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B. Troy Ferguson, District Super-1
visor of Farm Agents, of Raleigh,!
-' and W. H. Overman, Assistant Co-
.omty Agent of Bertie County, were I
iin Hertford on business on WedneSrl
.. - i-Miss Anne. Miller has returned to
'Iher home in Elizabeth City after a
'ncintt t"-llIsai Vtt WAwhnM 1. ' '
- '" Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Parriah andb
' JJir. and Mrs. John Lane were recent;
guests pf Mr. and Mrs. L. E. White; I
v -bead at their home near 'Suffolk,)
-" Carl Copeland, of Washington, D.
.V was a recent gut of bit pa;
rema, -jair. ana, aim 1 J uopeiana, I
S'-in Hertford.,
miss wnon entertains
tilliss Sallie B. Wood of Route. 3
: (ntertained at her, home on Friday
mght hr honor of her week-end guest,
Miss Maude' E KeatoV of Bethel.
Jhteresting games were played, after
; iwmcn ,a auger puning was njoyea
:jy Hie young ; peopie. jtiome znaae
jeandies and. fruit was served by, the
Al Those enjoying Miss Wood's hosp.
' fftlity were: 'Hisses MaudVE. Kea
ton of Bethel, Annie Hae Mathews,
' 'tCatherine Harlell,. Laura YBeJl Cart
"wright, Blanche Cartwrhiht, Eunice
Barrell, Lucille Cartwright, Beatrice
ftBenton, Stella Mae Benton, Ida Per
"ry Mathews, Elisabeth Caddy,. Hazel
Mae (Smith, Sallie B. Wood,-. Louis
Tonnaa Chappell, Jake Jackson, .We
jnoay .Bundy, Reubon Sawyer, Marvin
r-Ownley, Steward -White, Vernon Bar-ii-isD,
Mathew Smithy en jamln" Smith,
. , John Elmer Wood, George-Wilbur
Wood, Mr. and Mrs." Aghby :vJordan,
' Mrs. George Jordan, MrtJttarvin
;Benton,Mrs. Carson Jord&n jind Mrs.
v: Elmer-Woo4 and MirLelgaTSkvnner,
YEOPIM STATION
T' v v Charlie Smith; ' spent the. week-end,
"with his parents, Mr." andMrA G.
W. Smith lt - , v
' Mr. and Mrs. ;.Wilson-iHollowell
4 pent Sunday evening -wit&- her pa
rents in Edenton.'-' 4V , '
: Mr. and Mrs Singhtcnr Lane and
eon, and Mr. and Mnr. 'Mafhew DaiJ
- spent Sunday afternoon .with Mr. fend
-i (Mrs. Archie Stalling? at BsJftahack."
' ' i Tom Mansfield tit oVf;,the sick; list
Mr. and MrSv1 A.- X ,Thachi-spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.ttbd Mrs.
Sidney Lang! and family oik Edenton
road. v-
: - Mrs. T. E "Mansfield and children
j . , spent Sunday afternoon . with Mrs.
:- WiU Parmer of Bethel. - ,
Mr. Vend ' Mrs. James Thachafid
" Louise "spent 'Thusrday- with Iher
' . mother, Mrs., te fl, Harrell of JBalla-
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t Those , Visiting at .the home' of .Jar
-. and Mrs. M.::Ei1Dail Sunday were:
Mr. and 'Mrsy Joe Dail of Center. HHl,
v: ; Winmon' Evans 'and children, CfMiss
Louise Thach, Mr; and" Mrs.' Seth
- Long nd family! ahd Mr. fcnd Wrsr
Harry Thach and daughter..-'';
Misses Elizabeth, Helen and Casale
Goodwin "have reutrned some V after
spending the Christmas holidays with
f relatives at Chapahoke.
Mrs. Miller Hostess Atv
v Miscellaneous Shower
Mrs. Effie Miller was a charming
hostess on Friday night at bet home
near Wlnfall, when she entertained
at a miscellaneous shower in honor of
Mr. and Mrs, Xenneth Miller.'
