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TT- --ft MAMS SLY 1 jr. VCI'JTT ' Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, Jutie 7, 1963. 5 Cents Per Copy WE EE 4 r Gu'iL"' J l!:;iliExcrc:::3 Perquimans County. Higft fcrhnnl aifenrrinri riinlntnM t.n fif ty-three graduates oft Wednes ' day, May 29th. , v - -At the Commencement Exer cises medals and awards: were also made. Medals' were award ed to the" Valedictorian, Verna Ann Perry and to the salutator ian, Betsy Barbee: Verna Ann's and Betsy's name will also be . inscribed on a special honorary plaque in the school's reception area. - Receiving medals for the high' est number of , activity . points - -t were Billy Wins.low ' and Betsy V Barbee. . The high . school - citi zenship award . was made to Jimmy Bonner, and .the . eighth grade citizenship award . was made to Jan White. , : For their performances In the Senior Class Play Philip. Lane and Becky Felton were awarded medajs. . , , ,. ' . .'. :.. Members of the ' debate team. ', . which went to" Che,' state finals . at UNC were awarded medals. The tlebators thus honored were ,h Perry Monds,, Mary Lee Newby, ii ; Carolyn ; Rogerson and Becky q i - Felton. Journalism medals were :. Continued on Pan ftetn J:nn3tte Ago -EI:ctcdPiesnt: id nssucii.-.i ; i f - J. W. Jennette, was '.re-elected president of the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden Tuberculo sis Association for 136 J at the t. board meeting held tii the Ag riculture' Building in Elizabeth City Wednesday night Other of ficers elected were K. t. Ppivey, .- vice president; EUward Daven- porfc secretary r Dennis "organ. Yd to serve on me txerjivc Committee-were Mayor.' Vivian Darden of Hertford and George Williams of Camden. New mem-: bers elected to thp Board of Di rectors are Mrs, I. Rogerson, Continued on Page p&t . lipids C:fc:t Aycdc't ScGrojD-6 The Perquimans Indians sfcfVr ed up a 8-6 1 defeat to . Ayeock Friday night in the second round of the preliminary playoffs for the Eastern State AA Champion ship. Previously ' the Indians suffered a 8-2 defeat - at the hands of their 'opponents for the title. - "Freddie Combs was walked in the first inning. A wild pitch and an error advanced vhim to third. Ikey Stokely took ; base on an error and then advanced to second ona wild pitch. Gene Nixon walked' to load the 'bases. : ConUniMd sa fas ftt : Stores CjziaD A." Larry Ay'-'t, if., man ager of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commewe, an nounced ithis ' week that com mencing on Wednesday, June 5, most of the stores. in ItSrtford will be closed on Wednesday af ternoon for the summer' months of June, July and August. These store hours were agreed upon by the merchants in a survey by, the merchants eon ducted by the Merchants .Com mittee of the Perquimans Coun-etsy- Chamber of Commerce, f which W; F. Ainslfey is chair man. ' : Cancer The Perquimans County Unit of American Cancer Eocicy wishes to exr' s lis C tity "a for the work c' e !crs who r ' ' 'in r.e ty I t' ' s til 1 1 f. Cox fFresiint, t.ij In an : impressive candlelight installation service Monday night, June 3, at Bethany Methodist Church Miss Susan Cox of the first Methodist Church of Hert ford., was installed as president of the Perquimans-Chowan MYF Sub-District. , Those who will serve with her are: Miss Nancy Bateman, vice president; Miss Dianne McDonnell, secretary, and Miss Juanita White, treasurer. During the business session, Miss Ruth Harrell presiding, the following summer activities were discussed: The ' annual picnic will be at the Elizabeth City swimming , pool, the date to be announced later. Local church delegates and Sub-district presi dent will attend the Annual Conference Session at Duke Uni versity August 5-9. Friday, Au gust 9,- a bus load