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t A " ' r to " ' j, " rr ' ME PE1WIMANS WEEKLY) A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY , .Volume IV. Number 10. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 5, 1937 $1.25 Fer Year . .. osis Clinic In Perduimans On March 8 GliibsOf MeHereQnilay29 800 Women Expected To Attend Annual Meeting EIGHT COUNTIES Miss Evelyn Toby, New York Stylist, Princi pal Speaker Eight hundred women are expected to attend the annual meeting of the home demonstration clubs of the six teenth district, to be held in Hert ford, on May 29, according to Miss Gladys Hamrick, home demonstra tion agent of Perquimans. si A meeting of the demonstration , Stents of the district was held in ! the office of Miss Hamrick in the V.r' Agricultural building on Saturday, f ' -when arrangements were made to J hold the meeting here. Last year's " ' district meeting was held m Eliza beth city. The sixteenth district is composed of eight counties, Currituck, Dare, Camden, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Gates, Chowan and Hertford. Miss Hamrick expects to have a full at- tendance of the 250 members in Per quimans, as well as a good represen tation from the other seven counties of the district The speaker for the occasion is to be Miss Evelyn Toby, New York 'Stylist. . Miss Toby, who was former ly an instructor at Columbia Univer sity, and who now maintains a shrf m jn New York, malas.tegular monat.-.$sstmi, or at Duke Hospital, ,. Na the first time" that, local women ,nsve jiaa an opporniiiyfi er sucn autorityn style as Miss Toby, and all who can will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity. .The affair will be held in the audi torium of the Agricultural Building. Jirs. tlark Elected f;New President Of Local Woman's Gub La Mrs, B. T. Clarks was elected Pre f, sident jut the -j Hertford Woman's .. dub, to succeed Mrs. F. T. Johnson, j-whose term expires at the end of this month, at the regular meeting j of the club on Thursday afternoon. T -fiiOther officers are, vice - president, y Mrs. J. G. Boberson; secretary, Mrs. .l . C. P. Morris, and treasurer, Mrs.) J. " JJ. Fleetwood. , -: , v During the last month of Mrs. ' Johnson's term as. president one of "the outstanding bits of work of the ... ;y. lub will be finished, that of assist H ,. , ing in the holding of the tuberculo . sis clinic in Perquimans, which is to .. ' "be sometime during this month. ? Mrs. Johnson, who has made a very capable president, taking the lead in . number of importantjjtojfeete.'wa'a Y -given a ejgjag-ypte"6f thanks hy the rr51ub ab Uie meeting on Thursday. -r .tShe had heeh presented with a gift 4 ,v". isA -C3bristmas.",'''rt-''" - Unusual Attendance it-aub'Meetings , : 'An indication of .the Interest of - tthe Perquimans County women in . ;the home demonstration work under the leadership of Mis Gladys "Ham rkk, home t agent,; is the Sunusual ,' - f number oj ' i meir attending' cjub JtS meetL.o"duringI the; month of .Jann- ' ary. -9' . There are itv'W11? " ' tration clbs id- tht ecty, 'wlth ; : i mherr p? of 26WDuring r;the i cf . J" -ryVtwo hundred and tAo wemen .vnded, club meeting?, 1'fes Hamrick, reported, to- the i. cf County Commissioners on - the best attendance she r she' Tcame-:1 Into the . i f r-J a half ,ag?. -plL I Uks L . tJso reported that f plans were bfcL.j inade now to jpon-,'-r e-other plea-i-e trip tot the) elut jvon n.' , Last epifeff. a liumfbet of . the rsmbers ,ef the c' "s of . the ;courly went on a sight-booing trip to V ' ip jton.Vl-This yeir.it is plan r l t i v8 the trip to : V.estprn ' "i Carol.' stopping at A;vvl..e f hts; The trip-iwill be ' "y chartered busses.. i YTJt OBSERVED ' y societies of the k ; m 'I'-B 'l;j;t-'Ci t 8 serv... i T.