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V, 4 .V V f 1 if '' "f TBS ' 1 Perquimans Weekfy Published every Friday by The Perquimans Weekly, a partner ship i consisting of Joseph G. Campbell and Max R. Campbell, at Hertford, N. C. MAX CAMPBELL .-2. Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $1.26 Six Months-. i .75 Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at postoffice at Hertford, North Carolina, un der the Act of March 1879. Advertising rates furnished by request. Cards of thanks, ooituaries, resolutions of respect, etc., will be chanted for at regular adver tising rates. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1940 Fans Wanted With the opening of the 19401 basket ball season set f6r next Wed-1 nesday night, The Weekly is hopeful that there will be more than the usual number of basket ball fans on hand to help Coach Dave Fuller and the Perquimans High team along. Of course, we don't have any fine gymnaisum close by, where fans can easily come' and go, but it doesn't take long to get out to the High School building ... so make a date with yourself for next Wednesday and go out to watch the Basketeers open their new season. They'll play better having you watch them, and you will enjoy it. Air Base Situation The Weekly must confess that it Is pretty much in the dark regarding the air base which the Navy Depart ment proposes to place some where on the North Carolina Coast, between the Virginia Line and Cape Hatteras. We understand that Navy officials will visit Hertford sometime during: the early part of next week for the purpose of inspecting sites that may be available as locations for this base. j Just what specifications the Navy will demand is not known, but The Weekly believes that some organiza tion work must be done before those officials arrive if Perquimans County is to stand a shov of gaining this project. We have learned that Perquimans has been placed before the officials as a point to inspect; we have learned : that there is possible sites to be: shown to the officials ... but we,, the people of the County as a whole, iiiu.3i in: wv ft.- v..v- data to the officials when they ar rive if we want to be considered. The only way to arrive at that point is a meeting of afll interested parties to organize as a unit to bring that air base to Perquimans. Perquimans does not have a well oiled Chamber of Commerce or a Business Men's Club . . . which ucu ally prepares the ways for communi ties at opportunities like this . . . therefore, all of us should get busy, call a mass meeting if need be, and work for this project. "In The Army Now 9t The boys are marching. From ham let and village, from city and town, the cream of American youth is go ing to camp. The United States has drafted 800,000 men. November 18 marks the beginning of army life for thefirst lot of draftees. They are "in the army now." Better hous ed, better treated than soldiers ever were, they are after all soldiers for a year. Their ordinary way of life must be given up. Many will have smaller incomes. Many will sacrifice com forts and pleasures. They are com ing under an iron discipline. The) are being shaped and fashioned as an instrument to serve a great national purpose 4he defense , of American fieedoiiV-r.'S 5 This fir titee America has ever demanded such a; tMtcrifie In peace-tfioe.,,?Thfli country is agreed that it is: a necessary; sacrifice. And We know' that the boys who are go ing to camp goalmost happily for the most part and that a year of training and discipline will be a boon ' for many. Yet that should not pre vent us who stay from asking our selves some questions: , How ready are we to dd our part? 