Games and contests were enjoyed,'
those winning' prises being. Miss Vir
ginia Umphlett and Miss MaryXoulse
CheppelU The prizes were ver gra
ciously presented to the - honoree,
' Delicious Ice cream and cake were
ervedV -ThoeV present, included Mr.
and, "Mrs.' Charlie thnphlett; Mr. and
Mri Tom Madre. ' Mr. nd Mrs. Geo
rge Booths, Mr. and Mrs. "Ephrojni
Twine Mr. an4 Mrs.' George Roach,
Mr, and Mrs,,LR. Jennings, Mr. and
Mks. Will Pearce: Mr, and Mrs Ker
nit Perry, Mr, ant Mrs. Cliftonf Mor
gan, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Mbrgan,
Mr. and Mrs.' Junior Miller, Mr. and
Mrs.;CHiver - Winslow, Mr. and Mrs
Bill Bagley, Mr; and Mrs. Kenneth
Miller, Mesdames X P'Roaca, J.: A.
Unappell, K. M. Duncan, T. C Perry,
Ernest Stallings, , Claude Winslow,
r Crowder Hollowell, Mamie; Jtfiller,
..Effie Miller, E. N, Miller, Misses
Mary E. White, Mary li. Chappell,
.f jiatner ana Katherine ' Perry; Marion
Sawyer, Virginia Vmphlett Louise
Morgan, Julia' M' Chappell, Mamie
Stallings, Doris Miller, and Ervin
Terry Lawrence Perry, Benton White1
and Raleigh .Miller, Howard Hurdle,
Thomas Morgan, Ernest E. Morgan,
Clarence. Thomas Madre, Thomas Ed
ward Umphlett,and Bobby Twlne
Miissionary Society v t :
, Of Oak Grove Meets
., :The Wowans Missionar Society of
'y Oak; Grove Church, met' at the home
v at Mrs.. W. W. Lewis. - -. i
f . The meeting was opened by sing
: ' in?, "Come Thou Almighty King." ;
Te scripture ' lesson - was - taken
' i i the 15th chapter of St Luke,
L.. Lewis having charge of the &
vt'jnal.
I"3S K;!Jied Lewis gave the lait
4 jk.
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Calamity Jane- and "Wild
singing,-(1Th Judgemenf Dayiis
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s-HefreshemnU ' were served and a
social hdur enjoyed. The society wui
meet -with' Mrs. Daisy Perry in Feb
ruary. r s , n '
Those present 'were;,- Mrs.' Addie
Bright, Mrs. W. Lewia. Mli. Tal-
mage Lewis, Mrs." W. ' H. Overman.
Mrs. Dajsy Perry, Mrs. J. W. FerreB,
Mrs. John Acbell.'and Misses Gfacie
and MatUe Ferrell, Hazel Bright and
Mildred Lewis.'' r r
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Your-r Folks. Enjoy r
NewYears Party
Mm D. S. Dai4en charmingly m-
tertained a -number of the young
friends ot her daughter, Miss Nancy
Coke Darden,-.on New Year's Eve.
Theyoung people danced, and play
ed merry games ajid;'j welcomed the
New Year-with aff elaborate display
of fireworkV,"f&r which the hostess
served-sandwichesi cand and fruit
punch'. ' ,
i "Those present',' included Misses
Margaret Brdttghton, Maywood
Pierce, Florence Parden, Nita New
bori anther guests, Anne Miller, of
Elisabeth ,Cilj nd Boy Selby, Jr.,
of Trenton,' K. J, and Bill Cox, Watt
Wlnslow, ' Zacfc Harris : and Darius
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.,v PROCTOR WARD
; Miss A'ddi Mas 'Ward and' Josiah
Proctor were jnarriid. in, Hertford at
the f-Jlaptist f 1 Parsonage - Thursday
afternoon, December, 31, by the Rev.
D.-S. Dempsey. ? The .bride was
beautifully attired, in. a navyWue
suijt wUh-matching accessories? Her
flowers s were 'ashoulder , corsage of
whjte' gardenias.' s d ' y
. s Mrs. 1 proctor . is' theV eldest daugh
ter f Mrf and Mrs, ,0. H.; Ward' of
Bethel. . i ; "
. ' Mr". Proctor is the son- of Mr. and
Mrs. V. S. Proctor-iof near Hertford.
The couple - left immediately after
the ceremony .-for a short "wedding
bap to Norfolk, Jamestown;and-bther
places,, after ,which they. Will , make
their home in the Bethel commuiity.
