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Vol. XXXIV.-No. 9.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, March 3, 1967.
, rng4o2oo 10 Cents Per Copy
Ttattlc Chsos Still
Thdcn Wins Peanut
Production Title Here
With 5,384 Average
fikc:to Lead Court
Dc&&: Gvay, Weak
$ WEEKLY
Mi:
r ; Judge. W. S. Privott, pre.
tiding in Perquimans Coun-
' ty district CoXrti -here on
February 22 disposed of the
following cases: i?; ' 1
, Vandy Overton, charged
with ; larceny, was given a
! two-year, . ;. roa(jT . Sentence.
' The sentence was suspend
ed and Overton placed on
probation tor three years,
and further conditions not
I to partake ' of alcoholic
beverages. At such time
and jin such amount as di
rected by the probation of
ffceit, but prior toi July , 1,
: J967, pay a fine arid costs
and that ', he pay through
office of the Clerk .of Su
perior Curt $85.00-to Dora
Ward; :. V ,
Sanford Jjoyd Jennings,
charged with , driving un
der Ahe influence of. intoxi
cating - liquor, and with
carrying" on . his person
while- off his premises a
; concealed weapon a .22
pistol j! Jennings waa given j
the charge of driving under
the nfluencei suspended
upon payment of a. jtine of
$100 and 'the court costs.
On the charge of carrying
a concealed weapbtf he was
given" 60 days, W be sus
pended upon payment of .a
fine of $50 and costs of
court. ;-r;v '
Warren Douglas Looney,
charged '. without : 'tt .. valid
operator's license" and no
insurance, was. given a 30
day -j sentence, suspended
upon, payment' of- a $33
fine and coqrt costd.
t Th$ . foJlowin ' w e r e
charged with exceeding the
speed limit: Hubert Lee
Jordan';, Jr., $7.00 fine and
costs; Bradie White, Jr.,
$10 and costs; Darner James
Ponthieux and James Rob
ert Davis $5.00 fine each
nlux : the : costs?' lWnrdene
Everett Allen $15 fine and.
den, .im&Ml i&--::nt member aWord
.costs-.r.-.Yi
Frntilr ;'" Si.' .Tiirkinetnh.
Continued ' 81
Viet Joins v
iuurum
Murray Vick has accept
ed A ; -position. -with the
Hertford Hardware & Sup.
ply Company; owned by
Brie Haste, Jr. '
,.;,Vick, who has had a
vast i experience 1 inv elec
trical work and. as a me
chanic, is - managing the
display ' room, located in
the. building formerly oc
cupied by HolloweiT Chev
rolet 1 Company, for Hert
ford Hardware- & Supply
Company's new: fiberglass
outboard ; to o tor , boats,
Mercury 'motors) and , the
beautiful MarCruiser stern
drive boatf . ' .i '."
Mr. Vick is in charge of
the complete electrical' re
pair departmenti lawn
mower and! chainsaw re.
pair service and outboard
and inb6ar4' rnotor repair
shop.'
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Miss Joycelyn Hobbs
Club Honors
Miss Hobbs
Miss Joycelyn Rebecca
Hobbs has been selected as
the Young Career Woman
of the Year by the Hert-
iora Business ana rroies
sipnal Women's Club and
Will compete for district
winner at the district
meeting to .be held April
16 in Tarr-pro. The dis
trict . winner will then
compete in the state com
petition in' June.
Miss Hobbs, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Hobbs of , Route 1. is a
graduate of Perquimans
County High School and
now is a senior home, eco
nomics major at East Ca
rolina College and is doing
her practice teaching at
Plymouth High School. ;
At East Carolina College
she - is , a, member ' of
Who's Who In American
Colleges 'anb! Universities;
the Home Economics Chap
ter, ; received the outstand
ing leaderships award in
Angel Flight, is a member
of the Dean's Advisory
Council; is a sponsor f for.
