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The Rev. Walter Drown World
Evangelist , and ' traveler; will
visit the Bagley Swamp JPilgrlm
Church' the 26th . and 97th of
November. He will be showing
colored "slides and lecturing on
the conditions which exist . in
many foreign lands. ' He has
visited , the interior of Africa,
Philippines, South America and
many other lands. He will have
three 'services Saturday 7:30,
, Sunday 11, A. M., and 7:30 P. it
Each service will be different.
The: general public is ioyjjed to
attend these services.
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:9-vK t0 ectl,of Texa for two and a half
of
1962
we v-ongressionai -map
oi jNortn taronna wm te re-
districted Jo0bsolv.he State's
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wss -oi one seal n ttie u. S.
Congress. Figures released this
week r by t tuft Bureau of . the
as "well js other in such states
' as .New YorM-, ". Pennsylvania,
... Massachusetts andevetal others
in:: the middle west " Texas,
Florida arid California will be
' among those states gaining cpn
gresiocal'seatsi . '
'.President-elect John F, Kenne
dy,: while vacationing in Florida
l this week, conferred rwith Vice
President' Niypn : and ) several
leading members of Kennedy's
party on matters concerning the
vhange-pver in government ad
ministration next. January 20.
Mr. Kenedy is expected to con
fer with President Eisenhower,
also, at s dste yet. to be an
nounced, . .' t
Acting to curtail the move
' mint of gold out of the United
States, " President Eisenhower
' this week ordered governmental
agencies to cut' down, on the
amount of " money .' they send
' abroad. Hints have been made
JW-tho TT S Will nll Iinrtn it ;A1
.Hm fn air1nth financial' simnnrt
of ,' same programs v being ' sup
ported' .,' throughout', the free
world,,
. Russia has expressed a Will
ingness to enter into negotiations
with Mr. Kennedy's administra
tion on the matter of East-West
disarmament deadlock. '. Behind
the proposal, it . has been re
poHedi is a desire on the part
of Premier Khrushchev, to:- ar
range a summit meeting with
Presientrelect Kennedy sometime
next spring.. , -i.. t.
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!; Following several - .months of
consultations and interviews, of
ficers of the Perquimans. County
Chamber of Commerce Wednes
day, employed Allan W. Mills of
Norfolk; as the first manager of
the' recently organized Chamber
of Commerce. ' ;'
r Mr. Mills, who conferred with
I the local office Wednesday con
cerning the position; if expected
to begin his duties here in about
two weeks.
Charles M. Harrell, president
of the Chamber of ; Commerce,
aid he and Other, Chamber, of
ficers are- highly pleased with
securing Mr. Mills as directing
o'fficer for the local' Chamber of
Commerce, and the committee is
now ' looking forward to begin
active promotion jSf the Cham
ber's work program for the com
ing year.
;. Mr. Mills, who is married and
has four children,- retired from
the U. S..Navy February 1, 1960,
with the rank of Lieutenant
Commander. He- is. 40 years of
age and a native of El Paso,
Texas. He enlisted. in the Navy
in 1937 and was : promoted 'to
Warrant Officer in' 1942 and
commissioned Ensign in 1943.
: He had been stationed in 'Nor
folk for , the past eight years,
prior to his retirement, assigned
to duties both ashore and afloat.
Ashore, he served .as public in
formation ' officer for the Am
phibious Training Command and
as 'Such had much experience in
the. field of public relations.
Prior to being assigned to Nor
folk ha attended several NaVy
flhhnnle Anil alar, , ftiA TTnitravaitv
m under tne Navy five term
program.' i . .
' Since his retirement from the
Navyf Mr. Mills' - has ' been con
nectel yitkihe Norfolk Office of
Cojnpay4l i, - .; .'.
Masons To Hold
Banqvet Nciy. 29th 1
" Perquimans Lodge No. ' 106,
A. F. 6t A. M.,' will hold its an
nual 4 ladies' night banquet on
Tuesday, November 29, at 7:30
o'clock in the cafeteria at' Cen
tral . Grammar '. School.' . All
members are urged to attend and
are requested to contact lodge
officers for tickets to the event.
