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CELEBRATION OF PRESIDENFS
BIRTHDAY TO BE HELD JANUARY 29
Committees Announce
r Plans to Raise Funds
To Aid In Combat of
, Infantile Paralysis
January 29 is the date selected
' a ,T , for giving the President's Birthday
J J ' Ball this year.
j f,jvV ', There are to be two celebrations
L i! ' ' tne Present'8 birthday in Hert
I - ford, the ball on the date mentioned
, Wd later, sometime during the
v'' j, (f; month of February, a play.
h7. v bal1 is to 06 he)ld at Walker's
fst" t Hall, which will be gay with flags
liiiu uuuuiig, auu evil uiuicoua wmi
make music for the affair whichJ
promises to be the most brilliant of
all previous birthday parties in
Hertford.
: Details as to the play, under the
direction of Mrs. B. G. Koonce,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee, will be published just as soon
as the plans are completed. Mrs.
Koonce has not made the selection
of the play as yet, but expects to de
cide upon the matter shortly.
Morgan Walker, who is chairman
, of the dance committee, announces
that he is arranging for an orchestra
, for the ball. At this writing a de-
Vk "finite decision has not been reached
as to which of two good orchestras
' will be employed, but Mr. Walker
' v says his committee promises the or
chestra. Everything possible will be
done to attract the devotees of the
dance.
Miss Mary Towe is in charge of
the decorations and serving with her
are Mrs. J. H. Newbold, Mrs. W. H.
Pitt, James Evart Newby and Walter
G. Edwards,
fy. Mrs. J. G. Campbell, chairman of
"fche tickets committee, expects to ar
' g range for the tickets to go on sale
J early, in order to make as many
sales as possible. Mrs. Campbell
-Vi Was so successful last year in pro
vmoting tickets sale that she was
- given the same post again this year.
Not every xne who buys a ticket
to the President's Birthday Ball
m dances at the birthday party, by any
means, for AayHckfjtSj. ajt urcaa
ed with the one idea of contributing
' to the cause. 'The proceeds from the
balls, parties and entertainments are
used in the fight against infantile
paralysis, fifty percent being turned
over to the National Foundation for
- Infantile Paralysis, with fifty per
cent being retained in the county
for local work in case of need,- This
fund will be added to the amount
already deposited in the bank.
The price of the tickets to the
ball this year will be one dollar,
plus tax.
IJYA Supervisor
To Assist Youths In
Musical Contest
Youths In Perquimans
Seeking to Partici
pate Should See Mrs.
J. J. Fleetwood .
Mrs. J. J. Fleetwood, supervisor of
jjrthe projects of the National Youth
Administration, will be glad to as--;
' I sist any young musician wishing to
''apply for a try-out in the State-wide
' classical music contest to aid in the
V selection of Leopold Stokowski's ail-
American Youth Orchestra, said
Mrs. J. 6. Fearing, of Elizabeth
City, who is in charge of NYA in
this county.
The orchestra, to be organized in
iu umwu kwws wu
make good-will tour of SoutTandl
Central America. A I
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i-fte, national xouta :. AdmuiBtr-
" ."-tW'wfll Mfhei'th 109 Voan aiusi-
"".""yeaM and both'MfTA : 7". wbrkerB and
" ; , ethers will be eligible.
In order to help the National or-
' ganization recruit the best talent,
iri the North Carolina NYA is making
, , , plans to c"ohduct a contest of skilled
t ; young musicians' in Raleigh during
the early part-'of February to select
f -those who wfll yfibiafm
1 regional try-outs under the direction
' " of Mr. Stokowski. - ; ' ; .
, j Applications . should be Bent di
- rectly to John A. Lang, State Youth
- .Administrator,- Kaleigh.. All appli
cations must be. submitted, before
February 1, 1940. .
