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) two IT toSg Don THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume XXXI. Number 2. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 10, 1964. 5 Cents Per Copy t i branilum L'c? Motors To Decitlo On MsbFedsral Plan ' Idea T' - .Registered voters will have an opportunity Tuesday, Janu ary 14, when the polls open to vote on v the constitutional amendment, one known as the "tittle Fedenal Plain." : The bill calls for the State Senate to be redistricted accord ing to the 1960 census. The , special session amendment pro deS for the State Senate to be increased from 50 to 70 Senat ors, providing for compulsory redisricting of Senate, and re ducing the number of Represen tatives from 120 to 100. The other amendment to be bted on at . this time is the regular session amendment. The constitutional amendments em powering the General Assembly to make the rights of husband and wife the same in each oth er's separate property. John Ward Is l!3v Scoutmaster The operating committee of . tjie Hertford Boy Scout Troop J)5 held their annual roll call and inspection of the Troop at tfie; regular meeting on Monday night at the Scout Hut. Nine teen boys were present and ; passed "uniform inspection. .Following the inspection the k 1 U n wtrfnln. t.n. ' rhess meeting during which a new i staff V. ojficers, were ap- . .. , , Marvin Simpson;, yno has, Deen i -. Scoutmaster for the past several , yeajjs, j pffeijed-. ,-hls .resignation, .." andi ys'JappoHte4toiiSSistant Scoutmaster in charge 'of camp- ; ing.r ; . ; i : Jbhn Ward '.' was appointed i ' Scoutmaster and Dilbon Young i was appointed assistant Scqut- ftmas.ter- . . '"W. S. "Sam" Long, wno nas recently been appointed institu tional Representative and also is Assistant District Commissioner end an active member of Albe marle District executive commit tee, -offered his resignation as troop committee chairman. Long has held this- position for the past 12 years. Floyd Benton was j ' Continued on Page Seven . ODogTags' ; SOnSdefl ..vJit-k1? v Hertford's Police Captains. L. Gibbs, reminds all dog owners ihatthe 1964 dog tags are now ,n sale at the Hertford Munici pal Building. i' All dogs are required to be -fagged at all times or will be . subject to being 'picked up and Snpounded for a period of three Jays'. If impounded dog is not i claimed at the end of the three days then said dog will be dis- i posed of. ... . ' ! Perquimans Commissioners I To Sell County Home Reuses i 'Commissioners for Perquira-jj 9BS tuuniy jueeuujs 4ay in their ' January session, voted to advertise and sell three bouses formerly used by- in lOtes at the County Home. The I yer will have to remove the 1- ises and all debris within 30 s from sale of signing ia con 1 Sealed bids' are to be Itted by 10 A. M., Monday, i try 3, 1964. , The board re s' : the right to accept or re j i and all bids. rd voted to sell upon i i editions the Town of 1, tract of swampland , v rly side of U. S. i.t t .' r - therly end of the i. si --or bridge leading . ;.rrd to Elizabeth City. ;.; 1 to be developed and a park recreation - ! 1 r'vclopei !- and r'-orea-' f f r rt- January 14 Founders Day At Central PTA The Central Grammar School PTA announces there will not be a meeting in January. The Christmas program held in November was very inspira tional with the 4th grades par ticipating in the "Christmas Story." Everyone is especially urged to attend the February meeting dealing with Founders Day to be held on February 17 at 7:30 o'clock. Mark your calendar and make this first : meeting of the mew year a beginning .for an even better relationship among the home, school and community. Masons Install Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A. F & A. M.. held its annual I installation of officers for 1964 on . Tuesday night, January 7, with Past Master C. F. Murray acting as installing officer and Elijah White as marshal. The theirfollinwingmT. OS following officers were duly in stalled if or the ensuing year: W. A. (Billy) White, worship ful master; p. L. Barber, Jr., senior warden; C. D. Spivey, Jr., junior warden; W. Jarvis Ward, treasurer; ... Cy E.Wins,loWj sec; jretary,.R;1..Bi,Perry,iseni deacon ; J. . Hot ace . Webb, junior deacon; . .. Bernice ,;,Edingfield, steward; Jack Robertson, stew ard; W. H. Bachelor, chaplain; Walter E. Harrison, tyler. ' . .