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THE PERQUIMANS -WITTILY, V' ZTFOTJD, N. C, FRIDAY, 5, KZi w Published evenr - Friday at The Ferquimans Weekly v effiee In the Gregory Building, Church Street, Hertford, N. C. Editor .-88 MATTIE LISTER WHITE. Day Phone Night Phone :.,. 100-J t i SUBSCRIPTION RATES tOne Year . $1.25 I Six: Months 76c -t Entered as second class matter November 15, 1934, at the post office at Hertford, North Carolina, under the Hct of March 3, 1879. s Advertising rates famished by e- quesc J FRIDAY, 7UNE 6, 1988. " BIBLE THOUGHT FOR WEEK PATIENCE SEES US THROUGH Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing Wames 1:4. THE MARCH OF PROGRESS ) TAKES ITS TOLL With the effort of the State of North Carolina to give to all of the children of the State the same edu cational opportunities," to place within the reach of the children of the remote rural sections school ad- vantages enjoyed by the children of the gowns and cities, the small, one- teacher and two-teacher schools scat tered; about the country are passing from the picture. As the small schools are consolidated and one larg plant takes their places, the little schoolhouses are disappearing. T$e elimination of the small coun try school it, doubtless, a step for ward in the inarch of progress. Al most every one will agree that it is only1 fair that the child who lives in the;rmote rural communities should not merely for this reason, be de prived of the advantages which the State places within the reach of the child of the more populous communi ties. Many parents in these remote sections have bewailed the situation which did formerly deprive their children of the advantages of attend ing the better schools, and some have moved heaven and earth in an effort to get their children into the big school. But in giving this advantage of better schools to all children, there is sacrificed in the lives of the men and women of these small communi ties something very fine and some thing very highly prized in rural community life, the school house' as a community center and gathering place. This was strikingly evident in the attitude of the residents of the Bel videre community toward the situa tion which has recently developed in .Perquimans. For more than a hundred years there has been a good school at Bel videre, a school which at one time represented the seat of learning for the Albemarle and was the pride of the section, the old Belvidere Aca demy. Belvidere, a Quaker commun ity, where during the early part of the last century and through a long period, education was given more se rious consideration than was evident in any other section of Perquimans, will no Iongerhave a school. It was, in the first place, through accident that the necessity arose for immediately altering the school sit uation as it recently existed at Belvi dere. The school building was de stroyed by fire last year. But for this occurrence, Belvidere would have kept its two-teacher school for many years and the school would have con tinued to represent the center of the community. But though there is pathos in the passing of the little old schools, a pathos peculiarly evident in this par ticular community, there is another angle to the situation. Progress brings changes in many phases of life. The paved road and the automobile have made of the people of remote communities close neighbors. As progress has develop ed this situation, eliminating dis tances and bringing communities closer, there is no longer the same need for so many community centers. Will not one big community center, the consolidated school, eventually take the place of these small school houses and bring the various com munities closer together in a manner which nothing else could do? With your child and my child attending the same school, even though you may live at Chapanoke and I at Bel- ' videre, or you at Winfall and I at JVoodville, does not the school 4hat our children attend become our own, .- yours and mine, and are we not of " the various communities brought closer together in a common bond ? ) Will not our interests thereby be ' J made broader, our lives fuller by , the merging of several communities into one? j-fl . It '"doesn't take longer to drive the k car to ; the big community center than it formerly took us to walk to ;tne ntue scnooinouse, or to nae oe- hind horse. After all, it is just as ' close to the new school as to the old. f i Yes, there is pathos in the situa I'tion, and we view the passing of the i little schoof house with a twinge of j'real regret, but it is still the March of Progress. ( llr and Mrs. J. A. Perry, Mrs. Ida ' C -ory nd W E. Spruill spent ' f '-y in Fayetteville, visiting rela, WINFALL NEWS ' Miss Margaret