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v J i 1 . licrtforderquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 8, 1964. 5 Cents Per Copy . C: " 1 : JV w. W tots The Perquimans County. Board .'of Commissioners meeting here Monday passed; several resolu tions concerning the new U.. S. bypass. They are requesting the N.. C Highway Department to name the new , bridge under construction across the Perquim ans River" "The Perquimans River Bridge." , . - ' iA resolution was passed op posing erecting of fences along the right-of-way of the by-pass being constructed on Highway 17 around the Town of Hert ford., The highway has not made . any provisions for any access or service roads and it is the opin-l (oh of the Board that the build ing of fences end failure to con- struct access or, service roads would work : undue hardship- upon the people of Perquimans County. , ,t r t The Board ia requesting the N. C. Highway Commission to f - not erect fences on either side "h of the by-pass on IT. S. 17 J around the Town ot Hertford to where It rejoins , the. present I Highway 17 out of town. Also entry or access roads be placed along -each side of proposed by pass from where it leaves the present;- Highway 17 north and (Where :, it rejoins the present highway south of Hertford. , v , Jit is understood the-' contract - ...lit "L. 1 A ! June or July., Construction of tunir twu4tfn Viae alrAnfv Ko ' fuh tinder aseparate contract , The Board passed on, the Albe-l biarle:Area (Development Asso - tuauun planning program, vinn :' irtunity planning is (recognized to ! be of importance for ihe growth k and' development of the area. avaiiaoie fed- r those oosl3..overcd under-the or ban frljhntog program.'"' - J v.. 7 i:ne county wm maite , 4J957.30 be .matched by f lira! funds' and;tojpay fq ' f """' I u' " lert BoBertson, who is an ento T!m1 i IS" mologist t working with cotton W vi insects -in North. Carolina, and , i P. Perry, Jr. principal of . .1 .iguimans County High School, hi h Announced thai Gloria Milr c will be the valedictorian of . l(Ue:. 1964 senior class. Miss Mil lf . is the daughter of Mr. and tors. Kenneth Miller of WinfaU. I He also announced that Wayne Cnappell will be the class sa lulatorian. He is the son of and Mirst. , C. G, Chappelf of Stir Route,, WinfaU., - . - t' jlhe senior with the highest ig4demic average is chosen as tknf valedictorian and the senior with the ' second highest ncr . demie average, is chosen as the sautatorian. ( m . t;nc:r cchcol glee club V rC-NTS X-CITAL, MAY 10 s fche Perquimans County Union :) School Glee ClUb Will be in re cilaLat tlie Firs-Baptist Church ii Sunday, May 10 at 8 P. M. Sponsored by the Senior Choir inj connection with a Queen's . Rally. - , -' . ' k A. Dempsey; principal at Perquimans Union School, will t ke part in the program. - ntcrest In Piayyround Given 7oo5t At r.Zcciin Ca Thursday H e Perquimans County Bec i 'Cod -misMon held' its t r ':v in two years last ' i ( aing at the Afimd- 1 . - r ' : t t r 1, a c: ii t' - V : . Twenty interest in tlie- town and 1 this most im- r ":i by the J. T. 1 inrt. . I le group 1 receiv- - ' r .fqitrhs 1, i. f, e t Eaglcl Seoitt Billy Ward; of Hertford .Troop No. 155, son . of Mr. and Mrs. John B, " (Ward of Woodland Circle,', received. his. Eagle, Seoul award last Monday night at the regular Court of Honor. Ward is 14 years old and is a member of the eighth grade at Perquim ans County "High, School ' He has been Scouting for three and one-half years. . During this time ha has held .various, offices - in the troop and is a member of. the Order of the Arrow., To be 'eligible for this honor, the boy must ' be an outstanding Scouter an1 vnmxtet ' . T '. ' iColtenf.;::'ggls;; , , i im!U, ' 1 ,nAI,.,i Scl".3.3iiSy11 ; The third in a series- of cotton production meetings will' be held Monday, night, .May . Jl at the AgriMltural' - BtiildlriSI,,,m"'-Ber- torri , beginning , at 8 P,- M. . The discussion will -be led by Rob- insects - in North. Carolina, 1 and the- latest information von con trol, of, insects in cotton will; be discussed.. t , . ' ' i . R. W Thompson, county Ex tension onairman, sates, "A good insect control pro grain, is neces sary if we are to. produce cotton in .quantity, where; it will pay us -to grow Cotton.' 