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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 30, 1960.
5 Cents Per Copy.
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Crops
3 In 1959
.Results of j the January, 1859,
, . Farm Census for', Perquimans
.t County has been 4" reported by
the Crop Reporting Service, Ra
; leigh, .and . shows 1.Q5Q acres
5 '(were added to crop lands In the
u county during the previous year.
' : Total farm ' acres for 1958 were
, ' 109,79(1, of 1 Which 47,627 were
planted to crops.
ijQprn. surpassed . soybeans as
t ihe"top crop in Perquimansfor
S he first time, small increases
" y ere also, noted for cotton,
v wheat, mixed grasses and vege-
tables. Total acreage planted to
? ,' corn was 22,359, with soybeans
-n being next with 18,860 acres. A
- total of 235 acres of land was
- listed, as being in the soil bank,
Cotton acreage rose from 61J
I ' acre to 1,003 during the year.
' Peaqkit 'acreage dropped from
lfiV acres " to 3,462. Wheat
acreage Increased from 888 acres
to 1,242. acres. ''
f the total farm acreage in
Perquimans County, 54 per cent
... is listed' as woodland and waste
lipid while 44 per cent is listed
foe. harvested crops. Two per
cent is listed as improved pas
ture. i
,The . livestock inventories as"
of January 1, 1960, showed a
decrease in the number of brood
j sows and dairy , cows, but about
the same number of beef cows
wore reported as a year earlier.
Laying: flocks reported, m arm
tracts were fewer ; than fqr the
same period the year before. Of
the 4,l6l people reported to be
: ' living on farms, 504 worked 100
V days or more on off-farm jods
during 1959.
Commissioners To
Meet Next Monday ;
' The ' Board of Commissioners
for Perquimans County will hold
its October meeting next Mon
dav. October 3. ' in the Court
House beginning at 1" A. M. in
addition to , other matters ex-:
pected to come before this meet:
(ng the board will make final
settlement with the sheriil on
collections of lo taxes aue rer
quiman; County. . " .
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School administration officials
and teachers of tne schools of
Perauimans County have :-135
free admission ticket to the
North C&rolina State Fair. These
jr a 'part of the 400,000 School
vay ucimju ' ucxiia1 "wf .
Schools oyer the State. :v :'
tJ. T., Riggers, superintendent
' of county schools,..has been mail'
ed tickeU, "according" to pr. J. S.
DOrtori; manager of State Fair.
'. Student tickets are good for
free admission, on either JTues
day. October 11, or: Friday, Oc
tober 14, and are available to
all students , of aU secondary
schools of the state on request
of. the administrator of each
school or school system.
Pr. ; Dorton states that the
navine and drainage jmprove-
. ments for which some $73,000 is
now being spent, will be com
Dieted prior, to ; the fair. The
' extreme muddy conditions cans
ed by heavy rain last year can
not exist tnis year..
'I would -like to thank? the
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: SOMETHING IN THE WIND? The appearance of the $oviet fleet tug Kapitan V. Fedc-
tov in the Atlantic gave rise to speculation that the Russians could m npunc m an
1 in-soace oroiect. The ship Is bristling with electronic equipment which could be used to
j , track a satellite.
