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Vol XXXIV.-No. 10.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 10, 1967.
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l3 Pes' Cent Rate hi
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" The. Perquimans County :
. (Commissioners met here
Monday; at their March
meeting and adopted a res
olution that Cor l the year
1967, that all real and per
sonal property be and' the
same is assessed at 50 per
cent of the appraised val
ue; and -60 per cent of the
...'v3ntMiisa'4 trnlna , ehnlt Ka
'JtJI W.wu i M . w. . Mil (i I
he value Ued for taxing
property. -;
Reports ".were received
f from the .Agriculture ' Ex
li tension Service and Wel
fare Departments,-
, V The . ' Board authorized
the Perquimans . County
; Chamber of Commerce to
have 4,000 'copies printed
?(, of, the deed from Kilco
fcanen to George. Durant. .
f It- (waS voted by the
'r boW that te tax year co
iMtde with the county fis
t Car, '
It1 was also voted to of
fq&; for sale, i sealed . bids,
- thV"property owned by the
,' county located 'in town oil
Vk Highway No. i7. this
' is the former Brown Motel
! Restaurant.1 Bids will be
. received up to 10 o'clock
..A.: M., on Monday, . April
3 and should be given to
- Julian Powell, Clerk to the
Perquimans Commissioners.
- An -advertisement . of this
property is located in the
; Legal section of this paper.
Brewer Speaker
For local Rally
v f he men f the Chowan
Baptist Association are in
vited to attend a laymen's
evaneelistie rallv Friday.
t March 10 iat the Hertford
1 Baptwt '.CHufcR- ut B:00 P.J
M The Evangelism Com
rrvitee of he association is
t- ct j ... m:
will bev conducted entirely
t't . i i ....... v rf ! .
. xraiiisuiiiiffT uust j uuv wiiii.il
Dy laymen. ' ,
-Mr. Dick Brewer will be
the speaker ' for the( even
ing. There ! will be musi
' cal selections rendered by,
the Hertford, Baptist
Church Men's Choir and
Mr. Earl Springle will pre
side. The Brotherhood of
the church have also plan
ned a fellowship hour. for
the men after the. rally,
j j The Evangelism Commit
Iteehepes to make this the
-bjgfjest rally for Christ
ever held in this associa
jjoh and it is hoped that
wanyvnen will plan to at-'fcW-
The theme for this
rally vIs v "Laymen for
.Christ" t '
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. Fixings goes to
state senate '
i ; NormaiT Stallings lenth
grade student at Perquim
ans' County High School,
j is serving this week as a
'page W the State Senate
in Raleigh. a
a Stallings is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dill) on
former. Anne Elliott.
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IJiggers At -NYCDMeeting
. Some 250 representatives
of 68 Neighborhood Youth
Corps projects attended a
two day , conference in
Duham.
The; conference,
'with
the theme "VNYC It's Sat
isfying; featured addresses-";
by '; national anil
state NYC officials, in
cluding; John T. Biggers
of Hertford, v Sorne., of
those participating were
William; T. Davies, reg
ional director of the Mid
Atlantijjjj Region; Robert H.
Ward, 'assistant state co
6rdinar; Al ' Honeycutt,
assistant , employment ser
vice rector; - Dr. Marion
ThdrJ assistant ' director
of Nm,C. State Board of
Higheg Education.
; The conference closed
with 'an address by Mike
Lorenao, North Carolina
pioject officer. ;
TH. Neighborhood Youth
Corps' projects in Norts
Carolina cover some 12,000
Meeting Set
On Herbicides
""There will be a Herbi
cide meeting at the Agri
cultural Building in Hert
ford on Thursday, March
9' at 2:00. Dr. Doug Wor
sham, Weed Control Spe
cialist from --. C. Exten
sion Service will be here
to discuss the latest ' rec
ommendations in chemical
control of weeds and grass
in our crops for 1967" ac
cording to R. M. Thomp-
Chairman. : , "We .., realize ...
that . there is a great deal
of interest and doubt in
many' peoples minds as to
the use of chemicals and
what kind to use, when to ;
apply and how much and
we believe that a discuss
ion such as Dr. Worsham
will hat will clear up a
lot of questions".
Plans-are also being
made .tp demonstrate dif-
ferent types of spray noz
zles, :w because f spraying
equipment- is a weak link
,in . our1, program ' at the
tirpepnf f imp "Wa hnno
i r v- v
. that you -fill (make a real
eiiurv 10 auena inis meet
ing so that you can better
plan - your' cultural prac
tices , for 1967" . further
states Mr. Thompson.
