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u ; (. f Jw , vnrOiY mewcpaper devoted to the upbuilding of Hertford and perquimans county,
.Volume XL-Number 48.
Hertford, FerquimaiiaCounty, North Carolina. Friday, December 1, 1944"
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Students Of Training
School Contribute
To Needy Families
Observing Thanksgiving in a very
appropriate manner, the students and
teachers of the Perquimans Training
School made the day a brighter one
for 52 unfortunate families.
mi mo -j. i i
Rufus M. Riddick, chairman of the1 in" rere " "i. W"S .cu"
w"u i. i operated in making the Thanksgiving
program of the school a success.
jf Perquimans County Draft Board, has
-f1- VOIftTOftU iUO A GO! III MlUp UVWIUV
,, effective December 1st.
t J,rvMr. Riddick has served on the local
" board for the past two years.
III. Thomas B. Sumner, clerk of
v the local board, announced that there
will be no more meetings of the
- draft board, until the election of a
, new member to fill the vacancy left
on She board by Mr. Riddick's resig
nation. s-' . The local draft board has been ad
vised that it is further behind in its
. . quota, in filling quotas for men, and
that it is the only county in the
. State that is below its quota.
The board has an induction call
for eight Negro registrants for De
cember 7th. Those who will leave
at this time are: Junior L. James,
William Thomas Miller, Halis Walter
Mitchell, Rufus Mason Rouse, Gar
land Harris, Alexander Robinson,
William Oscar Felton and Clinton
Stepney.
The board has a pre-induction call
for seven Negroes to be filled
When all the contributions had been
made, which included not' only sweet
potatoes, canned fruit, peanuts, milk,
syrup, jelly, collards, meal and white
potatoes along with other things
grown on the farm, but sugar, ap
ples, oranges and other delicacies and
about $25 worth of food was ontri
buted. The project was sponsored by the
local NFA chapter.
Perquimans Coach
Denies Rumor Teato
WOI Not Play E. City
Colored People
Organize To Help In
Thieves Steal Safe
Of Towe Motor Co.
December 6th. Those who will be
called up for pre-induction examina
tions on this date are: James Edward
Thieves broke into the Towe Motor
Company Chrysler-Plymouth place
office here early Friday morning,
between 3 and 4 o'clock, and made
away with the safe, weighing about
on i 8(10 or 900 pounds and containing a
large amount of war bonds, valuable
papers and notes and about $20(1.
The thieves entered the place,
Bricktiouse, Harrian Thatch, Jr., owned by J. H. Towe, by breaking a
Lee Ernest Armstrong, William;
Copeland, Floyd Howard Norfleet, '
Julius James, Horace Wiggins, Hel
hert Harrison Perry, and one trans
fer, Claudius Lee Felton. '
s
Joe Towe's Horse
t.fe!ies Good Run
Joe H. Towe's race horse, Holly
wood Garnet, made another excellent
r showing on Thankstrivinsr Dav on the
H - old Albemarle Fairgrounds on the
,Weeksville Road, recently taken over
j, . by the Eastern Fair Association. The
t beautiful black gelding came within
( r' n(MtA old track's jrecord, set in
by H. IBartiett.
That record was two minutes and
12 seconds flat, and Mr. Bartlett,
with every otne old timer in the
Albemarle, held 'his breath for a
little while as Mri1 Towe's mighty
horse came down into the home
stretch of the first heat ofthe Free-For-All,
sweeping along at a pace
that brought the throng of turf lov
ers crowding in close to see the fin
ish, with Mr. Towe's Hollywood
Garnet leading by six lengths.
Hollywood Garnet staged a great
demonstration of how a horse should
behave on a track, winning three
straight heats, a 2:13, 2:14 and
2:16. "HQ
Another of Mr. Towe's 'horses.
Abbie Direct, took, the 2:17 in three
heats, running them in 2:18, 2:13
and 214. Abbie Direct faced the
stiffest competition of the meet ir
the 2:17.
