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Volume IV,Number 38 -:;;;-..'?.':' Hettford, Perquimans County, JNortn utroima. Friday, September 10, 1937
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TEACHER LIST
Bev. W. jG. Lowe Con
ducts Devotional Ser
vice First Day
Hundreds of children flocked back
to school on Wednesday when the
schools of the county opened, no less
than 563 attending the two schools
in-Hertford;
. At the Perquimans High School,
.where the enrollment on opening day
was the largest in the history of the
.school, only the regular chapel ex
, ercizes.were . conducted, after which
: the. students were assigned to their
.several rooms, and another school
jrear was begun.
,t At -the. Hertford Grammar School
the enrollment on the first day was
'227.
. The enrollment at the Perquimans
County Central Grammar School, at
.Winfall, was -375, and the auditorium,
rwhich seats comfortably 400, was
.packed to capacity, with chairs plac
ed to accommodate the over-flow, as
parents and friends gathered to wit
ness the' opening of this new school;
with which six small schools are
consolidated.
The Rev. W. G. Lowe, of Winfall,
pastor of the Perquimans Circuit of i
the .flflethodist Church, conducted the
devotional exercizes which marked
ihe opening of the new school.
ft? ' The. enrollment by grades in this
!fe school is as follows: first grade 40;
second grade 55; third grade 68;
fourth grade 55; fifth grade 59; six-
th grade 43 and seventh grade 46.
fWltn 80 many enrolled in this
accord-
that another' teacher will be provid
ed by the State School Commission.
The teachers in the various schools
in the county are as follows:
Perquimans High School: Miss
Esther. Evans, "Miss Helen Gaither,
Mrs. Emily Lan Long, Mrs. C. R.
Holmes, Mrs. G. W. Barbee, Miss
Anne Wilson, Miss Mary Onella Rel
ief Miss ' Elizabeth Knowles, Mis3
Eloise Scott, G. C. Buck and J. Ro
bert Bates,
Hertford Grammar School: Mrs. T.
C. Chappell, Mrs. S. P. Jessup, Mrs.
Nathan (Belfe, . Mrs. C.t, W. White,
Miss Alice Babb, Mrs. Jenkins Wal
ters and , Miss Mary -Sumner. :
' Whit Hat, Miss Hazel Ainsley.
Bethel, Miss lUtherme Perry.
New tHope,. Mrs. Margaret Good-,
.man, Miss Carolyn Riddick aad.MiM.
Louis;$Win,:'. . ,'')kl:V 1
i PsnsqMMj&Mny Central Gram
mar School, Rupert. Ainsley, Mrs. W.
P. Morgan,.Mis Alma Leggett, Mrs.
XVIL Winslow, ;Jr., Miss JLudlle
long, Miss ' Margaret f. Scott White,
Mrs. H. R. Winslow, Miss Cora Lay
den, Miss Bertha Chappell end Miss
'Mabel ; Lane. y!iS'i$lft
T Ballahack; vMlss Ruth ;; Hiadle: ! .
Beech Spring, Miss Ruth Hollowell.
World War Veteran
3 Dies Iii Hampton
V- Joseph Benjamin Winslbw 46, of
the Beech Spring, community, ; died
Rriday evening t 7 o'clock at the
' .Veterans ; Hospital in Hainpton, . Vs.,
following a long Vflfaew-,Fanerl
viervices were held on Monday" after
. ixxm at 2 o'clock at the home, with
"hr Rev.; Mt. Walston, Pastor of
tAnderson M. E. -i Church,.; the Rev.
Miss Alma Howell, : Pastor of Jhe
Hertford AsBemhlT. and the Rev. J.
E. Copeland, Pasto? of Tthe : AhoBkie J
BaptisL Church,.- officiating, ana
iuriel took place. In the family bury-
t ing ground.
Active
tmllbearers Swere Harry
C-rlton . Cbneland. living-
ntustuw,
ion vopeiana, i;oger vopemnu, iuu
:'Bx)gerson and John -N.-Winslow.