DARDEN RESIGNS AS
CHIEF OF P9UCE .
MayorSV. N.' Darden, who
also hasieldj the jpb and
title of Chief of Pplice for
the Town of Hertford for
the pasjt-rftwenty-odd years,
resigned here Tuesday and '..
appointedij Capt. B. U Gibbs i
to the Chief's position.
W. F., ,"BiH" Tarkenton,
long-time member ; of the
Hertford Police Department
was promoted to the rank
of Captain. -
E-2ANNE SnVEY
appear each day dor the
following 10 days. '
. Suzanne is five -years
oW nd Simrry is four; ; '
v'..r,i; . .li t. 41" I )i.
,,The prpgram. fs,,ft,childr .
'fV' prog-. 1'1 r t H 'dn'
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; U. S. SENATE PAGl! Senator Sam J. Ervin, Jr.,'
(D-NC) recently welcomed Walter G. Edwards, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Edwards, 201 Dobb Street,
Hertford, N. C, to Washington, D. C, as Walter as
sumed his duties as a Page in the United States Senate.
Edwards, who attended Perquimans County High School,
is a sophomore at the Capitol Pace School. Senator
Ervin, in commenting on Edwards appointment,- said,
"He is a fine and capable young man and it is a dis
tinct pleasure to have him serve in the Senate. I trust
that this v opportunity . will be extremely helpful ' to
Walter's future." . X ,
Yedding'Set
A womanless wedding
and talent show sponsored
by Mrs. .Margaret' Scaff
and Mrs. Kitty Brown for
the ,1967 Heart Fund will
be presented in the Per
quimans County High
School ' auditorium Friday
night, March 10, ; at 8
o'clock.
The program, from ' all
reports, will ' be hilarious
and most entertaining with
R. M. (Pete) Thompson
playing the part of the
rr.tnisterY The groom - is
Charlie Schneer, the bride
Preston : Morgan. -Mother
of the bride is Tom
Banks. Twin sisters of
the bride are Hillary Scaff
' aijd Walter :, Humphlett.
Father of the bride, Ern-
:, est Sutton; i aunjt ".. of , tho
' bride, Emmett Landing;
uncle of the bride is Luke
Butts; ' baby sister is
Douglas Taylor;? baby
brother is Talmadge By
rum. Mother of the groom
will be Claude Brinn;
father of the groom is
William Ray Chappell;
jilted sweetheart is Char
lie Skinner; widowed aunt
of the groom is Robert
Sutton; Mrs. Meraldino's
baby is Ed Nixon; old
maid sister, Carson Spi
vey; aunt , of the jilted
sweetheart is Bobby El
liott; George Field is
the j flower girl. Ring
bearer will be Billy White;
vocalist if or the ocpasion is
John Beers; organist will
be Talmadge Rose; the
bridesmaids are Joe Now
ell, Joe Tunnell, H. B.
Miller, Frank Mansfield,
Seymour Chappell and Roy
Chappell. Maid of , honor
is ; Bobby Heaih. Dr. AT.
' Save Jt will be Leon Ed
wards. Ushers are Erie
Haste, Jr., Jack Robertson,
Jr., Julian' Winslow and
Joe-Towe, Jr.
Taking part in the tal
ent show will ; be Peggy
Copeland, Jo Frances Per
ry,, Clarence Shackelford,
the Perquimans Marching
Unit, the Albemarle Sound
Band, Rev. Hubert Mor
ris,; David Barnette and
chorus line of Sid Har
mon, Tom Brown, Buddy
Tilley, Joe Rogerson, Jr.,
.Welly White and Thur-
"man Whedbee.
,, Robert Dail ' will act as
-master of ceremonies. .
Chappell Cows
Make Records
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-' .Two' registered Guernsey
'cows In the .herd , of Clar
ence Chappell, Sr., Belvi
'dere' have, .recently, com-,
pleted top official DHIR
actual production records,
f according to the American
Guernsey Cattle Club. All
cows, were- milked , two
times a .day. The tMtin
wag supervised by North.
Carolina State College.
