BEMUtMAM
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EKLY
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Volume XXX Number 7.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 15, 1963.
5 Cents Per Copy
THE
Put lit E Soaring Bs C3e!d To
Ccnsitbr Annexation Of
Areas Joining Hertford
The Town Board met here
Monday night and held a public
hearing on a proposal to annex
the area south of Hertford along
U. S. 17 from Perquimans High
- School south to the State High
way shop mile and from
Raccoon Creek to a line 200 feet
west, of the highway. About 30
residents and some businesses
would be included. ;
About fifteen residents of the
area attended s the hearing ; and
were told that if annexed, they
could expect full . city services
within 12 months. Several : of
those attending the hearing indi
dicated they did not want to be
annexed. '
Action- wasjdeferred on the mat
ter until a later meeting.
Annexation would mean police
protection, trash and -.garbage
collections..- A water .system for
the section would be built with
the aid of a $20,000 federal grant
already approved under, the ac
celerated public works bill.' Bids
on the project will be opened at
the municipal building Friday,
March 1 at 2 P. M. "
The Board tabled action on a
request from the merchants com
mittee of the Perquimans Cham
ber of Commerce thta restric
tions be placed on selling pro
duce from trucks in the business
district. .
Homo Elected
Rotary President
. The Hertford Rotary Club met
Tuesday anight and officers for
1963-64 were elected. Don Nor
man was elected president, loe
: Towe, 3r.y Is the retiring presi-1
dent. v,, i ,
Jarvis Ward, vice president)
Jack Kanoy, ' secretary; Hubert.
j. Watson, Edison Harris, R, : S
Monds, Jr., fend Joe Towe, Jr.,
directors. '
The new officers will ' be in-
. stalled at a meeting id be held
July 3rdr
Charles- Payne was in charge
of the program presented at the
Tuesday; night meeting. He
presented Wildlife Protector Hor
ace Cahoon, '. who showed a
wildlife film.
Draft Board Off ice
Closed February 18-22
The Selective Service Office of
Perquimans County will be clos
ed for one week beginning Feb
ruary 18, through February 22
The 'clerk, Mrs, Margaret S.
Scaff, will be on . annual leave.
. Anyone -becoming ' 18 years of
age during this week should re
port Mondays-February ' 25, ; for
registration. The clerk reminds
all male persons to register with
in five days after becoming 18 1
years of age. : Alter registration
a registrant must keep the local
board informed of their correct
mailing address at all times.
Regular office hours are Mon
days and Thursday; open from
8:30 until 5:30 P,' M.,: 'closed 12
noon to 1:00 P.' M., for lunch;
Tuesdays open from 8:30 A. M.,
until 12:30 P. Ml 'The office is
closed all other days. !
Susan Broughton -On
Dean's List . .
Susan Broughton, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Broughton,
Jr. and granddaughter of Mrs.
Nathan Relfe, was listed on the
Dean's List for the first semes
ter at Peace College in Raleigh:
Conservation Poster Contest Is
Planned By County Supervisors
The Perquimans County Su
pervisors of the Albemarle Soil
and Water Conservation District
is sponsoring' a s Conservation
Poster Contest again this' year
in (Perquimans County. . The
Conservation Poster Contest is
, being , carried ; on l,durng the
jnonth of February in the 4th,
5th and 6th grades of the (Per
quimans . Central , G r m m a r
School at Winfall and the Hert
ford , Grammar school. ; (Prizes
will be presented to ' the (first
and second place county winners
in each grade. - The -prizes this
Skinner Elected
Firemen's Official
Charles T. , Skinner, Jr., was
recently elected - second vice
president of .. the Eastern Caro
lina Firemen's Association at
the quarterly meeting of the as
sociation held in Wilson.
I Skinner is assistant fire chief
of the Hertford Fire Department.
R. C. "Bobby" Elliott has served
, on the local . department about
j 15 years and .has held, every of
fice in the Fire Department
rom secretary up.
Friday Deadline
Friday, February 16, is the
deadline for displaying the 1963
automobile license tags. 'Motor
ists who- have not purchased
their tags must do so . by the
deadline. . ;
The law applies to both state
and town- licenses for the ve
hicle owners who reside in Hert
ford." .. . x , .yj'.xj
A town ordinance requires! all
Hertford . vehicle ewner j Vgm
the Hertford Municipal Building.
Police Arrest 11
During January
'Hertford's Police Department
had a busy month during Janu
ary, according to a report made
to the Town Board Monday
night by Police Captain B. L.