Honorary pallbearers were Single
' ton Lane, Ed Boyce," Jarvis Porehand,
Shelton .Harrell, Earl HoUoweU, Ho-
.-ward Copeland, Iracy Winslow, Louis
Howell, Wayland i Harrell, Edward
y 'iWescott,;Jonei;'P?rry;;;;an,;;.:
K , Mr.- Winslow was a!native of Per
' quimans, a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Winslow .-He was a mem
ber .of the American Expeditionary
Forces in France ' during, the ;World
',.ar ard has been in ill health since
:lis feturn from ove?-:aui:;In
' "j cor " i gradually i becoming
r " t several years he has
; r-n had been a r"
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ening Day
Eligibility Changes
CCC Requirements
Some changes made lat'the eligibi
lity requirements for membership in
the CCC Capms may prove interest
ing to the young men who may de
sire to enroll in the enrollment to be
made in Perquimans in October.
Miss Ruth Davenport, Superinten
dent of Public Welfare, in whose of
fice the applications are filed, has
stated that she would like to have all
applications on file by September 18.
A brief summary of the new re
gulations follows: Enrollee must be
unmarried and must be between the
ages of 17 and 23 inclusive; he must
be unemployed and in need of em
ployment; he is ineligible for re-selection
for six months after he has
been a member of a CCC camp and
if his previous service did not ex
ceed the term of eighteen months.
An enrollee with dependent member
or members of his family is requir
ed by law to make allotments of
pay to such dependents. However,
a single, unattached man who does
not have dependents but who is un
employed and in need of employment
may be selected, and he will be re
quired to save twenty-two dollars of
his thirty-dollar monthly salary,
which is placed on deposit for him
and turned over to him at the end of
his. term.
TWOPERQUIMANS
GIRLSARECHOSEN
FORTEACHINGJOB
Misses Katherine Perry
. And Louise. WJilson to
Fill Vacancies
NEW COACH
J. Robert Bates Will
Have Charge Boys'
Athletics
Two Perquimans girls were elect
ed to fill the teacher vacancies in
the county schools, Misses Louise
Wilson and Katherine-Perry.
Miss Wilson, who is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson, of Chapa
noke, will teach the sixth and seven
th grades in the New. Hope school,
taking, the place made vacant by the
resignation of Miss Rebecca Webb,
who is teaching at ' Robersonville.
Miss Wilson was a Phi Beta Kappa
student at Mercer University, where
she was graduated from in June.
Miss Perry, who is a daughter of
Mr. .and Mrs. Joe Perry, ,-of .New
Hope,: trill teach the Bethel School,
taking the place left vacant "by: the
resignation of Mrs. Miry V Lucille
Britt Sutton, who is teaching at
Clayton. Miss Perry is a : graduate
of East Carolina Teachers College.
As teacher of science and athletic
coach for boys in the Perquimans
High School, another Springfield
College man has been secured, J. Ro
bert Bates, of Springfield, Mass,
Both Carl ' Rogers, who held this
position for the past -years, and Sid
ney Hughes, who held it the previous
year, were graduates' ,of Springfield
College. Mr. Bates wits recommend
ed to Superintendent Johnson by Sid
ney Hughes.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY TO F
- ' MEET ON MONDAY NIGHT
V.!J.'.W- -.
The Woman's Missionary Society
at the Hertford Baptist Chnrch will
hold ite .regulgr monthly, meetmg.'at
the church on Monday hight, ; with
Mrs. I. A. Ward. President, Presiding,
The Junior Organizations of. the. sp
ciety will have charge j of ; the pro-
V lSlling. ar.. u jud, wum
Mr. and Mrs, Rossei Brinh had si
guests, over the weeS-end :,Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Brmn and Mri'and Mrs,
Dan Gibsdni ;of Norfolk, and Misses
Frances and Maud4 Hunter ' New
berry, 61 Richmond, Va. y-. '-,"V.
ab-'t three - months. ' ; '
', rviving are his wjfe, Mrs Eliza
1 Chatell ;WinsloWi ' fotiri child
ren, Lawrence RoBaWJid; , Joyce and
Jack; three brothers J. Frank Win-
si j,?. ic f . Taach Sori ic.. E 1 i Win
slow end Luther V; nslow,? both of
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World's Largest Fair
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A Typical
ALL the world loves a Fairf For
thousands of years, people tave
flocked to these market places jrbere
business Is combined with pleasure.
