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Volume VII. Number
Annual Red Cross
Drive Under Way
November Eleventh
Mrs. C; P. Morris Head
; Of Roll Call For Mem
: berships; Propose a
Knitting Project
Mrs. C. P. Morris has been placed
in charge , of the Annual Red&Cross
Roll Gall which will get under way
in Hertford and Perquimans County
on November 11 and continue through
Thanksgiving Day, November 28th
according to :S. M. Whedbee, local
chairman for the R:d Cross.
Mrs. Morris will announce a list
of Rotl Call canvassers very shortly
and due to the fact that the need
for relief is much greater this year
than in former years, an extensive
.drive will be made throughout the
town and county to raise funds for
the assistance of the Red Cross,
Part of the funds raised this year
through the efforts of the Red Cross
will be used to give aid to men of
the United States who have entered
military se rvicel it was explained
by Mr. Whedbee.
vrne. success ot the' drive last yearji'ren'cKj!an!sh anoTRumanian gov-
hen it was made county-wide for
the first time, lead the local leaders
to believe that this year " the drive
can be made an even greater suc
cess. However, they urge each res
ident of the county to join when the
Roll Call starts. The burden of the
Red Cross is very great and, it needs
the help of every citizen.
Another scheduled group the loca!
Red Cross leaders hope to establish
here during this coming winter is a
knitting group which will dona'te
time for the knitting of sweaters and
scarves to be used by the Red Cross
as gifts to men in service and to
British refugees.
Any person interested . . . and who
is willing to give part of her time .to
this project should see Mr. Whedbee
at the local postoffice. The local
chairman is hopeful that at least 50
people wia volunteer to assist in this
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People who do Volunteer for this
project will be furnished instructions
and wool . . . therefore the only ex
pense involved by the individual is a
little spare time. If you are inter
ested in helping this cause be sure
to see the local Red Cross chairman.
Annual Meeting Of
VV. M: U. Friday In
lEdenton Church
Delegates from 13 counties, from
the Chowan, West Chowan and Pam
lico associations of the Baptist Wo
man's Missionary Union will gather
at the Edenton Baptist Church at 10
o'clock this (Friday)- morning for
t, , the annual meeting of the Elizabeth
1 City Division of the Woman's Mis
, Bionary Union. , ' "
Mrs. J. Frank White, president of
t the Edenton society, will make the
, address of welcome end approxi-
' mately 400 members are expected to
v attend. Since the afternoon session
i ' is not expected tp dose until about
-i.,3:30, lunch will , be served a the
I ' Mrs. I. A. Ward, president of the
j' divisional W. M. U., will speak on
L '" His WorkIn Our Division: Mrs. J.
C. Powell, missionary from Africa,
wilt speak, -on Always Abounding
Afir anf the Rev. J. L. White, pas
tor of. -the Elizabeth City Blackwell
1 Memorial Church, will speak, on the
Work - of 'the Lord, "Many other
. speakers on the program will give
interesting, talks. ;
Counties tq be represented include
, Chowan,' ."Dare,,- Currituck,-. Camden,
Pasquotank, Perquimans," Gates, Tyr
rell, Washington, Hydey Bertie, HerV
ford and. Northampton. ' -i ' '"-'
.egistration Numbers l
"o Be Displayed
.n Court I fcuse Lobby
The local draft board ;aa corn
lot ed' its work in giving a registra
on number to every man who ijreg
tered for,the draft- There' are ap-
oximately 44 pages of names and
ambers.1 A copy of these numbers
as been mailed ' to -Washington for
'ie master file and another will be
.pt on file by the local board.',
A copy of the names . and their
igistration numbers will be placed
l the lobby of thai Courthouse, where
y person desiring: may look to see
i v hat number l.e'h&a drawn for
" r lloU?ry. . ' '
'nir.'3 pre urge! to Inspect
( 7 f t V -i Courthouse in order
l ,"mh t '"f-sBKi-P:ijmni.:i rnmA:--mTmwn'Wm3s&k y. Bk'-Mm.
