North Carolina Newspapers

r 177 PEMOUII EICLY WANS WE Vc.ume XXVlil. Number 45. ?6:jicG7v Dri "J T.The October term of Perquim- Jans Superior Court 'adjourned ' Friday of last week after the i' Grand jury had been jrecon- vened , and : indicted two wit- nesses for perjury in connec-' 4 i 'tion with evidence given in' the t case ih which John ; Wilmer J , Chappell . was charged s with manslaughter. ' - $ The petty jury found Chappell '. not guilty of the charge, return ing ' the verdict " on Thursday. IJudge jChester Morris ; ordered -; the grand -jury to reconvene ahd following questioning of a number of witnesses the grand Js juty. indicted Wayland White, Jrs, on charges of perjury and latjer indicted Lawrence Moffitt : on', the same charge. Both .had , been ' witnesses in the ' man slaughter case. , ' ,,Judge, Morris, set bond for each of the men at $9,000 for v appearanre at the next term1 of ! ". criminal ' court in , "Perquimans County. The defendants secur ; ed the bond end . were released from custody. , . . What appeared to be .an extra session for th court, running - into Monday and possibly Tues- day of this week, disappeared when the Court allowed a con tinuance in the civil action of . Carson D. Spivey Adm. vs. Gertrude Boyce, et as.( The final civil action heard during the court term was the case of J. C. Blanchard & Co. . vs. Crafton Matthews, Jr. This matter' was compromised shortly ; after, noon on r Friday, And the term ' was , adjourned . following i ' I arraignment of Lawrence Mof 1 fitt. Scout Camp-out , Scheduled Friday j Boy ScoUt Troop 155 of Hert- . ford, , , w jji", ,baye , ( , ' ' campout , a tD Theboys wIl (eav? aj th &cput hut at, 4;36. P, M,',, pccojdinAo an announcement r by, the,' .Sxxput master, MarviriT Slmpsoni ' and will engage in an active program of advancing, ...their . skills'', in' Scoutcraft. , . . t ' ! The Girl Scouts and their leaders are invited , to a weiner roast at Camp Perry, at 6 P M. .aSturday. Parents of the boys pnd giri are invited also to the weiner roasV On Sunday re ligions services, will be conduct ed 'at which the boys will attend .'with' their - leaders.. The troop plans to return . home about 3 j J. M Sunday. The-public Is in- "vSted to visit CamD Perry dur- iwgtJhii camping eHperience. i::Dc2EiGfibQcordpr Following , a recess 6f two' ' weks,- an unusually heavy dock j et was disposed of during Tues , da's term' of : Perquimans Re corder's Court;' presided over by I Judge Charles E. Johnson, Jr. Morgan F. Hickey, charged with driving ynder the influence, j reckless driving, leaving ' th,e ' scene of an .accident and failing to' give name,', was given a six months road sentence. Sentence to' be suspended upon payment ; ol i200 and court costs. , Joseph Milton'1 Spruill,1 charg-' , ed, with . reckless : driving, im proper' registration, was found guilty of reckless driving, not ' guilty" of improper registration. Spruill v i fined $25, court , cosMo con; therefrof. . ' , James Edward Gordon, failure to qbsrve a '.stop sign, failure to report an. accident, was fined ; $25 and taxed with costs;- ,.. ; Percy Lee Riddick, charged : with' driving tfter license re : voked- or suspended," was fined $25 and taxed wLh costs. ' ' William II-nry White,' Harri ' : son Hurdle, L .lly ' 3, Charlie ?;'; 't, a'l c" -tz' 1 v' h no op- -r's 1 v a each fined t r I-,' Jr., ; rie of J w: 'i Connection PTAIriveFor Vc:!:!yflena.Y2ls To Close Friday - Readers ' of ,. The Perquimans Weekly who desire to renew their subscription through the Parent-Teacher Associations of Hertford ' and Central Grammar Schools and thus help these or ganizations to . raise . funds for PTA activities, are advised they must do so by Friday, of next week. .The PTA groups hav been acting as subscription agents for The Weekly during the past four weeks, seeking renewals for this newspaper but the drive will come to a close . November 17. ' Mrs. R. E. Vickers of the Hertford PTA' and Mrs. Ike Stokely of Central PTA, who have