WEEKLY
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume III. Number 28.:
Hertford Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 10, 1936.
$1.25 Per Year
Frances Evans Takes
Ruth Davenport Full
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OyeK:Duties A
Time Welfare Officer
Nurse
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Young Lady Has Had
Excellent Training In
Various Fields
NATIVE OTCHOWAN
Six-Lesson Course For
Midwives Planned
At Once
For at least one year Perquimans
County will have a full time health
nurse. Miss Frances Evans, who
was recently appointed by the State
Board of Health to this position,
took over her new duties this week.
This service, which is made avail
able by federal funds coming to the
State Board of Health as a result
of the Social Security Act, from the
appropriation made to the Children's
Bureau of the United States De
partment of Labor, is a part of the
Albemarle District Service set-up.
Miss Evans will have an office in
Hertford, the provision for which is
thf only local requirement. To de
velop a health center for the county
is one of the objectives of this set
up, where examination and advice
ntaf be available, especially to the
indigent, and with special attention
to maternal and infant welfare.
Another objective is that every
mother may receive either the ser
vices of a physician or of a midwife.
During the summer mpnths special
emphasis will be placed on maternal
and infant welfare. A six-lesson
course will be conducted immediately
by Miss Evans, for instruction to
midwives. The classes' will be ar
ranged with the midwives in home
visits. Not only midwives, however,
but any woman who is interested in
other-baby-nurse work,, or whoys
interested in the care of the sick,
may attend the classes and receive
instruction. The lesson plan will
include a good deal of bedside care,
according to Miss Evans.
During the winter months there
will be special attention given to
work among the school children.
Miss Evans is a native of Chowan
County, a daughter of Z. W. Evans,
and a sister of Miss Esther Evans, of
the Perquimans High School faculty.
She received her initial course in
nursing at St. Mary's Hospital, at
Rochester, Minn., which hospital is
affiliated with the well-known Mayo
Clinic. She has done post graduate
work in the Providence Lying-in
Hospital, at Providence, R. I., and
this spring has had a three-months
course in special health nursing at
the George Peabody College, at
Nashville, Tenn., which closed with
a four-weeks field observation at
the University of North Carolina.
Miss Cora Beam, District Nurse
Consultant of ; the Albemarlfc Dis
trict Service, was in Hertford on
Tuesday, conferring with Miss Evans
in the interest "of the work here.
Thad Eure Thanks
Voters For Support
The following letter was received
by The Perquimans Weekly front"
Thad Eure who on Saturday won out
over Stacey Wadefor secretary ' of
state:
"I am especially overwhelmed with
joy and gratitude at the magnificent
vote I received for the high office of
Secretary -of State. I want to thank
each and every one who participated
in securing my nomination and assure
them that they will- always have a
; warm spot in my heart. The Secre
tary of State's office will belong to
phemtTand whenever; they jar in Ba
j jeigh, J want them to come in to see
fine and Iffojrd inrthe opportunity of
' rendering': to them every possible
' courtesy and' serviced .The warmest
possible welcome will await you. ...
'' "1 W.iiiBpoiiv-iori to
' write ; to. eachtad TfWersp&neV; 'so,
please-give this letter space in you
t goocf paper s, whichhas Tenr"io
; friendly to me , in ; my campaign.?! I
FinNoticeTo'"
-1 Cotton? Growers
y :C All cotton growers ? in Perqui
mans are notified ' by L. W, An
derson, County Agent, that they
must file in the office of the County
Agent; , cotton,, sales certificates
ctering..jtj
to the amount of their. Bandhead
1986, in order to receive the cot
ton price adjustment t aymst on
cotton sold for test than 12 ceJtti
per pound acccrj to tie aver
age of tla t:x t. t tuasii'j. f
TV0 PERQUIMANS
BOYSHONOREDBY
FART.es' GROUP
Russell Nixon and Hay
wood Umphlett Win
Degree
BUCKLEADER
Lloyd Nixon Partici
pates In livestock
Judging
Final decision of the location of
the new consolidated school to be
built this summer at Winfall was
made on Wednesday morning, after a
- : e at n j e r ...
Commissioners and the Board of
Education, when it was decided to
purchase the plot of ground contain
ing eight or ten acres on the west
side of the highway between Winfall j
and Hertford, a short distance from
the site of the old school building.
The land is located on the opposite
side of the road from the site
formerly selected, and is believed to
be a much more desirable location, in
that the formerly selected site was
adjacent to the railroad tracks.
Construction of the building will
be commenced shortly, as the con
struction has been held up awaiting
the purchase of the land.
