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; l y, ' ' V v 'I" -I TVTiHI WEEKLY uj frn i ii a; h ini n A, WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING, ojp HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume V. Number 43. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 28, 1938. : iff- $1.25 Pr Year. Ji ji nil uf. by Prizes Won UBynVomenun Aclipvcmsnt Day Over 200 Members Meet Inr Hertford On Tuesday GOOD WORK t Helen Gaither Oub Cops First Prize For Oub Activities. ' Achievement Day drew more than ' two hundred home demonstration club V-women tp the Agricultural Building ,J n Tuesday. The dajr marked the , end of two years of study in clothing, .,witfcvMrs. William Tucker and Mrs. 'v.T. C. Perry capturing the grand .prizes. The clothing exhibits were classed and, grouped into five brackets, a first and second prize being awarded in each dress style shown. Acting as judges were: Miss Rebecca Colwell, Chowan County . Demonstration Agent, Mrs. Lucille C. Clarke, Bertie County Agent, and Mrs. L. W. Ander son, of Belvidere. v Achievement Day also featured the rAa fn ftA plllKfl doing the best work during the year , in all general club activities. With the winners selected on a basis of V score sheets and records kept by the different clubs, the Helen Gaither v Club took first place and a 25-quart pressure cooker as high prize. The Whites ton Club was second, winning a curtain stretcher. Third : - place was awarded to the Ballahack Club, which took home as its trophy, a fruit cake pan. In the dress review, in the StregJ Dress event, Mrs. William Tuckejr V- took first place and a pair of hose, (- given to Achievement Day by the i store of Simon's. In her second X place position, Miss Marjorie Perry shop of J. C. Blanchanf and Com pany. . In Sport Dresses, Mrs. Elihu White won four complimentary passes to the State Theatre for first prize, Mrs. W. 0. Hunter winning pillow cases from Darden Brothers as second prize. In the next event, Suit or Coat, Mrs. Bertha White won out for first place, taking the prize, a facial and scalp treatment from Hilda's Beauty Shop. Mrs. W. L. Madre, in second place, was awarded a blanket by Rose's 5 and 10 cent Store. Mrs. T. C. Perry won first place in the House Dress bracket, and re ceived a sheet, given to Achievement Day by the firm of J. C. Blanchard 1 a Jt v 1 1 . Roberson's Drug Store for first .place, and Miss Joan Madre won a 'picture, given by Gregory's 5 and 10 cent .Store, for second place. The grand prizes, won by Mrs. William, Tucker and Mrs. T. C. Perry, were given by W. H. Morgan and the Hertford Hardware respectively, a rug and a yard broom. .Voted to receive 18 awards of merit in the clothing study were: Miss .Gertie ChaDnell. Mrs. W. L. CMdre, Mrs. Bertha S. White, Mrs. fW.'O.; Hunter, Mrs. C. L. Dail, Mrs. HrrS. Lane, Mrs. C. P. Quincy, Mrs. ' & 'M. Perry, Mrs. L. R. Webb, Mrs. T,,C. Perry, Mrs. S. T. Perry, Mrs. 1 ' George Roach, Mrs. Ellis Miller, Miss i Celesta Godwin, Mrs. D. L. Barber, MJoe P. Perry, Mrs. Charles npgesoH and, Mrs. .M.. T, Griffin. AitewPr6jgam ;;lariried Vov Nov. 'r.tfc, faculty of Perquimans' Central -Grammar School will sponsor an amatuer program on Thursday night, ' November 11th, at 8 o'clock in the consolidated school's auditorium. - ; - The faculty is planning an interest ing program for the occasion and the ' public is cordially invited to enter the contest, according to an announcement by-T;.' R. Ainsley,'; principal, of the school. Anyone who wishes to enter ' the contest may do so by getting in touch with Mr.- Ainsley. before No - vember seventh. J. - - -r- - - Thrpe cash prizes will be awarded.' ; Patient in hospital y " - George Alexander, of , NSxonton, is a ratilsnt . in the! General Hospital Norfolk, Va. Mr. Alexander has been serlouiily ill for sometime. ' Sn-r I Norfolk ; ro'.!