Mr. Towe's Hollywood Garnet re
cently set a record, about a month
ago, when racing at the Winston
Salem track. At that time the horse
won the second heat of the sulky
race In 2:06 and was competing
against horses owned by the Rey
nolds Stables of Winston-Salem.
elass Dane in the front door oi the
office and reaching through ami un
latching the door. They walked in
and walked off with the safe, leaving
the rest of the office intact. No
drawers were disturbed and every
thing was left just as it had been at
closing time on Wednesday, with the
exception of the office desk, which
was moved aside in order to carry
the safe out by the front door to the
waiting car or truck.
The sale was found about a mile
and a half from town, on the short
cut of U. S. 17 Hertford-Elizabeth
City Highway on Friday afternoon.
It was found about five feet from the
road and was well camouflaged with
broken brush. It had been broken in
and looted. !,,JL0
Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow and
local police officers are investigat
ing the robbery.
-hamiM . H, Jwkins Motor
Company building, on Water Street,
in Edenton, was also entered , the
same night and the company safe
was also removed, evidently by the
same band of robbers.
The safe belonging to the Jenkins
Motor Company was about the same
size and weight of the one taken
from the office of the J. H. Towe
Motor Company, and
Max Campbell, coach of the Per
quimans County High School foot
ball team, today stated that a rumor,
supposedly circulating around Eliza
beth City to the effect that Elizabeth
City school officials had three times
tried to schedule the Indians to play
the Yellow Jackets, was completely
fnl.se, and added that the Indians
v.ill meet the Elizabeth 'City team,
providing the game can be arranged
i under conditions acceptable to both
schools.
j The Perquimans coach said thai
; early in September he and Coach
Harvey Johnson exchanged letters
telalive to a game between the two
schools, but that the only date the
Elizabeth City officials wanted to
play the Indians was on October b,
which Coach Campbell believed was
too eaily in the season for his team
to meet the much larger and more ex
perienced team. He, in answering
Mr. Johnson's letters, suggested a
date in November, and also requested
that inasmuch as Perquimans had al-
1 ays played the lellow Jackets in J
Elizabeth City, he thought it was j
only fair that the Jackets play this
year in Hertford, and requested
Coach Johnson's reaction on this sug
gestion. Coach Johnson replied say
ing that he desired the game he play
ed in Elizabeth City, but still offered
only the date of October fi, which
was turned down by the Perquimans
coach.
"The rumor, supposedly starte'd by
an official of the Elizabeth City
schools," Coach Campbell said, "is an
untruth, the Elizabeth Oity school
authorties having made no further
attempt to schedule a game with the
Indians since the exchange of letters
before the start of the season, and
Standard Oil Allocates
$1,350 In 6th War Loan
To Perquimans County
Christmas Seal Sale
Meeting With Good
Response Is Report
proportion to each county's
Perquimans County has been allotc
$1,350.
Indians Take Scalp
Of Roanoke Rapids
The Sixth War Bond drive was
officially onened with all school chil
dren and instructors, when all col
ored teachers met Tuesday afternoon,
November 21, to organize and make
plans to put every student and every
teacher to work in support of the
Sixth War Loan drive.
Every student was asked to do
his or her part in the campaign.
Four prizes will be given to students,
and one prize will be given to the
adult making the best record.
J. II. Tucker Grocery Store is giv
ing if().25 in stamps to the high
school student who sells the largest
amount of bonds; llillups Four-Way
Service Station is giving $(.2o in
stumps to the high school student
who sells the greatest number of
bonds; Del.uxe Cleaners is giving
$6.25 in stamps to the elementary
school student who sells the largest
amount of bonds, and St. Paul's A.
M. E. Z. Church of Hertford is liv
ing $(i.25 in stamps to the elemen
J tary school student who sells the
greatest number of bonds. The col
j ored Masons of Hertford are giving
j S6.25 in stamps to the adult who
j sells the most bonds. More prizes
I may be given later.
I he committee is composed of W.
C. Strowd, W. .1. Thompson, W. R.
PrUf.tf f' w '.,;., !:..! II
vZi "' .u i.. . i V. : downs and kicked
lu'-'i t." iwv. ,i. ij. morgan, ami ,i
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iviiik n.. vviiuuMis, cnairmau.