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County Committee
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Ccinx'jiGnSiiniiay
October 2 is World-Wide Com-
... ru:
mumon sunaay, wwn,vw-
tians around the world win par
tirlnate in the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper, in remembrance ision of the United nations, iney
of Jesus Christ, and the needs have started to leave for home
of their fellow-Christians around following ' a tug-of-war between
TiusWcekiiDemocratic Rally
Headlines ? urni?: '
in w uimmsion jn
Most of the leaders of the na
tions of the world have gath
ered in New . York during the
past two weeks for the 15th ses-
the world
Rey, James A. Auman, pastor
nl First Methodist Church , m
Hertford, today announced r that
thi Holv Communion will be
administered at the 11 o'clock
worship 1 hour, and j especially
urged all families of the church
the Western powers and the
communist bloc for ''control of
the UN policy. Apparently Rus
sia's Khrushchev . gained little
from his propaganda effort as
reports point out UN support
for Dag Hammarskjold as secretary-general
and on Tuesday the
to " Participate : in 5 mis , service. "igSue 0i aamiiung na ,ium w
"World-Wide Communion Sun-j the UN was postponed for an-
day has taken on a special, sig'
nificance,";: he saici, as. wc
broaden our, acquaintance with
people of the world, and realize
that on this particular day, every
church has the opportunity to
Join with their fellow-churches
U) Holy Communion. :
One interesting ancioeni irom
rtiiii observance, locally, happen-
aI two - vears ago. when tne
Ralph Wallace family, who were
visiting' With Mrs. Ben -ivooncei
in Seotember. When the, two
daiiahters joined the local Meth-
in wees lor mngiana' wuc
Commander Wallace was station
with NATO forces. ' On the
Next Thursday Nite
other year.
; Meanwhile,. President Eisen
hower and other Western lead
ers are calling for serious talks!
among nations over the problem?
of disarmament. ; Some neutrals
have called ' for a : meeting be
tween ,the President and Soviet
Premier, but the reports from
, New York this week give little
evidence that such a meeting is
being planned. '
Presidential . candidates John
Board Of Education
Meets Monday Night
The Perquimans Board of. Edu
cation will hold its regular
quarterly meeting next Monday
night, October 3, in the office of
the superintendent of schools.
, The meeting will start at 7:30
o'clock.
Indian'Griddsrs
To Play Tsrboro
Here Friday Hip.
on this week staged their fujrt
of four planned debates when
Jthey appeared -before TV audi-
first Sunday in '.October, they, ences ,from a f Chicago studio.
wrnte back to Hertford that they
had participated ln World-Wide
Communion at Wesley unapei in
London on that very day when
Mrs, Kopnoe was present at the
The debate procedure gave each
candidate an opportunity to re
late facts concerning his platform
and closed with a panel discus
sion of questions asked of each
The Indians bf Perquimans
High School will . have their
work cut out for them when
they , pla.y. the , strong Tarboro
Hfirh , School ; football ' teanv on
Ti IUnne.and-Richard.M. NiJ Memorial Fjeld' in Hertforcr f4
Communion Service in Hertford. !can,udate by ' newsmen. Opin-
Tpls illustrates ine uu - oa.vA
in this observance. . ,
Methodist churches take this
day to lift up the work of three
of their, agencies f that minister
to the needs of others through
the Fellowship of Suffering and
Service; the Methodist Commit
tee for Overseas Relief, and the
Commission .on Camp Activities
and Chaplains.
tafcr'ste'.irt
ions expressed since the debate
give the outcome as being about
even. . '
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The U. S. attempt to place a
satellite in orbit around the moon
failed this week when the rocket
failed and exploded after being
fired from Cape Canaveral, Flor
ida. Scientists said the failure
was due to the second stage of
the rocket igniting and burning
in an abnormal manner. .
lavce
as Sensor
Fun Dayf,!cuday
Hertford Junior ; Chamber of
" Nine cases were listed on the
rirwkPt of the Perquimans Re- rnmimerce will sponsor r a "fun
Court for the term held day for kiddie8 next Monday,
ICHW1 uwureii tui mj ,Min nf the de- n...i... t th. Pvui mans
lent-support last yer.nespite.YH ,t"- - luu" " " ' i
j (he muddy condition pf our ienn V?;
ail iwu ux iuc vu.vj ..... iwas ollliuuiilru uj ii, . .
before Judge Chas E. Johnson. chairman of the Jaycee com
Percie Lee Riddick, Negro, Hlee in charge of the pror
pleaded uilty to a charge , of gram
being, under influence of intoxl-. Dromotion will include a
cants. He -was given a s number of rides, including . live
montns senience, w e
ed upon payment of a fine
Voir nn matter what kind of 1 na costs- ''..'" t IP M . The entertainment will
inonui io'-", '-c"; run continuous from 2 P. M. un
given a 30 day sentence, to be p M
suspended upon payment or u, No admission wiu be charged
line or - tuu j vusui i
oharge of trespassing.
