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Zi.eting Postmaster After
Edgar orris' designation
Appointee Will Resign
: As Mayor of Hert
ford NO SURPRISE
Speculation as to Who
Will Succeed Pres
j ent Mayor
t The PQstofflce Department in
Washington has announced the ap
pointment of Mayor Silas M. Whed-
bee as acting postmaster at Hert-
; ford. He succeeds J. Edgar Morris,
who resigned last week.
A civil service examination for all
' applicants for the office will be neces
sary before the position will be per
manently filled. One of the first three
V on the eligible list will be. named per-v
manent postmaster.
Since Hertford people were sur
"torised with the news of Mr. Morris'
resignation last week, the naming of
L) his successor nad been tne suoject 01
P tnuch guesswork among local people,
but Mr. Whedbee's appointment did
- not come as a surprise.
The Mayor, cornered in his law
offices Wednesday afternoon, stated
that he had received no confirmation
of the news stories announcing his
appointment in daily papers, but he
also said that he would resign his
office as mayor of Hertford at the
proper time. The postmaster may
not hold another office.
Upon receipt of. the Mayor's re-
; & signation," it wflf be the duty of the
J, ettertaidli)
mayor to serve the remainder of Mr.
Whedbee's: unexpired term of office.
I j He was sworn into office on Monday,
Mav 10. 1937. sueceedinir H. G.
. Winslow. i
Speculation is already the order of
the day as to who will be appointed
to succeed the mayor when he re-j
signs, but until the next election tne
matter is entirely in the hands of the
city fathers.
New Dial System
Telephone Work
Is
Progressing
r Building- Nearing' Coni-
pieuon, new lines,
;: Other Changes
s 1 The Norfolk and 'Carolina Tele
: phone and Telegraph Company's pro
injected dial system A automatic tele
excbjkniere.in Hertford is well
under construction, and it is probable,
; from;, glancing.; at the activities
around the new building on Grubb
S- Street, 'that the modern arrangement
v will be put into' use near the first of
;the new year.: , $mU
; !The building work is being, done
f: by; Wv Bw Bartlett. The small brick
ancLtoncrete structure, on the ' lot
. -"xt to the bid Divers Motor Com-
zyttitb entrance, is of durable
istruction. ; and a" tablet . over the
a- nt door- reads wf'Telephone Build-
i.A1938.';fg'l
The- functtohsbf ''jSuf-;) new-fangled
c ange that will be installed are
t ely automaticiwThsf equipment
t handle all littet In' Hertford and
', ,a rradiatinjrf fromv;fthetown
1-. mgtf-ihei ;$9mm!iip
Two new lines nave been construct
ed by the company from Hertford to
Elizabeth City, and three lyiew ones
front the Pasquotank metropolis to
Norfolk.
The company fit: also making inahy
. other improvements, including a new
Coastal 'line rwi stations at: North
and Sputh Rodanthe, Salvo l Avon,
Buxton and . Jtiatteras, .and othr
changes shortening the conversation
distance between Eliwbeth ,City and
r ire County points. ,' -.' ,? ;' ,
rquimans Indexing
.. irc;:ct Approved By!-,
; Prccident iRoosevelt
t of Hariy' Hopkins has
. antativw Lindsay Wr-
i home in .Washington, NJ
' a ' J-xing project for
v --"ountir-j to
AwEEkLfri
ee Appointee!
Bicyclist Seriously
Hurt In Highway
Crash On Sunday
Raymond Lassiter, 18,
Is Patient In E. City
Hospital
CHESTCRUSHED
Weeksville School Prin
cipal Involved In
Accident
Slight improvement has been noted
in the condition of Raymond Lassi
ter, 18-year-old Pender Road youth,
who was seriously injured on the
Edenton Highway late Sunday after
noon. At the Albemarle Hospital, to
which place the young man was rush
ed after the bicycle-auto accident, it
was found that his injuries included a
crushed shoulder and chest, a frac
tured collar bone and broken left leg.
