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Hertford, Perquimans GountyNorth Carolina, Friday, November 1, 1946.
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"DEE FfllZZELLE C0U1DS LAST GRAND
JilTFOR COURAGEOUS REPORT TO COURT
iperior Court Com
pletes Term Here This
Week
1
udge Paul
Frizelle opened the
October term of Perquimans Super
"ior Court here Monday morning by
charging the Grand Jury that its
' duties were among the most import
ing '.hat could be handled by citi
jeni of any- county. He spoke brief
ly upon the", report tendered by the
' Grand" Jury at the April term of
.' 'court and highly commended that
'Jury for It courageous report made
to the court He ordered the current
." grand jury to read the report and to
'check carefully to determine if the
recommendations made in the report
? had been carried out, or steps taken
to. comply 'with those recommendat
; ion
, Judge Frizelle stated the April re
port was one of the most drastic he
1 had seen in his 16 years on the bench,
fund told the grand jurors they had
equal opportunity to render a real
ubfic servjce by ascertaining if Jthe
port had received consideration by
ublic officials. He pointed out thatJ
Jie grand jurors are supervisors on
:Re -administration of public officials
nd as such should carefully study
9 work carried out in each of the
unty offices.
Little time was consumed in clear
ing the criminal docket following the
charge to the grand jury. All of
the civil actions on the calendar were
. continued except seven divorce cases.
Three divorces were granted on Mon
day and four at the session Tuesday.
; The Statf. requested the case
charging three defendants with lar
ceny of meat to be continued until
the next term of court, and the cases
of John Black and Arthur Twiford,
charged with driving under the in
fluence were, also continued until the
next term of court," '
Tnij Stat took-a nol pros in the
cases charging . ioriah. Elliott with
assault and Garland Baker with
ori- a; charge of reckless driving and
9 received a fine of $30 and costs of
ojnirt.
-Johnnie Myers, indicted on six
counts of breaking and entering and
larceny, entered a plea of guilty. He
yas sentenced to two years in pris
on, sentence suspended upon his com
mititieit to a State Training School,
until he reaches of age. The sen
tence is to Be invoked in event of
his escape from the training school.
Levy Canady was found guilty of
larceny and given a 12 months road
sentence to be served at the termin
ation of a road sentence he is now
Serving. i
- Rebert Umphletti charged with
reckless driving and driving under
the influence, accepted the verdict
handed down by the Recorder's Court
and paid a fine of $75 and costs of
court.
Farm Bureau Opens
Membership Drive;
iloldsDiierWed.
j Perquimans County Farm Bureau
Spened Ha annual membership drive
it a dinner meeting held Wednesday
vening.at the Hotel Hertford. Jacob
. White president ' of the Bureau,
tided, over the business session
Joft R. Williams of Greensboro,
ntiSecretary of the North Ca-.
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lira Bureau reuerauun, was
est speaker for the occasion.
,plete jplang for conducting the
berghip drive were mapped and
.ive chairmen, for each township
.ere named to. carry out the plans,
1 Mr. Williams stated that the Farm
ureav 1 one of Aflat ..largest and
rongest,f armer' organisations in
e nation;"it has done the farmers
f Perquimans County a great service
t the past nd stands ready for fur
:er ..'service; He'; pointed out that
ch an organization to do its' best
rk needs thai fulf support' of every,
rmer and urged that the member
dp drive be a sustained effort to en-
jJl every farmer , In the county in
le'Farm Bumo.t;:oo.r:"i.. .'
a ClRCUB NO. 4 TO MEET -Circla
No. 4 of the Baptist Church
U -meet Monday night at 7:30
;lock. with Mrs.' John Moore.
I,' CIRCLE NO. 8 TO MEET '
Circle No. 5 of the Baptist Church
;il meet Tuesday night at 8 Vclock
ith Mrs. White. ;
;CKCLNOv f TO :MEETf W
V-le No. 6 of th Baptist Church
-?et Tuesday night at 8 o'clock
Canning Sugar Stamps
Good Through Nov.
Spare stamps Nos. 9 and 10, used
for home canning sugar, will con
tinue good throughout November,
OPA District Director Theodore S.
Johnson has announced.
Originally slated to expire Oc
tober" 31, these stamps have been ex
tended because millions of house
wives around the nation have been
unable to spend them, due to the
scarcity of sugar, Johnson said.
Many women who have already
used, fceir table sugar for canning of
seasonal fruits in expectation of be
ing able to spend their canning sugar
stamps later for table use, would
have been "caught short" 'if this ex
tension had not been granted, John
ton explained.
