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r. tvJjMTT?:. Ti m v? TT TiTTTA 77 ;-.;K -.TT TT Y ll iQi if Vol. XXXII No. 46. Hertford, Perquimans bounty, North Carolina, Friday, November 19, 1965. XL,. lb er Copy Dim's Dho Listinn rLLv ', Dr. Louise - Nixon , Sutton, professor,,., .of;, mathematics and chairman of the . Depaet t ment of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at Elizabeth , City State College, has made , Who's Wh( of American Women for the fourth time. i Dr. Suttony is also - listed , in North Carolina Lives and ) the Dictionary of Interna- tional Biograbh. , Dr, Sutton is a native and resident of Hertford. She k graduated from Hertford . High School Valedictorian of her class. She received the B.S. degree V "with highest honors" from the Agricul tural and .Technical College of North Carolina at Greens boro and the M.A. and Ph.D. from New York. University. Her ' current affiliations irf- elude ; .inembership in the American Association, of Uni versity Professors, the Math ematical t Association of Am erica, .Delta : Sigma Theta , Sorority and the Alpha Kap pa Mu National Honor So ciety. She is also superin tendent Of the St. Paul A. M. E. Zion Sunday School, Eden ton District ; director of Continued on Page Two,. Let's Face It x Program Topic "Let's Face It" ' was' the title of the demonstrations given by Ha Grey White, home economics extension agent, at the Whiteston Home Demonstration ; Club meeting Tuesday night, No iV vember 2 at the community building. Mrs. White showed how to face garments and make. Hems have a profess i ional looking finish, also the .Allium Ul, ILakCllfll IU w ( obtain this finish. 'Ten club members enjoyed this dem- unsirauon. : . - v; ,r ie devotion ojn ''llrjtfes.Gf AhW-tcwSifii Trorri ne"T2th .chapter t of Hebrews. '' The Offub reported having cpllect ' ed $43.00 toward the cancer fund -drive. It was decided this Club would rteve a Christmas family - night par- t ! in i December ' with the children . exchanging gifts. -v -, '.The club will also partici . pats in Christmas , Open Hpuse to be . held in Hert , focd;, early in- December. Trtei meeting closed with the Clob Collect. . A' social hour was enjoyed with, Mrs.; Archie White as hostess. f Meeting Held Bj Democrats Tno Democratic Meeting Committee held a meeting ; on Thursday, -November 18, at . 7130 P. M. at the home ? of - fuliari A... White, 224 - Market Street.The meeting - was called by Mary G. Brinn as acting chairman of the f Perqiitmans - County Demo ' , craticl Executive Committee. 1 W. F. '. Ainsley, chairman . of th,e Perquimans Demo cratic ; Committee, resigned ; recently. " The meeting was fan important one of reorgan ization and general business. Tillett Appointed To - p George E. Tillett,' Edenton attorney, has. accepted a post with the Department of Jus tice as1 an assistant U. S. 'At torney 1 for the Eastern Dis trict ox North Carolina. A - Tillejt is the first Negro 1' to JbiBi the staff of D S. , Atiornwy Bob; Cowan of Wil- ; liamston. -" y The I1 42-year-old lawyer .-'will besWorn in at 10 A. M. f Saturday in Chowan County's 1 . historiai court house. Sui perior f Court Judge Joseph ' Parkeriof Windsor will ad-;-' ministe the oath of office. ( The- public is invited to at ; tend the. ceremony. ' membef of the . Chowan T i County? bar to Join the East ern District court , Weldon Hollowell "has . been on " the U, S. i Attorney'!. , staff for f '-oine twne. ".'.-! -.-' . '-' " The V'i S. Attorney's office r' th0 Eastern District is i i i Raleigh and ; Tillett w ill : assigned to work in tiie .inal division. , ir the past seven years -g been enj'jed in de ; i ' i.. fcliamber Elects Sew directors J Directors for the Perquim ans County Chamber of Com merce for the year of 1966 from the county's five town ships, following certification of the Examining Committee of the Perquimans Chamber last week are Sidney "Sid Harmon. Hertford: Gene LPhillips, Bethel; RusseU) Bak er, oeiviaere; uanwiu r,uie, New Hope and Walter Humphlett, Jr., Parkville. Directors to be carried over are Cecil Edward Wins low, Clarence Chappell, Sr., R. S. Chappell, Sr., Ervin Turner and Joe Hollowell, Jr..:..