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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO TH
lUltDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume XIII.t-NumbeF"32. , t, Hertford: Perquimans Cou n North Carolina. Friday, August 16, 1946.
$1.50 Per Year.
PLANS FOR VETERANS HOMECOMING DAY
Jap Photos Just Released Show Horrors
RAPIDLY SHAPING UP; COMMITTEE NAMED
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f v Atomic ruin 1 hown in tbeM photoi made by a Nagasaklan weeks
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Crete highway split by bomb; right; municipal officer checks casualties.
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IIEADllitES
vWfcite foreign ministers maneuver
f4 favorable positions, the,JPeae
CMM farta Is. raoMhg; lng
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working, on proceedure tor be followed
J; before setfliiur down to the task of
actually writing the peace treaties for
the small nations which joined with
Germany to fight the Allies.
With a decision to be made by Aug
ust 20 as to the questfdn of OPA con
trol of meat prices, the Decontrol
Board, which will have the final say
regarding restoration of controls over
any items, met this week for a hear
ing, qathe meat situation. Mufch
wrangling1 was reported with sides
about evenly divided for and against
the return of ceiling prices for meats.
Packers maintain the supply is ade
quate to meet the , demand and that
prices should continue as now in op
eration. Palestine remained in the headlines
this week, when British troops, at
tempting Vo stop illegal entry into the
country, fired upon ' masses remon
strating against a British ruling that
all Jews who had entered Palestine
after AuguBt 11 were to be deported.
Three persons were killed In tie up
rising this week. The trouble started
shortly after two ships' had sailed for
Cyprus, carrying approximately 1,000
Illegal immigrants. ' -
A Congressional committee began
investigating the sales of surplus
government property this week, and
during the first day uncovered what
was reported as an irregular hand-
v ling of some items. According to the
reports, "small purchasers were ignor
ed .during the vales and some items
were, sold off to bidders by entire lots.
Chief, witness during, the week was
Benjamin Fields, who was allotted
large amounts of the surplus prop
erty ' at different times sales were
-conducted.
. Criminal investigators for the U. S,
Army announced this -week, the un
covering oi a huge black market op-
eration, involving ' a father and four
sons, all residents of Mew York City.
" Two of the sons were to military ler
icevf The father, according to the
Army,, maintained headquarters for
the ring in New York and each of the
, sons were stationed in four separate
countries, carrying out the operation.
Army oficials r estimated the ' ring
. would have cleared two million dollars
J - profits during the ' year, if they had
1 not; bees detected, - ,
, The long missing body of Mussolini,
stolen from,: its potter'a field grave
last April, was discovered In mon
, astery near -: Milan early this week.
When MussoIM w-s killed by parti-
ans near 'rthe ctM'C the war,: his
body was buried it) art undisclosed; pot
ter's field, but fanatic Fascists learn
ed the secret and spirited away the
mumiuK w awn. wMBcitKiea. reasons, i
m Italian po:e stated five persons
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street'Zb hours after blast First official
public last month, concluded that most of
to atomic bomb much better than Nagasaki,
TOWN OF HERTFORD
TO BARROW PROPERTY ON GRUBB STREET
Future Plans Call For
OfficeTand Commu-
compromise, reach-
e&last week at a meeting of the heirs
ah ?arjo iJBsUte and Mayot V.
!mmy Town Attorney
ChBHewJ8k Johnson, the Town of
Hertford will shortly acquire title to
the property located on Grubb Street,
and known as the Barrow property.
Mayor Darden reported to the Town
Board, at a meeting Monday night
the purchase price of the property
was set at six thousand dollars.
tv, t u. w ff.t; t
acquire the property for several
months and arrangements for the
change of title was made at the meet
ing here last week. While the Town
has no definite plans for the property
(or the near future, other than clear
ing the site and possibly using it for
additional parking space, future plans
call for the erection of a Town Office
building on the front of the lot and
the construction of a community
building on the river front.
Besides receiving this report from
the Mayor, the Board votes to con
tribute $250 to be used in helping to
defray the expenses of the Home
coming Day celebration for Veterans
of World Wars I and II, to be staged
in Hertford on September 11.
An ordinance forbidding the killing
of pet game within the limits of the
town was also passed after a discus
sion of several complaints received
by members of the board. The com
plaints dealt with a number of youths
using small arms to kill pet squirrels
and other game inside the Town.
