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WEEKLY .J t a . -y. ... J Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 20, 1964. 5 Cents Per Copy ' .4 " Karen Sellers, .,-16, charged with stealing gasoline from Til don Whitehurst, was given a six month sentence - in Perquimans . County Kecorder's Court here 'Tuesday. .' Sentence to be sus pended upon payment of cost and that Sellers be placed on probation .under ; the probation officer for a. period of ; two years. ' ' , - ' Hermon A. ' Boyd, charged with being , drunk, on the high way and resisting arrest, was -given a six. month road sentence. Sentence to be suspended upon ; payment of $50 fine and court costs. ' --' - - Williaim Perry, charged with non-support for children and , abandonment and failing to pro vide 'for his wife,, was given 30 " days,; suspended1 upon payment of $25 per week, to the court for the use of his wife and children. . "William Perry, charged with . assault with a deadly weapon, a shot' gun,, on Clinton Riddick, was given a 30 day road sen tence. Sentence to be suspend- ; ed upon payment pf $25 fine and court costs. ' ' William Perry," charged' with - assault On Mary Perry, was giv en 30 days,. Sentence : to be suspended ; upon payment of court costs. ,i t - ; - Clinton Jtiddick; charged with : 'assault with a deadly weapon, a shot gun, with intent to kill, ; was found not guilty. - Miles E. Allen, Jr., charged with failing to see his intended movement could -; be made In safety and with failing to re- ; port; n ' accidunt of ?, approxi mately $1Q0. orvmore, was given 80 i days. Sentence: suspended i . . - Continued on Pag Thre . Development Group; Showing Progress 3 Thp.,rn;vill.W'tri?t- -. gress toward attaining, goals at their ( meeting March 9. .Repre sentatives of organizations and churches within the , community met at the Community Bund ling in Wiafall, Toss White, pra-. sided over the group. ' Mrs. Ray Kirby read the minutes of the first meeting. , , . Raymond Stanton . reported tliat the Ruriten Club planned V to repair the floors at the Com,-m-unity & Building. .. The Home " Demonstration1 Club representa tives reported that they- plan ' ned to' make ' draperies for the building. ': . They would serve suppers to raise money . to pay for the materials. . ,. : Representatives '- of churches were asked to report on plans at the .April -meeting.. - ' 1 Trio Invited To ,.,1, Entertain Veterans , Lou vVickers, Bettie i Whit and Wanda : Winslow have' been' in vited ' to do' dance and panto" mine Toutines at the Kecough tan Veterans Hospital-- The hos pital is at Hampton, Va.. .. -r Squavs Conference Runners-up :.::: iio'sui Greenwood Honored As "Man Of Year" f Martin - Thompson Greenwood of Raleigh, executive vice presi dent of the North Carolina- Mer chants Association .was honored in Raleigh Friday night as "Man of the Year"' by the North Caro lina Association, Distributive Education Clubs of America. , A native; of Hamptonville," he is married td' the former Eula Newbold ; Hixaa ' -of Hertford. They have four children, Mar tin. Nixon, 24, Thomas Hollo well, 21, John Decatur,' 11, and Martha Eula, 4. , Greenwood and the state mer Coniinued on Page Eight Local Scottish :!illc!js U:':2s':;2lit The Perquimans Couhty & cot an- nual : Ladies' Night Partynin the Perquimans High School s Cafe teria Monday night, March 16, with approximately ) 100' l Scot tish Rite Masons, their wives and invited guests present. ..The "ban quet and program are sponsored by- the. New. Bern., -Consistory. The program was interesting and moved along smoothly from one topic, to another. ' After the in vocation by- Dr. A. B. Bonner -a sumptuous dinner was served by the ladies of the Hertford Chap ter df the Order of the Eastern Star, ; and consisted of tomato juice, celery and carrot sticks, fried chicken, pickles, .macaroni and cheese, string beans, candied yams, toss salad, hot rolls, but- I ter,-: apple' -'.'pie, ' ice cream 'rand Continued oa Page bi&hl Blanchard's ow Sports New Front 'V ' ;f. 