North Carolina Newspapers

V Volume XXVIII.Number 11, Decision LoCuti;leh"Dav ' A decision on i petitkm of the nks lose on Saturday Peoples Bank & Trust Company and u,a thw information pomt of Hertford, in Which the bank to lof f business to Rocky geeks authority to operate onlMount remained five-day week iiclostag,, -; Satar ,: on Saturdays, is expected to be Holmes pointed out his clients handed down by the State Com- iV. ' . . . missioner of Banks in about ten days. , J"'' This was the opinion -express ed by Frank Harrellson. Deputy commissioner 01 nanus, wno conauciea a pudiic wearing nereiday while Edenton bank re last Monday, to hear views ex pressed by those favoring the proposal and ' individuals who . opposed the petition, v- Some 60 to 75 persons attend ed the hearing, which was held in the council room at the Mu i nicipal Building with . Mr, Har- rellson presiding. Opponents to the petition were called on. first to express their - views and the.se were represent- ed by Hertford attorney C. R. Holmes, who in opening remarks stated he had been retained by a local group including mer- , chants. . He . called on Charles M. HarreU, - Keith Haskett, W. F. Ainsley ahd Dr. T. P. Brinn, all of whom expressed opposition t6 the bank's petition. Harrell stated the proposal, if authorized, would increase operating costs of merchants and Dr. Brinn said the matter had created a great deal of feeling, detrimental to ;. the community, since the issue had arisen in recent weeks. '. Holmes advised the hearing officer his clients had related! matters to him which could not' be disclosed and that ;th Jbankj bad , circulated a petition con- uciiuns mo .-iubiu jut buuw years out ata not wkc aeiine(by the bank; that the test thing - action until the board . of the the bank wants to do is to hurt racai ram maa own wiiargea. j business in ithis tdbraunity,. an "thforthed him the proposal. yould t .' work hardships or them and work hardships or them and they were not equipped -to feet into the banking business. - He said his clients had information from Wilson and Greenville t Baptist WMU Meeting Will Be Held In Shiloh Church March 2 1 The 56th annual session of the Woman's Missionary Union -of ' the Chowan Baptist Association will be held at the Shiloh Bap tist Church in Camden County. The meeting will be, held Tues- day morning, March 21, begin- ning at 10 o'clock, with the af ternoon sesion scheduled to be - v gin at 1,:30 o'clock. .! Nine counties will be repre sented at the session, including . . Chowan, Gates, Penmimans, Pas quotank, Camden, Currituck, V ifyde. Dare and Tyrrell. ; r r Included in the morning ses-1 , s.ton will be a discussion on the topic "We Will Gives" Taking part in this discussion will be ,' Mrs: Walter A. Ward, Mrs. T.iO. sAsbell, the Rev. D. C. . Pryor, , "Mrs. Brarjtlef Rountree" and Mrs. - H A. Benton. A playlet) "Wait Av Minute,' will also be pre ' sehted by the WMU of the First Biptist Church of Elizabeth City. ' The principal speaker -for-the morning session will be Miss Merna Jean Hoc urn,' of Baptist' Goodwill Center at Recife, .Bra zil. V Her subject will be "His : Message Must Be Sent." She will' be introduced by Mrs. Joe Webb, Jr. The principal speaker for the' 'afternoon session will be Miss Sara. Ann Hobbs,. State YWA ' director,; . who win speak on the ' subject "We1 Will Witness .Every Day?- r , Revert. Is Given'- 1, 'J Hv-Ttford,r!olice made a.itdtal r of 19- arrests' during the month pf February, according io a' re port 'given the TowA Board on rionday night by' Police Captain B. Ii Gibbs. Heading: the ar rests' made, 16 of which guilty vrrcts were returned, were six tf.'unSc .' cases end four traffic c-"?e3i ' T. e p c"te C .rt ' ' t answer- a t tal cf 1 c j, investi- re-. . -s and ex- 'i i 1 : VI) W 0) On Bank JT"1? " omfYn1 if .the bank in Edentnn irvined all other banks in this area in closing but Hertford merchants believed the community business would tum to Edenton if the Hertford bank closed on Satur- mained open. v J, He also told the presiding of ficer his clients' position would melt should the Banking Com mission grant permission for opening of another bank in this community rather than continue the State granted monopoly. 1, Holmes also called upon Al lan W. Mills,- manager of the Chamber of Commerce to report on results of a survey ordered by the merchants committee and Mills stated he had mailed out 118 questionnaires on 'the -question to Chamber members. 54 replied they opposed the peti tion while 21 replied they favor ed the plan. : " In countering .these conten tions, Attorney W. H. Oakey, Jr., representing the Peoples Bank Trust Company, opened his remarks by stating he regretted some of the allegations made as it reflected on the bank, its of ficers and employees. He point ed out this bank has 'been serv ing this community . for more than half century, and has more than 3,500 depositors, Oakey, speaking for the bank, denied anybody will be handi- capped by the action requested the business growth1 of Hertford. .He said j there is evidently some :. misunderstanding about the plan since " under the pro- , posal the bank .will be . open (ConllniMd on Pag 6) - lihiteFunard Oscar Askew White, 46, died Sunday morning at 3:35 ait his home on. Route. 