THIS. WEEK'S
HEADLINES
OPA continued to remove items
from ceiling lists in the decontrol
program called for by President Tru
man. This week the OPA removed
many household articles, euch as ra
dios, small electrical appliances, busi
ness machines and cooking utensils,
from the list of items with price tags.
All articles removed were reported
returning to the market in quantities
above the demand, and additional
reasons were the price on these items
are unimportant in the cost of living.
Russia proposed a program" of
armament reduction at a meeting of
the United Nations on Tuesday. The
proposal was given by Russian For
eign Minister Molotov, who advocat
ed that all nations reduce armaments
and report the number of troops sta
tioned throughout the world. In his
speech Molotov urged the ban of the
usaof atomic energy in warfare. The
made earlier in the week of Stalin,
Russian premier. In answer to Sta
lin,. Winston Churchill called for a
count by all nations as to the num
ber of troops in western Europe.
News from Germany reveals that
Germans are meeting with some suc
cess in a drive to divide the Allies
and cause distrust among the high
ranking officials in charge of the oc
cupation. Another bombing of Allied
military offices occurred this week,
and according to reports German
nationals are spreading propaganda
setting the U. S. and British against
the Russians. Tales being told by
the Germans regard the actions of
the Allies in their respective zones
and while formerly this propaganda
would have been disregarded by the
officials, the report states, it is be
coming effective.
The United State recognized Aus
tria, diplomatically, this week and
urged other Allied nations to regard
Austria as a liberated nation, in
stead of a former enemy. The ac
tion would liberalize the treatment
Austria is now undergoing regarding
problems of relief aid and claims
against Germany for property re
moved by the Nazis.
Reports' from ' Washington this
week indicated there will be no coal
strike, at least November 1, as stat
ed by John L. Lewis unless the gov
ernment granted the miners' union
additional wage concessions. Presi
dent Truman stated that there would
be no coal strike, but the statement
was not enlarged upon and reports
did not reveal any agreement reached
on the matter.
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tv Local meat retailers reported this
week that the prospect of more meat
on the market appears brighter for
the 'near future, some expecting
western pork, and beef, together with
lard and salt pork shipments by this
time next week.
, Prices on meats continue high, but
indications are that present high
prices may level off as the supply in
creases and buying resistance sets in.
One dealer stated he believed that
prises might show some drop in the
immediate future,
Poultry remains scarce and. prices
are; high and there is no indication
this situation will change soon, i
V. CIRCLE NO. S TO MEET
' Circle No. 8 of the' Baptist Church
will meet Monday night at 8 o'clock
with Mrs, .Carlton-Cannon.
Increased Sup
lyOf
Meat Expected H
Indians Prepared
For Game Tonight
At Elizabeth City
Local Eleven Dropped
Hard Fought Game to
Ahoskie Team 27-19
Perquimans High School's football
team has been undergoing some
strenuous practice sessions this week
in preparing for its game with the
Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets to be
played tonight on the Jacket gridiron
at 8:15 o'clock. The Indians,
strengthened this week by the return
of Joe Nowell from the Army, ex
pect to give the Yellow Jackets a
real game in an attempt to upset the
unbroken string of Jacket victories.
Judging from the season record, the
Yellow Jackets have considerable
edge over the Indians, but (he Per
quimans boys are determined to
make every effort to overcome any
advantage the Jackets may have.
Coach Max Campbell will take the
entire Perquimans squad to Elizabeth I
City for the game and expects to use
most of the reserves in an effort to
stem the Jackets' powerful running
attack.
The Indians lost a hard fought
game to Ahoskie last Friday after
noon by a score of 27-19, after bat
tling into a 12 point lead during the
third period. The Ahoskie team took
to the air during the final period and
the Indians failed to meet the air at
tack, allowing Ahoskie to score two
touchdowns. A pass interception by
Ahoskie counted for the host team's
third score of the period.
Ahoskie won possession of the ball
on the opening kick-off and punted
to the Indians after failing to gain.
The Indians appeared to be on their
way to a goal but failed to gain after
marking up two first downs and it
was Ahoskie's ball. Ahoskie scored
mid-way of the first period and con
verted the extra point to lead by a
7-0 score. During the second quar
ter the Indians took command of the
game and on pass plays scored twice,
the first time on a Daas from -Ehe-1
r'ter'Wihsiow to Cecil Winslow and Sy-
mons drove through the line for the
extra point to tie the score. The In
dians' second goal was on a pass from
Winslow to Ward. The try for extra
point failed.
