North Carolina Newspapers

...... s M. Harrell,; Jr, chair ihe Industrial Commit- Perquimans County ' Commerce, Inc., an ursday that efforts ; activating the pickle i ad shipping station at ; .1 have : 1 been . completed, I ion.- which has been in-, :ice 1959, is .now .under 1 1 t to Aunt T Jane Foods, t ' ' Dearborn. Mich:' ; v. The ' k v .on of this station -will '- -.t a substantial increase y farm income : in v the ' Harrell ' said.'' He ' ex i '".hat .the number of acres .i . the county by , Aunt Jar.e Fods is almost unlimited. - ' Lauramce Aydlett, Jr., execu tive manager of the Perquimans County! Chamber of Commerce, and Jafck Smith and Glenn Hunt cf Kaliigh, food , industries . spe mialists with the Department of Conservation and Development, have Keen working with offi cials cf the . company for , the j-t f. v weeks , and advising f tle potential in. this V preliminary ' visit . , by jielow, president of Aunt! ; oods, Marvin Gielow, nager, and Russell Hor, nager, was made earlier ub. and with the heto of (Pete) Thompson, Per ; farm agent, and' W. C. j Perquimans Negro farm , growth potentials and estimations were com vestigated. Fred Wims '.nfall, who at one time lor of. the station, was instrumental ti assist oup with his previous . '-'.. " 4 v. urned December 26 to a contract with the Moody ' Chappell, of u ,hire11-Vte?,?iU MoUmr, vhtwu. of-, th.' chvrrch irea manager.a Chap-rwye mission study "Persons of area ponsibilities wilL in- of contracts '. with V disbursement' of seed ung. running the! grad ons' at "Wmfall amd' hh onnel for- that operation ' as for' shipping.' stated that his company 1 investigating the cool Ities in the areadesign-op- the temperature of s and remove the field r shipping. "The ad ' of growing pickles in a .for our company is rolongs our operation in v The season further ilins somewhere around 1 of; July, , whereas .this usoii will1 .'begin i&out i week of June. ; This, .', extends our - factory i without conflicting ,e 7 northern , crops,", he . San. . pc . gro-v fanr sa' J Pi " f 1 . explained that the Income from the pickle The Chamber manager I r th'e pickles-must be very other day for top kles and that the far dioV this would receive ; for his product. He , that Horn had ordered -ds of seed to be ship nnpell Within av week '1 ccnajcrs Picked Up In ;rd Fcr Theft In Edenton uth Negro teen sted in Hertford ncction. with' 'enton. ..v One of ren Herring, 13, t!-e ; vPerqumans vecks ago, ac- . --e Turnpike; 't r, Jr., 11, and , 17, ho',h ,f 1018 Robert , Vann, I Tbour Drive, 3? TO A. M., by 1 I hway Pa v t.'ijr their y slolcn in "d. 1 io Chowan 11 '.iiary heai-1 vTanunry ' '-oni'f' ine ii.lo TS. I ssnton.Thurs- v,H o;t:.v,rv! P. 1 c;J ft a r rfo! ' i I . I U LM4 Holidays At Home 1 A-3c Herbert Roy; Chappell spent the holidays with : his mother' and father, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Chappell of; Route 2 in Hertford. ' . - , Airman Chappell, a fuel spe cialist, is. assigned to the 3500th Maintenance and Supply Group at Reese Air Force Base in Lub bock. Texas. ' '- He is a, graduate of Perquim ans County i. High - School and prior to his enlistment ' Was em ployed as a salesman for the D. M. Jackson ; Wholesale Company here. He is .a member of the Piney Woods 'Quaker Church at Belvidere. D3l!::dSi!iKlsy Special Need." deals with ' the church's ,'concern for- the ,alco- ered jsli upfle M he ,Hertfjfd ' Dr. William ; Sloan ; from Pet ersburg, Va.,: will be the guest speaker , ,-.- 'This, program will 'also intro duce the public to an open meet ing of AA. , '. Funeral Held For J , ; H.J."Shasr"White iFuneral services for Haywood Josiah "Shag" . Whitev 53, . who died Wednesday - morning, were held. Friday at ' 4 o'clock in the chapel of the SwindeU Faineral Home by the Rev. Norman Har ris, pastor of , the Hertford Bap tist Church. , "Abide ; With Me" '. was sung by Willie Ainsley, Tmmy By rum Carroll William and Pete panied by Mra. J.EUie- White, organist. The. casket pfell was made of red 'roses and white carnations. Pallbearers were Kelly White, Bill White, W. E. Burner, Henry Clay Stokes, Jack" Symons and Colon Jackson.' .. ; ' Burial-, was -' in Cedarwood 'Cemetery. ;'.: ...4:1 a n.n : " : i Norfolk , police said ' the three youths' - arrested with Herring were