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itrong man pose at Holloman' Air Force BwcNJvi; TUo . viuiii 10 uayuug iii iuluic delegation'; From County Join In I rlighvay 'A Perquimans. Cqunty "delega-f tion, representing , the s Chamber of Commerce was- in? Raleigh. Thursday of this week where it joined other groups from East ern . North Carolina f6r a con ference with ,the Stpte High way Commission for the purpose Of advocating jst;impiwements to U, S. Highway ; 1?,; from Vir ginia to South Carolina. ' , The conference -was set. up;auHe' invoked strong measures iliy the Ocean Highway Associa- tion, in cooperation- ith 'chanv . bers .of i'pommarce -and v other , , tourist jbureaus WtuaW'fon Rt. . ( 17, . to -.presentf a unified : pro. VtposaV to -he Highway Commis . aion for.. the .improvements, to the roach, i , " y , lanfng or this highway! his been ',.ti' , tU ' a.,j WwJT.-j4-4- ' fiaaco.. resulting from the at developed for presentation the tomni ,u A..u u.. fdoUfh." SZr" &LS Tri. K "h. . L, V 1 f eJ- PCdlie projectsimed at pWvrdlng ad. ditlonal facilities Uo tune with the-, completion of the bridge - tunnel projecjl. at -Vorfolk, Va, ' Interested 6rganuation , take he position Highway 17, in its' , present conditio, wii -fail to .provide facilities7 expected from ! the ncreasad flow 'of traffic an- ticlpated by' ith. inew facDitieg across Chesapeake Bay. Work in diagramming thi im. provements oejng sought has-ed upon. the -,tJ, S. people to sup been under way for more 'than ,Pr.t the President's ,- foreign one year, and it is believed the ' 1 " - . . - master plan stibmitted ' to the' " ' ' ' -State ;Commissibn requests only! , Reports earlier this -weeki an minimum -requirements to offer'nounced Russia and Great Brir safe,, convenient highway routes for the exnectiNi. the traffic coUnt, .' ' s At least two1 carloads Jf repre- ntatives from each community ( a me nignway were expected atteiid tlje meeting ,in Ra : Among thq group' representing , tfiis, community at i the meeting were Allan W; .Mil&, .Broughton Iail, Joe Towe W. F. AinSley,' ( Charlie Umphlett, Caude Crinn snd C. F, Murray.' IIc-'iGrdTcry To V - e NcvXtation, well, nown turn o:prv lccatiin of y, May 1, ; the ma n- r ' aco C'.a torner of ; rfrets. . l ew station, i v 'er ' con ' J , ot" two ;-. c -;t of ' - r -ni- e sry in-1-f s- ; j 1 fi- ty J. Noah Prey.- ". i ser-y''e! f' r,' chPnr , af i' nc t i ' i v "I !'( 1 ff t' j III? i a f ' j ' 'a r 4V iuivt;i uiguia. Meeting ! tliist Week's f Headlines ' France, - teetering all week with" threatened , internal war Over Algeria, is. closing. out .final phases 'of-the army revolt which collansrirt ' whon PrMent Ho. and, orders tc wipe out the rebels if. necessary, v General Chalje, al leged ringleader Aof the . revolt against - DeGaulle,. surrendered Tuesday. .President. Kennedy announced this week r he' was taking sole V 1 1 TT a i : CurJtronaTVhe pi eortln, to reports, was'de tempted . invasion of Cuba by lan, ac- cd late ta year -under super- visin of the Central Intelligence A flnd president he had conourre(1 wlth the lan when .,t waS aced Jn raion recent, v , , j ' . " " . Meanwhile the President has conferred with former Presidents isennower ana Truman, Richard Nixon an Governor Rockefel- . ler, all of whom endorse Presi- 'd - ent K-ennedVs position and call- tain had reached agreement" on ' tions had eone out to ' fourteen nations W participate . in a con- ference' aimed .at setting up. a neutralist government in , Loas. Some nations, including the U.S. announced the cease-fire must be a reality before the conference starts. ::!Gc.tztfc3 r m' . a . m a The School Committee for Pei quimans County met Tuesday ntglrt and organized for the com ing year, by, electing! Julian Ma thfws' as . chairman ,and Mrs. May Wood Nowell as secretary. : Following y organization,'.' ; the: committee ne-elected the princiv pala for the' five schools ' in the county; these being E. C." Wood-1 ard,,' Perquimans Hfeh- Sohool;1 Miss Tneima mum, r- nertacora Grammar School; Thomas T.Tas lioh, Central Grammar; School; Joe' Dempsey, Perquimans Union Ehool and Dewey Newby, King "'eet 'School. , This action is -i.'