The Indians maintained their per
formance during the third period and
chalked up another touchdown after
marching down the field from the
50-yard line, with Lane carrying the
ball over the goal line on a reverse.
During the final period Ahoskie start
ing a pass offensive, bewildered the
Indians and scored three touchdowns
within ten minutes of play and won
the game by an eight-point margin.
Two Amendments
On Ballot Tuesday
In addition to voting for State
and local candidates at the general
election next Tuesday voters will
also find two proposed amendments
to the State constitution appearing
on the ballots. One of the proposed
amendments would make women: lia
ble for jury service and the other
proposes that legislators receive $10
per day for expenses.
Little interest has been manifested
in the general election to be held
Tuesday but A. W. Hefren, chairman
of the county board of elections, be
lieves an average number of ballots
will be cast during the day. He
pointed out that the polling places in
the six precincts will be open from
6:30 A. M. tb 6:30 P. M. and all
eligible voters should cast their bal
lots within those hours.
,The polling places, as .named by
Mr. Hefren are: Hertford township,
Courthouse; ParkvUle, Community
House; Nicanor, Baker's Store; and
Bethel township, Hobbs' Store. The
same registrars and judges who serv
ed at the primary election in May
Vill serve at the general election on
Tuesday.
Revival Services
At Baptist Church
Revival services being conducted
at the Hertford Baptist Church this
week by the Rev. W. W. Finlator of
Elizabeth City will continue through
Sunday, November 3, according to the
Rev. .6. W. Duling, pastor of the
church. -
The services are well attended each
evening and the pastor issues an in
vitation to the public to attend the
three remaining services.
CIRCLE NO. 2 TO MEET
Circle Nd. 2 of the Baptist Church
wilP meet Monday night at 7:30
o'clock with Mrs. N. A. Holdren.
4-H County Council
Organization Set Up
At Meeting Thursday
Achievement Day of
Club to Be Held De
cember 7th
The 4-H County Council held its
first meeting of the year Thursday
night in the auditorium of the Agri
cultural Building with Horace Layden
presiding.
The meeting opened with the
pledge to the American Flag, the 4-H
Club Pledge and the song "Dream
ing." A short devotional exercise
was held by Ethel Frances Elliott and
Nonie Lou Lane.
Kay White Stanton acted as necre
tary ffr the meeting and 34 members
were present.
A nominating committee consisting
of Harry Lee Winslow, Janice Yagel '
and Jack Simpson met with Miss
Frances Maness to nominate officers
for the Council. The following offi
cers were presented by the commit
tee and they were unanimously elect
ed by the group.
' ('resident Horace Layden.
Vice Bresident Mary Sue Cooke.
Secretary Ethel Frances Elliott.
Assistant Secretary Dickie Iiaker.
Song Leader Nonie Lou Lane.
Pianist Amy Van Roach.
It was decided by the group that
the County Council should meet once
a month. The date for the next
meeting was set for Saturday after
noon, November 23rd at 3 o'clock.
A Finance Committee was ap
pointed by the President: Harry Lee
Winslow, Ethel Frances Elliott, Jan
ice Yagel and Mary Vernon Ward.
This committee will make plans
for ways and means of making money
to finance the Council.
Achievement Day was discussed by
the group and plans were made for
it. It will be held Saturday after
noon, December 7th. It was suggest
ed to invite L. R. Harrill, State 4-H
Club Director, as guest speaker for
Achievement Day. Each 4-H club
rr
member .will cjp, tJist one ex-
h
iDit on Acnjevemem uay.
rians were discussed to send flow
ers to L. W. Anderson, who iR ill in
the hospital, and a committee was
appointed to select the flowers and to
see that they were sent.
The committee appointed was No
nie Lou Lane, Dickie Baker and
Ethel Frances Elliott.
It was voted that a booklet be
made for each 4-H Club boy giving
the standards and requirements of all
projects to help them with their work.
A committee will be appointed
later by the president to set up
standards and requirements of dele
gates that will be elected to go to the
Short Course next summer.
After the business, everyone en
joyed a short recreational program
and ice cream was served to the
group.
Negro Homecoming
Draws Large Crowd
Wednesday was homecoming day
for the Negro veterans of Perquim
ans County and the majority of those
who served in the armed forces dur
ing the war turned out for the cele
bration staged at the Hertford High
School during the afternoon and
evening.
