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QUIMANS WEEKLY
WCLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
.VOLUME X.-Number 30.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 23, 1943
$1.50 Per Year.
T
i HIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The Allied Nations are carrying
th war to the Axis on all fronts this
w ek. American, British and Cana
dian forces are rapidly overrunning
Sicily, capturing thousands of Axis
troops, and it is believed the fall of
this Island may come any day. The
Allies have captured approximately
ode-third of the Island and by mid
week the American troops threaten
to drive a wedge clear across the
land, splitting Axis forces into
halves. Some 40,000 Axis troops have
been captured and latest reports in
dicate the Italians are rebelling
against German officers.
The Russians have launched addi
tional attacks against the Germans
in the Oral sector and report heavy
gains all along the front. The Ger-
'Tnans have suffered heavy losses in
material and manpower, according to
Moscow. The Red Army, seemingly,
has stopped all German attacks ana
have placed the Nazis strictly on the
defensive.
0,ur forces i,n the Pacific bombetf
the great Jap base of Paramushlrue
during the week. This base is pre
sumed to be Japan's second strong
est point. It is located 1,200 miles
from Tokyo. No announcement was
made as to where our planes started
from. It is believed, however, they
were from Attu. The Navy Depart
ment, also, announced our bombers
had sunk three more Jap battleships
this week.
Outstanding bombing mission this
,. week was the bombing of Rome,
jr While noted for its religious back
i gjotuid, Rome had been turned into
an arsenal by Mussolini and it was
' the military objectives which were
damaged, in spite of what the Axis
contends. American airmen weie
specifically instructed to use care in
bombing Rome and not to damage
i the religious and historic centers.
Sve of our planes were lost on the
ssion. - -
"T
tu WhilevH6me was being bombed by
Allied planes. Hitler and Mussollnf
' Im meeting somewhere-in
:f ' t Jias Deen reported the Duce has
, failed on Hitler for help m saving
Jtaly, under threat of making a sepa
tfate treaty with the Allies. How
ever. t the present time, there is
-little evidence that Italy will drop
Out of the war any time sooin. It is
. i possibility the Allies hope to knocK
Italy out of the war before long, but
' this will take more than just the
f capture of Sicily.
iuneral Services
: Held Thursday For
Samuel J. Mathews
' Samuel J. Mathews, 70, of Hert-
' lord, Route 2, died suddenly Tuesday
morning, about 11 o'clock, while on a
shopping trip to Hertford. He had
,been in ill health for several months.
Mr. Mathews was a native of
. - Jamesville, Wis., but had lived in
.'Perquimans County for the past
twenty-five years. He was a mem
ber of the Mt. Sinai Church.
: Funeral services were conducted
from the Lynch Funeral Home at 4
o'clock Thursday afternoon with the
i ReV. H. G. Dawkins officiating.
"Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and
. "Sometime We'll Understand" were
sung.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mauo
, Mathews, and one son, Lifle.
Pallbearers were: Active Henry
f Riddick, Lewis Lamb, Walton Lane,
Anthony Elliott and Milton Bright.
Honorary Ernest and Tom Morgan,
r Hubert Hurdle, Tom Story, Dr. C. A
I Davenport, Oscar Fetton, Robert
'I Stallings end Joe Perry.
Interment
was in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Husband Of Local
; Girl Rescued from
Jap-Held Island
i Lt. (jg) Sam Hollingsworth, hus
I band of Josephine Hefren Holllngs-
worth, was one of the 161 men res-
cued on July 17 from a Jap-held is-
Jland in the racitic, according to an
v announcement received here this
I we.
Mr, Hollingsworth was a member
i of the crew of the Helena, which
i was sunk in action on July 6. He
J had been on the Helena since last
f! August and ho word had been recetv-
ped by the family, following the straV
f big of the shijp, until the announce
H ment of bis rescue. i . '
, The men, it has been reported,
were on the' island for ten days, ut
were not captured by th JapsTheir
rescue' was effected when a group of
U.; S. ships went into action against
thi island against odds, to save the
l&n: HollingswoHli W the vfaugtt
ter of Mr. nd Mrs. A W. Hafrea.
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OPA Market Basket
Extended To Stores
Prices Were Effective
On July 14; Some 500;
Items Covered "
OPA's "market basket" price ceil
ings, fixed on local levels for gro
cery stores, covering all types of
items, have been extended to Per
quimans County. The price order
went into effect on Wednesday, July
14, according to E. Leigh Winslow,
chairman of the Perquimans War
Price and Rationing Board.