-iject to approval by the Board I.Livication. " . . c-i"1' w e i ' ac' 1 l "n in V j "i- Barrell 'air'' '' it- ' wtncFirst noncvs 1 ! Livestock Shot) n . The Sixteenth ' Annual Albe marle Li vestock ' Show and Sale got off to one of the best starts for: Perquimans County 4rH Club members, than any: in the' past few years. '. ' . .' Perquimans County 4-H Club members made ? a clean sweep of all the first day events of the two-day show and sale, i In the first event of the day,' Bob by Harrell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell, ' exhibited : the Champion Pen of Three Hogs. These were crossbred hogs, con sisting of the Yorkshire, ' Hamp shire and Berkshire breeds. They were bred by Mr. Harrell and raised on his farm. The Ret serve Pen. of Three Hogs was shownv by ' Diane" Williams" of Camden County. ' There were seventeen individ- tlal "hog entries in "the show and. Marshall Caddy, son 'of Mr. and Mrs, Marvin Caddy, ; exhibited l .Grand Champiin 'Individual Hog; .Marshall's pig was seven- family. Her address Sunday af eighths Duroc and one-eighth I ternoon will be on the subject O.I.Cvi This pig was bred and, fed on the Caddy farm in New Hope. ; Steve Riddick; 'son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Riddjck, show ed ithe Reserve Champion Indi vidual Hog. Hispig was- a re sult of, Duroc and Hampshire breeding. ,Bobby ..Hacrell show- CVl VilC 1111 U v y In the Beef. Cattle Department i there were fifty steers" exhibited in four weight groups. Perquim ans , County 4-H'ers ; exhibited rune-; calves m three , oi tnese. groups. The calves were graded as1 followsa four, ' Prime;.' three, Choipe,. and two, i Good, v; ' . t An a nirn . i .1 in tne vuu 10 vim pouna group', Betsy Kirby,, Melvin 'Eure, Jr., and Maiy v-Beth Hurdle placed first, third, . and fourth, respec tively. s' ' r , ' i - In.ithe 980 iia- 1040 pound group,'1 Tommy" Hajrrell and J. A. i Bray, Jr., placed first and third, respectively. The calves graded Prime. '. . In ' the ? 1050 and up group, Bobby HarreH ; Jimmy Kirby, Carter Rogerson ? and Carolyn Faye Rogerson placed first, sec-, ond, tenth and, thirteenth, re spectively. J. The. first two calves graded Prime and the other -two GHd.,o-!.v':E!',',',r"',.v;'- ? :: v :-- The top . two steers - in each weight grup were, brought back into the ring,, for 4he selection of the top-thjxe .calves in .the show. ;' Tommy Harrell, son - of Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell, exhibited the Grand Champion Steer. " Tommy .purchased Kjs steer at 4he Feeder Calf Sale in Rocky Mount. 7 The Reserve Champion ' Steer was shown by Gary Godfrey - of Pasquotank. The third place steer was shown Continued on Pag Fir Curtis hzrd - Jesse Lemuel Curtis, ; 61, owner a operator of a. grocery store Wt Bethel died suddenly Sunday .afternoon at 1:30. at his home.- A lifelong resident of Perquimans County, he wasJthe sbn of the late William and , Mrs. Lou Good win Curtis and was a member 'of thf Bethel Baptist cKurch. Prior to- purchasing his grocery store, he operated a" service Station at the rV" near Edenton, ' Surviving are hisl Wife, Mrs. Evie ' Phillips Curtis ,and one brother, William' E. ' Curtis of Hertford., - , ' -. Funeral set vices Were con ducted Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock in 4he ' chapel, of ie Swindell Funeral Home1 by the Rev. A. H. Hammett, pastor of the Bethel - Baptist Church, as sisted by the Rev. Bryan. Hollo- '". paaiui.' . . . "The Old fugged Cross" -was . unurcn cnoir ana wearer. My God to Thee'1 was sung by the Rev, Piull -p Quidley. They wens accompanied by L;t'3 Mary Lou joraan,' ort .ms. ' The c: t vas e'red with a pall f" Z' 1,-,,v r iirs, . yellow roses e . 