UIMANS WEEKLY
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
(Volume V. Number 377
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 16, 1938.
$1.25 Per Year.
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20 Perquimans C9igli
Joys ilnsner
lor football
Coach Bates and Super
i intendent Johnson
r: Pleased
: LARGEST SQUAD
Getting Them Home"
Bugaboo Expected to
Be Solved
The answer to a football coach's
dream came true Monday morning
when Bob Bates' call for recruits
was answered by 28 candidates at
the Perquimans County High School,
the largest number of football volun
teers that Superintendent F. T. John
son can recall.
There's nothing a coach likes more
than a big squad of hefty material
from which to pick and choose. Both
4-Iia Cnnannfanilanf an4 Ml" RafAa fir
Vdelighted with the unexpected turn
fjkat The first practice session was
.held Tuesday afternoon following a
meeting of the candidates Tuesday
morning.
Six letter men who saw action last
Stfear are among those seeking posi-
tohui in m, inuian wigwam U1U
son. They are. Richard Spivey, Watt i
Winslow 7arh Harris Mac White
Winslow zach Hams, Mac wnite,
Percy (Toar) Byrum, and David!
Broughton
Approximately half the total num
ber are boys from the county and the
problem of getting them home after
practice is just another problem add
ed to the regular job of moulding a
team from new and experienced
material. "Gettinsr them home" is'
an old thorn in the side of every
toach who "takes over" in this coun-j
ty, but Mr. Johnson and the coach
....... i .
are bo h getting good responses to
: their pleas for the cooperation of lo-
i. , , , r .
al people who own cars. Enthusiasm
at the high school, however is ex-
tending over into town and little diffl -
cuuy is anucipaiea in coping wim
the problem of transportation after
the much-needed practice sessions.
With the surprising turnout and
unusual display of football interest,
new showers and lockers
are being,
installed for the warriors. To add
novelty this fall, the boys will also
have new uniforms and equipment to
start with, which they did not have
last year, though they made a cre
ditable showing. A different setap
Vn the practice field also lends an
t 1 r
awiiuspneie ui newness.
Coach Bates is a picture of enthus
iasm while he views the nice array
of material. It was formerly the
practice for a coach to go among the
local boys "pep-talking" and working
up interest until he finally gathered,
together a squad of never more than
fifteen hopefuls. The 28 will give
him a substantial reserve and some-
thing over two full teams, making,
good scrimmage practice possible as
part of the tuning up process. Mr.
Johnson is expecting the enlistment
of more candidates daily, realizing
that Monday's unheralded registra
tion will have its eifect on others who
had not made up their minds.
Circle Planning For .
Tom Thumb Wedding
V T The Mary Towe Circle of the Wom-
jtxfa JfjMitmary Society of the Hert
ford Methodist Church met at the
home of Miss Carolyn Riddick on
Monday night; Mis Spivey Rober
son had charge of a very interesting
program. ...
... The president, Miss $Iary r Towe,
had charge ot the business session.
Plans for a Tom .Thumb Wedding
were, made.."
During the social hour the hostess
served delicious refreshments to the
following: Misses .-Ruth Davenport,
Mary Elisabeth Feikto, Sarah Brinn,
' Helena, Nim, Bernlce . White, Jean
. ett Feflda, Spivey Roberson Patricia
Stephens, Mary Towe, and Mesdames
f Howard TVtMiHWdtar and
Edgar Feilds.
) ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Vf The engagament of Miss , Edith
' ; Lavlnia Everett, of Hertford," and
Mr. Mehiii Forbes Wright, of Eliza
, beth City, has been announced. '
The bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Everett and
is very popular with the younger so
cial set.- Mr. Wright is son of Mr.
7nd Mrs. Willi B. Wright, and is a
'orominent young business nuuv of
. Elisabeth City. '
- The wedding wj)l take place in the
lata fallt"" " -,v'-' -
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To first Uall
Candidates
Winslow Family Has
Reunion At Whiteston
By MBS. EUNICE WINSLOW
September 11th, 1938, at 11 o'clock
we gathered together at the old
home-stead of Dempsey Winslow, to
have a Family Reunion and to cele
brate the birthdays of the oldest son,
Eugene Winslow, who will be 72 years
old on Monday, September 12th, and
Delphina Winslow, the second daugh
ter, who was 76 years old September
4th.
