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Volume XXXIV No. 42
Hertford, Perquimans County North Carolina, Thursday, Oct. 19th, 1967
10 Cent Per Copy
Superior Court Term To
Convene Here Monday;
Judge Cohoon Presides
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Search Underway For junior Miss
Hertford Junior Miss 1966-67
Sanfra Lynn Ange, Edenton
Iflrst runner up In 66-67 and
EUen Harrell, Elizabeth City
second runner up In the 1966-67
Junior Miss Contest are shown
in the above photo, Miss Hand
is seated and to the right Is
PTA Subscription Dr.
For Perquimans Weekly
Will End October 3f
PTA members of the Hert
ford Grammar School, Central
Grammar school and Per qui
mans Union Schools opened their
annual drive for Perquimans
Weekly subscriptions here Oct
ober L and will continue thru
OdtobjUf.i.'&.
The public Is urged Whei. con-TJk. - A i
tacted for a renewal or new sub
scription to be sure they are
taking the Perquimans Weekly
and not subscribing to some
thing else, as their is . another
drive going on not connected
with the Parent Teachers drive
for the Perquimans Weekly. So
if contacted for a subscription,
be sure you know what you are
subscribing to. There has been
some confusion. Only the PTA
Is soliciting subscriptions for
the Perquimans Weekly, this is a
project they have had going in
their organizations for a number
of years. :
The annual project to raise
funds Is conducted by the schools
mentioned each year. This Is
your opportunity to help bolster
your PTA bolster treasury, In
order, that they may be able to
Lgojblngs for their schools that
are needed, w
Outing this drive by the PTA
renew your subscription so that
they will receive the generous
commission.
Service For Beers
Mark Wlnslow Beers, IS, died
unexpectedly Saturday at 3:30
p.m. in the Albemarle Hospital.
He was the son of John G. and
Mrs. Betty Jean Wlnslow Beers.
He was a member of the First
Methodist Church, the Methodist
Youth Fellowship, was a volun.
teer worker at the Museum of
the Albemarle where he acted as
guide from 2 until 5 p.m. each
sunoay anernoon, guiding visit.
ors through, and was a tenth
grade student at Perquimans
County High School. Mark also
ushered for the play peformance
in Elizabeth City "She Stoops to
Conquer", given by Williams.
burg players. He is spoken of
by all whom he met as being
very useful and helpful at the
Museum. .-- : ;v
Besides his parents, he is sur
vived by two sisters, Miss Dlna
Beers and Miss Mary Llndsey
Beers; and his paternal grand.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. C.
Wlnslow of Hertford.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11:00 In the
First Methodist Church by the
Rev. R. L. Bame, pastor.
The casket pall was made of
white chrysanthemums and fern.
pallbearers were Cecil Ed.
wjird Wlnslow, Clinton Wlnslow,
Claim White, Joe Roger son, Billy
vh!te and Hillary Seatf.
, Burial was in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
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The Bethel Fire Department
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Miss Ange and left Is Miss
Harrell, these are the outgoing
beauties of last year's Junior
Miss Contest.
The search Is on once again
tor the Albemarle Junior Miss,
the contest was previously called
Hertford Junior Miss and was
Superior
Court Here
The following sixty good and
lawful persons were drawn to
serve as Jurors, at the next
Regular term of Superior Court
for Perquimans County, which
convenes on Monday. October
30, with Judge Walter W.Cahoon
of Elizabeth City, presiding.
The Jurors drawn are: N. J.
Smith, Washington Lyons, Thel
ma W. Elliott, Gene Webb Phil
lips, Greenwood Welch, R. R.
Copeland, Sr., C. T. Phillips,
Margaret M. Goodwin, Blanche
Kanoy, Mrs. Sylvia Copelan,
Charlie Billups, Nellie S. Har
rell, Harold H. Copeland, Me
llnda Eason Rlddick, Sanford
Lloyd Jennings, T. T, Harrell,
Eunice C. Cale, Richard E.Mat
thews, James Junior Burke, Wil
liam M. Copeland, Howard D.
Hurdle, Charlie Coleman,
Charlie Johnkins, McCoy Phth
isic, Elnora Jones Perry, Esley
Cherrlx, William Henry Rlddick,
Marie L. Jones, Irving Jackson,
Arthur Jones, J. Floyd Harrell.
W. Samuel Long. Charles Evertt
Wlnslow, Charles E. Lane, Mel
ton Knight, Llewelyn Bembry,
Kati Gramby, Elaine H.
Phillips, Henry Thomas Brown,
Hersey E. Gregory, Ora W.