M. E. CrcIi Launches
: Thz C:-.op's Crusade
The Methodist. Episcopal Church,
South, Is launcl.;..xtiow .-a two year
enterprise of - Missionary1 and spirit
ual nature, the Bishops' .Crusadel
This k divided Into two sections, the
first? with primary ."stress upon mis
sions; the, second with, emphasis up
on spiritual hie."-- ;ir 193? The 'Mis
sionary Forward" Movement will cul
minate-on April 23-25 .in a church
wide celebration of the 89th anniver
sary of the beginning of the foreign
missionary "work of the... Methodist
Church. In 1938 ia Alders gale
Commemoration . will seaftlrm-. the
Methodist, principle 'of religious ex
perience.. It will culminate , at 8;45
P. M, May 24,' 1938," in a world-wide
celebration of the 200th" anniversary
of John Wesley's experience in Al-
dergat Street,, of which hS said,
felt my heart strangely '-, warmed,'
and 'which " marks : the- beginning of
the Methodist Church, f 'V 4l
The Crusade comes to Goldsboro
January -14. ; The speakers that .day
will be Bishop" Arthur J. Moore,
Biflhoo A. Frank Smith. Btehoo Jno.
M. Moore, Bishop Caesar Dacorao, of
Brazil, Mrs. J. W. Downs, r and pr.
IL P, Meyers. . Morning, afternoon
nnd vpfilnfl' raervicea will he j held,
It is hoped that man from" this sec
tion will be able to attend this meet-
Oub At Snow Iim ,
- . v Elects New Oncers
The regular meeting of the ' Snow
Hill club was held '' Tuesday . after
noon, January 2nd, 'at, the tome of
Mrs.- M.: D Xhappell,. fAfter,t 'a dis
cussion of plans for 'club- work in
uie louowuig new t
elected: Miss Laura
dcxt; Krs. ' It. C. Cc
pr: ::nt; Kn. Lloyi C
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the persons of Jean Arthur and Gary Coeper, in Ocif Bi DeeajHe'e y
Jrf(tng panenraia of the penimg of, tktr West, rxe Plainsman," v
' - which will be ahowa Saturday only at Hertford'n f theatre, The ?
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EU" Hickok ceate back to life, i-;
niBhlngs; Mrs. I.' D. Chappell, foods;
Mrst T. -F. Moi V clothing: Mrs, i.
R.. Dall, ' home .autiflaatioBt Mrs.
R. B, Chappell, borne gardens; Mrs.
L L. Chappell, Jfiome poultry; "Mrs.
CI C; Chappell, parent educationpand
Mra M. T. Lane, recreation, "
;v During the Soda hour the hostess
served' a delicious sweet course. 7
' Mrs. M-.T. Une invited3 the 'dub
to meet with hi Tehruary 2nd ly )
S. S., Convention Aty-
1 r Macedonia . Sunday
' The Chov J' SimdaV' School 'Con
vention wilT meet at Macedonia Bap
tist1, Church- Chowan Coimty Sun
day aftenvBon--'-at o 2:80 o'clock. A
very interesting program has .been
arranged,, which, includes among , he
speakers Dr. Bernard Spillman.
A large attendance from Perquim
ans County requested. ;
m. . f,-r''."'s.yvv,l f 'u&..
Church papier Reveals
Perquimans History
The f olftnvinir aaner. nrecared by
MrsC;.W. tJriffin and Mrs. Mattie
Bobbins, of Durants Neck, and . read
at a fan Meeting of the Missionary
Sooietybeld atOak Grove Methodist
Church some-months ago; when a
brief history of each M. E. Church in
r-erquuiNUis wWr rt"- "
terest to those who re interested in
the early history of . Perquimans.;
Upon investigation ;we learn., mat
Major . Samuel Swan, who came ..to.
this- county . from Virginia, was lh-
strumentaLih building, npon he? pro-
sent site of -Nex Hope Church , in
Perquimans County a house of won-
ship which was calIedv!"Nags?. rlead
Chapel''. , This waft t;, an Episcopal
Church. It was built of logs and . was
not 'completed until after the . death
of Major Swan, sometime between
1704 and 1707. ir--
As late as 1765 this chapel was in
tact and was used as a house of wor
ship."1 From the county seconds, we
learn that in 1809 W deed for two
acres of land with aoueer and all
other, appurtenances ; conveyed this
Nags Head Chapel to -John RusselL
George Sdtton, Joseph (Button, 'Henry
Baper and Samuel whedbee, trus
tees, for the use of e ministers
and members of the . M. E. Church,
for. a cbneideation of tea dollars. This
deed was given: by . John Sutton and
wife, Martha Sutton and. was not rc
eorded, tiptij J815. 1 - j ,
On October 15, 1834. James Miller
and hjs .wife, Elixabethi-for the sum
of thirty, dollars, sold an advUtional
tract of J&2 acres to- ather trostees
for the -sole and exclusive use of the
mfoiBtorsjand members of thev M, E.
