PZRQUEMANS WEEKLY .1 :..-; ): -I ',1 llJ': Volume XXX. Number 48. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 29, 1963. 5 Cents Per Copy ' i J Pcjrin!zrj5'CGiinty Listed As CISdviho Clio'iast Rate J Tiibyculosis In 12 Last year Perquimans County reported ten new , TB cases, five : , more s than the previous' year: North Carolina reported 1,423 new j, cases. In Perquimans County "chest X-rays to find TB -and other respiratory diseases are available at the Perquimans --Health Department; 46? were made' last year. Christmas Seals furnished films "and solution. : Tuberculin skin tests '' are also ' available,' and in the first, ninth, - and twelfth grades 612 students . were skin tested by public health nurses. Educational, material by : the'" TB Association is y made 'r. available td parents, teachers and nurses. . Flu vaccine furnished by the TB Association was given to TB and respiratory cases follow ed by the Health Department. The TB Association also remem bers their patients; and, on. oc casions drugs, transportation, and Clothing have been provided. Some of the major problems in fighting this disease, TB, are finding the people who have TB early and getting thetri hospital ized and treated. Tuberculosis is stiirNo. l infectious disease and one of five of us have the TB ' germs in our bodies. The Christ v mas Seal organization belongs to ' the people and programs to fight TB; depend solely on contribu tions from, the Christmas Seals; 78 remains in aur country, 15 noes to our state association, and 7 goes to hte National Asso-i; ciation for educational programs -and research. , . '.'Perquimans ' County's rjte H esUCB- case rate in -North Carp- Ijna. , This Jsfjbased . on popu- lation. V PeuiraanS reported .10 i vi.irrt Km ' n inn - ' iu " t C Orjyettegeil Drring Drunk ' i Davis R, Layden, 43, of Bel ' videre was charged with driv ing while under the influence of intoxicants or narcotic drugs here Sunday night about 9 o'clock when he narrowly miss ' ed a utility pole at the jaraer .of ..Church iand Punch Alley, ' plowed into the fence, surround ing the home of Mrs. Charles ' . r Whedbee, continuing through the f v.; yard,' tearing' down shrubbery in . the -Whedbee. yard and coming T to a; stop in the . yard within v . inches' of the porch of J. Em ! mett , Winslow, where much '. slirubbny was damaged. ( , 'Investigating officers were State Highway Patrolman B, R. , Inscoe . and .William F. ?BilT ..Tarkingtom of the Hertford Po lice Department, ; Rock Fish Trophy Now On Display The trophies won by mem- r btra of the Hertford team in 'n , the tenth annual rock fjsh rodeo v held early this month are on display iat the Hertford Hard- ware & ' Supply Company, the local hardware store . sponsoring the team again this yearr. Murriel Lay ton won both the - trophy for 'the largest fish and 'the top individual -trophy lor catching ' te largest ' number of ' ! irock. Eugene Boyce won second 'l place in the individual cate gory.. - Others winning trophies were " Ben Thach and" Bryant Woodali :i ., ' , '. M . . . f j ' "; I'f'Vt ' George H. Quidley ' Dies At Wanchsss George Hale Quidley, 50, died : suddenly at his home- in. Wan 1 chese an Sunday, November 17. A' native of Manteo, he had lived in are County all 'his life, where he was greatly mourned by young and old. He was considered a friend 1 to everyone, r . ' The late Mr. Quidley is the f. '!.nr of a farmer pastor of "the ' ' 1 Tcptist Church, the Rev. ;! ;:.) Quidltty, now in Mon , -J ' c - '!'.-" - FIGHT : TB WITH CHRISTMAS SEALS Prospscts Dright For Good Year For Farm Bureau "We are looking , forward to a big Farm Bureau year," said Rollo White. Perquiimans Coun ty Farm Bureau president, this week in reviewing actions tak en at , the recent annual North Carolina Farm Bureau meeting in :jDiirhaniu r-h': v-Wv;:.'-?.-.-' Mr.' White, who attended the mid-ifoyember convention with other delegates from Chowan and tates Counties, i said the many -eound noliciest developed Bureau particularly5 souna ipon- , Mr. - White said the meeting's success could be : attributed mainly to "intense interest and action at (the grass roots level" prior to the state-wide meeting. It is ' estimated that " county Farm Bureaus flooded the con ventioh with five times more recommendations than had ever before been received. - "This is 'the way to keep the Farm Bu (Contlnned on Page Two) Dinner Planned to Honor Indians 1 Claude Bruin stated here Mon day that plans were shaping ur by a group of Perquimans folks for a dinner honoring the Per-, quhnans High School football squad winners of the AA cham pionship to be held on Wednes day, December H, in "the Per quimans High cafeteria. All persons in the county are invited to attend the dinner. Plates which will cost $3.00 per ticket will support the dinner honoring "the Perquimans In dians. Brinn stated that all money taken in from the $3.00 plates, above the-cost of the expenses, will - be donated to the scorer board fund. . ' A special speaker for the oc casion is being secured and will be announced prior to the din-nervs::-:.;::;:'"::'l,.