'C. BlancWd & ' Company has completed thqinstallation of a new ftonj . to their "store here. In the past- week they .have added al- metaj marquee itype awning; thus giving their build ing a new look. . r " . ( m: . v ' ; m ' ' ;-'Af' IllfSI liiMffl.' ' "" ; J - urn iterfl'liii al'-ff-rtJmmmm mmm mmj Crcvclrcving Very Pc.z!jj . - Homemaking classes have been a ; going thing in t Perquimans County. , Ctewel ' Embroidery, taught" by Mrs.: Mary Brinn of Hertford receives popularity vote about 70 , people signed up. Mrs. Brinn has' held three class es and will hold her last one on March 23 at 9:30 P." M., at the Agriculture Building. Ap proximately 35 people were in volved in- the beginning crewel jlasses.' Each sperson' completed a small sample of crewel em broidery , with simple ; stitches. The purpose of the class is to give .persons an opportunity to familiarize themselves -with sim ple crewel stitches so that they can do larger and more compli cated prewel .work. . Miss Charlotte Womble held a refinishing 'furniture class on March 11. She instructed the group of 20 ladies in the refin ishing-' process. She discussed the removal of the old finish, bleaching and sanding. She told how to apply ' the , new ' finish, staining, and how to 'apply pene trating seal.' ; To complete the process she . demonstrated use of pumice and boiled linseed oil for a properly' rubbed finish. ' Wax ing! with a paste . wax was the last step. ' Approximately twenty articles of furniture were refin ished. " I 1 Reupholstering was taught hy Mrs. .. Edith McGlamery, House Furnishings ' specialist from Ra leigh. Five articles of furniture were involved infthe workshop. lany people came to the work shop to -observe. Baptist Talent Program Sunday An. evening of music will be presented at the First Baptist Church, Hertford, . Sunday night at 7:80, o'clock. Music will be presented -by.; ;the Senior- Usher BoatdL -ChQjr,,, and?th famous Burke "sisters. 1 '. I Other participants will be as fo!16ws:': Charlie Lowther, John- mfe Collins,' Frank Broadie,. Mrs-Anna-Holley,. Mrs. Mary Holley, Mo:' Dori McKhight, ,Mrs; Dor othy Perry, Mrs.' 'Minnie Welch, Mys.'' Odessa Harvey, Mrs. Mh nie P!,' Weston and Mrs. Annie M. Rogers. " , ' ' And to climax this program, the Rev. F. L. Andrews, minis ter, will do several selections. ' This is a program you can't afford to miss. . . The program is sponsored by the Senior Usher Board. Bethel Revival To Begin March 29th U Was' announced here today that a series of revival services w'ill -begin at the Bethel Baptist Church on Sunday, March 29. j Birthdays j March 22 I ' 'Elliott Layden ' -Harriett Anne Williams Julian A. White . . " Jvie Anijt Ward Mary Brinkley Ward ' Jessie Bunch Floyd Mathews, Sr. . March 23 -, Hilda Russell i( Louis Howell 1 Broughton DauVJJt - L. G. Howell , ' i ( March 24 , , Dehna Copelandv- , Mrs. J. A. Bray i March 25 --'. " Mrs." W T, Chappell - ' ' ; Kay Nixpn . . '' , Clinton Rar Winslow .-.....;. Joha.a Beers- ; William Harrell, Jr. March 26 . 1 " Bfenda Lane- ' ' ' ! Mr. and Jrs. Thomas Hollowell wedding anniversary ' ' Geneva 'Sawyer " - ,' , March 27 t ' Larry Elmore Lindsay C. Window " Jack Brinn, SiV - ! I larch 23 - ' ' . W. A. Russell' . Phyllis Bundy " 1 Eugenia 'Beck 1 '. Neil Coleman r ) Etevo T.jwell J.) - " vc'l T . a I. one Dr. J. Lem Stokes II Spesdser At Spiritual Enrichment Program Dr. J. Lem Stokes, II, presi dent of Pfeiffer College,; will be the main speaker for' the week of Religious Emphasis A at the First Methodist Church' begin ning on Palm- Sunday, March 2 at the 1 1 A. M. worship ,8ervicfej : The Spiritual Enrichment Pro gram will begin each eveningvat 7:30 o'clock and will conclude with the Thursday, evening ser vice March 26. ' J ; . ' Dr. , Stokes was born in Songdo, Korea, the son' of Dr. and Mrs. M.. B, Stokes, mission aries of the Methodist Church. His early schooling waa pursued under the tutelage, of his moth er, who at one time "was - a teacher in the - South, Carolina schools. . He was graduated from the Seoul Foreign School, Seoul, Korea, in 1926. His A.B. degree was received at Asbury College in 1930, his B.D. at Duke Uni versity in 1932, and his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1936. Her has served , pastorates "in the Western North Carolina Conference and the Upper South Carolina Conference. . He has also served as secretary of re- ligion in higher education in the' Division of Educational Institu tions, Nashville,' Tennessee, i Dr. Stokes has taken part in religious i activities on a large number of college and uniyersity campuses in. various parts of the H.S. Class Rings W. M. Divers & Son Jewelers who was awarded a three-year class ring contract at Perquim ans County High School in Jan uary of this year, met with the students - and 'made delivery of rings here last week. , The official showing of ; the class ring ' samples to the stu dents of the ninth and tenth grades was made 'in late January by Divers & Son competing with three out-of-town companies. ' .Following tlyii. showmgby'the' representatives', the '-school -prin cipal, Ike-P.