-.- ..- ' The nominating committee of the Perquimans Chambet met here earlier this month and drew up a slate of 10 names from which the five positions were filled in the Chamber election. Two can didates from each of the five townships were nominated to run for the 1966 Chamber of Commerce offices. Let ters and ballots were mailed out and the above candi dates were elected by the most votes. Holiday Traffic Count Estimated Consider the condition of your car, the. weatner ana yourself before starting the annual trek . to grandmoth ers house and joining battle with the Thanksgiving traf fic which the N. C, State Motor Clubs warn may claim the lives pf at least 25 persons in ;u accidents on North Carolina's' streets apd highways during the extena- v The oniciat nignway i ta talitv countdown begins at 6 P. ,iM, Wednesday, Novem ber '24, and "extends through midnight- Sunday, November 28. Basing its estimates on oast experience - coupled with current driving pat terns, the motor vclub said that fatalities could be re duced to the extent that mo torists observe the basic safe driving rules. The state's Thanksgiving traffic toll for the same 102 'vour period last year camp to 20 persons killed and 76? others injured in a total of 1,134 accidents. Leading driver violations were Speeding, 225; failed to yield right of way, 165: drove left of center, 142; following too closely; 104; reckless driv ing, 98 and under the influ ence of alcohol, 70. ' . "We do not intend to scare motorists 'off the highways or into staying at home dur ing the holidays,!, said Thos. B. Wat kins,, president' of the club and the. National Auto mobile Association. , : "We w a n t 1 everyone to enjoy Thanksgiving, . to the fullest We simply, 'want them to count ' their many blessincp and not spoil their ' holiday by getting involved in an accident." . , . private practice of law ' in Edenton-. He said he hates to leave this practice but the challenges of work in the Federal Courts is such that he could, not turn down the Devcbmsnt lAwardsMade The sixth annual Rural De velopment Awards Program wds- held Tuesday, November 9, 1965, at 8:00 P. M. at Per quimans Union School, Win-1 fall. The theme was center ed around Citizenship. Peo pls' Bank & Trust Co., of Hertford ; was the sponsor again- this year. Presiding- at the program was Mr. Samuel Moore, vice chairman of the ' County Rural Community Develop ment County Council. Invo cation was given by C. : T. Felton. -Three different se lections were given by Per quimans Union School Glee Club under the direction of Mrs. L. T. Andrews, music teacher. Mrs. Emma Burke gave the purpose and Mrs. LMcy jonniKins gave a re port on some' of the accom plishments throughout the county. The audience of about 300 listened to a panel discussion with Mrs. Lillian Jordan act ing as coordinator. Those participating on the panel were Mrs. Dellane Boyce wno lea a discussion on "How To Better Your Com munity"; Mrs. Eunice Jones, "How To Organize A Better Community"; and Mrs. Ger aldine Wiggins, "Why Are Regular Meetings Import ant?" : Winfal) Community, having the largest number of peo ple present, was awarded the attendance prize of $10.00. The regular awards were presented by R. L. Steven son, vice-presidentcashier of Peoples Bank & Trust Co., of Hertford. Beech Spring, New Hope and Belvidere communities were awarded white ribbons and received $15 each; Wood ville and winiau communities were awarded red ribbons and re ceived $20 each. The blue ribbon and Grand Champion Award went, to Bethel Com munity. ' Mr. King A. . Williams Continued on Pag Five .-,: .