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flerUorfl, Ferquimans County, North CaroUnalViday, December 5, 147.
$1.50 Per Year.
luH2S
tcrs; Refers
devaluation of Property
May; Be Ordered For
Year 1049
With several Important matters on
he, agenda,: which consumed consid
'rable,;time In discussion, the Per
luimans Board of County Co'mmis
lionersi were in a long session here
;iohday;;Mf ''i ' .
I The Board was presented a petition
Sy e'grotfiior
wnshi$ requesting that the State
igh way Commission improve and da
elop certain roads of that township,
he petition will be forwarded to the
.Jiate Conwniasion.
Tax listers for 1948 were named
y the Commissioners as follows: R. .
LyChappelL Bethel; John 0. White.'
Hertford; .C. V. Ward. Belvidere: W.,
Stanton, Parkville, and Seth Long,;
ew Hope. The tax listers will begin :
heir duties of listing property for '
348 taxes on January 1. In coll
ection with the discussion on tax list
lg, the Board took up the matter of
ivaluation of property during the
JXt year. Present indications are
lat" an increase in the tax rate, will
a necessary for the next fiscal year
id the Board is of ' the opinion this
icrease in the tax rate may be over
me by revaluation. No definite ae
on was taken on the matter.
A delegation representing various
vie organisations appeared before
Be Board regarding the payment of a
and master's salary. This delegation
las present at the last meeting of the
bard, at which time additional in
timation was requested by the Com-
issioners. ' After some discussion
id an opinion from the County At
rney, .the Commissioners referred
e.rhatter back to the Board, of Edu
ction. K wa jointed. iut during the
Hfflisski. tlat. tke County Commia-''-nm
ca ot levy tax for Inch pur
isfcntf ! r "4 of Education, may
funds , - - fld;;fMla,
penaes of Artraj .activities. The
ard of EducatioitvraqiiMUd addi
mal fundi from the. County Ctfmmis
mers to offset that expense, but no
Hon was tekeb other than referring
a problem to the School Board.
Sfens Close Grid
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'erqulmang High School's football
m closed ' Its 1947 : season last
brsday night by chalking up Ha
enth victory at the exnensa of
Mland Keck, an Albemarle Confer-
e. foe. The victory assured Coach
i Levihson's Indians' the second Do-
on in . the Albemarle Conference
Tiding. Plymouth, by turning back
!liamston the- same day, finished
season without a blemish and
reby won th Conference title,
'he Indiarayfound Scotland Neck a
gh opponent during the flrs half
L nevertheless, : the Perquimans
's proved ' superior and marched
Vrfofrlht-totwhdowns andtwo
sVi- ' the victory. Scotland
)c"eu jf fc&r i$Uf durinif ihef
r cj csvciopeq uko a rougni
. ..ec win, ana ouicuis who ro
j !!y penalteed tha tort team for
pessary roughness refused to call
second half, of the contest. Her
t Nixon, a local official, was press
Into tha officiating lob during' the
md half and the game was played
I mora aportonuuiliks tnanner,; ;
he entire Indian taam, which aw
.on in the game, gave excellent ac
hts for themtelvea in the final tilt
ha eeason, thus Ininglng. td a
a a successful football year. 1 The
am opened -the season: With Ella.
City and .Edenton and suffered
at at the handa of these teams,
i they turned on the pressure and
two games before losing to Ply
,th. . Anothejr winning streak add
wo mora Tictoriea, then., Edenton
d! out in a return contest played
lemorial Field,y Coach Levinson's
t won the last two gime aily
k Franklin,r Va, - and Scotland
BIRTH ANNtttJNCMENT; Sl'
. and r i. Robert Turgeon, 3i.t
vanston, i;i announce the birth
son, bom ITonday, December I,
Turgi j f before her' marriage
Miss Anne Felton, ' ,'..' '
ii ii in ' ' ' i .- i i i i
rrA td i:nrr ,
'Parr"-" Vr Association'
of
pr Svhool wil
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Presents Petition i
Officers of the Norfolk Southern
Railroad Company have presented the
North Carolina Utilities Commission
a petition which, if granted, by the
Utilities Commission, will give the
railroad company permission to dis
continue passenger service over the
railroad running from Norfolk to Ra
leigh. The petition was presented
Monday, according to an announce
ment by the Utilities1 Commission.
The railroad officials point out that
passenger service on their road has
served its day and present traffic does
not pay for the expense of operation.