. Charlton Meemie, a jun -
t : 1J , J 1
wr a-yeai-oiu, piuuuccu
12,210 pounds of milk and
, 604 pounds of fat in 305
davs.f i '.v wi "
'."'Dulomas J. S. Lulla, a
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JU1I1U1. 0-Ccll-VlU,':llUUUWU
1J,&3 pound's of mtlk 'end
vWi Bounds of fat, 'in 297
Friday Night
Garden Contest
Underway Here
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Would you like 'to be
Mr. and Mrs. Perquimans
County "Garden Champion"
and win one-half ton tof
fertilizer, insecticides, or
vegetable seeds? You can
if you enroll now in the
Garden Production and
Conservation Contest be
fore the deadline March
15, 1967, and follow rec
ommended practices. This
contest is sponsored by the
Garden, Foods and Nutri
tion leaders of the Exten
sion Homemakers' Club.' V
An adequate supply of
vegetables may not always
be available unless they
are grown in one's own
garden, whether it be a
family size ga rden er a
market size plot.
Because we believe that
Khe' future and well-being
of the people of .Perquim
ans County and the future
of the. garden program in
terms ' of its economic,
health and other values are
one and the same, we of
fer and promote the Gar
den Contest as an incen
tive to growjng and con
serving more food at home.
You may secure entry
form from the Extension
Home Economics Agents'
or Agricultural Agents' of
fice which is located in
the Agricultural Building,
310 Dobb Street, Hertford,
North Carolina or from the
Garden, Foods and Nutri
tion Leaders of the Exten
sion Homemakers' Clubs.
Mrs. Elliott
Death. Victim
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lade Copeland Elliott, 59,
Who died Thursday, were
held Saturday at 2:00 in
the Chapel of the Swindell
Funeral Home by the Rev.
Norman Harris, pastor of
the Hertford Baptist
Church. :
"When They Ring These
Golden Bells" was played
during the service by Mrs.
JJ, Ellie White, organist.
The casket pall was made
of pink nd white carna
tions and fern.
Pallbearers were Buddy
Tilley, Tommy Tilley, Eu
gene Boyce, Ben Thach, Jr.,
Jack Symons and ' Hilton
White. ( ,
. Burial was 1 'kii ' Ce'dak
wood Cemetery. .'
HISTORICAL SOCIETY '
TO MEET MARCH I3th
, . The Perquimans Historj-'
cal. Society. will.; hod i its
March meeting on Monday,
night, - March , 13,; at 8
o'clock P.- M., at the Li
brary, i The program will
be-in charge of Ray Wins
low who will give a resu
me of, the earliest law3
passed , for the Town of
Hertford, chartered in 1758
1 and also the county of Per-
.. ' ..- '
quimans.
.These laws should be of
special, interest as they deal
With ' 'Jtoads, ' ferries, V courts,
ordiariei, 'uildjng . regu
lations, t,c. r.. ' t , '
.'Tbe r public is .,cordially
invited to attend, - i-
Winslow EEC Chairman
Most North Carolina
counties now have active
clubs - of. East Carolina
College .students to serve
asj personal messengers be
tween campus and home
tpivn.
r -', Organizations - of -the
' cdunty clubs has " taken
itaee quickly as .a result
' of an . effort by Student
president Stephen" bnite-
ntyn to ; actively involve
i j stijdents in .: overall de
velopment of East Caro
lina. Percy Lancelot
Wmslow, Jr., son of Mr. .
and Mrs; Percy L. Wins-low-,
of Route 1, Belvidere,
is ' chairman of the Per
quimans Club.
'ilSniteman called a mass
PERCY L. VVtNSLOW, JR.
Conservation
Posters Judged
"Conservation is Every
body's Business" and
about 300 students in the
fourth, fifth and sixth
grades in the Hertford
Grammar School , and the
Perquimans County Cen
tral Grammar School
made it their business to
participate in. the annual
jCjpservation . Poster Con
test recently, as an out
growth of their classroom
studies on concervation.
George Winslow, chair
man of the Perqui'mans
County supervisors of the
Albemarle' Soil and Wa
ter Conservation District,
sponsors, presented the
awards to the nine win
ners shown above on Frit
day morning at the Hert.
ford Grammar '.-'School
First place prize was $5.00,
second place $3.00 : and
third place $1.00 and re
cipients were:
Fourth Grade Wendy
Hurdle, ifirst place; Sharon
Thompson, ' second place;
Jeanette Jones, third
place.
Fifth Grade Barry Lane,
first place; Sylvia Greg
ory, second place; Roger
White, third place, v
Sixth Grade --- Frances
White, first place; Tony
Winslow, s e c o n d place;
B r e n d a Godfrey, third
Godfrey, third place.
Mr. Winslow commend
ed the . students for their"
originality and thought in
telling the story of con
servation, and also thank
ed the teachers and prin
cipals for their ; interest
and cooperation.; The first
and' second place winners
in each grade will partici
pate in the district con
test on March 30, which is
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Parents Plan
Benefit Dance
'The Marching Unit Par
ents Club will: sponsor a
dance which will be . held
on Saturday,' Mairch 1 4,
from 8 until 11 P. M.