Visit To
v. casta.
.- ) t4 Br- JAMES AIJMAN.
Mont
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Cl?ur..jrrsA jet-fligfetih' theif Y"-? trinity
Christian World Seminar 1 took j
US fromiNew Delhi, India,, tq'i
Karachi, Pakistan. We were as-1
sisted to the hotel by Frank
Thomas, a friend of our direc
tor,' who is in Karachi doing
work for the Ford .Foundation.
Barefoot natives, serving as bag-
gage boys, met us at the Pal-1
. ' ' ,
ace Hotel and assisted us to our
rooms at midnight
Most people of Pakistan are
farmers, struggling to make a
bare living -from tiny, plots of
landv s They lack money, seldom
have good seed, ; indA rarely use
fert'Uzer on their land. Part of
Mr. Thomas' responsibility, as he
rpnrpsentii thp jTord . Foundation
T ' ' -.y i - -r . , ;
erants. is to 'Drovide some meas-i!
ure of economic assistance i to,
these farmers that ,they may bet-;
ter their lot. We visited, me
farm of Abdullah Khan, a farrrt
of .11 7. acres, npw-,, being irrigat-i
el(i y', large hancj-dug wells.;
l' m we found growing, egg:
pliint, papaya, bananas; "ginger,
1 ins, tomatoes, carrots' and
c Irrigation is import-
;v t m V.'est Pakistan where
1 h ' scanty. Almost- all
o' t'- J : ling is done by hand
or v j':e simplest of old-1
t o!s. The farmer
v i ; wooden plow hitched
1; : 1 i i ox is a typical -sight .
- ' p-e also
TivcriyCscsOii
Cc:rtD:c!:GtAt
Stssi: ifedo i
: TWenty v pases, most of which
involyect traffic violations, were
disposed ; of j during , Tuesday's
session ; of . Perquimans Record
er's .Court presided:' over by
Judge Chas. E. Johnson. ; '
Nine defendants submitted to
speeding charges and paid fines
as indicated: Alton Twell $23,
Samuel Boomer, Jr.j $29;; T. O.
Harrell, costs, Fred Holmes, $25,
Joseph Rose $25, Curt's Ether
idge $35, E. M. Zack $25,' Mur
ray Bunch $29, James Layden
costs. .. ': . .-.
Fines of $2 and costs were
levied against the following de
fendants, all of whom submitted
to charges of being' drunk: Isaiah
Cox, George W. Reid, Jessie
kinner, Joshua Zachary, Ne
C o, pleaded guilty to being
drunk. He was ordered to serve
a 30-day sentence or pay a fine
of .$2 and costs.
A fine of $10 and costs were
levied against George Butler,
who pleaded guilty to being
drunk and' transporting legal
Uquor with the seal broken. The
defendant was also ; placed on
good behavior for six months.
. A bond posted by Gary Poe,
charged with speeding, was fort
feited'when the defendant failed
tov appear, in court to answer to
.the charge. - (,
John White,' Negro, paid the
costs of court after ' submitting
to a charge of driving on the
left side of a highway.
Costs 'of court were taxed
against Ottis Harnage, who sub
mitted to a charge of driving a
truck, exceeding the height
limit' . .
A three-day jail sentence was
given to George Whitehurst, Ne
gro, who" pleaded guilty to a
charge of being drunk.
Costs of court, were taxed
against Jessie Hiinter, Negro, on
a qharge af driving with insuf
ficient brakes. . ' . v
Court costs- were taxed against
whkh wuiard Parrish -' Was
WUlard v Parrish
charged with assault.
FATHER OF LOCAL RESIDENT
DIED LAST : SUNDAY NIGHT
Matthew C. Sermons, 78, fath
er of Mrs. J. Emmett Winslow
of Hertford, died at ' his home
near . Winterville, Sunday night.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at Wilkerson
Chapel by the Rev. Adam Scott.
Burial was in the Winterville
Cemetery.
