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r "IT 7 c.:-r XXXI. dumber 7. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 14, 1964. 5 Cents Per Copy c:cd lib Co Postponed lliiiliiiilM! The' Folio Committee of the First .District Medical Society has been 'informed by the .' dis1 tributor of the Trivalerrt Sabin vaccine that it will be unable to supply, this vaccine for the vac cine program, planned1 in March and May of this year. ; The' vaccine has to be thor oughly checked by the National Institute . of Health before it is released for use, ! ' AH available vaccine has been already allotted- for previously scheduled programs. ! Since no such vaccine release is planned in time to complete a mass . immunization before the beginning of the spring-summer polio season, it has been decided by the; Polio Committee to post pone the i immunization! .- cam paign until the fall of 1984. . ' The1 : committee has already laid 'plans - for : such - a mass Sabin vaccine immunization and the public will be advised when to expect ' this. The committee further advises that the public keep up their shots of Salk vac cine to. continue their present polio protection. " ;'The . Health ' Department will issue .' new directions regarding their immunization schedules in view of the -cancellation of . the Sabin or oral polio campaign, according to Dr. T. P. Brinn of Hertford, medical director of the Polio Committee. l:!rj2nFEfiS rcjiCj.C!3fc3,iMj ill '!( U, 1. !,-. '.I yCharies B, Johnson, judge of Perquimans County ? Recorder's C, ourt, filed . notice of hi cao di Jiicy for 're-election here this week, ' as did . Savage Jolliff, Cormiss-onet, .Urom Bervidere Town:;2VJUiAto'' .- Though.' the i political pot is immering,'" all the candidates that have;::, -filed ' thus" far, are seeking ye-election. ",' ,. t , 5' First to file last week, for 're election was. Thomas Nixon for Comm issioner of ' , Park ville Township and Julian C1.' Powell,, Register of Deeds; also seeking re-election.'1 n ' . X Street talk indicates that op position will be had in - the coming election.- i!:;7Pc!:ceo t : Norman, M$er was employed this ' weekL byVrW Hertford Town Board to serve on the Po lice Department as night patrol man.' , , Mr. Miller is married- to the former Kathleen Blanchard. The couple has one child. - ' The mew police officer will assume ' his duties, here 'ion March 1, it Is understood, 1 ' yvwywvvyywww o'fwiAwwwwwvjvwsS' W. T. EllioH Presents Report Of ABC S;e W. T. "Bill" Elliott,. Hertford ABC Board member; met -with the Hertford Town Board here Monday night and gave the January report of the store. The Town received -a check last week for $3,357.41, which matched the check the Perquimans Board of Education received from the lienor store operation here. V. G. Edwards, local attorney, m i f 1; V to i m. v ifh the Board and was of- employed to- make col- - cf delinquent taxes. iss Harrell was appointed :rve on the . Planning Com- -i e"i Board of Adjust- ".el i c-ened bids on the ,.. i .posal truck and : i t' s ) submitted by ' -ck I '. ment Company for a Tsew modernized ;-re I " willi a pis T; T I is now in " ( f jr bids j i i a chassis I ' - .t's iUflwJliw.. Dg In Hertford Hor.day, Feb. 24 ,; i . t . The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Perquimans County on- Monday, February 24, at the First Methodist Church. The co-chairmen, John Beers and Sidney . Harmon, of the blood program, are urging that the citizens of the county please set aside this date to answer the urgent need s for blood. The quota for this county is 100 pints. Donor hours will be from 12 o'clock noon until 6 P, M. Re freshments will be served. 