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WEEKLY Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 12, 1963. 5 Cents Per Copy ir 4. , XO - :'4 P 1.3 I Emmett Landing,, chairman of j ,the Civie Committee of the Per, p quimans . County . Chamber of ' Commerce, announced the dates of the -1963 Clean-up, Fix-up Campaign will begin tai Friday, ' April ; 12 and run through Fri- j day, May 10. The town of v, Hertford is supporting this ef-i . f ort, and. has made- available the , CoL James K. Gray ofSyra V v cash awards for the "House of cuse, N; Y.,' retiring from the the Week" award and the f'Property Improvement" award, to be given to the property own er making the greatest improve ment during the ' four V week campaign. , A picture ' of the weekly winner will be available in the Perquimans Weekly. 1 ,; ? A score sheet is- available in this ; issue of The Weekry iur those - wishing Joparticipkbo ' ln the contest. Extra score-eheets will be available at the- Jham'- : ber of Commerce office. Each person making r improvements should fill out the score sheet ' and return it each week , to the Chamber of Commerce, Box- 27, Hertford. Judges ior the contest include Mrs; Talmage Rose, Mrs. Charles Harrell, " Jr., and Mrs, Eleanor White.1 There ' will be a winner 'Ior the'House of ithe Week" each week for four weeks ending on April 19 and 26 and May 3 and 10. Entries must be postmark ed not later than 12 o'clock noon Friday of each week. Any entry received, after that time will Continued 09 Page Egxu Several local Jaycees-' and ' t 'r f 'fating-: .Mt . r"T '' woiujig week- ' end in Greenville' attending the Northeastern ' Regional meeting. Those attending were Mr. and . Mrs. Walter Humphlett, Jr.,' "Mr. end Ilrs. Hillary; Scaf. Mr. "and Mri. L. a ' ' Cobb, Jr., El wood ' Copeland, John BeerS. Charlie. ; Skinner, Jr.; and Pave Hallock. ' The men were kept quite busy p from ' time of arrival until de- parture Sunday afternoon. Dis trict, elections' took place Satur day afternoon and regional elec tions were held Sunday morn ing after devotional ' services. Merritt Hooper of Elizabeth City , was elected First r District vice i president and -Leon Moore of Greenville was elected regional director . Abo it fwaa announced ?' that our region ij'.juiruberione ; in "The Parade of Cities." . y. While the men were usy wtl : jpoliticing, 1 election,? i'etc'.V hi , Continued on Page Eight r- , ' ut .I'AptO.m. N. . 1 Masonic Lodge l -I Rotary Club, 6:1$ - v Wesleyan Service Guild f , ' . ' Susannah Vesley Circle Arba Winslow 1 Annie Hollowell April 1U ' . , , Jaycee Business - . V . I Diane Hollowell , , - fc Shelly Bateman - AprU 11 . Hertford Grammar PTA Bill Berry 1 , . ' . Mary White , AprU 12 Good Friday . , : Bobby JHollowell : Annie Blarrckard v jf.pra n .v,;v ",V. 1 Vs ?on ' rty Ja.. 3 C relnnd Thomas J' 1 I.'.J I'rs. I, D. L. -'-n ' Cat' y Keel ' . V 3. Dan :'." - Ztl , t Jo n WW i:;:!ui GircctGr Forced District Medical Corps .of the U. S. Air Force , this V month, has . been named director of the District Health Department for Pasquo tank, Camden, Perquimans and Chowan counties. The' announcement was made by Dr. R. D. Higgins of Rale gh, director of divisional local health service for the state of North Carolina. . Dr.' Gray US' retiring with 30 years service - in the ,Air Force 'and plans to move his family to the: Elizabeth City ' area and take Over his duties here May 1. He has five children. However, only two will accompany him to Elizabeth City. Dr. Higgins related that Col. Gray was a very well qualified man for the posititon and had expressed a desire to join the North Carolina'' public ... health service, tor. Higgins said Dr. Gray was completely