J A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER. DEV0TED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
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"Hertford, Perquimans County, North
HDC County Council
Meet In Agricultural
Building Saturday
The regular meeting of the Count)
Council of Perquimans Home Dem
onstration Clubs will be lMd at th
Agricultural Building Saturday af
ternoon, October 26, at 2:30 o'clock
The Br.rgess Club will have charge
of theOrogram. The Rev. Olarenct
E. Bohgood, Baptist minister, will be
the speaker for the afternoon.
Council members are urged to be
present, and others interested
invited.
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Hitler Spends Week
On Diplomatic Front;
London Is Quiet
Conditions ' In France
Remain Obscure and
Britain Continues to
Fear Invasion
Adolph Hitler ,Number One Nazi
has spent this week on the diplomatic
front, visiting with the heads of the
erhmerits in what authorities believe
is an attempt to arrange conditions
for a quick finish of his opponents.
Rumors have been plentiful this
week that France as well as Spain
would enter the war on the side of
the Axis powers . . ..however, latest
dispatches from Vichy, seat of the
Free French government, disclaims
any intention on the part of France
to open war on its former ally.
That some action, or pressure, is
being demanded or placed on France
can be seen from the conferences
being reported between Hitler and
Laval, second in command of the
French government. Laval met with
German authorities in Paris on Wed
nesday and hurried to Vichy to con
fer with his associates there . . . then
again returned to Paris to see Hitler
on Thursday.
. Herr .Hitler held conference with
Francisco France-, dictator it Spain,
on the Spanish border late Wednes
day night and there are indications
that this meeting may lead to major
developments . . . possibly a combined
assault by the Axis powers and
Spain on the Fort of Gibraltar.
Some commentators are led to be
lieve that Hitler is not making any
demands oh France that will require
that country to re-enter the war,
that he plans to develop the situa
tion in the Balkan Countries that
wild JeaoVauicX Scvwndown with
Britain.
On the war front this week action
has slowed down considerably, as far
as the bombing of London is con
cerned. Heavy! fogs and ground
mists, combined with smoke pouring
from the millions of chimneys in Lon
don have made that city a hard tar
get, for the Nazi raiders.
Londoners enjoyed a fairly quiet
night on Tuesday and got the sound
est sleep .they have had in many
weeks.
Despite the efforts on the part ol
the Brjtish Air Force in bombing the
channel ports of the French side and
destroying German shipping and
barges. English authorities are still
fearful of a German invasion through
that route . . . many; Nazi barges and
subs are still, reported in those porta,
According to British figures the R,
A;' A in bombing Germany, has af
fected 20 percent of the ' German
manufacturing ... it is reported that
large advertisements are being placed
in newspapers in Germany seeking
labor to rebuild the port of Ham
burg. ; "
Indians Play Rivals
lit Edenton Friday
fternoon At 2:30
.? The? Perquimans County
High
School v; football team . journeys to
Edenton Friday afternoon to meet its
rivals in, the annual game scheduled
for 2:80 o'clock. ' ,
A large crowd of local boosters is
expected to drive to Edenton to
witness the gamei ' ,'V, ' :"
' Up to the present time the f In
dians have a poor record for the
currnt year, having wml and lost' 4
games, but a victory over Edenton
would take some' of the' sting out of
the record and bolster the team ior
the remaining games on-its schedule.
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Peanut Pickers Warned
To Get L' cense Nowu'-l'
i Persons Interested in peanut' pick
ing are wanu-d today by J. W. Ward
that they r-r t have licenses to 'oper
ate and s'..- J get t",em immediately
at his all. i 1 1 the Courthouse. ? - '
Association Seeks
To Form Chapter In
Perquimans County
Greater Albemarle As
sociation t o Hold
Meeting Here In No
vember Preparations are being made for
the next meeting of the Greater Al
bemarle Association, which will be
held in Hertford on the first Thurs
day night in November, at which
time it is hoped that Perquimans
County can be organized as a work
ing chapter in the organization, ac
cording to Wade Marr, executive di
rector of the Association.
The place of the meeting has not
been determined, but it will probably
!e held in the court house, according
to Mr. Marr. A large crowd, is ex
pected to attend. The regional direc
tors will probably hold a dinner
meeting prior to the organization
meeting.