-y r "r and Jim Bass -'i I" ' Va, ' i ana company, irs. v,. uu WKing( gional District, in Williamston on second place and a box of powder Tuesday, though .not so largely as from the store of Walker's. other communities, since approxi- In the last class, Children's Dress- mately 500 Democrats were on hand es, Miss Marjorie Lou Perry was while oniy 8ven from Hertford at credited with 20 five cent drinks at tended. Perquimans High And Windsor Play Friday Afternoon JMnewledvIlQr Three Games In Next Eight Days IN GOOlTsHAPE Captain Mac White Able To Be Back In Harness Following Leg Injury Ranking next to the games up State this weekend which several Hertford people are planning to at tend, is the mighty struggle between the Windsor Lions and Bob Bates' Indians, scheduled, for the local court this afternoon. The Indians are facing three con tests in the next eight days. The first is with Windsor, an old rival, whom Coach Bates hopes to see take a licking this afternoon. The bite of last year's indecisive defeat at the hands of the ;Lions still -raAkles. ''' Captain Mac White will be in the lineup. An early practice leg injury has kept him benched so far this sea son, but unless complications set in, Captain Mac will see action today. His running mates in the backfield will probably be last year's Freddie Gampen, Zack Harris and Bill (Ace) Cox. In the front line, trenches are ex i pected to be: ends, Richard Spivey and John Wood; tackles, Darius El liott and Percy Byrum; guards, Watt Winslow and David Broughton, and in the central position, Clarke Stokes. After the Windsor fracas, Colum bia is scheduled to bring her Potato Bugs to the local gridiron for a ses sion Monday afternoon. On the next Friday, the warriors will invade the Ahoskie stronghold. A tough sche dule for eight days, but rain has caused several postponements and these three games toe needed to catch up with the schedule. Local Democrats Go To District Rally Held In Williamston Four Year Term for Sheriffs and Coroners Favored Hertford was well represented .at th Dimorrtipllllv First. f!nnirrf- I F They were Judge Granbery Tucker, Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow W. T, Brown, Postmaster J. Edgar Morris, Tim Brinn, Clerk of Court W. Howard Pitt, and Tom Peele, newspaperman. Several State notables were on hand and many spoke briefly. By those who attended from Hertford, the rally was described as "very successful," and was followed by an excellent barbecue dinner, The amendment for four year terms of office for sheriffs and coroners came in for its share .of discussion and the district rally appeared thor oughly favorable to its adoption. Chairman, Larkin, of the four-year campaign, talked to the gathering of Democrats in the Martin County courthouse, stated that ha had com municated with ; high" State officials, fat pift&im'Ts& the -gather-ing of their favor for th amendment siusi,w,jHr rt;Bpoiiaea w invitations to spewiee 'AMlMuae Commissioner of Revenue, J. M. Broughton and Willis Smith, promi nent Raleigh attorneys. ' Congressmen Lindsay Warren and Graham Barden were both present, and with the others, strove to im press the importance of getting vot ers to the polls in the "off year." D. Libby Ward, termed the- outstanding candidate for speaker .of the next house,' 193d' General Assembly, spoke briefly to the enthusiastic gathering of North Carolina Demtcrats. Halloween Minstrel - At New Hope Tonight X Hallowe'en Minstrel will be pre sented at the New Hope Community House Friday (tonight) night Pro ceeda will be used for, school house equipment at New Hope. "A "small admission will be charged and every one is Ltvitsi to utieitl , Silence On "The Point" A vast and deep silence hovers over "The Point" nowadays. The residential sections of Church and Front Streets where they border the river are frequently referred to collectively by Hertford people simp ly as "The Point", and the new silence. is spending. It lasts on through the. long nights; and what was once deep and restful slumber has now changed to nights of fitful tossing. Some thing is missing on The Point. On extremely quiet nights, the great silence penetrates even farther, disturbing the sleep ' of . those who live on other river streets Grubb and Punch Alley and even across the railroad tracks. Little children awaken in the dead of night, unaccustomed to such quiet. Older people lie sleepless in bed, subconsciously awaiting the familiar crash of sound that never comes again. Yes, the ear-splitting sounds, louder and more comforting at night, that for years heralded the approach and departure of every automobile at the northern city limits, are gone forever. Nevermore will the folks on The Point be lulled to sleep by the slam-bang of cars and truck and motor buses crossing the bridge. Water, as everyone knows, is an excellent conductor of sound, and the supreme in sound, that house-shaking smash of metal against metal that four times accompanied the passing of each vehicle across the draw span, was a