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f icrtiord, Perquimans County, Nor; 4 Carolina, Frijday, June 5, 196k p T,enta Per Conv ro 1 " - r " - - r - Voters .turned out for the Democratic ' primary , election in Perquimans County " last Satur day in goodly numbers to elect a' county representative, a Board . of Education member and four ' Commissioners. " George; . .. Baker, incumbent, member of the Board 'of Educa tion" from 'Parkville Township, opposed by Talmadge Lewis, polled 1,34ft td Lewis 249, . Bak- er received the largest vote in the number cast in the county ticket and exceeded the highest - number of the state ticket, with 1,346 votes. The closest candi date was on the state ticket for . Bob Scott for LieuUanant-GoV-rnor, who polled 1,137, ' " Archie T. Lane, Sr., seeking re-election to the office of County - Representative, . won over his opponent, Nathaniel Fulford, 901 to 735 votes. i Three members of the Boqrd , of ' County Commissioners se cured re-election to . the office while' one incumbent was. de feated for'- re-election. In Bel videre Township Ellis Winslow won over incumbent Savage Jolliff 792 to 769. Incumbent R. Li "Bob" Spivey, New Hope Township, , ; opposed by Guy (Tuck Webb, won 872 to 692. Incumbent William '. Woodley Bundy Bethel Township, v won over Lester - Simpsons 908 to 619 In Parkville Township where there , was a three way : race with incumbent Thomas D. ' Nixon opposed by William t - Continued on Pag 4 v A The" Amsa-Uit - the -Pti-tJUliiSSHs'' : County Swimming.- fjchotjl khave through 19 to 3Ml 29 through1 July 10, ; The . classes will be held: from 2T. .M.-'iuKtil a:PnM. Monday through ' Fridays for wo weeks' at Hertford Beach. ;". 17 ,' lit -is unfortunate'- that the dates must be changed at this date, but George Burdick, who 'will be the instructor, will be using his vacation time to hold - this school and these dates were the only ones he could arrange fc fit . in his schedule. ;... . -a Perhaps . these dates will be better for' all concerned , simce we are expecting uss lcte,h wJU meet Mond Tlu - Je-.a Li o'clock in the.Wins and other evwits. - ,.,. puha ( . " Let v - againj" : emphasize new dates, which are June 2d - 4-H Kins And Qu2en And Mm Percjuinians County r - --in i' -f w LL.. 'LLC . J;- -3 Linwood '.iLeon James and ais Holley were crowned 4-H : 3 and Queen of Health for :i in a special ceremony Sat ty, , I'ay 23. They . were , vnei by Mrs." J.. S. Thomp- 1, c!.; '.,..un of the Milk Com- . " 1 rroram within fPcr Lr' i Uiiion SchooL o. .,. Lir-'cf i Leon James is the cf 1 l a" . 8-1 is' a : j-s. Herbert 'rr of the CI- b. Lin . ! f e lo Js a 10th i ... nans '1. Is C 1 li i 4-:: i y l Li n j : 1 t ' n w r- Youths Observe . 4-H Church Sunday chrlst observed 4H church Sunday May 31 with their con ducting the Sunday School ser vice. , - i'Beth Hurdle 'began the ser vices with the call to worship and ' a statement on ."Why We Observe 4-H Church Sunday." The 4-H . messages . were, given by the . following members: , "The Individual," Annette Cartwtight;, The Family," Becky Eure; f'The Education," Claudia Stokeley and "The Church," Carol Eure. - Following the ; conclusion of this ; special i program,' the ser vice was turned over to the sup erintendent, George Baker. Mrs. Whit Cartwright, adult leader, assisted the . members with their program. I June 8 - Seymour Chappell Jones Perry Mabel Keel , . Jean. B., Harrison Myrtle W.jfoail June 9 -5 " ' ' Jones Perry ? -; Mary Lee Newby ; ( Lloyd Ray Morgan Kim Lane fr " June 10 Mrs. B. F. Ainsley ' !Mrs,R. P. White . Larry Gibbs ' ' - Mrs. Harry HoUoweJli June 11 . Bea Skipsey'' Delores Chan '1 t Jcarlsj Anne Skinner " ,'V' , , Jim;Pie!tfowski(1 M ;; June .13. tl ,t ,,,4 ); j Clyde EJlidtt v, : , .n Tommy ale-.v- ,,, , , jtathy Eller Jessie ,Cox , , , ' Johnnie Hollowell , June 14 ' . Frederick E. SU11 . - : Auxiliary To Meet Monday, June 8 , . The St. Catherine Auxiliary of Holy Triouty .: Episcopal " Armembers,'ar Hirged 'io' at tend the meeting. '' f ' - - t 1 , -. DORIS HOLLEY - sports. ' Lin wood takes great pride in his ' achievements in 4-H Club work and pledges his health to," better living., Doris '" Holley; 4-H ' Queen' of Health for i964, is the daughter of . Mr. and , Mrs. Clarence Hol ley: ".3he is ' .14 years old, a .member fcf the Pool's Grove 4-H Club and an 8th grade student in the Perquimans Union School in . Winfall. Doris has been an, active member in 4-II Club" work for four years. T ' that time she haa