The price order setting the dollars
and cents prices divide all retail gro
cery establishments in Perquimans
County into four classes and allows
smaller independent stores to charge
slightly more for the items covered
than may be charged by chain stores
and those with larger volumes of
business.
"The purpose of the specific pricing
plan," Mr. Winslow said, "is to give
every housewife a definite price
I urViitlt oka lkarta f r roinirn i ' a o t n
highest legal price for any of the 500
items in the four classes of stores."
Mr. Window outlined the follow
ing classification of food stores in
the price order:
I Class I An independent store with
a total sales volume of less Uian 1
$50,000 a year. (An independent;
store is one which is not one of four
or more operated by the same owner
ship). Class II An independent store do
ing between $50,000 and $250,000 a
year business.
Class III A multiple-outlet retail
er, other than independent, with a
volume up to $250,000.
Class IV Any store doing more
than $250,000 annual business.
Reports of ceiling price violations
or suspected infractions may be made
to the price panel of the local ration
ing board, Mr. Winslow pointed out.
Merchants' may also consult their
local ration board price panels about
how they may price the items
covered.
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Return Gas Books
To Ration Board
Motorists who trade automobiles
must return their original gas ration
book to the local ration board, Mrs.
Helen Davenport, clerk of the Per
quimans Board, stated this week.
She said some morotists, on trading
cars, were failing to comply with this
rule and announced that ration books
for another car would not be issueor
until the old books are returned.
The attention of motorists is also
called to the fact that all boards
have been insructed that extra gas
rations are not issued for use in
driving short distances to work. This
rule has been adopted to conserve as
much gas as possible and to avoid
the pleasure driving ban in this area.
Henceforth, motorists are also advrs
ed that notations on their gas cou
pons are to be made on the face of
the coupon rather than on the back.
Tire certificates were issued y
the local IJoard this week as follows:
Passenger H. C. Hoakins, tire and
tube; W. C. Lassiter, tire and tube;
W. B. Jordan, 2 tires and 2 tubes:
Early Goodwin, tire and tube; Levi
Goodwin, tire and tube; Percy True
blood, tire; Marguerite Goodwin,
tire and tube; Howard Honeycutt, 2
tires and 2 tubes; Raymond Bateman,
tire and tube; Ashley Jordan, tire
and tube; Fred Hairfield, tire and
tube: Thomas Rogerson, tube; Rob
ert McKenzie, tire; E. J. Proctor,
tire and tube; George Smith, tire
and tube; J. R. Proctor, tire; E. M.
Perry, tire and tube; Peter Billupu,
tire and tube; Willie Lamb, tire and
j i i r t l ct i i
iuue, vivian isaie, c ur ana .
tubes; Mrs, C. F. Reed, tire and tube;
B. C. Reavis, tire and tube;. Traverse
White, tire and tube; Earl Felton,
tire and tube; R. B. QiappeU, tire and
tube: Mrs. H. C. Wilder. 2 tires: lrv
ing Trueblood, 4 tubes; R. T. Brinn,
2 tires and 2 tubes.
Truck Tires J. S. Hill Co.. 3 tires
and S tubes; Major-Loomis, 2 tires
and 2 tubes: W. T. Eason, 2 tires
and 2 tubes; P. E. Winslow. 3 tires
and 3 tubes; X N. Byrum, tire; E. N.
Miller, 2 tires and 2 tubes; E. D.
Mathews, tire and tube; White, Mot-
via anil nJa O 4-iAa ' avijI O
Roach A Riddick, tire and tube, anO
Aiirea tone, z tires and z Aubes.
The Hertford Lions Club 'wrfll "hold
ite, regular JMetljC Frjdajnight at
the.CtoloiJil ToitHst Horn it
All members are . urged tcVbe pres
ent Charles M. WillifonL newly
preside and 'committees oMh com-
Vur year wfl be announced.
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Price Ceilings
In Perquimans
Rent Control Plan
May Be Ordered For
Hertford Community
It has been learned this week, from
a reliable authority, that the OPA
rent control system may be ordered
in effect in the Hertford area .some
time within the near future.
