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Volume XVI. Number 47,
WEEKLY
5 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 25, 1949.
LLry Of County
Hiiss Shaft In .
Past Seven Years
Value of Goods Manu
- i factured Shows In-
crease of More Than
: ; $700,000
. : , - The value added by manufacture of
;" goodt? produced in manufacturing
establishments of Perquimans County
has increased approximately 1701,000
'. since before the war' according to In
. formation received here from C. Park
, r Fersons, Regional Director of the
- U. S. Department of Commerce in
v Atlanta.
A Census Bureau report from its
1947 Census of Manufactures shows,
; Mr. Persons said, that in 1939 the
value added by manufacture of goods
produced, by manufacturers of Per
quimans County was $347,000 and
thai- in 1947 it was 11,084,000. The
term "value added by manufacture"
means the value of manufactured
good? in excess of the cost of materi
als and supplies, the Commerce De
partment official explained.
Most branches of Perquimans coun
ty's .manufacturing Industries have
. grown correspondingly in the eight
year period, it was stated.! The num
ber of establishments engaged in
manufacturing operations has increas
ed from 4 in 1939 to 11 in 1947, the
number of employees from 230 to
324, and salaries and wages from
$132,301 to $498,000. . .
Lending Players In junior Comedy
-t Hi Y: if It
Pictured here are the six leads in the hilarious Junior Class play,
"It's a Great Life," to be presented at the Perquimans High School
on Friday, December 2. From left to right in the front row are:
Catherine Goodwin, Calvin Butt and Doris Faye Allen. In the back
row are Burwell Winslow, Mary Dunsmoor and James Umphlett.
County Committee
Starts Annual Seal
$1.60 Per Year.
Sale Here This Week
Tarboro Tops Perquimans Indians In
Homecoming Event Here Last Friday
Health Sanitarians
Finish Inspection
Of Lodging Places
Counties has been made by K. J. Eyer
and J. L. Batta, Sanitarians for' the
district Health Department, it was an
nounced today.
A majority of these lodging facili
ties were found to be in Grade A con
dition, the Sanitarians reported,
meaning that most of , these comply
fuliy with the rules and regulations
governing the sanitation of hotels,
tourist' ' homes and other lodging
places.
Mr. Batts, a former hotel man and
graduate of a hotel training school
pointed out that some of these estab
lishments would compare favorable
with any, in the country.
The Sanitarians pointed out that
tourist lodging has expanded to an
unrealized large business in this area
since U. & Highway 17 travels
through the four counties of this
health district. Many compliments
have been expressed by out of state
tourists regarding such excellent ac
comodations to be found in this area.
Mr .Eyer stated that rules and regu
lations governing the operation of
transient lodging establishments may
be obtained from the health depart
ment and added that ho person shall
operate such an establishment until
a sanitarian has inspected the place
and found that it complies with the
regulations ' of the ( State Board ' of
Health.
Miss Suzanne Towe Is
Crowned Monogram
Queen For Year
Tarboro Hign School marred the
homecoming1 celebration of Perquim
ans High School last Friday when
its football team took home a 20-12
victory over the Perquimans Indians,
in what was otherwise a grand oh
servance sponsored by the Perquim
ans Monogram Club,
. Tne football game, feature of the
Homecoming-celebration, opened with
Tarboro kicking to the Indians who
after two seiriramage plays lost the
Inspection of 36 registered transi
ent iruest establishments in Pasouo-
tuWFlrqimaRt XdenCho-antft-taile aridthen
Cholera Causes Loss
In County Hog Crop
Perquimans County farmers, es
pecially, those living ia the .Beech
' Springs, Winfall and Chapanoke sect
; ions have reported serious losses in
v their hog crop this fall due to sick
ness among animals. j,
: According to the reports vaecina
tioa seemed to check the disease for
only a short time.. Hogs would con
tinue to die even after vaccine had
bee : administred, 1 A state veterinar-
lan and a representative of the Feder
al government examined a number of
hogs and determined that in most
ease's the chief cause of trouble was
cholera. The veterinarian explained
: that serum alone will check the di-
sease for only about 80 days, after
which it may break out again. Dou--.
