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Volume VA-Number 18.
Domonstrata
Hai far Show
Show WffllFe Held at
0 3:30 O'clock In Court
House
TEA (mTlAWN
- Pressure Cooker Award
ed to Club Earning
; Most Points
' v The , County Snrinsr Federation
r meeting of the home demonstration
clubs of Perquimans, which will take
the form of a flower show and tea,
- -will be held on Thursday, May 19,
. from 8:30 to 6:80, according to an
announcement made this week by
Miss Gladys Hamrick, home demon
stration agent
The flower show will be held in the
4.1 WtTjTirr af 9'fUV Tu
will be served on the courthouse lawn
from 4:30 to 5:30. The guests will
include the members of the Hertford
.Woman's Club.
1 In the receiving line at the tea will
J be the old and new officers of the
county reaeraiion. viuo preBiwmw
will serve.
. Red, white and blue ribbons will be
;, given for the best exhibits in the
1. flower show under each head. Points
will be given toward winning the an
" annual club prize, a pressure cooker,
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to the club having the most exhibits
and to the club winning the most rib-
' tons.
- Below is given the list of speci-
: itian to tut entered:
vl: Section I: Specimen 1. Roses
aT' i. Peonies; 8. Lilies; 4. Miscellaneous.
i 1 Section II: Collection 1. Roses;
2. Peonies; 8. lilies; 4. Flowering
Shrubs: 6. Sweet Peas; 6. Bulbs;
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M iji JUiBceiianevua.
,' Section III: Display 1. Any kind.
.'Section IV: Potted Plants 1. Any
kind.
.'Section V: Wild Flowers 1. Any
kind.
Section VI: 4-H Club 1. Large
arrangement by child under 12 years
ef age; 2. Large arrangement by
- child over 12 years of age; 3. Small
arrangement by child under 12 years
of age; 4. Small arrangement by
child over 12 years of age; 5. Wild
flower display.
Rules and Regulations
Each exhibitor automatically
h agrees to comply with all rules and
' regulations of the Flower Show Com
mittee. , V
When judging is being done, only
the judges and proper officers will be
allowed in the show room.
' Judges are asked not to award a
gibbon to en unworthy exhibit, even
if there is only one entry. in the
class. '
, ' All decisions of the judges ' are
final. '' '. .
Following is the list of chairmen
of the various committees, and the
list of judges:
' ' Flower Show Committee
t Miss Lucy White, general chairman
Mrs. John Symons, vice, chairman.
n' Mrs. G. R. Tucker, Registration.
I Mrs. C. P. Morris, receiving: and
arranging. - f' '
Mrs. A. T. Lane, receiving and ar-
ranging.
V Mrs. J. H. Gregory, receiving and
arranging. , "r
'; Mrs. C. W. Reed, tables for exhibits
: Mrs, W. O. Hunter, tables for ex
hibits. "
. : ' ?' Mrs. V. A. Boldren, tables for ex
1 hibits.
Mrs. C. F. Sumner, tables for ex
J; hibits.
i Miss Clara. White, awards. 0v ? i
.V, V Mrfc .Elmer Wood, Junior exhibit
Mrs. JC Hobbs, junior exhibit
ilr. Mary W, Winslow, table ar-
-i.-?rjiige
i , ' Ur.' "Marie M, Woodard, Home
Demonstration Agent, Gates County.
Miss Horace Cox, Home Demon
- i stratum Agent, Hertford County.
; 1 Miss Rebecca Colwell, Home Denv
onstrtibn Agent, Chowan County.
Jlctary McctbT OH
I, To Attend B::trict
r; r Meetir.-InE.aty
-4 A number of Hertford Kotar ns
. were In Eliiabeth , City on Tuc lay
. night, when the usual meeJng km
dispensed with because of the State
Convention in the neighboring town.
President F. Y, Johnson, as well ti
jf : roet of the members, were there f.r
: v&-'ous periods of lie Convention,
and wre jlichtfully entertained.