The announcement made this week
was entirely unofficial, but all in
cations are that the ceiling will be
placed over rents here. It was an
nounced thM the program here win
be controlled by the OPA Rent Board
which is now located in Elizabetn
City.
There have been some complaints
made regarding rent charges in
Hertford, but it is believed that on
the whole rents here are in line with
prices allowed by OPA for communi
ties of this type. There may be
some cases beaiimr investigation, frnti
these are very few.
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Negro Ordered From
County After Being
Convicted In Court
Recorder's Court Judge Charles E.
Johnson ordered John Moseley, Negro,
to leave Perquimans County before
six , o'clock Tuesday, after Moseley
was convicted in Recorder's Court oi
assault and trespass. A sixty-day
road sentence was suspended upon
the above condition.
Fourteen cases were on the court
docket here this week and, as during
the past several weeks, the majority
of the cases were for violation of
the speed law.
Jack Lackey, Alphonzo Scott end
Joseph Jackson were each fined $10
and costs, after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding.
Leo Gorris, H. R. Davenport and
Aloneo Godfrey wereecj), taxed with
court costs, after entering pleas ot
guilty to speeding.
Preston Copeland entered a plea
of guilty to reckless driving ana
speeding. Judge Johnson gave the
defendant a 30-day road sentence
suspended upon payment of $100 uud
costs.
The State took a nol pros in the
case charging Dr. Victor Finck with
exceeding the speed limit.
McKinley Jones, Negro, was fined
$15. and costs, after pleading guilty
to a charge of reckless driving.
Luther Horner was fined $2 ana
court costs for being drunk on tne
streets of Hertford. i
Rufus Enoch, Negro, received a
fine of $15 and costs, after entering
a plea of guilty to being drunk.
This was the defendant's second con
viction on the same charge.
Oliver Lee Riddick, Negro, paid
the costs of court for being guilty
of assault
Willie Smith, Negro, found guilty
of reckless driving was sentenced to
60 days on the roads, sentence being
suspended upon payment of $50 and
doctor's bills incurred ' by personb
injured in wreck caused by Smith.
He appealed the verdict to the Su
perior Court. He was found not
guilty of driving drunk. Appeal bond
was set at $150.
40 Bales Of Cotton
Destroyed By Fire
Fire caused by a bolt of lightening
which struck a barn on the farm own
ed by Mrs. J. T. Brinn Sunday after
noon at about 4 o'clock, totally de
stroyed 40 bales of cotton, whlca
were stored in the building.
The. Hertford Fire Department
answered a call to the fire, but tne
flames had gained such headway la
tie could be done to extinguish the
blaze.. The barn, reported to be an
old one, burned to the ground and
the fire department used the enswe
capacity of its auxiliary tank in
throwing water onto the burnm
cotton.
It was reported that the loss
covered by insurance.
BEECH SPRING CLUB MEETS
, The regular monthly meeting of
the Beech Spring Home Demonstra
tion Club was held at the home of
Mrs. C. W. Reed, After an interest
injf prograni, Miss Maness gave 4
umjr .cjempnstfation 0n "Thrifty
Meal fqi Busy Days."
The Angust meetinar was discussed
and it was decidud to 1M , nhih
picnic dn thf tegular :dulf meettntf
aiternoon August 10. "f
Bond Sales Fifty
Percent Less Than
Than County Quota
Government Official Is
Urging: Home Front
Buy Heavily
With two-thirds of the month of
July gone, Perquimans residents have
purchased a little less than one-half
of the war bonds given this county
as a quota for the month, accordfng
to R. M. Riddick, chairman of tr.e
local War Finance Committee.
The July quota was set at $19,110,
the same as during June, and up to
Wednesday of this week, only $8,325
worth of bonds had been purchaser).
Our county has an outstanding re
cord, one of the few counties in the
State, for meeting its war bond quo
ta, and the loca
committee is hoo
fill tVio o .,,.U f l . J .1
. ' . " '" i ...uyjng curing me
nnal days of the month will
enable
Perquimans to stay at the top of thr
list.
I The vital need for people to pui-
chase war bonds is nninteH hut tht
week by Secretary Morgenthau, who
said:
I "The invasion of Sicily and otfie.
news developments from battle from
during the past twenty-four hours,
have provided a sloeran for our third
War Loan Drive. It is 'Hack the At-
tack With War Bonds.' As anvonei
knows who has read a newspaper or
listened to news bulletins on tiie
radio this morning, the United Na
tions are on the march. The first
rumblings of the big offensive are
being heard in all the Axis nations.
