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WEEKLY JUL JUL ii Volume XXX. Number 43. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 25, 1963. 5 Cents Per Copy 1TUT , hi;; 0 V U.A.VJuoArJDi's.l.LiMEmlJsrsflflloEril 3 W. A. "Billy" White has ac-, cepted the Christmas Seal chair manship fw Perquimans Coun ty ,5 elonir - with' "Mri" ' t Bog; erspn, J,' W,, Jeimette, president of the. Pasquotank-Pwqaimains-. Camden Tuberculosis Associa tion, announced after the execu tive meeting held on October 17. He also announced that chair men for Pasquotank and Cam den are W. F. Thompson and Mrs. John W, Halstead respec tively. E. W. Spence will serve again this year for Camden and Dr C,5 B. Jones, Jr.; -will - be chairman In Pasquotank. Gladys f Qropsey, !- executive secretary, reported -that 1,000 annual reports of the activities of the TB Association had been mailed out to citizens in the three counties. The association - has made contributions ; to the McCain (Division' Sanatorium for 52; children being treated for TB andtb:.V(h!.'Kisearth.. progrun now being conducted in the two North Carolina senator rums. Aid was also given to an ex -patient now being trained in the Re habilitation School . The com mittee recommended that two new sterneedles X that ; Dr. ; Isa Grant, health officer, had sug gested, be purchased to Improve the tuberculin skin testing pro- I gram and that flu vaccine lor TB and respiratory patients be ing followed by the Health De partment nurses also be secured. Approximately 1,500 students in the first and- ninth grades would be skin tested and approxi mately 100 persons would heed the flu vaccine, according to the report of Dr. Grant. ; Jennette said that on Novem ber 15 the 1963 Christmas Seal " would "be mailed. The quotas' ton. the three counties will be - announced at a later-date. Those" attendLtig' were' J,rW," tfrtoHrtl i Jermette.f Andrew J. Bailey, ipr1. John H. Bonner,! Edward Daven port, Mrs. David' Fearing, R.' .L. Garrett, Dennis- Morgan, Mrs. Mack i' Morrisette, Jr.,'' Robert Spiveyy George ; Williamsr, ' and Mrs. ' Gladys Qropsey. PCHS Jayvees Win Over Edenton . Perquimans High's Junior var sity came through with a 1 to 6 .victory yesterday to band the Edenton jayvees their first loss of the season, Perquimans now ha$ a 3-2 record. . ' Kent Inscoe went off , right . tackle and Tim Riddkk ran the extra- point to give the Baby Indians their' victory.; Joe Has kett,: guard,, and James ' Lilly, . end played 'well on defense for the winners.' , A late fourth quarter rally by Edenton was halted when Inscoe intercepted a pass on the ' In dians' 40 with 1:40 minutes left to i play and they ran out the clock. ''y"-ry-'!')t . Coronation Service At Bethel Church There will be a coronation ser vice held at the Bethel Baptist Church on Sunday aight, Octo ber 27, at 7:30 P. M.. .-""; "v- During the services the Maiden Is Linda Evans; Lady in Waiting, Marjorie Corprew; Princesses, Linda Long and Betsy Ruby; Queen, Judy Long; Queen Re gent, Faye Long; Queen Regent in Service, , Becky Hobbs and Carolyn Long. , Visit Central Grammar School Chairman Punt, Pass, Kick , ; 'The Perquimans compe ' iUion in the Winslow-Blan- chard Motor Company spon- . I sored Pum, r ass and Kick , contest, which was weaiht ; ared out last Sunday, will v I be held on Perquimans i County High School foot- - ball field on Sunday -'after- ' noon, October 27. weather ' permitting, according to Co I cU E. Winslow. The contest will begin at 2 o'clock. A large number .? . of youngsters hare regis tered and the cdntesl k ex--. peeled to draw a large 1 crowd of spectators. Not Mr. Zip - ' Shown in the above photo is Walter Wellington . White, III. holdrag' the ZIP 'cod, for this 4oliVry 4tN. Young Wally dm the; ZIP code 27944, if fill insure ' faster,' more efficient service to any' delivery point In hj; United Stales: :. Voung ;Wbfai is the grandson of Hertford Post mastec W. Whlttf. He's the son ct Mrandh' Mrs. Warier TWdlyt:. White.- Mrs. WhUe was the former Diane Divers. " Mrs. W. D. Perry Top Fair Winner . Perquimans and Pasquotank women won all top individual prizes in the Tri-Ccunty Fair in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Dewey ; Perry, Sr., ot Perquimans . was . top winner with $28.50 in premiums. Mrs: Perry also captured top .- place at the Perquimans Farm Fes tival for her' third year in ; a row.-.