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-Volume XVL Number 11.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 18, 1949.
$1.50 Per Year.
Three PerquiniEns Coiins WM As
Directors Of Aibomrrla REA Ccojioralive
Congressman Bonner Is
Guest Speaker at An
nual Meeting
Three Perquimans ' County resi
dents, Archie T. , Lane, , Charles E.
White and Floyd Mathews were elect
ed to serve as directors of the nine
man board for the Albemarle Elec
tric Membership Corporation at the
Jinnual meeting of ' the corporation
held last Saturday afternoon at the
Perquimans High School.
Other members pf the board of di
rectors for the co-op elected at the
meeting are: J. Wilson Jones and J.
A. Whitehurst of Camden County; J.
.A. Wiggins and John N, Bunch of
Chowan and W. R. Lowery and E. L.
Brothers of Pasquotank County.
Following the election of the direc
tors the officers for the coming year
-were named as follows: J. Wilson
Jones, chairman; J. A. Wiggins, vice
chairman; Archie T. Lane, secretary,
nd Charles E. White, treasurer.
A large number of members of the
corporation from all four counties
-were in attendance at the meeting
and Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
-was speaker for the occasion.
Mr. Lane as secretary gave a re
port on the financial condition of the
o-op and a report was also made by
G. L. Whitley, manager of the AEMC.
Mr. Jones, chairman during the
past year, gave a brief review of the
Activities of the corporation and high
ly praised Mr. Lane for expending
time and money to bring about the
success of the local REA co-op. That
the local, membership is highly suc
cessful was shown" by the report that
the average electric consumption
during the past year amounted to 94
kilowatts Der consumer, when esti
mates made last year placed this fig
ure at only 60 kilowatts per con
sumer.
In his speech to the membership
group Mr. Bonner stated, "Electricity
is one of the srreatest factors in un
proving the living standards and the
economic securitv of -rural people. To
be fully effective in this improve
ment, electric service must be avail
able to everyone.
He pointed out the development of
the nation through threei great peri-
from 1918 up . ta. the present day,
showinsr how electricity had played a
big part in this development. He told
how in 1933, when many people, espe
cially those in rural areas, were un
able to obtain electric service, that
Congress enacted laws, bringing
about the rural electric program.
He added. "Farm electrification had
advanced very slowly in the United
States during the 63-year period from
1882 to 1936, when REA was created.
A few farmers were connected to cen
tral station power but only 10 per
cent of the farms had electricity in
1936. REA estimated as of July 1,
1948, that 4,019,476 farms, or 86.6
per cent of the nation's total were
electrified. About 30 per cent of the
farms still were unelectrifled."
He stated that membership in rural
electric co-ops is not confined to
farmers. It is open to all people in
a rural area who can be reached and
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BILL RATIFIED
Perquimans County's January term
of Superior Court is now a thing of
the past. .
A measure introduced in the Leg
islature by Representative E. Leigh
Winslow calling for the abandonment
of this term of court has been passed
and the bill ratified by the General
Assembly, according to an announce
ment made 'this week by the Insti
tute of Government. Doing away
with the January term of court, which
in the past has been conducted solely
for hearing of civil suits by the
court, will mean the saving of several
hundred dollars each year on the part
of the. county. In recent years civil
actions in the local court have drop
ped off to a point where these mat
ters can be handled at the spring and
fall term of the Superior Court.
Annua! BTU Regional
Convention Will
Be By Fire Friday At
Held In Murfreesboro Hertford Livestock
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Rent control, long a vexing problem
to national lawmakers, appeared on
the way out this week after Congress
voted a 15-months extension measure
for control, but added a home rule
feature to the measure which will
permit state, city and county govern
ments to scrap the law at will. While
this action was proceeding in the
House the filibuster, which has been
going on in the Senate for more than
two weeks, showed signs of breaking
up. Southern Democrats and Re
publicans teamed up Tuesday in an
effort to stop the filibuster but ad
ministration leaders stated 'they will
fight a compromise tendered to bring
about an end of the filibuster which
started as an effort to prevent voting
on civil rights issues.
Sessions Scheduled FOr
Friday and Saturday,
April 8 and 9
The dates set by the State Training
Union Department for the annual
Regional Training Union Convention
(Chowan and West Chowan Associa
tions) have been announced through
Regional Director John Elliott of
Edenton, as Friday - and Saturday,
April 8 and 9. The convention will
meet with the First Baptist Church
in Murfreesboro and will open Friday
afternoon at 2:50 o'clock.
