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v. re., 1- , - V) .f. W I t ij i K, LA I ft w w iMk irni If V k 1 X t 'Volume .VII.Number 48, :rr lilFT BOARD AUAITS MEDICAL REPORTS TO fJAT.iE PERQUIMANS MEH FOR TRAiNI.G Oassification of Men ; Proceeding as Board s'j ; Gets Returned Ques- , " tionnaires The '; Perquimans County Draft T ol0Kes' wMThe new board wilil be composed of G. HollflWefll and W. W. Spence, fl,m nw momhera nW ton of t. 'await the return of medical reports on ten men, who have received the! the first two men of Perquimans who . Y will be inducted into Uncle Sam's yftniilitary forces for one year's train- The first two men from Perquim , ans who are scheduled to report to ' Fort Bragg on December 10, will very likefly be c'nosen from the list I,i of men who have volunteered through v the local board. Information received at the local draft board offices show that 135 questionnaires have been mailed out . to the registrants of this county and 'i the larger portion of these have been ; returned to the board for classifica j tion. At the- present time 25 of the 135 men nave been placed in Class I bv the local hoard. The remainder 'i'iiave been placed in the other three ft A.,r.r. n 1 1 ii.. o-i.:,. p Service Act. Questionnaires to registrants are , jbeing mailed out each week by the local board and this will continue un til all men registered, under the act i have received questionnaires and have been classified by the board mem--' bers. Approximately ten question naires are being mailed each week to those men whose order numbers ap V pear next in line. Medical examinations wen given to eleven men during the early part of this week and it will be from this group of men that the local board will telect. the first draftees to serve m nj their training period. 'J H. Stokes, chairman of the local tboard, expects a full report on the J medical examinations within a fw ?l dayg and it is believed ,., that the jffrttofcff "of m :t -&m-selectio Jffl, PflTVUlimans' first-, mintn vill hp mntlA known by the first of next week. Hertford Merchants Preparing Stores For IKy Season In line with merchants of other .towns and, 'cities of this section, SmT Hertford's merchants are now busily I v preparing far the rush of Christmas V business, t DeoorationB are being made in i t atores' in Hertford, and lit is undc ood by Th Weekly that .A street dt tions will be placed in I position 4 ig; the- early part of next weeK. ' a, t . Realiafi ihai aacfixyear sees ear- - lier prer kw? a aiaplaying of . merchant? , '" local merchants are keeping i r . with those in other , towns anu ' are.- placing Christmas wares in tae, public eye, thus aiding ' the buying public to avoid the last ' minute rush , Christmas shopping. ,,v Hertford,' stores will hold their : own with 1 any "Bmall town anywhere fXn holiday goods and novelties, as well M1 as the usual, "very-day merchandise, and this y car "almost every store in c town has started to display" the new ; merchandise, that will make the love- ' Jy gifts. f'T Christmas. tThe Pt imans Weekly joins with the meh, its of Hertford. The Stores are (eparing , thst choppers ! may have early selection of gifts . . . 00 .come to. Hemora and 40 your shopping eari7. Forme.. IiocaLGirr Married November 23 At Fayetteville ' i if" " i ' " . Of interest lo ' her many friends throughout Perquimans County is the nnouncement of the marriage of iiss Katherine Winslow to Dr. yorrell Lindsay, which took place in .'ayetteville, on November23 y Mrs. Lindsay is the only "daughter f Mr, and -Mrs. Hillary G. Winslow, t Fayetteville, formerly residents of 'ertford. 'i She graduated from Per Jiroans High School and attended inverse ColOeget Spartanburg, S. C. The couple will make their' home in jyctteville..' - 41 . Ii . . . ' :ryices at bothlehem : Announcement has been made that rch services at ' the Bethlehem rch "have been 'changed back to c1 1 sc-,ule." - " ' V t t eld ' schedule services . " t 8 o'clock Jn the after- . .. ,i i. : ..,-:.yiy'.K , J A!