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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY.
-Volume W. Number 33.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 13, 1937.
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99 Applications For
Old Age Assistance
Only Eighteen Approv
ed and Papers Sent
To Raleigh
NO CHECKS YET
Eleven White and Seven
, Colored Included
In list
; .. Eighteen applicants for . old age
J - assistance in Perquimans under the
i, u - Social Security program have been
''.( ' approved as eligible by the County
p Welfare Board and their applications
Y have beenvsent to Raleigh. No checks
tp"-f ayet have been received, but it is
expected that all applicants whose
applications have been approved will
receive .checks for the month of July,
according to Miss Ruth Davenport,
superintendent of public welfare.
. Ninety-seven applications have
been made at the local Welfare of
fice for old age assistance, accord
ing to the records of Miss Ruth
Davenport, superintendent of public
welfare in Perquimans, which is
three short of the estimate made of
100 persons who would be eligible
for this assistance. The estimate
was made by state authorities.
Only,, twenty applications have
been made for assistance to depen
dent children, which is 70 short of
the estimate made by the State
Board.
Of the twenty applications receiv
ed only two as yet have been approv
ed, the others being under investi
gation."" Ten applications have been made
for Assistance to the blind, four of
which have ' been approved. . The
others will be .investigated.
"Si 4 eighteen- who have been
p)ts3d as eligible for old age assist?
anci, all of' whom have been receiv
ing -arnaU,, monthly sumsr.fron):Xthe
county, .poor fund, 11 are white arid
7 are Colored. - .
The names of the rwhite persons,
'with the' amount of each monthly
check, are as follows: Eliab Chalk,
$10.00, John Gibson, $8.00, Tom Har
tell, $12.00, Martha Ann Lane, $5.00;
Eloise Madre, $12.00; J. S. Miller,
$8.00; Sam J. Monds, $8.00; John E.
Moore, $8.00; Samuel Moore, $5.00;
Elizabeth B. Stallings, $4.00; Esther
G. Sutton, $8.00.
The names of the colored persons,
with the amount of each monthly
icheck, follow Joe Bonner, $5.00;
Hampton Drew, $8.00; Mary Eason,
$10.00; Anderson- Harrell, $6.00;
'Cherry "Jordan, $8.t)0; Lucreecy Rid
dick, $4.00; Emma Jane Simpson,
$8.00. ' f 1
All these will continue to receive
such surplus commodities as are fur
nished 'from time to time, and - will
also be !- given articles of clothing
from the supply made in the sewing
rooms of the county.
I Myl Impressions,. Of
k Farm -Hone Week
i By MRS, M. X. GRIFFIN
Crowds!, t Crowds! Crowds! State
College was overflowing with women
and men. -'; . , ,
- '. Class rooms were filled to capacity
." w . over" run with . women eager -to
,' learn better methods of home Jnak
v. ing. Long lines waiting, their turn, to
- serve themselves in. the cafeteria. f
Every evening from, six to seven
Mr, Chriswell led community singing
at the -stadium, and he is a person
-t who could lead "people to sing even
t though they might be suffering from
, hay. fever and rheumatism, The pig
5 catching contest for the men and
nail driving for. the ladles-with' cash
prizes -in each, gave this hour a good
Send off." Jx V?r,. i ,l ;
Miss-Current, the new State Home
Demonstration head, is a woman of
such charm and personality, that to
have her lead her morning get to
ge'.her with her little song, "Is
Everybody ; Happy', ,'wwi enough to
. make us forget cares, and go into
our day with new seat : ; r- i- Y '
""nee there .were so many classes
s vi interest, to home makers, it was
hard to, choose which I should take.
I took however, te s'.dy 6f the
.. propogation of plant3, s.r.i learned
. the best methods of rootirr cc."." ra
of shrubs etc - The
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that j3'r:t3 practical ar.J
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Z. W. Evans 'of Chowan
County Dies Wednesday
In Lake View Hospital
Zachariah Winborne ' Evans, 76,
prominent Chowan County resident,
died at Lake View Hospital, Suffolk,
Va., on Thursday, August 12.
Funeral services will be held at
Evans Methodist Church in Chowan
County on, Friday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock and burial will be made in
the family burying ground at the old
Evans homestead.
Mr. Evans was well known in Per
quimans, where he had many friends.
