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1 C :::-iVll. nun WEEKLY 1. ! Hertford, Perquimans County -North Carolina, .fr'riday, March 3, 1950T rxu;;zs England" Labor Party suffered a set-back t the polls last week and m result of the election will attempt to continue at the helm of the British Government with a Parliment majori ty of seven vote. Forecasters predict Prime Minister Atlee's . government will be forced to call for a new election within the next three to six months due to lack of a sufficient majority to carry out the ' Labor Party platform. Atlee has informed England's King George that Labor will continue as the majority - party for the time being. The coal strike is still a deadlock ' but negotiations were resumed be tween the 'operators and union JCfici ," als this week whHe a contempt hear ing was in progress before, the courts.: Reports from Washington stated no settlement is in sight . Meanwhile the nation's ceal pile is dwindlng to noth ing. Industry has slackened produc .iVtion and thousands are idle as plants :-: close down for lackrof coal. - , After several weeks of hearing , testimony concerning the grounding of the Battleship Missouri, the Navy Board on Tuesday was told by the ship's Captain, W. D. Brown that he alone was to blame for the ship run ring aground in the Chesapeake Bay. Previously Brown had asserted that ' Ms officers had failed him and he was " ignorant as to the cause of the , grounding. ' Brown's statement this week is expected to bring to a close ' the hearing on the matter. 'ri The V. S.. Senate this week voted " to permit the planting of more cot- ton and wheat under government price v I "protection and to require rigid quotas " if Irish potatoes are ' supported this 'year. There was:, some belief that , peanuts would be ins hided into the - T measure, allowing f or additional acre- i I!3rtfcnl Rotoy To Stce I!om3 Tc!ent Members of the 'Hertford Rotary . Club will sponsor the presentation of a home-talent show, "It's A Date,'' in -the auditorium of Perquimans County High School on Friday and Saturday . . nights, March 10 and 11, it was an ' - nounced today by Robert L. Hollowell, - , president of the club. , A'- director for the play has arrived ' I; in Hertford and is now engaged in - v selecting the cast for the show. Re , tarsals for the play will get under- ', way Hfcis -week! i ' ' In announcing the sponsorship of , ' the show, Mr. Hollowell stated that 7 a portion of the proceeds will be con. - iributed to the Perquimans Red Cross fund, i Ticket for the play will be placed . on saie uus week, and will be good , for either performance, ,v s' ' s ; In iconneotion with the show the club 'Will sponsor a Tiny. Tot contest and --I Mrs. R.-N. HoHoweH U serving as ' chairman of the committee in charge of this Contest. HParenlts desiring to enter children in the event may obtain , fetalis from Mrs.-Hollowell by tele ii j Junior Music Qub , Observes Program i The Hertford Junior Federated Mus ic Club met last Friday night at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. i. A. McGoo- gan, with Misses , litMa ; McGoogan, OBetty Brown and Elliabeth Thatch as hostesses. The theme of the pro gram being International Music, each of the club members dressed in inter national costumes. During the business session? pre sided over by Joan Madre, the group adopted a - constitution and , by-wws Contributions were made to various : (Patricia "BlrTers had charge ot the musk) program . and .those taking part were Sarah Sutton, Jean Long, Sonrra Hotchlttion, "Joan 'Madre, Juanits Elliott, Patricia Biggers, Evelyn Lane, Elvira "White, Deborah Xtixon; Warner Madre, Margaret w llama, Betty Brown, Viokl , Johnson and Mrs. R. M. Riddickj Counsellor. Those present but not on program were Patsy Elliott, Glennie . Myers, Hecky Cox, Lillian Hofler, Lois How- elL Franklin McGoogan, Mr. and Mrs, liJGoogan, Mrs. Ben Thatch, Mrs. y. L. Brown, Mr. and. Mrs. .Hutchinson and Emmett Long. , - , VinfegeGLTJsIn Plymouth Tourney Local Cagers Advance To Second Round of Basketball Meeting Coach Bllie Fearing's .Perquimans Indians and Squaws advanced to the second round of the Plymouth Invita tional basketball tournament by win ning contests against Chowan boys and girls teams played Tuesday night. The tournament is sponsored by the Plymouth Lions Club. The Perquimans Squaws, playing at seven .o'clock, had an easy time dis posing of their first round opponents, the