'What commensurate sacrifices are we volunteering fort And if wo aren't volunteering, .So we understand to - what extent we" N are drafted? Do we" realize that Annerica as a whole has been drafted by the world situa- j tlon to play a part" ; which no one really foresaw? Do w see that everyone ,'nrast to some extent give up comforts and pleasures if the na tional ouroose is to be served? Do 'we undefertandi that by disciplining i oarjsefves" to the, task of speeding pro duction to rrn America and aid Bri North Carolina V?. PKSSASS0CUIKJ5J V. tain ivetnaj Have the boys whe go rBow to camp from having to make a i i-.ealerlffiAt-HCIiristiaii ficieace Monitor. ,jy ' " !,' jpv i ,f.t ,i Tea SO WHAT? By WHATSO IT IS THE EVE OF THANKS GIVING as we write. Outstanding fact to be thankful for is that we as a people are not in active war; that the persecuting power of highly cen tralized governmental authority is not in control of our every act; that we have our homes in which we can really live, our children whom we can re&lly call our own, our friends with whom we can play, and work, and quarrel to our heart's content! The only darkening cloud is that the fu ture is still very much a question mark. fThanksgiving 1941 may be so different than that of 1940! It is quite time that every community in our nation awakened to that fact Every community however small, however isolated is directly touched by the powerful stream of interna tional life. That stream has over flowed its banks; safeguards have broken down; the stream is rushing turbulent and rampant where it will; the nations now have no choice of action they must with the bodies of their citizens, fighting, working, arm ed to the teeth, force the maddened stream of international life back into some orderly course. That is war. That, however, is the only way to peace. LET THIli AMERICA OF OURS be thankful Chat perhaps there is yet time to prepare for the impact of lawless force wiiich seems inevit: able. That preparation does not consist just in calling men to the colors and putting arms in their '.lands. Behind. t.:osc. men must be ;in even greater army of citizens ready in heart and mind and spirit to work, to suffer and to sacrifice. Not just in the large centers of pop ulation must this be the case but in every village, hamlet, town and country cross road must there be men and women alive to the fact that a sick world is calling for help and that that call is addressed to them. Already this call has been pretty largely heard throughout the Nation and in homes of the rich and the poor alike men and women are doing what they can to send comfort and help to those who have fallen vic tims to that malignant disease war. In our own town and county this call of suffering mankind has not been viced as it should have been. Ac cordingly, it has not been heard. But when it is made it will be heard it will be answered! fThe people of Perquimans are people big of heart and mind, ready to work, to give,, to sacrifice for that which is worth while. It is leadership they lack and that alone. At this Thanksgiving Time we feel a great thankfulness for:.the character of our peoplel For the character of leadership they seep to have inherited we mourn, i ; . ' THE' SMALL THINGS MAY f BE BEAUTIFUL AND! PRECIOUS. We spoke about the small tywn Slast week. The importance of it fwas called attention to. More of that in the future. Just now we would like to tell you about a small garden. In k:e heart of a great city there is a great Church. Not great in size but great in influence and power for good. It is located on the fringe of what was a great slum section. fThe church, building is a square, , ugly hunk; of masonry even with the side walk. Inside there M beauty ; jand warmth. Hidden between the church and vthe; clergy house is a little gar den some ten feet wide by eighteen or twenty feet long just an air-way surrounded by walls of brick. But in thatJittle.grdftB ftl&t summer loncH WPf M Mi Pi?W ' 5 late fall-flowera bloom. The only flowers in all that section ; of the city. A among the Xlowert tttrt and twist narrow paths of flag stone I walk feu! between the' veryitoii' lP P little flowering plants. C Pnr. v 'A f " r-. m t'i-i caoryjjt -r-UTft t edekton, T. ing the long cold winter months the flowers go and in their place come evergreens on which the snow flakes and the snow birds light and make beautiful this little nook in the ugly part of an ugly city. In that little garden we have seen tired men sit and smoke their pipes at the end of a hard day and women with their mending come from dingy tenements to work amidst beauty. The little thing is worth while if we only make that little thing a thing of great beauty. By HUGO S. SIMS BATTLESHIP BUILDING NEW SHIPS IN 1941 BRITISH PROBABLY AHEAD NAVIES WANT BIG SHIPS WALLACE TO MEXICO DEFENSE PACT REPORTED Early next summer, the battle ship North Carolina, first of seven teen dreadnaughts now building or contracted for by the Navy, will go into commission and about three nonths later t'ne V ashi:i"ton will add its strength to the Navy. Both battleships will be completed sev e;al months ahead of schedule on account of the speed-up program in the New York and Philadelphia Navy Yards vhere they are being constructed. It is also reported that the bat tleship South iya'uot.