Surviving are his wife, who was
the former Miss Beatrice Wilson of
Perquimans, and the following chil
dren. Miss Esther Evans, who is a
member, of Perquimans High School
faculty; Miss Frances Evans, who
was County health' nurse in Per
quimans County last year; Mrs. John
G. Small of Edenton; Miss Willietta
Evans, who is dean of English in
Gulf port College, Gulfport, Miss.;
Hiss Helen Evans and B. W. Evans
of Chowan County.
4-H Girls Tell What
They Enjoyed Best At
State Short Course
Three of the young girls who went
to Raleigh recently to attend the 4-H
Club gathering of boys and girls
from all over the State responded to
the request that they write about
what they enjoyed most.
Ruth Winslow writes very enthus
iastically, giving an outline of the
day's routine and describing briefly
the activities. "I studied clothing,
she writes in connection with the
courses. "We had the afternoon to
do as we pleased, so the swimming
pool was our favorite resort. I took
junior life, saving and passed - the
tesfci -The pd was in doors' nd
large enough to accommodate several
hundred. I think everything at the
short course was worth the time
and money we spent. I want to go
back next year and I hope more girls
from our club can go along with us."
Ruth Hollowell also refers to the
swimming pool in her story and ap
pears to have enjoyed that very
much, along with ther things, in
cluding the sight-seeing trips. 'fWe
saw the old sections of the city, the
Museum, the Hall of History, and
last, the Capital. We were- very for
tunate in having a. guide to take us
through the,'. Governor's Mansion,
where we were' served delicious punch
and cookies. . ; .
"The entire trip was enjoyed so
thoroughly by each member of the
party that, we made, reservations to
attend the course next year."
Florence Darden says "The thing
I enjoyed most at the, &-H Short
Course was the tour." She describes
the various places. "The first place
we visited was the Capital, and one
of the most interesting things we
noticed was the way the steps had
been worn by much u?e.'! She-also
mentions; the Hall of History J and
refers to the relics of the Civil War
which she found very interesting,
In -describing the visit ' to the .Man
sion she says, "There we were greet
ed bv . Mrs. Hoev and she told us
some of the history of the' Mansion,
She said the Mansion was built by
convict labor.,t There was a chair,
the only piece "' of. furniture saved
from the old capital when it was
burned." ' She tells of 5 being served
refreshments by the honor girls of
the club and of the Governor talking
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wiui some oi uie young- people. " w e
all had. a 'grand time," she concludes,
"and hope to go again."' ,
WILLIAM LANDING GOES TO '
.HOSPITAL FOLLOWING INJURY
v William Landing, the 'sixteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs; W. D. Land
ing,' of Hertford, who was injured in
an automobile accident some weeks
ago, was . carried to , the Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City on Tues
day, where he will receive treatment
of the broken ' shoulder which he
sustained. in the accident. ' ;.Va .V
: CIRCLE MEETS MONDAY V-i
Circle No. 2 of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the Hertford, Bap
tist Church , will meet; on Monday
night at the home of MM.. C. O.
Fowler, on Grubb street ' ., "
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WOODVILLE-NEW
HOPE POWER LINE
NEARLY FINISHED
Third Rural Electric
Line Constructed In
Perquimans
10 MILESLONG
Many Farm Homes Al
ready Enjoying Elec
tric Advantages
Construction of the new Woodville
New Hope rural electric line is well
under way, which makes the third
rural electric line to be constructed
in Perquimans within the past yeai
and adds approximately 35 farm
homes to the long list in the county
now being serviced by the Virginia
Electric & Power Company, flood-
ing whole neighborhoods with light, gested that the amount provided for
and bringing into the homes of the mileage for the case worker and the
county the privilege all the benefits j welfare superintendent be reduced,
enjoyed by the city homes. In cutting down the cost of administra
Chapanoke neighborhood and Belvi- tion in this county even more than
dere, where lines were completed the commissioners had asked,
months ago, many homes are enjoy-j However, the State Board, in re
ing electric refrigeration, using elec-! arranging the plans in this county,
trie ranges, washing machines, pumps j found it necessary that a case work
and other conveniences. ! er 0r aide be placed here for a per-
The work on the Woodville-New iod of three months, while the heav
Hope line was begun last week. The iest work of investigation is in pro-right-of-way
was trimmed and poles cess.
set up and the hansrinsr of the wires The ukrv nf th q;h ;
i is practically completed. Local ele -
ctricians are Dusily engaged now in,
wiring nomes along tne lme.
