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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, s February 11, 1949.
GiaJinEPOnTSCOUIlTYIMGOAL
i;iiii;.prmiiOF'D;;,;EScoAiGti
.Funds Contributed to
. Wednesday , Amount
To $2,150; Meeting Is
c Set for February 21
Perquimans County will meet its
,1949 quota for the March of Dimes.
' This was indicated in reports made
Wednesday morning by Silas M.
Whedbee, chairman' of the campaign.
Total funds received by Mr. Whedbee
up to that time amounted to $2,150.
The goal is $2,200.
, Mr. Whedbee stated that a few re
turns from solicitors were still to be
N reported and it was his belief that
these reports will- push the total over
: the quota. '
; Largest single contribution reported
since last week was $200 turned in
by the Hertford Lioness Club, which
".'was the proceeds from the' bingo
party sponsored by this organization
. JSreaking down Contributions re-
, ported to him throughout the drive,
S s Mr.' Whedbee reported the following
amounts from various solicitors and
areas: Business section of Hertford,
$500; Front Street, $97.40; Church
- Street, $57.79; Grubb Street, $32.87;
f,-i Market Street, ; $24.50; Academy
Street, $10.60; Covent Garden Street,
k'.:,?6.50;.Dobb Street, $24.60; Penn and
:: Myrtle Avenue; : $8.76; Woodland
'Circle, $11.60; Junior Music Club,
$1.00;.Town of Hertford, $25.00; Per-
;j qulmans County, 150.00; Prison-Farm,
f t $6.00; colored division, $200; BPW
Club, $40; Rotary Club, $14; schools,
;W $166.42; St. Catherine Guild, $15; Don
V Juan Club, $6.02; VFW Club, $200;
State Theatre, $J.15. ,
-,' The Home Demonstration clubs of
the county handled the canvassing in
' ' 1 the various communities and reports
'. from each of these clubs were as fol
- lows: New Hope, $17.26; Bethel,
2 -' $16.46; Belvidere, $39; Ballahack,
', $19.60; Chapanoke, $15; "Winfall,
. $46.60; Hopewell, $32.85; Whiteston,
i' . $61.76 and .Beech Springs; $25."
i i, 4 " Mr. Whedbee expressed his thanks
' and appreciation to the solicitors $nd
individuals who helped to make thiti
campaign a success and announced
become rotten be removed. Along
? that there will be a meeting of tbfes th aion, the Board also au-
ana. "AH andm
duals who have contributed toward
the fund are eligible to attend and are
urged to do so. The meeting will be
held at the Court House in Hertford.
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HEADLINES
A truck driver, out of Norfolk,
Donald Fransler, was reported to have
lost his life by drowning in the Cho
wan River Tuesday - when his truck
plowed through the guard rails on
the bridge near Edenton and dropped
into 20 feet of water. 'Highway pa
trohnen and other crews worked all
through the day attempting to raise
the truck from, the water and deter-
mine whether or not there were other
occupants in the truck. Fransler, it
was reported, left Norfolk early Tues
day morning enroute to Colerain and
had reached the bridge when the ac
cident happened.. No report was made
as to theicause of the tragedy.
A bill was introduced in the Leg-
islature this week which calls for an
increase in the amount of money a
candidate fori offices of Governor
if and,S.fSena,inayI8a44q'
U . campaign. -" Under the present la a
. T candidate is limited to an expendi
f ture of $12,000. t The new bill would
I make this amount $60,000 but calls
t for a closer check on contributions
j-jand expenditures than Is nonf made. '
i '-4 New' storms, - which struck in the
; "4 western1 part of the nation early this
' - week are threatening" to undo all the
relief " work - carried out by army
' units and Individuals during the past
4 two . weeks, if was -reported Tuesday.
, j Snow and high 'winds again tied' up
1 1 rail and hishwav traffic and, added , to
Ifh ttnrHaViIti if :" feed in gr HvRstnpk.
f President Truman authorized the: In-
tenor uepanmeni io sperm umimiieu
'sums for relief in the. stricken areas.
Local Store Changed ,
Ownership X)n Monday I
An announcement was made here
Monday morning that Herbert Nixon
had purchased the interests of J. H.
Bagley in theHagley's Store in Hert
ford. Mr. Nixon assumed manage
ment of the store last Monday. ,
The store, which has been operated
by 'Mr. Bagley for the. past two
years, will continue to handle popu
lar and sundry merchandise, accord
ing to Mr, Nixon. No changes were
announced in the personnel of . the
store.
