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Volume XVI. Number 40,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 7, 1949.
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PERQUIMANS INDIANS TO MEET AHOSKIE
IN CONFERENCE CONTEST HERE TONIGHT
Coach Fearing Makes
Several Changes In
Team After Loss
, Coach Elle Fearing's Perquimans
Indiana will be gunning for their
first. Albemarle Conference football
victory, and the second of the season,
when they tangle with the conference
champions from Ahoskie in a contest
to be 'played on Memorial Field Friday
night, beginning at eight o'clock. The
dope sheet favors Ahoskie as the win
ner of this game, the visitors have
practically all of last year's team in
uniform, and Doast of two of the best
backs in the conference. , Ahoskie has
won two games thus far this season,
having defeated Tarboro and Scot
land Neck by decisive scores.
. In "" preparation for this week's
game Coach Fearing has made several
changes in his team line-up. Jordan
has been moved back into the line
and some of the regular linesmen
have been replaced by more agressive
players in hope of strengthening the
Indians' forward wall. Walker was
'moved up to a starting spot in the
Indian backfield.
The local mentor, while making no
predictions about the outcome of the
game this week, stated the Indians
have been showing a fine spirit in
practice sessions all week and will be
batting Ahoskie for an upset.
The lack of experience on the part
of the Indian team as a whole reveal
ed itself last Friday when the Per
quimans team dropped a 6-0 decision
to the Manteo eleven, in a contest
played here. Perquimans failed to
display any power on offense and was
unable to overcome a six point lead
r Manteo gained during the early part
of the contest.
Both teams resorted to much punt
ing as the minates of the game rolled
by and the visitors were content to
rest on the lone touchdown scored in
the first quarter.
Friday night's contest will be the
last home genie for the Indians for a
period of three weeks. The local
team will, start traveling next week,
pjaying. three games away iypov home
before playing here tfg&tTon Novem-
' ber 4.
Lions To Conduct
White Cane Sale
Members of the Hertford Lions
Club will conduct their annual White
Cane drive next week to raise funds
to carry out the club's program for
giving assistance to the blind of Per
quimans County, it was announced
today by W. D. (Bill) Cox, chairman
of the committee in charge of the
drive.
Mr. Cox stated that his committee
will be assisted by members of the
Lioness Club and a concenrated effort
to raise funds will be carried out
Friday and Saturday of next week.
A booth will be set up on the Court
House grounds on Saturday and Will
he in charge of the Lionesses.
All funds collected through this
campaign, Mr. Cox added, will go to-H
ward carrying out the Lions program
to assist tile blind.
High School Annual
Staff Elected Monday
The Senior Class of Perquimans
County High School held its weekly
meeting Monday morning to elect the
stafl for the Kilcocanen. The follow
ing editors were selected:
Marjorie Perry, Editor - in - Chief,
Ronald Butt, Senior Editor, Thomas
Edward Umphlett, Business Manager,
Janice Perry, Sports Editor, Claire
Hunter, Activities Editor, andGeral
dine Gregory and Bobby, Jordan, Art
Editors, Ella Cartwright, Circulation
Manager.,
Mr. Blackwell of the Paragon Press
met with the 3taff and plans are al
ready under way to make the 1950
year book the best yet published.
Soliciting of advertising to appear
in the annual has been started and
staff members expressed their appre
ciation to citizens and business firms
cooperating with them.
Burning Permits
Required Between
Oct land Nov. 30
J. W. Nowell, Perquimans County
Forest Warden, today issued a warn
ing that beginning October 1st and
tunning through November 30 burn
ing permits will be required. Any
person, firm or corporation wishing
to burn brush, fields or other material
at a distance greater than 500 feet
from a dwelling house and within 500
feet of any wooded area must secure
a permit before starting a fire.
Warden Nowell said these permits
are free of charge and may be obtain
ed from any District Warden and
from numerous stores and service
stations throughout the County.
Failure to obtain a permit will make
the person liable to a fine of $50. or
imprisonment for a period -of thirty
days. .
Hunters are urged fahe very care
ful with fire during the hunting sea
son, and an persons are requested
to report fires immediately to the
bounty Warden.
Burning permits may be secured
from any of the following deputy
wardens: Henry Riddick, Parkville;
Elisha Winslow, Whiteston; I. C.