The line is approximately ten miles
long, running from Woodville to Ga -
latia 'colored church, below JNew
Hope. It goes from Woodville to
George Jackson's Store and residence
on e . annoem uty-Heraora n.gn-
way, thence to J. T. Benton's resi -
dence, through to Overton's Store, at
Keaton's Corner, thence to New Hope
and beyond.
Pamage J$ti Jlled
In Connection With
Fatal Auto Wreck
A civil suit has been instituted in
Perquimans Superior Court by J. K.
Miller, administrator of David Rice
Miller, against Benjamin Thach and
Mrs. Mattie H. Shannonhouse, in
which the plaintiff, who is the father
of David Rice Miller, is suing for
$25,000 damages as a result of the
death of the eighteen-year-old boy,
David Rice Miller, fatally injured
when the car he was driving on the
Hertford-Elizabeth City Highway on
May 9 was in collision with one driv
en by Benjamin Thach, which car, it
is alleged in the complaint, was
owned by Mrs. Shannonhouse.
A counter claim for $500 damages
has been made in the answer of the
defendant, Benjamin Thach, in which
he charges there was contributory
negligence on the part of David Rice
Miller, alleging that his car was al
most tdtally demolished and that he
also received serious bruises, abro
sions, lacerations and shock.
Revival Meeting At
Bethlehem Church
Rev. J. M. Perry, of Robersonville,
is holding a" revival meeting at Beth
lehem Christian Church this week.
Services begin at 8 o'clock. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend.
A "HERO"
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They are ari oddly matched pair,
Tip and Buddy. Tip to a big dog,
big and somewhat lanky. He runs
around with Buddy, a small fox ter
rier, his next-door "neighbor. Tip,
they say, isn't of any special breed,
just plain dog, maybe.: But he is
a friendly', fellow" and? beneath his
black' coat there Is a -heart that is
In the right place.He' apparently
feels , some responsibility for his di
minutive friend Buddy, t , ',
Since Tip8 mistress went away he
has been lonesome. His mistress,
Miss Mary Helene Newby, .went, to
Winston-Salem not long go to take
a posistion. AU the Newby. family,
however, 'are devoted to Tip and he
does hot want for companionship. '
1 E. McM." Newby.' the.' head of the
household, -went fishings one day' last
week at a favorite fishing, spot down
fcy te river bridge, 'j Tip followed
' ! " 2 ' j . hfs pal. Buddy.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
COST TO COUNTY
HAS BEEN SLICED
Board of Allotments
And Appeals Revise
Budget
MILEAGE CUT
Necessary to Have Case
Worker First Three
Months
The State Board of Allotments and
Appeals revised the proposed budget
for taking care of the administrative
expense of the Social Security pro
gram in Perquimans County, after
the Board of County Commissioners
recommended to the body that it
was unnecessary to have in Perqui-J
mans a case worker or aide and susr-
1 by the State Board at $65.00 per
month. Mileage of traveling expens
es for the two officers was cut from
the original figures of $840 to $600.
J when' the matter was first taken
up by the Board of County Commis
sioners the budget which had been
tance of the gtate Board of chari
k - a , Pl..,. WB,faro ra11e(i fnr
ties and Public Welfare called for.
in addition to the regular staff of
the local welfare department, a case
worker, half of whose salary of $1,
200.00 the county would have been
called upon to pay, as well as an
annual combined traveling expense
for the superintendent and the case
worker of $840.00. Chairman E. M.
Perry instructed the Clerk of the
! Board at that time to write to the
State Department that we do not
need an extra case worker in this
county and are not willing to pay
any part of the expense, and also
that we could get along on $500.00
traveling expense.
Winton Man Chosen
School Bus Mechanic
Wade Hampton, of Winton, has
been employed to repair and main
tain the school busses of the coun
tv schools for the coming year. Mr.
Hampton is highly recommended to
this position by the state school au
thorities.
He expects to move to Perquimans
about the first of September. The
family includes Mr. and Mrs. Hamp
ton and three children.