Chowan girls. The final score waj 56-35. Janice Perry starred for the local girls, rolling up a total of 29 points. The local girls held a 33-20 advantage at half time and the final outcome of the game was never in doubt. Buddy Tilley and Ben Thatch were the big guns in the Indians' offensive against the Chowan boys. Tilley hit for 18 points and Thatch had 17. The Indians played an excellent floor game and completely smothered the Cho wan beys on the defense. The final score was Perquimans 49, Chowan 33. ' Leary was best on the offense for Chowan, scoring a total of 12 points for bis team. -The victories ever Chowan moved the two local teams into the second round of the tournament, which will wind up Saturday night Perquim ans girls drew a oye lor.tne seconu round and will play next on Friday nyrht when they meet the -winner of the Pivmouth-Belhaven contest The winner of the Friday night game will move into the finals .on Saturday. Perquimans Indians will play GatesviUe in the second round of the boys' tourney Thursday night and the winner ef this contest will move into the semi-flnals to be played Friday night The GatesviUe boys, next opponent for the Indians, have a good season record and recently won the AJbe rviavla 9umI Tnnm At !Puiar - " yw - Branch, thtta the ff&ne (between Per- vide the cage fan frttn air eceiwu contest to determine the semi-nnaiist entry. X Anniversary Observed At Whiteston Home Mr. and Mrs. Charlie C. White of the Whiteston community celebrated ther silver wedding anniversary Sat urday evening, February 25, from 7 until 10 o clock at their home. The lower floor of their home was beautifully decorated with arrange ments of ivy, magnolia leaves, jon auils and red roses. The dining room table was covered with a white linen cloth. Centering the table was a three-tier wedding cake, topped with a minature bride and groom. The cake was flanked with burning tapers in silver candel bras and dishes of nuts ' and mints were arranged on the table. Guests were greeted at the door bv Miss MarJorie Frances White, each were registered by Mrs. Billie White Bryant Gifts were presented to the honorees..,y!-" Guests were invited into the dining room by Mrs. Stanley Ainsley of Nor folk, Delicious refreshments ox ice cream, party mints and cake were ser ved by Mrs. u I Ainsley , or cres- well and Mrs. Alvin Winstow. , Guests were invited into the gift room by Mrs. Ernest White to view the many lovely gins. Goodbyes were said by Mr. ana Mrs. White.:-.-;-'", HERBERT N. NIXON Announcement was made today by Herbert N. Nixon that he will seek the office as Sheriff of Perquimans County in the Democratic Primary to be held in May. Nixon is the second candidate to enter the race for this office in the coming election. CANDIDATE V V ' Herbert N. Nixon Enters Race For Office at Sheriff Herbert N. Nixon, 37, a life-long resident and Democrat of Perquimans County announced today that he will be a candidate for the office of Sher iff, subject to the decision of the Democratic primary to be held in May. He is a member of the Hertford Methodist Church and has served for the past two years on the Board of Stewards for the church. He is al so vice-president of the Hertford Ro tary Club and captain of the Hertford Volunteer Fire Department. Be going into business for himself he was associated with a Life Insur ance Company for five years and be fore that time he had been associated with Major4Loomis Company since leaving school. Nixon, in making his announcement, said if he is elected to the office of Sheriff he will faithfully perform the, duties of the of fke'io the very .best of his ability, devoting hu entire time to the job with the welfare of the people of the county foremost in mind, TO SPONSOR PARTY . The New Hope Ruritan Chihwill r-onaor a Progressive Bridge and ; t-back Darty at the New Hope Com- -nity House Friday, March 3rd at 3 P. M. The public is invited. Madre Funeral Held Last Friday Aternoori Funeral services for Mrs. Pattie Effiott Madre. 