Submissions accepted by tne
court were: John Blanchard, Ne
dav night. Game time is' set
for 8 o'clock.
t Tarboro, on record, is one of
the outstanding teams in this
area thus far this season, hold
ing victories over Roanoke Rap
ids, Ahoskie and Jacksonville.
Perauimans. playing without
t.h services of Charles Fowler
and Edward Mathews last Fri
dav ' nieht. dropped a 27-0 de
cision to Ahoskie. The Indians
committed numerous mistakes
which prevented them from
threatening Ahoskie during the
first conference contest ot tne
season.
Ahoskie scored touchdowns in
all four quarters, and converted
the try for the extra point on
three occasions. Joe Williams
opened the scoring for Ahoskie
with a 70-yard punt return in
tnei;iirsi perioo, uuum, iaj.-j
: lor and Baixow also scored iu s
.'for the home team.
Lack of experience showed up
in the play of Perquimans which
failed to push , play into the
Ahoskie territory, despite the
fact the Indians .moved the ball
for five first downs, v
Democrats: of the First Con
eressional District will hold a
rally in Williamston next Thurs
day, October 6,. beginning at 6
o'clock in the evening, it was
announced today by Congress
man Herbert C. Bonner, who is
sues a special invitation to
democrats of this county to join
in the event next week.
Headline speakers for the ral
ly will be I. Beverly Lake and
Terry : Sanford, Democratic can
didate for, Governor. Mr. Bon
ner will give the response to
the address of welcome which
will be made by Cortez Green,
Mayor of Williamston.
I Mr. ' Bonner said Governor
Luther Hodges and other state
Officials will be present for the
cally as will oe au canaiauies
on the State Democratic ticket
for the election on November 8.
A free barbecue dinner will
b served tj all visitors im-'
JUialglyffiU,pwing the rally
program, TEanfund. Harding, na
tionally " known humorist, will
head uo the program on enter
tainment. 1 ...
The rally will be held in the
Williamston High School gym,
and all Democrats of the First
District are urged to attend
The district is made up of Pitt,
Beaufort, Martin, Washington,
H,yde, Tyrrell, Hertford, Gates,
Chpwan, Perquimans, Pasquo
tank. Camden. Currituck and
Dare counties.
Bert Bennett, chairman of the
State Democratic Executive
flnmmittee will be master of
ceremony for the rally.
For ASC Elected
Leonidas L. Lane, Freeman S.
Long and Preston Nixon were
re-elected to the Perquimans
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation County Committee
by the delegates " to the county
convention held Friday, Sep
tember 23 at the Agricultural
Building in Hertford. Alter
nates . elected were Ralph Har
rell and Charlie Thomas Roger-
son, Jr. ;
Mr. Lane,., who has been a
member. of the County Commit
tee since 1951, was -re-elected
chairman. .: Before being elected
in 1951 to the County Commit
tee, Mr. Lane had served as a
community committeemen since
1939.
Mr. Long will again serve as
vice chairman to the County
Committee of which he has been
a member since 1953. Mr. Nix
on will begin his third year as
a member of this committee. .
The County ASC Committee
administers locally the following
national farm programs: Acre
age allotments and marketing
quotas, agricultural conservation
program, . price support, loans,
etc., conservation reserve pro
gram, . wool program and other
programs assigned by the Sec
retary of ' Agriculture or Con
gress. ' It is the committee's re
sponsibility to see that the pro
grams are carried out fairly and
in full accordance with official
regulations. County commit
tees function under the general
supervision of the state's agri
cultural stabilization and con
servation committee. Commit
tee meetings, attended by all
county committeemen and the
office manager are held the sec
ond Tuesday in each month, and
special meetings are held when
necessary.: .
The delegates attending the
County. Convention were elected
to this position at the commun
ity committeemen elections on
September 8.