. ATTEND CONFERENCE ,
Mi&B Gladys Hamrick; Home' Dem
onstration Agent, and I W. Ander
son," Farm Agent, are in Raleigh this
week attending a conference of home
and farm; demonstration ogenta at
State College. : The. conference open
ed Monday and will close Friday
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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD
Hertf ord,
Town Board Held
Regular Meeting
Purchase of Fire Fight
ing Apparatus Defer
red Until Later Date
Little business of importance came
before the Town Board at its regu
lar meeting Monday night in the
Town Office.
The committee appointed to make
an inspection of fire fighting ap
paratus gave a report concerning
various pumps they had seen, but it
was decided by the Board that action
on the same would be delayed tem
porarily, or until the Board made
definite arrangements to finance the
purchasing of the equipment.
A complaint was made to the1
Board concerning vandalism at the!
Episcopal Church. Boys, it was
stated, have been shooting out the
windows of the church and parish,
house. The police are to be in-1
structed to see that the mischief is
stopped. I
Finally arrangements for the pur
chase of the land to be made into a r
cemetery for the Town are being j
made, and it is expected the sale
will be completed soon. j
Current bills were read by the!
Town Clerk and approved by the
Board.
Good Samaritan
Assists Crippled
Chap Reach Home
Aged Negro Minister
Aids Unknown Boy
The young fellow made his way
with evident difficulty, struggling
awkwardly with the new crutches.
It was plain to see that the flapping
trouser leg had not long been empty.
It was like The Good Samaritan
to inquire of the young stranger
where he was going, engaging him
in conversation, and it came out that,
the boy wanted to get to his home,
somewhere to the south of us, quite
a good way, but that he didn't have
sufficient bus fare.
Whether the boy was worthy or
not, didn't seem to concern the Good
Samaritan in the least. He was
seen to put his hand in his pocket.
He does that every now and then, for
though he is far from affluent, he
does have a small income, and he is
said to be a ways gomg down in his
pocket to help somebody,
There wasn't quite enough money
to pay for the ticket, lacked just one
nickel. Farther up the street, the
young fellow begged that, and then,
though he was none too warmly clad
and the wind was cold, he managed
to make his way back down the
street to where the Good Samaritan
was standing, to thank him. It was
plain to see that the gratitude of the
boy was genuine. j
You wouldn't have recognized the
Reverend Isaac Johnson, perhaps, as I
. . .
the Gooa Samaritan, but tne rame
does seem to fit.
He is a colored man, a familiar;
figure in Hertford. A minister of
the Gospel, he looks the part, though
in his old age he has no regular pas-
torate. He ministers daily, however,
in one way and another. Both the
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expression or nis eyes ana nis man-
ner of rpeech speak eloquently of
his intelligence and his kindliness of
heart. : r--
The Reverend Isaav Johnson is
well advanced in yearBvci wilff-.be 90
hig next '.birthday.-- He1 'was bom' a
slave,H'and it is interesting to hear
him tell of the kindness of his white
people, who taught him to read and
write as a child, before the war.
In his deeds of mercy he knows no
color or creed. The young man with
the crutches was a white man.
Town Auto Tags Must
Be Displayed On Cars
By January 15th v
; Mayor V. N. Darden; today is
sues a warning to all automobile
owners that the Town's 1940 tags
must be purchased and displayed on
cars by January lSth?"
The authorities feel that the 15
days of grace, " allowed;, motorist's
this year is sufficiently time for all
oar owners' to comply , with, ; the law:
Failure to display -the tags bj the
deadline will be, subject to a fine:
UIMANS
Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 12, 1940.
Bookmobile
Schedule For Next
Week Announced
Moving Library Being
Used By Perquimans
Folks; To Remain Six
Weeks Longer
The Bookmobile, now touring Per
quimans county under the auspices j County Chairman of the Christmas
of Work Project Administration and Seals Sale, repoi-ts a total amount of
sponsored by the Perquimans County j $80.66 received from the sals, prac
Library Board, is meeting with wel-, tic-ally the same amount realized in
come at all stops made so far.
