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A i .5 . - . as-.-v, .nrvvf-'fj.- '.nr1.?'? 'ip' i- fWr-',." "!.'V vJ'-i j'iv-y -"':',v' I- 1 1- I i ll lvA UD&ANS W KLY Volume XVII. No. 41. Hertford, Perquimans County, Korth'Carolma, Friday; October 13, 1950. 5 Cents Per Copy PTAtXIIllSEiPffiTIDiaiEOT OSD.1Y FO mm fEmUBL V Program to Be Held at : High School With Lo cal PTA as Hosts . ; Members of the Parent-Teachers As sociation of the Perquimans Central Grammar School and the Hertford Grammar School will be joint hosts to the annual conference of District No. 9 of . the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers on Thurs day, October 19, it was announced her today. :;.- The meeting will he held at the Per quimans High School with registration starting at 9:30 o'clock and the meet ing opening promptly at 10 A. M. Mrs, Edward Harrell, director of the District, which includes 12 Albemarle counties, has arranged a very in teresting program for the conference. The Rev. Ben 0. Merritt, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church will give the devotional, followed by greet ings by Mrs. W. H. Mathews. Mrs, W, S. Smith, president of the Bertie PTA Council will give the response. An informational period, on PTA organization and work, in form of a panel discussion will be conducted by State officers, Russell M. Grumman, State president, presiding; Mrs. J. W. Burke, executive secretary, Miss Genevieve Burton, Field secretary, and Mrs. E. C. Walters, State chairman Room Representative. A feature of the meeting will be a fashion show, "Introducing Congress Publications," with Miss Genevieve Burton and a number of local ladies participating. J. ; T. Bigger, Superintendent of . Perquimans Schools, will speak on the subject of 'Thrift Education," bring ing ajnessage on th fwcessity for a continuing school savings program. rOther officers ' .of this district con X ference, ; besides Urs. HarrelL . are Vf Mrs. Joseph GriffuwWiUiamstoTi, sec retary, and jfrs. W. H. Bryn, Ahos- Ykts Too Late An unusual collection of old money, amounting to $77.25 was discovered in a trunk at the home of Miss Mary Sumner this week; but alas, the dis covery was 85 years too late, the money being bills issued by the State of North Carolina back in 1862 and 1863. The bills, in denominations of $50, $20, $5, $2 and 25 cents were brought to The Weekly office by Charles F. Sumner, who said the money had been ownd by his grand father. The bills, printed on one side of a good grade of bond paper, were in good condition, and stated on the face they were "receivable in payment for all public dues." The bills were sign ed by W. T. Womble as State Comp trailer and Jon A. Worth, State Treas urer. In fine print at the bottom of the bills were these words, "Redeem able at the treasury on or before Jan uary 1, 1866. Bonds Ordered For Defends fel'lng ToApasarlnCourt Nine Cases Heard By Recorder Judge at Session Tuesday Indians flpsn Home Grid Games Tonisht Legion Auxil lary 0pspl3mbersh!p DriveLastThursday "y ' Mei past director and iurrently;.saf e jr As chairman. LMJ)& ' 9fSbUra toulitifeBaaedirftten- ferencs re feitie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pare, Gates, Martin, Hert ford, Pasquotank,, Perquimans, Tyr- T rell and Washington. r. s' Xuncheon will be , served by the Perquimans and Central and Hertford ''i: Grammar PTA. local conference chairmen are as follows: General Chairmen, Mrs. WJ H. Mathews, Mrs. W. C. Cherry; Reg istration, Mrs. B. F.'Bray, Mrs. G. R. ,. ;, Tucker; Hospitality,' Mrs. A. R. Cook, Mrs. J. A. Leete; Luncheon, Mrs. Charlie Vann, Mrs. Ashley Jordan; Music, Mrs. Fred Mathews; Decora tions, Mrs. Julian White, Mrs. Joel Hollowell; Publicity, Mrs. .Elijah White, Mrs. Jim Bass; Pages, Mary Sue Cook, Doris Faye Allen, Virginia Gay and Marvina White. Six County Youths Anncntnrl Fnr.Armv PY Six Perquimans County youths, out I of the 18 selectees sent to Raleigh " last week f or pre-induction examina h tions for the Armed Forces were ac ; 1 oepted, it was reported this week by y Mrs. Edna Winslowi clerk of. theTocal draft board. Four of the selectees passing the.Wainination, were white youths and two were Negroes. ; ' Fourteen registrants passed the ex- mination in September, and with the . iiir accented last week the local board , now has a total of 20 registraiits sub ject to inducuon into me ' Arnwa ) t forces. . Perauimana County's first induction call will be filled next Monday, Oc t tober lC, when 10 of th registrants! will leave for -Kaleign to be sworn into service. ' " ' Selectees who have been ordered to ' report " for induction' .'are Julian N. - Tadlock, Winfall;' Matt, M. Spivy, ? Duranta Neck; Herbert M. Euro, : Bout Three; Othus Manaflsld, Route One; William C Barciat, Durants Neck; Gerald D.t Perry, Duranta Howard Stalllngs, Belvidere; Cartton Rountree, Belvidere; James A. Cartwright, Route Three, . and Isaac W. Lowe, Hertford. Ttivtors and dentists and those in 1 f"ied categories required to register r Selective Service will oe regiswrea it the local Board office In Hertford, r '1 C Winslow, chairman of the L i, stated today. 