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.VL-Number fa 'y y ; Hertford, Perquimans CountyNortCarolina.FridayFebmaryl 1949.
KEK LIP'1
$1.50 Per Year.
Coron-r's Jury Returns Verdict Of
.Unavoid$3 Accident In Chapped Case
I:
f Final Rites For Belvi--,
dere Resident Held
Monday Afternoon
-'; ,"t A coroner's jury, which was as
" sembled here Tuesday afternoon to
hear evidence pertaining to the acci-
' dent which resulted in the death of
Mrs. Maude Jessup Chappell, 55, last
Saturday night, returned a verdict
that death resulted from an unavoid
'.. ble accident.
Mrs. Chappell, a resident of Belvi-
dere, Route One, apparently was kill
ed instantly last Saturday night at
about 11:45 o'clock when she was
struck by a truck being driven by
Raleigh White of Hertford. Accord
ing to testimony given at the inquest
Mrs. Chappell had alighted from a.
bus, on Highway 17, ' about two
tenthfl of a mile south of Hertford to
..' go to the home of her brother,. T. J.
' Jessup, who resides adjacent to this
; point Mr. White stated that he was
returning from Edenton at the time
of the accident and had just passed
the bus when suddenly he saw an
object in the roadway, about the
middle" of the right-hand lane as he
approached Hertford. He stated that
he was about 20 feet from the object
when he first noticed it He continued
that he applied the brakes of the
truck and swerved it to the left side
of the roadway but was unable to
avoid striking Mrs. Chappell.
Testimony given by Mrs. Raleigh
White and her daughter was sub
stantially the earns as Mr. White
gave. Patrolmen B. R. Inscoe and
H. I White, who investigated the ac
cident, told the coroner's jury that
their investigation indicated that the
victim was in the middle of the right
hand lane at the time of the accident
and. that the truck evidently had been
driven in a manner which showed the
driver was attempting to miss strik
inar the victim.
Funeral services for .the victim
were held Monday afternoon, at 3
o'clock at the Whiteville Grove
church by the Rev. J. W. Davis. Bur
ial followed in the family cemetery.
Mrs. Chappell is survived by four
dantrhters; j MrSi Brooks Lewis
of
toTwartota' City. Md.i Mrs. Thurman
nt:. TVotville, N. r 0., Mrs,
r JlItarewTorIKl.,
Jack Porter of Nashville Tenn., one
sister. Mrs. T." M. Twine of Belvidere
and one brother.' T. J. Jeasup of
Hertford. ' '
Directors Named
For Baseball
Club
Prospects for summer-time base
ball, with Hertford supporting a team
in the Albemarle League, appeared
brighter here this week following a
meeting Wednesday night when a
large number of local fans gathered
at the Court House and expressed
much interest in promoting a local
team.'
. A. W. Hefren, who was elected to
serve as president of the club, pre
sided over the meeting and a no'm-
inatintr committee, appointed last
week, reported that a directors' com
mittee ; of 25 was suggested and
named the following resiednts to this
committee: A. W. Hefren, Steve
Perry, E. M. Perry, Earl Morse,
Henry C. Sullivan, J. T. ; Biggers, J.
H. Towe, Fred Mathews, Dr. T. P.
Brinn, Tom .Eason, , Fenton Eure,
James jSawyer,; Claude White, Cecil
Winslow, A. R. Cooke, H. J. Smith,
Josiah Elliott, Jack Brinn, A. T. Lane,
W.- G.; Hollowell, C. P. Morris and
R. R. White. .'..;: '"
1 During the meeting Wednesday
night league rules and plans for
conducting the business end of the
local club ' were discussed. It was
pointed out" that strict observance of
league rules will be. followed in hold
ing flayers', salariedf to a minimum,
and it is expected that gat receipts
will pay this' portion of. the expense.
It was agreed that a earn of $2,500
will be'needed to defray other ex
penses of the club for the summer.
The : directors met .following the
open meeting of the- fans and made
plans for conducting a drive, to start
about Ma&bi 15, during which efforts
will be made to raise the amount
needed f of these, expenses.
Another meeting of the directors
has been set "or March 15.
Kay Stanton White
Monogram Queen
The Monogram Club of Perquimans,
High School closed its annual contest
for the selection of a Monogram
Queen here . Tuesday 'evening and a
final tally of votes cast revealed that
Miss Kay- Stanton White won the
honors for 1949.
