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Volume XVI. Number 8. -
Hertford; Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, February 25, 1949.
Gjfcinsd Saturday By Sliiriff Ovcns
'a
Planner of Crime Re-
. lates Full Details Con
; cerning "Job"
Full details of the safe-cracking
robbery tof Fred's , Grocery in Winfall,
which occurred last September 23,
t "were fcbtained last Saturday by
, Sheriff M. 6.; Owens from a 21-year-old
youth who "cased" the job and
helped plan the robbery along with
"three other youths, all residents of
:: Norfolk, Virginia.
A solution of the robbery came
About February 4, when it was an
nounced that two bandits picked up at
Waynesville,- N. C, had confessed to
'the crime. However, events proved
that only one of -these two men were
involved in the local robbery.
On information 'received, Sheriff
Owens went to Norfolk last Saturday
and interviewed -21-year-old Elmer
- Saunders, who made a fulLconfession
",. of the robbery and told .the Sheriff
of the planning which took place prior
, ,T : -: to the night of the crime. Saunders
had been in the Norfolk jail since
last October 1, charged with assault
and intent to commit armed robbery.
Saunders told Sheriff Owens that
- on two occasions he had visited Win'
, fall in company with- a youth named
Frank White and that on the . first
-visit he had gone tof Fred's Grocery
- to make some purchases and noticed'
r that the safe was located at the rear
of' the store. He continued that on
his second visit to Winfall he gained
r the impression that there might be
considerable money in the safe. Lat
er, on his return to Norfolk, he was
, in the company of three' other youths,
Kenneth Sheets,' Harry Willis and
Clifton Goodwin, when the' subject of
i this safe was brought up and that one
of the youths asked him (Saunders)
if, the safe could be taken. Saunders
X replied he saw no reason why it
couldn't be robbed. These four, ac-.
P J i cording to Saunders' Statement, left
, i, Norfolk and came to Winfall in a
'., - maroon 1947 Ford coach, The quar--,
J p. tet parked the car on the lot former
r f ")y occupied by the Norfolk Southern
station and then walked back to the
grocery. Saunders- said that they no
iiicsd. a mkwl)cfcg down the. road
afld thotfghi"migt),h
'Watchmanand'temperarHjr thought of
' , calling the job off for that time
'Sk-'. ' Howevr( according to the statement,
at that tune a freight trauf was ap-
."f . proaching and the youths decided to
" go 'Ahead .with the crime. Saunders
v said that he and Willis entered the
, ' building while Sheetz and . Goodwin
r remained outside As lookouts, Both
'. the latter two were armed with Ger
man ijugers. -
The youth stated that it took only
r two to- three minutes for them to
crack the safe, steal the money and
leave the store. He stated that Wil
lis took the money from' the safe
- while he (Saunders) was rifling the
' cash register. ' .
When questioned about the amount
of cash taken,1 Saunders told Sheriff
Owens that Willis divided only $2,200
with him and the other, two men.
p Apparently this bears out the old saga
' ' that there is no honor among thieves
inasmuch as an estimate made of the
' robbery placed the minimum aritbunt
stolen at about ?7,500. Saunders told
'' ' the Sheriff that Willis took a metal
box from , the safe and while they
" were enroute back to Norfolk they
v examined this U box, found no valu
ables and tossed it into the canal.; ;
The youth stated that Willis at-
1 ' tempted to break into the safe with
a punch but this proved- too short and
, ' finally Willis hit the face of the safe
' with a Bledge hammer and; broke it
open. . - ' ' -
When questioned concerning the
: - possibilities of . any local persons
aiding or abetting in the commission
v of the crime, Saunders told Sheriff
" Owens, that absolutely, not only th a
four persons named had any connec
, tion- with the1 robbery, ,v
Sheriff Owens stated, following his
, return from Norfolk, that' Willis, one
of the youths involved in the robbery.
i- - had jumped bail in Norfolk and was
I 1 " now being sought by the police. He
- . added that he will, request that aft of
P , 'the bandits . be released to him for
r -trial here, after they1' 'are-released
-1 from prison in Virginia. - . ' '
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Vacancy Announced At
j Winfall Post Office ...
