1 volume XXXII. Number 11 7 C:':coog'5I; 'Ah'cd 0 rf Lff , Sidney Harmon and John Beers, co-chairmen of the Ameri can Red Cross blood program in jrerquimans ; County, -were well pleased with the turnout of local residentST her Monday when;the oiooamooiie was heritor tne see ond visit of the year. One hand' red and six pints of Wood was oonated. by the Perquimans citi zens. -ii The quota was 85 pints, thus it wag well taken care of, with 106 pints of blood. Twenty were re jected. The co-chairmen had high praise 'or all who reported at the Mctho- ust Church to donate blood, where the unit was set up. They , especially . thanked Joe Dempscy, principal of the Pcr . quimans : Union School, who brought over students from his school that accounted for 39 pinto o f the blood and for seven re- ... JcctS,, .i ff ,. ,'. - .-' . i Harmon and ; 'Beers expressed their appreciation td all who hdped'in any way in the program and to the following persons who helped , at 'the church r Mrs. Rob ert White, Mrs. Evelyn Wlmd beo, Mrs. Edgar Lojig, Mrs. Mat ) tie Matthews .Mrsv,,.A.tfBe White, Mrs; Ray Haskett, ' Mrs. Clinton Eley, .Mrs.) Charles Murray, Mrs. Ruby Date-man,. Mrs Tom (Lizzie vLee) Cox, Mis. John Beers and " Mrs. Tom (Kitty) Brown. : Oiltatson TdenlnDsElh Robert Grooke Albertson, , 75, "former Commonwealth's attorney for Portsmouth .: and " In private practice there since 1945, died Friday in a hospital. , Albertson was appointed Com (noirwcalUt's attorney, in 1916 and Served until 1934. A graduate of Norfolk (Academy, "he received his bachelor of arts and law degrees from the University of Virginia: n a Richmond newspaper before ' beginning ' his law practice in Portsmouth in 1912. " ' -,, A "native Of Elizabeth 'City; ha was the son of Jonathan. White Albertson and Mrs; -. Bertha Vaughan' Albertson 'and husband f Mrs. Louise Garrher 'Albertson. He lived at 417 Middle Street in Portsmouth. .".'''. 1 ' He was a member : of Trinity Episcopal Church, Elks Lodge No. 82, Woodmen of the World Or der of Red Men and Knights of Pythias. : In addition to his widow, he is nurvived by- a daughter, .Mrs., P. N. DeVere of Chapel Hill; a son, Robert Brooke Albertson, Jr., of Portsmouth and ' a sister, Mrs. John I Shipley oif Elizabeth City. ' Funeral services were held Monday at 11 A. M. in Trinity Episcopal Church in' Portsmouth with burial at 1:30 in Holy Trin ity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Hertford. ; Eager Beavers Hold Meeting a The Eager Beaver ; 4-H Club Tiold its meeting 'March 3 at 7 :30 o'clock in Berea Church -.- of Christ Church. The meeting was called to order by the president Gary Eure led the 4-Hers with yhe pledges.' We then sang "My Country TTis of Thee" and "America The Beautiful" led by Claudia Stokely, Celan Cahoon (gave the devotion and Missouri Baleman led in prayer. Roll call and minutes; were read toy Carol Eure. Old and new business was discussed and barbecue tic- ! kcts given out to be sold.; Then ' 4wo interesting demonstrations were given. First Aid and How j to Apply First Aid by June Har ' rell. She showed, .how, . to give 1 artificial respiration with her.sisV iter JUL Joe Harrell then show ed the different "Kinds' of knots and how to tie them. The mcet . g was adjourned "with the club sFiotlo. Refreshments were" en yed by all. Mrs. Kelvin Eure uiiS hostess. Twenty-five were . resent with one new member. JIMMY HARWELL, , Reporter jrquini?."3 Commissioners 'ate To Do:ir.l3 To H6g Sale e Pei-qulmans County BomiiI 'ommissioiwrs consistinir of I. i-ivey, cbn- i, ",7. V. ttun- 0. t' I' . !.r 1 f 1 ' ' dcobolo FIWIsTfc: Future Homsmakerg of America will be even busier than' usual' from April 4th to 10th. . That is the week the half ' million members of this i national youth- organization observe National FH A Week. We salute the FHA members in the counties: Pasquotank, : Perquim ans, Camden, Currituck, Gates, Chowan, Washington, Dare and Tyrrell. Future Homcmakcrs of America arc - home economies students in junior and senior high schools. The organization founded 20 years ago, states as its creed: "We face tbs future withwarm courage' and high hope, . For we are the builders of homes for .America's- future. Hornet where living will be .the , expression of everything that i:good ami fair. Homes Where truth' and