'Interest in cotton is higher this year than tt has been in - many , years and we- believe that a meeting to discuss insect control is very necessary and we think this is a wonderful opportunity for you to get the program set ' up in your mind; where insects can be controlled. - Some discussion ' on insect control in peanuts will also be presented so if you have questions on either of these pro grams, please plan to .attend this meeting.'" ; , ' ,y rWings Over Jordan' At Union School 1 . , j r r ' . "Wings Over Jordan," spirit ual singers, will appear m per son at, the ' Perquimans Union School on Wednesday,' May 13, at 8 P. M. - 'J Advance . tickets .are now on sale for' 'their performance here. ; Gill Underwood was" introduc ed an j submitted his application for tlie job of recreation direc tor during ; the ' suimner from June .15 to August 15 at a sal ary of $S0 for 40-45 hours. 'The duties of Uie du-ector would be to keep the, grounds and build ing clean, supervise . the. play and prov prop-am t. A '-new s cVi'-l v Cecil 1 . " ." ;. i . instruction on, a le of officera were r the new charter: 'jw, chairman; Joe ; r ".an; l!?nry ' ' ' i, t r; '. s. v. D. ' C t i 1 - '1 nd'jig ; f 1 i . wl'.h ry . i ' i uionw '. ibiH- r slrl Ci.&in1'' n .-at i v r 1 ; To ilixt- The ; sixth session : of the Ac tion Course in Praducal Poli tics was, held Friday night, May 1 . in the , First ' Methodist Church at Hertford. ; Mrs. Anna Harmon, local high school gov ernment teacher, substituted for the Rev. E. F. Moseley, who was called out of town unexpectedly. In her presentation Mrs. Har mon stated that there were' two basic problems to political lead ers:-; building an effective or ganization that - can win elec tions and the problems of keep ing the organization unified. k ' Various functions of the poli tical" leoder were discussed and such 'points as ; decision making, patronage, - judgment, finance, etc. were pointed ; out. ' These Were closelv related to the Drob- bfejms, a iolltical leader , encount ers, sucn as recruiungj' pawon- agp, financing, -publicity,, hold ing the i: organization together and . the!, candidates themselves. Three- formulas Jbr successful party '..operation included parti cipation,' recognition of achieve ment and good work programs. Next week, May 8, Mrs. R. S. Monds - will - present "Political Meetings.1; . '. . Adjustments At BelvidereO. The' recent Post ' Office De partment ' ruling i on" Saturday service adjustments, v of which you probably .were made aware through and 'by a press release to your lopal paper, has been modified 'as follows: - J.-ISaturday money order ser vice shall continue at Belvidere and W- all." other, post offices where v no additional clerical hour) will, be 'required to pro vide this service. " 2. Your-Tural .carrier ., shall,! continue to -accept money' order ipplications on Saturdays. v Howeveri the four hour limit ation placed on Saturday- window service for1 all post offices of the first, second and third class shall " go' into effect on May 0.. Since the ; window' service has been more than four hours on Saturdays at Belvidere, it is necessary that are adjustment be made. As it is believed that some window service in the af ternoon is essential, Saturday window service has been set for the' hours of 8:330 A. M. to 11 A. ;M. and 2:30 P. M. to 4 P, M. SERVICES ANNOUNCED FOR CHURCH AT BELVIDERE The Rev. Frank Johnson, min ister of the Belvidere Church of Christ, has announced Sunday School ' on Sunday from 9:30 until 10:30 with the worshipimy Perry, Faye Long, Sandra service from 10:30 until., 11:30. i Evehihg worship service begins at 7:30 o'clock.. h Mar II . . Stella Mae Russell . . Michael Byrum Mrs. W. E..' "Ned" Matthews Denise Winslow May 12 William Ray Miller R. W. Turner Eddie WinsloW - Rufus Hudson y Ervin Fields . ' Scott Tilley ? Frank McGoogan George A. Winslow t...., . ,v May I3-, , . Nannie Sutton ' , ; Elizabeth RogerSQn. f -.v , Sylvia Winslow , - ' '.Clark Harris ,4.f ;r . Dan. Williams S?. v , i Mike Dail .',. K , , ' Evelyri Layden f rniip iane t htf' 14 J . , Steven Dail , , , Mrs. Freeman Long, Sr. ' Tommy Danchise , . ' ' Jamie Thach , . , -, Susan Humphlctt f . , - ' Janet Leigh Barber " : Ehelia Lynn Dail' - -' Willi nm Kelly Copeland It ylS - . -. ITnncy White-'' . " -' I'flJ- .) . , TL.imy Pa! -r v " f '.er i , ' ' ' rv- j " 1 . . . , T 1.i -i'C'"" :v., SLlSte Pictured here is Nat Fulford of New Hope Township, -who has announced as. a Democratic can didate ,. for the' Perquimans County seat in the LegisktuN, opposing , Archie T.