triumph of noise. In the quiet est hours, after midnight, it was best Roberson Calls For Open Meeting Of Historical Minded Interested Persons Re quested to Meet Mon day Night GROUP YEAR OLD Harvey Grave Matter Likely to Be Among Topics Discussed An open meeting of Perquimans County's Historical Association is called for Monday night to be held in the courthouse, when all interested persons, including those outside the Association, are urged to be present. The Association was forrried with J. G. Roberson, president, Mrs. W. E. White, secretary, and Miss Kate M. Blanchard, treasurer, about a year ago. The objective' was, and is, to pre serve the things of historical value and interest within the boundaries of Perquimans County. Since its organ ization, various contributions and of fers of contributions have been made to the body, both from people in the county itself, and from people out side who are interested in the Asso ciation's work, One of the. earliest projects was to have been the restoration of the old Harvey Burying Ground near Bel grade Farm. At first it was thought advisable to move the graves to Hertford, but communication with the Harvey descendants disclosed that they favored improvements to the cemetery on its present site. At the same time, they (the descendants) offered to help with the project finan cially. The Monday night called meeting may have something to do with the Harvey matter, but the purpose of the meeting has not been made public. Mr. Roberson, s the president, will have charge and all charter members of .the Association witf present. j ENTERTAirra BRIDGE CLUB i'-is l'iit Silit. tikfnA iniwhaw, 'W A l.,k ZTZZ-tLrZl-T - GVbb Street ra""8 " "Ume " After several, rubbers of bridge, I n, vf' p -v,i ir tv f ,' zabeth Feilds, Blanche Everett, Mrs. Charles E. Johnson was awarded l . . ' , T ' j - . iu Spivey Roberson and Jeannette high score prize and Miss Elizabeth j Knowles low score prize. I ei s' .Those present included Mesdames ! Miss Grace Knowles and Mrs. Ed-R.- M. Riddick, C. R. Holmes, T. L.' 8ar Feilds won Priz8 for toP score Jessup, Henry Clay Stokes, C. E.i and Miss Ruth Nlachman was award Johnson, and Misses Marv Sumner. ed Prize fr low score, all of which Elizabeth Knowles and Helen Morean. A delicious sweet course was serv ed by the hostess. , TAKES CHANCE, LOSES Long Beach, Calif. When a would be patron -offered her $1 for all the breakfast he could eat, Mabel Kollery, cafe operator, - decided, toT take chance. ' It will be the last 'time, be cause the man ate dozen dough nuts, two bowls of beef stew, several steaks and eight cups of coffee. By that time the polk were called. : described as vaguely resembling a head-on collision between two freight trains both loaded with empty tin cans and scrap iron. Folks m The Point had become so accustomed to the symphony in sotMd. tht they could estimate the apiMaMg cars, simply rby not ing the Hipse of seconds between the first and' last crashes. Sometimes a car passed so rapidly that the echo of the first crash merged into the second. 'Then the speed limit was be ing exceeded. A thrflje-second hesitation between the series meant that the car was operating within the law, and all was well . . i until the next car came along, hen it was the same thing over again. Instead of counting sheep, tylks on The Point counted crashes, jind sweet sleep was the re sult. But the State Highway Commis sion, spoored on by local people who objected to the lullaby, ended all that. Recently" it saw fit to eliminate the noise on the bridge and sent a crew of workmen to replace the whole bridge loor. They pried into the wrought;4ron aprons that furnished the noise by dropping an inch or so under the weight of each passing car. They Remedied the whole situation and muffled the amplifiers. Folks on The Point will have to go back to counting sheep now. The lullaby is gone . .? . but oddly enough, no one seems td object, probably determined not to stand in the way of progress. Part Clerk's Office In Court House Whole Section of Under pinning Found Eaten v Away '-A-Atk5aSG-UP Practical Joker Places Red Lanterns as Warning Several colored women are at work cleaning up and brightening up the courthouse in preparation for Super ior Court which convenes here next Monday, but termites have been at work in the office of the clerk of court, W. Howard Pitt. They re moved a whole section. of the under pinning and a space near