However, the railroad .contends it
will continue to operate Trains' No. 1
and No. 2 'for the purpose of hauling
freight and mail. ,
It
Campaign
For Aid To Needy
The Perquimans County Welfare
Department announced today the
launching of its annual campaign to
bring joy to the needy people of this
county at Christmas. Edgar White,
superintendent of the department,
stated that a list has been prepared
of the people who tied to be Mped
if their Christmas is to be made a
joyous occasion.
This list is available to churches,
societies, civic organizations and in
dividual citizens who wish to parti
cipate in fringing real happiness to
those who for many reasons will be
unable to have a Merry Christmas
otherwise.
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club, in their regular meeting Tues
day night, voted to assist the Welfare
Department through a good will of
fering which is expected to raise suf
ficient funds to take a number of the
families on the welfare list. Other
civic organizations are expected to
follow this procedure and Mr. White
urges "all who desire to assist to get
in touch w&h him as soon as possible
made Tor shaing , Christmas joy With
every person on the list. ,.
The Salvation Army 'which has
been generous in the past, in aiding
the local fund, is again expected to
furnish some assistance to the cam
paign, Mr. White said. He added,
however, that the list is of sufficient
size that a large number of clubs and
individuals are offered-an opportunity
to share Christmas joy with less for
tunate people and the Welfare De
partment is hopeful that the response
will be great enough to care for each
case on the list.
Sale Df Christmas
Seds Progressing
i .
Mrs. C. A. Davenport, chairman of
the Perquimans County Christmas
Seal' -Sale campaign, reported this
weekt that sale of the seals is pro
gressing in the county and that a
large number of reports have already
been mailed back to her.
Th chairman pointed out that en
velopes mailed out to local residents
contained 100 seals and each recipient
is requested to return only one dol
lar: for the s.els.ui;Yaised
thiovghis drive .'ti&&d'&
the work of pmbattingjSb!ilosis.r
Individuals jwh have receded, seals
froi Ht4 awsji: thrcfujhe mail
are! nrgad, to '-jSifwH 'thjnVitotion
as coAn aa nossible and Mot-later than
Wednesday before '"Christmas. "
'.Ths drive will close on December
Season's FirstSnow '
FelI;Here Sunday
I lyinter blew into Perquimans
County slightly ahead of its official
date, when snow fell hers Sunday suf
ficiently to cover the ground, and cold
winds followed causing the mercury
to drop below freesing.. f ;
j.Ths snowfall started at about .1:30
and continued unfit early evening, the
flakes growing-larger as the tempera
ture dropped. The storm was general
throughout the- eastern part of the
Stat andj; baited local farmers front
harvesting crops. Clear cold weather
on Monday and Tuesday enabled the
farmers to resume harvesting of crops
which has been slowed dowq consid
erably du to inclement':eatterj;
";r BIRTH ANNOUKCEMElrip;
;"Mr;:,andf:Mrs;';;f;Verhon':Harreil. of
Routs "8 announce tle birth of a son;
Douglas "Vernon, bom Friday, No
vember 21. Mrs. Harrell before her
marriage was Miss Lena Mae Sawyer
of Winfall. ',' '-"'',t.
' MARY TOvrB LLTINQ
The Mary Towa Circle will meet
iionday night,' December 8, at 8
oV'-'c it f-e home of Mrs.; Martin
f ' ."' . '""."7 "I'': '. ' ' a.:'
County VelfareDept
erS;
Collected 5287 In
Fines On Tuesday
Traffic Violations Ac
count For Host of the
Court's Docket
Fines and costs of court amount
ing to more than $287 were taxed
aerainst numerous traffic law violators
cited into Perquimans Recorder's
uourt during the past week. Many
of the cases were submitted and fines
and costs paid before court convened.
Twenty-one cases were disposed of
Dy tne court tnis week.
Archie ChaDDell Daid a fin of $50
on a charge of reckless driving, $35
of the amount being awarded as dam
ages inflicted on another car.
Morris Rosenbersr. Paulihe Cooksev.
George Hicky, Jr., Valentine Vargo
each paid a fine of $10 and court
costs after submitting to charges of
speeding.
Edward Havens was fined $15 and
costs for speeding.
Wallace Knight, George Patterson
each paid a fine of $5.00 and costs
for speeding. '
Max Croft was fined $12 and or
dered to oav the court costs after
submitting to a charge of speeding.
iosts of court were assessed
against Warren Overton, Negro, on
charges of speeding.
The State took a nol Dros in the
case of Elmer Proctor, charged with
driving with improper lights.