Coston, Hattie Pierce, Melvln
R, Eure, Lois H. Oliver, Ruth
Mansfield, Mary Blancherd,
John Wallace Lowe, Manlson
Revelln Clyde W. Overton,
Thomas S. Russell. Joe Ward
Proctor, Raymond White. Jr.,
W. D. Perry, Jr., Howard L,
Manley, Wallace Baker, Ber
owens, E. J. Proctor, Jr., Sali
sbury Eason. Tildon Whltehursl
and G. C, Buck.
Interns At Work
In 21 Counties
Teaching Interns from East
Carolina University are now at
work in school systems in more
than one-fifth of North Caro
lina's 100 counties.
According to the records of
pr. Thomas A. Chambliss. di
rector of student-teaching, 157
interns have been assigned this
fall to school systems In 21
counties of the state. ,
Nearly one-third of them. 82
are assigned to schools in Pitt
County. Other counties have
from 14 in Lenoir to one each in
Carteret Chowan, Cumberland,
Duplin, Greene, Guilford. Hert
ford and Perquimans.
Each intern is given a practice
teaching assignment through the
omce of Dr. Chambliss. They
conduct regular classes under
the direction of supervisors and
get grades, tor on-the-job per
formances. 'I'.- V ,
- Jane Portia Keffer, of Kin
st on, has been assigned to the
Perquimans Hfeh School hor-e
e ccsomlc drrartment,
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Miss Linda Christine Hand,
changed this year to It's new
title.
Last year's Junior Miss,
Linda Christine Hand, from
Gatesvllle, was third runner up
in the State Pagent and won the
most pagent awards of any single
contestant.
The contest, sponsored by the
Hertford Junior Chamber of
Commerce, will culminate Nov
ember 25 when the winner Is
chosen at the Perquimans County
High School auditorium.
Announcement of the contest,
a highly popular activity last
year, was made by Ed Nixon,
chairman of the Jaycees Pageant
committee.
The local Junior Miss Title
Is given to the high school senior
between the ages of 16 and 19 who
best typifies the ideal American
teenager. Judging Includes per
sonality, talent, scholastic
achievement and personal ap
perance. Any senior girl in the
Albemarle area Is eligible.
Local girls interested in com
peting may obtain entry blanks
fro their . lllgh iii)lf Prin
cipal, or from Harmon's
Pharmacy In Hertford.
The girl chosen as the local
Junior Miss will be presented a
scholarship and the Junior Miss
Trophy. She will also travel to
Charlotte in February for the
State finals.
The state winner then will
compete In the national finals
In March at Mobile, Ala. The
national winner shares in the
$250,000 America's Junior Miss
Scholarship fund. National spon
sors of the America's Junior
Miss Pageant, Inc., are John H.
Breck Co.; Chevrolet Motors
Division, General Motors Cor
poration; Eastman Kodak Co. and
Scott Paper Company.
In Vietnam
U. S. ARMY, VIETNAM
( AHTNC Army Private First
Class George E. White, 21, son
of Mr. and Mrs, Perry White,
315 Stokes Drive, Hertford, N.C.,
was assigned to the 9th Ar
tillery in Vietnam, Sept. 26.
Pvt. White, a wlreman in Bat
tery B of the 9th Artillery's
7th Battalion, entered the Army
in June 1965 and was last station
ed In Germany.
He Is a 1965 graduate of Per
quimans County Union High
School In Wlnfall. Before en
tering the Army hewas employed
by Radio Station WCDJ in Eden-ton.
Perquimans FF A Team Winners
In District Woodland Contest
The Woodland Conservation
Contest i for FFA students
sponsored by the Albemarle Soil
and Water Conservation District
Supervisors was held at Camp
Cale In Perquimans county on
October 12, 1967. Eleven schools
from six counties participated in
the contest, which consisted of
proper tree planting, woodland
protection, control of undesir
able hardwoods, tree Identifies,
tlon, wildlife food trees, proper
thinning, age determination, tree
volume and value, commercial
wood products, and hardwood
management. -
"prizes for the contest were
furnished by Union Bag Camp
Paper Corporation. In the above
photo, Mr. J. R. McDonald, rep.
resenting his company. Is shown
presenting the first place prize
of $15.00 to Johnny Caddy of the
Perquimans County High School
FFA Team while the other mem
bers look on; they are: Johnny
Hobbs, , Dan Nixon, Douglas
Perry, and Joe L. Tunnell, vo.
ag teacher, and George a Wlns
low, Supervisor, Second place
prize of $10.00 went to the Gates
The regular Superior Court
term In Perquimans County will
convene hereonMonday,October
30, with Judge Walter W.Cahoon
of Elizabeth City presiding. This
will be a mixed term of court of
criminal and civil actions to be
disposed of.
