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Volume XVL Number 26
jRUHMAM3 WEEKLY
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 1, 1949.
HEilTFOllD OL'IS RETAIil LEAGUE
POSmON DESPITE LOSSES OF VEEK
$1.50 Per Year.
Five New Players Ex
pected to Strength
en Team's Power
The Hertford Indians maintained'
.BOO ' playing " average in the Albe
' inarle League during the pastTwe
despite the loss of their last three
games. Definitely handicapped be
cause of the loss of players through
injuries. Manager Bud Cayton's nine
' played- hard-luck baseball, losing to
Elizabeth City 9-3, Colerain 6-1 and
Edenton 8-1, in games played Satur
ft day, Sunday and Monday. Tuesday's
game between Hertford and Edenton
was rained out and will be played
, here, on Memorial Field, next Sunday
afternoon at 8 o'clock.
Five new players, secured by Busi
v Hess Manager Edgar Morris, includ
)nor two Ditchers, two outfielders and
shortstop, are expected to join the
Indians before the end or wis wee
and they come here highly recom
mended and are expected toJ bolster
fh wvr of the local team.
Elizabeth City set the Indians back
Saturday night, having one big in
' nbig in which the Senators scored
seven runs. Ellera relieved Monts
deoca, starting pitcher, and Sires did
tliA MtohiTMr in this srame.
At Colerain on Sunday the Indians
collected only four hits and scored one
run. Wiiisr the srame 6-1. Colerain
mt 13 hits and six runs. Montsdeoca
relieved Robertson as Indian hurler in
th sixth.
Manager Cayton was forced to
natch ui his team for the Edenton
iioQt Mmwfov. Kimbrell was out
with a broken finger, Young and No-
nrnfl nroi-o ill nH RushinflT was Still
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on the injured list. Howard Pitt and
FHwotH I.nnft. Perauimaiu High
' School players filled in at first and in
left field and both of these youngsters
V- gave a fine exhibition of ; playiftlfc'
Pitt ot Hertford's first hit of the
' tftfWiB. a. rnnuthiner blow to center field,
and Lane came up with two excellent
matches at crucial momenta;.
"Johnson started on. the mound ior
first Cotton Bloom
fflurby.Mpntedei)cai
" leciecUjeign nivt
Johnsoi
got three hits and two walks oft
Montsdecoa, scoring two more runs.
The Indians tallied their lone run in
the ninth, inning. They collected a
total of five hits iff Lynch, Edenton
hurler, who gave7 up seven walks.
Each team committed three errors.
The Indians will play the Windsor
Rebels here on Friday night, journey
to Windsor on Saturday, then play
Edenton here on Memorial Field Sun
Anv afternoon. n
A. double-header is scheduled wii
the Elizabeth City Senators for Mon-
I H - - . vi wua J v-ti
was brought to the office of the Per
quimans jneeuy on Tuesday of this
week "'i by Vivian Mathews. Mr.
Mathews stated he grew the cotton
beside hjs service station here in Hert
ford and found the bloom on Monday
June 27.
As is: fhe custom, the Perquimans
Weekly Will give a year's subscription
to tne producer oi the first cotton
bloom, usually this m-ize sroes to
MmA ptttnn mviifPT in the fAiintv
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bufr evjiently, tms year, the regular
cotton , growers permitted the Hert-
fordiat to get the jump on them and
produe the fiist bloom.
The; cotton bloom brought to this
officefthis year is about a week ahead
of . tie time the first bloom was
bronjpt in last year.
Perquimans BPW
CUt i Represented At
fonual Convention
The thirtieth Annual Convention of
Itti North Carolina Federation of
Buiness and Professional Women's
Clfbs, Inc. was held at Atlantic Beach
(Bjrehead City), N. C. with head
qurters at. the Ocean King Hotel on
JJufe 17, 18, and 19 with 51 clubs out
fa1 the convention was "Our Rights
1b Our Responsibilities, lhe pro
!jam for the entire convention was
k 11 planned with competent instruct
or for business meetings and mspi
rional sneakers with entertainment
attnealtimei; Workshops and reports
Jprogresa during the year were the
irtortant program items.
. tty mound for in. ' . . ninT11, WBO hM in
Hertford but ; was fffy .War at Morehead
'Jecreation Center at Morehead
4MFrMaigb.t.-vThe Greenville
Assistant Agent To
3egin Work Today
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n ArMTacored 8a mna. They r'r , j Hmo(i,.M
Wl """ "V-UUWOU.. -w,
Ntional Health and Safety, Chairman
jiij me-nber of the Asheville UfW
Cp. . The subject of her address was
mtal Hvariene." Miss Eva Reid,
Jlamestown, who has just recently
rned from Egypt, gave a talk
d demonstrations on "Occupational
perapy."