the vault collapsed recently, leaving a gaping hole in the floor. Somebody, either purposely or by accident, placed a couple of red warn ing lamps alongside the hole in the corner. The suggestion has been of fered that the lights were placed there to keep the grand jurors from falling through on their tour of in spection next week. Either that or to call attention to the need for slight repairs. Bride-To-Be Honored At Party Monday Miss Marian Raper delightfully entertained at a bridge party and miscellaneous, shower on Monday evening in honor of Miss Edith Everett, whose marriage to Melvin Wright, of Elizabeth City, will take place in the Hertford Baptist Church on November 2nd. After several rubbers of bridge, dainty refreshments were served by Mrs. T. E. Raper, Mrs. Charles John son and Mrs. J. E Everett. The guests included, in addition to the guest of honor, Mesdames Edgar Feilds, B. L. Gibbs, Herbert Nixon, Fred Winslow, Morgan Walker, W. A t Ainsley, wanes Johnson and J. Ji. aiayes, urace iKnowles, Patricia Stephens, Bernice WhUe' ry Wood were presented by the winners to th Many beautiful and useful, gifts were presented the bride-to-be. SLAPS BANDITS Lima, Ohio. Held up by two men while returning1 ; from the grocery store. Mrs. X H, N. Morton slapped the man who ,' held the gun in the face with a bar containing a dozen eggs. -The man fled, wiping eggs from his eyes, and his companion fol lowed, t .y-i f ' Termites Damage Canning Executive On Visit Monday Guy Webster Interested In Raising Beans and Tomatoes MORE INCOME Convinced 11,000 Acres 'Catt Be Secur ed For Purpose Guy L. Webster, president of the G. L. Webster Company, Virginia canners, visited in Perquimans Coun ty Monday. In company with L. W. Anderson, county farm aj?ent, he toured the New Hope and Belvidere sections, "looking over the country." This is not Mr. Webster's first visit here, but he has now decided that the lands here are well suited to the raising of lima beans and tomatoes for which he expects to contract next year. The farmers were first interested in the Webster proposition several weeks ago when the Virginia canner invited several prominent farmers up to his plant in Cheriton, on tfie East ern Shore. At that time, S. P. Jes sup, J. H. Newbold, J. O. White and Earl Perry, visiting at Cheriton in company with Mr. Anderson, an nounced themselves as favoring Mr. Webster's plan. Mr. Webster and Mr. Anderson are anticipating no difficulty in inter esting more than enough fanners in growing beans and tomatoes to as sure the needed acreage in this sec tion, which includes Pasquotank, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Per quimans and probably counties across the Sound later. Tentative plans call for the erec tion of central cleaning and grading plants at Hertford and Elizabeth J ' " - ,,.J 1 W U 1 . ,11 J. J V. V. U 1 ried to vining stations, set up at con venient points throughout the sec tions. Chowan and Perquimans beans would probably be processed here and shipped on to Cheriton for canning. The same arrangement would hold sway in Elizabeth City, handling Camden and Pasqoutank' beans there. Elizabeth City would also be the central house for the to matoes grown in the whole section. ! At the first conference in Cheriton with the farmers, Mr. Webster dis- j cussed with them an arrangement I whereby growers will be allowed a credit for hauling to the vining sta-' tions on the basis of mileage, if they provide their own trucks, or pay for hauling by independent truckers. He believes that 10,000 acres of lima beans and 1,000 acres of toma toes can be easily drawn from this section, and plans to organize here and begin making contracts very soon. Quoting Mr. Websier from the Eli zabeth City Independent, which car ried the story of Mr. Webster's last visit before The Perquimans Weekly, he says, "I am confident that the farmers can make more from lima beans and tomatoes than they are uow making from soy beans and corn. As for potatoes, we all know they are a gamble. I am a potato grower my self, but where I planted 1,500 acres in potatoes seven or eight years ago, I now plant 200 acres." The Webster plant at Cheriton is one of the largest single unit canning organizations in the United States, packing last year more than forty percent of all the canned lima beans consumed in the United States. Assurance of a source here will les sen chances of a supply shortage brought on by