- Quite a number of the. wives, pothers an'dV other invited guests were present for the, in stallation exercises, which were open to them.; Worshipful Mas ter W- A. White then invited all members and guests to go into the adjoining room, where de licious refreshments were served and greatly enjoyed by all John Moore Now At Camp Lejeune -Marine- Private First Class John Moore IVY son of Mr. and Mrs. John Moore III of Route 1, Hertford, is serving with the detachment from Company "D", , Eighth Motor Transport Battal ion, Force. Troops, Fleet 'Marine Force, Camp Lejeune, N. C on a . three-month , joint operational and "good-will" exercise in the Caribbean with 'Battalion Land ing. Team 38. . . While': in, the Caribbean,, he will have the opportunity to visit with such ports, as Ponce and San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas and St. John, Virgin Islands; and Kingston, Jamaica, in addition to taking part in amphibious training exercises on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, which is the Second Di vision's "Caribbean " Testing Ground." ' jshoiild discontinue ,-to use kid oroDerty for the purpose stated, for a period of one year, the property will revert back tp Perquimans County and County Attorney was instructed to draw deed ' and submit to;: the Com missioners for approval. The land is swampland and will require a lot of filling in, it is understood the . town will fill the ' land with trash and whatever else. N. C. Division of Community Planning has pre pared a tentative plan for the development into an area with picnic tables, boat, launching fa cilities, camp sites and a Circu lar drive."; -.; .y.'J'ir'fL- ''; : The board authorized ; the county' accountant ; to .invest $10,000 in federally insured Building and Loan Association. H The sum of $250 ' from non tax sources was appropriated to advertise Perquimans County,: 1963 Perquimans Shown in the above photo are the victorious Perquimans High School Indians who ended their 1963 football season with the scalps of the Sledman eleven to win the 2-A Region 1 championship. Front row, left to right, Paul Gregory, John Slallings, JimmV Byrum, Ikey Slokely, Ned Nixon and Michael Winslow. Second row, Johnny Decker, Billy Cole. Don Yohn, Greq Beck, Wayne Chappell, Chuck White and George Winslow. Third row. Gene Yohn, Eddie Miller, Nate Brinn. Bobby Reed, Claik Harris, Gene Nixon and Francis Combs. Fourth row. Tommy Dale, Charles Woodard, Joseph Rid dick, Archie Miller, Mack Nixon, Freddie Combs, Sidney Eley and Howard Robertson. Absent from the picture, Jimmy Hunter, Bobby Hollowell. Also Coaches Ike Perry and Bobby Carter. Aftercare Mental Health Clinic Scheduled To Be Held In Area Dr. Isa C. Gant, District Health Director, has announced that an aftercare clinic for for mer patients of State mental hospitals will begin operation in Elizabeth City . one day every four weeks beginning January 24. It Wiil Be staffed by Dr. Ladislaw Peter, director of the Wilson Aftercare Clinic, and Mrs. J. S. Jqlliff, that unit's clinical social worker. Both met recently with . area health and welfare j representatives to out line their plans. The service, instituted because more than 75 former patients in this area find distances to present clinics- prohibitive, will be financed entirely by' state hospital funds which support the Wilson clinic. Dr. Peter, a psychiatrist, and Mrs. Jolliff will use space in Cann Memorial Presbyterian Church at 31.1 West Main Street in Elizabeth "" City. Volunteer clerical help will be provided by the Albemarle Mental Health Association. .Dr. Peter : said: : "We work closely with "private physicians but provide, : specialized care when needed and care of indi gent patients." Basically,, and in cooperation with local health and welfare departments, the clinic , will pro vide psychiatric drugs, psycho therapy and rehabilitation guid- Mrs. Claude Fields Dies Suddenly Mrs. Claude Symons Fields, 77, died suddenly Monday after noon at her home, 323 W. Grubb Street. A lifelong resident of Perquimans County, she was the widow of George E. Fields and daughter of the late John and Mary Hill Symons. She was a member Of the First Methodist Church. ' ' . " ' Surviving are two sons, Edgar M. ' Fields, . Sr., and George E. Fields, Jr., both of Hertford; four daughters, Mrs. Edna Wins low and Mrs, Nellie Oberst of Hertford, Mrs. Vincent T. Hill of Portsmouth, Va., and Mrs. Guy.; Pitts, Jr.,' of Memphis, Tenn.; one sister, Mrs, Leroy Nixon of Chapanoke; nine grand children and three great-grandchildren. ;.' : Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at ; 2:30 o'clock in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. Fred Still.v pastor of the First Methodist Church. , "Sun of My