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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING QF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume IV- Number 24.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, June 4, 1937.
$1.25 Per Year
157 IN COUNTY OVEP00 WOMEN
ELIGIBLE FOR AID ATTEND DISTRICT
AFTER JULY 1STMEET0NTUESDAY
$3 Over 9an ft?. Agt f 5 TOquimans ' Club
Br Meadows Praises
Club Women's Work
Johnson Is Chairman
New Welfare Board
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Addresses Over 600 at
Sixteenth District
Meeting
FOUR PHASES
Pate of Nation Depends
On Coordination In
Homes, He Says
: "An Order for an Organization"
waa the aubject of the address made
by Dr. Leon E. Meadows, president
of East Carolina Teachers College,
when he appeared before the large
body of home demonstration , club
women which met in Hertford on
Tuesday in . their annual district
meeting.
Dr. Meadows paid high tribute to
the home demonstration club women
and their work, commenting on the
power of the organization in the
State. "You have taken your
jlacea,",he said, "along beside the
teaching profession and the ministry,
and by other organizations working
ior the welfare of humanity, and for
that reason! believe that the or
ganization is capable of taking
big order."
The speaker enumerated four
items necessary for the organiza
tion, the first being to make the
home attractive. "The home is the
unit of civilization," he said, "and
when this unit breaks down civiliza
tion breaks down." He went on to
say . the unit showed some signs of
breaking down. However, he stated
that he believed this particular per
iod is the greatest the world . has
ever known and said that he . would
rather live today than to have lived
in any preceding period.
One reason given for the apparent
'deterioration, of the unit ,pf civiliza
tion, Is that nobody is at home
much of the time. "The daughter,'
he Said, "is out at a party, the boy
out with the gang, mother is out
playing cards, and there is no tell
ing where father is." "A house
does Jtot make a home," said the
speaker. "We need to strengthen
the home unit, to make it more at
tractive, physically, spiritually and
Intellectually." He said that every
: one. likes to go to places which are
attractive, and that if the boy and
gin nnas a more attractive piace
than the home, they will go there.
With regard to the phyiscal at
tractiveness ; of the home, he urged
that, paint be used,' that sfirubs and
flowers be planted, grounds kept
attractive and the appearance of the
home be. made 1 auch that the boy
or girl would enjoy bringing their
friends home. t - "
He r urged f mothers to furnish
books,, of the right kind, magazines
and newspapers : .for their children,
and to bring Into the home persons
of intelligence and ; culture, from
Whom the children would learn.
If this nation falls," he Said, "it
ia going to be because of the lack
of proper coordination . in our
homes." , ,
The second item was the promotion
of j universal education, and thei
Speaker gave some interesting fig-
urea snowing - wnat ? proportion . or
i money we' are spending for educa
tion in comparison of what is spent
, to keep up our prisons. . . ,
' ' The third item was to promote
better economic conditions " in our
SUte. '"Let us work toward - the
" elimination of poverty, by practicing
thrift." "We can," said the speaker,
'"help our boys Vend girls to gain
their economic freedom by saving."
. "In o' doing" we ,wilL.help to over
v come'-' poverty." :.2lM'-:
; Ufs teachs'Aem, the- dimity '.of
,'work," ;t - fc'im'.we . are , gaining
I tv 'I I M Jtbls organization, is
," - - 4 .than- anythins ielsi in
- l,,..t-rolmaVtf ' show that ;ohe
kind of good, honest work ia as dig
nled as another. I do, not believe
'' vwork; of the President Vof the
;d States is any more impor-j
so far as dignity is concerned,
than the work of the man who tills
the soil," he said.- ;v '-
The fourth item named a re
quisite for an"!f organization ? is the
' promotion of better health ' among
. our. people. - Referring briefly to the
startling figures released recently
in North Carolina - with reference
" to the prevalence of syr, ".'j, he said
Nd longer; must we ft bchiiii a
screen: we must - cor-3 c t in tle
. open and fight thia dlscrss 'i i
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Camp Perquimans
Opens On June ZU
Mrs. Herman Winslow has an
nounced that Camp Perquimans, the
recreation camp which she directs
each summer for boys and girls, will
open on June 20th this year. .
