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MANS WEEKLY ' J. 3' .'01 '1 Vol XXXII.-No. 34; ' John.,T. Biggers, Perqulm-, ans County School Superin tendent,' announced tjere j to day that 2,450 students tri tering school on the opening day, Wednesday, September 1, will ' find everything in readiness for the new school term 1965-66. V " According to Supt. Biggers, the following teachers were approved for , t h e school year 1965-66; - Maryann Robertson Bunch, Esther Holley, ; Marylene Jones, Evelyn Battle, Betty Jean Sawyer, Lillian James, Ruby M. McCoy, Gladys Marie Felton and Ernest W. Coles, - Resignations of Bettie C. Johnson, Thomas E. Dolden and Judson Briley have been accepted. -:V-Pv. ;'..'-:'-' The ; Perquimans !'' County Board of Education met in special session Monday, and upon a motion seconded to grant the request ; for reas signment of the following students; Flora Ann Jen nings; and Frances Dunlap to Perquimans High School; Melvin Felton and Julie Har vey to ; Perquimans Union School and Ethel 'Flythe to King Street School. Upon request the 1 following stu dents were assigned to Hert ford Grammar School: David Brillianet, Randy Simmerson, Barbara Ford, Randall Har rell, Ann Read, Elizabeth Read, Noah Bunch, Faye Bunch, Janet Bunch, Debbie Cherrix, Loretta Lawson anl two children from the Stale go family. Marion Riddick was em- ! ployed as attendance coun- seior for 1969-60. , All fees charged pupils at the schools will . remain the same, as last, year excepL no supplementary! . book fee will be charged., , ; - A contract- submitted to the board by Fenton Hurdle v: to futnishmilfc to jrll tchEl lunchrooms at a cost of 07 . per : one4ialf pint was ap- . & proved. - -,- i- . f A 5 : increase in salary :. schedule for; janitors and maids - with a few adjust v ments was approved by the board. Bus drivers for all school buses were .approved as sub' mitted by the principals and approved by the superinten dent. ' Supt. Biggers reviewed for -information or board mem' bers.the work that has been done in preparing for the opening of school September 1. He stated that every school was in good condi tion and ready for the child ren. .-. Planning conference was held by. Supt. Biggers on Friday August 20, with ail principals and supervis ors. All principals are in . their offices .now and any one may call on them for information .concerning . their school. The - driver education pro . gram was completed " last week. This . program gave v training instruction to 130 boys and girls. They spent 30 hours of . actual driving and 12 hours-observing. The three instructors drove more d" than ,13,000 miles in this program. . Supt. Biggers in announo ing the s completion of the driver training program, - thanked the automobile deal ers of Perquimans County for their part in providing cars. A Ford was furnished by the Winslow - Blanchard Motor Company, a Dodge by Towe Motor Company and a Chevrolet by the Holloweil Chevrolet Company. On FrLy, August 20, the suDerintemient had a meet' i ina . of ell principals and j supervisors in his office for the purpoi s of planning ae tails neces sary for a success; I fill openh of schools. ! There will be a meeting I of all teach irs in the county Conf i Ft-9 9 t By cz:cer Group 'The Perquimans County unit of the American Can rer Society will hold its . nuarterlv meeting on Won- day, August 30 at 7:30 In the Municipal Building. Dr. R. L. Foston, pro- ' 'm ch r ; V.-I1 tzv9 tn rtin i to te e' w i invi'.-S ' " C?neral pub- to attend : ,;i meeting. cf - ' lou.l iia Th Hertford t Police De partment has equipped the local patrol cars with new lights; they are blue ' When you see : : car displaying them you will know that they are law enforcement of ficers, and that, the blue lights mean for you to stop. The new lights were re cently installed as part of a program 'designed to more readily identify police ; ve hicles and. distinguish them from ; other, emergency ve hicles which will continue the use of the red flashing lights. ' The use of blue v lights on the law enforcement cars was enacted by the last leg islature after . recommenda tions from law enforcement associations and - others con cerned, including traffic safe ty 'organizations who- felt