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few 73 -77 77n-a WEEKLY ii'-'iiii Volume XXX. Number 44. llhzo Pccb bso Lives To Automobile Wrecks ; " . A one-car' ; accident in Per- ; quintans County early 'Tuesday morning claimed, the lives of a vi father, and- son after the mother lost control of the automobile. Dead on arrival at Albemarle Hospital . were James Edward - Bowers, . 33, t and David Lynn Bowers, 2. The mother, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Bowers, 29, driver of the 1962 Chevrolet which ' crashed into a bridge abutment, . is hospitalized at the hospital and listed in fair condition.' 1 : The accident occurred about, one mile north of the Hertford city limits on U. S. 17 .... about 3:45 o'clock. The Bowers, from . Williamsport, Pa.,v according to the investigating officer, were . onroute to .visit some friends at . Jacksonville, N. C. It is reported that Mrs.' Bow ers was driving.-.'" It was rain ing and she had just turned the windshield 'wipers on, to . find . them not working rwhen she lost control, of the car. ?V; ;- State Highway Patrolman B. R. Inscoe's report indicated that Bowers died of chest and other ? injuries. The Bowers boy was reported ' to have suffered a broken neck, Mrs. ' Gertrude Winslow . Bun- Syj 82, was the victim of a one car accident at the intersection of the Chapanoke road , and . XJ. S. 17 ,at George Jackson's store, Sunday night at - 7:30 ' o'clock. Mrs. Bundy was a pas senger in . the right front seat of a;-,- Volkswagen-- driven - by her daughter, '. Mrs. Evelyn ' Bunly Lane, when! at fumed over on Hie way w cuorcn. . ine cir apv - parentiy lauea to stop tor me intersection of ..'the Clvip&noke- U.' S. 17 road, V Crossed 17 land f crashed ' into a .ditch, ' oveiVirn . ing.. Mrs.' Bundy was thrown from the car. U ' " . (State - Hiytwyj Patrolman T). , ,Bv Cupibo wi thvej(ligiAin I officer. 6ther, passengers of the t automobile were Mrs. ' Lane's husband, Otis '" J. Lane, and Donald" Paul Abemalhy, . 2; , a . grandson , of the deceased. Mrs, . Lane . : .wasi ' -hospitalized with Continued on Page 2 Wrong Name On Birthday Calendar I- - In last week's Issue 'of v The ' Perquimans Weekly we had Mrs. . A. . W. : Hefren listed ds ; having a birthday on - October i 27. This was in error. It was Mr. . Hefren's , birthday instead. Our apologies to Mr. Hefren. COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET NEXT MONDAY . . ' ,: Commissioners for Perquimans y County will hojd their Novem 'iber' meeting next Monday, No' vember 4, beginning at 10 Aj M. in the Court House. Individuals desiring, to confer with the board -are. requested to note time and place of the meeting, . " HERTFORD TOWN COUNCIL MEETS CN NOVEMBER ll' - The Hertford , Town Council, will meet .in. reeular session .on Tuesday night, November 11 '.iiu the Hertford Municipal Build- the ing, Individuals desiring to confer with the board are requested to note time i and . place of the meeting. Prize Winning Booth At State Fair erquiroani County -H'er . created Ofii attractive and educa-J 1 exhibil presented at North Carolina State Fair, which won "em a $SZi awri - ' -'' , , , , ., . Vhiteston Group Wins First Place For Development Whiteston Community Devel opment Organization was award ed first place and the blue rib bon for Perquimans County. The award was presented at. the Community Development Award program October 28 at the Per quimans High School. The award was made by R". L. Stev enson, vice (president and cash ier of the Peoples Bank & Trust Companyi The bank sponsors the awards program. They pre sented awards in the amount of $250 this year. ,. Robert Hollowell , presided at the program. The1 Rev, Homer Smith, pastor of ( the Pilgrim Holiness Church- gave the de votional. The Rev. Hershel Hill, pastor of the Up River Friends Church, gave : the benediction. The Perquimans County Cham ber of Commerce donated, door prizes'. Larry AydletO Jr.J exe cutive manager, conducted the drawing... , ! Each community 'presented en tertainment.? -lA; youth choir from Whiteston sang. v Cindy Winslow,: "daughter of Mr. land Mrs. Billy Winslow, sang a solo. The Belvklere community enter tained with a solo by . Angela . Ul 111 I . II L 1 1 1 Chappell, daughter of Mr. Mrs. Moody Chappell and the tap dance , by Wanda Winslow, daughter of Mr.