There are three others wnose birth
days come in September: Eunice
Winslow, a granddaughter has the
25bh, Worth Winslow, a grandson,
has the 23rd, and Reby Winslow
Stallings claims the 15th.
The old home is now- owned and
occupied by Arba and Eunice Wins
low. Eunice is a granddaughter. It is
through their hospitality that we are
celebrating the occasion.
Memory on her gentle wings
brought back the departed years and
the sons and daughters related many
things of interest and amusement to
the grandchildren and great grand-
-hiMron
winslow wag founder.
ft h therefore many
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fond memones cluster roUnd it. It
home where e ne fcund a
, . . ..
welcome. Several boys and g'rls
without homes were taken in and
cared for and loved as members of
the family. For many years Demp
sey Winslow was a magistrate and
many, many couples tfere -married
there. It was a home where all the
country school teachers of the
n;v.:it vi i. i.i u
takings and hog-killings were joyous
occasjons there.
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I In this home tne in-iav" found wel-
and d cheer There
. , .
i sons took their young wives as
brid and received a we,
d parental ble83ings. Sons-in-law
;received 8ame And Grandma,s
cooking was the best ever. Memory
clings like the ivy green over all the
surroundings. We honor and revere
the memory of Father and Mother
Winslow for thev were devoted to
their children and wished for them
the best things in life, both spiritually
and temporally.
The grandchildren will , never for
get their love and kindness and the
good times spent at Grandpa's house.
Some one has said, "Let by-gones be
by-gones and bids us be wise and
forget them, but old recollections are
active and we can do naught but re
view tlhem."
Everybody brought dinner which
was served cafeteria style on a long
table, prepared for the purpose, un
der the ghade trees jn the d Xea
was served, ice cream, and cakes of
all kinds came next. Lelia Winslow
read a composition. Elizabeth White,
Frinds, mMater &nd a,g0 a njcJ
of Dempsey Winslow, gave a talk
and made a prayer. Then the hymn,
"Will the Circle Be Unbroken," was
sung by Delia Winslow, Sarah Mae
White and Eunice Winslow.
Soon the 103 children, grand
children and great-grandchildren re
turned to their respective homes.
Those present were, the children,
oldest child, Sarah Layden, of Belvi
dere, age 79 years; Delphina Winslow
and Calvin, her husband; Eugene
Winslow and Lelia, his wife; Fate
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WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIAL
' The winners in the Membership
drive contest of the Up-River Wom
an's Missionary Society were enter
tained by the losing side at the lovely
country home of Mrs. J. F. White.
The following program wasA-endered:
Song "Let the Lower Lights Be
Burning."
Duet "Give of Your Best to the
Master."
Reading "Friendship" by Eunice
Winslow
Meditation Prayer, by Elizabeth
White.
Poem "Welcome" by Mary J.
White,
Song to new members "We're
Glad You're Here."
Greeting sang and poem "If I
Knew You and You Knew Me" by
Eunice Winslow. .
. The following members took part
bx. stunts, games or contests: Eunice
Winslow, Ola White, Mary J. White,
Mary White Winslow. ,
Songs "Smile" and "Farewell to
Thee" were sung, followed by a sen
tence prayer. '. - ,
Ice cold lemonade an oj home-made
cookies were semd. . $
Eight new members -were added
to the list. - . .
With
Duty Of Officers
Scorned By Judge
Tucker Sentences Ne
gro to Roads For 12
Months
LITTLE PATIENCE
Crop Thieves Receive
Little Mercy From
Recorder
Those who. attempt to interfere
with pfficers in the performance of
their duty are likely to land on tlhe
roads for a lengthy stay, if a,decision
by Recorder Granbery Tucker in
county court Tuesday can be relied
upon as advance warning to would-be-interferers.
Wesley Foreman, big black local
Negro, was found guilty of interfer
ing with Officer Robert A. White as
the officer arrested Foreman's daugh
ter, Fherebe Whitehurst, whom he
charged with being drunk and disor
derly on the public streets. Foreman
carried into court a very sore head,
the result of bumps and abraisions
placed there by Officer White, who
resented Foreman's attempted inter
ference in no uncertain manner.
Foreman was given a twelve
months' sentence on the roads when
the Recorder learned that the defend
ant had been convicted on the same
charge once before. The daughter,
Pherebe Whitehurst, pieaded guilty
to the charges against her, was giv
en 30 days, the sentence to be sus
pended upon payment of the costs of
court. Foreman appealed and bond
was set at $100.
