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nij W.- Chappell, charged
, i : '.untary manslaughter
n- with Ibe death of
Layden ' of Belvidere,"
i over lor action by the
'. y at the 'Apnl term of
-r Court7 following a pre
"y hearing- held, in Per
ns Recorder's Court here
y morning.
i Chas. E. Johnson, found
.Me. pause in the 'Case, fol
1 testimony introduced by
ate. . The defense .offered
;hmony. at tiiis hearing.
'sit was found daad in a
:.)chi had overturned off i
causeway; near) Hertford on
timing of December 8. 'Ai
i for a , non-suit,; made by
"jnse, was ' disallowed
i i. .ije Johnson ruled in
nary . hearing evidence
credited in.. '- tight most
jle to the St&ta 1 ,
-( cases disposed of dur
r aesdayV session . of court
d those in which Craw-
Cohoon submitted to the
s of speeding and paid a
tf $22. , ,
es of $2 and cosls were
1 against Grady "Whidbee
CharJie-. Wilson, Negroes,
in
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who submitted to "charges of be
ing " jnk.
1. Cats took a nol pros in
cas i which. Charlie McNeil,
Ne, - 4 , JTred .Thpmas were
chr .ih rpeMing, . .,'
J ,'Oiive1 paida fin-ol
1 casta of court after he
i lUy to " charges of
'-. driving .without A
4 -J lisinS aiflrther "pp
r's, lictnse. , t , t
V, "wd Sutton was ordered to
tty a $15 fine and costs pf court
"'er being found guilty oa a
Te of passing a school bus
He the bus was loading child
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e'.xi' Bunch paid the cosls of
t on a charge of failing to
a tight of way.' ,
ie of $2S. and costo were
? fegainst : William Johnson
diarge of 'reckless driving,
s Laughinghouse paid the
costs after submitting to a
' of . using an expired
r's license.
C t costs were
t Robert Hill, Negro,
1 With driving on Che left
a street, pliver Rld
ro, paid the costs after
to a charge of iollowr
week, when two air-
to Jied cauairj the death
of ' forsons and then Mon
,lcs e swept 41 .e U. S. Air
Cpmer C. "atlon ' in
ore t' : i 3 lost their
ive; ?j .aons are being
A ii Loth incidents but
s ,u' 5 of the accidents
-nrt!d.
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DiirisifiiPcrty .
. The members of the Hertford
business and Professional Wo
men's Club entertained , then
husbands and guests at their an
nual -Christmas' dinner : held re
cefntly in the social hall of the
Fu'st Methodist Church.
Mrs. Sallie M:. Lane, social
chairman of the club, gave 'the
welcome and introduced all
members and guests, present,,
following the playing of several
games .'under the direction . of
Mrs. . Margaret Maston,- Miss
Thelma JEHiott read ari" appro
priate Christmas : story. During
the program,' Mrs.' Mary S. Lane
sang 'There s A Song In The
Air'' and Miss Ann Elliott sang
The Holy City." Mrs. Dora . T.
Riddick was pianist and led the
group in the singing of Christ
mas carols. As a benediction,
the group sang "God Be With
You." ' , 1
Those enjoying the buffet sup
per were Miss Hulda Wood, Miss
Thqlma Elliott, Mrs. Elton Wins
law Mr. and Mrs. 'Archie Lane,
Sr., Mr. and Urs. Jack Burbage,
Mr anil Mm iArnhip T Tjinp.
Jr., Mr. a-ndflrS It' M.Riddltk.j
, Kev. LKf. Mrs. n, aqse-t
ley, the' Rev. and Mrs. Norman
Harris, Mr. nd Mrs; Harry Hoi.;
lowelt ' ' Mr., und; Mrs. .Tommy;
Maston,'." Mr and M. Melvin. .
Owens, Mr. -and Mrs. Jack Ka-
noy Mrs. Alice Kanoy, - Mrs.
Hattie Spivey, Mrs. Marie Elliott
Mrs. Carolyn Barker, ..Mrs. Earl
Perry, Mrs. Betty . Swindell,. Miss
Ann Elliott, Dillwyn ; Young and
Leslie Perry. - s
: Perquimans - County cotton
farmers approved . marketing
quotas for the 1981 crop of up
land cotton with 126 votes cast
in favor and 8 a cams t quotas, it
was announced by the. County
ASC uffice today. .