1 one who received such degres on r I fore October 16, 1950, are r i to register on that date, a.. I s completing their courses of titer October 16 are tec; ' I ter within five days, af't i- their degrees. "Increased Strength for Greater Service" was the key note of the meet ing of, v the Hertford Unit of the American Xegion Auxiliary, held last Thursday - night at the Agriculture Building; Jn Hertford, and which open ed tbsV JLuxiliary membersbin drive for lfSOol. The1 meeting was pre sided over by Mrs. o. V. Jierry, presi- dent a tFolloSintr nrayer given by Chaplain Mrs.: EAeliPerrjr, a financial report! was 'irlv if Mrs. J. R. Webb. Mrs., mbfl'w-then .reported unit onjlne plastic party , sponsored by the . Auxiliary. , Mrs. Berry announced that the Aux iliary again voted to send gifts to the Veteran's Gift Shopt .and she urged each member to bring or send a gift to the next meeting. The gifts should costs at least one dollar and not more than three dollars. 'Paper, ribbon and cards should also be brought to the meeting, Mrs. Berry stated, and all irifts will be wrapped at that time. By consent the Auxiliary agreed to change the date of its meetings rrom Thursday to the first Friday in each month and Mrs. C. P. Morris was named to arrange for the meeting nlace. Openine its 1950 membership drive with announcement that Mrs. Tommy Miller is a new member of the Aux iliary, Mrs. Berry called upon each member to be a "go-getter" by sign ing up at least 10 memberships for the local organization. Mrs. Baran i. 'White was named chairman of the membership, drive and she will be assisted by Mrs. J. B. Webb, Mrs. Thelma Hollowell and Mrs. James Snipes. - - An invitation to come into the Aux iliary and take part In Its activities during the coming year is extended to all eligible women in the county, and this invitation will be carried per sonally by present members of the auxiliary who are hopeful that the lo cal unit can be built into one of the largest in this area. 'For failing, to appear in Recorder's Court to answer charges broutrht against them for traffic violations, Jjioyu Twine and Roland Gilliam, both Negroes, must post a $100 cash bond or await in ail for a hearing next luesuay. iwine is charged w.th driv ing with insufficient brakes and Gil- ham faces a charge of reckless driv ing. The defendants were cited to ap pear in court here Tuesday but failed to do so and Judge Chas. K. John, son ordered the warrants returned to the officers, and also ordered the de fendants to post bond or be placed in Jail. Nine cases were disposed of by the Court at the session Tuesday and two cases were continued until the October 24 term of court. James Taylor, Albert Trionfi and Eleanor Wyrocki, all charged with speeding, entered pleas of guilty and each paid the costs of court. A fine of $10 and costs was taxed against .Edward Lurtz who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driv ing with insufficient brakes. Shelton Zachary, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of driving with in sufficient brakes and he was ordered to pay the costs of court. Accord ing to the testimony offered Zachary has made several efforts to have his brakes fixed before being: arrested. Thomas Ray, chartred with drivinir drunk, entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of $100 and costs of court. George Harvey, Negro, charged in two counts of beinor drunk and disor derly was ordered to pay a fine of $101 and costs alter pleading guilty. John parnsh entered a plea of guilty to a- charge of reckless driv- ' MWrand wias -ordered to pay. a fine of to the $5$ jnd costs of court;, $3B of the ffife was awarded to ' Anderson Layden for damage sustained to "his truck by the defendant. Registration Books Td Open Saturday Extension Granted School Defendants The defendants in the Perquimans County School suit, entered iq Federal Court, requested and were granted a 20-day extension of time, in order to prepare an answer to the complaint made by the plaintiffs. An answer to the complaint was or dered for October 5, however, attor neys for the defendants in obtaining an extension for the answer now have until October 23 in which to file the answer with the clerk of the Federal Against Plymouth Perquimans Ready For Conference Foe Fol lowing Loss Friday