's r 1 Ft.1.' j w, Illis Proc- ' m -, Jr., 1 - ' Brothers .-WW' ;--' IHSiltcciiSloEivj LifeVcrksIiopKsre Mrs. William D. Keene,;. Jr., of Norfolk, Va., will give the keynote address at the Family Life Workshop at First Metho dist Church,' Hertford, Sunday, April 3CJ, beginning at 3:30 P. M. This Workshop is sponsored by the Family Life Committees of the Methodist Churches of Per-i quiman3 and Chowan counties, and is saf-up to focus attention on 'The' Christian Home1 In To day's World." , (. Mrs.:; Keene, a .specialist : in young adult activities, a parent and a-school teacher, has had' I wide experience in problems and ' discussions .''of the ' home 7 ahd "Why Our Concern About The christian nome.'" : ... i-ater sne will be group' leader for the sec tion on The Christian -Home and Adults, which is designed for young '.married couples, ' V for adults who have no children, and . all others interested in - a discussion on building the Chris tian home. Other discussion- leaders' will be the Rev. and Mrs. James Au man who will assist in the areas of children and youth questions and concerns. Following picnic supper,' "The Fifth Plate" wiU be shown and discussed by a pane with the Rev. A.:JN. Gore, ,'tbstuming significant of the his Wmfall, as moderator. The, clos- torical periods wheh each group mg (.-worship , wilU-be ; centered teoresents ": '. V around a drama "As For Me and t "t ed by members of the Perquim ans" Charge. ' v f -. .Family Life Directors in the participating churches are: . Mrs. PreSton Nixon, Anderson; Mrs. Charlie White, Bethany; Mrs A. Tv Lane, ' Jr., Hertford; Mrs. B. W. Evans Mrs. Ray Harris, Ep worth; Mrs. Aubrey Onley, Ce dar Grove; Mrs. Christine Holt, Hew Hope; Mrs. John A. El liott, Oak Grove; Jake Presson. Edenton, and Mrs. Evelyn Har rell; Woodland. ' Union Seniors Tour New York i Sparked by New York's charm, enchantment and excitement the Senior - Class ' of 'Perquimans County ' Union School .started planning a New York tour early last . fall . . which v materialized Tuesday morning, April -25th, when thirty-five 'of its members left Winfall for a four-day tour of New York. ' , - ; The trip was planned through the courtesy of a travel bureau. Members touring were guests at the Knickerbocker Hotel and their, first trip was to the UN Building. Other places' of in terest visited were the Empire State s Building, Fifth Avenue, Wall Street, Chinatown, the Statue of Liberty, 'Harlem and Central Park. The itinerary al so included a trip to Radio City to see a -first rate, movie and sage show including the world famous "Rockettes". A ' trip to Hyde Park .traveling east side of the Hudsoh River via' Sing Sing Prison. They visited Roo sevelt's home, the) Vanderbilt Mansion, " Point Lookout ' and West Point; t The trip included a three hour lectured cruise around Manhattan'.. Island, v :. The group arrived in Winfall Friday night '" ' ' .' Saving's And Loan, To Of Jfei;, Stocks ,. Hertford 'Savings' . and Loan Association will offer for sale its 82nd series of savings stock be ginning Saturday,. May. 6,1 it was reported by Max Campbell, sec retary of the Association. , ; Based upon present earnings, this stocky .recording' to the As sociation, will , mafiire in 348 weeks, paying simple interest in excess of Individuals de- svrir.cj to purchase some of these ; -i inv',tei'lo ceT tt C s and Loan oZ'.ce, Catur "ry . - ' " 'V ' " iLjvir . V to THEY PLAYED WITH MATCHES Howard Francher, 42, v sobs in his hospital bed in New York after he learns that . ' his wife and six children perished in a fire. He saved three other children. The blaze began when one of the tots played with matches in tiie family's apartment Co uple Orde redTo Get Ma rried Prio r Returning Home, II Ati IImi IIiiaiaaI May Day Musical Next Wednesday "Our Musical Heritage" is the theme of the May Day program which will be' presented by the High School G!ee Club and the eighth ' grades on Wednesday, May 3, at 2 P. M. on