love and security '.And- faith will bj realities, not dreams." - : : "A national program of work guides the activities of individual FHA members and chapters. Pro jects, on this year's program arc: (1) - You and your values; 1.2) Focus on family friendship; (3) Marriage culls for preparation; (4) Stay in school; (5) Action for citizenship. -' AH projects Miss Aldridge stat ed, further FHA'a over-all goal, which is to help individuals im prove pergonal, family and com munity living. : Future Homcmakcrs of America is sponsored by the U. S. Office of Education and the , American Home Economics Association but receives its financial support from the dues of members. llbsslsFatel .1 I'1- i i Mrs' Mary . Broughton Harrell, 78, of 301 S. Church Street, died Tuesday morning at! 7:30 in the Albemarle Hospital following an illness of a month. A native of Perquimans County, she was the widow of Thomas E. Harrell and daughter1 of the late Thomas S. and Mrs. Mary Frances : Long Broughton. Before her retirement she had worked " as a clerk at Keith's Grocery and at Broughton Bros. Grocery. She was a member of the Hertford Baptist Church and the Helen Ga ither Home Dem onstration Club. i.'v .' Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Milton Dail, Sr., of Route 1, Hertford; three brothers, . L. ' L.. Broughton of Savannah, Ga., Sam Broughton of Portsmouth, VS., and Julian Broughton of Detroit, Mich.; six nieces and 17 nephews. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2:00 in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral ; Home by Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cedarwood Cemetery. ' - :"." ';.' The family will be at the home of Mrs. Milton Dail, Sr., Route 1, Hertford and Mrs. Charles Johnson of Front Street New Teachers Are On Faculty Students at Perquimans Coun ty High School are seeing three new teachers ' this week, The Junior Class welcomes Miss Peg gy Louclla Stocks who is re-. placing Mrs. Jack Brinn. Miss Stocks of Havelock is an East Carolina College graduate who majored in English. . Miss ..parlette Pace, a student teacher from East Carolina, ' is practice teaching in the Home Economics ' Department under Miss francos Newby. Miss- Pace comes from Durham County. Mrs. Joanne Stalling v who is taking a leave-of-absence, is be ing replaced by Mrs. R. E. Bag- ley of Sunbury. Mrs. Bagley is a commercial graduate from East Carolina College. the Welfare Departments.. The Hoard authorised the Coun ty Accountant, D. F. Reed, Jr., to iuvi-t $10,0''0 in en insured nuvn.s and loan association or bank. ( A l.i.I pcrtiiining to indexing 1 - ords was en- ! l-y - !, as was a ' "" : ' -i r'mmclg in , ar.J J X . Hertford, Perquimans County, orth Carolina, Friday, March 12, 1965. tn deplorable shape until a few hM lhree i iom T and dahte?' Students Tslie Battery Of Tests f More than 50. ninth ami tenth grade Perquimans Union . School student,? took the three-hour Na tional Educational Development Tests on Monday, March 8 ac cording to J. S. Midgcttc, counselor.--.."" -:: y; i. "Th'b iNEDT battery," he said, ''is a series of tests in -English, ijocial studies, mathematics, na tural sciences and word usage which: .have -been designed to mea sure each student's ability to ap ply basic ; learning skills rather than his ability to memorize par ticular -facts or -specific . subject matter. . N "They have been used in Per quimans Union School since 1959 as a help to students, parents nnd teachers in identifying strengths and weaknesses' in each student's educational development and in making a realistic appraisal of Continued on Page Three .. Distribution Of Food Kaxt Week Mrs. Gladys Morgan, : Surplus Food , Sunjsryispr inV.PeTquimaas Count;' "announced today; that! the next distribution of surplus fond fnr tiprnons in . Pprnnlmans County certified to receive food will be Monday, March ,15 and Tuesday, March 16, from 8:30 A. M., until 12 noon and ' from 1 P. M., until 4:30 P. M. Also on Thursday, March 18, from the hours of 8:30 A. M., until 12 P. M. Mrs. Morgan urges all those persons certified to receive the food to bring containers to put their food in and to remember the date, as -the distribution will be on the three days only. Active Sentence Given To Layden Ambrose C-; Layden, charged with reckless