The board voted to grant a forty
dollar per ' month allowance to the
members of the police department
for the use of their cars in police
work. Prior to this arrant the load
police have been using personal cars
for police work and patrolling at their
ownxpenae,iii
No action was taken by the board
on a request by a number of business
establishments in Winfall for the low
ering of electric rates, in that area,
Prior to th establishment of new
rates, effective .July 1, according to
the delegation .from .Winfall. these
business place enjoyed n ' lower rate
than the one now in effect, and they
requested tney be billed at this for
mer rate. Members ; of the Board
were of the opinion no special rates
could be offered any; customers serv
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Local Horses Enured
In Races Saturday ,, ( ,
;.. Night horse racing isattracti'nir
huge crowds at the Eastern Fair As
sociation ' track on the , Weeks ville
Road. Elizabeth City, according to- a
statement made by the hick officials
and" plans call for racing: under- the
lights each. Saturday night fc eight
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f Ellie Mfller. local owner; has enter.
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case on spot. Almost every living
thing within 2 miles of burst died.
TO ACQUIRE TITLE
Farm Prices Resch
Income Rise With In-
dejc of Production
osts
Although the index of production
costs rose to a new high figure, North
Carolina farmers also received "rec -
'ord breaking" prices last month for
most of their varied output with the
I exception of peaches and commercial
'apples, according to the rederal-
State Crop Reporting Service of the
N. C. Agriculture Department.
All grains showed increases over
the mid-June prices and were at
their highest level since 1920. , Corn
at 1.98 per bushel had advanced 25
cents; wheat at 2.25 per bushel was
up 18 cents. Rye rose another 19
cents a bushel and averaged $2.14.
Oats averaged 1.08 and were up six
cents a bushel from the pYevious
month and barley climbed 23 cents
per bushel to advance to 1.70.
Prices for all livestock advanced,
with those for beef and sheep only
moderate but veal calves and lambs
were the highest on record. Hogs
averaged 16.80 per hundredweight
and were up 2.60 from last month.
Beef cattle averaged 14.90 per
hundredweight, showing an increase
of 2.30, while veal calves were up to
17.10, an advance of 2.70. Sheep
advanced 60 cents a hundred and
lambs 1.90, and they averaged 9.00
and 15.00 respectively.
Prices received by farmers for
both milk and milk products were
higher than those received in mid-
June. Wholesale milk advanced 55
cents per hundredweight and aver
aged 4.70 per hundred. Retail milk
per quart advanced 1.5 cents and av
eraged 17.6 cents per quart. Butter
advanced eight cents over the pre
ceding month and averaged 63 cents
a pound, while buttenat averaged
58 cents, showing an increase of 12
cents per pound.
Team Starts
Practice Sept 2nd
Football practice' at Perquimans
High School will begin on September
2, according to Max Campbell, In
dian coach, who requests afl students
desiring tp try out for the 1946 team
to report at Memorial Field at 4 P.
M. two weeks form next Monday.
Prospects for this year's team re
main an unknown quantity for the
present, but Coach ..Campbell will
have.; iBiost of lMt'.iefcr's- regulars
back fn uniform and several new can
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The schedule of games to be play
ed by the Indians this vear is almost
complete and calls for shf game to
New High In State
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burned body. Flash bums caused
third of deaths; radiation, a fifth.
Nagasaki mother, with bad
wound on face, nurses dying
Child. Casualties totaled 80,000.
Indians Hold Second
Place By Dividing
Games During Week
Camden and Edenton
Play Here Friday and
Saturday
Hertford
Iridians
retained
ffrlaB on flmnfill nlarp in the' A I hp.
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nion oioniais i-u in a game on
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iana ciwnorn comprised me oat -
tery for Hertford while Jordan and
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lonials.' The game was the second 'ducted by Dr. H. Howard Satterfield,
win for the Indians during the past J also of State College. Club members
week-end, the locals defeated Eliza-wil1 hear discussions of food preserv-
, , r,j . u i i ation through quick freezing. Many
beth City and Edenton, while osing . , ? , ... u
to winasor ana tnzaDetn city.