Home Agent Leaves
Friday For Vacation
Miss Gladys Hamrick will leiave
Friday of this week to spend her va
cation with her parents at Kings
Mountain. Miss Hamrick, who is
home demonstration agent in Perqui
mans, expects to return by Septem
ber 1.
on the wharf and he paid them no
special attention until he heard a
splash and, glancing up, saw that
Buddy had tumbled over into the
water. Tip, he says, showed some
anxiety from the first, though the
little dog did not appear to be in
distress. He swam to the wharf and
clambered up in short order, but just
as he got upon the wharf he lost
his balance" and down he went again.
Tip was dancing about, by this time.
The water held no. fear for him, for
he himself had taken many a dip.
But Buddy is just a little bit. of a
dog, very , much smaller than Tip,
who simply could not bear to have
the little fellow in trouble. " . ,
Maybe. Tip -is of no special breed.
He doesn't have a pedigree But he
knew exactly what to do and he did
it.? Diving overboard he caught Bud
dy by the scruff of the neck, .much
as a cat. carries m kitten, and sole
mnly climbed to , safety, ' depositing
his charge oa the ground,- Then each
dca, bij old Tip and wee Buddy, gave
hiself mighty shake and trotted
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School Teachers For
County Are Selected
Planning Two Day
Bus Trip For Farmers
To Nation's Capital
County Agent L. W. Anderson is
planning a two-day bus trip to Wash
ington, D. C, for those farmers and
their families who wish to go, dur
ing the last week in August, and will
be glad to have those who are in
terested meet him at the Agricultu
ral Building on Saturday afternoon
at 3 o'clock.
The rost of the trip, which will be
made in a specially chartered bus,
will be about $10.00 each, according
to Mr. Anderson, who says the plans
are to cross James River Bridge, see
Yorktown, Williamsburg, Petersburg,
Richmond, Fredericksburg, Mount
Vernon, Alexandria, Arlington and
Washington, visit the Capitol, the
White House, Department of Agri
culture, etc. The party will spend
one night in the city.
There must be at least 35 passen
gers, according to Mr. Anderson. Any
farmer who wishes to take his wife
or any other members of his family
may do so.
Mrs. Butler Views
Preliminary Exhibit
N. Y. World's Fair
Many visitors from the State of
North Carolina are daily viewing a
preliminary exhibit of the New York
World's Fair of 1939 in the Empire i
State Building.
Among those from Hertford who
have recently visited the exhibit was
Mrs. Hudson Butler.
They have seen, among other
things, models of the Fair as it will
appear both by day and night and a
replica of the 200-foot Perisphere,
and the three-sided spire, the 700
foot Trylon, towering beside it to
form the dominant architectural
group of the exposition.
The Fair, it is estimated, will cost
in excess of $125,000,000 and the
attendance in 1939 is put at 50,000,
000. Bills for state participation
have been introduced in 36 State
Legislatures and passed in 25 states.
Grading of the 12161i acre site at
Flushing Meadow, Queens, has been
completed, construction is under way
on a $900,000 Administration Build
ing and architectural plans have been
drawn or are in preparation for more
than a dozen other buildings. The
Perishphere and Trylon, comprising
the Theme Center of the Fair and
costing around $1,200,000, will be
under construction within a few
weeks.
County-wide Picnic
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county-wide picnic held on 1
The
the courthouse
green on Wednesday
was a delightful altair, and every
body had a good time. Even Nature
seemed to smile on the crowd, for
though the skies had been over-cast
all morning, there was ample time
for every one to finish their feast
which was spread on tables under
the green before a shower came
which sent them scampering in doors '
It was time, anyhow, for the re
sumption of the program and every
one enjoyed the talk by B. Troy
Ferguson, District Supervisor of
Farm Agents, of Raleigh, and the
group joined in singing songs,
At ;
the end of the
program many of '
the picnickers attended the matinee
at the State Theatre.
It was the annual outing of the
home demonstration clubs of Per
quimans, which was attended not
only by the club women themselves
but by their families. While threat
ening weather doubtless kept a num
ber of families at home, there was
a large crowd in attendance.
In the morning the program in
cluded a short address by L. R. Har
rell, head of 4-H club work in the
State. Mr. Harrell was introduced
by the Perquimans County farm
agent, L. W. Anderson. Mr. Fergu
son, who spoke in the afternoon, was
introduced by Miss Gladys Hamrick,
home demonstration agent.
A yc8 of thanks was given Mayor
Silas' M. Whedbee, the Hertford
Council and J. G. Roberaon .for their
part in making the picnic a success.
