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f - A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING 6F HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV Number. 21.
Hertford," Perquimans (Jo anty , isi ortn .Carolina, Friday, May 21, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year
BENJAMIN THACH MRS. V.N. DARDEN
FORBIDDEN DRIVE IS APPOINTED ON
AN AUTOMOBILE WELFARE BOARD
Meekins Is Speaker
For Commencement
Mayor Takes Steps
To BreakUpSpdittg
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Arrests Will Follow Po
lice Warning Says
Whedbee
PARKING LOT
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New Parking Regula
tion on Church Street
Put Into Effect
Prompt 'and decisive measures to
top speeding on the streets of the
Town of Hertford have been put into
-effect by the new Mayor, Silas M.
Whedbee, who took over the duties
of his new office ten days ago; new
rules for parking on the down-town
section fit Church street have been
made, and a plan already carried out
for relieving the traffic congestion by
providing a free J parking lot in a
. convenient & down-town section, ' with
police protection on Saturdays, to be
lighted at tiight.
; Mayor Whedbee on Monday sta
tioned a police officer at points .on
utreets where speeding has been most
jgenerally practiced, with instructions
that the speeding motorists were to
be stopped and warned that if they
violated the speed laws of the town
thev would be arrested. Mr. Whed
bee had previously' stated that he did
not wish to take snap judgment on
anv. one. and that he felt there was
always a courteous way to go about
such matters, and stated also that he
believed that in many cases a cour-
' teous warning would be effective.
f However, the speeders have had
fair warning of the intention of the
Mayor to put a stop to speeding on
Hertford's streets, and those who
persist in driving through the town
at high J speed may expect to be
dealt wjith according to law. ;
Hie new-Mayor 7 stated- oa-Wednesday
when approached oa the wt
ter that he was .'attempting : to do
something About speeding and that
he would appreciate the cooperatipn
"of .a jMBuVV:flA'h;r.
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popular on Saturday . that : " between
two" hundred and Wty an imree
hundred ears were parked toerC dur
ing -the day, with ; several scores on
the lot at one time. -UghU have
been placed on the lot and an officer
is stationed there all day Saturday
and on Saturday night, and many
motorists feel that their cars and
' articles left in the cars are much
' safer on the parking lot. than they
are when left on the streets.
There was a noticeable improver
.ihent in the situation down town
;whr cars have - heretofore been
crowded. ,--"'"
c A ; new regulation as to the im
proper parking of ears on Church
attract, in that section between Grubb
and Market streets, has been : put
into effect. Motorists will not be al
lowed to park on their left in this
area. AU ears on one side of the
street must face in the same direc
tion. Heretofore cars were general
ly mixed up, with some facing one
' way and some the other on each side.
Interest Aroused In
Playing Soft Ball
Linwood Skinner has been talking
-'With various Hertford citizens about
3 organising teams to play ot Dan
here. Mr. Skinner is very much in-
terested in the fact that the Babb
; lot, rented by the Town from the
: owners, has been . cleaned v ' up and
lighted for the convenience of park
ing automobiles, and he believes that
; there is, ample room for a bau dia
mimA. 'Mr. Skinner thinks the Ma
' tons ought to be able to sponsor one
- team and perhaps the Rotarians an
i,then and he believes that the recre
f'ations would be, a wholesome G!-?
! f the men who wouUMikei Ut
:n:lse of the milder type-l
Cher' town- jtnd ?"E"jsa
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t . - IT"- ..er thinks Hertr
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I... j. I -y Parker,.of Hertford and
T. E. Erri.:i, Sr. of Chowan Conn
ty, were ir r'ri on Sunday, May 8,
the ceremory I ' performed by
f e Rev, D. S. : --y, pastor of
t' s Hertford E i C urch, at the
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; i. Tarker, who f . -,
has made her l.v i
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I Pedestrians Must
Also Obey The Law
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In attempting to make the
streets of Hertford safer for both
pedestrians and motorists, not
only motorists are required to
obey the law, but there are regu
lations which apply to pedestrians
as well as those which apply to
motorists. Particularly on the
west end of Dobb street have pe
destrians been violating the walk
ing regulations. Such persons are
requested by Mayor WHedbee to
rniMntn -vitli the Town and with
the motorists using this area.
Church Packed To
Hear Preacher At
Up River Church
The Up River Friends Church was
filled to capacity on Tuesday night
when the celebrated minister, Wil
lard 0. Trueblood, preached on the
topic, "The Way of life."
