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A" J7EZKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
oliame XI Number 27.
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina. Friday, July 7, 1944.
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
American forces in Norruandy
'ebrated July 4th by renewing the
lack against German forces, push-
g eastward from their line near;
a.Haye du Pruits. The British and
anadians near Caen advanced some
istance against the Nazis after,
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mor attacks. Allied troops are rap
idly cleaning up Cherbourg and re-'
ports state this port will soon be
available for use by the Allies.
In the East, Russian armies have
overran the Germans, having cap
tured Minsk, last strong point of the
Germans east of Prussia. Reports
from Moscow state the Reds are ad
vancing into old Poland and are
headed for the city of Wilno. Thou
sands of Germans are reported kill
ed or captured and hundreds of popu
lated places liberated. Moscow also
reports continued Russian advances
against German and Finnish forces
in the North.
I.In Italy, American and British
troops are still surging forward
against stronger resistance from the
Germans. The Fifth Army is nearing
the port of Leghorn, while the
Eighth Army continues to gain on
the Adriatic side of the peninsula.
Reports state the Germans are ex
pected to attempt a stand along a
line running from Leghorn through
Florence to the East, but thefr
heaviest defense is not expected be
fore they reach th Po River line.
'I Fighting is still fierce in the Ma
lanas, costliest battle yet for Am
$iean forces in the Pacific. How
ever, the Marines and Army troops
have captured Garapan, eapital of
th islands and the first Jap city
)ken by the 'Allies. Reports from
is front indicate few Japs are be
ing taken prisoner, most of them
j.ave been killed in theff strong re
sistance to the American advance.
KtAfter-feeing - pra4icyiftuaed
for several days due to bad weatner,
Allied flyers roared into action
4ytain Tuesday of this week, bomb
ing German Europe. Great fleets of
American and British planes masted
targets from the invasion coast to
Romania. Weather in the area is re
ported the worst in years.
Draft Board To te!l
G5 For Preinduction
Examination In July
The Perquimans County Draft
Board has received pre-induction
calls for a total of 85 men during
the, month of July Mrs. Ruth Sum
net, : clerk of the board, announced
this week. Forty-five white men
-will be ordered to report on July 261
and 40 Negro registrants will be
filled July 12.
t .Mrs. Sumner stated these calls
would exhaust the local board's pool!
of registrants between the" ages of (
1 and zo ana luture cans wouia
have to be filled with, men between
ft and 29.
omciai report nas Den. re
ceived as yet as to the number of :
selectees accepted for service from I
the group of 35 white registrants,
who reported to Fort Bragg last
Jweek. However, unofficial reports,
state that between 35 and 40 oi tne
jlpuths were passed for service. If
true, this would be the largest per
centage of men accepted from ary
, call from this county. ,
.Seven Negroes will leave for in
duction stations on July 10 to' fill
the first of ; two induction calls for
this month. The 'inductees are Ber
riice Woodward, Jimmy Melton, Wi
ley Welch, George; Jordan. Alphonso
Taylor, William Brothers and Char
"e Allen. ' " . "
Eleven white -men will be ordered
o report for induction on July 19.
Ms call will take the entire pool of
hit registrants who have been ac
cepted for service prior to the last
-oup who passed ",'; pre-induetlon
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::its Brother On yi
rip From,France ' ' ;
Major W. C. Ward," Army doctor,
nt Friday of last Week visiting his
'.her, Dr. I.. A. Ward, and-. Mrs.
: ajor Ward had recently arrived
f is country rom France, being In
of a hospital ship returning
b 3,000 German prisoners caprur-
:.i the, invasion to the 1 United
. Major, Ward was attached
"s t -t i :V-' 1 Francs on .D-
most .. of the
1 here are youths
', some of whom had
COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE BUILDING
TEMPORARY NEGRO SCHOOL BUILDING
Project to Cost Approx
imately $7,000; Order
Sheriff to Advertise
Taxes
The Board of County Commission-1
ers, .meeting on Monday, morning
authorized th Board of Education to
construct a temporary building in
Winfall to be used for the holding
of Negro school classes during the
com.ng year. The building was es
timated to cost in the neighborhood
of - $7,000.