Buccaneer and White BaH
Queen contests and ;,is on
the honor roll. v
. On i the college campus
she is president ' of the
Home. Economics Chapter,
was a ,-. delegate to Ameri
can Home Economics As
sociation, was chairman of
the NCHEA College Chap
ters Section Spring Work
shop, "is a member of the
Baptist Student Union, is
Dormitory Religious Com
mittee chairman, a mem
ber of the. Women's
(Chorus. r'.vS
A member of, the Bethel
Baptist : Church, she has
been most active in all
phases of youth work,
choijt work and )" advanced
'to Queen Regent in Ser
vice in the GA's. ' She has
worked as . a Sunbeam
leader, associate director
of the Carol Choir.
( A former 4-H'er; Becky
worked as ; a'; home eco-,
hdntics extension trainee
agent in Perquimans in
the .summer of , 1966 and
worked closely with youth
and; adults. '
, Mrs. Dora T. Riddick,
BPW project, chairman,
stated that it . is with
pride that the " Hertford
BPW Club sponsors Becky
as a" candidate for the
District' Young Career
Womam I She said with
the qualifications Becky
has, she Will stand a good
chance of going on to
state and national compe
' tition. . .,
FiremeiiiSave,,.
"HomelnCcmjrfy:
..:-' - " 'ni 1. 1. ,.,' , i r
Swift and efficient action
, by y the i IntercoUnty. Fire
Department prevented seri
ous damage' to a residence
in : Woodville on Saturday
morning v Frozen water
pipes were being, .thawed
out with a blowtorch. The ",
underside of the house ig
nited front the .torch and
burned up the side Wallss
The, volunteer firemen ar
rived quickly' and extin.;
guished . the fire before it
could gain' much headway. t
Tjhe rural .unit; of. he'
Hertford Fire Department J
responded also, but , the
fireme,n ,? "n- Wodvilhs,,
had the sauution ,wetl, ia
'hand fct"re .thei. trucjtai
"from II :' i arrived. .,. .
M. RIDDICK. JR.
enior Vice President
BANK PROMOTES 4
Four employees of the
Peoples Bank & Trust Co.
were given promotions at
the bank's stockholder
meeting held recently in
Rocky Mount.
R. M. Riddick, Jr., exec
utive vice president, was
elevated to itie position oi
Senior Vice President and
is chairman of the local
advisory board. R. L. Ste
venson, vice president and
cashier, was elevated - to
the position of Executive
Vice President. Roy S.
Chappell, Jr., assistant
cashier, was 1 elevated to
the ' position of Cashier;
and Mrs. Paige C. Stallings
was elected Assistant Cash
ier. "'' ' i
Death Claims
Mrs. Elliott
Mrs. Lade Copeland El
liott, 59, died on Thursday
morning at 8:45 o'clock in
her home, 602 Dobb Street,
Hertford.
A native of Perquimans
County, she was a daugh
ter of the late Onle R. and
Mrs. Hester Collins Cope
land. . . ,
She; was a member of
Hertford Baptist Church.
Surviving are her hus
bund, Charlie S. Elliott;
one son, I C. Elliott of
Hertford;' one' sister,-Mrs.
Hertford;' one' sister,- Mrs.
TaHeir- Chappell of Hert-
ford; three brothers: Watt
roianH nnm rw.
land, and Joe ,Coneland.
all of Hertford; and two
grandchildren,
Funeral services will be
held Saturday at 2 P. M.,
in the chapel of the Swin
dell Funeral Home. Burial
will be :in . Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Tim Brinn
Is Winner
Tim Brinn, son of Mr.
and Mrs. R. T. Brinn of
Rocky ' Mount, N. C, led
Edwards Junior High
School students in a sweep
of the first three places
in the Evening Opti
mist Club's : annual ora
torical' contest last Week.
Brinn is the : son of Tim
Rufus Brinn and Mary
Alice Cahopo ' Brinn, for
merlyof Hertford.
Topic , for the competi
tion Was "Patriotic Citi
zenship Needs' Optimism."
Brinn placed first in the
contest. First place win
ner Brinn will represent
the local club-in zone fh
als in Gteenvillc on March
21.