Long, Nixon Fork; C. R. Chappell,
Bethl; Leroy Goodwin, Pender Road;
W. W. Whedbee, Burgess; Ray Greg
ory, Woodville; Wade Jordan, Bon
ner's Corner; Earl Perry Store; New
Hope; Seth Long, White Hat; Jack
Benton, Body Road; Mrs. John Sy-
mons, Chapanoke; Ralph Perry, Good
win Mill and Odus Mansfield, Center
Hill
New Postmaster
Assumes OOff ice
. W. W. (Bill) White, recently named
by Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
as Postmaster of Hertford, was sworn
in and assumed the duties of this of
fice last Saturday morning, it was an
nounced on that dtae.
Mr. White succeeds James E. New
by, who har served as acting Post
master since last January first, fol
lowing the resignation of Silas M.
Whedbee.-
"The change over in .the local office
was completed at the close of busi
ness ending the third quarter of the
Post Office year. .
Local WC Alumnae
Note Founders Day
Perquimans County - alumnae of
Woman' College of. U. N. C Wed
nesday joined with thousands of other
alumnae of the college in observing
the 58th anniversary of the founding
of the school, with a dinner meeting
held at 6:30 o'clock at the Hotel Hert
ford. J4rs. C. B. Holmes served as
chairman for the local meeting.
, Similar meetings were conducted in
nearly all counties of the State at the
same time, and a central meeting was
held in Greensboro, where Hujhn.D.
Ramsey gave the principal address
for the occasion." At the meeting
here Mrs. Henry Stokes read the
speech prepared by Mr. Ramsey. .
The group gave the Necrology and
joined in singing college songs, - ;
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A loner range farm program, spon
sored by Senator Anderson, former
Secretary of Agriculture, was tern
orarily shelved by the Senator this
week when that body split over the
question of how to support prices for
farm products. A compromise was
voted and the bill was returned to the
am-icultural committee for further
study.
North Carolina's tax collections
took their bisrsrest drop since V-J
Dav during September, it was reveal
ed in a report released this week by
Revenue Commissioner tugen bhaw.
Collections for September were more
than a million dollars under collec
tions for the same period in 1948, the
mnort stated. Collections lor in
rnme. ales. privilege, franchise, bev
erage and gift taxes were , all lower
while collections on inheritance, in
tangible and insurance taxes showed
Increases,
fifriiraa in the steel and coal Indus
tries are beginning to effect many
other industries, according to a news
report released Tuesday, Railroads,
tm'th tia cnal to haul, laid off many
LrArirm. and Home auto manufactur-
Lr worn nreoarinar to curtail pro
duction. Shipping on the ureat
Lakes was reported affected by the
aa1 trike. Reports from Washing
ton stated ': that Federal mediators
were making efforts to seek: a new
formula for ending the strikes but
W anDarently was no solution to
the question on Wednesday,
s BTRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
.. "Mr and Mrs. Ervin Perrv announce
the birth of a daughter, Mary Lou,
kn Sontemher 25. at a Norfolk hos-
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$1.50 Per Year.
Approves Architect
Plans For Gym
Holidays For First Term
Set at Meeting Held
Monday
Members of the Perquimans Countv
Board of Education, meeting in regu
lar session here on Monday, gave
their approval of architect's plans for
the construction of an agricultural and
physical education building for Per
quimans High School and instructed
John T. Bggers, school Superintend
ent, to proceed with final arrange
ments for the building with the ap
proval of the building committee.
Considerable discussion was carried
on by the members over the question
of extending school bus routes, as re
quested by patrons arid the Board au
thorized the superintendent to have
maps of the routes showing proposed
changes made and sent to Raleigh for
approval of the State Board.
No action was taken on a proposal
that f'e Board of Education carry in
surance on school children while the
students were attending school. A
representative of an insurance agency
appeared before the board and ex
plained this type of insurance policy.
The board voted, to accept the surety
bond, covering various school officials
as presented.
After some discussion the Board
adopted a rule in regards to the use
cf a county pick-up truck and made
;he recommendation that this truck be
used for school purposes only.
Holidays for the first semester of
the school year were adopted as fol
ows: October 28 will be a non-teach
ing day for the purpose of giving the
teachers time off to attend district
teachers meeting at Greenville; No
vember 24 and 25 will be Thanksgiv
ing holidays and December 22 through
January 1, 1950 will be Christmas
holidays.
The Superintendent was instructed
to request the State Highway Com
mission to fix certain parts of county
roads to -provide additional tumng
spacfeJEpr tMM.ch.ool buses.