Work on the building, which will
be used as an agriculture and home
economics department after the com
pletion of a new school building ex
pected to be constructed after the j
war, will be started just as soon as i
the Board of Education can purchase I
the materials. It Js understood that
Henry Swoin will be placed in charge i
of construction. F. T. Johnson, sup-
erintendent of schools, said h
thought the building would be ready i
for use some time in October. The j
building will be constructed of wood, j
with cement floor and tin roofing, j
and contain six class rooms. It will '
be 90 feet long and 48 feet wide.
The Commissioners received a re-1
port from J. W. Nowell, county fire j
warden, who reported during the '
past year 18 forest fires in Per-!
quimans which bu.ned over 5,950 !
acres of timber. The Board voted to
continue the fire control program in
this county with the cooperation of
the State Board of Conservation.
The cost to the county for this pro
gram is not to exceed $1,200 per
year.
Following marry complaints made
by citizens, the Commissioners pass
ed an ordinance prohibiting the
shining of shoes and parking of au
tomobiles upon the Court House
Green. A group' of Negro boys,
who have been making quite a busi
ness of the shoe shining occupation,
have become so noisy and bother
some tsht they" have become nuis
ances, and thus the County Board
feels unobligated to furnish a place
for them to conduct their business.
The Commissioners are now work
ing out the budget for the next
fiscal year, and it was announced
that the county tax rate would be
set at the next meeting. The rate
is expected to remain at fl.60 per
nunarea dollars.
The Board ordered Sheriff J. Em
mett Winslow to advertise all 1943
delinquent property taxes for sale
during the month of August and to
hold the -sale the first Monday in
September.
rhomas H. Hollowell
I'ins Distinguished
Unit Badge In Italy
15th AAF In Italy Pfc. Thomas
N. Hollowell, 22, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Nixon Hollowell, Route 1,
Hertford, has been awarded the Dis-i
tinguished Unit Badge, being a mem
ber of a B-24 Liberator heavy bomb
ardment group that has twice re
ceived the coveted Presidential cita-
tion for its outstanding perform
ance. The first citation was given
fbr the low-levet attack on tne
Ploesti oil fields, Roumania, last
August, lhe second Citation was
received for Outstanding efficiency
and sustained operations. 'r
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squadron's armament department and I
before entering- the Armv." Auonst
5, 1942, worked on his father's farm.
He graduated from Perquimans
High School, class' of 1940, and
while in . the. Army attended arma
ment school at Buckley FieUt, Den
ver, Colo.,, graduating November 25,
1942. -. " -v .:: '
His heavy bombardment group is
one of the oldest stationed overseas
and helped chaBe Rommel across the
desert into North Africa and ulti
mately off the Dark Continent the
group has scored major succefbes In
attacks upon Italy, Greece, Bul
garia, Roumania, . Austria, Hungary,
France and Germany.' - , .
Pfc.v Hollowell has r also -. been
awarded the Good Conduct VMedal
European-Middle East-African; itib
bon, plus three stars. - -. ..
Luncheon And Social .',
For (MBcersV Wives
Edgar J. Hill, director 6f the
Hertford. USO,' announced that a
luncheon and social would be held at
the club'on Monday, July 10, at 12:80
for officers' wives.: V All clean'
wivea are Invited to the affair '
The rest of the ' program l the
USO on Monday, include informal
dancing, "grates, ards and, Jtng
rong.;,-fv
Contest Winner
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Pictured here is little Linda Bass,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bass,
who was the winner of the baby con-!
test conducted by the Y. W. A. of(
the Hertford Baptist Church, to
raise funds for the purpose of build- j
ing a tennis court. As the winner of
the contest, little Linda was award
eH ten dollars in war stamps.
Tubes Taken From
Rationing List; 56
Motorists Get Tires
Rubber automobile tubes have
been removed from th list of ra
tioned articles by OPA, and motor
ists need no longer apply to ration
boards when in need of tubes but
may purchase them at any dealer
station, Miss Mary Frances Dail,
clerk of the Perquimans Board, stat
ed this week.
She also announced a total of 56
certificates of purchase for tires
were issued by the local board dur
ing the past week.
Passenger type tires were insued
to W. J. Benton 2, Jack Riddick 1,
Grant Cooper 1, Amy Thompson 1,
James Jarvis 2, L. E. Umphlett 2,
Willie Moore 1, John DiNanpo'li 2,
C. A. Davenport 2, Gutherie Jolliff
1, U. C. Caddy 2, Hertford Cab Co.
2, James Burke 1. R. L. Revel 1, W.