been directing the drive, urge their solicitors to complete a canvass of their territory im mediately and be' prepared, o make reports Friday morning. Weekly, subscribers are again reminded the management, in an effort to assist the PTA in this project and help the fund raising drive, has mailed no no tices of subscription expirations while the PTA solicitors have been -working. No ndtices ,- of expiration will be mailed .before January 1. . However, subscrip tions that have expired will be discontinued at the close of the PTA campaign unless ... renewed through a PTA solicitor. Home Fla? Kits Still Available CTfairmen Marian Swindell of theJaycee Flag Pr6ject.istate9i,'.uinfians'-e-0 Healt .CommU7l tnai'the1 Home jrug ' ivits. arepvvc .h.bm-.', stiU 'available by calling: 12811 .orfuenta ui witn iuDercuiosWo: 4211' or asking any ' Jaycee,. 7 He' also1 asks that all persons Having-flags io please display them- this Saturday in observance of Veterans Day, - GIRL SCOUT MEETING Hertford Girl Scouts of Troop Mrs. George Barbee, held their regular monthly meeting Octo ber 24, 1961 at the Teenage Cen ter in Hertford. At this time, girls of Patrol No. 4, , a newly organized patrol, were invest ed. Refreshments of punch, cookies ' and ; huts - were served parents and guests attending the ceremony. : le,1 "Jr., all charged with failure to observe a stop sign, paid the costs. 1 - . Larry Kindell Mills, Thurman Whedbee, . James Elihu Modlin, George Robert White, Hersey Earl White,' Joe - Wheeler Nor man, Willie Goodwin, Johnny White, were each taxed with costs for having - improper muf- 1a.b ..... I Luther Vincent Garratt,j:harg ed with speeding, paid a fine of $8.25 and court costs. .' ; Murray J. Tynch, Alf,redWil der, Joseph . Clinton.,, Spencer paid , fines of $10.25 and court costs on speeding-charges.. - Howard i - Coctrine - . Hurdle, charged i with improper brakes end ' failure to ; observe a stop siizn, paid, a fine qf $10 and court costs. , , i James B.. . Edwards paid ' the costs on ' a charge of failure ta comiMv with restriction., on ,oper ator's license. , Garland Matthews ; Lane paid the costs for failure to observe ... . . ... A Stop Sign. , . . .William Grant' Modliif, Lloyd "Dewitt Moore, charged with driving on the left side of the street, paid court costs, v James Smith, charged, with' f-'''tre to see -that intended - .lent could be made in !y, was fined $10 and costs. ; TMiiard Johnson paid Hertford Perquimans County, Morth r Iti ChalrmEn TB Sc!es For Perquimkns and civic leader has "been' named mm iivn leaaer, nasDeen named, V 5 - t-.i:ff.,'- 1 V. - 9 chairman of the INI Christmas'. ""c"u"'s Seal campaign for Perquimans County, according to Andrew J. Bailey, president of Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden 1 Tuberculo sis Association. , ,'' Mrs. Jackson, said Bailey, is - . well qualified to be representing Perquimans County. She is most :4L...j : iu . u i.i. . interested in the health " welfare of its citizens. . Mrs. Jackson has been past president of Hertford Grammar PTA, the Hertford BPW, served four years j : i ii xriir A --i -r TMS is the :55th. annual Chris t- maselSeal campaignv; to : raise fbhd&.ifor-4hfe voluntary fight atainst tuberculosis and .will eet under way November i3th., Pro-i ceeds from1. the campaign- sup- port tne- local programs in m control. . This WcckV I Headlines I North "Carolina voters on Tues day voted down 10 proposals to issue state bonds' in the1 amount of $61.6 millions. The proposals had ; been backed by Governor "Sanford as a progressive 'move for ' ' the state's advancement. While the election drew a small vote, reports stated public - re sehtment over the recently en Acted sales' tax on food was a de ciding factor in the outcome. Fire losses estimated in the millions of dollars occurred earl ier this'.' week when ' flames burned over-a 10-mile area in the Santa Monica section' of California. The brush firei fan ned by winds, was termed the worst fire in California