C 'o j vcther conditions rra-
" ' ' 1 V o three-day tonven-
' ' Y contributed much
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A1 TEZKBY NEW gPAPIIIl DSVOTED TO THE UPBUBLDINQ 0? HERTFORD AND PERQUHIAN3 COUNTY
Hertford,
;rs Selected
In Poem Contest
At H&h ..School
Awards Made at County
Council of P. T. A.
Meeting
$5 EACH
New Hope Association
Wins Prize For Best
Attendance
Pfcggy Sawyer, James S. McNider,
Jr., and Fentress Winslow were the
winners in the final,
Tuum
contest
held on Friday night at the meeting
of the County Council of the Parent-
Teacher Association, held at the Per
quimans High School, each receiving
a five-dollar reward. All of the con
testants in. the finals, including Lois
Asbell, Bill ' Madre and .Millard Cope
land, had previously received prizes
of $2.50 each as winners in the elim
ination contest in which all the
schools in the county took part, spon
sored by Hon. James S. McNider.
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, president, pre
sided at the meeting, and Prof. R. C.
Deal, of East Carolina Teachers Col
lege, Greenville, delivered the ad
dress of the evening.
Announcement was made by Mrs.
I. A. Ward, president of the Ninth
District of the North Carolina Con
gress of Parents and Teachers, that
Perquimans County now has two
standard PTA associations, and also
that the district won two silver cups
last year.
. The New Hope Association won the
prize, two library books, for the best
attendance at the meeting.
Robsrson Elected
Present Of Hew
, Historical Group
Object to Reserve All
Things of Historical
Value In County
DUES $l00 YEAR
Efforts WfflBe Made to
Restore Old Harvey
Graveyard
J. G. Roberson was elected presi
dent of the Perquimans County His
torical Association, which was or
ganized on Monday night when a,
small group met for the purpose of
forming an organization which shall
have for its objective ; the preserva
tion of things of historical value in
Perquimans, and 'the promotion of
interest in historical facts in connec
tion with the county.
Other officers were Mrs. Mattie
Lister White, secretary, and Miss
Kate M. Blanchard, treasurer. .
While the membership at present
is very small, including only, in addi
tion to the three officers named, Miss
Pattie Whedbee, Miss Mae Wood
Winslow, James S. McNider and
Granbery Tucker, it is expected to
grow, from the fact that any one
who desires may become a member.
There are in Perquimans many his
torically minded persons who wi'.l
wish to become members and contri-'
but their bit toward the objectives'
of th organisation, and notice win
be given through this newspaper of
the . time and place of the next meet
ing, which is. to ' .' be called " at : tiie
pleasure ef the -President," which'
time those, who: desire . may: become
members. - Il has been'-decided that
the annual dues are to ne nnly one
While there are many . ; matters
which will call for attention of the
newly formed organization, probably
the most pressing matter is that of
the restoration of the Harvey grave
yard in Harveys Neck. Since the
first story appeared in this news
paper in connection with the propos
al to restore the graveyard or to re
move the graves to Hertford, letters
have been received which show a
great deal of interest on the part of
the Harvey connection with, offers of
contribution to the fund to restore
te graveyard, which appears to bo
fee wLh of the Harveys. ' '
L-?ve I" " f for Massachusetts
ar. J . i. 3. E. Bates will leave
ITjs.; y t,r r;?lngflekl, Mass, for
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Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, May
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j NEW COMMUNITY HOUSE j
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New Community House at New Hope, built by the WPA, with
assistance of citizens of the community. ' A similar building is be
ing constructed at Belvidere, and plans are under way to erect o.ie
at Bethel.
Clean Up Week Big
Success According
To County Chairman
Miss Gladys Hamrick
Says Observance Was
General
IMPROVEMENT
27,911 Tin Cans Collect
ed By Colored School
Children
Miss Gladys Hamrick, chairman of
Better Homes Week, which was ob
served by a county-wide clean-up
campaign last week, reports the cam
jpaigna fine success.
