pflfl KPVIV3I ot a 10-eame schedule meat- mg the Elizabeth City Yellow jackets v.Mitiiwiw vuakll iivc telly, in& AsMstant Coaches Botr-fJai--ter and Gil Underwood, are re luctant to make any predictions concerning the opening football game but do state Perquimans boys are rounding into shape and should make a good show ing against Elizabeth City. Jul Uist years opening contest) wn. . tne Jacxets, tne Indians came, home with the' victory, jand no doubt Elizabeth City will ( out this season to gain re venge for that loss. The opening game will be played in Hertford, on Memorial-Field, with game time . set for 8 o'clock. A large ' crowd of Elizabeth City fans are ex pected to follow their ; team here, as will the Elizabeth City High School . Band ; which will) OreBenr musical numbers at half time. The Indians have been prac ticing for the past four weeks, with about 50 candidates out for the .team.' Coach Perry an,-!,.. The Rev. Donald G. Myers, nounced' the - starting tea in' pastor of the First Baptist agaiiist Elizabeth -City wW'In-i Church of Reidsville, will be the elude Carlyle Woodard, Fxartk-i guest preacher for the revival. lin. McGoogan,; Edward Mathew?, Waldo WinsloW,-Carson Spivey, Douglas , Sawyer, J. C. Spear, Rillv White Dnn'alH Mrir ..Ter ry Chappell, " Charlie ' Fowler, Reed Mathews, Julian Nixon and Ed Nixon. Other home games for the In dians are listed as follows: Sept. 16 Central Sept. 30 Tarboro Oct. " 14 Williamston Oct." 21 Edcnton Principal E. C. Woodard an nounced this week the Indians have secured Greenville High School as an-opponent this year, and Greenville will replace Man-' teo on the schedule; the game is to be played in Grenvilla Oc tober 28. Nickels Program Dinner September 16 With' the "Nickeis For Know How'' electi6h coming up.' Sftp- 'X Open Grid On Fridav fcWKM iiwinui A nAMi:A, L At Baptist Cnurcn Hertford Baptist Church . will open its revival services next Monday night, September 12, with services being conducted each evening at 7:80 o'clock through September 18. He; is a graduate of Mooresville High School, Wake Forest Coir lege and Southern Baptist Theo logical Seminary. He has held pastorates in Indiana and at Mt. Olive, Wadesboro and has been at Rejdsville since 1947. Mr. Myers is a director of the Reidsville Chamber of . Com merce, director of the Rotary Club, vice president of the gen eral board, vice president of Bap tist State Convention and a trus tee of Wake Forest College He is married to the former Edna Teague of Siler City and they have three children. ; The Rev. Norman Harris, pas-, tor of the Hertford Church, is sues a cordial invitation to the' residents of Hertford and Per quimans County to u attend the services here, net yftsk., t , , t , ; t- : . , f W' ,-, . ' , FAMILY REUNION , Mr.! and ' Mrs. Edgar Riddick entertained her family at a . re union on their, lawn. Sunday af ternoon. ."';', Jv. r;,''-i:''; ' Those present were Mr. and Mrs! Harvey Stallings, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan L. West df ' Ports mouth ;, and children, . Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stallings and daugh ter" Pearl of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wlwdbee and. son Jef fery of South Norfolk ' and the host and hostess. A picnic bas ket supper was served- MASONS TO MEET : Perquimans - Masonic Lodge, No.. 106. 'a A. F. 8t A. M-' will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. i AH members a'e wd; to be present and vi&.wisg I isor.s are County Free From Holiday Accidents Perquimans County went through the long Labor Day week-end without a serious highway accident, according to Patrolman B. R. Inscoe of the Highway Patrol. riiInscoe re ported thei e was one motorist who ran into a ditch to avoid a collision but no accidents re ported where there1 was prop erty damage. AREM Corporation To Conduct Annual Meeting Here Sat. Albemarle Members of the Rural Electric Membership Cor- poration will gather in Hertford Saturday, September 10, for1 their annual meeting and elec tion of directors for the corpora tion during the coming year, it is announced by A. T. Lane, president of the organization. The meeting will begin at 2 P. M. All members of the corpora tion r. e urged to attend this meeting and participate in the selection of directors and other activity scheduled on the pro gram. Members will select nine di rectors for the corporation and nominations for the posts in clude Joe Hastings, .Charles Walston, J. A. Whitehurst, Frank Williams, W. E. Meiggs. . Cam den County; W. S". Bass, John N. Bunch, V. D. Hare, Lloyd Over ton, Jr., and J. A. Wiggins, Chowan County; W. R. Lowry, J. A. Spence and Tommie Tem ple, Pasquotank County; Ben Chambers, A. T. Lane, Floyd Matthews, Louis Spivey and Charles E. White, Perquimans County. Topping the entertainment program for this meeting will be Ernest. Bivens and his Play boys. The officers of the corporation urge all members to be present for this important meeting and the public is