-; I-. .1 '..I- ji-1 Golleffe Post Mel Wright, son of Mr and Mrs. Melvin Wright -of Elizabeth Citv. and erandsor of Mrs. J. E. Everett of Hert ford, has been elected presi dent, of the iunlor class a' the University of North Car olma, Chapel Hill. Wright was a candidate of the Student Party. He is f member of the Student Leg islature, pyst athletic director of Freshman Camp, membei of the Carolina symposium nis iresnman year ana mem bcr of the class Executive Committee his sophomore year. He is affiliated with th Delta Upsilon social fra ternity. BELVIDERE YOUTH IS INJURED IN ACCIDENT David Ernest Boyce, 16,' of Belvidere,' was injured Sat urday, at 11:45 P. M., -when the car he was driving was struck as it was backing out of a drive; : Driver , of the vehicle-which struck the By- rum car was , Marvin J Goodwin of Route 1, Tyner. Boyce was taken to the Chowan Hospital witlv head and other - injuries. Good win was also taken to the hospital but was released. Federal Job appointment. "I am grati fied by '.the .support I have received since opening my office in Edenton,". he said. ? Tillett added that he has enjoyed a "wonderful experi ence with the local bar" and the area should be proud of the high calibre of: men who are members of the Chowan bar. A .native of Edenton, the appointpe 1s 'son of Rev. and' Mrs. J. E. Tillett, He attended local schools, A&T College in . Greensboro . and receiver his law degree in 1953" from i. North Carolina College in Durham. He was employed at Me chanics and Farmers Bank in Durham : prior to 'returning home to begin the practice of law. v , , . ,' . i Tillett is married to the former Naomi Ramseur of Kings Mountain and , they have' two children. They re side on Paradise Road. He is a member of Gatej Street Baptist Church where he' is cua;., nn of the ' trus ty' ii'ifiM'. ,;;- Thomp son i In Farm Referendum On Two Biy Questions "On Tuesday, November 23, peanut and cotton farm ers in North Carolina will have : the opportunity to go to the polls and vote on four issues. (1) Pean.it Market ing Quotas for 19661967 and 1968; (2) Cotton Marketing Quotas for 1966; -3) A cot ton grower self-help assess ment of 15 cents per bale on cotton produced in each of the next three years;, and (4) A vote on whether or not cotton allotments may be leased or sold outside of county lines but remain in the state," states R. M. Thompson, County Extension Chairman. The ppanut question is similar to the one that has been in effect for several years, but it must pass by two-thirds of the votes. This question, if passed, will give price support of the growers who plant within their pea nut allotments. Anyone is eligible to vote who was en titled to a share in the 1965 peanut crop on a farm on which the acres harvested exceeded one (1) acre. "This is a most important question to the peanut farmers in Per quimans County and North Carolina and you should make a real effort to vote," further states Mr. Thompson. The cotton question is a little different and the new cotton program is as follows: The Cotton Program For 1966 R. Charles Brooks A two-thirds favorable vote will be required in order to put the new cotton program into effect next year. If growers fail to approve the marketing quota for cotton in 1966, federal price and in come support will only be available to those who plant within the allotment and only at a level of 50 per cent of parity. If quotas are apprnye4,the; cotton program as provided in the Food and Agriculture Act of ;1965 Will go into effect. ' J i Choices Under New ' ; Cotton Program 1 A Wide 5 Vaijge of choices Will5' be 'available to cotton producers j under the : 1965 Act if quotas - are approved. There' are! several choices re Continned' on Page Five Two Projects Are Underway Mayor V. N. Darden told the Hertford Town Board when it met for its Novem ber meeting here last week that plans . were: being made for a water line doWn King Street and the pipe has been ordered. The State Highway is at work on- widening the curve at the foot of Church Street where one of the public housing units is located. . The Planning Board worked with the Housing Commission and the State Highway Commis sioHf and this project was a part of the major thorough fare plan for the. town made by the Planning Board. . The by-pass will increase traffic on this section of town, as it is' located at the city lim its on 4he Harvey j Point l-highway. . . . v Other business- to come before, the Town Board was the Requesting of the . Board that City Clerk R. C. "Bob by" Elliott contact the