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uvAtfi3M NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
W8riinvr Tim tr A MO r
f Volume
er39.
OPA To Issue New
' ? 'A' Gasoline Ration
Boo'as To Motorists
't
Tire Certificates Issued
Twenty -nine Motor
' ists This Week
.
mA Actine to achieve a na-
riA nnifnrmitv and halt gas,
- coupon counterfeiting, announced this
week that motorists along the tast-
- i ern Seaboard will be issued new A
- gas ration books which will become
' valid November 9.
Local motorists will be affected by
a this order and the procedure for ob
taining the new books will be an
. nounced shortly by the local ration
board. .
Series A-12 coupons now in the
' hands of local motorists will not be
used. Instead, at the expiration of
the present A-ll coupons the local
motorists will be issued three A-13
coupons in their new books which will
be valid from November 8 to Decem-
ber 21, when the new A-14 coupons
' . will become effective throughout the
;i nation. ,' .
The new A coupons will all be good
for four gallons of gasoline, instead
of the present three gallons permit
ted. However, instead of having
eight coupons, the motorists m
.i have only six.
The local ration board, still iar
short of tires compared to demand,
issued certificates to 29 motorists at
a meeting held last Saturday.
5 Passenger type certificates were is
.sued to Valerie Schmidt, Crafton
Russell, Charlie Small, Mrs. Gertrude
Fleetwood, W. D. Landing, Koianu
Copaland, Leslie iShaw, Jr., J. A.
uri-oir I. i Window. Joseph Bal-'
' lance, Charles Wiimora, nonuM
Deal, Earl Russell, J. M. Fleetwood,;
Rill Fowler, Jaffles Perry, , G. , S..
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rS Caddy, Oharlei' Johnson, F. O. Mc
y " Kneely, GilliamTwine and .Henry
Yonkers.
Truck type Urea H. W. Wmslow,
D. R. TruebldodW; L. White;-G. W,
Morris.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Allied headquarters had not, up to
wArir.aDuv mute an announcement
runv, , - , .
-fnl I mariner the German claim tnai;
British airborne troops in the. Arn-,
heim area had been liquidated. How-j
ever, reports were that American,
rrunflnnrt. nianes were rushiiur men
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and
supplies into tnat secior, mir
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two weeks of hard fighting, ine
Nazis have resisted stubbornly at Una R.(idick Ear) Zachary haTe been NO KedUCtlOn ceiling
northern end of the West Wall, tout the local draft lina. An T iva Hnire
indiwitinriH were that the British
Second Army was gradually breaking
through the Seigfreid line into Ger
many All along the rest of the Western
front the American First, Third and
Seventh Armies were reported mak
ing small gains against strongly held
German forts. General Eisenhower,
this week, called upon the 12 million
lave laborers inside Germany to re
bel against the Nazis, telling them
how to use weapons at their dispo
sal. Some authorities report that the
Germans are evidently making that
ffist stand at the West Wall, which
separates Germany from France and
Holland.
The Russians, according to Mos
cow, have all but regained most of
the Baltic area. Three big Russian
miles are reported converging upon
the city of Riga, capital of Latvia, in
n attempt to conclude the Baltic
fighting. Russian ships were report
ed to have steamed into the Baltic
Sea during the past week and bom
barded Nazi Installations on islands
-located then.
" In the Pacific Admiral Halaey's
Third Fleet took a terrific toll of Jap
..( ships and planes in a smash at Ma-
nila in the "Philippines. One hundred
' ? three Jap ships were reported sunk
' at damaged and - 405 enemy planes,
were destroyed. Fighting on Pelejiu
Island continued as reports announce
. - U . S, Marines have . trapped Jap
', troops into two pockets. Fighting it
, reported there as diminishing. .
,, MASONS' FISHFRYTUESDAY
" - The committee in charge of the
annual fish fry of Perquimans Lodge,
- ,Z No. jU6, A. Fr it A. M.,1 announced
' today that the fish fry will be held
"at the Town plant, on GmbH Street,
next Tuesday night mi 9:80 o'clock.
