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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Volume XXXI. Number. 4.
W. L Tilley And L Paul
Smith Win Awards At
Hertford Jaycee Banquet
Th
the Hertford Junior Cham
ber of Commerce held its an
nual t)SA and OYF award ban
quet in the Winslow Memorial
Parish here Wednesday night.
W. L. "Buddy" Tilley was
named the 1963 Distinguished
Service Award winner and L.
Paul Smith was presented the
OYF award.
Joe Rogerson gave the invo
cation, after which Hillary
Scaff, president of the Jaycees,
welcomed and recognized the
guests.
Presentation of the OYF award
to Mr. Smith was made by Joe
Tunnell and' Tom Brown.
Charlie Skinner, Jr., DSA
chairman, introduced the speak
er, Carroll R. Holmes, who made
the presentation of the DSA
award to Tilley.
Tilley is married to the for
mer Betty Smith of Edenton and
they have two sons, Scott three
years old, and Eric 8 months.
', Tilley is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Tilley of Hertford. He
is employed by the S & M Drug
Store in Hertford. He is an Air
Force veterean and served in
Korea. He is also a member of
the Hertford Baptist Church.
Tilley is chairman of the Per
quimans County Board of Elec
tions He served as chairman
of the Heart Fund drive in 1963.
He serves with the Hertford Fire
Department. Tilley assisted in
raising funds for the Perquim
ans High School Girls Marching
Unit.
Tilley is very interested in
athletics. He has been very ac
tive in supporting the 1963 high
school teams, especially, the 1963
championship football team by
encouraging local citizens to at
tend games and by securing and
selling tickets to the various
Continued on Page 2
R. M. Riddick Tells
About Option For
Income Tax Refund
Federal income taxpayers are
reminded by R. M. Riddick, sav-
ings bonds chairman for Per-
quimans County, that the Treas
ury is again offering them the
option of taking refunds in U. S.
Savings Bonds. The savings op
tion, first introduced last year,
is an addition to the two stand
ard options of taking tax re
funds in cash or applying .them
to the next year's t
' "By electing to ' u. 'V re
fund in Series E Bon. ' Mr.
. Riddick said, "the taxpayer holds
,onto his . money conveniently,
through a ''secure, risk-free in
vestment which pays interest at
a guaranteed rate. He avoids
seeing his money absorbed by
household expenses, vanishing
completely in day-to-day spend
ing. And he ' learns what mil
lions of other Americans have
already discovered-that U. S.
Savings Bonds are one of the
finest possible ways to save for
a secure future. ...
"And, of course, every citizen
should realize that every dollar
he invests in U.S. Savings
Bonds . makes our economy
'.-stronger and our whole nation
more secure."
Second Annual
. . '. ',' ,
Hoi Show AndSale February 12
, ' Plans for the second annual
Market Hog Show scheduled for
February 12 are , almost com
. plele. ; The . Agricultural Com
, nutteevhas met twice, discuss
. ing the show ; and sale and is
.expecting a much better turn
xut for .this year's events, since
- all 10 counties of the A AD A are
' planning to participate. '-
"The' purpose " of this type
t show and -sale is , to encourage
farmers to 1 produce good . grade
hogs, as they are -usually the
Vr.ost economical to ' grow, and
also to show people what qual
. ity is as far as hogs are con
cerned and to advise sthe pack
'ers and Qthet persons concerned
with processing the' fact that we
grow4 hogs in " the Albemarle
area that are as good as can be
jown in wther regions,", atate
Student Of Month
jit f
MISS SUSAN COX
During a regular meeting of
the Hertford Rotary Club on
Tuesday evening, Miss Susan
Cox was honored as Student of
the Month for November.
Susan is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Cox, 700 West
Grubb Street, Hertford. She is
a senior, at Perquimans County
High School and plans to at
tend the College of the Albe
marle after graduation from
Perquimans High.
Her school activities are
varied in that she is president
of the Beta Club, secretary and
treasurer of the Letter Club,
Student Council chairman, the
sports editor of the school
newspaper and library assistant.
Other school honors bestowed
upon her were selection as best
all around superlative and rep
resenting the Student Council
at the North Carolina Student
Council Convention in Winston-
Salem, N C.
In activities not connected
with the school she is president
of the Methodist Youth Fellow
ship and president of the Cho
wan Perquimans Subdistrict
Methodist Youth Fellowship.
Miss Cox was selected on the
basis of improvement of self and
classroom standing; attitude to
ward school in attendance
school activities and achievement
of other students; willingness
to help others and promote bet
ter school relations, and ad-
lVancement in scholarship froir
the first to the last of the month.
