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ICLY I I I Vclume-XXX.-Number 5L Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 20, 1963. 5 Cents Per Copy WEE 2m f. v ; v. Iz'zotI C2cI!oucI Ksir.3d Gfat Vfa Prosiifent , Of fovc-b ri3ni Association ;;David R. Dear of Elizabeth City ; was elected - president; Scuppernong ; community, '4 in Tyrrell County won its second consecutive community develop ment award and Governor .Ter ry Sanford delivered the prin cipal address -at the annual Al bemarle Area Development As sociation banquet held in Eden ton Friday night. ' Dear, publisher of the Daily Advance in Elizabeth City, suc ceeds Richard S. Atkinson, Jr., as president of the j organiza tion. In ' accepting the mantle of leadership, Dear called it a terrific challenge" and solicit & the support of , the area in the coming year. ,,- Others elected included Rob ert L, Hollowell, Jr., Hertford, first vice president; James H. "Ward. Plymouth, second vice president; Vernon ( James, Pas quotank County, third vice president and H.) R. Linkous, 1 secretary -treasurer. ; Named as chairman 'Of the four divisions were: John Coston, Hertford, industrial; J. E. Early, agricul ture; Larry Aydlett, Hertford, tourist and' - recreation, and George Lewis, Edenton, com munity development. , . The Scuppernong community of Tyrrell County chairmaned by Joseph Furlough, was named as first enlace winner in the community development contest ;: It 'marked the second succes sive year this, community has Won first place, Center J Hill community, chairmaned by Mrs. 'Cameron Boyce, was runner-up . and. honorable mention went to Farm View x and Whitestone 'communities Dft - Robert Hialop of Elizabeth City, president -of fe-CoU)ernl5 AfbemaWe? made the presentations Governor Terry . Sanford heaped praise on the associa- Continued on Pag 6, Section 1 PcrqoaisTops iVhosttia 41 To 37 . Perauimans High's Indians Yiiid three men- in. double scor ing figures Friday night as they defeated Scotland Neck 41 to 37 in Albemarle Conference play. Ahoskie led 12-8 at the end ; i of the first 'quarter but Per ouimans went ahead 24-22 at half; time and made it 31-20 at (he end of the third period. i. Nixon led the Indians with 16 toointa followed by Freddie Combs with 13 and Francis Combs with 10. Raynor with 11 tallies and Charles with 10 led Ahoskie. In the girls', game Ahoskie Won 31 to 27 after leading 19-9 $t intermission. Miller led Ahoskie with 11 points while Sutton turned in 12 for the Squaws. . CHRISTMAS PROGRAM TO, BE HELD BURGESS. CHURCH The , Burgess ' Sunday . School will present a Christmas pro gram Sunday evening, Decern' ber 22, at 7:30 o'clock. The pub lie is invited to attend. v Have You Forgotten Anyone? This wonderful holy sea ion of Christmas has ar rived, check your list again. . ," Did yod remember Christ? ?. Are you willing to forget ?,jwht you .have done for .', others and to remember 't. what others have done for ' ; youj to Ignore what the world owes you and to think what you owe the work; to. rut your desires i the back- : V i t round; to close your book c a complaints and look . found you foi place ..' . ; Iters you can . e ow few . . sew's of happiness? .re you' to' stoop , down and con.Uer the needs . and -aires of cJ.Udren. 3 .' rsicember ,&e weakness i l':e loneliness of people " o are- growing ,old to i T' how much your . you and ask . Hertford Stores Opai Evenings Holiday shopping is mov ing at rapid pace in Per quimans and for the ; con venience of shoppers Hert ford', stores are - remaining open each' evening until 9 o'clock. The stores began staying open at nfeht here , on Thursday, December 19 and will continue to remain open evenings through Tues day. December 24. - - They will be closed on Wednesday. December . 25 , and Thursday, December. 26. They will also be closed on 'Hew Year's Day. January 1. K Christmas tree has been erected in the Police Depart ment at the Municipal Building for the four police men. Merchants wanting to. show appreciation for door checking, etc., may place gifts under the tree for the men, also any individual who would like to remem ber the Hertford policemen. The above store hours, holidays and business was decided upon at a meeting of the .Merchants Committee : held last Wednesday after " noon, . . C:3ccrsl!:::rcil John "T.,..Biggers, . Perquimans Count . . suDermtendent of schools: was " presented a 29' vear service pin at the annual winter conference meeting of the North Carolina Education Association. Division of ,. School Superintendents, held in Dur ham. Biggers was one of only a half dozen superintendents re ceiving this honor. The winter conference was held at the Hotel Jack Tar in Durham on December 10, 11 and 12. Presentation of the 25-year pins was made by W. - J. Bui lock, following the Wednesday evening