' All Masons, their wives and mem
bers of the Eastern Star' are invited
,. to the party. - - - '
Broilters Serving
Marvin Lee Simpson
CpL Claadl W. Simpson
Three Perquimans? County brothers
serving in the armed forces are these
sons of Mr. andUMre. C. H. Simpson.
Claude recently rjved safely over
Ba4ut;tlMltft?i0i somewhere in
England. He has been in service
four years. Marvin, a member of
the Navy, is spending a 30-day leave
with his wife and parents. John,
who also has been in service four
years, has been overseas for two
years. He, also, is in England.
Negro Selectees To
Leave Thursday For
Induction Station
Five Negro selectees, James White
live licjiiv acre, ...........
... . Tllrnpr Milfred Jordan. Oliver
ordered to report to the local draft
duction call for Negroes from this
county for October, .Mrs. Kuth Sum
ner, clerk of the local board, an
nounced this week.
The selectees will leave nere next,
Thursday for Fort Bragg to start
their military training.' t
No pre-induction calls for October
for white men or Negroes will be
wn Ivnt nn Inilli-wvn Anil Af nlnA '
UlUUC. UUt Oil IJIUUVMUll VOI J.sa mw
white men for October 24 is yet to
be filled for next month.
After the two calls for October
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iian 'icci i.i.cu, tiiv. a"wi ui j ifx fi&.m; . y&i uui.utcunD...v,
will almost be depleted, and the local 1 go basis, for good to choice butcher
hoard is expected to start calling up hoas weighing 200 to 240 pounds will
youths who have been deferred in become effective on October 1, 1944.
order to full future induction calls, This decrease from the present sup
sspecially during November and De- port prices of $13.75 was announced
oember. last January.
A number of youths, 18 through;
zo, nave neen given snon aeiermenra
tn nid in hurvestinir o. rrons. but it
in heJinved these reirifttrantn will be
called up as their deferments expire.
Drivers Injured In
Horse Races Saturday
Two mishaps in the horse races
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neia ai cne o. r. icssup iracn mm
last Saturday afternoon-resulted in
injuries to three of the drivers in the
races. - .
,'i Ed Benton suffered fHght , shock
and bruises in one race when his
sulky turned. over, and Mr. Bartlett,
of Shiloh, was injured, jilso slighUy,
when, his sulky was ini l crash, with
one driven bv Elwood Ivhlte. ' . "
: Mr. White was hurfi when his
horse stumbled attempting ; to pass
on ne of the cdnres,"and the driver
was,-thwwxi ifportt the . Sky-In front
nf two oncoming horse;in the race,
n u hmntrht tfl fir. T' P. Brlnn'S
Mlnlii f or - trat.mnt ' airl -waa-. ' later
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removea W-i UK mvaut fim - mvaffttmn
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reported good.
tertford, Perquimans County,
In Armed Forces
John Edward Simpson
New Officers Of 4 H
Clubs Chosen Last
Week; 208 Members
Five 4-H Clubs
were re-organized
i in Perauimans Count
at meetings
t hld last Thursdav and Friday, it was
! announced this week by Miss Virginia
1 Kailpv assistant home aeent, wno
with L. W. Anderson, county agent,
and Miss Frances Maness,
home agent, was in charge
county
of the
meetings.
The clubs re-organized and their
new officers are:
Hertford Senior Club Shirley
Butt. Dresident; Marshall Mansfield,
vice president; Melvin Forehand, sec -
retary-treasurer, and Horace Layden,
song leader.
Hertford Junioi C 1 u b Eugene
Boyce, president; iShirley Mae East,
vice president; Marjorie Winslow,
secretary-treasurer, and C. T. Mans
field, song leader.
New Hone Club ( al 'in Butt,
president; James Dail, vice p-esident:
Kolio C.rav secretarv-treasurer. and
Dickie Baker, song leader.
Winfall Junior Clul) Carltor, El
liott, president; Barbara Ann Beaton,
vice president; Amy Van Roach, rec-retary-treasurer;
Beverly Bright,
song leader.
