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" ,:::NG F'ects of static eri-icily are vividly felt
.i Taylor at L;e Student Fair at the Chicago Museum -
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t he Eagley Swamp Pilgrim
fe iirch. gave a - three year pas
toiitil' recall to
the .Rev. A. E.
Esefoot in iheir
recent annual
bui'mess meeting. The Rev. Mr.
Ercfoot with, his wife and four
V Is , completing a one
iral call which they be
August. They, came
... , astor after completing
a -seven year missionary term in
the Union of South Africa.' He
was brdained August, 1948. Af
ter Js ordination he accepted, a
pastorate . in Columbia, S. C,
vhere he served for five years
before going to Africa as a mis
sionary. I e received, fit .. Bach
elor; bf ' Theology Prree from
Eou'thern Pir' l College. He
h"salso takritc. (8 work at
Owos;so - C 3 in Owosso,
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recall as p: . r, t'.e rev, Bare
fooilstated, "The r t year has
besSrt a time of r" ' " acquaint
ed ''both for n:L, . rch and
ths! people of I - 3 Coun
ty. iln the year I. ti lies a
c' 'lenge we acc t 1 y t' e he'p
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Hertford's Town Board, "meet-
ing here last Monday night, ten -
tatively adopted the' same bttd -
get and tax rate for the fiscal
year beginning July 1 as beipg
in force during this fiscal, year,
The action was adopted subject
iio snnai buqh. oi ine iowns" wtin
; l-t f ? . I ' -MAltrta r1aV4,-4011 rAixatlnA miil.
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' The, Board also discussed
Stream Sanitation dommia-
i" reading .classification of
t: t -Perq-imani- River and au -
tJ ;bed Town Attoniey Oiaa. E.
: oh Or write the Coinmis-
s.o.i advtfiing tt Hertford
idvifiing it Hertford will
pre t on a voluntary basia to-
cor 'y with the
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for W- Board to obtain a clearer
picture of the requirements the,
town wUl- request the Stream
I Commission to send its engineer i u ' Ut . v ' 4 ', Stahton first, Carolyn Faye Rog
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here to discus the details with
members of the Board.
Mayor V. N. Darden , advised
the commissioners, from1! infor
mation he had received, -lie was
or the opinion the State Com
mission will permit the town
proceed at, a -reasonably Jslow
wj
rare in carrying out " the com
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'. The Mayor. also advised the
vommissionera arrangements have
been completed, ' In cooperation
with State. Prison Commission
and the Mosquito Control .Agen
cy, to improve drainage of Jen
ny's Gut from Route 17 to the
river.' , - '
The Board was also advised
plans are progressing for a num
ber of street projects in Hertford
this summer. Some 20 streets
were damaged last winter by
weather' 'conditions and these
streets will be sealed in the com
ing months.- Expenditures for
these projects will, come from
the Powell funds. -1
" Police Capt. " B. L. Gibbs in
formed the Board the Police De
partment is now calling store
owners when the police discover
unlocked doors in business - es
tablishments at night. The own
er is called to inspect the store
a-1 to loci: the doors., v Previ-ossiily,-.
tfc-. police had been lock
' T t' 3 doors f r storekeepers.
, Town C r . C. Elliott told
f-e T.: 1 . .1 ved f iv
ort," " r.. .. i vj the new Cw.i-lfiTt-
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c!.. j-id consumers by the 4own.
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;i A varied docket consisting.
14 cases was listed for Perquinv
ans V Recorder s Court here
Tuesday mortiing. , - .
A; bond posted by Norris Mc
Clinton, Negro, was ordered for
feited when the defendant failed
to appear jn court to answer to
charges Of trespassing and dam
aging of property. A companion
case in which Alton Jordan, Ne
gro, faced similar charges was.:
continued. '. ., ;
A fine of $20 was paid by 'R. '
R. Keaton, who Submitted 1 to
charge of speeding. lae WU- garden scene was staged vsing
liams was ; fund , guilty . on; a white lawn furniture and pines,
speeding charge and he was or-1 An 80-foot runway wa extended
dered to pay fine of $10 and, fi0m the stage, draped la green
costs. ' land white material. Narrating
Daniel Roberson pleaded guil- for the event was R. M. Thomp
ty to charges of being drunk. He ' son, County 'Agricultural Agent,
was fined $2 and costs.