wanted there on suspicion of auto theft. , f . Herring escaped from the "Per quimans Jail alter ' digging ms way through the fouKbrickthick wall, apparently with a "piece of his bed. " . - Hertford Police Capt. B. ' L. Gibbs said he 1 had apparently fceen working at it for several nights. He was being held for Chowan County Superior Court aCsi r probable cause had been found against him and Joseph .rpman, 17, of Po ; tsmouth, ' on i-ceny t f two nt- :. valued at ,T, from Carr-pen's Jewelers in ton aLout Dc'Til.r 15. Voie si.:a c: t n-T 1 tj : : n a- '3 t tan ':! will ": wr re he ' 1 "ood, i..::::::ay::;s f.tC:;jM:jch The Rev. Charles Allen, South em Baptist missionary to Guate mala, will speak t both morn ing and evening worship services (11' A. M.and 7:30 P. -M. re spectively) on Sunday, January 6, at , the Hertford . Baptist Church , . ' Mr. Allen, ' will ' aLto show slides and cultural- objects of Guatemala : in the lower - audi torium .. of the church at 6:30 P. M. Mr. Allen is a native North Carolinian, having been born in Fayetteville, where he received his high school diploma. He earned a BA degree from Wake Forest College and a BDV degree trpm the Southeastern Theolog ical Seminary in Wake Forest. .'He is married to the former Jean Short of-Hfgh Point" and has two children.. The Aliens ' . have . served in Guatemala three years. Sunday will be Mr., , Allen's last speak ing engagement prior to his re turn to Guatemala this month. : All friends who are interested in Christian' missions are invited io Attend these servicesV i . 1 '. flings Wins $25 Dond 'hi:- On October 10, 1962, the Rich mond,. Fredericksburg and Po tomac Railroad Company offici ally opened a large new 'con solidated Shop building at Bryan Park Terminal, Richmond, Va. In conjunction with the opening ceremony, they demolished ah old coal tipple that was former ly used - to load coal on the tenders ; of i stearn . locomotiyeA The'y followed the theme "The feF&F Topples the Tipple For Progress'," feymbolic" of ; clearing away some' i" of the old shop Uhpp buildings. t LKumbei If Cm titis otdaii balloons were released at - the precise instant the old coal tipple was demolished. ( This was quite spectacular and received rather widespread attention. On some of the balloons there was at teached a car- stating: "You. are the winner of $25.00 U. S. Savings Bond given by the RF&P " Railroad in an interna tional : balloon v race : begun , Oc tober 10,. 1962, Richmond,- Vir ginia, if you fill out this card and mail it 'before (December 31, 1962." - ' ' ,; - One of the cards was returned by Phillip ,Stallings. age 12, Route 1, Belvidere,' North Caro lina, who stated that he found U Saturday,' December 8, 1962. "In the woods , 1 1 don't know why I pfeked it tip While get ting straw for the pigs, but I did and read it" " Phillip received .his $25.0ff U S. Savings Bond for, returning-the card. -, . . . TaxListjt!:'; h Progress fcre .-- '-"' 't . V ,' ' ''t,-' V" Tax listing which has been in progress throughout Perquimans County since January 2 is pro ceeding in its usual pace. s Property owners ". are advised a schedule for each list taker is published, in this issue of The Perquimans Weekly, : and they may take, note of thi schedule and see the list- "taker ' at the" most convenient time.- I :" Friendship. Ck:b ; ' ,V Has Annual Party. -. ,.w "'. -' f' - "3i'rt ' ,-!'...';. 1 t "BvmmmKm The "Friendship-Club"' Of the. .Don' Juan Manufacturing Com pany, held its annual Christmas 'Darty- on Friday night,.. Decem ber 13, at, .the Grammar School cafeteria in Hertford. A deli cious lurl. ry supper .with all the trimml" was enjoyed " by all. T' ' 110 served. ; c a t" lightful pro- ' 1 . ' - i ty membr-5 ' .'.). C - ; -;r v 3 .-cd : -i ' tVe . r a - ra:pM ) i. t - . I : ' MILKMAID Jean Palladino. youngest daughter of the milk-delivering Palladino family, hands a quart to pajama clad John R. Kraemer, 4, in Paulsboro, N.J. She and sisters Lena and Marie, took over milk delivery and truck driving after their milkman: father contracted arthritis. Chamber Of Commerce Is Investigating Prospects For Hospital Or Clinic The .Perquimans ..County Chamber cf Commerce has set up a medical investigation group formed for the purpose of inves tigating and developing either a clinic or small hospital. v ' This project is included in the work program and was ", an nounced at ' the annual banquet. In a letter from Dr. Rossi, odiv-al-Mireotor--of -t!ic Hope- dale Hospital, a few short 'cuts were offered through his advice which possibly : may save time and effort on, the part" of the hospital through bond sales 'and used no- federal, -'state or other grants in their endeavor. Their feature story appeared in the Virginia-Pilot on November 18. 