history. Many homes destroyed " were owned by top movie stars and producers, rated in the 50-100 thousand dollar class. . Konral Adenauer was re elected chancellor pf West .Ger many Jhis week- with an under Standing ... the aged leader will retire, - within two- years.. ; The election of Adenauer came about through a coalition of two par ties in the . German Parliament following, an election which saw Adenauer's party lose, its ma jority.' ', ,,C , ' . !'S :-j'Jv-: ' ' " "', ' :t':. ' -'V-'' Efforts on the part of the United Nations' to secure a ban on further nuclear tests are ex pected to fail since both Russia and the V. S. oppose the action. The Soviet tests in recent weeks left the U. S. with no position except to resume tests to main-1 lain its equality with Russia. MASONS Ta MEET - ! Perqnimans. A. F, & A. M Lodge No. 106, will meet Tues- day ,night Rt 7:30. o'clock. xjW. u. v-.-vwaa. Chamber of Commerce; John Association and 1S now serving Derrickson, highway committee as chairman of community sick;chairman of the Elizabeth city loan closet for Perquimans chamber; Walter Jennette, Eliza County. Mrs. Jackson is well beth City motel operator; Robert acquainted with the threat of Hol)owell, - highway committee tuberculosis since she has served chairman of the - Perquimans on various committees in the Chamber, of Commerce; Mayor interest of TB control in the V- Darden of Hertford; county. 1 s (Thomas T. Spivey, Perquimans ' Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Negro County Commissioner; Gilliam Home ' Agent, will again repre- Wood, N. C. District 1 highway sent 'Perquimans Negro citizens, commissioner; W. P. Jones, high Mrs. Taylor has kept, her club way chairman, of the Edenton members and citizens on local chamber; Mayor John A. Mitch and state facts on tuberculosis ener of Edenton, Joe Stone, R. artd helped to organize the Per-,M AtkinsQn, J Jr.,, end James M: Perquimans Officials Endorse ov; C3ig!iv;ay To Clieaspec!ic Pay Project A publit. hearing will be held' in the Elizabeth ; City ' Court House in January on a short cut between . Elizabeth City-and Moyock to the Vu-ginia i line, a tri-couhty meeting Monday af , te'rnobn in the Edenton' Restau rant voted. ':"',. . ;. I .. . Renrpspntativpc fmm PncrtiiA. J 1- . n ; j uiiih., i x-erquimans ana vnowan counties attended.: : ' Mayor Levin Culpepper of Elizabeth Citv. chairman oitH economic reasons for, i construe - tion of the road, At present an engineering" study is being made to determ ine the route through Virginia from Maryland to the North Carolina line. ThiB rpnnrt is . P"1 ' "" December; . ... ... . ,. nuarinii win oe nienwav i.nm-, mission chairman, Merrill Ev ans, William E. Babcock, direc tor of the Highway Commission, and area commissioners. Persons in the Albemarle area are being urged to write letters T ' Z a V k . 7 dressed to Evans but mailed to Mayor Culpepper in order that they may be presented together at the January meeting, Attending were George Attix, manager of the Elizabeth City Robinson , of Edenton. , ; - Christmas Checks Christmas .savings checks amounting to some $33,500 will be paid out next, week to the more than 566 members of the clubs of the Peoples' Bank & Trust Company, it was an nounced Monday by R. M. Rid dick, executive vice president of the local bank. , Mr. Riddick stated the Christ mas . . Savings Club plan this yeiar- was :. among the most suc cessful . ever sponsored by the bank. ' r;-. The : release', of : these funds saved . by the members during the past 50 weeks is expected to be reflected in early Christ mas shopping in the community during the next few weeks. - Mr. Riddick announced the new . savings - club for 1962 will be opened within a short time at the local bank and the pub lic is invited to join in this savings plan,, which will run for a total of 50 weeks. Bank To Pav Out Watershed Tour Map '' !". - - 1 "' ' ' '. ' ' r . '" 1 . '..'"-.' - ." " .:i ' ' V" ,-.;'.''