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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Hertford, Perquimans Ctounty, North Carolina, Friday, February 12, 1937.
, Volume IV-Number 7.
$1.25 Per Year
THE
PHIiMlliJS WEEECLYi
$477For
County Collects Almost
Eight Times First
Quota Asked
EXPECTMORE
,fTwelve Barrels Clothing
Also Shipped From
Hertford
Not only from individuals whose
heart have been touched by the re
ports from the flood areas, but from
all kinds of organizations, from the
- churches,- from Sunday schools,
schools missionary societies, home
demonstrations clubs, in fact, from
everywhere where men or women
are banded together in any kind of an
Association here in Perquimans, there
have gone out substantial contribu
tions to the Red Cross to be used
1 'or lief 4,16 tuffering of the
floooYvictiBKS o the Ohio and Missis-
v sippi valleys.
Nearly eight times, the amount orig-
' inally asked for by "Red Cross head
quarters has been turned in to the
National C! airman by County Chair
man Silas A. Whedbee, who with his
fine corps of workers have done a
splendid job of raising money and
clothing for the flood victims.
The sum of $477.00 in cash has
been contributed up to this writing,
and twelve barrels of clothing have
been shipped from Hertford.
The money is still coming in, for
hot every . one in Perquimans has
vet contributed, though some, have
made more than one contribution,
More is Still needed, and the local
chairman is confidently looking for
more to come in so long as the need
exists.
Any one with clothing to contrib
ute may send them to the store of
Vafden Bros., where they will
Dcksot And shipped. ;. .
'The names of those who have con
tributed cash since the last list was
published in this newspaper are as
follows: Winfall School, Woodland
Church, Epworth Church, A. J. Par
rish, Whites ton Home Demonstration
Club, J. Van Roach, Bel videre School,
3 E. Medre, John Lane, New Hope
Sunday School, Perquimans High
i School.
Services Announced
For Lenten Season
v Ash Wednesday, the beginning of
j , Lent, was observed at Holy Trinity
I Church with the celebration of the
' y Holy Communion at 10 o'clock in, the
V , morning, and with a brief evening
- ; service at 7 :30.
, The services for the. remainder of
the Lenten period, as announced-by-;
: ? i&e Sector, Bev. E. T. Jilbon," are a
"."'- follows: Services at 7:80 o'clock on
, Wednesday evening, and the ' eele-
. fetation of the Holy Communion at
.--; lOo'clock on Thursday morning,
v The evening' services .will be very
' short, lasting only three, quarters of
an hour, andthe theme of these ser-3ce--tiirbughout
. the : Lenten period
T will be the Faith of the Church. The
Sector has announced that he will be
very glad to discuss any : question
which any one desires to submit at
these services, as has been the cus
tom at ' this time for, a number of
years.
:" A cordial welcome is extended to
every one to attend both services.
Perquimans Gets
FiTct Taste Wihtcr
: t t:ik at ' imin-mnd hrad
r-jranS then a ajrof
, - i.ui 'anarlas'Albs
' , t i.it tests fealwhv
U begtii Tall
j iJght end for -Jtm
i f.l tLiok and fast leaving a
'7 ctinr . of snow on ..every-
- t frt&m melted on Fri-
the . temperature
. i x iday night- to around
w.j 1.. r'lly cold weather of
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vkler&LU rtln has fallen for
r-jnf few d; s but -at this writ-
xhursday fce sun js shinging
Vtly after a niD..t hen the ther-
lor dropped to l " -v treerinff.
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t been critically lit I. r
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PT. A. OBSERVES ;
FOUNDER'S "DAY
Various Subjects Entertaingly Dis
cussed as Past Presidents Par
ticipate on Program
Founder's Day, marking the fort
ieth anniversary of the Parent-Teacher
Association in America, was ob
served at the regular meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Hertford Grammar School on Thurs
day, when the program, in charge of
Mrs. Jenkins Walters and Mrs. C. T.
Skinner, turned back the pages of
the local history of the Hertford PTA
with all of the past presidents who
have served since the association was
organized taking part.