Recorder Tucker also has little
patience with crop thieves who live at
the expense of hard-working farmers
by entering their premises under
cover of darkness and carrying away
produce. Lump Felton, Negro, who
pleaded guilty to a charge of steal-!
ing corn from the field of W. F. j
Elliott, was sentenced to serve four,
months on the roads.
Behind The Scenes In
By JOHN CRADDOCK
New York Business Advent of
cooler weather the last two weeks
has boosted sales of department
stores and other retail merchants in
many sections of the country, with
the result that the nation's retail
sales this month may better the total
for September, 1937. Optimism oyer
long term business prospects is being
erenerated by government spokes
men like Nathan Straus, U. S. Hous-j
ing Administrator, who last week
forecast one of the biggest building
booms in America's history, and
Secretary of Commerce Roper, who1
said there has been no slackening of i
the recovery movement which has
been noted since mid-June. Statist!-1
cal evidence of business improvement j
includes reports that August steel j
production was best in 10 months, j
that "railroad carloadings the week
preceding Labor Day reached a new
1938 peak and that furniture manu
facturers received more orders in the
final half of August than in any pre
vious two-week period this year.
Washington The National Re
sources Committee has submitted an
interesting report to President Roose
velt showing that the average income
of all Amercan families in the fiscal
year 1935-36 was $1,622 and the
average for all single individuals,
$1,151. The average income of the
poorest third that is, the mean in
come of the poorest 13 million fami
lies and single persons was $471.
For the middle third of the nation
whose incomes ranged, from $780 to
$1,450, the average was $1,076. For
the highest third, with incomes rang
ing from $1,450 to more than $1,000,
000 a year, the average was $3,000.
The Lighter Side Growers in
Georgia are harnessing electricity to
remove the fur from peaches . . . 76-year-old
William C. Durant, former
president of General Motors and re
putedly worth $100,000,000 at the
peak of his career, will sell at auc
tion his $500,000 summer home in
New Jersey and his $250,000 art and
furniture collection; he plans to live
rest of his life on proceeds as his
"business days are over" ... A three
ton elephant can stand supported on
a half -inch sheet of a new tempered
plate glass, called tuf-flex, . without
breaking it. . A drug store in
Dallas, Tex., has been closed only six
hours since its original opening in
1908, once during a funeral of own
er's relatives, one during a World
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Hunters Warned
To Have Residence
Identification Card
Game Warden Says Ne
cessary to Accompany
Hunting License
ON LOOKOUT
M any-JLicenses Believed
Secured Under False
Pretense
The county game warden, with
the approach of the hunting season,
issues a stern warning to sportsmen
in the matter of identification as to
residence. The game commission
will brook' no further evasion of the
laws by individuals who procure
hunting licenses under false pre
tense. J. H. iNewbold, county custodian of
wild life, speaking for John D.
Chalk, commissioner of erame and in
land fisheries, eays, "Hunters who!
fail to carry positive identification as
to their residence, in addition to their
hunting license, may be subject to
considerable difficulty in the field this
fall."
The commissioner says that his
wardens will make every attempt
during the o.oming hunting season to
catch those individuals "who for
years secured their hunting license
under false pretense."
Every officer in the field has been
instructed to ask for positive identity,
failing which steps will be taken to
prohibit hunting until proper iden
tity is established.
Says Mr. Newbold, "North Caro
lina sportsmen do not go hunting or
fishing without first equipping them
selves with proper licenses, but all
hunters and fishermen are not sports
men, therefore, it is necessary for
game protectors to check licenses
closely. We will do just that in this
county. Those and all other viola
tors of existing game laws will be
dealt with properly."
American Business
War parade, and recently because of
a Go To Church drive.
Boosting Electric Sales Utility
company operators and electric ap
pliance dealers are watching with in
terest a drive by the Consolidated
Edison Company here to push the
sale f electric appliances. More ap
pliances in the home mean greater
consumption of electric power. The
utility offer being made through 900
dealers, including several depart
ment stores, consists of a four-unit
package radio, iron, electric toaster
and floor lamp at less than one-half
the list price for these items if pur
chased separately. Results of the
campaign so far have exceeded ex
pectations, a company official reports.