J. A. Buglass, Field Supervisor,
with headquarters in Elizabeth City,
has announced that the Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey had purchas
ed war bonds in the amount of $50,
000 in North Carolina in connection
wi in me oixxn war i,oan unve. paign to raise funds to fight tuber
III line W1L11 liic ciiiuptiii o yvmy j lil
allocating this purchase among the
100 counties of North Carolina in
Perquimans County's annual cam-
culosis, through the sale of Christ
mas Seals, which got underway hen-
quota i last Monday, under the direction of
Mrs. C. A. Davenpoit, chairman, was
reported today a.-, getting a good
response.
Davenpoi t
wtic mailed
stated it. 'it the
oi .Monday of this
response has been
The Perquimans Indians added the
scalp of the Koanoke Kapids Yellow
Jackets to the six already dangling
from their belts in a (i-o v;ctory on
Wednesday that clysed, for the local
team, a perfect season, without a
single defeat, and having only one
I team. Ahoskic, score againi-t them
j during the entire .-eason.
j The game started off with the
i Roanoke Kapids team kicking to the
j Perquimans Indians. The Indians
! held Roaonke kapids for four downs
: and then took over. Kerry of the In
; dians ran :!.ri yards to the Roanoke
Rapids 20-yard line, and then a
j fumble halted the drive, and Roanoke
Kapids recovered and made two first
plays
AAA Committeemen
Elect List Officers
An election of Community Com- .
mitteemen and delegates to the
all inquiries from Elizabeth City rela-j County Convention to serve on the
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live lo a game nave been answered : rami rrogram was held on
by the Perquimans officials."
68 Get Certificates
To Buy New Tires
Sdor Gets Road
Term For Car Theft
. Sailor Keith Newman, charged
with larceny, of Sheriff J. Emmett
Window's Chevrolet coupe, was
found guilty and given 12 months
"oft the County roads here Tuesday
; morning in Recorder's , Court by
- Judge Charles E. Johnson, sentence
to be suspended upon payment of a
- $200 fine and costs of court.
Newman stole the Sheriffs car
from in front of the State Theatre
here last Thursday night and wreck-'
ed it ten minutes, later on the; Har
vey Point Base road,' just four miles
' from Hertford. " .
, Only ; three other cases were heard
at the Tuesday morning , session,
. Isaac Byrum, Jr., Willie Hunter and
Oliver ; Blanchard : ; Stallings, all
charged with speeding, were, fined
,$10 each and taxed with court eo'sts.
were similar also, valuable books of
records, several war bonds, some
cash and papers.
County Short On
Sale Of E Bonds
Perquimans County is thiry. thous
and, eighteen dollars and seventy
five cents short of reaching the
Series E bond quota of sixty-five
thousand dollars in the Sixth War
Loan drive, County Chairman rt. M.
Riddick announced this week.
The War Bond rally; staged on the
Courthouse green Saturday night, in
spit of the cold weather, netted
sales of one hundred, seven thousand
dollars worth of War bonds, against
the over-all quota given the' county
of $218,000.
The county's quota for the Sixth
War Loan is almost fifty thousand
dollars less than the Fifth drive.
Chairman Riddick urges the peo
ple to buy these bonds so that the
quota may be met within a short
time. Perquimans County has over
subscribed all previous bond drives
by two' hundred per cent.
' Sixty-'eight motorists were is
sued certificates to purchase new
tires by the Perquimans Ration
Board during the past week, accord
ing to Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk
of the local Board. Due to scarcity
of tires, manv of the .innlications
its contents , fronl motorists seeking more than
'Buddy' Cannon Home
:On20-Daf JHiriouflrh f
Private William H. "Buddy" Can
non, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Can
non, has arrived home to spend a 21-
('jr furlough with his parents, after
s rving 20 months overseas with the
U. 'ted, States Amy. i ' 1
"Ruddy" was a member of the
nrji Army and saw action In Italy,
Tunisia and on the Anno Beachhead
New Quota For
Red Cross Articles
two tires were only, given two.