Wayland L. White Jr. Is charg.
ed with speeding; Shelton Clifton
Zachary charged with falling to
yield right.of. way.
Robert Patrick Chappell is
charged with Carnal Knowledge.
The following are charged with
picketing or Demonstrating with,
out having first obtained a per.
mit as required by Ordinance
of the Town of Hertford, they
are.- Allen Long,- Golden Frinks,
Kennard Taylor and Tommy
Bond.
Thirty are charged with er.
tlclpatlng In a demonstration
without first obtaining a permit
as required by Ordinance of the
Town of Hertford, they are; Pet
tigrew Rlddick, J. T. Johnson,
Matthew Leigh, Calvin Miore,
William Woodard, George Smith,
Julles A. Harvey, Clifton Welch,
Golden Frinks, D. Rlddick,
James Foreman, Rufus Johnson,
George Sutton, Samuel L.Moore,
Ellis Garrett, Jasper Skinner,
Edna skinner, Erma Felton, Ed
win Elliott, Stephen Vaughn, Rev.
F. L. Andrews, Vatson Hayes,
Richard Light foot, William
Bowser, William Oscar Felton,
Dennis Felton, Cornelius Holly,
Howard Langston Manly, John
Raymond Jones and James A.
Brlckhouse.
Ellis Sutton Jr. charged with
selling Marijuana.
Willie McCoy Farrow is charg
ed with rape.
C. O. Tysor Is charged with
giving a check against Insuf
ficient funds.
Jackson Coston and Joseph Gil
liam are each charged with driv
ing under the influence of lntoxi
cants. Freddie Lee, charged with
breaking, ,eoter larreny, and
receiving.'
Two Placed
And Held for
Charlie W, Hunter and Jack
White, were each found guilty
of larceny In Perquimans County
District Court here October U,
by Judge Fentress Horner,
and were given six months on
the roads. The men appealed
to Superior Court and their bonds
were set at $300. each. They are
charged with larceny of a bat
tery charger and oil from jasper
Wlnslow, of Whiteston.
Larence : Langley, charged
with failure to dim lights for on
coming traffic and without a
valid operators license, was
fined $45.00 and court costs.
Elijah Brooks, charged with
falling to see intended movement
could be made in safety and ex
pired operators license, was
fined $25.00 and court costs.
m a case charging Virginia
Sawyer Jones, with speeding,
prayer for Judgment was con
tinued, as was In the case of
Redmond R. Perry, m.
Richard Llghtfoot, charged
with speeding and with failing
to decrease speed When being
County High School and Camden
High School placed third and re
ceived $5.00. Michael Twiddy
of Camden High School made the
highest Individual score and re
ceived a prize of $5.00.
George G. Wlnslow, Chairman
of the Woodland Contest Commit,
tee, welcomed the group and in.
troduced the supervisors and
Lt. . . .'m-'' rr-r-T-l li- I- , , i - '
John Dlllard Henderson,
charged with driving under in
fluence of intoxicants and with
out a valid operators license.
Jerry Brothers Jackson reck
Ihss driving.
Charlie W. Hunter and Jack
White, larceny.
Richard Llghtfoot, speeding,
falling to reduce speed.
Leon Grover Mann Jr. charged
with driving under the Influence
of Intoxicants.
Joseph Rlddick Sawyer, man.
slaughter.
G. M. Hollowell, failed todrive'
on right half of highway.
N. R. Felton, charged with
driving under influence of lntoxi.
cants..
Bolton Williams Jones, speed,
ing.
Alvln Jennette, charged with
breaking, entering, larceny and
receiving. Aldo Robert Lee
Jones, James Everett Jr., and
James Allen Brlckhouse.
Wayland L. White Jr. reck.
Ljss driving and hit and run.
Nathan Rlddick Copeland,
speeding.
Clarence Drayton Ballance,
without a valid operators license.
George Gilliam Jr., speeding.
Henry Clay vann, hit and run.
Charlie Whedbee Jr., driving
under influence of Intoxicants.
Gilbert Blount Eure Jr., drlv
Ing under the influence of intoxi
cants. Dock Edgar Johnson, driving
faster than was reasonable and
prudent.
Ernest Johnson Symons, and
David Alvln Brlnly, speeding.
Mitchell Duke Ivey, driving
faster than was reasonable and
prudent.