M. Wood 1, J. H. White 1, E. M.
Perry 1, Marion Parson 1, Elihu
Alexander 1, George Hunter 1,1
Dewey Newby 1, Joe Perry 1, Jor
dan Gregory 1, J. E. Stall ings 1,
Thomas Nixon 1, W. T. Whedbee 2,
J. E. Delaney 1, Claude Rountree 1,
Australia Lightfoot 1, Sidney Parson
1, Leroy White 1, J. R. Futrell 1,
Julia Burke 1, Galey Chappell 1,
James Hinton 1, Nathan Mathews 1,
L. M. Feild 1, D. C. Perry 1, L. B.
Sitterson 1, J. J. SpeJIman 1, H. E.
Calcutt 1, G. S. Caddy i, W. J.
Perry 1, Mrs. L. S. White 1, D. T.
Hopkins 1, Sam Jones 1, Luther
Dunne 1, John Corprew 1, Addie
Hoffler 1, Charlie Umphlett 1 and
James Moran 1.
Truck types were issued Julian
White 1, George Barbee 1 and Wal
ter Moore 1.
It was announced that little hope
is seen for holders of A gasoline ra
tion cards to obtain grade I tire cer
tificates before the first of next
year. The demand for tires is ex
ceeding present supply and all mo
torists are urged to take extra care
of their present tires as an effort to
brighten the rubber situation.
Report Given On Red
Cross Sewing Project
Officials of the Perquimans. Coun
ty Chapter of the Red Cross an
nounced this week that it had recent
ly shipped to national headquarters
432 Ailed kit bags, 850 unfilled kft
bags and have on hahd 144 others.
It had sent to Harvey Point 25 pairs
of mules and 80 hospital bags, and
now has ready for shipment to At
lanta 100 BPt? covers, . 100 wash
cloths, 100 hospital bags, 100 kit
bags and 100 pairs of mules.
' The chapter has been requested to
complete 144 more kit bags, th ma
terial for which is on hand, and in
terested peqple desiring to help With
this sewing project are asked to con
tact their street leaders. ,
: BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ,
' Mr. and Mrs. T." A," Cox announce
the feirth of a son, - Thomas Alex
ander, Jr., on Friday, June 80.
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Professional Woman
Assistant Assigned
Hertford jJSO Club
Block Dance Feature of
Program During the
Coming Week j
Edgar J. Hill, director of the
Hertford L'SO Club, stated he had
been advised by his national office
thai a professional woman worker
iiad been assigned to the Hertford
Club to ussi.-.t Hih director in tne
operation of the I SO here.
The assistant to the director, Miss
Elizabeth Steward, anived here
this week to assume her duties. She
is a niitive of Kansas and has had
special training in ISO work.
The addition to Miss Steward now
gives the Hertford L'SO a well
rounded and complete staff of work
ers. The need for the additional
worker was noted by the steady
growth in attendance at the club.
Attendance during the month of June,
according to a report by Mr. Hill,
was 13,844.
Programs held each night at the
USO, with the exception of Sundays
and Monday, when the club unserves!
open house, have been increasing the
attendance. The liee movie each
Thursday is proving to he a popular
program as well as the two bingo
pames each month.
The feature of next week's pro
gram will be a block dance, to be
held next Wednesday night on
Church street from 9 o'clock until
11:30. The Naval Air Station Hand,
from Weeksville has been secured to
furnish the music and all service '
people are invited to attend the j
dance. The public is invited to at-1
lend as spectators, but the dance is ;
restricted to service people.
Another appeal to the men hosts :
of the club to remember their night '
on duty at the club has been issued,
and the committee in charge of this '
group is hoping that more men of
the' Community" will epri to serve
at the club on their scheduled night.
A number of men asked to serve on
this committee have failed to show
up anoV thus caused extra duty for
the group chairmen. A report shows
that the hostess group, composed of
ladies of the town, has been doing
a splendid job serving at the club
County Board Seeks
Completion Of Road
Paving On Route 17
The Hoard of County Commission
ers, acting in an effort to safeguard ;
health and prevent accidents, have
passed a resolution and will petition
the State Highway Commission to
complete the project on Higliway 17,
leading from the Hertford causVwny
to a point about live miles north of
Hertford. j
This project, known as the Win
fall cut-off, was started several
years ago and the State completed
the road bed and installation of
bridges and culverts. However, the
war stopped the paving project and
under present conditions the paving
cannot be done unless requested by
the Army or Navy.