", " The United ' States Civil Service
Commission, through W, G. Hollowell.
postmaster at, Winfall, this week an
nounced an open competitive examln-
ation for the position of substitute
" , clerk-carrier for filling vacancies at
the Post Office At WinfalL
' - Competitors, according to the an-
nouncement, will be required to re
port for a ; written, examination, at
' 8:80 A. K. on March 10, 1949, at
. ' ' Elisabeth City, N. C. Further details
concerning inforn"-" n & rrr'ca
, tiors iry be ol ' ' ' i T . i.'ol
. Icnuv-U tX the Fott C i i ' :i.
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Many aasl varied ara tke twm
tteof f fke eentarv-eU U. S.
Naval Observatory fa WatUag
tm, D. C hat vrtatraal amang
them U Cut of tlwekupec for
tke aatiom an4 ltc shraa at ma.
Ike WAVE im tke phete wtUn't
e more thaa a few theasaadtlu
f seeond off after setting her
wateh with tke observatory's
snper-aeenrate transmitting
ClOCk. 0 (OBieUl Jfrr Pkoiwph)
Eiknton Officials
Seek Many Housing ,
Units In This Area
Units Needed For Use
Of Marine Personnel
Of Air Station
Varied Court Docket
Heard By Recorder
In Session Tuesday
Board Chairmen
Meeting
Monday
E. M. Perry, , chairman of the
Board of County Commissioners, W.
E. Dail, chairman of the Board of
Education, and John T. Biggers, sup
erintendent of schools, were among
the more than 200 Commissioners and
educational leaders 'attending a meet
ing in Raleigh 0 Monday of this
week at which time full and complete
details of the- Education Foundation
program! were outlined and approved
by the jkirt; leaders and other, coun-
.... ...
According1 tp a report suDmittea at
this meetjng, Perquimans County will
benefit greatly if the "program is
adopted into law. The total number
of county teachers will be increased
under the program from 68 to 74 and
the total .county costs of school op
eration and maintenance will drop to
approximately 51 per cent of the cur
rent year's outlay.
The Foundation program recom
mended by the Education Commission
in its majority report calls for an
outlay of some 111 million dollars to
be financed approximately 85 per cent
by the State and 15 per cent by in
dividual counties. This . program
came into being as a result tof the
State-wide educational survey con
ducted during last year by the Edu
cation Commission. . V J,
Recommendations for the adoption
of the program were made at the
meeting last Monday, and it is be
lieved that a bill calling for the pro
gram will be introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly shortly.
"We are even looking for places
big enough to pitch a pup tent" was
the remark of the .big Marine Serge
ant visiting Hertford last Friday with
Peter Carlton, secretary of the Eden-
ton Chamber of Commerce, seeking
housing facilities for some 1,100 Ma
rine families.
Mr. Carlton and -two Marines, as
signed as a team to locate facilities
for service personnel expected to be
located at the Edenton Air Base be
ginning March 1, visited Hertford,
Plymouth and Windsor in their ef
forts to find a sufficient number of
houses, apartments and rooms to
house the large number of men who
will be stationed at Edenton and who
desire to rent space for themselves
and families.
The situation is critical inasmuch
as it appears that there are far too
few houses and apartments to. supply
the number seeking them, and it is
very likely that most of the men will
by necessity, be seeking rooms in
whicn to live. "
Commenting on the number of units
desired by the service men, the Ser
geant stated that about 1,800 men
will be stationed at the base and a
conservative estimate of the number
that will desire to rent housing fa
cilities will be 1,100. ,
Residents of Hertford and the
nearby area who have extra .rooms
or apartments" which can be arranged
for rental 'and desiring to rent this
space -are urged to let their names
and addresses be known to the tden
ton authorities. This can be accom
plished by phoning the information to
the Perquimans Weekly and calling
or writing directly to Mr. Carlton,
Care of the Chamber of Commerce in
Edenton.
Church Conference
Names New Trustee
L. C. Winslow, Hertford business
man, was elected to position 'as a trus
tee of the Hertford Methodist Church
at a church conference held recently,
it was announced last Friday by the
Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of the
church.
Mr. Winslow was elected to the
board of trustees to fill the vacancy
,lef t by the late J. C. Blancnard.
In addition to electing a new trus
tee, the church conference voted that
the board of trustees of the church
were authorized to invest a Bum of
$1,001.96, left the church' by the late
T. E. Morgan, and that the proceeds
from the fund are to be directed by
the church conference.