will attend the Rally Day services. Those who wish- to ride on the bu3 mus register their names be fore July 1 28th. There will bci a meeting of the ACS delegates, their Counselors and ministers. Sunday afternoon, July 28, at Anderson. Methodist Church. , - The meeting adjourned with the MYF, benediction. ' Delicious refreshments were .served by the host church, - A Look Backward is Pease la The FeranlmBf : Wmklj File Yeatoryear " JUNE 5, 1938 School Finals Held On Thurs day Night Dr. D. B. Bryan of Wake 1 Forest College, . delivered the graduating address. The fi nals - of the Perquimans High School""began . on Sunday night with the Rev. D. M. Sharpe, fiastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, ' delivering the -baccalau reate' sermon. Class Night exer cises wera held, on Wednesday night. The exercise opened with :he 'salutatory " address iy ' Miss1 Frances Lami followed Hy, a de " orthllaetera were as ffiSOT, " John Eure; iMajt-! 6t Hkrtf ord, Tim BTinh: Commissioner . of Lights, Kennetft'Hendrenh Com missioner of Finhjei : JRob Mor ris; Commissioner of Streets, Carlton Barclift; Commissioner of Health , and Superintendent of City1 Schools, Azile Godsej; City Clerk Jlenry Stokes; ; Chief of Continued on Page Beven pl: stops Kbs3To2 Pikesville handed Perquimans a 3-2 defeat Thursday . in the first round of the preliminary playbffs for the Eastern State Championship.; In the third inning Pikesville's H. D., Rogers made an unearned run when an error on bis single turned it into a home run. s ; ' f; In the ; bottom of ' the third Inning , Freddie Conjbs walked, stole to. secon vandadvanjeed to third on a passed5 ball. Combs scored on ; Jimmy Hunter's sac rifice fly. -The Indians returned to bat in the fourth inning to pick up an other run.. Gene Nixon's drive to third earned him a single. An error on a hit by Wayne Winslow allowed Nixon to score the second Perquimans run. Pikesville clinched the victory with two " runs in the seventh inning. ? Jim, Howell and Eutive Mayo both took bases' on bunts. A triple1 deep into' center field by Harry Sasser scored both- Howell and Mayo for the' win-1 ning runs. y-!. ; h-'A- , Dill Mooring, ; the twinning pitcher,- allowed ; si . hits and struck out eight Jimmy Hunter, the losing, pitcher, allowed three hits and struck out six. CfPtCSRS TO BE ELECTED AT COUNTY COUNCIL MEET ." Mrs. 1 Melyin Eure, r president, announces that new Home Dem onstration ' of ficers 'will be elect ad at the, County Council meet ing. Hie cluD members are urg- i to attend . the meeting to be n'l cn June 12 at 2:00 P. M-, at t'3 ; lci 'tural Eul'.Jlng. 1 e"Ar "-ol Dress F.evue which ' " 'i ' 4 irefi'.rf, will begin t : i r. n. a. ? v-'ii- is 1 tJ t's revvs of c' -".13 i : ; c: ) r - j m j , "-3. First Row, left to right: Carolvn Rogerson, Nell HollowelV Rachel Winslow,' Dianne Sawyer, . Ann Baker, Susan Riddiclc Annette Russell. ' ." Second .Row, left to right: Mary Slallings, Becky Hobbs, Becky Felton, HUda RueIL. Third Row,' left to. right: Eugenia Long, Gloria Riddick, Axie Mary Frances White, Betsy Barbee. Janice.' Stanton, Mary Ella Vi.inerflf lC33 ; Sprvey Averd Ann ' Jones Kilby of Bath, N. C, outstanding home eco nomics major at East Carolina College, is recipient 'of the 1963 Rachel Spivey Senior. Home Eco nomics Award of the Chi Omega social sorority at East Carolina. The award, given annually by the sorority, is presented as a memorial to Rachel E. Spivey of Hertford, East Carolina College home economics student killed in an automobile '.accident : De cember 4, 1980. : Miss Kilby, a senior student, was selected for her high schol astic average, active participa tion in professional organizations and personality. 