The men elected to serve as
county and community commit
teemen for 1961 will take office
October 1.
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ouncil
AnnouncePlansFor
Achievement Day
Bobby Smith of the State In
formation Department ' will be
guest speaker for the Home
Demonstration Fall Achievement
Day. This was decided at the
Home Demonstration County
Council meeting September 22.
Fall Achievement Day was set
for Nevember 10. . Mr. Smith
i will tell of his experiences as
an International" Farm Youth
Exchange Student in Burma.
It was decided that the
Achievement Day meeting would
begin in the mor.ning, dismiss
for lunch and continue with the
program in the afternoon. The -Durants
Neck Club will be chair
man of the hostess committee
for the event.
The meeting opened with the
singing of the United Nations
UIS IRVING WINSLOW Song. Mrs. Dan Berry present-
At a rscent yearly meeting of.ed the devotional. The group
Friends held at Guilford College, ' voted to have a Christmas Fes
Louis Irving Winslow was re- tival December 7 at the Agri
corded a minister of the Friends cultural Building. Various deco-concrre-ration.
Mr. Winslow lives ration ideas will be displayed by
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Stage Local Talent
Show October 11-12
Funeral Services
ConductedTuesday
For I. R. Stokes
the club women at an open
house. The public will be in-
I vuea.
The home agent, Ila Grey Mc
' II wean, reported that the State
Fair clothing booth was well un
jder way. The title of the ex
! hibit will be "Stitch In Time
I For Christmas." It will show a
variety of Christmas gifts that
the club women nave maae..
It was announced that a char
tered bus will take a load of
people to the State Fair Oc
tober 13.
It was announced that Mary '
Em Lee, Extension clothing spe
cialist, will hold a special inter
est clothing workshop Septem- .
Agricultural
County Chosen To
Show Exhibit At
! srMinrift" tUted Dr. Horton.
"and to tell them all walkways
are now being surfaced with as
phalt paving, and that all road
ways in the parking lots have
been graded and surfaced with
crushed stone,' Conditions should
i be greatly improved for the I960
High School PTA
To r.'eet OctGl32r 6
The Parent-Teacher Associa
d mumper 01 ne, u.:iuUm . tion of the Perquimans. County
'elephants and circus acts wiUHigh wiu hold its fir8t
be performed a V ? Mv.an I meeting of the new year Thurs-
h weather we, have."
.. , Many special events, are be
. ing planned for students on
each of the school days. A fine
'('program of competitive events
; is beirig developed and the top
.(entertainment features will be
available to them at special su
fdent rates during both, days.
JkrtrcrdPTA "
, The e ' ' se c rT-ittee of
the t-i' 1 FTA held their
first meeting of the yesr recent
ly at the Jiome cf l-s. R. L.
? tlollowell, prr : ' t,- Rt which
t'me p!ans tor I': c -' J year
were made...- . .
C tor V ' "t are:
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in were, auim iai-oii i . AllrfJi.
improper parking, costs; Ta thejrourtds
to the grounds' and tickets for
the rides may be secured from
any member of the ; Jaycees pr
II. CState Fair
.uTr. : ,, I County Council of Home Dem
wilim i 1 onstration Women,, is directing
t i-1 vtbe activities of the State Fair
The devotion W'U b 'ff exhibit committee. ,
Mabel Louise Cooke. During a j coumy h provided $250
siiuri Business iiicciiii yivjcvu
ana oojecuves or 0f. defraying a large part
be eAwfof the expense of production of
nieeiMig ivnu . win vioiv uvu
child's home room.
Six counties, who have done
outstanding work in Home Dem
onstration Club activities dur
ing the past year, ; have been
chosen to produce exhibits for
the North Carolina State Fair.
These educational exhibits will
illustrate the overall program ofj
the state's 1,813 Home Demon
stration Clubs. ,
Perquimans County ; has been
selected to prepare one of these
displays which will be shown
at the 1960 State Fair October
11-45. The exhibit will be built
around the subject clothing. Mrs.
