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llfavy Spokesman Reports Local
Base Being Considered For Use
by Officers
,.1 t. . .
B.f C. BERRY, Co...mander .
,-. JPerquunans Barracks, No. 2527,
Veterans of World War I of the
U.SAi, vine;, will hold its instal
lations of, officers for 1961 Mon
day night, May' 29, at -8 o'clock
In ' the ' Municipal Building in
tfertfeVd.- . ; , :
-Firs District Cotnraander
Thomas J. Boswell will be the
installing officer and. Command
der Lindsey. Swindell of Albe
piarlei barracks of Elizabeth City
will bd the marshal. ' 1
' Thai j, officers of Perquimans
Barracks to be installed are as
follows!;1' .
B. C. Berry, commander; V. N.
Cardan; senior vice commander;
: W.' & J Evans, junior vice com
mander; Cecil. W. White, judge
advocate; W. T. Willoughby,
chaplain; Thomas P. Brinn, Cecil
H. . Sawyer and L. A. Proctor,
trustee S. C: Phillips, sergeant-at-amis.
and G. C Buck,' quar
terns .ir. ' ' . ,
- Mem) trs . of Albemarle ' Bar
racks af Eiii.abeth City and Vet-c-ns
I World War I of, Per
quimans1 and Chowan Counties
are being sent notices 5 of this
meeting and are urged to at
tend. Perquimans Barracks is a
i " ..tracks - and the second
one toi be organized in North
eastern, North Carolina. " Dele-
s tj the State Department
, niccting to. he held in Raleigh
on June 18, 17 and 18 will be
I o-.'.e i 1 at i this meeting. ,
'.'.y Prcsrran
" 1 ' .tzry Uczti3
C ' s Ekinner, ; Jr., county
:!-? ' safety coordinator,
r at a r .,ng
"ord Kolarv Club
i:ht at runt's
' "1 the Rotdrians
mrsde by. local,
1 safety units
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two
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Workmen uncover the naturally ' -I
A report; by . Congressman
Herbert C: Bonner, published in
The- Weekly several weeks ago
that the government is planning
to use Harvey Point Navy Base,
was - confirined in Washington
Tuesday when Robert R. Bon
ham,' aide to the assistant sec
retary v of' the Navy, told a ;
porter the Navy is giving sert
ous consideration to a plan for
putting ith'e local base to some
useful purpose. -.' -
The announcement - by " Con
gressman Bonner did not reveal
details as to the agency of the
government intending to use the
site for a training program but
Bonham stated there is an ag
ency ".which desires to use the
facility in addition to the new
plan he announced being con
sidered' by the: - Navy : Depart
ment. - , -
Both .e announcement by
Bonner I tind, Bonham indicated
tiir -program be 'malV scale.
However, th&V; was welcome
news by local .'residents inas
much as any activity at Harvey
Point 4s expected to give some
boost to, the local economy.
It Was learned by this re
porter on Tuesday an engineer
ing firm has. been givenv.the
green light ; to proceed witn
lome work at the base probably
in anticipation of its future
use. 1 -
Mayor V. N. Darden stated
Tuesday he had hot - received
additional news concerning the
base operation other than the
original report from Congress
man Bonner, but that he was
pleased to learn it now appears
the facility will be put, to some
use which may result in some
benefit to Hertford and Per
quimans County. ' ' , "
KingStrcjtPTA
The' PTA of the King Street
Elementary School held its final
meetine Monday "night. ine
Dresident; Mrs. Datey Perkins,
presided, assisted byv J. Collins,
vice ' president. Devotion con
sisted of "America", and pray
er by C. T. Feltoru
The secretary read, yie mui
utes of the previous 'meeting,
which were approved and adopt
ed. Mrs.-Annie Rodgers gave
report. of the dinner sale which
was termed a success. Mrs Al
Une -Jones gave a report of the
proflt realized from the PTA
social. It was decided to donate
$25 from the. PTA treasury, to
11-e Boy Scout ror;: ligation to
aid in the , trip to la tnken ,to
New Mexico in "-"t.