The game here Tuesday night was brought out during this class,
one of the best played in the league I Making of hooked jugs will be dis
this season. Bauer allowed two hitB!cussed in ,,ne of the classes held dur-
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while the Indians collected three off;factorg whjch go to make w(1 de.
Jordan. The Indians errored once to sjgne(j home-made rugs will he ron
Kdenton's twice and Bauer struck out sidered. A variety of rugs and mats
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s.v huttom . nrHan'c hvo (1th
and it required only one hour and
thirty-four minutes to complete the
nine inning game.
The Indians began the week facing
the toughest schedule since the
league opened in June. Several rain-ed-out
games were marked for play
off and in all eight games were sched-
nlnft ha nlavoH in aavpn dnva To
cope with this schedule the local man-'
agement has been endeavoring to lo
cate at least two additional pitchers
to add to the Indian roster. A new
hurler, Monk Webb, of Wilson, was
contracted with to pitch for the In
dians iand Hurled his first game on
Wednesday night against Edenton.
A twin bill with Elizabeth Cjty on
Saturday and Sunday was divided
when the Indians downed the Senators
5-4 in 10 innings Saturday night, then
dropped a 7-3 decision on the Eliza
beth City field Sunday afternoon.
Reeves did the pitching for Hertford
Saturday, and relieved Schadel in the
fifth inning during the game Sunday.
The league-leading Windsor Rebels
came from behind to win an 8-5 de
ctsion from the Indians in a game
played on Memorial Field last Friday
night. The Indians tallied three
runs in the first and maintained the
lead until- the sixth, when the score
stood 6-3 for Hertford. Two hits and
two errors permitted Windsor to
score three runs in this inning to
gain a one run lead. The Rebels tal
lied twice in the ninth to make the
filial count 8-6.
To bolster thoir final drive for top
place in the league, the Indian players
and directors met Tuesday afternoon,
at which time they elected Ml G.
Owens to take over the field direction
of the team for the remainder of the
season. Owens assumed this director
ship for the game agahnt Edenton
Tuesday night 1
The Indians will meet the up and
coming Camden team on Memorial
Field Friday night and will play their
final game of the season with-Eden-
Saturday
Draft Office Open
Again This Week
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Perquimans draft board, returned
from her vacation this week and an
nounced the reopening of the local
office on Thursday.
Persons having business with the
draft board may now call from 8:;i()
to' 5 o'clock each day except Saturday.
Youths, who reached their 18th birth
day during the time the clerk was on
vacation are reminded to call at the
office and register as soon as possible,
Home Demonstration
Members To Attend
Session At Raleigh
State Farm And Home1
Week to Be Observed
August 19-23
Five Home Demonstration Club
women will reDresent Perquimans j siah Bailey and Clyde Hoey and Gov
Countv at the 29th session of Farm I ernor Greet Cherry.
and Home Week in Raleigh Aupust V.t
througn tne ztra, it was announced
todav by Miss Frances Maness
County Home Agent. The members
from Perquimans who will attend are
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs. A. F. Proc
tor, Mrs. Joseph Rogerson, Miss Lu
cille Lane and Miss Lena Winslow.
Miss Maness and L. W. Anderson,
County Agent, will also attend.
Classes in all phases of home mak
ing have been planned and will in
clude home management and home
furnishings; ideas in home decora
tion will be discussed by Mrs. Stella
R. Cusick, who has just completed
work in interior decorating in New
York City-
Other classes will be held in cloth-
theiriing, with specialists in this line lead
ing the discussions: sneech class, this
'discussion
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tality "Heverop-
ment; the Niceties of Every Day Liv-
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been found and a1 of these will
be
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Escaped Convict
Held For Larceny
Lew Canadv. Nesrro. was bound
over for a hearing at the October
term of Superior Court by Recorder's
Judge Charles h. Johnson alter a
probable cause hearing given the es
caped convict at Tuesday's session
of recorder's court.
Canady was charged with larceny,
after being apprehended by Deputy
Sheriff M. G. Owens, last Wednesday
afternoon. He had entered the store
of H. S. Davenport and after being
refused credit for some groceries he
rifled the money drawer of the store
and made away with approximately
12 dollars in cash, it was testified
by" witnesses at the hearing this
week.
Judge Johnson ordered the defend
ant returned to the State Prison
Camp, from which he escaped in June,
to be held until returned here for
trial in October.
