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WEEKLY 1 c: rri XXXI. Number 20. "Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May 15, 1964. 5 Cents Per Copy, ) ft n n J. jl J W The , Perquimans County poli tical j" pot, until the past few dq'yg, has been something less than: the boiling point, with much interest demonstrated in last Saturday's Democratic conven tion held in the Court House. -. vCihief business of the gather ing which began at 2 P. M' was the ; election "of officers for the new two years, and- delegates to attend , the state convention . w. r, Ainsiey, wno nas neia;meetin of the Hertford . Town Gle.c.hairmaDship for the past 14 years; was re-elected. Mrs. An nie Mae. Baker was elected vice chairman,' with' Mrs. Marie El liott elected secretary-treasurer, Precinct committees from the county , were i present and cast Julian 'A, 4 White and..W. F, Ainsley Were 'nominated for the chairman's seat " with ' Ainsley bcihg TeleCted. J Mrs. Annie Mae Baker and Mrs. Mary O. Brinn were' nominated for vice '-chair- man, with Mrs. Baker elected to that seat. Lced&o , Vin Prize At State Convention - ' Eleven members of the local chapter, of the Junior Chamber of Coftymarce attended the state convention held1, in Greensboro May 8 through the 10th. ' . J .The Hertford Club came home with the Attendance prize which was '$50 ' " ... '- Members who attended were: t IliHafy l'eaff .and "' wife Mar, r , ganet, Joe Meads u and i wife 7 Slrl, Eddie Moore' and wife ' Lliidai; Allen 'Winslow and. wife. r Btcloe, if Johnny t Winslow and wife Alice Jean, Tom Brown and wife. Kitty, , . Sid Harmon - and wife Anna. John Beers and wife Betty .Jean. Julian Winslow, El Wood Copeland and Charles ; Skinnen '' Officers for the State Club Were s -elected and.' the local at tending Jayoees. Reported a very good time. " ftbnttfccil Officers lrisfc";d . On Friday, May 8, installation services for; the , 1804-1965 Stu. dent Council were held. . i; .' Nancy 'MatthewSj " secretary,' gave the devotion, v, President ' Freddie Combs gave a brief run 1 down : on ': J -the. , various 'things which the Student (Council had done during ,the past year.' ; Freddie installed the .new president. Lot Winslow, and he in turn installed the other of ficers. They are: , ; Vice presi dent, 1 Douglas Umphlett; ' secre tary, Joe Haskett; treasurer, Margaret ' Ainsley; sergeant-alarms', Wayne Stalllngs, and pian ist, Carolyn Long. The committee chairmen ap pointed were; Finance, Mary Lee i Newby, n publicity, Rufus Riddick; - house and grounds, Carolyn "White; 1 calendar, Pam Perry; standards,--Kitty Reed; 6ocial, Betih Harris; citizenship, Shirley Lilly;'' traffic, ' Grant Chappell; 'elections, Phyllis Nix on; scrapbook, Brenda By rum; library, Jan White, , and locker, Nancy Matthews., Mr. Perry i Ws called' on for announcements. , , , i Kc-ChbPhns, The Albemarle Beagle "Club will hold a 'field trial Sunday, I-iay 17. , Drawing for 1 be at 8 A. M. at Coffee, and dari served for krr becue for lu. , "i. Homer v N. C, wiU Kl' l classes -will e club house, nuts will be at and bar f n Klnston, 3 t" 's trial, y r Jxl as It. Cation is 1. faa t ; i j " n I - 1 L .-a.iij V.T.Ei::3ttEIcctEd AsCh'irniJin Off LocdftDp&rd W.'T. (Bill) Elliott was elect ed "chairman of the Hertford ABC Rnarri at the regular ' monthly Board held here Monday night. Cecil Edward "Winslow was appointed to serve the unex pired term of F. B. Nixon. A hearing for the re-zoning of 314 and 316 located on the north side of Market Street, which was presently zoned as residential lots, to business lots was , held. : Complaints heard, and discussed and the Board . voted to re-zone the property . from : residential to business, as approximately one third of 'the area involved is already .in .the business zone.: A small ' delegation on a hearing , for the proposed in crease of the town limits on the Harvey - Point Road appeared, Continued on Pag Eight Lions Celebrate 25th Anniversary The 25th anniversary celebra tion of the Hertford Lions Club was held, in Perquimans High School cafeteria Thursday night, May . 