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t w tv i ' V IK KLY . A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING t ? HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY IV. Number 2. . Hertford, Perquimans County, Nortfr Carolina. Friday, January 8, 1937. $1.25 Per Year is Auspiciously Today - .... .-.. ,. j -.-...',, ... , , i - , rivate Thoroughfare Now Regularly Used r By Many , bAdcoSS Ccnty Coinialssioners Ursre Improvements ? Jn Bethel Roads f" & temmittM composed of Cttariei ' 33. JntiiaoBDA. T. P. Brina maA W. n t.-hltji-knnewrid ttefoM th BoU of County .Cwnrnksioneni on Monday . wllh s request tint recommendation , be made tht a certain -road in he - r kf wamp " cemmuifity be taken ' over by the State Highway Com '-)8io. And placed under the regu v yjt snten. s Mr. Johnson, who presented the v matter, atated that the road, which , has always been known as a private - -ioiA, It traveled by a large; number - f , persons who nse it regularly and .rr .that-tt 1 in very bad condition and '; in need of improvement The oa9 s lie between Ballahack- School and -, Great Hope Oiurch and adjoins the ' 4 property f v a number of titizena. The Board agreed to make the-re- commendation to the State Highway I' artinent. '; - ' It was also decided' to recommend - ,; r;t) 'the1 State Highway Commission X,--';, fbat some improvement be made in roads in, the Bethel community, where it m said there are deep holes and mud comes up almost" to the axles f.,tars and it or a common occurrence to be M to a iSmSJiSStSti. ' j viated;i;ommunity. r Demonstration Oubs , r.:Have Best Attendance . ;At December Meetings 'jl.-Stating hat the home demonstra- tion clubs of the county had the best T ' attendance of the whole , year during , the; month of Eecember, Miss Gladys . , ; Hamrick, ; agent, told the , Board of .; . ' Commissioners on Monday when she . f Made her report that one club attend: . t one hundred per cent and two ars 90 per cent. The goal in at- 'ince for all clubs for the year, , ' I'ma Hamrick, is 80 per cent. v stings for the month of Janu- announced bjrMisa -Hamrick v wsr ' ' r;-i- " v oke club met with j, Mrs. ( '. Alexander, on January 5, Wi Ml club met on the ffth with . I Miller, and the Whiteston January 7 with Miaa. John 'e. ' VSh: . II. Dv Copeland will be hoa- f.e Ballahnck club on Friday - "al!.-1 . t:ub wi.1 meet on i p' cf n.e"r7 h sing as .i-'X-'! Spring. ! tt-t.1 School house on -ie- l!ew Cope club meets ' v',2x the place of meeting i.ced. , Bethel Burgess, will t the school house on the 18. ool house at White Hat is ace of meeting for the .White Club, on the 19. ' ' - -). J. A Chappell wfll be hos '. j the Belvidere Club on the 20( C. L. Dale will entertain the t Gaither Club on the. 21, ano t meeting in the month wf.l CnowHill Club, which will tt the school house on the ration for the month . -pment., -' V Crcvrn Leaves r Raleigh Duties " jwn, who for several -d Perquimans Coun 'iture, was elected 3 for the term at i of the legislature , r.r. Brown left ;.. ' nd for his new ' t. . -r.nion on Wed- ve J. 7. to be at I " 5sembly. ton also r -"ning Former Peraufcians BdyMa1dn-Ck)od i Iri Chosen Reld The following Hem, lifted from the Tabor City Tattler, wfll be of inte rest of the "old friends of Allison A. White, who is a native of Perqui mans County, a son of Mrs. Martha Winslow of the Whiteston community and who haa la - numbet' of relatives in WMtston and' BeMdere: "The present principal of Tabor school is Mr. Allison A. White, an en ergetic, consaentwua. school man widely known as a tireless worker with, much ability, and an excellent character. v . , "Mr. White received an A. B. de gree from Guilford -College, and has done" graduate work at the Univer sity of North Carolina.' and State College. At Guilford he . won the "Improvement" medal offered by the Henry Clay 'literary Society where he represented, college in forensic debates. Hearas a member of Y.M.- CA. -cabinet and did good work on the varsity track and volley ball teams. -v ."Mr. White is very much interested in. the civic and religious organiza tions of the community as is evidenc ea by the cooperation with the1 churches and Sunday schools. He served as president of the Columbus County Sunday School Association, and other important places in civic organizations. "Mr. White has traveled extensive ly; throughout the United States and Mexico, Being . a school' man, .he portimltjes to study school organiza tions find buildings. ' "Before coming to Tabor City he ws principal of the Fair Bluff and Hallsboro schools respectively. At each of these places his supervision resulted in increased attendance mak ing possible more teachers and in creased housing facilities, and honors