79, who died at her home here Wednesday night, Febru arv22, were conducted last Friday af ternoon at the Lynch Funeral Home, with tie Rev, G. W. Duling, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church officiat- Mrs. Madre was the widow of the late William Madre; and daughter of the late Eligh and SalHe Thatch 1 liott She was a native and lifelong resident of Perquimans and one of the oldest active members of the Hertford Baptist Church. , -, . Pall bearers were the deacons of the Church. ')).. , Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. " -i i'-'. . :;" v"a Local Students To Attend Meeting Of Quill And Scroll Seven student members of the Quill and Scroll at Perquimans County High School will attend the national meeting of this group to be held in New York March 7 through 10, it was announced here today. ; The students planning to attend the convention are Norma Jean Godwin, Geraldine Gregory, Mary Dunsmoor, Carolyn Hurdle, Mildred Byrum, Jean Layden and Pat Phillips. They will be accompanied on the trip by faculty advisors, Miss Dorothy Maynard and R. W. Baughan. ISnonsored by the Columbia Scholas tics Press Association, the convention will be held at Columbia University and students from all pants of the nation and some from. European coun tries are expected to take part in the activities. Approximately 3,500 stu dents are expected to attend the con vention. A" national rating, gained by the Perquimans students through the Quill and Scroll society, won the local group the privilege of attending the national meeting. v - - The students will return to thejr homes here on Saturday, March 41 Pi I i II , ' . .. r Baptist Conference Set For March 14-17 . ? A series of conferences for deacons and pastors of the Baptist churches in the' Chowan Association has been scheduled for March H through the 17th, it was reported today by Rev.. L. H. Dawson, Chowan : Associational Missionary: , Meetings will be held at Columbia, Corinth, Coin jock, :v Gatesville : and Rocky Hock, and deacons of churches are requested to attend the one most convenient Time of tfhe conference is announced at 7:30 P. M. - , On March IT a rally 'for all mem bers .of the district will be held at Corinth, beginning at T:30 P: M, and it is expected that D, M. A. Huggins, General Secretary of North Carolina ftbcmarleLeap Officials Adopt Baseball Plans Proposed Rules May Force Hertford Team To Jjeave League Efforts' to organize the Albemarle League for the coming baseball sea son, made at a meeting held Monday night at Windsor, resulted in repre- senatives.from four towns adopting a numbev of proposals, however, the organization was not completed and another meeting has been called for March 20 when the group will meet in in Hertford either to perfect the or ganization or hisband it. JMigar Morris, wno represented Hertford at the meeting Monday stat ed the jfroup representing Windsor, Plymouth, Edenton and Hertford, elec ted Howard Gaylord, president A. E. Bowen, vice-president and Bill Oozart, Secretary. Washington had a representative at the meeting and requested to be ad mitted to the league. Colerain was not represented. The proposals adopted at the meet ing this Week may force Hertford to drop its membership in the league. It was votel the league will play with out rules! concerning the number of hired players used, nor the salaries paid these players. The number of games to be played each week was not decided. These proposals, it u believed, will place the operational costs of a team in the league about like it was last year, and local fans interested in fielding a team in Hertford this sum mer have expressed themselves as op posed to these high expenditures. A. W. Hefren, who served as presi dent of he Hertford Club last year, stated Tuesday that he and other of ficials of the local club were not in- toreated in attemntine to nrombte a team under these circumstances and if any local fans were interested in or ganizing the Hertford Club on this basis they were welcome to take over the representation at the League meeting on March 20. 'Hertford and Edenton opposed the proposal concerning the hiring of y2 non-resident players and. the no-salary limit clause but were opposed by Ply mouth and Windsor and Gaylord broke the tie by siding with the representa tives from Plymouth and Windsor. Thus the fate of the Alebmarle League still hangs in the balance and there is no assurance that it will operate during the coming summer. It is expected a final dedision will be made when the group meets here March 20. because of sickness. Resumes Position , . , Lv Mrs. E. Y. Berry has resumed her .position at Blafichards Store this week after being absent for several months Baptist! will be present for this ser vice.;. Everett Rites Held Sunday Afternoon John Edward Everett, 66, husband of Mrs. Neva Cannon Everett and son of the late Edward and Telulah Thatch Everett, died at his home here last Saturday afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted at the Lynch Funeral Home on Sunday afternoon at three o clock by the Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor of the Baptist Church. The church choir sang "Abide With Me" and "Have Thine Own Way." Surviving besides Ms wife are one son, Bill Everett of Hertford, two daughters, Mrs. Jack Kanoy of Hert ford and Mrs. Melvin Wright of Eliza beth Citypne brother, N. T. Everett of Bay Pines, Fla., a sister, Mrs. T. E. Langston of Hampton, Va. Pall bearers were Carlton Cannon, Clarence Twiford, Thomas White, Theron Johnson, Fred Winslow and E A. Goodman. Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. New Patrolman Assigned Here Earl T. Greene, of Creedmore, one of the 85 Highway Patrol trainees who graduated from the Patrol School at Chapel Hill last Friday, has been as sumed to duty in Perquimans Coun ty, according to an announcement re ceived here todays , ' v County Chapter Of NCEA Elects Officers i Members of the Perquimans Chap ter of the North Carolina Educational Association met last . Thursday and elected officers for the year 1950, and adopted a constitution for the chapter. cfficers elected for the year were L. G. Finch, ; president, Mis J ohnny White, secretary and Miss Mary Sum ner, treasurer. " L' raffic Report J A representative of the State High way Safety Division was in Hertford on Tuesday and made an inspection of traffic hazards on Highway 17, through Hertford and on the cause way approaching the Perquimans River, it was reported today by Mayor V. N. Darden. The inspection was made at the request of Mayor Darden, acting upon a proposal that a truck lane be es tablished through Hertford to elim inate some of the traffic hazards now existing on Church Street. Mayor Darden reported that the of ficial stated he will file a report on the inspection and will also recom mend that the Highway Commission widen Church Street and also estab lish an alternate route through the town to relieve the congestion now existing. 'While there is no assurance that these recommendations will be ap proved and carried out by the State, local officials feel optimistic concern ing future developments inasmuch as the Safety Division official will re port a need for relief of conditions existing here. HOSlub Committee On Music Outlines County Program The County Home Demonstration Music Appreciation Committee had its first meeting Tuesday, Febru ary 28, at 1:00 P. M., at the home of Mrs. Fred Matthews. The committee members are: Mrs. L. J. Winslow, Chairman, of Belvidere, Mrs. Russell Baker, of Whiteston and Mrs. Fred Matthews of Hertford. The committee made the following plans: (1) To appoint a music apprecia tion leader in each Home Demonstra tion Club who will make a survey of her community to discover local tal ent (2) To use local talent whenever possible at such occasions as County Council meetings, county Federation meetings, etc. (3) To stress music and appercia- tion of better music in each. club,. (4; io nave an annual talent night (5) To send recommendations of the music appreciation committee to each community leader so that she may better undestand her duties. Mrs. Winslow asked that Mrs. Nina B. White, Home Agent, write to each club president asking her to appoint a community music appreciation lead er, that the leader make a survey of her community to discover local talent, and have he report ready at the March County Council Meeting. Local Girl Wins Speaking Contest Pat Phillips, representing the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion, won the district oratorical contest held here Tuesday night un der the sponsorship of the American Legion, and will compete in a divi sional contest to be held at Williams- ton next Monday night. Miss Phillips' opponent for the con test held here was Miss Patricia Gosling, representing the Seth Perry Post of 'Elizabeth City. The con testants spoke on the Constitution of the United States. judges ror toe contest here were Richard Dixon, John Graham and Wil ham Privott, all of Edenton. The judges' score card showed Miss Phil lips with 237 points to Miss Gos ling's 206 points. At the contest in Williamston next week Miss Phillips will compete against five other district winners for the right to represent the division in the State contest. Contest Open To HDCIub Women Perquimans County Home Demon stration Club women have been