. . .
Penalty On Taxes
Begins Feb. 1st
Hertford and Perquimans
County taxpayers are reminded
that the county and town tax
books for 1963 are open for the
collection of taxes.
Both town and county tax
collectors urge taxpayers to pay
their taxes before the penalty
goes into effect.
Game Protector
Whiteston Speaker
The Whiteston Community
Development meeting will be
held on Tuesday night, January
28, at 6 o clock m the Whites-
ton Community'' Building. A
covered dish supper will be
served. . '
Following the' dinner Horace
Cahoon, Game. Protector, will be
the guest speaker.
Albemarle Area
- .....'-.-"
R. M. Thompson, County Ex
tension chairman.
The following rules and- regu
lations govern this year's show
and sale:
The receiving of hogs will be
gin at 7 A. M. At noon all
hogs will be graded and in
place. Art PiUed. N. C. De
partment of Agriculture, will
grade hogs as they are entered.
Showmanship jdemonstration be
gins at 1:15 P. M., with judg
ing of classes at 1:30.
At 7 P. M. there will be a
meat demonstration and at 7:45
a demonstration of how to grade
hogs by Mr, Pitzer.v- The sale
will be held at 8 P. M. , There
will be prizes for the animals
amounting to a good little sum,
with classes of judging from
1 to-....' . . .
Hertford, Perquimans County, North
Dr. W. B. Yearns
Speaker Baptist
"Baptist Men's Day" will be
held this year on Sunday, Janu
ary 26th to emphasize the' im
portance and the responsibility
of every man who claims Christ
as Lord in the work of the King
dom of. God. This day empha
sizes every disciple's responsi
bility in proclaiming the wisdom
of God to all men.
In keeping with the purpose of
this day the Hertford Baptist
Church will have two laymen to
speak at these services. Dr. W.
B. Yearns, Professor of History
at Wake Forest College, will
speak at the 11:00 A. M., service
and W. F. Ainsley, President of
the Men's Brotherhood of the
church, will speak at the 7:30
P. M. service.
Dr. Yearns is a native of
Georgia. He received his B.A.
degree from Duke University and
his Ph.D. degree from the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Dr.
Continued on Page Seven
Many Candidates
Appear On Scene
The first signs of spring are
showing.
Candidates who have plans of
running for office in the May
Primary for the November elec
tion began popping up in dif
ferent sections of our state last
week.
Nominees for both the coun
ty's seat in the House of Repre
sentatives of the General As
sembly and the district's seat in
l.he State Senate will be chosen
in May, along with those coun
ty offices in Perquimans Coun
ty with the exception of the
Clerk of Superior Court and the
Perquimans Sheriff,
Other County offices for
.which nominees will be chosen
on May 30 will be; prosecuting
attorney, register of deeds and
judge of Recorder's Court.
Representative Herbert Bon
ner, who has served 13 terms as
Congressman, formally announc
ed last Friday his candidacy.
He will seek re-election for the
affice of Representative to Con
gress from the First Congres
sional District.
Gubernatorial Candidate Dan
Moore carried his campaign to
Continued on Page Eight
Hiram Weeks Wins
Performance Award
Hiram A. Weeks of Edenton,
Torth Carolina State Motor Club
iistrict , manager for nine East
ern. North Carolina counties, has
won the company's highest an
nual award for superlative per
formance during 1963, Thomas
3. Watksns; president, has an
nounced. Weeks received the "Mr. Mo
tor Club" trophy and a large
cash award for the best all
around record of the company's
entire sales force. Watkins and
Lewis Scruggs, Rocky Mount
division manager, commended
Weeks highly for his achieve
ment. Birthdays
January 26
Mrs. Seth Umphlctt
Edison "Spec" Harris
January 27
Glenn A, ' Elmore
Alma Leicester
. Keith Webb Haskctl, Jr.
Paul Bunch
Nancy Bateman
Chip Winslow;
' Durwood Barber, Sr.
January 28
Edna Belle Stallings
Anne E. Young
Mrs. F. T. Johnson
' Marion S. Swindell
Ed Benton
Eddie Riddick
James C. Sullivan
January 29 ,
T. W. Tilley
Mrs. T. E. Madre
Pamela Sawyer
Sarah Faye Wood
January 30
s Blanche Kanoy -
Roger Nowcll
January 31
Charles Eley
Wesley Oliver '
Mrs. J. T. Diggers t
Men's Day Service U! u:A
Indians Honored At Raleijjh
All East Perquimans High End Jimmy Hunter (left) and Back
Freddie Combs and their coach, Ike P. Perry, chat with State
Coach Earl Edwards at iha annual banquet honoring All East loot,
ball players, held by the News and Observer in Raleigh Monday
night. On Thursday night, January 30, a banquet is planned to
honor the Perquimans Indians football team. Johnny Clements
of the coaching staff at N. C. State College, has bean secured as
the guest speaker. Tickets for the dinner are available now and
the deadline for Iheir purchase is Monday, January 27. The ban
quet will be held in the cafeteria of the Perquimans County High
School at 6:30 on Thursday evening, January 30. This is the time
when all citizens of this county will have an opportunity to show
their interest in this fine Perquimans team. Go out and purchase
your ticket today.