in local, county, and state contest. "Coming' to -Tabor '' City in the school year 1933-84, Mr. White has helped to make the Tabor City Schools among the best in eastern North Carolina." iLeft fatherlnna of an Allison White had some difficulty in oocunng a college education. How ever, spurred on by the encoumm- ment of certain beloved relative who were interested in the vannir m he worked his way through Guilford College.1 Like so many other whose early opportunities - were restricted, mr. wane is aomg outstanding work in hie chosen ' nrofesalnn - mnA na acueved-distinction. Farmers Invited To Poulten School" At v Hi titv Januarv 11 Ifc W.Vi Anderson, county asrent Urge all Perquimans Countv farm. ers and their wives, who are interest ed, in the production . of noultrv tA attend a poultry school in the Pas quotank County Court House. EUa- beth City, onMonday, Jan. 1L The morning session will be held between 10 and 12 o'clock and the afternoon session will beiheld between 1 and 8 o'clock. -' - 4 9 . Mr. PamshAMr. Brown, Mr.'Mau pin and Dr. Dearstyne. troultrv bm- cialists.from' the "State : Colletffr at -.:cx-h wui conduct aie aihooL ' If L-" y re any problems .to be solved or i t r;-:c n- to' ask- Relative to 1 - i, I y will be glad to help. y. k tereated ' in-1 making money on ; y, it will pay them to attend t. ; meeting.3 Don't forget the date, Kg., 'ay January 11th, 10 A. M. to 8 P. LI. . .'-&. awwwBw!., X'"'-'. wmsiows rrovE to khstford lhe L. C. vinslow family, former ly of Whiteston, have moved to Hert ford and are making1 their home at the old home place of Miss Emily kmnner, on Church Street; Mr. Winslow, who is a member of the firm of J. C. Blanchard & Co., has for many years driven to and from Hertford each day. 11 n family corslsts of V.r. and lira, ... Jow e J two attractive little dt'.tora, rilara, who is nine, and Eettie J'on, four. . H7 )1J IS FOUND IULLED WHEN TREE FALLS Gustave Koch of Eden- ton Road Lipses Life Wednesday NAVAL VETERAN Funeral This Afternoon At Holy Trinity Church Gustave Koch, 68 well krtown and highly esteemed Perquimans Coun ty resident, who lived on the Herb-ford-Edenton Highway, three miles from Hertford, was killed on Wednes day afternoon when - struck by a branch of a tree he had felled in the woods a short distance from his home. The tree had been cut down pre viously and the branches had caught and lodged in the fork of another tree, and Mr. Koch had been cutting away sections of the felled tree at the stump end. It was while cutting away one of these sections that the tree became disengaged from the other tree and fell, a limb striking Mr. Koch and pinning him beneath. Mr. Koch was alone in the woods and there is no menas of knowing how long he may have lain in an unconscious condition beneath the tree, but he had left home around 1 o'clock and was found sometime a round three or threethirty. Taken to his home, he died shortly after the arrival of a physician. Mr. Koch was a native of Frank fort, Germany but had been a citi zen of this country for many years, naving servea xor several years u r.jrS: Navy, Ho Bad made hii home ki Perquimans for a number o' years. He marrieT Miss Myrtle Irene Lane, of this county. Surviving are his wife and two children, Elizabeth twelve and Gus tave, four. Funeral services will he held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Hertford, with the Rector the Rev. E. T. Jillson, officiating, and burial will be made in the church yard. He was a member of the Perqui mans Lodge of Masons, and was also a member of the Shrine. Important Meeting Of County Council Be Held January 14 Miss; Gladys Hamrick, Home De monstration Agent,: has announced that the first -quarterly meeting of the County Council of Home De monstration Clubs will be held in the conference room of the Agricultural Building on next Thursday, January 14, at 2:30 o'clock. This meeting, says Miss Hamrick, is very important, as the program of work for the year will be - mapped ou and there will be many matters of general interest to be discussed by the council members, who represent all of the clubs" all over the county. Council members include: Mes- dames E. M. Perry, Maude Lane, M. B. Dail, C. P. Quincy, W. J. Perry, Wayland Howell, A. E. Layden, El lis Miller, David Trueblood, Eunice Winslow," Lindsey ' Winslow, J. H. Gregory, S. T. Perry, J. M. Fleet wood. Reubon Stallings. F. M. Cone- land, J. rWV Chappell, W. A. Hunter, BriBtow- Perry, Claude Perry, John Symonsit'j; Winslow,' t. P. Layden, C. T, Rogerson,' Mattie Barcllft, Tho- mas uure,'. and ' Misses Elisabeth White,' Mildred Lewis! Margaret Bo gue, Mary' (Elizabeth 'White, Lucille Lane, Gertie Chappell, Fannie Mae Coffield," and Hazel Ainsley. January Term Of, Court