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1' - . TS . a. ' ' f r 'if.-"' X ' 1 , v7 :;,ft , f .- ii- iilili-; Ji' iJldh ..r:. i A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE' UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V. Number 13. Hertford, Perquimans County, NorthlHrolina, Friday, April 1. 1938. $1.25 Per Year. IT I I V iiii 1 1 xa , "a iii ini irv ,. ii r A-SV I 11 VI.V? I "VII --IIVW II - II ..i m. m . v. mm mm -mm, mm ji ii mm t m ii am 3 a SB GoaGranunify QobcaAt ouC3opoDGApnr6nriately DpJipated Friday, April 8 Speakers From State College Will Be on Program FIRST ENCOUNTY Leaders In Community Welcome a Place to Hold Meetings The attractive new community bouse at Mew Hope is to be formally dedicated with suitable ceremonies On April 8 at 8 p.-vL, according to an announcement made this week. B. Troy Ferguson, District Agent, of State College; and a woman speak; er of the Extension Department of of State College, and Miss Ruth Cur rent, State ' Home Demonstration Agent, of Raleigh, will be the prin cipal speakers. Mrs. L. R. Webb will introduce Mies Current, while W. E. Dail will introduce Mr. Ferguson. There will b a report from Mrs. S. T. Perry, treasurer, which will be interesting to those who have had a part in raising the funds for the new Iroflding. This is the first community house to be completed in any rural com munity of Perquimans. At Belvidere one similar to the New. Hops building is in progress of construction. lit W. Anderson, farm agent, and Miss Gladya -Hamrkk, home agent, took the lead in the work of securing the building, : with the ;t community leaders, raising. the; necessary funds to supplement the aid from the Works Progress Administration. The building is located only a short distance from the New Hope school building in Durants rNeckyfrin that section of the county which history records was where the first clearing was made in the State of North Car olina. It is of frame construction and is contains, in addition to a main audi torium or assembly hall, with a suit able stage, dressing ? rooms and a kitchen. - The Durants Neck people -have worked hard to secure this valuable community house - and are looking forward with much pleasure to hold ing community entertainments and gatherings of various kinds. Cciity fail Sessions Will Be Held Both Mcminn and Afternoon It 1 ' ... Mrs. Eunice Window of Whites toil, Chairman, will .preside at the meeting of the& County Council of - Hbme Demonstration Gubs which will be held in the Agriculture Build ing on Monday, April 4. - There will be two ,. sessions, one convening at 10:S inthe morning, - and another in the afternoon. ' - Plans for the spring federation . meeting will be discussed at the busi ; ness session in the forenoon, ;' when .other routine business will also-be ' conducted, - ' , t The entertainment progrant - will : be under the leadership of the EeHa hack Club.' -.- , ' ' I's T'aude E, Bryan, home dem- '--t::n agent t large of State C will give demonstration wl..va C s club women will find' very interest:, j "d helpful. . -. , Kiss C .- r-"irick,' home dem onstration tz" t, is. very 'anxious that all club c. i rttend the meet in?, and all oV. i tuo will are. in vited. , ' T. W. Perry, of I r-rt-inced to 3 d73 i 5 ' j j:9 I. M. i.-.v '' Ion cf vL! ' I' 1 l--s. .a r 1 1 3 C "Snow White" At State Three Days "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,"-the picture which has swept the. country by storm, is showing st the State in Hertford for three days simultaneously with the showing at the Carolina and the Gaiety in Elisabeth City on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. This is the first showing of this sensational picture in North Carolina. CcntrolOfCencer Group Meets In Hertford Friday Mrs. Roberson and Miss Hamrick Perquimans Workers STATEWIDE Governor Hoey Urges Campaign During April Mrs. J. G. Roberson, president of the Hertford Woman's Club, has been ;ftmeseepiaia Hamrick lieutenant, in the Perquim ans unit. of the Woman's Field Army of the American Society for the Con trol of Cancer. C Governor Clyde R. Hoey has issued a proclamation designating April as cancer control month in North Caro lina, and an intensive campaign for educating the public on cancer con trol and to raise the State quota sponsored by the Women's Field Army, will be conducted throughout the month. At a luncheon to be held in the Agricultural Building in Hertford on Friday, April 1, Mrs. W. W. Stale mates, of Elizabeth City, who is vice commander of the first congressional diBtrictj in charge of 14 counties, will meet leaders of each county to form ulate plans for the campaign in these counties. - ' : Dr. 1 A. Ward . will address the group on the importance of the. can cer control program. Among those present will be Mrs, J. G. Roberson, Misr Gladys Hamrick and Mrs. W. E. White, of Hertford: Mrs. F. C. White, of