-iii U L' ca'I'iisisy i.'J.t, whenv- fee 'jrouBjr I rf-9. moot. lethlteictMi Easter'Seals Will Be Sold To Assist Crippled Children Easter seals, the proceeds of which will go toward th aid of crip pled children, are to be sold in Per quimans this year, according to Miss Ruth Davenport, Welfare Officer, who announces that the seals will be placed on sale next week. The seals, similar to the Tubercu losis Christmas seal, are sold, as are the Christmas seals, for one cent each. Half of the proceeds go to the International Society for crip pled children and to the North Caro1 lina League for Crippel Children and one-half is retained in the county, to be used in defraying expenses in connection with the treating of crip pled children. Miss Davenport is very anxious that the Easter seal sale be successful in Perquimans, as such sales have been elsewhere. The North Carolina League for Crippled Children has a number of worthy objectives, among which are to develop a State-wide consciousness of the needs of the crippled child. Another is to. work with all agencies, both official and private, for a more efficient service to crippled children; to acquaint the people with the ser vice available, and to extend these services wherever necessary. Eighteen crippled children in Per quimans County have been examined at Dr. Shand's clinic, which is con ducted regularly each month in 'Eli sabeth City, and all were either Treated at the Orthopaedic Hospital It may be that there are others who should be sent to, this clinic end who should ? have treatment: '''Any ' one knowing of such" 'children in Perqui mans should report the matter to the Welfare Office in Hertford. Edmound B. Skinner Victim Of Pneumonia Edmound Blount Skinner; 60, died at his home in the Old Neck section of Perquimans County on Thursday afternoon, following a brief illness of pneumonia. Funeral services were neld on Fri day afternoon at Holy Trinity Epi scopal Church, of which the deceased was a member, with the rector, the Rev. E. T. Jillson, officiating, and burial took place in the Skinner plot in the church yard. Pallbearers were Charles T. Skinner, W. H. Hard castle, H. G Winslow, F. C. Wihslow, David Cox, Jr., and George Caddy. Mr. Skinner, who was held in the highest esteem by the people of the county, was a member of one of the county's oldest and most promiv.ci.t families, being a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joshea Skinner, of Old rsecs. r"HiB'"l,irst wife was the former Miss Edith Newbold, who died seve ral years ago. Of this union three children survive. They are Edith Blount, of Elizabeth City; Minnie Lee, of Washington, D. C, and Sal- lie Newfbold, of Rutherfordr N. J He later married Miss Mary Griffin, of ' Perquimans, who survives, to gether with their three children, Isa bel, Emily and Edmound, Jr. A sis- and a brother, Dr. J. J. Skinner, of Washimrton. ' D; C also survive. Among the out of town" people who attended, the funeral were,:, prv and Mrs. J. . Skinner and Miss. Lee 8Wn ner;' of Weshingtori, D,'i4.::;Miss Edith ploHnt-Slumier,; of Elizabeth and Miss Sallie Skinner, of Jtuther ford, -N.:J., .and; Wil,GJ. Gaitheref BMzahetJ"Cityg ;'- Concert Postponed; Given Neruesday The concert which Miss Kate Blan- chard announced for last Friday night was postponed hecause of the death of R.. R. Keaton and will be riven on Tuesday night of next week. JAbbut fifty young people,; reprt- senting ' the two glee ciuos ana tne piano pupil of Miss Bbjncbard. will take prtt:&A'"&; - ATTEND LUNGHEON lira. F. T. Johnson, Mrs. JU T. Clarte and Miss Kate.Blanchard at- tens!?.i tho luncheca iveir by Mrs. V7. .v.v r'',-sin ..R!sabeh;'Ciiy f. : )' . . T .... c.;5v: ' ) tve Roman's" CIwVf ( 1 SURGEON MAITOITORSAT SON OF HERTFORD DEDICATION DIES SATURDAY Had Been Active In Medical School For 49 Years 84 YEARS OLD Frequently Visited Old Home Where He Had Many Friends Dr. Randolph Winslow, distinguish ed son of Perquimans, whose life was closely linked with the develop ment of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a surgeon, trave ler and author, died on Saturday at his home 1900 Mount Royal Terrace, Baltimore, after a week's illness. He was 84 years old. At the time of his death he was professor emeritus of surgery of the University, having retired from active teaching in 1920. He was associated actively with the medical school there for forty-nine years and had held a series of teaching positions during that time. Dr. Winslow was born in Hertford, the son of Dr. Caleb and Mrs. Jane Paxson Parry Winslow. He attend ed Hertford Academy, Rugby Aca demy, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, where he received his A. B. in 1871 and his M. A. in 1874, and the Unhersity oi Maryland School of Medicine, taking his medical de gree there in 1873. The following year he joined the medical school staff, serving success fully as assistant demonstrator of anatomy, demonstrator, lecturer on clinincal surgery, , prof essor of ana tttt&f andrifcal -surge'ry and pro fessor of surgery. He retired in 1920 while