This dance ' will be held
in the building ' next to'
the Colonial Store in the i
Harris Shopping Center in
Hertford. The building
was formerly occupied by
Harmon's Pharmacy. ;
A featured band, the
Barracudas, of Portsmouth,
Va.t has been secured to
furnish the music. .
v : Admission for ihe dance
is $1.00 . per- person and
the dress will be casual.
There will be hot dogs,
hamburgers and soft
drinks i on sale during.: the
dance. ( Proceeds derived
from -.the. danpe and Jsale
portt vet the Perquimans
-Hurtling Iftutv' ' t
meeting several weeks ago
to stimulate campus - wide
interest in his idea. He
had ECC President Leo.
W.' Jenkins and State
Sen. Robert B. Morgan,
chairman of. the trustees, '
on hand to speak to the
students.
Each county club organ
ized so far has a chairman
who is taking the lead 'in
planning club activities.
Those activities included
making speeches about
East Carolina back home,
visiting home county
schools and other or
ganizations to provide in
formation about East Ca
rolina, and talking to in
dividuals' back home to
explain, in President Snrte
man's words, "that East
Carolina is really render
ing a great service to the
cause of education."
Sniteman's main idea in
getting the clubs started,
he said, was "to actively
involve -ourselves in fill
ing a gap in understand
ing and accurate informa
tion of the true purposes,
accomplishments and goals
of our college."
But, he said, club func
tions will go much beyond
that. .They will be called
on to furnish hosts and
hostesses when home
county groups or indivi
duals visit East Carolina.
And they will be asked to
supply official delegates to
aecomnanv KP.P nffi,.ni'
on trips to home counties,
Study Tour
Is Scheduled
Four Methodist youth
from this area will attend
a United Nations-Washington
study tour on peace
and world order during
March 11-17. The study
tour is being conducted by
the Methodic. Youth Fel
lowship off the .North Ca
rolina Conference, of the
Methodist Church; They
are: Linda Hand of Gates
ville, David Owens of
Elizabeth City, Sally Bak
er from New Hope and
Dawn Evans of Manteo.
They will be part of a
group of 33 selected from
local Methodist churches
throughout the eastern
half of North Carolina.
The purposes of the
study tour are (1) to un
derstand the functions and
operations of the United
Nations and the United
States government; (2) to
provide the opportunity to
participate in discussion
of current world affairs;
(3) to discuss the Chris
tian's " responsibility and
the role of the church in.
the issues raised before
the UN and the federal
government; and (4) to
discuss how a Methodist
youth can determine his
responsibilities in these
issues.
These young--people will
attend sessions of the
United Nations and the
Congress of the United
States. Briefings by vari
ous members of the' world
and national governments
will be .features of the
tour. N o r t h Carolina's
Senator B. Everett Jordan
and Congressman James C,
Gardner wjll meet wifh
the group in Washington.
. Linda Hand, who is
president of the Elizabeth
C i t y District Methodist
Youth Fellowship is a
. senior at Gates . County
High School. She is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Leroy ( Hand., . David , Ow
ens, a junior ' at ' Elizabeth'
City ' High School. . the.
son of Mr. and "Mrs.r Wil
soh Owens. Sally Baker,
a junior at Perquimans
" High School, ' is the- daugh-
ter of Mrs, Garland 'Baker.
Dawn Evans, a Sophomore .
at Manteo High School, is
the -daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Burwell Evans.
HOLLOWELL BUYS
CEMENT PLANT
Joel F. Hollowell, . Jr.,
has recently purchased the
Carolina Ready - - Mix in
Winfall, which he has re
named, the Winf all Ready
Mix. : i . .jWi" v . ; ,' v
" The' company, can supply
! your need in.iReady Mix.
Concrete through the new
company. J
Joe Haskett Winner
Of Coveted Morehead
Grant To University
Prayer Week
Slated Here
Week of Prayei for
Home Missions will be
observed by the Woman's
Missionary Union of the
Hertford Baptist Church
March 5-12.
The theme .for the week
is "As You Go -" and the
Scripture passage is John
15:1-17.
Prayer services will bo
held in the church Wed
nesday and Friday nights
I at 7:30 and Tuesday and
f Thursday mornings at 10
o'clock.
Meditations for the week
will be "As You Go--Search,
Encounter, Reach
Out, Grow and Live."