- Lane, Sx,', who is seeking reflection to th' General Assembly- ;! . ; ; Nat Fulford is ,3 years old, was reared to Hertford. ; He it a veteran of. World; Wars I and II and Korea with seven Battle Stars.. He retired jfls. a. Captain from the U. S. Coast Guard and built a home at Ourants Neck,- where , he has lived, since 1955. He was . the first president of the Perquimans County . Histor ical Society, . chairman ; of . the County . Telephone v Conunittee, first director at large of the' Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Episcopal Church, a Ruritan and says "hopeful of being County Representative in the State Leg islature." : ; ' ' i Fulford is married to the for mer Karin Elisabet Wikander, who- was born to Sweden artd Board Of Education Receives 2,289 From ABC Store Profits The Perquimans County Board of Education meeting here to special session on Friday re ported receipt of a check in the amount of $2,289.98 from the Town of Hertford's ABC Board. This is the second check the Board 'has received from the ABC store since it opened here. The first check was received to February of this year and was in the amoynt of $3,357.41, , The vocational education plafl for , Perquimans County schools for 1964-65 was discussed and approved. i Following considerable study of budget request for 1964-65, the Board approved the budget and authorized the 'chairman Rolf Released -v i The senior? sponsors of Per quimans County ' High School have recently ; released ' the school's grand honor' roll. To be eligible for the grand honor roll, a senior must have main tained an over-all average of 90 or more on all ' work at tempted during his four years of high -school : ' , The PCHS seniors 6n the grand honor roll are Gloria Miller, Wayne "Chappell, Price Monds, John Stalltogs, Reggie Baker, Sydney Ann Blanchard, Susan Cox, Perry Monds, Fred die Combs, Rachel Bass, Jim- Jennings, Lydia Riddick, Ruth Harrell, ' Clark Harris, , Patricia iRountree, Irma Bundy Forbes, Norma Cartwright, Howard Her vey, Joan .Greene, Billy Wil liams and Tommy Harrell. Mrs. Monds Attends Drop-out Conference V-s R ' S. Monds, Jr., at tendance counselor of Perquim ans County schools, attended a state-wide conference on school drop-outs on Tuesday, - May 5. The conference was sponsored by N. C Council for Social Con cerns and - was . held at UNC Institute of Government; :. Cha pel HilL Area Aluninae ' , .' In V ' : i t tl Lea I i ' 1 . C T-na Jr., - . ' J. L. t , c .. i : NAT FULFORD reared in Worcester, Mass, Mrs. iFulford is Perquurians County chairman "of public , rektlicis for the County .Home Demonstration Clubs. The couple has two sons and both married and residing i in the Washington, D. C, area". and secretary to present it to the County Commissioners for their consideration. ' The Board approved a date of May 14 for a meeting with Hom er Lassiter, supervisor of ele mentary education, Authority for. electing school secretaries was given to the dis- trict school committee. . The following 1964-65 calen dar for opening school was ap proved: The principals' report for duty on August 20. Teach- ers report for duty on August: 31 School opens September 2,' students report to school for as signments.' September 3 is the first 'day of an 180-day' term. First holiday will be September 7,-which is Labor Day. . ''Ml J The student body of Perquim ans County High School, elected officers for the 1964-65 school year on April 30. . The . following students were elected to fill the student gov ernment offices: Lot Winslow, ipresident; Douglas Umphlett, vice president; Joe Haskett, sec retary; Margaret Aiinsley, treas urer; Wayne Stalltogs, sergeant-at-anns and Carolyn Long, pianist''-. ,; The following girls were elect ed varsity' cheerleaders: Brenda Byrurn, Peggy v Copeland, Beth pam ' Harris, " Helen Overton, Perry, -Kitty Reed, Connie Saw yer, Ann wnite ana narrieiie Williams. .', :;:y Carolyn ; Morgan and v Linda Owens were elected junior var sity co-chiefs. The ' following girls :' were elected junior vaa-sity . , cheer leaders: Nellie Sumner, Brenda Thatch; Carole White and Trudy .White; ;.v -!' :,--'::p: il Delinquent Taxes Ordered Advertised ; The Peirquimans Board of Commissioners on , Monday or dered J K. White, tax collector, to advertise in; June and to sell on the ; firsit Monday in' July, July 6, 11 real estate on which 1963 taxes are due and unpaid, in compliance with the laws of the State of North Carolina. Chapter Officers EL I" of . j f I -uv .f r'. Area Alumna. Chapter. rd. Mrs. W. G. Gailhox, " j;eth City. Mrs,' David Student Body Cljn-U! t- Emmett Landing, ' chairman, of the county -wide' cleanup, cam paigri observed