-, ' '. ' .i Top individual " winners in cluded Mrs. Audrey Tuttle of Elizabeth City, $18; Mrs.- Wil liam Colson of Perquimans, $16;' Mrs. Elbert Rhodes of Elizabeth City, $14; Mrs. E. C. Chappell of Perquimans, $11.50, and Mrs. George Hewitt of Pais quotank, $10. Chappell Farm Winner At Fair . Chappell i Guernsey Farm at Belvidere won the following awards in the Guernsey Divi sion of the senior "open" dairy show at N. C- State Fair: 2 second places, 1 third place, 4 fourth places, 3 sixth places, 1 seventh place, : 2 eighth places and 1 tenth place. ....4 ot L-iacaon are JL r.- ;ng left to right, :i-U, Tommy Maston, prlnci- 1 I f". Ceorge Baker and j " 1 T. I " rminru prcr ! The Perquimans County Board of Education met in special ses sion on Wednesday, October 16. Dr. Allan Bonner announced the purpose of the meeting was 'to visit and inspect all ''schools in Perquimans County. ' The",, in spection tour began by visiting King Street School, Hertford Grammar School," then to Per quimans :v Central Grammar School, where the group Junched and were served a turkey din ner. Leaving there,, they next visited Perquimans Union School and the tour ended at Perquim ans High School. Members of the Board and the Superintendent ' were; impressed and complimentary of the good housekeepiig observed in all the schools. Items ' needing atten tion from the " maintenance de partment, i were. ! noted . and will be taken care of i as time and funds will permit. A delicious ', turkey . dinner was enjoyed at the Perquimans Grammar School. , .- ; The Board visited- -and ' . in spected the ' property adjoining Perquimans High School known as the old Cox farm. '.After the inspection a motion was made and passed petitioning the Board of Commissioners, to..- provide funds' for the purchase of ap proximately eight acres, of the Cox farm adjoining the present ! school property -an , the south i side. Cliff Towe Head Of English D:pt "Clifford ' Towe, a native of Hertf6rd v and former nghsh teacher iat - Perquimans ' Courity High i School last Week wfas made head of the English - De partment'at 'a chodl; irt Mlddjie town' 'Delaware. " ' MrV Towe' has been" 'a Irnefti bef 6i m Middietown schdol I tor tne past1 two years. Tn ad dition ' to'- nlfe heading' the Eng lish Department cf the school, he is assistant I football coach (and incidentaliyhlii iteam hasf"mfent js located in the front lobby not lost a game since Mr. Towe assumed his duties al the Dela ware school). He ' also coaches the Junior vVaiSity- baskelball team and is head coach in base ball. ,y-.V, 'i,- v ' . , ; . ' - -",..f -.' .- .v. ,( . .' He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J; H. Towe of .Hertford .and Js married to Crystal ,Haste; daugh ter of Mr. 'and' Mrs. Erie Hasfe, Sr., ot Hertford, Chappell GoivA v Make High Records Three . registered Guernsey cows in the ,herd of Clarence Chappell, Sr.,'Xof Belvidere' haye vecently , completed top Official DHIR actuatvprodiiictiotl records, according ?; to V, the American juemsey Cattle, Club at Peter borough, N. H., All cows were. milked two tirtiei a day. Thej testing was supervised by North Carolina State College. V-J The cows ihciu4ed: Bayville Margaret Olva, a nine year old, produced 13,710 pounds of milk and 559.; pounds of fat in 305 days." '''- ; '.i v i ' i Bayville Gay lAz, a ' junior two year old, 'produced 9,800 pounds of milk and 434 pounds of fat in 305 dayk -i""' j- Chappell Proudjcay, a sehi6r three -year old, produced 10,710 pounds of milk nd 492 pounds of fat. m 305 days, Tri-Way Service Sale October 26 , ' Tri-Way. Service ti Grocery ! S; Store sale wiU be held on urday, October 28. This going business Is owned by Mrs. Char lotte Umphlett. . It is located one mile north of Hertford - at the intersection, of Highways 17 and NC'37... The sale is expected to draw a large number of , bidders or the Gates County football game prospective buyers, as it is a , xh Friday, October 25. The pa very popular business , and it's rade will sart at 4:30 o'clock. in an ideal location in Perquim - ans County. ' ar.?PT rttrmw ' Mi tk, kfli """" . " T. w ' , - - - Hospuai m . JSiiHDtw pry ana Jbegan her dut.'"8 last week. . Perquimans Indians Lose .carifc:!i&r To Aces To SnapLonfjITJinningStreak ' Mighty Edenton ' returned to i the familiar gridiron heights! Friday night in ; Edenton by knocking the vaunted Perquim ans Indians frcm the ranks of the unbeaten by a 9-7 score in a sizzling defensive cUffbanger j that left a huge, standing room only crowd gasping at the end. : In clamboring atop the heap in the tight Albemarle Confer ence race, the Aces "parlayed a field goal and a home-irun bomb with the rugged .defense that staved off a tremendous last ditch rally by Perquimans in registering their seventh straight win of the' season. It' was the Indians' first loss of the year and their first league defeat in two seasons. 