Thousands of our men are storming
Sicily. Tons upon tons of bombs
are dropping on Germany. We are
attacking Jap held territory as nver
before. This is a great dav for us.
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7 "'in come:ot l unis and Bizerte. It was receiv
for us to really tighten our belts hereed here last week.
on tne home Iront. We have come
to a most critical period in the war,
and the s.:-ess that we vi;i have on
the fighting fronts, will depend to
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. "K"" ucgicc
to which we here at home are willinir
to work
drar-sscraice lor ultimate
victory. It's going to be
a costly
victory. We have said that before
but we must repeat it again and
again. The real war has only now
begun. Billions of dollars more must
be spent to keep the material of war
going to our men at the fronts.
Your Government must call upon you,
the American people, for that money.
Kemember, it is up to all of us here
at home to back the attack and to
do it more enthusiastically, more
thoroughly and with greater sacrifice
than any attack has ever been back
ed by a home front in all history.
Everything is at stake. Everyone
must help to the very limit of his
ability."
Hertford Allotted
Fire Equipment By
Government Plan
Under a government plan to aid in
fire control in towns in defense areas,
the Town of Hertford has been al
lotted a 500-gallon auxiliary pumper,
along with other fire fighting equip
ment, according to Mayor V. N. Har
den, who stated he had been informed
of the allotment last week.
The auxiliary unit, complete witn
hose, ladders, etc, is of the type that
is hooked on to another vehicle and
pulled to places where needed. Mr.
Darden stated that this unit will
greatly increase the equipment of the
local fire department, and will be lett
within the town at all times.
In the event the Hertford Depart
ment is called to another locality to
assist in fighting a fire, this auxif
iary unit will be available to combat
any fire which might start here.
It is understood that this new
equipment will be shipped here just
as soon as all necessary papers are
drawn, transferring it to the Town.
Services At First
Methodist Church
In the absence of the pastor, the
Rev. B. C. Reavis, who is away on
vacation, the Rev. J. C. Cranford of
Winfall, will preach at the First
Methodist Church in Hertford next
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. There
wiu oe no preacning service m the
evening, ana no mia-weeK services
Will be held during the remainder of
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sir. juuffiR will. rBiiim ,n nnui tiv L
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I August I
County Tax Rate Remains At $1.50
For 1943; Budget Adopted By Board
In North Africa
SGT. W. H. REAVIS
Writes Parents Of
Battle Action Seen
In North Africa
A vivid account of the action lie
saw during the North African cam
paign, as a member of the Army An
Forces, was contained in a letter
from Sgt. William H. Keavis to his
parents, tne Kev. and Mrs. 1!. C.
Keavis, ot rierttord. I he letter wasicellent shape by the close of
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Sgt. Reavis
entered the army on
July 18, 1941, after completing hiVf the fiscal year, June 30. ana
studies at Wofford College, Spartan-, while the expected reveune will just
Kut'cr (' Hn vv u - tittHimJ in fro- ..l .1- t - . .
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land and England prior to being a.
I mmL,, ..f fr,.u.
Af( rfpscrihinir thP iandimr oner-
tilons at 3 p. m., on November S,
Sgt. fieavis told of various trips
made to towns in Algiers, lie stated
he was not long on African soil be
fore his unit was attacked by a tank
corps of the Foreign Legion, Dut
these turned tail and ran when at-
I tacked by American planes.
Many times his outfit was strafed
and bombed by enemy planes, and
Sgt. Reavis said he had delevoped
into a "good track man'' by run
ning for fox holes. "Don't let any
one try to tell you what they'll do
when- a raid comes they'll do like
everybody else head for the neare.-t
fox hole," he wrote.
Sgt. Keavis described events lead
ing up to their first battle with the
Nazis and a rear guard acion which
was fought when the Americans re
treated to Tebessa, about the mid
dle of February. On arriving in
Tebessa, they discovered they had
saved about 75 percent of their equip
ment and were well-prepared to
stand off the advancing enemy.
He Stated his outfit was at Le
Sers when they heard the news that
Tunis and Hizerte had fallen to the
Allies. "We were a bunch of happy
guys," he said.
Speaking of black-outs, Sgt. Keavis
wrote, "now talk about black-outs
. . . . when the moon isn't out, it's
so dark you can't hear a dog howl."