Belvidere; Mrs. John Symons, of Chapanoke; Mrs, E. M. Perry, of Durants Neck; Mrs. M. T. Griffin, of Bethel; Miss - Rebecca Colwell ' and Mrs. B. W. Evans,' of Edenton, and a number of others from the various counties. V';;.. ' . t Recent Food Sale , a - Proves Popular Th food sale which the ladies of St. Catherine's Auxiliary of the Epis copal - Church - held at -Robersoa's Drug Store on . ' Saturday morning proved so popular that the sale will be repeated next Saturday. - In fact, one of these' food sales will be held at the Drug Store every Saturday morning until Easter. ; ) ' The will be lots ot good things, home-made cakes and pies, nut bread, cheese straws, beaten biscuits, mar malade and other goodies.,, ? ,. - r- 1 1 Instruct list takers The Board of County Commission ers held a special meeting on Wed nesday afternoon for the purpose of instructing the list takers. i- v ,,if' . The regular meeting of the Board will be held on Monday, April 4., .p'tf,?! r-iV' i -I1 m I.... V -,. iLri' Return Come, ' i Mrs. C. W. Morgan and Mrs. G. E. Newby have, returned " from Peters burg, Va.,! where they spent several veks with their niece, Miss Isabel V while her; .parents,, Mr. and . athan Toms, Were taking a - cruise. - .. sn and Mrs. Tiwty sr in Orlando, n.,Ua. i I" . Committee From Town Criars Urge ! Hsg Dscorafeii Aim Is For Every Busi ness House to Buy A Flag NEEDEDSOON Frequent Occasions to Decorate With Na tional Colors At least one of the committees ap pointed at the meeting of the Town Criers on Friday night has gone to work. J. G. Roberson, who is chair man of the planning committee, has had. a meeting with the other mem bers of his committee, which includes Dr. C. A. Davenport, B. C. Berry, Corbin Dozier and C. P. Morris, and they expect to see that sockets are placed on the sidewalks of the busi ness section of the town for placing flags. The committee is planning to contact a flag maker and find out the cost of such flags as will be needed, and every business firm and individ ual in Hertford who wishes to pur chase a flag will be allowed to do so without profit to a middle man. It is the desire of the committee that every business house purchase flags, and they expect to, induce just as many householders to buy them as possible. , There are frequent occasions when the Town should be decorated with flags, and the probability is that the flags will come in handy in the near future. This committee has some other plans they expect to put in motion, but no information is going to be given, out until,,,, there is something deflnite"td announce' arid1ftff,!!,rthe plans have been approved by the di rectors, according to Chairman Rob erson. Two other committees were named at the meeting on Friday night, which was attended by more than half of the membership of the Town Criers. They were the committee to work with the Parent-Teacher Asso ciation toward taking care of the fire hazard at the Hertford Grammar School, and the sports and recreation committee. The first committee, composed of Dr. J. W. Zachery, C. R. Holmes and W. T. Elliott, was instructed to get in touch with the Board of Education and take up the matter of construct ing an outside exit from the auditor ium of the school building, and also to have an asbestos covering placed on the ceiling of the boiler room. The matter of the organization of sports and recreation in its various branches was placed into the hands of three men, A. W. Hefren, A. L. Skinner ' and Dr. J. W. Zachery. This committee is expected to interest itself in all forms of recreation and athletics, football, basketball, base ball, Softball and tennis, as well as in boating and fishing and other sports, organising each group and supervising the various activities. This committee was given full power to appoint sub-committees in the furtherance of sports and recrea tion in the community. : The planning committee adopted the report handed '.isr. by Chairman J. G. Rohersotv: ia the following words:1 ( We, J. G. Roberson, C A. Daven port and B. C Berry appointed at the last meeting of the executive committee of the Town Criers, to consider the advisability of the es tablishment of a planning '! board, make the , following report:, ; Recog nizing; that jnoet things worth doing in the - way of municipal progress have to be planned in advance, ' and feeling that we should endeavor to take advantage of every opportunity to keep abreast of the times, there by making Hertford a better place in which to live,' recommend V that a planning committee be established, this committee to be a standing com-, mittee. The purpose of this commit tee shall be, first, to discover oppor tunities for improvements . and to give ear to progressive suggestions from other citizens; second, to form ulate clean-cut plans tot their solu tion. ' All such, plans will first be sub mitted to the Board of Directors of the Town Criers. To ( the, original committee of Mr. Roberson, Dr. Dav enport and B. C. Berry .was added t'.e names of Corbin Dozier and C. P. Korri3. S. V,. V,1ie"e p raided ' at the r. v. 1.