-:'1 Cub Scouts Visit Radio Station Hertford Cub Scouts of Dens 2 and 3 of Pack No. 155 were taken on a guided tour of the Edenton radio station ' last Thursday. Frank Roberts of station WCDJ made the ' tour with the group through the-sta-tion, : where :, they,' were shown just how the radio station op erates. - 9 Each boy was interviewed over the air and each was given a record to keep. Den 2, Mrs. Lloyd Lane; den mother of the following Cubs, Tony Lane, Edward Llecester, Fred Feathevstone, Brad Fields, Bob Reed and Jeff Haskett , Mrs. Leroy Dail is den moth er of Den 3 consisting of Cubs Ronald Wilder, Roy Dail, Ray Pail, Charlie Harrell and Jack IlarrelL . - l CHRISTMAS j ORKITINOSU !sy Jonas, Jr, Is Guest Spealter At BP17 Meeting Ray Jones, Jr., of Elizabeth City, a member of the Advisory Board of the Albemarle Dis trict Mental Health Association, was guest speaker at the Hert ford Business : and Professional Women's dinner meeting Thurs day night at the home of Mrs. Roxanna C- Jackson. Introduced by program chair man, Mrs. Betty T. Swindell, Mr. Jones spoke on the developments made in the establishment of a District Mental. Health Clinic. First he mentioned two ways in which the National ' Association of Mental Health can serve the people " in the Albemarle Area: To assist wherever possible to establish a mental, health clinic in the area and to stimulate in terest in the whole area of men tal health. " Four representatives from each of the four counties participating in this program make up the sixteen member advisory com mittee. Their main and foremost problem is obtaining a full time psychiatrist to head the program a necessity to start the pro gram and to insure its success. In the meantime they are look ing for a possible site to locate the clinic and are trying to edu cate ' the people on the import ance of a mental health program. Mr. Jones listed points they hop ed to accomplish with the clinic: detection,' diagnosis, " treatment, after care ; treatment, education of the people and research. He particularly pointed out that although each county desig nated that $50 each could be used for current expenses, that the- board' bad riot used it. -The money used thus far has come from dollar memberships sold in Continued on Page 2 Clyde Melton White, about 60, .a resident of Winfall, Was struck by a pickup truck driv en by Joel Hollowell, Jr., of Winfall while attempting to cross ine nignway Deiween Morgan's Winfall service station and the !Fred Winslow service station Monday afternoon about 6 o'clock. , ; v Mr. White was .struck in the right lane of the highway. It is understood that he stated that he saw ; one oar coming, . but failed to see the truck being driven by. Hollowell. The accident was deemed unavoidable- by State Highway Pa trolman B, . R. Inscoe, who in vestigated the accident. White was. taken to the Albe marle Hospital suffering lacera tions of, the face ' and possible other injuries. ; Library Closed For Holidays The Perquimans County Li brary w,ill be closed on Thursday and Friday of this week in ob servance of the Thanksgiving holiday. It wil reopen on Sat urday as usual. -, ;. : '. The library is taking Friday as part of its holiday due to the fact it remained open on Vet erans Day. : Janice Stanton Member Of Choir Janice Stanton, a graduate of Perquimans High ' School, ' and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Stanton of Winfall, a student at East Carolina Col lege, is a member of the East Carolina College Glee Club and participated last Sunday ; with the Concert Choir of the college's School of Music in the first fall concert held at; the college last Sunday in Wright, auditorium. Under the direction of George V. Crlpps, Miss Stanton was among the Concert Choir mem bers presented in a four-part musical program , - Clyde M Marion Swindell Elected President Of Perquimans Chamber Of Commerce . Marion Swindell, owner and operator of Swindell Funeral Home in Hertford, was named president of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce here last Wednesday night at the fourth annual banquet. Mr. Swindell succeeds Dr. T. P. Brinn, local