Perquimans County has not yet
been organized as a chapter of the
Association, although much favor
able comment and actual cooperation
in the work of the organization has
been coming from the county since
the regional Association was started
more than a year ago. The district
which the Association serves consists
of 11 counties in the Albemarle, and
naturally it takes time to get the
counties organized into separate
units. The death of W. O. Saunders,
first secretary of the Association,
last spring naturally slowed up the
activities of the organization until a
suitable and capable man could hi
found to fill the vacancy left by Mr.
Saunders' untimely death.
Interested leaders of Perquimans
County say that the organizing of a
unit in this county will be welcomed
by its leaders in civic affairs, and a
large working unit is expected to be
formed here.
Recorder's Court
Cases Continued '
Until Next Term
Judge McNider Absent
On Tuesday; Attend
ing Draft Board Meet
ing In Edenton
Due to the absence of Judge James
S. McNider, who was attending a
SDecial meetinar of draft boards in
Edenton, there was no Recorder's
Court held Tuesday.
Judge McNider serves on the local
draft board as Government Appeal
Agent and he was attending the
meeting in Edenton to receive in
structions pertaining to that office.
Oases on the docket will be con
tinued until the next regularterm
of court. Included are charges of
drunken driving brought against
Merchant McHorney, of Currituck
County; mutual assault charges
against Lucille Hamlin and Henry
Hamlin, both Negroes; charges of
larceny of meat against Clarence
Burnette, Negro; and a reckless
driving charge against . Stephen
Vaughan, Negro.
The next regular term of Record
er's Court will be held on Tuesday,
November 2. iSuperior Court sitting
here next' week and general election
on Novembr 5, sets the Recorder's
Court date up to the following week.
Former Local Girl
Re-elected Officer
In Organization
Mrs. David Ward of Sea Isle City,
New Jersey, was recently re-elected
secertary of the U. S. Coast Guard
League and appointed delegate to the
annual convention to be held - in
Washington, D. C, on November
15 end 1$. Mrs. Ward is the former
Miss Mary Wilma Farmer, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Will Farmer of the
Bethel community. She was 'gradu
ated from Perquimans High School.
Building And Loan
Association to Open
FortyVfirst Series ; v
' The 'Hertford Building and Loan
Association announces ' today the
Opening of 'its forty-first series of
stock on Jovember"2j 194u. ; Local
citizens are invited join the Asso
ciation nm ,
vA.lfW Hefren is president! arid W.
H.' HardrastU. ' Is i$ecretary' of the
Carolina, Friday, October 25, 1940.
Officers Elected
For! 1341 Triple-A
Farm Program
Dr. p. S. White Named
Chairman of County
Committee
Results of the election of a County
Committee and Community Commit
tees for the five townships of Per
quimans County were announced
this week by L. W. Anderson, county
aent, for participation on the 1941
Triple-A Farm Program.
Two producers were nominated for
each of the offices in the five differ
ent townships and were named by
representative producers from each
township.
At a meeting in the Agricultura.
building, the whole body chose Dr.
E. S. White as chairman of the
County Committee. Charles W. Um
phlett was elected vice chairman;
Milton Dail, regular member; S. 1'.
Mathews, first alternate; John A.
Bray, second alternate; L. W. An
derson, secretary, and Mrs. Eloise N
Hardcastle, treasurer.
The results of the township elec
tions follow. The first name ap
pearing is the community chairman
and delegate; the second name is
vice chairman, and the third name
designates the regular member.
Belvideer L. L. Lane, C. T. Rog
erson and W. I. Winslow.
Bethel S. P. Mathews, J. C. Hobbs
and C. T. Phillips.
Hertford C. W. Reed, J. E. Hun
ter and A. D. Thatch.
New Hope J. W. Overton, Carson
Spivey and John Q. Hurdle.
Parkville J. A. Bray, Geo. W.
Jackson! and J. R. Mathews.
Superior Court To
Convene Here Next
Montfay, October 28
Judge W. C. Harris to
Preside: Few Cases
Appear on Docket
The Perquimans County Superioi
Court will convene here next Monday
October 28, with Judge W. C. Harris
of Raleigh, presiding. A short dock
et is now scheduled. However, there
may be more cases added by the
time court starts.