driving, was given 60 days on the roads in Per quimans County Recorders Court here last Tuesday by Judge Charles E. Johnson. Layden's sentence to be sus pended upon payment of $100.00 fine, court costs l come there from, and that Layden be placed under probation officer , for a period of two years. ; Cleveland E. Greene, charged with allowing his vehicle to be operated without liability insur ance and with failure to return drivers license and plates to the Department of Motor Vehicles upon demand, ; was given' a 30 day road sentence; the sentence to be suspended upon payment of $34 fine and court costs. Continued on Page Six ' ' , Wiley E. Welch Given Assignment X Army ' Specialist Fourth Class Wiley E. Welch, Jr., son of Mrs. Frances Welch, '. Route 3, Hert ford, recently reported for duty at .the U. S.f Army Electronic Proving Ground flit Fort Huachuca, Arizona. I The 22-year-old soldier entered the Army In November. 1962. and completed his basic - training Sat Fort Jackson. S. C, Before ar riving at the Electronic Proving Ground he -was stationed in Bob- lingen, Germany.- - He i-8 now assigned duties .ia. a telephone central operator with Company "C", 45lh Signal But- tulion. Established ng a cavalry oiit- post during the Indian uprisings in jW77, Fort Huachuca is now the home of the II. S. Army Ele tronic Proving Ground. ' The mis sion of the Proviiig Ground is the development, tesiing and evalua tion Of communication and elec tronic systems for the modern UI3ANS! WEEKLY ' I' : i:!-' years back before the death of M Pt8in WhU WM bor"- Representalivc Bill In House Archie T. Lane, Sr. Perquim ans County Representative In he Geneeral Assembly, introduced in the House iwt week a biJliHRnS . This bill, according to MrALune, is designed to clarify thelpuMic welfare laws with respect --to the operation of nursing homes anc: boarding homes by welfare ofLi cials and their' nilatiyes. " The payment of public welfare or jublie assistance fundrf. to a nursing home or -:: bearding; home owned or operated in whole, or in part -by; certain. 'individuals The statute as it presently; re-ads is not clear,- and its coverage is so broad that in sonic counties it covers bearding homes needed for the care of indigent aged nersons, : As the statute now stands, it applies' to a member of the State Board ;of Public Wclfai-e, a county welfare board' and a board (f county e-ommissHMicTs, and it ap plies to an employee of a state or county welfare department This coverage is certainly appro priate. But by its present-if orm, it apparently docs not apply to the spouse of a board member at em ployee, although it does apply to the relative of a spouse. , A re vision of the section to cjaruy this situation is desirable, i It also seems to apply to i per son "related tn ' the SDousef of ; a rt'la ffvt t r board memtfer 4 of' employee, and clearly this carrias the.-exclusion too far. - It is quite likely that ,this was not intended by the legislature when the law was enacted, but it is possible in terpretation of the present statute Lan explained. HB55 sets out clearly the cov erage.- Fayment of publiu welfare or public assistance . funds may not be made to a nursing home or ooai'uing nome operatco in whole or in part by the following individuals: (1) A member of the State Board of Public Wel fare or any county board of pub lic welfare or of any board of county commissioners) ; (2) Any official or employee of the State Department of Public Welfare or of any county department of pub lic, welfare; (3) A parent, grand parent, child, grandchild, brother Ernest T. Chappell Dies In Hospital Erncsl T. Chappell, 80, a na tive of Perquimans County, died in Park View Hospital in Rocky Mount last Friday morning, v.. He was a son of Tom and Mrs. Jane Blanchard ChappelL Sur vivors are a son, V. G. Chappell and two daughters, Mrs. J. C. Draper and ; Mrs. Dorothy C. Mitchell, all of Rich Square; four brothers, Luther " Chappell of Raleigh and Joe Chappell, Johnnie Chappell and Elbert Chappell of Belvidere; and a sis ter, Mrs. Lizzie C. Chappell of Belvidere. Five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive. si A building committee composed of (reading left to right) George Winslow, Thomas T, Nixon, Raymond Stanton. Joel Hollowell. Sr., and Earl Hollowell was congratulated by the president, Arvin Hudson at their regular Ruriian meMing held Tuesday night, on the fine job the group did in adding a new cement patch with steel posts to the Winfall Community Build ing; the work added much to the looks of the building. At the regular business session, the corn contest was discuss ed, sides were chosen to compete. The losing tide will enter luin line winners. The club and Us guests inducing Dick rawer, a member of the Board of Directors of Ruritan Na tsonctl, enjoyed a delicious supper served by the .Methodist CitUX .; : . ;,-.' 