. As the" winning contestant,. Miss
White received a corsage of red roses
and a string' of pearls from the
Monogram Club and a bracelet given
by Wright's and , another bracelet
given by W. M. Divers & Son.
Crowning of the Queen took place
at chapel services held at the school
Wednesday morning, and the Queen
was escorted to and from her classes
on that day by her escort, Pete Spivey
and Monogram President Bob Layden.
The event came to a close with a
Monogram Queen party held at the
VFW Qub' Wednesday '-night
IS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Despite the economic picture, which
in recent weeks indicates a down
ward -trend in prices, President Tru
man has again called upon Congress
to give him standby authority to
regulate controls oVer prices, wages
and scarce commodities. Reports
from Washington point out that Con
gress appears reluctant, at this time,
to enact any legislation along these
lines. ,
Polio Fund Still
Short Of Quota
yf, Perquimans County is still short of
its quota In the .1949 polio campaign,
it was reported , today by Silas Whed
be, chairman of , the drive. '.Mr.
Whedbee stated that it was his belief
that a" couple of reports- yet to be
made will enable the county to reach
its $2,200 quota. ' -
In Raleigh, the General Assembly
apparently is going to let Governor
Soott propose any new taxation
which might be enacted by the Legis
lature. In his speech to the As
sembly last week Governor Scott ad
vised the lawmakers, in advocating
a bond issue to provide funds for
schools, that new taxes could be lev
ied .on a number of items. This
week, according to an announcement
from the Capital, the Finance groups
of the Assembly will suspend their
joint sessions to give the Governor
time tv submit any bills, pertaining
ttffbaU?? which he desires.
The United' States and Hungary
have been waging a diplomatic battle
during the past week with both na
tions expelling representatives from
their respective Capitals. A report
from Washington stated that a for
mal break with the Hungarian gov
ernment is unlikely. ' .
Reports from London during the
past week announce that the condi
tion of King George remains semi
serious and that there is a possibility
that at least part of the King's
duties may be delegated to Princess
Elizabeth.
State Revenue . Commissioner Ed
win Gill told the Joint Appropriations
committee this week that the State's
general fund will likely receive three
millions dollars more this year than
estimated in November. He also
stated that this year may be the peak
year of the postwar swollen economy.
Large Attendance At
PTA Meeting Thursday
Attendance at the Hertford Parent.
Teachers Association Founders Day
meeting was among the best for the
year, it was reported following the
meeting last Thursday night. Ap
proximately 80 parents and patrons
of the school attended the event
An impressive program, presented
by Mrs. J. H. Towe, and honoring
PTA founders Alice McLelland Bur-ney-and
Phoebe Apperson Hurst
featured the Founder's Day meeting.
The program opened with candles of
a cake being lighted in memory of
the founders, then a quiz program re
lating to Parent Teachers- Associa
tion was conducted by Mrs. Towe.
Children of the school responded with
the answers. s :
. During the business session it was
reported, that a large number of PTA
members plan to-attend a c6ncert at
Edenton Friday afternoon and will
carry many of the children of ,the
school to the concert, which is being
given especially for school children
of this area. ' . .
Central PTA Meets :
Next Monday Night
The Parent Teacher Associatiop of
Central Grammar School . will hold
its regular meeting Monday night at
s A Founders Day program will be
given by the Belvidei Community.
Rev. A; H. Outlaw, f Elizabeth City,
will speak on the subject "Second
Half Century in Child Welfare." 1
School Bus Drivers
Instructed On New
Safety Regulations
School Authorities Con
duct Meeting on Rules
- Last Friday
Drivers of Perquimans County
school buses were handed a stiff set
of rules last Friday afternoon which
are to be strictly adhered to by all
drivers m , the future, it was an
nounced this week by John T. Big
gers, County School Superintendent.
Mr. Biggers reported that a -meeting
of all drivers was held last Fri
day at which time numerous com
plaints, which had been received by
school authorities, were aired before
the drivers and instructions were is
sued that further complaints may
I mean the suspension of the school bus
rj tj . i i..-
unver reuuneu as viumunx tu.eiv
regulations.
In addition to all bus drivers and
Mr. Biggers, the meeting was attend
ed by E. C. Woodard, principal, and
W. E. Allen, school mechanic. The
meeting was in the form of a clinic
during which the bus drivers were
advised as to precautions that must
be observed for the safety of school
children being transported to and
from schools.