physician. Dr. Allan B. Bonner was named vice ' president and C. Edison ': Harris, secretary ' ' and treasurer. ": ' The Rev. E. F. Mosely, rector of ' Holy Trinity Episcopal' Church,-, opened the meeting with the invocation before, the dinner.' The Perquimans Platter' was served by the ladies of the Per quimans High School PTA, ''and consisted of ham, snap beans, corn, candied yams, cucumber pickle, carrots, corn bread, api pie pie and coffee. All meat and produce came from Per quimans County and were grown: right here. Following the dinner, Dr. . T. P. Brinn, . Chamber president, introduced special gues,ts which included Everett Ruskay of Don Juan Manufacturing Corpora tion; Buck Flemming, field representative for the Brook neal Pickle Company, Com mander Zech Bond of Harvey Point Naval Base, Albert Callo way of C & D. The over-all theme of the banquet was "A Tribute to Out Major Industries" ,: and displays constructed by Jerry Sullivan included displays for iDon Juan Manufacturing . Corp., . ; Hertford. Livestock & Supply Co., Hert ford Veneer Co., J. F. Hollowell & Son and 'Albemarle Chemicall Company. " " ; Robert L. Hollowell gave, the annual report for the Perquim ans Chamber. Dr., T. P. Brinn then introduced the new offic ers for 1964. John Beers followed with a discussion of the plans for the 1964 membership campaign. Larry Aydlett, Jr., Chamber manager, introduced the guest speaker, Jack Smith, ' who is a food industries specialist with the C and D Department. Mr. Smith spoke on food processing Edenton Wbman Elected Chairman Area Girl Scouts Mrs. W. H. Hollowell, Jr., of Edenton was elected chairman of Area Association III of the Greater Tidewater Council of the Girl ' Scouts at a meeting Tuesday in Edenton. The recently ' formed area in cludes the towns of Elizabeth City, Hertford,. Edenton, Mur freesboro and Ahoskie. Six delegates and three alter nates were elected to the Coun cil. Delegates V were Mrs. Har old White of Hertford, Mrs. Cary Bright , of Elizabeth City, Mrs. R. Elton Forehand of Edenton, Mrs. L. E. Bamhill and Mrs. Charles S. , DeLoach, both of Murfreesborb and Mrs. John N. Poplin of Ahoskie. Alternates were Mrs. .Dur wood Reed, Jr., of Hertford, Mrs. Clyde Godfrey of Elizabeth City and Mrs. Hunter Sharp of Ahoskie . ; Elected to th? nominating committee -were Mrs. Marion Swindell of Hertford, Mrs. W. E. Evans of Elizabeth City and Mrs. J. P. Ricks, Jr., of Edenton. Mrs. Moody .. E. Stallings, executive director- of the Vir ginia ; Tri-County Girl ; Scout Council," was temporary chair man. Mrs. Jo Anne Clark, field representative of , the Greater Tidewater Girl Scout Council, invested new members. . BRIDGE CLUB MEETS Mrs. W. H. Hardcastle was hos tess to her Bridge Club Thursday at her home onv Dobb Street Those playing were Mesdames C A. Davenport Trim Wilsoiv H. A. Whitley, S. P. Jessup,- J. R. Futrell, J. H. Newbold, W. HJ Pitt and C. H Holmes. The high score prize went to Mrs. Wilson, A sweet course was served. L MARION SWINDELL Arson Suspected At Labor Camp The Hertford File Depart ment was called out Sunday night at 9:20 to the migrant labor camp located on Frog Hall Road in Parkville Town ship. The farm' labor camp vowmed by J. F; Hollowell & Son was engulfed in flames and the front of the 12-unit frame structure with metal roofing and siding, had already caved in. Fire,, Chief Charlie Skinner, Jr., answered the call. Upon arrival at the' scene, it is un derstood, however, this is not official; that; thd; locks had been removed 'from' the doors of the buildings and the doors were all standing wide open and the I buildine 'burnine furiously. Sus I nectinc arson: the Pcrnuimans Sheriff was called and it is un derstood ithat the SBI is also conducting an invcstigaltion. The building was mot occu pied at the time of the fire and had not been since the corn crop was harvested here in the latter part, of July or first of August. Commissioners Will Meet On Monday Commissioners for Perquim ans County will hold their De cember meeting next Monday, December ': 2, beginning at 10 A. M., in the, Court House. Individuals desiring to con fer with the board are request ed to note the time and place of the meeting. , Morgan's Holding Pre-Christmas Sale W. M. Morgan Furniture Com pany's big annual pre-Christ-mas sale will begin "here on Friday, November 29. Again this year, the merchan dise has been marked down for the annual event., When Mr. Morgmn has a sale, he has . a sale. - i CIRCLES TO MEET " The Missionary Circles of the Hertford Baptist Church will meet next week as follows: . The Vera Payne at the church Mon day afternoon