1 ' After" a scoreless first half, the Aces bolted into a 9-0 lead early in the third period on! the strength of - Bill Erwin's 25 yard field goal and a 77-yard scoring sprint by Hiram Mayo. Then' Edenton choked off a seri ous Perquimans scoring bid, finally yielded a tally and were (Continued on Page 6) Formed At Bank R. M. Riddick, Jr., Executive Vice President of the Peoples Bank & Trust Company, has an nounced that ' the Hertford Branch' has set up a new and separate Consumer Credit De partment, ; for the use and con venience of local residents Even though ' installment loans have been ' granted at the local bank for several 'years, the ' new -Consumer Credit facilities will pro vide -funds for many new types of ipM -m'm'---':nr- The new department will be undet the suDer vision of R. L. Stejensrin, Vicfe ? President iand. uasnier. it. s. vnappen, jr., ns sistanQashief,1 will jbe. the man a&m swA 1 Preston .; Stevenson will assist in the operation of the Consumer Credit Depart ment. The Consumer Credit Depart- area of the Hertford Branch. ; ,Mr. Riddick extends a cordial invitation, on behalf of the local bank management, to all Per quimans County , residents to come in, inspect, (.and use the: new Consumer Credit Depart ment at their-convenience. John D. Ayscue In Florida Exercise ' Technical Sergeant John D. Ayscue of Hertford participated in Exercise "William Tell," the Air Force-side fighter weapons meet held at Tyndall AFB in Florida through October 12. . Sergeant Ayscue, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ayscue of Route 2, Hertford, is a United States Air Force auto repairman. He mi other members of his main- tenance . . team serviced super sonic F-101 Voodoos represent ing the Air Defense Command. ' He is assigned permanently to Kingsley Field in Oregon. The sergeant is a graduate of Perquimans County High School. He , is married to the former Wilma E. Goodwin, daughter of Mrs.; Flossie Goodwin of Eliza beth. City, N. C. William Tell tests the skills of pilots .and support personnel in latest tactical concepts for air craft and missile defense. The intense ' competition also de velops the effectiveness of air defense teams and combat-ready maintenance of jet aircraft. Credit Department PCIIS Homecoming . Friday Is i Shonsored Bv The Student Counril of Per quimans High School will spon- .sor a hpmeoom'.ng parade before 1 The parade will start m front of Towe Motor Company, con tinue ' down Dobb Street,, turn left into Church Street at the stop light, parade through the downtown section, turn left into Grubb Street and continue back t the high school Expert Canner ;V: .V Mary Beth Hurdle, a Perquim ans County 4-H'er, has prover to be an expert canner. And as a result, Kerr Glass Manufac turing Corporation is sending her to National 4-H Club Cong ress in Chicago. She has canned 550 quarts of food while heel ing around 2.000 pounds. Shr has been a big help to hei mother, Mrs, Fannie Hurdle o' Hertford Route 3, in canning thr family food supply.' A member of the New Hope local 4-H Club. Mary Beth has ' been a junior leader of the club; She served as president of the County Coun cil for two years and as Eastern District president.:. She was a delegate to. the 1963 Govemor'i Youth Fitness Conference. Perquimans FFA The land judging contest for FFA boys which is sponsored by the supervisors of the Albe marle Soil and Water Conserva tion District was held in Gates County on Thursday, October 17. FFA boys from the follow ing schools participated in the contest: Chowan High School, Gates County High School, Knapp High School, Pasquotank Ceh tral. High; School, : Perquiroahs High School and, Camden : High The FFA team frcm - Gates County High School won first place and received $15. The team from Perquimans High School won "second place and re ceivel $10. The team, from Chowan High School placed third and received $5.00. ' ; v The FFA team from Gates County High School will repre sent this district in the state land judging contest which will be held at a later date. Winfall Student On ECC Committee East Carolina College's School of Business was host to an open house party Saturday for all alumni of the department fol lowing the ECC-Western Caro lina football game. . , One of the ; committee mem bers making plans for the open house from- Perquimans County was Roger : M. Nixon, son of Malcolm Nixon, Star. , Route,, Winfall. .:i-V:, ; Monoirrain Cliib A tentative schedule for the parade is listed as follows : . 