that some means of more readily identifying police cars was necessary. fvrvafw. .J?s:wiir be held at ii.agiey fwamp riignm Church beginning Frl d a y night, August 27, at 7:45 through September 5. Rev. J. B. Stutts, pastor of ML Zion Pilgrim Church, near Thomasvllle, N. C, Is the engaged evangelist Special music will be presented each evening during the services by Rev. Stutts and his wife. An invitation is extended to the public to attend the ser vices by he new pastor, Rev. Verlin .W. Busick. fMetllogs iOl .1965 has been a profitable year for those farmers that have had market hogs to sell. - Top hogs have ' been selling for about 20 cents for several weeks and have been as high as 25c per lb. Even with the prices like this there are still unprofitable breeding stock kept on many farms.. . . The prospects' for good prices in 1966. appear yery good- and with the pres ent ' price as high as it is, there is a . wonderful oppor tunity for hog producers to cull out the sows and boars that have not proven to be good breeding stock. This includes old sows that do not have many pigs or boars, where pigs do not grow as fast as they should or do not have the type that' the mar ket desires. ; There are many times where the money from an old sow will replace a bred gilt in your herd. There are a qouple of sales coming up in the next . few weeks in Perquimans Coun ty. , On Friday, September 3 at 1:00 on the farm of C C, Chappell & Son in Belvidere, they are offering for sale 25 boars, 50 open gilts, and 25 guts of tne uuroc oreea,,i,pn Tuesday, September 1, M P.. mi at their farm, they are offering for' sale Black Po land China Gilts and Boars. This will give producers in the Albemarle Area a won derful opportunity 'jo1 get new breeding stock on the farm. "If you have not done so, we would suggest that you look through your herd and decide if you are' interested In culling or replacing," states Mr. R. M. Thompson, County Extension Chairman.' Catalogs for these sales are available by contacting Clar ,3rce Ch-r'-'l. Jr., Ft. 2, Ecl v rs C. il . , ... I The above photo of the Perauimans County Jail was taken last Saturday morning when it was found that Link O'Neal, being held in the jail for murder of his wife, had removed bricks from his cell and escaped. O'Neal is shown following his arrest and return to the jail. He left Wednesday for a 90-day road stretch meted out Tuesday for breaking jail. - .. ' . Jack VUliams Award Winner Jack Williams, Elizabeth City studio photographer, to day won : eight convention ribbon awards, including a blue ribbon bridal portrait, thereby earning a certificate of credit toward the Degree of Fellow of Photography from ; the Virginia Profes sional Photographers' Asso ciation. All of Williams' studies won ribbons in com petition with 393 entries and are on display at the VPPA convention salon. They were judged by a panel of master photographers . from the national association of Professional Photographers of America. Williams won a blue rib bon for his outstanding black and white Madonna bridal portrait of Mrs. Grace Townson Grasty of " Char lotte, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Townson, ' Jr, of . Edenton. Williams also won second place red ribbons in "direct- color .pictorial", photography, 1 featuring a Carolina swamp stream' near Hertford; "direct-color ; illustratiye," fea turing an v antique , fighter Aircraft, - and In " "direct-color of women,", featuring an out door portrait oi jars, wiarge Hall. 6t Elizabeth City. White' ribbons also "were won by Williams for three brush oil tapestry paintings of Miss , DeAnn t)rumright and iC. V ' C. I . Drumright of Elizabeth City and Miss Catherine Forehand of Eden ton. A fourth white ribbon was earned for a black and white child's study of Paige Levey,, daughter of -. Mrs. James Levey of Elizabeth City. - Trueblood Child Dies Tuesday Ricky . Wayne Trueblood, Jr., infant - son of Ricky Wayne and Mrs. Doris Lowe Trueblood of - Winfall, died Tuesday morning in Albe marle. Hospital., Surviving' besides his par ents are his maternal grand parents, Mr. and. Mrs. Rich ard Lowe of Gatesviile; his paternal grandparents, ; Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Trueblood Of Winf all and