Fairs were held In ancient Babylon
5,000 years ago. Countries and dy
nasties have risen and fallen and
been forgotten, but fairs are more
popular today than ever.'
The dense crowd shown above Is
attending the oldest and largest
market place In the world. For more
than 700 years crowds such r.s this
have been attending the historic
fair at Leipzig, Germany. In the
Chewing The Rag
With Lucius Blanchard, Jr.
Well, the gong rings . again, and
they're off to another eight months
grind. What a host, of moods ate
portrayed in their faces as they be
gin another school term. A few
(very few) are all agog to get back
to work again. Others are casting
doleful backward glances at a pass
ing vacation filled with lazy summer
days on the beach probably Nags
Head.
Watch them as they pass on the
first morning; There goes Sylvia
Simple. She's in a twitter of sus
pense to try out her new accent on
the gang who stayed at home while
she spent a month this summer in
"the North."
Beatrice Brown spent practically
her whole vacation in the water.
She's well nigh water-logged, and
what a tan! Her friends will be green
with envy.
Here comes Sleepy House. "That's
strange, he's on time for a change.
Oh well, it's the first day of school.
Hell be late every other day this
year. That's Chester Dope with him
and they tell me he flunked out again
last year. How long is he going to
stay in the eighth grade- He ought
to be a senior."
, The little wide-eyed girls over
there, are from the county and just
beginning in high school today. They
aren't quite 'sure they'll like high
school but they are still anxious to
give it a try.
"Oodles" O'Coin is driving up with
his rich daddy.. ; He's trying to pre
tend its all a terrific -bore, and he'll
probably get a bigger kick out of it
than; anyone else there. ;,.
Sally Sweet and Horace Hugg will
take up right where they . left off
last Spring : and . spend all their
lunch hours . ; together again. And
Dolly - Demure to hoping she will
land a hoy friend . this term. All
the other girls have them before
they're sophomores and she's a jun
Idrv9i;:;p 'v; ''
"Freddie Fumble, slouching along
there with Vera Smart, goes in for
football : and will probably . get. a
scholarship next year. Vera is al
ways the; shining star of her classes
and is trying to convince Freddie
that there is something in school be
sides . athletics. . He is hard to con
vince, and he's a little slow at book
hwnin. anyway.
Wh there's Miss Calculate-the
new,, physics: teacher from up-state,
with Bill"-' Brawn, the new coach.
Hm-m, pretty, isn't she?
Still . continuing on the subject of
schools, F. .T Johnson' has hired, an
other coach; the t fourth one in the
last month, , J, " RobertBates, ;the
latest, a graduate" of Springfield Col
lege Mass., fe expected to report here
for duty to' 7. . ' ' ;,y.'.
' Mr. IV.t r was - recommended y)y
Sidney HugvS, director of physical
ed at Maury High and - formerly
coach here. The new mentor is pro
cured firstly to teach science end
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Mipno Fair'
Street Crowd
early middle ages, people travelled
to the Fan In long caravans, guarded
by soldiers carrying picturesque hal
berds and pikes.' Today business
men from seventy-few countries In
every corner of the world are at
tracted to the same historic ex
change. Froir the crude trading center has
grown a great world fair, where
9,000 exhibits are displayed. Ameri
can merchants have been regularly
attending the Fair tor 150 years.
The picture above gives a glimpse
of the miles of street in Leipzig
dining the Fair week.
condly to fill in at the coaching po-'
sition; probably the reason the last
three found that they would not be
able to fill the position.
Several Families
Change Residence
When Horace Jones, former mama
ger of the State Theatre, moved
from Hertford to Craddock this week
a general movement was started,
with several families making changes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been oc
cupying an apartment on the second
floor of the residence of Mrs. R. S.
Jordan, on Grubb street. Into this
apartment Mrs. Lucius Blanchard
and her sons moved. The house for
merly occupied by the Blanchard
family on Church street is now oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hill, who
lived in apartments in the former J.