The camp, which is located on a
very delightful spot on the pictures
que Perquimans River, In the sec
tion known as Old Neck, is personal
ly supervised by Mrs. Winslow, who
announces "we rough it and like it."
There is good bathing, cool i breezes,
wholesome and pleasant camp acti
vities including swimming, boating
and fishing. All campers are taught
to swim and row and a regular
daily schedule is maintained which
calls for exercises, camp duties, rest
periods, meals and free activities.
Thirty children most of them' from
this immediate section but a number
from a distance, attended the ' camp
during last summer.
Presiding Elder To
Preach On Sunday
At Methodist Church
Rev. B. B. Slaughter, presiding
elder of the Elizabeth City District,
will preach at the Hertford Metho
dist Church Sunday night at 8
o'clock. The third quarterly confer
ence will be held immediately follow
ing the service.
Preaching Sunday morning by the
pastor. The congregations have been
very gratifying all spring, and there
has been an unusual opportunity for
hearing good music. Ihe regular
choir, the Glee Club, the young men's
choir and specials by individuals
have all been making worthy contri
butions, to the services.
A helper from Duke will be here
etmnTJuiie 28 throw the summer.
He will have charge of the Vacation
Church School and the recreational
activities of. the young people dur
ing the summer. Every boy and
girl of the church is especially urg
ed to be in the services, and any
others who are not members of oth
er churches are cordially invited.
New Officers For
Sixteenth District
New officers elected at the an
nual meeting of the home demonstra
tion clubs of the sixteenth district
were President, Mrs. A. p. Ward, of
Chowan County;' Vice-President, Mrs.
P. P. Gregory, of Camden County;
Secreary-Treasurer, Mrs. Lindsey
Winslow, of Belvidere, Perquimans
County.
Ladies' Council Will
Meet Friday, June 11
The Ladies Council of Bethlehem
Christian Church will hold its regu
lar monthly meeting with Mrs. S.
I. Cullipher on Pender Road Friday
afternoon June 11, at 8 o'clock.
All members are urged to attend.
R.R.MallesIs New
v Manager At Rose's
R. R. Malles has succeeded R. M.
Mattheson as manager of Rose's 5,
10 and 26 cent store in Hertford.
: The new ; manager, who was for
merly manager of one of the Rose
chain stores at Albemarle, took over
his new duties here last week and Is
living in the apartment formerly oc
cupied-' by" Mr. and Mrs. Mattheson
in the tesldence ot Mrs. T.'Ci llnV:
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? .littlejilnif'Eraj .enterUIned '
number of her little friends at her
home near WoodvilM Friday after
noon In honor of her fourth birthday
enfreraaryor
The home was beautifully deco
rated with rosea and potted plants.
- A birthday cake topped with four
small candles fuorroed the center
piece for the dinner table.
Several games and contests were
enjoyed. '
Ann received quite a, number of
lovely and attractive gifts.
' About 5 little friends were pre'
sent Mrs. Bray, ' assisted by her
mother and Mrs. Mary. Cray and
I ' s Attie Brty, served ice cream
' j c- s and candy.' , ,
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Shown By Survey of
County
74 CHILDREN
All Applications Must
Be Made to Board of
Welfare
Estimates compiled by the North
Carolina Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare indicate that approxi
mately 157 residents of Perquimans
County will be eligible for aid under
two provisions of the State's Social
Security program, which becomes ef
fective on July 1.
On June 1. the various county
commissioners and couifty Boards of
Welfare are expected to make public
their estimates of the additional tax
levies required to provide for Old
Age Assistance and Aid to Depend
ent Children.
A t'tative survey shows that in
Perquimans County 83 persons be
yond the age of 65 years, and 74 de
pendent children under 16 are en
titled to receive benefits enumerated
in the legislation adopted by the
1937 General Assembly.
Persons desiring assistance must
apply to the Perquimans County
Board of Welfare, where they will
be granted interviews and allowed to
file written applications if their cases
are considered worthy.
Applicants for all phases of as
sistance must show that they do not
have sufficient income or other re
sources to provide a reasonable sub
sistence "compatible with decency
and health."