ble treatment was. advised in all these
cases. '; ' ,,f
. '. la on caae, on the farm of Ned
Nkn, near Winfall, a different con
dition was found. - Mr; -Nixon's hogs
had been given both the sertcn and
virus - for two months prior- to the
outbreak. Symptoms of an .organism
- known as Salmonllla' were found and
dt wh recommended that, in this case
Gycol compound and a restricted diet
be used ae treatment - , - -
kicked to Perquimans. ' Another fum
ble by Perquimans gave the Tarboro
team the ball on the Indians' 19 yard
line and the vistors scored their first
TD on a pass, try for the extra point
was good and the score stood 7-0 for
Tarboro. The Indians recovered a
Tarboro fumble in the second period
and converted the play into a touch
down but failed to convert the extra
poiiit and the score was 7-0 at half
time. Tarboro racked up four first
downs to Perquimans' three in the
first half.
Both teams scored again in the
third period an i Tarboro converged
its extra point while the Indians
failed and the score was Tarboro 14,
Perquimans 12. During this period,
Bruce Chappell broke away for a nice
70 yard run to set up the scoring play
for the Indians. Perquimans faltered
in the final period and permitted Tar
boro to gam ground almost at will
and the visitors scored their third
TD with only 45 seconds remaining
m the game. farboro ran up seven
first downs inHhe second half while
Perquimans gained two. Final score
was Tarboro 20, Perquimans 12.
During the half time period Carroll
Berry, president of the student council
and Nathan Spivey, president of the
Monogram Club acted as masters of
ceremonies at the crowning of the
Monogram Queen for the year. The
selection of the Queen had been i:i
progress for two weeks and the win
ner was Miss Suzanne Towe, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Towe. Miss
Towe was crowned by Miss Kate
White Stanton,. 1949 Queen;
Tbi Homecoming' celebration open
ed with a big parade at 12:30 last
Friday. (Led by-the Band, the pro
cession of floats sponsored by various
organizations at the school, paraded
through the streets of Hertford and
waV viewed by a ' large number of
sidewalk spectators,
A dance sponsored by the Mono
gram Club at the VFW Hall follow
ing 'the football game climaxed the
activities forthe day." ' ' v.,
Gridiron Trophy To
Be Awarded December 1
The third annual presentation of
the State Theater Gridiron Trophy,
awarded each year to the outstand
ing football player at Perquimans
High School will be made on Thurs
day. December 1, lt was announced
today by B. L. Gibbs, manager of the
theater.
: The presentation will be made at
the Theater at 9 P. M, next Thurs
day. , . . . - - 1 ,
Winner of the trophy will be se
lected by the members of the team,
and will remain secret until the night
of the presentation: Previous win
ners of the : trophy are Chester Wins
low and Edawrd Lane. ' .
Town And County Get
7,271.30 Beer Tax
Perquimans County and the Town
of Hertford have received a
total of $7,271.30 as their share of the
beer taxes collected by the State dur
ing the past fiscal year, it was 'an
nounced in Raleigh on last Saturday.
Perquimans County received a to
tal of $5,789.51, while the Town of
Hertford received $1,481.79.
More than two million dollars was
collected by the State through the
beverage tax, all of which is distrib
uted among the counties and towns,
where beer is soW. The amount col-
nauiea, a rutnwey , 1 arboro tok overjlected during the past year was 28
per cent lees inm collected tne year
previous.
Part of Funds For Use
In X-Ray Program;
Goal Is $800
The annual Tuberculosis Seal Sale
in Perquimans Countv starts tnrlav
ana will continue until December 25,
u. wts announced today by Mrs. J. H.
Newbold, chairman of the countv
committee conducting the drive.
Seals allotted to Perquimans Coun
ty have arrived and will hp maiipW
to individuals immediately. In ad
dition to the sale of seals the com
mittees will alsD sell TB bonds in an
effort to raise a county quota of
$80u, fixed as the goal for this year's
campaign.
Mr.. Newbold announced t.W the
drive this year will carried out on
about the same plan as used last
yeai. Individuals receiving seals
through the mail are urged to enclose
their donations i.i the self-addressed
envelope and mail same back to Mrs.
Newbold. The bonds are being sold
inrougn personal solicitation. Indi
viduals who do not desire to contri
bute to the cause as requested, to mail
me seals back to the chairman.