- WEEigiOSPAPjtlR DOTOtED TO THE bpBUIIi)ING OF HERTFORD AND PEROT tM Ajis Vf fkrrv "Hertford, Perquimans County, North tl New Board Of County Commissioners Hold First Meeting- Monday Perquimans County's new board, of Commissioners will hold its first meeting next Monday, December 2 nn9Af mmKro t mnbb t,a 0f fjve Archie T. Lane and E. M. Perry will be the members retained from the present board, and the new. mem bers will be C. E. White, L. L. Wins low and E. U. Morgan. Demonstration Club Schedule For Dec. Is Announced Christmas Parties and Decorations Will Be! Discussed at Various Meetings A scheduQe of Home Demonstration and 4-H Club meetings for the month of December has been announced by Miss Frances Maness, county home demonstration agent. ; It is expected that Christmas par ties and home decorations, and gifts will be the main topics of discussion at the meetings this month. Following is a list of the meetings as scheduled by Miss Maness: Tuesday, December 3 Chapanoke Club meets with Mrs. Jphn Symons. Thursday, December 6, Winfall Club meets with Mrs. Cllude White. Friday, December 6 jHome and Garden Club meets with Mrs. E. L. Reed. Monday, December j BaOlahack Ciab meets withJJrj.,-Ve Perry.. Tuesday, December lfr Beech Spring Club meets with Mrs. Way land HowelL t Wednesday, December 11 Durante Neck Club meets at the Community House. Friday, December 13 Bethel Club meets' with Mrs. Reuben Stallings. Monday, December 16 Whiteston Club meets with Mrs. Allie WinsDow. Tuesday, December 17 Snow Hill White Hat Club meets with Mrs. Benton. Wednesday, December 18 Belvi dere Club meets at the Community House ' Thursday, December 19 Helen Gaither Club meets with Mrs. W. O. Hunter. Friday, December 20 Burgess Club meets with Mrs. Whedbee. NYA To Offer Cooking Project JThere are now openings in the Resident Centers for 15 white boys and 5 Negro boys who wish to have cooking as a vocation. Training in this work will be given in the kitch ens of the Centers and youths wil not be required to take other work Youths selected for training it cooking will be given an opportunity to learn as follows: 1. To bake, which includes mak ing pies, cakes and rolls. 2. To cook food now served in Centers. 3. To prepare menus and select foods for same. 4. To keep storeroom and take inventory of the stock. 5. To learn how to be a mess ser geant. About the first of January a spec ial school for cooks and baks will be held in one of the . Centers. Youths entering this work now will be given ial school for cooks and bakers will be selected to fill any vacancies that may occur' "in the Centers if they can qualify for the work. Opportunities for private employ ment in this field are excellent. Due o the extension program of National Defense, Army officials have been un able to secure adequate kitchen per sonnel,'.".. i:y.',,.V''' ... "Local people interested in this project should contact Miss Adelaide Tuttle, NYA supervisor for this dis trict Miss Tuttle can be seen at the NYA sewing? room 'in , Hertford; on Tuesdays,- or -can be seen at her home in Edenton. Schools Close For Thanksgiving Holiday tr Perquimans, County ' schools were closed Wednesday evening for ; the week-end holiday in, observance of Thanksgiving. ' Schools will' .reopen utm en Monday morning, t' ." " ;", J-m'-'A h . I II IVfll , IWI V: UIAf ' UT U V i i"' ' nil it ii ii r, x'i .-tts. m m iri in t. V vy J 1 1 I 1 1- rvV I Xinjl V V7 ' Indians Basketball Season Opens Wed. Against Chowan Hertford Joins Confer ence Composed of Six Schools In This Sec tion The "Perquimans County High School basketball team wWl open its 1940-41 season next Wednesday night at the local auditorium when the In dians will meet Chowan High School. Closing their football season last Friday against Ahoskie, the Hertford boys stowed away their moleskins and started, immediate practice for te coming basketbaill season. Prospects at the school seem good for the coming year, five players be ing left over from last year's squad, and Coach Dave Fuller hopes to have several additional boys out fighting for positions before many days are past. The hold-overs from last year are Clarke Stokes, Percy Byrurn, Billie Bflanchard, Joe Nowell, and Nixon. It will be around these boys that Coach Fuller will build this year's quintet. The schedule for this year will re volve around games played with Cen tral of Elizabeth City, Weeksville, Hobbsville, Chowan and Creswell as a conference has been formed be tween these schools. Six games have been scheduled by the Indians to be played before the Christmas holidays which will inter rupt the schedule until the eariy part of January. Conference games to be played this year will be: December 4 Chowan, here. December 6 Central, Away. December 11 Weeksville, here. December 13 Hobbsville, away. December 20 Creswell, away. January 10 Chowan, away. January 17 Central, here. January 24 WeeksviQle, away. January 29 Hobbsville, here. February 4-v-Creswell, here. Gets Twelve Months For Drunken Driving A twelve months' road sentence in addition to a fine of $50 and costs of court was imposed on George J. Miller, of Berkley, Va., after evi dence presented in Recorder's Court Tuesday showed him guilty of reck less and drunken driving. Miller's driving caused a three-car smash -up on Route 17, near the Per-quimans-Pasqoutank line late Sunday afternoon. Testimony was given that MiMer was driving from Elizabeth City and crashed into the back of a car owned by Jack Gobs, who was parked at a point of the road which is now under construction waiting for the car of Dr. H. A. Thorson to come out of a one-way drive. Miller's car hit the Goss car and caused it to crash into the Thorson car. The road sentence will be suspend ed if Miller can pay damages of more than $325 to repair the Goss and Thorson cars. Three other cases were heard by Judge J. S. McNider at Tuesday's session. iH. A. Smith, of Elizabeth City, plead guilty to the charge of reckless driving and was taxed with the costs of court. Watson Winslow, Negro, was giv en a 30-day road sentence for assault on Lydia Archie. (Sentence to be sus pended upon payment of costs. Buster Doom, Negro, was found not gufflty of trespass. County Cotton Crop Almost Triple That Of Last Year Latest census figures shdw that Perquimans County's cotton crop this year is well' above that of 1939. The number of bales ginned thus far this year is 3,180, as compared to the 1,062 bales ginned prior to November 14th. : These figures were released by Willie M. Harrell, special agent. Hunters To Return On Annual Trip -, A. A. Pearsall, Frank Louden, Cliff Baxter and Adolph Lottman, of Am ltyville. New YorkvwiU arrive in Hertford next week. ojb their annual huntingtrip 'in Perqunnans. ' These Long Island sportsmen 'are well .known! throughout the county, this being the -22nd year the men have' come fo Pejrqulmans during' the quail season. " . - ' ' '" Carolina, Friday, November 29, 1940." Se Of Christinas Seds To Start In County Today Mrs. I. A. Ward, County Chairman, Points Out Benefits of Drive For Funds Mrs. I. A. Ward has again been named to head the sale of Tuberculo sa Christmas Seals in Perquimans County, ami it is announced that the stifle of the Seals will begin today. Mrs. Ward, enthusiastic iti the pro jection of the Christmas Seals, urges people of Perquimans to support this J fight against tuberculosis by adding1 their bit through the purchase of the I Sals. i Mrs. Ward points out that through! the sale of the Christmas Seals not! only can sick patients be helped, but i known spreaders can be isolated, and ' taught simple rules of personal hy giene to avoid spreading the disease. The unknown spreaders may also be located by measures with which every j doctor and health worker is familiar. Going into some figures on tubercu-! 1 K ..... 1 iosis, Mrs. ware! points out that 200 people, usually between the ages of 15 and 45, die each year from this disease, yet the disease is both pre ventable and curable. The money that is raised through the sale of the Christmas Seals is used in various ways to combat the disease. It pays for X-ray 1. 4...1 If . , . ' treat-1 kui mueicunn tests, iree clinics and, nurses. The money is also used to buy milk, codliver oil and other supplies for needy tubercular per sonsVHmd for providing school lunches for undernourished and underprivi leged children. Three-tourths of the funds raised through the sale of the Seals are re tained .vithin the County for the fight locally, and the remainder is turned -over to the State and Na tional JLssociations. - Chrnjimas Seals are the greatest enemy of tuberculosis and The Weekly jpins with members of the campaign in, urging everyone to buy generously from the canvasser who calls on you. Red Cross Roll Call Closed Thanksgiving! urges all fanners to consider their The Red Cross Roll Call in Per-1 cotton allotments in the light in quimans County closed Thanksgiving' which they were made, under con Day, but as yet comolete rennrts on gressional supervision, and to con- the number of