Scrap Chairman
Wants Material
A. R. Winslow, Jr., chairman
the Perquimans Salvage Committee,
stated this week that additional
scrap material is needed by our pro
duction factories to keep war produc
tion going at top speed.
Mr. Winslow pointed out that in
times when the news from the battle
front is good, the home front may be
inclined to forget the pressing need
for keeping up production. He urges
residents of Perquimans to keep the
flow of scrap materials going to the
mills.
No concentrated drive is on at the
present, but the chairman stated that
persons having scrap can dispose of
it by calling or writing him, or bring
ing it to the scrap pile at the Munici
pal plant in Hertford. By getting in
touch with the chairman, persons
having scrap for sale will have a buy
er call at residences for the material.
SIMPSON RAPER
Mr onH Mi r. 3 Pan animus.
the marriaire of their aWhter. Mar-
garet, to Marvin Lee Simpson, of
'uio vj. o. ivy, on iuy x,
i.1 it a t. r t I . . A -. 1 4
Mr. Simpson is the Bon of Mr. and
Mrs. C. H. Simpson.
Report Of Accountant
Shows Financial Con
dition Is Good
Perquimans County's tax rate for
1943 will be the same as last year,
one dollar and fifty cents per one
hundred dollars valuation, it was
voted by the Board of County Com
missioners, meeting in special session
on Monday night to adopt the budget
for the coming fiscal year.
The rate was set at the old figuro,
after the Board members had tffs
cussed a prospective budget lor
some two hours and adopted it, and
heard a report of the financial con.
dition of the county by W. F. C.
Edwards, county accountant.
The budget for the coming year
calls for an outlay of some two
thousand dollars more than was speru
last year, but included is an expendi
ture of $1,200 for a fire control pro
gram, and an additional $1,700 morn
for the Health Department ttian it
received last year, due to the fitc;
that the Health Department was in
operation only about six months rn
stead df the entire year. These two
item.- represent a larger amount than
the size of the increase in the hudgei,
but several items of the old buaget
have been discontinued and smaUer
appropriations were made in soma
departments. The budget, as adopt
ed on Monday, calls for an outlay
for genera! expenses of $22,225.
The largest item, by far in the tax
rate is the !)0c set for collection for
the debt service fund. Approximate
ly $48,600 is needed during the year
to meet this obligation. However,
past payments are cutting in the in
debtedness, and it was reported that
the county school debt will be in ex
the
ei
. undent nsca
year.
Mr. Edwards reported a cash rai
ance on hand in all deDartments of
, the Countv Government at the cTos-
auuui meei me county s inianciui
Heeds for the coining year, it was
agreed that the county should at
tempt to maintain these balances for
possible future needs.
It was reported that much pro
gress has been made financially by
the county, during the past ten years,
coming from some $80,000 deficit to
the present position.
The only other business transacted
by the Board at the meeting this
week was placing an order for some
new benches to be placed on tfie
court house green, doing away with
the present ones now in a bad state
of repair.
Selective Service
Amends Ruling On
Drafting Students
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Perquimans Draft Hoard, announced
this week that the local Hoard had
received notice from State Selective
Service headquarters that the rulrng
regarding induction of IS and 13
years old high school students haa
been amended to permit youths in
this category to complete the fast
term of school before being inducted.
I. If the youth is scheduled for in
duction before completing the schoof
year, providing it is the last term of
the year, he may request deferrment
until the work is completed.
The final contingent of selectees
to leave Hertford this month en
trained for Fort Bragg yesterday t
I undergo their physical examination.-
' prior to induction. The local Board
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oraerea six youtns ior induction ana
two transfers were also included in
the group which left.
A call for five white men to leave
on August 4 has been received, and
also a call for five Negroes later in
August.
Work Of Rebuilding:
J. C. Blanchard Store
Started This Week
Work of rebuilding the J. C
Blanchard Store, which was destroy
ed by fire on July 2, was started this
week by W. H. Bartlett, of Elizabeth
City.
Mr. Blanchard stated that the work
will be rushed as rapidly as presem
day conditions will permit and that
the store will be reopened as soon as
possible. The plans for rebuilding
the store call for even better trading
arrangements than the store natf
prior to the fire.
The J. C. Blanchard Company u
now operating in temporary quar
ters at the Winslow-White Movr
Company building.
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