Those applying for Old Age As
sistance must show that they are
more than 65 years of age; that
they are not financially able to care
for themselves properly; that they
are citizens o f the United States;
that they have lived in North Caro
lina for five of the last nine years;
that they are not inmates of any
public institution, and that they have
not made a transfer or assignment
of property "for the purpose of mak
ing themselves eligible for assist
ance." Applicants for Aid to Dependent
Children may be either the mother,
father, grandmother, grandfather, or
certain- other relatives who have
children in their keeping, but whose
income is insufficient to care for
them properly. Children receiving
benefits must be less than 16 years
of age, and must have been born or
lived in North Carolina for at least
one year prior to the filing of the
application.
Financial assistance to the aged
will not exceed $30 a month,
dren may receive as high as
Chil-
$18 a
month for the first child in a family,
with a maximum of $12 for each ad-
ditional child, up to $65 a month,
for any one family.
Older Youth Conference Held
At State College Next Week
L. W. Anderson Will Furnish All Necessary In
formation to Any Young People Interested
In Attending Courses
L. W. Anderson, County Agent,
has notified the young people of the
various communities of Perquimans
of the Older Youth Conference which
is to be held at State College next
week-end 'is anxious that a, many
a possible enroll fot the conference.
;Thhr older Youth Conference ; is
.ijomeAIiig1. itailiiuu-m
For many ; years "the ?; fanners and
their wives of the state have had an
opportunitywhich many Perquimans
farmers and their wives -take advant
age of i annually, of ' attending the
special big' affair held for them at
the State College each summer. The
boys and girls who take part in the
4-H clubs work also have their an
nual meetings. But for ; the older
boys and girls, the young: men and
women of from 18 to 26 years, of
whom there are thousands In the
State and I. many i in ' Perquimans
County who have not "had an oppor
tunity of attending college, no spec
ial help has ever been given. ;
. It is this older group which the
extension leaders are now trying- ty
help through the Older Youth Con
f .--nee,' a first of whfch is plan
nrJ frvm Tuesday, June S, lo Satur
. f. It ia fanned to live Informa
t' i, t ' ' t an! i :-ation which
eni." . j-r n.-d and women to
Members Act as Gra-
cious Hostesses
GREATSUCCESS
Excellent Program Car
ried Out in School
Auditorium
More, than the expected 600 women
were in attendance upon the district
meeting of home demonstration clubs
held in Hertford on Tuesday, when
Mrs. R. A. Harris, of Elizabeth
City, president of the 16th District,
presided at the first of these meet
ings to be held in Perquimans.
Miss Gladys Hamrick, home dem
onstration agent of Perquimans, who
supervised the arrangements, and
her corps of co-workers received
many words of congratulations for
the efficient carrying out of their
plans. Two hundred and fifty Per
quimans County club women, who
were the hostesses on this occasion,
were present, and their hearty wel
come and gracious hospitality up
held the tradition of the friendli
ness of Perquimans County folks.
The meetings were held in the au
ditorium of the Perquimans High
School, which was very attractively
decorated with flowers, and from the
opening song, "America, the Beauti
ful," which the club women every
where sing before the collect is said,
until the close of the last session,
the proceedings were interesting.
Rev. D. S. Dempsey, of Hertford,
pronounced the invocation.
Mayor Silas M. Whedbee welcomed
the visitors on the part of the Town
of Hertford, and Mrs. E. M. Perry
spoke a few words of welcome on
behalf of the Perquimans County
etub1 women. The responses were
made by. Mrs. Everett Pritchard, of
Elizabeth City, and greetings were
extended by Mrs. W. W. Stinemates,
of Elizabeth City, who is president
of the 16th district of Woman's
Clubs.
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, active club
worker and former president of the
Perquimans County federation, intro
duced the speaker, Dr. Leon R.
Meadows, president of East Caro
lina Teachers College, Greenville.
Following Dr. Meadows ' address,
excerpts of which appear in another
column of this newspaper, the first
session was adjourned and luncheon
which had been prepared by the
Perquimans County home demonstra
tion club members, was served by
the Hertford Woman's Club.