World Day Of Prayer
Scheduled March 4th ;
World Day of Prayer will be ob
served in Hertford at the Baptist
Church with a union service begin
ning at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon,
March 4, it was. announced here to
day. The theme of the service will
be "The Lord Is My Keeper." V
; Members of the Baptist, Methodist
and Holy Trinity churchea are uniting
in this service that will be observed
throughout the world. A cordial in
vitation is extended to members of
other churches not. holding this ser
vice at -their respective churches. .
Veterans Must File
2l
RenortWith
VAByMarchFirst
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Decline Noted In Num
ber of Traffic Viola
tions Listed
A varied court docket of sixteen
cases was disposed of at the Tues
day's session of Perquimans Record
er's Court here this week. The docket
listed only eleven violations of traf
fic laws, which is a decline in th
number of these cases handled in re
cent weeks.
Prayer for judgment was continued
in the case charging John Phillips,
Negro, with assault with a deadly
weapon. Phillips entered a plea of
guilty to this charare and Judtre
Charles E. Johnson ordered the de
fendant to pay the costs of court and
all doctor and hosDital bills received
by Willie Webb, Negro, who suffered
serious knife wounds inflicted by Phillips.
A fine of $25 and costs of court
were assessed against Delmar Hunt
on a charge of reckless driving.
Milton Branat and Horace Bodell
entered pleas of guilty to charges of
speeding and each paid a fine of $15
and costs.
Six defendants, Roy Cooley, Sam
uel Cohen, Thomas Martin, Frank
Perkins, John Baufox and Joseph
Bailey, entered pleas of guilty to
charges of speeding and paid fines
of $10 and costs of court.
Judge Johnson returned a verdict
of not guilty in the case charging
Henry Skinner, Negro, with assault.
S. Gold was ordered to pay the
costs of court after entering a plea
of guilty to passing on a curve.
Thomas Brewitt was fined $10 and
ordered to pay the costs of court on a
charge of passing a school bus while
the bus was unloading passengers-
James Byrum was taxed with the
court costs on a charge of being
drunk and disorderly on the high
ways. Hershey Phillips, Negro, who en
tered a plea of guilty to a charge of
fraud, was ordered to pay the costs
of court and a cab bill.
James Skinner, Negro, found guil
ly on a cnarge or assault witn a
deadly weapon, was sentenced to the
roads for 60 days, sentence suspend
ed upon payment of a fine of $20 and
court costs and doctor's bill of Benja
min Riddick.
Veterans taking institutional on-
farm training under the GI Bill must
submit reports of their 1948 earnings
to their Veterans Administration
Regional Office by March 1, 1949, in
order to continue receiving subsist
ence allowances, VA said today,
Failure . to submit the reports be
fore .the deadline may result in sus
pension of subsistence payments un
til such time as the reports reach
VA.
The 'reports covering income from
productive labor only, for the calen
dar year 1948 will be used by VA
as the basis' for adjusting each vet
eran's subsistence for the current
year (1949).
Under the law, subsistence allow
ance will be reduced if a veteran's
monthly income from productive la
bor plus his subsistence exceeds $210
a month if he has no dependents, $270
if he has one dependent, or $290 if he
has more than one dependent.
The annual earnings report is based
upon farm accounting records kept
by the veteran farm-trainee as part
of his course of instruction .
,r Veterans-trainees received neces
sary VA forms (Form No. 7-1922)
early this year.
o As a part of their course of train
ing, ' they, - receive assistance from
their instructors in closing their books
for the past year, and in transferring
data to the VA form.
' EASTERN STAR TO MEET ,
.The Hertford Chapter of the Order
of Eastern Star will meet Monday
evening At. 8 o'clock,. All members
are urged to be present.
Miss Clemma Layden
Bride Of Roy Bunch
Miss ' Clemma Estelle Layden,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie E.
Layden "of Hobbsville and Roy Clar
ence Bunch, eon of Mr. and Mrs. War
ner 0. Bunch of Hobbsville were unit
ed in marriage Saturday afternoon,
February 5, at 4 o clock at the nome
of the Rev. R. E. Brittle near Suffolk,
Va. , The Rev. Mr. Brittle performed
tha rinir ceremony. . v .
The bride was attired "in a suit of
light blue wool with winter white , and
black accessories. Her corsage was
red rose buds. ? a x ; v.