te! tc-rest in 4-H 1 at ln l .ch as cnnirx s -ler.t . I'.ie is 1 f i- t 1 1 , 1 rt)ve. ment. , t - rative a p1ans CI " voil st 1 t ive "1 i "!,- rs A Billy Nixon was hired as sum mer recreation director at a meeting of the Recreation Com mission held Monday night at the , Municipal Building. His duties, which will consist of set ting up a summer program and supervision and maintenance of the recreation lot, will begin on Monday June 8 at a salary of $50 for a 50-hour week. ' c Nixon" is married to the for mer. Sandra Hudson, is the fath er of two children and the son of Mr.' and Mrs. Preston Nixon of Route 1. He is a 1960 gnad uate of Perquimans High. School and a 1964 graduate of Atlantic Christian College. At his grad uation from ACC he was award ed the Wilson Rotary Club tro phy for - the highest scholastic average at ACC.',. - . . During the business meeting Cecil Edward Winslow, chair man,' thanked Joe Tunnell and his committee for the work tlhey did in: cleaning the recreation lot; announced that Edgar Fields would 'remain as treasurer and Henry Stokes would replace Don Norman as chairman of the fund raising campaign; the executive committee would meet the first Monday nights of January, April, July and October unless otherwise needed. Ten o'clock was set as a deadline- for closing the recreation lot each night except for spe cial occasions, when it would remain open until 11 o'clock, s Brenda Kay Smith Chosen As Advisor i. Brenda Kay Smith, who is a student of the University, of North Carolina .n at ; Greensboro, was recently chosen as a Junior Adjrisor .UuPr, Eugenia .Hunter. wul" include coun seling a group of approximately 20 freshmen, getting them tact quained . with! , the- University campus.-' seeing - that , each, of these freshmen are at all ire quired meetings and . testings, helping, them with registration questions, making; them leel at home during the entire week of orientation. Junior Advisors are also avail able to answer' 'questions : and help solve problems throughout these students' freshmen and sophomore years. , 'V- Miss Smith will undertake these duties on September 11, a week before the uppermen ar rive. ,.'. ' Miss Smith is the daughter of Mr.' ' and Mrs. B. ; E. Smith of Route 2, Hertford.; 1 . MALINDA OVERTON munity. :. ' .'i -.''"' ' . ,; . Malinda Overton, Miss Per quimans County for 1964, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Overton Route 3.i Hertford, She is 13 years of age and member of . the 8th grade class in Per quimans County . Union School at Winfall. She is active in 4-H activities and community activi ties. She lhas taken great 'in terest in 4-H Club projects "such as sewing,.; cooking, breadmak ing, " room improvement and health improvement. She is very studious, cooperative and . eager to learn. ; She plans to continue and strive even harder for bet ter quality work in project ac tivities. Malinda Overton, has the ca- 1 at.;:y of ' lca2cT.,hip, is active, cnr -Btive, hornet and has a "2 j sr 'y. She has -' ' 1 ii cour'y and -dls- Trailer Use:! i xtm-- llPilill:.V f ' '' ' ! ' Robert HarrelL ' superintendent camping for the Chowan Baptist' Beali, pastor of -the Salrim Bstitisr Church and chairman of thai association's Camp Council, discutt'the many ways in which the association's camping equipment trailer will be used in this sum mer's camping activities. , " . ' f ' ' Operation flection; Highly Successful ' Ham radio operators through out the state took part In Op eration Election on Saturday May 30. This was a test opera-; tion -"'with the ham Operators hi cooperation with Civil Defense and amateur radio emergency service (AREC). The hams col lected the. election returns from the local election boards and relayed them to headquarters in Raleigh. ..' - ' Reports from the headquarters office showed 'that the, radio operators were some 20 to 30 faster and more efficient than the wire services. . - f While Hthis was' only a test operation, , it proved that in the event of an emergency or dis aster in whiih all phone corii municatjon was out of , service the ham 'operator -could keep commwicaiions. goingnin,. Actjhe, outside, y, Some f the -'operators from this -section" taking, part in this operation -were Sam. Long K4PVJ Perquimans County, Jake Hobowsky v.. W4WAK .. Chowan County; Max Miller - W4LWZ Pasquotank County; Oscaa Himes W4LC V Camden Countyi Raymond CaroonVWMCFN Cifrl rituck County and Robert Dixon- WA4NCH Gates County. . The entire state was covered by this operation and officials in Raleigh praised V the hams highly for their splendid work. i iiTlie' Perquimans County Li brary Fund for repaiis now to tal ' $1,029.85. -'' Contributions this week were Mrs. Jack Ka- noy, Mrs. J. C.