7. v Representative Lions and Lionesses , from ; Edenton, Elizabeth City, Corain, ;Weeks ville, Camden, Wilson, . Rocky Mount, Spring Hope and- Hert ford -were present and joined in 1hce'p$iQ. ' -4" .nunibar" of past . District Governws of District: 31-J and their Lionesses were present, in cluding Dan-ell Morse and Mrs., Morse, Louis K. Day end Mrs. Day, ' Llttlejohn . Faulkner and Mrs.j Faulkner,- Hugh Jones and Mrs. Jones, Robert Langley and Mrs. Langley, "Ralph ."White t,of Colemain and: Mrs. White, Past International Diictor Wallace West, International Councilor Norman Trueblood and Mrs. Trueblood - and special invited guest, Dr. Walter H. Campbell, Continues on Page 5 ' Five Boy Scouts , To Receive God And Country Award ; Five boys from Hertford Boy r. i m . T ICE ceivc Vjou -anu voumiy ; hwoius ' i , 1 ' i : I ' Sunday night, May. 17 at 7:30 o'clock' at the Hertford Baptist , Church. This is a - religious award and it takes one year to1 , The1 boys are 1 Thomas - Greg ory, Norman i Stallings, Willie TayloiV Shelby Bateman and Billy Ward. ' - Everyone is invited to attend (Jhis service. " ' ' ; TB Directors To .". Meet May 21st The Pasquotank - Perquimans- Camden TB Association board of directors' meeting will- be held May 21 at 8 P. M. in the.. Ag riculture Building in Eliazbeth City, J. W. 'Jennette, i president of tlie . association, announced. He asks that- all members serv ing on the board tjt. attend and bring a friend. . " The film ''The Art of Detec tion", will be shown.? This film will bring valuable health infor mation; in detection and protec tion in' today's modern ' fight against tuberculosis, ; said' Mr. Jehnette. ' : ,', t Special Service ' " : . At Daptit Church Rural Life Sunday will be celebrated at the First Baptist Church Sunday, May 17 at 11 A.1 M.rf The pastor will preach on the subject "'What Jesus Thought of "the Church.""- There will also be a discus sion on "The church's place in s wiral community tocl y its (i! ' ?ms and its or ooTt'iait:." :j discureion . will be led by i youth of the church. 1 All are Invited to attcnl i.-.i.-JUili..i.jS Visile j In iCcunty InSrijgfa The spring tour sponsored by Perquimans County Home Dem onstration Clubs was held Kay 6. - About 150 people .participat ed in the tour. Miss. Anamerle Arant, Eastern District Home Economics! Agent of Raleigh at tended the tour. : yv ' . ' Warm, sunny weather, lovely homes and the Health Depart ment brought out one of the largest crowds ever. In spite of dusty roads, 150 people par ticipated in the tour. - - m The Perquimans- County Health Department held open house from 3 to 5 o'clock. Miss Audrey Umphlette and her staff graciously told the ladies about the available , services and1 fa cilities. Proudly she announced that the department would soon get a new X-ray machine. Seven houses were open from 2:30 to 5 P. M. for visitors to were.tmir. Thi home of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Narron, . Richard, Sarah Ann and Allen is located on Route 3, Hertford. The brick-veneer pre-cut home with colonial front featured spacious living in a compact arrangement of rooms. Mr. and Mrs. David Branholm, Carol, Kenny, Speedy and Mary Ann live in a colonial split foyer style home. The ladies were im pressed by the lovely view across the Perquimans River. The pre-out home is built three feet below ground level and has two stories of living space for the entire family. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hollowell, Sr., amd Grover live in a brick , Continued on Fag Eigtu ,, Patrons To Join ni;ro;cii:2i U Postmaster' W. W.- White stat ed today that the Week of. May 18-23 has been designated as p week duririg ' which patrons on rural delivery-, routes are. en couraged 'to ' examine and' im prove, Where necessary, the ap pearance of their mail boxes. The purpose of the Mail Box Improvement Week is to call at tention to the need for provid ing mail receptacles which are conveniently located, neat in ap pearance, safe to use and Which protect the mail from weather. Postmaster White stated that all boxes that meet the require ments contribute to a more ef ficient delivery operation and, therefore, result in improved service to the entire route. t w Clay.Kirby James Sawyer.; ,. Mr. i and , Mrs. . Charlie . .i wedding. anniversary George Byrum, Jr. Mrs. I. A. Ward 4 Percy Newbern, Jr. May 18 Joan Miller Joan Cahoon Tom H. White Terry Len Chappell Clay Kirby May 19 - ' Mrs. C. E. Walker Paige Elliott - Yvonne Byrunt - V Dail May 20 . , Shelia Dail ' "Frances G. Spivey Addie Mae Proctor Charles Williford : Lula S. Butler , Edgar- White ( . Emma Ward' -' " Mack Nixon -, . -1 Steve Allen Dall.