The past presidents, in the order
in which they served, are as follows:
Mrs. J. P. Perry, Mrs. W. E. White,
Mrs... CP. Morris, Mrs. J. E. White,
Mrs. V. N. Darden, Mrs. J. O. Felton,
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. E. W.
Lordley and Mrs. Harry Broughton.
Mrs. Harry Broughton presided
and the devotional exercises were in
charge of Mrs. J. E. White, after
which Mrs. Darden gave a history of
the first Founder's Day.
Looking Backward and Forward
was the subject of Mrs. J. C .Felton 's
contribution, and a comparison of
the ideals of the past with those of
the present was discussed by Mrs
W. E. White.
Following this Mrs. B. G. Koonce,
sang very effectively, "I Would be
True."
Local, State and National achieve
ments of the PTA was the subject
under discussion by Mrs. C. P. Mor
ris.
In connection with the oak tree
planted on the school grounds by the
flA, Mrs. j. r. terry made a very
interesting talk r based on the oak,
which is the symbol of the PTA.
- There was beautiful birthday
cake with forty" glowing -candles on
the stager and this was cut and serv
ed to the members present at the
close of the program.
Examination Called
For Sub Carrier At
Hertford Postoffice
Announcement is made of a United
States civil service examination for
substitute clerk-village carrier, post
office service in Hertford.
Applications must be on filo with
the manager, fourth U. S. civil ser
vice district, Washington, D. C, not
later than February 20, 1997. X
; Persons i admitted to this examina
tion wil) hot be allowed to enter any
other examination the receipt of ap
plications for which closes on the
date shown above.
The United , States Civil . Service
Commission invites attention to the
tact that if, at' the post' office for
which this examination is announced,
vacancies subsequently occur in the
position of city delivery, carrier which
rc not filled by reinstatement, trans
fer, -or promotion under civil service
rules, such vacancies will be filled
from the register resulting from this
examination so long as the register
is on effect.
Attention is also invited to the
fact that the height and weight re
quirements for this examination have
been amended to read as follows: "
"Male applicants must be at least
feet 4 inches in height, without
shoes; female applicants at least S
feet without shoes. v9U .Jh iiti of
appointment male; appliearifsj'lmuet
weigh 'at -least 125 poui.Ua fa. ordi
nary clothingv -without overcoat or
and- wijit-(reJre
rnci.il t. ) . rived" fot-persons
or navat 'service.'-" .
gfoBiVi'i )' mi i'i i'" n 'mhiii iH irtijtf'a-;-
i t, MR. KEATCVS CONDITION
'V W ; l wossa -
t The condition of R. , R. Keaton, pro
minent Betjiel resident, is xepoewd as
not so i favorable. Mr. Keaton has
been- sick for long time; havfng re
centl 'spent several weeks in a hos
pital. , He' is suffering much pain and
his -condition is very grave.- -
' - VALENTINE PARTY'
' f jf you' want to have a good time,
to enjoy a good old-raswoned party,
like grabbing1 in the grab bag and
roir other funpy stunts, they, say
it can be had at '. that Valentine
r 't rt the Community, House at
1 n Friday night of thjweek.
I j -Ion fee will be charged.
nonce, of
Irch -
r.-3.
LMUd nbiurUKU
BOYSCOUTTROOP
Nine Boys Already Reg
istered In New Or
ganization MEET FRIDAY
All Who Wish to Join
Urged Attend Meeting
At Parsonage
The Boy Scouts are organized
under the leadership of Rev. D. M.
Sharpe, who reports that regular
weekly meetings ar held every Fri
day night.
"We would", said Mr. Sharpe, "like
for all boys who wish to join to come
to the meeting at the Methodist par
sonage on Friday night, so that we
may send their names in this month.
If any parent has boys who want to
join, please send the boys and give
them fifty cents each for dues. The
due3 must go in before registration.
Books, which cost fifty cents, also
may be purchased after registration."
The names of the boys who have
registered as members of the new
scout troop are as follows: Jack C.
Anderson, Jimmie Allan Arnold,
Leigh Winslow, R Clarke Stokes,
Emmitt Eugene Landing, Jack Win
slow, Harrell Johnson, Francis B.