Gibbs. .
A .total of eleven arrests were
made, three of which were for
being drunk, three were miscel
laneous traffic arrests and two
.miscellaneous arrests, one each
speeder, assault, and a careless
and reckless driving. . r .
Af the total eleven arrests, all
were found guilty. Fines amount
ed to ' $93.00 and costs $129.50,
totaling $222.50. -.;
The department answered and
investigated 91 calls, investigated
one accident, worked six fun
erals, extended 82 courtesies,
found foor dcirs unlocked, an
swered eight fire calls, 211 radio
calls, issued two citations, an'I
reported 17 lights out.
The patrol car .traveled 2,894
miles,1 averaging 93.1 miles per
day- - ,
CADET KEEL RECEIVES
GOOD CONDUCT AWARD
Cadet Tommy Keel, of Fork
Union Military Academy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Keel of Mar
ket Street, Hertford, was award
ed a good conduct medal at the
end'., of the first school semester,
according to a letter received by
his parents from the school this
week.
1
I year are being furnished by the
Hertford Livestock and Supply
Company. , i
The Elizabeth City Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring the Con
servation - Poster Contest in the '
Albe.Trtarle : District which, con
sists - of Chowani' Perquimans,
Pasquotank and Currituck coun-1
ties. The first and second place!
posters for 4th, 5th and 6th
grades from each county will be
entered in the District Contest
which will be held in Elizabeth
City. Friday,-March ;8. t
For Auto Tags
piy wim me orqjnanqet Qti pp,!
beforeWN;'ipHagfe
on safe at W "clgr Cs office in
Two Young Lien
Held For Robbery
At Clanchsrd's
Cleveland A. Sutton, 17, and
James Eugene Hassell, 22, Ne
groes, were bound over to Su
perior Court Tuesday in Per
quimans County Recorder's
Court, presided over by Judge
Charles E. Johnson. Bond for
each of the men was set at
$1,000.
Sutton is charged with break
ing and entering the J. C. Blan
chard & Company store on
Thursday, January 10, between
12 and 1 o'clock in the morn
ing, with taking and carrying
away merchandise of a general
nature.
! Hassell is charged with re
ceivjng stolen merchandise.
' Cleveland Sutton told Police
Captain B. L. Gibbs that he en
tered' the store, how he entered
and how he went out. He ad
mitted taking a suitcase, belt,
watch, cigarette lighter, threa
pairs of pants, three shirts, two
ties and cuff link sets, two pairs
of socks, one tie, two Veto De
odorants, three Mums, one
shav.';ng lotion and three tooth
pastes While in the store.
Captain Gibbs recovered all
of the goods. taken with the ex
ception of the three shirts.
Officer Gibbs stated that Has
sell received the cigarette light
er and watch.
Sutton, it was reported, is also
Continued on Seven
A Look Backward
An ?onnd In The Parqnlmani
. ',. Wkly pile of Yctteryear
Housewives Will , Be ' Shown
Art "Of Meat Canning February
5: ; f robably : one of the most
valuable of the demonstrations
conducted through the home
demonstration agent's, efforts,
from the standpoint of the
'nbusewife,!will be 'the meat can
ning demonstration whichT is to
be given in" HeAfprof February
35' according 16 ' an J annojince.
tnent made this week by Miss
Gladys Hammrick, home demon
stration agent of Perquimans.
:; Preslon Copeland Hurt On
School Grounds: Preston Cope-,
land, nine-year-old r son ' of . .Mr.
and Mrs. Basil Copeland of Bel
yidere, was very painfully hurt
on Tuesday while playing on the
school ground. The little, fellow,
who said that he was running
and fell, striking the heel of an
other boy's shoe; received such
a wound on the scalp that it was
necessary to take him to a phy
sician for treatment.
Breaks Wrist While Chanking
Ford Car: Cranking a Ford car
used in sawing wood in the vil
lage of New Hope on Saturday,
resulted in a broken wrist sus
tained by Winman Spivey. a 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs.
Matt Spivey of New Hope. The
young man was brought ! to
Hertford for treatment following
the accident.
. Woman's Club Now ' Seeking
Public - Library For Hertford:
Mrs. F. T. Johnson, 'president of
the Hertford Woman's Club, is
very , anxious 'that some step's be
taken to give Hertford a public
library, and for the next pro
gram of the club, which meets
on Thursday, January 30, she
has secured Miss Mary Gilbert,
field worker for the State Li
brary Commission as speaker.
