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A : . IX CPAPrjl DEXOTID TO THE UPBUILDING 02 HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTS
. xfamfccrl North Carolina, Friday, January 1, 1943.
$1.60 Per Year.
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FORTY-SEVEN YOUTHS REGISTERED BY
LOCAL BOARD IN SIXTH REGISTRATION
J Vegetables And
t listed Among
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i long 'expected announcement
s rationing of foodstuffs wtl
this ;week by officials in Wasn-
who-pointed ont that "when
vz begins, ,ometime in Febru
" y point system, similar to the
sik isfully employed. , in- Eng
1 wi'l be adopted for use!here.
rractully. all canned fruits, Yege
'.lea and many frozen items are on
3 liiit of goods to be rationed.
: A new ration book, containing con
ns for various Items toil be issued
.ort!;r md at. that time all individ
1 be asked to list the amount
1 goods on1 hand at the time,
announcement was made
here' has . been little evr
v hoarding is taking place.
f rationing program will be
f feet in order that the sup
ination can, be used sue
to "furnish our fighting
1,' allies with enough food
's the coming year, as well
as each, individual here at
rflcient .amount for home
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-rain will apply to canned
i fruits, and fruit juices, all
1 varieties .of canned soups,
erries, peaches, . strawber-
r berries, and all other froz
V frosen vegetables of most
such - as .. . asparagus, lima
on and Va .beans, com,
ras, -prunes, ' raisins and
' fruits.
U.e items, th OPA ffi
. ot to be rationed are can
. jams jellle, olives, paste
'"to -salad, bread, , and
'jove-named items, "when
ked ' in ten gallon con
',,.. ' - "f-
of Agriculture Wickard,
administrator, announced
i of' foodstuffs and he
rationing a" pecessary in
everyone '. will g him
cted' that, the.s&l f the
.. banned for a tis "'prior
" ioning,. but the ;F rjid-alTspint-'eYtirJvsjLvnpt
, , 9 Axjt by hoarding.m
t!A Centers
'rf
Trtf?i and Perquimans County
r ' rfrls between the ages of
-years who wish to'have an
part in the nation's war
, as war workers are now offer
i opportunity to secure such
.,ang without cost in the National
utb Administration's resident cen
tra threughout North Carolina, ac
cording to an announcement by
"tThoaias p. Broughton, NYA Project
Manager. .
;' ' r Special courses of training are now
' open for jobs in war industries 7 for
i white and negro boys and girls as
sheetmetal workers, welders, pattern
I' makers, machinists, radio operators
t and repairmen, aircraft woodworkers,
.powe-p sewing and foundrymen.
; .Young men and women interested
5 ' In onrolllnir in iliAfia eannuu of train.
laming e 7 urged to make application at
7ce- f the. "Personnel Officer, Na-
'M'-ytai Youth Administration, Green
' a resuitirf trainini- 'received in
. -Itenkil stiop of the NYA in North
-o!.- more than ' three -i thousand
I s and. girls ' have been placed In
' 3jif?e jobs ,in the Norfolk Navy
'h ;48 North ; Carolina Shipbuilding
; mrsny, Glenn, I Martin, Gonsoli-
ed Aircraft and many other firms
: . .hi. :din-r war contracts. '
"VJ i undergoing training, youths
: are paiJ 110.80 per month plus board,
w lodgin-r, -work clothes and medical, ex
rMpfnse;NyA-"'proJw5U ;'!"ararjftr-;'.J
operation at Scotland ' Neck,? Green
SviiviHeKinston, Washington; Wilming
ton, rrhamf Rrielgh, t Burlington,
Greer -".oro, Lexington, Lenoif WiB
'ston-f '.--a,;'Criottei;;EHerpe-:'anid
wv"" tt white youths, and 'i at
' V;l;ton'-Saleii'1CJia
f;t:
v Brrell,S; special agent;
re'esased ; a cotton ginning
i : chows a total : of 4,4215
a wors- ginned in Per-
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j rt com"!tred;to
t-'Jef 4,11 tales
Tiirgeon - Feitcn
Vovs Spolten At
Oride's Hom3 Dec. 2G
In a beautiful wedding ceremony
which. took place at 4 o'clock Satur
day afternoon, December 26, at the
home, of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0. Felton,!
their daughter. Miss Anne Tullis,
became the bride of Lieut (jg) Rob
ert Daniel Turgeon, U. S. Naval Air
Corps; of Chicago and Norfolk. The
marriage was witnessed by a large
number of relatives and friends of
the couple.