Folks all over the county are tak
ing advantages of the moving li
brary and using the many books it
carries.
The Bookmobile will remain in this
County for about six more weeks, the
rest of this month and February.
Following is the schedule of stops
for the Bookmobile for the week of
January 15 to 22, as released by the
Library Board:
MonHflv .Tor,,.,.,, 15io.oa i
j v uuuui j -I KJ li-.Ol IU A
Beech Spring Road, Anderson's
Chuivh? 1-OS t l-aftIW!, c
7 vvr a uw kJUlIl I Li ,
home of Elliott T.nv,W i-4K t 9.7k!
Ballahack, home of Mrs. Jack Sut-
ton.
Tuesday, January 169:30 to
10:30 Winfall School; 11:00 to 12
Chapanoke, Quincey's Store; 12:30 to
1:00 'Woodville, Home of Margaret
Bogue.
Wednesday, January 17 9:30 to
10:00 Winfall, Baker's Store; 10:30
to 11:30 Whiteston, Baker's Store;
12:00 to lOOBelvidere Community
House; 2:00 to 3:00 Durants Neck,
Community House.
Thursday, January 18 9:30 to
10:30 Overton's Store; 11:00 to 12
New Hope, Jackson's Store; 12:00 to
1:00 New Hope School.
Friday, January 199:00 to 10:00
Perquimans High School; 10:15 to
11:15 Bridge Road, Boyce's Store;
11:45 to 12:15 Burgess, Parker's
Store; 12:45 to 1:30 Bethel, Hobbs'
Store; 2:00 to 2:45 Bethel Club,
Home of Miss Gertie ChappeW.
Monday, January 2212:30 to 1:00
Beech Spring Road, Anderson's
Church; 1:05 to 1:30 Beech Spring,
Home of Elliott Layton; 1:45 to 2:15
Ballahack, Home of Mrs,
Sutton.
Jack
Tuesday, January 239:30 to 10:30
Winfall School; 11:00 to 12 Chap
anoke, Quincey's Store; 1:00 to 1:30
Woodville, Home of Margaret
Bogue; 2:00 to 2:30 Snow Hill,
Home of Mrs. George Jordan.
Wednesday, January 249:30 to
10.00 Winfall, Baker's Store; 10:30
to 11:00 Whiteston, Baker's Store;
1:30 to 2:30 Belvidere Club House
(one day only).
Thursday, January 259:30 to
10:15--Overton's Store; 11:00 to 12
New Hope, Jackson's Store; 12:00 to
1:00 New Hope School.
rnday, January 269:00 to 10:00!
11:15Brid R(fad Boyce's Store;
Perquimans High School; 10:15 to
11:45 to 12:30 Bethel, Hobbs' Store;
12:45 to 1:30 Burgess, Parker's
Store.
Arrangements Now
Completed To Buy
Land For Cemetery
' rianS teinff KeallZed
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For Enlarging Ceme -
tery Grounds
The Town of Hertford has com
pleted arrangements for the pur
chase of a portion of the Cox Farm,
located across the swamp and nar
row stream which bounds Cedarwood
Cemetery on the south, carrying out
a long - contemplated plan for en
larging . the cemetery grounds;
' It ,11 be- necessary to construct a
fill in the swamp and a bridge
across the little stream in order to
make the new development accessi
ble to the original cemetery grounds.
This improvement, it is understood,
is to- be done vith WPA assistance.
Car Badly Damaged In
Collision Near
Colerain
' A car owned and driven by J. F
Winslow. Hertford. Route l, was
badly damaged in an automobile
collision' that occurred last Thursday
night about three miles south of
Colerain. 1
V Mr.' Winslow was returning to his
home from work when his car was
struck: by'-a Model A Ford driven by
an unidentified Negro. It was nec
essary to have a wrecker bring the
1 WinsJow ear to a
garage.