The . youne man is the
grandson of Mrs.'' R, T.
(Hattie) : Brinn and the
late :: Mr. Brinn of Hert
ford-.
Three Injured
In Accident
A two - car accident
which occured Sunday in
volved heavy damage and
personal injuries. One of
the cars was operated by
James . Portor , Monneyham,
69, of Route 1, Hertford,
and the , other car. involv
ed was . being operated by
Mrs. Rachel Nokes, 31, , of
Norfolk, Va. -
Mrs, . Nokes ; and her
daughters, Cindy and
Wendy, received cuts and
bruises.f . Damagq wag . es
timated! at $1,000 . to' the
N o k e g, automobile and
$300 to the Monneyham
station" wagon.
COMPLETES SCHOOL
Army Private EHls H.
Weaver, 22, son of Mr. and
Mrs. . Ellis ' P. Weaver,
Route -3, Hertford, com
pleted eiffht weeks' of
military police training at
the Army Training Center
at Ft. Gordon, Ga., Feb
ruary 17. Ue, was trained
in civil and military law,
traftio control, map read
ing, prfc)Onei--ofrW con
trol and ec-ttdejac,
R. L. STEVENSON f
Executive Vice President
W. W. Shaw, bank pres
ident, announced the pro.
motions. He said the four
employees advanced at this
time have contributed
greatly to the successful
operation of the Peoples
Bank: in Hertford.
Riddick has been asso
ciated with the local bank
since 1922 and is one Of
he oldest active bankers
in North Carolina. He was
president of the Hertford
Banking Company for 14
years prior to its merger
in 1967 with the Peoples
Bank, and since that time,
has served as chairman of
the local Advisory Board
and Executive Vice Presi
dent. He served as treas
On Our
Fire Scene
Thirty firemen from
three volunteer fire de
partments in Perquimans
County and Center Hill
Cross Roads Fire Depart-,
ment met Wednesday night
(Feb. 22). The meeting
was held for instruction
and information concern-
1 in forest protection
1 '"8 w- VVLduced Dr. Jerry Pickerel,
Mf c ,'"af tfie AlbV-
:we., u.iuresi otuvny
' and volunteer fire depart-
I menta in Perquimans Coun-
ty.
The meeting was opened
by prayer by Capt. Lloyd
"Pete" Riddick, , Hertford
.Fire Department Chaplain.
Henry W. Precylhe, Dis
trict Forester, gave the
firemen information on the
organization of the N. C.
Forest' Service and their
,! duties as Rangers' Vari
ous State laws , pertaining
' to the forestry service and
1 forest fires were discussed
A film about volunteer
firemen fighting woods
fires was shown.
The following firemen
were present: Bethel Fire
. Department Chief - Mayn
ard Fleetwood, . Assistant
Chief William Corprew,
Billy Harrell, Thomas Proc
tor, James Hill; Hertford
Fire Department Chief
R. C. Elliott, Assistant
Chief Edgar Fields, ;H. N.
Nixon, Noah Gregory, C. T.
Skinner, Jr., Lloyd Riddick,
Bill Fowler, JJoyd Lane,
Keith . Haskett;, ; Woodville
Fire Department Chief
Sam ' Jennings, Assistant
Chief Howard Askew, John
Elliott, E. L. Jennings, Em
mett Stallings, Eugene
Rountree, James W. Roun
tree, ; Billy Gregory, Brad
ley Jennings, Marion Har'
rell; Center Hill-Crossroads
Department Chief Wil
bcrt Hare, Forrest Jerni-
Continued on Page Five
Party Honors
Mrs. Rogerson
Mrs. Ida Rogerson was
honored at a birthday din
ner given by Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Rogerson of Edcn
$on. '.