1962. The medical , investigation group of the Chamber intends to investigate all possibilities, including grants. . The medical investigation group is made up of the following: R-L. Hollowell, chairman, R. L. Stevenson, Julian White, . Cecil Winslow, 'Henry Clay-1 Sullivan and Jake Jackson.- :: 1 , .. Rev. Corbin Cherry CompIetesTraining j The Rev.C0rbin Cherry, a na tive son-of Perquimans County, recently completed his seminary training at Candler School of Theology,- Emory . : University. Atlanta,- Georgia. He received the Bachelor of Divinity Degree. Mr. Cherry, visited in Hert ford over the Christmas holidays and preached at the 11 o'clock service at the ' First Methodist Church. ' He is presently serving . as youth director at Capitol - View Methodist Church in Atlanta, Ga. He plans to return to the North Carolina Methodist Con ference in June, and take -a charge at, that time, , , . - Mission Study At Methodist Church The Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Com mission on Missions of the First Methodist Church, Hertford, will sponsor ' a . church-wide mission study which- will begin at the Church' School hour '. Sunday, January 6. - Ccmir.rsidncrs Will r.Ieet January 7th , Commissioners for ' Perquim ans Count will hold their Jan uary met-L' x on Monday, Janu ary 7, in tae Court, House be ginning at 10 A. M. IivJividuals i ; h iiig to confer wi'-h" . the bulird will jiote the time and the d 'e. . - ; ; I Birthdays January 8 , Wesleyan Service Guild i Susannah Wesley Circle i Rotary Club 6:15 j Masonic Lodge x Archie Miller Jack" Hunter... Stanley Ward Stephen Dail I Mrs. J. S- Derrick L January 9 Jaycee Business : Clarence Goodman- . ; .. Howard Long J. Moody Matthews, Jr. Burt Euro David E. Branholm January1 10 Mary Lindsey Beers - Dorothy M. Owens Walter G. Edwards .Shirley Byrum (Retha Norman . Hazel .White January 11 Joseph, White, jr. 'Mrs. CM. White, Jr.. v January 12 . 'Mrs. Charles Harrell - Julian Warren Nixon Tommy Keel January 13 ' 1 , - Milton Long .' 1 '" w- ' ,-Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lay den, Sr. -wedding anniversary i ; Kathryn Williams ; Herman Caddy JT. Lane January 14 Anderson Meth. Men .'Hertford Town Council 'Lusious Winslow . Nancy Mathews ; ; . ::-,:,.i ' :. Gains Reported At Winfall Post Office ' " Thelma M. ' Smith, postmaster at Winfall ost Office, Wishes to thank the public for the co operation they gave in mailing their packages .and cards early. All this helped to give the speedy 'service . with which the mails -' were dispatched and handled.' - . . 1 Sales .of stamps during this holiday season- showed a large increase; over : last year's sales at the Winfall Post Office. Special Service At Methodist Church At 9:45 A .M. Sunday Mrs. Iris F. Liverman, district direc tor of welfare, will speak to all Church .School . classes from the youth- department through the adult classes at the First Metho dist Church. . ... Louis Christian, supervisor of child caring institutions, Divi sion of Child Welfare, will.speak at the 11 o'clock , worship ser vice. , . ' . ' 4 ' ' ' 1 ;; 'u mi.. , 1 MASC::3 MSET- TUECDAY Perouimans Lr-dge No. 106, A. F. St A. M4 will meet Tuesday night, January -8, at 8 o'clock. All metnlefs are urged to attend. Caswc!) School Progof'onday Methodist Church A special program from the Caswell School - cf Kinston, N. C, will be held in the audi torium of the First Methodist Church, Hertford, on Monday night, January 7, at 8 o'clock. This program is also being held in connection with the church-wide : mission study course, "The Church's Mission and Persons of Special Need." Since this is a program that will be of interest ' of others in the town and county, the public is invited to share the program. The program will last about 45 minutes and is brought as a free .service