professor of surgery. In the interim, from 1882 to 1893, he Berved with the Woman's Medical College, which he founded at Druid Hill avenue and Hoffman street, and in 1883 he was professor of opera' tive surgery and topographic anato my at the Baltimore polyclinic. He studied further at Berlin, Vienna and Paris in 1883 and in 1907. He had been a member of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland since 1876, and in 1914 he served as president of that body. He also. held membership in the Ameri can Medical Association, the Balti more Medical Society, the American, the Southern and the International Surgical Associations. Dr. Winslow was a fellow and founder of the American College of Surgery in 1912. In the same year he became an officer in the United States Army Medical Reserve Corps. F" was one of the first to introduce antiseptic surgery in Maryland and, according to the Maryland Medical Journal, was the first in Maryland to. resect the pylorus for carcinoma, to shorten the round ligaments (1804), to perform vaginal hysterec tomy (1888) and to operate success fully for gunshot wounds of the hv (Continued on Page Five) Schedule Of March Meetings For Clubs Home demonstration culb members are to study textile selections at their meetings during the month of March, -and Miss Gladys Hamrick, home agent, is prepared to give out a rreat deal of information as to tests of 'varidu kinds in connection with; the ; selection of . fabrics, and ether valuable Information. v The time and. place of meetings of the'? vau-Jcinh for this month is as folIows:''&i;iK:;-::;:'' , ;' :, Chapandke- Qubr 7 Tuesday, March 9, with Miss Margaret Bogue. vwhlteston Clo Tuesday, March U, ith Mrs. Li I Lane. k Hunters Fork Club,;, Friday, March 12, with Mrs. U D Copeland Ballahack CJub, Monday, March 15, with Mrs. A; A. Stallings. . : Beechspring dob, Tuesday,- March 16, at the School House. r ! , New Hope Club, Wednesdayis March 17, with Mrs,: E. AiTurner.-.-'f-''. Winfatl Club, Thursday; March 18, with Mrt. Joel HollowelL j.jft ; White 'Hat Club, Tuesday, March 23, at the School House. - ' , vBelvidere CWb, Wednesday March 24. witit Mrs! T. C Perw. iAi , . i 5 Helen Gaither: Jhfc,: Thursday, March 26,; with Mrs.- Oaude Perry. r-hrt Club, Friday, March 26, at e i -se. t a n Entry I Tuesday, March 80, at the School House, NEW LOCAL BUILDING F. H. Teter and Miss Mantie Whisnant Speak OTHERS, TOO Large Group Farmers And Wives Attend Ceremonies F. H. Jeeter, Agricultural Editor of State College, and Miss Mamie Whisnant, State College Snecialist on Home Management, were the princi pal speaker at the ceremonies dedi cating the" new Agricultural Building in Hertford, on Wednesday afternoon. at which ' L. W. Anderson. County Agent, presided. Other speakers included Mayor H. G. Winslow, who made the address of welcome; Mrs. F. C. White, of Bel videre, who responded; A. Lee Wal lace, District Director of WPA; W. P. Richardson, WPA representative of Elizabeth City; and B. Troy Fer guson, District Supervisor of Farm Extension Work. A large group of farmers and their wives were present at the meeting, and on the rostrum were, in addi tion to the speakers, Rev. E. T. Jill- son, who pronounced the invocation; Miss Gladys Hamrick, home demon tration agent, who introduced Miss Wh,snant; Dr. E. S. White, Chair man of the Perquimans County Conservation Committee, and four members of the Board of County Commissioners, E. D. Mathews, John C. White, Jr., Roy S. Chappell and J. O. Baker. . It was announced by Mr. Anderson that the Chairman of the Board, E. M. Perry, and Mrs. Perry, who is President of the Per quimans County Federation of Clubs, were prevented from attending be cause of a death in their community; The possibilities of a fuller, richer, happier life for the farmer and his family, through improvements, in the home as well as in the farm, as the movement spreads to carry on the educational program in the state, was the subject stressed , by both Miss Whisnant and Mr: Jester. It was pointed out by Mr. Jester that fifty per cent of the population of the State is engaged in agricul ture and that a farm demonstration agent is employed in every county in the state for the first time in the history. The importance of intelligent farm ing in reference to conservation Of soil vas stressed, as the speaker pointed out the conditions In those countries where the soil has been depleted. "It