- Mr. Trueblood resigned the pasto
rate, of Whititier Friends Church in
California, which is the largest
Friends Church in the world, to be
come the Friends representative on
the Preaching Mission a year ago.
He has recently conducted series
of meetings in several of the cities
of North ' Carolina. Accompanying
him to Perquimans were Mrs. True
blood and Murray C. Johnson of
Greensboro. .
"Manless Wedding"
At Winfall Friday
There will be a "Manless Wedding"
at the Winfall Community House, in
Winfall, oh Friday night, May 28,
for the benefit of the Community
House.:- The- oublic is invited. A
small admission fee will be charged.
THEATRE FRIDAY
Forty Models Will Dis
play Latest Summer
Fashions
. Forty-odd attractive young "women
and girls front.: various communities
in ' Perauimans will appear on tne
stage of the SUte Theatre on Friday
nijfht in, a fashion show such as has
never been staged in Hertford before
and will model the latest things in
summer fashions at Simon's, J. C
Blanchard & Co., H. C. Stokes, Mrs.
Jake White and Hilda's Fashion
Shop... . ' , ' '
The newest and prettiest things in
summer clothes will be shown at the
fashion show, which will be staged
at9 o'clock immediately after the
first show.
. Following is a complete list of the
models:
Misses Mattie Bert : Eelfe, Mary
Helene- Newby, Dorothy Hoffler,
Mary To we. Elizabeth Knowles, Joe
Hefrerr Jesse Taylor Newby, Gladys
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uamricK, jnarjone rerry, biizaoeui
Darden. Marv Thad Chappell, Edith
Everett, Gussie Wood. Hazel Ainsley.
Eusrenia Gregory, Nita Newbold.
Margajet Mayes, Mary Anette Cah4
nonr Juaaita Haxrew, Km owea
Pat HarrelV Barbara Winslow, Betty
Urdley. Betty Winslow, - Katherine
Ann Holmes, Ramona Divers, Pat
Morris, Betty Ruth Sutton, Margaret
Divers T-Betty Ann Matthews, Helen
Mae White, Mrs. R. E. Brian, Mrs.
J. H. Towe, Jr., all of Hertford, Miss
Ullisn Ray Perry, Beech Spring;
Miss Lucille Long, " Bethel: Miss
i"mi'eWyj-?-Nwi.Hope;-ii:Mra.
V --Hion. Jtk8on, .Ner llbpe; Kias
t Ia..--t -rJnri,-nclt5ville;:Miss
l..iion Eo; - C:t3SvJlle;"MlssCor
Layden, n,C1.aFtnokeiMrsif." Earl
Perryi 4Durants;,Neck;.: "r;;y;-" :? c
ManvvHear Recital
At Grammar School
SThwt was a large and appreciative
audience to hear the junior glee club
and piano nupils of MisS Kate M.
Blanchard in recital on Friday night
at the Grammar School auditorium.
' It was srWen in" operetta, form,
with the children gathered together,
s'rsing old songs.' James S. McNider
- l Jmie Felton played their gui
V t42 Hillary Winslow, and
Jordan clojrsred, carrying out
i of "Old Uncle Ned" and
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Permit Is Revoked on
Charge of Reckless
Driving
UNDERBOND
Witnesses Testify In
Case Involving Death
Of Rice Miller
Benjamin Thach, of Hertford, driv
er of the car which was in collision
with the car driven by young Rice
Miller on May 9, when young Miller
received injuries froni which he died
five hours later, and who was order
ed held for the grand jury on the
charge of manslaughter by Record'
er's Court Judge Walter H. Oakey,
Jr., on Tuesday, will not be permitted
to operate an automobile on the high
ways of North Carolina until final
disposition of the reckless driving
charge is made in Superior Court, to
which court the defendant appealed,
Mr. Thach was represented in
court by J. B. McMullan, of Eliza
beth City, when his case came up
for a hearing before Judge Oakey.
The warrant contained two charges,
manslaughter and reckless driving.
Judge Oakey found probable cause
in . the manslaughter charge and
ordered the defendant held under a
five hundred dollar bond for the
ffrand iurv at the October Term of
Perquimans Superior Court. W. G. i
Wright, who signed Mr. Thach's
bond at the tune the warrant was
served in the case, signed the bond.
Though his attorney fought vigo
rously against the judgment of the
court that thj defendant's driver's
license be revoked upon conviction of
the reckless driving charge, Judge
Oakey refused to change his judg
ment, which was that the defendant
be given six months on the roads and
that his driver's permit be revoked
until the thiirje is finally disposed
of.
There was a crowd of interested
SlJectatorsarthe trial. ' Stata's 'wit
nesses testifying included Clyde W.