-Perry,' Jr., met' with the sUuJents and :W.- M. '"Divers &'Son was announced as the suc cessful bidder, and was 'given thp three year contract for class Tiijgs. . "- ' ' Delivery' of . the rings to the students was'f! made 1 on Friday the fith. The class ring is su perb in workmanship with Kilco Indian head, the Perquimans High School building and "Knowledge" on one side; on the other is the U. S. and State flags, the N. ; C. ' Seal and North Caro lina's flower r "dogwood". The ring weights are said to be by far the heaviest in the history of the school. The workmanship is second to none with detail work deep, and ;clear i4 tl ' 1 ' ' -("'1 l'' l' I " t if'' Herring Tima In Perquimans River The rjver. herring fish have arrived 'as they do , each year during . the spawning - season However, due to the cool weath er, fishermen yhere report their catches haven't been too- great up to the present time. . Usually when" the fish arrive the banks of the river and local creeks are lined with fishermen and their families Equipped with nets dipping the herring out of the water. , The arrival - of the herring has caused sport fishing to be not so-: good, f as the fish are feeding : on the spawning her ring eggs, so we are told. ' Jaycees Seeking Teenager of Year The , Hertford ' Jaycees ,v an nounced' through its Teenager of t u 7 i , tvL. 'x : LUC cl y'UMMU Iflcli-I, AJUll man, ithat .nomination f blanks are available for nomination of Teenager of the Year award. Persons between the ages of 13 through 19 are eligible" for this award.,- Mr, Norm am stated that selection, would be based upon a person's accomplishments in school activities,- church ac tivities land community aotivu ties. - ; Nominations must be submit ted to Don Norman by April 16. 1984. T'iti'l: for .submission of a.r J . coi be c-ta-.cd V " ' J'yceos. mm - v i: , ' s. " . ' ' " DR. J. LEM STOKES II country,- as well as in summer schools of missions and youth assemblies. He has been the visiting preacher in many Meth odist churches and speaker for civic and school functions throughout the South. His other interests have been in sports, music and flying. Dr. Stokes holds a license as a pri vate pilot and since early in 1951 has met many of his en gagements throughout the coun try in his own plane. The public is invited to attend. Aid Asked For Local Library The Perquimans County Li brary is looking forward to its 25th celebration .of "Library Week," which will be observed April 12-18 this year. Along With the ' excellent service the library has maintained, it also provides county residents 'with a bookmobile.' .. ' We are proud of our library ?s prosperity, during '.this full quarter century. However, we ulsn look-: 1.mvar,d the' romine fevent wnJfalarm.' "fe'eryone in the county knows of the good trie,' library has done ' for the county andtown, but very 'few knoy , about", the library's leaky roof. In simple terms, -the roof leaks so bad that it can't be re paired economically. ; Several roofing experts have been asked ta advise, and the news- is aH bad. 'The library, needs a new roof! Friends of the library and citizens of Perquimans County are asked to help in this project with contributions and sugges tions on how we can raise a new roof! ETTA H. TURNER. Member Perquimans County Library Board. . - Dr. Beverly lake in sns: f Or. I. -Beverly Lake, Demo cratic gubernatorial-candidate on, a speaking tour in the Albe marle area, stopped in Hertford at the Perquimans County Court House here .Monday morning. Walter H. Oakey, local attorney and chairman of the Lake cam paign in this county, introduc ed Mr. Lake to the Perquimans County Commissioners, who were sitting as a Board of Equa lization, and Review on. Mon day; and met many, other Per quimans residents during his stop here. ' ' ' ' ' Dr, Lake was returning to Pasquotank - County, where ; he was scheduled for three appear ances. Troubled with laryngir tis, the candidate had been forc ed .1 to limit his speaking sched ule, and did not speak in the county. . ; f i. 