Young. Lassiter, it is understood,
WSS riding a bicycle on the highway
near George Riddick's Service Sta
tion shortly after five o'clock, when
he was struck by a car driven by H.
L. Swain, principal of the Weeksville
High School.
According to Sheriff J. Emmett
Winslow, who investigated, the Swain
car was4 going toward Edenton, when
Lassiter apparently swerved into its
path. He was brought to Hertford
immediately after the crash by John
ny White, of Merry Hill, and rushed
by ambulance to the hospital in Eli
zabeth City.
No charges have been brought
against Swain, whose car was slight
ly damaged by the impact. The bi
cycle was completely wrecked,.
Belvidere Girl Weds
In Asheboro; Former
Pastor Performs Rites
The Rev. H. A. Parker, of Ashe
boro, a subscriber to The Perquimans
Weekly, sends the following clipping
taken from the Asheboro Courier,
which will be of interest to Perquim
ans County people:
Miss Attie Newby Chappell, of
Belvidere. and Dalmas Price, of
Chrisfield, Maryland, were united in
marriage yesterday afternoon at 4:30
o'clock at the parsonage of the
Friends Church of Asheboro. The
bridal couple motored to Asheboro to
be married in order that Rev. H. A.
Parker, for seven years pastor of the
bride, might perform the ceremony.
The bride was attired in a tan and
copper dress with copper accessor
ies. At her shoulder she wore a cor
sage of pink rosebuds and orchid
sweetpeae.
; Mrs. Price is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. L. Chappell, of Belvidere,
and is a graduate of Perquimans High
School, r-.v -
' The young bridegroom is the son
of Mrs. Georgia Price and the late A,
G. Price, of Princess Ann, Md. He is
captain of a transport boat with head
quarterB at , Chriafieid, M4, at which
place the "couple ? will make their
PerquimanJ,Pie
At Teachers Meeting
I
' Among? those from this eountv who
attended the 16th annual convention?,
of the Northeasters District Teach-'
ers' Association, which ; was held in
Greenville - on ' November 12, were :
Miss Alma'i Leggett,' . Mrs. -A." R.
Winslow. Jr- Miss Bertha ; Chappell,
Mrs. Herman " Winslow, Miss liicille
Long, Miss Cora Layden, Mrs. C. R.
Holmes,- Miss Anne . Wilson, Miss
Carolyn KidoicK, Mrs. T. iU. Harrell,
Mr. ' and . Mrs. F. T- Johnson and
Rupert Ainsley.; ' ; fijM;
iH EMraRTAlNS BRIDGE CLU3
:; Mrs. J. G, Roberson graciously en
tertained the members of her ' bridge
club on Tuesday evening at her home.
After several progressions Mrs., J.
O. 'Felton was awarded high score
prize. . V " m i
; The hostess served dainty refresh
mers to her guests ', Llesdames V.
N.,l;-zn, R. tl, Riddick, T. B.
Eu- C. C. ITocce, Ke-n Wins-
v.. -rryu.e ir:rl r
EMMIMMS WEEKLY
and perquimans county;
Hertford, JeerquimanB County, North
"ORPHANS OF
Fleeing a tornado near Clyde, Texas, parents of these babies were kilted, their
automobile tossed a quarter-mile away. Hours later a telephone lineman heard
e child's whlmpar In a roadside ditch. There he found 3-year-old Jesse Donslu
Rutledge, water up to his chin, holding his 3-nofiths-eld brother Caryl's head
above water. Relatives being unable to ears (or the orphans, Red Cross workers
arranged a maintenance fund to support them until they are 16. A Texas colleQ
promised scholarships and ranchmen started akerd of cattle for their benefit
The Red Cross will help the boys make adjustment as they grow older.
Stanley Bellan Weds
In Hertford
Stanley Bellamy, of Tampa, Fla.,
and Gertrude Maxwell, lately of
Edenton, were married in Hertford
last Thursday night.
