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r-ri r--r- WEEKLY 3 V r ifflAHS I: 4 Volume Xi.- Lumber 41. The " Sensational Perquimans Indians, undefeated after play ing five games and ; tying the scalps ! of , their opponents to their belts in .each of the games, will play away . from home this Friday' night when they . meet the ? Williamston High School team,' ' The Indians defeated Ply mouth, here last Friday night 59 to 13. For this battle of two of the Albemarle area's . Double . A football giants, both teams were undefeated. ; ' If "I . I all record of five -wins and not if . 1 UnwM 1 1 1 m r n n M ... hn. nM Alton- I ! losses, and an Albemarle Con i feirence record of 4-0, The Indians opened the scor- Uing in the first quarter, ' A pass pom i the Perquimans 41 from uimmy Hunter to Gene Nixon brought the : first touchdown. ' (The extra point came on a pass tfrotn Freddie Combs , to Francis Combs. i ' j " i) The Combs twins took credit I (or the. next, scoring action. Using passes' and drim through - end around the line, they moved ,i I T " y Z JrZ a I the ball Irom the 'Indians' 39' plays, V Freddie' Combs went around right end for the tally. Freddie , Combs . also went around rjght end for the extra point. , ' ' " ; The closing seconds of the first quarter , saw Plymouth - Continued on Pag Five , !Sci:::Lr::i; ::;C;t13-D Jn conformity with , National School Lunch Week, which has Kennedy, and by Governor San ford for 'the State of North Ca rolina the Perquimans County , schools will observe' National School Lunch Week October 13 19, states School Superintendent John T. Biiggers. . Qn October ; 16 ' the Board of r Education members will ' visit , each school i in the county .and will have lunch with the children in one ""of the schools., s , We ue proud of our luneh rooms and of the, service they render to the' school i children. They assure at' least one good, nutritionally sound meal each '-. day and this contributes to' the '.bealthv of -our children. This, in . turn, enhances both their : physical and their-mental cajpa bllities; , ' j - The operation f of our school Continued on Page - Al i ' ' -if',;;,-;,- .;Vi:; :p0 Book In Memory ' Of E. C. Woodard . The American . Heritage . Book of Natural Wonders has been given to . the Perquimans Coun ty Library' this week jk mem ory pf E. C. Woodard. H Other new books, in the .li brary uus ween are: Hants, hv the, Mtifnra r,t T.if Mora.' zine; , the September issue of Olt Fishing Trip Horizon; Ice Station Zebra byl ; , , MacLean; The Living Reed by , Howard Pitt, Preston Blanch Pearl Buck) The Mute Witness' ard and Clinton" Morgan , spent by Pike; Mister B by Petite .Wednesday night at Nags Head and . The Mirror Cracked , by and fished there Thursday. The Christia , ; (party landed a beautiful, crab, One new .career book ' for, young people is "So You Want To Beva Social Worker." , "'''""','''''r"-'riiVifWVlf Mental I lih . . Target For Action . . . Tieme At PTA Meet "Mental "Health A Tart For Action" was the their s of ' the PTA District Conference held in Ahoskie October 1. The speakers included Dr. Charles Vernon, d mity direc tor, from the Stste 13 . irtment of Mental Health, H' ' Ji, ing a picture anj be" ? unt'T - standing of "The IT a V Cai f Una Story1 where v ; s nd t day and ' expresc' z X.t neces sity of mental help i i tise cor.1- Tnunity. Mrs. JR. S. T!. " -?d the p1" v;.nr','g t ' . : t tale i 1 a f cf r V 1 a r t v . J.L J 'Uw-.J DT2crj:t!cVcn::.i To,::3tl.i(feL,::2!i m-j 11 12 A , delegation of Democratic Women from Perquimans Coun ty are expected to attend the third annual North' Carolina Women's Convention in Raleigh on October 11 and 12, according T ' th local party organization.; , .. ' L, More than 300 Democratic Wo men from all over the state are expected to register at the Ho tel Sir Walter for the event which includes workshops, panel discussions and social activities. Following registration on Fri day morning the convention gets underway at 1 P. M., with greet ings by Governor Terry San ford, and Raleigh May or. James W. Reid. -Panel discussions will include George M. Stephens; Jr., Mrs. ' Arnette Boutwell, Mrs. William Joslin, George Esser, .. . j. Ready, who will discuss the new North Carolina fund, redisrict ing, community colleges, and precinct politicking.' The delegates will be enter tained at