1,'IJ :u3 . Girl Scout Troop No. 711 is beginning its annual cookie sale here this week and will continue to sell cookies through Febru ary Zl, it was announced nere Tuesday , by Mrs. Charles Har rell, Jr., Cookie sale chairman. The local troop has a quota to meet and will have to sell 30 dozen cookies during the cookie sale drive. A part -of the profit . derived from the sale of the cookies will be used -".'to help finance the local troop. ' The-Girl Scouts will go from door to door selling the cookies. An assortment of five: kinds are available ,and the cookies : will be sol4 only to. homes here in the covntv. Wtf cookies will be town stores or.,lace&, of .-busi' Morgans Return From New Orleans ' .Mr. .and Mrs. Cliff Morgan of Winfall a have''' returned ; - from Nfiw.-iOrleank;' 'IJa., where they attended the Ruritan National Convention. ' " -. ' - Mr. Morgan is District Gov ernor of the Albemarle District of Ruritans. Wayne Stallings Left Off Honor Roll The name of Wayne Stallings, json, .of .Mr.' and Mrs. William Stallings of Route 1, Hertford, .an 11th grade student at Per quimans . High' r School, . was er roneously, left out of the third grading period honor roll pub iished in , last - week's 'issue of this newspaper. ? Stallings' name should have been on,, the 11th grade 'A-B Honor, Roll. To Town Board the old 40-watt. With the 100 watt set the officers will have complete coverage, being able to call from Car. to the department and departments in this area from a greater distance. The Board voted that until such time as they can give sew age connections to the newly annexed area .south of town, if anyone has trouble with . septic tanks they are requested . to no tify the superintendent of utili ties, F. T. Britt, .who Will in vestigate the matter. s, '-' R. C. "BobbV Elliott; Hert ford fire chief, reported to the Board that in 1963 the Fire De partment answered only 11 town fire calls. Total estimated loss was $675. Value of property in volved amounted to $37,200. And in the past five years there has been only $3,850 loss from fire damn je in the town. There was a total of 48 calls over the five yt ;r ' Chief I "ott s' t' "t J --U of t t 3" r ' I 1 t e I ii t , : l i-1 te d Ceo " 3lliC-ist Rclly Schct!u!cd For i;:rtfordFeb,17 The Board of Lay Activities of the North Carolina Conference will sponsor the 11th annual Elizabeth City District Lay Ral ly February 17 at Perquimans County High School, it was an nounced : today by ' the Rev Frederick E. Still, pastor of the First Methodist Church. This year for the first time there will be special discussion groups held in the First Metho dist Church from 2 P. M. until 3 P. M. on the following sub jects: Tithing, Every Member Visitation, Commission on Stew ardship ' and Finance Local Church Financing. Barbecue chicken and pork will be served at 6 P. M. in the :afeteria of the Perquimans High School. 1 A. song service will begin at 7:15, followed by , the guest speaker, Matt D. Howell. AH' the laymen of the county are .urged to attend. NevBopks At Local Library Among the new books in the Perquimans County Library this week is The Woman's Day book of American Needlework, a com- Drehensive history of needle work from colonial times to the present with 140 illustrations, many in full color. This book was given in memory of Mrs. Garland S. Ferguson. Other new books are: Orna mental Alphabets (to express ev ery artistic mood ' and purpose); The Civil War in North Caror Una by Barrett; You, Are Not The Target,' a guide to personality development;, by Huxley; jonn V ffBnnpVJv:'-President, bv Sid- ey;! Stretching their Minds, a new?; approach,; to lhe education of ilhe- Rifted ' child," by ;.Fme; MthejsjMiij:V biogrBhy aUtofei;aiihed , copy( is a gift to the library. - ; The Scent of water is a iiew Three"he'w light, romances and two' westerns are also new this week. ':':';V'r,iv.(-,M'-; v' ..ill: 1. i . . Beagle 0ub Holds Field Trial Sunday The Albemarle Beagle Club held a field trial Sunday, Feb ruary 9 on its 50 acres of fenced in running grounds located on the Harvey Point road 5 miles from Hertford. , The trial was' well attended with- 18 hounds entered. Game was" plentiful ' and the trial was enioved by everyone. Judges were T. I. Lane and Ben Owens, 15 inch class; Jim my Sawyer and Carl Sawyer, 13 (nrH class. ' Results were as follows: . 