Dr. D. C. Hackett, county health
officer, appeared before the commis
sioners and urged some action be
taken as a preventative measure for
public health. It is believed there is
a possibility that the project can be
authorized to be completed and the
local board will work toward that
end.
Dr. Hackett stated he had been in
formed that all fatal accidents on
this highway in the past few years
had occurred on the section of road
which the cut off would serve, there
being several -dangerous curves on
the present highway.
The cut off when completed will
not only offer a better and safer
road, but it will save almost two
miles of driving between the two
points.
New Race Track Has
Large Crowd July 4
A Fourth of July crowd estimated
at 1,600 people, attended the horse
racing at the newly established
track on the S. P. Jessup farm near
Hertford Tuesday.
Two races, consisting of six heats,
were run and from all reports the
spectators thoroughly enjoyed the
renewal of this sport of kings here
in this county. The crowd included
residents from Chowan, Bertie, Gates
and Pasquotank and Perquimans
counties.'
, The new-track is owned by S. P.
Jessup and it has been announced
racing; events were to be continued
at the track from time to time.
PERQUIMANS COUNTY'S FIFTH WAR LOAN
SALES AMOUNT TO MORE THAN $500,000
I Polio Committee Sends
I Funds For Epidemic
Dr. T. I'. Itrinn, chairman of the I
Perquimans County Infantile Para-J
lysis fund committee, announced '
Monday the county had sent one-'
half of the funds of the local treas
ury to the Emergency Committee,
formed in Raleigh this week to heip
combat the present epidemic in
Western North Carolina.
The Perquimans committee was
called upon by the Emergency Com
mittee, of wnich former Governor
J. ('. li. Ehringhaus is acting as
chairman, for funds to aid in com
bating the outbreak of the
A total of 14! cases have
ported to the State Health
disease,
been re-Depart-
ment.
The local committee had !?i!M in
its treasury, never having been call
ed upon to Ve any of the amounts
collected here, and one-half of this
amount was sent to the Emergency
Committee to help the counties in
winch the epidemic is raging.
Health Department
Issues Warning On
Infantile Paralysis
Infantile paralysis is present in
epidemic form in approximately 15
counties in the central part of North
Carolina. This epidemic has been in
progress for a little over two weeks,
14! cases having been reported to,
the State Hoard of Health prior to
Monday morning. Lp to the pres
ent time, the rate of spread of the
disease seems to have been fairly
well controlled by quarantine mea
sures. The Perquimans County
Chapter of trie National Foundation
For Infantile Paralysis has contri
buted to the State Kmergency Fund
which is being raised to try to con
trol this outbreak.
"While it would not bt justified to
apply quarantine measures in the
Perquimans Health District at the
present time, we must remind our
citizens that all unnecessary travel,
especially of children, tends to
spread such a disease as Polio. All
of our rivers are contamin.Ved, the
Pasquotank and Perquimans IMvers
are heavily polluted by Elizabeth
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j vuy ami neiuoni, anu tne unie
River which flows by Nixonton is
polluted by the YVoodville Prison
Camp," Dr. I). C. Hackett, coum..
health officer, said.
He added, "While the exact meth
od of spread of Polio has not been
completely proven, the virus has
been oxnd in sewers from cities
during epidemics. Swimming in wa-1
ter polluted by sewage must be I
stopped if we hope to protect our
selves. Flies can apparently carry
the disease, and we should protect
our food and our eating places as
well as possible from flies. Insani
tary privies and septic tanks should
be repaired and made inaccessible to
flies.
"I nnecessarv gatherings of cliil-i
dren should be avoided. We are
very fortunate that this first out-1
break has oc curred some distance j
from our district. Compliance with
these suggestions should help us to I
avoid being struck by this epi j
demic."
Mrs. Susan Winslow
Dies At Home Near
Belvidere On Sunday
Mrs. Susan Joliff Winslow, 69, wife
of A. E. Winslow, died Sunday even
ing at 7:45, at her home near Belvi
dere, after a lingering illness.
Anative and life-long resident of
Peruimans, she was well-known and
beloved by those of the community.
Besides her husband, she is sur
vived by eight children, Lindsay,
Cecil and Raymond Winslow and
Mrs. Adrain Smith, all of Hertford;
Linwood Winslow and Mrs. Thomas
Riddick, of Belvidere; Sidney Wins
low of Winston-Salem, and Randolph
Winslow, of the armed forces, now
in England; 17 grandchildren; one
brother, the Rev. J. M. Joliff of
Gatesville; one sister, Mrs. Eugenia
Winslow of Winston, and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Bethany Methodist Church by the
Rev. A. R. Stevens.