into communities which are interested in the work bein? done for the men tally retarded in this state supported institution. The pro gram will consist of a new film in color, "The Caswell Story" and a display of arts and crafts made by the students of Caswel! School. These items may bt purchased, thus directly benefit ing the residents. The .public is invited to attend all phases of this mission study. Scout Campaign Nets Around P W. W. "Bill" White, chairman of the Perquimans Boy Scouts, announced today that the cam paign to - raise funds to im prove Scouting in Perquimans County netted approximately $600, which exceeded the goal set by $100. Mr. White was ; chairman of the fund drive campaign and Mrs. Ray Haskett was co chairman. Both the leaders wish to ex press.,.their . appreciation to. the team: captains and committees which 'aided .: in exceeding the goal and in such a short time. New Books At Local Library Fifteen new books in the Per quimans County ihis week are all non-fiction. The 'titles are: The Biography of John Adams, by Smith (a book-of-the-month); Whither Africa by McLeod; A Sad Heart at the Super Market by Jarell; In The Clearing, new poems by Robert Frost; Coffee Table Book of Astrology by Lynch; The Drop-Outs by Solo men; Credos and Curios, by Thurber (collected and published by his wife); The Devil's Back bone by Jonathan Daniels; Her Garden Was Her Delight by Hol lingsworth; 'Problems of Parents, by' Spo'ck; Southeast Asia by Life Editors; the December is sue of American Heritage; A Treasury of Driftwood by Ishi moto; Strange Lives of Familiar Insects by Teale, and Keep Laughing by Amsterdam. New fiction - and books for young people will be listed next week. Miss Wright's Father Passes Away Friday , Charlie Austin Wright, 68. of Jarvisburg, retired , farmer and produce dealer, died Friday at 5:30 P. M. in Albemarle Hos pital, Elizabeth City, after a long illness. Born in Beaufort County, he lived in Jarvisburg 68 years. He was a son of Benjamin F. and Mrs. Caroline Snow Wright and the husband of Mrs. Mattie Newbolcl Wright , He was a member of Hebron Methodist Church and Ruritan Club. " Besides his widow, surviving are ft daughter, -Miss Virginia Caroline Wright; a son, Dr. Charlie Newbold : Wright, both of Jarvisburg; three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Symons and Mrs. Lessie Harrison: of Jarvisburg and Mrs. Pauline Morgan of Edentoh; and a ; granddaughter, "Miss Paula Kathleen Wright of Jarvisburg. A ; funeral ; service was con ducted' Sunday at 2 P. M. ; in Hebron Methodist Church by the Rev. Gordon Allen, ' pas'tor, and the Rev. T. L. Le-! Poplar Branch Baptist C ..." . Burial followed in Poweils Pi t Chris tian Church cAnetery. Hertford Masons XM Co rt . nn mstnet Mooting szosts Wednesday, January 16 Reassigned Airman Basic Harvey C. Tice, Jr., ,son of Mr. and Mrs. Har vey C. Tice of 221 Market Street, Hertford, is befng reas signed trv Malmstrom AFB in Montana for training and duty as a' vehicle operator. Airman Tice recently com pleted United States Air Force basic militmy training at Lack- iana ami in Texas. He is a 1962 graduate of Crawford High School, San Diego. California. Next Distribution Of Surplus Food Jan. 7, 8, 10, 11 The next distribution of sur plus food for persons in Per quimans County certified to re ceive the food will be January 7, 8, 10 and 11 from 8:30 until 12 o'clock and 1 until 4 P. M. on these dates, according to Mrs. Wallace Morgan. . . Mrs. Morgan cqo'ts ,JhaJ certitied persons' please -come n on the stamped. date their card is Applications Open lor Nursing Class The Elizabeth City School ary 8, 1963. The public is in Program of Practical Nursing, I vited to attend this informative which is affiliated with Albe marle Hospital, is now receiving applications fur admission to its next class. This class will be gin in March and those who are interested must reply before January 31. Applicants will be notified of the date for pre-en-trance tests, physical examina tions, and personaj interviews. Candidates must be between the ages of 18 and 50 and musl have completed at least one yeai of high school education. Inter ested petsons who can meei these qualifications may obtain an appointment or further in formation by calling or writing Mrs. Marcella