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' HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume XlIlNumber 23
, 'Hprtford; Perquimans, County, North Carolina. Friday, June 14, 19467
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Perquimans Family
lf Farm Ownership
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Local Agent Reports
Success Here Since
Project Started
& The FSA farm ownership program
had' its beginning in ,. Perquimans
iK County in 1940. Sinee tiat date 29
tenant f anthers have' become land
,r owners and are making' progress to-
ward full payment The average to
' . tal acreage of the farms is $1 acres
with an avfcrage ofi',44 erop acres.
E ? AvraTe cost W thelC repair to
' hiiilHh(MuLV and solr mDrovement
ember 31, 1945. The average yearly
i'. installment on these farms is $221.04.
' The 29 farm ownership families of
Perquimans County average 442.42
I prepaid or better than two payments
I ahead of schedule from agricultural
income as of December 31, 1945.
v C: One of the farm ownership famil
':y ies owe less than ?1500, two owe less
! than $2000 and six owe less than
7 $3000. With an average crop year
;rome four of theBe families will pay
their loan in full during the fall of
: 1946.'
5" The Maryland Boyce family of the
'Chapanoke community is an out
standing example of successful farm
;i families. There are six in the fam
Hily, Mf. and Mrs. Boyce, Maryland,
,. Jr., age .16, Eugene, age 12, Jesse,
. 1 aee 7 and Carlton, age 4.
At the time the Boyces purchased
their farm in 1941 their net worth
' was $980. When Mr. Boyce figured
his net worth' at the end of 1945 it
f was $6,110. His farm is also w,orth
' much more than he valued it in terms
' t of what he paid for it. Although the
f Boyce family had 40 years to pay the
: $5,300 loan, the balance due is only
i I v f 1,604.72 and they expect to pay this
amount in full at the end of the 1946
crop yearJ In addition to living well,
, , they have- wired the house for electri
v'city, bought a washing machine, re
; f (f rigerator, hew cook stove and f ur
nityre for the bedroom and living
; ;dom.fK; ;Mrs. Boyce cans xat least 80
' ' quarts of food per person. Their food
supply' consists of a year round gar
den, potatoes,' cane, poultry and eggs,
vi ilk, butter and cheese, pork and
The Boyce family is awhonest hard
.orklrtg family, C .They have the de
sire and ability to payjor, 6wn and
tenioTA farm of their own. They at-
tribute their, success to hard work and
t jtgrm and home planning, . heir tarm
!" ilatt is developed utilizing; all of the
and on the farm, growing crops . and
;xM livestock that will more nearly spread
thei Work over ttie entire year Their
,fji; income :for 1945 waa; $3,000, $800 c
..thiti amount was, from timber, $1,700
' from cotton, peanuts and -ooybeans
' and tlfiOO from poultry, eggs, calves
7; and' hoga. ( :sXfii .
Poyce sayisr AThe farm bwn
' VersWp proffram la''ugood ' way for
tenant farmers to become. land ovn
; ?4.4ni; 'ItVuownerirflip- Mv,soair
munlty pride aqd as result better
i schools and iAlAMkhH
: 1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT j '
Jfi. Mri ftnd Mrs, Wendetl S Benton iof
:! Belvldero announce v the birth of a
daushter Bonnlf si Beth, en Friday,
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Visiting BiMfeI.
t J ? ( Kra. C G. Steplleni, ttvttom Gar-
land, N. ;C i the ruestC 'of C G
6tephena, ; Sr and Uiss v Elizabeth
f Stephens, and lira; EHJ Johei'fct their
home on Church Street' '
Outstanding ExampIelCounty Still Short
Progress With FSA
State Asks Bids On
Local Road June 25
The State Highway , Commission
announced this week that it would ask
for bids on June 25 for grading and
surfacing 2,76 miles of road in Per
quimans County leading Hertford to
Center Hill;
The project, when completed, will
modernize and widen the entire road
from Hertford to Center Hill, and will
eliminatestwji dangerous curves on
the present f roadway. A portion of
thi' rond. waviiard-surfaced several
eIrTamtBdef HiTmM asked
for the highway, will be completed.