i Coach Ellie Pearing's Perquimans High School football team will open its home same series Friday night, Oc tober 13, when the Indians play Ply mouth High School on Memorial Field in Hertford. This will be the second Albemarle Conference contest for the Indians, who are gunning for a con ference victory after the loss to Ahos kie last Friday night. Plymouth will come to Hertford with a record of three wins and no losses but the dope sheets rates' the out come of the contest about even, with Perquimans holding a slight edge pro viding the Indians can overcome their fumbling which has been ex cessive in past contests. Game time for the contest with Ply mouth has been set at eight o'clock and local fans are urged to turn out for the opening home game and boost the Indians. Perquimans lost to Ahoskie last Friday night by a score of 16-0, fail ing to show the dash displayed at Greenville on Monday and plagued with fumble-itis. Ahoskie rolled up a 14-0 score in the first period, by scoring two TDs, set up by passes. Ahoskie held the edge throughout this period and kept possession of the ball the entire quarter. Neither team displayed much offen slye power during the remainder oi the game although Perquimans threat ened once by moving the ball to the Aloskie 18-yard line. hoskie added two more points to total in the opening minutes of final period when Walker was caught behind the goal line when at tempting to run the ball onto the field. 'On first downs Ahoskie chalked up llLwhlle Perquimans had three. The c&wnrt was -the first conference game for both teams. inzry Steps Toward Construction Of New Building Some Egg, Huh? Didya ever seen a hen egg that weighed five ounces? We would not have believed it but George Jackson, owner of the Jack son Poultry Farm, brought such an egg to the office of The Weekly one day last week and presented it to the editor. George said he found the egg in one of his nests that morning and wondered if any other poultry raiser could "top ' his egg for size. The egg was broken and found to have two yokes, otherwise in perfect condition and the editor had egg for breakfast. Two Winf all Men Injured In Wreck Two Winfall men received slight injuries about 12:15 o'clock Monday morning when the 1938 Chevrolet they were driving failed to negotiate a curve on the Winfall road and rammed into a tree. State Patrolman W. R. Whitehurst, the investigating officer, Said Thomas Riddick, driver, received lacerations of the right hand and an injured nose and Welton Lee Hardy received lac erations of the right arm and legs, George Miller, also of Winfall was the Court in Elizabeth City. I uninjured occupant of the car. Monogram Queen To BeNamedFridayAt Homecoming Game (Registration books, for the general election on November 7; will be open Saturday, October 14, and will remain onen.. for thweweeks for th conven ience of residents desiring to registeri flM. nt . , for the coming -election ft -waa' an- jugf u exciting or terrifyinr as nounced today by W. F, Ainsiey, cMir- TOnnd ot rire riren today. BY CHARLES SKINNER Listen . . . isn't that the fire whistle blowing? Yes, it is starting off with that ole moaning sound and then build ing up to a high shrill scream ... by the time the fire siren has stopped blowing, your heart has missed about three beats and you are holding your breath, wondering where the fire is. Now if you are a volunteer fireman, you are grabbing for your fire coat helmet and hurrying to the fire. Then if you are ole smoker eater or blaze follower, you are hurrying to get in arid do your bit at the fire. Yes, it is exciting and some times terrifying to hear the fire whistle blowing in the late hours, of the night or early in the morning. Now1 let's go back some 30 or 85 years when the sound of a church bell, the ringing of an ole man' of the Perquimans Board of Elec tions.;, : :;., -.; ' . .; ' v:' !, U H;' . Mr, Ainsley pointed out that voters already on the registration books need not register again in order to be eli gible to rote in the general election; Election officials, who served at the primary election in May will again act as registrars and judges at the com ing election, Mr. Ainsley said. , , Central PTAHeeting c Scheduled Monday ; The Parent-Teacher Association of Perquimans Central Grammar School will hold its regular meeting on Ilon day niglt," October 16 at 7:C3j lis Er-Vy vamp-Cumberland corrmu i- i v '1 have charge of the pre ram, wi'Ji Urs. Percy Truehlood as chUr mrn. "IlTess Begins At Come" ! r Hfwt. ) u 3 to i 'Let's turn the pages of history and time hack .to the days in 'Hertford when we didn't have water works and the fire protection that is offered to day. Now back before 1916 when ever a fire broke out, let's say at night, you would see a scantly clad gentleman come running out of his house with only his night shirt on, shouting to the top of his voice; Help, Help, Fire, Fire, yes, his house was on fire. Then the neighbors came out and started shouting, firing guns, pistols,, and running to ring the near est church bell. The bell was to let people know what part of Hertford tl.a fire was In. .By, this time the neighbors had starting moving furni- turs or forming a bucket brigade, and behold, coming" . clown the Street was a funny looking outfit that turns out to be five or jfat merf pulling r"-, a t 't chemical tank and l . ;. 