The festivities got under way short
ly after one o'clock with a parade
through Hertford streets, ending at
the school. Addresses of welcome
were made at the afternoon program
and were given by V. N. Darden, F.
T. Johnson, W. E. Dail and E. M.
Perry representing local boards and
the principal address was made by
Prof. J. M. Poole, chairman of the
English Department, State Teachers
College, Elizabeth City.
Following sports events which
were presented during the afternoon
the veterans and their families en
joyed a barbecue dinner.
The ceremonies closed with a dance
during the evening.
Rev. Miller At Center
Hill Church Sunday
TJfe Rev. J. Herbert Miller, Metho
dist District Superintendent, is to
preach at the Center Hill Methodist
Church Sunday morning at the 11
o'clock service, when the fourth
quarterly conference is to be held for
tiie Chowan Charge.. The public is
invited.
Reports are to be given from An
derson and 'Bethany churches in Per
quimans County and from fenter Hill
and Evans churches of Chowan Coun
ty. The present pastor of. the Cho
wan charge, the Rev. Arthur Steph
enson, is completing his fifth year of
service there.
CHARTER TO BE PRESENTED PERQUIMANS
VFW POST AT MEETING MONDAY NIGHT
Legion Groups To
Meet Friday Night
The American Legion Auxiliary
will hold its monthly meeting Friday
night at 8 o'clock at the Agriculture
Building in Hertford. All members
are urged to attend.
Members of the Win. Paul Stall
ings Post of the American Legion
will meet at the same time Friday
night at the Courthouse in Hertford.
State Leads Army
Enlistment Rolls
It was reported today by Lt. Rob
ert M. Leavens, commanding officer
of the local recruiting team that
since
the armed forces recruitment
act was adopted on October f! of last
year, North Carolina army recruiting
activities have resulted in the enlist
ment of more men than any other of
the seven southeastern states com
prising the third army area.
Reviewing the first year of the
army's greatest peacetime recruiting
campaign, Major General Edward R.
Witsell, the Adjutant General, said
today that more than 9!2,648 vol
unteers had joined the army since
last October 6, 24,789 of these men
were volunteers from North Caro
lina. While the current rate of enlist
ments makes it certain that the mil
lion man mark, which was reached
this October, a remarkable achieve
ment, Major General Witsell pointed
out that attainment of this figure
will not solve the army's manpower
problem more than momentarily.
Forty-nine percent or approxi
mately 480,000 are short term en
listments. Of these 270,000 will be
discharged by June 30, 1947, there
fore the army must continue to get
about 40,000 enlistments every )
monm to maintain tne strengui neeo-
ed to discharge its share of this,
!country's wide obligations.
The Otmy is Sending every effort
man2 ""'i"'1 1? '",S"
sible Major General Witsell con-
tmued. However until it is shown
wnemer or not voluntary enlistments,
can meet the army s requirements
selective service must continue to fill
the gap between volunteer enlist
ments and total manpower needs."
Of the 92,f48 enlisting since last
October, more than 298,517 volun
teers have entered the regular army
from civilian life, enlistments reach
ed a peak in November 1945, when
183,588 signed up, the figure includ
ing a heavy volume of enlistments
by men of the wartime army of the
United States.
The local recruiting office announ
ced also that two more Perquimans
County youths had been accepted
for service in the regular army. L.
P. Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clem
ent Jordan of Hertford and Carroll
Roberson, son of Elmer P. Roberson
of Route 1, enlisted through the local
office last week. Roth youths select
ed the paratroops as their branch of
service.
Miss Julia Chappell
Bride Of Hubert Black
The marriage of Miss Julia Miller
Chappell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Allen Chappell of "Norfolk,
formerly of Belvidere, to Hubert
Walker Black, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Augustus Stevenson Black of Nor
folk, took place Saturday afternoon,
October 26, at 4 o'clock in the Park
Place Baptist Church. The cere
mony was performed by Dr. Henry
W. Tiffany, pastor, in the presence
of relatives and friends. The church
was decorated with palms, ferns,
cathedral candles, Ascension lilies and
snapdragons. Miss Mildred Tress
played the wedding music and before
the ceremony MrsV Roscoe M. White,
cousin of the bride, sang "Because"
and "O Promise Me."
The bride was given in marriage
by her father. She wore a wedding
gown of white Marquisette embroid
ered in pearls and silk braiding,
made with full bishop sleeves, point
ed basque bodice buttoned down the
back and a full gathered skirt form
ing a train. Her finger tip veil of
imported illusion fell from a Dutch
headdress of finely shirred illusion
caught with orange blossoms and she
carried a bouquet of white orchids
and bride roses. Her only ornament
was a string of pearls' a gift of the
bridegroom.