Mutt Reed, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of being drunk
and disorderly. He was fined 10 and
costs of court.
Two other cases on the docket of
the court this week were continued
until the next term of court.
Local Recruiter
Signs Two For Army
' Ssrt Paul Ri Fisher, U. S. Army
recruiter for this area, reported Mon
day that John Roach, of Winfall and
Walter Lane, of Route One, Edenton,
had' been accepted for enlistment in
the regular army during the past
week.
Both of the youths enlisted for a
period of three years and chose the
E. T. O. as their theater for training.
September 11 Is Set as
Date; Meeting of AH
Committees Called
Plan? for a gala homecoming day
for veterans of World Wars I and II
to be staged in Hertford on the af
ternoon and evening of September 11,
are rapidly taking shape with the
naming of an executive committee,
and committees to handle finance,
program, refreshments and publicity.
The members of the executive corn-
mittce are R. Ralph White, chairman,
E. M. Perry, R. M. Riddick, F. T.
Johnson, V. N. Harden, 1!. C. Berry
and Max Campbell.
The members of the other com
mittees, including the special com-
mittees for Gold Star Mothers, War
Dads, parade, dance and Hoy and Girl
Scouts, will be named this week. A
meeting of the entire group will be
called early next week to lay final
drafts for the entire event.
It was announced this week that an
attempt will be made to secure F!rig.
Gen. Kenneth Royal, Assistant Secre
tary of War, and native of this
State, as the guest speaker for the
occasion. Special guests who will be
invited to attend will be Congress
man Herbert C. lionner, Senators Jo-
Tentative plans for the day's pro-
gram called for a big welcome and
parade starting at about 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, to be followed by a
band concert from 4 to 5 o'clock, and
a big feed at Memorial Field for vet
erans and their families. The affair
will close with a street dance during
the evening.
Plans for the parade call for all
veterans, members of the Win. Paul
Stallings Post of the American Le
gion, War Dads, Fioy and Girl Scouts
and jeeps and other floats to take
part. A 50-piece band furnished by
the U. S. Army, will play during the
parade as will the Perquimans High
School Rand. A special part will be
set aside for the Gold Star Mothers,
but these will not be asked to march
in the parade.
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ror tne veterans, Dut tne committee
points out that due to lack of facili
ties, the big feed planned will be for
veterans and their families only.
However, other parts of the program
will be open for public participation.
Boy Scouts' Day At
Lost Colony Showing
Thursday, August 22
Plans Made to Entertain
Boys of Tidewater
Council
Hoy Scout Day at the Waterside
Theatre, where "The Lost Colony" is
being presented in its sixth season,
will be observed on Thursday, August
22.
Some 500 to 600 Boy Scouts of the
Tidewater Council will be taken there
by special buses for that night's
performance of "The Lost Colony".
Arriving in the afternoon, they will
tour points of interest in Dare Coun
ty, go for a swim at the beaches, and
visit the Fort Raleigh area where the
Waterside Theatre is situated.
Dan Cannady of Manteo is in
charge of local arrangements. Travis
Thompson, Scout executive for the
East and West Albemarle Districts,
will accompany the group.
The parents of many of the Scouts
are expected, to be present.
The Tidewater Council includes the
counties of Norfolk and Princess
Anne in Virginia; Dare, Camden, Cur
rituck and Pasquotank counties in the
Eastern District; and Perquimans,
Chowan and Gates counties in the
Western District.
"The Lost Colony", which tells the
story of Sir Walter Raleigh's at
tempts to colonize the New World in
the Sixteenth Century, is being pre
sented at 8:15 (EST) except Monday
and Tuesday. The season will end
on Labor Day.
Rabies Inspector
Issues Reminder
G. C. Buck, County Rabies Inspec
tor, today reminded dog owners that
this is the final week for dog vaccin
ations. He stated a large number oi
dog owners have failed to bring their
dogs to him for vaccination and said
he would be at his usual stations the
rest of this week, but thereafter the
owners would have to look him up if
they failed to have dogs vaccinated
this week.
- Jjwtfceen arrested i in cowiection with ed his ham tn.OminUt itmrli played- VmoML k Field :Mite i the local diamond Satur
kitM removal. . Jthe offloiala announced, v r K ' three away Trom home. f - ? . Inight. -
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