There are a total of fourteen crim
inal cases to be heard and nineteen
civil cases are on the docket.
According to the calendar it is ex
pected that the criminal cases will be
finished by Tuesday evening with the
civil cases starting on Wednesday
morning. I jf
Among the civil cases expected to
be heard at this term of court is the
dispute between the Town of Hert
ford and S. P. Jessup over a strip
of land adjacent to the Jessup prop
erty on which the Town proposes to
lay a sidewalk.
Few criminal cases are listed,
many of these cases being relieved
from Superior Court through the ef
forts of the local Recorder's Court.
Lions Entertain For
District Governor
And Other Guests
The Hertford Lions Club had 32
members and guests present at the
meeting held last Friday evening at
Hotel Hertford.. James Parker, Dis
trict Governor for the Club, made a
very interesting uk on me princi
ples of. Lionism.
The'guests, including Mr. Parker
were Rev, R. F. Munns, Rev. Clar
ence Hobgood, Clinton Ely, L. L
Sitterson, Mark Gregory ' and Regi
nald Tucker.
Methodists To Hold
Cohf eence On Nov. 7
In Wilmington
Rev. R. F.-Munns, pastor of the
Hertford Methodist, Church, an
nounced this week that the Metho
dist Conference will be held this yeai
in Wilmington, and the date wiH be
Novembef,33 "k ,
Mb Muhns, member of the com
mittee on- Conference Relations and
Ministerial - Qualifications, " plans to
attend the meeting of his committee
on November 6. ' -''The
purpose.of the.Conferenca will
be the appointments v of ministers tf
the .churches for fhe coming' year. ,
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WEEKLY
Perquimans Band To
Take Part In Warren
Day Celebration
Perquimans County High School
band will participate in the Warren
Day celebration to be held in Washi
ngton today (Friday) acording to
James McCallum, director. About 18
members of the local band will make
:he trip.
All bands in the 14 counties of the
first District have been invited to
help in the celebration, but it is not
known just how many bands will be
on hand to aid in the noise makinjr.
Parent-Teachers
Hear Safety Talk
By Mrs. Bill Flythe
Plans Being Made to
Observe Father's
Night at Next Regu
lar Meeting
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford Grammar School fyeld
an Enthusiastic meeting at the school
building last Thursday evening. Ap
proximately 150 members were pres
ent to 'hear an interesting talk on
Safety.
Jack Gaskill, local highway patrol
man, introduced the principal speak
er, Mrs. Bill Flythe, who serves as
field, representative for the North
Caiolina Highway Safety Division.
The Association is now making
plans for onef the outstanding pro
grams of the" year to be held at its
next regular meeting on November
7t'h. The meeting has been desig
nated as "Father's Night" and the
program will be entirely in the handi'
of local fathers.
It looks Hike it will be a great
show ... so remember the date and
, plan to attend.
More Applications
Being Received For
Free Mattresses
New applications for free mat
tresses, furnished through the coop
eration of the local farm program
to low income families in Perquim
ans County are now being received
at the Agricultural building. Fami
lies eligible to receive these mat
tresses are urged to make applica
tions at once.
Some revision has been made in
the mattress plan since it was start
ed here, according to L. W. Ander
son, county agent. Formerly only
those families whose income did not
exceed $400 could receive the free
mattresses, now any family whose
income does not exceed $600 for four
members may participate in the of
fer. A family whose number exceeds
four is eligible, providing the addi
tional members' income is not more
than $50 per year.
The number of mattresses alloted
each family has also been increased.
Heretofore, a family could receive
but one "mattress, now afamily may
receive up to three free mattresses.
According to Mr. Anderson, a total
of 144 mattresses have already been
made; 228 applications remain to be
filled and authorities here have on
hand., or ordered, enough materials
to make a total of 666 mattresses.
Number Of Local Fans
Expected To See Wake
Forest-Duke Game
A large number of local football
fans are expected to journey to
Wake Forest Saturday to witness the
Wake Forest-Duke game. Word re
ceived here from Wake Forest offi
cials, however, advises all fans to
have tickets before starting the trip.