Miss Mary Louise Chappell, sister
of the bride, was maid of honor. She
wore a gown of white Marquisette
over taffeta made with a V neckline,
bishop sleeves, long waisted midriff
bodice and bouffant skirt. She car
ried an arm bouquet of red roses.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. James
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Membership Drive Will
Continue; Officers to
De Chosen
Perquimans County's Post of Vet
erans of Foreign Wars will formally
receive its charter at a meeting to
be held at the Agriculture Building
in Hertford next Monday night at
7:.'i() o'clock, it was announced today
by Clarence Phillips, temporary com
mander of the post.
The charter will he presented tlip
post by J. C. Tatka, Deputy Chief of
Staff for the North Carolina State or
ganization. Temporary officers of the local pos
were chosen at a meeting of th
members last week and besides Mr.
Phillips, as commander, were Philip
Thatch, senior vice commander; Hen
ry Stokes, junior vice commander;
B. L. Cibbs, publicity 'officer; W. F.
Ainsley, quartermaster and James E.
Newby, adjutant.
Permanent officers of the post for
the year will be chosen at the meet
ing Monday night following the pre
sentation of the charter.
In an effort to gain a one hundred
per cent membership of all eligible
veterans, membership committees
have been appointed for each com
munity in Perquimans County. These
committees are coniposed of Calvin
and Horace Hanks, Durants Neck;
Cramer Williams and William Hobbs,
Bethel; Edison Harris, Kobert Hol
lowell and E. H. Cannon, Hertford;
Garland Stallings and Lloyd Stal
lings, Belvidere; Atwood Lassiter,
Burgess; Vernon Perry and Thomas
Hollowell, Beech Springs; Elmer
Lane and Tom White, Winfall and
Ernest Phillips, Chapanoke.
Approximately 2011 veterans of
Perquimans County are eligible for
membership in the VFW, according
to Mr. Phillips, and it is the desire
of the local post to enroll each of
these veterans in its organivation.
Every veteran who served overseas
idurinu anv war is urged to :ittend
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. .avo ri th Wa,
Lnt.jw.. intend -irrar Arte.,
Ahon, fiftv ()f the" veterans attended
' th meeting last week and officers
; arg h fu) that mo()t of e,ig;b,e
, men win ,an () att(in() and bp prps.
for the presentati(,n of thc ,mst
charter Monday night.
Central PTA Winner
For Attendance At
District Meeting
The Parent-Teachers Association
of the Central Grammar School held
its monthly meeting on October 21,
with the president, Mrs. B. F. Bray,
presiding oer the business session.
It was announced that ten members
of the Central association had attend
ed the District PTA meeting at Col
umbia and were awarded attendance
prizes of two subscriptions to PTA
magazines for traveling the greatest
number of miles, and four subscrip
tions to the I'lA bulletin tor Having
the largest number of members pres
ent. The members attending the dis
trict meeting were Mesdames B. F.
Bray, Melvin Woods, A. R. Cook, Tom
Swayne, J. C. Wilson, Carson Stal
lings, Eddie Harrell, Ashley Jordan,
Moody Harrell and W. H. Elliott.
The regular meeting was held at
the school building at Winfall and
opened with the song America. Mrs.
C. O. Fowler led the devotional.
Nonie Lou Lane sang a solo.
Mrs. J. R. Futrell gave an inter
esting talk on safety, during which
she stressed the need for safety upon
the highways of the State. Mrs.
Futrell pointed out the need for ad
ditional State patrolmen, the re
issuance of drivers license, a man
datory inspection of motor yehicles
every six months, and a program of
driver education in high schools of
the State.
This talk was followed by a poem
given by Marvin White. Mrs. Ash
ley Jordan read the minutes of the
last meeting and the president's
message. D. L. Barber gave the
treasurer's report.
A report on the district meeting
was given by Mrs. Eddie Harrell,
and Mrs. Jack Benton reported on
magazines.
Miss Johnnie White reported on the
Study group meeting held at Whites
ton, and Mrs. Basil Copeland gave
a short report on PTA membership.
The attendance prize for the meet
ing was won by the third grade.
CIRCLE NO. 1 TO MEET
Circle No. 1 of the Baptist Church
will meet Monday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock at the church. Al members
are urged to be present.
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