his paternal great grandmother, Mrs. An nie Hurdle. ; ; ' ; ; " Graveside V services were held Wednesday at 10:30 in Cedarwood Cemetery by Rev. Frank Parhami pastor of the Epworth Methodist Church. The casket pall was. made of pink roses, white: carna tions and fern. Riddick Reports Sale Of Bonds Cash sales of U.. S. Sav ings Bonds in Perquimans County amounted to $2,138 in July. For the first seven months of this vear .E and H Bonds' " sold totaled $25,- 493, which;, represent ;o per cent " of the county's bond quota for this , year; according to , a report j re ceived today from R. M. Riddick, Perquimans County volunteer bond chairman. - 1 State-wide, bond sales for July were $4,046,178, Cum ulative sales for the year totaled $30,323,518. This is 57.1 per cent of the state's annual ouota of $53,100,000. Percentage-wise, sales in the state were off 5 per cent in July and for January throw i July showed a de- clUia xf leas than 2 per centl Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. BViday, August 27, 1965. link O'Neal Is Captured Link O'Neal, 35-year-old man being held in the Per quimans County jail, charg ed with the murder of his wife, was given a 90-day road sentence in Perquimans County Recorder's Court here Tuesday . by Judge Charles E. Johnson. O'Neal broke out of his dell in the Perquimans jail sometime Friday night. He removed the bricks from the wall and escaped. He was picked up in Elizabeth City Monday morning by Police Chief W. C. Owens and Of ficer George Boyce. He was tried Tuesday morning on charges of breaking out of jail, destroy ing county property, remov ing mortar and bricks from the side of the jail build ing..1. : Probable cause was found irt the case charging Arthur Lee Jones, 18, with break ing, entering and larceny at the home of Jake L. White, Jr., on Route 1, Hertford. ; The remainder of the dock et consisted of traffic viola tions) ' Robert; R. Morgan, rharned with reckless' driv ing, .was' fined $25 and courtj costs. -',':.:."" ' r i Milton!' J. Walker.i charged without a valid operator's .license, was - fined' $25 . and taxed with the ::costs. ' -. Willie C; Hughes, charged with- speeding,- was i fined $25.25 and costs;' Jigrry T. Daugherty, speeding, $10.25 and costs;; John L. Fayton, speeding, $10 ' and costs; Rhonda Lee Dewitt, speed ing, $10.25 fine and costs. Braxton . Y, Godfrey, J r., driving faster 1 than reason able and prudent under ex isting conditions, ' $5.25 fine, plus the court costs. Richard O. Bell,; failing to drive same on right half of roadway, court costs. Ernest W. Larkin, III, im proper passing, costs of court. ." '" . Elisha D. . Russell, without having a valid license, $25 fine and court costs. " Jeremiah Peele, improper passing, . court costs. Robert R. Boyce, improper muffler, court costs. William R. Ashley, Jr., failing to give proper turn signal before turning, court costs. ' .. : '',:'-''. ' . Mitchell D. Edwards, with out a Valid chauffeur's ' li cense, court costs.: Gene O. Yohn, failure to drive, same, right side of highway, court costs. Charlie L. Welch, failure to stop at a duly erected stop1 sign, court costs. Secondary Roads Funds Announced Perquimans County shared in the $16 million secondary road funds with $54,700 al lotted. The number of un paved miles of roads in Per quimans as of January 1, 1965, was 08.3. The county allocation being $54,700 for the fiscal year 1965-66. The. money was allotted on the basis of number of miles of secondary roads in the state which, wpa. divided in to the' money available. LANE BUYS REGISTERED ABERDEEN-ANGUS BULL : W. E. Lane of Hertford recently purchased an Aberdeen-Angus bull from Aber an Herd of Edgehill, Shad well, Va. . i.. ',: MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED ' Mr. and Mrs. Luther Chap pell' announce 1 the marriage of their daughter Lessie Ma rie to Donald Edward Saw yer, son of . Mrs. Es telle Col lins of Tyner. , A September 4 wedding ia plaiined. A Look Backward As Foand la The rerqalauMM Weekly File of Y eatery ear AUGUST 1938 Birthday Dinner: Mrs. G W. Fields entertained i number of young friends o. her son George at a birthday dance on. Monday evening Those invited were: Misse. Ruth Nachman, Virgini: White, Gracp Knowles, Marj