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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING 0F HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV. Number 4.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 22, 1937.
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-' A tuberculosis clinic for the school
children of Perquimans County will
be held sometime in March, accord-1
iny to an announcement made by
Mrs. P. T. Johnson, President of the
Hertford Woman's Club, this week.
The exact date of the clinic will be
announced just as soon as the plans
are. perfected.
Mrs. Johnson has been working to
ward this end for months. The Hert
ford Woman's Club agreed to spon
sor the clinic at her suggestion and
Mrs. Johnson immediately began to
carry out her plans, with the coope
ration of Dr. T. P. Brinn, County
F5lth Officer,
falth Officer, who made arrange
, . ments ; with the State Board of
t Health.
1 -W " A physician from the State Sani
a to'rium will conduct the clinic, assist-
by -Dr. T. P. Brinn and a nurse.
All children over ten years of age,
both white and colored, are to have
the examination, without cost, except
' that, in the -cases where the reaction
to the tes 1b positive there will be
' - ' a charge of one dollar for the x-ray
. ' i picture which will be necessary.
, Children of all ages,' even those be
;.r ; Iow the ten-year limit, were former
ly examined in .these clinics which
are held, under .the auspices of. the
t'M' Health Department of the State, but
..since it has been found that only a
?. " very small percentage of children
'Jbv under -ten contract the disease, none
MJMvgeare' examined now,
me leSxention that those child
ren under teifwho may be suspected
ot being tubercular, whose parents
request an examination, or when ad
vised by a physician, will be included.
This also applies to adults. In fact,
any one who has reason to fear that
they are affected with tuberculocsis
will ice examined in the clinic upon
application.
' Tuberculosis was once believed to
be incurable. However, cures are af
fected generally now if the patient
is treated in the very early stages.
But to difficult is it to learn that a
patient Is tubercular without scienti
fic tests, many die because treatment
', .. mi' not given in time. By making
-" these systematic, examinations much
..can be dona' toward the work of
stamping out entirely stbis' dread di
sease. In fact, it is eaid that tuber-'
. euloeJa may vbe entirely eradicated
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Oncers Elected For
Rosa Powell Circle
The first meeting of the County
Council of Home Demonstration
Oubs of Perquimans wa- held . on
Thursday in the .Agricultural Build
ing, with Miss-Gladys Hamrick, Home
jAaat," presiding, and with a very
T fine attendance, three clubs, Winfall,
. Hew Hope and Bethel - Burgess at-
i tiding one hundred per cent Other
, . c'J represented were BaHahack,
. C -rrW)ke,'Whkeston, Hunters Fork
". 1 Xulviderfc Sisi'.;.
arranged by the council, " and the
various committees named as follows:
foods, Mrs. W. .; Dail; conservation,
" telaa Lena Winslow; - clothing, Mrs.
C'T. 'Korson; house furnishing,
" I'rs. ry i Trueblood; home manage
, i. John Symons; home
n, .. Mn.: Archie : lane;
j -ns MIm Clara " White
1- ry, Hint 'Margaret Boyce;
. h lira. Jone Perry p.
'Ion, Mrs. U. T. Griffin;
, Hit. C E, Sutton; educatloii,
itt Stallingsj recreation,
. : . T. V.'bite; loan fund, Mrs. H.
:i -jrVets, Mrs. L. C. Win
, lira. W. ' P. ; Long; 4-(H
r'Iss 'Mannie Mae Cof-
r -vthe council meet
. Oulncy, Mrs. H.
i Lewis, Mrs.
- ' ' Trueblood,
V Mrs.
'. ' ) Lane,
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Current WiMBe Cut
Off Saturday Night
The Town of Hertford will be
in darkness from twelve o'clock
midnight next Saturday night un
til 6 o'clock on Sunday morning.
The current will be cut off during
that peried, according to a notice
given to K, N. Hines, Superinten
dent of Public Works of Hertford,
by the Virginia Electric & Power
Company. Repair work to be
done on the sub station at Winfall
makes this necessary.