.' mm mm - mmmmm.mi mm mtm m ... -m uwm -mumm m Picturad above Is tht watmhtd lour map in connection with ' lh dadtaatinn n ?ti Mill f!Mtr Wilanhait mnA mninilhnalriiiil ; jUS.'S!! kJt 2 s P. ThL m!HM MimtaPtfMinu hMbtm?' trK , visited following the dedication Carolina; Yiday, .November 10, ittftt. Telephone Co. Is Seeking Increase In Phone Rates i ,, . .. . ne 0lk & Carolina Tele- ' """f " lele8raPn company oi l zaetn as given buzaoetn uny nas given no- 1" lnatl an uapp"f"?.n s D,een made to the North Carolina Utilities Commission for an in crease in telephone rates. The date for the hearing is Tues-i ' aay mornl"e. j . November 21, at the office of the lu O ClOCK at : Commission in Raleigh at which time ahv nprson nM nv n tha favor or oppose the increase, The present rates and the pro posed new rates appear else- I Where in this issue of The Her- Farm Bureau Recommendations The commodity committee of the Perquimans County Farm Bureau met in the Agricultural Building in Hertford on Mon day night for the purpose of making recommendations to be presented at the North Carolina Farm Bureau convention which will open in Raleigh on vember 19. Clifford Winslow, president of; the Perquimans Farm Bureau, is' urging all farmers in the coun- ty to read the resolutions care-1 fully, and if they have addi-i tional resolutions they wish pre sented to contact the k Farm Bu reau before the .convention date. The recommendations by the Commodity Committee made at the meeBf1a,a4"jfoJlosv!(Eii dorses the; Wgrfculturaf Research Program that "has been carried ori ai)djjbelieyes; mjBr.rsea!?clt on nejl uk ptt, agrpuUur4 Jpro ducts, especially peanuts, is of vital importance. The Perquimans Bureau ques tions the effectiveness of the Peanut Electric Sampler. We recommend a study to the dam-' age it does the peanut sample when taken. I Suggests the Farm Organiza tion be consulted on method of schooling of peanut graders. Heartily endorses the Hog Choi-1 era eradifica tion program spon sored by the Veterinarians and National Government. Recom mends that seed corn be dated as to the'year it is produced. The Perquimans Farm Bureau recommends all County Refer endums to be held on the same date as ASC Community elec tions. v The recommendations were concluded with the Farm Bureau suggesting, a strong education program be started to educate non-farming -roups of the facts of the need of farm surplus for National Defense and economy. war miu tM ttmsitCD CMOWM MO KMUIMANS COUNTItS MOT MOllM exercises, Football Season Against Camden ' The Indians of Perquimans High School will ring down the curtain , on their 1961 foetbailt season Friday night when they meet uamden High School on; Memorial Field. ;Yjh! Sporting a 3-6. record, ' Per quimans will be out to improve that record. Pre-game dope favors the Indians slightly but Camden has a good team and fans will be treated to a good ball pane. Coach Ike Perry's sqmd blanked Scotland Neck last Fri- day night to wind up its Albe marie conference games with a 3-2 record. Final score was 19.0. Freddie and Francis Combs each threw touchdown passes for Perquimans, Fred passed 10 to Nixon for a TD and - ....... Francis hit McGoogan on a 40 i yard toss for another. Overton scored Perquimans third TD to mae the score 19.0. Ppmillmans nnroH Trio in tno first, second and final periods. r . Reject Bond Issues In one of the lightest votes ,.vpr ra.t in pomilimano rt oters on Tuesd rejected of the ten bond issue proposals backed by the State Administra tion. Little interest was shown in the election prior to the bal lotinc and the outcome was about as predicted by the local election officials, Only a total of 438 voters went to the polls in Perquimans County to express their opinion on the bond issues, The only proposal favored by Perquimans County , voters was that which had to do with state mental institutions. ' Results from the six precincts in Perquimans County were as follows: For capitol bonds, 143 to 292. State training schools, for 199 tb 240. State educational insti tutions, for 193 