Passenger type certificates were
issued to James E. Stallings, Howard
E. Long, E. R. Whedbee, Jr., R. B.
Chappell, Addison E. Medefield, Dr.
Allen B. Bonner, Lathan Felton,
Nathan Matthews, Nathan Riddick,
Hertford Cab Company, W. 0. Hun
ter, Herman Small, Walter L. Lay
den, L. C. Winslow, Oscar Wilder,
A. W. Baccus, Raymond T. White,
Alphonso Stepney, Thomas R. Wins
low, H. E. Calcutt, C. R. Chappell,
W. W. Divers, Chester Butt, Ernest
E. Morgan, C. A. Perry, Jesse Nor
man, R. H. Copeland, Nixon Hollo
well, J-. J. Spellman, Earl Daughtrey,
Charlie IS. Winslow, James A. New
by, Raleigh Ashley, Delmar H. Bur
ris, S. S. Colson, Floyd Jennings.
Helen White, Bessie Turner, Alton
Moore, R. B. Chappell, Sidney 0.
Lilly, W. H. Matthews, Otis Newby,
Whaler Wilson Jones, W. C. Jordan,
Albert White, Wendell Nixon, Mrs.
E. L. Bernard, Charlie Mullen, Henry
Thomas White, Edgar C. Veitz, O.
R. Roberts, Luther Reed, Carmen A.
Ciaramello, H. B. Warren, Dewey
Overton, Dewey Perry, Sr., Johnnie
Baker, J. H. Newbold and H. S.
Lane.
Truck type tires Murray Elliott,
William Skinner, E. N. Miller, H. W.
Winslow and Hollowell Brothers.
" Tractor type tires E. L. Jen
nings and Robert Sutton.
Combine tractor type tires Willie
Lane.
Mrs. E. Leigh Winslow, chairman
of production of Perquimans County
Chapter of American Red Cross, has
received a new production quota from
National headquarters. ' .
The letter, written by Mrs. Cor
delia D. Wolf, administrator Volun
teer Special Service of the American
Red Cross, stated that the "most ur
gent need is for 144 filled kit bags.
The following quota of. hospital
articles is needed: 26 pairs flannel
pajamas,. 100 bedside bag and 60
pairs bedroom mules. t
At the close of the lel&r, Mrs,
Wolf stated that the Perquimans
Chapter of , the American fied Cross
has set an enviable record in. pro
duction, and said, "You ftid your
volunteer workers " may weu oe
proud of yow contributions to this
important phase of the won eilort."
Perquimans Shows
Gain In Cotton Ginned
A census report issued here this
week by Willie M. Harrell, special
agent, showed that 8,811 bales of
cotton were ginned in Perquimans
County from the crop of 1944 prior
to. November 14, 1944, as compared
with 3,699 bales from the crop of
1943 at the same time laBt year.
I Friday night, November '24, at Xj
o'clock, in the Agricultural lfuilding. I
The following list of officers was '
1 elected to serve during the coming j
! year:
j Or. Klbei-t S. White, chairman;'
ivmion Dan, vice chairman; John C.
Hurdle, regular member; . Floyd
Matthews, first alternate; Stephen
D. Banks, second alternate; William
E. White, secretary, and Miss Marie
Fowler, treasurer.
Delegates to the County Conven- !
tion were:
Belvidere Dr. Klbert S. White; j
alternate, Clarence Chappell.
Nicanor John T. Lane; alternate,
Archie B. White.
Bethel Simon P. Matthews; alter
nate, Roy S. Chappell.
Hertford Jack Hunter; alternate,
Dan W. Simpson.
New Hope Seth Long; alternate,
H. H. Butt.
Durants Neck William A. Chap
pell; alternate, Stephen D. Banks.
Parkville Floyd Mathews; alter
nate, Lewis A. Smith.
Community Committees and their
Townships are:
Belvidere Chairman, Clarence C.
Chappell; vice chairman, F. M.
Copeland; regular member, H. C.
Wilder; first alternate, Thomas S.
Winslow, and second alternate, Shel
ton C. Chappell.