- Blanchard and Don Juan Manufacturing Cor poration. ' ' . , V The Library Board again thanks, all contributors. The library will operate on its 3ummer schedule beginning this week. That is, it will be open mornings as usual 9:30 to 12:30. In the afternoons instead ; 01 closing at 4:30, it will be open from 1:30 to 5 P. M., but closed on Saturday afternoon. Thurs- lay's schedule will remain the ame, closed all day, but open from-7 P. M. to 9 P. M. Patrons are asked to note the later closing hour on week days and the Saturday afternoon clos ing, which will be in effect un til, Labor Day, . . .. '....:..'. Tour Planned to Inspect Peanuts ... "Thgre will 'be a weed con trol ' tour to look at the peanut plots sprayer by Dr., Phil Up church on Wednesday, June 10, beginning at 2 o'clock. This tour will start at the Agricultural Building at Hertford and all the latest chemicals used in differ ent combinations will be ob served in . this demonstration," states R. M. Thompson, County Extension Chairman, v , ! . ."We hope that all the peanut farmers will come and observe this plot on the farm of Carroll Williams, Route 2, Hertford, 190 that you 'will be able to decide for yourself in 1005 whether, to use weej control as chemicals and how to apply it," further Library Fund Is Vcr Camping of missions and supervisor 6f Association. anA.the.Rev. Rodney Plans Made For Summer Camp t Camp Cale he Chowan Baptist Associa tiifcn is' sponsoring a full summer of camping activities for boys and girls of the 58 churches which comprise the-, association. Under the direction of Bob Har- iell, Superintendent of Missions Supervisor of Camping, a e range of camping opportun- s 'are being offered. nee again a week . of camp boys 9-11 years of age, for gij'ls 9-12 years of age and for gtt-Is 13-16 years of age has been scheduled at Chowan College the wfeek of July 20-24. The Rev. Paul Faircloth, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, Eliza beth City, 1 will coordinate these three camps.' Assisting him as directors fomw)agreup wilL be the; Rev." Warren Rollins, pastor of the Warwick church and Mrs. Faircloth. 1 Approximately 200 bovs' and girls are expected to be in attendance at Chowan Col Continued on Page 4 Officers Named The Hertford Business and Professional Women's Club met Friday evening,- May 29 at the home of Mrs. Anne Young for a short business session. The club -was pleased to hear from Mrs. Mane Elliott,; Chair man 'of the "Welcome Project,' that most merchants in Hertford were very generous in their'' re sponse when asked to donate a gift;, to . newcomers to Hertford. The brochures have been printed iant: this project will be in op eration in the near future. : Mrs. Mac Kanoy presented a slate of officers , for the new club year as follows: , . ' President, Mrs. Anne Young; first vice president, Mrs. 'Marie Elliott r . second vice president, Mrs. . Roxanna Jackson; secre tary. Miss Hulda Wood; treas urer;. Mrs. Essie Burbage. - These were voted upon and accepted. . .1 v Miss Wood announced that the BPW. Club medal for the out standing commercial student at Perquimans High School had been, ordered and delivered . to the school. ' Mrs. ' Young announced that the State Convention Would be held i at Battery Park Hotel in Asheville June 4-7 and that the National Convention would be in Detroit, Mich.. July 18-23. ' The June meeting will be ., a cook-out 'at the home of Mrs. Essie: . Burbage on Thursday, June, 18 tat 6 P. M., after which officers will be installed. ' Summer Schedule At Holy Trinity The summer schedule at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church has been . announced. Beginning June 7, the first Sunday in Junej the following schedule will prevail for the months of June, July and August:' -Holy Communion, 8 A. M.; Holy Communion (first . Sundays). Morning prayer all-, other Sun days' and sermon at 10 A. M. Church School will merge with the 10 A. M. service, For BPW Club 1;. .ywiii..CI ' Of Eastern AA ChuTip:ojfil!3 . ; The't Perquimans Indians i: de feated the Charles' B. Aycock Falcons 8 to 1 in. last' Saturday night's playoff j(ame , for the Eastern 1 AA championsh ip. ' Frartcis Combs opened he scoring.: for the ; Indians in the top oi .tne rirst inmng w.nen ne tripled to