1 Marching Unit, Student Coun- cjl float, Senior Class (S cms), Beta Club float, Monogram ear, (girls competing for Monogram Queen), horses and .wagon,! Monogram car, FFA and FHA float: - Bov Scouts. Monoeram.. car, 4-H float, Monogram car, Bus Drivers Club, bicyples, Mon ogram car, . Letter Club float, Girl Scouts, Monogram,, car, J 1 Continued on P0 Eiht Judging Contest White Appointed County Chairman For Postmasters " Walter W. White, postmaster of Hertford, was appointed this week to serve as chairman for Perquimans County for the en suing year by D. V. Meekins of Manteo, chairman for the Fir,sx District of the North Carolina Chapter of the National Asso .'iation of Postmasters. The du ties of the county chairmen will oe to collect the annual dues .rom the postmasters of their area and conduct other bn.sines: jf the . chapter, which will in :lude arrangements for the an nual meeting at Nags Head in the spring of 1964, shortly before the annual state meeting to be held iri Asheville in May, 1964 Mr. Meekins released the full '1st of county chairmen as fol ws: ; Beaufort County, Sidney Hof 'er, Washington; Bertie County, Henry G: Spruill of Aulander; Chowan County, J, L. Chestnutt )l Edenton; ' Camden County, Mrs. Lillian B. Spencer of South Mills; Currituck County, Mrs Mabel T. Murray of Moyock; 'ttere ' County, Randolph G. O'Neal, Jr.,- of Wanchese; GateF County, Harry L. Ward of Continued on Page Six White Cane Drive The state-wide date for the White Dane' Drive has been set tor the month of October. This fo-ive is sponsored by the more $an 14,000 Lions in North Caro ina.! - It presents the. greatest challenge , and opportunity for lervke in the field of work for the blind and visually handicap ped to the Lions and friends of the blind in North Carolina. The North Carolina Associa tion, for, the Blind is a Lions pro ject.. It ; was organized by Lions v ire 1934 t as . a non-profit, -?tate-wide ..organization . and is supported by Lions through this 5ne annual fund raising pro ject, the.. "VVhite Cane drive. The association renders ser .Vices;.toL any:, .blind and visually impaired iperson if there is a need, and there are no other re sources available, These are some of the outstanding ser vices on which funds are ex pended: Eye treatment cr sur gery; glasses and artificial eyes; to sponsod the visual aids clin kv Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill; to co-sponsor the medical eye. clinics in local areas when these are essential for adequate Continued on Page ti Hertford MYF To Collect For UNICEF ;:The, Hertford MYF will col lect ' . for UNICEF Tuesday night, October 29, starting at 7 o'clock. This' 'is an annual project and everyone is asked to support this project by giving. The do nations will go to help children overseas. -' Harvest Bake Sale Scheduled Oct. 26th Xhere wiU.be a harvest bake sale Saturday, October 26, be ginning at 8 P. M: until 8 P. M. in the Durants Neck Commun ity House. The " sale, '- sponsored by the Durants , . Neck Home Demon stration Club, will serve free coffee ,. with '. home-made New England;-clam chowder, Bruns wick stew, ;.' hot degs, ham burgers, piei, I cakes and other baked goods.' Halloween Party At Grammar School Ghosts and goblins will be on the prowl, and howl Halloween night at the Hertford Grammar School. Come one, come.aU, for the games of luck and skul, some new, some pld. Come to the 'opening; of our ' country ; store. Homemade end home gK-nieiichahdiae.