1 ; :.. .'':--- T 5. it" tit. mmmmBM r. White when il wai retored and " U "P" hY hw widow. Mrs. Thomas Skinner White. Sr Lane Puts Hopper ARCHIE T. LANE, SR. or sister of any beard member or employee; (4) A spouse of any board member or employee; (5) The spouse of a parent, child, brother or sister of any board member cr employee. The coverage is thus made clear, and it is limited to those persons who might bo in a posi tion to influence welfare deci sions. This was the intent of the flSHS' Gehoral AsuGmW.,' " wSlch originally enacted the present law, The Commissioner of Public Welfare and the (State Beard of Public Welfare have been con sulted about this matter. They support ' the bill on providing needed clarificatiton of. the law us providing -appropriate coverage, Representative Lane' concluded in his explanation of HB55. Senior 4-II Club Holds Meeting Perquimans County Senior 4-H Club met February 25 at the Agriculture Building. The pres ident, Joe Towe White, Jr., call ed the meeting to order by hav ing all present, say the 4-H pledge and pledge of allegiance to the American flag. Nancy Mathews, secretary,; checked the roll and read the minutes of the last meeting. Joe Towe and Nancy gave the devotion. Old and new business was transacted. Projects were se lected and tickets to the barbe cue chicken supper which will be Friday, March 2G, at the Per quimans County Central Gram mar School, from 5 until 7 P. M. were given to members to sell. The prospect of going to Senior 4-H Camp was also discussed. Billy Williams gave a report on his trip to National 4-H Con gress. The club enjoyed tasty refreshments while Billy told us about some of the scenes in Chicago as we viewed them on the- screen. CAROLYN WHITE, - Reporter v. I , ' J 1 ' : v yt 1 4r - I was Iheir Rotary Official ToVisit Hertford Wallace IT. McCown of Man teo, Governor of District 771 of Rotary International, world-wide service organization, arrives here tomorrow to visit the local Ro tary Club, one of Ihe 40 clubs in this District. In addition t.) addressing Hertford Rotarians at their meeting, he will confer with Riley Monds and Edison Harris, president of the Rotary Club of Hertford, and other club officers on Rotary administrative .matters and service activities of this club. Mr. McCown is an attorney in Manteo, and is a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Manteo. He was elected Dis trict Governor for 1964-05 at Ro lary's 19G4 convention in To ronto, Ont., Canada in June. He is one of 276 District Governors responsible for the leadership of more than 11,800 Rotary Clubs in 125 counties of the world, with a total membership of 553.000. "The Governor of our Rotary District," the president of the local club pointed out, "comes here not as an officer, but as a counselor to discuss such Ro tary matters as expansion of membership, greater, district and f international participationf -jflnd ways and means of developing worthwhile projects to honor our Founder, Paul Harris, in this 60th Anniversary Year. He also comes to give Rotarians here in Hertford a better understanding of the global organization and its efforts to further international understanding. Mr. McCown, before assuming his duties on July 1, 1964, at tended a nine day meeting at Lake Placid, N. Y., held to as sist Rotary Governors to better serve the clubs of their district Hertford Baptist Youth Week Set The Hertford Baptist Church, cooperating with Southern Miss ionary Baptist churches through out the United States is partici pating in Youth Week observ ance March 14-21. Youth Week, sponsored by the Training Union Department of each local church, provides the opportunity of learning by experience the re sponsibilities of church member