Allen, R.N., at Al bemarle Hospital. The telephone number is 4381 at the hospital and calls may be made between 8:00 A. M., and 5:00 P. M. State's Farmers Income In 1962 North Carolina farmers prob ably received more money in 1962, but little if any more "take home" pay in the form of net income. In a year-end statement on the Tar Heel farming picture, Agri culture Commissioner L. Y. Bal lontine estimates that gross cash farm, receipts will exceed last year's record high by some $10 to $15 million. He points out, however, i that the rising cost of production trend has continued in 1962 and the state's, total net farm income will be about the same as last year's total of $618 million, , The commissioner emphasized that official statistics for 1962 have not . yet ' been completed and that the estimates are his Own projections of information available to date. - "Looking at the over-all pic ture," he said,. "we have reason to hope that total cash receipts from,-farm marketings and gov ernment -payments will amount to $1,167 million, breaking the record High of $1,155 million reached last year."- -, , Summarizing : his estimate of the fawn income picture, the commissioner predicts cash re - Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., of Hertford will be the host ; to representatives of approximately 1,650 Masons from 11 lodges in the First and Third Districts on Wednesday evening, January 16. it was an nounced today by Cecil E. Winslow, secretary of Perquim ans Lodge. Plans for the district meeting are under the direction of Dis trict Deputy Grand Masters Malachi D. Burgess of Shiloh and Anderson Midgett of Hat teraSj. A series of discussions will be held beginning at 5 o'clock in the afternoon under the direc tion of Mr. Burgess. A dinner will be served at 6 P. M. for all who attend the meeting. 4 At the evening meeting, be ginning at 7 o'clock in the Per quimans High School, south of Hertford, Willie H. Batchelor, j preside al ,nc min(, Mr. Winslow announced that ap proximately 200 arc expected t; attend from the two districts. Also expected to attend are Ma sonic leaders from over the State, including the Grand Mas ter of Masons in North Carolina, the Grand Secretary, the super intendents of Oxford Orphan age and the Masonic and Eastern Star Home, .and Clifton F. Wil liams of Shawboro, District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the First District and William H. Hurdle of Englehard. District Deputy Grand Lecturer of the Third District. Missionary S 3(S At PilgrMurch Miss Nota Higgins, a mission ary right from the troubled and unevangelized country of South America will have a service at the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church at 7:30 P. M.. on Janu- meeting. South America is one of the countries communism is now struggling to rule. The mission ary emphasis of the Christian' Church is now strongly engaged in this Dark Continent Dr. Powell Speaker At Methodist Church Dr. Howard Powell will be the guest speaker for revival ser vices at the First Methodist Church in Hertford beginning Sunday, January 13 through January 18. The Spiritual Enrichment Pro gram will begin with the morn ing service on January 13 and continue each evening at 7:30 o'clock. Receive More But Less Profit ceipts from the sale of livestock and livestock products may ex ceed last year's total of $322 million by some $5 million, while crops will probably bring about $2 million less than the $800 million total last year. Government payments during 1962 totaled $42 million, $10 million more than .in 1961. "The bulk , of the increased government payments are , at tributable to the Wheat Stabiliz ation Program, which was not In effect before J962," he explained, i "t unriprst Una farmers ' received - slightly more than $9 million for wheat diversion under this program in 1962. , J "Receipts from sale of live stock and livestock products v during the first pine months of? 19fi2 -amount at) in 24n QRR nfllU '. almost $1 million r short of the $241,867,000 received during the same period in 1931. Although' r-eceipts during the j early months of 1962 fell Tathen substantially below those : same months in 1061, the reverse has been true beginning with the tnonth ot June. Uurinir the oast two or Continued on Fa & ; ,