'Hostesis for the Fun Breakfast held
kturdav morning in the dining room
If the Ocean King Hotel, was the
fcahv Clubs of District VII. Josie
loore. President of the Koanoke Ka
t..i aa.1. in. .. . A khids C ut &.nee caoyi aresseu as a
iihv. .1 1 1 1 v ti 1 1 . int. ill acaiiic win ucp - " ... . .
io i; HnwJ Hnrinir the after-feix year old child, presided, i-artici
. . j j.ii vJnutita wprp residents of the new
noon ana tne seconu game wiu .!v - t
played that night in Elizabeth Cityubs TJlcZt B.
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White, Edenton; Kathleen Jackson,
Elizabeth City; Mildred Taylor, Nash
ville; and Alice M. Towe, Perquimans.
; The luncheon was held in the Surf
ninii mth the Waihimrton Club as
hostess. The guest speaker was Mr.
Edmund Harding, noted speaker of
Wodilncrtnn. who Chose - o r. W
Beauty, Poise, and Wisdom" for the
temuect of nia entertaining
Tlio Rnnt. Cruise irom 4 to o was
'planned especially for members who
hat never been on tne ucian.
Coast Guard Boat and private Yachts
were used. i
The highlight of the convent on was
the Banquet on Saturday nighll Rocky
Mount Club was hostess, wdm Mrs.
Ruby C. Blythe, Convention CMirman,
presiding. Mrs. Kathryn W. S upman,
of. High Point, State Presiden , intro
duced the keynote speaker, 4 e first
vice-president of thtf Natioiu Fede-
ration of Brw viudb, ius
Hughes, of Dallas, Texas, lie Bub
iect of her address was, "Tie Door
: m, Sfftlla J. Pri. k Win-
is vpeu.
ston-Salem member, ana uywr
"The Tar Heel Woman pretented a
Pageant in celebration oi e oota
AWtrBriuirv. A reception s na
honoring Judge Hughes and few Dis
trict Directors. rs. urste ivuo,
iMorehead , City, poured , puh and
members of the uanem servea
olimenta. A floor BuOW Ta giV-
L Twiftt entertainment. ETwo of
Lv. ---onHt tlint brousrht mud laugb-
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ter was Dess M. Uerganus oipaieign
imperwnatdng Minnie Pearl, e radio
l-i... on1 the, moaeumr ox iranouB
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styles of bathing suits isuug
M m 1H7U. sa.ro. ivwiiwraw
(the style of 1880. " . '
Red Cross Swimming Satu
For More Children
Transportation Being
Furnished to and
From Beach
"We still have room for more chil
dren who desire to learn swimming
under the Red Cross instructor at
Harvey Point Beach," H. N. Nixon,
chairman of the Perquimans Chapter
of the Red Cross, stated Wednesday
irt reporting that th classes in swim
ming that opened at the beach Mon
day are coming along in fine fashion.
Mr. Nixon also announced that the
local Red. Cross chapter now has ar
ranged for transportation for the chil
dren to and from the beach. The
chapter has secured the band bus
from the High School and carries the
children to the swim classes twice
daily. The bus leaves the Court
House each morning at 9:30 and each
afternon at 2:30.
Children who desire to enroll in the
classes, Mr. Nixon pointed out, must
secure written consent from parents
or guardians. This must be turned
in to the Red Cross chairman or the
swimming instructor at Harvey Point.
Bob Jordan, who graduated from a
Red Cross swimming instructors
school two weeks ago, is in charge of
the classes at Harvey Point.
Children must be at least seven
yean old to be eligible to enroll in
the classes, and older children, who
already know how to swim, may en
roll in order to receive advanced in
structions and to improve their
swimming ability, Mr. Nixon stated.
The local Red Cross Chapter has
gone to considerable trouble in pro
viding this, school during the summer
months, and the chapter officers hope
that every child in the county will
take advantage of the opportunity of
fered to learn swimming. The chap
ter has provided life lines, and first
aid precautions at the beach to hold
accidents at the very minimum.
It has been estimated that it will
take ten to 12 lessons before a child
can swim, and new ..students will be
enrolled in the classes as others are
graduated from the school.
J. K. Butler, recently appointed, v
the position as assistant f arm Ag
for Perquimans County, will assu
his dunes here today, it ; was
aounced bv ?. C: Yacel. Oountv Am
Mr. Butler, a native of Bertie Co
ty 'and a veteran of World , War
graduated from North Carolina S
College with a degree in Animal
bandry with the class of -1949.