Rev. P. E. Whit Wriitis) From
China: Writing from Ohingchow,
China, Rev. P. E. White, Mis
sionary, says that it was a joy
Perquihians
The: above photos were taken at' the organizational meeting of the Greertwood and Short
Tildon Whitehurst Is
Named As Outstanding
Farmer In Perquimans
Perquimans
George Bcllmon,
County ASC office manager, pre-
sentei the Outstanding Young
l .r
nursi or nouie o, nemioro, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. White- ana small gram, oesiaes iarm
hurst. ;ing this land, he also does some
1 Tildon is married to the for-'custom work,
mer Norma Dean Spence. They I He is among nine farmers in
have four children, Tildon, Jr.,
10, Gary, 8, Rose Marie, 7, and
Debbie Lynn, 4. Both are active
members of the PTA at Per-
'quimans County Central Gram-
Hines Speaker At
Lions Club Meeting
. Hertford Lions Club held their
I regular meeting at 'Elliott's Cafe
on Thursday jiiight, February. 7, students and parents, of the Per
with a good attendance of ,the quimans County Tigh School on
'members present. After' enjoy- February 19 at 2:30 in the after
jing'a splendid meal the regular rioon and 7:30 in the evening,
routine business was transacted. . The Rev. Virgil- McBride and
I Sam Long presented the guest ', Ross Cadle in charge of pubic
I speaker for the evening, Oscar ; relations and admissions, respec-
Hines, who is .employed by ; the tively, at Chowan College, will
Federal Aeronautics Authority, at J conduct the two sessions. These
Elizabeth City, and he is Chief men are well qualified to in
of, Systems of the Maintenance struct students and parents alike
System. He explained the work- ,as to how to prepare now for
ing and control of the electronics ' college, whether the child is in
system in communicating with the grammar grades, junior
planes in the air and from quite ' grades in high school. Many
a distance; also how the ground more students today are seek-
crews at different stations can
be alerted and warned of ap
proaching danger, and . then alert
the pilots in the air . to take
proper steps in intercepting ' or
destroying enemy planes and
missiles.
Mr. Hines' speech was highly
educational, very technical, and
it was enjoyed by everyone
present. It was scientific to the
N'th degree, and is a modem
subject--that- only- a few people'
know much about. , ,
1: :- "" . .
Local StedemdOnK
ECC Honor Lists
Three lists of Students; at East
Carolina who have received of-,
f icial 'recognition from the col
lege because , of their excellent
records in academic work during 1 eight farmers with cotton allot
the fall quarter of the presentiments have requested an addi-
school year have just been an
nounced.
J. Parker Chesson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Chesson of Route
2, Hertford, was one of 51 men
and women who made the grade
of "A" on each subject taken,
the highest mark given at the
college, received top honors for
scholastic achievement in an "AH
A's" List.: ' ""
. Walter Edward MatheWs, ' son
of Mr. and Mrs. Vivian 'Mathews
of Hertford, , was , listed .-in the
525 ; undergraduates who made at
least two quality points; per
cr.edit hour bn ' all "Work takenj
with no grade -telowi''C ( Thi
work completed by these stu
dents was well above average.
Feb. 22 Holiday
At Post Office
The Hertford Post Office will
observe a holiday next Friday,
the date being George Washing
ton's : birthday.
The windows for delivery of
parcels will; be open from 9
A. M. to 10 A. M. and from 2:30
to 3:30 P. M. and mail will be
received and dispatched on a
holiday schedule.
County's Green
mar School, and members of the
People Methodist Church.
j TUdon fams 650 acres of ,and
'His croos include corn, soybean
-
Perquimans County who are
feeding cattle on an "All Prac -
tice" syslem. Tildon has fed,
during the year, 50 head of
cattle.
, . . .
"College Preparedness" is the
topic chosen for 'discussion by
ing admission to colleges than
ever before, and the need for
better preparation is urgent.
t aroi wiuiams, siuay cuuii-
rtian, urges ell students and par
ents that can to attend these
sessions. During the evening
jession Mrs. R.- S. Monds will
present legislation concerning
Education in observance of
iJ'Lights on For Education" in
liorth CarUna-. Tu1".
I19 Local Farmers
Release Acreage'
As of Friday, February 8,
only 19 cotton producers had re
leased cotton acreage for 1963.
The acreage on these 19 farms
equals 65.8 acres. Twenty-
tional 115.6 acres.