The lower floor of the home was
thrown together and the altar was
formed in the dining room with palms,
ferns, gladioli and six seven-brancn-ed
candelabra burning White cathedral
candles.
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, soloist,
sang "Because" and "I Love You
Truly," with Miss Kate Blanchard as
accompanist.
The candles were lighted by Jimmy
Felton, brother of the bride.
Father Carey, of Elizabeth City,
performed the marriage ceremony.
To the strains of the Lohengrin
Wedding March the gnwrrismen, Har-
rell Johnson, Zach White, Watt Wins-
low and Durwood Reed, all of Hert
ford, entered.
Ihe bridesmaids, Misses Alice
Fowlkea. of Norfolk. Va.. Flnronrp
Darden.-f<h Hollowell and Margaret
Brought? ame next, followed by
the n t.gz honor, Miss Peggy Fel
ton, af r of the bride. They all
wpre viliite evening dresses" and car
ried arm bouquets of red carnations
tied with red satin ribbons and wore
red ostrich tips in their hair.
Miss Julia Anne Stokes and Miss
Joe Pat Stokes, cousins of the bride,
were flower girls. They wore long '
wnite aresses ana earned nosegays
of red.
The ring bearer was Master How
ard Felton, brother of the bride.
The bride, who was given" in mar
riage by her father, wore a wedding
gown of ivory . duchess satin and
Chantilly lace, fashioned with a sweet
heart neck, long sleeves tapered to
points over the hands, basque bodice
of lace which extended" around the
hipline with the fullness of the skirt
forming a sweeping train. Her fin
gertip veil fell from a Mary Queen of
Scots headdress. iShe carried a bou
quet of bride's roses centered with
white orchids.
She was met at the altar by the
groom accompanied by his brother,
William Turgeon, of Chicago, as best
man.
Immediately following- the cere
mony an informal reception took
place. Ice cream, cake, salted nuts
and mints were served.
Mrs. V. N. Darden was -mistress ot
ceremonies.
The mother of the bride chose for
the occasion an aqua blue two-piece
dress extensively braided and wore
gardenias. The mother of the groom
wore fuschia with rose accessories
and gardenias.
i Immediately after the reception
the bride changed to a two-piece win
ter white dress for traveling, with
brown accessories.
After January 1, the couple will be
at home at 3132 Ashlawn Drive,
Norfolk, Va.
Among the out-of-town guests for
the wedding were-Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Daniel Turgeon, Sr., and William
Turgeon, of Chicago; C. H. Howard
and Miss Joan Howard, of St. Pauls,
and Mr. and Mrs. Jim East, of Char
lotte.
Expiring- Kerosene
Ration Coupons Must
Be Renewed Now
Consumers whose kerosene ration
books expire December 31, are re
quested by the local ration board to
make applications for new kerosene
coupons immediately, Miss Helen
Coffield. clerk of the board, stated'
today. ; - '
Applicants are urged to return un
used coupons, or if all coupons have
been used, to return the stub of the
card with applications for new cou-
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?.Th ration coupons will be issued
as rapidly as received. However, the
public Is requested to note -that this
Is for those consumers whose 1 ration
books expire December St onlji ,
Wra. Paul Stalling
Post Mem TMgkt
t The Wm." Paul , StaUlngs A
of : the American: Legion, w 11 meet
Friday evening at 8 o'clockV at the
Agriculture Cullding in Uertford.
Fct Cr-imander : ; B, a Beny urge
s.U r ..lera t. fee present .
HAPPY NEW YEAR
To All Of Our Readers
Word Received Here
Of Death Of Dr. W. H.