Skinner Named
Vice President Of
Eastern Firemen
Charles T. Skinner, Jr., as
sistant chief of the Hertford
Fire Department, was elected
first vice president of the East
ern Carolina Firemen's Associa
tion in Greenville on January
1th. Skinner had served in
1963 as second vice president of
the ECFA.
Skinnei has served as secre
tary, captain and assistant chief
auring tr.e past 16 years with
the Hertford Fire Department.
the Eastern Carolina Fire
men's Association is composed of
lire departments in 31 of the
eastern Carolina counties. Some
J5 departments" and 6,000 lire-
men are members. Chief Earl
Milnor of Wilmington is presi
dent. Chief Elliott of Hertford is a
director in the Eastern Caro
lina Firemen's Association.
Mrs. Julian Powell
Heads Heart Fund
Mrs. Julian C. Powell will be
chairman of Perquimans Coun
ty's 1964 Heart Fund campaign,
the annual nationwide campaign
which supports the . researcn,
education and community ser
vice programs of the American
Heart Association. The cam
paign begins February 1. Heart
Sunday is scheduled for Febru
ary 23rd.
Assisting Mrs. Powell in the
campaign is Mrs. Robert L.
Hollowell, chairman of East
Hertford and the business dis
trict and Mrs. Carlton Cannon,
West Hertford. Great Hope
Church community, Mrs. Pailen
Lane and Mrs. Joseph Roger
son, Jr., the Beech Spring sec
tion. Mis. Harold White, Belvi
dere and Mis. Russell Baker,
Whiteston. Mrs. Thomas H.
White in Winlall and Mrs. John
A, Bray, Woodville. Durants
Neck, Mrs. Rob Turner (Snow
Hill-White Hat), and Mrs. Er
win Turner, New Hope, Harvey
Neck, Mrs. John Danchese, Bur
gess and Miss Blanche Good
win, Bethel.
The colored leaders are W. C.
Strowd, farm agent, and Mrs.
M. B. Taylor, home ageYit.
Preston Stevenson is treas
urer and Virginia W. Transeau,
publicity chairman.
Jan. 31 Deadline
For Tax Listing
Perquimans County property
owners are reminded today that
time for listing property for
1963 taxes is rapidly drawing to
a close.
The law requires all proverty
owners to list property for taxes
by January 31. Failure to do
so , results in a penalty being
charged ;v, against the property
owner. The regular tax listing
period will end on January 31.
Carolina, Friday, January 24, 1961.
Perquimans Sells
60.4 Per Cent Of
U. S. Bond Quota
In 1963 North Carolina achiev
ed the i'irsl all-around lOO'I
savings bonds performance in
I the peacetime history of the
program in the state. Bond
j sales last year amounted to
j $51,644,143. which is over 102'',
of the state's goal of S50.600.000.
I This is the first time that North
Icarolina has exceeded its an-
. nual dollar goal and represents
a 6"-I. or S3 million increase over
1962 sale.-.
K. M. Riddick. local banker,
is volunteer chairman of the
i savings bonds program in Per
quimans County. In releasing
this report, he pointed to the
! sales for 1963, which amounted
to $61,098. This is 60.4 per cent
of the county's dollar goal for
last year, and Mr. Riddick ex
pressed his appreciation for the
support given to the savings
bonds progiam by Perquimans
County citizens.
Perquimans Honor
Roll Completed
Plans for the establishment of
the museum aboard the USS
Noith Carolina battleship mem
orial have progressed to the
point where the Roll of Honor
of North CaioKna's World War
II dead list is to be submitted
to the engraver.
This Roll of Honor will be the
most important feature of the
museum. Every effort, there
fore, to insure that there will
be no omissions or other errors
is being made. For that reason
a list of names of the men and
women from Perquimans County
who lost Iheir lives in World
War II while in i line of duty
status, it is requested that all
readers of this newspaper be in
formed of the significance of
the list and arc requested to re
port any discrepancies directly
to the Battleship Memorial, P. O.
Box 417, Wilmington, N. C.