also invited to at tend. The official notice of the an nual meeting releases figwes for the operation during the past year and also reported assets of the corporation have grown to $1,322,005. During the past year the AREM had a gross income of $258,390 while operational ex penses ran to $199,071.95, leav ing a net margin or $4l,lM6.za. Episcopal Church Schedule Announced This Sunday Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will resume its regular schedule: Holy Com munion at 8 A M., Church School at 9:34 A. M., morning prayer at 11 A. M. (Holy Com munion an first Sunday at 11 A. M.) Beginning this Saturday, there will be confirmation classes weekly for children at 10:30 A. M. Beginning this Sunday at 4 p. , M. there will be con firmation instruction for adults. Attendance at classes does not obligate one to be confirmed. Often, this is called an "inquir er's" class. The subjects dis cussed .fn this series include: The'; place of the Episcopal Church in the . history of churches; , how the Episcopal Church is both Protestant and Catholic; the meaning of sacra ments and their importance (especially the Holy Commun ion), the content and use of the Prayer Book. The place for the classes for children will be at the rectory, 206 Market Street. That for adults will be at the church. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT f Mr. and Mrs. Tilson Chappell of . Orlando, Fla,' announce the birth of a daughter, Anita Ann, born Thursday, September 1, at Orange Memoilal Hospital at Orlando- Mrs. Chrr pell ib the Commissioners for Perquim ans County, meeting here m , regular session last' Monday, cleared the way for holding a special bond election under which it is proposed to issue $265,000 in bonds to provide funds for construction of school 1 ... uias.t rooms, a caietena and in stall additional water lines to , Perquimans High School. The (election is set lor November , j 1960. I On Monday the Commission ers conducted a public hearing lor the purpose of hearing coun ty residents who desired to op pose or boost the proposed bond election. No one appeared to be heard on the matter and th Board ordered the hearing clos ed and instructed the county at torney, S. M. Whedbee, to pro ceed with steps for holding the election. After consulting with Landing I Supply Company and receiving bids for installation of floor cov- i. ering in the Court House lobby, and painting the lobby of both floors, the Board authorized the Landing firm to proceed with the work. On motion duly passed the Board appointed W. S. Long as chairman of the Civil Defense Committee for Perquimans coun ty. Long will succeed Charles M. HarrelL who resigned the post several months ago. The Board of Education ap peared before the Commission ers seeking advise concerning funds for employment of a part time teacher at Central Gram mar School. The Commissioners authorized the Board of Educa tion to change its school sup plement fund budget in the amount of $1,500 to provide theg extra funds, the money' to. be allocated for that purpose from surplus shown at the close of the last fiscal year. C. Edgar White. Superinten-; dent of Public Welfare, in re porting to the Commissioners advised the Welfare Board has adopted a new ruling concerning recipients of welfare checks owning automobiles. Mr. White informed the Board effective in, November no person receiving welfare aid may own a car un less the vehicle is essential" in providing medical care and is used for the purpose of supple menting the individual's in come. Reports were also received from the local Extension Service offices. '" Sawyer Funeral Friday Afternoon Mrs. Lillie Adelaide Gibson Sawyer, 65, died Wednesday af-. ternoon at 2:30 at the' home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert Har ' . rell on Route 3,' following a: lingering illness. A native and' life-long resident of Perquim ans County, she was the wife : of the late Trim Sawyer and daughter of the late, John An derson and Sarah Elizabeth Spi- vey Gibson. ; She was a mem.-r -ber of the Berea Church of Christ. . : :v:',V, Survivors are , two sons, Na than Sawyer and Levia Sawyer of Route 3; two daughters, Mrs Nanniet Umphlett and Mrs. Nel lie Harrell of Route 3;r one sis- ; ter, Mrs. Minervia Corbitt of. Hertford; 18 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. The body will be taken from the Swindell Funeral Home Fri- " day afternoon ' to the Berea Church of Christ for funeral . services to be conducted at 2:00 by the Rev. Charles Prestley, pastor. Burial will be in the ' Church Cemetery. ' The family will be at the home of Mrs. Robert Harrell on Route 3. . . v , . III IB I . . I j 1 in. 1. ,' 1, ,' Recorder's Court , In Recess Tuesday Perquimans- Recorder's Court was in recess Tuesday when the Board v;of Commissioners ; pre-,' empted , the courlro"n for ; its September merf' cases on the docket V ? 1 r tog at' the court 1 :t tea 11 ; toraisr I i I rl Calk
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