, agent highly recommended by omctls
of state College and the Extension
Service. ' '
' He will Win charge of the Jer
quimans 4-H Club work and will as
sist the farm agent in the general ex
tension program being carried out.
here.
Hertford Stores To?
Close For Holiday
Hertford stores ' and ImirWis
houses will observe the Fourth of
July holiday Monday, being closed all
day, it was reported here; Wednesday.
The Post Office will also be closed, but
Postmaster James Newby stated that
' mail will be received and dispatched.
There will , be no rural delivery on
th Fourth - -1
. While no celebration is planned lo
.cally, the biggest event scheduled will
likely be the . baseball ram- to he
' played on Memorial , Field Monday
afternoon between . Hertford and
Elizabeth City. The game is sched
uled to start at 3 o'clock. j ; i
Accepts Position ,f ,
. Horace Baker has accented-. luii.
-tion as a nharmadt at Mount Ah,
N. C. He left Thursday to assume
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uwAPnFR'S COURT RECESSES
County ; Rfcorder's
Court was in recess this weeAecause
of the special term oi &uper ourt
which convened here jKonoyvu ew
es, listed for .hearing in tnecora
er's court, were set for trial h Tuet-
day July Bth., ,
Rotary Officers
Installed Tuesday
Robert Hollowell was installed as
president of the Hertford Rotary Club
for the next club year at a meeting
of the group held Tuesday night at
the Colonial Tourist Home.
Other officers assuming posts were
Herbert N. Nixon, vice president;
James E. Newby, secretary-treasurer;
W. F. Ainsley, H. C. Sullivan and Tim
Brinn, directors. Hollowell and Nix
on also serve on the board of directors
of the club.
The club's new president succeeds
W. F. Ainsley, who served in the ca
pacity during the past year. In tak
ing over the duties as president of the
local civic organization, Mr. Hollo
well announced that he will make ap.
pointments of committee members
during the coming week and these
will be announced later.
On Monday of this week Mr. Hoi
lowell attended a Rotary Assembly,
conducted at Smithfield, N. C, for all
incoming presidents of Rotary Clubs
of this district.
D. E, Hervey had charge of the pro
gram for this week's meeting and he
gave an interesting talk on the con
struction of prefabricated houses. He
illustrated with samples the type of
construction bis company is carrying
out at its shop at Harvey Point.
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Boards Postpone
Regular Meetings
Regular meetings of the Board of
County Commissioners and Board of
Education, usually held on the first
Monday of each month, have been
postponed for one week for July, it
was announced Monday by E. M.
Perry, chairman of the Board of Com
missioners and J. T. Biggers, secre
tary of the Board of Education.
The regular meeting day for July
falls on July 4th, a national holiday,
thus the boards are postponing their
meetings until Monday, July 11th.
Citizens desiring to confer with
either board are asked to, take notice
of this change in date of the meet
ings. - '
Memorial Class To Meet
The Judson Memorial Sunday school
class will meet Thursday night July
7th at 8, pjn., at the home of Miss
Mattie Butler with Mrs. Henry Lewis
and Mrs. Hudson Butler as joint hos
tesses i i ,t,t. y ,. .
rday Last Day
To Register For
Special Election
ABC Balloting to Be
Held Tuesday, July 12,
Board Reports
Tomorrow, Saturday, July 2, is the
last day residents of Perquimans
County will have to register for the
Special election to be held July 12 on
the question establishing ABC stores
in the county, A. W. Hefren, chairman
of the Board of Elections stated this
morning.
Precinct registrars will be at the
six polling places all day tomorrow to
register individuals desiring to vote
in' the election, Mr. Hefren said. Sat
urday, July 9, will be challenge day,
he added.
Individuals who are already regis
tered need not register again in or
der to be eligible to vote in the special
election; however, if an individual is
not registered he must do so in order
to be able to vote.
The special election, set for Tues
day, July 12, was called by the Board
of Elections under the terms of the
bill passed by the General Assembly,
granting permission to the Town of
Hertford to hold such an election in
the event a county-wide vote was not
held within 60 days of the ratification
of the bill. A number of residents of
the county, representing groups op
posed to establishment of an ABC
store here, appeared before the
County Commissioners and requested
that the Commissioners order a
county wide election. This was done
at the meeting of the Commissioners
in May. ,
New registrations, up to Monday,
were reported as few by some of the
election officals. Not all of the pre
cinct registrars have been contacted
in regards to registration activity but
three whom were seen reported there
appears to be little interest in the
election, and only few individuals
have registered for the voting.