There will be three sessions this
year, Friday afternoon session at
2:60, Friday night session at 7:25, and
Saturday morning session at 8:55.
The program committee announces
that a very interesting and helpful
program has been arranged. The
committee also announces that State
Training Union Secretary Harvey T.
Gibson will be present for the entire
convention and will speak Saturday
morning on the subject "Found Faith
ful to the Training Task." Secretary
Gibson will also conduct a Methods
Conference for adults Friday after
noon and present the two State as
semblies Friday night.
The Eastern Region is coir osed of
some 120 churches of the Chowan and
West Chowan Associations It em
braces the territory from the Virginia
State line through Hyde County and
from the Roanoke River to the At
lantic Ocean. Each church is re
quested to appoint official delegates
and all Training Union members and
all others interested in BTU work are
cordially invited to attend.
Governor Kerr Scott, apparently, is
not rushing into any decision on the
appointment of a U. 'S. Senator to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator Broughton. Forty-eight resi
dents of the State have been recom-
wieovfbiri,'4f Governor
Scott has made no move to indicate
the possible appointee.
In Raleigh this week members of
the - Senate Education Committee
studying the measure calling for the
Education Commission's Foundation
program for sqhools dealt the pro
posal a hard blow when it gave the
bill an' unfavorable report, However,
the plan reached the Senate floor on a
minority' report but it appears strong
opposition against the bill is expected
to develop.
Appointed
.
A. T.Lane
To County Board
The vacancy . on the Perquimans
Board ;of , County Commissioners was
filled here 'Monday when W. H. Pitt,
Clerk of the Superior Court, appoint
ed Archie T. Lane to fill the unexpir
ed term .of -the late R. T. Brinh.
Mr. Lane, a former member' of the
Board, assumed his duties Monday,
when he joined other; Board members
sitting as a Board of Equalization and
Review. '-
No newcomer to the post as a Com
missioner, Mr. Lane served the coun
ty in this capacity for several terms
prior to his 1 voluntary retirement
.from the Board six years ago.
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Conference Saturday
At Piney Woods Church
The missionary council of N. C.
Yearly Meeting of Friends will spon
sor a district missionary conference
of Eastern and Contentnia (Golds-
boro) , quarters combined, at Piney
Woods Church on Saturday morning,
March 19, beginning at 10:30 o'clock.
-Mildred White, for a number of
years a missionary In Palestine, and
now Educational . Secretary of f the
American Friends Board of .Missions.
located at Richmond, Indiana, wl be
the principal speaker on the morning
program. '
The public ia invited to attend.
John L. Lewis' order closing-down
coal mines for a period of two weeks
is forcing curtailment of employment
in a number of industries throughout
the country. More than 471,000 min
ers are idle, as a result of the order,
and railroads have laid off many em
ployees for the duration of the mine
vacation. Lewis called the work halt
in protest of an appointment of
James Boyd to the office of director of
Bureau of Mines.
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Damage Estimated at
$700; Firemen Check
, Blaze Quickly
Close observation on the part of J.
W. Hampton and quick work on the
part of the Hertford Fire Department
prevented a serious fire loss here last
Friday night when a blaze was dis
covered in the office of the Hertford
Livestock & Supply Company.
Mr. Hampton, who operates a ser
vice station adjacent to the Supply
Company buildings on the Edenton
highway, observed the fire at about
9 o'clock last Friday night. He at
tempted to fight the blaze with an ex
tinguisher while the fire department
was being notified, and held the fire
from gaining additional headway. The
firemen arrived at the scene within a
few minutes and brought the flames
under control. The huge warehouse
which adjoins the office was filled
with smoke but the fire was confined
to the office portion of the building.
An overheated stove was given as
the cause of the fire. Walls of the
office and the floor caught fire and
were damaged considerably.
Damages sustained by the fire were
estimated at about $700 and are cov
ered by insurance.
Mary Lou Butt Wins
Speaking Contest
Miss Mary Lou Butt was declared
the winner of the county elimination
speaking contest held at the Per
quimans High School last FrMay un
der the sponsorship of the Albemarle
Soil Conservation Commission, and
thus won the right to represent Per
quimans County in the district con
test to- oe staged at .Plymouth on
March 18, it was announced this
week by E. C. Woodard, principal, of
the school. 1
As first place winner Miss Butt
was awarded a $25 prize. Other
winners of the local contest were
Edward Lane,' second; Horace Lay
den, third; and Pat Phillips, fourth.