1 t j t i v "e .....lei t.fr f.e, Cey were completely out of breath from pulling the cart. They started pass ing out the buckets with the chemi cals and water to help put out the fire. ' Either the fire was completely extinguished or had gained such head way that nothing could be done but let the house burn and save the sur rounding houses. Mind you that was before 1916 . . . and water works, when the down-town fire company was captained by J. S. Vick and a few volunteers and their equipment consisted of 1 pull cart with a chemical tank and buckets. This company kept their cart In a shed located where the present day PferquimanS Weekly Office is. The Court House bell served as the fire alarm for the down-town area of Hertford.'1 L The up-town company had head quarter located near the present town slant. I"v Will Lane was captain and volunteers manned the chemical cart with buckets as that of the down town company. There was a hook and ladder outfit located on King Street near 4he cemetery that could be pull ed with horses or. men. In 1&1 the first efforts to .organize a volunteer fire department took place. R. E. Brinn was elected to serve as the first chief of the new depart ment Mr. Brinn served 2 years until 1918 when J. S. Vick was . then elected to serve i chief. Mr. Vick was chief for a number of years uwfal J. C Blanchard. then Mayor, appointed H C. SJokes as chief - after iMn Vick resigned, Mr. Stokes remained chief until E. L. Reed became Mayor. In 1937 S. M. Whedbee was elected May or Hertford and he became, chief of the fire department and remained un til V. N. Darden became Mayor. Mr. Darden ltook ' over the- job and still holds t position of Chief of Hert ford Vo' ,r Fire Ic?artment. , v.. (Cw. ici s Pajs Three U Preparations are being made for the Perquimans High School Mono gram Club's annual Homecoming Day at P. C. H. S. which will be Friday, October 13, the date the Indians play their first home game. The first event of the ' day will be a parade, during the lunch hour, through the business district of Hert ford, featuring the high school band in its first local appearance of this season. Floats by each student or ganization in the school, as well as individual floats, and the Monogram Queen float on which the homeroom queens who are competing for the title of Monogram Queen of 1950 will ride also will be featured. These queens are as follows: Miss 12, Mary Duns moor, sponsored by Keel's Grill; Miss 11 A, Irene Hunter, sponsored by Jack son's Wholesale; ,:Miss 11B, Barbara Benton1, sponsored .by Pitt Farm Equipment; Miss 10A,' Glenda Lf, sponsored by Wright's Jewelers; Mis 10B, Nina Jane Chappell, sponsored by Herttord Furniture; miss ha,, Miriam Elliott, sponsored by S & M Pharmacy; Miss 9A, Mary Lois Wade, sponsored by The Hacienda; Miss 9B, Francfs Sutton, sponsored by Major & 'Loomis; Miss 9C, Margaret Ann Banks, sponsored by W. M. Divers & Son; Miss 8A, Carolyn Faye Eure, sponsored by Southern Cotton Oil Co.; Miss 8B. Evelyn Ann Elliott, sponsor ed by Hollowell Chevrolet; Miss 8C, Grade Lee Eason, sponsored by Si mon's, and Eva Russel, the Monogram Club's choice, sponsored by Towe- Webb Motor Co. Votes are being cast for these aueens at a cost of one cent a vote, at the business houses of the spon sors and at Nixon's until five o'clock Friday evening. The Queen with the highest number of votes at 8:30 Fn day night will be crowned Mono Queen of 1950, to succeed Miss Suz anne Towe, crowned last November. The second event is the football game between the Perquimans In dians and the Plymouth Panthers at 8 o'clock, Friday night on Memorial Field. A record attendance is expect ed at this game for which the Indians are in "good shape" says Coach Ellie Fearing. At halftime the homeroom queens will be presented to the fans, and the Monogram Queen will be crowned and presented with gifts. The final event of the day sponsor ed by the Monogram Club will be a student dance at The Hacienda irom 10 o'clock until Midnight. The guests of honor at the dance wijl be the Monogram Queen, and her maids of honor, the