Commissioners Act
Halt Parking On
Tol
Court House Green
Local motorists who , have been
making a habit of parking on the
Court House Green during the past
several months musf find a new park
ing space from now on, as members
of the Board of County Commission
ers took action at their meeting Mon
day which is expected to halt this
practice.
It had been reported that a dele
gation was, expected to appear before
the Board to request that the parking
be stopped as it was ruining the ap
pearance of the green. However, this
delegation- did not appear, nor was
fit necessary. Members of the Board
recognized the situation and author
ized that a small fence be installed
along the sidewalk on the green
fronting Front Street and that a
chain be installed across the drive
way into the green at the south edge
of the jail. Signs pointing out that
no parking on the green is permitted
will also be installed.
The Commissioners also authorized
that a number of the older trees lo
cated on the green and which have
tbyrized thaf repairs.!? made to the
Curt' House belfry.
March of.iDimes Committee on Mon-'
electing new cnnWoSfiW at"'
jeafcfffm'eTfln Pefqdimans County ap
peared before the Board and request
ed that the indexes of' all county rec
ords located in the offices of the Clerk
of Court and Register of Deeds be
brought up to date. At the present
these indexes are several years in ar
rears and it was estimated that the
liost of this matter will be approxi
mately $1,000. The Board approved
this request, but work on the pro
ject is not expected to get under way
for several weeks'.
. At the request of the County Audi
tor, W. F. . C. Edwards, and County
Attorney Charles E. Johnson, the
Board authorized a bill which will be
presented to the General Assembly
which will permit the county to divide
equal between the General Fund and
the Debt Service Fund all delinquent
taxes Collected by the County. Up to
the present this plan for division is
made only on such delinquent, taxes
that are more than three years old. If
the bill is passed by the Assembly, all
such delinquent taxes will be so divided.
Reginald Tucker
Named To UNCFrat
.' A Hertford student at the Univer
sity of North Carolina has been hon
ored for scholastic ability during his
Sreshman year at the school, accord
ng to an announcement received here
by E. C. Woodard, principal of Per
quimans'High School.
-. Reginald Tucker, son of Mr. and
Mrs, G. R.; Tucker df Hertford, has
been named for. membership in Phi
LEta Sigma, freshman honorary schol
arship fraternity, for achieving A's
in half of his subjects and B's in the
remainder of his classes, according
to Ernest L. Mackie, Dean at UNC
MrJ'Tcie wrote Principal Wood
art, W may know, we have
herk Sipter - of Phi Eta Sigma,
norary scholarship fra
purpose of which is to
1 reward high scholastic
My in one's college ca
V to 'qualify .for mem-
fraternity, ; a f resh-
at -least half A's and
i Congress has voted President Tru-
man broad powers to reorganize the
. executive branch of the Government.
,The action followed hearings at which
Herbert Hoover, chairman of the
commission sponsoring the movement,
stated that the ; Government will be
able to saveXhuge sums , of money
ver a period or periods through
:ch reeiyBifa8aUoB.''':Vf..-. '''; ;' .
!ASONS WILL MSET TUESDAY
4 Perquimana Lodge, No. 106, A. P.
r iA. II., will meeting Tuesday night
rt 8 o'clock. ,,.,. .
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TO MEET
BPw
The EerquI -isiness and Pro-
0ll
iessionai wo aus viud win nolo a
special fSeeting at the Hotel Hertford
Friday Jght, February 11, at ' 7:30
o'cloc? ,111 members -are urged, to
be pr M (for an important business
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$1.50 Per Year.
Board Of Education
Planning Survey Of
Local School Needs
Superintendent Author
ized to Secure Experts
For Work
Members of the Perquimans Board
of Education went on record at their
meeting held Monday of this' week
favoring the legislative program be
ing -sponsored by the United Forces
of Education and the State Board of
Education. Following this action, .it
was moved that the local Board will
conduct a survey of local school
needs in order to prepare a work
chart in the event that State-aid
funds are proyided to help counties
construct school buildings. .
The Board authorized Superinten
dent John T. Biggers to secure the
assistance of school experts in de
termining the needs for Perquimans
County schools, both as to construc
tion and improvement of studies and
extra curricula activities. The rec
ommendations of these consultants
are expected to be the basis for any
school improvements carried out here.
Mr. Biggers stated, following the
meeting, that he will attempt to se
cure educational consultants from
either the University of North Caro
lina or from the State Board of Edu
cation for the purpose of carrying
out the survey in this county.