center, .field and scored pn Jimmy Hunter s aoubie to right field. ' The' next tallies were in the top of . the fifth inning when Freddie Combs singled , on an error 4 by . Ay cock's third base man, advanced to' second on Francis Combs' sacrifice bunt, went ' to thk'd on a passed ball Bind' scored on Alvih Kirby's double to left field. Gene Nix on, Who walked and stole second on a-passed ball, also scored on Kirby's hit. Kirby then scored for' the Indians' fourth run on Wayne Winslow's single to cen ter field. The Falcon came up with their only run in the bottom of 'the fifth inning when J. W. Waddell singled on a bunt to the pitch er, went to second on a single by Mayo and scored on Mow ing's single on an error. The Indians came up with four runs in the top of the sev enth inning. Jimmy Hunter led off by singling to right , field and going to second on Alvin Kirby's walk. Both Hunter and Kirby advanced one base on a passed ball, and both scored on a single to right field by Wayne Winslow. Eddie Miller, running for -Winslow,, went to second on Ikey, Stokeley's single to center field and both Miller and Stoke ley scored when Freddie Combs singled to center field. Mooring pitched 6 1-3 innings for the Falcons, r striking out 5, walking 2 and allowing 12 hits. Howell finished the came for the Falcoiis" "TanhTng ::walking"--t and allowing 1 hit. -.. -v...; : Jimmy Hunter went all the way for the Indians, striking out 9, walking none and allow ing 1 hit. The' Indians' will play a best of three series with Northeast Guilford High School for the State AA championship starting Thursday night. The Indians lineup was as follows: Freddie Combs, short- stopf Francis Combs, catcher; Jimmy Hunter, pitcher; Gene Nixon, third base; Alvin Kirby, center field; Wayne Winslow and Phil Graham, first base; Ikey Stokeley, second base; John Stallings, left field; Jimmy By rum, right field. Veterans' Names Being Sought C. C. Banks, Perquimans ser vice officer,, lists vthe following persons of World War II who lost their lives d firing the. peri od beginning ' December 7, 1941 to December . 31, 1946. Please check this list and if you know of someone not listed here, a native of Perquimans County, who lost their life during this period of the . war while in ser vice, please notify Mr. Banks so that he may notify Rear Ad miral R. B. Ellis, USS N. C. Battleship Memorial, Wilming ton, N. C, who is requesting the list, for the Roll of Honor to be engraved on a plaque that will be in the museum, aboard, the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial. 1 , This list of "names available are: .1 , William ' ; G. v- Blanchard, David H. Brough ton, William R. Crawford, Willis A. Elliott, Irv ing I. Jones, Clifton C. ! Lane, Marvin H. Onley, : Garland H, Onley. . John W. Pierce, James E. Reed, Gaylord E. Riddick Ewald M. Rodeck, Simon F. Stallings, Graham E. Trueblood, Ivie A, Ward, Jr., Samuel Kelly Simpson, Joseph M. . Tolson, Charlie Lowder; . John Everette, William N. Tucker, Charles F. Sumner and ' Joseph C. Jordan. It is urgent that anyone knowing someone from Perquim ans, not listed above, who lost their life in World War II that Mr. Banks be notified, so that he in turn may get-the name to the proper authority, and that no one is left out of this Roll of Honor. - 1 ' " , 0y Conlmlssionors Whit" Reduces Tan Rate 3 Cents No Local Runoff In . Perquimans There will be o local runoff election in Perquimans. County; Election Board Chairman W. L. (Buddy) Tilley said .Tuesday. ' ''Second primaries . for County commissioner , elections are not permitted here, ' by special leg islative act." Tilley said.' ;': The runoff could have come for the position of commissioner from Parkville Township. ; In Saturday's Democratic pri mary, incumbent Thomas D. Nixon led a three-man race by 63 votes which did not make a majority. The unofficial count was Nixon 703, Joe Towe, Jr., 640 and William C. Reid 290. Lot owners within the Hert-, ford city limits take heed. The) weed, grass cuttmg and lot cleaning time is here. The Tonw of Hertford has an ad in this issue of The Perquimans Weekly reminding persons of the city ordinance which re-j quires that the lots be eleaned of weeds and growth three times a year. If th elots are not cleaned on the respective dates, the Town will have the lot cleaned and the cost charged against the' Barbecue Supper Monday, June 8 it .--,i.-..T.-.