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HcrttorQcrquimahs, County, Nortfrroluta, Friday, October 27, 1950.
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Pbn To Provide Funds
VFor PTA To Open On
, November First
Arrangements have been completed
between the I Parent-Teachers Asso-
: elation of the Hertford Grammar and
Central Grammar Schools and the
Perquimans : Weekly for the !PTA
, members to serve as subscription
' Agents for Tfcs Weekly during a three
week period, starting November 1,
- during which time the PTA. members
. , will seek renewals and new subscrip
tions to your name county newspaper.
hTbft nlan. Mantlm! n 4i mil
J) ticipated in by the- two PTA units
(last year, was worked out in order
to provide the PTA with an oppor-
tunity to acquire funds to hefc carry
. out toe PTA programs at the two
J - schools. 1
, Most of the subscriptions for the
Perquimans Weekly expire during the
' months of September through Decem
ber- and a high commission will be
paid to the PTA for signing una these
renewal ' subscriptions and reporting
- them to the Weekly office. The public
can participate in this plan by renew
ing subscriptions to the (Weekly
through any (member of : either the
Fl A organisations. Subscriptions giv-
em to PTA members will be added to
the present subscription of the sub
scriber and will run. for one year.
r Thus. If the subscription of an individ-
. uaj expires- next Dner and: that
per; a m rents 4 to PEA me
er the aviscrijloiiWU h niarkerl
a .Weeldv. Aiannins this vnt
i-. rot sent out notices of eypiration
' du f the months f .September and,
Sk. t, bus-all pife6Vvfc.lptki
will be discontinued1 unler ,bnewJ
' thr- ;h the XT. member "'JutJpg this
I .mbers of $he two Parent'sTeacH
er ssoeSstions plan to mai touse
.to' canvas . of the ; isNmhl
' 'tuj4&&gW-&x&i jrtvinvdry
' .subscribar'an 'opportunity1 ' renew
"his or her subscription Uurough" the
'' PTA, ' subscribers are 'requested fto
giv; their support in this drive and
aid them tti ; tJieir effort , to raise
. ' funds to provide extra and needed
' equipment for the school children.
Central PTA Plans
Halloween Party
For Tuesday Night
.A Halloween Party is being plan
ned.by members" of the Perquimans
Central Grammar School PTA, to be
held at the school on Tuesday evening,
October si, beginning at 8 o clock.
vice cream ' and home-made candy
will be sold. Other highlights of the
party will' be an auction sale, a cake
walk, a Chamber of horrors, fortune-
telling, apple bobbing, and a fish pond.
A door prize will be given and
prize for the best costume will be
awarded..': l;;vr ,
A contest is being sponsored in the
school to elect a king' and queen from
the grammar grades and a prince and
princess from 4 the- primary grades.
The candidate with the highest num
ber of votes will be corwned at the
party.;, X '';.
' The public is invited to attend.
County Extension
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" Hertford Botarians will hold their
- annual Rural-Urban celebration next
.Tuesday night, October 31, at the
i Hacienda, when each : member will
have as his guest at the weekly din-
" ' ner -. meeting a Perquimans County
' 'farmer friend. ,
Guest apeaker for the" event will be
1 Stag Ballentine, State Secretary' of
. Agriculture, who will speak on peanut
production and the peanut allotment
v program.": ' i:-iy" !v f r-? ''
'-v Otiter special guests win include I.
) C. Yagel, County Agent; , E." Ii; ' Tdp-
ping, Assistant Agent; and F.'A. Mc
r Googan of the Soil Conservation of-
flee.'' '
i Meners of the club, at their meet
Ming held last , Tuesday, heard Dr.
J Lancaster of the Windsor Rotary Club
speak on -a project being .jrponsored
hy this Rotary District which features
' : exchange ol students between the
U.-lted States and. foreign countries.