The Perquimans County unit of the
Allied Church League, organized here
two weeks ago, to furnish opposition
irf the question, has been conducting
a campaign during the past two weeks
to get individuals to register and vote
against the proposal. The League has
organized down to the precinct level
and this may mean increased interest
in the election as the balloting time
draws nearer.
Marjorie Phillips
Weds Marshall White
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Thomas Phil
lips announce the marriage of their
daughter, Marjorie Virginia, to Mar
shall Jethro White of Elizabeth City,
on Saturday evening, June 11, at 8:30
o'clock.
The wedding took place at the
home of the bridegroom, with the Rev.
E. G. Willis, pastor of the Bethel
Baptist Church, officiating. The
double ring ceremony was used.
The bride was attired in a navy
blue dressmaker's suit with white ac
cessories and wore a corsage of
sweet peas. Her only attendant was
Mrs. C. T. Hall, Jr., of Virginia
Beach, Va. C. T. Hall, Jr., half broth
er of the bridegroom, was best man.
White was a graduate of Elizabeth
City High School and served in the
U. S. Navy during World War II. He
is now employed by the Rural Elee
tfification Association in Hertford.
Mrs. White is a graduate of the
Perquimans County High School with
the class of 1947, and also attended
the Raleigh School of Commerce in
Raleigh,
After a abort wedding trip, the
newlyweds are making their home at
Route 1, Hertford.
EIGHT CASES CLEARED FRjDM CALENDAR
ftT SPECIAL TERM OF SUPERIOR COURT
License Examiner
Changes Schedule
W. E. Nelson, State License Ex
aminer, announced today that effee
tive immediately, he will be stationed
in Hertford three days each week to
receive applications for drivers li
censes and to give examinations for
renewal of licenses.
Under the new schedule Mr. Nelson
will be in Hertford all day on Wed
nesday and Thursday and on Satur
day mornings. He will be located tn
the Court House.
Starting today all motorists whose
last name begins with L or M must
renew their operator's license. Mo
torists in this category will have un
til August 30th to renew their li
cense. Mr. Nelson urges each to
make an early application in order to
avoid the usual last minute rush for
examinations.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
President Truman received another
set-back at the hands of the Senate
this week when a coalition of Demo
crats and Republicans joined together
in adopting a proposal by Senator
Taft incorporating parts of the Taft-
Hartley law into the new administra
tion labor policy. The action taken
by the Senate will enable the govern
ment to seize plants under strike, or
get out injunctions against strikes.
Robert Wagner (D-N. Y.) resigned
his office as U. S. Senator on Tuesday.
The action was not unexpected as
Senator Wagner has been in ill health
for several years. Wagner sponsored
many New Deal laws under the Roose
velt administration, and authored the
Wagner Labor Act, which ,was in ef
fect many years. A special election
will be held in New York in Novem
ber to fill the office. Meanwhile, po
litical speculators are discussing the
possibilities that Governor Thomas E
Dewey may be a candidate in the spe
cial election.
A new squabble occurred in Berlin
this week when Russian officials
seized a truck convoy enroute to Ber
lin from Western Germany. U. S. and
British authorities protested the seiz
ure of the convoy which contained
shipments of power plant machinery.
Meanwhile, the four powers, ruling
Berlin, attempted to reopen talks on
governing of the German capital. I his
was the first time in 15 months that
Compromises and Non
Suits Permit an Early
Adjournment
Eight cases of the 17 listed on the
calendar in Perquimans Superior
Court were disposed of at a special
term of court which convened here
Monday morning with Judge W. H. S.
Burgwyn presiding. Compromises be
tween principals in a number of the
cases and several non-suits quickened
the tempo of the court's work and
permitted an adjournment at nnnn
Tuesday.
Indications, prior to the opening of
the term of court, were that a full
week's session was in store but the
entire docket broke down early and
adjournment was ordered after eight
of the cases had been disposed of and
taken from the calendar.
The case involving Ruth Cutting
Beasley and J. C. Blanchard & Co., was
compromised and settled out of court.
A compromise, likewise, was arriv
ed at in the case in which Maf;
Toms White was sueinjr the N. C.
State Highway Commission. Testi
mony for both sides had been present
ed in tnis case before the compro
mise was reached which, according to
!the terms, gave Mrs. White the sum
of J750 plus payment of all court
costs.
Three cases were non-suited, these
being Richard Whedbee vs. Essie
Whedbee, Warren Sills vs. Margaret
Sills and Mrs. Kyree Copeland vs.