Board Of Health
Adopts Polio Rule
In view of the fact that epidemics
of poliomyelitis are now known to
exist in Florida and Texas, states
from which visitors frequently travel
to North Carolina resort areas, the
State Board of Health, as an emer
gency measure to prevent, in so far
as possible, the spread of this dis-
aase from the epidemic areas:
'All persons under sixteen years
of age who come into this State from
a polio epidemic area snail be quar
antined on their premises for 14
days.
"All camps where children have
already arrived from such epidemic
areas shall be immediately quaran
tined as a unit; two weeks has elaps
ed following the entrance of the last
child from an epidemic area. Such
quarantine, in the case of camps,
shall consist of the requirement that
all children in. the camp remain on
camp property and not have .visitors
under sixteen years of age.
"New admissions to Camps of
children from epidemic areas shall
be prohibited."
Recorder's Judge
Hears Five Cases
Five cases were cleared' from the
docket of the PeiuimanSv.Recorder's
Court in the term conducteci Tuesday
by Charles E, Johnson.
Charlie Midgett Negro, was' fined
$20 and ordered to pay the costs on
a charge of speeding.
Willie -Lee Winslow, Negro, was as
sessed the costs of court on. a charge
of driving without a license.
' Willie Webb, Negro, was found not
guilty as charged of using profanity
on the highway. ' ' ?; ,r-
Selma Perry, Negro,-, centered a
plea of guilty to driving 'with im
proper, license. He " was.; nned $10
and costs. ' . ".V l:MSk :t
- George, Johnson egrb, was . fined
$10 and costs of court niter pleading
gyllty .M a charge lof; :pe9dirigi
Father's Daylam
To Be Given;Sur tix?$$,
Father of Men, a . special Father's
Day program will be given ... 'vat the
Hertford Methodist Church on Sun
day night, June 16 at eight o'clock,
it was announced today by ?4rs, B. G.
Koonce, who will have charge of .the
progm.Vf'-'
5 A special Invitation I issued tor all
fathers, as well M the pubc to at
On Food Drive Goal
Approximately $300 is needed to
put Perquimans County over the top
in the Emergency Food Collection
drive, being conducted here in con
nection with the national campaign to
raise funds for the purchase of canned
foodstuffs for starving people of the
world, according to A. Houston Ed
wards, chairman of the local drive.
Mr. Edwards stated this week that
a check for $915.14 had been mailed
to the national headquarters of the
drive, and the amount raised through
the Hertford Baptist Church would be
credited to the county's quota, thus
leaving about $300 to be collected if
the county "Is to meet its original
goal of $1,500.
The drive here has been conducted
through the various churches of the
county and excellent reports have
been received in most cases, one or
two reports are still outstanding and
the chairman said the committee may
resort to a personal canvass in an ef
fort to raise the remainder of the lo
cal quota.
The funds raised here will be pool
ed with monies raised in other parts
of the nation to purchase canned
goods at points near shipping centers,
enabling the Emergency Food Com
mittee to provide larger quantities of
food to be distributed in areas of the
world where help is most needed.
Yearly Honor Roll
Released This Week
A total of 31 students, 24 girls
and seven boys, were listed this
week by E. C. Woodard, principal, as
attaining the honor roll at the Per
quimans High School for the 1945-46
term.
The students winning scholastic
honors for the entire year were:
8th Grade: Dorothy Britton, Claire
Hunter, Catherine Ann Holmes, Mar
jorie Perry ind Ronald Butt.
9th Grade: Lindsay Reed, Clark
son White, Dolon Winslow, Joyce
Butt, Mary Lou Butt, Betty Ruth
Chappell, Ann Hollowell, Peary Hun
ter, Marietta: Jolliff , Pat Morris, Peg
gy White, Llelia Lee Winslow, Marie
Rountree and Thelma White.