If the names mean little to the
reader at first glance, consider for a
moment that Bellamy is the kind of
big-time adventurer whom every
small boy, at one time or another,
pictures himself to be: a World War
aviator, first man to fly up the
Khyber Pass, wounded in battle
eleven times?- an actual character in
a thrilling book, and probably decor
ated for bravery a real soldier of
fortune.
Bellamy, Canadian veteran, 44
years old, who now lives a compara
tively quiet life in Florida, and Ger
trude Maxwell, 43, were married in
Hertford Thursday night by the Rev.
R. S. Monds, Baptist minister, at his
home. Mrs. Julien Wood, of Eden
ton, was the only witness.
Were it not for the fact that Bel
lamy's robust past captures the ima
gination, thiB would be nothing more
than another marriage announce
ment. As it is, an adventurous story
book character has momentarially
wandered into Hertford's normal
quiet and thereby leaves something
to talk about for a few days. He
might be likened to "Captain Easy"
in the popular comic strip, "Wash
Tubbs."
He is mentioned lengthily in Neg
ley Farson'8 "The Way of a Trans
gressor." The author himself was a
member of the Royal Flying Corps
and the following quotations are tak
en from his war-te , book: - '
"We went teuton the Kaiset-I-Hind,
at that liime - dik ? tsfi&i&Ws 'and- O.
Compahy'aCTSck ; boatsS f o'weriB
missed by a submarine just' outside
Malta, . the Atorpedo passing just- un
der Sour stern 1 and ' just $ alfejU if
another transport I think it was the
Malwa's bows with the result that
convoy tegan to zig-zag;
like a
drunken sailor, and the destroyers
raced about the 'horizon blowing it
up with depth-charges. Nothing was
hurt, except our feelings, for we lay
in Malta for two days, so - gossip
said you could walk from Malta to
Alexander on the tops of German
periscopes.
. . "Lying dolefully in Valetta harbor,
gazing longingly at the little tuff
colored town where we were told by
returning majors and colonels there
were ices galore and fresh-looking
English girls, we got up a boxing
.inatch.'l'' '-,: i,t,r'',
A"The chief bout on' the card was
to have been a ' match to the death
between two . professional ' pugs we
found among the enlisted men. - But,
being professional,! they got together
and split the pursel It was the only
thing they did split, lor the honour J
of the o:
cers, who started this show,
r Who was msnrsingr if
Carolina, Friday, November 18, 1938!
THE STORM"
strictly officer's card.
"It was pretty rough, because we
felt that we must put some spirit in
it before the caustic Tommies. But
the piece de resistance was the per
formance that Lieutenant Jack, Royal
tying p.v.UCu.
"Jack and a fellow named Bellamy,
first man to fly up the Khyber Pass,
ttm . . : r : i i
were to box a captain and the adju
tant of the Liecesters. It was to be
a blindfold show. All four men
were to have their eyes bandaged and
be in the ring at the same time. This
held out infinite possibilities', and be
fore going into the ring Jack asked
the Captain of the Liecesters if that
animal on his tunic lapel was really
a pussycat, and Bellamy, as gloves
were being tied, on, informed the
Liecester captain that he need not
worry as no one could hurt anybody
with such pillows on his fists. Add U
this that Jack was an obvious Amer-1
ican and that Bellamy was an obvious '
Canadian, and that the two Liecester
men were both out-and-out English
charterhouse boys and you see the
ingredients of something that every
body was busting to get started
particularly the charterhouse boys.
"There was blood in it!
"Jack and Bellamy had arranged, a
secret signal so that in the blind
carnage they could call and come to
each other's aid. The signal was
'Here, Jake!'
"In a minute after the tap of the
gong it was grand free-for-all, with
wild swings and misses, and every
one hitting everyone else including
himself. Then the charterhouse cap
tain seemed to sense that it was
Jack's hairy chest he was leaning up
against, and he pushed Jack deliber
ately away and sent in a bitter punch
that almost went through Jack's
stomach.,.
"Here, Jake, Here, Jake," called
Jack faintly.
