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r r 1 r 3 1 . 1 ' '-V 1 I I .III II . I I t A I V" 1 I M m in VVolumeXVI.-Number4a Hertford, Perquimans Coimty,Nort& Carolina Y S:::!cr Fri P. GeIo To ft Gisst Ster At Rotdy Mng, Monday Dinner r Meeting to Be Held at Community ' House In Hertford Senator Frank P. Graham will be ' a guest speaker of the Hertford Ro- , tary ciud at a meeting to be held in the Community House next Monday night at 6 o'clock, it was announced today by R. L. Hollowell, president - of the club. .Senator Graham's ap ,i nearance i here -' wan . arransred ' bv Charles Henc, program' chairman of - tin cmc club. '. ;;, 1 Plans for thA entertainment of the Senator and Mrs. Graham' on their vfait to this community were com pleted at a meeting of the club last iuesaay. :enry . suiuvan, w. , Ainsley and Dr. A. B. Bonner were ' named to a - conrmfttae An tmiM . meni far th mMtintf and J. F.mmet. ; Window, E. Leigh Wtoslow, Charles Aenc and V. N. Darden were named as a committee to welcome Senator ami Mrs. Graham. ". The club members will also enter tain their RotaryAnneg and a num ber of invited suesta at this meetingr, . Mr. Graham served as president of V4C University of North Carolina for i approximately 20 years prior; to his appointment to the U. S. Senate ear- lier this year: During his years as president of the University, Senator Graham served on several important ' government committees doing special : work for Presidents Roosevelt and ;. Truman. ' His annearance here is ox- pccted to be one of the highlights of ' tbe notary, program for this year. I. C. Yagel, County Farm Agent, f wis the speaker at the Rotary meet 's, dng this week and he Ijold the Rotary ' members of'the various governmental e agencies operating in Perquimans lQunty for the purpqse of rendering assistance to farmers. He listed these agencies as the . Produ6tion Credit Corporation, Farm Home Administration, Production Marketing Administration and the t 3xr.enainn ServuiW and hrieflv nvnlain- , xed-the activities of each agency.-. . He pointed out tfcat one of the chief iifmis, ior county- iarnr waa-xarm storage for crops in order that coun ty farmers could take advantage of the payment of parity prices. He stated that parity prices are not paid it a farmer sells crops at markeK prices. To -collect parity prices, if market prices are under these ceil ings, a farmer must store the crop and sell the same to the government in . order to receive the guaranteed price. -'V:! I Rotary Speaker Elects Nev Officers lata! V" . " ' iAUtieenn?f.ionoav SENATOR FRANK GRAHAM Coming to Hertford next Monday, Senator Frank Graham will be the guest speaker at a meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club. The meeting wili be held at the Community House. County FtrmBira olyn Trueblood Cai Becomes Bride Of Charles Fadio, Jr. THIS VEDCS IWES 1 A. new series of teste for the atom -. bnnnb wra announced by the Defense riTMrf.mlrt 5t W a Ki n nrfrvn 4ltna woaIt , i-winwvuiVDVjMt (WVAUVWM UO VVWa The Department stated the" tests will ,; be carried out at luiiwetok, in the ra- ''. jCiftc, .According to the . announce- , ment the tests may herald .develop ment of bigger and better atojm bombs, as produced by the U. S. in tbe last two years. North Carolina's Commissioner of Insurance, Waldo Cheek, was shown : a iue una weea reveaung mat records kept over the past Ave years show thai fire insurance companies, have collected more than 100 million dol Jar n premiums in this state and paid out only 139,909,000 fci losses. A , report irom Raleigh points out that . . . the action may lead to a reduction in Arc insurance 'premiums in this state, saving millions of dollars to policy- . Teausn weamar ;. prevailed over ' .moat, the, U". S. this week. In the Northwest rafct and wind storms isiii- ed the death of at least eixbt tier MW-nd ; property damage in. the thousands of dollars, .'while in parts " of the east and in the south spring- me weatner witn thunderstorms was recorded, Atlanta, Ga., had the hot test November 28 on reconL? rtk.