. The , preliminary returns . from
the December 13 th ijrowers ref
erendum, show favorable votes
by 98. of Tar Heel cotton, grow
prft votint". - At lfRk two-thirds I
of the growers voting must.ap-i
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cdme '.'effective. -Approval f or,"1 '."J"11-- wyvm ,iw .jwyi
the - quotas . by; growers neans
1. Quotas ; with penalties
on
ef-
"excess" cotton . will be
feet for the 1961 crop.'
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2. Price . support to grdwers
who - comply with their farm
allotments will be at the-full
level available under the -law,. .
3. Allotments will continue in
effect for the 1961 crop of cot
ton. i '
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Last P
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t'TT t qy, yrps Santa. Claus
. t j. ! a, .a t..e f vim
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x 1 1 t'.ie'Keruaid ner'
I h c tv..at.oi wifi.the
: I I'i.e Department and
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3 Z :,d oil. .
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ftick, who
t 2 o'clock,
f oi a f ine
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f 1 : tfs th day f of ctirtdVeW when . '
! all their dreams come truex-
. . . when their laughter rings
throughout the house It's,
the day for adults, toe; the.
day when man's faith in
mankind is renewed. It's the
day when each of us should
reverently acknowledge His
presence and to be grateful
for Him whose birthday we
observe at Chrlstmastime.
It's Christmas . . . a wonder
f ul day i . . a glorious day for
an; . iviay w uuiy wo :vmovi-
real happiness for you, our
IlLigStrdPTA
For Lz."tliijn!2til
The King '&nWt " Schoof JTA
held its,; meeting !Monday night
at
8 O'clock i .the" school 'ao-
tivlry room 'ipehuvg son& "Si
Jent Night," followed by prayer
led, 'by MriJ. E. S. Perry. Mrs.
Estelle Felton. . th rarv
read the previous minutes which
were adopted.
Mrs- Hurdle, .delegate t the
ParentTeacher meeting. irave
1 t. --; u t
" Mrs. . . Mary Holley,,' treasurer,
gave a' financial report, and told
of a' disbursement to -the local
J Boy Scout orgariiiation. - !
' J. Collins, stressed the - need
for greater participation and a
larger 11 membership for the , or
ganization, , - r '
; The matterof; securing jglasses
for the' persons who need them
was discussed, at someMength.
It was decided W work 'toward
this effort in every (nvay possi-.
ble. ' r','--'
. Pewey jlNewfc introduced two
student teachers" from' Elizabeth
City . State Teachers ..College.
His.-,remarks were mdst Informa
tive, i He encouraged ' parents - to
tkeep ..their j children in, school as
days absent rob the . ch)4 jof
what.Js'xightfuUyj bis-' .T.ji'V,
: The mtin g. . .was ..-adjourned,
then Mr. Newby invited toroup
to. 'the luAchraciA 'forflelKious,,
refreshments of cocoa end cook,
ies. - ' i ' " ' '
i The : Christmas ";progrhm was
held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
A pl-'y eni.'Jed ('"CJirl.' nas
Conae3 To Ci-Enilpa,"-was teau-
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character was!
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Tqvii; Of Hertford
FreeiQf Liafeilitji
In Accident Case
t officiai'notW'ot action taken
last, week, fte "thp . North. Caro-
hna Supreme fcoi relieving the
"lownjof Hertford from , any ha
bility in the accidental death of
Wayland Hollowell,; has been
received by the town,' according
to Mayor V.' N. Darden. f
' The case,' in. which.; Ann Hollo-
w&U Taylor sought damages up
to $250,000 from , the Town of
Hertford as result of the death
of her husband, was before the
Supreme Court : on an appeal
from a ruling by Judge W. H. S.
Burgwyn who granted a motion
for non-suit when the case was
tried in Perquimans Superior
Court last February. '
Chie Justice Winbome of the
Supreme Court handed down the
ruling which aff firmed the deci
sion, of the Superior Court in
permitting the non-suit based
upon a motion presented by de
fense' attorneys John. Hall and
Chad. E.i Johnson, in Which the
Town of Hertford claimed it had
no, responsibility, in the circuim
stances:WhicbarDSc'4Ulng' the
death of Mr.; Hollo welU,
Jioiiowen was.Kijiea wnen a
gust t wina mew a tree onto
,a vrum noiioweu ; w unvmg on
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piajmui,, in w suit, contenoeti(jervi ich b at mo
iiabilitji. ' fyir1 ; the '.jclicumstances
rested with. 4he..Towiti of Hert
ford.' " ' " k ' , i '
( Justice, Winborne jin his opin
ion, cited . several general sta-.