The - Hertford : Council had arranged
table for serving the lunch and had
furnished lemonade. The Town of
Hertford furnished Ice. and Mr. Rob
erson , furnished' ice -."water, all of
which added much to the pleasure of
those Wi,;iiVkV1' '
School Committee Holds
Special Meeting
Tuesday
FEW CHANGES
White Schools To Open
On Wednesday, Sep
tember 8
Miss Mary Onella Relfe was elect
ed teacher of history in the Perqui
mans High School at a special meet
ing of the school committee on Tues
day night, to succeed Mrs. T. L. Jes
sup, who recently resigned.
Miss Relfe is a Hertford girl, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. E.
Relfe. She is a graduate of Greens-
I boro College and has had a year's
experience in teaching, having taught
last year at Robersonville. She will
coach girls athletics as well as teach
history.
There still remains one vacancy in
the faculty of the County High
School and Superintendent F. T.
Johnson is looking for a young man
to teach science and to coach boys
athletics. Other members of the
high school faculty, all of whom
taught last year in the school, are
Miss Esther Evans, Miss Helen
Gaither, Miss Elizabeth Knowles,
Mrs. G. W. Barbee, Mrs. T. E. Har
rell, Miss Ruth Wilson, Mrs. C. R.
Holmes and G. C. Buck.
The faculty of the Hertford Gram
mar School remains the same with
one exception. This school lost a
i teacher this year on account of the
i new Winfall consolidated school and
this teacher, Mrs. Lucille Sutton
I Britt, will teach the Bethel School.
Other members of the faculty of
this school are Mrs. Thad Chappell,
, Mrs. S. P. Jessup, Mrs. C. W. White,
Miss Alice Babb, Mrs. N. E. Relfe,
Mrs. Jenkins Walters and Miss Mary
Sumner.
Rupert Ainsley, of Creswell, has
been elected principal of the new
consolidated school at Winfall, which
completes the selection of the faculty
for this school. All of the other
teachers are taken from the schools
which were consolidated, Winfall,
Whiteston, Chapanoke, Belvidere and
Snow Hill. They are Mrs. W. F.
Morgan, Miss Alma Leggett, Miss
Lucille Long, Mrs. Herman Win
slow, Miss Mabel Lane, Miss Cora
Layden, Miss Bertha Chappell, Mrs.
A. R. Winslow, Jr., and Miss' Marga
ret Scott White.
Mr. Ainsley, who has had several
years experience in teaching and
who holds an elementary principal's
certificate, is a graduate of Atlantic
Christian College and also attended
Wake Forest.
There are now only seven elemen-
i. 1 1 .1. i rr-i
la,y scnoois in tne county. ine
teachers for these not already men-
tioned are as follows: New Hope,
Miss Rebecca Webb, Miss Carolyn
Riddick and Mrs. Margaret Good
man; White Hat, Miss Hazel Ainsley;
Ballahack, Miss Ruth Hurdle; Beech
Spring, Miss Ruth Hollowell.
The white schools of the county
will open on Wednesday, September
8. Announcement of the opening date
of the colored schools will be made
later.
Saturday UDC Day
At Manteo Pageant
Next Saturday is the U. D. C. Day
at Roanoke Island and the Daugh-
ters from Perquimans are urged to
attend the celebration and take in
the pageant-drama on this occasion.
An informal tea will be given at
Fort Raleigh at 4:30 P. M., to which
all the members are invited.
INFANT DIES
Charles E. Johnson, Jr., aged two
days, died in Norfolk, Va., at 11
o'clock on Tuesday morning, where
he had. been rushed to a specialist
after an illness developed a few
hours previously."
The baby, who was born Sunday
morning at the home of his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, on
Grubb street, in Hertford, was buried
late Tuesday afternoon in Cedarwood
Cemetery, following a brief servicei
conducted by Rev. R. S. Monds, at
the grave-side. ;
. - 'Attended -Pageant
. Miss Katherin Lawrence, of En
field, who was . tba week-end ruest
of Mrs. R. D. E..;tt, TV D. Elliott,
Jr., of Ahoskie, llr. tl Lira. W. S.
White and Darius ET-lctt spent Sun
day at Nags Cead ai atez.'ad f
pageant at Fort Eatoigh oa-SuKLj
night ,;'.!))., '- wi - v V''"