2, following an illness of five monlhs. ; A lif long r resident of Perquimans County, he was a farmer and attended the : Pleasant Grove Church in Perquimans County. He was the son jof the late John Di' ;and(l Mrs'. Elizabeth Lane White.; y y'-'-u-: '.: '.-f;'h v. Surviving" are his wife,; Mrs. Ruth, Lee Smith White; one sis ter, ' Mrs. ! Cora" White Nixon of Route 2; six brothers, Albert White of Elizabeth City, Sid ney White of Tarboro, . J. W. White, J. D. White, Jessie V. White and James A. White, all of Route 2. '.V i Funeral services were conduct ed Monday afternoon at 2: o'clock in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by Dr. I Sigsbee Miller, pastor of the International Assembly of God Church in Elizabeth City. "Rock Of Ages", was sung by a. trio composed of Mrs. Dorothy! Matheson, Mrs. Madeline Boyce and Mrs.. Selden Bundy. Dr. Miller r sang .VI Wont Have To Cross Jordan Alone." ; They were! accompanied r by 'Mrs.' : J. Ellie White,:rganist-i: iC.'if:x . ; Pallbearers .ware; Clarence Chappell, Calvin ? Meads, , Odell Baccua, Shelton Morgan, Law, rence a Perry ' and Ervin 'True- blood,. 'Vk f'?rrw f -, i Burial followed in the : White family cemetery, ! ; if CHOSEN AS FINALIST Hugh Raiford Copeland, Camp bell College freshman from Hertford,- has been selected as one of the four finalists in an, ora tory contest sponsored by the Forensic Society of the college. The finalists will again' ap P"-ch the topic, "The United r -s and, the World. Popular v rr"Tn,". 1' xh 22 at'.tihe i - 1 t v ' r 1 " t" i Conducted filonday "Hertford, Perquimans County, JlralinajYiday, March 17, 1961 fcrtfcrdPTAAds Ii. ! ' The Hertford Grammar School PTA met on Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the school cafeteria with ' Mrs. ' Robert ' Hollowell, president,, presiding. 1 The Rev. Norman Harris, pas tor of Hertford Baptist Church, presented the devotional and the minutes were read by Mrs. Ma rion Swindell, secretary. Mrs. Freeman Long reported a balance of $473.65 in the treas ury. ;;. ' . . . J. T. Biggers called attention to the pamphlets which 'were given out at the door, "A State ment of Faith and Purpose in Education,'" taken from an ad dress by Governor Sanford at the Southern Conference on Education held at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on November 21. He also gave a brief talk familiarizing the group with benefits to be derived from the educational bill to be pre sented at the General Assembly and urged the organization to send a resolution to our Repre sentative instructing him to sup port this bill. Mrs. J. L. Rams, study course chairman,' reported a very good study course, but she was disap pointed at the small attendance from the local organization. , Mrs. Charles Murray introduc ed Dr. Ed North, featured speak-1 er for the evening, who present ed some very interesting infor mation on the subject, "Emo tional Needs of Children." Dr. North said that the things that make up a child's life are heredity and environment. He stated the needs of a child for normal emotional development were sense of ' 'belonging, direct contact with parents, need to be heeded, need for. physical need, group, pjay, alone, time and se- idjit Some of.the things that ' cause "a child o de'velop aEnor mally emotionally are blind obe dience, too much pressure, ideal 1 physical surroundings, doesn't! need too much punishment, too much . protection and too much cultivation of fears, he con tinued. . He pointed out that statistics show there are more deaths by suicide than from TB and polio combined in the 10-14 age group. 'In closing Dr. North said all nervous disorders among adults began during their childhood, due to some need which was not fulfilled. Mrs. Hollowell authorized the secretary to : send a telegram from the PTA to our Represen Contlnuad from Pag 6 Board To Hold Special Session Commissioners for Perquimans County will meet next Monday as a Board of Equalization and Review for the purpose of hear ing complaints from property owners concerning valuations for 1961 taxes. ' - I The meeting will be conduct ed in the Court House in Hert ford, beginning at 10 , A. M., and continuing until all persons have been heard by the Board. Schedules Given For School Clinics The District , Health Depart ment has announced pre-school clinics in Perquimans County will be conducted at the follow ing schools on the dates shown: Perquimans Union School, April 10, , at 8:30 A. M.; at the Health Center; King Street School, Tuesday, April 11, at the .school; Perquimans white