Christmas Seal Sale
Nets $80.66 Reports
Turned In Reveal
Amount Is About Same
As Sold Last Year;
Schools Turn In Larg
est Amounts
i
Mrs. I. A. Ward, Perquimans
me sale the previous year.
It is interesting to note what pro
portion of the proceeds came from
the children, or at least through the,
children, who sold, seals for the;
schools.
From the business section $20.81
was received. The house-to-house
canvass of the residential section of
the town realized $4.45. The re-
manwer came from the schools. Per
nuimans Hih Rclmol t.nl in I7dfi
The Hertford Grammar School sold
...
, 10-86 worth of the seals. The Per -
I quimans Central Grammar School Ht
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Winfall sold $15.61 worth. At. thP
New Hope School $4.23 was realized
The sum of $16.74 was turned in by time of late- a preat deal of iee in! operation of the dairy,
the Negro Schools of the County, i e riLver but at no time has the j The out-put will he Grade A Pas
Mrs. Ward expressed warm appre-' nVff fb.e.en q"lte f"f " VCrw . tuerizrd milk, and a new container
ciation of the support jriven her bv1 , A S Wf,tm.B (1 ' ,Wed"es-. is to he introduced, which is an im-
the workers in this year's seal sale,
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Every one responded so generously,
she said, in assisting to put over the
sale that it was a pleasure to work
with them.
Seventy-five percent of the amount
raised remains in the county for lo
cal work in the prevention and cure
of tuberculosis. In other words, the'al III A A
fund for use at home for this year's
seal sale is $60.90.
The balance is sent
headquarters for use
wide anti-tuberculosis
to the State
in the State
campaign. Central School
Honor Roll
T
Here is the honor roll for the sec-
j ond quarter, ending January 8, 1940,
from the Perquimans County Central
Grammar School in Winfall, as re
leased Wednesday by Principal Ru
pert Ainsley:
First Grade, Ruth V. Batten,
Teacher Durwood Page Lane, Albert
White, Maurice Harrell, Douglas
Coffield, Imogene Miller, Sara Fer
rell, Imogene Chappell, Earlene
Chalk, Ann Bray, Leonard Harrell.
First Grade. Mrs. N. C. Morsran.
Teacheiv-Carolyn Dean Harrell, Eula!
Chalk, Betty Lou Trueblood. Norma!
Jean Godwin, Mary Lucille Winslow,
Joseph Stallings, Preston Morgan,
Fleetwood Harrell, George Curtis
Eure, Mary Sue Cook.
Second Grade, Alma Lejrgett,
i Teacher-Lindsey Earl Barber, Kellie
Miller, James Umphlett, Ella Cart
wright, Irving White, Ailene Hobbs,
Minnie Lee Hollow-ell, Carlton Chap
pell. Second Grade, Mrs. H. R. Wins
low, Teacher Velma Carver, Willie
Mae Chappell, Ruby Lane, Faray
Simons, Carolyn Hurdle, Mae Wins-
low, Paul Smith, Parker Copeland,
' Harry Winslow, Thomas Umphlett.
, Third Grade, Bertha Chappell,
I Teacher Jean Chappell, Mary Alice
Copeland,
Bettv Lou Eason. Lenn
i narren, Ann noiioweii, Bernice
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Hollowell, Marietta Jolliff, Billy
Jene Jones' Junior Nixon, Ann Onley.i
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uSiing
Marie Roun-
Clarkson White,!
Thelma White, Doland Winslow,
Lelia Lee Winslow.
Fourth Grade, Lucille Long, Teach-1
er-Hillary Scaff, Emmett Lane Eu-1
gene nuroue, uorotny Nixon, n. a.
Miller, Ann Proctor, Leon
Lane
L,ne,
Teach-.
Peggy Cook.
