XXI. Number.
"Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 25, 1964."
5 Cents Per Copy
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A shining star arid three Wise Men, , -1 " ';
And Bethlehem so quiet and still,
. And there we have a Christmas card
To send to friends as good friends will', -
Tho Bethlehem, the three Wise Men, , . '
The shining star, all make a lovely view, ' v
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They bear a message from friend to friend
That's more than just a 'card can do. 7.
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' WlLBORNE HASKELL.
:Pc!!::x Cliins.' Are
3 Vcscination Jan. 10
. : Thirty-seven public clinics,
mostly in the schools, will be in
operation from noon to 5 P. M.,
on Sunday, January. 10, to. give
; residents 9f ; a nine county area
. in Northeastern North Carolina
their -second dose; of .Sabin oral
, polio vaccine. " , '
. "We have made a few changes
, ( Y S'mie clinic locations in sonic
t nine counties, but most of
-. . . :.l -W" the? amriai" can
y, 'November 13," ' (reports
Dr.
ch
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P. Brinn ;.of Hertford,
i of the Stop' Polio Com
e c ' the First District Medi-
jciety.
- il" e nin,counties in which the
campaign fa being held are Ber
tie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Hertford, Pastjuo
" tank and Perquimans. ' ; .
"l!-jre than 52,000 residents of
the nine county area - received
tl;s. first dose of the vaccine on
Jay, November 15, and in
t': ' e-up clinics the
v" k..
following
' Tr residents missed the first
d;.e. we want them to take the
t" . i dose on January" 10, get
t' 3 t",.ird dose on February' 21
a.. 1 then get tho dose they
rniticl following' the end of he
camp 5n" Dr. Brinn explained.
A contribution of 25 cents per
dose is being requested to help I '
Cor ! .4 oa Pas SSecUoa 1
Iternal.Love
' '"Tt tho season to be jolly."
Pic : r of folks are complaining
hristmas" isn't what it
be. -They say stacks of
, s cards, frantic last-
; . shopping; i don,'t make
i is. That's ""What" they
. the way "they" said it.
. ; 2 it's the wonderful holy
ii The tnno to check your
ii.' Did you remember
.' Forget what you, have
- ' nr others 'and remember
at others have 'done for
think that you owe the
forget your, complaints
r.-aund you for a place
a few seeds', of happi-
oop down and consider
and desires of little
remember the weak-
; , loneliness of people
owing oldr bear in
J! :s that other pco
t I ;r in their hearts.
i ;it 1 jve . is stronger
C'rorcar thftii evil,
v than death, and
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Two Complete
felns Course
lnRtd!:!ogy" v
"With. the "pacing bt the final
exaiinaUen ioif Deeemfeep 19,"
Sam Long and Talmage Rose,
Jr., completed the radiological
monitor instructors course in
Edentoa and were awarded their
instructors certificates. .
This course is given by ' the
University , of North . Carolina
Extension Division under the
Oiyil : Defense Training Program-.
' . '
' The purpose of this course is
to prepare ; instructors who, In
turn will conduct courses in
their, own county jfof persons
.jogieaj, monitors for that county.
A survey is being made to
i ascertain the number of radio
logical monitoring stations need
ed in, this county. It is .esti
Conlinued on Pag 4. Section
l!:rtfcrd!Etre
Author Of Bc3k
Thomas J. Nixon III, a native
of Hertford now living in. "Wil
son, N. C, son of Mrs. Thomas
J. Nixon, Jr., of Front Street, is
the ' author of a book ' entitled
"A Pinch of Salt," its salty
poems about Nags Head; Outer
Banks ' characters and the sea.
It is highly" entertaining and ;a
moat attractive book, as the
ipoems'Sn the book are profusely
illustrated by another Perquim
ans" County : native, .Mrs: Enola
Nixon Smith, i, a resident of
Edcnton. . ' .' '
As one, who-is the proud own
er of one' of these books, I high
ly recommend- at. . ' They are
priced so that you can afford a
copy, even if you are on a bud
get. Harmon's . Pharmacy - has
this book for sate, and if they
can't supply your demand, you
may , write,' to : Pinch, Box 1 1366,
Wilson, N. C.
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Jair.es Stokely, Jr.,
Ccnplets Course
Pvt. James R. Stokely, Jr..
whose parents live "on Route 3.
Hertford.' ''completed"''-' an-- eight
week supply clerk course under
the Reserve Enlistment Program
iat the Army Training iCenter'at
Fort Polk, La., on December 18.