Winfall Senior Club Velma Anne
Carver, president; Willie Mae Chap
pell, vice president; Billy Winslow,
secretary-treasurer, and Doris Car
ver, song leader.
Miss Bailey, who as assistant
home agent, will work with the 4-fI
Olubs, stated that 208 members weie
enrolled for 1944-45 at the meetings
1 last week.
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P-j Oil Live HogS
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Until June, 1945
Ceiling prices on live hogs will not
hA rerliiced from nresent levels Drior
to June 30, 1945, according to Dr.
S. White, Chairman of the County '
AAA Committee. Ceiling prices are .
$14.75 per hundredweight, Chicago'
basis, for hogs weighing 240 pounds ;
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J)Y ICOa (UlU At IHUIUlOUnvigiik,
Chicago basis, for hogs weighing
more than 240 pounds. Dr. E. S.
White also stated that support prices
The North Carolina ceiling is
$14.56 for weights up to 240 pounds
and S1S.80 for 241 Dounds and up
while the Richmond terminal market
ceiling is $14.85 for weights up to
240 pounds and $14.05 for 241 pounds
snd up, Dr. White announced.
Rotary Entertains
Wives And Faculty
Mentbers of the Hertford Rotary
Club entertained their wives and the
faculty members of the Perquimans
County schools at their meeting held
in the Methodist Church 'last Tues
day night,
A delicious dinner was served by
the ladles of the church, and the
group enjoyed a short program, pre
pared by the members for the occa
sion. T. B, Sumner won a quis con
test, conducted by C. P. Morris, and
other contestants were J. Emmett
Winslow, Dr." C. A. Davenport, Dr.
A. B. Bonnen W, H. Pitt and V. N,
Darden; A. , W. Hefren presented
the second art of the program, read
ing an article on epitaphs, and pro
vided many laughs for the party.
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North Carolina. Fridaptember jgjgjl
Negro Fighting Case
Set For Hearing At
Oct Superior Court
Recorder's Court In
Short Session Tries
Nine Cases Tuesday
Perquimans County Recorder's
Court looked like a lawyers' conven
tion ln ic Tuesday morning, when no
less than six attorneys were on hand
to reincsent some eiltht defendants
charged with assault with deadly1
weapons. The ease originated at
New Hope, where the defendants, all
Negroes, reside, and where the al
leged affray took place. After pre
liminary discussion, the attorneys lor
.several of the defendants requested a
trial hy jury and Judge Charles K.
Johnson ordered the clerk of court to
place the two cases upon the docket
for hearing at the October term of
Superior Court.
Following the action on these
cases, the couit consumed little time
in disposing of the remaining nine
cases on the docket for hearing this
week.
The case of John Simpson, Negro,
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, was non-suited alter the
State had presented evidence hy three
witnesses.
Irene Mitchell. Neero, was fined
t $115 and costs-of court after pleading
guilty to driving without a license
I , . .1 . . . I i n
Manuel sterner pieaa gumy up a
. i f nnA ...aa f;..Ai tin
iciiaige oi spccuiiig nnu wo imw y.w
. uiiu oiueieu n'
A t,. in,,. .nBtll
i Claud Banks paid a fine of $10 and
costs of court, after pleading guilty
to speeding
i William
Woodard, Negro, pleaded
! guilty t
a charge ot traun ana was
ordered to
court.
pay
W and costs of
. Joe Mclntyie, Negri
wa.- assessed
costs of court for being drunk.
Morgan Hudson, tried for break
ing jail a second time after being
convicted of the same count here
three weeks ago, was given a 60-day
road sentence, suspended upon pay
ment of a fine of and costs.
Tomer Brickhouse was ordered to
j pay the costs of court, after plead
ing guilty to driving without license.
AAA Secretary Tells
Farmers Still Time
Attend SBA Matter
W. E. White, Secretary of the
I'erquimans County Agricultural
Conservation Association, stated this
week that those farmers of the coun
ty who had not responded to the let
ter mailed them some weeks ago
relative to Soil Building Allowances
which they could earn hy carrying
out certain practices, still have time
to attend to this matter, but that it
should be done at once.