-i, Indiana, Massachusetts and Alabama, sister ships of the North Carolina and Washington, will be launched late in 1941 or early in 1942. Each of these ships will be 35,000-ton displace ment, have nine 16-inch guns, three to a turret, and be able to fire a broadside of 20,000 pounds for 20 miles. They will have the latest .word in anti-aircroft equipment, protec tion from enemy torpedoes, fire con trol and manoeuvre ability. Just the same, they will not compare with the 45,000-ton battleships which will follow them into the water. We have not been able to check up on assertions that when the North Carolina end Washington join the Fleet, they will mak the .United States the greatest battle line, in the j world. When the European War started, the European and American navies were on an approximate parity. j The British started battleship construction before the United Statqs, but they still maintain sil ence', about five new S5,Q00-ton bat tleships, laid ; down 'in' 19871; and launched, last year. It has beena-rer ported that thelnew shipf hae ; join ed, the British Fleet. f. w; .If this is true, the British have nineteen battleships in service ' to our fifteen and it will be seen that the acquisition of two new ships, will not give us a superiority over Great Britain. There has been considerable dis cussion as to the vulnerability of the battleship to airplane attack, f hut Rear-Adbmral Clark H. Woodward! Commandant of the Third Naval Dis trict, emphatically asserts that "no battleship, old or new, of any navy in active service has ever been .,de- 8oi ttha dehat. U,'ls a fact i'ihkC 'battleships , are" being z ruihed tp. completion , in Germany, I . I - LOOKING AT WASHINGTON i Italy and ttpan, in addition"to ,the United States and Great Britain. evidently the-fcewlft lead the navies , of the world maintain tfcaif 1rf av i, a "s, n.' a; tiiue3day. November 28, .m , Wit ' M'atidi faith', fo the. battleship 'a the, su preme, arbiter or tne sea.,.- t,- The u announcement, ' that " Freshen' Roosevelt has designated Vice PresJ dent-elect Henry A. Wallace to rep resent him at the Inauguration of General Camacho as President of Mexico on December 1st is general ly taken .to indicate improved rela tions between this country and the republic to the south. Mr. Wallace's journey will set him up as an ambassador extraordinary and oleniootentiarv. In fact, the sugtifflrtsr made" f that the Vice President might do considerable trav eling in the hear future in order to promote the "Good Neighbor" policy among the Latin-American republics The designation of Mr. Wallace ia taken to indicate that the difficulties existing between the United States and Mexico have been smoothed oul and that Mexico may follow the lead of Canada by signing a joint agree ment with the United States in con-i nection with defense. Reports that an agreement has been reached in principle, including the improvement of eight Mexican ports, five to have air-base facilities have not been confirmed but such a development would be no great sur prise. Perquimans County Training School News The Freshman Class of the High School Department of Perquimans County Training School, unde: the direction of K. L. Kingsbury, or, November 3, 1940, presented a Minstrel Show with a large crowd and much success. The Dramatic Department of the school presented its first perform ance on November 12; a one-act play entitled "The Henpeck Holler Gos- sipers," with Miss L. H. Riddick as director. The following members of the Senior Class spent Saturday, Novem ber 17, at A. & T. College, Greens