"r " " . T Christmas Day. This will, be; a
the time, gave - State Highway lce,ebration ot the . Holy Com
Commission full authority over(muh,on wJthwrt muSic. At 4
tights i of way on highways passr.p M on ChrUrtmas , Day there
irg through cities, aU of which I m be , short Evenin8 Prayer
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The Central Grammar School
held its JJecember PTA . meet
ing Monday night in the school
auditorium. . THe' meeting was
turned over to the- children ' of
the school' who; under, the dl
rection of Miss Carolina Wright,
presented a beautiful Christmas
program entitled "Christmas
Around the World." '
The children entered the au
ditorium singing "Angels From
the Realms"" and CalViA Winslow
gave the welcome and led the
Christmas Story with the audi
ence ' responding. The Rev.
Barefoot then gave the evening
prayer; Carols of different coun
tries were sung by groups from
each .grade. The benediction was
given by the Rev. White, fol
lowed by the recessional with
the children and seventh grade
choir singing "O Cothe All Ye
Faithful." " '
CHRISTMAS SERVICES
AT HOLY TRINITY
There will be three-Christ
j. .-Wr.' t Wni Trinitv
'EpisC0pai Church. " The" irst
wlU be the traditional" midnight
o'clock . Christmas Eve. 'Th'is
will be Choral Eucharist, a sung
communion", "service, . including
Christmas hymns. -The. second
service will fee at 11 'As M. tin
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Wlth Christmas carols,
tn".TH Ai:::ouscnisNT i
rtr. and I'rs, Jaftr y Moore
" - I Y if a i.urh-
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EiitenVinsT
Front Perquimans
Edenton High basketball
teams swept a double bill from
the Perquimans Indians ana
Squaws Thursday night of last
week when the Acelets scored a
65-32 victory over the Squaws
and the Aces romped home 57
41 over the Indians.
In the preliminary game Bev
erly , Morgan and Sara Relfe
total of 45 points while Pete
Smith paced 1he Acelets with a
Cook and Mary Phthisic were
. high scorers tf' for Perquimans.
JCook collected ', 15 points and
Phthisic scored 11.
Franklin McGoogan for Per
quimans and ' Jerry Tolley for
Edenton battled for scoring hon-
" ors in the boys' game with Tol
. ley ; finally edging McGoogan 20
to 19 points.
1 Tolley, Stokley and Goodwin
' all hit in double figures for Eden-!
ton, enabling the Aces to main
tain a comfortable lead over
Perquimans throughout the con-
;test. Edenton led at half time
24-17, , .
(During thesecond nail t-den-
Ion pulled away from Perquim-
'; .. .1. ... mlt.i i . l 1 J
ans, wncn luney, who was uciu
to one field goal during the first
half, hit a hot streak and pump
ed in 18 points during the sec-
:ond half.
Bocrd Draws 38
For Jury Service
vSemmissioners . for Perquim-
hav Ootmtyv ,..in special: .session
lie last ' Monday? y drew the
j names 'of 38 county residents for
jury' duty at the January term
of Superior' Court, which
convene January 30 -for onel
week's civil court. vi ; -
.. Drawn for jury service were:
Seymc-ur ChappelL J. P. Dan
chis, 'Fleetwood HarTell,' Willie
F. Hollowell, W, R. Prfvott, Edr
win S. White, ' Chester Butt,
Thomas Fleetwood, Nathan Ma
thews,. Eugene S. Byrum, G. A.
Umphlctt, Linwood L. Chappell,
Marion Simpson, ' Watson.. D..
Small, Robert R: Keaton, Walton
Lane, Wilton Lee, Allah Lowe.'
James F. Perry Ralph R. Har-'
rell,' Audrey S. Sims, James E.
White, Donald Outland, Lee
Stallings, ,N. W. Chappell, Char
lie Stallings, Jr., W. ti. Batche
lor, Robert P. HolloweH; Joseph
Rofferson. Norman, Warden, C.