Opens Monday ' The January term of : Perquimans Superior court for the trial of civil. cases , only will convene in Hertford Monday.;. ' Judge C - V. . Cowper of Kinston. will preside. . AX M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY ' Church School 9-45 A.'M. . Preaching 11 Afy and 7:30 P. M. by the pastor. Rev. D. M. Sharpe. Prayer service, Wednesday at 7:80 T. 11. Subject, "I Need Someone to : ' - He." . y rn'T seriori, Thold I v i' i-ant it is i f t ? in iWMGpenmgShow 3 P.M. C OR JANUARY 20 Opti Services Spon- red By Hertford Rotary Qub Si FRVEY MADE -wide Benefit Of to All Needing: I Help A clinic, which is sponsored by the Hertford Rotary Club, and which is provided through the State Commis sion for the Blind by the local wel fare department, will be held in Hert ford on. January 20, the place to be announced later. It wis formerly announced that this clinic would be held jointly with Chowan? County. Arrangements have been made, however, to hold the cli nic for one day exclusively for resi dents: of this county. Chowan Coun ty will also have its clinic but on a different date. It will be possible, according to Miss Ruth Davenport, Welfare Of ficer, to examine in this clinic twenty-five persons, and glasses may be secured through this medium at a reduced rate, probably costing from three to five dollars. The clinic is held for persons not able to obtain this service otherwise. Those who have children whose sight is impaired and who need glasses and any one who knows of an older person who is in need of exa mination and is unable to pay for such examination, should get in touch ', the Welfare Department theoftfai. of which is in the court house. It isparticularly stressed that all children needing glasses put in ap plication. Every effort is being made by those in charge to make this a coun ty-wide benefit and it is hoped that many who are suffering from poor vision or whose sight is impaired and are unable to secure the service, will be reached at this time. It is the first time such a clinic has been held in Perquimans County. A survey, to ascertain the number of totally blind persons in the coun' ty, was made last spring by the State Commission for the Blind. Some weeks ago Miss Ruth Daven port, Welfare Officer, who had not ice that this clinic was available for Perquimans, with the proper spon sorship, appeared before the Hert ford Rotary Club with the request that that body assume the responsi bility. , The Rotarians agreed to this, with the result that the clmic will be held on January 20. New Project Leaders For Chapanoke Club Named At Meeting S . i The first home demonstration club meeting of the new year was held at the home of Mrs. George Alexan der, when the Chapanoke Club met, on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Ale xander, Mrs. Oscar Byrum and Mrs. John Asbell as joint hostess There wan an Interesting demonstration, fol lowed by discussion, of sewing equip ment, which is the topic of the month and a generally interesting meeting resulted, with the . hostess serving dainty refreshments at the close. . Project leaders for the year were named aa follows; Food and nutri tion, Mrs. Ackisa Gregory; food con servation; Mrs. John Asbell; cloth ing,' Mrs. d. P. Quincy; house fur nishing, Mrs. John' Symons; , home management,'1 Mrs. W .W. Lewis; home beantification, Mrs. Daisy per ry; home gardens, Mrs. Geo. Alexan der; home poultry, Mrs. Joe Elliott; home dairy, Miss Lillian Bright; and parent education, Mrs. W. A. Hog gard. - Those present included Miss Gladys Hamrick, Mesdames J. 'C. Wilson, C. P. Quincy, Bertha Whitehead, Ray Pierce, Jean Asbell, Mollie Trueblood, John Symons, W. R. Perry, Clarence Byrum, . Henry Elliott, W. H. Elliott, G. W. Gregory, W. T. Lewis, W. H. Overman, Emmett . Stallings, Elihu Lane, and Misses Lillian Bright, Mat tie Ferrell, Emma Deal, Mildred Lew is. Margaret Bogue. . . , One new member, Mrs. ElOur Lane, was welcomed into the cluK ACT .TISING PATS " , "Hun thct r ile ad In the Perqnl- i : l. i:. . '. Dedication PRESIDENT W. T. CULPEPPER Mr. Culpepper is president of the Carolina Amusement Com pany of Elizabeth City, owners of Hertford's handsome new State Theatre, which will open at 3 o'clock today (Friday). MANAGER HORACE JONES Mr. Jones will act in the cap. acity of manager of the 8taf Theatre. He is formerly of Elis abeth City, but has recently, moved to Hertford. Fine Shows Planned For New State Theatre The list of Bhows which will appear at the new State Theatre in the im mediate future is very interesting. Saturday, January 16, Edward Ar nold appears in "Come and Get it." Bing Crosby plays in "Pennies from Heaven" on Monday and Tuesday, January 18 and 19. Gary Cooper will be seen in "General Died at Dawn" on Wednesday, January 20. On Thursday, the 21st, Freddie Bartholomew will be seen in "The Devil . is a Sissy." Clark Gable ap pears in "Love on the Run" on Fri day and on Saturday, the 23rd, Gene Autry appears in "Round-up Time in Texas." Dr. T. A. Cox Able To Resume Practice Dr. T. A. Cox, veteran physician of Hertford, is back in his office and has resumed his practice, which he was forced to abandon for several weeks because of illness. - The Doctor's many friends are con gratulating him upon his fine ap pearance and expressing much plea sure in seeing him; going" about bis regular duties once more, , . 