1 In a ceremony Thursday, M-:y 30, conducted in the Panhcllenic Room of Wright Building at the college, -Nancy Ann Roberts of Hillsboro,"; president of ?. Chi Omega,: presented the engraved 2963 Rachel Spivey Award, a Paul Revere bowl, to Miss Kilby. Miss Kilby is a graduate of at Bath High School. As a stu dent leader at East Carolina, she was among 39 students chosen tcf represent the college in the 1963 "Who's : Who Among Stu dents in American Universities and Colleges,"-national publica- ;::y.:;.,;.(Uj' She was a. member of the Student ". Government Associa tion, ; where she serves on the Woman's - Judiciary, and : is a member of the Home Econom ics Chapter of the American Home ' Economics" Association. She has served as assistant edi tor of The Key, college hand book and as past president of Garrett Hall: : dormitory for women. A candidate for graduation at East Carolina July 23, Miss Kil by has accepted a position1 for 1963-1964 With the. Enlow High School, Raleigh, where she will be engaged in teaching , voca tional home economics. csvrLcr::zzrr cnov? ' to i.tt is The Belvidere Co inanity De velopment organi, tion v, ill meet I'onJay nicht, Jne 13, at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Lou.a D '1, secre- bry, anr"'T's that i 's is a -v i " t irpetirjt aid all 1 ) r.' .J. Perquimans High School's 1963 1 ffiXi ..::,,,.'.,,''. Verna Ann Perry, Annette Pierce, Elaine Askew, Kathleen Story. -' IWiulMlestsi KijvJetEngini Thomas E. Trueblood, a ' tech nician with Airmotive,; jlncv 'of Dallas, Texas, recently began test performance on the new JT-12 pure jet engine. The new test cell and equipment, which ' was recently added , by the firm, is engaged in the test ing phase of Overhauling the military version of ' the JT-12 and the new J60-P3-A3. , Trueblood, a graduate of Per quimans High School, received training in the Air Force, and also in the training program at Airmotive, Inc., with, which he has been for the past seven years. . : . He is the son of Mrs. Lucille H. Trueblood of Durants Neck and the late W. A. Trueblood. He is married to the former Mary Ruth White of Denton, Texas. They now live in Lewis ville, Texas and have two chil dren, Thomas Earl 6 and Shanna Lyn 4. ! 78 Promoted To Ninth Grade .... ' i . On May 30 seventy-eight eighth graders .at 4 Perquimans High School were promoted to t ' ninth 0.raH ' Tha nrnitram ' with the eUhth de i singing uoa wno xoucnes Earth With Beauty." Jay Dil- Ion, master of ceremonies, read the - Scripture. A program .on North Carolina history was pre sented ' by the eighth graders. Joyce Copeland spoke on "Be ginnings In North Carolina"; Carolyn White on : "The Caro lina Charter"; Lela , Mae .Long 6n "The Purchase of the Char; iter": Linda Owens ort "The First Assembly"; Jan , White on the Continued on Page Eight . Awards Presented For Music Work , Miss Carolina Wright, music instructor for Perquimans Coun ty Schools, presented awards to members of the Senior Class for their outstanding Work itt; the Perquimans High music class and Glee Club over a foul' year pe riod of time. ; . Seniors receiving , the , awards were Ann. Baker, Betsy Barbee, :':ry L "s on, Mary Frances v'wite, r. ' 1 Tt."inrlow, Becky Hobbs and Janice ULanton, . .... Florence Lamb, Doxier, Carolyn Joanne Hurdle, fourth How. 