Johnnie Brothers, Negro, en-
t'ored a plea ol guilty to charges
being drunk and disorderly.
He was ordered to pay a fine of
!$10 and costs ahd he qf good be-
havior for six months.;. ;-
A nonsuit was granted ia the
ccse in which Mathews Blanch-
"d, Negro, was . charged with
1 assault with a. deadly weapon,
1 Costs Of court were paid by
'Norwood. Davis, who submitted
o charges of improper passing.
f Henry Meads submitted to a
charge of failing to sound flora
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Meivm Chappell pleaded .gnu-
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8" P8"1 "Quor, ; lie paid a nne.
!o J? "i; costs-. - ' "
' Arthw-Tlce Pald .fine. of 25
and' 00518 efter submitting4o. a
char8e' paving no valid . op-
orator s license. , - - -
Costs of court were paid by
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l- Cots I of courtl Werfe fritd
LatnE nalrfln Iwilns. .Ne-
iha t ,nwhirh .PLV
' r- rharced
Pearline Riddickr Negro, paid
a fine of tX and costs after
n.4w mnltv to a charee of
being' drunk on highway.f -"i
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; Linwood L. Chappell, 63, for
18 years owner and operator of
a store in Belvidere, died Tues
day morning at 11 .o'clock.! He,
was found dead in his car which
was parked about one-half mile
from the Pasquotank County line
in ' the Turnpike road, j-. , , ,
A lifelong resident of Belvi
dere, he was a ton of Jesse M.
and Mrs. Alice Jo ChappelL- TIe
was a member of Piney Woods,
Church. - . ..
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Henrietta Lane , Chappell; one
son Galley Chappell of iBelvi
dere; ' two sisters; Mrs. ; M-ary
Monds of . Elizal sth City and
Mrs. Effie Ladis of HicksvUle,
N. Y.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon ft 2:30
at the Piney "Woods . Friends
Church by the Rev. -Mark Hod
gins, pastor, assisted by the; Rev.
Louis Winslow. - ,
(Burial' followed in the Chap
pe'l family cemetr-y.
Fallbearers were -joland Cope
and, Freeland Ccroland, Eugar
ChappelL Fred ;h, Pharlie'
Thomas - Rogarson, ' Jr.,' 'and Ed
gar ,Charpell, i1'
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The Perquimans Junior r and
Senior 4-H Dress Revue ' was
held- on- Wednesday night) of last
week in the auditorium of the
Hertford Grammar School with
a approximately 200 attending. A
while Miss Betsy Barbee, accom-
plished pianist, rendered music
throughout the. program.,; . V i
The Junior 4-H - sartkipants
were Miss Anna Martha Chesson,
Miss Delores Faye Chappell, 'Lou.
iVickers, Lela Mae Long, - Nancy
Matthews, Barbara iterrison,
Joyce Davenport, Carolyn" Ann
White, Betsy Kit-by, Jennifer Ann
chambers, Ann NowelL Nancy
Elliott, Phyllis Diane Benton,
Linda Ann .- HarrelL Carolyn
Long, Ellen Wood, Judy lm$,
Lois Owens and Carolyn Laije.
jn the Dressy Dress Division, j
ijviiss ueua Mae Long wa urst
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piace winner, Nancy CUiott r w, T,J? I -T 1
J2P'ii to Julian.
-wa8 tixt phyijjs Diane Bfehton
'second, Lou Vickers thfrd, In
the Apron Division Jennifer Ann
chambers was first and" Joyce
Davenport second,-. i
. The - senior 4-H participants
Benton, Delia Rae
ra jennuigs, Lyrna ttwoiac,
JnnirH Rne Stanton. " I
Placing first in the Senior
4-H'ers were. Miss Janice Rae
,avy
ngs thUd. Honorable mention
given Miss Lydia Riddick.