15-inch Class . First--Lane's Babe, owned by Thomas Lane. Second Go Boy, owned by Johnny Lane. ' Third Carline Toby; owned bv Carl Sawyer. v Fourth - Holloman's Brownie, owned by Jim Holloman. Fifth Gramy Farm Pat, own ed by Jimmy Sawyer. 13-lnch Class First Eddie's Deakon, owned by Eddie Barber. " - ; Second Holloman's Jim, own ed bv Jim Holloman. Third Moore's Reba, owned by Alton Moore. Fourth Holloman's Queen, owned bv Jim Holloman. Fifth Joe's Oena, owned by Joe Tunnell. , . , . Legion Auxiliary Holds Meeting The' American Legion Auxili ary of Wm. Paul Stallings Unit 126 held its regular monthly meeting Thursday night at the home of. Mrs, Lessie White, in Winfall. . , The meeting opened with the uslal auxiliary ritual, followed by the devotional 'conducted by the chaplain, Mrs.; Ethel Perry, Roll was called " and minutes of ' the last meeting were read and approved. T rts from the vEii- .s coinn.i!.;ed present were henrd. ' - . The group voted to participate in the ''March of Dinin" and T - - " -i ' ) Awarded Certificate Of Merit Mrs. Marjorie Perry Fields is ceptincr a 5-year Certificate of of Perquimans County Board Of Commissioners. Other Commis sioners present for the . presentation were Riley S, Monds, Jr. Savage Jolliff. Woody Bundy and Thomas D. Nixon. The Certi ficate of Merit was awarded to Mrs. Fields for five years of faith' ful and dedicated service to the North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service in Perquimans County. Mental Health The Albemarle Mental Health Association will hold its annual meeting on Thursday night, February 20, at 8 O'clock in the Winslow Memorial parish of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford. The Rev. Heath Light, presi dent of the association, urges all members to attend. This is the first full meeting since' last year's membership drive. , If you paid your dollar, ' you are a member and expected to attend. If you are not a member but are interested in the mental health of your county and.,of your, famjly, you are invited, to attend , the meeting , and o en roll as a member.. . ; . ' Dr. .peters from . the State. De partment of Mental Health, will be a guest- and 'Will report on.' . . ... : ' . menial neaiin pr9gresj!4iQ.,!.oui; area. In Western Pacific Navy. Lieutenant gunior grade Earl : W, Dunsmoor, ' Jr.,' son of Mrs, E. W; Dunsmoor of Wood land Circle, Hertford, departed Jahuary 28 aboard the dock landing ship USS Monticello for a tour with the Seventh Fleet in the Western Pacific. 1 Monticello is a mobile floating dock used in supplying troops of an amphibious force which has established a beach-head. The San Diego based ship will stop first in Hawaii for a short period of relaxation prior tq joining the Seventh Fleet.., The Seventh IFleet ; is the world's largest operating r naval force and patrols over one-half of the earth's surface.' m '. . Birthdays February 17 . Mildred Miller Jeff Haskett . . , Mrs. Singleton Lane ; Carl L. Lewis, Jr. Paula Lee Perry February 18- . Cleveland Buck .;'-: Cornelia Cannon Reggie Winslow Earlie L. Goodwin, Jr. February 19 ' Raymond Dwight Daniels Mrs. Frank Ward . Ann M. McGoogan February 20 Grover Hollowell , Alva R. Bunch , ' G. A. "Frog" White, 1 - Ricky Gibbs Betty Murray - ? ! ' - Brant Murray Corp Reed . : ,- Jeanne Levie Berry -- ' J. T. "Tommy" Lane III February 21 Judie Baker ' Letitia Perry Earlie Ryrum Polly Hollowell Nancy Reed ' I Ray Winslow . , , Edward Hunter, Sr. Calvin M. Bundy ; Mrs. Clinton Perry ' Mattie E. Butler Jack Burbage Teressa Newbern" . William Karrell George Roach, Jr. Thdina Ann Dail mm w uu I MM shown in the above picture e Merit from R. L. Spivey. chairman Meeting Called To A meeting for organization of adult classes in Perquimans I County will be held in the Court House Thursday, February 20, at 7:30 P. M., according to a state ment released by J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Schools. a