'Tarkenion, Bob Billie Reed, Fifth Row, Edna; Thigpen, ' ' Ra Wuislow, Nixon. Cooky Awarded School MQ Contract The Perquimans County Board of Education met in special ses sion here Monday, June 3, and awarded the milk contract to Fenton Hurdle, local milk dis tributor. Bids to furnish milk to Perquimans County schools for 1963-64 were received and opened. After discussing the matter, a motion was made and carried to award the contract to Mr. Hurdle, at a price of 6 tee per one-half pint. Pupils were assigned to the Perquimans County Schools for 1963-64 by a resolution of as signment the complete resolu tion is published elsewhere , in ' Continued on Page Eight 5 Local Students State Graduates North Carolina State College Memorial Union auditorium was flip sppn nf tfiA irrariiiatincr paii o o , mony of the Agricultural Insti-i tute. The Rev. Leroy Richard son,. Baptist Chaplain, N. C. State College, gave the invoca tion. The address was presented by Dr. J. W. Pou, vice presideht of Wachovia Bank & Trust Cov This Agricultural Institute was inaugurated three years ago for those boys who wanted practical agricultural training and did not wish to attend a four year col lege, ' Of, the sixty graduates, five were from Perqiiiman3 Continued on Page Eight Historical Group To Meet June 10th The Perquimans County His teorical Society will meet Mon day night, June 10, at 8 o'clock in the County; Library. :. , Silas Whedbee, president of the Perquimans Society, urges all members to be present for this meeting. In addittion to a highly inter esting program which has been planned and Will be presented by Ray Winslow, based on Per quimans In the Civil War days, the old ferry service and the floating bridge. , Election of officers for the coming year .will be held. The new year 'books will be EcatUD-tWe distributed at this meeting, - , Graduating Class 4 iilliilwli Colson. left to right: Mane Saunders. Hill, Jimmy Kirby. Carl lOverton, Shelton Lilly. left to sight: Jimmy Bonner, winuow, cavern joraan. Jimmy sioiciey, uuiy Sixth Row. left to right: Wayne Winslow, Floyd Matthews. Douglas Baker, Charles Eley, Janice Stanton Wins Scholarship Janice Stanton, a graduate of Perquimans County High School has been selected as the recipi ent of a $125 scholarship which is awarded by five of Perquimans High's clubs. Selection for the scholarship is based on good scholastic stand ing and on outstanding charac ter qualities. A committee com posed of business and civic lead ers works with the student of ficials in the selection of the scholarships. The clubs giving the scholar ship are the Student Councl1., the Beta Club, the Future Home Makers of America, the Future Farmers of ' America and the Girls' Letter Club. Miss Stanton plans to enter East Carolina College in the fall. Miss Betsy Barbee Presented Student Of The Year Award Mmmm Betsy Barbee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George . W. Barbee, was - selected "Student or. the Year"; and presented a trophy by the Hertford Rotary Club at their :: " meeting here Tuesday night. Dpn Norman, incoming president of the club, made the presentation. ' ' "" ' 'J:" Miss Barbee was salutatorian of her graduating class at , Per quimans County High School Commencement r exercises r last week, having made the second highest average on subjects dur ing ' the v four years of high school, ' She was entertained by the Continual on Pert Efcht 1 rKrpr . , - 3 ' . - -1 Judie Baker. Dora Bateman. Bill Vick Roach, A. C. Layden, Harry winslow, Phillip Lane. Jerry Whedbee, Reed Matthews, Jimmy ChappelL Jerry Creamer, Plans Jn Making To Form Marching Dave Hallock, chairman of the Band Committee of the Per quimans County Chamber of Commerce, announced this week that plans have been in the making to organize a marching unit at Perquimans County High School and that progress is be ing made with the temporary of ficers having been elected and they are now planning sessions for this summer. Barbara Har rison was elected chairman and Ann White as secretary. The Band Committee, work ing in conjunction with the Civic Committee, has been working faithfully in an attempt to or ( Continued on Pag 6) Jail Sentence For Stealing Keys I Judee Charles K Johnson met. ed out a 60 day jail Sentence to Clyde Nixon, charged with steal ing keys from Mercer Saunders grocery store, in