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' :' .... . . - T" " . : . ' , , , v . i i - ' - V ' -- ' l- ' . ,. , ,.-v .- -..i 'Hr;eW.V"i'-a' ...v . i .. ttt' . .- -' YB PERQUIMANS WEEK L Volume XVII. Number 5. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 3, 1950. IL" ":sT Dlcyc'2 On Saturday To Climax V'ddong Safety fempzign V ; Wide Interest Shown In . Program; Prizes to Be . , . Awarded Many Con test Entrants ' 4 , , A :.. , A huge parade, expected to be made V iip of two or three hundred Perquim '" ..( na County children riding decorated bicycles, will bring to a climatic close . ' a safety campaign sponsored among the county school children during the past week by the Perquimans Busi nesa and Professioal (Woman's Club in .:, -cooperation with the State Highway !n .Division. In fact there will he two parades - -on ' Saturday afternoon, one for the -white children will be staged at two -. o'clock and one for the Negro children JL will be held at three o'clock, with a W' 1 A . ' a . 1 . , 1 i ;, itugv ugi oi prized to oe awarueu can dren competing in the campaign. Highlights of the safety campaign conducted during the week included 'lectures to the children on safety. These talks were given by Mra. Alice FutreH, Field 'Representative fo: the State Safety Division, Cpl. L. E. Howell of the Highway Patrol and members of the BPW Club. In addi tion a safety movie, explaining safety regulations and practices was shown in each chool in the- county and writ ten examinations were given the old er children. , The campaign has been a huge sue -cess from every angle. Patrolman Howell reported that much interest was manifested In safety practices af ter the showing of the film, and it was evident that many of the children were ignorant of many of the common ' rules for safety, but all showed willingness to Meant and put into ,' practice the rules of safety. ' - The (parade (Saturday afternoon will start first for the white children at the Hertford Grammar School, and will be headed by Patrolman Howell ana -B. R. Inacoe, The wurad will start down Market Street and d V Court House whew Stfixea will tie . vi wd Ui winninr ceiJtestafiteJTh V stait at the Hertford Higbof'to "t;- will likewise end at the Court, House , . where prize will ha awarded to Jihe ; . . . winning contestants. Vy' - It was announced today by Mrs. D. ' M. Jackson, and Miss Hulda Wood, !. chairmen of he BPW committee in . ,h charge of the4 campaign that all scrap - ,- books and slogans to be entered in the J r campaign must be turned in by Fri- 'day afternoon in order for iheee to i f be Judged in the; campaign. Prizes j ' -, for tbese books and slogans will be i . -. awarded on Saturday. ' 1 Some of the prizes to be awarded i ; conteatanta include many accessories for .bicycles, such as baskets, horns, , " Rights, rear-view mirror, locks grips, ' . belts, luggage carriers, and fountain 1 (Continued on Page Eght) Edenton Marine Base Ordered Closed Soon Orders to close the Edenton Ma rine Air Station effective March 31, were received by the commanding of ficer oi the station in Udenton on Wednesday of this week, according to a report circulating Thursday. The Commander of the Station could not be reached to confirm the report, however, the concensus of opinion among the Edenton business men was that the report this time is official. Rumors concerning the closing of the baae circulated- in this area two weeks ago, but at that time Edenton representatives were advised m Wash ington that no action was contemplat ed, at least until the end of the fis cal year. ( ; Y- Conbiutions To March Dimes Fund tang In County 'if'' Less Than One-third of Quota Reported Up to Wednesday Bioodmohile Unit To Visit Hertford Tuesday, February 21 Volunteers Needed In Order For County to Contribute Quota Series Of Projects Plai HOC Federation ined By County TlliS VMS HEPUCB: . After weeks' cf consideration, Presi - dent Truman on Wednesday announce ed that tiie United States will go i ahead with preparation to. manuf act- - . uro a Hydrogen bomb which accord ing to reports, is more powerful than 4 the Atom i bomb, y In " his statement, . this week, President Truman said eh had ordered the Atomic Energy Com. ' missibtn to proceed witK fclans for the v making Of the H-bomb.,- ( " ' "An appeal for a truce coal s dispute was issued this week by xresi' - dent Traman, who called on coal op " ', erators and miners alike to carry out I a . normal- 70 day coal production 1 , schedule in order that the nation will ; not suffer rom a coal ahortage. The . President, ured to principals tin the strike to rc . ly by Saturday of this week rejrardlpj the proposal. If ac cepted the trjce will mean an end to the three-day work ? eck the minew have been observing