- and Mrs. Jarvisi Winslow. The Bothel Baptist I Church youth choir sang. The ticrea -nurcn youun choir sang ' 7 JT. ::V ,.. K J Thtr 'W.hritifn - rnmmim tvl' r " " bmtth? Mhi&n& prize of $lS'iWeeK, ' TTd?al Ike.1 for .having 71 members present. The New, Hope community1' was awarded second, place "attend ance pqze of $5.00 with 48 mem bets present. ; Blue ribbons were i iMrl . Continued on Page, t ' -' ' Superior Court Term In Session The October term of Superior Court convened- here " Monday morning with Judge Chester Morris of the First District pre siding over the mixed session, including both criminal and civil cases. Forty cases listed on the criminal docket ' which ' ' Include two murders, .. a manslaughter, rape and breaking and entering charges. Up until Wednesday at noon the docket had been cleared of many cases which included Ricky Trueblood, ' charged . with break ing and entering . and larceny. Judgment in the case was three years 'not more than four. The sentence to be suspended and Trueblood placed, on probation under the usual pronation eon ditions., .Also, that r 'Iruec-lood make restitutionto J. I. Meads of $71.60 and E. A. Goodman $24.00. j-Morris' Harrell, charged with 'aiding and abetting and receiv- Conlinued on Page Flv jf Hertford, Perquimans County, North .'rs.O.Hafer Ach:3vem3nt Day Guest Spacer . tiats, Hats,. Hats Are - you interested in hats? - Mrs. A. B. Hafer of Laurirtburg,- N. C., will be the guest speaker and dem onstrator at . the ' Perquimani County Achievement Day Pro gram, November 7 at the First Baptist Church: She will dem onstrate making and remodeling hats. Mrs. Hafer has her own hat shop and has given many demonstrations and held many workshops in hat making. The Achievement Day Pro gram will begin at 10:30 A. M., November 7. Registration is from 10:00 A. M. - 10:30 A. M. Mrs. Melvin Eure will preside at the 'business meeting which will be in the morning. Hos tess Clubs are Chairman, Beech Springs, Bethel, Helen Gaither and Burgess. Mrs. Joseph Rog erson, Sr., is president of the Chairman of the Hostess Club. The county report will be giv en by the Belvidere HD Club and will feature reports by County HD Leaders. The instal lation of 1964 officers will be held by Mrs. Fannie Hurdle,. 25th District Chairman. Lunch will be served at 12:00 P. M., followed by the program. The public is invited to attend this program and outstanding event for Home Demonstration Clubs. Ila Grey White, Home Economics Extension Agent urg es every member to be present and extends an invitation to all homemakers in Perquimans County, i 100 Students On PCHS Honor Roll The ?Perquimans County . High Schools honor roll for the first . itrnrtn normd : annnnnrpd thiK uslea iou sluaenls' " jf ourteen siuaenis won scnu lastic honors and are listed on the: "A" Honor ,p,oll. ,H,Vi4t 'The school fusing e. JieW grading system' started last year with 'two honor rblls. one ."'A" Honor Roll, isWtietit making!lj A's and "A-iB, Honor Roll, stu dents making ;-A'4 hd B's. vs-Jo ' "A" Honor Roll - ' 8th Grade Sharon Bundy, Linda Winslow and Carole White. 9th Grade Grant Chappell and Joe Haskett. 