a tea at the Executive Mansion, .with Mrs. Terry San ford, receiving. A guided tour of the Legislative Building will follow the tea. .At 7 P. M., the main banquet will be held at the Hotel Sir " Walter with , the general subject ':The Lady Dem-ocraU-the Scope of Her' Activi ties" as the general theme. . On Saturday; October 12, fol lowing a ' buffet breakfast. Mrs. rhrUtin nalfaShlik ;trer"a'rif vthe inil' nntiM nf Greene County. ur.ii 'cnoair "The f.adv nemi CoatuuMd on Faga Thrie i Dealers Display ' lew 14 Cars j 1904 automobile showings in Feitquimams ; county nave, Deen going' on how for1 the past week. Already : the new creations on display are . attracting much at tention and - more to come. There are many changes in the new models, plus new creations altogether, , ; ' ,.; The Chevrolet went on dis play at Hollowell 's Chevrolet Company.. , The Fords" were on display at Winstow-Blanchard Motor Co. Earlier in the month of Sep tember the new Dodge 'made its appearance at Towe Motor Co., along with the Plymouth, Vali ant ,and Chrysler.; i v. If you haven't visited these automobile ' -dealers here r in Perquimans and seen the new cars, you've really missed some thing. They invite you to Visit their, showrooms, and. look over the, 1964 models on display. it ff j T XlClHUrU ITIU and -has been rumored that they will enter it-in the Crab Derby next year. The most exciting portion of the business session came when it was announced that '"Per quimans . Central ' . Grammar School takes the gavel for at tendance." Those representing this particular, school were: ,-' , Mrs. Pauline Webb, Thomas .'Maston, Mr, and Mr' George Eaker, Mrs. Janet' Branholm, TTrs. Leona Eure, ' Mrs. Betty Lure, Mrs. Peggy Copeland, Mrs. Virginia 'Miller, Mrs: Edi son Karris, Mrs. -JShvood Nowell, Mm, Harold White and Mrs Leo Ambrose. T. e ni -azine cup award t to F!; uth. v r .irt-i that next t -nee will Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 11, 1963. Recent Nurse The Elizabeth -City School of Practical Nursing graduated 13 students, seven from Perquimans County, at exercise held at the Episcopal Church in Elisabeth City on September 23. Shown is the graduating class.' They are, reading left to right, Carolyn Bowen, Becky - Sutton Louinda Bollis, three from Hertford, Elaine Sumner, Sarah Dail and Linda Tynch. Second row, Arlene Miller, Hertford. Eloise Smith, Peggy Spear ' (formerly from Perquimans), Norvie Abbott, Gail Johnson, 100 North Front Street, Hertford, Joyce Miller, Winfall Sick Loan Closet Highlighted In 6PV Club Veek During this, National Business Women's 'Week, the Hertford Business and Professional Wo men's Club would like to high light its main and continuing project, the Sick Loan Closet Mrs. Roxanna C Jackson serves as chairman with Mrs. Betty T. Swindell as co-chairman, i ,This project was started in 1950 fcrv the purpose of furnish ing items needed by families with temporaiy.; illnesses. Con tributions of cash iqnd articles Have been made by individuals, civic organizations and mission ary - societies' " during these 13 years I "i ucuai imww. , wu fcrutches, bedside cbmniodes, w " 1 Dea rails, Dacs. rests ana inya- lid . feeding trays. ? These t are loaned with no" charge to the patient, although donations . are accepted to- help with the up keep. , ; i S ': The Hertford Business and Professional .Women's Club would like to take this oppor tunity to publicly ,thank all of those who have made it pos ; ConiiniMd on Page Five i. Contest Nov. 15-16 ' Charles M. Harrell, distribu tor fori, this area for Pyrofax gas, announced this week that the Pyrofax ; Gas Teenagers Baking Contest, which offers three '$2,000 college scholarships, plus 'a $500 cash bonus, 1,020 valuable prizes ' offered in the big $38,000 Pyrofax Teenage Baking' Contest, will be ataged in Hertford this year at the Harrell , Gas & Coal Company building. , The baking will be done on a Heritage gas range. Last year : the . contest - was held in Greenville and the year before in Goldsboro. , ' Judges for the contest, will be local. Selection of the essays however, is done by a New York firm. ,. Entry blanks for the contest may be obtained at any of the. Harrell Gas'& Coal Company offices at Hertford, . The contest is open to teenagers, both boys and girls, from the. ages of 13 to 19. Once you pick up an entry " blank at