Charares of drivinir with inmronpr
brakes were made against Myrtle
Kotch, Antonne Davenport, Daniel
Roirerson and Calvin Morsran. Each
of the defendants paid a fine of $10
and the costs of court.
Harriman Waff, Negro, entered a
plea of sruiltv to a charee of reckless
driving and paid a fine of $25 and
costs.
Russell Cohoon was fined $100 and
ordered to pay the court costs on
charges of drmngAunder the influence
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JohnnieWfiat. Nee. Was fined
$10 and costs for driving with im
proper lights.
Marvin Sawyer paid a fine of $10
and costs for passing a car on a
curve.
William Creecv. Neero. was fined
$10 and costs for drivinir with in
sufficient brakes. A nol pros was
taKen in the case of Milton Hobbs,
Negro, charged with failing to report
an accident.
Christmas Shopping
Season To Be Short
With only 17 shopping days re
maining before Christmas, Perquim
ans County shoppers are reminded
that the Christmas shopping season
this year will be a short one. Thanks
giving was later this year than usual
and thus the Christmas shopping sea
son,' which starts the day following
Thanksgiving, was cat short, and
customers will be hurried to get their
shopping done before December 25.
Several' stores in Hertford have
already begun their holiday window
dressing, while all of them have been
receiving shipments of Christmas
stocks for tkeveratiweekg now " :'
Although plenty of radios and ra-dio-phonojiyapha"
are available, other
of, the; larger litems are somewhat
scarce, Refrigerators are extremely
scarce as are all luit the fully auto
matic types of washing machines.
Other household appliances, such as
electric irons, coffee-pots, toasters and
waffle-irons, are aVailabln thnucrh not.
plentiful k. .
In the toy line; things look some
what, better. Bicycles are scarce as
are tome of the heavier mechanical
playthings, but electric trains seem
to' be-5 available although one local
store manager ,Ht stated that his
supply sold out ' 1
-.Christmas tree decorations, lights,
tinsel and glass ornaments are avail
able,, but not in great quantity, loca)
store managers advising their patrons
to replenish their supply of decora?
tjops before the last minute rush. .
Christmas Lights
Strang On Streets '"j
Colored lignt bulb, part of the
street decorations . Used in- Hertford
each holiday , season, have. been in
stalled and will b, lighted each 'even'
tag and night tot several Weeks be
fore Christmas, .It wae announced to
day by V. N, pkrden, Mayor.
. The Installation' f the lights was
made this week under the supervision
of F T-.Britt, superintendent of (he
Utilities Department - The light are
strung along Church Street through
the biiness section; jmd also on. Mar
let ,;eet ' i , . I
Pertjii;nians Indians
To Opan Basketball
Season December 9
Schedule of 18 Games
Announced By Coach
Le Vinson
Coach Joe Levinson today an
nounced that Perquimans High School
will open ifts 1947 basketball season
next Tuesday night, December 9,
when the Indians and Squaws meet
the team? from Hobbsville. A sched
ule of 18 games has been listed by
the coach.
The Indians, champions of the Al
bemarle Rural Conferee, will be out
to defend flieir championship and the
team will be made up of a number of
veterans from last year's squad.
Coach Levinson stated he has not de
cided upon a starting team as yet.
The group has been practicing only
a short time, having only closed out
football last week. Veterans from
last year expected to make a fine
showing this season include Horace
Webb, Chester Winslow, Howard Pitt,
Edward Lane, Bob Layden, Reginald
Tucker, L. C. Elliott, Bob Jordan and
a large number of boys who are try
ing out for the team for the first
time.
The girls' team, which will be
coached this year by Miss Faye Jes
sup, has been practicing several weeks
and the team is expected to be built
around three members of last year's
squad not lost by graduation.
Coach Levinson released the follow
ing schedule for the season: '
Dec. 9 Hobbsville here.
,Dec. 12-r-Weeksville there.
Dec. 15-i-South Mills here.
Dec. 174-Edenton there.
Jan. 6 Moyock there.
Jan. 9 .Manteo here.
Jan. 13-4-Central there.1
Jan. l$4-GriggB here.
Jan. 20-4-Chowan there.
Jan. 304-Hobbsville there.
Feb.-3 WeekBville here.
Feb. Mfeouth Mills there.
' Feb. WlryockataM .
Feb. 13 Manteo there.
Feb. 17 Central here.
Feb. 20 Griggs there.
Feb. 24 Chowan here.