- - ' May 21 ' Bobby Harrell May 22 Gerald Adams ' i Elizabeth Roberson Eugene Landing Mary E. Peters - - May 23 Leona Eure :' ) ' Mm. Cecil C. Winsldw J. W. Dillon Paula Miller Paul Miller. - Troy Harrison' . , May 24 j Jerry Chappell . June Paige Chappell Postmaster Urges , : Birthdays 1 Top Students y.-f V GLORIA MILLER Valedictorian Shown above are Gloria Mills of ih 1964 graduating class of Gloria Miller is the valedictorian, 'WWW H.C. Sullivan To Present Next Politics Course The seventh session of the Ac tion Course in Pnactical Poli tics was held-Friday night, May 8, in the First Methodist Church at Hertford. Mrs. Francis Mondaj spoke on "Political Meetings. In her presentation Mrs. Monds stated that "Big rallies don't just happen. It takes ground work, promotion and staging to create a successful rally." Mrs. Monds gave the following check list for planning effective meetings and rallies and explained each point: 1. Every meeting must be conducted by some' sort of rules (just , as boxing under Queens- bury Rules). 2. Parliamentary procedure. Chairman needs, control same as rider on horse. : 3. Good chairman can carry meeting. Keeps, .members in formed on issues to bet voted, on and clearly states motions: - Keep meeting m order." ; 5. Parliamentarian for big meeting . .(Roberts Rules of ' Or der) - v. - I . Ajfilm was presented on par liamentary procedure. After' the film : Mrs.: Monds discussed how to i conduct both, formal and in formal , business meetings. The guest speaker this Friday night ! (May 15) will be H. C. Sullivan. He will . speak on Businessmen In Politics" and present a film "It's Everybody's Business."' Winners Named InPerquimms 4- 'Fortunes In Fashions" was the theme of the County 4-H Dress Revue staged at the Ag ricultural Building' on Thursday afternoon. , Harriette Williams, dressed as a Gypsy, narrated the dress revue - by gazing into her crystal ball to reveal the fore- oast for? the 13 garments model- ed by the following girls: Wanda Winslow, Janet Ball, Nancy Kemp, Jane Evans, Nell Chappell, Claudia Stokley, Judy Chappell, Maureen Nixon, Becky Elliott. Nancy Matthews and Judy Long. , , , ; , i The stage, decorated by Mrs, Ned Nixon and Mrs. Royce Vickers, 4-H adult leaders, gave a Gypsy atmosphere as the for tunes were told under the stars and bright colored background of tents,, cartwheels and flow ers. ' ' !- :'." . ' .' .. ' ,' i A Chesterfield tweed ensemble made ' by Nancy Matthews, daughter f Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Matthews, won the first place in the ; Senior . Division. The coat fashioned : of wool tweed fabric in brown and black fea tured novelty buttons and bound buttonholes. Notched' collar trimmed im ''velveteen and diag onal welt pockets gave the coat a professional look. The match ing slim skirt featured waist' line darts, side zipper- ami back kick pleat. .The soft dacron over-blouse in ecru, with high rounded neckline, back button closing, set ih short sleeves and slit opening at lower front edge completed the easemble. ' Nancy will represent Perquimans Coun ty in the District Dress Revue . Continued on Paje Fiva Jn Senior Class -1! 1 ' 1 l - .v.' ' I - 'f' '' ' j HO WAYNE CHAPPELL Salulatoxian . and Wavne ChoclL members PerquKnans County -High School of the class and Wayne Chappell .aAAOVMMUW Indians Clinch Albemarle Loop Baseball Title . Perquimans' High School In dians scored, a 7 to 2 victory oVer Plymouth ; here '. Friday night. The victory clinched the Indians' claim to the Albemarle AA Conference championship. On the 'mound for Perquimans during the- first 4 2-3 Innings was Freddie Combs, who al lowed one hit, struck out four. ' Jimmy Hunter then took over and allowed no hits and fanned four. . - - -Askew , and Gardner shared mound duties, for Plymouth. Askew permitted one Jhit, and struck out' four, and Gardner allowed two, safeties, and whiffed two. i In the first inning Hunter converted a base hit into a run for the -Indians.