Pakistan
atNation
read and write. " We were, in-
which ,VSJ rpened ln July of
1959, the , first Protestant high
school for girls in this capital
city. Here we found some 250 ,
students, ages 7 through 12, all
girls, all dressed, exactly alike!
in blue uniforms with white !
collars. 7n the kitchen, three of
- i
these . girls were crushing , dry
bread between two stones, pre-
Iparatory to making potato cro-
Problems
quettes for lunch. 'merce last week-end captured
There are 750,000 displaced all first place trophies' offeree
persons In Karachi. .. We Visited in the event.
Korangi Colony . where 125,000 1 a The local team was composer"
"refugees heve been settled and of Mr. and Mrs.' Halwood Div
where ;the Government proposes , ers, Eugene Boyce, Bryant Wood
tb" settle Still anothr 500,000 per- 'ell, Ben Thach, Jr.,, and MerriT
sons. Thesp, Dermle havp come
- .. .
to .Pakistan in order to follow
the Islanic faith, which repre-'
sents 85 of the people of this ,
iviiintrtf.. vThnSA.wnA nrp nryf vpt
settled are living in mud huts,
with open sewers; they sleep onjCity, second and Eugene . Boyce
rope oeast ana looa. is sunpie
and scanty. .; Spices are used to
flavor a rather monotonous diet
Vi rite, uiucavcucu vviiai ui can,
and vegetables. - The people sel
dom eat ' meat because it . costs
so much; milk is scarce and ex
pensive. We walked to the cen
ter of this colony and found a
small mud hut, 15 by 1 5, which
was the Methodist church serv
ing this area.' ? ; ...
IV 'nn and India have the
'. .1-"r coionk-3 in -the
r-e i than
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KENNEDY FAMILY Pf esident-elect John F. Kennedy, informally seated with his wife
Jacqueline, receives a $ss from his daughter, Carolines 3.
Annua! Seels Sal
Started Monday;,;
County Goal $10
TB Christmas Seal Sale start
ed November 14. . $1,400 .is the
goal for Perquimans , County.
1,461 letters and 97 health bonds
have been mailed to PerquinY
ans County citizens. .-. It toqk
hours of volunteer time to pre
pare the 1.55S letters for mail
ing. T
Tommy .Mas ton, chairman, of
the 1960 Christmas Seal And
Mrs.; M. B. Taylor, representa
tive for colored citizens, directed
this work.
Last year's drive brought in
$1,554.70 from . the Seal SaW,
Maston stated, financing the loV
cal effort to combat tuberculd
sis, to discover new cases, health
education, -researchto'. ouf "Spwf
and aid to our patients;
Six per cent of the money col
lected went to National TB As-
sociation, funds being, used
for research to help stamp out
tuberculosis. "'
. Mr. Maston said he hoped the
Seal Sale would net more than
the $1,400 this year, for money
collected will be used to expand
the health education program in
Perquimans County, since we.
need to know how torecognize
TB; just what the disease is;
how to prevent TB; how to find
TB and how to treat TB. Last
year , four new cases .of Tp were
reported , in - Perquimans and
ninp rnspa tti vpar hpfori that.
I : The. Christmas letters that
'have gone uAo fhe .homes will
carry twin seals again,- designed
by Phillip' Richard Costigan.
The national chairman of the
1960 seal is the iamous TB
health poster artist, Stevan Do
hanos, himself a : Victim ' of tu
berculosis.' , His posters have
been used widely in schools,
era
Capture Trophies
, A team of Hertford fishermen
(representing .Hertford Hardware
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and Supply Company, in the
( Fishing Rodeo sponsored by the
(Elizabeth City Chamber of Com-
T.nvrien. The team . won - tor
. , - . -
honors with , a total of. 1,414
pfaints and won each iirst pl
in the event. Individual .award?
uronf . in HamirAnrl ' ,nivpr fip.t
.Wilton, Robertson of Elizabeth
i.tnird. . .., t ,
oyce- won a rod and reel for
bringing in the largest fish, an
8-pound 2-ounce , rock. - Mrs
Haywood Divers won the ladies'
trophy.