If vnu arp nnt. nlanninff to
nlant. vrtur poftun allotment for I
1963, please release it to the
county committee so that they
may reapportion it to other
farmers who have requested
more cotton acreage.
! March 1 Final date for mak
ing application for released cot;
ton acreage.
March 15 Final date for re
leasing cotton acreage.
Travis C. Jackson
Dies In Tennessee
Travis C. Jackson, 53, a na
tive of New Hope, died Wed
nesday morning after ,a lingering
illness in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon in Dayton,
Tenn.
Jackson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Daphne Stephens
Jackson; six children, including
Mrs. Larry Lane of Edenton;
four brothers, including Marvin
Jackson of Edenton and Colin
Jackson of Hertford, and four
sisters. "
wood and Short
''IK -
IJbtfMtt
Education Topic
For Feb
19 Meeting
:0 "5
v.
Loan Approved For
Housing Project
In Hertford
Congressman Herbert C. Bon-
ner announced today that he has
I Deen advised by the Public
Housing Administration of
ap-
proval of a federal loan
which
; will provide for the construction
I of 44 low-rent homes in Hert
ford, with 14 of the homes
scheduled to be designed and
built specfically for elderly per
rons. Construction is to be un-
dertaken by the Hertford Haus-
ji11. uthoniy, which awards all
I contracts on the development,
Congressman Bonner further
i stated that the loan will also
provide for the cost of site ac
quisition and improvement, slum
clearance, utilities, planning and
design fees, space for local Au
thority management and main
tenance, interest on loa.n, ad
ministrative costs and a con-
tingency fund estimated at $263,-
' nn6 . :,o(
vvv, uiing.iig 1.1. v; baviiiHLi.j ivy mi
development cost of the project
to $660,960. The contract be
tween PHA and the Hertford
Housing Authority provides also
for annual contributions by the
federal government to help
keep rents within the means of
low-income families.
Birthdays
February 19
'Rotary Club 6:15
Masonic Lodge
Cham, of Commerce Directors
Mrs. Frank Ward
Ann M. Goodwin
February 20
Durants Neck Ruritan
Betty Murray
Brant Murray
Corp Reed
William T. fchappell
Jeanne Levie Berry
Grover M. Hollowell
Rickey Gibbs
J. T. "Tommy"' Lane ill
G. A. "Frog" White
February 21
BPW Dinner
Lions Club 0:45
Firemen's, Meeting
Ray Winslow
Nancy Reed
Earlie By rum
Polly Hollowell
Judie Baker
Lctitia Perry
February 22
William Harrcll
Jack Burbafie
Edward Hunter, S''.
George Washington 1732
George Roach, Jr.
Mattie Butler
Thelma Ann Dail
February 23
Emilie Barcliff
February 24
Wallace Phillips
Nan Winslow
'Charles Campen
February 25
First Methodist. Official Board
Barbara W. Rose
LeRoy White.
15 Cases Of Flu
Reported In County
In the four-county district,
covered by Dr. W. Heymoore
Schettler, district health officer,
Pasquotank County is leading in
the number of flu cases reported
with a total of 994. Camden is
second with 340 cases, Chowan
County 60 and Perquimans 15.
Dr. Schettler said the cases
were reported from the schools,
industry and doctor offices.
Cut 4-H Club
4 ' T 9-
Cut 4-H Clubs Which were
Appeal For Donations
Of Blood In Hertford On
Monday, February 18th
Bagley Swamp
Revival To Begin
Friday, February 22
The Rev. Charles Stout, evangelist-pastor
of Winston-Salem,
N. C, will be the guest speaker
at 'a revival to be held at the
B'lglcy Swamp Pilgrim Church
beginning Friday, February 22,
and lasting through Sunday,
March 3, it was announced this
week by the Rev. A. E. Bare
foot, pastor of the Bagley
Swamp Pilgrim Church.
Services will be held each
evening beginning at 7:30 and
everyone is welcome.
Sam Allred of Greensboro
will be in charge of the music
each evening.
Perquimans dropped a twin
bill at home Friday night to the
Ahoskie Indians. The Ahoskie
boys won 53-46 and the girls 37
20 in the Albemarle Conference
games.
Ahoskie's boys took a 14-9
lead in the first quarter. Per
quimans came back strong in
the second frame to catch the
Ahoskie cagcrs and traded the
lead with them the remainder
of the period. Ahoskie led at
halflime 23-21.