- Street Diisrtter.s '-:..i Gci?3 Jrfe7eek;t . Street aeeistibu' -tat season wia m instaiiea along Church ana Auiraec ojjeeis ate tius week or . earlv next week It una k " i -mvwivU Wednesday by Mayor V. N. Darden, wno sxaiea uia; ail winng and.; light 'bulbs are ready for installation but it might Tie a few days before the Town employees", will get the work co:ir' ' i. , " ' , T.le 'jfi hghts will turned on nf' 1 t'y 6v-or:;'y after installationand v I 1 1 fciUly; thfougliout The marriasrA of Miss Carol vn Tiueblood, daughter of Mr. and Jtrs. David R. Trueblood, to Charles M. Fadio, Jr., son of Mr. and Sirs. Charles M. Fadio, of Hazleton, Pa., took place Sunday afternoon at one o'clock in the Epworth Methodist Church at Winf all. The douhlA rinir rwvimftnv waq nor. formed by the Rev. Earl B. Edwards, pastor of the church, in the Dresence of relatives and friends. The -church was decorated with balms, cathedral candles, : white, chrysanthemums ' and wlWnaratsy .Mrs. D. L. Bar ber, organist of the church, played the wedding music, and Betty Lou Tiueblood sang "Because" and "I Love You Truly." j Given in marriage by' her father, the bride wore a gown of bridal white rosepoint lace over taffeta, fashioned with a scoop neckline esscallopsd to the pattern of lace, and repeated on th small cansleeves. Th full otn- ered candlrlight lenglh skirt was top- pea by a slim htttng belted waist line. Her' shoulder leneth veil nf delicate imported illusion was arranir- ed from a satin and lace Juliet cap edged with self gathering. She car ried a white prayer book covered with a white purple throated orchid and shewered with etephanotis. Her only ornament was' a strand of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. Miss Sue Jarres of Norfolk was maid of honor. She wore a gown of cloud blue-satin and carried a nose gay of mixed chrysanthemums. Miss Martha Leisrh of Edenton lighted tn candies and wore gown of peacock blue satin and a corsage of yellow roses. Thfl brideirrflnm hut na Ma best man Nate DeRobertia. The ush ers were James E. Leigh and M. M. Dillman. .' The bride's mother wore a dress of blue crepe and a.5 corsage of pink roses. i ne mother or the bridegroom wore a dress of cinnamon crepe and con? age of yellow roses. - ihe bride wore for traveling: a irrey suit with, black accessories and a white purple throated orchid corsage, Out-of-town B-uesta went Mr. nH Mrs. C. M. Fadio, Mrs. Sherrock and Nate DeRobertis of Hazleton, Pa.; Lt Comdr. and Mrs..Et G. .Loftus. Mr. and Mrs. - Ira ' McCloud, Miss Sue James, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Dillman. all of Norfolk, .and ' Mr. anA Mr James Leigh of Edenton. . ' Clarence Chappell Newj iT'esident; Member ship Goal Reached Members of the Perquimans Coun ty Farm Bureau, in a county-wide meeting held at the Agriculture Building in Hertford on Monday night, elected new officers for the year and selected delegates to attend the National Farm Bureau Confer ence in Ohdcaaro December 12 to 15. Clarence C. Chappell was elected as president of the farm Bureau for 19501 vice nreaident will be El wood White, and secretary-treasurer, Jack Brum. Directors of the local Bu reau, one from each township in the county, will be appointed by the new president. Selected to represent the county at the National Farm Bureau Conven tion were Preston Nixon. Elwood Whita and ClarencA Channel!. A fourth delegate will be named later thu: week. . T. Matthews, president of the Bureau, announced that the member ship drive is over the top with -414 members signed to date. The county quota was 400 members. Of this number, 89 of the members joined the Bureau through the organization of the Negro Bureau in Perquimans. "Milton Dail, membership chairman, and I would like to take this ounor- tunity to thank each and every per son wno nas neiped m any way with this membership drive." Mr. Mathews said in announcing the successful closing-of the campaign. In connection With the membership drive, the State Farm Bureau haj a club known as the Parity Club, made up of members who have written as many as ten members. Perauimans County had ten persons to , qualify for this club, one woman and nine mon. They were Mrs. Howard Hun ter, F. T Mathews; Preston Nixon, C. C. Chappell, E. Q. White, Claude Williams, L. L. Lane, Milton ' Dail, Sr.WalUce Benton md fcv&Mth ews. v .:'-' Others assisting in the membershiD drive we Bob Splvey, W- H. Math ews, EL,m Lane, J. A Bray, Waller Nowell R. M. Baker, P. E. Winslow, William C. Chappell, Ellie Winslow, B. W. Copeland. A. T. Lane. W. W. White, J. A. White, H. C. Stokes, R. S. Monds, Jack Brinn and Cecil Winslow. $1.50 Per. Year. Witness Found In Ccntempt Of Court By Recorder judge Five Cases Disposed of At Session on Tuesday Morning Failure to appear in Recorder's Cijirt as a witness, after being or dered to do so, will cost Booker T. Harrell, Negro, a week in jail or a fine of $25. Harrell was found dn contempt of court by Judge Charles E. Johnson this week when Harrellj failed to appear