TL'a - sroiect calls for a number of
freJiful students being brought to
North Carolina 30 study at achopls
such as Chowan College, 13CT1C, At
lantic Christian : and .other smaller.
schoola m order that these youths
m?y learn the American -way of life
N an4 become familiar with American
I:;cnAuxfliary .
riilinsrOctoljerai
Kembers of the Hertford . unit off!
the. American Liglon Auxwary,' plan-j
ning to attend the First Area Confer
ence to be held In . Rocky Mount on
October Sl' are i pequea to contact
Lira. B! C Berry, president of the lo
.1 unit, not later than October, 23,
' 'der that ' reservations tor, tne
r and traneportation arrange-
.! can be maSe.T;??.-'
1 district meeting of the Auxili
1 Anen at 10:30 A. JtL. and will
!ded over by lira. E. S, Pugh of ,
r, district president. : .
ITU ANNOUI'CEMSNT
A campaign to deal the rats of
Perquimans County a death blow is
being planned for Wednesday, Novem
ber 1. This campaign is being spon
sored by the Perquimans County Ag
ricultural extension service, in co
operation 'with tite U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
Rats each year , cost the people of
Perquimans County an estimated
$100,000. . This is in addition to toe
deadly diseases which they spread
and the annoyance of , having , these
paws on your premises.
rorofled Red Squill, the poison
isisefcirat Iter M:to'nniiieM to
people and domest animals, but has
proven iJeadly effective on rats in the
control campaigns 'vWch have been'
conducted 6y the U. S. Fish and Wild
life Service for a huimber t years.
The bait will be psppared on cam-
pa!gn4y and tP . in SHPound
packakee, which is thft-amount needed
OftjWfr thf average .farm. Complete
fnasroctions jor utne oait wiu be
f urnianedT with g eapaekag. t The
cost win De onty a.w wnicn is a pret
ty small price to pay. for tiie relief
that wul be obtained.
In order to mix the proper amount
of bait, it must be kijown in advance
the number 01 ! people that wish to
participate. ; Those, who wish to take
an active part in getting rid of these
harmful peats, Bend in orders, along
with the 11.00, to the County Agent's
office in Hertford. V
Bait will be prepared only for those
who Bend in orders by that date. Co
operators will be notified by mail-exactly
when and where to obtain the
bait 7-: . . . $ y ? ;
Matt travel " from farm to farm.
Encourage' yeur neighbor to order
bait, tool "r-is
, I. " C- Yagd,', County Agent, 'stated
that this campaign ' will be a three-
county affair, with Chowan and Ber
tie counties participating witn rer-
Sprier Coat To :
ConvGnalbreCext "
Korfsy Morning :
Criminal Docket Expect
ed To Consume Entire
Court Term
The October term of Perauimans
Superior Court, will open here next
Monday morning, October 30. with
Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh sched
uled to preside.
One of the heaviest court dockets
in years is listed by Clerk of Court
W. H. Pitt, who stated the docket has
26 criminal cases listed for action and
31 civil cases for hearing. Court offi
cials doubt if any of the civil cases
will be tried since ail believe the crim
inal cases will consume the entire
time of the Court term.
The criminal docket consists of nine
cases in which defendants are charged
with drunken driving, one manslaugh
ter case, three cases in .which the de
fendants are charged for forgery, and
Dumber of assault cases.
Much time is expected to be con
sumed in five cases in which Dennis
Forbes is. charged with theft of a car,
breaking and entering and assault
with a deadly wapon.
Fifteen civil cases are listed on the
court calendar, several of which are
actions of divorce,. and it is possible
these divorce cases may be disposed
of during the week.
Jurors drawn for service at this
term of court are
H. R. Hollowell, Mrs. Lucy Elliott,
Charles Window, Seth Umphlett, El-
P. Robertson, Hazel Hoskins,
mer
Mrs. Blanche Delaney, Carlton Can
non, Howard Stallings, C. W. Haskett,
Nathan Hurdle, Jack Benton, Garland
Baker, James L. Lane, C. V. Ward, W
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Contest llcrefriday
Local Team Pointing
For Victory Over An
cient Rivals
SlIEniFFEIJTEfiSSUITACTCOUiJTY
BOARD FOR POSSESSION 1S59 TAX BOOKS
Legion Planning
Armistice Program
Perquimans High School's football
team will be out to chalk up its seconi
victory 01 toe season wf en Coach El
Be Fearing's charges meet the Eden-
ton Aces in a game scheduled for Fri
day night on Memorial Field.