The trophies' won by the Hert
ford team are now on display in
the :' window at the Hertford
Hardware & Supply Company.
, EIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Maurice
r ihek aimourice the birth.of a
' "r, P: tti Jean, October 3L
i I -pital, , Edenton.
forrT D"'s
L'l'-;w,. IM' . :
Gouhty HD Club Women Hold
Fall Achievement Dav Program
Perquimans County Home
Demonstration Clubs celebrated
the fourteenth year of Home
Demonstration work at the fall
Achievement Day. The event
was held at the Hertford Bap
tist Church November 10 at 10:30
A. M. with about 100 women at
tending. The program featured Bobby
Smith from the North Carolina
Extension Department, who told
of his IFYE experiences in Bur
ma.'. Mr. Smith showed slides of
the people, homes, buildings and
way of life in Burma. His talk
was informative, educational and
expressed realistic knowledge of
another country. .
The. Achievement Day was
opehed by the county president,
Mrs. Warner Madre, with the
singing of "Onward, Ever On
wardj'1 the .Home Demonstration
Chit) s'ng.'TMrs." Fred" Matthews;'
county ' music leader, was pian
ist for tne event, ine aevouon
il was presented by Mrs1. Earl
HoHoweU of .the Wmfall Club.
Mrs. Na.Jha.niel Fulford.-of the
Durants Neck Club gave a unique
welcome to the group. Mrs. M.
T. Griffin from the Bethel Club
responded in the spirit of home
demonstration.
The Rev. Norman Harris wel
comed the group and recom-
mnHoH hnmp Hemonstration for
fostering family life, one of our
greatest . institutions. George
Baker brought greetings .from
the County 'Board of Commis-1
sioners commenaing the' group
m
their leadership and on the!
fine work they are
dping
in
Perquimans County. , ,
Mrs. Colon Jackson, secretary,
read the minutes of the 1903
Continued on Page 3
Hertford PTA In
Meeting Thursday
The PTA of Hertford Grammar
School held its November meet
ng last " Thursday night with
'.he president,' Mrs. Robert L.
lollowell, presiding. , "
The Rev. E. F. Moseley . led
he r devotional period during
vhich he urged emphasis being
laoed on spiritual development
.s an important part of the edu
:ating of youths.
During the business session,
vlrs.; Marion Swindell read the
tvinutes of the last meeting and
jim - F.iiopnp fiovce eav a re-
;-:nn tho. Halloween carnival!
vhich netted a profit for ' the
"TA of $229.19. Mrs. Charles
VhHe reported on the progress
he PTA was making "securing
lubscriptions- to The Perquimans
Weekly; Mrs. Eldon Winslow
eported the PTA membership
totaled 296, '" - ' ' ' (
, The PTA voted to contribute
$10 per month toward ' opera
tional costs of the Perquimans
County Teen Center. , :
Henry Stokes, Mrs.' Elizabeth
Spivey and Mrs. Joe Towe .White
were named as a committee to
".ominate an individual for:the
Hertford Jaycee DSA project. ,
Guest speaker for this meet
n, was Mrs. O. N. . Rick, State
PTA Health Chairmanf who
spoke on continuou$ health su
pervision,' outlining the part the
PTA' plays lift' this' program.
During an ' Open discussion toh
V - V t- .-H was
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BOBBY SMITH
Special Services
Methodist Church
Special Thanksgiving Services
at First Methodist ' Church will
be held on Wednesday night,
November 23, at 7:30 o'clock.
"Think and Thank" will be the
theme of the evening, with a
recollection of our heritage dur
ing these harvest , days. The
Rev. James A. Auman, minister,
will lead tne service oi worsnip.
jThe Junior Choir will sing "Now
(Thank We All Our God and
"Father, Lead Me Day by Day.
aquh cno!r wm Fresu
' xnanxs oe io uoo.