experienc ed in every iphase of this type work. ' - , A Also, at . the district health board meeting held at the local Health Department ; Monday H. A. Pete) Reid, chairman of the Pasquotank, !: County ? Commis si "rs. wdi named chairman of t! board " to replace ' Mayor V lad Darden of. Hertford. r Mr, DUvUer tendered his resignation due' -to c'.her business require. mer's.. ;- W LL,;u.lt;i5 1(1.1 - nL& 1 1 be treated to a guided tour , of 'Hertford and a rendition of , a minuet when they visit the town on April 17. The Legislators will be in the 'area for a meeting' at the site bf the first General Assembly which was held in 1665 ori the Pasquotank side of Little River. ' .After a visit to Eliza beth., City Jthe group will be met by hostesses at the George Du rant Marker on U. S. 17- north of Hertford to begin their tour. . Hostesses for the tour are Mrs. X!liaMe skinner, 'Mrs.- (U. - M. Jaekson. M". Harold White, Mrs. Waltet lEdwards, Mrs. Herbert Whlfleyp Mrs. ' Robert Hollowell, Mrs. R. S. Monds, Mrs. $ P. Uessup, Mrs,- H. ' Hardcastle, yMrs. Morris Griffin, Mrs. Emmett Iwihslow' and, Carroll Berry. . Following' tne, tour inerraora Gramnjar School fourth graders will perform the minuet in cosr tume, for the Legislators. ; The Drocram will be dlrcted by Miss Caroline, WfJ8ht and held at the Grammar School. . mm R. L. t "Bob'' Hollowell an nounced here (Wednesday that after ' much consideration, due to extra business activities that take him" out of . town, much of the time, . he had decided not . to seek' re-election as a commission er' in the municipal election- to be held May 7., ' "Kr. nollowell has servi as a( Town Commissioner far 12 years. In making tlie annwu-fment the former commissiontr expressed his appreciation to the voters of the town who "supported, him, rd also to .the. Mayor and -L--S of the town board with v : -h he has served. lO Mrs. Irene jliitft IV - 1 - - (' ' V, ' ! '. 'It''- j I t' ' ii iar wini 1 . 1 in m "lr Mrs. Irene f owe of Perquimans was among the 200 Democratic parly. leaden who attended the' luncheon at the Governor's mansion, last. week. . She is shown above being greeted by Gov ernor Terry Sanford. The guests were entertained at the luncheon by Governor and Mrs. San . ford. This was a feature of the two-day party eonferense held in connection whh the Jefferson-Jackson Day. fund-raising dinner which was attended by over 2,000 Democrats from all over the.state.. :..,';. ' ' -l Combined Choirs Present Program Easter r.lorning The combined ' choirsi of the Hertford Baptist Church will on Sunday morning sing excerpts from v the Easter Choir cantata entitled "The Crown of Life" by Elsie Duncan Yale and Rob Roy Peery. ,' , These excerptsM will " include "It Was for': Thee,'v;,When I Survey'; Ihd Wondrbus 5 Cuoss," "Our Savior Sleepfcf- "ThS Strife Is O'er,"", Vmid . the Lilies,''' "Fairest Lora aeaus," ahd "Come te-. the Garden."1 Other selec tions wiir include" "All Hail the Pffrt Jsus' .Name y Oliver fiolden: . "ApfrJ7 VaiiU9ln I W hflmA-'j Lives'.' by G. F. Handel; WeV You' There?" 1 and the HoljCity" byStephen A5ani!. ''iolofsts-will be'R. 8, Moitas, MrsiCharles Johnsdny'Mrs'. Dil- bon Young ' and ' B. Harris. The . trio ' will be composed of Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. Fred Mathews and Mrs. Howard Mat hews. - 'The .preceding music will be sung by the church choirs at the 11 A. M, worship service. The church extends a cordial invita tion to all ' to come and hear the message of Easter in music. Holy Trinity The Methodist, Baptist and Episcopal' churches will conduct the' three-hour service on Good Friday t Holy ' Trinity Episco pal Church. ' . The ' servk; -.begins - at noon and lasts until $ P. M. People, may come and go, but are re quested to enter or leave dur ing the singing of a hymn, . . There will be an introductory address and six - meditations on the following subjects: Offend ed, by Virtue, 'Confronted By Truth Tested by Sacrifice. Per fected by 1 His Offering, Healed by His Wounds, and Death Umto Life. ; ; Mr.' Harris will give two medi tations, "Mr. Still will give two and Mr.' Moseleyi will give two, in addition to' the introductory address. ,. , ' '" , 1 nffoFcr ." . : r J. W. Dillon of the W. M. Morgan' Furniture Company here announced on Wednesday morning that he' Is' candidate for a seat on the r-rtfoxd Town Eoard. ' ffisEr!CerTk3'At;Sr :!:ry community ? Up F.iver y r-irn- - " 1 TV's will I mi. ! rvice ' iTowe and Governor Terry Sanford ' . r J f- . -5 -vc ' 1 Vice President , John R. Martin has been ap pointed a second vice president jof Fi4e,Uty,; Bankers Life Insult hoeCi bmpany of Richmond at the recent meeting of the; on pany's oard -of idirwtws. if A 'na tive,' of! iNorthA Cvilina, Martin receive hi3 B.S. degree- from the .University ot North. Caro lina in"!l950t-.fter (serving with the U. 's. , Air. "Force in World" War II. .He returned - to ' ser vice as a captain in the Army Security Agency ruring the Ko rean conflict. - Martin was treasurer of Southern Heritage Life Insurance Company for two years before joining ' Fidel ity Bankers Life in -1960. ' He has i been director of "the Mar keting Administration and an assistant secretary of . the com pany, Martin is married to the former . Ruth Tucker, .daughter of Mrs,, WiHiarrt' t. Tucker, who .resident of Hertford. Sunrise Service On R.S. Monds' Lavn Sunday All. the people of Hertford are 1 invito tn .attptvl ' tho rnmhmod , I V I EaeT Sunday "seVice-at' tlJg : to STHertforln waterfront lawn of the S. Purchased Jhe first, second and selected as' one of 35 biol Monds on EasterSunday at 5:25Kl.'hrJ ':mou?to respef teachers to participate in a sum A. M. Choirs from the Hertford TabulaHons also reveal- , p sponsored by the Baptist and the Hertford Memo - Hwhi,wk'ilif ;'n0 'a'na tho tj; ciiii. .,f t . hc Hertford Methodist Church, will speak., . In case of rain1 "the -sunrise service will be held in , the Hertford Baptist Church. ,. Follpwmg - the sunrise -service all tho youth who attend ere in vited ! to the Hertford . Baptist Church for li6'nt refreshments., " "i ( ' i '. ' Y u y' Library To Oose , ' For Two Days !. . .j x ,(.'- ,' '. . i 'f :-i-'fe';Sv'.5 ThevTerquimans ' County- Li brary will be closed on Friday) of this. ' week" : in observance of "Good Friday',' ahd will be' open on Saturday as usual ! The library will be closed again en-Monday, April 13 in ob- servance-'of Easter.' ; MYF Planning To Vash Cars The Hertford MYF will have a car wash Saturday, April 13, weather permitting, at the First ' r ,-f.t Church frorn f ?J j-?.. ui 2 r. J. , SMp Matthews Is Recipient Of Athletic Trophy Hazel ' Skip" Matthews, 1962 football captain, was .named the recipient of the Alumni Ath- I letics Trophy as the outstand ing North Carolina State College a senior athlete for 1963. ' in a balloting by the State College student body; ' Matthews, a. senior from Hertford, won out oyeif the wolfpack's all-America Swimmer, - Ed Spencer " of Wal lingford, Pei, , ! Matthews, an academic, all Atlantic Coast ' Conference selee tic for 1962, as -well aspresi deitt of the. JWonbgram CtuV and Fellowship of Christian Athletes on campus, will be presented the trophy at a luncheon on Satur day, May 4, during Alumni Week-end.?.