- Plymouth came back in the fourth .when Hall Mngled and Allen walked. Both tscore( on following hits, .,. r ine Dig inning lor Ferquim ans. was the .fifth when Jimmy Byirum. was hit by ' a pitched ball. , Freddie and Francis Combs singled to score Byrum and , Hunter singled . the Combs home. j. Gene . Nixon singled and Alvin.. Kirby i tripled to score both .Hunter and Nixon, i The final run came in the sixth whon Freddie Combs singled, and then tallied. A Look Backward A Voand In The PevqnimaiiA Wkly FilM of Testerycmr ....Courthouse Appropriate Fitting For Flower Show Demonstration Clubs: Perquimans County's two-century-old courthouse was the appropriate setting for the out standing social of the women of Perquimans County Federation of home demonstration clubs enter tained at a flower show and tea on 'Thursday afternoon. Perquimans Well Represented At State Convention: , One wo man, Mrs. ' B. G. - Koonce, was elected among the 24 delegates to the State Democratic Conven tion at,, the County Convention held " on Saturday afternoon. Twenty-four delegates elected to the convention, even though Per quimans County is not entitled to but 8 votes in the State Convention-, 'The following were named: Charles Whedbee, R. M. Riddick, J. E. Morris, B. C. Ber ry, J. E. Winslow, W. T. Brown, J. T. Benton, Dr E. S. White, Granberry Tucker, R T. Brinn, S. M. Whedbee, Horace Long, A. R. Winslow, W. H. .Pitt, J. W. Ward, Mrs. B. G. Koonce, E M. Continued on Pag Five. Seventh Graders Visit In Raleigh ' Members of the seventh grade of the Hertford Grammar bSchool with .Principal Miss Thelma El liott and Mrs. R. M. Riddick, went it Raleigh , last Friday, where j they toured the State House. 'the Capitol, Museum, Hall of History and - the School for the Blind. May Day Program At Grammar School - The annual May ' Day exer cises of the Hertford Grammar school, under the "direction of Miss Caroline , Wright, public school music ' teacher, will be presented Friday afternoon. May 15 at 2 o'clock at the Hertford Grammar ' SchooL , Postmaster Lists Adjustments At Local Post Office! W. W. "Bill" White, postmas ter of the Hertford Post Office, announced today limited adjust-1 merits' in sotrte postal service will' begin to take effect in Hertford on Monday, May 4. The changes were announced by Postmaster General John A. Grinouski in Washington. Service changes which will affect the postal service locally include the following : Parcel post delivery service will be provided on a five-day a week basis, except that six day service shall be continued on all rural routes. The day for non-delivery of reeular oarcel oost in Hertford will be Friday.. There will be'iven in their honor bv County no change in the delivery of Home Demonstration Clubs. He special delivery parcels. Allltold about how the land rant first class parcels, air parcel J college, was developed. He ex post and perishable articles willPIained tnat corn trains- bo11 continue to be delivered six daysjwcevl1- stnkes and other mflu" rhanoM r.n rrMitna nnH window service in the Hertford Post Office. Postmaster White said he would like to emphasize that no essential major services are affected wider the new or ders. There- will be no change in home delivery or special de livery mail. Letters and other first , class mail will be handled with the same priority as ever. The economy step. Mr. White. explained, is in line with Presi - dent Johnson's programs under which the recent federal income tax cut was provided. Public Hearing For Wildlife In Edenton May 29 Horace A. Cohoon of Hertford, Wildlife .Protector fxvPerquiiA ans County, reports that the Wildlife Resources Commission will: hold a public hearing at 7:30 P. M. in the Court House at Edenton on May 29 to explain the proposed hunting regulations J tor tne iaM-bo hunting season. Cohoon said that