Mayor Garden Urges
All To Observe Fire
Prevention Week
With National Fire. Prevention
Week observance set for October 9 to
15, Mayor V. N. Darden today issued
a statement calling on the citizens of
Hertford to join with the residents of
the State and nation in the preven
tion of fires, which annually costs mil
lions of dollars loss to people of this
country.
In his statement, Mayor Darden
said, "I heartily urge all citizens of
Hertford to join in the observance of
Fire Prevention Week, October 9 to
15, which has been proclaimed by the
President of the United States.
"North Carolina has conducted a
State-wide and year-round prosrram
of fire prevention . for many years.
During the week of October 9-15 it is
planned to double our efforts in
cleaning un and efeaninir out our
premises to remove any existing fire
hazard.
"Let us cooperate fully not only
this week but everv week with all
groups interested in helping us es
cape the tragedy of -disastrous tires.
"Now is the time to take advance
care and precaution that may save the
life of a. member of your family as
well as your property.
"Let us all 3trive to reduce the hre
waste of our town, and State bv be
ing safe rather than sorry."
Gar Hits Bicycle;
No Serious Injury
No'serious injuries occurred, Sher
iff M. G. Owens reported Tuesday,
when a car driven by Thomas Roger
son of Route two struck a bicycle,
ridden by Lee Overton, 13 year old
youth, earlv TihuHav morning at the
corner of Grubb and Academy streets.
iaheriff Oowens reported that itoger
son stated the boy rode the bicycle
into the front of his car as he ap
proached the street intersection, and
that ho mvrarvaA his car to avoid hit
ting the youth but was unable to miss
the youth entirely,
WtiA irtnf, nni fftlcATI to doctor
for examination ,however, the Sheriff
reported that there were no Serious
injuries.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Skinner of
ntfni n nit S announce the birth
of a son weighing 9 pounds and 2
ounces at the Albemarie nosprwu,
Friday, September 23.,- v
49 Veniremen Drawn
For November Term
Qf Superior Court
County Commissioners
Hold Routine Session
On Monday
The County Board of Commission
ers, meeting in regular session on
Monday, selected a list of 40 residents
to serve as jurors at the November
term of Superior Court, which opens
here on Monday October 31. The list
of jurors drawn for service at the next
term of court included Walter Nixon.
J. Clifford Morgan, Charles Mathews,
jixidie warren, l,. jn. stallings, Law
rence Winslow, Luther B. Sitterson,
linwooa iruebiood, U. L. Laney, John
Lassiter, Lee L. Proctor, Mrs. J. M.
Copeland, Johnnie Hollowell, Sidney
Lane, Clement Griffin, Noah P. Greg
ory, Jessie k. Uhappell, Jacob L.
White, Sr., Simon Rutenburg, Mrs.
Charles Williford, Clyde Lane, A. W.
Lane, Wm. P. Tarkenton, E. A. Good
man, Jr., Hilton White, Alton Stal-
hngs, Talmadge Stallings, Ralph Mil
ler, James K. White, Charles Murray,
Charles Mansfield, J. H. Stallings,
Herman Monds, Ralph Layden, John
D. Chappell, George C. Eure, Mrs.
Mattie Dail, Thomas K. Morgan, J.
M. Mathews, and Arthur Copeland.
Following the drawing of the jury
list for the November term of -court,
the board made final settlement with
Sheriff M. G. Owens for the collect
ion of 1948 taxes, and authorized that
the 1949 tax books be turned over to
the sheriff for collection of these
taxes.
Apporval of two applications for
toad improvements in the county were
handled by the commissioners during
the early part of the meeting. Re
ports were given the board by the
County Agent, Home Agent, and su
pervisor of Public Welfare.
County Agent I. C. Yagel gave a
brief report on a long term farm pro
gram now being worked out by vari
ous farm agencies of the county, and
hesitated details of this program will
be reported on as developed.
Purr a of a number of comfort
able chairs for the County Home-was
discussed during the meeting but fin
al action was tabled following the
discussion.
County participation toward pay
ment of a salary for a secretary for
the Negro County Farm A-mt was
voted bv the board members.
Highway Commission Releases Schedule
For Road Construction Next Two Years
Service Officer
Announces Hours
C. C. Banks', Perquimans Countv
Veterans' Service Officer, announced
today that veterans having problems
to be taken up with the VA should
contact him at his office, located in
the Reed Oil Company warehouse, on
Covent Garden Street between the
hours of eight a. m. and 5:30 p. m.
i'erquimans Veterans are taking ad
vantage of the local service office,
according to Mr. Banks, who stated
that considerable veteran business has
beer, transacted since the office was
organized last month.