Other actions taken by the Board
at its meeting this week included giv
ing authority to the REA to enter
upon the Bethel school property; au
thorized the transfer of funds from
capital outlay to maintenance of
plant section of the school budget.
Some little time was spent by the
Board members in reviewing the au
dit of the schools, recently complet
ed by certified public accountants.
A request by Perquimans High
School for funds to supplement
school activities, was tabled until fur
ther information is available as to
the balance of the school budget.
The Board took no action on a
number of. bids submitted for a new
one and a half to ntruck and advised
the Superintendent to investigate the
possibility of securing a good used
truck to be used for school purposes.
Short Time Remains
To Apply For Crop
Only a short time remains for Per
quimans County farmers interested
in obtaining protection of their crop
investment as provided by the Fed
eral Crop , Insurance policies, now
available to local farmers, it was re
ported today by C. R. Vann, secretary
of the insurance program.
The crops covered under this mul
tiple insurance program, Mr. Vann
said, are com, cotton, peanuts and
soybeans. The farmer pays a pre
mium for this protection which
means . in effect that he makes a
small increase in his operating costs
to protect' the. money and labor that
he invests in the crop's production
against, the losses which no farmer
can control.
' Most farmers, Mr. Vann added,
have had sufficient experience to
know that there is no way of telling
who will bear the brunt of crop dis
aster from unavoidable causes in any
year or when production efforts in an
entire, area may be struck down by
Mother Nature through weather, in
sect or disease disasters.
The Federal Crop Insurance Policy
available, to Perquimans producers
who apply for it in time provides the
farmer protection against - what can
happen to his crop investment Local
farmers, under this plan, have the
opportunity to build basic protection
of their business enterprizes which
will contribute materially to the
soundness of their farming opera
tions. Applications for the protection can
be made through the county office lo
cated over Roberson's store in Hert
ford or by seeing Mr. Vann. He stat
ed that time, for taking applications
for 1949 crops is growing short and
that producers who desire to secure
the protection should make applica
tion at once. '
Neighborhood 4-H .
Leaders Meet Friday
A meeting of all neighborhood 4-H
Club leaders has .been.called for Fri
day afternoon, February 11, at 2:30
o'clock at the Agricultural Building
in- Hertford. . -V ' ' ' '
; Plans will be made for carrying out
the 1949 4-H Club program and U
leaders are urged to attend, , ,
Robbery At Vinf all
Admitted By Youth
Apprehended Friday
Sheriff Owens Is Con
tinuing Check on Information
After four months of almost con
stant work on the part of local and
State police officers, the safe-cracking
robbery committed at Fred's Grocery
in Winfall last September 23 was
solved last Thursday when two Nor
folk, Va., ex-convicts admitted to SBI
men and local police of Waynesville,
N. C, that they were responsible for
the robbery.
Between six and eight thousand
dollars were stolen from the safe of
the Winslow store in Winfall on the
night of September 23 last year and
immediately Sheriff M. G. Owens and
Other police officials began a diligent
search for the robbers. However,
each clue ended up at a dead-end and
thus forced the officers to start the
search all over again. Sheriff Owens
continued his investigation despite
the seemingly hopelessness of the'
task and it was not until last Thurs
day when an announcement was made
that a State Highway patrolman had
picked up two ex-convicts who, under
questioning admitted that they had
"pulled" a number of jobs in this vi
cinity. On hearing of the announcement,
Sheriff Owens contacted police offi
cials of Waynesville, relating the de
tails of the local robbery and request
ed advice concerning the two men be
ing held in that city. On last Sat
urday O. E. Noland, chief of police of
Waynesville, wired Sheriff Owens
that Kenneth Sheetz, one of the two
men picked up there, had admitted
committing the Winfall safe cracking
job. No information was sent the
Sheriff concerning Robert Brady, the
other man caught at Waynesville in
onnection with the local crime.
When questioned at Waynesville by
FBI, SBI s.nd local authorities, the
two men confessed to some 16 rob
beries committed in four states, sev
eral of the crimes being listed as one?
committed in and near the Albemarl?
area.
A report sfated that Sheetz is ex
pected to be returned to the State of
Virginia to serve out a 2(-year term
for burglary and that Brady will be
tried in North Carolina for posses
sion of burglar tools. Both of these
men, it is highly probable, will face
trials in several sections of the State
after completing prison terms.