10th Grade Beth Harris and Nancy Matthews. llth Grade Mary Lee New by, Phyllis Nixon, Wayne Owens, Betty 'Ruth Smith and Wayne Winslow. ; ..I S 12th Grade v Reggie Baker, Rachel Bass. Price Monds , and Margaret Eure. "A-B" Honor Roll 8th Grade Anna . Chesson, Kay Dail, Betty IJrueblood, Dar lene Ivey. Ritay Sawyer, Bea Skipsey, Joyce Stallingsl Brenda Thatch, Hollis Williams, Timo thy Baker, Shirley Gregory, Continued on Page 5 - November 3 No birthdays November 4 . - , - Anderson Methodist Men Veterans' Day v n Toni Carson Twiford. - Edwin F. Moseley November 5 ; ' , Rotary Club, 6:15 , Park ville Ruritan ' T. E. Madre ," -' Dawn Dozier Nina White.. - , Wfllie II. Batchelor , November 6 1 Charles M. Whedbee Clinton Hay Winslow, Jr. Janet' Branhqlm -1 . . I. Terry Lynn Keel Mrs. R. M. Riddick Novc.-nber 7 Lions Club, 6:45 w ' Jack Phillips 5 Charlie Elliott , ' Georgia Kaye .winslow Irene .P. Towe k -v Linda Boyce ' ' - i . PCHS vs. Camden here r Mary G. Brinn , ; , , ' November J . I'-'J.'i Luther Chesson i i t , Ben Berry' ' ' J . ' , T. "Shotgun" Rose ' I Birthdays 1 ' 'in 'i u run Queen's Creek Church Relocated On September 1, 1963, Queen's Creek Methodist Church moved' into its new educational plant on highway No. 24 at Hubert, N. C. At this time the Rev. R. Grady Dawson, district superintendent, brought the morning message and conducted the first quarter ly conference of the Hubert Charge. Dr. A. J. Hobbs, exe cutive secretary cf the Board of Missions, and former' district superintendent of the New Bern District, brought greetings . and a message of inspiration from the Board of Missions of the Methodist Church of the North Carolina Conference. The Rev. C. H. Mercer, a for mer pastor of the Queen's Creek Methodist Church from 1943-45, presented the first ideas of re location, but these ideas never materialized. During the conference years of j 1058-59 Roy L. Turnage, Jr., of Ayden, N. C, conducted a survey of relocating the church and these plans were accepted and presented to the quarterly conference and were accepted by it. The Rev. R M. Gnadeless was pastor at this time. The present building program was inaugurated on October 2, I960, when the Rev. O. L. Hath away came to Queen's Creek and pteached. Also Robert H. Stev ens, architect, worshipped with us on this occasion. ! After ! the morning service we IS v. ft- third annual Punt, Pass antj ; Kick contest sponsored by Fond' Motor Company and held by Winslow - Blanchard . Motor Company, the local Ford dealer, which , ' was weathered out on first schedule, 'was held on Sun day afternoon cn Perquimans Memorial Field, and drew a large crowd of young people and parents. A total ' of 55 boys from the county particiapted in four nge groups ...for 16 prizes. First prize was a jacket, second a football helmet,' third a foot ball and fourth, a small Ford automobile. t First prize wiriners. were Jef fery Haskett, . Willis Proctor, Henry 1 Stokes, III and Herbert Winslow. ' ,' r Second prizes went to Donald Waters; Tony Lane' and Michael Lane. Third prizes to Carl Ow ens, Martin v. Fleetwood, Billy Nixon and Clarenc'e Goodman. At the conclusion of the con test certificates were presented to all the participants and prizes to all the winners. ' Drinks and gum . was served 1 all those at tending. Mrs. It. W. Turner Attends National Citizenship Meeting t ; w -r..,. '..haj the National Citizenship Con ference in - Washington, D. C September 15-18. She ; is the Perquimans County Home Dem- Mnntrniiin .' ITntAKnntinnal V ttinln- Punt, Pass Kick contest Sunday ,. to . ujmunity leaders Mr. and Mrs. J tions Leader and represented the, f , anA 25th Federated District of HD Clubs. : The theme of the Con ference was ; "American Citizen ship Showcase for Freedom." Colonel Glenn made the keynote address to the group. ; . , r Boys and girls in costume W.jfcWk f sim TnrAn Dal ana in ItffVW Bern and assisted in serving at a ,tea and had a place on the program. 