Light Docket Tuesday
In Recorder's Court
Only one case was tried in Record
er's Court on Tuesday. Elmer Chap
pell of the Chappells Hill section
of the County, was found guilty of
simple assault and was given a jail
sentence of thirty days, fined ten
dollars and taxed with the court
costs. The jail sentence was sus
pended upon the condition that the
defendant give a peace bond in the
sura of $250, and upon good behavior
for two years and that he not molest
in any way the prosecuting witness,
William H. ChappelL The defendant
appealed to Superior Court, bond be
ing fixed in the sum of $200.
In the case of Linwood Lamb,
charged with assault oh Mrs. Lucy
Lamb, the prosecuting witness, Mrs.
Lamb failed to appear, and the State
took a nol pross with, leave, the court
suggesting that the solicitor make
an investigation of the woman's
whereabouts and condition.
In the case of Roy Lane, who fail
ed to appear, capias was issued and
a bond was ordered in the sum of
$100.00 to insure the payment of the
$25.00 fine, the capias returnable
July 21.
Capias was issued for Isaac Rid
dick, who , was called and failed
to appear, bond required for $100 for
appearance capias returnable July
21,
. Claude Withrow, whose case was
continued on June 30 until this date,
failed to appear. The Clerk report
ed that- the summons sent to Pas
quotank had been returned marked
?not to be found." .The court order
ed that summons be sent to Norfolk,
Va., returnable on July 21, and that
a bond of $200 be . required.
Miss Sarah Carlyton
Now In Beauty Parlor
J Miss Ruth Carlyton, '' of Lumber
ton has 'accepted position at the
beauty parlor at J. C. Blanchard k
Company's Store. ; Miss :; Carlyton,
who : is a registered : eosmotologist,
took over her new duties this week.
WILLIAM EVERETT UNABLE TO
BE OUT FOLLOWING ACCIDENT
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rWilUaW 'Everete (ia ' stttl ionfined
WM bed b itfresuK! of injtiries re
ceived. lasrfr Wednesday whetf he was
thrown fronv his. biclcle aft it skidded!
from running over a oanana peel on
tte 7? gtreetrlHii imkirya8 very
painfully .hurt, and he if still unable
td walki'' i - ,V.-.V , '';
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' HONOR9.VESTi: m
. Miss Alice Roberson.., entertained
tjrdinner" - party on- Tuesday even
ing, in honor f rher ( guest3 Miss
Ca&:rip;s ?pivey,4bf Petersburg, Ya.
Thost preesnt: in addition to 'Hit
i anche tloore Berry, Kary Korris,
Uary Thai Chpfcll, Julia Erourh-
t;n, LZli I!ae , lita, I'arla Ander
ei, and LUa tadi ic;hens.
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CLYDE R. HOEY
Winning by 5$ 934 votes over Dr. Ralph McDonald in the second
Democratic primary held on Saturday, Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,
will oppose Gilliam Grissom, Republican nominee, in November for
the Governorship of North Carolina.
How Perquimaiis Voted
For Governor:
Hoey
McDonald
For Lieutenant Governor:
For Secretary of State:
Eure
Nags Head Wreck
Terrible Sight Says
R. M. Riddick, Jr.
R. M. Riddick, Jr., cashier of the
Hertford Banking Company, assisted
in removing the two fatally injured
men from the airplane which crashed
at Nags Head Sunday morning, when
the pilot, Garnett H. Tonkin, of Nor
folk, Va., was killed outright, and
Melvin D. Sawyer, of Manns Harbor,
and AJbert Murray Gard, of Manteo,
who were passengers, were fatally
injured.
Mr. and Mrs. Riddick were spend
ing the week-end at their Nags Head
cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nach
man, also of Hertford, were their
guests "I believe I will go up to
day," said Mrs. Nachman, as they
sat on the porch watching the plane.
Scarcely had the words been uttered
when the plane began to shoot to
wards the earth, crashing some 300
yards distant from the Riddick, .cot
tage. "It was a horrible sight," said Mr.
Riddick. "The pilot was dead when
we reached the wreck. The other
two were' gasping for breath. The
two who had ' been passengers died
before reaching Norfolk, while being
rushed to a hospital.
A framed certificate had hung in
the cabin of the plane, according to
Mr. Riddick, setting forth that this
plane was not a licensed plane and
stating that all persons were warned
not' to ride in the same as passen
gers. Seeing this . certificate, Mr.
and.Mrs. Robert Sumner, .of Balti
more, ; who? were staying at the
Beach? refused to go.i up after they
had taken their seats in the plane,
iTOriMfjald.?
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James Divers Cuts ?