for monthB. The Council of Perquimans County Federation Home Demonstration Clubs held it's regular meeting Sat urday afternoon, January 28th at the Agricultural Building. The meeting opened by singing Lead On, O King Eternal" after which Mr. L. J. Wins low of Belvidere Club gave a short devotional. The minutes were then read by the .secretary and the roll called by clubs with twelve clubs rep resented and 42 present The treasur er of the council gave a financial re port During the business session, with Mrs. Fred Matthews presiding, dues for the year were ducussed, and con tribution to Loan Funds were ap proved. Mrs. Matthews appointed comiaittee to' select county project leaders ' and- county committee cbair- WMteeton dub was "selected to ,have one of . their members give the coun ty report at the District meeting. A Music appreciation program was dis cussed and a committee was. appointed with Mrs. L. J. Winslow of Belvidere as chairman. Mrs. Russell Baker of Whiteston"and Mrs. Fred Matthews of Hertford serving on the committee, Mrs. N. D. Chappell of Belvidere gave a very interesting report on the officers training school which she at tended in Plymouth. The meeting closed with a song af ter which the council members re peated the club collect . Whiteston Club was .hostess to the Council following the meeting. Local Legionnaires Attend State Meeting B. C. Berry and W. F. Ainsley re turned to their homes here-Tuesday after attending the Post Officers An nual Conference of the American Leg ion, held In Raleigh. on Sunday and Monday. Mr. Berry is .a member of the Legion's 'National Membership Committee and Mr. Ainsley is State vice-commander of the : American Legion.-;a5v-i,"i. " " The North Carolina Conference went.on record, according to' a report of the meeting, as opposing the uoov er Commission report as it effects the VtenaAdmiiiisteittf.'t,.it -Ywm pointed out that this report offers no economy or efficiency insofar as the Veteran's - Administration is con eerned. . .'"' Less than one-third of the Perquim ans County quota for the March of Dimes campaign had been reported up to Wednesday of this week, according to James E. Newby, drive chairman, who stated that a total of $475 had been collected and reported to him early this week. He stated most of this sum was contributed through the State Theater, the Perquimans High School and a few reports from, the Town of Hertford. "It appears now that we are lag- ging behind in this campaign to raise funds for a very important cause," Mr. Newby said, "but I feel that the residents of Perquimans are going to respond to the appeal to help fight polio and I am urging that contnbu tions be made as soon as possible in order that we may obtain our quota and dose the campaign by February 16." Solicitors, especially those working m the Town of Hertford, are request ed by the drive chairman to complete their canvass and make reports not later than Saturday of this week, Those making a canvass of rural com munities are urged to complete the task as rapidly as possible and make reports as soon as possible for each neighborhood. "We have an unofficial quota for the county of $1800 and this is a small Slim to -give to help stamp Polio from our midst", the drive chairman said, "The National Foundation for Infan tile Paralysis has done an excellent; Job in rendering assistance in North Carolina as well as other states, and we should remember that Polio may strike right here in Perquimans, let'j htf .prepared by helping raise the nat ional quota and have sufficient means to combat the disease if . and where it strikes.". Individuals who have not been- con tacted or have not made contributions to the March of Dimes can do so by leaving their donations with Mr. New by at the Post Office in Hertford, or by seeing their neighborhood solici tors, listed by Mr. Newby in the last issue of this newspaper. f 1.50 Per Year. Special Term Of Superior Court In Session Here; Judge Nimocks Presiding Officers Continue SearchFor Assailant Assault Charges Members of the Perquimans Red Cross committee in charge of the Blood Bank program, sponsored by the American Red Cross, are now making plans for the next visit of the Bloodmobile, which wilLcome to Hert ford on Tuesday, February 21, it was announced today by Charles M. Har- rell, Jr., chairman of the group. The Bloodmobile unit will be station ed at the Hertford Methodist Church for the purpose of collecting 100 pints or blood to be used by the Red Cross in this area in providing free blood transfusions to hospital patients, in need of transfusions. In reporting plans for the next vis it of the bloodmobile, Mr. Harrell stated, "We feel this program is go ing to be of great benefit to the resi dents of our county as well as the en tire area, we already have reports that several Perquimans County resi dents had received free blood trans fusions through this program and no doubt many more will benefit in months to come." At the present time the committee is chiefly concerned with signing up volunteers who will donate one pint of blood when the bloodmobile comes to Hertford on February 21. Jarvis Ward, chairman of the committee for recruiting volunteers reported Mon day that thus far only a few individ uals have volunteered to donate blood, and unless more residents of the coun ty come forward and volunteer for the program Perquimans will not be able to fill its quota. - A large number of individuals sign ed up as blood donors for the first visit of the bloodmobile, ihut some of the were unable to appear and the committee is hopeful that-.-masy of theM- recruits will come forward on Februjp .-y 21and helo the jgintyjneet its quota. " "' -"' In reporting on the recruiting 'Of volunteers, Mr. Ward stated, "I think many individuals are reluctant to vol unteer . for this program because of fear, but the taking of blood in this program is easy and no one should hesitate in helping us to make this program a success." He urges a large number of volunteers to sign up in order that the quota will be obtain ed February 21. -Pasquotank police officers are con tinuing the investigation of the brut al assualt made on Dr. W. A. Hog- gard, Perquimans County physician, last week, according to reports heard here. Little progress has been made in I tracking down the assailant, but au thorities state that every clue is be ing traced in an effort to apprehend the attacker. The condition of Dr. Hoggard is re ported to be slight improved although he remains as a patient in the Al bemarle Hospital. Rumors have been making the rounds that an arrest in the case ha. been made by officers in Elizabeth City but they deny this report. Session Is Expected to Last Through Most of The Week Filed By Sheriff Zx-' y of Agriculture Brennan ,ort ' i Washington this week " t tu i Cr?ess orders otherwise i department will destroy about 50 :on bushels.' of surplus gwtatoes, t Jred by the Government under the i rrice 'support program. The ' j, it was reported cost the gov i6i.t between 80 and 100 millions jllars. ':' ' i". .'; t''1 . nother candidate threw'LIs hat In V e political ring this w Tv-n ' r-ynoMs announced f t f t ' . , i c;;ice of U. S. - f. "tor Frank Graha..i ; ; in Hay. Reynolds prlvk j ' -rl his intentions' cf r i tV sfctttUcr:-.' j f irst Senator Uo. ' ' vrr -- -5 - ' 1.1 1 3- 1 GI Insurance Checks ; , Arriving In County ' C: C. Banks," Perquimans County Service Officer, estimated today that approximately. 60 veterans in this county have already received dividend checks,-being paid on National Ser vice life Insurance from Washington. These checks represent'dividend, ac cural on insurance payments made by veterans, from 11940 through 1949. Ths amount paid to each veteran varies- as to the amount of insurance carried and the number of years the ppUicyjwas.in foiesv!7-fvj':vi B &L Stockholders ; ? ToIt Eeblrnary.S - Stockholders of .the Hertford Build ing and Loan Association will hold their annual meeting v at the Court House in Hertford next Wednesday "3rnaon,' beginning at four o'clock the ipunpose of electing directors : r the association for the yearr I960, t v-b announced.1 today by i Max C, ' -'.I, secretary c the association. ' -j and Loan : ' '.olJers, un---nt f " 1 r Jtiry are ti xte s:- -y. In Shooting Scrape Richard Whita, 17 year old Negro, shot his sister-in-law, Emmaline Simpson White, 28, .with a shot gun at his home in the Durante Neck community Tuesday evening between four and five o'clock, it was reported by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who stated that he has filed charges against the couple charging both with assualt with deadly weapons. Emmaline was taken to the Albe marle hospital, suffering from shot wounds,, where she was reported to be not in serious condition. According to Sheriff Owens, who in vestigated the shooting' scrape, Rich ard. White and his wife, Mary, also 17, were scuffling in the yard at their home when Emmaline White, who liv ed next door, came into the yard with a knife in her hand and told Richard she Was going to cut his throat, then Richard, it is. reported, ran from the woman who pursued him around the yard and into his home. During the v chase, it is reported, Emmaline picked up an axe and threw it at Richard, then later picked up a pitch fork in an attempt ,to stab him. ' White told Sheriff Owens that he got his shot gun from the house and loaded it with a No. 4 shot and went into the yard and told his sister-in-law to so on home, when the woman continued to charge him he fired at her in an attenrot to scare her. He told Sheriff Owens that he did not shoot to kill 'her but only ;.wanted to scare her, away. - - (;y . White and his wife were questioned by Sheriff p wens . Tuesday night and the wounded woman was seen later at the hospital Richard. Was placed In Jail, charged with assualt wicn a dead ly weapon and hearing will be held in Recorder's Court at the next' term. Recorder's Court , ; In Recess Tuesday Perquimans County Recorder's Court was in recess this week because of the special term of Superior Court TxJh convened here Tuesday AM c s u a on me aocxeun recorder b court were set for hearing oh Tues- y, r lruary 7.. Soil Technicians Map Plans For 51 County Farms In '49 Soil Technicians, working with the Albemarle Soil Conservation District assisted 51 Perquimans County farm ers in preparing conservation plan3 for their farms in 1949, it was report ed today by F. A, McGoogan of the Soil Conservation District Mr. Mc Googan reported this makes a total of 361. farm conservation plans, cov ering 40,555 acres in Perquimans County worked out since the unit was established in 1944. Farmers cooperating with the Dis trict . seeded 248 acres of permanent pastures during 1949, an increase of about three times the number of acres seeded" in 1948. During tie year Perquimans farm ers improved or built drainage sys tems on about 1900 acres of land. This work involved the construction of new ditches and the cleaning out of old ditches, which together amount ed to approximately 45 miles of ditch eg, Mr, McUoogan stated. Car Demolished In C Wreck Sunday Morning A speeding automobile, driven by an 18 year old resident of Edenton, was completely demolished and the driver seriously injured when the car failed to make a curve on the cause way near Hertford Sunday morning at about 8:45 A. M., it was reported by Patrolman B. R. Inscoe, who in- j vestigated the accident. " According to Patrolman Inscoe, Rhett Miller, Jr., suffered a fractured left ankle and other Injuries and a passenger with Miller; Earle Hughes, suffered minor injuries when the car driven by Miller left the highway and landed in. the Perquimans river. .Prop erty damage to the car, reported new, was listed by the Patrolman at $1,300. Mr. ; Inscoe also stated ; that Hughes related to him that the car was being: driven at a high rate of speed at the time of the accident.'' Indians And Squaws Drop Doubleheader To Plymouth Cagers Perquimans High School basketball teams lost a double header to the Ply mouth boys and girls in contests play ed at Plymouth last Friday night. It was sweet revenge for the Plymouth teams who had lost previous games to the locals earlier in the season. The Plymouth girls won the open ing contest by a score of 55-46, dis playing a powerful offensive punch in the closing minutes of the game. Per quimans trailed J4-16 at the first quarter and 24-29" at half time, then the Plymouth girls went to a scoring spree adding 26 points in the last half while the Squaws collected only 22. Marvina White led the local girls in scoring with 23 points and Janice Per ry collected 17. Browning paced the Plymouth boys to a nine point victory over the In dians when he sparked the Plymouth attack with a total of Z2 points. The score was tied at the first period 9-9 then Plymouth took a 23-19 lead at half time and were never headed when play was resumed. Plymouth had a 36-29 margin at the third quar ter and the final score was 46-37. Cannon was high point man for the Indians with 12 and Tilly was second with a total of nine. The sharp shooting of Browning gave the Plymouth boys the extra zip needed for the host team to even the count with Perquimans for the season play. On last Saturday night the Per quimans Junior Varsity defeated the Elizabeth City Boys Club by a score of 40-29. Perquimans will play Ahoskie there tonight in conference games and will be striving to gain revenge over the conference leaders for defeats suf fered two weeks ago when the Ahos kie teams took both games from the locals. Next week the Indians and Squaws will play in Williamston and Scotland Neck and will play Edenton here on February 14. Truck Driver Injured In Accident Tuesday Nathan Stowe, Jr., 28 of Belhaven, suffered serious injuries when a truck he was driving turned over on .High way 17, near Hamp's Place one mile south of Hertford late Tuesday after noon. Patrolman B. K. Inscoe, who in vestigated the accident reported that Stowe was driving north on the high way and attempting to pass another truck when this vehicle pulled to the left causing Stowe to swerve off the road. Stowe's truck turned over one and a half times, throwing Stowe into the air. He landed on the-roadway and suffered a fracture of the left knee cap, a broken nose and multiple cuts and bruises. Damage to the truck was estimated at 350 to $400. A special term of Superior Court convened here Tuesday, after a delay of one day in the opening when So licitor Walter Cohoon was dptainpd in Beaufort County with a case in that court. The Perquimans Court opened Tuesday morning with Judge Q. , Nimocks, of Fayetteville, presiding. In charging the grand jury Judge Nimocks reported that he had recived an anonymous letter, on his arrival here reporting charges of gambling in this county and he charged the grand jury to investigate this matter, and turned the letter over to Sheriff M. G. Owens for investigation. Despite the delay in opening, the court proceeded with the business at a rapid pace. , en of the cases list ed on the criminal docket were dis posed before noo:t when Solicitor Co hoon took a nol pros in two of the cases and four were continued at the request of the defendants. The cases of Clifton Shambrv. Neir- ro, charged with carrying a concealed weapon and Norman Gatling, Negro, charged with speeding, were stricken from the docket by a nol pros. The cases of John White, Jesse Fei ton, Booker T. Harrell and Lester Keel were continued until the next term of Superior Court. W. Rush, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of larceny. He was given a 60 day road sentence sus pended upon the condition that he left the State before noon on February 1, 1950. Almost two days of the court's time was lost when a mistrial was ordered by Judge Nimocks in the cas es of Sterling Miller and Roy Sut ton, Negroes, charged with larceny of seven pigs from the Hertford Live stock Company. This case was called for trial about noon Tuesday and al most all testimony had been presented when Attorney W. H. Oakey, Jr., ap pearing for Sterling Miller advised the Court that .two or more of the jurors in the case had visited a local garage during the noon recess Wed nesday and inspected an exhibit ex pected to be introduced as evidence. After some discussion, and a motion for a mistrial denied, Judge Nimocks ordered a mistrial and called for a drawing of 25 additional jurors in or der that the case be heard at this term of court. This trial was still being heard when this newspaper went to press, and Judge Nimocks stated that it would be disposed of at this term of court if it took weeks. With a mistrial being ordered in this case it appeared that only the criminal docket will be tried durir, the Special term of court, anu possi bly some of the cases listed on th docket might be continued because of the lack of time left in the week. In dications were when the civil calendar was called that only a few motions were likely to be made concerning thes cases and all would be continued until the next term of Superior Court. The case of Miller and Sutton began about noon Tuesday and testimony in the case was practically concluded when it was learned that some of the jurors visited the garage to view the exhibit expected to be produced later. Court recessed Wednesday evening after hearing the case of John Willie Sutton, 16 year old Negro, charged with first degree burglary. The State (Continued on Page Eight) Hertford PTA To Observe Founders' Day The Parent-Teachers Association of the Hertford Grammar School will meet next Thursday night, February 9, at eight o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Mrs. Chas. E. Johnson and Mir. Henry C. Sullivan will be in charge of the program which will feature ob servance oi founders nay. ah mem bers and patrons of the school are urged to attend. ; .; ; ;'';, ' "A BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Calvin. Banks, Hert ford, Rt Three, announce the birth of a daughter at the Medical Center in Elizabeth City. ; . Delay Expected In Paying P0V7 Claims Latest information received in the District Office of the North Carolina Veterans Commission indicates that the War Claims Commission may not be able .to pay all prisoner of war and civilian internee claims for two or more years. AH War Claims Commission's ex penses, as well as air money for claims, must come from liquidated enemy assests. Although about $500, 000,000 in assets has been taken over, less than $20,000,000 of it is avail able to pay an estimated $120,000,000 worth- of daims. " Most of the rest is tied up in Buits brought by former owners. About 140,000 former prisoners jf war and internees are expected to file their applications. Eligible persons in this area are urged to contact the District Office of the North Carolina Veterans Com- mission, 206 Kramer Building, Eliza beth City, North Carolina or C. C. ; Banks, County Service Officer, lo cated in the Reed 03 Company Ware- -house, Hertford, North Carolina, for information and assistance. s