1963 Town Tax Books Now Open i-The 1963 tax books for 1963 taxes , on ; real and personal property for the " taxpayers of the Town of Hertford are now open. ' , ' CarolinaFriday, November l,jj63. ate dinner in the yard of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Taylor. After the dinner the. Rev. O. L. Hath- Laway suggested we build a $50,000 ediucational plant. On February 4, 1902, Bishop Paul N. Garber preached the groun breaking sermon and led in the ground breaking cere monies. Construction began on Wednesday, October 24, 1962. The .new educational plant of the Queen's Creek Methodist Church is valued at $57,500. There are two other units- to be constructed later. When com pleted the New Queen's Creek Methodist Church will cost about $125,000. The pastor, the Rev. David M. Lewis, would like to express his .....appreciation tc everyone for their generous and loving cooperation in the mak ing and construction of the new Queen's Creek Methodist Church possible. Many of our friends and neighors are coming day and night to visit our new church, and our attendance has already shown ian increase in the church school mnd preaching services. . The Rev. David M. Lewis is the son of Mrs. Maude W. Lewis and the late! William Wilson of Route 2, Hertford. He was horn and reared in Oak Grove Methodist Church at Chapanoke 'Until his entry into' the, Metho dist ministry in 1934 at Green ville, N. C. flov.4f5aml7f" Next Distribution1 i i A i i . . 1 lie next distribution ol sur plus food in Perquimans Coun ty will be on Monday, Novem her 4; Tuesday, November g and Thursday, November 7, it was announced today by Mrs. Gladys Morgna, commodity supervisor. Hours of the distribution on these three clays will be 8:30 to 12 noon and from 1 to 4 P, M Mrs. Morgan urges all those in Perquimans eligible for the food to please bring clean con tamers when they report for their food orders. 4-H Community Meeting November 6 The Snow Hill-White Hat 4-H Sponsoring Committee will hold its first organizational communi ty 4-H Club meeting on Wed nesday, November 6, at 7 P. M., at Woodland Methodist Church All interested youth and parents ofvthis area are invited to at tend. , These plans resulted from a joint Snow Hill-white Hat, Winfall 4-H Sponsoring commit tee and leaders Training Meet ing which was held at the Agri cultural Building on Thursday night by 'Mrs. Paige Underwood, Associate Home Economics Ex tension Agent, and Tom Brown, Assistant Agricultural Agent. dames Belvin ?ure, Rob Turner and Delvin : Eure of the Spon soring Committee from Snow Hill-White Hat and new com- Wesley Harrell and Mr. and Mrs. Whit Cartwright. s ; Elijah "Toss'.' White represent ed, the sponsoring committee from Winfall. i Mr. ! and Mrs. Bryant Miller and Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Watson, Winfall 4-H Leaders plan to hold an organ! w"h "f. of the Sponsoring Committee, following the completion 1 of the list of youth petweenne ages of 9-13. ' ' MASONS TO MEET . Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 10flL A. Fi & A. M.', Will meet Tuesday ' night at 8 o'clock In the 'Lodge, rooms at the Court House. ' tt PiihmIiimTmaJ ui ouMiuyruuus Itotary Governor Visits Hertford Club November 5 L. R. Hanrill of Raleigh, gov ernor of District 771 of Rotary International, world-wide ser vice organization, will visit the Rotary Club of Hertford oh No vember 5, In addition to ad dressing Hertford Rotarians at their meeting, he will confer with Don Norman, president of Hertford's Rotary Club and other club officers on Rotary administrative matters and ser vice activities. ' Mr. Harrill, for 37 'i years prior to retirement, was State Leader cf the boys' and girls' 4-H Club program in North Ca rolina, and past president of the Rotary Club of Raleigh. He was elected district governor for 1963-64" at Rotary s 54th annual convention in St. Louis, Mo last June. He is one of 272 district governors