Soil building practices must he car
ried out to earn a part or all of the
soil building allowance. Lime and
Austrian Winter Peas can now be se-
cured from the (loverunient as a
grant of aid. Orders should be
ulaced at once for these items, In or
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Clover seed may be secured trom
Hertford dealers and any farmer
seeding clover will receive a credit Lieut, (jg) Paul Sanders, chaplain
of $4.00 per acre, up to his soil at the Harvey Point Naval Air Sta
boilding allowance. tion wiU preach at the Hertford
Wherever soybeans were pi an ted Metnodigt church Sunday, October 1,
alone and not harvested for seed, the; tlje absence 0f the pastor, the Rev.
farmer is entitled to $1.50 per acre j p Reavis, who is conducting a
credit. In view of the fact that there se'rjes 0f meetings at Troy. N. C.
will be many soybeans not harvested,! Churches everywhere will observe
due to damage by worms this year, w , , Communion Sunday this
this will be a great aid to the
farmer.
Also, any small grain seeded in
the fall of 1944 and not harvested for
bbpH will earn a credit of $1.50 per
acre under the 1945 program. Farm
ers desiring to comply with the 1944
program should call the AAA onice
at once.
Special Services At
Winfall Methodist
Church Next Week
A series of special meetings will
ha ontiHntteH at the Winfall Methodist
Church, beginning Sunday night at 8
o'clock and continuing through next
Friday, the Rev. J. D. Cranford, pas
tor, announced today.
Miri Paul Sanders, chaplain
at the Harvey Point Naval Base, will
preach each evening at 8 o clocic
The opening meeting Sunday night
wffl be a special World-wide Com-
mimtnn Mnrice.
i The nubile is cordially invited to
attend all services.
Completes Training
i
Levi Coodwin, Jr.
Levi (ioodwin, Jr., son of Mrs. L.
A. Coodwin, recently spent a ten-day
furlough with his mother, after com
pleting his basic training at Shep
pard Field, Texas. He is a member
of the Armv Air Force.
War Fund Committee
Meeting Postponed
Until Next Tuesday
J. Kmmett Winslow, co-chairman
of the Perquimans County United
War Fund, announced early this week
that the meeting of the county com
mittee for the organization of the
campaign, which is to open here on
October 9. scheduled for last Tues
day night, was postponed until next
Tuesday night, and he requested all
members, along with the five town
ship Viiiirnieu. to tie present at tin'
meeting called for o'clock at the
Courthouse.
Members of the committee are:
Jullan A. White, ('
IV Mom-. C. K
White. .1. I). Cianford, I."
son. K. T. .Ills.. 11, V. . Harden, A.
V. Il.il'ien, T. Johns. hi, Hi. K. S.
White, II. C. Hawkins and W. K.
Hail.
A- already announced, the quota lo
he raised in this county for the
I nited War Fund drive is S4,.ill0,
and Mr. Winslow stated that he hopes
to organize the campaign in such a
manner that Hie drive will he con
cluded within a short period of time.
Due to conditions, which h.'nc
changed greatly since the dim- iast
1 year, funds collected in this drive
. will be used materially in serving the
1'nited Seamen's Service, rendering
aid to prisoners of war and in main
taining- USO service clubs through
out the world for men and women in
the armed forces.
Other agencies that receive funds
from the United War Fund cam
paign are United China relief. Rus
sian War relief and Creek V ar re
lief, and al.-o agencies v :'- '
other Allied Nations which have suf
fered from the war with the Axis.
Much of the money used by the Re
lief agencies in the foreign com. tries
goes to purchase foodstuff for the
civilian population lo keep them
from starving.
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Chaplain banders 10
Preach At Methodist
; Church Next Sunday
week and in keeping with the custom
of the church, communion will be ad
ministered on that day.
The Rev. Mr. Reavis announced
that the Quarterly Conference will
not be held until Monday, October 9.
Due to the absence of the Rev. Mr.
Reavis, there will be no services at
the Hertford Methodist Church on
Sunday evening.