nrhita orii.it -i ..oo-., or over, who has not eraduated 1111 miiLC adui l. ace u m. v i a i i Consider Forming from high school will be elig-'a ihlA in nnnlv fnr thp rn.irsp The first meeting will last only about 30 minutes and will be to determine if 15 people are interested, and if so, to. briefly ... . ... j outline nature of the course and the approximate - cost per pupil. It is estimated that it will cost each pupil approximately $20 for the course. Fefcll Deadline FoCiAuto.Taes ITL-'MVJI U nr.n A nl The deadline for the use of 1963 license plates will be mid night Monday, February 17,' 1964. ! the Department of Motor Ve hicles said plates'lhormally ex pire at midnight on February 15, but in view of the fact that February 15 this year falls on Saturday when many banks and license issuance offices are clos ed, vehicle owners may continue to use their 1963 North Carolina license until midnight Monday, February 17. This follows a precedent estab lished in orevious years when February 15 fell on Saturday or' Sunday. Indians Divide With Williamston; Lose To Edenton , ': Williamston "girls and5 "Ply mouth boys won'Albemarle-Conference games. :y-t:' 'The Williamston girls, who led '16-14 at half time, went on to triumph 28-27. Barnhill and Sessoms, with 8 apiece, and Hoskins 7 led Williamston. Newby had 9 and J. White 7 for Perquimans. - The Hertford boys came through 49 to 47 in a close battle all the way that saw Per quimans ahead 24-19 at inter mission. Freddie Combs with 24 . Continued on Page 4 Brenda Brickhouse On Dean's List Brenda Elliott Brickhouse, a senior student at Meredith Col lege, was listed on the Dean's List of the College for the fall semester. Vvy!. Mrs! Brickhouse is the. daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Troy Elliott of Winfall. Central PTA To Meet February 17 Tiie PTA of Perquimans Cen tral Grammar School will hold its . regular meeting . Monday night, February 17 - at 7:30 o'clock in the school audi torium, - All members and others m terested are especially urged to attend this very special program based on "Founders Day." Refreshments will be served following the program. ' ; r Officers' Duties Topic At Meeting Of County Council A review of the duties of of ficers and leaders was given by Mrs Fannie Hurdle, 25th District Chairman of Home Demonstra tion Clubs, at the County Coun cil meeting January 30. The meeting was conducted by new officers, Mrs. Archie White, president; Mrs. J. J. Phillips vice president; Mrs. Josiah Proc tor, secretary and Mrs. Belvin Eure, treasurer. The erouo voted on the 1964 budget presented by the treas urer. Ila Grey White, County Home Economics Extension Agent, presented the 1964 plan of work for Home Demonstra tion Club meetings, which was accepted. Six of the club pro grams will be given by the agent .and six will be given by club members. Mrs. White urged Council members to emphasize the "Each One Reach One Pro gram in Club Activities." The purpose of the program is to get home making information to non-club members. Mrs. Colon Jackson gave a re port on the Farm Festival con; cession stand, stating that a pro' fit of $193 was made. Mrs. Archie White appointed county committee chairmen and county project leaders for 1964 1965. I lie RTOXio voiea to nave a ' County Commissioners' banquet tour of homes and to enter the (Mother of the Year contest. The wnuesion v;iud was appomiea chairman of hostess clubs for 1964 Achievement Day. Beech lCn-inrtr. "M..U ...111 U M.nnM.II.la ,r ,? a u- . -X 'for the Achievement Day re- port. The group voted to . buy hand books for all club presidents, county committee chairman, county project leaders ,and coun ty council officers to be passed on after each Jerm of office. -,Thadevotfcm -'was - given- by Mrs. C. D. White of the ' Winfall Club. ,: ine' following persons were nominated from the county -.to serve in district and .state posi tions. ' " , State Family Life Commit teeMrs. Warner