The rivalry between the two schools
js of long standing, with each team
holding about the same number of
wins and losses. Edenton walked off
with the contests for the past two
years and the Indians are pointing for
win over the Aces to avenge the
past two defeats.
Coach Fearing has been putting his
boys through strenuous drills this
week, working out plans to stop Eden
ton's two star backs, Cannady and
Privott, and local fans are promised
a real treat when the two teams tan
gle here tonight.
The Indians ciopped a heart-bieak-
Ing conference game to Williamaton
last Friday night by a one-po nt mar
gin of 7-6, after having outplayed the
Creen Wave most of the contest.
Sparked by Garland Walker and
Howard Williams, the Indians slashed
through the Wiiliamston line time and
time again but lacked the punch to
push the pigskin over the goal line.
Wirliamston scored first in the third
period and the try for the extra point
was good, giving the Gremies a 7-0
lead. . Minutes later, Walker romped
over the pay line for a TD for Per
animans but an attempt for the xtra
point failed and the Indians trailed
bv a score of 7-6.
BothJeams had touchdowns cawea
A joint meeting of the Win. Paul
Stallings Post of the American Legion,
and the Hertford Unit of the Legion
Auxiliary will be held at the Agricul
tural Building in Hertford, Thursday
night, November 2, beginning at 7:30
o clock, it was announced here 10
day.
C. R. Hoimes, Democratic nominte
for the office of Representative for
Perquimans County, will be the speak
er at the meeting.
James Snipes, Post Commander, -an
nounced that plans will be formulated
for an Armstice Day program which
will be sponsored jointly by 'he
Legion and the Auxiliary.
Refreshments will be served at the
close of the meeting.
L. Rstrlev. A. tf.. Willisana. Lawtsnoefv . 1
- 9 w. .'3 ' " ' -- uikk .MVaUDV Ul usiiinw mwttw,
reny, vnaies,,. xuiuon,' napi mat-,
thews, Tnomas marreu, juquis jn.
Cbappell, Roy Winslow, Thomas' 'A.
Proctor, Mrs. L. J. Winslow, JBamrtiiS
Siddick. N. S. Smive'v. Mrs. Frances
JUonda, T. P. Bynrm, Ji.-kamton;
Geofge -fHV Riddick,' Sr., Mrs. "Laura
BailH..H. Caddy,' George R. Riddick,
Jr.jis ( Clarence :- Daili Willie Baccus.
George ' Jordan, Riddick Chappell, J,
Godfrey. Jr., Georsre S. Caddy,
Charles Skinner. Jr-Joe Hi 'ToweJJ
Gale; Winslow, Grafton Mathews, WiKt
liaim Cannon, J. K. Proctor, L. F. Stal-l
lings, W. N. Tucker, Freeman Umph-T
lett and C..T. Rogerson, Sr.
qulmarts to, stamp out rats in this
area.
Road Commission
To lieceive Bids
For Chowan Bridge
IID C!l!9S
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UsIdViliCkV
Home Demonstration Clubs of Per
quimans County climaxed their obser
vance si United Nations Week on
Tuesday with a presentation of a UN
Fla tex tile County. The flag .was
made by members of the various
; 'Presentation ceremonies were, con
ducted in front of the Court House
at noon Tuesday." Prayer was led by
the Rev. C W. Duling and Mrs. Ed
die Harrell,; County Club Leader,
made the . presentation to . Archie T.
Lane, representing tilt people of Per-
ouunaM County.