very, few changes' have been proposed. He urged all hunters,- landowners and other interested parties to exercise their privilege by at tending the hearing, to hear tlhe regulations discussed, as well as to express their own opinion to the public and the Wildlife Re sources Commission. Tuesday, May 12 the follow ing streams were stocked with Continued on Pag Eight Traffic Halted By BridgeJam Traffic was backed up through town and on the outskirts of Hertford at the inorth end of the Hertford bridge Friday af ternoon " for a considerable length of time when the bridge jammed and could not be opened. Cii,fl tv1in4 m4mictc nine wuvi, f"- K Trailnra K,,c mc t.oll tin ui. tiuiinujd kTMU "UO f fiiniiiinM -vatAnm nf 41sn long wait which ensued, thej -ffin r,J om,mJ causeway and came into town. by way of a road through to Belvidera North bound toaffic .,.,, . xitr a ...:;' VWfl I'll- IMUIIW UT4 VUII This isn't the first time the'1 bridge has jammed and held up traffic. : ITie new bridge can ease this pain when it is built and opened for travel. Phyllis Nixon Is Chosen To Attend Governor's School Phyllis quimans Louise Nixon, Per High -School student, has been selected to attend the Governor's School of North Ca- trolina this year.. The school is sponsored by . Governor Terry Sanford and, held in Winston- Salem during the summer. The school ia sponsored by the State Department of Public Instruc tion end supported by a grant trom the Carnegie Corporation of - New ' York' and other t grants from ' business and . foundation leaders in Winston-Salem. i Miss Nixon has been chosen for ' the social science. - The school will open on June 10. Commontomont ExcrdsGS BeginAtPcrquirnnnsCSic! Sunday Mrjlit, May 24th George Smith Is Sneaker AtDanquet "The Extension Service had its beginning 50 years ago," stat ed George Smith, N. C. Associ ate Extension Director, N. C. State at Raleigh. Mr. Smith spoke at the annual Perquimans 1 -ounty Commissioners banquet 1 county extension agents soon followed by the first home agent. He told some of the problems the first agents faced compared with problems of peo ple of today. The Helen Gaither Club was hostess to County Commission ers and wives, County Council officers and husbands and club presidents and husbands' and the County Extension staff. They served a country ham dinner in , an atmosphere of spring flowers and soft music. Mistress of ceremonies was Mrs. Archie White, president of the Home Demonstration Coun ty Council. Savage Jolliff gave the invocation. Mrs. Singleton Lane, president of Helen Gaith er Club, welcomed the group. The response was given by.R. L. , Spivey, : chairman of the County Commissioners. Mrs. Mark Gregory gave the devo tion on. love as her subject, . Mrs. Charles Skinner, Jr.., n-' entertained the group with mfisic She was accompanied by Miss Caroline Wright at the piano. R. M. Thompson, County Ex tension chairman, introduced Mr. Smith. Following his talk, the group closed with "Sing Your Way Home." Library Fund Now Stands At 5C5S.35 The building fund for the Perquimans County Library now totals $866.35 as this item goes to press. Contributions! during the week ending Tuesday, May 12, are: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nowell, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Towe White. Bak er Oil Company, Mrs. Thomas R. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Nat Pulr ford. Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Feth- erson and Mr. and Mrs. John T Biggers. Four memorial books were given to the library this week. The Torch Is Passed by the As sociated Press; Great American Mansions and Their Stories by Fulsom and The Hotel In the , , 0 , T,.u VJieill ILHMIIUI owmiip uy 1. uBu . ....... ... . , OlIU, T T 1 11 tint I IO. A in l- V- V. li - I memory of "T". iep Aicaauijr Ul U1C l u, uit- 8, edited by Greenberg, is in "J" , f s; Balan of Bradenton. orida Other new books in the library . j i n nml rnmnnHA linn ffOIYttlln ?mc of the Month selections; In Vivo 4 by Savage, the Literary Guild book; and several light romances and Westerns. For children the library has five new Augustus books by Le