' After taking a short wedding trip
Mr. and Mrs. (Bunch are at home near
Hobbsville. i i j ' i
( " BIRTH" ANNOUNCEMENT '
iff, and' -Mrs. Ray. White! An
nounce the birth of daughter born
Wednesday, February lo, t the Medi
cal Center, Eliiabeta Uty.
$1.50 Per Year.
Red Cross Chairman Announces Plans
For Annual Campaign Starting March 1
For Mercy's Sake
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On call at all times, thousands
of Red Cross volunteers are
ready to respond for emergency
service as varied as human need
itself.
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HEADLINES
Governor Kerr Scott told newsmen
at a press conference Tuesday that
he would be willing to present defin
ite tax bills to the General Assembly
is that is what it takes to get the
legislators to pass the State Educa
tional program. The Governor stated
he had no desire to avoid taking the
"cussing" for offering tax bills but
he did not want the Assembly to make
him the "goat" in the event he did
present tax bills.
Fritz Kuhn, former leader of the
German Bund here in America, was
freed this week by a German court of
charges of being a top ranking Nazi.
Kuhn had served 2 years of a 10
year sentence when the court of ap
peals reviewed the case and freed the
Bund leader. Kuhn's American citi
zenship was revoked during the war.
He stated that he will attempt to re
gain American citizenship.
Indians And Squaws
Participating In
Tourney This Veek
Coach Joe Levinson's boys and
girls basket ball teams of Perquim
ans High School are participating in
an invitational tournament being held
this week end at Central gym in
Pasquotank County. Teams entered
in the meet besides Perquimans are
Central, South Mills, Manteo, Griggs,
Columbia, Creswell, Plymouth and
Weeksville.
The Indians played one game in
the ACC tournament at Wilson early
this week but were eliminated from
the meet when defeated by Beaufort
in a game Monday afternoon. Ths
final score of the contest was 37 to
23. Piner was high point man for
Beaufort, counting for 13 of his
team's points. Scoring by the In
dians was as follows: Pitt 8, Lay
den 5, Jordan 4, Lane 3, Pegram 2
and Britton one.
Much interest in the tourney at
Central is being manifested among
local f ans and pre tourney dope
places the Perquimans boys' team as
one of the favorites to win the top
honors. The local girls' team also
figures high among the competitors
of .: the invitational meet and are
capable of carrying off the honors in
the girls division.
Polio Chapter Meets
Monday ForEIe ction
An important meeting, - for the
purpose of , electing officers, of the
Perquimans County Infantile Paraly
sis chapter will be held at the Loun-
house in Hertford next Monday
morning at ' 11 o'clock, it was an
nounced today 1y Silas M. Whedbee,
chairman of the -Chapter.
. Mr. Whedbee stated that each in
dividual who made a contribution to
the Polio fund this year is eligible,
and is urged, to attend the meeting.
, ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Until tP1 xir! rn Mm.' Carl Lewis.
A aonr en February 17, at the Albe
marle Hospital, Elisabeth City. airs.
Lewis, is the - former Miss R&ehel
Uackey of Hobbsville.
Supporters of the State's ABC sys
tem met in Raleigh this week with a
legislative committee to air reasons
why a State-wide referendum on li
quor should not be held. The advo
cates of the ABC system told the
committee that local option, while not
the ideal solution for the liquor prob
lem, was a better method of handling
the problem than any other system
ever tried. A report from Raleigh
stated that the Senate committee will
act this week on the bill calling for a
referendum. However, indications are
that no referendum will be called.
President Truman this week un
folded his program for a wide in
crease in the Social Security system
for the nation. The plan would be an
additional 20 million Americans into
the old-age insurance Bystem. The
plan would hike old age insurance
rates from one per cent to one and
one-half per cent on the employees'
first $3,000 in wages. The program
would also cover a large field of em
ployees not now included in the pro
gram. While this program was one
of President Truman's campaign is
sues, there appears to be some reac
tion to the plan among Congressmen
and Senators.
Perquimans Charge
Layman Day Sunday
Layman's Day will be observed in
the four Methodist churches of the
Perquimans charge on Sunday, Feb
ruary 27, it was announced today.