last vweek, re ports the oampaigin a fine suc cess. , ; i'::" -. - . i There was a general obsery ance of the campaign, with much rubbish disappearing around town and through the county. Householders all over the county took pride to cleaning yards, cleaning up their prem ises ..and improving appearances. Landing feels that the cam paign has been helpful and ex pressed his thanks to all for their fine cooperation. PerauimainH' County -iibrary'js building fund mow amounts to $809.70. This week's contribu tors to the fund are: Mrs. W. H. Hardcastle, Peoples Bank & Trust Company, Albemarle Elec trie Membership Corporation, Mr. and Mrs. Irving Long, Mrs. John O. White, III, John O. White, IV, Mr. and Mrs. Willis Jessup, Miss Louise Chalk and Mr. and Mrs. L. C Winslow. Again the library board wishes to express thanks to those who ntributed to New books to the library this week are: English Poetry, a short history; Why Lenin? Why Stalin? by Von Laue; William Pnnn a hinrrranhv hu Pmw '.,. ji4. Education in North 'Carolina Among Negrocs by Brown; Justice and the Su preme Court- by . Thesolini; A Tale of Ten Cities by: Ljpman, amd The Survivors, the story of the Jew? now in Germany. The last two are . ; on the . Baptist women's reading list., A new and lovely edition of Mother Goose and four, new titles in the series of bio graphies,, of young , Americans make up, this week's children's itek.V:v;.:,;. ; -;':, Local Students On Honor List At ECC Four students at East Caro lina College have received of ficial recognition for scholastic adiievement - during the winter quarter of the present school year, v . ' The honor roll is composed of undergraduates who made at least two 'and one-half quality points ', per ' credit hour on all work taken, with -no graae De- low c. ' ' : ' ; These students did superior academic' '' Work: Jack Elliott Brian, Mary Lee Glenn, Route 3, John V, Matthews,, Jr., and James Clay Sullivan. " . . AT. METER SCHOOL , W. Tommy Miller, superinten dent of " the Hertford Light and Water Department,' is in Green ville this week attending the parking; meter school being held there.'-'. "';',' : A Look Backward , Ai Foandt la The rwqalmaM . 1 fffblr TUf of Testerynkr May, 1938 ' . 1400 Crowd School To Hear Governor Speak To Graduates "We welcome you to a world of activity and struggle" said the Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, governor of North Carolina, to his address to, the -graduating class of the Perquimans County High School Wednesday night He took from the Greeks, the Romans, and , the .Hebrews a design for living, and adding to them items of his own, f presented the whole plan in the Lstirring message to the seniors. I "Know 1 thyself, ; control thyself tand deny thyself," the governor urged the departing students. '.'The road that leads to attain ment and success is through self- deniaV continued the former Shelby lawyer, who himself left school at the . age of twelve, "one treason why so many men of humble origin and obscure be ginning have reached heights of h,m.hJ1hm tt .... . ., ... 1 ; . a . Ma W-x 1 1 -k I ... i uraay.. ; ine temocrauc rrecinci Meeting for the Hertford pre Library Fund TofafflJO Registration Open ForTEir63 Saturdnys And End Sat., Day 16th Prize Steer , Jarvis Miller, .son of Mr. and Mrs. Bryan . Miller of Route 2, Sertford, and his entry, "Bill." The steer won the best steer from Perquimans Coimity trophy iponsored by the Perquimans County Ruritan Clubs. Jarvis also won the fitting and show manship trophy. ''Bill" weighed 1,085 pounds1 and was bought by lie Perquimans County Cham ber of Commerce. Students Take Part In Spelling Bee The Ledger - Star sponsored Tidewater area national spelling bee semi-finals were held at the Old Dominion College in Nor folk on May 2. 5 Kim Rose was champion from the Hertford Grammar School with.vW iunner-up. Mairk Thompson was cham pion 'from' Perquimans Central School with Eunice. Spivey as runner-up. The students were accom panied to Norfolk by Miss Thel- ma1 Elliott, principal of Hertford Grammar School and Tommy Maston, principal of Perquim ans Central, Grammar School and Mrs. Tommy Maston. county ehool supervisor. 