the front lawn of the Perquimans County High ' School. The . ' program, which is' under the direction of Miss Caroline Wright, public school music teacher, will fea ture the music ' of the United States from the Pilgrims of 1607 to the atomic scientists of 1961, and will be made more vivid by -w --" V ' j . i?he May Court and attendants art members of the ' Glee 'Club, aVwill be the students, feho -wind, the Maypole. Miss Carolyn -Faye Rogerson will be crowned "Queen of the May" and her attendants are Misses Connie Boyce, Gail Johnson, Beckie Hobbs and Ra chel Bass. -Miss Pete Cook will serve as nSrrator. . Eighth.' grad ers will present the dances to interpret the various eras of our American history. Colonial America will be rep resented by the Pilgrims. Beginning with the Revolu tionary , America, ' there ' will be the Minuet; for a New Country Grows, the ballet . and songs -of the Stephen Foster group; A House Divided, brings on "The Yellow Rose of Texas; Depict ing the Westward Movement will be the Square- Dance and Virginia Reel; for the Turn of i the Century comes a March Drill . to the patriotic "Stars and Stripes Forever." For the twen tieth century, ; the group has ! chosen songs from World . War I, the Charleston from the Roaring Twenties and the Cha-Cha from the Atomic Sixties. The public is invited to attend the Wednesday afternoon festival and see for. themselves how the Music of America has developed side by side "with the history we read in the textbook. . ' Change Proposed v In New Court Bill " Due to a conflict; with a crim inal court week m another coun ty, the bill offered in the Gen eral Assembly cancelling the April term . of Perquimans Su perior Court, and making the March ' term a week for mixed cases is to be amended, accord ing to reports here this week. ' Since the , District ," Solicitor - is already committed to a court term in another , county the lo cal bill is expected to be 'chang ed Ho continue the present April term and cancelling the March civii term tn . Perquimans, . :,t ..m Vivian Matthews "l , New Gulf Manager ..Vivian Matthews, after 26 years of being associated with .Bill & Vlv's Service Station, wiH assume managership of the Gulf Service :. Station, located ,at Church, and Dobb Streets, on :May"Ist'sJv.'t'!;,";''"' v v ;'. Mr, ;.;;Mat!thews( '' invites his Mends end customers to' VisH i' at his hew station "after he a. -s its operation next Mon- At High School iipiiiiiaiiiaiiiiapi I A Negro couple, Virginia Can-( I- sy.r?-' Recorder's Court here Tuesday ' that they had been living to gether in the Durants Neck sec tion as man and wife. The re veala tion came after Virginia had been found guilty on charg es of assaulting White with - a pop bottle. Judge Johnson or dered the couple riot to return to the house, to live together without first getting married. He instructed the sheriff to ar rest both of them in the event the couple ignored the court's order. Virginia was given a 60 day sentence for assaulting White, the sentence to be sus pended upon payment of a fine Of $25 and costs. The tase in which Henry Jen kins and Clinton Riddick, Ne groes, were charged with posses sing non tax paid liquor for the purpose of sale was dismissed when the court ruled on a mo- .Hon by the defense' attorney, W. sed iiv the case was faullynd r thorifr h. Mf therefore the evidence in ad- missaible to the court. George ' and Johnnie White, Negroes, were found guilty on charges of stealing a hog from Claude Williams of Route three. Each of the defendants was giv en a six months sentence, sus- T2?i UP(? paJmentJ,t finc of $100 and costs each. Helena Foster, Negro, was giv en a six months sentence in woman's camp after she plead- ed guilty to charges of being Hobbsville, Leonard Gerrald, drunk and disorderly and resist- pastor; Chappell's Hill and ing arrest. Sentence was to be Whiteville Grove and Mount Si suspended upon payment of fine'nai jn Perquimans County; and costs. j woodville at Woodville. W. S. A bond posted by Stacy Brown, pastor; Hertford at Prestwood was ordered forfeited when Prestwood failed to appear in court to answer to charges of speeding. ' : James Simpson, Negro, was found not guilty on a charge 0f assault. ; i William Webb, Negro, paid the County and Center Hill in Cho- j 1, Belvidere. - Mr. and Mrs. Na courl costs after pleading guilty wan County, Henry V. ' Napier, thaniel lford demonstrated to charges of assault. 