Gibson, of the State Highway Pat
rol, who investigated the accident;
Mrs. W. F. Morgan, of Winfall, who
saw the car driven by Thach some
five minutes before the accident oc
curred; J. K. Miller, father of Rice
Miller, who witnessed the accident;
Henry Miller, young brother of the
accident victim who was riding in
the car when his brother was fatal
ly injured: and Dalbert Horton, of
Norfolk and Whaleyville, Va., who
saw the Thach car shortly before
and at practically the instant it
struck the car driven by young Mil
ler.
Mr. Gibson testified that when he
reached the scene of the accident
none of the persons involved were
there except Henry Miller, the young
brother of Rice, who had been in the
car at the time of the accident. He
testified that the car driven by Thach
was a Chevrolet and Miller's a Ford,
He said he observed the position of
both cars and the marks on the
highway, and that the left-hand front
wheel of the Ford driven by Miller
was 5 inches across the black center
mark, ysked if he meant 5 inches
to the left, Mr. Gibson answered yes.
He testified that he followed this
mark on to where the car had land
ed on the right-hand side of the
highway and that the wheel got
about 18 inches on the left-hand
side. He testified that he found the
Chevrolet on the left-hand Bide of
the ditch, about 35 steps, or approxi
mately 105 feet, from where the im
pact occurred. He testified that the
right-hand side of the Chevrolet was
damaged right much and the two
front wheels Were down, with the
front of the ear resting on the axle.
Mr. Gibson testified that the left-hand-
side of .the, bod- of the Ford,
the car-driven by Miller,- was' knock
ed, in and the -left-hand rear fire was
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",.The time of the accident, was set
by those, who were at the scene , at
around 4 o'clock, Mr, Gibson test
f ied he reached the scene at about
a quarter to 5, and he said that in
probably an hour; or perhaps a little
over, Mr Thach, 4 who had gone to
town to carry some of the injured
passengers . to a doctor, returned to
the scene and talked with him and
admitted he was the driver of the
Chevrolet. " t
Mr. Gibson testified that the ac
cident occurred at approximately the
point on the highway where the
gate to the; home of Rice Miller's
i. ."er is located, and that it Is on
a c rve; t.ct the curve measures
frc i be H.mir.;r to end 1J060 feet. '
iL." ' ,r. F. Morgan, of Winfall,
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County Commissioners
Must Name Second
; Member
T0 PICK THIRD
Important Duty Under
Social Security Pro
gram In County
It wj.yat to be determined who
will b the other two members of the
new Board of Charities and Public
Welfare of Perquimans County,
though Mrs. V. N. Darden, of Hert
ford, will constitute one member.
Mrs; Darden was appointed by the
State Board of Charities and Public
Welfare last week.
On this Board, which is a provision
of: the new Social Security set-up,
and which is vested with onnsWprahlp
authority in the matter of deciding
to whtm shall be paid old age bene
fits aad benefits to dependent child
ren, ajnd how much shall be paid,
there jare to be three local persons.
One ojf these is to be appointed by
tha Beard of County Commissioners.
The member so appointed and Mrs.
Darden, who was appointed by the
State Board, will select the third
member. In case those two cannot
agree a3 to the third member, the re
sident Superior Court Judge of the
District will appoint the third mem
ber. No compensation is provided
for the service.
The Act provides that the Coun
ty Board of Charities and Public
Welfare shall have the duty of se
lectihg the County Superintendent of I
Public Welfare, in joint session with
the Board of County Commissioners;
that they shall act in a joint advi
sory capacity to the county and mun
icipal authorities in developing poli
cies and plans in dealing with the
problems of dependency and delin
quincy, distribution of the poor funds
and social conditions generally, and
Shall-liafe 1 such other powers and
duties as are prescribed by law, and
particularly those set out in the laws
pertaining to social security, old-age
assistance, and aid to dependent
children.
Pat Morris Youngest
To Earn B & L Dues
Probably the youngest stockholder
in the Hertford Building & Loan As
sociation to earn the weekly dues is
Pat Morris, the little daughter of
Postmaster and Mrs. J. E. Morris, of
Hertford.
Pat is still some months short of
six. She recently acquired the proud
position of temporary nurse of her
year-old brother, John. The roly
poly John is strapped in his stroller,
which is placed on the sidewalk, and
Pat proudly pushes the perambulator
up and down the walk. For this
service she is paid 25 cents each
week, and the 25 cents goes to pay
the weekly installment on a share of
Building & Loan Stock.