to 241. Com munity colleges, for 192 to 240. Archives and history, for 128 to 298. State ports, for 160 to 266. State mental institutions, for 229 to 215. Hospitals, for 187 to 251. . Natural resources, for 152 to 276. State 184 to 252. agriculture, for Court Of Honor Set For Scouts Boy Scout Troop 155 will con duct a Court of Honor on Mon day, November 13, at 7:30 P. M. at the Court House in Hertford, according to an announcement by the Scoutmaster, Marvin Simpson. The public is invited to attend. Merit badges will be awarded to the boys in recog nition of their advancement in Scouting skills. . Any boy 10 years of age or cider is especially invited to visit the Court of Honor with his parents and to learn about the Scouting program. Scout officials will be glad to talk with them about new boys join ing the troop. Youth Revival To Start Friday The Young Peoples 'Union of the Woodville Baptist Church announce a Youth Revival dur ing November 10-12. Speaker f or the four services will be Terry Jones, Chowan College ministerial student from Eden- ton. Director of music will be George Seymour from Elizabeth City, also a student at Chowan College. . Services will begin at 7:30 P. M. with special music pro vided by young people from va rious communities. : i Jaycees To Hold 'Turkey Shoot -: v Hertford Junior Chamber of PerquimansiVoters Commerce will sponsor a turkey so that it 'cannot be moved and shoot : at Perquimans Memorial dragged around the grounds. Field between the hours of 3j . The Jaycees have completed and 9 P. M., on Saturday, No- plans and are ready to embark vember 18, it was announced On a campaign to make the cen today t by the president, John ter -attractive and permanent Beers. -' ' - 5 . There will be nothing on the tot h Beers said in case of rain the shoot will be conducted on the following Saturday, Commissioners Adopt Resolution For Paying 265,000 Bond Issue Hertford Board I! Meeting here in special ses sion last Monday night, mem bers of the Hertford Town ooara voted to employ L. E.I Wooten .and Company of Raleigh as consultant engineers to con duct a preliminary survey rela tive to installation cf a sewage disposal system for Hertford. Mayor V. N. Darden reported Employs lialeigh Firm For Survey following the meeting the Town mission setting forth bids for of Hertford will request an ex-1 the bonds will be received and tension of 12 months from the ; opened in Raleigh November 14. State Stream Sanitation Com-1 The Local Government Com mission for the filing of this mission has set un a srhpH.ilp nf 'preliminary survey, after which, 1 If firanted. the town Will Dro- !ceed with complying with regu- I larinnc ac cm nut hu tho rnm. - WMv j wui..- mission. Mayor Darden said no date has been set for the Wooten firm to begin its survey but this situation will be determined by the State Commission on the re- quest for a time extension. BPW Club Prepares TB Seal Envelopes Members of the Hertford Business and Professional Wo man's Club met recently at the home of Mrs. Roxanna Jackson for the purpose of preparing the envelopes for mailing of $e TB Christmas Seals to the citizens of Perquimans County.- The BPW Club has been assisting the County TB chairman in this for the past ten years. Those members and gue- as sisting , in .preparing ,Jhe enve lopes were Miss Reba Spivey, Mrs. Marie Elliott, Mrs. Roxanna Jackson, Mrs. Alice Kanoy,' Mrs. Sally Lane, Mrs.. Mary D. Lane, Mrs. Essie Burbage Mrs. Betty Swindell and Mrs Alice -J? Wins- 1UW. Schoolmasters To Meet Here Monday Perauimans County schools will be host Monday night for the Albemarle Schoolmasters' Club, which will meet at 6:30 o'clock at the Central Grammar School, J. T. Biggers, superinten dent of schools, announced. SDecial guests will be mem bers of the Perquimans Board of Commissioners and Education. Board of Improvements To Rec Lot U nd ervay Revival plans of the Perquim ans County recreation center began fast becoming a reality last week when Emmett Land ing, chairman