Alphonso Chappell, John S,
Stallings, Harold, JVeeks, Erwin
M. Tfueblood,"' Avery Trueblood,
Willard Stallings. George W.
James, Jr., Clarence S. Chap
pell.' " ' ' '
Hendricks Rites
Conducted Sunday
James Eliab v Hendricks, 72, '
died Thursday night at 8 o'clock
in the Veterans Hospital, at Ke-,
coughtan, Va., following a long
illness. A native of Perquimans
County, he lived at 106 West
Grubb Street was the son of
the late James and Mrs. SaUie'
Mitchell Hendricks, a member
of the Yeopim Baptist . Church
and a veteran' of World War I.
v He1 is survived ' toy .' several
nie6es -and - nephews.
' I The remains were taken from;
thd Swindell Fuiieral Home, to.1
Cedarwood Cemetery SuHday af-'
ternoort : at 2 'o'clock . for graved
side services conducted by the
Rev."'iNorman. Jttarrls, pastoi:: of
the Hertford Baptist Church ,and
the' Rev. J, "A. Aumari; pastor
of th First Methodist Church.
The casket was draped with
an American , Flag. " The pall
was1 made tf red roses, white
mums, white glads and fern. .
: Pallbearers were Martin' Towe,
Julian Matthews, . Hazel -Matthews,:
' Craf ton Matthews,. .Torn
White and Nathan Matthews.
' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMSNT
Mr. and' Mrs: Jerry Colvin; of i
Weedsport, IT, Y., announce the
birrh-ofa i Mur, Twi'Jj;
b; - Tui " ' ITov " -t T7,
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Special Meet
With List Takers
Post Office To
Close 5 P. M Sat.
The Hertford Post Offiv.
.
which has been observing extra;
hours during the past 10 days
in handling the rush of holiday
mail will close at five o'clock on
Saturday, December 24, i was
announced today
by Postmaster
W. W. White,
Mr. White stated the peak of
the rush was readhed at' the lo-'
aal post office earlier this week,!from the board, all dealers iw
ana ne aiso expressed tne ap
preciation for the postal em
ployees for the' cooperation giv
en them by the post, office pa
trons. ' ; ' .
Tirtlle-Thiiljlooil
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VmvsSpotenln
New Hope Church
The marriage of ; Miss Betty the Board of Education, explain
Lou Trueblood and Terry Ray ing all outlay of funds will be
Tuttle was solemnized Sunday reimbursed from state funds,
afternoon at 3 o'clock in a This request was approved by
lovely ceremony at the "New the Commissioners. 1
Hope Methodist Church. .' Mr, Biggers. also advised the
The biide is the daulitcr of Commissioners .the Board of
Mrs. Lucille H. Trueblood of Education is continuing a study
Durants Neck and ' the bride- oc acquiring .land for an addi
groom is the son of Mr. . and Mrs. jtion to . the Perquimans Union
Harold A.-1uttte of Akron, O. . School, and results jf this study '
The Rev.,, Dan vMeadwi;:jer,.vwm''pe'mdekvUble. to the
formed the cerentony .jn. ai set Board ai 4atfr daWL - t
ting of red Poinset- BoaseTthe date'for "
tias palms and candle , ght jamm, meeting to be held on
Mrs. Harvey. Butt, Jr., played .n.Mja Taa, ' ;a
the
willlpanied Bobby Jpnes,
"I Love You
t- t '
sang the -Wedding Prayer" as
a benediction.
The bride .was gven innjar-
riage by her unclei E. A. Turn -
er. She wote a wedding go vn was nam4d ; investigate a re
of quaker lac.e. ove satin, yled ubjnJtti;.t y;f the Park-,
, " , , j'"' Tu
oyal .neckline, ; softened . with
pearl appliques. The long lace
sieeves ended in points over the '
hands. The bouffant..: skirt
(ace. feU,-.softly ;into a. hapel
length train.
illusion was
Her Veil of bridal ,(o fee the road,
attached to a hat' t . 1K- t
fonedof:s.to lves center-
ed with rhmestones. .She car-
.ned a white prayer book cov-r
ered with white carnations, cen-
tered with a
white orchid and
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Mrs. J. C. " Monds, Sr., of
IH'incess Anne, Va.; was matron
of honor. Bridesmaids were
Miss, Janice Monds' and Mrs. J.