There was a general observance df
the campaign, with signs disappear
ing from roadsides, particularly in
the Bethel community, and with
many filling stations responding to
the requests by the club women to
clean up premises. Householders all
over the county took pride in clean
ing yards and improving appearances.
Miss Hamrick feels that the cam
paign has been helpful and that many
spots will continue clean as a result.
An astonishing number of tin cans
was collected by the children of the
colored school in Hertford and the
one at Wirifall, a total number of
27,M1 empty tin cans, gathered from
any place they could be found, having
been turned in as a result of prizes
offered by Miss Hamrick to the child
turning in the largest number. The
number turned in at the Hertford
colored school was 13,221, while those
at Winfall, gathered from all other
sections of the county, numbered
14,690.
Only 500 Dogs In
County Inoculated
been inoculated in Perquimans for
the prevention of rabies this spring,
according to A. A. Nbbles, who says
that during the entire campaign last
year there were approximately 2,500
dogs inoculated.
The campaign closes ' officially on
May 31, and Mr. Nbbles, who was
appointed jointly with G. C. Buck to
inoculate dogs in Perquimans, has
announced that he will.be at Walk
er's Store each afternoon and night
during the month.
Several dog owners who failed last
year to have their dogs inoculated
were prosecuted in Recorder's Court.
Conviction .of failure to comply with
the law In this respect is punishable
by fin ju mprisoBmenK and the .dog
in question is required to be killed.
J.:"lEU Morris : Again "
Named Postmaster
Postmaster J. E. Morris 'was: re
appointed to ' serve the Hertford
Postofflce for another four-year term
last week.' '. The present term will
expire on May 80. Mr. Morris has
served only one term.
Hertford Scouts To
Camp At Nags Head
The Hertford Boy Scouts will spend
a week at Nags Head shortly, with
their scoutmaster, Rev. D. M. Sharp.
The Scouts will stay at' the & Leigh
Winslow cottage, which u bas been
loaned them for the time.
, Week-end with Family
R. A. White, who holds position
at Newland, spent the week-end with
bis family. , J', '
MANS WEEKLY
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Community House
For Bethel Likely
Be Next Project
t -rh i. j r t I
iSeing JrrOmOtea By JUj
W. Anderson and Miss 1
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vjrittujs namncK
THIRDONE
Thirty - five Interested
Citizens Meet to Dis
cuss Plans
A commuaity house for Bethel ap
pears to be the next project which
L. W. Anderson, County Agent, and
Miss Gladys Hamrick, Home Agent,
are promoting.
' -Thbty-'fs cWnmunity representa
tives appeared at a meeting held in
the Bethel community last week, and
with such strong local interest there
is little doubt that the third of these
community buildings in the county
will be erected at Bethel. The first
problem to be met is the securing of
a suitable site, which is being nego
tiated this week, though a definite
selection had not been made early
this week.
The community building at New
Hope was dedicated with suitable
ceremonies recently and the people of
that community are enjoying the
convenience of a pleasant and commo
dious place for holding their meet
ings. At Belvidere the work on the
building recently begun is going for
ward rapidly and it is probable that
before early fall the Belvidere peo-
pie will be using their new CommUn-1
ity House. The Belvidere building I
will have a special room for use as a I
library. I
These community houses, of frame J. S. Wiggins, 11-year-old son of
construction but sturdily built and ' Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wiggins, of Trot
neatly finished, meeting adequately ville, was instantly killed Tuesday
the need, are built by the Works Pro- morning at the Hobbsville school
gress Administration, with local aid j
the people of the community raising
the necessary funds, with no cost to
the county. Each building - contains
an assembly hall or auditorium, with
a suitable stage, also dressing rooms
and a kitchen. The Belvidere build
ing contains in addition a library.
The plan for the new building at
Bethel has not yet been decided upon.
Funeral Sunday For
Rifle Shot Victim
Funeral services were held Friday
for Mrs. P. R. Sawyer at Berea Bap
tist Church in Perquimans County.