Madre; ,25th, .District rlkbrian'--1 Mrs.1 C. ' T. Rogerson, Jr.; Associated Coun try Women of the World Dele gate Mrs. M. T. Griffin; 25th District committees were nom inatedMrs. Edgar Long; Regis tration, -Mrs. J. J. Phillips and Mrs. Charles Ward; Public Re lations Mrs. C. ; T. Rogerson, Jr.; Home Demonstration Build ing Fund Mr3. M. T. Griffin; ! Time and Place Mrs. Colon Jackson. The group voted that an ae tive member of the Home Dem onstration Club would have to attend at least three meetings a year. ' It ' was decided , that -the home agents could buy. cups, saucers and plates for the Agricultural Building to be paid for by the Council. The group voted to assist with refreshments for the bloodmo bile once year, expenses to come out of the Council treas ury. It was decided that the Vol unteer Leaders Achievement Contest would be conducted in each club. Each club would submit a nomination to the county to be voted upon by non club members within the . county selected by the Council.'. " ., The meeting was closed with the Home Demonstration Collect. Mary V. Stallings Practicing Teaching East Carolina College educa tion majors, 217 of them, are student-teaching in : schools of 16 Eastern North Carolina coun- i ties during the current rschool ' term. ' ' . . I . Dr. Thomas A Chambliss, di rector of student teaching an nounced names of the- students and the schools ; in which they are teaching. Mary V. Stallings of Belvidere is teaching English in the Washington High School The student-teacher program is ra part of the regular course of instruction for ECC students who are preparing themselves to , teach. The students ' conduct 'regular classes in the respec tive schools under the direction of supervisors South Carolina Conic:;: Is Awarded Bridge Over Saturday Deadline For City Auto Tags Saturday is the deadline for displaying 1963 town tags on motor vehicles. Town vehicle license plates are now on sale at the Municipal Building. They must be purchased and display ed by February 15. The deadline for the use of 1963 stale license plates will be midnight Monday, February 17, in view of the fact that Febru ary 15 this year falls on Satur day when many banks and li-! cense issuance offices are closed. Vehicle owners may continue to use their 1963 state auto license plate until midnight Monday, February 17. Formed At Winfall Winfall Corrniunity Develop ment 'Council was organized Monday, February 10. The chairman elected is Toss White and secretary is Mrs. JoAnn Kirby. Representatives from the Winfall 4-H Club, Home Dem onstration Club, Ruritans and some of the churches were present. The Council will meet with the purpose of coordinating ac tivities within the community. Plans discussed were: Improv ing the Community Building floors, 'adding new draperies, painting and improving mail boxes, a lighted ball field for baseball- and others'. ' Projects will be coordinated by the Council, hich will.JtJ every th-qa!Yifcths'or!as often as needed,.,'e)CounA is! to' be! made up'of one representative from each. i-H Club,. Ruritan Club; Home Demonstration Club;' Wihfall Town Council and each church. ' Mrs. Cropsey At TB Conference Mrs. Gladys Cropsey, TB worker for Pasquotank - Per quimans - Camden Counties, at tended the North Carolina Con ference of Tuberculosis at South ern Pines,. She also served on the 1962 Review on Respiratory Diseases Program -Committee. ', Dr. Herbert O. Sieker, presi- dent of the North Carolina Thoracic Society, spoke to the group ' on "Treatment of Res piratory Diseases," and Dr. Ja cob Koomen, assistant health director .of the North Carolina State Board of Health, spoke on the ."Recommendations of the Governor's( AdyisiX Committee on TubercuWisV' This is a yearly in-training conference for all North Carolina local and state workers in tuberculosis and respiratory diseases for better programing. DevelopmentGroun Young Negro Boy Bound Over On Breaking - Entering Charge Probable cause was found in 1 the