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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
f chime X Number 10.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina Friday, March 5, 1943.
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OflilRlED OUT SMOOTHLY; 9,500 ISSUED
Persons Failing to Reg
ister Must Apply Af
ter March 5
f Approximately ninety-five hundred
Wr Kation Books No. II were issued
f in this county last week during tne
- registration period, according to Su
perintendent of Schools F. T. John-
, son, who had charge of the registra
tion throughout the county.
Mr. Johnson stated that the regis
tration was carried out smoothly at
: al Bites in the county and he ex
pressed his thanks and appreciation
VfAt.Vi taoira nntl volunteer work
er! who served as registrars for the
i work. A complete count of the num-
bar of books issued here has not been
made, but he estimated the figure at
somewhere near 9,500.
The local office of the OPA has
flounced that persons who failed to
gister during last week and who
liave not received their ration book
II must wait until March 15, then
'apply At the local ration office. Ap
plicants must bring their ration book
) With them at the time of register
.aftov book II.
Chairmen of the various registra
tion sites have also expressed their
expressions to those who assisted in
the job and for assistance the people
of 'each community gave in supply
ifirtj 'sites and fuel for heating pur
'poses during the registration period.
t-dbA rationing of the more than
"200 processed foods began last Mon
'.'ittof morning, and it is estimated that
: l'vtry household in the nation will
Itfeej the effects of this new system.
; i The value of food points, as an-
f rounced by the OPA, is set at high
-figures and it is believed under the
'schedule that the average person will
jkltff more than four or five cans
of food per month. It is reported
that during "the next 19 months he
"t'Jse able to purchase only about i
' j-percent of the processed foods j
l..t iaji in jo
i order that merchants may not
. i penalised, holders of ration books
' o aid, use their allotted , coupons
..'rflfKht P ft is tondicB$od that
iiavr quotas win D .governed
. Sot March sales, therefore individuals
i should use all valid coupons.
HFJutUe Will Aid
Here March 8 to 10
" Deputy Commissioner of Revenue
VJL F. Tuttle has announced that he
. will be at the Courthouse in Hertford
" pn Monday, March 8, through Wed
nesdav. March 10. to assist Perouim-
County residents who must file
State income and tangible tax re-
;turns. Mr. Tuttle will be at the
Courthouse from 9 o'clock in the
morning until 5 o'clock in the after
noon, ftMf. Tuttle emphasized the fact
1 ihat the State Revenue Department
' requests income figures to be prepared
on one sheet of paper and deductions
on another sheet. This will expedite
the work ahd tend to make it more
accurate, saving time for Mr. Tuttle
as well as the tax filer.
Sewing Chairman
Urges Return Of All
Red Cross Materials
Mrs. E. Leigh Winslow, chairman
of the Perquimans Chapter of the'
Red Cross sewing project, today Is
sued a request for all persons having
"Red Cross sewing material to return
same to her, whether the sewing is
completed or not.
Mrs, Winslew stated that several
items are outstanding and this ma
terial is badly needed by the Red
Cross. She urgently requests those
having material to return it imme
diately. She also urges all persons wishing
to assist in equipping a Red Cross
kit to. see her or S. M. Whedbee. The
cost, of equipping one of these kits is
one dollar. '
Revival Services At
Bagley Swamp Church
Revival services are now , in pro-
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xr Church, with Miss Vera Sjmms, of
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during the weel; at 8 o'clock.
1 Three services, are planned f or
."Sunday: 11 a. m.,' 8:30 p. m., and 8
p. m. The revival .will '', continue
through ; March 14. The public is
coiCtlly Invited, to attend.
New Hours Announced
Perquimans Library
Effective March 5
Miss Mae Wood Winslow, chairman
of the Perquimans Library Board,
announced today that effective March
5, the Perquimans Library will ob
serve a new schedule of hours. The
change in hours became necessary
due to the discontinuance of WPA
workers.
The library will be open each
morning from 10 to 12 o'clock; on
Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
afternoons from 2 to 5 o'clock; on
Tuesday and Friday afternoons from
1:15 to 5 o'clock. The library will
not be opened on Thursday after
noons but will open from 7 to 9
o'clock each Thursday night.