A nominating. coc.H...cte. was
, nted by 1 e ' 'ont to
compile a sla c ere in
Tcptember i-r t'.e 1 sfoo'
nr. T! ? ' " r d
I ' r , l ' . co .
C vey Newby, r l.ioi al, made
s.
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::.s Ijt tie
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Iicrtlcrd, Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina, -ffriday. May
iCounCy 4
'; The ; Annual Health ' Pageant
and Talent Show was
Thursday at the County Agri
cultural Building with ISO peo
pie attending. ' .
The Health Pageant began
With . a special piano arrange
ment ' by Franklin McGoogan.
Dr, Allen Bonner spoke on "The
Importance of the Health Pro
gram , , He crowned Miss Caro
lyn Faye ; Rogerson as queen,
and Vernon Willow as king of
the 1961 Health Pageant. Miss
Ann Nowell and Mike ' Winslow
were crowned princess a n d'
prince. Miss Nancy i Mathews
and Timothy Baker were the
junior princess and ! prince, rep
resenting P. C. Grammar School
Miss Carolyn White , and Joe
Towe White were junior princess
and prince representing Hert
ford Grammar School.
-Miss Joyce Banks and Mike
Winslow represented.! the 8th
grade 4-H club. K. '. .
As the king and green, princes
and princesses walked in to the
lovely staged garden scene, thus
began the 4-H Talent in the
Kingdom's Court. Miss Roger
son wore a white ruffled even
ing gown carrying an arm spray
of fox 'glove and-fern. ,
Miss Nowell wore a light
green ensemble, carrying a nose
gay of roses and sweet Williams.
Narrating for the event was
Miss Eva Ann Smith, vice presi
dent of the 4-H County ouncil.
The following blue ribbon win
ners Will represent Perquimans
County at District Day on June
20 in Washington N. C: Chuck
White, . Beth Harris and Pam
Perry, Anna Martha f Chesson,
Nellie Mae Sumner, ' Sandra
Webb and Linda Winskw, Bar
bara and Connie Sawyer.
Those in the red fibbnn.. eraih
were .caroiyn :ixng, ava. Ann
Smith, -Carol Cartwright and
Carolyn Lane, Ann" Benton, Pat
Long, Nita Nixon and Marie
Barefoot. , ..
,. Those in the ' white ribbon
group were Tommy Long, .Vern
on ' Hinslow, Yvonne Winslow,
Brenda Sawyer, Evelyn Tarking-
ton and Carolyn Long, Sharon
Bundy, Linda Ward and Norma
Spear.
Judging for ; this event were
Mrs. Elsie Edwards, assistant
home economics agent of Tyrrell
County; Murray, Goodwin, as
sistant county agent of Tyrrell
County," and George Hughes, as
sistant farm agent, of Pasquo
tank County. ,
C.;T. Rogerson was rec
ognized as the .most outstanding
adult leader in the Eastern Dis
trict for 1960. i. She was present
ed a ' $25.00 Savings Bond.
John E. Piland, Eastern Dis
trict: Agent, was; in Perquimans
County and attended ther pro
gram. , i
Lccd.!:I!::.ists
ToAltcdCssb
Methodist churches in this
area will: join ; in a Christian
Mission to be held in the Ply
mouth Methodist' - Church. June
3-6, with Dr.' Hanry Denman,
Nashville, Tennessee, as speaker,
Using as their theme the qua-drenr-ial
theme of flie Methodist
Chuich, "Jesus Christ is Lord,"
more than 25 churches in' the
area have cooperated - in spon
soring, this four-night evangelis
tic effort. :' Dr. Denman is Direc
tor of Evangelism for the Meth
odist Church, a Iryman who has
demoted his life to the' spiritual
enrichment of - fellow-laymen.