address by Dr. Charles F. Carroll, State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Superintendent Bigger? acta ally has 34 years in school ser vice and has been superintend ent of Perquimans County Schools for the past 15 years. CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT BAGLEY SWAMP CHURCH The Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church' wil give its Christmas program this Sunday evening, December 22, at 7:30 oelock. Theme for the program is "The Christmas Story." It will be presented in pageant and song. : It is under . the direction of Mrs. Homer Smith, Mrs. Floyd Long, Mrs. Thomas Nixon and Mrs. J. P. Trueblood. f . yourself whether you love them '' enough; .' to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear in their .hearts; to trim your lamp so that it Will give more , light and less imoke, and to -carry' it in front of you so that your shadow will fall behind your to make a grave for your ugly thoughts and a garden for your ' kindly feelings, with the gate open? Are you willing to be lieve that love Is the strong- -est thing in the world. ; stroygerithan . hate. Strong er than evil.' stronger even, than death, and that the, blessed life which began in Bethlehem is the' image and the brightness of Eternal Love? Then you can keep Chris tm&v . ", . . . .. ', Christmas Lights Add Greatly To ' Holiday Spirit When folks in Perquimans County and residents of Hert ford walk through the streets of . , ; . Al our little town during uie Christmas season and look up: at the lights that decorate our town, as other larger towns are decorated we wonder if they really know or care who is re sponsible. Did you know that our own Mayor v. in. uaruen, who was not mayor in 1936, and the late J. G. Roberson of then Roberson's Drug Store (now the S & M) were the ones that we can thank. Yep, back in 1936 Hertford was lighted up like a Christmas tree, with a thousand little parti-colored lights strung on the street in criss-cross ar rangement lighting the business district, Which had looked dead in comparison with other towns. For several years prior to 1936 there had been a lot of talk around Christmas tune ot lighting up the business district of Hertford. Whenever certain citizens of Hertford passed through other towns at night all dressed up for Christmas, they come home with oissausracuou written all over their faces, and they had a ot to say sometimes about Hertford being behind the times. On the first week in Decem ber, 1936, V. N. Dairden and the late J. G. Roberson decided to do something about the situation, so they went to work. Having as certained that the Town Coun cil would donate a certain amount for the purpose of lighting up the business dis trict, provided the rest could be raised by the people, these two Continued 06 Par 5 section 1 HnliHav Hours At Local Library I The Perquimans County 1 Li brary will close on Saturday, December 21, at 4:30 P. M., and remain closed for the Christmas holidays until Saturday, Decem ber 28, at 9:30 A. M. The book mobile will not make any of its regular trips during this time. The following books are new in the library this week: .The Skinner Kinsmen (70 pages of genealical data compiled by Mrs. Charles Rummel and Mrs. Gor don Wahl dealing with the Skin ners of Perquimans and Chowan since their migration from the Isle of Wight Co. Va. about 1701). The American Petroleum Industry Vol. II 1889-1959 (a free book). Dr. Spock Talks With Mothers, by the best known authority on child care and be havior; Complete Book of Fur niture Repair and Refinishing by Kinney;. America's Handyman Book, by the staff of The Fami- ly Handyman Magazine; Gilt- edged Bonds, three spy stories by Ian Fleming; 3 for Midnight, mysteries ,by MacDonald; The Grudge, by Hitchens; The De cayed Gentlewoman, by Ferrars and the Fifth Woman by Fag- yas. 1 Six-colorful easy-to-read books for . ' young children , complete this week's list. Birthdays 1 December 23 i Charles E. Johnson II . Nathan Matthews Carol McDonnell December 24 7 Hazel Harris Ruth Powell"' Margaret Scaff , December 25 , , CHRISTMAS DAY - -. Beatrice Russell Roxanna Jackson December 28 Willie Lamb I A. S. Hunter . Henry C. Stokes HI "r" December 27 ' ' ' i ; -i Marshall R; Owens, Jr. . . Archie R. Stallings . Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lane . wedding anniveisary) .' Houston Edwards December 2twV l , .,: : ' Paul White ' David Brewins ' ' 'Ellen Wood v Ernestine Woodell . Mattie. B; .Mathews . . Sewage Disposal Plant Considered At Public Hearing Monday Night The Hertford Town Board, meeting here Monday night in a public meeting called to con sider sewage disposal, conducted an informational hearing for the approximately 40 to 50 towns people who attended. Representatives of the State Stream Sanitation Committee and L. E. Wooten & Company of Ivaieigh, project engineers, at tended and explained in detail tne proposed plans. Plans for a conventional plant to dispose of the sewage was also taken into consideration and discussed. The plans to date prior to the Monday night public meeting were for the lagoon" type dis posal system, to be located near the Perquimans River within a half mile northwest of town on a 30-acre site. In addition to A. C. Turnage, representative of the State Stream Sanitation Committee, who brought the delegation up on the plans of the proposal, Dr. Isa Grant, District Health TIficer, was also present and spoke on how important it is to have some type system, rath er than just empty the sewage in the river. The board is busy now look ing into plans on the conven tional type plant. Christmas Music On Sunday, pecember 22 the combined chpirs W the Hertford Baptist, Churchy under,, the. di- Harris and Mrs. J. Ellie White, will present a program of Christ mas music at the morning wor ship service at 11 o'clock and a congregational Christmas carol sing will be held at the even ing worship serpice at 7:30 o clock. Included in the morning mu sioale will be: "The Birthday of a -King" by W. H. NAdlinger; "Angels We Have Heard on High," arranged by Martha D Waller Mrs. George Baker, Mrs. Charles Johnson and Mrs. Howard Mathews, trio: "The Wondrous Story" by H. R. Pal mer Mrs. Reginald Tucker, so loist; "Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming," harmonized by Mr chael Praetorius; "Rejoice and Sing Praises," arranged by Wil liam L. Hooper; "While By Our Sleeping Flock We Lay," ar ranged by Hugo Jungst; "Sweet Little Jesus Boy" by Robert MacGimsey Norman B. . Horris, soloist; "Beautiful Star." by B. B. McKinney; "Sleep My Little Son" by Lawrence Keating Mrs. Charles Johnson, soloist; and "Silent Night" by Franz Giuber. x The Hertford Baptist Church extends an invitation to all to attend these services. Mr. and Mrs. Arba Winslow will be honored at "open house" at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William - E. - Winslow, Route- 1, Belvidere, on Sunday, December 22, rom 2 until 4 P. M., in hon or of their 50th wedding anni versary., . ' The public is cordially invited to attend the open house on Sun day, December 22, honoring Mr. and Mrs. , Whislow. ' ; SCHOOLS CLOSE FRIDAY FOR HOLIDAY SEASON . Schools throughout 'Perquim ans County will close here Fri day afternoon a,t , 2. o'clock for their annual. Christmas vacation, it was'announced here this week by J. T. Biggers, superintendent of. schools. . , i , ' . The holiday will begin on Fri day, 1 December' 20 and will run until Thursday January 2, when classes will . resume, on regular schedule, At Baptist Church vinslows Observe 59th Anniversary Farm Bureau Head Explains Phases Of Amendment How will County Citizens be represented in the State Legis lature under the present system of membership and under the proposed amendment to the state's Constitution? Rollo White of Belvidere, pres ident of Perquimans County Farm Bureau, explains the two plans for legislative representa tion. 'In the special session of the Legislature this past fall, the Senate was redistricted for the first time since 1941. Member ship remained at 50; but the 33 old districts were reshaped into 36 new ones. Changes in num ber of Senators per district were made according to population changes since 1941, taking Sena tors away from the less populous areas and giving more Senators to the more populous areas. 'House membership, which had been reapportioned by the 1961 Legislature, remains at 120. Each of the 100 counties is permitted one representative, rne more Continued on Page S. Section 1 Funeral Held For Mrs. Ellen Mattocks Funeral services were held on Monday for" Mrs. Ellen Jenkins Mattocks.. 81, of Maysville, N. C mother" of Mrs: John D. CestBn of Hertford, who died Saturday, December 14. . The' services were conducted Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Maysville Methodist Church, of which she was a member, by the Rev. R. N. Knight and the Rev. John T. Smith. Burial was in Maysville Cemetery. She was alifelong ; resident of Maysville and a member of the Maysville Methodist Church. - Suiviving are her husband, Burke Mattocks; four sons, Carl tan, Harold, Robert and Wil liam of Maysville; two daugh teers, Mrs. John D. Coston of Hertford and .Mrs. Jacob Phil lips of Maysville; two sisters, Mrs. R. F. Weeks and Mrs. C. W Gerock of Maysville, and nine grandchildren, Oscar M. Newby Dies In California Oscar McMullan Newby, 90 year-old native of Perquimans County, who had been residing in California for the past 50 years or more, passed away at his home in Glendale, Califor nia, on Wednesday, December 11 Mr. Newby is survived by one brother, W. Guy Newby of Hertford, and two