Clothing- Specialist
Stresses Importance
Selection Of Fabrics
Miss Willie Hunter, Extension Spe
cialist in Clothing, of Raleigh, con
ducted the first of the clothing lead
ers' schools, at the Agricultural
Building on Monday, when leaders
from the various home demonstration
clubs of the county were present.
Miss Hunter told her hearers that
the textile industry is one of the
largest business in the world, that it
ranks next to foods in importance tor
both industry and health, and that
economists say that one-sixth of all
the income in the United States is
spent for textiles, with women spend
ing about 85 per cent of all money
spent. Textile fabrics, their use,
how produced, how manufactured,
how processed, were discussed at
length by Miss Hunter, and a lot of
useful information as to the selec
tion and the care of fabrics was given
out.
The women present were Mrs. C.
J. Layden, Miss Margaret Bogue,
Mrs. David Trueblood, Mrs. S. L.
Bagley, Miss Lena Winslow, Mrs.
Myrtle Winslow, Miss Fannie Mae
Coffield, Mrs. J. M. Sutton, Mrs. M.
T, Griffin, Mrs. Bertha Smith White,
Mrs. 'arWtnslow and Mrs. J. C.
Truitt.
Miss Myrtle Pike Is
Now Registered Nurse
Among the 299 graduate nurses
who were recently granted license to
practice nursing in North Carolina
was Mass Myrtle Pike, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pike, of Winfall.
Miss Pike is a graduate of Perqui
mans County High School, having
graduated with the class of '82. She
was graduated from The Watts Hos
pital Training School for nurse) in
Durham, N. C, on August 18, 1936.
Having satisfactorily passed the state
examinations Miss Pike is. now en
titled to be known as a registered
nurse. At the present time she, is
employed by Dr. Horton Camp as a
member of the nursing staff of
Camp .Hospital, .Pfttkboro. "; -.". '
Mis Pike, who has many, friends
in Perquimans, was general favo
rite among her schoolmates at Per
quimans High, who- will be interested
to leant of her success.
Missionary Society
' Holds Special Meet
A special business meeting of Cir
cle No. S of the .Woman's. Missionary
Society of the Hertford ; Baptist
Church was held on Monday ight
at the home of Mrs.-J. W. Ward, for
the purpose of outlining the work of
the circle for the coming year, with
Mrs.V. N. Darden, chairman,' presid-
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At the close of the business ses
sion, the hostess served ; a dainty
sweet course. . ' V-v---
Those present were Mesdames
Trim Wflson, H. T. Broughton,. V. N.
Dardea, Carlton Cannon, T.'L.' Jc
sup, G. R. .Tucker, L N. Hollowell,
J. E.'V:te, C B. Holmes, Guy New
by and KI EJen Morgan.1?,"-
The rbruary meeting will be held
with L ia. G. R. Tucker.-f;$i;
; amaBlswaw:f .,;t
Yecpha Union Meets i !
Sandy Cross Jan. 29-30
The Teo'pim Union will ; meet ? at
Sandy Cross Baptist .Church, in
Gates County January 29-89. An in
teresting program has been arranged
including addresses of a timely na
ture regarding the welfare ofi Bap
tist Churches.'- f . 5 i "V 4
' According to';,.the v committee; in
charge each person attending) is re
ed to bring his or her own
u.Kh. . , ' r "if
: -zrcNARY Circle to utztt
f nior Missionary Circle of the
1 t'odist Church wi'J rleet
1 7 afternoon at 8:C5 'clock,
J. O. Towe, Sr,
SCHOOL BUSSES
RESTRICTED TO
CERTAINJOADS
Portions of Regular
Routes Are Now Im
passable WEATHER CAUSE
Everything Possible Be
ing Done to Avoid
Closing School
The school busses ef Perquimans
are being restricted by Superinten
dent F. T. Johnson to paved roads or
to dirt roads which are passable, as
a result of the unusual weather con
ditions which have prevailed for
several weeks, and parents of school
children are requested to cooperate
with the school by getting their child
ren transported to points which may
be reached by the busses.