Those attending were Mr.
and; Mis. Percy Rogersonv
Mr. and Mrs. Roy, Chap
pell, Mr,: and Mrs. Talm.ace
Stallings and grandson,
Howard Eaves, Mr. and
MrsiA George Byrum and
son Edward ; of Hertford,
Mrs., Erie 'Kirby, Melvin
Rogerson and Ronnie Rog-
erson of Edenton, Mr. and
Mrs.' Norman' Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Smith and
children,!; Joni, Diann ? and
Laur.ie of Newport News,
A very delicious dinner
W$ enjoyed by ,all attend
ling: j Mrs. Rogerson ,receivy ,
ed "njiany " ftice i igif t which i
she gratefully "scknowledg-
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ROY S. CIIAPPELL, JR.
Cashier
LOCAL EMPLOYEES
urer of the N. C. Bankers
Association for a term of
two years under the ad-1
ministration of the late
Warren Johnson.
Stevenson joined Peoples
Bank in 1040 after having
served as a Naval Oi'licer
in World War II. He is
a yraduutc of Perquimans
County High School, at
tended the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill and graduated from
the United States Naval
Reserve Midshipman's
School, Cornell University
in 1945. Chappell came to
the bank in 1955 after
having served with the
United States Army Quar
Cancer Society
The Perquimans County
Unit of the American
Cancer Society met Mon
day at 7:30 P. M. at the
Hertford Municipal Build
ing with Miss Thelwia El
liott, president, presiding.
Miss Elliott presented
the devotional and follow
ed with prayer.
Dr. Robert L. Poston,
program chairman, intro-
marie Hospital, Elizabeth
City, who gave a very in
teresting and informative
talk on "Cytology."
Minutes of the last meet
ing were read by Mrs. Joe
Meads, secretary.
The treasurer .reported a
balance in the treasury of
$365.04.
Reports were heard from
various committee chair
men. Miss Elliott, presented a
plaque to Miss H u 1 d a
Wood for her outstanding
service during the 6-year
cancer prevention study.
A committee was ap
pointed to review the by
laws of the local unit,
since the president con
sidered some revisions
were needed. Miss Hulda
Wood, Mrs. Marion Swin
dell and Charles Harrell
will serve on this com
mittee. Mrs. Ruth Peterson, dis
trict field consultant of
the American. Cancer So.:
eiety, was recognized by
Miss Elliott. She gave a
brief talk and commended
t h e Perquimans County
Unit on the. fine job it is
doing. She stated that the
local unit has attained
state-wide recognition for
its outstanding work.
, ,; At the conclusion of the
business session, the meet
ing was adjourned. ' ' ,
Hertford Police
Has Control
. Hertford's Police .De
partment . had a quiet
month during January, ac
cording to a report made
to the Town Board at its
February meeting by Po
lice Captain B. L. , Gibbs.
According to the captain,
only nine arrests 1 were
made. , Of the nine arrests
made,' eight were, found
guilty as charged. , , '
The' arrests and charges
were three assaults, ' two
.drunks, oner speeder, one
larceny, one miscellaneous
traffic arrest and , one
miscellaneous arrest
Fines amounted to $UC
and i the court costs $120
totaling $230 for the month
of January,
V The department answer
ed' nd iinvestigaeed 111
call4 . eitended 107 court
esies:, aniwered 277 radio
calls, " worked three fun
erals. ;v (found eight doors
Unlocked l! answered- ; i i'x
tnv caUs; issued two. ciJ
iartdons,""' investigated1' one-
aooident and "reported four
lights out
Meeting Held
MAS. PAIGE STALLING S
Assistant Cashier
termaster Corps in Korea.
He is a graduate of Per
quimans County High
School and the Carolina
School of Banking conduct
ed each summer at the
University of North Caro
lina. Mrs. Stallings is
Perquimans County High
School graduate and at
tended the Carolina Col
lege of Commerce and the
College of the Albemarle.
She has completed several
American Inslitute of
Banking Courses.
All four employees have
been active in church and
civic affairs and have held
various offices in several
local organizations.
Atomic World
Talk March 7
A demonstration lecture
sponsored by the Atomic
Energy Commission on
atomic energy and its uses
will be presented at Per
quimans County High
School on March 7.