KiTf X .euio- its m this area
h; ,e 1 rd I r. Lnman speak
at
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y r ' t at
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and ev. ; j s
s '.i llj.;. jy i
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t, and tUe fi
) a giant rlly
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To Observe Loycliy
Sunday On May 23
Sunday, May 28 is Loyalty
Sunday at First Methodist
Church, Hertford, ' climaxing sixj
weeks of intensive' concentration I
on the program of rhe church for
the 1961-62 ; Conference year.
has been the emphasis of the
SepS
past six weeks, as
for the Every Member, Canvass
and Loyalty Sunday have , been I The average number of acres
made." f ' ;.-':... . '-- 'diverted from production of corn
On 'Friday night, May: 26, all; and grain sorghums under the
members of the Official Board j 1961 Feed Grain Program . in
and the Visitation Teams for, the North Carolina is exactly one-
Kwrif Mpimhpr Panwaoe will inin
in a supper meeting at 6:30 p.
M., in the Fellowship Hall of the ing to A. P. Hassell, , Jr., Admin-' resiaent Kennedy has or
church. ThP niu-Dosp of this istrative Officer for the Aericul- , dered the government to keep
meeting is to complete plans for tural Stabilization and Conser
Sunday's activities and to cb- valion State Committee, the av
ordinate the visitation program era8e farm in North Carolina
with the-Official Board's adoD-'w'll divert a total of 11 acres
tion of the program for the com
ing year.
' At Sunday morning's : eleven
o'clock service, the minister, the
Rev. James,. A. Auman, will
preach on "D-Tay", and will
recognize, : committees Who have
been working on the Every
Member Canvass. There will be
a brief commissioning service for
the visitation teams. Sunday af
ternoon, beginning' at 2 o'clock,
these teams will ,-s, visit every
Methodist Church home to se
cure pledges for the .support of
next year's program; .Church
members are being requested to
Remain at heme 'Sunday After
noon nintil a canvass Visitor has
called at their home. The Of
ficial Board has made" a spe
cial request that every church
member attend Sunday morning
chuni service as a part of their
response to the efforts of the
Board to bring the' canvass to
a successful conclusion. ;
Henry C. btokes and Charles
Harrell-are general chairmen of
this year's Every Member Can
vass; serving with them have
been R. L. Hollowell and Tal-
(Continued on Pag Three)
.
f.Trs. Dora Riddick
toed By Club
Mrs. Dora T. Riddick was
elected Club Woman of the
Year by - the Perquimans Busi
ness . and Professional Women's
Club at the installation banquet
held recently at the First
Methodist Church.
In presenting Mrs. Riddick the
award, Mrs. Betty Swindell
brought out that during the
past year Mrs. Riddick, an out
standing member since joining
the club, . had served as Pro
gram ' Co-ordination Chairman
and worked up the details of
the "Course In Political Bci-1
ence which the club sponsored
for nine weeks last fall. She
also served as the club's scrap
book chairman and music chair
man. .
Mrs. Ruby Blythe' of Rocky
Mount, a past State BPW presi
dent, installed the officers for
the new year. She spoke brief
ly on the state program, "Di
mensions In Democracy," and
called attention to the fact that
open ''house would be. observed
at the State BPW headquarters
in Chapel Hill on June 17, Of
ficers , , instaUed . were: ' ; Miss
Hulda . Wood, i president; Mrs.
Essie Burbage, first vice presi
dent; -Mrs. , Roxarina Jackson,
second vice president; Miss Thet
ma Elliott, recording secretary;
Mrs. Marie Elliott, correspond
ing secretary "and Mrs. AUce
Owens, treasurer.
During the program Mrs. Rox
anna Jackson spoke on BPW
membership and presented each
member a golden lock and key,
Mrs. fc' ry Dale Lane sang "I'll
V.V.E . "I God." The follow
i j j .. i were recognized:
- IT" fcb-i of .Rocky
, i. T s C '-ns, I'rs.
!" "j. nearer -
. I " ry ' fr.r
f '! ' II
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WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS This patrolman is snap
ping sequence .pictures from his prowl car of the white
station wagon which has just ignored a "left turn only"
sign. Photos from the German-made camera unit, called
Traffipax, will be used as evidence when the driver appears
In court. The rig is marketed in the United States by
Minneapolis-Honeywell.