Members of the Wom
an's Missionary Union are
urged to attend. Visitors
are welcome.
On Our
Fire Scene
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Nine firemen from the
Hertford Fire Department
responded to a mutual aid
call to the Carolina Build
ing fire in Elizabeth City
on March 1. The .firemen
manned hose lines and op
erated a fire engine for
13 hours. The firemen
working at this fire were:
Chief R. C. Elliott, Chas.
Harrcll, Lloyd Lane, Lloyd
Riddick, John Danchise,
Francis Nixon, Charles
Skinner, Jack Harrell and
Robert Taylor. All other
Hertford firemen were on
standby alert.
Hertford volunteers were
called on again to man
standby hose lines at the
fire scene from 8 A. M.
Sunday until 8 A. M. Mon
day. They were: Chief R.
C Elliott, W. L. Tilley,
Lloyd Lane, F. B. Nixon,
Henry Stokes, N. P. Greg
ory, Jack Harrell, Keith
Haskett, J. G. Beers. W.
T. Miller, L. E. Riddick
and Robert Carter.
Firemen from the Wood
ville Fire Department also
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ROBERTSON TO ATTEND
CONVENTION IN OHIO
Zack Robertson, owner of
Robertson's Cleaners &
Laundry, Inc., left Thurs
day for Cleveland, Ohio,
where he will attend a
National Dry Cleaning and
Laundry Convention.
TAX DATA
Sales and use tax data
pertaining to business ac
tivity in the counties of
the state as a whole dur
ing 1966 as compared with
1965 and through January,
1967, shows Perquimans
collections for the year
1965-66 were $186,117, and
for February, 1966, through
January, 1967, showed an
increase with the collec
ts climbing in the 80's.
tions totaling $198,790.
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PROMOTED Georjc
stripes signifying his 'promotion to staff ; sergeant ta the
U. S. Air Force frwn Colonel Nathan J. Hirsh, his cotn
inwhder at Cigli AB, Turkey. Sergeant Ayscue. a supply
speHaHst, iiassigned t aC.-S. Air Force support-unit t
f!lrH Ha Is a 1959 readuate of VeraUlmans. COUrttV llttrh
'4 ' School. His wife, Ann, is.
iiaywood Chappell of Route
fhotoj,
! i v.y.',.'!
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..Mill,. MII'-ttlvdLi I T ll
JOE HASKETT JR.
J.cph Ray ;'iiketl, Jr.,
:J-)C, son of Mr. and M-'s.
: l;;.y HasUe'.t, Sr., ot'107
Ca.c;;r.a Ave.i"? in Hert
ford, has -it. i-'vod a Mm
ho:,.) A vurd to itudy at t.:e
I'liiverf'tv of 'orth Caro
1'Vi r.t Chapel 11:11.
The announcement is
made by Norman A. Cocke
of Charlotte, chairman nf
the Board f Trust-.'fci vi
the John Motley More.'iead
Foundation.
Haskett is a student ill
I'lTqiMinans County Hih
Schcol in Hertford. Ko is
oi. e of 99. boys to receive
ihe ..wards this year. The
E'va.rs are worth $7,000 to
North . Carolina studor.ts
for four years of stur!;' ai
UC.
A.- a student. Hask::''.'s
activities include lojny
chic) Bjarshal. preside:.! l
the Beta Club, cn-cap'ain
of ive varsity football team,
and t member-of the Ht-mir
Ce.-iinu'tee of " the Stuacur.
CJcrcil.
The Morehead Awards .
were presented in IU81.
They are presented on the
basis of outstanding merit
as reflected in academic
ability, character and lead
ership. Need :s not con
sidered. PRICE MONDS LISTED
ON HONOR LIST
Alvah Price Monds, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Riley S. .'
Monds, Jr., of Front Street,
is listed on the Dean's List
at the University of North
Carolina for the fall se
mester, 1906.
Monds was listed on the
School of Business List. To
be on the Dean's List, stu
dents much take a mini
mum of 15 semester hours
of work and earn a B
(3.0 quality point) aver-'
age with no grade below a
C on work.
Monds is a Perquimans
High School graduate,
CANDACE WOOD ON
COLLEGE HONOR ROLL
Candnee E. Wood was
one of 6Ui outstanding stu
dents at ;Chowan College
during' the Fa'! semester
and placed on the college's
Honor Roll lor scholastic
achievement.
E. Ayscuc Criht), son of -Mr
the daushteit,of Mr,, and Mrs. ;
t, Hertiord. (C. S. Air forc
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