Checks made by Mr. Biggers and
other school officials had revealed
that some of the complaints made re
garding bus drivers were all too true
and it was the results of these checks
which brought forth the action taken
at the meeting last week.
In addition to the regular driving
regulations under which school bus
drivers .operate, the following rules
were handed the drivers: Each driv
er must stay at least 100 yards be
hind any school bus. in front; no
school bus is to pass another; buses
are not to be driven in excessof 20
miles per hour within (the Town of
Hertford, over the Perquimans River
bridge or causeway) all buses -to come
to a complete stop at railroad cross
ings and road intersections.
Safety for the children was stress
ed during " the meeting- and all bus
drivers willingly agreed to comply
with the additional rules. The pub
lic is also requested to cooperate by
making complaints to the superinten
dent on oases of safety violations on
the part of school bua-drive r.. f :
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Indians And Squaws
ffin Over Columbia
Perquimans High School closed out
its basketball season in the Albemarle
Conference last Friday night when
the local girls and boys overwhelm
ingly defeated the boys and girls
from Columbia. The Indian Squaws
had an- easy time winning from the
visiting girls by a 31-16 count
Chappell, Perry and Winslow led the
local scoring while Holmes and Butt
played best on the defense for the
Squaws. Perquimans led at half time
18 to 11.
In the boys' game Howard Pitt and
Bob Jordan showered the hoop for
the Indians with a total of 37 points
to lead the Indians in a 04-Z4 win
over the Wildcats.. Jordan was high
point getter for the Indians with 19
while Pitt racked up a total of 18
points.
The Indians jumped into a one
sided 18-5 lead during the first period,
added ten more points in the second
canto to lead 28 to 11 at half time.
Edward Lane, Bob Layden and Bill
Pegram showed a lot of improvement
in floor work and shooting.
.Coach Joe Levinson used his entire
squad of boys in the contest and
each one gave a fine account for him
self. The Indians rolled up 26 more
points during the second half, while
holding the Columbia boys to' a total
of 13 points.
The contest was sweet revenge for
the Indians, who suffered a one-point
defeat at Columbia two weeks ago.
Allan Bovanizer To
Police Force Here
Mayor and Attorney to
Check Costs of Electricity
Hertford's Town Board filled the
vacancy in the local police depart
ment here Monday night, in regular
meeting, when it named Allan Bovan
izer to the position left vacant by
the resignation of Joe Layden. Bo
vanizer was one of six or seven ap
plicants for the position and was ap
pointed to the department after the
board members had conducted a dis
cussion relative to each applicant.
The new member of the police force
isa veteran of World War II and
served with the Navy for more than
three years, during which time he
had considerable duty on the Shore
Patrol.
Mrs. Lawrence Towe, president of
the Perquimans Business and Pro
fessional Woman's Club and Miss
Inez Chappell, both representing the
club, appeared before the board and
requested that the board take action
to install street names and house
numbers on each street within the
town. The Board advised the club
representatives that this project has
been under consideration for some
time but financial conditions, at the
present, will not warrant the pro
gram being carried out immediately.
Mayor V. N. Darden and Town At
torney Charles E. Johnson were auth
orized by the Board to contact mem
bers of the governing boards of the
towns of Edenton and Elizabeth City
in regards to the high costs being
charged for electricity by the Vir
ginia Electric and Power Company.
The object being to induce these
towns to join with Hertford in pro
testing the excessive demand charges
which the Utility Company has been
adding to the Town's electric bill, in
addjtion to the contract charge for
the electric power. Mayor Darden
revealed to the Board members that
for the month of January the VEP
charges for local electric current was
$1,093.97 with a demand charge of
$862.9f and a coal clause demand
charge of $802.53, making the total
cost of the month's electric current
$2,759.46. It was pointed out that
unless some relief is forthcoming
Tronv'lnese excessive charges by the
Utility Company that the Town
Board will be faced with a necessity
to increase rates charged local con
sumers.
EXTENSIVE REA CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT FOR THIS AREA
AAA Office To Mail
Out Peanut Quotas
W. E. White, secretary of the Per
quimans Triple A, announced today
that his office will mail out 1949 pea
nut quotas to local farmers just as
soon as forms have been oked by of
fices at Raleigh.
Mr. White pointed out that the
quotas fixed for this year were baped
on a formula whereby acreage plant
ed during 1946, 1947 and 1948 were
added together and divided by three.
individual allotments will be based
upon these figures, Mr. White said,
and added that farmers who planted
no peanuts during these three years
will be permitted to plant only one
acre of peanuts in 1949. '
Perquimans County's total acreage
for 1949, the secretary stated,
amounts to 585 acres.