Schoolmasters In
MeetingdVIonday
Hear Budget Talk
Perquimans : County teachers
were hosts at a district School
masters Club meeting held here
Monday night in the cafeteria of
Hertford Grarnmar School. John
T. Biggers, superintendent of
Perquimans : Schools, acted as
toastmaster.
A delicious turkey dinner,
prepared and served by the
Hertford PTA, was enjoyed by
some 100 teachers and special
guests.
Isaac P. Perry, president of the
local NCEA unit, welcomed the
guests and
entertainment was
Prided by Mrs. Chas. E. John-
son and Miss Caroline Wright.
v Guest speaker for . the occa
sion was A. C, Davis, controller
for - the State Board of Educa
tion, who gave the group a brief
outline of the J'fl'' Budget for
state schools which will be pre-:
sented to the next General As
sembly. " " - ',!
Mr. Davis pointed out the
schools' have two budgets, one
is made up on the basis of pro
viding school operations at the
same level ; as . previous years;
and is called the "A" budget.
The "B" budget i supplements
the ''A" budget and provides for
advancement programs.
Pointing out that North Caro
lina teachers "are better -qualified
and have-''', larger' pupil load
than the national average, Mr.
Davis ' said the i"B budget : pro-
ooses ft -salarv scale of $3,600; to
l$5,fiC0 'tnnr-"y; instate teach
Town Board Voteb
To Purchase Civil
Defen
s
m.
In order to observe the
Thanksgiving holiday, the Per -
quimans Weekly will be printed
next week on Wednesday in
stead of the usual Thursday.
All news copy and advertising
copy must ho in The Weekly
office not later than 3 P. M.
Tuesday, November 22, for pub
lication in the issue of Novem
ber 24. News contributors and
advertise! s are lequested to note
this change in printing date and
their cooperation will be appre
ciated. Perquimans Opens
On December 2nd
Perquimans High School will
play a 15-game basketball sched
ule during the 1960-61 season,
according to E. C. Woodard,
I principal, who announced the
Indians and Squaws will open
the season on Friday, December
2 at Washington.
Mr. Woodard, chairman of the
Albemarle Conference basketball
committee, said all conference
games, when possible,, will be
played on Friday nights, since
Sfhnnl Si I ithnrH ioc . ara otrnmnf. I
in to do awav with snhnW
of, mid-week athletic events,
, Coach Gil Underwood had
about 30 candidates report for
thav TnlAnr. ..nU.. 1 i :
. .. . .u- , ,
varsity teams this week and he
I will endeavor to build this
year's team, around returning
veterans Charlie Fowler, Julian
Nixon and Jerry Chappell.
The schedule of games for the
Indians for the coming season
is as follows: v;
Dec! 2 Washington there.
Dec. 6 Elizabeth City here.
Dec. 9 Elizabeth City there.
Dec. 16 Edenton there.
Dec. 20 Camden there.
Jan. 3 Camden here.
Jan. 6 Ahoskie here.
Jan. 13 Williamston there.
Jan. 20 Scotland Neck here.
Jan. 27 Plymouth here.
Feb. 3 Edenton here.
Feb. 7 Ahoskie there.
Feb. 10 Williamston here.
Feb. 17 Scotland Neck there.
Feb. 24 Plymouth there.
v-
ers..
The overall
"B" budget to be
the General As
presented to
sembly calls for programs which
will cost $52,230,753 for the
coming year and $53,143,838 for
the 1962-63 year.
Winslow Funeral
Held Last Tuesday
Mrs. Mary White Winslow, 77,
died Sunday morning at 6:30
o'clock at her residence in Eliza
beth City after a three-year ill
ness. She was a former resi
dent of Perquimans County.