Ahoskie pulled away from Per
quimans in the third quarter on
field goals by Spencer Barrow
and Ray Godwin.
Jimmy Brett led the Ahoskie
scoring with 18 points with God
win adding 6 and Barrows 10.
High scorers for Perquimans
were Fred Combs with 17 and
Gene Nixon 10.
Ahoskie took a 10-5 lead at
the end of the first quarter of
the girls' game with Johnna Ev
erett leading the way. Both
teams played on equal terms in
the second period with Ahoskie
coming out on top at intermis
sion 21-1 6.
Ahoskie pulled slowly away
from Perquimans in the final
two periods to win the confer
ence tilt 37-20.
Jean Monk led the Ahoskie
scoring with 14. Diane Sawyer
with 7 and Susan Cox with 6
led the Perquimans scoring.
Ahoskie Win
Over Perquimans
Tercentenary Celebration Will
Begin In Hertford March 24th
Mrs. J. Emmctt Winslow,
chairman of Perquimans County
Tercentenary observances, an
nounced Thursday that local ter
centenary activities will begin
March 24. AU county churches
will be asked to participate on
that date in religious services
designed o emphasize the ideals
and foresight that the early col
rnists brought to North Caro
lina. . Plans call for the use of
music at least 200 years old that
may - have been used in the
early churches here. V
- Other scheduled events are a
dinner and. presentation cf the
court room drama entitled "Per
quimans First Hundred ,'Years"
on April 20 and a Quaker ser
vice on April 21 at Phelps1
Point commemoratng the first
Some four or five years .ago
residents of Perquimans Coun
tp were advised of the possibil
ity that this county faced the
loss of its blood program un
less an increase in the number
of blood donors could be achiev
ed. The citizens of this county
responded to the call as they
never had before and as a re
sult saved the blood program.
The quota for this countv has
been placed -it 200 pints per
year and in order for the coun
ty to remain a participating
member of this program 75?! of
this quota must be mot each
year. This has been done but
it is felt now that this percent
age will have to be raised in all
fairness to those chapters who
continually make 100';! quotas
and more.
A proposal has been advanced
to the effect that possibly coun
ties will be placed on a reci
procal basis. This would mean
that each county could only re
ceive free blood in return for its
patients in the same amount that
it donated. Should the pro
posal go into effect the amount
of blood used by th:s county
above that which had been do
nated would be charged to the
individual patients usiny such
blood.
It can be readily seen that
this could place a hardship on
counties so involved. As this
county is a participating mem
ber of the Red Cross Blood Pro
gram, no charge is made f ir
blood used by patients from this
county while hospitalized in any
institution which is a member
of the program. This point
'should be made clear. There
lare certain fees charged by the
hospital such as laboratory,
cross-ind',xing, . materials and.,
administration but the blood it
self is free.
Many citizens of this county
have given over a gallon, some
have given two gallons and
Ralph Jordan of Hertford has
almost reached the three gallon
mark. These faithful donors de
serve much praise. However,
the same faithful donors year
f.fter year cannot carry the load
by themselves. Hundreds of the
Continued on Page Seven
Schools Lighted
Tuesday, Feb. 9th
The schools in Perquimans
County will join in a statewide
demonstration of the import
ance of education by leaving the
! schools lighted on Tuesday night,
February 19.
A lighted school in every
community will demonstrate:
That wherever there is a
icommunity in North Carolina,
. there is a school.
I That wherever there is a
school, there are citizens who
, stand for providing the best
j public education possible for our
children.
I That our public schools are
jour greatest instruments for
.progress.
And that in this legislative
year these facts must be brought
j to the attention of fellow citi
zens and lawmakers rtWBsentine
'us in the General Assembly.
religious service held ' in North
Carolina, that held in 1672 by
Quaker preachers William Ed
mondson and George Fox.
Committee Chairmen for Per
quimans County Tercentenary
observances are: Captain Nat
Fulford, publications; Mrs. T. P.
Brinn. essay contest .and his
torcal exhibit; Mrs. Rufus Rid
dick, colonial music; Dr. Harold
White, religious activities; Lau
rence Aydlett, Jr., court room
drama; Mrs. C. A. Davenport,
historical tours; Mrs. S. P. Jek
siip, preservation of colonial
records; Silas Whedbee, authen
tication of the age of the court
house; Pete Thompson, subscrip
ted dinner on April 20; Mrs. H.
A. Whitley, . colonial exstumes,
and Mrs. Laurance Aydlett, Jr.,
publicity. ,