'pastor; Warwick in Chowan I and exhibited pine cone craft. A total of .33 defendants sub, 'county; Ballard's Bridge in Cho-j Tin can craft and "My Busy m.tiea to cnarges during the Conttnued on Pag Five ' ffCEA Banquet Held Wednesday. Members of the Perquimans county unit or jmcjwv neid tneir annual banquet Wednesday night at Perquimans High School ; with ; Isaac Perry, president of the Perquimans Chapter, presid- WMJ- - , Nathan Yelton, Director of the N.y. Ck Public Employees Retire ment System, was guest speaker for the event He- was intro duced by' J. T. Biggers, super intendent of schools. ; ) ! Mr. Yelton told the, teachers details of the operation of the Retirement System, pointing out some 'regulations each of ;them should check upon to make sure there -will be no difficulties aris ing when one retires and makes application for retirement pay-; ments... s ,t He said the retirement fiind contains $282,000(000 and that sum, is owned by some 87,500 members of the system. . - f . Special guests i attending ,': the banquet included toembers': of the Board .Education, wives and huSbands; of teachers, R. L. Spivey, chairman, of the Bbdrd of CcAmty rConuriissioneTS; ahd Uax OampbeU," . t ' Board Instructs In Acquiring Land I Night Game ) The Perquimans Indians williTlon t0 acquire, through con- play their first-nigh baseball oemnation procedure, if neces game of the season here Friday sary a tract ot le"d lying ad- night when ' Edentoh comes to Hertford to' provide the' opposi tion for the Indians. Game time, according to E. C. Wood ard, school .principal, will be 7:30 o'clock. ' ' . " ' Perquimans lost two .games during the past .week, losing at Plymouth last Friday and drop ping a 1-0 decision at Scotland Neck Tuesday afternoon. Baptists Consider New Association The Rev. Henry V. . Napier, pastor of the Center Hill and Great Hope Baptist Churches, has released an announcement that on Friday night, April 28, .at 8 o'clock, there will be a meeting at the Center Hill Bap tist Church for all pastors, Church and Sunday School of ficers and Training Union and other church leaders, for the purpose' of d'soussing the for mation of a new Association of Churches with '. . the . Baptist Churches of Gates, Perquimans and Chowan Counties making up the membership. The meeting is not for the purpose, of taking definite action, but is an infor mational meeting in : i which questons that iray arise will' be - vfc' :J-r-3Ju ft v It. may 1 02 noted7tht there are 24 Baptist Churches in the three counties listed. These in clude! BeuUih at Sunhnrv; Middle Swamp in Gates County; Eureka at Corapeake, John D. Hemingway, pastor; Reynoldson near Gates, Don Stewart, pastor; Arnold Keaton, pastor; Eure at 'lure, Donald Stewart, pastor; Gatesville at Gatesville, Donald. Wagner, pastor; Sandy Cross in dates Pruintv -and Hohhsville at Hertford, Norman A. Harris, ! rw ' "Ri i r croc c in Pirniiimanc ! County and Yeopim in Chowan ru, a t iwnn.iinH' tor; Bethel in Perquimans Coun-j A R Hammett . nastor: I Great HoDe in Perauimans I Van County, Carl Hart, pastor; Rockv Hock in Chowan County, Trwr Alfred, pastor; Macedonia m Chowan County, uorcron Shaw, pastor, and : Edenton at Edenton, K.N. Carroll, astoKfs This is an open meeting and all , interested Baptists are in vited to Center Hill , Friday, April 28, at 8 o clock to take part; Plans Auction Se!e An Auction sale, sponsored by the njembers of the New Hope Methodist Church' foj the bene