school, Friday, April 14, at 8:30 A. M. at the Health Center, Dr. J. A. Johnson, District Health Officer, urges parents to take their children to these clin ics, at the proper plac and time. Cancer Sctsy? ': r i ' Selects Of fleers 13ie Executive Board , of the Perquimans County Unit of the American Cancer. Society met recently and selected their of ficers for the.hewyear. They are as follows: Mrs. Edward Barber, presideritrMrs. Gil Un derwood, Secretary; Mrs., Melvin Owens, treasurer; Miss Thelma 'Elliott, 1 first ' vi ' 3 president; Joe Tjwe, Jr., sec 1 vice presideh'tj Dr. A.' C. I .Jvlxr. DM AW V '- ' 1 r. ELVA COURIER EXPLODED VIEWA speedy Elva Courier sports car, guided by Wil liam Widdowson at a Smithfield, Tex., track race, misses a turn. Flying hay bales and flying Elva parts were captured by the camera of newspaper photographer Bob Jackson. Perquimans Groups Back Plan ror Highway; 17 Mary Phthisic To At Azalea Event Miss Mary Magdalene Phthisic, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McCoy Phthisic of Tyner, has been se lected to represent Perquimans High School at the 8th Interna tional Azalea Festival to be con ducted in Norfolk. Miss. Phthisic is 17 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches tall with brown ish blond hair 1 and blue eyes. She isi active in 4-H Club work and participates in many activi ties' at Perquimans High School, including FHA. basketball, li brary ; assistant office assistant, letter club and is also on the an nual staff. She is active in Sun day School work and is a pian ist.' : ; ' ' .(, .'' . : . ' Gala plans are being formu lated for the , Azalea Festival which will have ,Miss Lynda Johnson, daughter of Vice Presi dent Johnson, as Queen this year. For Wallace Vood Wallace M. Wood, 49, a native of Perquimans County, died Fri- in fMli. City, where he had made his home for the past three months, He was the son of Mrs. Zelma Hobbs Wood and the late Wal lace Luke Wood. He was a member of the New Hope Meth odist Church. '" .Surviving, are his mother; his widow, 'Mrs.; Frances Elizabeth Singleton Wood; two sons, Paul Thomas .Wood of Elizabeth City and Mevlyn LeRoy , Wood of Hertford; two sisters, Mrs. Sadie Wood Gibson of Elizabeth City and Mrs Lillie Wood Walker of Windsor; a brother, W. L. Wood, Jr., of Route 3, Hertford, and one grandchild. , Funeral services were con ducted at Twiford Funeral Home in Elizabeth City. Sunday after noon by the Rev. Dan Meadows, pastor of the New Hope Metho dist Church. Burial followed in an Elizabeth City cemetery. . ' MASONS TO MEET ,. Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. i06 A.. F..& A. M.f, will meet Tuesiay' night al, B 'dock,. Represent County Rites Held Sunday I ' - "'i mm Improvement Some 40 interested citizens, including officials of the county and Hertford boards, attended a nieeting here last Friday night and adopted resolutions pertain ing to improvement of U. S. Highwaj 17 from the Virginia state line to South Carolina. County and Town Commission ers adopted simf ar resolutions to be forwarded to the State Highway Commission petitioning improvements of the highway. matting it lour-lane through Per quimans County, as well as the remainder of North Carolina. The meeting opened with re marks by Charles M. Harrell, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who told the gath ering the purpose of the confer ence and he, then turned the meeting over to Max Campbell, chairman :-yts. the Chamber- of Commerce Transportation Com mittee. ; ' Campbell stated in addition to a general resolution concerning the highway, it was desired a resolution be adopted pertaining to any possible by-pass at Hert ford if and when the Highway Commission carried out the im provement. A difference of opinion arose in the meeting concerning adop tion of a specific route for this by-pass but after a number of persons, including members of the official boards, Dr. T. P. Brinn, John Costen, W. W. White W. F. Ainsley, A. ,H.. Edwards, Keith Haskett, James T. Newby and others had expressed views on the matter the situation was referred to the members of the Town Board and County Com missioners for official action. The boards approved a resolu tion requesting the Highway Commission, in event a by-pass is established, to select a route lying somewhere between Eden ton Road Street in Hertford and Cedar Stretch road. Brief Session In Six cases were disposed of during Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court, which was ,conducted in the Municipal Building by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. . A fine of $40 and costs were taxed against Charles T. White who was charged in two cases of driving without a chauffeur's li cense. ; James, White, Negro, paid the court costs on a charge of driv ing without a license. ; , i Melton Winslow, Negro, was ordered to pay the. court costs on a charge of allowing ah un licensed operator to drive his cr. v;;:'' V-U'-Vjy.j.' Oley, Moore paid a fine of $50 and costs on a speeding charge. ' A fine of $10' and costs were taxed against Robert Roulhac, Negro, who was charged with usinp an improper : muffler and having improper lights. Three cases were continued until the next term of court. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT - Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brought ton of 4 Wilmington, 'Del, an nounce the birth of a fourth son, born Sunday, March 12, ' at ' the Wilmington General Hospital. E WEEKLY t Term Concluded ii Three divorce actions were heard at the March term of Per quimans Superior Court which adjourned Tuesday morning af - ter the calendar of eleven cases . had been disposed of by Presid- mg Judge Joe Parker. wiiey weicn was granted a divorce from Frances E. Welch, Frank Simons was divorced from Alpine Simons and Frank Payne was granted a divorce from Na omi Payne. The court ordered a land sur vey be made concerning the case of Lockwood Lassiter vs. B. D. Pierce while all other cases list ed on the calendar for this term were continued to later terms of court. N. C Farmers' 1960 Exceeded North Carolina farmers rea lized a record high gross cash income of $1,089 million from marketings of agricultural com modities and from government payments in 1960, according to the North Carolina Crop Report ing Service. This total is 11 per cent above gross cash income of -$979 mil lion in 1959 and exceeds by more than 4 percent the previ- ous record of $1,044 million re ceived in 1958. The 11 percent increase in ' total cash ' receipts was due primarily to larger re ceipts from tobacco, corn, pea nuts, broilers, dairy products, hogs, and eggs. Receipts from cattle and cotton were smaller than the preceding year. In terms of percentage increase in total cash receipts,' the 11 percent gain in North Carolina during 1960, as compared with 1959, led all important agricul tural states of the nation Cash receipts from farm marketings for the country as a whole in 1960 were 2 percent greater than in 1959. The I960 cash receipts from sale of crops amounted to $765.6 million, exceeding 1959 receipts by 14 percent. Receipts from sale of livestock and livestock products amounted to $210.4 mil lion, up 4 percent from the pre ceding year. Government pay ments contributed $12.8 million in 1960, compared with $10.6 million in 1959. When allowance is made for items consumed on . farms and for rental value of farm, dwell ings, the realized ! gross income per farm is calculated at $4,811. This, exceeds by $285 the previ t ous record of $4,526 for 1958, , , Production expenses have in-! creased rather consistently for several years, talking increasing ly large bites of total gross in come. Although production ex penses in 1960 were not mate rially different from those in 1959, ' these expenses were two thirds greater than those for 1949. When allowance is made for production expenses in 1960, realized net income is calculat ed at $2,274 per farm, exceed ing each year since 1951 when the average was $2,2.73, ,. : -; ' Offsetting to a considerable de- gree the benefits. . derived;. Urom some increase in net income per farm.ls ffiecoatmuing increase . fc-1 Superior Court Tuesday Morning Town Board Votes Rate Reduction To Power Consumers This Week's j Headlines Reaction to Governor San ford's tax proposal set in follow ing a return of legislators to Raleigh on Monday and the rep resentatives had an opportunity to confer over home-town opin ion which Raleigh reports point out favor the school program but varies as to ways to secure ne cessary funds. Biggest objec tion, raised over the state, is a proposed tax on foods. Efforts will be made, reports say, to offer substitute tax mea sures to maintain some exemp tions in the sales tax structure. Governor Santord has been re ported as being agreeable to such changes so long as the Legisla ture finds the money for the school program. President Kennedy has called for a 600-million dollar program as an aid to Latin America as a step toward rebuilding a "good neighbor" policy in that part of the world. The President cut lined his program to representa- tives of all Latin American countries at a conference in Washington Monday night. Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges this week announced there are indications pointing to improved economic conditions throughout the nation in the near future. The secretary was quoted as saying he . saw signs that the depression has hit bot tom and an upturn may be ex pected for both employment and industry. pji-i-rxruuy-r - Gross Cash In 1959 Income in cost of items required by farmers in family living.. The family living index in 1960 was at a level 20 per cent above that for 1949. , In terms of pur- Chasing power, therefore, the realized net income of $2,274 per farm in I960 was, equivalent to only $1,895 at 1949 price levels. Although above each of the three years immediately pre ceding, the adjusted realized net income per farm in 1960 was be low each year from 1950 to 1956, inclusive, and was just about equal to the average adjusted net farm income for the past ten years. Perquimans Union The Perquimans County Union School Parent-Teacher Associa tion held its March meeting Monday evening, in the audi torium with James Turner pre siding. Following the reading of the minutes, a report was made of the sale of membership tickets, J. A. Dempsey, principal, an nounced the events on the school calendar and related some of the policies of the school to the parents. At the close of the business session, the Queens' Rally be gan. , Parents representing the months of the year formed a procession and marched to ta bles on which were appropriate motifs symbolic of itheir month and received contributions from persons born in the month they represented. Participating in the rally were Mesdames Rosa Arm strong, Esther Hunter, ; Mildred Lightfoot, Katie Johnson, Lucy Johndkins, Mae Parker, Herbert. Boyce, Anna Washington, Beu lah Moore, Geraldine Wiggins anl Earline Sellars. Prizes were, awarded to Mesdames Beulah Moore, Herbert Boyce and Rosa Armstrong for having raised the highest amounts of. money. A total of $213.27 was . realized from the rally. . " 1 ..Si A- basketball game : between parents: has been scheduled for March. 21, alt 7:30 P. M. , Refreshments were served be fore dismissal PTA Meeting Mon nts per Copy, Electric power consumers of the Town of Hertford got good news Monday night when the Town Board voted a reduction in rates, effective April 1, on charges to residential users. " Commercial users, it was an- nounced, will receive a similar reduction possibly by May 1. The rate reduction voted by the board will amount to about 10 percent for current bills, ac cording to Mayor V. N. Darden, who stated the board has Con ducted a study of electric rates during the past two months and has arrived at what is considered a rate schedule in line with charges mada by other power suppliers in this area. Rate changes are not as yet complete for commercial users but Mayor Darden stated the study of this schedule is being made by members of the Town Board, and it is hoped the re duction for this category can be announced by the next meeting of the board. Other matters handled during the meeting of the commission ers Monday night included grant ing permission to Frank Jessup to construct a walkway between his pier and the town's pier at the foot of Grubb Street. The board also authorized the Mayor to set up loading zones for the National Furniture Com pany and Robertson s Cleaners since these two business houses have no rear entrances for load ing and unloading. The board also voted to rescind the taxi stand zone' at the comer of Church and Market Streets. Acting on a request from the League of Municipalities re garding the Town of Hertford's position concerning the proposed tax plan offered by -. Governor Sanford, which will dnder the proposed plan require town and county governments to pay a sales tax on purchases, the Hert ford Board went on record op posing the abolition of the ex emptions now given to local gov ernment units. Goodwin Funeral Conducted Sunday Funeral services for Ernest ' Leroy Goodwin, 75, who died Friday morning at his home on Route 1, following a short ill ness, were conducted Sunday af-; ternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. Bryan Hollo man of Ivor, Va., former pastor of the Bethel Baptist Church, as sisted by the Rev. A. H. Ham mett, pastor of the Bethel Bap. tist Church. "Sweet By and By" and 'The Old Rugged Cross" were sung by Carroll Williams, Tommy By- ' rum, Lester Keel and Pete Rid dick, accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organist. The casket pall was made of Easter lillies, white mums, red carnations, baby's breath and fern. Pallbearers were Alvin Phil lips, O. C. Long, Blake M. Wes ton, Tom Weston, E. J. Proctor, Jr., Phillip Phillips, John Broughton, Jr., and Frank Hol lowell. ': Burial followed in the Bethel' Baptist Church cemetery. Mr. Goodwin, a native and lifelong resident of Perquimans County, was a retired farmer,' a member k of the Bethel Baptist Church, and the son of the late John A. and Mrs. Olivia Beaton Goodwin.' '.'' Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mae Phillips Goodwin; two daughters, Mrs. Stella Rowland of Norfolk and Miss Blanche Goodwin of Route 1, Hertford; one son, Leroy Goodwin of Route 1, Hertford; one grandson, Le roy Goodwin, Jr., of Route 1. . TO ATTEND BANQUET Tom Byrum, Cecil C. Winslow and Cecil K. Winslow, of Wins-low-Bdanchard Motor Co., will be? presented Ford Motor Com pany'a 300-500 dub award at a' banquet m Virginia Eaa , "- Saturday, March 18, h high-ranking T"i d?r1 and .truck t ' ? ? i the : RM."&G.i .. ..o trict 5Ce