sisters, Mrs. W. R. White of Greensboro, N. C, and Mrs. W. C. Crowell of Monroe, N. C .; Funeral services and burial was in California. Christmas Program At New Hope Church A i Christmas- play - entitled "Miracles" By the Manger" will be presented at the New Hope Assembly of , God - Church on Sunday evening, December 22 at 7:30 o'clock; The public is invited to at tend. Procrastination Last year I waited 'til Christ mas week - . .1,. To buy my nuts so brown. , : Ta my dismay that unhappy day I was the only NUT in towa ,. - Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, MRS,. STAZXINGS BREAKS LEG IN HOME ACCIDENT . Mrs. Vick Stallings suffered a broken' leg last week in an ac cident at her home in Ports mouth, Va, 'Mrs. Stallings is the former Polly Baker of Wmfall" : Holiday Buying Expected To Reach Christmas Motto: Buy and mail early. All indications point to a record Christmas sea son in Perquimans. Shops and stores are laden with quality merchandise, and throngs of eag er purchasers are surging through the streets happily car rying bundles and boxes repre senting holiday gifts for loved cues. Time, is growing short, how ever, counting today, there are now only four more shopping days before Christmas. No doubt the pace of holiday buying will step up during those four days. The familiar admonitions at this time of year still pre vail buy early, mail early, en joy, the holiday spirit. Yes, the wonderful holy sea son of Christmas is once again upon us. The warm, glowing feeling is here. How can you miss it? Shop early for best selections. Bring the kids to sec Santa. Last minute gift suggestions. Free parking and free gift wrapping. Open every night until 9 o'clock. Lowest prices. Biggest discounts. Extra salespeople. "O'nly four more days to shop. Need Christmas money? Get a loan. Shop by mail shop by phone but shop! Big clearance! Pre-Christmas sale! Use your charge account. "I'm Dreaming of a Green Christmas." - "I Saw Mommie Kissing Santa Claus." Have you forgotten anyone? We urge you to remember Clirist. ' Keep Christmas. Re member the poor and needy. Everyone has many opportuni ties to help those who, through misfortune or through circum stances beyond their control, will .have a. doleful Christmas unless HwnWHBib "opena up their heart and help them. That someone could: be you. Your Christmas will be happier than ever if you help those who can not help themselves. Post Office Open 8 to 5 Saturday Postmaster W. W. "Bill" White of the Hertford Post Of fice slated today the local Post Office will continue to remain open each day through Friday, December 20, from 8:30 A. M. until 6 P. M. in order to pro vide extra hours for Christmas mailing. The Post Office will be open again this Saturday, December 21, from 8:30 A. M. until 5 P. M. and on December 23 and 24 from 8:30 until 5 P. M. Postmaster White stated that regular schedule of the Post Office, 8:30 until 5 o'clock will bt resumed on Thursday, De cember 26. The office will be closed only one day, Wednes day, which is Christmas Day. "Chip Winslow At Winslow-Blanchard A. R. "Chip" Winslow of Win fall has accepted, a position in the sales division of . the Winslow-Blanchard Motor Company. Mr. Winslow, popular in this county, assumed his posititon with the local company this week.. .'. ' A Look Backward I : At Fond la The Pirqalmsu I . - tVwkly Flic f Yerterywr V -1 DECEMBER 18, 1936 Community Service At Baptist Church: The community Christ mas service that is usual from the Usual program presented in Hertford will be observed at the Hertford Baptist Church on Sun-. day night, when "The Coming of the King" will be presented , m living pictures 'and' song. With certain changes and improve ments, the program will be the same as that presented last year. Comparatively few ( were' privi-' leged, to attend the affair last year, however, because there was a raging . snow . storm that night which ' kept many away. Mrs. , S. P. Jepsup will have Cont'd, on page 4 Section 1 - Hertford Stores Open Evenings Until 9 O'clock For Benefit Shoppers Greetings Throughout this Christ mas issue of your paper the merchants and businesses ot Perquimans County are sending you their "Greet ings" in appreciation for their association with you during the past year. Please - take lime out to read each of these "Greet ings," as they are sent most sincerely by your friendly businesses here in our own county. Safety Of School J. T. Biggers, superintendent of Perquimans schools, Mrs. F. T. Johnson, N. C. Safety Direc tor, N. C. Department of Motor Vehicles, State Highway Patrol man B. R. Inscoe and W. O. El liott, school bus mechanic, met with the principal and school bus drivers at each high school in the county here on Monday, .December 16. Each one discussed some phase of safety in operation of the busses. 