ship. During this week the church offices and positions will be filled by the youth of the church. The highlights of the week are as follows: (1) March 17th (Wednesday) 7:30 P. M., Mid week Prayer Service will be conducted by the youth with Greg Beck, Youth Pastor, in charge. (2) March 19th (Fri day) 7:00 P. M., a sound color film on the life of Christ en titled "Day of Triumph" follow Continued on Page Three Monthly Meeting Held By lifers The Winfall 4-H Club held its monthly meeting on March 2, at the PCCGS lunchroom. Re freshments were served by Andy Elliott and Debbie Chcrrix be fore, the meeting. . The presi dent then called the meeting to order. ,: The secretary read the minutes of the last meeting. We gained, a new member for our club, Becky Elliott. We were given tickets for our bar becue chicken supper on March 26, 1965. We had two members sick, Nancy Tunnell and Debbie Cherrixl Deborah Smith made a motion that we send them a card. Sandra Smith seconded the motion. The president turn ed the meeting over to Deborah Smith and Sandra Smith. They gave a demonstration on Man ners, which was enjoyed by all. The meeting was then adjourn ed. ., DEBORAH LONG, Reporter - - the WhitM movpH L Cliaiabr issues Anoths! Statemsnt With Regards To Sewer Bond Election Hertford Stores Are Dressing Up Hertford merchants have be gun Spring cleaning and ready ing up for the busy Spring and Summer months. They started this week with several of the buildings alone Church Strop! Dusiness district getting new marquees installed on their store fronts. The marciue begins at Murrav Motor Parts building and takes in Gregory's. Dardnn Dent. Kt.nr and at this writing was reaching toward Hose s More. It is un derstood that the maronop will reach all the way to Harmon's Pharmacy. Landing Supply Co., is aoing tnc installation. Already Church Street has taken on a new and fresh look J. C. Blanchard & Comnanv across tne street, had a marquee installed on their store last year. If plans materializp. tnanv Hertford natives now living away won't recognize the old home town: it's finally gone modern, but with dignity and moderation. Services Held For Mrs. Raper Funeral .services for Mrs. Annie Inez Davis Rapcr, 76, who died Thursday, were held Sunday at 2:30 in the chapel of -the Swin dell Funeral Home by Rev. Nor man Harris, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church. "In the Garden" and "I Will Pilot Thee" were sunfT by Robert Givens, accompanied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organist. The casket pall was made of red -taticns, lilies, white snap dragons and baby's breath. Pallbearers were Preston Div ers, James Divers Bill , Divera, Halwood Divers, Willie Ainsley and Clinton Eley. Honorary pallbearers were C. J. Pritcliard, Jarvis Ward, Charles Johnson, Carroll Williams W. E. Nelson and Robert White. Burial was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. - Open House Set At Local Library People of Hertford and Per quimans County are reminded of the Open House being held Sun day, March 14, from 3:00 to 5:00 at the Perquimans County Li brary when a display of "Early ' Book Art" will ''be held. This! collection of 39 book leaves, all from the 1 51 h and 16th centuries is on loan from the.N. --C. Art Museum and is being sponsored! by the Hertford Business and Professional Women's Club. N. C. Art Museum Director, Dr. Justus Bier calls the book art items "examples of minor art, but great works of art nevertheless". He points out 'that the traveling exhibition "will bring to the galleries of the State works which can rival in quality the best of all times." PILGKIM CHURCH MAR. 12-21 Revival sen-ices will begin on Friday, March 12 and continue through Sunday, March 21, nt the R-iglcy .Swamp Pilgrim Church, Rev." Homer iSmith has announced. The visiting evangelist will be Rev. L. L. Langc of Thomasillc, N."C. 'Services will be held each even ing, cordial welcome is issued all to attend. Hertford BPW Others In Big The Hertford Business and i Professional Women's Club, along with other clubs over tho na tion, are observing National Bus iness and Professional Women's Week from March 7 to 13. The local club with Mrs. Carolyn Faye R. Fowler as chairman of BPW Week, is having a display in one of the local store win dows to highlight activities of the week. On Wednesday, several mem bers of the club plan to be in Raleigh when State Legislative Day will be observed. At this time, members will be -acquainted with the work of the Gen eral Assembly. Then at 3:30 P. M., they will attend a tea given by Mrs. Doa & Moore, at On February.'