10th Grade: Laurastine Britton,
Eugene Hurdle and Reginald Tucker.
Uth Grade: Kader White, 1 Mary
Inez Chappell, Dotmegan Lane, Molly j
Oakey, Mary Lina Raper, Eatherj
Winslow, Faye Winslow, Mary Le
land Winslow and Charlotte Duling.
Bozman Funeral
Conducted Thursday
Mrs. Sophina P. Bozman, 64, wife
of S. P Bozman, died at her home in
Hertford Tuesday night at 11:30
o'clock' following an illness of sev
eral weeks.., ,
Surviving" besides the husband are
three daughter, Mrs. W. Gubarry,
Mrs L. M. Jones and Mrs. Margaret
Boyce, all of Norfolk; two sons, J. W.
of Norfolk and N D, of Hertford;
one brother, J. R. Joyner , of Nashville
and three grandchildren. ''MS .
Funeral services were conducted at
the' Lynch Funeral Home Thursday
afternoon at one o'clock. Burial was'
made in Riverside Cemetersi at NoW
Hertford Nine Wins
Over Camden; Play
Elizabeth City Friday
Games Lost at Edenton
And Windsor; Locals
In Fifth Position
Hertford's Albemarle League base
ball team moved out of the cellar po
sition and established some kind of a
record here Monday night when the
Indians trounced Camden by a lop
sided score of 28 to 4. Hudson was
on the mound for Hertford during the
entire game and Wood did the re
ceiving. The Indians broke loose in the sec
ond ;inning to mark up 13 runs on
four hits and a number of errors.
Camden tallied one run in the third
and then neither side scored again
until the sixth inning, when Hertford
bunched ten hits to score 15 more
runs. In the first half of the seventh
Hudson walked four batters and a hit
by Camden brought in three more
runs for the visitors.
By far the best game played by the
local team to date was the defeat
handed Colerain on the local diamond
last Friday night. The Indians play
ed excellent ball behind the pitching
of Bauer and won by a 10-1 score.
They nicked Miller, Colerain pitcher,
for seven hits while Colerain collected
five.
In two road games played during
the past week the Indians lost to
Edenton and Windsor. The Edenton
team wop by an 8 to 5 score, while
Windsor downed Hertford in a game
last Sunday 7 to 1.
Three double plays were executed
in the Colerain game, the visitors
completing two when Hertford had
two men on bases and the Indians re
taliated in the fifth inning when
Colerain had two runners on bases.
According to an unofficial report,
the league standing now finds Eliza
beth City and Windsor tied for top
honors with Edenton, Colerain, Hert
ford and Camden trailing in the re
spective order.
The Indians play another home
game on Memorial Field . tonight
when they meet the Elizabeth City
aggregation for the second time this
season. The game tonight will start
at 8 o'clock.
Hertford met and defeated the
Edenton team, in a game at Edenton
Wednesday of this week by a 7-3
score, which was one of the best ex
hibitinns given by any team in the
league. The Indians played faultless
ball for seven innings, behind the
pitching of Bauer, ace southpay of the
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VFW Group Names
Temporary Adjutant
Approximately 60 veterans of
World Wars I and II met at the Ag
ricultural building in Hertford Wed
nesday night June 5 for the purpose
of organizing a VFW Tost in Per
quimans County. About half of the
number assembled signified their in
tentions of joining the local post.
Preliminary action taken by the
group toward organization was the
naming of W. F. Ainsley as tempor
ary adjutant. The aims and pro
gram , of VFW were explained to
those attending the meeting by J. C.
Tatka, deputy chief of staff for VFW
in this district.
Another meeting has been called
by the group to be held on Monday
night, June 17, at which time it is
hoped that organization plans can
be completed. .