Mrs. Addie Jones will continue as
librarian and Mrs. A. E. Hendley
will also be at the library on Tues
day and Friday afternoons. This
schedule will be effective until
further notice.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Berlin was the target for the
heaviest air raid of this war, ac
cording to reports issued Wednesday.
A large armada of Allied planes hit
the Nazi capital with 900 tons of
bombs, killing a reported 191 persons
and injuring 268. The raid was e
continuation of the around-the-clock
attack launched recently by the
Allies. The British and American
air forces have been literally tearing
French and German industrial areas
to pieces.
Following the announcement of a
renewal of Russia's offensive against
the Axis forces on the Eastern front,
it was announced Wednesday that
Mussolini had recalled 10 of his
divisions from Russia. Reason for
as rear or am
Italy. The announcement that the
Italians had been withdrawn from
Russia came from both Berlin and
Rome.
American and British forces inj
southern Tunisia are still advancing
into territory recaptured from Rom
mel. Following Rommel's retreat,
the Axis forces launched a heavy
drive in northern Tunisia and 'gained
several miles but at terrific costs.
Latest reports have it that the
Allies have stopped the Germans
again. It is expected that General
Alexander and his 8th Army will
soon begin an attack on the Mareth
Line . . . and when this occurs the
squeeze on the Axis
Africa will be on.
positions in
On the home front, a Senate Com
mittee this week passed favorably a
bill calling for the blanket deferment
of farm laborers. It is believed by
some this bill may pass the Con
gress but will be vetoed. In its pres
ent form the bill calls for the de
ferment to last until the end of this
year. It is understood this bill is
opposed by the military officials.
Congress is still attempting to
work out a pay-as-you-go tax plan.
The latest development is a plan
calling for a withholding tax of 20,
to be deducted from pay envelopes
on a weekly or monthly basis. If
this plan is voted into law, it will
begin July 1. This would not be an
additional (tax but would cover pres-
nt tfiwa
However, the first two
installments of the 1942 income ' tax
would have to be paid in the usual
manner.
Gen. Chennault, U. S. air task
force commander in China, stated this
week that the Japanese air forces is
on the down grade. The Japs,' he
said, are using up their reserve stock
of planes and are getting short of
trained personnel because of heavy,
losses.
Catholic Services
Sunday At 11 A. (M. '
Holy Mass starts every Sunday at
11 a. m. in St. Ann's Catholic Church,
corner of N. Broad and Albemarle
Streets, Edenton, announced the Rev.
Father P. J. McCourt, pastor, who
W continue his series' of nemons on
"The Catholic Church, and Christian
Unity', give HoivCnm'muijfon' to
fliose receiving. The Monthlv Altar
Society meeting will Immediately fol
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:c Confessions are heard every . jSun
dav from 70 30 to 10 5 a. ml-
' Evervbodv invited ft the services
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Draft Board Directed
To Review Status Of
it
Call For Twenty-fie
White Men on April
5th Received
A directive, received this week by
The Perquimans County Draft Board
from State Selective Service Head
quarters indicates that some fathers
of the county may face induction into
the army in the near future.
Registrants whose wives have be
come" pregnant since December 7,
1941, are no longer entitled to defer
ment on the grounds of dependency
it was announced by the State Direc
tor. He stated that this revised
policy has been made necessary be
cause present regulations provide
that no status which was acquired on
or after December 8, 1941, may be
considered when deciding questions of
dependency.
The Director further announced
that all local boards in the State have
been directed to reopen and recon-
sider for classification the cases of
all registrants heretofore deferred
on the grounds of dependency because
their wives have become pregnant
since December 7, 1941.
The fact that a registrant is a
parent shall not be considered in de
termining the class in which he
should be placed unless the child was
conceived prior to December 8, 1941,
the Director said. He further stated
that this ruling applies to all cases,
regardless of the date of marriage,
and is t obe applied both in consid
ering the classification of the regis
trant and in determining his cate
gory. Mrs. Ruth SUmner, clerk to the
Perquimans Board, announced this
week that the local board has re
ceived a call for twenty-five white
men to be inducted into service on
April 5. This will make a total of
70 white men to be inducted within
a two-week period, as the local board
nas a call tor lorty-Iive white men
to be inducted March 23.
A contingent o thirty-five Neg
roes left here Thursday morning to
These men will receive their final
examination at Fort Bragg this week,
and those passing the examination
will return for a seven-day furlough
before beginning their military
training.