of the Jaycee Planning Committee for the lot, with the aid cf several mem bers and individuals began clean up operations of the grounds in preparation for' utilizing and creating more interest and par ticipation in the recreation cen ter activities. Landing began work on the project with a crew of volun- teer helpers. Using his own j tunds and a small donation oi some lumber and other ma terials scraped up, the group moved, repaired and installed 14 swings, three trapeze and four seasaws. Completed two horse shoe throwing pits, , erected two basketball goals o ground broken and leveled for a dirt basketball court. Everything that the Jaycees are doing to the lot is being done of a permanent nature, the swings and playground equip- ment is all being set in cement, thatwill require year-to-year repair unless it is damaged, . Weather -.will have little or no 6 Cents Per Copy Meeting here for their No vember meeting on Monday, Commissioners for ; Perquimans County adopted a resolution setting for the county's obliga tion for meeting repayment of the new $165,000 in school bonds, expected to be sold by the Local Government Commission next Tuesday. Notice of sale of the bonds, the proceeds for which will be used to construpt a npr hiah j school unit at Perquimans Union School, a cafeteria at Perquim ans High School and installation of additional water lines at the latter school, have been issued by the Local Government Cnm- repayment for these bonds on a hide nf tin nnn from 1963 $20,000 from and $25,000 j through 1969, and hncn u u ime WU3 IIUUUKU IVIi) jfor the following three years. j Interest and principal payments , are to be made each December j and June. The BnarH also wpnt nn rwnrH requesting the State Highway Commission to include Third Avenue in Southern Shores de velopment into the state road system. No action was taken by the Board on a proposal submitted by R. M. Thompson for enlarge ment of the Agriculture Build ing in order to provide addi tional office space for use of federal and state agencies, in cluding the Extension Service, ASCS and FHA. ' A financial report for the op eration of the county for the first four months of this fiscal year was given the Board by County Accountant Max Camp bell. The report revealed ' lhv county will remain well within the budget adopted last June, although as usual for this time of year expenditures are run ning higher than income. Tax collections thus far this year are slightly under the same period last year. Total balances on hand Monday amounted to $72,135, while income for the four months totalled $93,533 and expenditures ran ot $119,445. CLASS TO MEET The Judson Memorial Sunday School class will meet Tuesday night, November 14, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Bill Joyce. All members ! tend. are urged to at- By J ay c e es effect on the materials used. John Beers, president of the Hertford Jaycees, stated this week, following another commit tee meeting, the Jaycees will kickbff their campaign. The program is one of the nicest ever planned for the commun ity, and plans are to make the Recreation lot a gathering place for many groups of people. . Cook-out areas with picnic tables, tennis courts, basketball courts, a little league baseball field, everything to attract the entire family is included in the plans. An accelerated campaign is expected when the ideas are presented to the public by the Jaycee sponsors of the recrea tion lot. V : Emmett Landing is chairman of,' the - Planning Committee. Serving with... Landing are the following: Mrs. A. R, Cook, Woodville; George Baker, Park-" ville; Mrs. Fannie Hurdle, New Hope; Henry Stokes, Hertford; Jesse Dail, Beech Spring and Bear. Swamp . section; . Billy White,' Charles Skinner and Miss Ila Grey Mcllwean. J ' - Up until last week when Mr. Landing and his helpers began their cleanup and fixup cam paign 'readying the lot for the , j real project, the center had just about lost its appeal to .the youngster and grownups.