Mrs. Sawyer succumbed to an attack
of pneumonia after being accident
ally shot with-a. 2 rifle in the hands
of Billy Skinner, eight years old,
Sunday a week ago.
Survivingt are - bef husband, her
parents' Mr.'1 and Mrs. W. G. Urn
phlett, of Norfolk, Vs., and four sis
ters, Mrs. W.0. Skinner, of Drum
monds Point, Mrs. Neppie Umphlett,
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Howard
Howell and Miss Clara Mae Um
phlett, of Norfolk, Va.
A CORRECTION
In last - week's ; Issue of this
newspaper the name B. S. Jordan
was' used erroneously in an adver
tisement of the ' Westinghouae
Electric Range. The nam should
have been HERTFORD HARD
WARE SUPPLY CO, who are
agents for both the Westinghouae
Electric Range and , the Westag
bouse Electric Refrigerator.
6, 1938.
No Doubt Of Fire
Hazard At Local
Grammar School
Inspector Says Wonder;
Building: Has Not
Burned Down
300 IN ROOMS
Grand Jury Recom
mended Improvements
To Remedy Situation
Not only is there a fire hazard at "I welcome you to a world of activ
the Hertford Grammar School, but ity and struggle," said the Hon.
the situation is evidently very grave.! Clyde R. Hoey, governor of North
The inspector sent down from Ral- j Carolina, in his address to the grad
eigh last week by the State Depart- uating class of the Perquimans Coun
ment to make an inspection, at the i ty High School Wednesdav nia-ht.
request of a committee from the
Town Criers, after an examination of
the situation, stated that it is a great
wonder the building has not been
burned down. He told C. R. Holmes,
chairman of the committee, that the
folks of, Hertford were lucky that
this had not happened.
The Grand Jury at the April Term
of Court made an investigation of the
"re hazard at this school, and recom-
mended in their report that the fur-
nace room be made fire prof and
"lnt llre escape snoum De installed
for the auditorium, whinh rMnmmpn-
uuuun is pracucany wnat me lownioi astounding success.
Criers had already announced should j Approximately fifteen hundred peo-
be done. pie crowded the auditorium, the halls
No action was taken in the matter I
by the Board of County Commission
ers, who received the Grand Jury
Report at their meeting on Monday.
More than three hundred little chil
dren attend this school. At regular
periods they all gather in the audi
torium on the second floor of the
building. Should a fire originate in
I the furnace room while the children
I are in mis Becona-story auditorium,
which evidently is likely to happen greeted North Carolina's Number
under present conditions, it is possi-'One Citizen as Guthrie Jolliff made
ble that all points of exit might be the introduction,
cut off, and there are no fire escapes! Ray Jordan, member of the grad
on the outside of the building. i uatincr class and honor student led
Those interested in the matter
approve an outside stairway, built in
such manner that small children
might come down without danger of
falling in case of fire, and not the
ordinary fire escape.
While the official written report
from the inspector has not yet been
received, his verbal recommendation
to the committee was to the effect
that the furnace room and the door
leading thereto should be made fire
proof and that an outside fire escape
from the auditorium be constructed.
The estimated cost of this is in the
neighborhood of one thousand dol
lars. fg From BiCVCle Is
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V atai 1 0 oCftOOl iOy
when a school bus passed over him,
crushing his head. The boy was rid-
ing a bicycle near the bus at the
time and when warned not to ride so
close to the vehicle, Sye-witnesses
say the wheel skidded throwing
Wiggins to the ground as the bus
was backing.
Coroner R. E. Rawls, of Gatesville,
pronounced the accident unavoidable I ing the Governor added to the Greek,
thus exonerating Brantley Rountree, j Roman and Hebrew advices, his own
driver of the bus. ( items character and integrity.