as a witness in the case of John White, Negro, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Harrell's failure to appear as a wit ness forced a continuance in the case. Sheriff M. G. Owens advised the Court he had summoned Harrell to be in court on Tuesday of this week. Following this information Judge Johnson found Harrell in contempt ad ordered, a capias issued for him. The case charging Mary Alice White, Neirro. with assault, con tinued for thirt days. The defend- ant was charged with throwing hot iye m the face of her husband. Tes timony offered at the hearing stated the pair was playin'ar at the time and no assault was intended. A nol pros was taken4 in the case charging William Casper with failure to report an accident. William Westley, Neirro. entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving without a license. He was ordered to pay a fine of ?25 and costs of court. Elmer Tonaberg entered a plea of gunty to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $10 and costs. fcamuel Ddll, Jr., charged with speeding, entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of five dollars and costs of court. Three cases listed on the docW were continued until the next term of court. Plans For Mass X-Rav Survev Revealed At Meeting Of Perquimans Committee 200 Bushels Of Corn Stolen Last Friday Thieves made away with 200 bush- ela of shelled white corn from the Hertford Livestock and Supply Com pany warehouse last Friday niirhit. it wa reported last Saturday by Sheriff M. u. Uwens, who stated today that investigation, of the theft is being continued. The corn was in 100 .basrs and stored on the platform of the warehouse Sheriff Owens reported The theft was discovered Saturdav morninjr and Sheriff Owens has been investigating the robbery since that date. Corn buvers in thi. area have been notified to be on the lookout for anybody attempting to sell this an.ount of white corn in the identified bags. Grunevvald-Fowler Vots Spoken At Elizabeth City Achievement Bay Progin pinned 6th For December RPWCluhHeafflTfllk By School Principal Misa Thelma Elliott. ' AnWnfn'nnsl chairman of the PeranimAna BiwIiwkui and Professional Woman's dub, was fhs speaker at a meeting of the group held last week at the Hotel Hertford: Miss Elliott spoke on the subject of JSducation and ciuid Urowth, She stated that the chiM needed physical and miritual growth an well aa honk learning and painted out the need for Daiancea aiei xor cnuareiLr During the program Mrs, Allie E. Johnson spoke on ' the origin of Thankso-ivinir. - MLm Domthv Mav. nard rendered a solo, accompanied by Mrs. Dora Riddick. Misa Audrev Umphlett, County Health Nurse, an nounced plans concerning1 the mass chest X-ray to ibe conducted here and plans were made to complete the campaign for the sal of TB. Seals, wluch the BP.W Club ia sponsoring. t Filial plans have been made for the annual rerqumang 4-H Club Achieve- mciu uny, n was announced today by J. K. Butler, Jr., assistant County Agent, wno; reported that 1949 has been a very auccessf ul year for the club in this I county and the year's work will be finished by the Achieve ment Day program. The proirram will be conducted at in0. Hertford (Mmmur School Andi- tonum, Tuesday night at 7:30 P. M. The highlights of the program will inrlude a welcome, a summary of the DSSt year's work 'a rhallcno-a for 1SK0 and an address by William C. Chap- pei. At .the conclusion of the pro gram, awarda .will be made to club winners. . . Mr. Butler atated that everv club number la' tXneeted n narticiDate in the Achievement Day program, , if possioie. and the nubhc is invited to attend. - samples of projects win be on exhibit and thia will be an excel lent opportunity for those not famUi- . . ... .k ar wixn ciuo activities to ooserve tne fine work done bv the 4-H members. k Horace Layden, Perquimans repre- seiuaave at the XManonai uud Conirresa in Chlcacro. returned home from thai f!onmxu on Saturday. ' He attended the meeting with the State delegation as State winner in Better methods Electric contest Itotarv To Present Sunshine Sue Dec. 15 f mmmm., ... 