-'' i exactly . one hour, . ? olorAnil Senior Banquet Proves Enjoyisle Affair Improvised Circus Tent : Forms Very Unique Setting FEATURES Banquet Highlight of P. C. H. S. Commence ment Season - Under the Big Top, which had been improvised by the clever ar rangement of draped crepe paper, reaching from the center of the ceil ing to the floor, the Junior-Senior banquet of 1938 was given on Thurs day night at the Perquimans High School. ;'The Junior-Senior banquet is al ways the highlight of commencement exercises at Perquimans High, and Mis. Dorothy Barbee, who has charge of arrangements, always succeeds in making the affair stand out as some thing very special. The stage is al ways transformed. Once it was a Spanish patio. At another time it Was a garden. At still another time it was a Gypsy tent. Always it is beautiful, almost magical. The moment that Watt Winslow, at "ringmaster," barked through the megaphone "Get your tickets for the big show," and juniors, seniors, faculty members and other guests fil6d from the auditorium to the Stage, they were at the circus, with nothing lacking to carry out the realism of the setting. '.Red balloons, sawdust, animals which through the exercise of only a little imagination were transformed oja etifed .toys into .real elephants and 'giraffes, all carried out the circus idea. And from the ringside seats the guests watched real acrobats do their stuff in approved style, while the "band" played stirring tunes sugges tive of circus day. The pretty "bareback riders" who served the delectable meal seemed ready to spring upon the backs of prancing horses. Watt Winslow, presiding, was all that could be desired as a "ring master." All "performers" were described as "the greatest star on earth," or in similar extravagant manner. Miss. Madge Lane gave a toast to the seniors, which was re sponded to by Fred Campen. Darius Elliott gave "to the School Officiate," to which T. S. White re sponded. Following this there was a delight ful dance number by Evelyn White, with her mother, Mrs. Ralph Whitel ! taa,teful fnent will be taken of Belvidere, accompanying her at many incidental matters pertam the piano. ing to flowers will be studied. Superintendent of Education F. T.' schedule of meetings for the Johnson responded to the toast, giv , month 88 follows: en by Margaret Broughton, followed' Chapanoke, Tuesday, April 5, with by a reading "Horses," by Mrs. W. . Mrs. Roy Pierce. E. White. "To the Faculty," a toast offered by Leslie Winslow, Bob Bates re sponded. Blanche Cartwright gave a toast "To the Future." There, was music between numbers by Norman Bryant's orchestra, and numerous . impromptu numbers by various students. Much was added to the "attrac tions" by the clever singing and dancing of little Miss Shirley Perry, a former Perquimans student, and of tiny Sybil Liverman, both mem bers of the dancing class of Miss Martha Outlaw, of Elizabeth City, who directed them with Miss Odessa Creekmore at the piano. The. menu consisted of fruit cup, chicken salad, sliced tomatoes, pickle, deviled eggs, saltines, sandwiches, ice cream, cake,, salted nuts and iced tesJ6i;',V;v, ' The affair ended with a delightful dance at the Community House. Triangular -Debate Jleld Friday Night The Perquimans High School de bating teams will compete with Eli zabeth City and Edenton on Friday night of this weekv' -.- ,',, : Nancy Coke Darden and ' Mary Thad Chappell,' the affirmative 'team, will debate, with the Elizabeth City team at the " ' Perquimans ' High School.1 ' - The negative team,' composed of Kath - ' -e Jessup and Julia Brought on s ; ' .ting the Edenton team at Ed n ' 1 on which the schools are del year is; Resolved, That th? . tea should adopt the ur' :ti of lc;!&!rt:on. Ssistory Conscious Citizens Planning Removal Harveys Or Restoration Of Graves L A CANDIDATE A. LINWOOD SKINNER A. Linwood Skinner, who to day announces his candidacy for the office of Representative of Perquimang County. Mr. Skin ner, who is a salesman for J. C. Blanchard & Company, is a na tive of Perquimans. He is 33 years of age and has lived in Hertford all his life. He is a member of the Per quimans Lodge No. 106 of Mas ons and also a member of the local lodge of the Woodmen of the World. Of Flowers Is Subject Of Clubs In April Schedule of Meetings For Month Are An nounced House furnishing, Clothing and food leaders in the various clubs will have charge of the programs in the county home demonstration clubs during the month of April, when the subject of study will be flower ar rangement. Not only the preserva- tion of cut flowers, but hints as to Winfall, Wednesday, April 6, with Mrs. Kenneth Miller. Whiteston, Thursday, April 7, with