. Interment was in the family plot
at Up River Friends Church.
County First to Meet
Complete Goal; Rally
Saturday Sold Over
$15,000 E Bonds
War bond sales in Perquimans
County during the Fifth War loaii
now amount to more than $5'2f,00(,
according to R. M. Riddick, chairman
of the War Finance Committee, who
stated the county reached its com
plete goal by purchasing sflo.OOK
worth of Series K bonds at the war
bond rally held here last .Saturday
mght.
The overall quota of SU(i7,(KM was
reached on June 21. However, the
$74,0011 Series K quota was not
reached until the close of the bond
rally. W. 11. Woolwanl, chairman
of Region One, stated here Saturday
that so far as he knew Perquimans
was the first county in the State to
meet its complete goal, including F.
bonds. The county's record in sales
during the Fifth War Loan, which
does not close officially until July H,
is almost 200 per cent. The over
all quota was $2(i7,O0O.
The rally here Saturday drew a
huge crowd and a lot of fun was had
by those bidding for bonds and the
nri.es donated by the merchants and
business houses of Hertford. The
Naval Air Station band from Kliza
bt h City furnished some splendid
music prior to the opening of the
auction, which was conducted by Ray
Ogglesby, nationally known tobacco
auctioneer of (Ireenville. Mr. Og
glesby did a fine job in promoting
the sale of Series E bonds during the
rally, obtaining bids of $1,000 worth
of bonds on several of the articles
offered.
The highest bid modi' during the
evening was $1,100 for a case of
beer. It was purchased by trie
Hertford Cafe. J. I. Perry bid' $1,000
for a pair of hose; W. L. Wood hid
moie than $1,000 to obtain a maga
zine rack and Bryant Miller received
$10 worth of ifrtJ: stamps for mis
bid of $1,000 in bonds. C. M. Har
rell also bid $1,000 for two sheet:;
and F. T. Mathews carried oil' sev
eral of the articles auctioned. His
highest bid was $ 1,02a for SIO
worth of war stamps.
More than forty articles were do
nated by the merchants' and each of
these brought an excellent figure
when placed up for sale by the am -
tiolicel .
V . H. Woolwanl, region chairman,
was introduced to the crowd by "i.
Riddick, and he told of the purpose
for holding these war loan drives.
He commended the people of Per
quiman County for the splendid
record they have established in pur
chasing war bonds since l'.MO. .Mr.
Riddick told the audience that the
Hertford Rank has sold more than
two million dollars' worth of bonds
since they were lust oll'eied for
sale.
The local chairman at the clo.-e of
the rally expressed the thanks and
appreciation of the county's War
Finance Committee for (he assist
ance of the Naval Rand, I.t. Comcir.
John F. Staub, Mr. Ogglesby and the
merchants of Hertford and the peo
ple of the county for helping to make
this Fifth War Loan so successful
here.
Legion Meets Friday
For Installation Of
Officers For Year
The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of
the American Legion will meet Fri
day night at 8 o'clock at the Agri
culture Building for the purpose of
installing new officers for the com
ing year.
Commander J. D. Cranford urges
that all members attend and an
nounces refreshments will be served.
Shelton G. Chappell will be in
stalled as the new commander of the
Post at the meeting tonight, and
other officers are: Ralph White, first
vice commander; J. R. Futrell, sec
ond vice commander; G. C. Buck,
third vice commander; W. G. Hollo
well, adjutant; V. N. Darden, finance
officer; W. T. Willoughby, chaplain;
F. T. Johnson, service officer; W. S.
Butler and E. L. Hurdle, sergeants-at-arms.
Guardianship officer, G. T. Roach;
historian, Carroll V. Ward; athletic
officer Cecil White; child welfare,
Anderson E. Layden; Americanism
officer, J. D. Cranford; national de
fense officer, Charles F. Sumner;
graves, J. A. Perry; employment,
Charles E. White; Boy's. State offi
cer, Oliver White; Boy Scout, Dur-,
wood Reed; membership chairman,
Shelton G. Chappell; publicity, B. C.
Berry; oratorical contest chairman,
G. C. Buck; Sons of Legion chair
man, C A. Davenport.
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