Larry Donlal Taylor, Henry
Clay Skinner and Larry Jones,
each charged with breaking,
entering and larceny.
Thomas Andrew Reld, drlv.
ing under the influence of in
toxicants. Aaron A. Reld, giving check
against Insufficient funds.
William Henry Ayscue, as
sault with Intent to kill.
Under Bond
High Court
overtaken and passed, was fined
$75.00 and court costs. Llght
foot appealed the case and it was
ordered placed on the Superior
Court calendar for trial, bond
was set at $200.
StCatherine's
Holds Luncheon,
Harvest Sale
The St. Catherine's Auxiliary
of Holy Trinity Eplsopal Church
will hold a Luncheon and Harvest
Bale on Friday. October 27th
from 12 til 2 p.m. at the Episcopal
.rarisn House.
Luncheon tickets are now on
sale and may be purchased from
any member of St. Catherine's
Auxiliary or by calling Mrs.
Walter G. Edwards, 426-5550,
Hertford,
guests present. Mr. Henry
Precythe, Henry Cunningham,
and their co-workers in theN.C.
Forest Service conducted the
woodland contest and were later
dinner guests of the Perquimans
County Board of Supervisors at
their district meeting at 6:30
p.m. In the local Lions Club Hall.
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Perquimans Rescue Squad Answers
First Call, Chappell Accident
The Perquimans County Rescue Squad or
ganized here on August 14, answered their
first call last Thursday morning, at 8:05,
when two trucks collided at the Intersection
of NC 37 and State Road 1002 near The Perquimans-Chowan
line. Clarence C. Chappell
Sr., of Belvidere, driving a pickup truck, was
In case of emergency
and in need of an ambu
lance, call the Perqui
mans Rescue Squad . . .
Phone 426-5511 Day or
Night
Clip this number out of
your Perquimans Week
ly and keep it handy at
ofl times!
New Rector At
Holy Trinity
In Hertford
Episcopalians of Hertford wel.
corned this past week the Rev.
Edwin T. Williams, their new
Rector, and his family. The Rev.
Mr. Williams has devoted the
majority of his ministry (20
years to date) to the Mission
and Small Town Churches of the
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Before his ordination in 1946
he was a salesman and then ac
countant in the furniture busl
ness. Born In Richmond, Vir
ginia he attended the University
of Richmond in Richmond and
the School of Theology of. the
University of the South in
Sewanee, Tennessee.
He has served churches In
Virginia, Kentucky and South
Carolina, from which he came to
Hertford. In his Church, he has
been Department Chairman or
Committee Member of Missions,
Christian Education, Forward
and Advance, Conference Cen
ters, state of the Church, Chris
tian Social Relations, College
Work and Church Related Alcohol
Problems. On the national level
Ed has represented his Church
on the National safety Council's
Conference of Religious Leaders
for Safety since 1958 and has
been "Chaplain for the Day" of
the United states senate and the
United States House of Represen.
tatlves.
Among his outstanding com
munity projects have been the
organization of the Eastern Shore
of Virginia Community Concert
Association, the Brunswick
Weekday Religious Education
Program and the Memorial Hos.
pltal Charity Fund. Currently he
Is concerned with MentalHealth,
Traffic Safety and Community
Relations and Is a member of
the Poetry societies of South
Carolina and Virginia.
The Rev. Mr. Williams Is re
ferred to by man of his former
parlshoners as "Governor Ed"
a title earned In Rotary In.
ternational whUe he was serv.
Ing as District Governor of the
Eastern half of South Carolina.
He has been a member of Rotary
since 1946.
He is married to the former
Blanche Christian Brlstow and
has two sons, Thomas Fleming
(a freshman at Clemson Univer
sity) and Edwin Thomas Jr. (a
Junior . at Perquimans High
School,
LodgeToHold
Ladies Night
The Perquimans Lodge No.
106 AF and AM will hold their
ladles night banquet on Oct. 25,
7t30 p.m. at the Hertford Gram
mar School, Hertford. Any mem.
uw ueuring reservations,
please call James G. White at
330-MU3, ,
Town Officials Study
Subdivision Regulation
"LittleBif'ls
1st PlaceWinner
AtState Fair
"Little Bit" was. first place
winner at the Quarter Horse
Mare Halter Show Foals of
1966 Class which was held at the
State Fair on Friday.
"LUtla Bit., owned by P. B.
Thach and shown by Mrs. Patsy
Davis of Elizabeth City, has
quite a collection of trophies
and ribbons which she has re
ceived in local shows prior to
competing at the Fair.
"Missy", owned by Preston
Nixon and shown by Miss Char
lotte Nixon, was placed third in
this division.