In presenting the flag, Mrs. Har
rell explained the symbols of . the
flag and said, f these symbols are a
token of our belief in the United N
tions :; as machinery working for
world .f reedom and peace, and it is
our wish that the flag be displayed
to express our' desire for freedom and
peace., & i'?z:'Iiv:$j-,S'- v-'imA'--:
"In accepCig the flag for the' conn-;
ty Mr. ; Lane tateA " -Just a the
American Flag symboHsea 4 union to
protect freedom and democracy for
our people, so does the. United Na
tions flag symboliie a union to pro
tect the freedom and democracy for
ail people. .viiu is now ouir iag,
Let's rallv to its su-nDort." . '. ' ,'
A color guard representing the
American Xegion earned the Ameri
can Flar and the UN flag Into iie
1 Km. ; Olter G. E 'flris' ceremonies which wa attended .by a
1 v 1 a r '
tie birth of a son,
Jr v- tt Spor"'! -
lement weather pre-
4 parade, which in-
Announcement was made late last
week that the Highway Commission
will open bids for the reconstruction
of theVold Chowan River Bridge, at
a special, meeting, to be held in Ra
leigh November 9.
The '.nresent one and a half mile
bridge "was Constructed in 1927, and
has been inadequate for the heavy
traffic ; for sevecab years. Highway
officials: have had- plans for recon
struction of the bridge under consid
eration for the past three years and
the progress of the plans for the new
bridge was. welcome, news to the resi
dents of the entire Albemarle.
A temporary bridge will be con
structed 210 feet downstream to carry
traffic durinor the construction neriod.
Specifioations .for. the new bridge
calls, for 6,976 . cubic yards of 'class
A concrete; 2,40o000 pounds, of re
inforced steel; 24,222 feet of precast
concrete jiiles; . 2,065,000 pounds of;
structure steel; 46,000 pounds of ma
chinery; j 830 square feet of steel
grid-' floor 'with concrete fillimr, and
smaller amounts of timber, piles, rip
p, and other materials te be used tn!
the construction. : "tfj iSvSii
No estimate as to the cost of the
structure were Teleased but tt Js be'
uevea tnat tne proct wtu ne tne
major highway construction in .this
fans were treated to a fine ex-
Son during the evening as both
s displayed good offensive tac
BDhe Edenton contest here tonight is
tbSWxt to the last home game, for
toe Indian and fans hre Irrtjed' to
turn out and back the home team as it
tries for a victory over the Aces.
Recorder's Court
Has Varied Docket
At Term This Week
Sixty-five Listed
On Perquimans High
School Honor Roll
Belvldcrs Huritans ' ' I
Mans have been completed by mem
bers of th BJvidere, Ruritan Club
for a (presentation of a musical- pro
gram,' featuring the Eliaabeth City
Barber Snop Chorus, at Perquimans
High School on Friday night, Novem
ber 17, it was reported today by the
dub secretary,' , -
Several - other musical units wi3
take jp art in the program to adition
to the 33 memlers of the chorus. -V
Advance sale of tickets for f -
event is row Ir- rway ty inercl
of tie c b. ,
.Seventeen cases were listed on the
docket of Perquimans Recorder's
Court here Tuesday. Ten of these
cases were disposed of through hear
ings, while five were continued and
two were placed on the docket of the
Superior Court.
Eight .persons, Mann Skinner, Vir
ginia Skinner, Roseanna Skinner, Lee
Thach, Lillian Lilly, Maggie Foreman,
Alma Burke and Martha Sprmll, all
Negroes, were found guilty of as
sault with deadly weapons, following
an affray which occurred while the
group were leaving a cotton field. Lee
Thach, one of the defendants, was fin
ed $26 and costs and the remaining
defendants were ordered to pay the
costs of court in the case, which
amounted to $6.75 for each of the de
fendants.
A verdict of guilty was returned
in the case in winch David Lupton
was charged with reckless driving.
The defendant was ordered to pay a
fine of $25 and costs of court.