' She "was the daughter of the
late . Lydia v arid V 'John Lanty
White, wife of Samuel M. Wins
low nd a 'member of Piney
Woods Church. -v ';
Surviving besides her husband
are two sons, Leonard Winslow
of Holland, Va., and Norman
Winslow ;of ' Suffolk, Va.; two
brothers, Wayland and Moody
White of Belvidere;; three sisters,
Mrs. Jesse Wood ' of iRoute' 2,
Elizabeth City, ; Mrs. . James
Rountree of Belvidere, Mrs. Ray
mond Gregory of Elizabeth City,
and four grandchildren. ;f ; 1 J
Funeal services '.wer" ib'ndiicf
ed 'Tuesday 'af ternoon ' "at c 2
o'clock' the Up River Friends
Church !with , burial 'la-: W
church cemetery.
siEauiDment
Hertford's Town Board, meet-
I ing 4 here last Monday night,.
1 voted to purchase through the
I Out. n:..:i
MVU "eiense Agency an
' emer8ency communications radio
sending and receiving set, which'
also provides an emergency gen-
erator to be used to provide,
electric power in event of local
power failure, Cost of the
euipment is estimated at $200.00.;
J The proposal to purchase this
euipment was presented to the
Board by W. S, Long, County
Civil Defense Chairman, and
Colonel Bay lock of the State
I Civil Defense office. The equip
' ment is of sufficient power con
tact, in emergencies, and can be
maintained with the. Civil De--;fense
authorities in Raleigh.
The Board also voted to con
tribute an additional $100 to the
Perquimans Library to aid the
library to balance its budget due
to lack of fund3 made available
in past years by the federal
government.
Pending action by the Board
of County. Commissioners, the
Town Board tabled further ac
tion on adopted of an ordinance
which would prohibit youths un
der the age of 16 to visit in lo-
I cal pool rooms.
The Board voted to purchase
an advertisement in the Per
quimans High School annual at
a cost of $35.
Commissioner R. L. Hollowell
advised the Board the Chamber
'. o Commerce is expected to be.
gin full time operation in the
near future and requested the
Board to take necessary action
to provide office space for the
.L - namber as had been previously
,.otH lmm . .
agreed upon.
The Board was also advised
power rates will be made short
ly after the first of the year;,
following .a study of the an
nual audit" which has not been
completed. .
Funeral Services
Held Tuesday For
Jonas R. Futrell
Jonas Richard Futrell, Sr., 66,
died Sunday night at 10:40 in
the Albemarle Hospital follow
ing a short illness. A native
of Hertford County, Mr. Fu
trell had lived on Front Street
in Hertford for approximately 25
years. The son of the late Wil
liam A. and Mrs. Alice Britt
Futrell, he had been employed
for 26 years as a salesman with
Kingan's Division of Hygrade
Food Corporation.
He was a member of the
Hertford Baptist Church where
he was a former deacon; a
member of William Paul Stall
ings Post cf the American Le
gion; a member of Perquimans
Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M.;
past president of ' the Rotary
Club; former district Boy Scout
Director; former chairman of the
Perquimans County Draft Board,
and a veteran of World War I
in which he served as an Army
Corporal.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Alice Elliott Futrellr one son, J.
Richard Futrell, Jr.H of Tarboro;
one brother, ' Obid Futrell of
Murfreesboro; ' ihree ttalf -sisters,
Miss Rosa' Futrell of Leesburg,
Florida, Mrs. Molly Martin ; of
Shelby and Mrs,' Satlie Futrell
of v MurfreesboroV'-' '" r
Funeral services were conduct
ed Tuesday y afternoon atl 3
o'clock in ' the Hertford Baptist
Church by - the Rev. Norman
Harris, pastor and the Rev. E.
Fi Moseley. rector ot Holy Trini
ty Episcopal Church.
. !Have .Thine Own Way, Lord" ;
was sung by Mrs. Charles John-
son, Mrs. .Fred Mathews, Mrs.
Reginald -Tucker and Mrs. Tom
Madrei. , They were accompanied ,
by Mrs. - Ji Elliott' White, or
ganist. -The . casket pall was
made of . red roses, white mums ,
and ferrj-y;!';;-.,'
f pallbearers WereR. S. Monds,
Trim' Wilson, Dr.'C A; Daven
port C K Holmes, T. B. .-v
ner and' SVlbn'sh'. Howe.' r ' 1
followed U y.oly Z:
copal; Chared -IGm-f-