In speaking of the drive this year,
yne enairman stated that the increase
in the county quota for 1949 is due
somewhat to the additional .expense
the county committee will bear in
assisting with the mass X-ray pro-
grain to be carried out in Perquimans
next month. Most of the funds col
lected through the drive will remain
i" this county to be used to help
figot tuberculosis. Approximately
la j er cent of the funds collected re
main in the county and the balance is
sent to the National Tuberculosis As
sociation to help support research and
otnf ! services on a national sralo
The Seal Sal this year is being
sponsored by the Perquimans Busi
ness and Professional Women's Club,
witi; Mrs. Newbold as chairman of
the, committee. . . . '
County Supplies 78 Pints Of Blood
For Red Cross Program On Tuesday
Junior Class Play
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It's A Great Life, a three act come
dy will 'be presented by the members
of the Junior Class at Perquimans
Hign School cn Friday night, Decem
ber 2, at eight o'clock, in the auditori
um of the school.
The cast, under the direction of R.
W. Baugham, faculty advisor, has
been in. rehearsal for the past month
and all reports point toward a suc
cessful presentation of the play.
Members of the cast invlude Calvin
Butt, Doris Pay.j Allen, Mary Duns
moor, Catherine Goodwin, Burwell
Winslow, James Umphlett, Virginia
Gay, Elizabeth Proctor, Sue Cooke,
Harold Colson and Horace Miller.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Warning Issued On
Blocking Fire Truck
Mayor. Y. N. Darden, this week is
sued a warning to residents of Hert
ford; especially .youngsters, who have
been "making a practice of hindering
the progress of the Fire Department
in answering calls to fires. The Ma
yor stated that firemen have com
plained that on many occasions at
recMit fires individuals, many on bi
cycles, have blocked the progress of
the fire truck jeemingly in an ef
fort to follow the firemen to the
blaze.' ' ,- . :
Mr., Darden, in Issuing a warning
to residents to give the fire truck the
right-of-way, pointed out that there
is a Town ordinance which forbid
individuals from blocking the pro
gress of the truck, and that court
action can Be invoked' against indi
viduals guilty of violating the ordi
nance. -. ' 'J. "
He requests that-U individuals ob
serve, the ordinance by giving the fire
truck' 4he right-of-way and, then in
case they want to go to the fire to
stay back of the truck at a reasonable
distance, '
Special Services
On Thanksgiving .
A special Thanksgiving Day ser
vice 'will be conducted at the Hofy
Trinity Church, In Hertford, v on
Thanksgiving Day at 10 P. 31., ft was
announced today, Monday, by the Rev.
E. T. Jilaon, rector -of the church.
. The public. ' ' .rdially Invited to
attend, . i -. )
Garden Club To Join
State Federation
Members of the Hertford Garden
Club held their November meeting at
the Agriculture Building on Wednes
day afternoon, November 16, and vot
ed to federate with the State Club in
January, 1950. The business .session
was presided over by Mrs. I. A.
Ward, president, and it was report
ed two new members were accepted
in the club.
The club, which was organized in
October, adopted its constitution and
by-laws and voted that annual dues
will be two dollars, payable by March,
195;1.
Committees for the year were ap
pointed as follows: Social, Mrs. W.
H. Pitt, Mrs. L. N. Hollowell, Mrs.
D. F. Reed, Mrs. J. P. Perry, Miss
Katd Blanchard; Membership, Mrs. C.
T. Skinner; Publicity, Mrs. T. B.
Suinner; Civic, Mrs. C. F. Sumner,
Mis. Charles Whedbee; Mrs. Sidnev
Jessup, Mrs. C. A. Davenport, Mrs. C.
P. Morris; Door Prizes, Mrs. J. W.
Ward.
Mrs. Ward gave an interesting re
port on the district meeting of the
Garoen Club which was held in Eliza
beth City on November 2.
It was voted that the piano owned
by the former Woman's Club be sold.
Plans were announced for holding
the December meeting in form of a
Christmas tea, at the home of one of
the members. .
' Door prizes, which will be present
ed at each meeting, were won by Mrs.
Charles Whedbeo, Mrs. J. P. Perry
and Mr3. L. C. Winslow.
Mailing Of Christmas
Cards To Cost More
It will cost more to mail Christmas
cards thu year than it did last year,
according to an announcement made
today by Postmaster W. W. White,
who pointed out that' during the last
session of Congress certain increases
in postal rates, including Christmas
cards, were enacted by Congress.