Second, third and fourth ,; prizes
were $20, $15 and $10 which were
awarded tlje respective winners. Other
students participating in the contest
were Ann Madre, Laura Hopkins, Vir
ginia 'Gay, Ella Cartwright and Be
nita Hutchinson. "''- ,::-:v'.
The judges of the contest Were S.
L. Lowery, Pasquotank County Agent,
R. S. Marsh, Assistant Chowan Coun
ty Agent and the Rev. C. W. Duling,
pastor of ! the Hertford Baptist
Church,';' . ..'.
Ho .Commitment
By County Officials
On District Home
Perquimans County has made no
commitments regarding the establish
ment of a district boarding home for
the aged and indigent to be used by a
number of the counties of the Albe
marle, it was reported Tuesday by E.
M. Perry, chairman of the Board of
County Commissioners.
Aa number of reports circulated
around the county earlier this week
to the effect that Perquimans County
planned to join with other counties of
this area in construction of such an
institution in Pasquotank County.
When questioned regarding the plan
Mr. Perry stated that the Commis
sioners of Pasquotank County had in
vited commissioners from several
other counties of the Albemarle to a
meeting for the purpose of discuss
ing the proposal. Members of the
local Board have attended at least one
such meeting and another is schedul
ed for an early date. However, ac
cording to Mr. Perry, the proposal is
only in the "talking" stage and there
has been no commitments made, con
cerning the construction of the es
tablishment. The plan has gained -much favor in
Pasquotank County but from repotrs
gathered this week it appears that
representatives of other counties have
adopted a "wait and see" attitude to
ward the proposition.
It is known that State welfare of
ficials are hopeful that the Legisla
ture and possibly Congress will pass
measures broadening the scope of
Federal and State aid to counties on
this matter, and there is little likeli
hood that any action will be taken un
til definite information, concerning
legislative action on the matter is
available.
Perquimans County's Red Cross Drive
ears Quota With 5880 Reported Tuesday
Equalization Board
Completes Work Mon.
Members of the Board of County
Commissioners, sitting as a board of
Equalization and Review for the
purpose of adjusting property val
uations listed on the county tax
scrolls, completed their work here
late Monday afternoon, after a rather
busy session during which a number
of adjustments were made.
Slight gains were noted in the val
uation amounts listed for taxation,
this being brought about by the con
struction of several new buildings
and homes throughout the county
during the past year.
While few complaints were made
to the board in regards to the pres
ent valuation shown on the books the
equalization board was handed the
task of reviewing valuation p'ced
on the books relative to trie new
buildings.
Reports Still Outstand
ing Expected to Push
Mark Over Goal
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT '
Mr, and- Mrs. , Estes Copeland of
Sunbury. 'announce the birth of a
daughter, ;Peggyv Lou, ,.on ; Saturday,
March 5, at Lakeview Hospital. Suf
folk, Va. Mrs. Copeland ia the for
mer Miss Deborah White.
New Plymouth On
Display Saturday
': Thenew line of Plymouth automo
biles, with outstanding mechanical
improvements and new styling, make
their appearance here for the first
time at a formal showjng Saturday,
March Id, at the Towe-Webb Motor
Company show rooms, officials of the
company announced today,
i Completely redesigned and stream
lined, the new Plymouth reflects a
complete change from last year's
models.
A cordial invitation is issued by the
local motor company to residents of
.this area to visit their show rooms to
morrow and view the new car. r
Recorder's Court
Has Long Session
With Varied Docket
A varied docket, consisting of 13
cases, consumed considerable time in
hearings conducted in Perquimans
Recorder's Court this week before
Judge Charles E. Johnson, and forced
the Court into an afternoon session
before the calendar was cleared.
Fines of $25 and costs of court
were taxed against Larry Snofsky
and Raymond Roberts, both of whom
entered pleas of guilty to charges of
speeding , 75 miles per hour. ...
A pea of guilty to a charge of
driving without a license was entered
by Albert Davis, who paid a fine of
$25 and costs of court.
Jacob Brody paid a fine of $10 and
costs on a charge of speeding.
A verdict of not guilty was re
turned in the case charging James
Rountree with operating a car after
his license had been revoked. Roun
tree was represented by Attorney
Walter Edwards.
Jesse Simpson, Negro, was found
guilty of simple assault and was giv
en a 30-day suspended sentence upon
payment of a fine of $10 and costs of
court. An appeal to the Superior
Court-in this case was noted by the
defendant's attorney, W. H. Oakey,
Jr. Simpson was charged with as
sault on a female.