'J ' S!i3ScnC;;9SGS Lester H. Simpson, 35 year old employee of the Hertford ABC store, a resident of Bethel .'town ship, ,has tossed his hat In the political ring here , and is opr posing Woodly Bundy, incumb ent commissioner from this town ship who is .seeking. re-election Mr. Simpson is married to the fonuer Loraine Harris. The icou yle Las one, child, a daughter ;. visits feraumi mm mm v.'ji " m Aptituda Test The 24 Perquimans High School seniors who recently took the Scholastic Aptitude Test have been , informed ;of itheir scores. Wayne Chappell and Reggie Baker .made total scores in the eleven hundreds. Irma Bundy Forbes and Billy Williams made scores in the ten hundreds. - Ten students scored in the nine hundreds. These students are Rachel Bass, Jerry Sullivan, Price Monds, John Stallings, Tommy Harrell, How ard Hervey, Susan Cox, Clark Harris, Ruth Harrell and Jimmy Perry. All three of these groups of. scores represent above average scores. The SAT measures certain Continued en Page 3 ' County Council Meets March 25 Perquimans Home Demonstra tion County Council will meet March 25. Mrs. J. C. Morgan will speak on her tour to the United Nations. She represented Perquimans County Home Dem onstration Clubs on the tour last fall.- . Mrs. Archie "White, County Council president, will preside over the meeting. Other officers are Mrs. J. J Phillips, vice presi dent; Mrs. Josiah Proctor, sec retary, and Mrs. Belvin Eure, treasurer. Matters of business will consist of plans for spring activities. All club members are invited to attend. The meeting will be at the Agricultural Building at 2:30 P. M. - bbhh' T.- Bigjfeire", superinten dent of ' Perquimans County schools, was among 75 school superintendents, and principals from Eastern, North Carolina meeting in . Greenville last Thursday and attending the con ference for the sixth annual- in dustrial arts , conference spon-1 sored by the . Industrial Arts I Department of East Carolina College. A . highlight of the all-day program was a luncheon ad dress by State School Superin tendent Charles F. Carroll. Dr. Carroll complimented the school officials for progress in indus trial , arts instruction in the high schools. 1 : He told them that industrial arts should be offered to all students because an acquaint ance with that type of education is "a" way of developing sound attitudes for all citizens in an industrial society." -,Also- pn the conference pro gram! were three morning dis cussions of industrial arts in struction andean afternoon panel discussion -on obtaining local governmental support for pub lic school industrial arts pro grams; JAYCEES SPONSORING , BENEFIT DANCE APRIL 4 The :'r Hertford Jaycees are sponsoring, a Marching Unit benefit dance on April 4 in the Perquimans County. High School gymnasium beginning at 9 P. M. An orchestra . has been secured for the evening with music be ing furnished by "The Dots". ' A large crowd is expected. : : A Look Backward A PVnnd In The retalmaM i iU wIy Filet t Yesteryear March 19, 1937 , Mail Box : Vandalism Cause Rigid Inquiry: No arrest - has as yef been made in connection with the acts of vandalism which occurred in Perquimans and Cho wan counties over the week-end when approximately 50 mail box es i on rural ' mail ,rbutes were torn from the posts ' to - which they were attached and scattered about in ditches, swamps and nearby fields.' J. E. Morris, Hert ford Postmaster,; who was noti fied in addition to Sheriff J. Em- mett , Winslow 1 on, Monday noti fied federal authorities' and it is expected that an inspector will come to Perquimans to conduct an Investigation. . iloldren Sr rad Town Twenty Coniiaued ca Pa;a Tire a Diggers Attends fJhrch Of Dimas Ccmnni: Ends lii Perquimans llli County Raising $1,074 Student Of Month 1 ' ROBERT SADLER The Hertford Rotary Club "Student of the Month" for March is Robert Sadler, an 11th grade student at Perquimans County High School. He was chosen for. this honor because he has shown a keen interest in his school work and the desire to better himself. Robert hopes io enter collage after graduating from high school. His favorite course of study is mathematics. Three Sisters Hurt In Wreck Mrs. Zanoua White of Belvi dere, Mrs. Willie Mae Symons and Mrs. Jean White, sisters, all of Perquimans County, receiv ed injuries in an