The boy is survived by his parents, , "Stocks and bonds may go down and
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wiggins, and down," he said, "but the value of
seven brothers and sisters, some of character and integrity is still one
whom witnessed the gruesome acci- hundred percent."
dent. T. S. White, chairman of the board
The Wiggins family appears to of education, presented the diplomas
have had more than their share of and the Governor congratulated each
tragedy. J. S., who was the young-, graduate with a handshake,
est child in the family, is the second Among a number of medals pre
of the children to meet a violent , sented to several of the students for
death. Albert, the oldest son, was outstanding achievements and accom
killed when the boiler of the mill plishroents, probably the most inter
owned by his father exploded, a few esting was the one given to Ray Jor
years ago, two employees also meet- dan, for "the boy or girl who attend
ing death in the same accident, the ed school under the most difficult cir
father being injured. cumstances."
Several others of the family havej Others receiving medals were:
been injured in various kinds of acci- Julia Broughton, citizenship : Zach
dents. I
Hertford Precinct
Meeting Saturday
The Democratic Precinct Meeting
for the Hertford Precinct will be held
at the courthouse on Saturday, May
7, at 11 o'clock in the morning, for
the purpose of electing; delegates to
the County Convention, with Silas
M. Whedbee, Chairman of the Dem
ocratic Executive Committee, pre
siding. i
. The County Convention will be hejd
on the following Saturday, May 14. .
$1.25 Per Year.
1500 Crowd School
To Hear Governor
Speak To Graduates
Says Self Denial Is Road
To Attainment and
Success
CHEERED
Executive Pays Tribute
To Loyal Teachers
In State
He took from the Greeks, the Rom
ans and the Hebrews a design for liv
ing, and adding to them items of his
own, presented the whole plan in a
stirring message to the seniors.
"Know thyself, control thyself and
deny thyself," the Governor urged
the departing students. "The road
that leads to attainment and success
is through self-denial," continued the
former Shelby lawyer, who himself
left school through necessity at the
age of twelve, "one reason why so
many men of humble origin and ob-
I snire hprinnino- havp rpnhpH hpitrMc
and the windows to view the gradua-
tion exercises. Extra chairs were
placed in the aisles and in front of
the stage in an effort to relieve the
congestion.
The school building rocked with
applause as the Governor entered the
auditorium in company with Superin
tendent P. T. Johnson and the mem
bers of the county board of educa-
tion. Ueatening applause again
in prayer, after which Miss Kat-j
Blanchard's Glee Club rendered
"Soft and Low."
"I am proud of North Carolina's
crops of peanuts, tobacco, cotton and
corn but most of all I am proud of
her crop of school boys and girls,"
began the Governor who termed
North Carolina's 175,000 school chil
dren "shocktroops of Peace." It was
evident that the Governor is also
proud of North Carolina's school sys
tem. "The State ranks eighth in the
Union in the number of children of
school age and every child no mat
ter how poor or how far removed
from the centers of population may
have the advantage of an eight
months schooling each year," he said.
At this point the Governor remind
ed that North Carolina was the only
one of the United States in which
not a single school door was closed
during the recent depression although
North Carolina transports more chil
dren to schools than any other state.
It was here that the Governor paid
tribute to the teachers who stuck to
their tasks when payrolls were being
cut to the bone.
"I am confident that the young
people today are not looking for a
soft snap, but only for an opportun
ity to work," said Mr. Hoey, "genuine
work with the hands." And in clos-
Toms White, valedictorian: Elizabeth
Elliott, 8alutatorian; Madge Lane, a
junior who made the highest average
for the year, 88 Alice Roberson,
best actor in senior play; Julia
Broughton, Mary Thad Chappell.
Katherine Jessup and Nancy Coke
Darden, debating teams.
The list of graduates follow:
Blanche Chappell, Polly Tucker,
Marie Anderson, Addle Ruth Morgan,
Blanche Moore Berry, Margaret
Mayes, Eleanor Hunter, Lila Budd
Stephens, Moselle Smith, Elisabeth
Caddy, Mar jorie White, Ruble Lee
Stunner, Katherine Hendricks, Mae
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