"We watched with an awful fasci
nation as we saw the brave Bellamy !
feeling his way blindly toward his
partner. The heavy P. and 0. boat
had a slightslow roll in the gentian
sea. These fellows were all big
men, mind jpu, and when they hit
they hurt. Then the captain of the
Liecesters seemed to locate Jack
again and hit him again. It was a
horrible wallop." Jack steadied him
self on his wiry muscular legs and
drew back. : Then he lammed back a
punch that would have knocked out
that Liecester Captain if it had
touched him eVen a glancing blow.
It did not, however, for it landed
ush on Bellamy's jaw, knocked out
the Canadian; ; and as they ' tripped
over' with - the roll of- the ship. Jack
sprained his ankle. We had to carry
off the whole side." : r 1
There is much more to the book,
but these lew paragraph give an
give
Idea of Bellamy's adventuresome na
ture, the reason that the wedding in
Hertford, last Thursday.!- of more
Christmas Seals On Sale
November 25th In Fight To
Halt Spread Tuberculosis
Book Week Being
Observed Among
County Schools
Program Given at Win
fall School Friday
Morning
IDEAGROWS
Plan Originated Decade
Ago By Boy Scout
Librarian
National Book Week is being ob
served in the schools of the county
with appropriate displays, posters,
bulletin boards, etc., in each separate
educational center, according to Mrs.
Brooks Whedbee, librarian at the
Woman's Club book headquarters.
At the Central Grammar School at
Winfall. annronriatiP material is hpinr
advertised on the bulletin board andfthey can avoid passing on the tuber-
by poster. A program will be given
there Friday morning with its theme
hinging on the book week activities.
The library, on the Hertford Gram
mar School campus in the Woman's
Club Building, is also exhibiting pos
ters and bulletin board, displays, as
1 well as the Perquimans High School.
The Book Week idea firet originat
ed, more than a decade ago, in the
mind of Franklin K. Matthews, chief
librarian of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica. He intewasadrothe Ubxariana in
the Dlan of devotino- a nartfoiilar
seven-dav Deriod of each ver. mid-
way between the summer and Christ- mfll ,ife-"
mas holidays, to stressing books for Squelching all question even before
boys. j the annual drive starts, Mns. Ward
The idea gained interest until it asks a popular question: "How do
grew much larger, and. then to its Christmas Seals help fight tubercu
present status. The idea, of course. ' losis. And then answers her own
is t0 stimulate more interest jn books,
I and more books are needed and are
I necessary here in Hertford for the
library to function as it should, ac
cording to the sponsors of the local
library.
Norfolk Swingsters
Furnish Rhythm For
Thank'QirivinO' FVnli
ii
Charles Niles and his band of ;
Rhythm Makers from Norfolk, Va.,
will furnish the music at Morgan !
Walker's Thangksiving Dance on the
night of November 23rd.
Mr. Walker, owner and manager of;
the DODular establishment on Ohurrh I
Street, is enlarging the dance space
on the second floor of his stand in
Hertford and is changing the light
ing arrangements in preparation for
his biggest dance of the fall season.
The space was large enough to ac
commodate several scores of couples
before, but advance indications of an
overflow crowd of dance enthusiasts
have propmted him to make the j
changes. j
' The Niles aggregation has not been ,
i heard in Hertford, but jitterbugs and 1
! those who go in for the tamer waltzes
I and sane ballroom dancincr, are look-1
I ing forward to see what swing stuff
the Rhythm Makers are made of.
John Alma Lane Weds
Miss Louise Forehand
The marriage of Miss Louise Fore
hand, of Edenton, to Mr. John Alma
Lane, of Hertford, took place Satur
day. November 2th. at the Bantist
parsonage oiferubb Street, with the
Rev. J. F. Stegall, pastor of the
church, officiating, according to an
announcement which is made today.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fate Forehand, of Eden
ton. The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Lane, of Hertford.