Soul" was sung by Mrs. Don Norman,1 accom panied by Miss Caroline Wright, organist. ? - ' Pallbearers were Jack Symons, Ray Haskett, Durward Reed, Jr., Walter Symons, Wallace Bagley and Roy Symons.. " Burial followed in Cedarwood Cemetery, 1 Indians Championship Football Team ar.ee, he said. ; Patients' are charged a clinic fee according to sliding income scales. Indigents pay nothing, but others may be charged ip to $10 per visit. This determina tion is made, ftt he . clinic;. , , " Where drugs are prescribed, those able to pay for them buy them from private pharmacies, those not able to pay full price (which . may average : $50 a month) can buy the drugs at cost from the clinic. The in digents' drugs are paid for,, at cost, - by their county welfare departments. All patients re ceiving drugs at cost must be welfare certified. , ' Mrs. Jolliff estimated that 8 to 10 . patients , can be seen on each visit. Clinic hours will be I 8:30 A. M. to 3 P. M. Referrals! can some from physicians, wcl- j fare departments, ministers, pa tients , or friends of patients. I Those wishing to make referrals! are requested to write directly to Dr. Peter at Wilson Aftercare Clinic, Eneas Station, Wilson, The group present at the planning meeting included rep resentatives from Bertie, Cam den, Currituck, Chowan, Gates, Dare, Hyde, Pasquotank, Per quimans, Washington and Hert ford : counties. Dr. Peter said that patients from any county will be eligible at the clinic as long as they have been patients in a state mental hospital. Beagle Club To Hold Fun Trial The Albemarle Beagle Cldb will hold a "fun trial" Sunday, February 12. This trial will be held on the club running grounds on the Jack Brinn farm. Drawing time for the races will begin promptly at 8 A. M. The public is cordially invited to attend. Hertford Savings And Loan Has Phenomenal Growth In 1963 The annual financial state ment of the Hertford Savings land Loan Association, as pub lished in this issue of The Per quimans Weekly, shows that the association had a remarkable growth record for the year 1963. During - the year this associa tion made mortgage loans for buying; building or repairing homes in excess of $212,000, paid out over $12,000 in interest to depositors and increased its as sets ; over, $133,000. A. W. Hefren, president of the association since 1923 and one of the original directors, stated that this : phenoomenal growth can be attributed to the fact that : during 1963 the association became a,, member of the Fed tial Savings 'and Loan Insur- FlIMitlirB At NllFSeS fgQ Jq Bfi Sold At An Auction Sale Due to the Chowan Hospital nurses' home being converted in to a nursing home, quite a few items of furniture 'will be- sold at an auction sale. The sale will be held Saturday morning, Jan uary 11, beginning at 10 o'clock and all items purchased must be removed from the building before Monday, January 13. H. A. Campen will be the auctioneer, and says the auc tion sale will be held rain or shine. Included in the items to be sold are bedroom furniture, din ing room furniture, a sewing machine, washing machine and electric fans. A complete list of items which will be sold will be found in an advertisement elsewhere in this week's Weekly. Riddicks Observe 50th Anniversary The children of Sammie and Levert Riddick are honoring them on their 50th wedding an niversary Sunday afternoon, January 12, from 2 until 4 P. M. at the home of Archie and Myra Riddick. No invitations are being sent but friends and relatives are invited to call. Leroy East To Go To Germany Leroy East, son of Mrs. Wal ter East of Hertford, has com pleted his basic training with Ihe U. S. Army Paratroop Corps in Georgia and has been spending his furlough here with his mother. At the conclusion of his fur lough East will leave for Ger many, where he will be station ed for two years. tance Corporation which insures each account up to $10,000, that the associattion is now operat ing on a full time basis with deposits made and payments ac cepted : during' regular, hours each day and that all directors and employees are devoted to making this association one of the best in the state. .For the year of ,1964 great plans are being made to in crease interest in saving by the young age group as well as the adults. Loan processing is be ing streamlined, and advertising increased. Altogether with the interest shown inv the associa tion for 1963, the directors are looking forward for even great er growth in 1964.. Board Of Education Authorizes Night Education Classes The Perquimans County Board of