Nixon and Durwood Reed.
Dixieland Minstrel
Nets School About $30
The Dixie Land Minstrel went
over in a big way, from every stand
point.
The minstrel, in which 200 children
took part,, is an annual affair staged
every year by the Primary Schools
of Elizabeth City, and coached by the
primcpal, Miss Hattie Harney, and
this , is the third year that the show
has been given . in Hertford, where
there is always an enthusiastic au
dience. Despite the fact that the show was
postponed twice, once because the
schools were closed, and again be
cause of snow and cold weather,
there was a big crowd in the audi
torium of the Perquimans High
School when the curtain went up.
"Better than ever" was the comment
heard when the curtain was rung
down on the last number.
Mrs. G. W. Barbee, of the Perqui-
ir,ans High faculty, . reports that ap
proximately thirty dollars is this
school's portion of the proceeds
which will be used to defray the ex
pense of the junior-senior banquet.
MISS. PERRY VISITING HEBE
Miss Minnie Perry, of Sunbury, is
tile guest of Mrs. D. S. Darden this
week.
I VISIT FLORIDA
By Mattie Lister White
They said it was beautiful. They
told me it was wonderful and de
lightful, and all that, the folks who
returned from Florida, for every
winter numerous Perquimans folks
travel down to enjoy the sunny clime.
And I supposed, of course, it was.
Few have ever told me little else
about Florida, except that they saw
oranges growing on trees.
;. As the party .itjm, I was a
whi$
Wine, WBV W1UH- UWl. WRKW"
me ttbsfcetf fh siffhti. and lso
whaV- watf th n" Wutif ul spot. 1
wfllinie to-6mit Wore anybody
inskes V?wtiecicl"tlks
Waking momenta 1 1. am generally
epeakinr, I should say that xrom tne
atafulpou.obeauty I -was most jm?
pre-d withAorW4's.iovely ' lakes.
There are literally Hundreds ox inese
dear, spring-fed lakes. r . ;":,'.;),
. .There was so much of beauty that
I made up my mind I wouldn't come
home and merely say it was beauti
ful and let it go at that, and yet
when one actually tries to put it into
words, words are found to be inade-
auatei That is. my ' vocabulary is
But after, all, the beauty of the
country and the deUghtfulness of the
warm.? sunny climate, was oversha
dowed, to my mind, by the diarm pf
the old Spanish Town of St Augus
tine, oldest town in America, where
so many ancient buildings, walls, the
f jit fc:id oilier relics of a tygone day
1 unfold tie story of a phase of life
ii ' ' K'N the beginning of
j I n.; 3 An:?ncan colonies,
WILL OPEN CAFE
INmD OFFICES
DR DAVENPORT
J. S. Assad of Jackson
ville Leases Place
This Week
ONE VACANT STORE
Always Is Shortage oi
Stores and Dwellings
In Hertford
A cafe is to be opened shortly in
the quarters made vacant by the re
moval of Dr. C. A. Davenport into
the new Medical Building, recently
completed. The place, which is lo
cated on Market street, near the in
tersection of Church, has been leased
by J. S. Assad, of Jacksonville.
Not for long were the former of
fices of Dr. Davenport or those of
Dr. Brinn vacant. In fact, it might
be said that they haven't been vacant
at all.
For years, all through the years
of the depression, there was not a
vacant store in the town, and at pres
ent there is only one., the place on
Market street made vacant by the re
moval of Walker's to his new loca
tion on Church street.
The offices formerly occupied by
Dr. T. P. Brinn and owned by Charles
Johnson, have been rented by T. S.
White, Jr., as an insurance office,
Mr. White will open- for business
probably next weeK.
H. C. Stokes, who owns the place
leased by Mr. Assad, stated this
week that he had no knowledge of
just when his new tenant will open
his cafe but probably in the very
near future. He operates a cafe at
Jacksonville at the present time.
There is generally not only
shortage .of stores in Hertford,, but
of living quarters as well.