Restaurant Owners
Warned On Permits
K. J. Eyer, Sanitarian for the
Health Department, reported that he
had found instances of restaurants in
Perquimans County being operated
without a permit from the Health De
partment. He called attention to the fact that
some persons have the mistaken idea
that the securing of a health certifi
cate enables them to operate a food
handling establishment.
The Sanitarian quoted the State
Health Code governing the sanitation
requirements for restaurants and
pointed out that the law provides
that no person who does not pos
sess an unrevoked permit from the
State Board of Health shall operate
a restaurant.
Furthermore, the law provides that
no permits shall be issued until after
a sanitary Inspection by a represen
tative of thjC-State Board of Health
shows, tijatShe applicant complies
with the regulations.
' Eyer quoted .the portion of the law
which defines a restaurant in order to
clarify he situation. "The term res
taurant shall mean, coffee shop, cafe
teria, short order cafe, luncheonette,
tavern, sandwich-stand, soda fountain
and all other public eating places
where food is prepared and served to
the public at Wholesale or retail for
pay, as well as kitchens and other
places in which food is handled or
prepared for sale elsewhere to the
public."
Recently several food handling
places were asked to discontinue sale
of foods because of not being able to
comply with the sanitation require
ments. Town And County Share
In Tax Distribution
, Perquim'an. County and the Town
of Hertford snared in the first distri
bution of Increased taxes on the sale
of beer and wine' this week, when the
county received a check amounting to
$348.01, while the Town received
$1,010.47. The jnoney was distribut
ed by the Stats' Revenue Department
under provisions made, by the last
General Assembly. . ,; -: v.;'' ; " .
r Thi 1947 gislattore doubled the
tax'' on beer' and wines and directed
Ithet half of the collection be divided
with , towns and counties . permitting
the eale-of beer and wine. 'The
amounts received here this week were
for collections from July ' I through
September so of this year, , , ;v
Two Women Drawn For
Superior Court Jury
Women are becoming a popular
part of the jury system here in Per
quimans County with two additional
members of the fair sex being drawn
for jury service at the January term
of Superior Court, which will convene
here early in January to hear a large
number of civil suits carried over
from the October term of court.
Those drawn for jury service by
th County Commissioners at a meet
ing Monday were: Cecil T. Everett,
Mrs. Nellie Davis, Ernest Symons,
Otha Nixon, J. B. Corbett, Edgar
Riddick, James Winslow, Thomas
Mathews, Leslie Gregory, J. R. Fut
rell, C. S. Jackson, C. H. Ward, J. T.
Lamb, Miss Grace Chappell, L. T.
Kel, Garland Bunch, Corbin Dozier,
W. A. Gay, James Moore, C. M.
Winslow, Wallace Morgan, E. R.
Whedbee, Jr., H. T. P-roughton and
Henry T. Layden.
Board Of Education
Defers Action On
Leasing Ball Park
Due to the absence of two mem
bers at its meeting Monday, the Per
quimans Board of Education deferred
action regarding a lease on Memorial
Field which will enable the Norfolk
Baseball Club to establish a spring
training center here. It was report
ed following the meeting of the
Board, that a decision on the matter
may be made by December 15, at
least not later than January 5th.
The Board was not approached on
the matter, but discussed the project
inasmuch as it has been announced
that the Norfolk T&m desired to re
turn to Hertford for a spring train
ing period.
Tentative dates for the Christmas
holidays to be observed by local
achools were set, with schools clos-
nir on December 19 and reopening on
January 5. If adopted, th"is will give
the schools" a full ttfo -weeks' vaca
tion.
The Board was advised that a new
heating plant ordered for Perquim
ans High School was being shipped
and should arrive here shortly. The
Superintendent was advised by the
Board to use every method possible
to get the plant installed during the
Christmas holidays, thus providing
the building with a heating system
sufficient to properly heat the school.
License Examiner
Killed In Accident
B. Henry Smith, Perquimahs Coun
ty. Automobile License Examiner, died
instantly last Thursday morning from
injuries suffered when he was pinned
beneath a fire truck which had col
lided with a station wagon at an in
tersection in Edenton.
Smith, whose home was in Rocky
Mount, lived at Edenton and was a
member of the Edenton Fire Depart
ment. On Thanksgiving morning the
fire department was called to. extin
guish a. blaze at an Edenton home,
and on the return trip to the fire sta
tion the truck collided with a station
wagon. -Two other firemen were
thrown clear of the wreckage, but
Smith was pinned under the truck as
it turned over and died from injuries
suffered.