Blanchard In Indiana
Word was received here last week
of the death of Dr. William Martin
Blanchard, a native of Hertford and
brother of J. C. Blanchard and Mrs.
R. R. Willis of Hertford, in Green
castle, Indiana.
Dr. Blanchard, prominent in the
field of education, had been in ill
health for several years and for the
past month had been so seriously ill
that his passing was not unexpected.
Born in Hertford he attended
Randolph-Macon College, receiving
both his A'.B. nd M.A. degrees there.
A fellow in chemistry, he received his
Ph.D. from John Hopkins University
in 1900 and then taught for one year
at Rose Polytechnic Institute, Tene
Haute, Indiana. From there he
went to DePauw University where he
served from 1901-1941 as professor
of chemistry and Dean of the Liberal
Arts College.
Dr. Blanchard was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa at Johns Hopkins Unr
vereity in 1900 and received an hon
orary degre as Doctor of Science
from Simpson Collesre in 1907. At1
the time of his retirement as profes-1 provision are established at the appii
sor of chemistry and Dean of the Col- j rab,e Prlce for oil peanuts, plus a
lege of Liberal Arts, Dr. Blanchard's j reasonable charge for handling the
search Fund in Chemistry, known as
the "William Martin Blanchard Re
search Foundation" in appreciation of
his forty years of faithful service to
DePauw University. ,
In a special tribute paid him at
that time by Dr. Clark, head of the
Department of Chemistry of the Uni
versity of Illinois, attention was call
ed to Dr. Blanchard's multi-career as
teacher, scientist, administrator, hu
manitarian and poet
Dr. Blanchard's valuable contribu
tions to. education, scientific and reli
gious life will live on through his
many books, articles and poems. A
loyal churchman, he was superintend
ent of his Sunday School for 27 years,
member of the official board of his
church for 35 years and three times
was a delegate to the General Con
ference of the Methodist Church.
Superior Court To
Convene January 11
The January Term of Superior
Court will convene here on Monday,
January 11, with Judge Richard D.
Dixon, of Edenton, presiding, it was
annuonced this week.
The January term of court will
consist entirely of civil cases. A
large number of these are on the
docket, but it is expected that the
session will be a abort one.
f The County Commissioners, at their
December meeting, drew the follow
ing men to serve as Jurors during this
terra of court: Timftthy Perry, Arthur
Lane,; J. L. DeLaney, M. R. Griffin,
Harry Barber, Lloyd White, M. L.
Goodwin, Bobert Robbins, . Simon
Rutenburg; C VU HarrelU W. ;L
Sawyer, J. E. Perry, W, H, Wlnslow,
CVB, Goodwin, W. E. Mathews, C. F,
Baker Joseph R. Elliott, 'Joseph O,
Chappellr G.,E. Wood, Ira Wlnslow,
w J, smitn, u. w, .trivgory, u.
Darden and T. 3. White.
Excess Peanuts May
Be Sold For Seed,
Chairman States
Peanut producers tf Perquimans
County will be permitted to sell ex
cess peanuts from the 1942 crop to
other producers for use as seed in
meeting 1943 production goals, it was
announced today by Dr. E. S. White,
chairman of the County AAA Com-
! mittee.
In the past, producers have been re
quired to divert excess peanuts into
oil channels or use them on their own
farms. "Excess" peanuts are those
producei-over -nd above, the, tjeaire
allotments for individual farms.
Sale of excess nuts, the chairman
said, is provided in an amendment to
a . i i 1. a ..r
1938, and is designed to increase pro
duction of peanuts next year. The
State's goal for 1943 has been set at
406,000 acres, including the allotment
for edible trade nuts.
Transfers of excess peanuts for
seed are subject to approval of the
County AAA Committees, and pro
ducers must obtain certificates au
thorizing the sales before makinjr
transfers, Prices for sales under this
Chairman White said the County
AAA Committee woulil cooperate in
every way possible with peanut pro
ducers who have excess peanuts they
wish to sell to other producers to be
u.ed for seed.