Last year postage on Christmas
cards, mailed unsealed, was one and
one half cents. Thi3 rate has now
increased to two cents and individuals
when mailing unsealed Christmas
card? are requested to buy two cent
stamps as postage. Christmas cards
with oersonal messages, must be sent
as first class mail with a three cent
stamp. Officials of the Hertford
Pojt Office pointed out that sending
all Christmas cards a3 first class mat
ter, with three cent stamps, will as
sure quicker service on delivery.
M. L. Basnight
Speaks At Meeting
Of PTA Monday
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Perquimans County Central Grammar
School met Monday night, November
21, at 7:30 o'clock.
The meeting was opened by singing
"My raith Looks Up to Thee," fol
lowed by the reading of the presi
dent's message by the secretary, Mrs.
Elijah White.
J. P. Snipes was i:i charge of an in
teresting program on "Today's Edu
cation." Mrs. Joseph Winslow E-ave
the devotional. A group of seventh
grade girls consisting of Pat Elliott,
Carolyn Faye Eure, Emily White and
Joyce Eure rendered the musical se
lection, "Now Thank We All Our
God.'
M L. Basnight,' principal of Cen
tra1 High School, Pasquotank County,
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ing. He spoke very interestingly on I 7''.'"""' a"u dve 111,1 onl Dlooa
First Visit Of Blood
mobile Reported As
Successful
Perquimans County's first oppor
tunity to participate in the Red Cross
program of building up a blood bank
in l.ospitals in this area was marked
a success when the bloodmobile came
hero Tuesday on its first visit to the
county. The county quota of 100
pints of blood was almost secured
when a total of 78 volunteer blood
donors appeared to contribute one
pint of blood to the program.
The bloodmobile arrived at the
Hertford Methodist Church, where
headquarters were set up in the Edu
cational Building, at 9 o'clock ac
companied by a doctor, five nurses
and two custodians. Assisted by the
local committees, the group immedi
ately set to work and soon were col
lecting the blood donated here.
Herbert N. Nixon was the ifirst
blood donor for Perquimans County,
he led the proces.-.ion through1 f the
series of rooms used in the operations
and after having received a blood test
was the first to donate blood to the
program. Lach donor, after giving
a pint of blood, was directed to the
canteen quarters where volunteers
were serving sandwiches, doughnuts,
cookies, coffee and milk.
Charles Harrell. chairman
blood program of the Perquimans
Rei Cross expressed his thanks to
members of his committee and all
thoje helped to make this first visit
of the bloodmobile a success. Chair
man Harrell stated, "We are very
pleased at the cooperation the people
of the county have given toward this
program and it is gratifying to know
that our citizens as a whole are back
ing this project."
"Particularly we want to than
the Methodist Church and its member
ship who so generously offered th-i
facilities of the Educational Build
ing as the center of the Perquimans
Blood ' Bank program," Mr. Harrell
said.
A large percentage of . the donors
Tuesday were members of local or-
6ai.iz.auuns wmcn assumea tne
VFW Dance Proceeds
To Vets' Hospital
' Proceeds from a Thanksgiving
dance, held Wednesday night, No
vember 23, at the Perquimans VFW
Half, were contributed to a Veteran's
Hospital it was announced today by
an official of the VFW Post.
Tbe dance was sponsored by the
VFW Poet and all proceeds were for
warded to a veteran's Administration
official to be sent to a veteran's hos
pital to help provide funds for use by
the veterans.
; CLUB SPONSORS PARTY
The New Hope Ruritan Club will
sponsor a Progressive Bridge and Set
back -Party at the New Hope Com
munity House Friday night, Novem
ber 25- The public is cordially in
vited to be present f ":
the subject of "Rural Education To
day." He stated that the public
schools are the hspe of democracy and
the greatest business in the nation
for those interested in the welfare of
children. In his talk he comDared
the schools of yesterday with the
schools of today. He summarized his
talk by asking, ' What is your school
doing? Are the children happy?
Can they go on through school ? Are
the children being trained to live with
people?"