Fifth Grade, Cora Layden
er Eula Virginia White, James
Robert Barber, Lois Chappell, Callie
Mae Trueblood, Mather Hurdle, Gay
nelf Miller, Helen Goodwin.
Fifth Grade, Johnnie White, Teach
er Helene Baker, Jean Chappell,
Dotmegan Lane, Sybil Monds, Mary.
Lina Raper, Faye Winslow, Allenej
Yeates, Mary Leland Winslow, Em-:
mett Elmore, John Ward, Kaderj
Wbit.p ' Philin Harfwnrwl I
Sixth Grade, Mrs. A. R. Winslow,
Teacher Mildred Chappell, Pauline
Smith; Esther Winslow, Norm
Winslow, Dorothy Faye White, Mar
jorie Rebecca White, Joan Winslow,
Iona Lamb, Elizabeth Lane, Lin
wood , Earl Sherdock, Frances Ann
Cook Marjorie' Frances White.
(Seventh Grade, Margaret S. White,
Teacher Clara Smith, . Eula Mae
Morgan, Eva Wrae Winslow, Mary
Elizabeth Russell, Gale Winslow,
Russell Harwood.
ROTARY CLUB MEETS
The Rotary Club held its regular
dinner meeting Tuesday night.
WEEKLY
AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
NEW DAIRY FOR PERQUIMANS COUNTY
TO BE IN OPERATION
Weather Continues
Cold In Albemarle
Perquimans Feels Cold
est Weather in Years
From a clear sky glittering with
stars, Monday night, snow fell thick
ami last lor a few minutes. It was
just one of the many odd features of
the recent cold wave which has
swept the Albemarle, along with a
goodly portion of the rest of the
country, in the past three weeks.
With the mercury registering 28,
on the previous night, there was a
heavy rainfall, when everybody look
ed for snow. To be sure, there was
a great deal of sleet with the rain,
but every one had believed it too cold
for rain.
, Snow has fanen several tunes re
Snow has faiien several
. cently, though only for a brief per-
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1 10"' and' 1,1 sp,te of tne extreme cold,
! aml t has be r' cold, it has
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melled quickly
ltlore 1S ancl n:us bepn most 01 thel
' i hv . tii sku m nnr pnrirn iv n nr.
though the sun peeps through occa
sionally, and the mercury has risen
only a fe wdegrees since early morn
ing, being now at Z8.
Altogether, it has been
n nrpttv!
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cold snap, much the longest col
spell of recent years.
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I1VI1 UU1IUIII VUl Wll
Case Heard In Court
Tuesday Morning
Worthless Check Case
To Be Heard Again
Next Week I
The greater portion of Tuesday's
session of Recorder's Court was con
sumed in a case which will b? tried
again next Tuesday. This was tin
case of A. A. Nobles, chaiged with
givintf a worthless check. Motion
for non-suit by defense counsel was
allowed at the close of the State's
evidence. A new warrant on the
same charge was sworn out by N. C.
sPiveX.
charged
to whom Mr. Nobles is
with issuing the check in
question, returnable at next Tues
day's session of the court.
Dempsey Jones, Negro, charged
with trespass, was found not guilty,
Willie Riddick, Negro, charged
with driving with insufficient brakes,
was fined $7.50.
Fleet Cooper, Negro, found guilty
of being drunk and disorderly and
with destroying private property, was
given a 30-day road sentence in each
charge, the sentences to run consec
utively. B. F. Lane plead guilty to thel
charge of driving with insufficient!
brakes, 'he was taxed with the i
costs.
Prayer for judgment was continued I
in the case of Linwood D. Moore, I
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"umcieni oraKes.
Two From Perauimans
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I DintlPr Tn Rnlpifrh
Hon. Charles Whedbee and Sheriff!
j. K. winslow r,nreSPntpd PP,im
L 11 V , --"" i vuucia n i uiciiasc
ans County at the Jackson Daylm T . .
j Dinner in Raleigh Monday night, j 1 agS Immediately
pQi v iw-.Mf q:i i
Security Administrator, was the!
speaker at the annual affair in
North Carolina, where the price per'
plate was $25 and the net proceed.;,
after deducting the cost of the din -
ner, were $10,000.