Kyree Copeland.
The case of E. T. Gresham vs. Y.
L. Brown and W. D. Rogerson vs. H.
D. Hurdle were settled by agreement
between the principals involved.
One divorce case, that of Thomas
Riddick vs. Martha Riddick, was
heard and the divorce was granted.
A number of cases, including those
of Raymond Boyce vs. L. L. Smith,
William C. Chappell vs. D. M. White,
Chesapeake Auto Supply vs. W. L.
Bagley, Richard Payne vs. James
Rogerson, Ben Lane vs. Seashore
Transportation Co., Roland Gilliam vs.
H. C. Stokes, Josiah Chappell vs. Win-
fred Chappell were continued until
the October term, of Superior Court.
In the case of N. W. Chappell vs.
Elbert Chappell this case was con
tinued until a survey of the property
involved can be surveyed.
Veteran Groups To
Ask For Funds For
Service Officer
waS tne llrst Lime m v invjiiaia moi.
the four powers have gotten together! Representatives of the Perquimans
ior aiscussiuns. lik piau, , jounty osts of tne veterans of For-
will be for the powers to work out an ':,. War nnA th,. Ama,.a t;
agreement on a sort of
live" basis.
'live-and-le.t-
Summer Services
At Holy Trinity
, Services at Holy' Trinity Church
during the months of July and Aug-
hist were announced today , by the
Rev. E. T. Jilson, rector of Che
church, as follows: Church School at
9 A. M., and Holy Communion at 10
A. M.
This change in the regular sched
ule of the church services becomes
effective next Sunday.
Suffers Inj-Jjy
; W. F. Edwards Buffered a painful
but not serious Injury while returning
to his home last Friday night after
attending a baseball game at Mem
orial Field. Edwards was struck by a
passing ear. while he was attempting
to cross the highway. -He was' treat
ed for his injuries at Albemarle hos
pital ,H :
Industrial production slumped for
the sixth consecutive month in the
United States during the month of
May, and is expected to continue to
decline during June, according to a
report from Washington. Some fore
casters predict that the downward
trend will continue until about Sep
tember, when low inventories will
force an upturn in buying. Costs of
living are reported off slightly over
the past month, but figures released
show this change to be slight.
State Press Meeting
At Nags Head Today
Editors and publishers of North
Carolina newspapers are holding their
annual convention at the Nags Head
beaches this week-end. The program
covers three days, opening with the
registration Thursday and closing
about noon Saturday.
The newsmen will be guests at a
preview of the 1949 showing of The
Lost Colony, on tYlday night, and
sneakers during the meeting will be
Thomas L. Stokes, national columnist
of Washington, D. C, and Mrs. Ing
lis Fletcher, author of Edenton.
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Delinaueht Taxes
To Be Sold Aug. 1st
Lists of Perquimans County prop
erty upon which 1948 taxes have not
been paid will be advertised for sale
next Monday, it was reported today
by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who urged
property owners, who have not paid
their taxes for 1948 to do so before
Monday in order to save additional
costs. . .
The tax liens on these properties
will be sold at the Court House door,
in Hertford, on Monday, August 1,
Mr. Owens said.
eign Wars and the American Legion
plan to appear before the Board of
County Commissioners on July 11 to
(request a sum of money to be appro
priated for the purpose of establish
ing an office of Veterans Service Of
ficer in this county, it was reported
today.
Stephen Alford, District Represen
tative for the N. C. Veterans Com
mission, met with members of the two
local veterans' organizations here this
week and outlined benefits veterans
and their families can gain through a
local service officer. Mr. Alford, in
his capacity, visits Hertford once a
month to assist veterans with prob
lems such as pensions, hospitalization,
doctor's care, etc.
He told the local veterans that
greater assistance can be rendered
to veterans and their families 'if a
full time service officer can be obtain
ed. He also pointed out that the
State will match any funds provided
by the County in establishing and
maintaining a local office.
Many benefits available to veter
ans are not obtained, Mr. Alford re
ported, because veteran groups are
unaware of their rights. This situ
ation usually is corrected where a
county has a full time service officer
on the job, he stated.
Hot Enough?
Sunday was the hottest June 26 on
record, according to reports from
U. S. weather forecasters of this area".
but our unofficial figuring, leads us to
believe that Monday and Tuesday
were even hotter days than was Sun
day. Various thermometers around
Hertford showed different readings
on these days, but most everybody
agreed that the temperature ranged
very near the" 100 mark.
Anyway, it was hot enough and
most 'all residents of the community
were hoping for some relief from the
heat wave.