Highway
Check 366 Cars For
Defects Last Wed.
Members of the Highway Patrol in
this area participated in the road
block inspection ordered throughout
the State by Col. Tolar, commander,
held last Wednesday night.
B. A Inscoe, Hertford patrolman,
reported that the road block here was
set up on Dobb Street and approxi
mately 300 cars were checked during
3 three hour period. Twenty-nine of
the cars were found to have faulty
lights, most of these being rear light
defects. Motorists driving these cars
were advised to have the lights fixed
immediately. Four drivers were
checked as having no operator's li
cense, three of these being from out
of the State, and three cars were dis
covered to have faulty equipment.
Drivers of these cars were given 48
hours to have the defects corrected,
and report the correction to the Patrol.
Recorder's Docket
Lists Six Cases
Six cases, listed on th docket of the
Perquimans, Recorder's Court, were
disposed of at Tuesday's session of
the Court. Four cases lister were con
tinued until the October 11 term of
the court.
A- fine of $15 and costs was placed
upon Louis Krull who entered a plea
of guilty to a' charge of speeding.
Max Rosen paid a fine of (10 and
costs of court after pleading guilty to
a charge of speeding. .
James Hunter, Negro, paid the costs
of court on a charge of failure to ob
serve a stop sign.
Sherman White, Negro, was taxed
with the court costs on a charge of
speeding.
Lillie Garrett, Negro, paid the
costs of court after pleading guilty to
a charge gf assualt. '
A S50 bond, posted by James atone,
was ordered , forfeited when Stone
failed to appear to answer charges of
driving without a license.
L BPV Cluhbcrs Hear
Talk On TB Seals;
To Sponsor Drive
Members of the Perquimans Busi
ness and Professional Women's Club
held their monthly dinner meeting
last week at the Hotel Hertford and
had as their guest speaker Miss Anne
Mann of Raleigh, Field Secretary of
the North Carolina Tuberculisis Asso
ciation. The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. Alice M. Towe, president, who
reminded the club members of the
District meeting at Washington next
Sunday and of the need for help in the
polio drive for funds and typists need
ed to help in the local blood program.
Introduced by Miss Audrey Umph
lett, Health and Safety chairman for
the local club, Miss Mann spoke on
the sale of TB Seals. She said the
purpose of the sale of TB Seals this
year will be to support the drive for
the community-wide Chest X-ray
which in time would give every person
in the county un opportunity to have
a chest X-ray made free of charge.
The money from the seal sales will
help defray the expenses. She also
told the club that climate was no
longer considered essential for TB
patients, but rest in bed was prescrib
ed as a step toward cure. Miss Mann
stated the purpose of conducting the
community wide chest X-ray program
is to prevent tuberculosis by finding
it in early stages. She pointed out
bat proceeds from the TH Seals s
divided as follows:
Seventy-five percent of the fund re
mains in the county, 20 percent goes
to the State fund and five percent is
forwarded to the "National fund.
The BPW Club will sponsor the sale
of the TB Seals this year and Mrs.
Towe appointed Mrs. J. H. Newbold
as chairman .of the drive for Perquim
ans. At the close of the meeting it was
announced that six members of the lo
cal club, Mrs. Lawerence Towe, Miss
Elizabeth Fowler, Mrs. D. M. Jackson,
Mrs. R. M. Riddick, Miss Thelma El
liott and Miss Hulda Wood, will repre
sent the club next Sunday at the Fall
rvt,.;t ,v,ootinr nf the N. C. Federa-
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tion of Business and Professional Wo
man's Club in Washingon, xm. .
Rotary Club To Hold
Rural-Urban Night
The Hertford Rotarv Club will hold
a Rural-Urban Night on Tuesday,
October 18, when each member of the
local civic organization will have a
Perquimans County farmer as his
guest for the meeting, it was an
nounced Wednesday by Robert Hollo-
well, president of the club.
Mr. Hollowell stated the purpose oi
the meeting will be to help create a
greater bond of understanding be
tween the rural-urban groups in re
tard to mutual problems, and to ac
quaint rural resident with the code
of Rotary.