In the first six days, 11,984 of the
combination sets were sold, he said.
Buses That Bend Competition for
passenger trafiic between railroads,
airlines and bus companies is bring
ing a new era in transportation
equipment. Latest vehicle for mass
movement of passengers is a light
weight aluminum-alley bus capable of
carrying up to 140 persons. The first
bus ever built with trolley car capa
city, it is nearly 50 feet in length
and steers with both front and back
wheels like a hook and ladder fire
engine. To enable the bus to nego
tiate humps and depressions in the
roads, engineers of the Twin Coach
and the B. F. Goodrich companies co
operated in designing a flexible rub
ber hood and mid-joint. This takes
the strain off the bus by allowing it
to bend in the middle. After com-j
pletion of test runs, it will be first!
placed in service in Baltimore, Md.
Things To Watch For Men wear-
ing neckties with bold initials im
printed on the silk, a new novelty
from Paris . . . Beer marketed in
seven ounce bottles for five cents to
meet soft drink competition ... A
new drug being experimented with
at Yale Institute of Human Rela
tions which is said to raise a per
son's "level of living," both mental
and physical . . . Stream-lined bird
cages to go with modern furniture in
the home . . . New poultry and cattle
feed called "semi-solid produlac," a
by-product of whiskey-making. . . .
An electric baby blanket which au
tomatically adjusts itself to varying
nursery temperatures ....
Accepts Position at Morganton
Miss Harriet Frances Mardre has
accepted a position in Morganton.
Blanchard's Autumn Style
Show Tonight Expected To
Stimulate Jew Fall Season
Many Belicacies
Can Be Made From
Local Grape Crop
Timely Recipes Furnish
ed By Perquimans
Home Agent
The Scuppernong Grape season is
near at hand, and Perquimans Coun
ty's energetic demonstration agent,
Miss Gladys Hamrick, wishes to give
the following recipes for converting
the delectable fruit into even more
tasty table delicacies:
Cold Pressed Grape Juice
Select firm ripe grapes for making
juice. If large quantities are used, a
grape crusher will be necessary. For
small quantities a potato masher or
a bottle can be used with satisfactory
results. After the grapes are crush
ed pour them into a cheese cloth bag
to strain off the juice. Allow the
juice to stand in buckets for one
hour, to settle, then filter through a
flannel jelly bag. Pour at once into
hot sterilized jars. Partially seal the
jars and place them in a hot water
canner. Cover the jars with water.
When the water begjfis to boil vigor
ously remove the canner from the
stove immediately, remove the jars
and complete the seal. The inside
temperature of the jars will be ap
proximately 185 degrees F. when the
water begins to boil around the jars.
Higher temperatures will injure the
flavor of tlhe juice. j
Grape Paste Stock
Remove the hulls from the crushed
grapes left in the cheese cloth bag.
Cook the grape pulps slowly in a
large dish pan until the seeds begin
to separate from the pulp. Stir the
pulp with a wooden spoon during the!
cooking as the pulp scroches easily.!
Remove the pan from the stove. Pour
the pulp through a colander or usa a
potato rictr to remove the seen, j
I'our the hot pulp into hot .sterilized
jars and process in a hot water can
ner for 30 minutes at boiling tern-,
Ierature. Remove jars from canner,
complete the seal and .store until
ready to make the paste.
Grape Paste
It is best to make the finished paste
in small quantities. Two cupfuls of i
pulp and one cupful of sur will
give good results if cooked in a large
flat-bottomed dish pan. Cook care
fully, stirring constantly with a
wooden spoon until the mass will
hold its shape. The paste should be
the consistency of fudge. Pour the
finished paste on a platter or a mar
ble slab to cool. When cold cut in
one-inch squares and roll in granu
lated sugar. When thoroughly dry
the paste can be packed in wooden
boxes.
Grape Jelly Stock
8 pounds grapes (one-half under
ripe).
1 quart water.
Crush grapes and boil with water
20 minutes; strain through cheese
cloth and pour juice through a flan
nel bag. Pour into sterilized jars and
process 20 minutes. Store in a cool
place until ready to make jelly.
In grape jelly stock the cream of
tartar crystals slowly settle to the
bottom and by this metlhod crystaliza
tion in the jelly is reduced to a min
imum. Grape Jelly (Made from Stock)
Test juice with alcohol and add the
required amount of sugar. Grapes
usually require from one-half to
three-fourths as much sugar as juice.