is possible," he said, "for this fertile land to become a famine-ridden place and a barren desert." The responsibility of the intelligent farmer to help the less fortunate ones, those who take no part in the cooperative movement for better farming was emphasized. "And in dedicating this 'ouildinp: you may de dicate -our souls to building up a higher type of civilization," he said. The speaker touched upon the fact that the farmers of Perquimans are descendents of the men who settled this country. " In your veins," he said, "flows the finest blood to he found in North Carolina." ' Miss Whisnant reviewed briefly some of the outstanding achieve ments of the women in their work and said that we are beginning to realise that the farm and the home should be a fifty-fifty joint project. Duke University Band Here On Wednesday ' The Duke . University Band- of 45 pieces, directed hy Robert Fearing of Elisabeth ,City, 'wiii give a concert in the- auditorium of the Perquimans High School on Wednesday after noon at 2:30, under the auspices of the Delia Shemburger Missionary Society , of the r Hertford . Methodist Church. ' i ' . A small admlsaion fee will he charged, the proceeds to go to the building ; fund- of- the Methodist Church."' 1 ' ... PRESIDING ELDER PREACHES ' AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY Rev. B. B. Slaughter, presiding el der of the . Elizabeth - City; District, wilt preach at Hertford. Methodist Church .on Sunday morning at 11 o'clock, and hold the Quarterly con ference immediately i afterwards. Physician From State Sanatorium In Charge HELP THE BLIND The whole outside world was mar velously beautiful on Monday morn ing With everything wrapped in snow. Howard B. Goodwin saw nothing of the beauty which others were enjoy ing; he only felt the chill. But as a friend guided him from the court room his face was bright with a smile. Practically every one is glad to help the blind, and the Perquimans public is going to be given an op portunity to help one blind man, and by doing so receive full value in re turn, when young Mr. Goodwin opens up his shop for making bottoms and hacks for chairs, which he expects to do just as soon as his shop is ready and he can get his stock of ma terials in. The young man, who has been blind all his life, is a native of Per quimans. For a number of years he was a student at the Institute for the Blind at Raleigh and while there learned to do a number of useful things, among them being this cane and fiber work in making bottoms and backs for chairs. Calling on the Board of County Commissioners on Monday, this young man asked for help in establishing himself in business in order to become self-supporting, and the commissioners very readily agreed to help him. The belief was expressed that there is a great deal of this kind of work to be done here, and it is believed that a shop of this kind will be a real asset to the community, because there are many householders who would be glad to have new bottoms or backs put into chairs of the kind which this young man can make. J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds, told the Board that some work which young Mr. Goodwin had done for him was most satisfactory. The young man appeared to be very grateful for the assistance which' the commissioners promised him, and appeared delighted at the prospect of being able to take care of himself. T. A. Pearce Buried In Suffolk Tuesday T. A. Pearce, 62, died at a Nor folk hospital at 7:20 o'clock Tuesday, March 2, after an illness of two months. Funeral services were conducted at the First Baptist Church in Suffolk, Va., on- Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock and burial took place in the family burying ground. Mr. Pearce, who had been a resi dent of Hertford for the past five years, was a native of Gates County, a son of the late Mr. and Mr-3. Tho mas Aaron Pearce. Beore coming to Hertford to take charge of the Gro cery Sales Company, Mr. Pearce had lived for a long time in Suffolk, Va. He had made many friends during his residence here. Surviving are his wife, Mi I'rsie Powell Winbourne Pearce;. tne step daughter, Mrs. Cscar liunth, of Portsmouth; two sisters, Mrs. R. Samuel Holland, of Suffolk, and Mrs. Rebecca E. Williford, of Portsmouth; one aunt, Mrs. Walter Beale, of Franklin, and several nieces and nephews. Helen Gaither Club Meets At Hunter Home The Helen Gaither Club met at the home ojT Mrs. W. O. Hunter Thurs day afternoon. Miss Francis Evans, the Health nurse, gave a very interesting talk on health. Miss Hamrick gave a talk on how to care for a sewing machine. A demonstration was given by the clothing leaders, Mrs. E. Y. Berry and Mrs. C. L. Dail, after which a contest "What kind of cloth would you buy?" was conducted, Miss Hamrick winning the prize.' Also a talk was given by Mrs. Fulton Driggs about rearranging shrubbry. Miss Addie Reid won the prize for the most practical and best made apron. , The hostess served dainty refresh ments. 