The business session was presided
over by Mrs. M. D. Lane, president,
Mri" Elijah White read the minutes
of the last meeting, which were ap
proved. J. P. Snipes, principal,
thanked the Parent-Teacher Associa
tion for the support of the advertis
ing curtain sales. The Perquimans
Weekly campaign and the member
ship drive. Mrs. Wendell Benton an
nounced the December study group
meeting to be held with Mrs. Clifton
Morgan.
Mrs. Joseph Winslow, membership
chairman, presented a prize to the
sixth grade, Mrs. Onice Riddick,
teacher, as the first room to report'
100 per cent membership. Prizes I
were presented to Billy Bray and!
Men ill Winslow for reporting the
mos4. members in the grammar and
prirt-ary grades. Each room received
a prize for attaining 200 per cent
me'nbership.
Mrs. Eddie Harrell gave the report
of the district meeting held at Man
teo. She also announced that the
district meeting will be held at Per
quimans County Central Grammar
School next October.
The third and fourth grades, Mrs.
E. B. Edwards, teacher, received the
atWrdance award.
but time and energy to the program.
Mrs. T. P. Brinn was chairman of
the general committee on arrange
ments, and she was assisted by vari
ous groups.
Local registered nurses assisting
the Red Cross doctor and nurses were
Miss Audrey Umphlett, Mrs. C. F.
Sumner, Mrs. C. A. Davenport, Miss
Hulda Wood, Mrs. Frank Skinner,
Mrs. Johnnie Bray and Miss Leary.
The hospitality committee was
heaoed by Mrs. Brinn and she was
assist! by Mrs. Julian A. White,
Mrs, Charles Whedbee, Mrs. E. W.
Dursmoor and Mrs. Arthur Wood.
Staff aids and canteen volunteer
workers included Mrs. Corbin Dozier,
Mr.-! Charles Skinner, Mrs. Charles
Campen and Mrs. Jim Hutchinson.
Registrars were Mrs. Robert Apple
white, Mrs. Payn Mrs. J. R. Hyne
man Mrs. John Presteridge.
Layden Funeral Held
Tuesday Afternoon
Funeral services for Elmo B. Lay
den, 75, who died at his home on the
Winfall-Belvidere Highway, Monday
morning at 10:30 o'clock following
an illness of four years, were con
ducted at the Lynch Funeral Home
in Hertford Tuesday afternoon at
three o'clock. The Rev. C. W. Dul
ing pastor of the Hertford Baptist
church officiating.
Mr. Layden . was the son of the
late Charles and Sarah Griffin Lay
den and he is survived by a number
of neices and nephews. .
Pall bearers were Tim Berry, La
fayette Lane, J. Winslow, J. W, Now
ell, Linwood Winslow and Arthur
Chappell. Interment was in Cedar
wood Cemetery.
Elmo H. Cannon Died
Suddenly Friday;
Funeral On Monday
Elmo H. Cannon, 60, well known
Hertford business man, died sudden
ly of a heart attack at his home here
last Friday night at 10:25 o'clock.
He was a native and life-long resi
dent of Perquimans and was the son
of the late William Henry and
Blanche Russell Cannon.
H" was a member of the Hertford
Baptist Church.
Surviving are His wife, Mrs. Edna
Sedberry Cannon; three sons, William
Henry and Guy Sedberry Cannon of
Hertford and Lt. Elmo H. Cannon,
Jr., of the Army Air Force, of Texas;
two daughters, Mrs. Blanche Louise
Kimbrell and Mrs. Edna Ruth Evans
of Elkin, N. C; one brother, Carlton
(Jannon; five sisters, Mrs. J. E. Ever
ett and Mrs. Dan Reed of Hertford,
Mrs. Clarence Twiford of Elizabeth
City, Mrs. C. T. White of Mackeys.
and Mrs. Theron Johnson of Smith
field, N. C, and seven grandchildren.
. Funeral services were conducted at
the Lynch Funeral Home on Monday
morung at 11 o'clock by the Rev. C.
W. Duling, pastor of the Hertford
Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev.
Ben O. Merritt, pastor of the Hert
ford Methodist Church.
The choir sang "Sometime Well
Understand" and "Abide With Me.;
The pall was made of red. earned
Hons and white gladioli. . ' ' .
Pallbearers were Ben Thatch, Cecil
C. Winslow, W. H. Pitt, Cliff Banks,
A. WJ Hefren and W. D. Cox. ,