Indians And Squaws
PlayColumbiain
Cage Games Tonight
Perquimans High School boys and
girls basketball teams will play the
Columbia boys and girls in games on
the local court starting: at 7:30 o'clock
tonight. Coach Joe Levinson stated
that these may be the last home
games of the season. He is attempt
ing to schedule two trames for next
week, but thus far has been unsuc
cessful in locating a team with open
dates.
The Indians will be out for revenge
in the game with the Wildcats. The
Tyrrell County boys handed the In
dians a 23-19 defeat when Perquimans
played at Columbia two weeks ago.
Coach Levinson stated that all or the
local nlavers are in srood shape for
the game tonight and the boys are
counting on chalking this game up in
the victory column.
Perquimans dropped a hard fought
contest to the league leading James
ville boys last Friday night. The
e-ame was nlaved on the local court
and the final score was 45 to 33. In
the preliminary game the Perquim
ans girls lost to the Jamesville girls
31 to 28.
Bil!,To Abolish .
Court Term Presented'
A bill which, if passed hy the 1949
Legislature, will abolish the Janu
ary term of Perquimans Superior
Court, has been presented to the Gen
eral Assembly according to a report
from the Institute of Government.
, E. Leigh, Winslow, representative
for Perquimans, introduced the bill
last week - The hill reads to amend
Section 70 of Chapter 7 of the- State
laws and. will provide that two terms
of court held in Perquimans ta place
of three, which is now the custom. If
the bill la enacted, and it most prob
ably .will he, only two terms of court
will', he. held hence forth. The new
terms of court under the bill will h
held in April and October of ' each
COUNTY BOARD TO PETITION ASSEMBLY
FOR BUILDING FUNDS IF ANY AVAILABLE
Slight Damage In
Wreck Here Monday
Approximately $150 damages were
reported resulting from a collision of
two cars on highway 17 near Hamp's
Service Station last Monday morning.
Patrolman H. L. White, who investi
gated the accident, reported that Per
cy Rogerson, driving north on the
highway, attempted to make a left
turn when his car was struck by one
being driven by James Wallace of
Elizabeth City. Wallace was cited in
to court on charges of reckless driv
ing. No personal injuries resulted in
the accident.
Henry Nevvbold Died
Suddenly At Home
TuesdayMorning
John Henry Newbold, 55, prominent
Perquimans farmer, died suddenly at
his home in Hertford at 12:15 A. M.
Tuesday. Although death was unex
pected, Mr. Newbold had not been in
good health for several weeks. He
had returned to his home Monday
evening after attending a directors'
meeting of the Hertford Locker and
Packing Company when he was
stricken.
Mr. Newbold was a native of this
county. The son of the late John
Newbold and Mrs. Enola Elliott New
bold. He was a member of the Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church, of which
he served as a vestryman.
In 1921 he was united in marriage
with Miss Nita White and to this
union was born two children, Mrs.
Armour C. Miller of Clarvack, N. Y.,
and Mrs. Edward Griffin, Jr., of Lake
hurst, N. J.
A highly successful farmer, he was
also interested in business develop
ments in the county and was presi
dent of the Hertford Locker and
Packing Cor.: pan y and was a direc
tor of the Hertford Building arid
loan Association.
He served Perquimans County as
a Commissioner for several terms and
also served as game warden for a
number of years. He was a past
president of the Hertford Rotarv
Club.
In addition to his mother, he is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Nita White
Newbdld; two daughters, Mrs. Ar
mour C. Miller and Mrs. Edward
Griffin, Jr.; four grandchildren; three
sisters, Mrs. J. M. Vail and Mrs. W.
H. Nixon, both of Edenton, and Mrs.
David Cox of Hertford, and one aunt,
Miss Matilda Newbold of Hertford.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock by
the Rev. E. T. Jilson, rector of the
church. The services were under the
direction of the Lynch Funeral Home.
The church choir sang "Hark,
Hark! My Soul."
Interment followed in the church
cemetery.
Pallbearers were R. S. Monds, Jr.,
Dr. C. A. Davenport, J. Emmett
Winslow, W. H. Hardcastle, J!. R.
Futrell, Tommy Mathews, George W.
Barbee and T. B. Sumner.
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Court Docket Listed
25 Cases On Tuesday
Twenty-five cases were disposed of
by the Perquimans Recorder's Court
at this week's session. Twenty-three
of the cases listed on the docket
were for violation of the speed law
and all of the defendants entered
pleas of guilty.
Thomas Colon and Elgear Charest
paid fines of $30 and costs of court
for speeding.