boro: Elnora Burke, Hattie Turner, Annie M. Day 61, Clarine Reid, Caro lyn Billups, Virginia Parker, Lula Mae Wynn, Lula Wnedbee, Elsie Williams, Nellie Riddick and Nora Lee Riddick. K. A. Williams and R. L Kingsbury accompanied the group. No Treat Lissen Did the doctor treat yesterday ? Hurja No. He charged me $3. you You pay money for gasokne. ; : fbr gallon, aaitttfce jutat power Yougetmileageromgasoiine.Themore.; .j into eactiriiflei-''c -'f; mileage you get from it, the less it costs. And, i-jiJfiium,' The more performance you get along wih t you get tbt tiijakes this that mileage, the more you get (ot yova ' new gdUnt dtst any money. J " ; other. Jt Pure Wlfs famous chemical com- That's why so many people around here hination that works as you drive to reduce nave swiicncq. or , axe iwiicninir 10 new excess motor caroon. Thisepje1din actfaally'ighAaHtth' f 1 ft dterdEbre ge(w)wer J'Try iodtfSot J-r 1 Te purge your motor of excess carbon, QUICKLY, get a Solvenixea'Tune-Vp Treat- ; ment-i-tdkes only 30 minutes , m . costs only $1 . . . money bach ttjtot satisfied. ; ,9 -( . I .,,r( , e -, .VX-w'- , f,.,';. L". , ''T' jp, (, 'C ;i' 'i s'j' mo.. Bennette Ck)ege 'waar. visited and a' football jgarne. Between,, Ay yi lege end Virginia State was attended t the Stadiar'1' rv 5 The Junioi?,Claw wJth E. L. Fair, instructor, presented a "Fashion Re vuet'oii November' 18f in1 Abe school tadlMuif! ; The-pigrtra pre vented, ! bjyf-members itytwi 1 Juhfor Class; rihe i PhUharnibhic t Glea - Club, with dancing by a Senior;; Wis Lula Whedbee;''A'''ida'follow.e4'ro. gram .'-.. -' Mrs. I. E. fRogerson, teacher of the sixth and seventh grades of the ele mentary departngr4J,2li9-.flJ-, W Mary E. Felton, of WinlalT,' "grad uate of State Teachers' College, Eli zabeth City, is substituting for her. fThe Sophomore Class, under the direction of K. A. Williams, gave a social at the Roadside Country Club on November 20, with much success. The Senior Class, under the direc tion of Miss L H. Riddick, sponsored a popularity contest at the school on November 21. There were three contestants, Misses Clarine Reid, Nellie Riddick, Evangelean Archie. Miss Clarine Reid won first place, turning in the largest amount of money. A State Wedding was presented at the school auditorium on Monday! night, November 25, under the direc- tion of Mrs. I. E. Rogerson. The cast was composed of students from each district represented in the school. 1 HONOR ROLL Elementary Department First Grade Devora White, Fannie iij 0nfy25C AND OWE BOX TOP FROM SUPER SUDS (IN THC BLUE BOX) MAIL TO SUPER SUDS JERSEY CITY, N. J. Palmolive. 3 for 20 Klek (Red Box) Small, 3 for 25. Klek (Red Box) Large, 2 for 35 Super Suds (Blue Box) Sm. 3 for 25 Super Buds (Blue Box) Lg. 2 for 43c Octagon Soap, Giant, 6 for 25c Octagon Soap, Small, 10 for 23c Octagon Powder, Lar. e, 6 .'or 25c Octagon Powder, Smali, 10 for 2,"c Octagon Toilet, 6 for J 25': Octagon Cleanser, 2 for 9c Octagon Flakes, 2 for 18c Octagon Granulated, 2 for 18c Crystal White Soap, 3 for 14c Hollywood Pea'uty, 3 for i 14c Klex (Pumice) Soap, ? for 14 Creme Oil Soap, 3 for 1 14c Universal Soap, 3 for 1 14c Triple Cake Soap, 3 for 10c . o n . 3 for 14c Z. A. Harris , i Tiiis more miles in every tank The NEW 1940 Witt i-&MffitiA- 3 all Hertford, N. C c : ( - 0 '' ' . - " -""f''-" " 1 1. ' 'M r ' p - ' ' ; Boyd . Odessa Miller, Evelyn Law-- rence, Delola? Jones. . Charl JJleT Linwood RumWetr -" ' - J s , Second Grade w-i Shirley .Wiggine, , ' Joyce 'ModUhV'Arvina PtirjfcC' Third Grade Sarah Wiggimi, J una Hunter, Sarah Coston, McKinley' Miller, William. Rogerson. .t; J T ' ,, Fourth Grader-Rosa Lawrence , r -; " Fifth Grade -Winnie Jones Hatold Lawrence. rt ' i J High School Department , . .Fishman Class Wilhehnenia ,Mc Cleney, Earline Johnson, ' Hattie Jw 1 Rumber, Mattie Jones. Sophomore Class Wilhalna Bil- , lup:-Reba Welch, Elizabeth, ReTdV Fred Simon. Gregory Fair, Olit Senior Class Virginia Parker and Carolyn Billups. Cabbage Plants FOR SALE - See JOHN 0. WHITE Hertford, N. C WITH PATRIOTIC JEWELRY ' UNCLE SAM'S IIAT 15 AND 1 BOX TOP FROM KLEK MAU TO KttK, JtHSET CITY, W. 1. 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