Mr. Johnson is doing everything in
his power to avoid closing the high
school at this time. If it becomes
necessary to close the school it will
mean delay in closing in the spring,
which will work a great hardship on
those parents who need their sons
to help on the farm at that time.
While many of the dirt roads in
the county are in fair condition, or
are at least passable, there are roads
over which the busses cannot be
driven. Mr. Johnson stated on Mon
day that he had been advised by re
presentatives of the State Highway
Commission not to attempt to have
the school busses driven over certain
of the roads.
The roads in Hogs Neck, in Old
Neck, that stretch from Snow Hill to
Keatons Corner, as well as roads in
Harveys Neck, Road Landing, and
other places are in such condition
that the busses cannot travel them.
It is absolutely impossible, it is
said, to travel the roads in Durante
Neck.
It is necessary, if the high school
is not to be closed at this time, for
parents of high school children to
make every effort to get their child
ren to the points where they can be
picked up by the busses. :
Mr. Johnson says that just as soon
as the condition of the roads permits
the tousses will be put back on their
regular routes.
Rotarians Plan For
Inter-City Meeting
Monday At E. Qty
7 ne Ilert'ord Rotarians will go to
Elizabeth City on Monday night to
attend the inter-city meeting to be
held at the Virginia Dare Hotel.
Edenton, Hertford and Elizabeth
City clubs will join in one meeting,
as is their custom at three month
intervals. The last of these inter
city meetings was held in Hertford
in October. The next will be held
in Edenton.
MRS. CLARKE RETURNS
Mrs. R. T. Clarke has returned
from a visit to Richmond and other
points in Virginia.
By JOHN T. LANE
I do not favor student drivers for
busses in preference to adults and
have often, remarked that we would
not have satisfactory : bus service as
long: as we have student drivers.
As my v business during ' the fall
and winter months necessitates my
being on the road almost daily, it
has been my privilege to observe the
operation of 4he busses of this ec
Uon, especially m Perquimans Coun
ty,;for.the last few yean. Mot that
1 wish to criticise the drivers of the
bnf sea in questibn; tills year or ithe
past years, lor believe tney are as
good; a can be selected from (their
number, but I m.TOtma' o express
my views which ,are based on my
observation, with the, hope of a bet
ter bua. 8ystem;;i';,ii',,;
: As I come te contact with the bus
ses from time to time in this county
and sometimes in other counties, I
am convinced that the county supe
rintendents have very, little control
over, the drivers or the students while
on, the road. Sometimes I have driv
en; behind the busses and voted the
speed, many times 'found v busses
broken down and the students ' ap
parently unconcerned as to whether
or not they reached school. -Therefore.
I believe-- some one other than
one of their number will give better
' faction. Also I think it it pot-
sl'. 'a to secure competent drivers 'for
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MOST LIKELY BE
ORGANIZED HERE
Reyi D. M.- Sharp Vol
unteers to Act as
Leader
EXPERIENCED
Hertford Rotary Club
Readily Agrees to Be
Sponsor
A boy scout troop for Hertford is
in the making, with the Rev. D. M.
Sharpe, Pastor of the Hertford
Methodist Church, as leader, and the
Rotary Club as sponsor.
For more than a decade Hertford
has .been without a boy scout troop,
because of the lack of leadership.
Many times the matter has been dis
cussed and group after group of
bovs. manv of whom have voiced
their desire to become scouts, have
grown up, without an opportunity
to become members of this organi
zation which is recognized every
where as invaluable to - boys, under
proper leadership.
But the boys of 1937 are fortunate,
in that Mr. Sharpe, who has had con
siderable experience as a scout lead
er and who is interested in boys has
volunteered his services. Mr. Sharpe
appeared before the Rotary Club at
their meeting last week and placed
the matter before that body and the
Rotarians readily agreed to become
sponsors.
Only tentative plans have been
made as yet, as Mr. Sharpe has not
received instructions from head
quarters, but the troop will be or
ganized just as soon as practicable,
and boys from 12 years old up will
have an opportunity to become mem
bers.
Due notice will be given in the
Perauimars Weekly of the time and
place of "ganization, and any other
information which Mr. bharpe may
wish to give to the public, and the
interested boys will have an opport
unity to become charter members.