Cook to 223 degrees F. or until the
jelly sheets from the side of uie
spoon. Pour, into hot sterilized
glasses and seal.
Entertainment At
New Hope Tonight
The Bee Bee Entertainers will give
a five act Minstrel with other selec
tions at the New Hope Club House
tonight (Friday) at 8 o'clock. A
small admission fee will be charged,
proceeds of which will go toward pay
ment for the club house building.
The public is cordially invited to an
hour's fun and laughter, according to
Mrs. Mabel Banks, of Route Three.
ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Winnie Winslow, of Whites
ton, has gone to Winston-Salem,
where she has accepted a position.
Approximately 50 Mo
dels Will Display
Creations
SECOND FLOOR
Mert as Well as Ladies
Invited to Attend
Affair
The fall season really gets under
way for the ladies with the advent of
the first autumn style show, which
takes the fashion spotlight in the
ready-to-wear department at the
store of J. C. Blanchard and Com
pany tonight (Friday).
Mrs. Lessie Perry, who has charge
of the show, promises that approxi
mately fifty models, selected from all
communities in the section, will be
on hand to display the latest crea
tions in hats, dresses and coats. The
show starts at 8 o'clock, and milady
will have an opportunity to see her
own figure duplicated by at least one
of the many models. They have been
selected with an eye for all the dif
ferent types in figures, stylish stouts
to very slims. The models' ages be
gin at six years, so the little misses
are also a part of the season's first
show.
The parade of fashions will be
held in the comfortable and attrac
tive surroundings of the second floor
department, where the theme of de
corations is entirely modernistic. As
a new practice, the models' hair styl
ings will be arranged and done by the
Blanchard Beauty Shop force, Miss
Sarah Carlyle and Miss Hazel White.
Mrs. Perry is anxious, however, that
husbands and other members of the
family do not consider themselves
left out of the invitations which may
seem to appeal only to the ladies. A
cordial blanket invitation is extended
to everyone.
Services Resumed At
Holy Trinity Church
Regular fall and winter services
will be resumed on Sunday, next, at
Holy Trinity Church, according to an
announcement by the Reverend Kd
mund T. Jillson, rector. The Sunday
schedule: Holy Communion, at 9
o'clock, Church School at 10, and
the morning service sermon at 11
o'clock.
Reunion Of Elliott
Family On Sunday
A reunion of the R. D. Elliott fam
ily of Hertford, was held on Sunday
when their son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Futrell, entertain
ed at dinner at their home on Fiont
Street, with every member of the
family present, including Mr. and
Mrs. R. D. Elliott and Darius Elliott,
of Hertford; Dr. and Mrs. G. G.
Dixon and their sons, Grady and
Elliott, of Ayden; Mr. and Mrs. S. F.
Pollard, of Bell Arthur; R. D. El
liott, Jr., of Ahoskie; M. S. Elli u,
of Columbus, Neb, Mrs. M. S. El
liott and their two children, Sidney,
Jr., and Anna Smith, and Richard
Futrell, of Hertford.
ENTERTAINS AT DINNER
Miss Eunice Harrell was a charm
ing hostess on Sunday when she en
tertained a few of her friends at
dinner at her home at Snow Hill.
Those enjoying Miss Harrell's hos
pitality were Misses Blanche Cart
wright, Lela Mae Winslow, Annie
Mae Matthews, Hazel Matthews,
Katherine Harrell, Sallie B. Wood,
Beatrice Benton, Stella Mae Benton,
and James Harrell, Vernon Harrell,
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Harrell and Mrs.
J. H. Harrell. Calling in the after
noon were Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Har
rell, Bobby Sample and Seth Perry.
W. M. U. MEETS MONDAY
The Woman's Missionary Union of
Hertford Baptist Church will meet on
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at
the church.
Weekly Market Report
POULTRY AND EGGS
Courtesy Division of Markets
N. C. Dept. of Agriculture
Eggs, per dozen Hennery whites,
30-33c; hennery browns, 26-30c; cur
rent collections 25-28c.
Live Poultry, per lb. Rocks, 15
18c; reds, 15-18c; mixed colors, 14
17c; light breeds, 12-16c; broilers, 17
18c; fryers, light, 16-18; fryers
heavy, 17-20c; cocks, lflfe. ,- Ajjf