Miss Pauline White
Weds Guy H. Webb
In a ceremony attended only by
members of the immediate families
and a few close friends, Miss Frances
Pauline White, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. White, of Hertford, and
Guy Hughes Webb, son. of Mr. and
Mrs. G. T. Webb, also of Hertford,
were united in marriage at 6 o'clock,
on Thursday evening, December 24,
at the home of the bride's parents.
The Rev. Preston E. Cayton, of Eden
ton, officiated.
The bride wore a nude tan suit
with matching accessories and her
flowers were a shoulder corsage of
pink rosebuds.
Both the bride and groom are
graduates of Perquimans High School
and are very popular with the young
er set.
At present they are making their
home w.'th the bride's parents.
Infantile Paralysis
Campaign Plans Are
Being Made In County
.Un. B. G. Koonoe has been named
as chairman of the County Committee
In charge of the Infantile Paralysis
campaign to be conducted here dur
ing this month, according to an an
nouncement made this week.
Mtt.t Koonca served as chairman
oommittM last . year, . and
week that she will name
us committees within a short
1 L swsra
stated W
her rario
time, l
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The tremendous job of trapping a
million-man German army in the
Stalingrad area, is Still being pushed
by the Russian army, according to re
port from 'Moscow this week. The
Reds now have thrown a four-front
attack at the Nazis and have reached
the "point near Rostov where they
have all but closed their trap on the
encircled Germans. If successful in
this drive to reach the seaport of
Rostov, the Russian forces will have
driven the Germans back to the start
ing point when the Nazis began their
drive into the Caucasus early this
year. The Moscow officials report
many thousands of Germans killed
and captured in the fighting during
the battle.
The battle for Tunisia has been
slowed up considerably due to bad
weather which has handicapped the
Allies from bringing up necessary re
enforcements. While the weather has
handicapped the Allies, it has been
an aiil iur Hitler for it has allowed
him to bring reini.i(c ,o..us ,.i by
sea t'liini Italy, mM .a mo jn-sent
time, all ind. cations pumt to a terrific
battle for this sector before the Axis
are finally driven from Africa.
The British 8th Army is still pur
suing the Axis forces in Tripoli. They
have had little fighting to do as Ger
man General Rommel is evidently
moving his troops to Tunisia as ra
pidly as possible. Some reports state
Rommel's troops have already reach
ed Tripoli, and it may be that a stand
will be attempted in order to delay
the British from gaining too much
ground on Rommel's main troojis.
The American and Australian forc
es in New Guinea continue to sDlit
the Jap forces and are wiping them
out of their strong positions. The
Japs on Guadalcanal, it bs been re
ported, are suffering frdm hunger
and disease. American officials re
port the Japs in that area have re
ceived no supplies for over six weeks.
Housewives will have to get out
their bread knives again. An order
issued this week by the OPA has in
creased the costs of flour, but in or
der to hold the price of bread at its
present level, the OPA ordered bak
ers to discontinue the practice of
slicing bread.
Unconfirmed news reports state
that the French will organize a gov-1
ernment in Africa under the recently
elected head of the African forces,
General Giraud, and will call on all
Frenchmen to pledge allegiance to
this new government. If set-up, this
government would denounce Vichy
entirely and the French now under
the Nazi rule would have to look to
ward the new body for deliverance
i from Hitler.
According to an announcement
from London this week, the United
I Nations are preparing to establish an
International Court of Justice to try
Hitler and other Axis criminals after
the war. It is understood that Pres
ident Roosevelt will appoint a promi
nent American legal expert to act as
a consulting adviser for the court.
The Legislature of North Carolina
will open next week and among the
bills expected to be passed will be
one calling for a speed limit of 35
miles per hour. This limit is the one
fixed by OPA and many states have
already adopted it as law. Other war
time powers are expected to be grant
ed Governor Broughton in order that
he might act in cases of emergency
when the General Assembly is ad
journed. Tire Permits May
Be Exchanged If
Tires Unavailable
E. Leigh Winslow, chairman of the
Perquimans Ration Board, announced
today that due to shortage of tires
some motorists may find it difficult
to obtain tires after they have re
ceived permits to make the purchase.