-:'-nwit :nd. vegetables grown and canned by your neighbors. , Cakes baked by the best, of cooks. , , Supper will be served start-1 ing at 5:30. n Bring the - whole family Hot dogs,', hamburger, French fries: and cold drinks wiU be sol. Homemade candies, cookies and pie WiU be sold by, . our teachers. Underway Electric - lnJater Sorvito To Be Discontinued For Delinquent Accounts By-Pass Explained The N. C State Highway Commission held a public hearing on the proposed lo cation of U. S. 17 by-passing Hertford, in the Per quimans County Court House Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.' A large number of inter ested persons attended the meeting, at which time the highway officials explained in detail the proposed by pass go ng eats oi Hertford. Given the opportunity to be heard, the following townspeople spoke : . briefly , and asked questions and voiced opinions: Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Monds, Jr., Claude Brinn and W. H. Oakey. Wins Award Thomas W. Tilley of Hertford was recently presented a 23-year service award bv Shoo "Mailer Burney of Shojriorlolj Naval & Shipyard. Mr. Tilley has 23 years service record with the government. Birthdays ) October 27 Ike Perry Mrs. A. W. Hefren Janet Dail October 28 . . . First Methodist Official Board Brad Fields Gloria Riddick Ray Harris Bruce Winslow June Page Walker Robert Sutton Carla Elliott October 29 Rotary Club, 6:15 Masonic Lodge Mrs. Carlton Cannon T. G. Howard Herbert Chappell October 30 Tommy Harrell Watt Eure Thelnia Elliott Jimmy Stallings 'October 31 American Legion Pattie Jean Riddick November 1 Herbert Winslow November 2 Emory White Mrs. Nathan Matthews SISTER DIES Mrs. V. N. Darden received a message last Wednesday of the death- of her sister, Mrs. Ralph Cooper of Jacksonville, Fla. " Executives Of New IB It w f W Pictured above is R. L. Stevenson, vice it''3nl of F Bnk fc Trust Company, who confers with R. S. Char- i. assistant cashier end manager Credit Department of the Hertford bank. The Hertford Town Board, meeting here last Thursday ' right, reviewed the audit for the town for the year ended : June 30, 1963. In reviewing the audit, all funds were properly accounted for. However, the Board found that the. clerk had allowed an unusually large ' number of accounts receivable to accumulate without the con sent or knowledge of the Mayor and Commissioners. - This in cluded light and water bills for a number of residents of the town. Many have been collected since the meeting and arrange ments are being made for the collection of these delinquent ': accounts. Efforts are also being made to collect the delinquent -taxes. All persons already owing . light and water bills, who do not make satisfactory payments on their accounts will have their service discontinued. ; A complete audit as presented to the Board is printed in this ' issue of The Perquimans Week ly. - R. C. Elliott, Town Clerk, was instructed by the Board to dis continue all electric and water service of all consumers not complying with the regulations. The regulations state that all. light and water consumer bills are due on or before the 16 th day of each month. After the :' 16th a penaty of $1.00 will be added, and on the 26th day of the month the consumers' ser - vice will be discontinued and a fee of $2.00 will be charged for restoring the service. ' The Town of Hertford requests -' all consumers to comply with the regulations. The Town Clerk 4. has no authority to give -en ex tension to anyone, If bills, fa over and service - Was not Ipm " paid for by the 26th cf each, month, consumers are advised to check their refrigerators ,for food that might spoil, and make arrangements because the regu lations will be strictly enforced. Service will be discontinued until the bills are paid. Football Films To Be Shown The working committees of the "Woodard Memorial Scoreboard Fund" have made arrangements with Coaches Ike Perry and Bobbie ' Carter to present cur rent films of the Perquimans High School football games in the PCHS auditorium at 7:30 P. M., Wednesday, October 30. Admission will be $1.00 with all proceeds to be contributed to the Memorial Fund. Films of three games will be shown with the program lasting approximately one hour. Coach Perry will narrate the films, explaining the plays and pointing out those that clicked to perfection and at points will stop a film to show where a key block would have cut runners loose. Coach Perry stated: "The public will surely enjoy these films. You, will see in detail and at timeS stopped action, plays geared for the Dig play. You will also see the questionable plays, whether a player stepped out of bounds or a pass caught in or out of bounds. It is my pleasure ..to present . these films for a worthy cause." : - Bank Department 3 i a; ... . j 4 , t of the newly formei C .