unfavorable weather, Mr, Webster's sources now being con centrated within a fifteen mile radius of Cheriton. Blanchard's Benefit By Week-end Offers Business is booming at Blanchard's since the inauguration of a series of week-end attractions, featuring all departments of the huge store. Ac cordine to L. C. Winslow, the week end events in merchandise will con - tinue on through the fall months and holiday seasons. Announcements of these week-ends are carried on other pages of this newspaper regularly in the advertising section. A visjt to the store on any Friday or Saturday during the past month or so would have treated the eye to the unusual sight of hundreds of shop pers crowding the aisles and other floor space even in these "hard times." According; to Mr. Winslow, the establishment is now experiencing its largest volume of business in re cent years' s , - Possibility Looms To Organize Legion Post In Hertford Cooperation of Ex-Service Men Urged By Committee LIST GROWS Records Secured of 63 World War Veterans In County With the list of ex-service men now standing at sixty-three names, B. C. Berry believes the file covers less than two-thirds of the veterans living in Perquimans County. The motive of this campaign, in augurated by three local ex-service men, B. C. Berry, J. E. Winslow and C. F. Sumner, Jr., is to get the dis- j charges recorded in the courthouse so that an available list will be on nana when it is needed. Only one more issue of The Per quimans Weekly is scheduled before Armistice Day, November 11th, and it is just possible that the coopera tion of the veterans in sending in their names will make the list com plete before that day. It has been suggested that a com plete rostrum of ex-service men may lead to the organization of an Amer ican Legion Post here. With only a week to go, veterans living in this county may send their names to Mr. Perry, Mr. Sumner, Mr. Winslow, or direct to The Perquim ans Weekly. The address of any one is simply Hertford, N. C. Here is the list this week, still in complete and, subject to correction: Anderson E. Layden, Dempsey A. Winslow, Alonzo Godfrey, Capt. C. F. Sumner, Jr., J. Emmett Winslow, B. C. Berry, Trim W. Wilson, J. Oli ver White, Cecil W. White, L. S. White, Wallace Barrow, P. H. Small, Whit G. Wright, H. A. Whitley, Tom Perry, F. T. Johnson, j. R. Futrell, Charles E. White, Vivian N. Darden, William D. Landing, George T. Roach, Dan W. Williams, A. M. Godwin, W. G. Hollowell, L. L. Winslow, Jimmy Smith, Ralph White, Clinton N. True blood, Mac Griffin, G. C. Buck, J. H. Nlewbold, Carson Howell, W. S. Evans, John Lassiter, Carrol V. Ward, S. G. Chappell, F. M. Cope, land, Fletcher Russell, S. G. Godwin, Ernest Morse, Redding Ivey, Elihu White, J. L. Foxwell, William Wes ton, J. A. Perry, Jake Matthews, Lee Wilson, Paul Colson, Josiah Chappell, Jerome Hurdle, Jim Carver, Henry Kirby, Roy Hendricks, James Hen dricks, Jno. D. Hill, Albert M. Barnes, William W. Hendricks, A. H. Sawyer, S. Leigh Hurdle, George Robert Rid dick, Thomas W. Tilley, Tom Cope land and Merritt Sawyer. Week end Football Menu Is Attracting Several Local Fans Wake Forest - Clemson And Carolina - Duke Tilts on Tap Several Hertford football fans are leavin; today to catch the Wake Forest-Clemson Homecoming tilt on Gore Field tonight. This schedule will put them in the immediate vicinity of Chapel Hill in plenty of time for the Carolina-Duke classic tomorroW afternoon (if they have tickets). Tidings from the football center around Durham and Chapel HiHchave,ift that it is useless to make the- trip uprStaije if the tick ets are not already in hand. Sold out since Tuesday morning, there is not even standing room left. There is no place to stand. Tempor ary bleachers have been erected above the stadium and in front of the lower stadium seats, increasing the capacity to more than 33,000 and every seat sold. Ticket offices 1 will not be open, and the unlucky ones will have to get the game from seats I beside their favorite radio. As to Wake orest, local people are looking with almost as much pleasure to the clash there tonight. They are beginning to view Wake Forest with more interested eyes, especially since Duke's marginal es cape from a defeat at the hands of the Deacons last Saturday. Visite in Wilson Miss. Carolyn ' Riddick spent the past week-end as the guest of friends. In Wilson.' r ... . i 7i i
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