Feed Grain Participation In
State Average Half Of Nation
half of the , a vera Ce on farms
I throughout the nation. ' Accord-
from the production of corn or
grain sorghums as of the report
for the week ending May 12.
The average diversion per farm
throughout the nation as of a
week earlier, May 5, is 22 acres.
The average per farm payment
for this diversion in North Caro-
i Una is somewhat, better than
half of the average payment for
the nation.. For North Carolina
the average advance payment
:"or participating in ; the feed
grain program through May 12
was $158, while through May 5
for the nation was $288.
During the first four weeks
through May 12 o the 'signup
under the 1961 Feed Grain Pro
gram, 37,122 farms in North
Carolina had signed up to par
ticipate- in the program.
This week's- report shows an
increase of 62,135 acres from the
341,728 acres "of diversion being
reported under the program last
week. ,. T
Hassell further reported that
383,454. acres of corn and 20,409
acres of grain sorghums on the
"participating" farms had been
signed up for diversion to a
conservation use.
The cooperating farms ; hav
14)59-60 base acreage totaling
702,997: acres for corn and 29,
985 acres for grain sorghums.
, 'For all farms signed, advance
payments under provisions per
mitting about half of the pay
ments to . 'be made this . Spring
come to $5,854,431, This repre
sents - ar " total : possible payment
for these farms of approximately
$13 million.
Hassell urged corn and grair
sorghum farmers, who feel tha
they might be interested in thf
program to get in touch witt
their local ASC county office
It is important that North Caro
Una farmers ' cooperate in , tht
1961 Feed Grain Program.
high percentage of participatior
I by North Carolina farmers am
I farmers " throughout the natior
will indicate the willingness o:
farmers, to assist the Depart
ment of Agriculture in design
ing and administering farm pro
grams for the ienefit of all
all farmers and all consumers.
Winners Named
In Bus Roadeo
.; , 4 - v
, The Sixth - Annual District
School Bus Roadeo, composed ol
Chowan,-? Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Gates, Camden, Currituck
and Dare, was held at -Harvey
Fomt M&y 16.
, First place winner in the girls'
division was Jacqueline Bonner
of v Gates- County Central "High
School, who was; presented
$100 scholarship, donated by the
vim .Life . Insurance Co. -1 Car-
roll McDonnell of Perquimans
County High' took second place
honors. In the boys' division, a
$100 scholarship was presented
to Ronald Bunch of the John A.
Holmes High School" iri'Edenton,
with Leon B. Jordan of Pasqoio
Wnk County Central High School
winning second place. -' v ;
i -. Th.-. winner in. achc. division
o ,woh an all eXDense paid
ict CI.o.pel Kill June 13 to
pt-te in the Ctate School Bus
' ) Is i j '3 shc! 'p. 1
26; 1961.
This Week's f
Headlines
hands off a private effort to
trade Fidel Castro some 500 trac
tors for a group of Cuban reb
els. This report came from
Washington after it had been
disclosed the U. S. spent some
$45 million :on the unsuccessful
attempt to oust Castor from con
trol of Cuba.
National Guardsmen remained
on duty in Montgomery, Ala.,
early this week following ac
tion by the Alabama governor
declaring ' martial law for the
city. Trouble developing within
Montgomery following appear
ance of two freedom rider buses
resulted in the federal govern
ment sending in U. S. marshals
while the governor countered by
calling out the guards, , J
' -TrusteelWh S feater Uni
versity of North Carolina this
week acted to de-emphasis foot
ball and basketball activity at
N. .C. State and UNC after
hearing' reports concerning parts
played by five athletes in the
gambling episodes involving the
two schools.
Gen. Curtis Lemay, credited
with building this .nation's hard
hitting nuclear bomber force,
has been named by President!
ivenneay to command tne Air
"orce, beginning June 30. Wash
ngton reports hint General Le
nay may succeed to the post as
lead of the Joint . Chiefs of
staff.';
ASC Office Offers
Extra Sign-up Time
The ASC office will remain
apen Saturday morning, May 27,
and Memorial Day, May 30, for
:orn and feed grain producers
who are interested in taking
part in the 1961 Feed Grain Pro
jram and are unable jo come ty
the, office during office hours,
Jie Perquimans County ASC ol
fice announced today. If any
me is unable to come during
hese hours call George Bellmon
t telephone number 6061 and
ie will arrange for you to sign
ip. The deadUne for signing up
s June 1, 1961.