home room queens, also will be guests. Plans Call For Struc ture to Be Started Some Time In 1951 A municipal building for the Town of Hertford, long planned and de sired by many local residents and members of the Town Board, appeared a step nearer reality following action taken at a meeting of the Town Com missioners last Monday night. After some discussion pointing to ward possible construction to begin sometime next year, the Board voted favorably to employ an architect to provide plans for the structure, ar range for financing the project and to obtain approval of the project from the local Government Commission It was announced during the meet ing that costs of the building will be financed through the income received by the Town from rentals at Harvey Point. It is estimated that bv obtain ing a loan from the local Government Commission approximately $30,000 will be available for the building, and repayment of the loan will be made annually from rents received from Harvey Point. The building, according to plans, will be constructed on the lot owned by the Town, on Grubb Street, across from the telephone office. It was announced during the meet ing that materials for the construc tion of a sanitary sewer on King Street have been obtained and work on this project will be started in he near future. Mayor V. N. Darden and Attorney Chas. E. Johnson were named to rep resent the Town of Hertford at a hearing in Elizabeth City on Thurs day at which time the local represent atives will protest proposed rate in creases being sought by the Norfolk Carolina Tel. & Tel. Company. On motion passed by the Board, prices on lots in the cemetery annex, recently opened by the Town, were set as follows: $150 per lot for residents of Hertford and $90 ner one-half lot; . $200 per lot to nanM$Wt'i Bftd $120 per half lot to non-residents of Hertford. The Board went on record favoring leave of absenses of six months dura tion to be extended if requested, to any Town employee called into the Armed Forces. Janitor Training School Held Wednesday School superintendents, principals and janitors from 12 counties of the Albemare met here Wednesday for a special training course on the upkeep of school buildings. The program was held at the Hertford Grammar School with C. W. Blanchard of the State Board, in charge of the meeting, i (Present for the course were 14 sup erintendents, 65 principals and 75 Janitors. ,..- . BPW Club To Observe National Business Women's Week The Perquimans Business and Pro fessional Women's Club will observe National Business Women's Week October 15 through 21 with a series of programs planned by the local membership, it was reported today by Miss Hulda Wood, president of the local BPW. On Sunday, October 15, the Per quimans BPW will attend church in a body, at the Hertford Baptist Church. On Tuesday, the club will hold a dinner meeting at the Hotel Hertford with members of the Senior Girl Scouts, who have completed their first-aid courses, as special guests. The Club will also have a window display at Blanchard's featuring "Measure Up Theme'. Members of the club will hold a business meeting Friday, October 13, at the home of Mrs. Addie Jones at which time final arrangements fo ob servance of National Business Wo men's Week wil be made. Each mem ber is urged to be present for this meeting. Rotary To Observe Rural-Urban Night (Hertford Rotary Club will observe Rural-Urban Night at its meeting on Tuesday, Octobe SI, and members ..ZTJ will Inm as the! rnwuta fcumwkni fmm la 1,118 PgMM. various communities throughout the county, it was announced today by H. N. Nixon, club president Stag Ballentine, Secretary of Ag riculture for North Carolina, will be the guest speaker for the. meeting. K Fire Prevention Program At Schools Hertford's Fire Department, carry ing out a program in observance of National Fire Prevention Week, gave a series of exhibitions, on the hand ling of fire fighting equipment at .. 's county schools on Thursday of this . week, and made a fire inspection of all school buildings. ' Members of the local fire depart ment divided Into groups, visited the schools and instructed the students in methods of handling the equipment ' and gave talks on fire prevention. e On Thursday night the Fire : De- partment held a steak fry at the mu-; nidpal plant in Hertford and the pro- gram closed with a talk on civilian ; 'defense and the part firemen will play BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' I Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dail, Jr., an-'- ; nounce the birth of a daughter,' Kay ? v IStallings Dail, born Tuesday, October 3. .Mrs. Dail is the former Miss Flay i ' stauings. a yj...yj , u '.'ft " ".; ,JWif,4ji,..-