Education met in special ses sion on Monday with all mem bers present, and in response to requests for night classes lead ing to the adult high school diploma, Superintendent John T. Biggers was authorized to de termine if the required number of 15 pupils would be interested and if so to make definite ar rangements for the class. The classes are to assist the people in Perquimans County who have not graduated from high school and who desire to do so. Education is necessarily a continuing process. No man ever completes his education. In today's world it is more than ever an absolute necessity that we continue the pursuit of for mal education and continue to learn i In order to assist the people; n Perquimans County who have not graduated from high school and who desire to do so, the Board of Education has author ized a series of adult night classes. In conformity with the gen eral eligibility requirements, persons enrolling in the pro grams leading to the adult edu cation high school diploma shall have attained the age of 21 years prior to admission. The adult education program will be financed by fees collect ed from the students enrolled. The amount of fees charged will be determined by the number of persons enrolled in each class. Teachers for this work will be approved by the Board of Edu cation and shall meet the North Carolina certification re quirements for each particular class. An adult education high school diploma may be awarded ty the Board of Education to any adult who satisfactorily completes the course of study. Any person interested in en rolling in this type of program, please contact Superintendent of Schools John T. Biggers. Mrs. Carroll Inscoe was ap proved as secretary to the prin cipal at Perquimans High School after being recommend ed by the principal and ap proved by the superintendent. The board approved a power sewing class for people interest ed in this work. W. S. "Sam" Long was ap proved by the board to assist the physics teacher at Perquim ans High School by using his electrical equipment for certain demonstrations in the laboratory. The superintendent announc ed the State School Boards As sociation meeting would be held January 22 at Central School in Pasquotank County. Superintendent Biggers was authorized and directed to con fer with the county attorney concerning legal proceedure for beginning necessary steps to ac quire property at the Perquim ans High School site and to take necessary steps. Indians Lose ToWilliamston Williamston defeated Per quimans in an Albemarle Con ference doubleheader here last Friday night, the girls winning 26 to 24 while the boys came through 53 to 49. ' The Williamston girls led 20 to 12 at half time. Hoskins with 9 points and Roberson 8 led the winners. Cox had 9 and Newby 8 for Perquimans. The Perquimans boys jumped into a 17-12 first quarter lead and made it 31 to 25 at half time. Williamston, however, came back strong to outscore the Indians 28 to 18 in the final half, y v SAM HCURMOUZIS HOME FROM STAY IN HOSPITAL Sam Hourmouzis, owner of the Hertford Cafe, who has been a patient in the Chowan Hospital in Edcnton recently, returned to his home this week and h re ported getting along nicely. Highway i Commissioners To Receive Contract Bids For Bridge At Hertford Raymond Lane In Seventh Fleet Marine Gunnery Sergeant Ray mond K. Lane, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Lane of Hert ford, is serving aboard ships of the Seventh Fleet with the First Battalion, Ninth Marine Regi ment, Third Marine Division. The unit replaces the Third Battalion, Third Marines, as the ground element of the Special Landing Force of the U. S. Sev enth Fleet's amphibious ready group. His unit will engage in two months of landing exercises, demonstrations and routine train ing. In Busy Session Leioy Jones, charged with reckless driving, resisting arrest nd assault, was given a six nonths road sentence in Per quimans County Recorder's Court here Tuesday morning, with Judge Charles E. Johnson presiding. The sentences meted Jones to be suspended upon payment of $150 fine and cost, of court. Jones noted appeal to Su perior Court. Bond was set at $500. Otis A. Smith, charged with drunk drivirg, y)as given. 