At the afternoon session F. H.
Brant, highway landscape architect
of the State Highway Improvement
division, made the principal address,
with a shorter address made by
Mrs. Dudley Bagley, of Moyock.
During the morning session
W. Anderson, County Agent
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select more intelligently the vocation
in which they are best fitted to
serve. The courses offered have
been planned to fit the needs of the
average young man and young wo
man living on the farm. The boys
will have an - opportunity to learn
something of agricultural engineer
ing,, of f&rra water supply : systems,
through .demonstrations and discus
sions of methods and materials used
in piping and. . pumping of water.
Pumps,', storage tanks, hydraulic
rams, links,' pipes and pipe fittings
will be. used. Rural electrification
will be studied, also the selection and
care and repair of farm tools and
machinery.,
Dairy cattle, hogs, farm work
stock, plant pathology and other
subjects will be studied. .
' For the girls, various phases of
women's work will be taken up, one
course being "Personality Training
for the Rural Girl," which treats of
foods, clothing and home manage
ment In connection with foods, the
subject of positive health,, including
the factors necessary for . positive
health as food, rest, sleep, fresh air,
exercise,- posture, sunshine, happi
ness; 'The Gracious Hostess; stress
ing family living, hospitality and en
(Continued on Page Eightl; 1,;
ATTENTION
ADVERTISERS!
Hertford, N. C, May 31,1937
Mrs. Mattie Lister White,
Editor Perquimans Weekly,
Hertford, N. C.
Dear Mrs. White:
It certainly pays to advertise
in The Perquimans Weekly. I
found my dog, some one brought
my bicycle back, and my friends
gave me two cats, and each of
those cats brought me four kit
tens, and last night each of those
cats brought me a young rabbit.
Now I have all my things back
and eight kittens and two rabbits
extra. For all this I thank The
Perquimans Weekly.
JAMES S. McNTDER, JR.
Thos. J. Nixon III
Graduates From
Naval Academy
Ensign Thomas J. Nixon, III, who
was graduated from the United
States Naval Academy at Anapolis
this week, is at home for a three
week vacation, after which he will
fly to the Ve3t Coast to embark on
the U. S. S. Saratoga, to which he
has been assigned.
The young otiicer's mother, Mrs.
T. J. Nixon, Jr., a brother, Hollowell
Cox Nixon, an aunt, Mrs. W. H.
Hardcastle, and VV. H. Hardcastle,
Jr., all of Hertford, attended the
graduation exercises.
Ensign Nixon received his appoint
ment to the Naval Academy through
Congressman Lindsey Warren, of the
First District. He took his prepa
ratory work at Marion Military In
stitute, at Marion, Ala. For the past
two years he has been on the edi
torial staff of The Log, the weekly
publication of the Naval Academy';" '
Weddinjr Of Local !
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interest Announced
Of interest to the many friends
of the bridegroom in Hertford is the
announcement of the approaching
marriage of Miss Etta Whitehead
and Henry Dudley Nachman, which
is announced by the parents of the
bride, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Grady
Whitehead, of Richmond, to take
place on June 21.
Mr. Nachman, a former Hertford
resident, is the eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Nachman. He was gra
duated from Perquimans High
School and attended Duke University
for two years. He has for the past
six 'years been employed by the
First and Merchants National Bank
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sistance required by aged persons
LarfiTP CnneTPCntMlIW i cominK within the eligibility pro
a! w j rtL ,! visions of this Act; and may have
At rriendS ChUrch such other information as may be
. required for proper determination
Rev. Herbert Huffman, pastor of
Guilford College Friends Meeting,
was the principal speaker at the
Quarterly Meeting on Saturday and
Sunday at Piney Friends Church.
This particular meeting is always
more largely attended than any other I
meeting in the year at Piney Woods
and there were large congregations
attending each of the services.
- A special feature this year was
music b'y the Friendly Road male
quartette of Guilford College, one
member, of which
Trivette, now the
Woods.
is the Rev. John
pastor of Piney
Paul Stalling Dies j
In Raleigh Hospital;
Paul Stalling, 39, died at 8:30
o'clock . Wednesday night in a Ra
leigh hospital, where he was a pa
tient. Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the
home near Hertford and burial will
be made in Cedar Grove churchyard.