Local Board Unable
To Fill Draft Call
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Pernuimans Countv draft board, an
nounced Monday the local board had
received a call for five white regis
trants to undergo pre-induction ex
aminations on June 19, but the local
board would be unable to fill the call
hfwnnaa nt ftiA lnc lr "nf selectees. Un
der present regulations only regis
trants between 20 and 30 may be or
dered for exams.
Renorta .from Washington, where
a committee of House and Senate re-
Dresentatives are. now discussing the
selective service extension bill, indi
cate that the law will be extended
until next May 15 and a likelihood
that under , the new extension youtns
18 and 19 may again be subject to
calls.- '"''
Svn veterans, all white men. re
ported at the local office during the
i,ttk i filinir their discharsre
papers) yth the v local board. The
veterans reporting were naries tu
White, Jr d. I wibbs,. Kooen a.ea
a Calvin Tnol Amhift Riddlck.
John Munns and Charles M. Harrell,
TOWN BOARD VOTES TO INCLUDE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN NEXT FISCAL BUDGET
Curb Market To Open
Here On Saturday
Members of the Perquimans Coun
ty Home Demonstration Clubs will
open their curb market on Saturday,
June 15, according to announcement
made today by Miss Frances Maness,
County Home Agent.
The market this year will be locat
ed at the Community House on the
Hertford Grammar School grounds.
It will open each Saturday during
the summer months at 8 o'clock, of
fering vegetables and other home
products for sale.
This year marks the fourth annual
market conducted by the local club
members.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Higher prices for meat, poultry and
dairy products may be expected if
the OPA extension bill, as recom
mended by the Senate committee, is
passed by the upper house this week.
According to reports from Washing
ton, the proposed extension bill will
strip OPA of most of its power, leav
ing it only as a figurehead govern
ment bureau. In Congress the Presi
dent's veto' of the Case bill, which
would place a rigid control over labor,
was sustained by a narrow margin of
five votes and the bill for furlough
pay to enlisted veterans was passed
by a 379 to 0 vote.
Guns fired and bombs burst in
street battles in Italy this week over
the ousting of Umberto as king of
Italy. I'ro-Hepublicans, irked be
cause Umberto has refused to leave
the country, marched through the
streets of Naples and other large
cities demanding the exile of the king.
Seven persons died from wounds in
Naples and more than 50 were in
jured in the fighting there. In Rome
the Republicans . and Monarchists
marched through the streets but there
were no clashes between the groups.
Secretary of State James liyrnes
is in Paris for another meeting of
the Uig Four foreign ministers, hope
ful that some solution may be forth
coming regarding peace settlement in
Europe, liyrnes stated, before leav
ing for Paris, a failure to draft peace
treaties for former German allies
would be a defeat for mankind. He
added that he did not forsee a suc
cessful meeting but that the U. S.
wouW make proposals without colab
orating with Itritain. The last meet
ing of the ministers ended in a dead
lock with the 1'. S. and Russia blam
ing each other for the failure to reach
agreement.
A $1,500,(1110 worth of crown jew
els, looted in Germany during the war.
by two U. S. Army officers and a
WAG captain, will be returned to the
House of Hesse, owners of the trea
sure, according to an Army report
this week. The treasure was stolen
from a castle used by the U. S. forces
and smuggled into thecountry by the
Army Colonel and the WAC Captain.
War Department officials, informed of
the theft, worked on clues and ar
rested the three involved in the loot
ing this week.
Fifteen persons died and 21 were
injured in an early morning hotel fire
which occurred Sunday at Dubuque,
Iowa. This was the second large ho
tel Are in the nation within a week,
the LaSalle Hotel having burned at
Chicago the previous week.
Lightning Strikes
Two Buildings Here
A heavy rain and electrical storm,
which hit Hertford early Sunday
morning, brought both aid and des
truction. The rain was welcomed by
the farmers of the area, for crops
were beginning to need moisture.