60 days. The sentence to be sus pended upon payment of $100 tine and court costs. G. D. Copeland, charged with reckless driving, failing to re port an accident of apparent damage of $100 or more, was given 30 days. Sentence to be suspended upon payment of a $25 fine and court costs. Lonnie H. Chesson, charged without having a valid operat or's or chauffeur's license, sec ond offense, was fined $25 and taxed with court costs. E. B. Winslow, charged with driving without due caution and circumstances and at a speed or in a manner so as to endanger persons or property, was fined $25 and taxed with the costs. Willie Lee Moore, charged with giving a check in the rmount of $45 to Towe Motor Company and not having suf ficient funds on deposit or cre dit with such bank with which to pay the same upon presenta tion, was given 30 days, to be suspended upon payment of cost of court and the sum of $45 be added for Towe Motor Com pany. Willie Lee Moore, charged with giving another check in the amount of $47 to Towe Mo tor Company and not having sufficient funds in the bank with which to pay the same upon presentation, was given an additional 30 days to run con secutively with the case of the $45 check. Sentence to be sus pended upon payment of the checks involved and court costs Continued on Page Sevan Feasibility Of Processing Plants In Eight Northeastern Counties Congressman Herbert C. Bon ner stated late last week that the Area Redevelopment Ad ministration, Department of Commerce, approved a technical assistance project to help an eight-county area of northeast ern North Carolina to deter mine the economic feasibility of establishing fruit and ' vegetable processing plants. The counties covered in the project are Ber tie, Chowan, Gates, Hyde, Pas quotank, Perquimans, ' Tyrrell, and Washington. Congressman Bonner further stated ; that a one-year study will be conducted . by the Eco nomic Research Service of the Department of Agriculture which will cost about $34,000. h, The Area Redevelopment Administra tion will provide approximate Governor Terry Sanford has announced that the State High way Commission will receive contract bids on January 28 for Ihe construction of a new bridge over the Perquimans River noar Hertford. The bridge will be located on the new U. S. 17 Hertford by pass. In making the announce ment, Governor Sanford said: "This is another project in the continuing program by the State Highway Commission to give the citizens of North Carolina better highways in all sections of the state. Our state tradi tionally has been known as 'The Good Roads State' and projects like this one will keep it so." The new U. S. 17 bridge for the Hertford bypass will be a part of a high type two-lano highway for U. S. 17 in this area. Other important projects on U. S. 17 in Northeastern North Carolina now under con struction are the four-laning of the Elizabeth City by-pass and the four-laning of the Williams ton by-pass. U. S. 17 will be one of sev eral alternates for motorists coming south from the Chesa peake Bay bridge-tunnel area. The bridge-tunnel . project :s schedu'ed to be opened in the spring or summer, The call for bids by the State Highway Commission is for a 0.549 mile bridge over the Per quimans River. , JuryDrMFilr Superior Court Commissioners for Perquim r.ns County, meeting here Mon day, drew the names of 40 resi dents for jury service at the February 3, 1964, term of Su perior Court, which will con vene tor the purpose of hearing civil actions. Judge Albert W. Cowper of the 8th Judicial District from Kinston, N, C, will be the pre-,: siding judge for the term of court. Drawn for jury duty at this term were: , Earl J. Riddick, Howard R. Stallings, John O. White, HI, Continued on Page Seven Inscoe's Beagles In Second Place B. R. Inscoe's two and one half year old beagle "B. R.'s Billy" won second place at the Hampton Roads Beagle Club' field trials held recently. The Beagle won 11 points to be placed in the finals, and brought in the ribbon for sec end place. This little Beagle really enjoys his business and takes it real serious. We are expecting him to bring home the first place prizes on his mext trip. ly $25,000, and the Department of Agriculture will provide around $9,000. ; Mr. Bonner said that this will be a three-part research study and will include under-Part 1 -market and production surveys and analyses to determine if fruit and vegetable processing is feasible in that area. If that phase proves favorable, Part 2 will determine the size type, numbers and locations of pro cessing plants. Part 3 will de velop detailed plans ort Invest ment requirements, major neqds and . wage - scales, operating costs and estimates of probable financial returns to capital and management, labor and growers. Congressman : Bonner further said that this project, originate! in Chowan County. , : .
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