case of Lucius Whedbee, 16-year-old Negro boy who was charged with breaking and en tering and larceny in Perquim ans County Recorder's , Court here Tuesday, and the case was ordered- placed on the Superior Court docket for trial -. : Whedbee is charged with, on or about January 26, breaking and entering , the home of Ma rion Harrell, v carrying away a Browning . automatic shotgun, shotgun shells,' a wrist watch, towel and pocket handkerchief. The loot was valued at more than $100 and 'less than $200. v The Negro Was released on $500 bond.' "-. ),:,,: t J. T. Winslow, 22, charged with trespassing, was given 30 4ays on the roads. ' The sen tence to be suspended upon pay ment "of $25 , fine and court costs. Fine also suspended up on condition that Winslow not go to the premises operated by Mrs.. Maxiner Moore for twelve Contract For Perquimans . The McMeekir.,; Construction Company of Cheraw. ; S. C, . bidding with eight other com--panies for the contract for the construction of a 0.549 mile bridge over the Perquimans River, U. S. 17, was awarded the contract late last week. The company was awarded the contract on a low bid of $735,703.12. Next lowest bid -was submitted by T. A. Loving . Company of Goldsboro, who submitted a bid of $751,063. No starting date for the pro ject has been given. The bridge will be erected across the Per quimans River somewhere near the old Oak Point Service Sta tion on U. S. 17 north of Hert ford and will cross to a point on the HarveyPoint Road near the home of Colon Jackson. At completion of the bridge traffic will bypass the Town of Hertford. Police Arrest 14 People In January Captain B. L. Gibbs of the Hertford Police Department, in his monthly report to the Hert ford Town Board here Monday night, reported a total of 14 ar rests by the department during the month of January. According to Captain GibbsV report of the 14 arrests, four were miscellaneous traffic ar. rests, three drunks, two speed- . ers, two miscellaneous arrests ,! and one each for assault, oper ating intoxicated and careless t and reckless driving. - .,- yj All 14 of the . arrests were.' -. . found guiltyTThe-fhtes ,amount-,"V" i ed to $237 and costs totaled $221, adding up to the grand- total ,of $458. , - '-''', The depurtrnent lanswered 225 , radio' calls, answered and inves-., :' tigated . 98 calls,-, extended ' 9'5 j -courtesies, , worked - -six - funerals!' ;i found ' four doors unlocked ' answered four fire calls, investi- ( gated one accident a:.d reported " j 17 lights out. , The patrol car traveled 3,590 . miles, averaging 113 miles perf" day. ' 'J World Day Of Prayer Feb. 14th World Day of Prayer will be observed today (Friday) Febru-,f ary 14, at 3:30 P. M. in the Holy " Trinity Episcopal :Church. Mrs.. . Allan Bonner of the Episcopal Church will lead the program.,. Mrs. . .Bonner will., be assisted by.j Mrs. Joe Tcwe, Sr., of the-. Methodist Churchy f and 'jMrs. Rocet Vickers-pf ythe Hertford Baptist Ch'urch. The World Day of Prayer is celebrated in more than 100 countries on the first Friday in Lent. This program emphasizes the missionary witness of the church. months. Don Morgan, charged with . abandoning his wife, . Celestine Morgan nd has wilfully failed and refused to provide adequate support for Celestine Morgan, was given a 30-day road sen tence. . Sentence to be suspend ed upon payment of $25 each month to the Clerk of Superior Court for the use of Celestine Morgan. Morgan noted appeal and his bond was set at $100. Vernon Bonnet, charged with trespassing and carrying a con cealed, weapon, was fined $50 and taxed with court costs. Thirty days . suspended upon condition that Bonnet not go to Hillcrest Garden Cafe for a period of two years and. the further condition that he pay a $350 fine and cost of court. Fred Revell, charged with t' -turbing the peace, was give i days. Sentence to be susr upon payni' f c-t a ' he stay awe t i the ( . Cor" : f -'
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