The program, tilled "This
Atomic World", is designed
to -acquaint students with
1hc basic principles of nu
clear energy.-- its sources
and" role in industry, agri
culture and medicinf.
Phillip Lamm will pre
sent the assembly prograrti
which breaks down into
student terms topics in
cluding the structure of
atoms, radiation, reactors,
and fusion. Mr. Lamm hao
completed extensive train
ing at the" Oak Ridge,
Tenn.. facilities of the
Atomic Enercy Commis
sion. He is a graduate of
Atlantic Christian Collcec
Wilson. North Carolina and
has done graduate work at
East Carolina College
Greenville, North Carolina
He holds a bachelor of sci
ence degree.
Continued on Page 3
Morris Griffin
Death Victim
Morris Thomas Griffin,
64, of Route 2, Edenton,
died Friday in a Wake
Forest hospital following a
two weeks illness. A na
tive of Franklin County, he
was the son of the late
Archie Thomas and Mrs.
Lucy Strickland Griffin.
He was a retired farmer,
merchant and logger, was
a member of Bethel Bap
tist Church and was a for
mer member of the Bethel
Ruritan Club.
Surviving are his wife,
Mrs. Lenna Flcetwood'Grif
fin; a daughter, Mrs,
Jayne Keeter of Wake
Forest; two brothers, John
nie Griffin of Castalia and
Russell Griffin of Durham;
and three grandchildren. .
Funeral services were
held Sunday at 3:00 in the
Chapel of the Swindell
Funeral Home by the Rev.
Gordon Shaw, pastor of
Bethel Baptist Church and
the Rev. L. C, Chandler of
Windsor,- a former pastor.;
"Near To The Heart of
God" was sung by Mrs.
Willis Proctor, Mrs. Thorn-:
as Ed Chappell and Mrs.
. S. Chappell, Jr. They
Were accompanied by Miss
Carolyn Long, organist.
The casket pall was made
of , white chrysanthemums,
white stock and fern.
Pallbearers were A. T.
Griffin, i Jack Griffin; Ru-;
fus f B. b Turner, Thomas
Fleetwood, Maynard Fleet
wood and Thomas Ed
Chappell. Hpnora r$p pall
bearers Were ' members ' of
Mr. Griffin's Sunday School
class. wt'.fc iHt' .,J,,tu'jiv.l
' BuriuT'was. 'in CcdyfwoW
Cemetery. ,'-t--- -'
The annual peanut pro
duction meeting was high
lighted with the announcc
; ment of the top three pea
nut producers in 'iJer
quimans County. 'This ,wos
based on the highest aver
age in pounds of all pea
nuts that the person farm
ed. According to Doug
las Taylor, assistant agri
cultural extension agent,
the Hl'Sli winner is Phillip
Thach r.f Route 1, Hert
ford, with an average (
3.5U1 pounds per aerj on
14.4 acres.
Second place goes to
Lloyd Stagings with an
average of 3.53iJ pounds on
9.2 acies, and the thiid
highest goes to last year's
champion, Crafton Wins
low of Route 2, Hertford,
with an average of 3,461
pounds per acre on 7.0
acres.
R. M. Thompson, county
extension chairman, intro
duced Aslor Perry, state
peanut specialist, who
showed slides on various
peanut production prac
tices and other data taken
from previous demonstra
tions. An "all practice"
method of raising pea
nuts was stressed to in
sure highest yields and
quality.
Following Mr. Perry's
presentation, Joe Suggs,
executive secretary of the
Rose's Store
Hours Changed
.Mrs. Kathcrine Nelson,
manager of the Hertford
Rose's Store, announced
here Monday that the Rose
Store will not begin the
closing hours or vacation
hour schedule until April
I.
The manager stated that
the store, beginning April
1, will be open for your
shopping convenience each
Friday evening until 6:30
o'clock.
After April 1. the Wed
nesday afternoon holiday
will begin. The store will
close at 12:00 noon with
other business places here.