Grand. , Winfall Pupils In Recital Friday Winfall pupils of Mrs. Georgia Roberts will be presented in a recital Friday night May 15 at 8 o'clock at the Winfall school, Pupils of Mrs. Roberts from the Hertford Grammar School will have their recital on Thurs day night, May 21, at 8 o'clock in the Hertford Grammar School. The Perquimans High School students of Mrs. Roberts will have their recital on May 29 at J 8 o'clock in the Hertford Gram mar SchooL '. I - The- public is invited to at tend each' of ihe recitals. ; - -- : -i Plans are ; being made for commencement exercises to be held at Perquimans County High School on Sunday and Thursday nights, May 24, at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Frederick E. Still of the First Methodist Church will deliver the bacca laureate sermon. The Rev. Hom er Smith of the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim Church will give the in vocation and the benediction and the Rev. James Joyner of the Berea Church of Christ will read the Scrpture lesson and of for the prayer. Special music will be pre sented by the Glue Club under the direction of Miss Caroline Wright.- There are 74 candidates in line for the presentation of dip lomas. The valedictory will be given by Gloria Miller, daughter , ol Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Miller. The salutatory will be delivered by Wayne Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Chappell. Price Monds, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Monds, and John Stalhngs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stal lings, will present the history of the class of 1964. The program will begm with . the invocation by Sydney Ann Blanchard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Blanchard. The benediction by Reggie Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Baker, will conclude the com mencement program. These speakers are the top ranking students in the graduating class. Charles Woodard, president of the Senior Class, will present the gift to the school. He is the son of Mrs. E., C. Woodard and the late E. C. Woodard. A number of medals will be award ed to outstanding students. ' Members of the County Board of..,Educat(on L Pretty. .priftL cipal of PCHS, the District' ' School Committee, J. T. Biggers, Superintendent of Perquimans" County Schools, will be seated ' on the stage for the graduating ' exercises, Dr. A. B.- Bonner," : chairman of the Board of Edu- ' cation, will present the dip- ' lomas. The. public is invited to see the portrait of the late E. C. Woodard and the (memorial books in the High School Li brary. Graduating exercises for the eighth grade will be held on Friday, May 29, at 8:45 A. M. in the high school auditorium. Kennedy Library Quota In County Has Been Raised R. L. (Bob) Hollowell, chair man for Perquimans1 County in the statewide drive to raise North Carolina's portion of funds for the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, stated here Tuesday that the $400 quota given Per quimans had been raised. Hollowell says he still has more tickets available for per sons interested in purchasing tickets to the May 17 tribute to President Kennedy to be held in Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill on Sunday, May 17, to close the North Carolina drive for contri butions, i Dr. Billy Graham will be one of the featured speakers, paying tribute to President John F. Kenrtedy. ! -f t Persons desiring to go ? to Chapel Hill for the tribute may contact Mr. Hollowell for tick ets. In the event you have put chased a ticket for yourself but want to take maybe one or more children, you may be able to get a ticket for them just by con tacting the chairman as he, has some that the purchasers 1 aren't going to use. " ! May 1. Deadline i To Clean Up Lots ; .-. - -r . ;, n Property owners in the Town of Hertford owning vacant lots are reminded of an ordinance that calls ,for every vacant lot to be . cleaned pt ; weeds, grass and rubbish by. Max 1, July 1 and September i It is important to--the pr -erty owner to comply with t law. . . .
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