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at 8 Warner maare, jjiciucu iu
"Running Wild," a three-aci
comedy featuring a cast of about
80 home-grown actors and act
resses will be produced here un
der the sponsorship of the Hert
ford Lions Club on October 11
and 12, it was announced by
George Bellmon. of the Lions
Club.
This show, with its timely po
litical theme, is now in rehearsal
under the direction of Miss Pat
Dunn, representative of the Em
pire Production Company. The
cast is being now selected from
residents of the county and will
have parts for about 80 persons
It will include adults, high school
students and pre-schooj youngs
ters.. The comedy will be presented
from the stage in the auditorium
of Perquimans High School on
Tuesday and Wednesday nights,
October 11 and 12 ,with curtain
time being 7:33 o'clock.
James Roger Stokes, 85, pro
minent Hertford businessman,
died Sunday afternoon at 1:30
at his home following a long ill
ness. At the time of his death
Mr. Stokes was the oldest per
son living in Hertford who was
born here. The son of the late
Henry Clay and Mrs. Annie ber 28 at the
Uizabeth Towe Stokes, he was Building at 2 P. M
he husband of Mrs. Josephine
Patrick Stokes.
A realtor, Mr. Stokes was a
lartner in the former Stokes &
Darden Department Store, a for
mer Town Commissioner, a for
mer member of the Perquimans
bounty Draft Board and a mem
ber of the First Methodist
Church.
Surviving besides his wife are
one son, Henry Clay Stokes; one
daughter, Mrs. Annie Elizabeth
Jessup and three grandchildren,
all of Hartford.'
Graveside services were held
at 11 o clock Tuesday, morning
n Cedarwood Cemetery by the
Rev. J. A. Auman, pastor of the
'irst Methodist Church and the
Rev, Norman Harris, pastor of
he Hertford Baptist Church.
The casket pall was made of
white mums, pom poms, stock
ind fern. -
Pallbearers were Henry Sul
livan, Henry Stokes, V. N. Dar
den, F. N. Mansfield, Julian A.
White and R. S. Monds.
Burial followed in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Miss Pauline Gordon will hold '
a dried flower arrangement
workshop October 19. All were
urged to attend. r
A report given by .Mrs, .Colon
Jackson showed that the Farm
Festival concession stand made
a profit of $76.58. Mrs. Jackson
thanked the ladies for their fine
spirit and cooperation at the
Farm Festival.
Mrs. Warner Madre, president,
asked that all club women who
had sold cards for the kitchen
iund turn in the money so that
records .could be complete.
Mrs. Madre gave a report of
Farm-Home Week. 'lOne of the
nicest things we heard was that
Perquimans County was paid up
on the House Building Fund,"
she reported.
Cub Scouts Tl
Hold Session
At Naval Base
sro.
tern Wilson Negro, driving truck
exceeding the height limit, costs;
Evelyn W. Lattimore,' driving
under the i influence of intoxi
cants, $100 and , costs; Levi .fte-J
1961 Plymouths
On Display Today
Chrysler ' Corporation's
Historical Croup
Inlleutingtuonday
Masons To Honor
Russell Jarvis
Members of Perquimans-Lodge
No. 106, A. F. & A. M., will
observe Past Masters' night at
the meeting of the lodge
Tuesday, October 4. , All Past
Masters will be presented with
certificates.
Special honor will be given to
Russell Jarvis, who will be
awarded a 50-year pin, having
completed 50 years of member-' ceremonies
ship in the local lodge.
The lodge is also collecting its
annual contribution for the Ox
ford Orphanage, and this contri-l
bution will be forwarded to the
orphanage early in November.