at1 3 o'clock; the Mattie Macon Monday night at 7 o'clock . with Mrs. Warner Madre; the Lillie Johnson . Mon day night at 7 o'clock with Mrs. Tom Madre the Bessie Pritch ard Monday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. R. .E. Vickers; the Ina belle Coleman Monday night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. C ,E. John son; the , Mary Ellen Dozier Tuesday evening at 6:30 at the church; the Rosa .Powell Tues day night at 8 o'clock with Mrs. Anne Young. . , ,. ' LEGION TO MEET , The American Legion Auxili ary , will hold i its,V Christmas meeting' Thursday night, Decem ber 5. at 8 o'clock at the home of : Mrs. Kelly White. All mem bers are urged to be present. Perquimans Joins Nation In Mourning President's Death Perquimans County joined the nation in mourning the assassi nation of President John F. Ken nedy last Friday in Dallas, Texas. In commemoration of Kennedy flags were at half-mast, thr church bells at local churche tolled out the sad and shocking news reaching here that Presi dent Kennedy had died and pall of grief enveloped the coun ty. The veil of sadness was evi dent in Saturday's traffic here, as well as Sunday's. On Honda the Post Office and other of fices, the local municipalities stores and business houses clos ed from 11:30 A. M., until 1:00 P. M., in memory and in respect to our former President John F Kennedy. The Perquimaijf County Cham ber of Commerce, Inc., also hac asked the different churches throughout the county to remain open and available for their re spective congregations and oth ers who might wish to enter and pray during this period of time. No special services were plan ned for this particular period. Sunday, November 24, the Rev. Fred Still, the Rev. Norman Harris and the Rev. E. F. Mose- ley held a special service at the First Methodist Church at 2:30 P. M., for all denominations. A very large crowd attended this memorial service. The Nation mourns the death of President Kennedy and the tragic and disgraceful cause. This is the greatest' tragedy which : could be suffered by America at this crucial period of history in the free world. Presi dent ; Kennedy et his strength determinedly for human under standing and world peace. John T. Biggers,' superinten dent of Perquimans County Schools, was among the 37 pub lic school .superintendents, their assistants and principals of high schools who met at East Caro lina College Thursday of last week for the second session of this year's series of "Superin tendents Seminars." Dr. George Pasti, member of East Carolina's history faculty and an expert in Asian studies, discussed South Vietnam during the luncheon meeting in the Buccaneer Room of the EC cafe teria. . The school officials then discussed "Rating, a Means to Understanding" following lunch. Volunteers Needed Starting at the top is nice work if you can get it and you may get it if you apply for the Peace Corps. W. C. Strowd, County Agent for Perquimans County, announced today that 14 more Peace Corps volunteers have been requested by Nepal, a relatively small country North of India, which sits, at the top of the world. Nepal's chief magistrate, King Mahendra,; has asked for Ameri can foresters to work with the Royal Neyalese Forest Service. They will assist local foresters in taking the country's first inven tory on forest, stands and guide Continued en Page tl 4-H Club Winner Of $10.00 Award The Snow Hill-White Hat Home Demonstration Club won the $10 award for having the most points in club work .for the past year at .the recent ach ievement day held in Hertford. The . Snow Hill-White Hat Club also won the gavel for hav ing the most members present at the achievement day. The club has already started working on their points for next year, so', watch out clubs we are giving to Work hard : Biggers Attends For Peace Corps Local Boys Encounter Little Trouble In Defeating Stedrnan High 54 To 0 Bakcoff Winner -. ...M.k Barbara Harrison, a stuaent at Perquimans County High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Harrison, was the first place winner in the preliminary "bake-off" of the $38,000 Pyro fax Teenage Baking Contest held at the Harrell Gas & Coal Company in Hertford. ! Barbara baked a pecan pie to win her first place prize in the contest. She entered the con test last year and was a runner up in the bake-off held . in Green ville. So, believing if first you try and don't succeed, try, try agai.n, the attractive young lady did just this an 1 this year won first place. She just barely micsud the, first prize last year, cut of a pos sible 300 points. She received 282 points, while