Stokely received asic train
ir at Foit Gorion, Ga.
The-. 1 year old soldier was
raJ-".tcl ,from, .Perquimans
C(,j' "y "Ijh St-hool in 1CC3, and
v r j tiiiployei by the Albemarle
" ' i i : r . nt Company of
'i Cy I "r,e riir? or.
LocclFair.:rs,
FavcrPDDJt
Referendum -
Peanut growers overwhelming
ly voted to. continue the assess
ment on theii- crops at 2 cents
per . 100 pounds for the years
19l5, I960 and 1967, according to
Mutton Beach, Jr., president of
the North Carolina Peanut Grow
ers Association. - There were
2C482 voting f or the . continua-1
tion of the assessment in the re
cent ""referendum fid1 520 who
voted against the continuation.
According to Mr.. Beach, these
preliminary figures Indicate t s
support of 98.1 in favor. Joe
S.! Sugg, executive' secretary of
the North- Carolina Peanut
Growers ' Association, said that
this was a clear vote of confi
dence on the part of the grow
ers for the board of directors
and the administrative officen
of the. association, who have
oecn responsible for administer
ng the funds collected under
this program in the promotion
of . production,, marketing and
consumption " of peanuts. I Mr.
Sugg, was very high in praise of
the commurutyi .county 'and state
workers who, actively participat
ed in getting out; thU, the larg
est vote in; the history of the
Peanut Growers ? Association,
which bega'n' iri 1953, this vote
being 9.000 more than the - larg
est received in the past Refer
enda. '
The prelimisary vote tabula
tions by Perquimans County
was 184 for and 10 against, i
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Cereful Driving
The best Christmas gift ' you
can give your family this year
is a safe and joyous Yuletidc,
making sure that you don't be
come one of the 39 unfortunates
who the N. C. State Motor Club
preduicts will be killed on North
Carolina ' streets and highways
during the-Christmas and. New
Year's holidays. - -Both
holidays will be official
ly counted as three day holidays
-78 hours pcriodsnd the club
combined the projected forecasts
of 23 Christmas fatalities and
18 for.Ncw Year's. '
North Carolina will count its
Christmas trafic, deaths from 6
P.- M., Thursday, December 24,
through midnight Sunday, De-
cember 27, and I its Newjfear
fatalities from 6 P. M., Thurs
day, December 31, through id
night Sunday, January 3.
While the club's estimate is
based on past experience, the
number of fatalities could be re
duced if all motorists observe
the basic safe driving rules. ' '
Accident . records . reveal that
the , Christmas season claims
more lives on the highways than
any - other holiday .period.
Cristmas Eve is the most dan
gerous day of the year, and De
- Cont'd, on Page 4 Section 1
pest Christmas
1 965 Automobile Plates Co On Sale Saturday, January 2
li's license re-plating time the; department's .' Registration, of the (vehicle,' your last, year's
again in " North (Carolina.. De
partment of Motof Vehicle offi
cials, say 2.225,000 application
cards were mailed in mid-December
to motor vehicle owners
who had - their motor vehicle
registered' at that time.
Miss Foy , Ingram, director of
TATW I
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ONE
DETAIL
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One of the most important details
around our Christmas workshop is saying
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Thank You to the finest, friendliest folks
in the world . -. our customers. It's always
--"pleasure to visiOvith you . . . always a. :
- privilege to serve you. Our heartiest best
wislifes to you at Christmas.
Sincerely,
The Perquimans VecMy
Virginia W. Transeau, Editor
Physicians Plan
Series Of Meetings
Viiral infections, ' brain dis
orders, psychiatric problems and
birth control pills will be
amnnd lh tmirs Hisnutftor! fur
Eastem North Carolina and Vir-
ginia physicians at a series of
medical meetings in Edcnton and
Kenans ville beginning in Jan u-aryi'-V'V'.;.
A postgraduate course in medi
cine for Physicians in 15 North
Carolina counties and two $Vir
ginia counties will be held at
'the ' Edcnton Restaurant begin
ning January 13. It is spon
sored jointly by the First Dis
trict Medical Society, the Uni
versity of North Carolina School
of Medicine and the UNC Exten
Conlinucd on Page S. Section I
Division, says, "If by January 1
you . haven t received the all-, and address. '.'
important registration cards, let The 1964 plates expire Deccm
us know at once." ber 31 and their use beyond thai
The proper procedure is to
write tne Department of Motor are duly registered by the de
Vehicles, -Raleigh. : Cfive the partmcnt to tho vehicle on which
make and identification number. Continued on Page Section k
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tZl CM5D0CX ST. '
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Two PlenTo Go
To Mexico City
Christmas will be around a
little longer this year for J. F.