T wnl Mnn Assumed
ruty At Harvey Point
I.ient Shelton White. V. S. N. R.J
son of Mrs. Sarah White of Hertford,
has been assigned duty at the Naval
Auxiliary Air Station at narvey
Point, according to an announcement
made this week.
Lieut. White, since receiving his
commission with the Naval Air Force,
in December, 1942, has seen duty at
a number of Naval Training and Air
Stations in this country.
While a native of Hertford, ueui.
White has been away from this com
munity for 22 years and states that
he is very glad to be stationed so
near at home.
$1.50 Per l eai
ACA Obtains Lumber
Priority For Repair
Damaged Buildings
Applications Must Be
Made By Saturday;
Storm Loss (irows
I'ei'iiiinians County farmers, who
had farm dwellings 01 oilier farm
buildings destroyed in the stoim two
weeks :i:;o, may obtain priority tor
lumber to lepan or rebuild the
buildings, provided they make appli
cation at the AAA office in Hertford
n ... l.efoi-e So 1 1 1 1 la V. e lit e ii i he r "(,
W. K. White, -cc c lary of tli
Agricultural Conservation
i County
A ssncia -
tion, saiil lo.la .
Mr White announced that the
A-
sociation had been fortunate in on
taining an additional quota of r0,HOO
board feet of lumber from the Wl'l!
for this purpose.
He added, however,' that farmers
needing lumber to repair buildings
damaged or destroyed by the storm
must apply by application at the
local oi l ice bv Satuiday, otherwise,
the lumber allotment unused would be
as.M'.Miod elsewhere. He also stated
that applications for the lumber will
be accepted only from those who ac-
I tually suffered damage from the.
! storm.
I Farmers who need this lumber for
repairs, but who, at the present time,
do not have time nor sufficient labor
to carry out the repairs may apply
for lumber and leave their priority
with lumber mills for later delivery.
It was also announced that farm
ers who have dwellings or othei
buildings in need of repair, or any
new construction costing less than
one thousand dollars, which is neces
sary to take care of their farm pro
ducts, may also make application for
the necessary lumber not later than
this Saturday.
Additional surveys made since
last week have shown that property
and crop damage from the storm,
here in I'erquimans County, is great
er than first estimated. It is now
estimated that loss to both pro(erty
anil crops will run lieiwee.u inree ami
four hundred thousand dollars. A
number of Hertford residents also
suffered considerable dama-'e to their
cottages at N'ags Head.
Indians Play First
Game Friday Against
Columbia H.S. Eleven
The Perquimans Indians will open
Iheir 1 1)44 football season with a
eame on the local field Kridav aftei
noou at 3 o'clock, when they meet the
Columbia high school eleven.
Coach Max Campbell has been
drilling the local squad of thirty-five
boys strenuouslv this week in pre
paration for the opening game. How
ever, knowing little of the strength
of the 'Tater liujrs. the local coach is
making no predictions about the out
come of the jrame.
Prospects for a good season for
the Indians, however, are bright, as
the entire 194:! backfield is again in
harness and is civ-en added strength
with Joe Nowell, former player, hack
in school. Thus far, the line of the
team is showing up well, and with
players like Wilson, Murray, Syninns,
Chester and Cecil Winslow and El
liott displaying good form, the for
ward wall is expected to handle their
opponents in style.
Several new players, along with
other veterans from the 1943 team,
will complete the roster of this year's
squad.
To date games have been scheduled
with Columbia and Edenton and word
is being awaited from Plymouth,
j Williamston and Ahoskie regarding
i games with those high schools.
Lions Club Festival
Plays Last Two Days
j The -Lions Club Fall Festival will
come to a close Saturday night, after
being operated to a large crowd
every night this week, according to
the committee in charge.
The Dumont Shows are furnishing
the attractions for the festival, and
includes five modern rides, five shows
and numerous concession stands and
bingo.
Two free acts are presented each
night, and both of these have been
acclaimed by audiences as being very
good. Of these acts Miss I-ouise,
featured as the Butterfly of the Air,
does a thrilling giant cloud swing.
f lans are being made to open tne
festival for a kiddle matinee Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, and the
shows will operate their rides and
stands especially for the children.
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