Alexander Sutton, Negro, charged
with trespassing, was found guilty
and sentenced to jail for 30 days. A
previous suspended sentence of 60
days was invoked because the defend
ant had failed to pay the fine in this
previous case. -
Submitting to charges of Speeding:
were Heinz; Brauer, Clarence - Win-
stead and William KittrelL each pay
ing costs of court William Rose en
tered a .plea- of guilty to a charge of
speeding and paid a fine of $5 and
costs... i
j Francis INightingdale was found
guilty, on a charge of speeding 70
miles an hour. He was fined $15 and
costs, '"f; ' .;). i vV'.?;"S -KLl :Z
William Henry Riddick, Negro, en
tered a plea, of guilty to a charge of
driving wita Improper lights. He paid
the com of court. '
On -motion by the defendants for a
trial by Jury the cases of Paul Mor
ris, charged with driving drunk, and
Kyree Coroetend, charged with non
support, were set for hearing in Svt-
perior ..Court . :; ;'-v i.;
A record breaking number of stu
dents, 65 in all, were listed on the
honor roll at Perquimans High School
for the first grading period which
ended last Friday, it was reported to
day by E. C. Woodard, principal.
The eighth grade, with 21 students,
led all other classes in the number of
honor students. n
Winning scholastic honors were
(Eighth Grade: Joseph Butt, Lois
Kirby, Charles Smith, Emilie White,
Carolyn Eure, Barbara Edwards, Jo
anna Williford, Bobby Fisher, Ray
Lane, Anne Chappell, Mary Frances
Eure, Peggy Harrell, Joan Madre,
Julia Ann Stokes, Daryl Allen, Bil-
lie Elliott, Joseph Layden, Patricia
Biggers, Bille Carolle Divers, Alice
Jean Jackson and Anne Thatch.
iNiath8 Grade:. (Suzanne Towe, John
Morris,' Jean Butt, Joanne (Lane,
Katherine Ann Ward and Leo Dail,
Tenth Grade: Emile Ann Sumner,
Mollie Lu Yeates, Ruth Dawson,
Marilyn Baker, Faye Butt, Shirley
Eure, Mable Martin Whedbee, Nan
Ella White, Betty Davis and Nonie
Lou Lane.
Eleventh Grade: Ben Miller, Rob
ert Winslow, Aby Godfrey, Wilma
Goodwin, Irene Huunter, Amy Van
Roach, Billie Skinner, Martha Thatch,
Harold Colson, Kathleen Hurdle, Tom
my Sumner, Pauline Burbage, Mar
guerite Butler, Margaret Symons,
Benita Huutchinson, Marvina White,
Marjorie Winslow and Barbara Ben
ton. Twelfth Grade: Calvin Butt,
Lewis Dawson, Billy Hill, Tracy Kir
by, George Eure, Doris Faye Allen
Mary Sue Cook, Christine Thatch,
Catherine Goodwin and Virginia Gay.
Complaint Is Filed With
Clerk of Court Here
On Wednesday
Hertford PTA To Hold
Halloween Party At
High School Gym
, BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr, and Mrs. James Byrum of Nor
folk Va., announce the birth' of a
(faughter, Eaten Marie, born Thura-t
y, ucvoer nyco, at ue raw uoa-i
The Hertford Grammar School
PTA will sponsor a mammoth Hallo
ween carnival in the, High School
gymnasium Tuesday evening, October
31, at' 7:30 o'clock. A ticket of ad
mission will be presented each per
son when that person has checked
some item at the checker's booth.
These articles may be a hat, coat or
shoes.
The event will start with a parade
from the Court House to the gym,
and those planning to attend the par
ty are requested to meet at the Court
House at 7:30 o'clock to participate
in the parade. '
Mrs. Charlie Vann, chairman of the
event said today, "Since this is one
of the big events of the PTA year, we
are expecting a large group of adults
to attend in costume as well as the
children." i;
A prise wiH be given to the adult
wearing the moat original costume.
Prises will be awarded also to the
boy and girl wearing the best cos
tume ddpktinar Halloween. A door
prize will be given to the person Hold
ing' the lucky ticket
The main attraction of toe event
will be a "Freak and Spook Show",
featuring local weU known freaks,
spooks, ghosts and goblins. or those
that live- through the ."spook" show
there will be an apple bobbing con
test little Jack Horner ,plum pudding
contest, toss games; fish ponds, for
tune telling;, funny, book , store, hen
house, linen store, "cake walk and a
checken feeding 'contest Home-made
candies and cookies wiH"Ee s6T8 and
the public is Invited, to attend.