'Sunshine Sue. famoua radio and stagre show of Richmond. Va.. will h presented Jiere on Thursday, Decem ber 15, it ,wa announced today by R I . Hollowell. nreaident -of the TTeri. ford Rotary Club. The show be sponsored by the local Rotary Club. Sunshine Sue and her troop of radio, stars will present their show at the Parquimaai High School auditorium. rroceeda Ifonv the show will be used 1 he wedding of Miss Ann Elizabeth Fowler, of Hertford, and John Grune wad of Norfolk, Va., took place at McCann Memorial Presnvtorinn church in Elizabeth City, on Wednes- dayf JNovember 23, at 9:30 in the morning, with the pastor, Dr. Paul K. Ausley, officiating, with only the immediate families of the couple present. A program of nuptial music was rendered by Rodney Trueblood, or ganist of the church, prior to the cere mony, with the traditional wedidnir marches being played. ine onae, wno was given in mar riage by her brother-in-law, Walter Brittdh. of Hertford, wore a mila. teen teal blue suit of Fortsmans wool, with brown accessories, and a white orchid shoulder corsage. She also wore a gold and ruby necklace with ear rings, a gift of the bridegroom. Mrs. Edsrar Lane of Hertford, was matron of honor and the bride's only attendant. She wore a gabardine suit of cranberry red, with black ac cessories. Her flowers' were a cor sage of bronze pompoms. Immediately after the ceremony th& couple left for a southern motor trip, after which they will make their home in Hertford: The bride ia a daughter nf Charlea Oscar Fowler and the late Mrs. Vir ginia Stalurigs Fowler, of Hertford, an-1, for several years haa held a noai tion as laboratory technician in the office of Dr. T. P. Brinn. The bride groom is a son of Mrs. Vivian Grune- wald and the late John Grunewald of Norfolk, and holds a position in the oiiice of the Naval Operating Base in Norfolk. Indians Close Grid Season; Basketball Practice Started Perquimans High School's Indians closed their 1949 football season on Thanksgiving day in the annual game with Elizabeth City, going down in defeat by a 27-0 score, and have started practice for the basketball season coming up. The more experienced Yellow Jack ets romped away from the Indians in ti e Turkey day game, scoring 20 points in the second quarter after sparring with the Indian defense dur ing the first period. Quick opening plays netted the Jackets their fourth and final TD shortly after the start of the second half, then the Indians tightened their defense and played Elizabeth City on even terms during the remainder of the contest. Coach Ellie Fearinor collected foot. ball gear on Monday and immediately announced plans for startmt, basket- oaii drills tor the coming season. The inoiana will open their court games a.yainsi Elizabeth City hera Tuesday mjrnt, uecember 13. Coach Fearine will face a tomrh position in building up the local court team this season, inasmuch as most of last year's basketball team was lost through graduation. . He has three members of last year's saiiad reporting for practice, these being Bob Jordan, Guy Cannon and Buddy Tilley. Prospects for a good team, however, are bright, for Fearing will have members of the excellent junior varsity trying out for the team this season and among this group are Joe iowe, Ben Thatch, Garland Walker, Carrall Rerrv Tnmmo Qnmin. j Julian Winslow. The junior varsity had an excellent season last year and the experience the boys gained jy expected to hola ter the chances of the Indian netters during the coming season. The In dians will participate in the Alhe marie Conference, meeting Columbia, nymouth, Wiiliamston. Ahoskie and Scotland Neck m addition to a num ber or non-cc-nference opponents. Purpose Is to Discover Early Presence of Tuberculosis Red Cross Chanter Appreciative For Blood Bank Aid Miss Rosa Lassiter Weds Joseph Kuczo Mr. and Mrs. William C. LaaMtor announce the marriage of their daugh ter, Rosa Louise, to Joseph Kuczo. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kuczo of Willingford. Conn.. November 24 at Holy Trinity Church, Washington, D. The bride wore a" iteal suit with brown accessories and an orchid corsage. After the wedding the party was entertained at a wedding dinner at tne wuiara Hotel. The bride, for the naat eoVht veara has been employed by Dr. C. A. Dav enport. The bridegroom is head ath letic : trainer at GeonretnWn UniU- ersity. . , . . , After a weddinir tifin to north points the couple will reside in Buck- . . . . tL l i " m . . r wB vvwym will tCSlUB 11 by the Rotary Club for erne projects..ingham Court, Arlington, Va. Officers of the Pemiiimiu PdonfA. - 1 VMJA,A or the Red Cross trds week expressed tneir tnanjcs and appreciation for the assistance they received in the re cent drive to collect blood for the Red Cross Blood Bank. Especially thanked were iMMAnnJ of the Marine Air Station at. Kifonltan who came to participate in the pro gram ana aided the local chapter to suppiy io pints of blood toward the program. Charles C. Banks. BAcartarv nftk chanter, sent the followino- im - . ."O W Colonel R. E. Hopper, commanding officer at the Air Station. "On Be half Of the Perauimana Coimttr rVi,- ter of the American Red Cmu T want to thank you and the personnel oi ine Edenton Marine Corps Air Station for the heln from you in our driv for hlond With out the donors from the Air Station our campaign could hardly have been termed a success. -"It is this spirit of cooperation and neipiuiness so often demonstrated by the Air Station in regards to local contributions that make all of us proud to have the Marines in our community and hope that you remain I permanently." One of the most extensive health surveys ever to be conducted in Per quimans County will get under way here on December 7 when the Stae Health Department in cooperation with the District Health Department and the Perquimans Tuberculosis Seal committee will begin a mass X-ray survey to discover early presence of tuberculosis among reaidtns of the county, it was announced today by Dr. B. B. McGuire, district health offi cer. Plans for the mass X-rav vealed here last week when Misa Lulabelle Highsmith, field represent ative ior tne State Board of Health met with the Perauimana Committee and explained the proced ure or operations. She pointed out that for the SUrvev to he anvea.fi,l in determining early presence of the disease all persons over the nf 15 fhould take advantage of this op portunity to receive a chest. X" free of charge. She stated that the State Tt.vJ will send five big X-rav units into this district and these units will op erate between December 7 anA .Tom,. ary 14, taking X-ravs of all neraona appearing at the units. Some of the units will be stationed in Perquimans County during the entire period and the schedule for this county has been announced as follows: Perquimans High School, December ? and 8, for school children onlv: Maior-Toomfs Co., December 9, for employees of this company only; at prison camp in Woodville. December 10. for rann employees only; Chaoanoke Postof- fice. December 13 and 14. Belvidere Community House, December 15, 16 and 17; Whiteston. Archie White's lot. December 20: Bethel. Phillini? Store, December 20 and 21; Winf all, December 21 and 22: Hertford, at. Se Court house, January 3 through Janu ary 14; woodville, January 3 and 4 and New Hape January 6, 6, 7 and 10. ,.., 'ihe uni'.s will be in operation on these days from 11 A. M. until five in the evening. Individuals are requested to take note of the dates when the mobile unit- will be in each community, al though Miss Highsmith pointed out thut an individual may have an X-ray taken at any location he or she mav desire. She added that it will take only a few minutes to have the X-ray taken and individuals need not un- drt-ss.. The X-rav is taken throno-'i the clothing. Members of the Steering Commit tee, which is composed of Mrs. J. H. New bold, J. T. Diggers, Mrs. Law rence Towe. MiiS Audrev UmnhleH- Miss Kathleen Leary, Dr. C. A. Dav enport, Dr. T. P. Brinn, Dr. I. A. Ward, Dr. W. A. Hoggard, Dr. A. B. Bonner, E. M. Perry, Mrs Nina B.' White, Edgar White, Rev. E. B. Ed wards, Mayor V. N. Darden and Max Campbell have arranged to conduct a wide publicity campaign in connex ion with the survey and local civic organizations are working as units urging all citizens of the countv to use this onnortunitv to heln fomnnr tuberculosis, by assisting in the dis covery through the mass X-ray sur vey. Individuals havinsr chest X-ravs made will be notified as to the re sults discovered, and if need be, an additional X-ray will be made to fur ther study the .suspected cases. Hertford PTA Meets Next Thursday P. M. The Parent-Teacher Asoiaon r.f tiw Hertford Grammar School will meet next Thursday niVht. nawmU. 8, at 8 o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Misa Marv Sum WAV UriM be in charge of the program. Mem bers Of the sixth irrada nt V, 1 - o will present a Christmas play. All members are urged to be present and friends of the school are invited to attend. County Boards Meet Monday And Tuesday Perquimans Board of County Com missioners will meet for their regular December meeting next Monday and are expected to complete arrange ments for listing of taxes in January and the holding of a special term of Superior Court. The Countv Roan! nf VA.,tl - w v uuw.auu.1 will meet on Tuesday, instead of Mon day, at which time nVfaill for the construction of the new gynt and vocational building for Perquim ans High School, as well as handling Its usual routine business. if'