Funeral Services
Conducted Friday
For Rosser L Brinn
Funeral services for Rosser E.
Brinn, aged 63, who died- at his home
here unexpectedly last Thursday
morning, following a long illness,
were conducted Friday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock, at the residence on Front
Street The Rev. B. C. Reavis, pas
tor of the Methodist Church, offi
ciated. Mr. Brinn was the son of the late
Robert A. and Ellanora Winslow
Brinn and was a life-long and re
spected resident of Perquimans Coun
ty. He was a member of the First
Methodist Church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Bes
sie Elliott Brinn; two sons, Robert
E. and Claude, of Newport News,
Va.; four brothers, R. T. Brinn, of
Hertford, Frank and Joe Brinn, of
Sanford, and Claude Brinn, of Tur
key. Active pallbearers were: W. Bev
erly Tucker, Jack Brinn, Robert
Winslow Brinn, Dr. T. P. Brinn, Thad
C. Chappell and W. Robbins Blanch
ard. Interment was in the Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Basketball Season
Closed By Indians
The current basketball season for
the Perquimans High School closed
last week with the Windsor team can
celling their game here due to trans
portation difficulties.
Although the season was stream
lined somewhat due to the ban on
gasoline, the Indians played a total
of eight games, winning four and
'osing four. They defeated Chowan
Hih School and Hobbsville twice
and lost two games to Edenton and
two games to service clubs from Eli
zabeth City.
The Indian Squaws fared better.
Tev lost only one game during their
short session, that to the Edenton
girls. However, this loss was over
come by a previous victory the lo
cals chalked up . over the Edenton
girls on the local court
County Married Men
March Tire Quotas
Announced By Local
Rationing Office
Car Owners Can Now
Get Tires Recapped
Without Permit
The Perquimans County Rationing
Board will have a total of 346 pas
senger and truck tire permits to is
sue during the month of March, ac
cording to the quota announced this
week by Miss Helen Coffield, cierK
of the board.
Miss Coffield stated that passen
ger car owners may now have their
passenger tires recapped without ob
taining certificates fiom the local
board and that no recapped tires are
listed in the March quotas. Hence-!
forth all Grade HI tires will be j
used or recapped tires, Grade II will j
be the War tire and Grade I will
continue to be the first line pre-war
tire.
The local board has also been al
lotted six automobile permits to be
issued during Mareh.
Tire permits issued during the
week were:
Truck tires W. N. Ray, 3 tires
and 2 tubes; H. W. Winslow, tire and
tube; Enterprize Electric Co., 3 tires
and 3 tubes; J. W. Moore, 2 tires and
2 tubes; N C. State Highway, 2 tires;
R. B. Ciiappell, tire; Perquimans
Board of Education, 2 tires and 2
tubes; J. Oliver White, tire and tube;
E. N. Miller, tire and tube; Horton
Copeland, tire and tube.
Passenger Grade II W. F. Long,
2 tires; L. E. Wooten, tire and tube;
George Ross, tire; C. E. Vlck, 2 tires
and 1 tube; W. L. Lowe, tire; Felton
Allen, 2 tires and 1 tube; Archie
Felton, 2 tires; Joshua Simpson, 2
tires; John Newborn, tire; E. H.
Butler, tire; W. C. Griffith, tire and
tube; Frank Gregory, tire and tube;
E. J. Proctor, 2 tires and 2 tubes;
Virgil Miller, tire; N. C. Haskett, 2
tires and tube; Elmer Wood, 2 tires
and tube; James A. Moore, tire and
tube; John Keech, tire; Herman
Daniel, tire and 2 tubes; Henry West,
2 tires anil 3 tubes; Leo Gorris, 2
tires and 2 tubes.
Grade III Tires Will Hollowell,
tire;. J. AilliiD, .tire and tube;
Otis Newby, tire;' J; A. Riddick, tire;
Frances Maness, tube; .Seth Umph
lett, tire and tube; Lon Stalllngs,
tire and 2 tubes.
Recapped Tires J. H. Corprew, 1,
a,nd Joe Davis, 4.
The quota for March as announced
calls for 58 Grade I passenger tires,
71 Grade II and 95 Grade III, along
with 109 passenger tubes. The quo
ta for trucks is 47 new tires, 75 re
caps and 41 tubes.