Sheriff M; G. Owens filled suit in
Perquimans County Superior Court
here Wednesday afternoon, naming
E. M. Perry, A. T. Lane, T. M. Twine,
R. S. Chappell and George Jackson,
as members of the Board of Countv
Commissioners and J. W. Ward as
County Tax Supervisor, as defend
ants in the suit in which the Sheriff
seeks a writ of mandamus to com
mand the Board to permit and issue
for the use of the Sheriff, the coun
ty's 1950 tax books.
Owens, in the complaint filed in
the clerk's office Wednesday, stated
that he is the duly elected sheriff of
Perquimans County, and as such, one
of his duties is acting as tax collec
tor. He further complains that the
defendants in the suit, acting as
County Commissioners, have refused
to turn over the 1950 tax books to
him and thus have hampered the
Sheriff's action in carrying out the
duties of his office.
The complaint further states that
the only reason the defendants have
refused to give him custody of the
1950 tax books is because two per
cent of the 1949 tax levy remains
due.
Sheriff Owens, in the complaint
further states that he has requested
that the 1950 tax books be placed in
his hands on several occasions but
that the defendants, as the Board of
Commissioners, have continued to re
fuse his request
He adds that a number of tax
payers have appeared at his office to
pay 1950 taxes, but that he has been
unauthorized to accept the payments
inasmuch as he does not have the
tax receipt books in his hands.
At a meeting of the Board of
County Commissioners held on the
first Monday in October a discussion
of settlement for 1949 tax collections
was held) between the Board of Com
missioners and Sheriff Owens. How
ever, at that time there remained-
$5,700 of 1949 taxes, levied by the
Commissioners, which had not been
collected and the Board at that time
refused to accept the unpaid balance,
commonly known as insolvents. The
Board at that time advised Sheriff
Owens the insolvent list was too
large and that they would not turn
over the new books until the 1949
list had been further reduced.
The Board advised Sheriff Owens
that the Attorney General had ruled
that' he, as tax collector, could not
have two sets of tax books in his
hands at the same time and that the
1950 books would be turned over when
the balance of the 1949 taxes had
been further reduced, and the 1949
books had been accepted as returnable
to the Board. -. ,
Since that time Sheriff Owens re
ports that he has collected about
$2,000, which reduced the insolvent
list to approximately $3,702.71.
It has been the custom for the past
several years for the Commissioners
and the Sheriff to make an annual
settlement of tax collections at the
Commissioners' meeting in October,
after which new tax books were
turned over to the Sheriff. The de
lay in final settlement for collection
of 1949 taxes has brought about the
differences between the Board and the
Sheriff.
Draft Board To Csll
TwoGrounsint'ov
Two draft calls, one for preinduction
examinations and the second for induc
tion for the month of November have
been received by the Perquimans lo
cal board, it was reported this week
by Mrs. Edna Winslow, clerk of the
local draft board.
The first call for. 20 selectees to
undergo preinduction examinations,
will be filled on November 14, and
the induction call will be filled No
vember 21. Mrs. Winslow stated the
induction call is for 10 men, but the
local board will have available only
six registrants for this order. Out of
its pool of 10 men, subject to induc
tion, four have been reclassified, leav
ing only six subject to induction, j
Most of the 20 selectees, to be or
dered to fill the preinduction call, will
come 'from the category of 20 year
olds, Mrs. Winslow said The Board
at recent meetings have continued the
task of reclassifying registrants, and
the group from 21 to 26 have either
already received orders to report for
preinduction examinations or are In a
deferred class. , v.
MASONIC MEETING ' ?- '.. vraeni..wiu mailed out early next
nVmnnhn&na I jiAtr a. 1IM 1 wlttKmth to ,. thOM registrants Istanbul
4 a. M., will meet Tuesday nighVati aoinations on November
8 o'clock
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