Mansfield and II. J. Scarf of
Hertford. They are packing for
a trip to Mexico City the mid
dle of January. Mr. Mansfield
of Hertford Motor Company, the
Mnssey-Ferguson dealer,' paid
them way to Mexico by his sales
performance during the past
year. w-.
As part of one of the most
complicated industrial air char
tors ever carried out, they will
be airlifted into Mexico in com
pany with 300 other dealers
fc;om more than 40 take-off
points in Canada arid the Unit
ed States. ; Each ; group will
. Continued on Page 5. Section 1
tag number and your full name
date is permissible only if they
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College Students
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uecemDer ii tihs om-n ac.s
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SIR-
natcd as Baptist "Student Night
at inistmas" throughout the;
Southci n Baptiat . Convention.
Its purpose is (1) to emphasize
the place of importance which
college students have in the
work of the Kingdom of God and
(2)) to provide opportunity for
the college students to reveal
what they can do and what they
are doing in the Kingdom of
Sunday flight
rfA
' , .,' Corporal Lcrri S. Mciggs of
On Sunday evening at 7:30 1C state Higllw;iy Pjtr js
the college students at the Hert- U1.ging safe dl.iving over the
ford Baptist . Church will con, hoi;days. he said, 'Ticre will
duct the evening worship scr- hc a greatly incrcascd vu!ume o
vice. Fnank Ain.ley w. 1 bring tl.avcl on strccU and hiehwavs.
the message, Billy and Harnett children, released from school,
Williams will assist in playing and collegG studcnli 0 lcave of
the organ and piano, Gail John- absence, will be .using streets
?on will render special music, ,and highways to a grcater cx.
Charles Woodard will lead in the tent . Military ,pei-so.inel, as
ordcr of worship and Price signed cave of abse wiu bc
Monds, Howard Robertson, John traveling great distances in
Stallings and Bobby Reed will many instances.
;crvo as ushers. The increase i shopping move-
.Thc Hertford Baptist Church mcnt wjll risult jn addcd ex.
extends an invitation to all to n05UIC to tlafflc accidcnts for
ittend this service.
Traffic Violations
Feature Session of
Recorders Court
Twenty-nine ; traffic violations
made up -.the court docket in
Petquinjans. Recorders Courthere
Tuesday bctore Judge I' Charted fc
Johnson. Joseph R. Forehand was fined
$60,25 i: and court costs on a
charge of speeding 80 miles per
hour in a 60 mile zone.
Others charged with specdine
were: ' Kenneth G. Woodruff,
who was also charged without a
valid operators license. $30 fine
and court costs; Bruce A. Dar
lington, speeding y5 miles in .a
41 zone, $17 fine and court
costs. Darlington noted appeal.
Rudy Lee Turner, driving on
wrong side of road and posses
sion of whiskey with the seal
ra-onen, was iwcn v -uu
oosw; wauer v. ftuicrmK,
costs; C. Earl White, $20.25 and
costs; Roger D. Schiefer, $26;
Ben T. Dyches. $20.25 plus the
casts; Dcwitt Harden, Robert II.
Continued on Page 5 Section 1
Greenville Man Is
Killed In Accident
Theron C. Nelson, 46, of
Greenville was fatally injured
early Saturday morning in a
single car accident on U. S. 17,
about five miles north of Eden
ton. State Trooper R. W. Rawls re
ports that Nelson and a com
panion, J. C. Dixon, 43, of Nor
folk, Va.; were riding in a 1958
Chrysler which went out of con
trol, clipped off a telephone pole
and overturned several times.
Nelson 1 apparently died , in
stantly and Dixon is hospitalized
at Chowan Hospital in a satis
factory condition.
Patrolman Rawls said the ac
cident occurred shortly after
midnight Friday on a sharp
curve near the intersection of
U. S. 17 and highway 37. The
officer said the victim, who was
driving the vehicle, apparently
lost control of the car as it en
tered the curve.
BURGESS CLUB' ENJOYS .
GALA CHRISTMAS PARTY
Members of the" Burgess Home
Demonstration Club entertained
their husbands at a Christmas
party ; Wednesday night at the
Agricultural Building.