According to a count on Tues
lay, May 23, covering the 1961
Teed Grain Program, corn and
Train sorghum producers on 513
arms in Perquimans County had
aled forms indicating their in-
jentions to participate in the
urogram. These agreements cov
ered ,7,684 acres of corn and 11
lcres of grain sorghum which
ave been signed up for diver
sion to- conservation uses this
year. Slight drafts ' in, the
amount of $149,898 have been
mailed; to producers as advance
payments. .. OT;edrir arfct 'grjim
sorghum acreage diverted.
Producers who are interested
in the program should get in
touch with the county ASC of
fice bright away.
Beagle Club To .
Meet On June 1
.The Albemarle Beagle Club
will hold meeting on Thurs
day night, June 1, beginning at
8 o'clock at Oak Point Service
Station it was reported .today
by Ike Peftry, secretary of the
club. v All members, are urged to
attend and persons" interested in
dogs and wildll'e are invited
MajdetCilam
Meet Friday 'NigKt
Youth Bound Over
To Superior Court
On Theft Charge
A Norfolk, Virginia youth, TOn Commerce stated a
James Johnson, was bound ovl10n,vetll,neet,,, was
4e nit . ; conducted and the committee
to Superior Court for hearing on Luoi . uiieB
u t i . . chairmen were impressed with -a
charge of larceny of an auto- rh.mhM. ..
mobile, following a preliminary
hearing in Perquimans Record-
er's Court Tuesday morning.
T. .. , .
The youtn was also given a 60
. . , ,
day sentence, suspended upon
L11 J,!05er:Pang the "county. 6 HowevTr;
he had pleaded guilty to
t-.caucu eu.iij iu d
charge of driving without a li
cense.
'Sheriff J. K. White reported
Johnson is being investigated by
the FBI concerning violation of
a federal law of driving a stolen
vehicle across a state line.
Submissions accepted by the
court during the term Tuesday
included the following cases:
James Francis, speeding, $20;
Charlie Whidbee, Negro, speed
ing, $20; Joseph Stelly, speed
ing, $20; Clinton Waters III,
speeding, $19; Earliest Spellman,
Negro, speeding, $35.
James Powell, Negro, exceed
ing height limit, costs; Melvin
Perkins, Negro, exceeding a safe
speed, costs; Jackson Cos ten, Ne-
gro, drunk, $2 and costs; Lloyd
reiton, iNegro, cirunK, and
costs.
.v.
Levi Revell, Negro, was found
euilty on a charge of being
drunk. He was ordered, to pay
a fine of $10 and costs or serve
30 days in jail.
A bond posted by Paul Bou
hon was orderefefedwhen
Bo"un'on, Ifail9d ',to appear "in court"
to answer to charges of speed
ing. :
On Regulations In
Edenton June 2nd
H. A. Cohoon, wildlife pro
tector of Perquimans County, an
nounces that the Wildlife Re
sources Commission will hold a
series of public hearings in each
of the Commission's .nine dis
tricts to give sportsmen an op
portunity to express their opin
ions regarding the 1961-1962
hunting and trapping regula
tions.
Mr. Cohoon. said that the Com
mission met in Raleigh May 10,
to establish a set of proposed
regulations that will be present
ed at the hearings.
One of these hearings is sched
uled to be held in the Chowan
County Court House Friday
night, June' 2, at 7:30 o'clock.
Cohoon urges local sportsmen
to attend this, which will be a
meeting for the entire First Dis
trict. :'
Up for consideration this year
is a proposal that the squirrel
season be opened statewide on
October 16, and close January 1.