. 26,.-the Perquim ans County Chamber of Commerce board of directors voted unani mously in favor of endorsement ox r..e saie ot general obligation bonds for the purpese ot ctf-i-struction of waste treatment fa cilities in Hertford. Dick Lowrance executive man ager of the Chamber of Commerce, stated that "the passing of a gen eral obligation bond issue would save the citizens of Hertford countless dollars. The waste treatment facilities must be buiit in the near future, and revenue bonds cim bo expected to curry a much higher interest rate. There fore, the passing of a general ob ligation bond issue will allew tin Hertford municipality to comply with the laws relating to stream sanitation in the most economical way." The Chamber of Commerce urges the citizens of Hertford to cast their ballots in favor of a general bond issue as soon as practical. Now, this week, Ths Perquim ans WVekly received the following letter from the Pi rquiinans Coun ty Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: "The members of the Perquim ans County Chamber of Commerce board of directors endorsed a pro posed bond issue for tlie Town of Hertford due to the fact that it will save its citizens mny dol lars in tax money. The Cham ber of Commerce did not acenpt or reject the proposed location for the waste -treatment plant a 1 we have no comment .whatsoever pertaining to tile 'proposed loca tion of the same. The Chamber of Commerce supports any nnd all projects that help the people of Hertford and a!l other town ships within the county. We .sin cerely hope that you will explain to your subscribers the thoughts of the Chamber of Commerce per- taiMuig mj me ooiui issue. We here at The Perquimans Weekly printed the endorsemi nt or first notice from the Chamber of Commerce that appears in the hist part of th(s story, just as '.it ciime in to us. We did not change or alter their statement in any way. We did, however, tie on at the bottom of their story which ended in quote marks, a pai-a-giaph or two rt'ating to a map that the Town of Hertford had in the same issue for the purpose of shewing the location. We did not sy that the Chamber of Commerce favored or did not fav or the- location or site. We only printed their endorsement to tliu voting on the proposed bond i. ;ui . Wo certainly hope thai, this clarifies the .situation' . to the Chamber of Commerce and to ihu public. An editorial in The Perquim ans Weekly also endorsed the bond issue and stated why the people should vote for it. We 'did net' endorse the location. The loca tion, at the time of the editorial writing was not even considered as it is a separate thing from the bond issue cloctir;i. Jerry Sullivan's Work On Display : Jerry J. Sullivan, son of Mr. nnd Mis. Henry C. Sullivan, a fresh, man at Appalachian State Teach ers College, has an exhibit in the show of drawings and prints or iginating at the ASTC frem col legcs in Tennessee, Virgini.i, North 'Carolina, South Carolina now on exhibit in the 'Appalls-i-hian gallery of the Fine Arts Building in Boone, N. C. Perry Kelly, painter and State Art Supervisor, was the juror. He selected the works of Mike Goins cf F.ast Carolina College and Lynn Adkins of ASTA for pur chase prizes. These will become a part of the ACTC permanent collection of student work. The exhibit opened on March 1 and closes on March 25. Club Joins Anniversary the Governor's mansion. During the day, the local ihembers will also go to the N. C. Museum of Art where they will be able to see the original paintings of Gov. John White. These paintings, on loan from the London Museum, are only being shown in three places in the United States an,d Raleigh is one of these. To end the week, the Hert ford Business and Professional Women's Club will have an open house on Sunday, March 14 at the Perquimans County Library where they will have 39 dis plays of Old Book Art shown. The hours for showing are 3:00 to &.-00. Mrs. Ann Elliott Young is president of the local BPW group , . . '. - , 'i-rr Q