Nicanor Chairman, John T. Lane;
vice chairman, Oscar Roy Winslow;
regular member, L. L. Lane; first
alternate, E. S. Winslow, and second
alternate, Percy Winslow.
Bethel Township Chairman, S. t:
Matthews; vice chairman, W. L.
Madre; regular member, Roy S.
Chappell; first alternate, S. M. Long,
and second alternate, C. T. Phillips.
Hertford Chairman, Jack Hunter;
vice chairman, V. C. Winslow; regu
lar member, W. O. Hunter; first
alternate, W. Howard Williams, and
second alternate, Preston Nixon.
New Hope Chairman, C. E. Sut
ton; vice chairman, C. A. Butt; reg
ular member, Seth Long; first alter
nate, H. H. Butt.
Durants Neck Chairman, William
A. Chappell; vice chairman, T. Hoyl
Jones; regular member, E. Ear
Morse; first alternate, H. H. Caddy,
and second alternate, Charlie, Dail.
Parkville Chairman, Floyd Math
ews; vice chairman, Lewis A. Smith;
regular member, Clarence B. White;
first alternate, Adrain J. Smith, and
second alternate, Wallace N. Morgan.
In a few
qaurter ended, without much
action from either of the teams.
In the second and third quarters it
was a sk'-saw battle with both sides
evenly matched.
In the final uaiter the Indians
rame in strong, got. right down in I
the groove with N'nwell making a;
beautiful fifi-yard 'dash for a touch
down. A penalty called it back.;
This play was followed by some
good gains hy Wood, Mayes and
Ilerry. N'nwell then went down lo
the lu-yard line on a long end run,
and went over for the extra point,
i smashing t.. viclrry and making the
touchdown. Try for extra point
failed.
The Indian- kicked t" I ; . . : 1 1 1 .
Kapids anil Koanoke. Kapids stalled
a pasiii'i attack which was finally
halted when Kerry intercepted a
Koanoke Kapids pass and went to
the Koanoke Kapids .'I.Vvard line,
then to the 20-yard line and the
game ended.
The game drew a large crowd of
fans. The victory put a seal on the
fine reputation the Perquimans In
dians, coached by Max R. Campbell,
have acquired.
The line-up for the Indians:
White and Winslow, ends: Winslow
and Murray, tackles; Kerry and F.l
liott, guards; Synions, center: Wil
son, full back; Wood, quarterback;
Nowell and Kerry, halfbacks.
The records held hy .the Indians,
in their victorious season, aie as
follows:
Hertford 2K Columbia 0.
Hertford 4b Plymouth 0.
Hertford .'iS- Kdenton (.
Hertford 22 Ahoskie 1.1.
Hertford (i Washington t).
Hertford 25 Columbia 0.
Hertford 6 Koanoke Kapids 0.
Mrs.
.Sea!
week and that the
ver goi-d tu date.
'1 Ins niimi.n Seal di 1 1 r, Inch he
gan la. I All ii. i a., and w incli will be
continued until Christmas, is expect
ed to realize the .f.laO quota given tn
Perquimans County, the amount that
is necessary I" carry on its U-I.i
piograni, which is being expanded
to meet wartime needs. The danger
of the rise in tuberculosis is always
greater in time of war.
This year's Seal carries a modern
istic picture of a postman holding
an envelope in his upraised hand.
The oiiginal drawing was by S.
Spence Wildley, a well-known artist.
The postman design was selected in
memory of Einar Holboel, Danish
postal clerk, who first had the idea
of selling Christmas Seals to raise
funds to help the sick. With the ap
proval of postal authorities, the
! Seals were put on sale in post of
fices throughout Denmark 40 years
I ago this Christmas. Three years
! later the idea was adopted in this
1 country. The sale of Seals in Per
quimans County is the main support
of the Perquimans County Tubercu
j losis Association.
! Mrs. Davenport urges the public
to buy the Seals freely and to use
Ihem on letters and packages mailed
during the period.