Park ing Meter Company and get cost on the changing of the meters now setup which only Continued on Page Three ANNIVERSARY The 94th anniversary of the church and the 7th of the pastor will be celebrated at First Baptist Church Sun day, - November 21, at; 3:30 P. M. Rev. J, ,E. Tcotman, pastor of St. Stephen Bap tist Church of Elizabeth City, will deliver the message. He wU be accompanied' by his choir, ushers and members. ' - The public is cordially in vited to attend. PERQUIMANS CENTRAL' PTA TO MEET MONDAY The Perquimans ; Central Grammar School Parent Teachea Association w i J 1, meet Monday night, Novem ber 22,. at the school at 7:30 O'clock. . All members are Urges Vote Report Is Given By Committee ' A tabulation of the num iber - of signatures on the "Resolution in support of John Biggers, superintendent of Perquimans County Schools" has been made with the following results: 1,019 signatures in support of the resolution. In the opinion of the com mittee this is a favorable response. It represents a vote in favor of Mr. Biggers which is greater than that previously recorded in favor of any; individual or issue in any general election in the county. This figure is, in fact, greater than the totals of those both for and against any issue in the county elec tion held on this past No vember 2. Cancer Crusade Short Of Goal Sid Harmon, chairman of the Cancer Crusade, reports that Perquimans County has fallen about $250 short of its goal for the Crusade in Oc tober. Mr. Harmon urges anyone who has not made a con tribution to contact him and he will see that the contribu tion is picked up. Also any one wishing to make a mem orial contribution should con tact Mrs. D. M. Jackson. Mr. Harmon praised the fine work done by the many volunteers on the Crusade Continued on Page Four Wrecks Occur A car-tractor trailer collision- w h i c h occurred in heavy fog about three miles south of Hertford early Sun day morning resulted in the death of Herbert Seymour. 34, who suffered severe head and internal injuries as a result of the wreck which occurred when the car in which he was riding is re ported to have plowed into the rear of the tractor trailer stopped to "make ;i left turn on the highway. Seymour was taken to the Chowan Hospital and was rush"' to Norfolk General Hospital. ' William T. Griffin, 20, of South Mills was reported as the driver of the car. He was also seriously injured and was taken to the Cho wan Hospital along With an other passenger, Lucy Wil liams, 25, of Route 5, Eliza beth City. Another pas senger, unidentified, escaped injury in. 'the wreck. It was reported that the impact knocked the trailer some 40 feet and wedged the car under the rear of the larger vehicle. Driver of the truck was identified as Robert L. Down ing, who was not injured. 4-H Leaders Hold Meeting lit Heavy Fog The 4-H Adult Leaders Or ganization met for their-regular bi-monthly meeting on Tuesday night at the Per quimans i County Agricultural Building. ,'. ' "' " .The following new offi cers were, elected: Mrs. Fan nie E. Hurdle, president; Mrrf. Ned Nixon, - vice'-president; and Mr, Hubert Watson, sec retary-treasurer. - . .. The meeting , was called to order by President Wilbur Roberson." A Thanksgiving devotional was presented by the following 4-H Club mem bers from the Snow Hill 4-H Community Club: Jimmy Harrell,, June Harrell, ' Jill Harrell, Barry Lane and Di anne Eure. ' Ernest 'Sutton commented on1 the Leaders Forum he, his -wife, Anna, Mrs. Nixon, and Ms. Harrell attended at Betsy Jfcff Penn '4-H Center near Re Ids ville; i N. C. .Mr. Sutton stjted;.that he receiv- CoBUnuefl on Pe Seven . J.;ji;,i,?i.4: i'-V-i-US'-i'l-!.' '. "!?''' Vhite Writes Original Ballad The seniors at the . Vir ginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg, "Va., have been studying early English lit erature recently-, starting with its history and going through ballads and poetry. The following is a ballad composed by Carlyle White, a senior from Durham, N. C. His was the best. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. T. S. White, Jr., of Durham and a grandson of Mrs. Thomas S White, Sr., of Market Street, Hertford. Also he is ti nephew of Mr. and Mrs W. Howard Pitt. The ballad entitled "Death of a College Flunky' follows He crawled through the rice paddies, his napsack oi his back. He slitherec through t h e vines, witl enemy on his track. Hi thought of his home in Vir ginia, and why he had beer sent from there to fight ir. this sensele? vv a r about which he did not care. If he had only studied ir. college, and not raised si much hell, then maybe he wouldn't be here in fear Oi an enemy shell. He was almost out of the paddies now and into th. -over of the trees. Oh, if 1 had only ' studied, he said At least tried to make those D's. He was running througi the woods now, trying t( make it back to his lines Ho knew that his chances were slim. He had to cross a field of mines. A shot rang out to the left, and then one to the riaht. He had to keep on running. He was afraid tc fight. A piercing pain in - hi: side, he toppled to . t h r ground. , Aside from hi: broken breathing, he could not hear a sound. Now he was crawlin; slowly, leaving a trail ol blood. His young hands reached out for support, but anly grasped the mud. As he lay there bleeding, brealhin'! a last breath, he Lhtmght of a wasted life and low a wasted death. Car lyle' C. White. In Grid Event The fighting Gre-cn Panth eqs of Perquimans County Union School, Winfall, N. C. invaded South Lumbertor High and defeated its foot ball team 30-0 in the firs' round of the Eastern District Class AA playoff. Perquim ans kicked off to Lumberton and the ball was returned to Lumberton's 35-yard line for good field position. It was there that the Panthers' proud defensive unit priding itself with having only 50 points scored against it in nine regular season games held Lumberton on downs and forced them to punt. The first quarter ended with neither team scoring. The second ' quarter started with a bang, as Quarterback Edward Ferebee uncorked a 15-yard pass to Octavius Freeman who outran the last defender to score standing up. Ferebee then hit George Continued on Page 8 Meeting Held By Local PTA The Hertford Grammar School PTA met Thursday night at 8:00 with Mrs. Dan Berry, president presiding. "Come Ye Thankful People, Come", was ' sung by the membership. Rev. T. E. Arnold, pastor of the Hertford Assembly of God! Church, gave a most in spiring devotional on "A Thankless Task" taking his Scripture from St Luke, f With "Come To The Book (Continued on Page Seven) Cliurch Plans ; Holiday Program A Thanksgiving program will be presented at the Hertford Baptist Church on Wednesday evening, Novem ber 24, at 8 o'clock. The public -is cordially invited to attend,':, ' - ;.:'; Vvr :i i Prior to the Thanksgiving program, .Family Night Will be observed at the churchy Plans Begin To Jell For Christmas Parade In Hertford Early Next Week In order to observe the annual Thanksgiving holiday, rhe Perquimans Weekly will lppear a day earlier next week. The paper will be printed Wednesday instead of Thursday, necessitating cor all news and advertising ;opy must accordingly be in .he office a day earlier in jrder to appear in next week's issue. Holiday Closing Recommended The Merchants Committee )f the Perquimans County Jhamber of Commerce has jassed a motion for all .tores to be closed Satur lay, 1, 1966, in order that he employees of the stores nay have both Christmas ind New Year's weekends to pend with their families. It is sincerely hoped that ill merchants of the county Afill comply with this deci sion, as it conforms to that )f our neighboring towns. Elizabeth City and Edenton. j. H. Boyce, 83, Taken In Death Joseph Horace Boyce, 83. lied Sunday morning at 11:30 o'clock at his home on Route 1 following a long ill- iess. A Perquimans County native, he was a farmer and a member of the First Meth odist Church. He was the widower of Mrs. Dellie Ward Boyce ind the son ' of the- liite Josiah tnd Mrs. Alice Lane Boyce. Surviving is one son, Roy jce Boyce of Route 1; four laughters, Mrs. Mae Cooper, Mrs. Pecola White and Mrs. lyrtle Goodwin of Elizabeth 'ity and Mrs. Marie White it Route 1; 27 grandchild en, 60 great grandchildren ind seven great great grand children. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 P. M. in the hapel of the Swindell Fun eral Home by Re-v. Hard wick Hatcher of Wilson, a "ormer pastor of Burgess Baptist Church, and Rev. Irving Baccus, pastor of the Elizabeth City Pentecostal Holiness Church. "Near to the Heart ol jod," "How Great Thou Art" and "The Last Mile ol he Way" were sung by the Glad Tidings Singers. They were accompanied by Mrs Edna Earle Meads, organist The casket pull was made of white chrysanthemums red carnations and fern. Pallbearers were J. R Ayscue, Howard Matthews G. A. White, John Beers Ralph Barr and Tommy Mil ler. , Burial was in Cedarwoor' Cemetery. Senator Jordan Plans Address For Edenton Senator B. Everett Jordan of Saxapahaw will speak here November 29 at a Soil Conservation Service ban quet. Lloyd C. Bunch, chairman of the local board of district mi- - : ,v J V SEN, EVERETT JORDAN Dec. 2nd The Christmas Parade Committee composed of the Perquimans County Cham ber of Commerce, the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Hertford Fire Depart ment, reported today that plans for the Christmas parade already include a large number of floats that will participate, plus the Perquimans High School Marching Unit and three bands. Participants thus far in the parade will be a float from the First Methodist Church, the Hertford Bap tist Church, the Bethel Bap tist Church, MYF of the Hertford Methodist Church, 4-H Club, the BPW Club, Assembly of -God Church, Pincy Woods Church, Albe marle College, Union High School, King Street Ele mentary School, Robert Sut ton and four riders on horse back, a Horse and Pony Club from Elizabeth City, the Health Career Club from Perquimans, plus the Eliza beth City High School Band, the P. W. Moore High School Band, the D. F. Walker High School Band of Eden ton, Perquimans High School Marching Unit and the Hert ford Fire Department. More floats are expected to be added to this list by the final acceptance date of No vember 16. The parade scheduled thus far is the largest Christmas parade the county has ever had- and is expected to draw a large crowd of viewers from the county as well as neighboring counties. The parade will be held in Hertford at 4 P. M. on Thursday, December 2. Christmas Seal Letters Mailed Mrs. Charles F. Murray, chairman of Perquimans County Christmas Seal Sale, said, "1,648 letters contain ing seals went to Perquim ans County citizens Novem ber 16. Families will be re ceiving this year bright col ored seals of a charming little girl feeding the winter hungry birds. Colors are blue, yellow and green in addition to the- red double barred cross, a symbol of the Anti - Tuberculosis Move ment." "Contributions to t h. e Christmas Seal Campaign," said Mrs. Murray, "fight tu; berculosis, still a stubborn, and difficult disease and also Continued on Page 8 MARGARET AINSLEY ENTERED IN CONTEST Margaret Ainsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. An ley of Hertford, was amonff the contestants taking part in the Miss Elizabeth -City pageant held in Elizabeth City on Tuesday, sponsored by the Jaycees. supervisors, said Senator Jor dan has accepted an invi tation to address the North eastern Area District Super visors' fall meeting at Na tional Guard Armory. The dinner meeting will begin at 6:30 P. M. District leaders and supporters from the 19 northeastern counties of North Carolina will at tend the meeting. Bunch said the dinner will be served by Center Hill Cross Roads Fire Depart ment. Tickets are available from the local supervisors, Bunch, Joe Webb, Jr., Fa hey Byrum or George Lewis at Peoples Bank & Trust Co. The guest speaker, a lead ing Tar Heel industrialist, was appointed by Gov. Latt er H. Holges to the U. S. Senate on April 19, 1958, to succeed : Senator W. Kerr Scott, who , died in office. In November. 1960, he was elected to a full term which ends in January. 1967. - He is a Methodist and. Democrat. urfd. to be, jreseaV begjnrmig at 7:30 o clock. 1
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