Mrs. Eunice Winslow. Ballahack, Monday, April 11, with Mrs. Nixon Hollowell. Beech Spring Tuesday, April 12, at the school house. Nfew Hope, Wednesday, April 13, place of meeting to be announced. Bethel, Friday, April 15, at school house. Snow Hill-White Hat, Tuesday, April 19, with Mrs. Ashley Jordan, i Belvidere, Wednesday, April 20, with Mrs. S. M. Winslow. Helen Ceither, Thursday, April 21, with Mrs. W. 0. Hunter. The problem of preserving cut flowers is perennial, and is always present during each season whether ' the flowers are gathered in one's own garden or purchased at the florists. At the present time, when flowers are blooming in such profusion every- j where, seems a good time to demon-' strata the various methods of pre-1 serving cut flowers. According to Miss Gladys Hamrick, home agent, the necessity of trim ming the ends of flower stems when changing 'water ; is quite generally known, but few people real ire that this cutting is best done while the stems are held tinder' water By do ing this, air is totally excluded and experience shows , that . the flowers : last much longer, j; Any disenfectant which retards or prevents the growth of bacteria in the water, is helpful in prolonging the life of cut flowers, and charcoal,'? or one-tenth of one percent potassium; are recommended for- this use. 4When , chemicals are used, however, it is best to avoid us Arrangement Graveyard Now Neg lected In Isolated Sec tion of County NO OBJECTION Owners Offer Transfer Land to Historical Association Whether the two and a half cen tury old Harvey graveyard in the Harveys Neck section of Perquimans County will be restored, or whether the body of Governor Thomas Harvey and those of the others of the line who are lying in a neglected spot in the woods close to the shore of the Albemarle Sound will be brought to Hertford, has not been decided. But plans are under way either to bring tije bodies to Hertford in the near future and place them in the Harvey plot in Holy Trinity Church yard, where lie numerous of their descendants, or to restore the bury ing ground near the spot where the family lived on the Sound, and where the bodies have lain for so many years. The Harveys have played a prom inent part in the history of North Carolina. Governor 1 nomas Harvey held the office of governor under the Lords Proprietors from 1694 until his death in 1699. A grandson, "Bold John Harvey", Moderator of the Provincial Assem bly of North Carolina, took an active part in those stirring days preced ing the Revolution. It was he who presided at the last Provincial Assem bly in 1775, shortly before his death. Two great-grandsons of the early governor, Thomas and Miles Harvey, both representatives from Perquim ans to the Assembly of 1776, which declared for Independence, are buried in the old graveyard. John Harvey had been one of the directors and trustees to build the Town of Hertford, which had been chartered in 1758. The graveyard is sadly neglected, has been apparently for a century or more. Large trees have grown up between the stones, many of which are broken and the inscriptions on others are almost illegible. For many years Hertford folks have talked about doing something about the situation. Only a few, however, have ever visited the spot, hidden away in the woods. It is 18 miles from Hertford over unimproved roads which are often difficult to travel. A small group of history conscious persons recently undertook to start a movement for removing the bodies to Hertford. Members of the Board of County Commissioners approach ed were interested. After making sure that Miss Emily Skinner, last lineal descendant of the Harveys in Perquimans, approved the plan to remove the bodies to Hertford, they sought the consent of the owners of the land, which was very readily granted. Meantime the owners have generously offered to transfer the old graveyard to the Hertford and Per quimans County Historical Associa tion if it should be found desirable to restore the graveyard, allowing the graves to remain where original ly placed. One of the inscriptions, above which is carved the family coat of arms, reads as follows: Here lieth Interred the body of Col. Thomas Harvey, Eldest Son of Thomas Harvey, Esq. formerly Governor of this Province, By whose side he is Lay'd. He was a Gent Universally Beloved; who held Several Reputable offices in this Gov- ernmt and his death Was much Lamented as a loss to his Country; he died October ye 20, 1729. Easter Seal Sale Begins On Friday The Easter Seals Sale, for the benefit of crippled children, will be handled through the schools, according to an announcement made by Lucius Blanchard, chair man of the sale in Perquimans. The , sale opens fBcially j on Friday, April 1, and continues un til Easter Day, April 17.;;, . Every one is urged to purchase thcse-Easter 8t&s$&?$&W 4 i tlrih ing meUl containers Miss Hamrick says.