Good Attendance
Continues At State
In spite of disagreeable weather
conditions, the State reports that
good crowds have been in attendance
at the shows. Ihe regular matinee
every day is something new for Hert
ford, but these afternoon shows are
growing in popularity. The fact
that the show is stretched an extra
half hour for the benefit of the
school children and other late comers
adds to their appeal.
The full schedule for the week is
shown in an advertisement in this
issue of the Perquimans Weekly.
MOVE TO. HERTFORD
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jones have
moved from Elizabeth City to Hert
ford and are occupying apartments
in the residence of Mrs. R. S. Jordan,
on Grubb Street. Mr. Jones is the
manager of the new State Theatre.
$1.50 per day which is equal to
average daily labor.
Last but not least, I wish to say
that somebodv is to blame besides
the bus driver for. the, service my im
mediate neighborhood is getting. The
service has seen depioraDie ior tnis
entire school year. The am was
fcmvt in the shoo durinr .the Christ
mas holidays for repair. When the
driver went for it on Saturday be
fore school was to open on the fol
lowing Monday, he did not even reacn
home. ;He struggled with it for a
few days and finally it was taken
to the shop to be re-conditioned and
stayed anothel week. The driver
arain took k out last Saturdav night
and it broke down again before
reaching home. It is now standing
out beside the hisrhwav. Consequent
ly, the students who are supposed to
go to school on this bus nave not
been to school on time a single day
since Christmas. They have missed
the first period classes every day,
sometimes the second, while some
dava thev did net set there at all. I
know' the roads are bad, but the
route of the school bus has not been
impassable. . . '
: ErJutlnir conditions' strengthen my
I conviction that it to a mistake! to put
schools so far away from those wno
timr a! aMmut them. I believe 'a
poof school (that students can reach
to better than a good one that tty
Monday, January , WW. '
Driver Of School Bus
Loses Driving License
'Efer pan's Fair,' Says Whalen
NEW YORK. (Special). Grover Wha
len, President of the Fair Corporation,
announces that official support and for
eign participation in the New York
World's Fair of 1939 are reaching new
"highs", and that here is an already
obvious opportunity for every state to
display advantageously its accomplish
ments and future possibilities anj to join
in making It one hundred percent "Ev
eryman's Fair."
Twenty Examined
At Eye Clinic Held
Here Wednesday
Sixteen persons were found to be
in need of glasses at the clinic held
in Hertford on Wednesday. Two col
ored children were found to be total
ly blind, one white child had lost the
sight of one eye, and a white man
also had lost one eye.
There were twenty persons examin
ed at the clinic, which was sponsored
by the Hertford Rotary Club, through
the Child Welfare Services of the
Department of Public Welfare, in co
operation with the State Commission
for the Dlind, with Dr. C. J. Sawyer,
of Windsor, conducting the examina
tions, assisted by his office nurse,
Miss Maude Gregory, and by Miss
Frances Evans, Perquimans County
Health Nurse.
Glasses were fitted for the sixteen
found to 'be in need of glasses, and
in the case of those persons who were
unable to pay for them they were
supplied by a contribution from the
Hertford Rotary Club.
Another of these clinics will be
conducted here sometime in March,
according to Miss Meta Dowling,
Child Welfare Officer.
Woman's Club Will
Meet Next Thursday
The Woman's Club will meet on
Thursday afternoon, January 28, at
3:30 o'clock, at the Club House. Mrs.
Tim Brinn, chairman of the Welfare
Department, will have charge of the
program and all members are urged
to be present.
New Equipment At
Local Beauty Parlor
Something new in permanent wav
ing has' been introduced at the beau
ty parlor at Bianchard's. Machine-
less waving, which is a new method,
is said by Miss Sarah Carlyle, the
operator at Blanch ard's, to be very
satisfactory. The new outfit for giv
ing these machineless waves was
received this week.
R. R. BEATON LEAVES HOSPITAL
R. R. Keaton returned to his home
at Bethel on Tuesday after a month's
stay at Duke Hospital, Durham.