All tickets for the regular stands
were sold some time ago, and 5,000
bleacher seats were erected, but
1,200 of these were disposed of be
fore Monday ... so the game will be
a complete sell-out before Saturday.
Wake Forest fans attending the
game Will have the opportunity to
see Wake's new stadium dedicated
and it will be officially named
Groves Stadium. The game itself is
expected , to be a thriller as both
teams are' pointing to win.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs.' Noah Paul Gregory,
of Norfolk, Va., wish to announce the
birth of ..daughter, Lena Rebecca,
on Sunday, October 20, at a Norfolk
hospital, v Mr. Gregory is a former
Hertford resident,,
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Mr. andi Mrs. Samuel .Long., an
nounce the birth of son on Tuesday,
October 22. ; Mother and baby -, aie
reported o be delngliicely, l' i v-
S1.25 Per Year,MV
Draft tottery fir
Be Held October 29
In Washington
Local Board Chooses J.
R. Stokes Chairman,
W. G. Hollowell Sec
retary The date for the nation's first
peace-time draft lottery has been set
for n?xt Tuesday, Octolje- 2!). Presi
dent Roosevelt will open the cere
monies with a brief spee.h and .Sec
retary of War Stimson will draw the
first number from the glass bowl
containing the numbers of approxi
mately 17,000,000 youths registered
for the draft.
After the drawing of the numbers
work will be started by local draft
boards that will result in the classi
fication of all those registered.
The local draft board held its first
official meeting on last Friday and
chose J. R. titokes as chairman of
the board. V, . G. Hollowell w as
named secretary, and W. W. Spencer
of New Hope is the third member of
the Perquimans KoarcL
Mr. Stokes announced this week
that a total of 1,094 registration
cards were turned over to the board
by L. N. Hollowell, chairman of the
Hoard of Ejections, who had charge
of the registration job. Of this
number 55 were cards belonging to
young men not residents of this
county and therefore these cards
were forwarded to the proper draft
boards, leaving a total number of
registrants for Perquimans County
of 1,057. Eight cards were received
by tiic local board for residents of
this county who registered else
where. The local board is now in the pro
cess of making up a registration
sheet showing the registration num
ber each man will have throughout
the draft. Each card was numbered
Sast week.
After the lottery is held in Wash
ington next Tuesday the local board,
according to Mr. Stokes, will start
sending out questionnaires to the
registrants in the order that their
numbers were drawn from the glass
bowl.
These questionnaires must be filled
out and returned to the local board
within five days after they are re
ceived by the registrant. The board
will use these answers in the classi
fying of men into four classes which
will determine the order that the men
will be placed in military service
for one year's training.
The list of registrants . . . show
ing a man's name and registration
number will be posted in the Post
office building as soon as the sheets
are prepared. Other lists will be
given the chairman of the board of
elections. There will be a copy in
the office of The Perquimans Week
ly; a copy will be mailed to the
wovernor, and a copy will be for
warded to Washington.
The local draft board again urges
that all men who have registered
keep in close touch with the board
and above all be sure to comply with
the regulations of the draft law.
Saturday Is Last
Way To Register To
Vote November 5
With election day, November 5,
less than two weeks off those who
wish to take part on that occasion,
and it is to be hoped that everyont
above the age of 21 years will, re
gardless of party affiliations, is
warned that except he or she is duly
registered on Saturday next they
cannot vote for President, Governor
or any others on the national, state
or county tickets. Saturday is the
last registration day for tlflfse not
already registered or who have mov-.
ed from one voting precinct to
another and as this year's election is
,one of the most important in national
annals a full registration is desired.
The following Saturday, November
2, is what is called challenge day"
but no registrations will be acceptea
then.
Boy Scouts Receive
Appreciation Gift
The Hertford Boy Scout fund ii '
larger by the amount of ten dollars f.
thaii it was last week. The Lions,
Club donated that amount "to the
Scout fund as a token .of arprecia ' -tion
for the -troop assisting it during -'
recent club activities. ,,.; ; '
The local Scout i troop, although
having been formed but a short
Is.tobemmendeduronitstotcelle'nt
spirit and the assistance it has given -C
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