v Harrell , Gas . & Coal Company, you do two thihgs, First, write an essay of 100 words or less on the theme "Why I Want'W Go to Col lege." Second, you write ydur favorite baking recipe. If yours is one of. the top essays, you will " be ... invited to compete in the baking contest, ' - . ., District Meeting Of Service Guild The district meeting of Wes-. levn Service " Guild will be eld ?nnrtav hennoonk October 13. ' at ,2 " o'cltx-k at Fnworth Methodist rhreh irt Winfall.1 M". CH- EDyd-of New Bern will be tn Burst sneaker, ; . All Guild members are Invited Pyrof ax Doing Graduates At Albemarle Hospital I Birthdays October 13 .. Ann Rogerson Buddy' Goodman Tommy Lynn Riddick October 14 Joe Rogerson, Sr. Debbie Rogerson Reba Spivey Archie Lynn White Ray Dail Joe Lay den, Sr. Mrs. Bill Sawyer W. Ann .White October 15 John Decker Frankie Barber October 16 John N. Winslow Mrs. W. M. Morgan i Craf ton Matthews ; October 17 Alma L. Brinn ' t LeRoy Dail ' f October 18 '' ' ' Carolyn M. Lane !. Hazel White October 19 Pensie Corprew Mrs. J. R. Jarvis Emma Byrum G. H. "Tuck" Webb. Jack V. Guthrie New HS Teacher Jack B. Guthrie, 24,' of Hark trs Island, N. C.,' was approved this week as biology teacher at Perquimans High School. Mr. Guthrie holds a BS de gree and major in biology from East Carolina College, Green ville, N. C. Hehas one year teaching experience. He ' will replace 'Ike Perry, who v was approved as. acting principal at Perquimans County High School to fill the vacancy caused by the death .of Princi pal'E. C. Woodard. . Home Demonstration Club Bake Sale County Home Demonstration bake sale was held Saturday. September 21 at the agent's of fice building, y The purpose of the sale was to secure funds to help sponsor awards for win ners in the adults and 4-H Club work and to be in posititon to make a special donation toward the 4-H Foundation. " ; Thirty-five women ( participat ed in the sale. The agent and members were proud of the re sults. " CELEBRATING I'm. Ann V. Vmin?. nrMii shown placte bumper itrip telling of, National observance of (time of harvest through Janu EPW Cluts October 6-12. Looking en is Mrs. Doit T. Riddick,' ary 31, 1964. Loans will ma Tlrt pre " -, ni Thejma Elliott, treasurer, t tup May 31, 1984, ' ,' mwmmMmm iip ' T - if- '. and Marjorie Hollowell, 1 Farm Bureau Reports Total Of Rollb White, president of the Pci-quimans County Farm Bu iea.u, reports that the Perquim ans County Farm Bureau has 'reached a membership of 391 members and exceeded the quo ta of 357 by 34 members. This number has v approached an all time high and is a real indication of Perquimans Coun ty farmers taking an interest in their own welfare. Board members and Farm Bu reau workers deserve a great deal of credit for a most sue- cessful 1963-64 campaign, ments President White. The annual business meeting -will be toeldr on Monday night, 1 October 14 at the Agriculture Building in Hertford at o'clock. The officers for the year 1963-64 will be elected. Recommendations on commodi ties as peanuts, field crops and livestock will be made by the membership during this meet ing and presented to the State Farm Bureau Convention dur ing November. This is a very important meeting and every Farm Bureau member in the county is urged to attend. Auxiliary Seeking Gifts For Vets The American Legion Auxili ary of Wm. Paul Stallings Unit 126 held its regular i monthly meeting on Thursday night, Oc tober 3, at the home of Mrs. Ed. la - Webb with Mrs. Elizabeth Haskett as co-hostess. The meeting opened with the usual ritual followed by the devotional conducted by Chap, lain Ethel Perry": Minutes of. the last meeting were read and approved. : Roll was called . with 14 members present. . President Ruth Powell report. ed on the first Area Meeting held in Edenton on September 26. - The most important high light of , the day was member ship. -Every member was ask ed to contact prospective ' new members and present members for membership.' ' During . the - business session Continued on Page 3 BPW WEEK nf a. vt4fnrj RDiv nuk k 391 Memberships Cc::3gc Day At Pcrq:niiis High School October 14 Perquimans County ' . High School will have its -College Day program for seniors and juniors - on Monday afternoon, October 14. ... from 1 until 3 o'clock. Three time spans of 40 minutes each' have been set for the students to meet