Simon In Baltimore
For Nephew's Funeral
Simon Rutenberg was called to
Baltimore on Tuesday by the death
of a nephew, Melvin Marks, which
occurred at 4 o'clock on Tuesday
morning.
The young man ,who was only 20
year3 of age, had been in dll health
for several years and a few days
ago was stricken with spinal menin
gitis, from which he died.
Funeral services and burial took
place in Baltimore.
Mr. Marks was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Marks, of Baltimore.
His mother was the former Misu
Vera Rutenberg, and . lived during
her girlhood in Hertford, where she
had many friends.
Mr. Rutenberg is expected to re
turn home on Friday.
of the Indians who lived and died and
were buried there, and of the coming
of the first settlers.
But, as Samantha of Saratoga
would say, more of that anon.
remaps the personnel of our
party had as much as anything to
do with the pleasure of the trip. Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Towe, who were
hosts of my husband and me, were
most delightful traveling companions
to say nothing of the fifth member,
of the party, - Jo' Towe. Joe isn't
oite three''but dbnt believe he miss
ed a trick, extent oerhaos now and
then whea he happened be taking
aotap..- Hr-aw everything ;. and en
joyed ifvferyiadng -.; v ,
be a m soldier. X They certainly an
nice, Daddy,' hesaid, as he got all
excited whHewat cadets
chmg . to e mmc of the band.
I wattHo to-4, so I can have a
horn and Mow; it."
Leaving Hertford in the cold, gray
dawn of a morning when it rained
and rained as though it never would
stop, we didnt entirely emerge from
clouds until we reached southern
Georgia, On the second day after
leaving -home. ' . .
We had seen 1 for the first time
the pine trees tapped for turpentine,
a big industry .throughout South
Carolina, Georgia and Florida. - Each
little pins is gashed and beneath it
hangs a' small cup to catch the drip.
' Live oaks,; forests of them, began
to appear about this .time, most of
mem draped in Spanish moss, which
is our own old gray moss seen in
the cypress swamps of this section
, (Continued on Pag Three)
Commissioners Make
Sliding Current Rate
May Thompson Evans
Assistant Director Of
National Committee
MAY THOMPSON EVANS
The appointment of May Thompson
Evans of Raleigh, North Carolina,
as assistant director of the women's
division of the Democratic National
Committee was announced by Miss
Mary W. Dawson, vice chairman of
the committee, today. Mrs. Evans
will assume the position on March 1,
with offices in the National Press
Building in Washington.
She resigned recently as director
of the North Carolina State Employ
ment Service and National Reemploy
ment Service, a position she has held
for the" past year and a half. She
is one of the four women in the
country to hold a state directorship
in this important New Deal Agency.
Previous to this post, she served as
state supervisor and assistant direc
tor in the National Reemployment
Service. She has also been a mem
ber of the State Employment Insur
ance Commission.
Mrs. Evans has a vibrant person
ality and Keen intelligence. She is
widely known for her ability as a
speaker and an organizer. In 1932,
first as vice president and then as
president of the North Carolina
Young Democrats she toured all the
congressional districts in the state
building up a strong organization.
Upon graduation from Westhamp
ton College in Richmond, Virginia,
she taught in the public schools of
Detroit, then went to Columbia Uni
versity where she took her Master's
degree. For four years she was on
the faculty of the Woman's College
of the University of North Carolina
at Greensboro. At one time she was
recording clerk of the Senate Con
stitution Committee of North Caro
lina. Best Of Pictures Put
On At State Theatre
A glimpse into the future dis
closes that the State, Hertford's fine
new theatre which opened on Janu
ary 8 with a picture which was re
leased only a week before and which
at the time was being shown in New
York City, will continue to give to the
Perquimans public the kind of pic
tures Which it has featured since the
opening.
Local theatre goers have been en
tertained with numerous pictures
which rate four stars, which as every
one 'knows, is the highest rating a
picture can have, and many of these
have been recently released.
. Among the four-star pictures which
have, as yet nbt beeri 'advertised, but
which are' to appear in the very near;
future, are "Stowaway", CanuHe"
libd LaoY. "Go West, Young Man1
starring - Mae I West, "The Texas
Rangers" and "Lloyds of London."