These dinners, the proceeds of
which go into the treasury of the
Democratic Party, were held in the
capital of every state in the Union
Monday night, simultaneously with
the $100 per plate dinner in Wash
ington, D. C, at which President
Roosevelt was the speaker.
Mr. Whedbee's and Mr. Winslow's
tickets to the North Carolina Jack
son Day dinner fulfilled the quota of
$50 which was allotted to Perquim
ans County.
Lions Club Holds
Regular Meeting
The Hertford Lions Club will hold
its regular meeting tonight at the
Hotel Hertford, at 6:45 o'clock. AM
members are urged to be present, -
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$1.25 Per Year.
BY FEBRUARY 15
Modern Dairy Under
Construction On Nix
on Estate; Herd Of 30
Cows Now Collected
A modern new dairy now in pro
cess of construction in Perquimans
will be in operation by February 15,
according to I!. I!. Dawson, one of
the owners.
Tin; new dairy, which will be the
only "Golden Guernsey" dairy east
of Durham, according to Mr. Daw
son, is located on the Thomas Nixon
estate and will tal;e the name by
which the place has long been call
ed, "Klmwood Farms."
Representing a considerable in
j vestment, the new dairy, modern in
j every particular, will be attractive
. in appearance and will when com
pleted conform to all of the require
j ments of a Grade A dairy. The
! buildings are constructed in con-
formity with the plans and specifi
cations of the State Board of Health,
j A herd of thirty cows, fifty per
j cent of which are pure-bred Guern-
I seys. with the other half grade
Guernsevs, has been collected to be-
provement from the point of sanita
tion, the cover being fashioned so as
to protect the top of the bottle.
The new dairy will not retail its
Products
The Hertford distributor
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win ue uie we
known dairyman J.
Oliver White, who has for many
years furnished milk to Hertford
patrons.
I The owners are Mrs. Thomas N'ix
, on, of Hertford, and I!. Ii. Dawson, of
Elizabeth City.
To quote E. C. Bates, field man for
i Golden Guernseys, Inc., the new
! dairy "will be one of the best plants
in eastern North Carolina."
H. S. Basketball
Teams To Open Home
Season Friday Night
Plymouth High School
Will Furnish Opposi
tion At Local Court
'I he opening whistle for the 1940
home basketball season will sound at
0 tonight at the High School
auditoiium when Perquimans County
IliVh School will play the quintet
representing the Plymouth High
j School.
The Perquimans girls' team will
play a curtain-raiser for the boys'
game and they, too, will meet the
Plmouth representatives.
Interest in basketball is running
high out at the High School. The
girls' team has played three games
thus far this season and has won 2
and lost one; while the boys have
been splitting even by winning two
and losing the same number.
Both the girls and boys won their
games last Tuesday night when they
traveled to Roper to gain revenge
I over last year's game. The girls
' won by a score of 31-17, while the
boys came away with a 27-17 ver
; diet.
j A large crowd is expected to wit
, ness the games tonight that will open
! the home season.
Police Warn Dog
' Ar T I..U
Dog owners are warned by
the
the
and
buy
, Police Department today that
1940 dog license are now due
' all dog owners are urged
1 these licenses immediately.
to
j Failure to do so at once will force
the Department to impound all dogs
caught without tags, subjecting the
owner to additional costs. If the
costs are not then paid, the im
pounded dogs will be destroyed.
Rotary Club Will
Entertain Guests
At Next Meeting
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will entertain members of the
4-H Club and Future Farmers of
America at their regular meeting
next week.
The guests will be those boys who
are participating in the Pure-Bred
Stock Project being sponsored by the
Rotary Club and the Hertford Bank
ingi Company.
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