given an opportunity to ten wrougn a state-wide elimination contest just why they are Home Demonstration Club members. Each contestant is asked to write, "Twelve Reasons Why I Belong to a Home Demonstration Club." In addition to the twelve rea sons, a short explanation of the most significant reasons will be required. At the March Home Demonstration Club; meetings, the essays will be read and a club winner selected. Mrs. Fred Matthews, County Council President, will appoint a committee to select thelsent the program. $1.50 Per Year. CanvassingCounty For Memberships Early Contributions To tal $292; Drive Will Continue Perquimans County's annual Red Cross Roll Call opened here Monday with solicitors starting a house to house canvass to raise $1,395 for the local chapter and national headquar ters, lhe campaign started with contributions being collected from the business and professional housca and these early contributions, with some reports still to be made, totaled $292. Bobby Elliott, chairman of the committee in charge of collections in the business section of Hertford, stat ed he was well pleased with reports made today and expressed a belief that reports from this group will go a long way toward securing the over all county goal. Mrs. Julian White is chairman of the solicitors canvassing the residen tial area of Hertford and Mrs. Nina B. White is heading up the group so liciting the rural areas. A list of solicitors working with these two chairmen was not available for pub lication this week. Henry C. Stokes, Jr., campaign chairman, reported Wednesday that a short delay in getting the residential canvassing underway may force the committee to continue the drive a few days longer than first planned, but he. was hopeful that the county quota will be reached by the end of next week. W. C. Stroud and Minnie B. Taylor are in charge of the colored division during the drive and they report their group is making satisfactory pro gress. . As reported last week, the funds raised here through the Red Cross drive are divided about equally be tween the county chapter and the na tional Red Cross. This year, ac cording to Charles Henc, chairman of the County Chapter, $695 of the quota is assigned the Red Cross national of fice and $700 is to be retained here for local use. The committee in charge of the drive this year feels confident that as in past years the people of Perquim ans will respond to the Red Cross appeal and the goal will be achieved. Jury Trials Asked By Defendants In Two Assault Cases On motion by defense attorneys for trial by jury, the cases of Alton Pierce, charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, and Henry Mathews, charged with assault with a deadly weapon, scheduled for hearing at Tuesday's session of Per quimans Recorder's Court, were mov ed up to the Superior Court calendar for action at the April term of court. Judge Chas. E. Johnson granting the motions made by the attorneys for the defendants in the cases growing out of an alleged affary at Oak Point two weeks ago. Other actions disposed at of this week's session of recorder's court in cluded the cases of Edward Bendor who entered a plea of guilty to charg es of driving without a license and speeding. Bendor was ordered to pay a fine of $30 and costs of court Seymour Eustein paid a fine of $10 and costs after pleading guilty to a charge of improper license and speed ing. Hannah Abrams was assessed the costs of court on a charge of speed ing. Alphonsa Lightfoot, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of pass ing a school bus while the bus was un loading children. He was ordered to pay the costs of court Hertford PTA Meets Next Thursday P. M. The Parent-Teachers Association of the Hertford Grammar School will meet Thursday night, March 9, at eight o'clock in the auditorium of the school. Mrs. Winston Lane and Mrs. Walton Lane are chairmen for the Burgess Community which will pre- lst., 2nd., and 3rd., place winners in the countjtThe first and .vi second place winners will enter the District Contest, and a District .winner will be announced at ' the annual District meeting. The State winner will be recognized at Farm and Home Week in Raleigh. i .. Miss Rebecca Swindell, Supervisor for the District Health Department will be the guest speaker. Mrs. D. M. Jackson, president, an nounced that several important busi ness matters will be brought before the group and she urges all mem bers to be present