fit of the church, will be held in New Hope Saturday after noon,: May j 6; . beginning at , 2 o'clock,, it was. reported, today' by Henry Ownley, who said S. D. Banks will act as auctioneer ior we event. t $ t The sale will be held on! the lot next to Ownley's Store. A ! large number of articles, includ ing fcstutt,van'autom6bng,lfUta accessories, farm equipment, gar den 'tools and ..furniture have been donated to the church to be, sold at the sale. ' ' il'lMr. Ownley' Slao aaid the la dies of the church will hold a bake" sale' in connection with the auction. The public is in--vatedvio. attend and bid on all items ottered fox sale. - -.-v.. Hope Church i- . '."ir," fi.-- :. :'v, ,,'v, ri The : Perquimans Board of Education has instructed its at- torneys, Silas M. Whedbee and : John, HalVto- proceed, with, ac- Jacant to the Perquimans Coun ty Union School. . The tract of some seven acres of land is be ing sought by the Board to use tin expanding the facilities at the school. John T. Biggers, superinten dent of schools, reported the above action was ordered by the Board "of Education after it had been determined agreement be tween tlw land owners, and the Eoard, as to price for the land, could not be reached through negotiation. : The land sought by the Board a.s a school site is owned by heirs of the late S. P. Jessup. , Mr. Biggers reported the Board of Education instructed its attorneys to start action follow ing the last meeting of the Board which during the meeting had voted to acquire this -site, if pos sible, as the location for ex panding the school by construc tion of some 10 additional class rooms. The superintendent stated a committee representing .'' the Board of Education had been in conference with the land owners on several ". occasions and had ' had an earlier opinion the land could be purchased through ne gotiation, .: However,' the. super- ! intendent said during later meet ings the price per acre asked for the land ' by its owners was . deemed excessive ' and further discussions brought the parties no closer to agreement. t It was this apparent impasse as to price which resulted in, the Board's decision to take steps to-., tfluire -the; land, (-i'hrUgh WOlf-if demnatiditprocedure" " j " The , attorneys,, it Is under stood, have started preliminary work " the matter but as yet i'u dciiun nas Deen inea wmn . the courts. Local Residents The Third Albemarle Crafts man Fair was held on April 1!) and 20 at the National Guard Armory in Elizabeth City. The fair was sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs from seven Albemarle counties and the Eliza- beth Cit.V Chfimhpr nf Pnm. ' merce. ' Four booths were Hisnlavprt hv Perquimans County Craftsman, Wood turninif was exhibited hv Mr. and Mrs. Orval Dillon, Route Book" were demonstrated by .Mrs. William Winslow and Mrs. 'Archie White of Route 1, Belvi- aere. . Mrs. E. J. . Proctor, Sr., and Mrs. Charles White, Sr., dem onstrated and' exhibited alum inum tray etching. A general exhibit featured the various crafts in a display which Showed how crafts can be used in the home. R. S. Monds of Hertford displayed wood inlay. Thevpurpose of the fair was to leach that a craft is an article made by the hands, that is use ful and beautiful. At the fair,, the individual could see crafts-' men, enjoy the xhihits and buy from the finest crafts. -fV Education Board Meets Monday Night . The Perquimans Board of Ed ucation will h61d Its May meet ing Monday night, May begin ning at 7;30 o'clock in. the of fice 'of the 'i. superintendent of schools. Matters pertaining to the closing out of the- present school term and consideration of BcwTgSt 'itertis for the next fiscal year will be on the agenda for this meeting. - ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT "i'Miiand. .Mn.' Howard C Broughton of Southern Pines an nounce the birth of a son, How ard' Chalk Broughton, Jr., born Wednesday, April 19, at South era Pines. , - -V'