memberships gained in this drive are not available. The Weekly will publish the entire list of memberships in next week's issue. Mrs. C. P Mnni. t v '.M.viaa, viiail liiaii Ul LI l3 Roll Call, stated late Wednesday that s.ie had had reports from sever al of the solicitors working in Hert r i i ii. . , ioru, ana mat an tne reports were good, and if the community canvass ers throughout the county can report equally as well, that the drive will probably show an increase in mem berships for this year. There has been little interest dis played regarding the Red Cross at tempt to promote a knitting project in Hertford. tTo date an insufficient number of people have volunteered to warrant the Starting of the pro ject. However, S. M. Whedbee, County Chairman for the Red Cross, indicat ed that the project would be started if a group large enough to carry out the project volunteered for the work. Interested parties are asked to con tact Mr. Whedbee at the post office. Honor Roll Announced For High School By Superintendent The honor roll for Perquimans County High School was announced Wednesday by Superintendent P. T. Johnson. These honor grades are for the first quarter of the school year. Eighth Grade rhelma Elliott. Ninth Grade Carroll Berry, Mar jorie Forehand, Marie Goodwin, Katherine White, Stephen Elmore. Tenth Grade Lois Asbell, Mildred Boyce, Evelyn Copeland, Elizabeth Darden, Artie Mae Hodlowell, Eloiae Keaton, Doris Miller, Billie White. Eleventh Grade Mildred, Copeland, Pat Edwards, Mildred Gault, Minnie Louise Nixon, Esther Mae White, Pauline White Adalia Winslow, and Minnie Wilma -Wood. i ROTARY CLUB MEETS ; iHertford -Rotrjaha -held their regular, meeting ".Tuesday night at Hotel Hertford.. The usual routine business was transacted, 'with Riley Mond presiding. NAVY OFFICIALS TO VISIT HERTFORD ON TRIP SEEKING AIR-BASE SITE Meeting Saturday At Court House For Air Base Talk A mass meeting will be held at the Courthouse Saturday afternoon at 4:00 o'clock of aW persons interested in bringing the proposed Navy Air 2ase to Perquimans County. The public is Tnvited to attend the meeting during which civic leaders will attempt to organize in their ef forts to gain the project for this county. Navy officials will visit Hertford to inspect available sites probably next Monday, not later t'.ian Wednes day. Perquimans County Cotton Allotment Fixed At 6,032 Acres Cotton Referendum to Be Held December 7; All 1940 Producers Eligible to Vote Farmers of Perquimans County nave been allotted 6.0H2 acres on which to grow cotton in 1041 under the Agricultural Conservation Pro gram, and if they approve quotas for next year, they will be approved to sell all the cotton they are able to produce on their allotted acreage without penalty. Of the number r.i;6 acres were from 5 acres up of acres allotted, in allotments of while S'JC awe.' were allotments under that total. The Cotton Marketing Quota refer enAim will be held on Saturday, December 7, and all farmejes . who produced cotton in 1940 wiOl be eli gible to vote. While the referendum will have no effect on the cotton allotments, if the referendum fails to carry the total number of votes to place it in effect, I there will be no cotton loans during 1941. L. W. Anderson, county agent, centrate on growing more cotton per acre, instead of wishing for greater allotments. Mr. Anderson stated that 1940 had been an excellent cotton year and ' inasmuch as the boJll weevil was at a minimum this year, every outlook I m- kiouick, casnier oi tne nert points to another good year for pro-! ford Banking Company, announced duction in 1941 i toav tat Christmas Savings checks The 1941 marketing quota for a wil1 be mailed to approximately 500 farm wffll be the cotton acreage al- c'ub members during the early part lnrw mnifini; k n, o.t,,i or' of next week. normal yield, whichever is the larger, plus any carry-over cotton which could have been marketed without penalty in 1940. Funds Available For 15 Uniforms The Rotary Club committee in charge of raising funds to provide uniforms for the Perquimans County Band is meeting with success in its efforts to place at least twenty-four members of the band in neat-appear-.ng uniforms. According to F. T. Johnson, mem ber of the committee, funds have been pledged that will enable the committee to purchase fifteen uni forms. The committee expects