Thad Chappell, Alice Rober son, Lila Budd Stephens Margaret- Broughton, Mar guerite Ward, Ruth Hollo well, Maewpod Pierce, Hat tie Pearl Nowell, France! Newby, Anna Penelope Tuck er, Ruth Winslow, Genevs White, Anne Tullis Felton Julia Broughton, Ellie Ma. White, Katherine Jessup Nancy Darden, Blanche Moore Berry, Marie Ander son, Katherine Leigh, Mary Morris, Annie Miller oi Elizabeth City, Dorothy Hol loweil of " Hobbsville, Julia Campen of Ahoskie, and Bill Cox, William White, Mac Mullan Whit. Holloweil Nix on, Tim Brinn, Willian Hardcastle, : Billy Umphlett Fred Campen, Charles Clark Paul Tucker, Jarvis Ward Herman Ward, Clarke Stokes Zach Harris, Watt Winslow James Divers, Darius El liott, Frank; Jessup, Charle Harrell, David,. Broughton Harrell ' Johnson, - Durwood Reed, Zach - White, Buddj Cannonv James Robert White Ben Koonce and Haywoo Divers. i . Miss Edith Everett Chosen To Represent Perquimans in Beauty .Queen Pageant: Miss Edith Everett has been cho sen , "Miss: Perquimans" tc represent this county in the celebration of the opening oi the Albemarle Sound Bridge on August 25. Arthur Elliott, 53, Dies in Yeopim Section: Burial ser vices for Arthur Elliott, 53 year-old man of the Yeopim section, who died at his home early Monday were conduct ed Monday afternoon at i o'clock. Hertford Streets Flooded During Storm Tuesday: A 60-minute downpour Tuesday afternoon, ; preceded by high winds and accompanied by twilight . , darkness, sluiced streets and overworked gut ters. Unable to handle the torrent, storm sewers carried away all ' the water ; they could and left the excess to completely cover sections of Market, Church and . Grubb Streets. ' -' "-. Lindsey Warren Notified President 'Favors Project Pave Streets-Sidewalks: The WPA notified Representative Lindsey Warren at his home in Washington, N. C, Mon day that street and sidewalk projects had been approved by. the Comptroller General. According to Fred Chalk, head of the WPA in Per quimans County, the approv al will, mean that work can begin in September on the laying of approximately four miles of sidewalk in Hert ford.: Southern Cotton Oil Lead lng Business in Perquimans County: The local plant of the huge Southern Cotton Oil Company is operating 24 hours a day for the next few weeks clearing away 23 hun dren tons of last year's soy bean, harvest to make room for cotton seed; During each Continued oa Page rive WOODLAND REVIVAL Revival services will be held at Woodland Methodist Church beginning August 29 through rf September 3 at 8 o clock. ;--'. ,V. . '.:'! The visiting evangelist will be Rev. Jimmie Jones pastor of .the s Methodist Church at Jacksonville, N. C Special music will be pre sented " each evening from visiting choirs. An invitation is extended to the public by the pastor, Rev, Claude Wu I'civ Library Dedication Set The new library building at Mills Home in . Thomas-; ville, N. C, will be opened i to the publici August 22, and tedicated at a later date. The new building was erect-; id from the estate of i the late: Mrs. Margaret i"Madgq?i Gregory Sadler, a native of Hertford and sister of M. j.J Gregory, prominent local, ousinessman who died sud ienly at 6 A M., Tuesday of this week. Mrs. Sadler died in the summer of 1960. Margaret (Madge) Gregory Sadler was born in 1887 and ;rew up in the town of .Hertford. The family at ended regularly the -services f the Hertford Baptist Church, where Madge Greg ry received a lasting im ression made by the once-i-month offering for the or- ihanage. After graduation from Mer edith College, she taught ichool in a rural community lear Royston, Ga. A well rown youth, with determi nation and pluck, by the lame of Leland Sadler, was ne of Miss Gregory's pupils. He fell in love with his eacher and persuaded her to narry him. 