C. Monds, Jr., of Princess Anne,
Va., and Miss Sally Ruth
Hurdle and Miss ' Marybeth
Hurdle of Durants Neck.
C. C. Richards of Plymouth
was best . man. Ushers were
Frank Johnson, Frank Richards,
Leroy Lamb and Matthew True-
blood.
;Mrs. King George Byrum of
Tyner was mistess of the cere
mony. ,
' For her daughter's wedding
Mrs. Trueblood wore a blue taf-
aften with mateh;
iug uiLnsuiKs aim a tureugc w.
white carnations. ' ..' ' .'
:. A reception was held at the
hpme, ; of j tlfe: bririe'9 aunt,' Mrs. t
i,r - Turner, immediately ' tow
lowing the ceremony, , .-,
Hertford jStores '
To Close Monday '
Hertford -stores and . business)
houses. have adopted a schedule
for, holiday closings according to
4 Allan W- Mills- .nianager t of
Perquimans County Chamber of
L Commerce.. 1 .
' Stores Will be closed on Mon
day, December 16, to . give em-l
pioyees ana owners a . noiiday.
for ' Christmas, ; and Mr. ; Mills
stated most store will :nlso be
closed. Monday, January 2, for
New Years. ' ' .
' Peoples Bank 4e ; Trust Com
pany will- be - closed both i Sat
tirday," December " 24, and ' Mon
day; December 11, bit will J-e-'
tnz'J." open r '' f L-. thie
ci . r 3,
In
. Perquimans -County Commist,
sioners met here last Monday in
special session and conferred
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w,m we tax list Ulcers on Uie
Procedure for - listing property
for . 1961 taes- ;
Instructions and supplies were1
issued the , list takers who will
start their, duties on! January 3J
Included in instructions Lssued'
the . list . takers were a few
chan8es froni methods used in'
P'ev"us years, ' On Instruction'
motor vehicles will be required
to list their stock of cars and
trucks on 'an itemized list show-
ing make gad, model of each car
on hand January 1. Irt listing ;
personal property, no listmg of i
less than $25' will be acceptea for'(
refrigerators, $50 for home f reej-;,
crs, and $100 for. tractors. , '
During this special meeting,
J. T. Biggers appeared before the,
board:, and requested the school
supplement fund .budget bev
amended by $400 to provide for,
setting up an industrial training
class , under the . supervision of
the- fitaf tnnAtxir .Tannnitf O
The ho 4lso authorized the
be Jred b fmlng in a nurtt.
jbr of holes, which nave de.
V:eloped lrt -ihe-driyeWay.
; conuni-riojL. 1 rkomas Nixon
ville ; CoQiminity r-Development
, Committ tzMion oa
!fiarbaee uMti
on' countv Drdo-
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. i,1ti;il,n-,f4.-1fi .ti: wh,.v !jJ
the next meetin of th boardf.
J Commisiioner Savage Jolllff
eported stream learance
. , imo..pt.A
'u ,u.-t.-' v'l
completed. and accepted by the
nJT r ' ,
Corps of Engineers, -
HcJfivay Of Quota
Anarew j. isauey, presment oi
tlie 3 -county TB Association,
urged citizens from Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden
counties :, to
send in1 their contributions for
the Christmas Seals. Bailey said,
with the rush of getting .mall
and packages off, not to over
look the colorful, seals and to
use them on their mail Dol
lars contributed for seals go to
support health education, chest
X-sr&ys, research and services to
the patients in the three coun
ties. .'...-. i
. So far Pasquotank County re
ports $2,940.75' of their $5500
goal;': Tomrhy Maston, chairman
for." Perquimans; reports $758.15
of, this $1400 goal, and Mrs. Mack
Morrisette Jrv says' Camden has
raised v $415. . of their quota. A
total of $7900 is' heeded if the
programs .are to continue in the
control and' prevention of tuber
culosis" for 'our people.
Christmas . Day services "' at
County Sea Sales
rirst . Metnooist cnurcn, Hert-"
ford.: . will follow the regular
schedule. -Church - School con
venes at. 9:45 A. : M.j and the
morning worship service begins
at 11 -o'clock.. The Rev. Ja-.s
A,. Auman, minister, will use
hi? sermon s " J-t "Fmrna-- '
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