Perquimans names now in
cluded are:
James C. Baker, William G.
Continued on Pae Sevjn
85-Mile Wind
Causes Damage
Northwest winds blew into
Perquimans County out of the
west Monday afternoon at a
gale of an estimated 85 miles
per hour and caused damage in
a few areas. s
One of the old oak trees lo
cated on the Perquimans Recre
ation. Playground was toppled
by the gale and many out
buildings throughout the county
were left roofless, tree limbs
artcf pine cones were scattered
over the roads.
Fortunately ' no body damages
was done to anyone working out
when the wind came m.
Bobby Overton
Killed Saturday
In Auto Wreck
!
Bobby Brinn Overton. 28. of
Route 1, Hertford, died enroule
to the Albemarle Hospital Sat
urday night around 7:45 as a
result of injuries sustained in a
one-vehicle automobile wieck on
the Harvey Point Road.
The accident occurred at 6:50
P. M. when Overton was fatally
injured when he lost control of
h's 1956 Fore; some eight miles
from Hertford and within sight
of his parents' home. It ap
peared that Overton lost con
trol of his car after it had left
the road on the right side. The
car had just negotiated a slight
left-hand curve, according to in
vestigating .officer State High
way Patrolman B. R. Inscoe.
After leaving the right side
of the road, the car traveled
some 400 feet on the shoulder
and clown a diu-h beside the
highway before striking a pine
tree, then traveling an addi
tional number of feet, skidding j
Continued on Page Seven !
Cotton Meeting Is
Scheduled Jan. 28
"There will be a cotton pro
duction meeting at the Agri
cultural Building on Tuesday,
January 28. The topic of this
meeting will be Field Selection.
Soil Preparation. Fertilizer,
Lime, etc." according to R. M.
Thompson, County Extension
chairman. Dr. J. D. McCart.
head of the Soil Testing Divi
sion, and Glenn Toomey. Ex
tension cotton specialist, will be
here to discuss this particular
phase of cotton production.
"We know that there is more
interest in cotton over what it
was in 1963. and it is felt that
if we are to continue to pro
duce cotton, and grow in cotton
production, and this is very im
portant, that we ' show the pro
gress that has brought success
,i other areas, and therefore we
hope that you will attend this j
cotton production meeting. It
will be followed later on in the
year with other timely discus
sions concerning cotton produc
tion. Cotton is a crop that it
takes planning anf management
to produce, and we hope that
you will make your plans for the
production of cotton in a well
organized program," further
states Mr. Thompson.
March of Dimes
Starts Next Week
Mrs. John Beers, director of
the Perquimans County March
of Dimes, stated today that the
fund raising campaign will gel
underway here next week and
the March of Dimes solicitors
will be conducted on Tuesday,
January 28 in the 2iitii anniver
sary March of Dimes. On Tues
day volunteers will go from
door to door collecting the funds
to help the fight against polio.
The March of Dimes means a
great deal to every family in
this county. It is through this
research urogram that the
money contributed is financed.
Give what you can to the
volunteers. It will help protect
the children against the crip
pling disease of polio.
A Look Backward I
A Tumid In The PeKinlmau
Vkly File of Yesteryear
County Disinclined To Quit
Road Claim: May carry on fight
for return of huge amount $586,
000 spent. Whedbee views re
port as discouraging but not fi
nal. Perquimans County refuses
to accent the reoort of the SDe-
jcial commission delegated to con
Isider the road refund claims pf
'.81 counties in the state, and is
(determined to press further its
claim of $586,000 for such a re
'fund. County Attorney Charles
H. Whedbee would not say yes-
terday just what procedure Per-
, quimans would now engage in
to bring its claim nearer a suc
, cessful consummation, but he did
'take the position the claim was
still very much alive, and that
the commission's report "passing
(ntinucd on Pagi 6)
Report Reflects Situation
In Perquimans County's
Schools For First Month
Student Of Month
J. LnWRhNCt PtKflY. JR.
J. Lawrence Pony. Jr.. was
i guesl ot the Heillo:d Rotary
Club on Tuesday evening. Janu
ary 14. reptosenhng tin- Student
of the Month I mm l'i .quintans
County High Sehn,; ii;- the
month of December.
This young man. better known
by his family and fiieiui- as
"Jimmie." is tin- son of J. Law
rence and Maggie 1. ine Perry
of Route 2. Hertlord. . Jimmie
is 17, a senior and is looking
foivvard to entering college this
fall to maji:.' in history and af
ter graduation to join the teach
ing profession. He is a mem
ber of the Beta Club. .Service
Club and is on tin- Annual staff.