'Leland Sadler was a -.hrewd businessman and nade money that came into lis hands yield, a good in come. He built several oil itations and became a dis tributor for the Pure Oil Company in Anderson, Ga. When he died in 1954, he left lis affairs in good order. The will stipulated that $40, 100 in cash should go to an idopted daughter, Dorothy, and the remainder of his es ;ate to his widow. This, Mrs. Sadler was sur )rised to find, indicated that hey had been wealthy. That, however, did not alter the frugal manner in which she and her husband had liv 2d; but it did cause her to :onsider what ought to be lone with a bequest prob ably as large as that given in .ash to their daughter. : She reasoned that half of the j estate- belonged to her, as .she had . lived '.with , her husband through the years as his partner, and told her lawyer that she wanted to give her half "to a charitable cause back in my home state of North Carolina?" Her at torney suggested 'that he would prepare the will ac cordingly, but suggested that she name a particular cause. At that point memories of her childhood crowded back, and she said, "When I was a little girl in Sunday School back in Hertford, we used to take up an offering once each month for the Baptist Orpha nage. I want to give my money to the orphanage." The wise attorney suggest ed that she visit the Chil dren's Homes to see for her self if this was what she wanted. In the spring of 1959 a car ' unannounced drove slowly through the grounds of Mills Home and a little lady peered out eag erly to see the grounds and buildings. The car stopped at the home of the General Manager, Dr. W. R. Wagon er. . Without telling those with her what she planned, she asked them to wait a few minutes and walked up to the door. Dr. Wagoner re ceived her courteously and Mrs. Sadler told him why she had come. f When she got back in An derson she told her attorney, "I was pleased with every thing I saw and with the way they are doing things there. I am ready to sign my will. : A little over a year after that, in 1960, Mrs. Sadler died. The settling of the estate brought an amount sufficient to erect a build ing at Mills Home. The trus tees rightly felt it could be used to put up a larger li brary, and today one of the Continued on Page Sevan AUXILIARY MEETING NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT - Members of the American Legion Auxiliary will meet next Thursday night, Sep tember 2, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Noah P. Greg ory with Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. Vera Batten as joint hostesses. All members are urged to attend. MASONS MEET TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge No. 106, K. V. St A. M., will meet ruesday night in the lodge room . in the Perquimans County " Court House at 6 o'clock.' v . .. '; - Eddie 10, Is Back Ciome Safely i Mi Gregory Taken In Death Mark Judson Gregory, 72, prominent retired merchant of Hertford, died suddenly Tuesday morning at 6:30 at his home, 127 West Grubb Street. A native of Perquim ans County, he was the son of Mark Doctrine and Mrs. M a ry Fleetwood Gregory. Before his retirement, he was associated with Greg ory s 5 and 10 Cent Store. The above photo of M. J. "Mark" Gregory was taken when he received his nom ination for a seat on the Hertford Town Council in April of 1939. Mr. Gregory served on the Hertford Town Board until April, 1951. He was .1 member of the Hertford ' Baptist Church, where he was permanent jdeacon and for many years served, 1 as -chairman of the Board of-,' Deacons,-, was a nrhorhrwi ua HnHoH Mars Hill College. ' Surviving is his wife, Mrs. Pencie Hunter Gregory; two daughters, Mrs. Willie Ains ley and Mrs. Eugenia Beck, and four grandchildren, all of Hertford. Graveside services were held : Wednesday at 4:30 in Cedarwood Cemetery by Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church. - The family requests in lieu of flowers that anyone de siring may make a contri bution to the Heart Fund. The casket pall was made of white chrysanthemums, white stock, white carna tions, baby's breath and fern. Pallbearers ' were T. P. Byrum, Clinton Eley, Car roll Williams, Jake Chesson, Jim Bass and Dick Brewer. Honorary pallbearers were James Sawyer, Zack Phillips. James Copeland, Noah Greg ory, Tom Madre, John Big gers, Thomas Dail, Carroll Holmes, Warner Madre, Dan Berry, D. J. Pritchard, Luther Sitterson, John Ward and G. C. Buck. Nurses Training Is Completed Miss Judy Reed, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Durwood Reed, Jr., received her cer tificate upon finishing her nursing course last Friday night in the College of the Albemarle School of Prac tical