FufterAl services were conducted at
Rocky Mount last Friday afternoon
with the Edenton Masonic Lodge, of
which Smith was a member, in charge
of the services.
PTA Bazaar And Party
At School December 12
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford Grammar School will
sponsor a bazaar, rook and bridge
party at . the grammar school on Fri
day night, December 12. The bazaar
will be -staged at 7 o'clock and the
rook and bridge parties will begin at
8 o'clock.
Proceeds from the bazaar and par
ties will be used to purchase play
ground equipment for the school.
The public is, cordially invited.
Sheriff Reports Law
Prohibits Fireworks
Sheriff M. G. Owens today reminded
the residents of Perquimans County
that a new law regulating fireworks
was passed by the 1047 Legislature
and that this law will be enforced at
all times. V "V
. the law prohibits the sale, use of,
manufacture of fireworks in any form.
It also prohibits the carrying or trans
porting of firework. The Sheriff
urges the public to cooperate by ob
serving this new measure, t
Peanut Producers
Urged To Vote In
Referendum Tues.
Polling Places Listed By
Secretary of the Local
Committee
Next Tuesday will be a pretty big
day for North Carolina peanut grow
ers. On that date, December 9, they
will decide whether marketing quotas
will be in effect for the 1948-49-50
crops. Only peanut producers are
eligible to vote in this special election
and those interested in peanut pro
duction are being urged to cast a bal
lot in, the referendum.
The price support of peanuts de
pends on whether the growers them
selves favor marketing quotas. Un
der the law there can be no price sup
port unless two-thirds of those voting
in the referendum favor quotas.
Arrangements for holding the elec
tions have been completed for Per
quimans County, and W. E. White,
secretary of the AAA Committee, to
day released the polling places locat
ed in this county. At Belvidere the
voting will take place at the Com
munity House; Nicanor, Ralph
White's Store; Bethel, C. T. Phillips'
Store; Hertford, at the Agriculture
Building; New Hope, at the Com
munity House; Durants Neck, at Com
munity House; I'arkville, at Fred
Winslow's Store.
The polling places will be open
from 9 A. M. to 6 P. M.
In addition to casting ballots for
the peanut quotas, local farm pro
ducers will also vote, at the same
time, for delegates to the county con
vention and will select community
committeemen. Each community will
nominate and elect three community
committeemen and two alternates.
Mr. White stated that no changes
have been made in the boundaries of
the communities in regard to this
election.
Peanut farm allotments, as to be
observed providing the referendum is
carried next Tuesday, have already
been mailed to local producers, Mr.
White announced. He added that a
complete list of these allotments are
on file at the Agriculture Building
and is available for inspection.
He emphasized that for farms
which have no allotment established
because the acreage during the years
1944-47 was not in excess of one acre,
no notice of allotment will be given.
He added that if, however, it is found
later that more than one acre of pea
nuts is picked or threshed in 1948 on
such a farm, an allotment will be de
termined at that time which would
be established from the reserve held
for the correction of errors.
Legion To Observe
Goon Neighbor Day
Sunday, December 7
Members of the Wm. Paul Stallinga
Post of the American Legion will
join with other members of the Le
gion throughout North Carolina and
obserVe Sunday, December 7, as-Good
Neighbor Day, it was announced to
day by W. F. Ainsley, Commander of
the local Post
Mr. Ainsley attended a State Con
ference of American Legion Com
manders held last Saturday and Sun
day at Goldsboro, at which time plans
for the. Good Neighbor Day were
made.
Every member of the American
Legion is requested to visit a veteran
on next Sunday and renew friendship
with his neighbor as a part of the
Good Neighbor Day plan.
The Legion, Mr. Ainsley stated.
will continue to observe the plan
throughout the week of December 7
to 13 and special efforts to sign mem
berships into the Legion will be made.
The Commander pointed out that
there are 460,000 veterans in North
Carolina, of which 360,000 served in
World War II. Some 70,000 of these
veterans are in some type of training
program. Forty-five thousand irs
taking institutional training and these
institutes are high in their compli
ments to the veterans taking this
type of training. Some 25,000 veter
ans are engaged in on-the-job training
and 16,000 are engaged in taking ag
riculture training.
State College Club
Hears Prof. Lovyorn
Members of the Perquimans County
State College' Alumni Club met at the
Agricultural Building in Hertford
address by Dr. R. L. Loyvorn, profes-
Wednesday night and heard a short
sor of agronomy at State College. P
A large number of members of the .
local club were present to hear Dr. .
Loworm end pictures of an athlete :
contest were , shown following the';
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