He is also an accomplished pi
anist, collects stamps as a nobby
and participates in church work
and especially the Melhodisl
Youth Fellowship of the church.
Being selected the Student of
the Month from Perquimans
High School is quite an honor
for any student as the selection
is made by tin tca-j t- no
principal, bused em flic student's
leadctship ability, scJiolarship,
school spiiil and persistency to
improve self. This progiam has
been sponsored for several years
now by the Rotary Club and
much in'erest is shown by all
in the program. Recognition of
students helps promote the de
sire to improve and this pro-
gram does just that.
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THE PUBLISHER.
Farmers Home
Loans 470,579 To Farmers
During the 1963 calendar year
a total of $470,590 in loans to
faimers and rural residents of
this area was made by the
Farmers Home Administration,
Donald W. Norman, county sup
ervisor of the agency, has an
nounced. Loans were made to 68 fam-'
ilies to purchase farm equip
ment, livestock and puy farm
operating expenses; for land de
velopment; enlarging of farms;
constructing new buildings such
as homes, machinery shelters,
grain bins, pig parlors and far
rowing houses; remodeling exist
ing dwellings and refinancing of
debts owed on farms, livestock
and farm equipment.
During the year farmers and
rural residents repaid $236,000
on their FHA loans and 15 of
these families completely repaid
their indebtedness.
5 Cents Per Copy
As the situation exists in Per
quimans County schools at the
end of the first month of the
1963-64 school year is shown in
the annual fall survey of en
rollment, personnel and school
facilities in N. C. public schools
as reported by the state super
intendent of public instruction.
Below follows a status study
report only, which piesents a
statistical picture qf certain im
portant phases of the personnel
and facilities situation in our
Perquimans schools.
Enrollment at the end of the
first month of 1963-64 school
term in Perquimans County
schools was 2.474. Professional
personnel employed end of fii.sl
month was !)6. Men employed,
21. a percentage of 21.9. Per
sonnel holding less than Class
A certificates numbered 4. a
4.2'. Peisonnel not having
scheduled teaching assignments
was 6, 6.3'..
ing "out of
r. umbered 2.
paid entirely
numbered 6.
Personnel teach
eertil'ieate" field
2.1'.;. Personnel
from local funds
6.3 : Personnel
receiving local salary supple
ment numbered 11). 10.4';. Per
sonnel not in unit last year
numbered 11. 11.5'.'. Brand
new" teachers 1, 1.0';. Former
teachers numbered 3, 3.1'i.
In the survey of instruction
rooms, fall. '.903, showed pupils
in improvised quarters in public
school buildings was 40. Total
excess emollment columns 40.
Instruction room.- available 1962
63 showed 97. Insti action rooms
abandoned for instructional pur
poses 1962-63 was 12. Instruc
tion rooms completed during
1962-63 was 21. Inslructici
looms available beginning 1963-
64 was 106.
Tnsji 'letion root Is lie t id
acei-iifmodate excess enrol 1m
Imt.dit
was 3. Instruction rooms need
ed to replace unsatisfactory ft
cilities 2. Total additional in
struction rooms needed 5.
All the above informalic'.n was
computed in terms of situation
existing at the end of the first
month of the 1963-64 school
year only.
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School Jan. 27th
I The second in the series of
swine schools will be held Mon
day night, January 27, begin
ming at 7:30 P. M. The discus
sion will be on the feeding of
swine and will be led by Ray
Woodard, head of the Perform
ance Testing Station at Clayton,
, N. C. "We hope that there are
a lot of problems concerning
feeding hogs on all the farms,
and it is felt that a discussion of
i this type will be beneficial t.T
each one of you who are produc-
ing hogs, whether as feeder pigs
or market hogs. We hope that
! you have attended the previous
I meeting on Breeding Stock, but
if you happen to have missed
that one, we are sure that this
one will have something that
will be of interest to you and
that you will make a real effort
to attend," states R. M. Thomp
son, County Extension Chairman.
Administrat ion
Mr. Norman stated that with
the operating loan program md
the farm ownership loan pro
gram the Farmers Home Ad
ministration can help eligible
farm families to make improved
use of their land and labor re
sources on family-type farms
and make needed changes in
their farming systems. Most of
the changes call for adopting
better farming practices and im
proving the efficiency of their
farm operations. Loans may al
so be made to qualified f aim
ers who cany on smaller than
family-type operations.
Operating loans help farmers'
pay for . equipment, livestock,
feed, seed, .fertilizer, tractor fuel
and other' 'ifarm and home op
erating needs uniuding the ire
fmancin'k -of chattel debts. Loans
are scheduled for repayment in
Continued ot Pegs nub