and talk with the various representatives from the participating colleges in which they are mcst inter ested at th epresent time. Parents are invited and urged to attend if they so desire. It would be most practical for the parent and student to talk with the college representatives at the same time. About 25 of the invited col leges and universities have in dicated that at least one or more of their staffs and facul ties respectively from each school will be present for this event. Those institutions that have indicated the definite rep resentative who is to attend the program at that time are as fol lows: Wake Forest, N. C. State, Uni versity of North Carolina, Campbell College, Greensboro College, College of the Albe marle; Chowan College, Atlantic Christian College, St. Andrews Presbyterian College, North Ca rolina Wesleyan College, Metho dist College, Woman's College (UNO, Duke University, Louis burg College, Guilford College, East Carolina Colleger Gardner Webb College, Peace College, Catawba College, Pitt Industrial Education Center, Petersburg Geneenal Hospital School of Nursing, . Norfolk General Hos oital School of Nursing, Louise Obici School of Nursing. Tt ifi hnrtAH that the roennnen and results cf this endeavor will com-j'Prove to be very beneficial to Shigh school students during the next several years, Traffic Cases Feature Court O. J. Bunch, Jr., charged by his wife Molly Bunch, with non support of his four children, was given 30 days in Perquimans County Recorders Court here on Tuesday by the presiding judge, Charles E. Johnson. The sen tence to be suspended upon pay ment of $140 per month. ..Thomas Gordon, charged with improper passing at an intersec tion, was given 30 days. Sen tence to be suspended upon payment of $35.00 and court costs. . ' !: ' William N. Thomas, charged with improper passing at an intersection, paid the court costs, Ervin Sargeanf, Jr., charged with improper muffler, was as sessed .court cost;. Richard C. : Wilson, charged with permitting an unlicensed person to drive a motor vehicle, was taxed with court costs. Melvin Jones, charged with assault on Thurman Burke. Cost was assessed against the prose cuting witness Jones. Clarence Williams, charged with exceeding the width limit with truck, paid the costs. Milton R. Snow, charged with driving on left side of road not in passing, paid the court costs. ,T. B. Executive Group To Meet All Perquimans members serving on the Executive Com mittee of the Pasquotank-Perquimans - Camden Tuberculosis Association are urged to attend the meeting to be held Thurs day, October 17 at 8 P. M. in the Elizabeth City Health De partment, J. W. Jennette presi dent, has announced. ' 1 Support Rate For Peanuts $236.86 The support rate for Virginia type peanuts for 1963 will be $236.86 per ton. Discount rates for damaged kernels will be es sentially 'the same as those lor the 1962 crop. Loans and purchase agree ments on 1963 crop peanuts will be available to Droducers tmm Board Of Education Appoints Isaac Perry Perquimans Principal Student Teacher Miss Mary Linda Pinkham, an Kast Carolina college senior from Washington, N. C, is stu dent teaching at Perquimans County High School under the direction of Miss Frances New- by, home economics teacher. Miss Pinkham will be at Per quimans High School until De cember 12, the end of the col lege quarter. Upon graduation in December, Miss Pinkham plans to teach vocational home economics. Student teaching under the direction of a qualified instruc tor is one of the final require ments for obtaining the Bach elor of Science JJegree from East Carolina College. Miss Newby was selected by the col lege from recommendations by the State Department of Home Economics in Raleigh. Miss Pinkham will teach one class both of Home Economics I and II. She will work with the Future Homemakers of America plans for homecoming, the mother-daughter banquet, the magazine campaign and work with the degree committee to encourage growth in these young girls through degrees of achieve ment. Presents By-Laws The first monthly meeting of the Planning Board was held at the Hertford Municipal Building oft;--Tuesday, October I at 7:30 P. M. Members present were W. J. Ward, chairman; Jack Kanoy, vice chairman; J. Emory White, secretary. Members absent were Julian Broughton and J. Moody Mathews. Others in attendance' were E. T. Gould, Division of Community Planning. : New business included: The Planning Board establish ed by-laws for its conduct of business. The order of business for every regular meeting shall be: 1. Roll call. 2. Reading of minutes. ' 3. Committee reports. 