Alphonso Eason, Negro, drunk,
$2 and costs; Charlie Williams,;
Negro, drunk, $2 and costs; Rus
sell Gilliam, ; Negro, drunk,; 42
and costs,-', ,'
The case in which David
Welch, Negro, was charged with
assault was continued , until Oc-t-ver
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Motor Company in Hertford . on
Thursday and the local dealerj
issues an invitation to the pudiic
to "come in" and look, over ihese
new cars todey,
The new Plymouth has a new
look and a new riue of stability
Designers have reduced the mass
of the reaf t f the car, added- to
the lerTth tf the hood and used
a minimum of side trim,
An alterr.?""' h" r- '"xced the
During a teacner-parent . visit-
new ation, parents will spend "A Day
In the. Life of a Student." Prob
lems and general information
will be discussed
Following' the visitation the
teachers will be hostesses to an
informal reception. '
Every parent is urged' to at
tend this vital and informa
tive meeting.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
,Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Fields, Jr.,
announce the birth of a - Son,
onts' Erlirar Milton ' Fields III. borni The market Is located
Monday, September 25, it the Cannon building on
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the exhibit. The purpose of the
series is, to show how each phase
of home making can contribute
to raising the levels of living,
each Subject being equally, im
portant in the development of
the, well balanced home.
Seafood Market
Open In Hertford
A new seafood market is open
in Hertford, according to C. R.
Brown, ewner and manager, who
stated his 'market " will offer a
fine of fresh seafood daily and
oysters snd shrimp in season,
in ,the
Market
New Ford Line On
" A program concerning the
Perquimans people: of the mid
19th century, their trades, pro
fessions, lands and other data
listed in the census of 1850 was
given by Mrs, i S. P. Jessup at
the September ; meeting of the
Perquimans County Historical
Society in the county library on
Monday night.
Steve Perry, president, pre- cars
sided and gave a brief resume", ford.
of the work he had done since ; The company invites the pub
the June meeting. .The mem-' jc t0 visit its showrooms for an
Display Thursday
Winslow-Blanchard Motor Co.,
announced it is now displaying
the 1961 line of Ford and Falcon
at its showroom in Hert-
bers voted to use a recent cash
donatidh and a small profit rea-1
Uzed from an historical project
to start a building fund for a
museum. A ' local museum .to
house Perquimans historical ob
jects is "a long range project of
the society. , The year books for
1959-60 were, distributed to the
members present - , - ,
Committee reports ;were given
and plans for. the .coming year
were discussed, .
inspection of the new . cars.
J96 1, Ford features crisp
styling,, new dimensions
greater maneuverability and ma
jor engineering improvements,
such is 30,000-mile lubrication,
that .will, result in lower main
tenance costs and more carefree
operation. ' ,
Shorter, ' narrower dimensions
and easier steering of the 1961
Ford results .in greater parkn,I
ease, -
The Perquimans County Cub
bers and parents have been in
vited to attend along with Oth
er Albemarle District Cubbers
and parents a very special Cub
Scout Trailing and fun session
at the Little Creek Naval Am
phibious Base, October 15, be
ginning at 1:00 P. M., to 5:30
P. M., on Saturday.
on The Pow-wow is an annual
Cub leaders "get-together" to
share and show ways to play
and Cub games.
Pack administration, the Tink
er Shop in making . things and
the program on all kinds of
and entertainment
plus a midway of games to see
and play. .
Each den is invited to attend
by getting a carload and head
ing for the Amphibious Base.
Full details may be secured from
Cubmasters Durwood Reed,: Jr.,
of the Hertford PTA Pack and
the Rev. Dan Meadows of the
Central - Perquimans County
Grammar SchooL , , ',
Cub Scouting is a family pro
gram for boys 8, .9, and 10.
When a Cub reache seleven, he
may automatically go into : the
Boy Scout Troop. The Cub
master will invite the Scoutmas
ter to receive, the boy and par
ents into the fellowship of the
for! Troop. ' This' is an ' example of ,
The
new
one of the items td be covered
plus showing the Cubbers in
the County an appropriate cere
mony. t f "
Any adult ; Cubber or parent
may register direct to the Tide
water Council,, 109 W, City Enll
Ave.( Norfolk 10, Va., or sec; :
a registration f. r
Cubmastrr. . v