responsible for supervising the activities of more than 11,500 Rotany clubs with a total membership of 535,000 Rotarians in 129 coun tries around the globe. "The visit of the governor," the president of the local club said, "is a time for examining the effectiveness of what we are doing to achieve Rotary goals in community improvement, in youth work, in raising the stand- aids of our business and pro fessions, and in doing what we can as Rotary club and as in dividual Rotarians to help fur ther international understand ing." As the governor of this Rotary District, Mr. Harrill supervises the organization of new clubs in his area. Last year more than 300 .new Rotary clubs were organized in 4fi countries, with clubs being formed for the first time in the West African coun try of Sierra Leone. Before assuming his duties as district governor, Mr. Harrill at tended an eight-day meeting at Lake Placid, N. Y., held to as sist Rotary governors to meet tiie- duties of their office. Features Guest Night For BPW An unusual fashion show was presented at a recent meeting of the Hertford Business and Professional Women's Club when they celebrated guest night at the social hall of the First Methodist Church. Mrs. Anne E. Young, president, pre sided. The program, under the di rection of Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, membership chairman, prescntea ithe goals and achievements of the BPW Club. During the program, the story of the Na tional Federation of BPW Club was given by Mrs. Margaret Maston, the story and history of the local club by Mrs. Roxanna C. Jackson and the different club projects were reviewed by Miss Hulda Wood. Each mem ber gwe her reasons for belong ing tu the BPW Club and Mrs. (Continued on Page 6) , . Two Local Girls At UNC Conference Two students from Perquim ans High School, Mary Lee Newby and Perry Monds, were at the University of North Caro lina with their coach, Miss Elizabeth S. Britt, attending the fust background discussion con ference ever to be held for North Carolina high school der baters, V ' ' The conference was .held in Peabody Hall on the UNC cam pus Friday, and Saturday, Oc tober 25 and 26. Representa tives from tliroughout the state were there to discuss the amouftt of control the fedeeral govern ment should exercise over medi cal care. From these discus sions the national high school debate proposition will be chos en in January. , ; WSCS TO MEET MONDAY The Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of the First Metho dist Church will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock In the Fellow; ship Hall. An important meet ing of the Executive Committee will precede the meeting at 7:30 o'clock. ' S Ii o rtTim 9 Remain sTo Pay Weekly Subscriptions For Benefit Of P T A Groups Rotary's Guest L.R. Harrill At the meeting of the Hert ford Rotary Club Tuesday. No vember 5. L. R. Harrill of Ra leigh, governor of District 771. will make his official visit. Now In Black Perquimans County Marching Unit, better known as the Tee Pee Twirlers and the Tom Toms, has paid all bills to the Dresent and are completely "in the black" for the first time since the organization was started. "Tlie credit is not to the board of directors, but to the many individuals in the com munity that personally donated to the group," stated Sid Har mon, chairman of the hoard. General . opinion from the public has been that we got ourj money s worth. Many nave seen the group perfoim during half lime t football games and in the Homecoming Parade held last Friday. Plans are already being worked out to add bugles or trumpets to the group in next year's program. In time it is hoped that this action will re sult in the eventual construc tion of a band. For this year's accomplishment, though, we are! satisfied with what this group has done. Remember when 1 