Local Legion Post
To Attend Church
Services At Winf all
The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the
American Legion will hold an impor
tant meeting at the Agriculture
Building Friday .night, March 5, at 8
o'clock, Post Commander B. C. Berry
announced Wednesday. He urges all
members to attend.
The Post will draw up and pass a
resolutions of respect in honor of
Henry Ingram, State commander,
who died at his home in Asheville
February 21.
Mr. Berry stated that the local
Post will also devise rules and regu
lations for accepting memberships
from veterans of World War II, some
of whom will be eligible for member
ship by receiving their honorable
discharges from the armed services
due to their age.
The Perquimans Post will attend
in a body the services at the Winfall
Methodist Church, of which the Rev.
J. D. Cranford, vice Post commander
is the pastor, on Sunday, March 14.
All members of the Post are urged
to meet together and attend this ser
vice. A picture of the group will be
taken following the services. The
picture will be forwarded , to the
American Legion magazine, which
desires it for publication in paying
tribute to the outstanding achieve
ments of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Ward,
Jr., of Elizabeth City, announce the
birth of a daughter, Martha Anne, on
Thursday, February 25th. Mrs. Ward
is the former Miss Katherine Jessnp.
Mother and daughter are getting
along nicely.
SOCIETYMEETSrNDAY
The Woman's Societv of Christian
Service of the Methodist Church will
met on Monday evening. Mrch 8. at
the church, - Mrs. R. L. Knowles,
president, urges full attendance.
RED CROSS WAR FUND CAMPAIGN NOW
IN PROGRESS THROUGHOUT COUNTY
Services For Former
Resident Conducted
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services were conducted in
Elizabeth City Tuesday afternoon for
Mrs. Flora Brockett McMullan, wife
of P. W. McMullan, prominent Eliza
beth City attorney, who died at her
home Monday morning at 2:25 o'clock.
Mr. and Mrs. McMullan were form
er residents of Hertford, living here
for many years. Both were well
known throughout the entire coujity.
Surviving besides the husband are:
one daughter, Mrs. Phyllis Dixon;
three sons, William McMullan of Ala
metia, Calif., Charles Griee Mc
Mullan of Richmond, Va., and Capt.
John Brockett McMullan of Dayton,
Ohio; six grandchildren, three broth
ers, D. Guy Brockett, J. B. Brockett
a,nd C. Brockett; one sister, Mrs. E.
W. Luke, and one niece, Miss Minnie
Lee Brockett.
Equalization Board
To Hear Complaints
Starting March 15
Commissioners Draw
Jurymen For April
Term of Court
Little business was brought before
the Board of County Commissioners
at the regular session for March,
held Monday morning at the Court
house. The Board announced that
beginning Monday, March 15, it will
sit as a Board of Equalization and
Review to hear complaints on the
tax assessments of property and that
citizens requesting a review of their
assessment are asked to appear at
that time. The Board of Kqualiza
tion and Review will continue in ses
sion until all complaints have been
heard.
The Board of OemmissioTiers also
drew the list of residents who will
serve as jurymen at the April term
of Superior Court. The names drawn
were: A. D. Weston, Be,n Harrell,
H. F. Long, W. W. Spivey, F. T.
Mathews, A. W. Hefren, Nixon Hollo
well, J. E. Turner, C. E. Lane, Den
nis Winslow, W. C. Lassiter Julian
White, Albert White, Raymond
Winslow, Alphonso Williams, B. F.
Lane, T. R. Kirby, E. A. Goodwin,
Sammie Riddick, J. M. Sutton, Thos.
S. Chappell, J. W. Jackson, Jr.,
James Rouritree, J. T. Tadlock, Trim
Sawyer, Reuben Stallings, Willie R.
Chappell, Freeman Umphlett, Meador
Harrell, A. M. Godwin, A. P. Stall
ings, Thomas Mathews, C. E. Sutton,
W. L. Madrey, G. W. Jackson and J.
T. Winslow.
The April Term of Superior Court
will convene here about the middle
of next month. Several cases are
now on the criminal docket to be dis
posed of by the Court.
Perquimans Nearly
Doubles Bond Quota
For Month February
While sales fell a little short of
January's amount, Perquimans Coun
ty almost doubled the requested a
mount of sales for war bonds for the
month of February, according to R.