automobile ac cident on U. S. 17 south of Elizabeth City ' last Thursday afternoon. - Mrs. Zanoua White of Belvi dere, driver of . the car occupied by" the "sisters', -' were traveling south from Elizabeth City to ward Hertford when a -car driv en by Joseph Junior White, 76, of Elizabeth City, it is under stood, failed to yield to the right of way. He was reported to have been attempting to turn and drove into the face of the automobile occupied by the Per quimans trio. The three sisters mere taken to the Albemarle Hospital for treatment. Mrs. Symons was ad mitted with a fracture! d upper right arm, contusions and ab rasions. ' Damage was estimated to be about $450 to the car operated by the man and damages esti mated, at .$300 to the Plymouth occupied by the women. : ?v:-'l V'," ; m Two Perquimans. Students Inducted In Honor Society, At WM. PRESTON NIXON, JR. Hubert Burden and William Preston Nixoh, Jr., of Hertford were among nine Atlantic Chris tian College students to be in ducted into the' Golden Knot Honor Society at, its spring tap ping ceremony held at - Wilson on March 5. v In order for a student to be come a candidate for member ship into the Golden Knot Honor Society, he must have completed at least 62 semester r hours of work at Atlantic . Christian , Col lege; have an; overall acholastic I average of , 3.20 . (B-plus) based Ion all semester liours, at ACC as calculated " by .the Registrar; nave ouisianaing moral cnarac ter; show the desire and ability for constructive leadership; ex press the. willingness to. serving j in upholding the ideals of, the organization and ihstitution,' and Jiave . the- ' approval SI- at - leait Mrs. Betty W; Beers and Mrs. Retha M. Norman, : co-chairmen ; of the March ; of Dimes in Per- quiinuiis county, nave repprlea a total of $1,074.70 for the 26th annual campaign just completed. The co-chairmen expressed their appreciation to all who contributed and all those who' so willingly, gave of their time helping in the campaign. They especially thanked Mrs. Billy White, Mrs. Charles Ward, Mrs. M.'B. Taylor and Mrs. Willie O. Harvey, county agents and home demonstration club projects chairmen. Due to space, it is impossible to mention all of the mothers and mothers and teenagers who helped Solicit in the campaign. Everyone did such a wonderful , job. The colored people under the direction of Mrs. Taylor and W. C. Strowd did a magnifi cent job and turned in $145.08 of the funds collected. They deserve high, praise in this cam paign and also in blood dona tions when the bloodmobile was here last month. The co-chairmen concluded the campaign with this to say, " a great big thanks to one and all, no matter how large or small the contribution you made, it shows what a nice county and what wonderful people we havi in it." Guest Speaker For Spring Rally Dr, Dutton, Duke ' divinity student trom Malaya, will be the guest speaker at the District Spring Rally for the Methodist Youth, fellowship on Saturday, March21,- beginning at' 10 A. M: Election for the district offic ers for 1964-65 will take place during the rally meeting with Aaron Brothers of Pasquotank County presiding. Janice Stanton On Concert Tour Janice Stanton of Winfall, a Perquimans County High School graduate and a student at East Carolina College, was a mem ber of the East Carolina Con cert Choir which completed a four-stop tour last week. The 60-voice choral group had this concert' schedule: Loaks ville, McLeansville, "Wake For est College, Winston-Salem and Martinsville, Va. i Atlantic Christian HUBERT BURDEN four-fifths of the total member ship of the society. : The purpose of ' the organiza tion is "to uphold the ideals of Atlantic Christian. College and to ' recognize , and , encourage character,; j scholarship, ,, leader ship and service" -among those 1 students of the college. "Hold ing its purpose true is the-motto of the society: "To do things worthy as of honor," through' difficulties.'! " T ; Burden is - the" son of Mrs. RuttrH. Burden of .Winfall and J. M. Burden of Woodville. )' He is a. junior majoring in .biology with a minor in physical edu cation, ' ' '; ' ;''' '' ' - V'.-'-' ' .Nikon is the sort of: Mr. and Mrs. W. Preston Nixon of &ov 2, Hertford, 'A senior, r majoring in "chemistry, ology. He plans to atte.. Medical College f Vii next. yew. " "
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