Mr. Stalling is survived by his
father, Simon Stallings, and two sis
ters, Miss Mamie Stallings and Mrs.
C. O. Fowler.
ENTERTAINS BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Winston Lane was a charm
ing hostess to her bridge club Thurs
day afternoon at her home near Bur
gess. Mrs. N. C Spivey made top
score. Those present were Mrs. ' C.
B. Parker, Mrs.; C. E." White, Mrs.
J. B. Basnight, Mrs. Carl i Godwin,
Ulna Vinrinia llmnhltt : Mrs.' N. 1
Spivey.' Mrs. Winston Lane and MrsJ
Dennis Godwin,
The hostess served a sandwich and
ice tea course. 4 .
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Group Will Meet Last
Friday In Each Month
At 2:30 P. M.
IN EFFECT JULY 1
Estimate of Cost Ready
For Commissioners
At Next Meeting
Charles E. Johnson is chairman of
the newly formed County Welfare
Board of Perquimans, with Mrs. V.
N. Darden and W. F. C. Edwards as
members of the Board.
The appointment of Mr. Edwards
was made by the Board of County
Commissioners, the announcement
being made on Monday of this week.
Mr. Edwards and Mrs. Darden, who
was previously appointed by the
State Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare as the initial member of
the Board, immediately met and se
lected the third member, their choice
being Mr. Johnson.
The new Board held its first meet-
I ing and organized on Tuesday, elect
ing as their chairman Mr. Johnson.
Miss Ruth Davenport, Welfare Offi
cer, automatically became secretary
to the board.
It was decided that the Welfare
Board of Perquimans shall meat on
the last Friday in each month, in
the office of the Welfare Officer in
the Courthouse, the meeting to be
held at 2:JJ0 in the aternoon.
The question of the cost of the
social security program for Perqui
mans was discussed and an estimate
will be made and presented to the
I Board of County Commissioners at
their next meeting.
The duties of the Welfare Board,
as outlined by the Old Age Assis
tance and Dependent Children Act
passed at the last session of the
General Assembly, are (a) Report to
the State Board at such times and
'n suc'1 manner an frm as tne
State Board mrtv frov.i tirr.- to time
direct; b submit to the state
Board the information required in
this Act preliminary to determination
of the county's quota of funis and
the determination of the amount re
quired to be raised by taxation, to
gether with its estimate and sup
porting data, setting forth the a
mount of money needed to carry out
the provisions of this Act; also sub
mit to the Board of County Commis
sioners a duplicate of the estimate
and supporting data furnished by it
to the State Board. Make and re
port to the State Board and to the
County Board of Commissioners such
investigation as may be required in
order that said Ste Board and
Boards of County Commissioners
may be fully informed as to the as-
upon any matter coming before the
said boards; (c) perform and other
duties required of them under this
Act or by proper rules and regula
tions made by the State Board under
authority thereof."
The foregoing provision also ap-
! P''es to the matter of assistance for
! dependent children,
Applications for assistance are
made to the Board of Welfare of the
. County. The application must be
. made in writing, form being furnish-
ed by the State Board. The appli
cant must make oath before a not
ary public of the truth of his state
ments as to his financial condition.
A copy of the application goes to the
State Board. Upon receipt of an
application the county board of wel
fare and the Welfare Officer of the
County are required, to make dili
gent investigation of the case and
record all possible information. The
Board then decides whether or not
the applicant is eligible for assis
tance and determines how much as
sistance shall be given, The appli
cant is notified by mail of the
board's granting or disallowing of a
ssistance, and the Board of County
Commissioners receives a copy of
such notification, a copy also being
sent to the State Board of Allot
ments and Appeal. All awards and
applications on which they are bas
ed are open to public inspection.
The Board of County Commission
ers has a right, if they think pro
per, to . reconsider and review any
award ao granted. , : In case of such
action on -the part of the commis
sioners notice is given the applicant
appointing the time and place when
such action will be taken. - In chang
ing any award made by the Welfare
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