W. Darden residence on Front street.
The Darden residence is undergoing
repairs and improvements and the
family of J. G. Rbberson will short
ly move there, occupying the entire
house.
J. E. Winslow, who owns the house
on Grubb street formerly occupied
by the Robersons, said this week he
was not prepared yet to give infor
mation as to the-next occupants of
this dwelling, but with the shortage
of houses for rent in Hertford it is
safe to say it will not long be va
cant Meantime, Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Lordley and their family, who have
for some time been boarding at Mrs.
J. E. White's moved this week into
the residence owned and formerly oc
cupied by the family of the late F.i
M. Weeks, on Front street.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Gibbs, former
ly of Elizabeth City, moved this week
into apartments in the residence of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. O'Neal. Mr.
Gibbs is the new manager of the
State Theatre.
B. L. Gibbs Is New
Manager Of State
A new manager took charge of the
State Theatre this week, when Ho
race Jones, who has been in charge
of the theatre since its opening in
January, left to take over the man
agement of. the,.Af ton, the beautiful,
new fifty-thousand-dollar theatre toj
be opened next week in Craddock, I
Va. .
B. L. Gibbs. formerly employed at
the Carolina" Theatre in Elizabeth !
City, is the new manager of the
'State. - Mr. Gibbs -and his wife are
occupying apartments fat the home of
Mr. .-and Mrs. O'Neal, on
Church rBtreet. . "r t
The new manager i .not a,' strang
er1 in Hertford, as he had a number
of friends here before taking pnx
tM management of the State. 1
Clarence B. White Is
New Keeper Of Home
Demonstration Club
Conference Held In
Hertford On Sept. 17
A conference of the home demon
stration agents of the Seventn Dis
trict will be held in Hertford on
September 17, when plans for the
next year's work will be mapped out.
Miss Paulie Smith, District Agent,
has called the conference and in
addition to the agents of the eight
counties, there will be a number of
specialists from the Extension De
partment present.
The meeting will convene at 10
o'clock in the morning in the Agri
cultural Building, and among those
who will be here are the following
home demonstration agents: Miss
Sadie Henley, of Dare; Miss Virgin
ia Edwards, of Currituck; Miss Mary
Teeter, of Camden; Miss Maude
Hodges, of Pasquotank; Mrs. Marie
Woodard, of Gates; Miss Rebecca
Col well, of Chowan, and Miss!
Gladys Hamrick, of Perquimans.
STATE INSPECTOR
HERE CHECKS UP
ON LABOR LAWS
Finds Some Irregulari
ties and Issues a
Warning
NO ARIIESTS
Miss Davenport Will
Furnish Any Desired
Information
An inspector from the State De
partment of Labor was in Hertford
last week for the purpose of cherk
ing up on child labor employment
and also as to regulations for women
employees.
While the inspector found some ir
regularities with respect to both sit
uations, a warning was given the
emmployers in each case and no pro
secutions will be made at this tin.e,
as it is believed that the warning
will be sufficient to correct the mat
ter. However, the offenders will be
prosecuted if the irregularities con
tinue. Under the new child labor no boy
under 18 years of age may be per
mitted to work in, about or in con
nection with any establishment where
alcoholic liquors are distilled, recti
fied, compounded, brewed, manufac
tured, bottled, sold, or dispensed, or
in a pool or billiard room. The
clause with reference to alcoholic li
quors applies to places where beer
is sold, and any one who emloys a
boy under 18 in or about such plac?
is subject to indictment, and upon
conviction may be punished by a
fine of not less than 5 dollars nor
more than fifty dollars, or imprison
ment for not more than 3 days, or
both fine and imprisonment.
For the benefit of those employing
minors, Miss Ruth Davenport, Sup
erintendent of Public Welfare in Per
quimans, will be glad to furnish any
one desiring such a copy of the two
bills passed at the last session of the
Legislature, one "An Act Establish
ing Maximum Working Hours, Ex
cepting Agriculture and Domestic
Service," "An Act to Regulate Child
Labor in North Carolina."