Church. The names of these trustees
are given, in the deed i J r
A frame structure replaced' ghe log
building and changes Jbve been'inade
from tune to time since. . New Hope
lnurch,-formerly apart of the Pas
quotank, charge - and the ,. .Virginia
Conference, was added to-' the North
Carolina (eonierence about the year
' f j ' v -r
,Two, possibly tree, mink have
gone 6u fronv this, churOi, I. r,. Vfsl
wr,iiifM milt ,w, 4- i-v l iv..i.
and possibly BeV. T. McN. fijipeon.
George ;DaiUAttr- I'.T
Highway Patrol .Corporal George
vw is in attendance t:s w:.x at a
meeting of State law j enfjrceir.-nt
onicers neid under the auspice j of t..e
Institute of Government at Chapel
Hill. He left Monday , ari , 'the
"school" is expected to run t n tiayv
During his absence patrol v k here
will be in charge- of Hie;1 -ay Patrol-
tnan Lane, ef Elizabeth Cit. . .
BiBTH-announct::- .T .
Born to Mr. and Mrs. T,7. I . I'-.e
at their home near Her; r tn Wed
nesday,;December, 23, n, John
Arnold. I1 '
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In Recorder's Court-: on Monday
Linwood Ivey, formerly of -New Hope
Township, who dsserted his" wife; and
three children twelve years ago, was
convicted of abandonment and non-
support and was placed under a five-
hundred-dollar bond .to secure the
payment to hia wife'- for the next
five years t of twenty dollars'; per
month." - yM v ! .V
James Adams, covered, was senten
ced, to the road for twelve months
upon, conviction ' of assault with - a
deadly "weapon sentence to be sew-pe-M.
upaBfpayment: ef tUScosSs.
and a fifty dollar fine, and upett his
non appearance in the Two. of Eert
ford jtor twelve mohthst . '
- Quintan Stallings, substiaute' driv
er of .a school bus, chargedliWitni tfrj
mg with ' insufficient : . braSjrc wa
found guilty but judgment was de
ferred in the ease because of Judge
Oakey's expressed, relcctance to place
relUme on the boy when, ha knew
t the MsponsOfility for the Casubtej
wmt wiu oiners. 4 -
;', .The' case against' T. &. McMaUan.
Jn, ef Elisabeth City, chaired with
larcany, was-coptlhued unU Janu
ary 18, as there, will be no Keewd-
er's Court next week because of Sua-
erioa- Court being in session.
xuw.wu, ituv wM, aijHuya as a
salnaa for the Hollowell Chevro
let Xaipany, .is 'charged 'wltktthe
larceay of a truck owned, by thauConv
pany. He was arrested on Monday
niht in Ellcftbeth pity 'and braught
to tiie Perquimans "JaiL . He was re-
ie ..however, on. Tuesday, under,
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town a citified' appearance "' - N'
uhe theatre has sound proof boards
hi two - panels on each side of the
auditorium and the balcony , to insure
the 'best sound obtainable. The
booth is equipped with the latest type
super simplex projector ---The screen
is the famous Whlta' "Sound Screen
and measures 14 .by 9 Stmt; u
William H. Bartiett of Elizabeth
CitJ) -. the , contractor, has completed
one of hia typically constructed build
ings in .The , state.
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Cbngratuliutions
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Mrs.' J. W. Jackson &..J I.-s. M
M.. Spfvey, of New Hope, were In
Hertford on Monday.
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JWcormicK-xjeecg rarmall ou. your faro. It ia
X - the ideal powefr r !-at with wh?-lr tn f-im. Y . .,
i ' ft powerthrot! drawbar,
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mower' attached: also rakes,
furtowa,pulla aflwed-bed
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iou can see ue farm all on our floor. Inspecf it t
features, with tti'aod find oajt 'Jwnr itr& posBible and
practical to,faro1withont horses when the FarjneJI is
on the job. -"1 ; l s- ;:s. . -
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