Costs of court were taxed against
the prosecuting witness, Henry Mal-
lory, Negro, in the case charging
Jeremiah White, Negro, with obtain
ing money under promise to work.
C. J. Hinson entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of issuing a
worthless check. He was given a 30
day road sentence,, suspended upon
payment of the costs of court and
making good the check.
Theodore Mallory, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of assault.
He was fined $10 and ordered to pay
the court costs.
James tsrickhouse, Negro, was
handed a 30 day sentence, suspended
upon payment of court costs, after
being found guilty on a charge of as
sault on a female.
William Banks paid the costs of
court in a case charging him with
possession of non-tax paid liquor.
Zack Wilson, Negro,, paid a fine of
$25 and costs of court on a charge of
reckless driving.
Alexander Sutton, Negro, was taxed
with the court costs and his operator's
license was suspended for four months
on & charge of allowing illegal use of
his driver's license.
Annual Meeting Of
FHA Held March 10
Farm families of Perquimans,
Chowan and Pasquotank Counties
who are purchasing and improving
their farms with the aid and super
vision of the Farmers Home Admin
istration gathered in Hertford at the
Agricultural Building on March 10,
for their annual meeting.
E. F. Morgan, County Supervisor
Perquimans-Chowan Unit, was in
charge of the rueeting. After the
opening remarks and introduction of
guests and families the meeting was
turned over to S. E. Wilson, State
Field Representative, who led the
discussion of the past year's crop
production and the crop outlook for
1949. Koy S. Chappell explained to
the group the practices he followed
to increase his corn yield from 35
bushel's per acre to 97 bushels per
cre. Practices to be followed to in
crease the per acre production of
peanuts, cotton and soybeans was
outlined to the group.
Mr. Morgan discussed farm finan
ces using the three main elements
ta be properly combined if a farm
is to be successful financially. These
are (1) good farm management,
(2) an efficient farm unit, and (3) a
well-managed home. The Farmers
Home Administration endeavors to
teach the farm families under its
supervision these three elements.
Miss Margaret F. Fuller, Home
Management Specialist, conducted a
demonstration on building repair
and maintenance. She presented a
picture of a farm and the buildings
as it looked when purchased by a
family with the aid of the Farmers
Home Administration, and step by
step improvements made over a
period of a few years to make the
farm an efficient, well-run, modern
tarm and farm home.
T. B. Williams, County Supervisor
Pasquotank Unit, discussed with the
group the production and conserva
tion of food and feed and the pro
duction of livestock.
; MASONIC MEETING TUESDAY
.. Perquimans , Lodge, ! No. 100 A, P.
A .A. M will hold its regular meet
ing next Tuesday nlgh at 8 o'clockJ
A full attendance Is desired.
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Hertford Grammar
PTA Met Thursday
Members of the Hertford troop of
Girl Scouts were guests of honor at
a meeting of the Parent Teacher As
sociation of the Hertford Grammar
School, held last Thursday night in
the auditorium of the school. The
PTA sponsors the local Girl Scout
troop and the program, presented by
the Scouts, centered around the cele
bration of., the " Scouts', 87th anni
versary. ,
A feature of the program was the
presentation to the PTA of a flag, )
gift from the Scout troop.
Lioness Club Holds
Anniversary Party
The Hertford Lioness Club cele
brated its first anniversary last Fri
day night with a gala dinner party
at the Hotel Hertford with their hus
bands and invited guests in attend
ance. The dining room was decorated
beautifully with cut flowers which
carried out the colors of the club.
A birthday cake, surrounded by jon
quils, was used to form an attractive
centerpiece.
Club president Dorothy Bass ex
tended a welcome to the guests and
introduced Ruby Whit who acted
as toastmistress. Invocation was giv
en by Lioness Lula Mae White.
Lioness Minnie Wilma White gave a
report on the program and achieve
ment of the club during the past
year. Others on the program were
Miss Frances Cely, Miss Erma Phil
lips and Less Waldorf. Lioness Liz
iie Lee Cox was in charge of con
tests held during the evening and
door prizes were awarded Lioness
Helen Woodard and Lion W. L.
Sumner.
Perquimans solicitors canvassing
funds for the annual Red Cross Roll
Call have reported a total of $880.47
collected up to Tuesday noon, it was
announced at that time bv C. R.
jVann, county chairman for the cam
paign. Mr. Vann stated, "I believe
that we will reach our goal within
the next very few days' because we
have a large number of solicitors
who have as yet to make reports on
work accomplished."