the winning entrant received only 285. As top local baker, Barbara wan a trip to the regional grand finals, which will be held in Richmond, Va., on December 14. Santa's Workshop Open House Theme "Santa's Workshop" is the theme for Home Demonstration Christmas . Open House. The event will be at the Agriculture Building December 5 from 7:30 10:00 P. M. Mrs. William Wins low, County Crafts Chnirman, is heading up the committee for ths Open House. Home Demonstra tion Clubs will display a great variety of Christmas decoration ideas. The public , is invited to the Open House and to visit the ex hibts at any time on Friday, De cember 6, announces Ila Grey White, County Home Economics Agent. A mailbox will be available for boys and girls to deposit let ters to Santa at the Open House. They will go directly from the Agriculture Building to the North Pole. Everyone is invited to bring Christmas decorations to be displayed. John Morris Coach Of Year John Morris, son of Mrs. J. E. Morris and the late Mr. Mor ris, has been selected District 3 Coach of the Year. Morris is a 1954 graduate of Perquimans High School and a 1958 graduate of Duke Univer sity. He taught one year in the Edenton school and is presently a ' member of the Roxboro school, where he has been for the past four years. He has coached the Roxboro team to its! third straight district gridiron title. SAINT CATHERINE GUILD TO MEET MONDAY NIGHT The Saint Catherine Guild of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church will meet Monday night, December 2, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Horton. Perquimans High School's supercharged Indians, led by the .alented Combs twins, who end .! a brilliant high school career . a blaze of glory, committed ,nolesale slaughter on an in edibly inept Stedrnan eleven 4 Greenville Friday night to in the AA Region 1 champion ,nip by the lopsided score of 4 to 0. The victorry came hard on the heels of a 40-0 rout of Have - ock High last week and knock ad the heralded Stedrnan eleven .om the ranks of the unbeaten md untied. So complete was he massacre that never once id the Pioneer Conference ings offer even the faintest, hint of a threat and for only erne play did they penetrate In an territory all night. And that was only to the Perquim ans 42-yard line. Meanwhile, the hard-hitting Indians scored early and late at will while coasting during the middle periods. Freddie and Francis Combs put on a dazzling exhibition and could not have sung their swan song with more gusto. Freddie rambled for three scores while Francis was get ting two. Freddie's came on runs of 2 and 1 yards and a 30-yard pass run. Francis scor ed irom the 2 and rattled off a beautiful 62-yarder for the final tally of the night. Jimmy By rum got one from the 1-yard iinc alter setting it up with a 79-yard sprint. Eddie Miller raced 36 yards fox another, and (Continued on Page f) Savings Bonds Quota In Sight Bond sales during October 'in Perquimans County were $1,937 according to R. M. Riddick, Perquimans County volunteer savings bonds chairman. For the year, sales totaled $39,985, which is 39.4 per cent of the county's quota for this year. Perquimans County's quota for bond sales for 1963 is $101,200. Series E and H Bond sales in North Carolina during October amounted to $3,856,357, an in crease of 13 9 per cent over the same month a year ago. Cumulative sales of the first 10 months of 1D63 amounted to $42 653,242, which is 84.3 per cent of the state's annual quota of $50,600,000. This is nearly 1.9 million dollars ahead of the Jan-uary-Ootober sales last year, and represents the best sales for the period since' 1956. W. H. Andrews, Jr., state vol unteer chairman, said, "Prospects for attaining the 1963 Savings Bonds goal are better than they have been for several years. In the short time remaining in 1963 we are asking that all North Carolinians nut 'fnrth rnrin of. fort to help" put our state in the 'over 100 per cent' group." Christmas lights Being Installed Christmas decorations are be ing placed along the streets of the business section of Hertford for the holiday season. The lights will be turned on just as soon as installation is completed. Hertford Stores Observe Holiday The Post Office is well as Hertford stores and business houses will be closed Thursday, November 28 in observance of ; the Thanksgiving holiday. They will reopen for business as usual on Friday. PTX MEETING . The PTA of the . Hertford Grammar School' will hold its monthly meeting ' on Thursday evening, December ' 5, at 8 o'clock at the Grammar School All members are urged to at tend. , . , ;