Fines of $15 and costs were taxed
against Augusta Haddrick, William
Potter, Warren Richardson, William
Scheer, Rudolph Pesck and Roger
Wiggleworth, all of whom entered
pleas of guilty to charges of speed
ing George Phaneuf , Carl Carlsen, Jeh-
nis Alexander, Frank Rodrigues, A'l-i
bert Ostron, Hai Kaissian, Fred
Keiter, Louis Braum, Fred Eisenberg,
Harry Gordan, Frank Lovell, Donald
Melick and Charles Drourr each paid
a fine of $10 and costs for speeding.
Norman Ddkman and Joseph Bell
were fined $5.00 and costs for speed
ing. -V'" -,;. '.. :,;
Costs, of court Were taxed against
Ruth Berger on a charge of passing
on a curve. '-,..-
Willie Morris was fined $10 and
costs for driving a car which did not
display a ; 1948 approved inspection
sticker. " !:'ir. : -,
Louig Henry Feltoft, Negro, failed
to appear in court to answer charges
of forgery. A capias was ordered is
sued forv the. defendant to he held for
hearing next week.
To Seek $300,000
Use In Building
ty School Buildings
Members of the Perquimans Board
of Commissioners, meeting in regu
lar session here Monday, took, action
to present a petition to the 1949 Leg
islature to include Perquimans Coun
ty into any program passed by that
body for the construction of school
buildings within the State of North
Carolina.
R. T. Brinn, member of the Board,
pointed out that numerous counties
of the State have already presented
programs to the General Assembly
which outline the school needs of
those counties. He stated that it was
his belief that Perquimans County
should follow this proceedure and re
quest that at least $300,000 be al
lotted from State-aid funds, to this
county for construction of needed
school buildings. The Board went on
record favoring this plan and will
present a proper petition to the Leg
islature to include this county into
any program adopted to provide
State-aid to counties.
A break down of funds needed in
Perquimans for school construction
amounts to a little more than the
sum to be requested of the General
Assembly. Approximately $200,000
is needed to carry out the Board of
Education's plan for consolidation of
the county colored schools, with con
struction of at least one new building
and repairs to another.
Approximately $100,000 is needed
according to estimates for construc
tion of a gym, lunch room and an au
ditorium for white schools.
State education officials are now
preparing a program for presentation
to the Legislature which calls for 50
million dollars to be raised and di
vided among counties of the State in
carrying out construction needs. It
is reported from Raleigh that seri
ous consideration is expected to be
given this program and a possibility
that a bond issue referendum might
be called- to settle the question.
Baseball Meeting
Held Here Wed.
Baseball fans of Perquimans Coun
ty gathered at the Court House here
Wednesday night for the purpose of
reorganizing the local baseball club
in preparation for the local team to
participate in the Albemarle League
during the coming summer.
While the group which assembled
was not as large as the committee
planning the reorganization had hop
ed for, a goodly number of interested
fans were present and a start was
made toward organization for the
coming year. A. w. neiren was
elected as president and a nominat
ing committee composed of R. M. Kid-
dick, Julian A. White, Steve Perry
and Josiah Elliott were named to
recommend a board of directors and a
business manager.
A brief summary was given as to
estimated costs for operating a team
during the coming year and this
amount was set at $2,500. Efforts to
raise this sum will be made at a
later date. Another meeting of fans
has been called for next Wednesday
night at 8 o'clock at the Court House
and the committee urges all fans in
terested in seeing baseball played
here this year to attend.
A. W. Hefren, Edgar Morris and
Herbert N. Nixon were among the
Perquimans folks who attended a
meeting of the league held last week
at Elizabeth City. They also pushed
plans for the meeting here this week.
County baseball fans have been dis
cussing possibilities of having base
ball here this year and it is the con
census of most of the fans that it
will be possible to sponsor a team in
the league this year by observing the
rules set up by the league last week.
A drastic plan for financing each club
was adopted by the league, and will
mean that less money will be needed
to pay players than has been the case
in the past year or two. Each team,
under the rules adopted for this sea
son, must keep within a certain sal
ary limit and local. fans have ex
pressed themselves as highly favor
able to the program which will bring
the financial burden down to a point
where league members will be able to
support and field a team.
The agenda for the meeting held
here Wednesday called for the elec
tion of a board of directors, a presi
dent, business manager and secretary.
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1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
i Mr. and Mrs. Wayland White, Jr.,
announce the -birth of a , daughter,
Emily Jane, horn . Tuesday, Febru
ary 8th. ,