FirelWarden Issues
Warning On Permits
J. W. Nowell, Perquimans County
Fire Warden, today issued a re
minder to county residents that the
State burning permit law requires
every individual to obtain a burning
permit from a fire warden or an as
sistant before starting a brush fire
during the fire' season which is now
in progress.;'' '.,''Sc'.-: ;l ; -'
According to Mr. Nowell, a" permit
mast, be obtained before any indivi
dual starts or causes to be started any
fire in any woodland area under the
protection of the State Forest Ser
vice, or within Eoi) feet of any such
protected area. - V . ; ' 1
The fire season started February 1
and will continue until June , 1, Mr.
Nowell said. ', ;
B & L Stockholders
Elect 11 Directors
Stockholders of the Hertford
Building and Loan Association held
their annual meeting, at the Court
House in Hertford last week and re
elected eleven directors to serve the
association during the coming year.
Directors elected were A. W. Hef
ren, U. if. Morns, J. f, ferry, J. W.
Ward, Charles E. Johnson, Max
Campbell, V. N. Darden, Dr. C. A.
Davenport, Claude White, Julian
White and R. M. Riddick.
A financial report for the Asso
ciation based upon business conduct-
ed by the Association during the past
year revealed that loans made by
the Building and Loan had shown an
increase and total assets have also
increased during the past 12 months.
Officers of the Association, elected
by the directors, are A. W. Hefren,
president; C. P. Morris and J. P.
Perry, vice presidents, and Max
Campbell, secretary and treasurer.
Farm Meeting Set
For February 23rd
All Perquimans County farmers
who are interested in growing corn
and soybeans are urged to attend a
Joint meeting of farmers and veter
ans at the Perquimans High School
Wednesday, February 23 at 7:00
P. M. E. R. Collins, Extension Ag
ronomy specialist, will be present and
lead a discussion oh the more recent
developments in corn and soybean
production. He is expected to show
some interesting pictures featuring
work done with these two crops in
North Carolina. This promises to be
an interesting and profitable dis
cussion.
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' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Murray an
nounce ' the birth of a son, cnaries
Frederick Murray. Jr.i born Wednes
day, February 6, at the Chowan Hos:
pital. Mrs. Murray and son have re
turned home, and are getting along
nicely,' t . , ' t
1 BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell S. Benton
announce the birth of a daughter,
Phyllis Diane, on February 8th. , : ? v
Defendant Appeals
Verdict Given In
Court Case Tuesday
Carol Saunders, convicted on a
charge of drunken driving in Per
quimans Recorder's Court here Tues
day noted an appeal to the Superior
Court through his attorney, Phil
Sawyer, at the conclusion of the trial,
which lasted several hours at this
week's session of the county court.
Testimony given by State's witnesses
alleged that Saunders was driving a
car owned by Frank Dawson at a time
the car was in an accident on high
way 17 on February 10. The defend
ant testified that he was not driving
the car at the time of the accident but
that the owner of the car was the
driver. Judge Charles Johnson re
turned a verdict of guilty in the case
and fined Saunders $100 and costs of
court.
Other cases heard at the session
Tuesday included those of Jasper
Hassell, who was taxed with the costs
of court on a speeding charge.
Preston Thach, Negro, was found
guilty of a charge of assault with a
deadly weapon. He was fined $10 and
ordered to pay the court costs.
Rufus Nichols, Negro, was taxed
with the court costs on a charge of
being drunk and disorderly.
George West was ordered to pay
the costs of court on a charge of dis
posing of mortgaged property.
David Inhaber entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of reckless driv
ing and paid a fine of $25 and costs
of court.
Bertha Eiler and Sam Berkowitz
each entered a plea of guilty to
charges of speeding and paid fines of
$25 and costs.
Milo Greene was fined $15 and
costs for speeding.
Orrin Ryon, Louis Masasiki, Benny
Dorfmann, Charles Willis, Irene Con
way, Winton Libby, Charles Brown
and John Kaminski each entered a
plea of guilty to charges of speed
ing and paid fines of $10 and costs.
G. L. Tubman was ordered to pay
the costs of court for speeding.
The bond of Willie Johnson was
ordered forfeited when Johnson failed
to appear in court to answer charges
of driving while licenses were im
properly displayed.