However, Mrs. Nelson stat
ed that the Rose's Store
will observe this schedule
only until the first two
weeks prior to the school
opening term, at which
time the store will go back
to its original schedule of
open each Wednesday af
ternoon. The local Rose's Store is
still open each Saturday
night until 9 P. M., It
seems that ; following last
week's article on the holi
day season schedule of
hours was released by this
paper, that some of the
people were confused and
thought that the store was
already closing on Satur
day night. The store is
open each Saturday night
and will be until the April
date.
Heart Fund
Benefit
A womanless , wedding
and talent show will be
presented in the Perquim
ans County High School
auditorium on Friday, '
March 10 at 8 o'clock P. M.
Mrs. Hillary Scaff and
Mrs. Tom Brown are in
charge of the program
which is sponsored for the
Heart Fund. All proceeds
derived from : the. show,
which incidentally from all
reports , will be hilarious
and most entertaining; will
go" toward thjj 1067 hearty
Fund. .-.j '...-.: ;) ;-.-,
! The public1 is urged to
attend for' an evening of
merriment , and at the Same
time they will be contrib
uting, to the Hwt'Ftmd.-
Peanut Growers Associa
tion, spoke encouraging
farmers to fellow the up-to-date
practices with spe
cial emphasis on the use
of the l-K'st variety, best
yields and grade. Mr.
Suggs then presented the
trophy and prizes to the
top producers as previous
ly stated.
Included on the program
was Bobby Heath, ASCS
office manager, who spoke
on the new certification
prof ram for checking
(omplkmce for the coming
year.
Mr. Taylor further said
'.Plan now for .'.''l of your
peaiuit practices in 1967.
You will find that the
practices are easier to ac
complish and that you will
gel better results if you
reach a deci-iun r.ow. Any
decision you make, how
ever, shju.'d be tentative
as conditions may change
as the season progresses.
A checklist of practices
and cnn'.'.nents about, each
practice should help you
pian ahead for top pea
nut yields in 1907. This
checklist of 'An Efficient
Way to Make High Pea
nut Yields in 1967' can be
found in your county
agent's office. Please feel
free to call on us any
time for more information
concerning this"
(Mrs. Sawyer
Heads Drive
Mrs. Nathan Sawyer has
accepted I li e chairman
ship of the Perquimans
County Red Cross fund
campaign for 1967. The
announcement was made
by Clyde Emory Lane,
Jr., chapter chairman,
who expressed his appre
ciation at being able to
secure someone with the
ability of Mrs. Sawyer to
head this campaign. The
goal for the drive is $1,246.
Mrs. Sawyer stated that
the drive will run from
March 13 through 31 and
at the present ti'me she is
busy lining up her work
ers. She urges that if
you are called on to help
with the solicitation, to
please do so, since money
is needed to conduct the
many services offered by
the Red Cross. Among
these are service to mili
tary families, the blood
program, disaster, water
safety and first aid.
The new chairman, who
is the former Geneva
Landing, is a member of
First Methodist Church, an
active member- of the
.Wesleyan Service Guild
and at one time was ac
tive in home demonstra
tion work in the county.'
PHYLLIS NIXON '
.ON DEAN'S LIST . :
j Plir;-lul8e,-ln,-V,
former, .f'erquimahs Ooun-i 1
ty H'gh;ipchoql,; grado4terA
nowjf student'at Campv.fl'
bell vCoMegt!. was amohg'S V .
somrf" 235 ..students nomed.i'Vi''
on th an'syeleast-iil-"
cd recently in recognition
of superior academic work
done at Campbell College
during the fall term.
They were competing for
the honor against a field
of 2,169 students regularly
enrolled. , Of the total, 140 '
were women and 95 men.i
NO i)raft"ca7.lfob
, MONTI J OF MARCH
Mrs. ' Margaret . ,S C a f t
bbard announced this, week , -V
at "Perquimans . County.'" ,
tfoes not have draft cau , ',
for the-ttwufr-oj March , '