M. Riddick, chairma,n of the war sav
ings staff. Total sales for the month
of February, as recorded at the Hert
ford Banking Company, reached
$20,512.50. The quota given the
county was $12,075.
Mr. Riddick pointed out that these
sales represented only those made at
the bank. Sales at the postoffices
throughout the county are not re
leased for publication and therefore
are not entered i,n the total sales for
the county.
The quota for March has been set
at $13,200, according to Mr. Riddick,
who urges that Perquimans people
to continue to buy heavily the bonds
which provides the money for our
nation to successfully win the war is
very great.
Mr. Riddick also announced the
Treasury Department is now plan
ning a 13 billion bond sale for the
month of April. Details of this sale
will be given later.
Hertford T ions Club
Meets Friday Night
The Hertford Lions Club will hold
i its regular meeting Friday night at
7-15 o'clock at the Colonial Tourist
Home. President Archie T Lane
urges all members to be present.
Reports Incomplete But
Chairman Urges AH
To Cooperate
The American Red Cross War
Fund Campaign opened here this
week under the direction of Mrs. C.
P. Morris and her corps of Township
Committeemen who plan a thorough
canvass of this county to raise the
sum of $3,600, which is the small
sum requested by the national organ
ization from the citizens of this
community to assist in carrying on
one of the most tremendous jobs the
Red Cross has ever faced.
Reports on the progress of the
campaign here are thus far very
meagre and incomplete. The drive
opened just Monday and few of the
committeemen have had an oppor
tunity to report to Mrs. Morris.
However, the chairman today issued
a call for each worker to do his ut
most to carry the county over the top
in this drive. Mrs. Morris also urged
every resident of the county to give
the largest contribution possible this
year. She pointed out that the Red
Cross is asking the nation for 125
million dollars and stated the amount
is small when compared to -the vast
good it will do in caring for Ameri
can service men, both at home and
abroad.
People are reminded that this War
Fund Drive is a combination of the
Annual Roll Call and War Drive as
conducted last year. There will be
only one drive by the Red Cross this
year and this is it. The slogan
adopted by the Red Cross in launch
ing this drive is "This year I will
give double." Certainly in some in
cidents this can be done readily and
even larger contributions can be
made, but to those who may find it
impossible to give double the contri-
j bution of last year, the Red Cross
asks that these contribute to the
drive the amount they can alford.
Regardless of the size of the contri
bution, the Red Cross needs and can
use the sum so each person is asked
to have a part in this drive by making
contributions to the committee when
called upon.
The Perquimans Chapter is hoping
lo complete its goal by March 15
i ana eacn committee worker is re-
quuslou v. ni.isji nis wore ana tern--
tory as rapidly as possible in order
that the Chapter may know the out
come of the drive. As heretofore,
names of contributors to this cause
will be published in the columns of
The Weekly.
Traffic Viator
Released On Absence
Of License Examiner
Recorder's Court Judge Charles E.
Johnson suspended judgment in the
ease of Earl Riddick, charged with
operating a car without license, in J
court Tuesday morning. Judge John
son stated he could see no justifica
tion in penalizing a defendant when
the State fails to provide a license
examiner in order that motorists
may obtain operator's licenses. No
examiner has been stationed here for
several weeks, but it is understood
that the Safety Division has made ar
rangements for an examiner to come
here in the near future.
Other cases disposed of in Record
er's Court this week included a nol
pros taken by the State in the case
charging Emma Winslow, Negro,
with larceny.
Melvin Harrell was assessed the
court costs after pleading guilty to
the use of profanity.
James Lilly, Negro, paid the costs
of court on pleading guilty to a
charge of driving without a chauf
feur's license.
R. li. Sawyer entered a plea of
guilty to driving drunk and was
fined $50 and costs of court.
Blackout Last Friday
Termed Successful
The black-out staged here last
Friday night in order to test the new
signals as arranged by the Army,
was termed a complete success by of
ficials of the Office of Civilian De
fense. The black-out alarm sounded at
approximately 9:15 and lasted for al
most 30 minutes. This was the first
time for the use of the alert signal,
used after the enemy planes had
passed but were expected to return,
and also no sound alarm was given
for ending the black-out. The light
ing of the street lights terminated
the test.
The Office of Civilian Defense
stated that no breech of black-out
rules was reported by the auxiliaries
scouting the town to note the effec
tiveness of the test.
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