Lightning struck a barn on the
farm of E. L. Reed and caused a fire
which totally destroyed the bam and
contents. Shortly thereafter another
bolt of lightning hit the Hollowell
White, Furniture store and badly
damaged the building. Stock in the
store was also damaged from water
which blew into the store.
WINSLOW-FOREHAND
Mrs. Elie Forehand announces the
approaching marriage of her daugh
ter, Lucy, to Charles Wilford Wins
low, on Friday, June 21, at 7:30
o'clock at the Anderson Methodist
Church.
From EJhston
. Mrs. George L. Jordan from Kins
ton spent a few days this week with
her daughter and son-in-law, Dr. and
iStnt A. B. Bonner.-
Action Expected to As
sure Local Unit Being
Continued
Members of the Board of Commis
sioners for the Town of Hertford,
meeting in regular session Monday
night, voted to continue the town's
financial assistance toward the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden
District
Health Department for a period of
one year.
The action followed a plea by a
number of Hertford citizens who
were present for the meeting and
urged the Board to reconsider its de
cision to withdraw financial aid to the
department. Spokesmen for the dele
gation at the meeting were Mrs. J.
Emmett Winslow, J. W. Ward, Dr. A.
B. Bonner, Dr. C. A. Davenport and
F. T. Johnson.
By voting to continue to pay 25
per cent of the total costs assessed
against Perquimans County for the
maintenance of the district health de
partment, it is believed that the con
tinuation of the local unit is now as
sured, inasmuch as reports have been
made that the County Board would
include the health department in the
next fiscal budget providing the Town
Board continued to pay the same per
centage of the amount.
Members of the Town Board ex
plained to the delegation they rea
lized the benefits derived from the
local health department, and favored
its continuance, but believed that the
entire cost of the department should
be met through the budget of the
county. That was given as the rea
son for the previous decision of with
drawing the town's financial aid.
Representatives of the churches of
Hertford, the Rotary and Lions clubs,
American Legion and American Le
gion Auxiliary were among the dele
gation which presented the plea to tin
Town Board.
Only other action taken by the
Board at the meeting, besides the
usual routine financial matters, was
the appointment of Mrs. W. G. New
by to serve as tax lister for the town
for the coming year.
A request for an increase in the
appropriation made by the town for
the Perquimans Library for the next
fiscal year was tabled until the next
meeting of the Hoard.
Principal Releases
H. S. Athletic Report
K. C. Woodard, principal of the
iVrquimans County High School, this
week released a statement on the fi
nancial condition of the school's ath
letic association. The entire state
ment is published elsewhere in this
issue.
In releasing the statement, Mr.
Woodard said he believed the fans
of this community were entitled to
know how the funds were expended,,
inasmuch as they contributed so loy
ally to the teams' support during the
year.
Mure than $HiOO was received from
gate receipts for all athletic events,
and largest expenditure was for
equipment for the players on the
football, basket ball and baseball
teams. The school purchased a large
amount of equipment last year and
this expenditure will be curtailed
somewhat next year because only
minor articles will need be purchased.
Football drew the biggest gate re
ceipts at the school last year, while,
both basket ball and baseball in
creased over previous years. The
increased amounts in gate receipts
from football and baseball were due
to the teams being able to play at
night under the lights on Memorial
Field, when more fans could attend.
A. H. Edwards Named
Head Of Lions Club
Members of he Hertford Lions
Club, meeting last Friday night, el
ected officers for the club for the
year beginning July 1.
A. Houston Edwards was chosen
as club president, Sidney Blanchard,
first vive president, Charles Skinner,
second vice president, J. D. Crahford,
third vice president, Zack Rebertson,
tail twister, James Bass, lion tamer.
Wayland Butler and Clarence Phil
lips were elected as directors for a
two year term to serve with present
directors A. T. Lane and T. P. Byrum.
The new officers will be installed
at the first meeting of the club in
July, and the president will name
the members of the various commit
tees at that time.
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