Miss -Jan-ice- , Rae ,tetnton will
represent Perquimans County t
District Day on June zO at Choco
wmity. - Janice Rae wore a pink
perfection -wool creation. She
stepped onto the runway in her
winter or spring ensemble which
was completely lined. -The dot-man-sleeved
sheath i dress with
wide self belt fastening in the
back cost $8.56. s
The judges were Miss Cather
ine Aman, Assistant Home Eco-
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Action Cy PL'-ts
A renewal of tactics by pilots
of military planes dredting the
round barrier pver Hertftird dur
ing the past two weeks resulted
in complaints being made to
Congressman Herbert , C. . Bon
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Following terrific blast here
Monday, Mrs. , Tom Cox called
Mr. Bonner registering a com
plaint and Mr. Bonner stated he
would - Immediately investigate
and protest this action' on the
part of pilots..
In its meeting Monday night
the Town Board discussed com
plaints Lied in regard to these
percuss "ns . and , agreed ' to re
quest, ringressman . -Bonner to
iuyestit,. e.the aotioa. ,
Eevertl.' menthse ago:;rsidoits
J a wiif- erea to this sectioh:..Bf
'e state, protested, these, sound
V -Aa ani 1 wtre - then advised
r..:Kt. ry ruthotities were taking
i to r event them. ' i
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AtEXANDRIA FALLS TO INVADERS The Invaders in
this case are workmen demolishing the "Alexandria" set
In Pinewood Studios, England. Work was halted on the
film "Cleopatra" after star Elizabeth Taylor took 111. The
movio will be shot in Egypt when production resumes.
Property Values
For Tax Purposes
Show Slight Drop
Property valuation in Perquim-
C. Powell, tax supervisor, who
has completed a. tentative tabu
lation of figures reported to tax
listers during January.
Property " valuation for i 1961,
including real and personal prop-
is tentatively estimated at
as ' , compared -with
a, UM .
I -f".w- o.-ric, .uvoru-
ing to Mr. Powell, is accredited
to a drop in automobile and
farm equipment sales, thus cut
ting : into personal ' property list
ings. .Listing for real estate for
the year rose somewhat due to
new' construction. V
The 1961 yaluatiun figures giv
en '-amount -to 413,881,000 plus
some $281,000 assessed on local
corporations. :
. A breakdown of the valuation
figures by townships was re
leased by Mr. Powell as fol
lows: Hertford Noi J ..j.......4..$4,057,218
Hertford No. 2 485,914
Belvidere No. 1 .............. 2,214,622
Belvidere No. 2.............. 200,762
Parkville No. 1 2,565,256
Parkville No." 2 J. 319,527
New Hope No, J ............ 2,353,164
New,4 Hope No. 2 313,026
Bethel No. 1 1,171,454
Bethel No. "2 .t...l..:...., . 260,384
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SktD Of Officers
The Perquimans Business and
Professional Women's Club held
its regular monthly business
meeting' recently at the Munici
pal Building' with the president,
Miss Hulda Wood, presiding, i
Miss Wood announced that the
State Convention would be held
In June in Durham. - Plans were
made for the installation Bri
quet to be neld May 18 at the
Methodist Church, when Mrs.
Ruby Blythe, past State Presi
dent, will be the featured speak
er.' Letters' of acknowledgment
were read fronv Senator Emmett
"Winsloflf end; Representative :,Ar
e'vUne. f eoneeVaint the pro
posed state sales tax increase. -i
i ;The- nbnviriating committee
presented the following slate of
officers for the new yean which
was accepte by th? member-
ship;;.' fc.!?''- i. q
t PresidenitMiBS? Hulda' i Wood;
f -.t vice president, Mrs. jacx
I rbace; second ,vice president,
j. Jake Jackson; recording
. 'ii-v lAita. .Thelma Elliott:
It -responding- - secretary, Mrs.
i orman. Elliott; ; treasurer, Mrs.
I lelvin Owens.
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Headlines
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Alan ,;Shepard,; America's fu-st
astrdnaut, received official-, rec- Wright is being assisted to pre
ognition of his feat, in Washing-. parations for the programs by
ton on Monday when President,
Kennedy lauded the Command-
efcfor .is part in the space pro-
gram ano;. awarded nun a .meon
Later Congress praised Shepf&rd
with personal greetings ajid a
formal resohition? . ;
Two unsuccessful candidates
for the office of goverhor in
last year's primary, John Lar
kin and Malcolm, SeawelV along
with Judge J. B. Craven, have
been .nominated for appointment'
as federal judges. Some 73 new
federal judgeships are scheduled
for .the nation, and it appears
North Carolina will receive three
of them.