The Commission proposes es
sentially the same season on
bear as last year, October 16
through January 1,' with minor
local exceptions, and the same
dates would generally apply , to
the deer season. 'Requests for
consideration of an open sea
son on antlerless deer in certain
localities should be made to
the Commission by August 11 so.
that public hearings on the sub-,
ject can be held during the week
of September 4.
The rabbit season, would. be
opened "November 23 and close
February 15 except in Alleghany
Ashe, Avery, Mitchell Watauga
and Yancey counties where the
Continued on Pag Thre
County Students
E.C.C. Graduates
Four Perquimans County stu
dents, Patrick HarrelL Shelby
Jean. Overton, Jeannette Wil
Uams and Lois Violet Winslow.
Were among rthe mor thart' 1,006
students to receive diplomas and
degrees t East Carolina CoUege
commenccnent exercises con
ducti
life Meeting
5 Cents Per Copyj
Directors of the r Perquimans
Chamber of Commerce received .
progress reports on the first, six
months of operation last Friday
nicrht iiVi or. nnw.;.. l : '
of the organization met with the
directors to give details of the
j achievements for the period.
A. W. Mills, manager of . the
.December """""V
Each of the various commit.
kj uj "
,tees had had program meetings
j . 6
and most had come ud with
fn, ,. p . w""
if was nninfoH f th
I ww viivuv, ytaiU
cannot be accomplished over
night and continued work will
be necessary to achieve goals.
Ideas being developed for eco
nomic improvement, as reported
by the various committees, were
given as follows:
Crop Marketing: Establish-,
ment of banded warehouse, a
peanut butter factory and road
side market for farm produce.
Livestock Marketing: Farm
income through development of
cattle and feeder pig sales. Two
cattle sales conducted had gra
tifying results. '
Industrial Committee: Has
Completed survey,' now in hands
of C & D Board for its use in
aeveioping industry leads; in
contact with two firms consid-
erina relocation of industrv
... "" ... -1
Merchants Committee: Plan
ning Fall Festival to be held
October 6; studying plan for
development of. Merchants', Cre
dit Association.
Established Business: Report
ed several- ijpeeHii.,.airoed at
mprgyin JiiteaTSiiwsiness eondi .
4'
tions;- attemptecfiBveepiooa''
ville , Prison Canp' ?'otenf ''seek
ing to obtain an auto license of-'
fice for county. " v ,
The local Commercial De
velopment Committee reported
it felt best opportunity along its
line is to seek establishment of
a food processing plant and work
on this plan is continuing.
The Transportation Committee
reported it had acted to seek
improvement to off street park
ing and to secure improvements
to U. S. 17. i
A. M. Mills reported, the
Chamber has been working with
Congressman Bonner for reac
tivation of Harvey Point and is
participating with the 10 County
Albemarle Area Development
Association, with John Costen
and the Chamber manager on
planning committees, pf this as
sociation.
Poppy Day Sales
Set For Saturday
The American Legion Auxili
ary announced today that 1961
Poppy Day will be observed
here Saturday, May 27. ,
Auxiliary Poppy . Chairman,
Mrs. Thomas H. White, said the
annual observance is held to
honor the : more than 500,000
Americans who died, and the
nearly 1,000,000 'Americans who
were wounded, in both ' world
Wars and the Korean Conflict.
"Memorial poppies, made byn,
disabled veterans . of this coun
try's' past';threo- wars,- will be
worn both, as a memorial, to our
war dead, : and as a tribute to
the disabled,". Mrs. White said.
She added the. red paper poppies
supplied in this area were made
at the Veterans Hospital In Dur
ham. - ' "'v;'y '. -J. : ,
ary said Poppy Day ; a5 one
basic purpose, ... V to provide a
personal means of honoring the
nation's war dead., Volunteer
workers from the Auxiliary and
other groups have donated their
time to hold this annual pro-'
gram. '
Auxiliary officials said that al
though all funds received from
Poppy Day go either to dis
abled veterans or their families,
the main purpose of the observ
ance is to honor America's war
dead. -
;The local, Auxiliary v ' I "!.."'
a weiner W't ft '
Mrs. r--'-" '
for f - : i