Leggett. of - Wash ington, N. C, is Upending this week with her sister. Miss Alma Leggett. - Miss Lorna Brothers spent Mon day and Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Hollqwell. Mrs. J. E. Powell, of Portsmouth, Va., has returned home after spend ing a few days at the bedside of her father, J. M. Hollowell, Hertford, R. F. D. , . Mrs. J. D. Sumner has returned to her home in South Norfolk, Va., after spending sometime with her father, J. M. Hollowell,-who is very ill. . , Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Winslow expect to move to their new .i hJne . next week. W. G. Hollowell spent Monday in Norfolk, Va., on business. Rufus Proctor is very ill at the home of his parents, Mr, and Mrs. C, D. Proctor. . Mr. and Mrs. 0. C Reilly, of Nor folk, Va., spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. YV. F. Morgan. " BETHEL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Long and their daughter, Miss Eloise, of Elizabeth City, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Long. Miss Genevieve Standing, of Nor folk, Va., spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Standin. Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Parrish and children, from near Cannon's Ferry, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Parrish. Mrs. Mollie Standin and her little granddaughter, Bettie Long, returned to their home in Norfolk, Va., after spending sometime here visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Lucius Butt and children, Mary Lou and Calvin, of New Hope, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C Hobbs. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Catling, of Norfolk, Va- spent the week-end with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Simpson and children, Elizabeth and Henry, Jr., of Norfolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Graham Moore and children, Herbert and Charles; Mrs. Willie Sherlock and son, Linwood Earl, from near Eliza beth City, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry Sunday. Joe Long, of Norfolk, Va., spent the week-end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Long. BALLAIIAGL NEWS - Mr. and Mrs. Will Davis and fam ily, Mr. and, Mrs. Ehrie Kirby from Bethel, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Rogerson Sunday afternoon. , Mr. and Mrs. J.' E. Perry, Mrs. Joe Perry, Mrs. Joe Layden, Mrs. C. S. Layden, Miss Mary Layden and Mrs. Archie Lane attended the W. M. U. at Winfall Methodist Church on Wednesday. , Mrs. John Rogerson and her little daughter visited in the home of Will Goodwin Friday .afternoon. ' .. Miv and MrsAS'Jv Parrish' attend ed? Quarterly '4'Meeting at if Piney Wods Church Sunday morning. ' , . MrV andMrs.: C. A. Perry and their children spent Sunday 4nt Virginia with Mr. and Mrs. Will Proctdr. , . Percy Rogerson, Joe Layden, Pres ton Rogerson and Clarence -Hunter attended the W. O. W. meeting ; In Edenton Friday evening. AUTO CAUSED FOREST FIRE The forest fire which caused con siderable damage in woods on the Hertford-Edenton highway this week was caused by flames spreading from an automobile which was destroyed by fire on the highway on Thursday. Classified and NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION Having qualified as Administrator with Will Annexed of the estate of J. F. White, deceased, late of Perqui mans County, North Carolina, .this is to notify all .persons; having claims aninst the estate .-of . said deceased to exhibit them to1' the Undersigned at Sunbury, N. C, 'on orbefote $be 2nd. day' of May, 1937, or thJuTnotice will be pleaded in bar of their recov ery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make ' immediate payment. ' j This 2nd dav of May. 1936. B. L. WHITE, Administrator of J. F. White. De ceased. May8,15,22,29une6,12 1 NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATON Having qualified as Administrator of the estate of T, S.i Brbughton, de ceased, bite of Perquimans County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit High Tide Styles IN APPROVED SWIM WEAR f-?!" "al "'A JANTZEN TRUNKS $Z.95 $3.95 DETACHABLE TOPS $4.95 Good Wear all . wool Truril 90 and 02.90 B GET IN THE SWIM the way the men do; whose picturesVou see in Squire maga- zine and New York's 5th Avenue Win- dows,' Men who know the smart thing to wear are buying these bathing suit.; types. -1. 104 Tears of Service --' Quality Merchandise - Right Prices J. G. Bchard Go.,: Inc. "BLANCHARD'S" SINCE 1832 HERTFORD, II. C. them to the undersigned at Hertford, N. C, on or ' before the 30 day of May, 1937, or this . notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said . estate will please make Immediate payment. 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