Raleigh reports hint that the
Legislature may reach the ad
journment stage about the mid
dle of June. The reports point
out the appropriation , and fi
nance i work may, be completed
within two weeks, leaving one
other important item for . settle
ment, that being redistricting of
congressional districts to' reduce'
the state's districts from 12 to 11.
Economists report the 1960-61
depression reached' bottom , dur-
ing February and' indications are
noW the nation, s recovering
from . the effects With business
expected to he onv the upswing
during the remainder of this., Earlie Goodwin, Jr., was in
year. i ducted into the Order of Ex-
,, v 'hausted Rooster,' signifying re-
A bill calling for automobile tirement age f or . the orgaoiza-
inspection in North Carolina was
killed ' by a 58-55 vote in the
House 1 Tuesday. The proposal,
backed ' by the Department of
Motor Vehicles, had passed the
Senate but failed to muster suf-
ficient votes in the House to be
come lew.
Police Report 11 -Arrests
In April
Hertford ..Police , Department
made a total of 11 arrests dunne
kthd kmontrj of April, according to
Capt. B. . L, Gibbs, who stated
the charges , were' drunks 3, dis
orderly' conduct -1, assault 1,
traffic arrests 3,v whiskey viola
tions .3. - ;;:!v;.";!"'iy . 4-i'i"' ''.
The : department answered 79
calls, ? investigated! three acci
dents, extended 80 , 'courtesies,
found 12 doors unlocked and re -
nrhwi to tk- kL
car - traveled 2,470 miles during
the month.' - '
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?I FESTIVAL 1 arms, Frank was , elect 1, .OtV-r
King Z. t School presents loff iters are Vice president, Ci
Hs -Turing : sUval' Wednesday ly WiiHow; secretr-y Tch "
n';ht, Iay 17,'f 8 o'plock m Bass; t. Asuiwr, "S " V.
Kie "tlvity r Jtn,, The themfc is die, an r.aniat, 5 . ..r.. .
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Dates te:ccd
For May Festrds
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Plans for May Day festivities
at Hertford Grammar School and
at Perquimans County Central
Grammar School were announc
ed this week by Miss Caroline
.Wright,
teacher.
public school music
Bolh of the May Day
Festivals have as their theme
this year "The Wedding of the
Painted Doll." In Hertford, on
Friday, May 12, the program
will begin at 2 P. M. on the
fiont lawn of the Grammar h
School. Iri Winfall on . Friday, I
May 19, the program will begin!
at 2 P. M. on the front lawn Of
the Central Grammar School
Among those attending the
"Wedding of the Painted Doll"
will be Mother Goose characters
representative of Mary and Her
Little Lamb, Little Jack Horner,
Farmer in the Dell, the Old Wo
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man Who Lived in a Shoe, the not expand on the announce
Jumping Jack, Buster Brown, ment by the Congressman, and
Red Riding Hood, Oollies frcm he did not know the details of
the Follies, Mistress Mary. (the plans for the base, as they
The "welding" itself will be , had not as yet been disclosed.
featured by Miss Gladys Felton
and Mrs J. V Roach's ihirri
grades. In Hertford the seventh
grade : will wind the traditional
Myypole and in Winfall the
sixth grade will do this.
All erades are oarticioatine in
the afternoon festivities and Miss
teachers ot the two crammar
schools. ' Special -solo numbers
Vill be presente by. Jan White
naiPatrk:la-TLan ii HertSird
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and Ava Rae Kirby and Mark'
Thompson in Winfall. . 1; j
Patrons and friends of the '
schools are invited to t attend
these special programs " which !
have become a delightful part of
the spring .school . calendar' in
Perquimans County since Miss
.Wright joined the school faculty
in 1958. .
Instc!!;
John Beers was installed as
president of the Hertford Junior
Chamber of Commerce at cere
monies held Wednesday night in
the cafeteria of the Hertford
Grammar School, following a
10th anniversary dinner served
by the school PTA.