12 Students Get Activities Letters Twelve Perquimans County High School students were awarded activities letters on Friday, May 1. To be eligible for 'this letter, a student must participate in enough school or ganizations to earn, '35 points. The students who received the letters are Reggie Baker, Rachel Bass, Susan Cox, Lot Winslow, Ruth Harrell, Perry Monds, Beth Hurdle, Wayne Chappell, Sydney Ann Blanchard, Tommy Harrell, Sandra Jennings and Faye Long. "'' '"'"" - mums 4-H Fine Record In The l'Jth annual Albemarle Livestock Show and Sale was held at Scott & Halstead Pro duce Terminal to Pasquotank County on Wednesday, April 29; - . '-, "Perquimans County was well represented and has every right to be proud of the 4-H'ers and their animals from 'this county," states Tom Brown, assistant ; ag ricultural Extension agent. The judging of the fat steers was divided mto, three divisions by weight. Perquimans County calves placed to all three" divi sions.' In the lightweight divi sion,' Bobby Harrell showed .the first place oalf, . while Tommy Howell owned the third place steer. The third place steer was shown by Paul Smith, Jr., be cause of an ankle injury which Tommy Nowell sustained last Week. ;-.,..'-' -;",-,.', -. ;rwf,. In the middleweight division Allen Banks showed the third place steer. .. . It was in the heavyweight di vision that Perquimans really came forth. ' Richard 'White showed the first , place steer, which went on to become the over-all grand champion. Jarvis Miller showed the . third place calf, Dianne Layden .showed the fourth place class, Carter Bog- Boohs' M017 Books for registration opened to Perquimans County Saturday,' ; May 2 and will continue each Saturday through Saturday," May 16. . : All persons becoming 21 years of age on or before November 3, 1964, or who have established residence in the county since the last election arc eligible to register if otherwise qualified. Persons who moved into the 1 " county from another state must have maintained residence in North Carolina for at least one year on or before next Novem ber 3 to order to qualify for registration and participation to the primaries to be held on Sat urday, May 30. Persons who voted ' to previ ous elections but who have moved to another precinct since that election must register in the precinct in which they now live- in order to qualify to vote in the May 30 Democratic prim ary this year. Registrars will have the books open each of the three Satur days from 9 A. M. until sunset at the regular polling places. Names of the precinct registrars and place of registration are listed elsewhere in this issue of your paper. Area Alumnae The area Alumnae Chapter of St. Mary's Junior , Coliege, Ra leigh, met to. Hertford on April 29 at the Episcopal Parish nouse. i tie cnapter was or- in" Elizabeth City. The chapter includes alumna from , Eliza beth City, Hertford . Edenton and Wipdsor-ij ;r.Vj,lh Officers . 1 ire: ' Mrs! lGrady Stevens of ( Shiloh, ; Mrs. 'John Foreman and Mns. W.' G. CSaith- ei-, Jr.; "Of UlizaoetH City, - Mrs, J. L. Harris of Hertford and Mrs. David ' Warren of Edenton. A social ' hour was enjoyed from 12 to 1 P. M., after which luncheon was served by St. Catherine's Auxiliary. Mrs. W. G. Gaither, Jr., pre sided over a short business ses sion, during which Windsor was welcomed to ,the area chapter. Mrs. J. L. Harris introduced the guest speaker, Mrs. Thomas Powell, Jr., of Raleigh Mrs. : Powell is president of the St. Mary's Aluminae Association. She brought news of the things alumnae contributions are do ing for the school. She also told of many new changes on the campus and of plans for a new library. ' 1 Thirty-nine alumnae from' the area towns' attended the meet ing. . -y- - nfi.nnojtrLrunLrij Group Makes Livestock Show erson showed the fifth place class. With four of the top five calves, one of which is a grand champion, this is truly a great showing. " Perquimans County also took the honors in the showmanship contest with Jarvis Miller tak ing first place honors and Betsy Kirby showing her way to third place, , In the market hog division, Perquimans County completely dominated the show. Jimmy Winslow showed the first place individual,, Wanda . Winslow ; showed , the second place indivi dual and Kenneth Ray. Winslow . showed the third place todivi-, ' 1 dual, 4, i In the pen of three competi- tion, Kenneth Ray Winslow placed first Jimmy Winslow v placed second and Tommy Har rell placed third. The quality of the hogs that came from Per quimans ' County were . very, very good and is proof of the high quality pork produced here-- ' 'I : Out. of 12 steers entered from Perquimans County, five graded prime, six were choice and one graded Bood..This is quite' a trp ; bute to the feeding and care rf these calves. . '
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