Disaster Chairman
Gets Red Cross Data
. Howard Pitt, Disaster chair
man for I he local Red Cross Chapter,
hah on display photographed maps of
North Carolina, prepared by the
Southeastern Area Ked Cross- head
quarters, showing the disaster data
for a period of 20 years, 1924 to
li)4:t, inclusive. The map shows the
data hy counties and takes into
consideration hurricane, tornado and
flood damages.
It is of interest to note that near
ly ;)(l,0(i(l people were aided in North
Carolina. The map shows more than
l.'i,44:i people aided because of
floods, more than 14,956 aided be
cause of tornadoes, and 1,0!)0 aided
because of hurricanes.
The tornado data shows that there
were 30 separate tornadoes; 49 sep
arate hits in counties. Out of the
100 counties in the State, 35 were
hit. There were 24 counties hit by
floods and three counties affected
hy hurricanes.
The 1944 data will show a far
different story on hurricane damage.
Sheriffs Car Stolen uso Club Wants
And Found Wrecked jLights And Bulbs
To Decorate Rooms
PIANO CLASS HONOR ROLL
Following are members of Mrs.
R. M. Riddick's piano class who have
made the honor roll: Mary Elliott
Brinn, Julian Roberson, Marguerite
Butler, Vernon White, Joan True
blood, Edna King, Marjory Perry,
Mary Lee Chappell, Ann Madre, Pat
Phillips, Jo Ann Winslow, Carolyn
Traeblood,' Louise Banks and Lelia
Lee Winslow, '
Perquimans Masons
Meet On Tuesday
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F,
& A. M., will meet Tuesday night in
the Perquimans County Courthouse
at 8 o'clock. The meeting will be
held in the lodge room.
Viaitinsr Masons are invited to
attend.
RECEIVES AIR MEDAL
Mrs. Mary L. Coffield has re
ceived word that her son, S. Sgt
Wallace M. Coffield. has - recently
received the Army Air Medal and
Presidential Citation.
Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow's ;
Chevrolet coupe was stolen from j
under the blight lights of the State i
Theatre marque on Wednesday night 1
between 11 and 11:30 o'clock, and i
wrecked ten minutes later on the
curve on which Mrs. Clyde E. Wilson,
wife of Lieutenant Clyde E. Wilson,
dentist at the Harvey Point Naval
Air Station, was killed Tussday
morning when the car in which she
was riding with her husband over
turned. Mr. Winslow was attending a
movie, and when he left the theatre
to go home, found his car missing.
He immediately started investigating
and ten minutes later found it over
turned on the curve, headed toward
Harvey Point, and abandoned.
Search in the car brought discov
ery of a wallet and a sailor's cap
belonging to Sailor Keith C. New
man of the Harvey Point Naval Air
Station.
Although the car wasn't torn up
so badly, damage was estimated to
be about two or three hundred dol
lars. Newman has been turned over to
the local authorities and placed, in
the Perquimans County jail to await
trial.
The Hertford I SO Club is seeking
Christmas tree lights and bulbs for
the decorating of the Club. Any
one having any light.-, or bulbs which
will be loaned to the I SO Club, in
order that the Club may be touched
up with the Christinas effect for the
many boys who will have to enjoy it
in place of their homes this year
is asked to get in touch with the
Club at once.
The director and his assistants are
asking any one having any lights
or bulbs to please get in touch
with them at the Club, as this is the
only resort that the Club has to ac
quire any. Chrismas lights are on
the impossible shopping list this
season.
WEEK OF PRAYER
American Legion
Post Meets Tonight
William Paul Stallings Post,
426, of the American Legion
meet on Friday night at 8 o'clock, at
the Agricultural Building.
Ad members are urged to attend.
No.
will
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church will observe
a week of prayer for foreign missions
on Monday and Tuesday afternoon,
December 4 and 5, at 5:30 in the af
ternoon ' and on Wednesday night,
December 6, at 7:30.
All ladies are invited to attend
these meetings.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Lieut, and Mrs. J. Kenyon Wilson
announce the birth of a daughter on
Friday, November 24th. Mrs. Wilson
is the former Miss Mary Tudor Hudson
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