Robert Bryan, 10th District
vice president, acted as installa-
tion officer and in addition to
Mr. Beers installed Robert Tay-
lor as vice president; Elwood
Copeland as secretary; Joe Towe
as treasurer and Hillary Scaff as
5tate director. ' i -
tion. '''':. '
Levin Culpepper, Mayor of
Elizabeth City, and past ,10th
District vice president, was guest
speaker for the event He gave
a brief resume of the history of!
the Hatford, Jaycees and out
lined the importance a civic or
ganization can play within a
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Student Council '
; Elects Officers
4 On May. 4, the student body
of i s Perquimans ; High ." School
elected the, Student Council of
ficers .for.; the 1961-62 school
year, v. Due to the ctose tvote in
the presidential elections, a run
off between Franklin McQoogah
and Pete Cook vu necessary,
1 Fwklin was electedjiresident
y smiH margain. There was
lso a run-off between Reed
j Mathews ahd Frank Mansfield
ffor the; office of tergeant-at-
Jaycee Officers
, Harvey v Point. Naval Base i id
again scheduled to. be; site fat.,.-
a government facility, according
to an announcement made Tues
day by Congressman Herbert C, .
Bonner to Mayor- V. N. Dar- -den.
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to a telephone conversation,
Mr. Bonner advised Mavor Dar
' den 8 decision had been made
,bv a government agency to use
the base as a training site. The
nature vof the activities was not
disclosed but Bonner told the
Mayor some 80 men will be as-
signed to the base as trainees,
and possibly five civilians will
be employed to work at, the base
in connection wh this program.
in his announcement Bonner
stated, according to his infor-
ma tion, .the program will be
continuous and new trainees will
be located at the base as older
men complete their programs,
A representative of the gov-
crnmental agency which is to
use the facility, Mr. Bonner said,
will be in Hertford to confer
with Mayor Darden within a
very short time.
Mayor Darden said he could
1 He did say he was pleased on
rpcemt nf the npwa that Anllnur-
J ing a survey of the facility, the
present administration had de
cided to make use of the site.
Originally scheduled to be the
home port for the SeaMastep .-v
plane, which was discarded, -Harvey
Point was closed dowft '
after some $11 million had bee'' ,
epended in construction for1 th-i
plane base., Since last year' -it.
has . been' on . retatrfer status
4X4. r x r .
I witfif unitrof Tia.wd taJn- r
ed there to-police the base anSA
handle the bomft : range worV
carried out in the Albemarfe. .
Sound. ' (f
Since that time, Congressman '
oonner nas worxed diligently i
have the government use tlf
site for some activity, and it
cently Governor Sanford, at ri"
quest of a number of his local
supporters, also sought action to
have, the facility placed in op- '
ecation. " : . . '
Indisis Play Aces
Perquimans High School will
close out. its Albemarle Confer
ence baseball schedule Friday
afternoon when the Eden ton'
Aces come to Hertford for a
make-up contest. Game time
will be 2:15 o'clock. ;
The Indians are battling for
a berth in- the conference play,
offs, having defeated Plymouth.
Tuesday night by a score of 10-1
and scored ; '.a decision over
Ahoskie on last Friday 3-2.
Perquimans scored eight runs
in the. sixth inning Tuesday
night to win easily ; over Ply
. mouth. Julian Nixon, -: Jerry
Chappell, Jim Hunter and Don
Chesson each got two hits to
lead the . attack while Chappell
and Hunter handled the pitch
ing duties for the Indians.
Perquimans ' scored two runs
in the first inning and added
eight in the sixth while Ply
mouth was held to a lone run,
scored in - the fourth. , :
Hunter, pitching for Perquim
ans, gave up two hits and struck
out 14 Ahoskie batters. The In
dians collected five hits off
Ahoskie hurler Whaley. .
Ahoskie opened the scoring in
the game, tallying two runs in
the second inning but IPerquim-
16ns came back to knot the tount
in the fourth. In the last of the
seventh, singles by Jirnmy Hunter ;
and Jerry Chappell and an error
on Nixon's' grounder .accounted
for the winning run. , ,
'.' " . TO, CRAD9ATE
, San Diego (FHTITC) John T.
Lane, nl, ' apprer" pet'.y cr-
f icert,,Ui:N, son of
John T. 'f Jr
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