Nursing. - The exercises were held in the College of the Albe marle's new school gym torium with a reception af terwards in the foyer of the gymtorium. Judy was president of het class during the past year, and will begin her nursing duties in the Albemarle Hos pital Wednesday, September I. v- She is a graduate of Per quimans High School, June, 1964. COMMISSIONERS WILL MEET SEPTEMBER 7 Perquimans County Com missioners voted at theii August meeting to holt' September meeting on Tues day after Labor Day Sep tember '7, beginning at 1C o'clock in the Court House. Persons desiring to confe with the Board are request ed" to note . the time anc place of the ueeting. 5 Cents Per Copy Eddie- Williams, handsome 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams, who re side at the old Walters home just over the Walters Creek bridge, is back home all safe and sound. However, his transportation (a brand new bright red English bike) has been locked up for the time being by his par ents. Last Friday evening late, or about 5 o'clock, Eddie decided to tide his bike to his grandfather's home near Belvidere. Without a word to anyone, Eddie rode down U. S. 17, turned left in front of the Kelly White home and proceeded to Belvidere via of Chapel Hill. He stopped at a service station, bought himself something to eat and traveled on, reaching the home of his grandfather, Benford Copeland, about 7 o'clock. On the way and pretty close to his destina tion, his grandfather passed Eddie but didn't recognize him, not expecting to see him riding his bike that far from home, as there was an other little boy in the neigh borhood who rode his bike along the road occasionally. So Mr. Copeland went on to the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Williams, Eddie's par ents. Eddie went on to bed in the home of his grand father and slept in grand dad's bed. Mr. Copeland slept in Eddie's bed. Neith er knowing the whereabouts of the other. Eddie thought, though, when his grand father passed him, that he would be right back home in Belvidere. Back at the Williams' home in Hertford the Police Department had been alert ed that Eddie was missing. The Police Department, Fire Department and ..folks from all over-the town and coun ty began searching for Ed die in the rain. Evorv - was walked, all the new road to the new bridge and the new bridge, the sand pits and from all reports every bush and ditch in the county was looked into. The Fire Department eot out the grappling hooks and began searching the river. Eddie loves to fish and is a familiar sight on the lawn of the Williams home, fish ing at the edge with the company of two handsome bird dogs. It rained, stormed and the searching continued until the wee hours, then ceased to begin again at 5 o'clock. However, Eddie woke up ,1 e a w . . ouum o m., crawled out of bed and back on his bike and was tourine hanir home, when he was met Jjy some Hertford people Who were leaving on a trip and wno Knew tne boy was miss ing, so they stopped at trie nearest phone and rnllA.-i the Williams home and Ed- aie was picked ud and tak en home. (Editor's Note: We know that Eddie should have tnlH his parents where he was going, or ass their permis sion w however, this must have slipped this bright boy's mind. Had we known that Eddie was missing, we would have been among the other distressed folks in town, as Eddie is one of my fishing pals. We didn't know until next morning when he was back home all safe and sound. We are extremely happy that this story can be written with a happy ending and here and now, we remind you child ren to , please, please get permission from your par ents before you go any place it's a good old world but has some mean people in it '.and that's where . the danger lurks. You just may be the Victim of one of these people, or any num ber of things that could happen to you away from home and away from the loving .protection of your parents). BETHANY REVIVAL ; The revival at . Bethany Methodist Church at Belvi dere begins Sunday night, August 29, at 7:30 and will continue through Friday night, September 3. Rev. Bobby Lamb of Riverside Methodist Church, Elizabeth' City, will " be ' t h e guest . speaker. The public is Gor " dially invited to attend, , l.