This condition, Mr. Winslow said, is
due to shortage of certain types of
tires. Motorists may, when they haVe
been unable to locate a tire of the
type called for in their permit, ex
change the permit for another calling
for a tire of a lower grade.
The plan works like this, the chair
man stated: If a motorist has per
mit to buy a Grade II tire and one
is not available the applicant may
exchange, this permit for put which
will allow him to buy a Grade III
ure, ana so on down. .
To
By
Forty-seven teen-aged youths reg
istered for Sele tive Service with the
Perquimans Draft Board during the
sixth registration which closed on
December 31, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk
of the local Board, stated Monday.
Of the number who registered, twenty-two
were white and twenty-five
were Negroes.
Mrs. Sumner announced that any
youth who had reached his eighteenth
birthday during the past six months,
and who failed to register during the
allotted period, should come to the
Draft offices and register imme
diately. Youths from now on are to register
for Selective Service on their eigh
teenth birthdays. There will not be
another registration period. If an in
dividual's eighteenth birthday should
I fall on a Sunday or holiday, he is re
i quired to register the following day.
Perquimans County has been called
upon to furnish a total of 115 men
for the armed services between now
and February 4, Mrs. Sumner said.
A call for 455 Negroes is to be filled
on January 6 and two calls for white
men are to be filled on January 23
and February 4. The first call for
white men is 45 and the second for 25.
The local board was informed that
additional calls might be made dur
ing February for men for the Navy,
Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
The local Board has ordered the
following Negroes for induction on
January 6: Andrew Jackson, Ellis
Lee, Walter Lilly, Earl Rountree,
George Nelson, John Brothers, George
Felton, Vernon Brickhouse, George
Fletcher, Charles Miller, Vernon Wig
gins, George Whedbee, Elijah White,
Linwood Sutton, Reuben Freeman,
Zollar Van White, Hugh White, James
Spruill, Joseph Gilliam, George Simp
son, Benjamin Nixon, Robert Umph
lett, Linwood Barclift, Isaac Roger
son, Clarence Overton, Thomas Down
ing, Charlie Johnson, Harry Barclift,
Australia Lightfoot and Sampson
White.
The local board has had a few vol
unteers for service in the Navy and
Marine Corps, since the announce
ment made last week that temporar
ily men between the ages of 18 and
38 may volunteer for service in either
of these .branches. However, it is ex
pected this arrangement wiM be
halted about the first of February
and all requirements for the entir
armed forces will be filled by quotas
given each board.
New Program Food
Prices To Become
Effective Soon
An entirely new program for the
war-time control of retail food prices,
greatly simplifying OPA regulations
applying to food stores, while at the
same time paving the way for specific
dollars and cents ceiling prices on
most important foods, will go into ef
fect next month, T. S. Johnson, State
Director of OPA, said today.
Johnson said that the forthcoming
program is thei main feature of the
"simplification 'of retail pricing" that
Leon Henderson described as "well
along" in his letter of resignation ad
dressed to President Roosevelt last
week.
A simplified type of regulation
setting fixed mark-ups for different
types of stores and actual dollars and
cents prices in many cases will pro
vide retail food sellers with ceilings
for all meats and for all important
lines of groceries, Johnson explained,
and this uniform program will replace
more than a dozen individual price
regulations that have contained a
variety of pricing methods. Few, if
any, food items, will remain under the
General Maximum Price Regulation,
and the fixed mark-up technique will
be applied at the wholesale level.
The dollars and cents part of the
program will begin with meat and
soap, and win oe exienaea as rapiaiy
as possible to other groups of food
store items while actual ceiling prices
will be officially established and pub
lished by OPA community by com
munity, in key population centers
throughout the country.
World War Veteran
Taken To Hospital
Nurney Rountree, Belvidere, Route
1, a veteran of Werld War No. 1, was
taken to the Veterans' Hospital at
Eeeoughtan, near Hampton, Va., on
Monday, to undergo treatment.
The trip was made by the Lynch
Funeral Home Ambulance.
County Called On
Furnish 115 Men
February 4th
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