Robert Ivey Again
In Recorder Court
Robert Ivey, sentenced last week in
Recorder's Court to the roads for
drunken driving, his sentence being
suspended upon condition that he
not be found in the county for two
years, was in court again on Tues
day anj this time his sentence was
ordered into effect.
Permission had been gained by
Ivey's attorney last week to allow
him to become a patient in a vete
ran's hospital, but he didnt leave the
county and wall arrested on Friday
and placed in jail. '
' Another charge of driving while
drunk and driving without a permit
was heard on'Tuesday and Ivey was
convicted, ox the two charges. 1
John Everett Able ,
To Leave Hospital
a John - Everett, who was seriously
injured in an automobile accident
which accurred - on the Hertford'
Elizabeth: City Highway on May 9,
when Rice Miller was fatally injur
ed, left the - Albemarle Hospital in
Elizabeth City on last Monday and
is staying at the home of his aunt,
Mrs. Clarance Twiford, in Elizabeth
City, where he will remain while he
is under the physician's care. , His
condition is -. now considered very
favorable. 1 . -
" Mr. Everett is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E.. Everett, of Hertford,
Mayor Announces I
Improvement In
Parking System j
A new regulation concerning j
parking on that section of Church j
street between the Bank corner
and the Postoffice will go into ef
fect immediately. All motorists
are requested to park on their
right-hand side. No left-hand
parking will be allowed in this
area.
On Saturdays no parking at all
will be allowed on that section of
Market street between the Bank
and the parking lot.
S. M. WHEDBEE,
Mayor.
H.S. Glee Club Gives
Its Annual Concert
Eighteen lovely young girls in
pretty evening dresses made an at
tractive picture, in keeping with the
beauty of their music when the High
School Glee Club and piano pupils of
Miss Kate M. Blanchard gave their
annual concert on Tuesday night.
Not all of the music, however, was
made by girls, for Zack Toms White
and Jack Anderson also took part.
The girls included Marie Anderson,
Blanche Moore Berry, Julia Brough
ton, Elizabeth Caddy, Mary Thad
Chappell, Celia Blanche Dail, Flo
rence Darden, Nancy Coke Dar
den, Mary Field, Anne Tullis Fjlton,
Ruth Hollowell, Maude Keaton, Fran
ces Newby, Jeannette Perry, Alice
Roberson, Lila Budd Stephens, Dal
ton Strange, Anna Penelope Tucker,
fcllie Mae White and Mary Morris.
WINFALL P. T. A. MEETS
The Winfall P. T. A. held its re
gular monthly meeting, at the Com
munity House in Winfall, on Monday
night, with Mrs. W. F. Morgan, the
president presiding. Rev. Mr. Lowe
gave a very interesting talk on
"Courage."
INVITE COMMENT
ABOUT TEACHERS
Selections Will Be Made
In Few Days, Says
Supt. Johnson
Within the next few days teachers
for all of the schools of Perquimans
County are to be elected, according
to Superintendent F. T. Johnson, who
has announced that he, as well as
each member of the Board of Edu
cation and each member of the
School Committees is anxious' to
comply with the wishes of the pat
rons of the schools in selecting
teachers.
io this end, Mr. Johnson invites
all those who wish to make comments
of any kind relative to any of the
teachers now employed in the schools
of Perquimans to talk with him per
sonally or with members of the Board
of Education or with either of the
school committees. These gentlemen
will listen to any comment, either in
commendation or in criticism of any
teacher, and promise to take under
advisement any pertinent matters
which come up for consideration as
to teachers to be elected.
The Board of Education is com
posed of T. S. White, chairman, W.
E. Dail, Shelton Long, J. H. Miller
and J. H. Baker.
The High School Committee in
cludes H. C. Stokes, Dr. E. S. White
and John T. Wood.
The Grammar School Committee is
composed of C. P. Morris, J. D.
Chappell and Lewis Smith.
Following is a list of the teachers
now employed in the county:
Miss Esther Evans, Mrs. G. W.
Barbee, Mrs. Emily Lane Long, Miss
Helen Gaither, Mrs.' C. R.-' Holmes,
Miss Elizabeth Knowles,. Miss EJoise
Scott, Mistf Anne Wilson, Mrs. T. E.
Harrell, Mrs. T. L. Jessup, G. C.
Buck, Francis Jennings, Mrs. C. W.
White, Mrs. S. P. Jessup, Miss Alice
Babb, Mrs. Thad Chappell, Mrs. Jen
kins Walters, Mrs. Nathan Relfe,
Mrs. Mary Louise Britt Sutton, Misr.