The county goal for the Red Cross
fund this year is $1,100. A figure
slightly higher than last year but it
appeared that the quota will be forth
coming when all reports are in and
tallied.
Mr. Vann again urged solicitors
who have not completed their can
vass and made reports to do so as
soon as possible inasmuch as the lo
cal Red Cross Chapter desires to
bring the 1949 campaign to a close
as soon as the quota has been reach
ed. Solicitors who have been donating
their time and effort to make this
year's Red Cross drive a success,
were listed today as follows:
Hertford business section, R. C.
Murray, James Newby, Wilson Dill
on, Edgar White; Hertford resident
ial area, Mrs. Julian A. White, vice
chairman, Miss Carterine Ann Hol
mes, Miss Ruby White, Mrs. Joe
Towe, Mrs. W. C. Cherry, Mrs. J. T.
Biggers, Miss Frances Sutton, Miss
Mary Jane Harrell, Miss Benita Hut
chinson, Miss Eva Harris, Miss Ethel
Frances Elliott, Miss Valeria White,
Miss Louise Jordan, Mrs. Tommy
Miller, Mrs. Gay Lane, Miss Mar
jorie Winslow, Miss Marguarite But
ler, Mrs. G. L. Whitley; Perquimans
County, A. T. Lane, vice chairman,
Mrs. Joseph Rogerson, Route one,
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Route one, Mrs.
Wade Jordan, Route one, Mrs. Win
ston Lane, Route one, Mrs. Ashby
Jordan, Route three, Mrs. A. E. Tur
ner, Durants Neck, Mrs. A. R. Cook,
Route three, Mrs. C. P. Quincy, Chap
anoke, Mrs. Oliver Winslow, Star
Route, Winfall, Mrs. Vivian Dail, Bel
videre, Mrs. Russell Baker, Nicanor
and Mrs. Charles Uinphlett, Winfall.
VMvy section ,urdle etaoi eta iotoiaen
Forty-two Students
Listed On Honor Roll
Fortv-two students of Perquimans
Hicrh School were listed on the honor
roll of the school for the fourth grad
ing neriod. which ended last week, ac
cording to E. C. Woodard, principal.
The 12th grade led all the classes in
the number of its members winning
scholastic honors for the period.
The honor students, as listed by
classes, were: 8th grade, Glenda
Lane, Martin Whedbee, Ina Faye
Butt, Kay White Stanton, Shirley
Eure. Llovd White. Bettv Davis, Earl-
ine Morse, Doris Joan Rountree, Mol-
lie Lee Yeates.
9th Grade: Thomas Sumner, Paul
ine Burbage, Marguerite Butler, Mar
vina White. 10th Grade, Calvin Butt,
Doris Faye Allen, Frances Elliott,
Mary Sue Cook, Christine Thatch.
11th Grade, Ruby Lane, Ann Madre,
Marjorie Perry, Ruth Haskett, Claire
Hunter, Tat Phillips.
12th Grade. Leon Harrell. Lindsay
Reed, Jinimie Robbins, Daly Rountree,
Clarkson White, Dolan Winslow, Mary
Lou Butt. Bettv Ruth Chappell, Alma
Eaves, Anne Hollowell, Pearl Hunter,
Marietta Jolliff, Pat Morris, Mane
Rountree, Emily Skinner, Thelma
White and Lelia Lee Winslow.
English Musician
At PCCGS Wednesday
William Cope, well known English
musician, will appear at the Perquim
ans County Central .Grammar School
on Wednesday, March 23, at 81 o'clock
P M., it was announced today by J.
P. Snipes, principal of the school.
The publie is cordially invited to at
tend.' - ,
Grubb Street Project
To Be Resumed Shortly
Construction work on Grubb Street
is expected to be resumed about
April 1, it was reported at the meet
ing of the Hertford Town Board held
Monday night. Mayor V. N. Darden
told the Board members that em
ployees of the Town had started pre
parations for laying sidewalks along
the street by preparing the right-of-
ways for this part of the improve
ment program.
Work on the State contract for re
surfacing the street is also expected
to be resumed as soon as weather per
mits. This project was halted last
fall when inclement weather forced a
construction company to hold up com
pletion of the widening and resurfar
ing of the roadway. :," 1
Curb and gutters constructed by
the Town, have been installed along,
most of the thoroughfare but much :
work remains to be done before the
street work ia completed. v.-