Perquimans Re corder's . Court here Tuesday. Nixon was charged with steal ing the keys to the Saunders Grocery Store. Sentence to be suspended upon payment of the court costs and to the cost the sum of $25.00 be added for the use of Mercer Saunders. Rayfield Sawyer, charged with (Continued on Page 6) - Processor of Hogs Seeking Expansion A hog processor Is at present considering the Perquimans area for expansion of his .business and that by benefits of such shows as was held on March 6 of this year, the Agricultural Committee, Floyd .Matthews, chairman, feels that this county has considerable advantages in this product. Perquimans County is the largest i producer of hogs per acre of cleared land ' in North Carolina. EASTERN STAR MEETING The Hertford Chapter ', of : the Eastern Star will meet Monday night, June 10, at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Lodge room in the Perquimans Court House. i Mnllnnvood Now Assistant Home Apt The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners held their June meeting here Monday in the Court House. R. L. Spivey. - chairman, presided with Com missioners W. W. Bundy, W. Savage Jolliff, Riley S. Monds, Jr., and Thomas D, Nixon. All Perquimans Countv offi cials elected, appointed or oth- erwise employed by the county were placed and included under the coverage and provisions of he Workmen's Compensation Act. The board accepted the resig nation of Mrs. Toni C. Twiford as assistant home economics agent. Her resignation to be ef fective at the close of business Continued from Page 8 Indians Down Falcons 8To II The Perquimans Indians shut out the Charles B. Ayeock Fal cons Saturday night to win two of three games in the current Eastern State AA Championship playoffs. The Indians rode a seventh inning scoring wave to a 8-0 victory over the Falcons. Perquimans now advances to the final two out of three playoff series or the Eastern State Championship. Opposing the Perquimans ball club will be the Pamlico nine. The final playoffs will open at Pamlico on Tuesday at 3:30 and the sec ond game will be played on Me morial Field at Hertford on ednesday at 8 o'clock, Perquimans and Ayeock had clashed in two previous games. The first game fell to Avcock who took a 3-2 victory over the Indians. In the second game the Indians ran, ud -eicht .rallies to Win over the Falcons with six tallies. Jimmy Hunter Dut forth his usual outstanding job on the ' mound; he struck out eight of the Falcon batsmen and allow. ed them to have three hits. The Ayeock pitching staff got into i trouble in the jseventh ; farting "" J when the Indians1 chalked up' seven tallies. Bill Mooring who had held the mound for six in- ( Continued on Page 6) Birthdays June 4 Rotary Club, 6:15 Masonic Lodge Parkville Ruritan Mrs. Lanette Darden June S Toss White June 6 . Lions Club, 6:45 Mary Jordan . Sally Hobbs Archie T. Lane III Ernest W. Sutton Tom Harrell June 7 Noah Felton, Jr; ' Frank Cale Winslow Jack Brinn, Jr. Anthony B. Elliott Victor Lamb R. L. "Bob" Spivey Paulette Dail Marjorie Wood June 8 Myrtle Dail. Seymour Chappell Mrs. Lester Keel Jean B. Harrison June 9 Jones Perry- Mary Lee Newby ' Lloyd Ray, Morgan ' June 10" V''.-, Perq. Co. Historical Society Annual Meeting , , Anderson Methodist Men v Hertford Town Council Mrs. Harry T. Hollowell i ' Larry Gibbs I Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Tyndall (wedding anniversary) .' Mrs. B. F. Ainsley Seniors Present Clocks To School The Senior Class of Peroulm- ans County High School d resent ed its gift to the school in com-' mencement exercises May 29. The class presented the school with three clocks: one to placed in the library, one to bs placed in the new cafeteria, a- 1 one to b place J , in t;e s - -floor halL The class t sented the library cabinet.