Mary Sumner, Miss Ruth Hollowell,
Miss Ruth Hurdle, Mrs. J. C. Howell,
Miss Lorna Brothers, Miss Lucille
Long, Miss Alma Leggett, Mrs. W.
F. Morgan, Mrs. A. R. Winsolw, Jr.,
Mrs. Edwin White, Mrs. Herman
Winslow, Miss i Margaret Scott
White, Miss Mabel Lane, Miss Cora
Layden, Miss Bertha Chappell, Miss
Hazel Ainsley, Mrs. Margaret Good
man, Miss Carolyn Riddick and Miss
Rebecca, Webb.
Speaks to Graduates on
Wednesday Night at
High School
55 INCLASS
Exercises Begin With
Baccalaureate Sermon
Sunday Night
Hon. Isaac M. Meekins, of Eliza
beth City, Judge of the United States
District Court for the Eastern Dis
trict of North Carolina, will deliver
the address to the graduating class
of the Perquimans High School on
Wednesday night of next week, when
approximately fifty-five young per
sons will receive their diplomas at
the twelfth commencement of Per
quimans High School.
Judge IMeekins is one of the most
noted speakers in the country. It is
a long time since a Perquimans au
dience has had an opportunity to
hear Judge Meekins and there will
probably be a large audience.
The commencement exercises will
begin on Sunday night when the Rev.
D. S. Dempsey, pastor of the Hert
ford Baptist Churclj, will preach the
baccalaureate ser.non. The service
will be held at 8 o'clock in the audi
torium of the school. There will be
services at any ot the Hertford
churches on Sunday evening.
Class Day exercises will be held
on Tuesday at 8:30 o'clock. Minnie
Lee Winslow is valedictorian of the
1937 class and Catherine White is
saluditorian. The valedictorian is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Winslow. The Saluditorian is the
daughter of the late Hugh White
and Mrs. White, of Belvidere.
On Sunday night there will be
special music by a choir made up of
young people of the school, includ
ing an anthem, "I heard the Voice of
Jesus Say," by Rathburn. Misses
Marie Anderson, Blanche Moore
Berry and Maude Keaton will sing
a trio, "Lift Thine Eyes," by Men
dlessohn. The invocation will be pronounced
by the Rev. W. G. Lowe, of Winfall
Pastor of the Perquimans Circuit.
The Scripture Lesson will be read by
the Rev. John Trivette, Pastor of
the Piney Woods Friends Church,
who also will lead the prayer.
The Rev. D. M. Sharpe, Pastor of
the Hertford Methodist Church, will
pronounce the benediction.
"A trip to the Moon," is the title
of the delightful pageant to be given
on Class Day, with William Hard
castle, Katherine Winslow and the
other members of the class taking
part.
The prologue will be given by
Miss Maude Keaton, and will be fol
lowed by the salutatory address by
Catherine White.
The class history will be given by
Myrtle Lee Nixon, the prophecy by
Waverly D'Orsey, the statistics by
James Boyce, giftory by Helen Cof
field and the valedictory address by
Minnie Lee Winslow. Ruth Wilson
will sing "Boating So.ig," by Bohr.
On Wednesday night, when Judge
Meekins will spjak to the graduating
class the invocation will be pronounc
ed by a member of the class, Ben
jamin Smith. There will be a special
solo, "Starry Night," sung by Maude
Keaton, soprano, who recently won
outstanding honors in voice contests.
The diplomas will be presented by
T. S. White, chairman of the Board
gf Education, and. F. T. Johnson,
Superintendent of Education, will
present the medals.
The benediction will be pronounc
ed by Hollowell Cox Nixon, president
of the Senior Class.
The marshalls of commencement
are Marie Anderson, Mae Edla As-
bell, Sybil Byrum, Mary Thad Chap
pell, Elizabeth Elliott, Doris Lane,
Sybil Layden, Annie Mae Matthews,
Marjorie Perry, Alice Roberson, Win-
man Spivey, Polly Tucker, Jarvis
Ward, McMullan White and Carson
White..
Music Pupils Give
Final Recital Friday
Mrs. R. M. Riddick's piano and
rhytmn class pupils will give their
final concert for the year on Friday
eveningj. May 21, at 8 o'clock, at the
Hertford Grammar School audi
torium. . Those taking part in the program
of piano numbers and songs are: Pat
Morris, Thomas Perry, Mary Annette
Cannon,' Walter Marvin WilliatiS,
Catherine Anne Holmes, Maxine
Landing, Carroll Berry, - Alice Lee
Babb, Clarence Thomas Madre, Bobby
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