While it is said that Mr. Keaton's
condition is not greatly improved, he
is much more comfortable. The trip
was made in an ambulance and he is
confined to his bed.
VISITED HIS MOTHER
Shelton White, who is connected
with the Resettlement Administra
tion with headquarters at Raleigh,
spent the week-end with his mother,
Mrs. JR. T. White;
LEFT FOR OHIO
Mrs. A. P." Barbieur and her little
son. . Jimtnie, who - recently lived in
Tennessee, left for their new home
at Millersburg, 0 on Monday, after
visiting Mrs. 'Barbieur'a p :its," Mr.
and Mrs. C F. ReeaVnear Hertford.
James Winslow Arrest
ed For Driving Too
Fast
NO SPEEDOMETER
Rate of Speed Necessary
To Put Children Home
By 8 O'clock
Spurred on by the knowledge that
it would certainly be late, well into
the night, before he could deliver the
last of his charges at their homes in
the Belvidere community, where anx
ious parents waited, parents who
had complained at their children
reaching home night after night af
ter eight o'clock, James A. Winslow,
school bus driver, returning to town
for the second load of children, made
the mistake of driving too fast.
Corporal G. I. Dail, of the State
Highway Patrol, testified in Record
er's Court on Tuesday that the boy
failed to stop his bus when entering
the highway from a side road, and
that he checked the speed of the
school bus for three miles, when the
speed never fell under 45 miles and
at times reached a speed of 52 miles
an hour. The officer testified that
the boy told him that he knew the
lawful rote of speed of a school bus
was 35 miles empty and 25 miles
loaded. There was only one passen
ger in the bus, said the officer.
Asked why he was in such a hurry
young Winslow stated that he had
already delivered one load and that
it was then after 5 o'clock and he
was hurrying to get back to town for
the second load of children whose
parents had complained because of
the late hour the children got home.
It was he said, 10 minutes past 8
when he reached home that night.
Also, he said that the speedometer
was broken and he did not know he
aws driving too fast.
"I do not see how they can expect
you boys to keep within the speed
limit if there is nothing on your car
to indicate your speed," remarked
Judge Oakey.
Young Winslow was required to
pay the costs of the court and his
driver's licence was revoked for thir
ty days. "This is a hardship on you"
said the Judge, 'but I don't know
what else to do."
"Tell them at school that you can
not drive for thirty days. I hate to
punish you, but I am doing it to try
to save somebody's life."
The case against (uenry Copeland,
who plead guilty to the charire of
driving with insufficient brakes and
an improper muffler, was dismissed
upon payment of the court costs.
The case of Benj. Pollak and Harry
Applebaum, who were charged with
driving with improper license, was
continued until next week.
Frank Jordan, colored, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly
and of indecent exposure, and was
sentenced to 6 months on the roads,
the road sentence to 'be suspended
upon payment of the court costs and
a fine of $10 and good behavior for
two years.
The case against W. L. Jessup,
charged with driving on the should
ers of a road, was continued until
next week.
In the case against T. S. McMul
lan, Jr., charged with the larceny of
a truck, upon motion of counsel for
the defendant, a capias nisi sci fa
was issued, returnable February 16.
Hobbsville Ruritan
Club Plans Fiddlers'
Convention Jan. 29
The Ruritan Club of Hobbsville is
sponsoring a Fiddlers' Convention
which will .be held Friday night,
January 29, at 7:80 o'clock. Prizes
will be offered to the following con
testants: Group players, soloists
(fiddle, banjo, mandolin, sruitar, har
monica, clog and tap dancers).
Since applicants will necessarily
have to be limited and the program
planned, any who desire to enter
the contest should make application
immediately to Gilbert W. Davis.
Hobbsville, N. C.
A general invitation is extended
both to contestants and the general
public to attend the affair.
WINFALL CHILDREN IMPROVE
Nell Baxter Jackson, the little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Jack
son, of Winfall, who has been very
ill, is convalescing.
Kenneth Ray Barber, whose condi
tion was for a long time very grave,
having Buffered a severe attack of
pneumonia, . with complications, is
also convalescing,