"Stowaway", starring little Shir
ley Temple. -will be shown on Thurs
day and Friday of next week.
Hertford Clinic Now
In Medical Building
The Hertford Clinic is the name
given the medical association recent
ly formed by Dr. -C. A. Davenport
and Dr. T. P. Brinn, who are now
occupying their handsome new quar
ters, the Medical Building, where
they have everything in the way of
modern conveniences and equipment
to aid them in the. practice of their
profession., , . ,
LADIES COUNCIL MEETS
- WITH MRS. BAKER WOOD
- The Ladies Council of Bethlehem
Christian Church will meet Friday
afternoon, T February 12, !at, 2:30
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Baker
Wood in Hertford. All members are
urged to attend. , '
Designed to Induce Pat
rons to Use More
Electricity
POWERONLY
Further Cuts to Follow
If Increase In Sales
Is Noted
As an incentive to power users to
use more electrical appliances and
equipment in order to take advant
age of lower rates, the Town Com
missioners at their meeting on Mon
day night arranged a new sliding
rate scale as to power. The light
rate is for the present unchanged,
but if conditions justify there will be
a lowering of this rate in the near
future.
This sliding scale, which at pre
sent it is admitted will affect only
a small minority of the power users
in Hertford, is designed to induce
the people of Hertford to use such
electrical equipment in their homes
and places of business as will con
sume sufficient power for them to
get the benefit of the lower rate in
the scale, with the end in view that
enough current may be consumed by
the Hertford patrons to justify addi
tional cuts in the rate and eventual
ly a cut in the light rate, as well.
The Town of Hertford has for a
long time realized a good profit on
the sale of electric current. Citizens
of the town have long argued that
this being true, a rate scale which
would induce the purchase of more
current would work to the advantage
of both the town and the customer,
in that the greater volume of busi
ness woi'ld result in still greater pro
fit. The town authorities have refrain
ed from applying the profit made on
the sale of current to a reduction
of the current rate, because for the
present the earnings of the plant
are necessary in the carrying on of
the town's affairs, to avoid an in
crease in the tax rate.
The new rates are explained in an
advertisement in this issue of the
Perquimans Weekly, where an ex
ample statement is made out to give
practical idea of how the new-
scale works.
The new rates go into effect next
month. The present power rate,
which has been in effect for several
years, is 5 cents per kilowat up to
200 kilowats, 3 1-2 cents for the next
200 and 2 1-2 cents for all over 400
kilowats.
From rate No. 1, as shown in the
advertisement, it will be seen that
for those householders who have any
kind of electrical equipment other
than for lighting purposes there will
be little change, in the rate, unless
they make use of more current than
the average Hertford householder
does at present. However, to those
who use not only electric refrigera
tors but stoves, heaters and other
equipment, a considerable advantage
over the old rale will be had, as will
appear from rate No. 2 in the ad
vertisement. R. N. Hines, General Superinten
dent, state3 that it will be to the ad
vantage of any patron who consid
ers the installation of additional ap
pliances or equipment to get in touch
with him 'before purchasing such
equipment, as he feels he may be of
service,-v': -v,.
This step,, Mr, Banes stated, is the
beginning of a lomt-range program
for tiltimately having all loads meter
ed on one meter, with a reduction in
all current in view.
T.& White, Jr., Opens
Office In Hertford
T. S. White, Jr., has leased the of
fices formerly occupied by Dr. T. P.
Brinn, on Market street.
Mr. White, a native of Hertford,
who has spent several years in Rich
mond, where he was associated with
the insurance firm of- Jett, White &
Co., is going into the insurance busi
ness here.
He recently passed the state, in
surance eramination for life, fire and
casualty insurance, which is a recent
requirement of the state of North
Carolina.
The new firm, known as T. S.
White, Jr., Insurance, will probably
be open for business next week.
TO VISIT FLORIDA
Mrs. T. F. Winslow and her daugh
ter, Miss Ma Wood Winslow, will
leave next week for Florida, -where
they expect . to spend a couple : of
week. ,'',.