1 Superintendent Biggers said today, wc are asking all child-, ren and parents to cooperate with the school bus drivers here in the county to the end that we may have a safe year. Letters will be sent out to laaents of students- who ride the busses in connection with , con duct of a child on a school bus n.nd lor their information the following was taken from the Handbook For School Bus Drivers. "The school principal has authority to suspend from riding the bus for delaying the bus schedule, fighting, smoking, using profanity or refusing to obey instructions of school au thorities' or a bus driver while riding on a school bus. Tamp ering with the bus. Refusing to meet the bus at designated slops. Unauthorized leaving of the bus when enroute from home to School or vice versa. Play ing, throwing trash, paper or other objects or otherwise dis tracting the driver's attention while the bus is in operation. Failure to observe established safety rules and regulations." When a child is suspended from riding the bus, he is not ex cused from school. Tran.sporta tici must be provided by par ents. Legion Christmas Program Dec. 27 The American Legion is hav ing a Christmas tree program December 27 for the aged, shut ins and children. The doors will be open for children from 1 P. M. to 3 P. M. Anyone desiring to contribute to this program for the aged and shut-ins and can't be pres ent, turn your gifts into the American Legion Post No. 362, and we will gladly deliver them. The public is invited. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Freddie W. Combs Is Selected For Morchead Award Interview One hundred eighty-one North Carolina high school male seniors have been selected by , More head Award County Committees this fall ; for. further considera tion for 1964 four-year all-ex-pensc-paid Morehcad awards to the University of North Caro lina. ; These young men, selected on merit alone without -consideration of financial need, will now be interviewed by - Moreheed District Selection Committees, beginning, in January, Dr. Al len B. Bonner is chairman of the Perquimans County . Selec Santa Claus will pay another visit to Hertford on Saturday, December 21. This will be the jolly old gent's last visit be fore his official visit on Christ mas Eve. The stores here are loaded with elegant gifts for the entire family. What you can't find , in one store, you .can in another. Mayor V. N. Darden said to day the Town of Hertford is placing Merry Christmas bags over the parking meters in the downtown area and inviting the shoppers to park free of charge beginning Thursday, December, 19 through Friday, Decemb'-; T. '- The free parking i" a court esy for local and out-of-towni shoppers' convenience. Persons working here in town arc asked to park behind the stores in the parking lot or cm the town parking lot located behind the Hertford Municipal Building, in order that the shoppers may hive the parking places. Santa Claus will again be in his headquarters on the Court House lawn Saturday to take crders for Christmas. Perquimans Votes Overwhelmingly For Cotton Quotas Preliminary reports indicate that over 90 per cent of the nation's cotton farmers voting in the December 10 referendum favor marketing quotas on the 1964 cotton crop. In Nortfi Ca rolina, 31,732 farmers voted in favor of quotas and only 811 farmers opposed quotas. In Perquimans County 183 votes were cast, 175 for and 8 against. By communities the vote was as follows: scnd-6 64;.kd....U Community For Against Belvidere 20 0 Bethel 26 1 Hertford ......25 0 j ; New Hope 70 5 Nicanor .... ' 16 2 j Parkville 18 0 fi Total 175 8 . George Bellmon, Perquimans ASCS office manager, had th?s to -say, "We know that the real wishes of farmers are known only when a large percentage of them vote and we wish to thank the poll holders and those who helped with this referendum." Name Erroneously Off Honor Roll Billy , Williams, 12th gra-lc student t Perquimans County High School, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams, was among the students at the school who won scholastic honors for the second grading period of the school year. Williams made the A-B honor roll. Williams' name was erron eously left off the list published in last week's , issue of The Perquimans Weekly. We regret the error, if it was ours. Our apologies. tion Committee. ' Among the 181 youths select ed from 826 boys who were nominated ,i this fall by high school nominating committees is Freddie W4 Combs, a student at Perqdimahs County High School, Morehead awards were first made to graduates of North Carolina degree-granting colleges in 1951 . for - graduate study at UNC. Awards were first made, tof undergraduates in 1953. Since the1 beginning ' of the program 874 boys have entered the -Unit vereity?of North; Carolina 'a$ Moreread Scholars. . . f