4. Old business. 5. New business. A quorum shall consist of three members. V A majority vote is needed .for the approval of any matter. Meetings will be held on the Continued on Paqe 2 I"' . . 'A Planning Board Objects Of National Congress Of Parents And Teachers Group (Each week under a column listed as Your PTA will -be ar ticles from the PTA's of Per quimans County). The objects of the National Congress of Parents and Teach ers follow: To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, - church and community. To raise the stand ards of home life. ' To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. To bring into closer re lation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the training of the child. To de velop between educators and the general : public such united ef forts as will secure for every child the highest advantages in physical, mental ' social and spiritual education, ' o. 5 Cents Per Copy The Perquimans County Board Of Education met in regular quarterly session on Monday. The meeting was opened by ob serving a moment of silence and prayer in memory of E. C. Woodard. Superintendent J. T, Biggers reported to the Board that G. C. Buck could not accept the ap pointment as attendance coun selor. He recommended the election of Mrs. R. S. Monds as fhe county attendance counselor and the motion was approved. Isaac P. Perry, Jr., was ap proved as acting principal at Perquimans County High School to fill the vacancy left by the death of E. C. Woodard. Jack V. Guthrie of Harkers Island, N. C, was approved as biology teacher at Perquimans High School. The following list of substi tute teachers was approved: White Mrs. Florence Nowell, Mrs. Minnie White, Mrs. Sallie Bonner, Miss Peary White. Mrs. Dempsey Winslow, Mrs. Nancy lowe, Mrs. Etta Walters, Mrs. Thelma Skinner and Mrs. Don Norman. Colored Mrs. Mary E. New by, Mrs. I. T. Rogerson, Mrs. Izetta Hollowell, Mrs. Beuna Logan. Mrs. Salome Brothers, Herman Small and Mrs. Rosa L. Gibbs. Preston Divers of the W. M. Divers & Son Jewelers, met with the Board for the purpose of discussing class ring, contract for the Perquimans County schools. The Board passed a motion designating the 1963 Plymouth automobile as county car for use of the superintendent's of fice. The superintendent superintendent for sale.. After discussing several re quests for changes in the school bus routes, Superintendent Big gers was authorized to extend Route 5 miles to the home of Dallas White. The Board approved an in service class for teachers. For the white teachers it will be North Carolina history taught by David Stick. Isaac Perry was authorized to designate and assign coaches for athletics at Perquimans High School. Mrs. Ila Grey White At Utah Meeting Perquimans County Home Agent, Mrs. Ila Grey White, represented the Eastern .District Home Agents Association at the national home agents meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah. Mrs, White will be the chairman of the association in 1964 and was one of 12 delegates from North Carolina to attend the meeting. Outstanding speakers were featured at the meeting. Sixty exhibits were displayed by com mercial companies portraying the use of new appliances, equipment and new products that are available. Mrs. White says, '"the meeting was most profitable and I plan to use many of the ideas in my work. It was also an inspirational ex perience to visit the lovely Salt Lake City." Parent-Teacher Prayer Heavenly Father, Thou who art our Creator and our God: We thank Thee for all the blessings Thou hast bestowed upon us, more especially for the children and bur relation to them. We ask . that Thou wilt endow us with: wisdom and strength as we care for and nur ture them. May we be Thine instruments to lead our children to a realization of Thy power and Thy love. Bless Thou our fellowship as we work for the children of out land. Lead us in steadfastness and faith to ward the solution of the great problems that confront our world today. Consecrate us to Thy service and to the service of all chUdren; everywhere Ajnen. " , ' .