::;i;;i!oot While Bathing
the7 right, foot while,'inhxjy;im;
SandA;i:brbken :b6We,ucIa;ias
has caused tn': many acdderttcof: , !a
like nature, imbedded in . the sandy
bottom of the river, was the cause
of the accident
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25 42 199 30 20 88 404
56 30 176 66 6 71 408
23 57 289 41 16 105 531
89 93 374 123 56 160 895
7 4 112 8 2 33 166
Sammie Sutton First
In Baby Contest
Sammie Sutton, Jr., is leading the
baby popularity contest conducted
by the women of the Delia Sham-
burger Missionary Society of the
Methodist Church, with 160 votes.
Garland Ray Newbern, the little
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. C. E
Walker, is the second highest, hav
ing 88 votes. "Pat Morris follows
with 72. Melvin Owens has 60 votes,
Julian White, 46; Billy Jean Jones,
32; Joe Towe, Jr., 31; Marguerite
Butler, 30; Betty Anne Matthews, 23;
Penelope Whedbee, 20; Carrol Berry,
20; Patsy Harrell, 17; Mary Beth
Perry,-15; Howard Pitt, 15; Douglas
Williams, 15; Kentwood Turner, 15;
Ben Thach, 13; Fred Matthews, 10;
Tommy Sumner, 10; Emmett Wins
low, 6; Nellie Frances Wheeler, 5;
Betty Lou Sutton, 5; Barbara Anne
Benton, 1.
The votes were counted on Tuesday
night and will be counted on each
Tuesday night during the contest,
which will close on July 24. Other
children entered are Sidney Elliott,
Alfred Williams, Sammy Sutton, Jr.,
Guy Cannon, Juanita Harrell, Joan
Trueblood, Virginia Withrow,
ard Hines and Suzanne Towe.
Rich-
Joint Hostesses For
Sunday School Class
Miss Edna Layden and Mrs. Sid
ney Layden were hostesses, at the
home of the former, to the members
of their Sunday School Class on
Tuesday night.
After the business session and an
interesting program there, was a
social hour when the hostesses serv
ed dainty refreshments.
Those present ' included Misses
Lizzie Lee Hofler, Essie Walker, Lu
cille Sutton,7 Edith White,' Edna Lay
den, and Mesdames ' Josiah ', Elliott,
CharKe " Elliott,i Charlie j Umphlett,
Charles ' Johnson,' D. M. Jackson, and
the.' f btiovrimO3 yisitorsV Mrs. ' B. . T.
Wood, Mrs. J. H. Layden, Miss Irene
Chappell, Thomas Edward Umphlett,
Sidney Layden, Jr.; : and James Ed
ward Layden-
AGREE ON SITE
FOR ERECTION OF
SCHOOL BUILDING
Decided to Purchase
Adequate Plot Near
Old Plant
JESSUP LAND
Construction Now Ex
pected to Be Begun
Shortly
Russell' Nixon and Haywood Um
phlett, of the Peruimans County Vo
cational Agriculture Class, were
award'ed the degree of "Carolina
Farmer" and were presented with
the golden key, the emblem of the
degree, at the State Convention of
Young Tar Heel Farmers of the Fu
ture Farmers of America, held in
Raleigh last week.
This is the first time in its his
tory, that a representative of the
Perquimans County Chapter has
ever achieved this honor. The de
gree is based on leadership, scholar
ship, achievement and thrift.
Lloyd Nixon, one of the twenty
five boys out of ten thousand in
North Carolina, having won in the
District Livestock Judging Contest,
took part in the State Judging Con
test, which was held in connection
with the State Convention of Young
Tar Heel Farmers.
This is the second year in succes
sion that the Perquimans County
Chapter has had a member to take
part in the State Livestock Judging
Contest.
The Perquimans County Chapter,
under the leadership of the teacher,
G. C. Buck, was represented by Rus
sell Nixon, Haywood Umphlett, El
liott Layden and Lloyd Nixon. Rus
sell Nixon and Elliott Layden were
delegates to the convention. Hay
wood Umphlett was alternate, and
Lloyd Nixon winner of the District
Livestock Judging Contest.
Simon Rutenberg
Called To New York
By Death Of Sister
Simon Rutenberg, prominent Hert
ford merchant, was called to New
York early Sunday morning by the
death of his sister, Mrs. Simon Cohn.
Mrs. Cohn, who was 42 years of
age, was the former Miss Minnie
Rutenberg and during her girlhood
lived in Hertford, where she had
many friends. For a number of
years she has lived in New York
City. A talented musician, she had
frequently been heard in radio broad
casts from that city.
Funeral services and burial took
place in Baltimore on Monday after
noon. Surviving are her husband and
one young daughter, Arlene; one sis
ter, Mrs. Sidney Marks, of Balti
more; two brothers, Nicholas Kuten
berg, of Richmond, Va., and Simon
Rutenberg, of Hertford.