- 9 The zoology major is the sec ond! straight football player : to receive .the award. Roman Ga briel," football all-America, was the 1962 winner., 7 ' - Local Book Fair The Book Fair sponsored by the Perauimans Hicb Librarv anA fh Rota rinh wa . .,,0. cess. . During the four days , the lair wafi held 40B v-. sold.. i 1 The total' proceeds from the sah was $202. Twenty1 per cent of this amount is' retained as profit by the library. This profit will be used to buy cloth bound books for the school, li-braryi--''" , Tabulations on the number 1 of hiw.w k -Tr-L .I m r.r ! third ' highest amounts respec- 1 1 '7 -r i t - 1 1 ' 1 11. mrati nil - crn 1. o nn I J : w.w ; uj . a " "L J" ,PP" la r, - 1 to HotRod, Dr. KHdare's Se- J '1- - XI . . 1 J ' J 1 icret . and ' Betty Crocker's All About Bovs. . . . , ' , : The" Book Pair was held, in the new PCHS library although it is not yet completely remod eled. PTA members ; attending Thursday night's meeting .were given an opportunity to buy books- and .also to get a sneak preview of the library. '" 1 ; It WC4 noted that oi the 180 books; offered for sale in , the Book Fair, one-third are avail able in cloth bound editions" in the; school's Mlbrarv. - . , Sunrise Service For Perquimans Charge ' The annual Easter sunrise service of the ! , Perquimans j Methodist.' Chrage, .will X held 11 J , Jfethod,s scholastic averages. - - Church , Sunday . morning at Bv . Mslttnou,, :nifio.j o'clockl The public , is invited to at tend. ' PTA MEETKCO CHANGED The ' Winfall . central" Gram mar School PTA meeting has been cV " id to- llonday night. 5r;i " at & o'clock. ns - Jaycees Sponsoring Two Totems ; Clinics Under the supervision and di rection of Perquimans County judical Society, the Parkvil 3 Ruritan Club and Hertford Jay cees .are sponsoring two Tetanus Immunization Clinics on May 1 ipd 16th. Since tetanus (lock jaw is commonly a fatal disease but entirely preventable, all people, who have never been im munized pr who have not had a booster within 5 years, are urged to attend and take advantage of the. free injections. Spring and summer months bring acci dents, some minor and many ma jor ones, and protection against preventable serious complications like tetanus, is of vital import- His wife, Mrs. Maggie Wins ance to adults and children alike, low Baccus. is rnnfinpd tn thP Reports from N. C. State ' Board of Health reveal 12 cases of tetanus in". 1961, nine of them fatal. ... Eleven cases were report ed in 1962, six fatal. All but three cases were' from a rural unvironmeut. Those who have never been immunized need injections cae to two weeks apart and boosters are advised every five years. The iirst clinic will ' be held Wednesday evening, May l, at 6:30 o'clock to 9:30 at Winfall Comnijnity Building, and the second clinic 'Thursday evening, May 16 at 6:30 o'clock until 9:30 at the Municipal - Building in Hertford.-, ' '" The Parkville' Ruritan Club and Hertford Jaycees join the Perquimans County Medical So ciety in urging all persons, ages 5 to 95 Sto attend these free clinics. Roger Nixon Is Chapter President . Roger Nixon of Star Rout- Winfall, sophomore at East Caro lina Colleger,, was installed , as president pi the campus chapter of the national business fraterni- y Delta Sigma Pi in a cere- mony held in the chapter room of the organization Tuesday, April 2. :Mti:?; ': Other officers who with Nixon are members, of the Executive Council -of the" fraternity were also installed at the meeting. They are Paul R. Stokes of Grif ton, senior vice president; Fred u- e 01 vice Psiaeni -ana pieage master; 1 Richard M. Holbert of Greenville,, ' treasurer- James L. Rabon of Monroe, secretary; Wayne Cook of Wilson, historian, and Roger V. Register ; of Turkey, social chairman. The Council is now planning a calendar of events for 196364. Included among events will be a Continued n Page Eight Poir,Vt Hawaii f M,:"v- V? i To Attend Institute James Patrick Harrell, son of . j T 1irl,. TTnn11 National Science Foundation this summer. The ' ' institute to be held at North Carolina State College, will consist of study in the principles ! 