Preston Nixon. Rt. 2. Hert
ford, won third place in the
Quarter Horse class. Charlotte
Nixon, Rt. 2, Hertford, placed
third In the Youth flttlne and
showmanship. Carter Rogerson,
Kt. z, Hertford, placed fourth in
Yourth fitting and showmanship.
Tildon Whitehurst, Rt. 3, Eliza,
beth City, won third and fifth
places In Quarter Horse com.
petition, third and fifth Dlaces
In American Quarter Horses Ap.
paioosas, first and fifth places
in Youthflttlngandshowmanship,
and first and second Dlaces in
Performance and Equitation.
PTA Congress
At Sunbury
The North Carolina Congress
of Parents and Teachers will
sponsor Its annual fall District
Conference for District Four,
teen at Sunbury Elementary
School in Sunbury, N. Con Tues
day, October 24th. Registration
and a coffee will begin at 9:30
a.m. and the program at 10:00,
ending with lunch. All PTA mem-
bers, school principals, superln.
tendents and other interested
persons are invited to attend. The
Sunbury Elementary PTA will be
host for the meeting. Lunch will
be available. District Fourteen
includes the counties of Bertie,
Camden; Chowan, Currituck,
Dare, Gates, Hertford, Martin,
and Washington.
The conference program will
examine the "PTA's Stake In
School Boards" and will seek to
create a broader understanding
of the role of school boards and
their contribution to public edu.
cation. To promote "better com
munication between boards of
education and parents" was one
of the first committments made
by State PTA President. Mrs;
Riley S. Monds of Hertford, when
sne was elected in 1966. Mrs.
Monds and State PTA Field Sec
retary, Frances E. Setzer, will
bring Information and challenges
through their presentation to con.
ference participants. Educating
the public and particularly the
PTA to every facet of school
board activity is the goal of
NCPTA this year. District Con.
ference across the state are a
major facet of this program.
Mrs. Walter A. Ward of Cora.
peak, Director of District Four,
teen, will preside at the meeting
ana conduct aorierDusinessses.
Ion during which new District
Officers will be elected.
Injured and taken to the Albemarle Hospital for
treatment. Shelton Clifton Zachary, of Hert
ford, the driver of a peanut truck loaded with
28,000 pounds of peanuts from Hertford Live
stock & Supply Co., was not Injured. Incidental
ly, Zachary the driver of the truck Is a mem
ber of the Perquimans Rescue Squad.
Mayor Emmett Landing and
City Clerk R. C. Elliott were
authorized last Monday night by
the Hertford Town Bnard. to
sign an agreement with the
State Highway division for the
curbing and guttering to be done
on Edenton Road street exftaid
ed. Considerable time was con
sumed by the Mayor and Board
discussing tne sutxuvision regu
lations. Members of the Planning
Board are Jack Kanoy, Ray
Haskett, Buddy Tilley, Moody
Matthews, and Charles Harrell.
The purpose of Sulxlivision
Regulations Is to establish pro
cedures and standards for the
regulation and control of the sub
division of land within the Juris
diction of The Town of Hertford,
in order to promote the public
health, safety, and general wel
fare of the community. They are
designed to promote the orderly
layout and development of land;
provide for the coordination and
dedication of land for streets and
public utilities; ensure adequate
provision for transportation
facilities, sewers, water supply,
schools, parks, playgrounds and
other public facilities, ensure
the propler distribution of popu
lation and traffic to avoid
congestion and overcrowding;
and Insure proper legal descrip
tion, identification, monu
mentation and recording of sub
division properties. A public
hearing was held Wednesday
night on a Proposed Ordinance to
be known as Subdivision Regu
lations of The Town of Hertford,
The Board voted to purchase a
landscaper for use In the Street
Department, at a cost of $400,
It was also voted by the Board
to donate $25.00 to Perquimans
Union School to help defray ex
penses for their "Homecoming
event" to be held October 27.
And to take a page advertise
ment in the Perquimans High
School annual.
Making Headway
The Wlnfall water Department
is moving ahead fast with over
three miles of water mains laid
as well as foundations tor the
water tower.
Briggs Completes
Basic Training
Airman Robert W, Biggs, son
of Mrs. Bertha L. Biggs of Rt.
3, Hertford. N.C., has completed
basic training at Lackland AFB,
Tex. He has been assigned tothe
Air Force Technical Training
Center at Chanute AFB, 111.,
tor specialized schooling as an
aircraft equipment repairman.
Airman Bin attended Eliza
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beth City CN.C.) High School .