there was "nothing?" Tree Planting UN Day Feature United Nations Day, October 24, is a day to recognize the ef forts for world peace. Perquim ans County Home Demonstration Clubs made a very special ef fort to bring to the attention of the people of Perquimans Coun ty the day set aside as UN Day. Peace-tree planting ceremonies were held at the two grammar schools in the county, sponsored by the Home Demonstration Clubs. W,hite. dogwood trees were planted to be a living sym bol of peace for all those who see them, especially boys and girls who attend the schools. The Hertford Grammar School gathered on the left side of the school green for tlie ceremony. Continued on Page 5 j ' 1 S Si ,: Iff Marching Unit BPW Club Has Unusual Fashion Show - ' " 'Vn'.y- y iit 'iii - i Ti I iii I " " i r Hi ii'ii''-- wi'l Shown in the above picture modeling their own "creations" are; Mrs. Marie Elliott, Mrs. Roxanna Jackion, Mrs. Tommy Maslon, Mrs. Alice Kenoy, Mrs. Anne E. Young. Mrs. Mary Dale Lane and Mr. R. M. Riddick. In the front, left to light, ere Miss Hulia Wood and Mrs. Marion Swindell. , , u " ' 'h 5 Cents Per Copy Only a short time remains for subscribers to The Perquimans Weekly to renew their subscrip tion through the Parent -Teacher Associations of the Hertford Grammar School, Central Gram mar School and Perquimans Union School and thus help these associations to raise ex'tra money for school activities dur ing the current year. This sub- Crl'irttir.n rllM.m l.nir. nnrl i t jjwuil UlltC, Ulllg WilUUtlCU I by the PTA, will come to a i close on Friday, November 15. Representatives of the three PTA groups in the county have bee.'i soliciting renewal and new subscriptions to The Perquimans Weekly since the 15th of Oc tober in older that the PTA may secure credit for every pos sible subscription. Subscribers may note the ex piration date of their subscrip tion by checking the numerals on the label on the paper hear ing then- name. These num erals stand for the month and year of the expiration rt-ite The presidents of the PTA Associations are urging all PTA solicitors working on this pro ject, to complete the canvass of their territory as quickly a, po sible and at least by the deadline November 15. In charge of the drive for Hertford Grammar School is Mrs. Carolyn L. Matthew;, chairman. Solicitors and then territory are: Mis. II. L. Gra ham and Mrs. Wesley Nelson, Front Street: Mrs. Jim Newby, Mrs. Martin Towe and Mrs Wal ter Edwards, Church Street; Mrs. L. O. Bateman and Mrs. George Byrum, Dobb Street; Mrs. Chas. Murray and Mrs. Fred Still. Market Street; Mrs. Sidney Blanchard. Academy Street; Mrs. Ike Perry, Covent Garden; Mrs.. James Wilder and Mrs. Noah Gregory, Pennsylvania Avenue; Mrs. . Willis Jessup, Mrs. Tom Harrell, Mrs. Charles Harrell, Mrs. Leroy Dail and Mrs. Elliott Lay den, Grubb Street; Mrs. Chester Winslow, Saunders and Woodland Avenue; Continued on Page Five Mrs. Fannie Hurdle Attends National HD Convention Mr3. Fannie Hurdle returned October 26 from Little Rock, Ark., where she attended the annual convention of the Na tional Home Demonstration Council. Mrs. Hurdle is Dis trict President of the 25th Dis trict of Home Demonstration Clubs, and made the trip with ot.her delegates by chartered bus. She was one of 31 women at tending from North Carolina. At its peak, attendance reached 5,000 for the event which start ed Sunday evening, October 20 and ended Wednesday night, Oc tober 24. Delegates came from as far away as Hawaii and Alaska. The host State was Arkansas, of which Mrs. Hazel Jordan is Continued on Page 2 AUXILIARY WILL MEET ON NEXT MONDAY (NIGHT The Saint Catherine Auxikaiy of the Holy Trinity .Episcopal Church will meet Monday night, November 4, at 8 - o'clock with Mrs. Nat Fulfortl at her home at Old Hope Farm. All members are urged to at tend the meeting. it: