North Carolina Newspapers

ll VVolumeXVll. Number 7; " 1 LY Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 17, 1950. ;LcbfM'Ery; ..!:iJ::rs!;:i) Drive Eligible WomeiT Urged ; TO" Join Unit; Cam ' ' paign Ends March 15 .-' Hana for a membership campaign . to give Wm, Paul Stalling Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary in creased Strength for its activities dur ing the year ahead have been an nounced by Mrs. Sarah C. White, Unit President. The campaign has been extended through (March UStih, 1950, ; which is the American Legion Birth day" with enrollment of the Unit's I960 quota as its goal. The campaign will be directed by Mrs.: Elthel L. Perry, membership 'hairman of the Unit, assisted bf the following member of the Auxiliary, Mrs. Tbelma Hollowell, Winfall, N. ".& Mr Ruby iWhite, Belvidere, N. ' C; Mia. Blanche M. Perry and Mrs. ,( Mary G. Brian of Hertford, N. C. In vitations to come into- the activities of the Auxiliary are given to all eligible ' women in Perquimans County. i .IffWvM that it is especially fan ' poitant for the .wives, mothers, sisters v aiui daughters : of veterans of both World Wan to be members of the Auxiliary at this time, said Mrs. Per ry, membership chairman. -. This is critical time in the affairs : of veterans, as well at of the nation, . and' the Auxiliary is working for the , wetfare of both. 5 ', " Eevrr woman wl; loins gives us additional strength for service to the veterans and for oar work in support of, national security and 'American ism." , ' , ? Those eligible to be Auxiliary mem bers are the wives, mothers, sisters and daughters of members of the American eLgion, or of men who died to wr irvica.!and ,of ,.vetton wno ' ' ,4 tw-J sins dUoharga, Women ho em in ba;armed forces tn either Wou .Uat are eligflrt to both Legiori and Aaxiliary membership. C::ortsToBeHsil3 is World Day Of Prayer To Be Observed Here v .This community will join with many others in 90 counties observing World Bay of Prayer on Friday, Feb ruary 24, it was announced today by Mrs. L. C. Winslow, chairman of ., the local committee,' who stated that' ser vices, will be conducted in the Educa tional., Building at the Hertford Methodist Church beginning at 8 P. M. next Friday. World Day of Prayer is interde nominational and all residents of Hertford and this section are invited to attend the services, Mrs. Winslow said. Perquimans Cagers Divide Games With The March of Dimes campaign in Perquimans County has passed the $1,000 mark, according to James E. Newby, drive chairman, who reported on Tuesday that cortfcributlon reports are yet to came from some solicitors in the Town of Hertford and the rural areas of the county. J, A total of f 1.089.06 has been turned over to Mr. Newby since the drive nnmeA with a number of civic orgami- sationa reporting funds during the past .week. The Hertford 1 uoness Club contributed $150, proceeds from a bingo (party; lb Business and Pro fessional Woman's Club, $25; raised thrtmvh a bridge and rook party: the VFW, 46,: which was proceeds from v .dance sponsored by the VFW, and we Don Juan jrautf wwruwieu - Additional ecntrfbutioMi from the town f "Hertford, made during rart week amounted to 140.75. " AU contributions and reports for the Man of Dimes are to be reported by Friday of. this week, Mr." Newby an nounced nd he urged that anyone who served as a solicitor in the drive and who has money for the fund to turW it in immediately in order that the campaign can be Mougfct an c"lcial ctofe. ' - r.cdnicbile Unit . ' litre Next Tuesday ' Aiwansrements were ieingrfnplet- e i here Ci week for (the second visit o this county by the Ked Cross ibioou ile, on next Tuesday, it was re--ed today, by Charles M. Harrell, chairman of the Eed) Cross eom ' se in charge of the 3iood . I!rrell stated th heaipiar- ; for Uoodmobilo wiU agaa ' -Mished at the Hertford Metho- Church, and' 8iat blood donors a been notified as to the time they - s to appear end donate one pint of od to the program; ' ; ; ( ' ' i 5 K ouota of 100 ints of Wood, to tied in hospitals in this area for jslons' has been assigned 4he 'r and the committee is hopeful A can aehieva ts goa'. i Indica- t are that the bloodmobile, unit . l a able to receive additional vol -s, who will donate a pint -of over the dumber already as ; -polntmerits, and any person - U dohate blood for the pro- l ed to apply at the ketho r :-t Tuesday bettvrecn 4 3 A: M, and four P.M. Conference Teams Perquimans High School basketball teams divided contests with their op ponents during the past week, with the girls copping wins from Scotland Neck and Edenton, while the boys lost decisions to both teams. Led by Perry and Syknons, the Squaws trounced, the Scotland Neck girls 30-14 in a game at Scotland Neck. Stokely and Dawson were best on defense for the . Indian Squaws. After being . held to a tie, 6-6 acore during the . first period the Squaws took command of the situation and maintained an advantage throughout the remainder of the contest. , The Indians dropped a six , point decision to the Scotland Neck boys, 31-26, after holding a slight lead at the third quarter mark. (Thatch and Tilley led the locals in scoring, while Sumner starred on defense. Perry with 24 points and Symons with 11 points sparked the fiquaws to a 89-22 win over ttw Edenton girls in a .game here Tuesday night. ' The looal girls Jumped into a 16-10 lead darimr -the first neriod and the out- eome.was never in doubt. At the vni of the third period the'Squaws led 86-15 W ilo vtctory; ,. : .: Th In'MHi ' n a St 2 half it&ne lssi-jij nd? lost the contest by a 60-46 margin. TaUey scored, 16 points for Perquimans and Cannon had 11 points. Thatch and Sumner showed best on defense. The Edenton boys rallied in the third period to score 20 points and take a 42-37 Jead Which they never relin quished. , The last home game of the season for the Indians and Squaws will be played, next Tuesday night, when the iCreswell girls and boys come here for engagements with the local court teams. TovnBomfes Proposed On CinmenlMTo Direct Annud Red Cros Solicitations Drivel Opens February 27i County Quota Is Set at $1,395 A qiirta has been assigned and dates eft for the annual Perquimans County .Red Cross Roll CaU, it was an nounced today by Henry C. Stokes, Jr., whp is serving as chairman for the 196p campaign. At Slmeetinc held k-at Fridav 'it tended jby local chapter officials, a quota of ?1,395 was assigned for the drive aAd chairmen to direct a house to house canvass were named, accord inor to Mr. Stokes. The annual campaign will open on February 27, with solicitors calling on business and professional houses, then on Maivh 1. 2 nnH 3 on Church street between Grubb and hou8e canvass will be conducted UObb Streets. hnmi.olh!i tlB ommt whon -1- !1l.L 41 t..:x - ... cue wiuiave wie wppurtmmy oi join ing the Red Cross for another year. Mr. Stokes will have charge of the solicitation of business and .m-ofes- sional nouses, while Mrs. Julian A. White will serve as chairman of the group making the house to house can vass Of Hertford, Mrs. Nina B. White will be chairman for the canvass in the rural communities. wfll serve as co-ohairmen for the Colored division. House to house solicitors, who will begin their canvassing on March 1, will-be named next week, Mr. Stokes reported. In announcing the quota for the campaign this year Mr. Stokes said that approximately 600 of he quota will be Perquimans' amount due the National Red Cross headquar ters and the remainder of about f 700 will be retained here in the county to finance ttie budget of the county chap ter. TcnCaseslIcerd By $1.50 Per Year. Employment of Town Chemist Sought By Group of Citizens Members of the Hertford Town Board, meeting in regular session, Monday night took under advisement for investigation proposals offered for improvement of traffic through the Town and the improvement of the Town's water supply. The proposal concerning the traffic situation was advanced by members of the Hertford Rotary, represented by Robert L. Hollowell. The local civic club seeks for the Town Board to designate Grubb and Edenton Road streets as a truck route through the town, thus eliminating truck traffic Pointing out that the traffic situ ation as now existing creates a haz ard, Mr. Hollowell requested the Board to take action which will .pro vide a truck route through the town and add to the safety of motorists and pedestrians on Church street. The Board reported it will investigate the proposal and appointed Mayor V. N. Darden and Town Attorney Chasl OB. Johnson to work with a Rotary com mittee to seek State assistance in pro viding improvement to Edenton Road Street in order that a truck lane may be established here. At the request of a large number of citixena of the Town members of the Board discussed tiie employment of a full time chemist.for Hertford as a means to improving the present wa ter supply. While definite action on the matter was not taken the Board authorized the investigation of the proposal and authorized Mayor Dar den look into the possibility of em ploying a chemist for this purpose. - Proponents of the proposal that a chemist be employed: on a full time basis are reported as believing that such a move will provide the town with an employee ble to carry out an (types or.awsysisTtf tne water; ana who will be fn the position to correct chemical defects in the supply. The Board adjourned after having disposed of the usual fiscal matters presented each month. County Com Contest Winnsrs Entertained : Twelve winners in the 1949 Per quimans County corn contest were guests of the Bethel Ruritan Club at the Colonial tourist Home in. Hert ford Wednesday evening, February . 8. Following a delightful dinner of bam wltb all the " trimmings, the prizes were swarded' by County Agent L C. First prize of $71.00 went to Eddie Harrel with a yield of 97.71 bush els; second: prize, $56.00, -to 'Milton Rail with a yield of 96.5 bushels: third prize,' $46.00, to Ronald Harrell (4hH Club) with s yield - or V8.43 bushels; fourth prise, $36.00, to J, C Bundy.i Sr, with yield of 87.67 bushels; fifth prize, $31.00, to R. S. ChappettV Jr.," (FFA) with yield of 84.92 bushels; sixth prize, $26.00 to Erman Lane, veteran, with a yield of 88.07 buahebL seventh prize, $21.00, to Thomas Nixon, 4-H Ou,!lwitb a yield of 82.91 bushels; eighth prize, $16X0, to Harry Lee IWinslow, FFA and 4-H Club; with a yield of 81.94. The next 'four received merchsndise prizes. S. M, Long with. yield of 80.07 received 200 pound bag of i Agrko fertilizer.. Clarence Chappell, Jr.; (441 Club) with a yield of 78.8 bushels received s ' due - bill worth $3.60 in merchandise; Horace Layden, FFA and 4-H Club, wfth m yield of 78.64 busheis, " received a 200 pound bag of Southern States fertilizer and A. E. Layden with a yield or V4.46 buBhels, ' received a due bill lor one wash and srrease Job. All contestants having a yield above 76 bushels also received a cer tificate , ift " associate membership in the North Carolina 100 Bushel Corn Club. , 5 , . " ; Badges AtCourt Of Honor Friday ' EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET . The Woman's Miac-y Society ExK'Jve Committee of the Baptat - -, r ' eeb Thu ' ;'f rrwary j.ttv. r ' lr-jrc Members of the Hertford troop of Boy Scouts and their parents gathered at the Court House in Hertford last Friday nixht to celebrate the 40th anniversary of scouting, with a Court of Honor featuring the program for the evening. Designated as parents' night the program opened with a candle-light service and was presided over by Scout Executive Wm. A. Sutherland. Sixteen members of the local troop were awarded scout badges during the ceremony. Heading the list was Cor- bin Dozier, who. received a 1st class badge; v Howard Felton and John Holmes were awarded 2nd class badg es." and Tender-foot badges were awarded to Floyd iBarnes, Bobby Brown. Talmadge Byrum, Oorbin Cherry, Bobby Fisher, Carroll Hurdle, Bdbby Matthews, Crafbon Mathews, Jr.. Eugene Myers, Herbert Nixon, Jr., Carlton Sutton, Charles Whedbee and Eugene White. ..The let and 2nd class badges were awarded the scouts by their parents, who received the presentation from Mr. Sutherland. Registration cards' were presented by W.H.!Ftt. 1 Scoutcraft demonstrations were conducted during the program with a large number , of the scouts taking part in these exhibitions. ' . Layden Rites Held Monday Afternoon 1 Mrs. Lonale Asbell Xpyden, 60, wife of J. Herbert Layden and daughter of the late Martha E. and Henderson Agbell, died at an (Elizabeth City Hos pital, Saturday afternoon after a short illness.' 'She was a native of Belvidere and had lived in Hertford, for the past four years. ' ' 1 'Besides her husband, she is . sur vived by a son, Jasper, Layden, of Hertford; a daughter, ' Mrs. Thomas Morgan, of Winfall; a sister, Mrs. E. J. Lavden. of Elizabeth .City, and a brother. John N. Asbell, of Belvidere. funeral services were conducted Monday at 2 p, m., by the Rev. C W. Duling at the Lynch Funeral Home in Hertford. Burail .was In the AebeH Cemetery St Btlvider. m mm- atniitjfl Session Tuesday Local School Buses In Perfect Condition Perquimans County's fleet of school buses, 23 in number, were inspected and found in perfect condition during me last week of January, according to a report issued this week bv the Director of Motor Vehicles. The inspection was made by mem bers of the State Hiehwav Patrol. who under recent order, inspect the buses every thirty days. "Hie report stated that approximate ly 20 per cent of the buses elsewhere in the state have defects of some type. Hertford PTATo Give Utensils To School Lunchroom A varied docket of ten cases was disposed of at Tuesday's session of Perquimans Recorder's Court' with Judge Chas. E. Johnson, presiding. A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case in which Richard White, 17 year old Negro, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, upon his sister-in-law, Emmaline White. According to the testirn giptn, White shot his sister-in-f..Stvritlf; a shot gun, after the woman had attack ed White with a knife. Herbert Cardinel and John Cinto entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and paid the costs of court A fine - of $60 and costs of court were taxed against Horace Wiggins, Negro, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of reckless driving. Harold Jelenko paid a fine of $5 and costs on a charge of speeding, and William Ridley paid a fine of $10 and costs on a similar charge, both en tered pleas of guilty. Costs of ourt were assessed against Daisy Ferreli, who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of pass ing a school bus while. It was unload ing students.' Gilbert Eure, Jr., was found guilty as charged for driving drunk. He was ordered to pay a fine of $100 and costs. He noted an appeal to the Su perior Court. Charlie W&oh, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of possess ing non-tax paid liquor. He was or dered to pay a fine of $26 and the government tax on the liquor. Eva Sutton, Negro,: was fined $26 and costs of court on a charge of driv ing with improper licenses. . Committee Reports Given At BPW Meet ' The Perquimans Business and Pro fessional Woman's ClUb held its Feb ruary business (meeting last Friday night at the bonne of Miss Hulda Wood, and heard la number of re- jDorts from club committees. Mrs. Alice Towe presided. v iFinal reports were made on the bike -safety - campaign, which termed , a complete success, and the March of Dimes committee reported a total' of $25 raised for this fund. , Miss Ann Mann of Raleigh gave an interesting talk on the district or ganization conducting health educa tion; on tuberculosis. This program was heartily endorsed by the PW Club.'. .. , ; . Flans for holding the district BPW meeting here in April were discussed as well as plans for conducting si White Elephant sale room. ' The Hertford Gramar School Parent-Teachers Association held its Founder Day Celebration at is regu lar meeting in the school auditorium Thursday evening, February the ninth, with Mrs. D. M. Jackson presiding. The opening song was "O, Worship the King." The secretary, Mrs. Silas Whedbee read the minutes which were approved and the February message from the state PTA presiding. Dur ing the business session a committee was appointed, with Mrs. W. C. Cher ry as chairman, to investigate the possibility of lights for the school grounds and to obtain more bicycle racks with a roof over them to be used by the school children. At this time the association decided to donate to the school lunch room two hundred plates, knives, spoons and glasses. foment rg . After all routine business was dis cussed the meeting was turned over to the program chairmen, Mrs. H. C. Sullivan and Mrs. Charles Johnson. The' devotional was given by Mrs. R. M. Riddick who used as her Subject ,'Brotherhood" whiclFwas taken from the gospel of St Luke. To close her interesting talk, Mrs. Kiddick read a beautiful poem, "The Christian Pray er." Miss Dorothy Maynard sang a lovely, solo, "Smiling Through", ac companied at the piano by Mrs. R. ifSf-fceiebrate Founder's Day,-hicb is held in February of each year, a most , impressive pageant entitled, "PTA Cornerstones" was given. Those taking part were: Mrs. Jim Bass, as the Spirit of Founders; Mrs. Reginald Tucker, as the'Spirit of Home; Mrs. Louis Tar- kington, as the Spir t of Sch k1; Mi x Arthur White, as the Spirft of Church; and Mrs. Warner Madre as the Spirit of Community. As each bpint re sponded to the Spirit of Founders she lighted a candle and placed it on the corner of the Birthday Cake. As the Spirit of PTA, Mrs. W. C. Cherry, ac cepted the challenge of each Spirit. To close the meeting, Mrs. D. M. Jackson explained the purpose of the Founder's Day program and a collect ion was taken. The birthday cake, given as a door prize was won by Mrs. Thad Chappell. Other door prizes were won by Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Hollowell. Board Retains Plan For Negro Schools Members of the Perquimans Board of Education, meeting in a special session Wednesday night, voted to proceed with plans for construction of a union school for Negroes, at Win fall, and the construction of additional class rooms at the Hertford school. This action followed a conference with State Board of Education En gineer, who came here Wednesday and inspected another site, near Hertford, which has been offered as a possible location for a Negro high school. It was reported that Mr. Duff, fol lowing his inspection of all sites, told the local board that he still recom mended the site at Winfall for a Union school. 1 After reaching Its decision concern ing the plans for the construction of the union school, the Board, it was re ported, favored a proposal that con struction at Winfall and at the school in , Hertford be started at the same time. Plans now call for the Board to resuest the architect to prepare these Plans along with the one for the construction of a lunch room at Per- cruHn&ns Central Grammar School m order that bids may be received for these plans at the same time. Mission Study Class To Meet Here Feb. 22 l A county-wide mission study class will be held at the Hertford Baptist Church on Wednesday, February 22, beginning at 10 A. M., it was announc ed today, All W. M. U. members are urged to come and . hear Dr. L. H. Dawson teach en the book, "The Pro phet of Little ' Crane Creek." t Albemarle League Making Tentative Plans For Season m Local Baseball Fans Re quested to Meet Next Monday Night Representatives of five towns in the Albemarle gathered in Edenton last Monday night to discuss possibilities of having .baseball in this section dur ing the coming summer. Hertford was represented at the meeting by A. W. Hefren and Max Campbell, who were authorized to attend the meeting by local fans who previously met in Hert ford last week. Many Perquimans fans have ex pressed hope that a local baseba'l team will be fielded this season but as yet no definite decisions have been made and in order that further action can be taken, fans of 'the county are urged to attend a baseball meeting to be held at the Court House next Monday night, February 20, at eight oclock. It was the opinion of local fans, meeting here last Friday night that efforts should be made to field a team but they desired that play 'be something in line with the system used during the first year of the Al bemarle League. This system was that each team hired only four non resident playerss and played four games each week. The rest of the team was made up of local talent. The local fans, who attended the meeting last week, expressed the opinion that Hertford should not en ter any type of baseball league similar to the system used last year where expenses ran greater than income. The Hertford plan .was placed be fore the Albemarle League meeting at Edenton and two other towns ap peared to be in agreement with these proposals. These towns were Windsor and Edenton, representatives from Plymouth and Colerain reported they were without local talent and in or der to field a team had to hire 12 to 15 players. A number of suggestions were made toward a compromise with 1 these teams in order to keep the league alive and no definite action was taken. Another meeting of the league was called for Monday, Feb ruary 27, at Windsor. Local fans are urged to turn out in greater number at the meeting here Monday in oit'er th."t ftriivki icls in terested in promoting baseball in Hertford can obtain views as to mat ters to be presented at the league meeting in Windsor. Report Says County Residents Holding Many Savings Bonds The annual report of the U. S. Savings Bond sales in North Carolina was received today by R. M. Riddick, Perquimans County chairman, from Allison James, State director in Greensboro. According to the report, the peo ple of Perquimans County are now holding a net backlog of U. S. Sav ings Bonds amounting to $1,203,525. This figure represents total E, F and G Bonds purchased in the county since May, 1941, with all cash-ins and redemptions deducted as of December 31, 1949. This splendid reserve of liquid as sets brings in to our community an nually interest and accruals amount ing to about 2H of these hold ings," said Chairman Riddick. Savings Bonds sales in Perquim ans for the year 1949, January 1 through December 31, were as fol lows: Senes E, $81461.00; Series G, $19,000.00; total 1949 sales, $100,161. The county chairman stated that ac cording to the report the current value of U. S. Savings Bonds out standing is greater than the amount held during wartime .peak in 1945. On a national basis, he said, "In dividuals bold more than $48.5 bil lion, cash value, in Savings Bonds, of which $33.8 billion is in Series E Bonds." Central PTA To Meet Next Monday Night The Parents-Teachers Association of the Perquimans County Central Grammar School will hold its Febru ary meeting in the auditorium of the school, next Monday night, February 20, starting at 7:30 o'clock. A program, featuring observance of Founder's Day, will be presented un der the direction of the Whiteston Community. AM members and patrons of the school are urged to attend. - t '. ' v ft i i I. ,1 - ( t1 . V. ( H i.