The cot- will make their home in
HertfordT
Annual Revival Begins
ChappelFs Hill Church
On Monday Afternoon
After the usual preaching service
on Sunday 'afternoon at Chappell
Hill Baptist Church, according to the
Rev.i'W. !'CBriggfl,-4:pi8tor,, the
annual revival meeting "will begin on
the following r ft ernoon .. Monday)
with services thinning each day at
2:45 and 7:30 Pi M. The Rev. Ira S.
fHarrell, of South Mills, will preach
and the music will be in charge of the
$1.25 Per Year.
Hundred Thousand Re
stored to Useful Life
Each Year
SEAL SALE HELPS
Fund Pays For Testing,
Treatment, X-Rays,
School Lunches
Chairman of Perquimans County's
part in the annual Tuberculosis
Christmas Seal Sale, Mrs. I. A. Ward,
urges that the people of this county
acquaint themselves with the tre
mendous service they can render
their fellowmen by buying the at
tractive little Christmas Seals.
"Help Fight T. B.p" says Mrs.
Ward. "Did you know that 200 peo
ple usually between the ages of 15
and 45, die each day from tubercu
losis? The dreadful disease is both
preventable and curable."
Mrs. Ward, as chairman, goes on
to say that, "The spread of tubercu
losis can be stopped. The known
spreaders can be isolated and taught
simple rules of personal hygiene, thus
cular erra to those whom they
come in contact. The unknown
spreader can be located by measures
with which every doctor and public
health worker is thoroughly familiar.
"Tuberculin testing and X-raying
of children and grown-ups is one mod
ern method of curing T. B. used in
modern Sanatoria. One hundred
thousand people leave Sanatoria each
year, aiming to make a come-back
from the disease which their fathers
believed incurable. Modern treatment
rmcludes rehabilitation
procedures
useful nor-
which restore scores to
query: "They help by finding; new
cases of the disease, by paying for
examinations, for tuberculin testing,
for X-raying, free clinics and nurses
who go into the homes. The Seals
buy milk, cod liver oil, school lunch
es and other supplies for needy T. B.
persons and under-nourished children.
They provide a year-round program
of education about tuberculosis, its ,
prevention, care and cure. Christmas
Seals are the greatest enemy of Tu-
berculosis and we urge you to buy
them generously from the canvasser
who calls on you. The Seals will go
on sale in Perquimans County the
Friday morning after Thanksgiving
Buy them- No home is 8afe until
every hom 15 safe-"
Ladies' Council Of
Bethlehem Meets
The Ladies' Council of Bethlehem
Christian Church met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Proctor on Fri
day evening with Mrs. Proctor and
Miss Rosa Lassiter as joint hostesses.
The president, Mrs. E. Y. Berry, pre
sided. The ;ning hymn, "America," was
followed by the Lord's Prayer. The
Scripture lesson was 25 verses from
the 9th chapter of the Gospel of St.
Mark, and was read by Mrs. E. Y.
Berry. Routine business was taken
up. The closing hymn was "Help
Me Find My Place."
Two new members, Mrs. Dennis
Godwin and Mrs. Thomas Matthews,
were welcomed.
Mrs. E. Y. Berry dismissed the
meeting.
The hostesses served an assort
ment of candies, grapes and bananas.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Reuben Stallings and son, William,
Mrs. R. A. Perry, J. B. Perry, Mrs.
S. I. Cullipher, Mrs. Homer Deering
and son, Frank Dillard, Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Lane and two children, Edna
Ruth and Jeanne, Mrs. J. Ed Lane,
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis. Godwin, Mrs.
Thomas Mathews, Mrs. T. M. Farm-'
er, Mrs. Stephen Elliott, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Y. Berry and sons, Edgar Young
and Dan, Mr. and Mra W. N. White,
Mr. and Mrs. JoqiaMpProctor, Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Proctor,. V. L. Proc- ,
tor, Misses Rosa Lassiter, Sallie Sue ,
Skinner, Alma Davenport, Minnie,
Wilma Wood, Mary Ruth Wood, Anne
Mathews and Mary Proctor, and
Moody Mathews, , Jriqft Douglas
Elliott, i
CHARLES JOHNSON VERY ILL
.The condition of Charles Johnson,
prominent Hertford citizen, who has
been quite ill for several weeks, is
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