this amount to be much larger by the end of the week. Any person desiring to, aid in the drive to "place the band" in uni forms may do so by sending a con tribution to R. M. Riddick, treasurer of the committee. Passion Play Film To Be Shown Here A motion picture based on the Life of Christ and the Passion Play will be shown at the Hertford Methodist Church on Monday evening, December 2nd, at 8 o'clock. The picture will depict the story of Christ from the Nativity to the Ascension, which is based upon and patterned after the world-famous Freiburg and Oberammergau ''Pas sion Play"iof i3urope. A free-will offering, will be taken : o assist in defraying expenses. , ' The ; Woman's Society of Christian Servc will meet at sevipn ' ' o'clock, prior to the showing of the picture. , $1.25 Per Year. Hertford Lions Club Receives Word From Bonner That Officials Would Stop Here Norman Trueblood, secretary of the Hertford Lions Club, has received a Qetter from Congressman Herbert C. Bonner stating that Captain C. E. Kosendahl, of the Navy Department, will visit Hertford sometime next week to inspect sites suitable for the construction of a non-rigid air base. The Navy Department, it is under stood, will build such a base some where along the North Carolina Coast between the Virginia Line and Cae llattera.s. Word from Mr. Igniter states that the Navy LVpartn.e:,! has inspected, the coast line ami ,"'ms this location the best mile-1 lm- ii.e pui pooe. The letter received by Mr. True blooil was in response to one written lo tin- Congressman by tlie local l,:on. Club .seeking to place this project within Perquimans County if possible. It is understood by The Weekly that the Rotary Club has also appointed a committee to work toward this goal, and also, that several locaO people have interested themselves and have also written Mr. l'.onner. The Weekly has been unable to learn whether or not any sites have been definitely decided on to show Captain Kosendahl, but it is under stood that several sections are under consideration and inte'rested people nope to nave plans worked out by the time the Navy officials arrive next week to interest t'nem in locat ing t.ie base m this county. In a statement issued to The VVeekly by Congressman lionner, he stat-eil that he had. held a conference with Navy officials and placed before them a memorandum of various cities t.iat had been in touch with him re garding the air base and that Cap tain Kosendahl stated that he would visit each section of the Albemarle and make a thorough inspection of the sites being offered. The Navy Department has such a ' UtS as'frs nov flfprVoBed for North CarolinaY" at Lakehurst, ' New Jersey, and difcwis it necessary to have an additional base on the South-Atlantic Coast. Funds for the construction of the base, it is under stood, were allotted by Congress last year. Christmas Checks Totaling $8,500 To Be Mailed Next Week Mr. Riddick estimated that the to tal amount of the checks wiOl be in the neighborhood of $8,500, which is the largest Christmas 'Savings Club in the history of the bank. Definite date has not yet been set for the opening of a new series for 1941, but announcement of the open ing will probably be made next week. Parent-Teachers To Bring Motion Picture To Local Schools The Hertford Parent-lTeachers As sociation has arranged to bring one of the most unusual talking motion pictures ever made to Hertford. The picture is titled "Golgotha," and it is filmed from the famous Passion ! Play. The picture presents the im mortal story of the crucifixion ot Christ in a spectacular and impres sive manner. Special equipment will be brought to Hertford for the showing of the picture. A matinee will be held at the High School auditorium on De cember 10, at 3 p. m., and. the pic ture will be shown again that night at 8 o'clock, at the Hertford Gram mar School. Central School P. T. A. Meets December 2nd The Parent-Teachers Association of the Central Grammar (School will hold its December meeting at the school building at Winfall on Monday night, December 2, at 7:30 o'clock. ; A program on recreation wilt be given. D. D. Putter, athletic coach of Perquimans, High School) will talk, on various fortpa ef mHabn,., I , String musk -wilt be irnisiedby local talent. ( V li ft .1 V V Vf If S 4. -' i 4 i
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