CHANGE IN CLUB MEETING
The place of the meeting of the
Helen Gaither Home Demonstration
Club has been changed since the an
nouncement made in last week's
issue of this newspaper. This club
will meet on September 23, at the
home of Mrs. W. C. Hunter, instead
of with Mrs. Young Berry as pre
viously announced.
CHANGES POSITION
Miss Bernice White has accepted a
temporary position as stenographer
in the office of the County Welfare
Superintendent. Miss Grace Knowles
who is the regular stenographer, will
assume the duties of case aide for
the next, three months, after which
she will resume her work as steno
grapher, t . f '
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Riddick, Miss
Carolyn Riddick and Robert Riddick,
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. C P.
Morris, of ITertf ord, spent the week
end at tc:r ri:-i r-tiase. .
Replaces Simon Stal
ling Who Served
For 37 Years
STARTS JAN. 1
Feeble Condition Pres
ent Keeper Cause
Of Change
Clarance B. White, of Parkville
Township, was employed by the
Board of County Commissioners on
Monday as keeper of the County
Home for a period of two years.
By accepting Mr. White's applica
tion for the position of keeper of
the County Home, Simon Stallings,
who has held the place for thirty
seven years, will be displaced on
January first.
The commissioners acted with evi
dent reluctance in their failure to
vote favorably on the application of
Mr. Stallings, the first time in more
than three decades that Mr. Stall
ings' application has not been accept
ed. It was stated that Mr. Stallings'
advanced yeara and his feeble physi
cal condition were believed to be such
that there might be doubt as to the
inmates of the home receiving the
capable care from the keeper that
they have had in the past, and that,
though Mr. Stallint's had discharged
his duties most satisfactorily, and
th.at they disliked in his old age to
displace him, they felt that they
could not be guided by their kindly
and sympathetic feeling for Mr. Stal
lings, their first duty as comissioners
being to the County, and in this in
stance to the inmates of the County
Home.
Mr. White is a prosperous farmer
and a man of fine character, believ
ed to be fitted in every respect for
the position of keeper of the County
Home.
ADVANCE PLANS
AUGUR WELL FOR
GREAT STATE FAIR
Dr. J. S.. Norton As Manager Has
Arranged for Wonderful Array
of Exhibits and Amusements
Details of one of the most ambi
tious State Fair programs ever at
tempted in North Carolina have been
outlined by Dr. J. S. Dorton, mana
ger. With the Fair back in the
hands of the State, after several
years of private management, Dr.
Dorton stressed the emphasis to be
placed on agricultural exhibits and
announced that premium books, now
on the presses, will be available
soon.
Numerous inquiries already indi
cate that the cream of North Caro
lina crops will be on display at the
October exposition to augment the
imposing line-up of fun features
which the State Fair will offer. In
addition, numerous State, Federal
and industrial exhibits will enchance
the educational value of the Fair.
Spectacular displays of fireworks
will cap each night's performance.
Highlights of the week's entertain
ment program will be the appearance
on Wednesday, October 13, of "Lucky
Teter and his Hell Drivers, that ag
gregation of motorized maniacs who
left North Carolina gasping after
their death-defying exhibitions last
year. Fresh from a triumphal tour
in Europe, Teter and his troups are
said to have added new thrills to
their "perfectly" reckless repertoire.
Exhibit buildings will open on the
first day of the Fair, Tuesday, Octo
ber, 12 at 10 A. M., and judging will
begin immediately in all departments.
Two horse races, presenting well
known drivers and steeds, wilt be
held in the afternoon, beginning at
2 o'clock.
Friday of State Fair week has been
set aside as Young North Carolinians'
Day, and all school children in the
State will be admitted to the grounds
without charge. Dr. Dorton will is
sue 900,000 free tickets through
superintendents, with a special invi
tation to the youngsters from Gov
ernor Hoey. A special program for
children and a fireworks display will
be presented at 10 A. M., in the
grandstand arena. Another pro
gram of horse races will start at 2
P. M.i after which school boys will .
take ' part ,in ' free-for-all "calf - K
T: ,;Vai Oceaa::'
Mr. and Mrs. louia - Winslow of ,
rJvidere . spent f 'y at Ocac
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