Mr. Rutenberg returned home on
Tuesday night.
Shot Intended For
Dog Wounds Boy
Struck by stray shots from a load
aimed at a dog, Linwood Hunter, Jr.,
three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Linwood Hunter, was brought to the
office of a Hertford physician for
treatment on Tuesday.
The child, who with his mother
was visiting at the home of John
Layden, a neighbor, in Harveys
Neck, was in the hall of the Layden
home when Mr. Layden killed a dog
in the front yard. Two shots struck
the little boy, one lodging in the
right side of his chest and the other
in his right fore arm.
The injury to the child was not
serious, according to the physician.
Baptist Convention
In Edenton Sunday
The monthly meeting of the
Chowan Baptist Sunday School Con
vention will be held in the Edenton'
Baptist Church Sunday afternoon,
July 12. The general theme of the
meeting will be "Led by the Spirit"
Those appearing on the program
include R. E. Leary, Dr. E. H. Potts,
Rv.' John "Pearee, W. C. Bunch,
and Rev. W. D. Morris. large at
tendance is hoped for. .
First Time In History
County Has Been So
Favored
50-50BASIS
Many Duties Rest Upon
Shoulders of New
Official
Miss Ruth Davenport was appoint
ed Monday by the Board of Commis
sioners of Perquimans County as a
full-time Welfare Officer.
This is the first time in the history
of the county that Perquimans has
had a full time welfare officer. The
only substitute in the past, until
Miss Davenport was appointed by
the State Welfare Department to
serve as assistant to the Welfare
Officer last January, was the part
time service of the County Superin
tendent of Education. By the ap
pointment of a full-time welfare of
ficer, the county superintendent
loses four hundred dollars annually
in salary but a great deal of work is
lifted from his shoulders, thereby
enabling him to devote greater time
and energy to the duties of his of
fice as Superintendent of Education.
Only half of the amount of the
salary of the full-time welfare of
ficer is paid by the county, the re
mainder being paid by the State.
Under present conditions, the wel
fare officer must act as certifying
agent to the WPA, passing upon and
certifying to that agency whatever
commodities are given.
Other duties incumbent upon a
welfare officer are many and varied.
She must act as chief school attend
ance officer, seeing that children at
tend school. She must have, under
the control of the county commis
sioners, the care and supervision of
the poor and administer the poor
funds.
She must act as agent of the
State Board in relation to any work
to be done by the State Board with
in the county.
It is her duty, under the direction
of the State Board, to look after and
keep up with the condition of per
sons discharged from hospitals for
the insane, and from other State in
stitutions. She must have over-sight of
prisoners in the county on parole
from penitentiaries, reformatories,
and all parole prisoners in the coun
ty. Dependent and delinquent children
also claim a share of her attention.
She must look after these, especially
those on parole or probation.
She must promote wholesome re
creation in the county and enforce
such laws as regulate commercial
amusement.
She must assist the State Board in
finding employment for the unem
ployed. She must investigate into the
cause of distress, under the direction
of the State Board, and make such
investigations in the interest of all
social welfare as the State Board
may direct.
Church Societies
Hold Wiener Roast
The G. A. and R. A. Societies of
Mt. Sinai Baptist Church were enter
tamed at a wiener roast on Tuesday
evening at the home of Mrs. Effie
Miller, near Winfall. Many enjoy
able games were played.
Those present included Misses Ruth
Hurdle, Carmen Morgan, Louise
Morgan, Katherine Perry, Esther
Perry, Audrey Lane, Alma Lane, Ma
rian Sawyer, Mary Elizabeth White,
Louise Churchill, of Norfolk, Va.,
Ruth Nowell, Hattie Pearl Nowell,
Elizabeth Nowell, Hazel Madre,
Katherine Smith, Celesta Godwin,
and Mamie Stallings; Messrs. Ernest
W. Morgan, Shelton Morgan, Howard
Hurdle, Erwin Perry, Lawrence Per
ry, Linwood Lane, Calvin Lane, Win
fred Lane, Milton Lane, Ernest El
liott Morgan, Ralph Miller, George
Miller White, Benton White, Walter
Nowell and W. L. Churchill, Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Roach and Mrs. Effie
Miller.
Methodist Conference
Held On Wednesday
The Third Quarterly Conference of
the Hertford Methodist Church was
held on Wednesday "night following
the devotional service, with the Pre
siding Elder of , the Elisabeth' City'
District,- the ReV; Slaughter,
presiding. ' Mr. Slaughter preached
at the service ' preceding; th con
ference at the regular -hour of
prayer meeting.
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