All services will be conducted by lay
men, with services scheduled as fol
lows:
Oak Grove Church, 11 a. M., with
J. F. Pughras speaker; New Hope
Church, 11 A. M. with J. L. Delaney
as speaker; Cedar Grove Church at 3
P. M. with W. T. Lewis as speaker;
Epworth Church at 7:30 P. M. with
H. L. Swain as speaker.
An offering will be taken at all
services for the retirement home of
ministers. : Members are urged to at
tend, and the public . is cordially in
vited.
County Quota Set at
$1,100; Solicitors Are
Ready For Drive
Perquimans Countv's annual vA
Cross Roll Call campaign will open
here next week, it was announced to
day by C. R. Vann, campaign chair
man, wno stated today that all plans
for the drive have been completed and
it is the hope of the local Red Cross
Chapter that this drive can be
brought to a successful close within
a short time.
He pointed out that evprvhnrk- i
familiar with the Red Cross and its
great work and that inasmnrh as
these roll calls simply are drives
wnich give individuals an opportunity
to join the Red Cross membership, he
hopes that each resident of th
ty will join to help place Perquim
ans among the first counties to reacn
tne i4 goal.
"Our coal this vear." Mr Vnnn
said, "is approximately $1,100. This
sum is slightly more than the quota
assigned to us last year, but the bud
get for our local chapter is some
what higher and this makes it ne
cessary to increase our roll call
ngures.
The chairman announced that the
county will be divided into a number
of sub-divisions and that vice chair
men for each of the sub-divisions
have been annointed tn oarrv nut t.K
task of raising the goal. Mrs. Julian
a. white is chairman of the residen
tial division for the Town of Hert
ford, A. T. Lane is chairman of ru
ral communities; R. C. Murray.
James Newby, Wilson Dillon and Ed
gar White have been named to a
committee heading up the drive for
the business section of Hertford. W.
E. Stroud, assisted bv R. L. Kinsrs-
bury and H. E. Brown will serve as
a committee to direct the efforts
among the colored residents of the
county.
The campaign will start March 1
and will continue throughout the
month until the county quota has
been raised. The public is urged to
respond readily to. the membership
drive and it will be very helpful to
solicitors if residents will contribute
when first contacted. This will en
able solicitors to complete their can
vass without wastinir time makinc
return trips-" to individuals not con
tributing on first contact.
County Bookmobile
Proving Popular
Perquimans County's Bookmobile
is proving to be a very popular asset,
according to reports made at a meet-!
ing of the County Library Board, held:
last Tuesday morning. These reports
showed that the bookmobile has been
responsible for a wider circulation of.
books among residents of the coun
ty. More and more books are being
borrowed from the library source each
trip the bookmobile makes in tour
ing the various communities of the
county.
In connection with the reports,
Miss Mae Wood Winslow, chairman
of the Board, announced that if there1
are individuals residing in the county
not being reached by the bookmobile
and who desire this service, it can be
obtained if the individual will drop a
postal card to Mrs. Addie Jones, li
brarian. It was pointed out that the ,
bookmobile belongs to the county and
that the Board desires every resident
to avail himself of the service.
Members of the Board also went on
record commending E. Leigh Wins
low, County Representative, for as
sistance rendered in connection with
the appropriation bill now before the
General Assembly: According to a
report, Mr. Winslow was instrumental
in restoring certain library funds to
smaller counties which will enable
the local library to continue operat
ing on the same level as previous
years.
Following is a partial list of new
books at the library: Baseball
Stories; Three, Two Pitch; She Came
Back, Big Fisherman and I Captured
a Castle.
Laymen's Day At
Methodist Church
Laymen's Day will be observed at
the Hertford Methodist Churcn. Sun
day, February 27, it was announced
today by the Rev. D. L. r'outs, pas
tor of the church, who stated that W.
F. Veasey. superintendent of Beaufort
County schools, will be the lay
speaker at the 11 A. M. service. '
Jhe entire service, Mr. Fouts eaid,
will be under the direction of laymen,
and in addition to Mr. Veasey, Henry
C, Sullivan, J. R. Jarvia and R. T.
Brinn will nave part in the program.
Week Of Prayer
To Be Observed
A week of prayer will be observed
at the Hertford Baptist Church Mon
day. Tuesday and Wednesdav even
ings, February 28, March 1
March 2, at 7:30 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited.
and
v BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr! and Mrs. Jimmy Johnson of
Greenville announce the birth of a
daughter, born Wednesday, February -23,
at Greenville. Mrs. Johnson was
Miss Alice Roberson before her mar- ,-riage.
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