'of genetics and foundations of modern biology. Mr. Harrell, a 1957 graduate of Perquimans iHigh School and a 1961 m-aduate of East Carolina College, is currently teaching at, Millbrook High, School in Ra- leigh. '- He also serves as assist ant football coach and track coach. ' Skip Matthews Honored At State Skip ' Matthews, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hazel Matthews of Hertford, was one of 44 students honored recently at North Caro- Alpha 2eta, an honorary frater-'1 port and Dr. T JP .Brinn will nity for students in agrioulture.be commenced as early as possi- and forestry, He is a senior in, the School of ; Agriculture, v majoring in zoology and plant protection. Mat(hews is a member of . the State varsity football team, - Work (Expected To Bcrjin On Water Lines And Well With $5,000 In Grant John Baccus Killed In Wreck Monday Afternoon John C. Baccus, 66, a re tired farmer of Gates County, was killed Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock when he failed to stop for an intersection an 'U S-.15B. two miles north of Gatesville. Albemarle Hosnital -ith larpra. fions According to the investigating officer, State Trc per B. R. In- scoe, Baccus was traveling noith on N. C. 37 in a 1960 Falcon and fsi.'ed to step for the inter section cf ?,7 and U. S. 158 A i959 Ford station wagon driven by Francis Warren Meek-1.,, in. nf Mn... n;,i ,i,v, Baccu.' vehicle. Meekins was not hospitalized, according to Inscoe, Besides his wife, Baccus is survivevd by three daughters. Mrs. Irma Leona Meads and Miss Phyllis Baccus of Hertford and Miss Pauline Baccus of Washington, D. C; five sons, Odell. Lindsey and Gilbert Bac- cus of Hertford. Marvin Baccus of the U. S Air Force and Au-1 brey Baccus of Washington, D. C; four sisters, Mrs. Ellen l,mh nf TvnPr Mr . Minnie Howell and- Mrs. Annie Byrum I of Elizabeth City and M.s. Nel lie Chappell of HertfmJ; two brothers, Archie Baccus of Hertford and Gary Baccus of Norfolk: 12 randchildm an 0negredt efa1J-; T-:Vp voted bv the" board John Bers Is tt juifju Council Candidate .:-.:;.':"-'.'-.' "" "-V.' V" John G. Beers filed this week for a seat on the Hertford Town Council in the coming municipal election May 7. Beers is the fifth announced candidate for election in the election. Incumbent Mayor V- N Darden was the finite file, W. F Ainsley the second, Ains- ley filing tor a seat as-a com missioner, Emm?tt Landing fil-' ing for the Mayor's post, and two incumbent commissioners W. A. ' "Billy" White and H. C. Sulli-: van. ' , . Beers, vice president of J. . C. 1 Blanchard & Co., Inc., is manager of Blanchard's farm equipment ! department. He is the only two- 'winner of the Hertford Jaycees ' Distinguished Service Award; he was instrumental in organizing d. building of the Perquimans Recreation Park. He is captain captain of the Hertford Fire Department, a member of the Federal Hous- ing Authority, on the Board of Directors of the Chamber! Continued on Page 6 A Look Backward , Ai .fonnd In The Parqulmana VMkly File of Yesteryear AfSril, 1936 u if i n j . 7 : tri- .tt ;nf and Bobby Elliott, town clerk of Clean-Up Campaign - Residents Hertford , saw the two walking urged to help clean up town .. .la1n. thB htohw- .. nirVflH Everybody is called upon to co- 'operate in the clean-up campaign in Hertford next week. ' The slo- . up,rui- ,about . 30 minutes before their -Up"t' which got its start from break was diacovetwi-. . the enterprtsuig merchants who Twiford was aw&iting trial for V first ; began to improve their, n. .