A turkey supper with all tho
trimmings was served to ' about
25 guests. Bingo .was played.
after which ' the group , Bang
Christmas carols.. ,u,-
Each person present received
40 Men Chosen To Serve
As Jury men For Term Of
Superior Court On Feb. 1
Meiggs Urging
Safe Driving
Over Holidays
multitudes.
Normally the purchasers of
the use of alcoholic beverages
arc increased greatly. ' This, in
evitably iresults in increased
drinking driver violations.
Speed violations increase in
the season characterized by
''hurry."
Driving conditions'' will most
probably.-., be more 'dangerous,
winter conditions, heavy traffic
and early darkness.
Cont'd, on Page 4 Section 1
Throughout this Christmas
issue . of your Perquimans
Weekly the merchants and
business concerns of Perquim
ans County arc sending you
their "Greetings" in apprecia
tion for their association with
unrig Hie past year of
1964.
Please take time out to
read Cach of Ihcsc "Greetings"
fls tlrv ;lr(. scnt t() yw m()st
c;n,.r(,iv
by your friendly
businesses .here in our own
town and count v.
Local Doys Receive
Greetings
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Fred Murray (left), ' Scoutmaster John Ward (center) and Lee
Tunnell (ri
are shown in the
ing of the Eagle Scout Award
nell and Fred Murray of Boy Scout Troop 155 of Hertford received
the Eagle Scout award recently at a meelinoi held in the Perquim
ans Court House. Lee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. So L. Tunnallf
1 Fred is the son oi Mr. and Mrs.
'members of the order of Tne Arrow, an honor achieved only br
n outstanding Camper and Scout. Both bovs are under IS
khooL According l0 Scoutmaster John Ward, to receire the honor
of Eagle Scout you hare to be outstanding tn Mveral fields, umi
j of which are swimining, Ufesaving, citiie" Llo in the comr jnity
nd nlion' Soil aod Water Conservation, tlrst Aid, campuig, Cwok'
Forty citizens have been
drawn for jury duty during the
Superior Court team in Perquim
ans County scheduled for the
week of February 1,' 1965.
Names of jurors drawn to
serve during the term are as
follows:
Oras W. Winslow, Hey wood
Martin, Edwin S. White, Asa E.
Stallings, Blount Euro, Redmond
S. Perry. Sr., Fleetwood L. Har
rell. W. Raymond Stanton, Billy
Batcman, Seth Long, Sr., Wil
liam Johnson Downing, iCalvm
M. Bundy, Murray Elliott, Law
rence C. Corprcw, Lerdy Dail.
Spurgeon Lane, Jl-ssc Thomas
Winslow, Linwood J. Lamb, Os
car N. Chappell, Graham E.
Wood, Joseph Meads, Dempocy
A. Winslow, J. D. Boston, James
G. White, Willie Pierce. Sr.,
Harvey R. Chappell, Joseph M.
Stallings, James T. Nixon, Wil
liam ColluoiV, James Elwooi
Perry, William Clint-m Coj-clar-l,
Walter B. While, David Lcroy
Nixon, Fred Lee Jones, Mclvin
Rounlrcc. J. II. Buglcy, Ernest
W. White, Adrien J. Smith, Jr.,
and Willhm Frecland Elliott.'
Christmas Theme
At Society Meeting '
. '1
The Women's Missionary So
ciety of Berca Church of Christ
hr-d ..its.; December- meeiratr-- rt
the home of Mrs. Garland Eurs.
The meeting was called to
order by the president, Mrs.
Belvin Eure, with all singing
"Joy to The World". Mrs. Whit
Cartwright led in prayer.
The minutes were read and
roll called by the secretary, Mrs.
J. D. Yeates. Sixteen members
were present.
Mrs. Garland Eurc gave as
the devotional Luke 2:1-14.
"Vul Irtur iliff AViti Kluv' time rrl
by Mrs. Garland Eure. .Mrs.
Guy Webb, Jr., led in prayer.
Mrs. Delwin Kmc read "Con-
,slanl Christmas". "A Recipe for
Christmas" was given by Mrs.
..Si,,..t .:.., W.1S .1SP(1 th
closing song with Mrs. Herman
' Caddy rendering the benediction.
High Scout Award
above photo following the receiv
by Tunnell and Murray. Lee Tun-
Chariot Murray. Both boy are
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a Christmas gift .; . , !" f'"0".." :VZ'"..'tuTh., ' . ' ' . .