1 AT MOTHER'S BEDSIDE ' Mrs. L A. Ward! la at Chapanoke, where she has bee'n called by the critical Illness; of ; her mother Mri. J.- R. Lassiter. ' Mrs. ' Lassiter ' was -tr!cSn wi'A fnemonia several days '-9 and her com.Uon to rerde4 as " I 1 4 ".'"' : K "'?-';" At Night Officials Will Take Part In Dedication Cere mony FINE INITIAL BILL "After The Thin Man" Starts Place on Way To Sure Success The long looked for day has arriv ed, the opening of the new State Theatre. The first show, "After the Thin Man," a Metro-Goldwyn production, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, is the one selected for the open ing event. The show starts at 3 o'clock on Friday afternoon, Janu ary 8. Although it is anticipated that there will be a full house to witness the initial show at Hertford's beauti ful show house, there will be ample opportunity for every one to see this particular picture, as the show will run continuously until 11 o'clock at night, the first beginning at 3, another at 5, the third at 7, and the fourth and last at 9 o'clock. At 8:45 the formal opening will be held, when not only W. T. Culpepper, President, and J. H. Webster, Gene ral Manager of the Carolina Amuse ment Company, owners of the thea tre, and Horace Jones, the local manager, and perhaps other officials, but Mayor H. G. Winslow of Hertford and E. M. Perry, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners will also be on hand to take part in the dedication ceremonies. On Saturday the State will open at 1:30 and continue until 11 o'clock the picture being Cecil De Mille's "The Plainsman", starring Gary Co oper and Jean Arthur. This picture was released last week. Beginning on Monday there will be a matinee each day at 3 o'clock and two shows each night, at 7 and 9 o'clock. On Saturdays the show will start at 1:30 and continue until 11. Admission prices will be 25 cents for adults and 10 cents for children at matinees, and 35 cents and 25 cents for adults at night and 10 cents for children. The 25 cent seats at night are limited to balcony seats. The balcony is divided into two di visions, with the northern half for white patrons and the southern di vision for colored. The State, which is located on the east side of Church Street, near the intersection of Grub, is said to be the handsomest small theatre in the State of North Carolina. Modern in every particular, from the smallest detail of arrangement, it combines all the elements of beauty and utility. Absolutely fire proof, with con crete and metal throughout, every provision is made for the safety and comfort of the patrons. The most up-to-date heating and air condition ing system insures against discomfort from improper or disagreeable tem peratures. The commodious seats are softly cushioned with leather up holstery. The walls of the interior are of rust, and the decorative scheme, which combines soft tints in two tones of blue and apricot, with touches of orange and silver, is most pleasing to the eye, the paneling being particularly beautiful. The foyer is decorated in caen stone and stiple, with silver gray, the wood work being walnut with a black trim. The beautiful large mir ror is framed in caen stone with two tones of silver gray and olive tan. The paintin and decorating of the theatre was done by C. R. Sad ler, of Elizabeth City. The mirror and the black plate glass on the out side were installed by the Pittsburg Glass Co., of Pittsburgh. The sound Equipment of the State is the well krfown Microphohic, used in many of the newest theatres and said by the management to be the best to be had, having been selected from a wide variety of systems. Fred Bishop, of Richmond, the architect, apparently took into con sideration the setting in i; designing -the State, and while the exterior of the finished building is very .ttracr Um. ita ta&ntv la the beauty Of shn- . plicity - rather than otherwise, and the only feature .which might - be 4 said to be ornate ia- th very elabo-- ... . ... 1 T.. rate am quite appropriate nwn r ,. which bri -s up the entire I wiJi f. v. lUht and f" . (Ccr.'.--1 n .Last T ) , , 'i :