-.Mjrf- .J ...... . Lots Required The barbecue chicken supper'ui. . m i for the Little League and pony", held at the high school in Per-1 quimans County on Monday af- ternoon, June 8, from 5 to 7:30 n'rlnrk The money raised will be used to support the baseball program grees during Duke's 112th com for the summer, and the first , mencement exercises at Durham game of the season will be played on Monday night begin- ning at 6:30 at the high school baseball diamond. Therefore, you may come and eat and watch the .first baseball games of the season, states Paul Smith, chair man of the barbecue chicken supper. . Bethel Home Demonstration Club Nominates Mrs. Elaine Pliillips As Woman Of Month MRS. ELAINE PHILLIPS I On the banks of the ancient Yeopun River stands a lovely brick; , home, the achievement of a woman of courage, integrity and charm. Dauntless in facing the vissi tudes of. life, she created and built her "dream home" after raising and educating three lovely children. There are five beautiful grandchildren. In every nook and cranny there is evidence of her talents, be it a corner devoted to potted plants, a lively handmade clown for her grandchild's next visit or a lovely crocheted bedspread partially ' completed for her daughter. When time hangs heavy, heaven forbid, there are lovely antique pieces of furni ture to be refinished and re furbished, a trip down the prim rose path for a wee bit of fish ing and, of course, acres and acres of flower and vegetable gardens to attend. On pleasant days, a walk to the Post Office, visiting neighbors enrottte, and welcoming the new pony with a pocketful of sugar lumps; latest addition to the pet population of Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Proc tor's grandchildren. . ; Nature lover that she is, five homes of bluebirds, promptly occupied, have been erected and manufactured by . the madame herself. A feeding station out side the family ' room window attracts . all manner of birds. Due to the bird population, too cats need ' apply for (room .and board, tout, a friendly beagle is on hand to inspect and welcome A budget for Perquimans County for the fiscal year 1964 65, calling for expenditures of $594,951 was tentatively adopted -by the Board of County Com missioners in sesseion here on Monday. 1 ' The tax rate is decreased by three cents due to estimated." property valuation being up from $14,500,000 to $15,000,000 and to the ABC 6tore funds, plus surplus money. The tax rate of $1.63 per hundred dollar . property valuation for 1963-64 was reduced to $1.60 for 1964 1965. ' Commissioner Monds made a motion to set the tentative tax " rate at $1.63 per $100 assessed property valuation for the fiscal ,yeiar iaoi-oo. inere was no second. " Commissioner. Savage Jolliff made a motion that the Board adopt the tentative budget for ; the fiscal year 1964-65, and set ' the tentative tax rate at $1.60 per $100 assessed property valu- ' ation. This motion was sec onded bv Commissioner Nixon. . c2m- w,as rHPrpl mihlishp.H The Board authorized the Sheriffs Department budget to' be amended $200 to come from surplus funds C. C. Banks,1 Veterans Service 0fficeri made his report tne goard Board voted to accept : bids for oil kerosene . to be used bv countv appnrips for fiscal year 1964-65 and the Board reserves the right to ac-. Cept or reject iany or all bids. ; The Board anoroved the beer license application submitted by Dillard L. Grimsley. It was voted that all county ; offices will be closed on Sat- - "ucri iridiuicws ' . . Robert S. Mathews, Doctor of '- .Medicine degree, is among the.. Ltn.., 1 nun n..v tt; . i sity students who received de- i Monday, June 1. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Mathews, formerly of Hertford now of Wakefield, Va. The 1964 class included stu dents from 43 states and 21 for- eign countries. Every major continent of the world was rep resented. - By KARIN FULFORD visitors. ,' 1 ; But her activities do not cease with domestic accomplishments. She plays ah Important and prominent part in the Home Demonstration Club and is presi dent of the . Bethel group, vice president of . the County Coun cil, a member of the Bethel Baptist Church and its Auxiliary. Everyone knows her to be a wonderful leader, charming hos tess. considerate neighbor and unlliner urrbrlrfel 1. -i r-. 'Who is this personification of all the virtues? 1 A member of our community whom, the Home Demonstration Club of Bethel Township is happy and proud ti nominate ' VCMAN OF ,T" ', MONTH 1L. 3 ELAINE F! ' LIPS- ' -
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