'Those present were: Mes dames T. E. Madre, E. Y. Berry, Fulton Driggs, Bristow Perry, J. T. Lane, C F. Reid, Claude Perry, C. L. Dail, , Misses Charolotte Reid. Gladys Hamrick, Frances Evans and Mrs. W. O. Hunter. Woman's Club Respons ible For Service to County TRIED FOR YEAR Adults as Well as Chil dren Will Be Thor oughly Examined With an experienced clinician from the State Sanatorium in charge, as sisted by Dr. T. P. Brinn, Perqui mans County Health Officer, and a competent nurse, a tuberculosis clinic will be begun on Monday of next week. The clinic is for the purpose of ascertaining if there are children or older persons in the county who are threatened with tuberculosis, and this is a rare opportunity for any one who should be examined to do so. The clinics are being held all over the State of North Carolina, as a part of the program to wipe out thk? disease, which if taken in time can so easily be cured, and when, as every one knows, if neglected is sure to be fatal. Mrs. F. T. Johnson, president of the Hertford Woman's Club, which organization is sponsoring the clinic here, reports that more than a year ago application was made to the State authorities to have a tuberculo sis clinic held in Perquimans, and that only just have they succeeded in having a physician assigned from the State Sanatorium for the work. All school children, both white and colored, above the age of ten years will be given the tuberculin test in the schools, except those children whose parents or guardians make a written request that such children be exempted. Nothing further is done for those persons who show a negative react ion. Those whose reaction is positive however, who may or may not have tuberculosis, will be given further examination. They will have an X-ray picture taken of their chests in order that the diagnosis may be thorough. There is no charge except for the X-ray picture. Those parents who are able are requested to pay one dollar for this service. While the time has not yet been set for the work in the various schools, it is believed that the work will begin in town, either at the Hertford Grammar School, the Hert ford High School or at the Hertford Colored School. However, announce ment will be made in the various schools as to this. It will be impos sible for the clinics to be held in every school, but all of the children of the county will be given an op portunity to go to the centers where the clinic is being held. Parents are urged to cooperate in this and to make an effort to get their children to tne center:; at the time appointed. Not only to school children is this service available, but in order to carry on tho work of prevention of tuberculosis, any older persons who has had tuberculosis in their families, who lias suspicious symptoms, or who for any reason feel they should be examined will receive the test by applying to Dr. T. P. Brinn or to Mis. V. T. Johnson at once. Bethel Club Meets At School House The Home Demonstration Club of Bethel met Friday afternoon at the school house with Mrs. J. M. Fleet wood and Mrs. M. T. Griffin as hos tesses. MisB Gladys Hamrick gave a talk on the use and care of a sewing machine. . Mrs. C. T. Phillips was prize win ner in the apron contest and Mrs. Mary Hayman and Mrs. M. T. Grif fin winners in other contests. Those present were Mrs. C. T. Phillips, Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood, Mrs. Mary Hayman, Mrs. R. S. Chappell, Mrs. E. L. Goodwin, Mrs. S. I. Cul lupher, Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs. Seth W. Long, Mrs. Reuben Stallings, and Misses Gladys Hamrick, Gertie Chap pell and Loraa Brothers. The hos tesses served a delicious salad course. VISITED IN WINDSOR , Mrs. R. M. Riddick, Miss Carolyn Riddick and Miss - Spivey Roberson ' visited Mrs. John Lewis Perry in . Windsor on, Tuesday. . -X '