Fence Erected Across
Court House Grounds
Parking on the Court House Green
came to a halt last week following
action taken by the County Commis
sioners, who authorized a no parking
sign to be erected and also that a
fence be erected across1 the Green,
facing Front street.
The sign, installed early last week,
was practically sufficient to stop the
parking practice. However, the fence
was erected this week and it is now
a certainty that the parking will stop
completely.
Further beautification of the
Green is expected when work is start
ed on the removal of a number of
dead or diseased trees now standing
around the Court House.
226 Miles of Lines to Be
Built; Local Payroll
To Expand
An announcement made here this
week that the Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation will short
ly begin construction work on 226
miles of additional rural electrifica
tion lines in this immediate area is
expected to increase local employ
ment, raise payrolls here and add
much to the demand for more hous
ing in Hertford.
C. E. Welch, superintendent of the
construction company, which has the
contract for building the new lines
arrived in Hertford this week to set
up headquarters for the company and
begin hiring of some 40 to 50 men to
be used on the project. Incident! y,
he is also seeking a number of houses
and apartments which will be needed
to house members of his crew and
their families.
Men desiring to seek employment
with the firm will find the company's
headquarters located in the Barbee
warehouse, directly across from the
Norfolk-Southern railroad, on Dobb
Street.
Work on the project, according to'
Mr. Welch, is expected to get under
way about March 1, and he estimated
that the project will take three
months to complete. Additional lines
expected to be added to the set-up
may cause an extension in the time
it will take to complete the construction.
The lines to be built under the con
tract, Mr. Welch stated, will lie in
Perquimans, Chowan, Pasquotank and
Camden counties. However, .the
headquarters for the entire project
will be maintained here in Hertford.
The company estimates that it will
have a weekly payroll of around five
thousand dollars when the construc
tion get3 fully underway.
Annual Red Cross
Roll Call Starts
Here March First
An announcement was made here
this week by Herbert N. Nixon,
chairman of the- Perqai.nans chapter
of the American Red Cross that the
annual Roll Call campaign will start
in this county March 1. Mr. Nixon
stated that Charles R. Vann has been
named to act as Roll Call Chairman.
The quota for this drive, Mr. Nix
on reported, is approximately eleven
hundred dollars. A slight increase
over the goal given the county last
year.
Mr. Vann is now mapping plans for
the annual drive, lining up neighbor
hood solicitors who will conduct a
house to house canvass for Red
Cross memberships. He expects to
have all plans for the campaign com
pleted, ready for the drive to start,
by late next week.
In announcing the dates for the
annual campaign,' Mr. Nixon stated
that the local Red Cross chapter has
completed its budget for the coming
year and that the slight increase in
the Roll Call quota is due to the need
by National Headquarters for ad
ditional funds over last year.
He pointed out that the plans for
1949, for the local chapter, includes
the employment of a swimming in
structor, who will be stationed at
Harvey Point during the summer
months as a life guard and instructor
of swimming classes to be sponsored
by the county chapter.
S. S. Officers And
Teachers Hold Dinner
Citizenship Meeting
At New Hope Feb. 25
Wade Marr, of Elizabeth City, will
be the guest speaker at a county-
wide citizenship meeting, sponsored
by the Home Demonstration Clubs
of Perquimans County, to be held at
the New Hope Community House,
Friday night, February 25th com
mencing at 7:30. This will be the
first of a series of meetings to be
held in the county, in the interest of
better citizenship. Mr. Marr will
speak on citizenship as it concerns
residents in the county, ( - The public
Is Invited to attend.
Officers and teachers of the Sunday
School of the Hertford Methodist
Church held a dinner meeting, last
Wednesday evening, in the Sunday
School Auditorium at the church. Ed
gar Fields is Superintendent of the
Sunday School.
Forty five members and guests
were present, including Mr. and Mrs.
Wade Marr of Elizabeth City. Mr.
Marr was the guest speaker for the
event. '
J. R. Jarvis, Assistant Sunday
School Superintendent, acted as
toastmaster. '
During the program each member
introduced himself and gave a brief
summary of his duties' an officer
or teacher of the department.
MISSION STUDY MEETING
A county wide mission study clasa
will be held at the Baptist Church
Thursday, February 24, beginning at
10:30 A. M. The Rev. Charles Dul
ing will teach the ' mission book.
Lunch will be served by the county
ladies. ,
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