(nmnui. t u. , places of business, making the downtown section look "; made over and ready for spring, is ex pected to spread until the whole town " is cleaned up, from one end to the other, without a back yard left unimproved or an alley M. . , , - not - clean. - v . . Physicians' Office Will Soon the new office building to be orriinipd bv : Tr: r a. tiaven- ble after-, the "sale of the frame building formerly occupied by the late Dr." G. E. Newby. A brick building will be construct ed on this site to be used as of Coniinued on Page Five I Mayor V. N. Darden told the .Hertford Town Board here Mcnf I day night in its April meeting that the first 25, $5,000 of the $20,000 grant for the. Housing and Home Finance Agency had been received. The Town of Hertford will receive a $20,000 grant under the r.ew federal accelerated public works pro gram. Matched with local f unds, the money will be used to ex pand the municipal water sys tem and will include a second deep well and new lines south along U. S. 17. Contracts for this project were awarded Kellogg-Cuthrei', Inc., of Manteo for the southvvjrd ex tension of the city water line and R. L. Magette Company of Smithfield, Va., received the contract for a deep well, pemp and pump house at the well field. ' The work will begin within' a . ,he mpleted tew days and is contracted to in 120 calendar days, which will offer employ ment to many people. The Mayor also reported to the board that a workable pro gram, h.-.d been sent to the Fed eral Housing and he had receiv ed a letter stating ' everything looked in order and would be advised when approved. Larry Adylett, Jr., executive ! """w ul r erquimans Uunty Chamber of Commerce, i'net, with the board askin8 r tunrls to assist in the Clean-up, Flx"uP Campaisn. The board approved a $50 donation for this project and slated it felt that money will be well spent, since the Town of Hertford 'is getting into the urban retiewal program. lslum arance and tidying, up. ' tiat tVio rial inn 11 ant invae Ko !erti$t . 'during the month of i'r ,1 . majaiKi . , tne sale ot uppaia taxes will iie held on Monday at noon on June 10 at the Court House door. I Fu-e Chief Bobby Elliott gave his report lo the board on the Fire Department action. He stated that the first three months of this year there were 19 fire calls, comparing the months with the first three last year, at which time there were only 10. He stated that the increase in fire thfa wag due to and woods fires ( Youths Escape Two youths awaiting trial 'n Perquimans County ; Superior Court next week fled from 'the jail in Hertford last ' Thursday night ' but were picked up loss , than two hours later while walking along U. S. 17 five ' miles north of Hertford. Clarence Edward Twiford, 19, of 710 Second Street, Elizabeth of.Citv. and Georee Edward White. 16, Negro, of Hertford Route 3. overpowered Trotman Miller, jail janitor, about 7 P. M., took his keys and locked him in a cell. They marched out of the jail and headed toward Elizabeth City. - Highway Trooper R. W. Rawls 'them Up without any trouble. Hertford Chief of Police B F. Gibbs said the men were gone I -W Hie, . HUlVIIIUWtll ''I AW . previously 'has served time for ; stealing money; White, charged with breaking and entering, hasr served time in a training school for breaking and entering, ' Physical Fitness Study Postponed The PTA r Study- On Physical . Fitness,'"- which , was originally . scheduled for February 27 and, postponed because of rain, will be held ' Wednesday , evening, ' April 17, in the auditorium tf the' Perquimans Central Gram mar School. ' Dr. Croi! i r - " " - le:gh will ! 1
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