Max Campbell, Dr. A. B. Bonner
and David Hervey were appointed as
a committee to complete arrange
ments for the special meeting and
James E. Newby was appointed to
provide, the program for the event.
Church Nursery
Starts Sunday
A church nursery in charge of Mrs.
Jake White and helpers will open at
the Hertford Methodist Church next
Sunday, October 9, and parents are
invited to leave their children in the
beginners room while they attend the
11 o'clock service. ,
Mrs. White stated that the nursery
will have facilities to care for chil
dren approximately two to four years
old.
Four Projects Set Up
For County Total 16.7
Miles
The State Hicrhwav rnmm;,,;,.,'.
lurst District on Wednesday outlined
its proposed secondary road program
for the next two years.
The Division plans to hard-surface
360.5 miles of roads with bond money,
152.9 miles with betterment and fed
eral aid funds and stabilize annho.
850 miles.
Highway Commissioner Hpnw r.
Shelton of Speed said the 513.4 mil
of paving work represent about one-
nail: or the Division's pro-rate part of
the 12,000 mile paving program plan
ned for the State. Work is already in
progress on some of the roads, nd
more will begin laUr this month.
First bond monev mileao-e aUMtai
to the Division's 14 counties is as
follows:
Bertie, 29.4: Camden. 14.2! nhm..,,-
13.5; Currituck, 14; Dare, 10.7; Edge
combe, 44.2; Gates, 22.3; Halifax,
0.2; Hertford, 28.G; Martin, 27;
Northampton, 34.4; Pasquotank. 15.3:
('erquimans, 16.7, and Warren, 35.
In selecting this mileace." Com
missioner Shelton said. "
careful consideration to recommend
ations submitted by each board of
county commissioners. We also de
veloped and used extensively a, cul
ture map of each county showing the
areas lying more than one mile from
a paved road, the number of school
buses traveling each unpaved road
and the traffic count and mail routes
on the roads in each county. We set
up no priority on paving these roads.
They will be fitted into our over-all
hghway program during the next two
years."
The Commissioner announced the
following mileage allotments for sta
bilization in the 14 countes:
Bertie, 100; Camden. 30: Chowan.
25; Currituck, 30; Dare, none: Edire-
combe, 90; Gates, 50; Halifax, 115;
lertford, 70; Martin, 85; Northamp
ton, 80; Pasquotank, 35; Perquimans,
10; Warren, 100.
In addition to the bond Droo-ram
and the stabilization work the First
Division will complete during the hi
enuum ilie hard -surging of. 20.9
miles of secondary "ede.fll aid roads
and 126 miles of .Aondary roads al
ready under construction on July 1,
VJi'J, with regular road betterment
funds.
Work on selection of the first roads
under the $200,000,000 bond issue Dro-
gram has been underway for the past
live months in the r irst Divisions
headquarters at Ahoskie under the di
rection of Commissioner Shelton and
W. N. Spruill, division engineer.
Koads chosen for hard-surfacing
under the secondary road-paving pro
gram in Perquimans County are as
follows:
From Baker's store via Turnpike to
Pasquotank County line, 3.5 miles;
from N. C. 37 west of Belvidere to
Cedar Stretch via Beach Springs, 6.2
miles; from Bethel to Burnt Mill, 2.5
miles; from end of pavement at Dur
ants Neck to Muddy Creek Fork, 4.5
miles; total mileage, 16.7.
In addition to the above 3.9 miles
of roadway under construction since
July, 1949, will be completed during
this period. These projects are from
N. C. 37 east of Belvidere to Snow
Hill, 1.2 miles and from Jackson
store to Overton store, 2.7 miles.
Sheriff To Attend
Governor's Meeting
On ABC Enforcement
Sheriff M. G. Owens will attend a
conference of law enforcement . offi
cers to be held in Raleigh on next
Tuesday, it was announced here today.
The conference has been called by
Governor Scott for the purpose of
determining ways and means for a
more efficient enforcement of the
state ABC laws.
State ABC authorities have taken
action in recent weeks to dry up sour
ces of manufactured liquor now go
ing into dry areas of North Carolina
and have hopes, through the meeting
to be held Tuesday, of bringing about
closer cooperation between local and
state enforcement officers in running
bootleggers out of business.
Hertford PTA Meets
Next Thursday Night .
The Parent-Teachers Association of
the Hertford Grammar School will
meet Thursday evening, October 13,
at eight o'clock in the auditorium of
the schoolfl All members are urged
to be present.
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