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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume VUL-Number 13.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 28, 1941.
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LITTLE INTEREST BEItt'G DISPLAYED
Ifl COMING ELECTION TOWN OFICTALS
? Check Reveals That
L Candidates Have Not
Filed With Town1
ll Clerk
If., . With approximately a month re
maining before the election of Town
officials little interest is being dis
played by the public in the coming
.election.
' A check at the Town Office on
jWednesday reveals that up to that
f time there had not been a candidate
filed for the office of Mayor or
Town Commissioner.
This is indeed a complete change
from the election of two years ago
when candidates started, their drive
for the offices almost a month before
the primary, and the topic was one
of much discussion up and down the
main streets of the town.
However, it is highly probable that
"things will soon be active" as can
didates have only three more weeks
in which to file for office. Mayor
V. N. Darden has semi-officially an
nounced his candidacy for re-election
to the office of Mayor; as has
Town Commissioners Z. A. Harris,
W. H. Hardcastle and Mark Gre
gory. Whether these officers are to
hare any competition remains to be
seen.
A. W. Hefren, Town Commissioner
for the past twenty years, states
that he will not be a candidate dur
ing the coming election. This deci
sion on the part of Mr. Hefren will
leave at least one vacancy to be fill
ed by the primary.
The Town Board designated in its
meeting of February that April 17
will be the last day for filing of
candidates. The primary will be
held on April 28, and the election of
fhe officials is scheduled for May 6.
A filing fee of $5 must be paid to
the Town Clerk at the time of filing.
Senior Class Play
Rounds Into Form
Cast of fourteen Will
Present Play on Night
Of April 3
Nightly rehearsals on the part of
th members of the cast of the
Senior Class play are rapidly round
ing the boys and girls into the char
acters which they will portray at the
presentation of the play Thursday
night, April 3rd.
The Senior Class play, a rollicking
comedy, "Tomboy," was written b7,
Boyee Loving and is crammed full
of good wholesome fun that old,
young and: middle-aged will enjoy.
The characters range in ages from
youngsters in their 'teens to elderly
. The play will be given at Perquim
ans County High School auditorium.
The cast includes Billy Blanchara,
Wall Mayes, Jean Newbold, Pat
Edwards, Evelyn White, Clarke
Stokes, D. J. White, Frank DillaH
Mildred Copeland, Eleanor Eure, Ed
ward' Wilder, .Fannie Lee Turner,
Anne Tucker and Pauline White.
The Senior Class play is presented
annually by the members of the
Senior Class of the High School as a
part of the graduation exercises and
it is looked forward to each year by
the aduta of the community with
great interest This year's produc
tkn promises loads of fun for both
the players ami the audience.
wiuYRcliearscis
; , Elected President
' ?, Duke Student Body
.x .Lawrence E.BUukh&roV Jr., i
'JfUileigna wto
- I'v2f ttofcersttfr; Durhtaifchas loaVrteen
. elects to the tteswency f tt&tpUK
aty; dent body of .that school. Ki .;adft.
v, ; toon' to tM
-Blanchard wai ahMr-chossJi president
irf he Junior Class and the Kappa
,sl Alpha Fraternity. l"? 'V';
p Youiig Blanchard. ia the nephew of
" - Mr. and Mrs. i. C Blanchard, of
Hertford.
Union Services At
Baptist Church '
Start Sunday ,
The Methodist and Baptist Church
es of Hertford will bold the first of a
aeries of Union Services at the Bap-
. tist Church Sunday evening . at 7:30
o'clock. The Rev. R. F. Munns will
preach,' tt.it hoped a large number
will bo present to join in. this wpr
ahip service. 4 , $ . rt
-.A cordial invitation is extended to
all. ne , v ,U" a )
Educated Dogs To
Perform At School
ay, March 28
The United States Society of Zoo
logy's troupe of high school educated
dogs will be presented at the Central
Grammar School, in Winfall, Friday
afternoon at 2:45 o'clock. The dogs
will perform bareback riding, rope
walking, tumbling and hoop jumping
acts.
There will also be a showing of
actual training methods, teaching
how to train dogs to sit up, stand up,
jump and various other tricks.
A special feature will be "Wise
Boy," the ladder climbing dog.
Third Quarter Honor
Roll Announced For
Central School
Principal Rupert Ainsley announ
ced on Wednesday the list of boys
and girls making the honor roll at
Perquimans Central Grammar School
for the third quarter of this school
year.
The honor students for this quar
ter are:
First Grade Barbara Ann Benton,
Robert Morris Winslow, Walter
Humphlett, Jr., Amy Van Roach,
Marvina White, Julian Onley, Billy
Benton, Marjorie Whedbee, Beverly
Hope Bright, Ben Miller, Nellie
Cartwright, Gertrude Elliott, Kath
leen Hurdle, Margaret Symons, Mary
Vernon Ward, Eugene Boyce, Lin
wood Lamb, Rufus Turner and Law
rence Winslow.
Second Grade George Eure, Bur
well Winslow, Mary Sue Cook, Hattie
Elliott, Sarah Ferrell, Carolyn Dean
Harrell, Patsy Hurdle, Eula Chalk,
Douglas Coffield, Durwood Lane
Melvin Lamb, Horace Miller, Ann
Bray and Sally White.
Third Grade Rosa Lowe, Dorothy
Miller, Wilma Russell, Lindsey Earl
Barber, Telma Ami Carved, Jts&y
Oail, Norwood Elliott, Mary Frances
Fowler, Abe Godfrey, Clara Hunter,
Minnie Lee Hollowell, Carolyn Hur
dle, Alice B. Lane, Ruby Lane, Earl
Rogerson, Paul Smith, Faray Simons
and Harry Lee Winslow.
Fourth Grade Ann Onley, Ann
HoUowell, William Sawyer, Preston visor.
Lane, Lelia Lee Winslow, Timothy' Enrollment of the youths in the
Clair Perry, Clarkson White, Mari- CCC will take place around the first
etta Joliff, Doland Winslow, Pearl of April, and all applications from
Hunter and Marie Rountree. this county should be made, at the
Fifth Grade Anna Faye Copeland, local welfare offices in the Court
Earl VSimpson, James Dail, Doris house.
Wilder, Calvin Bright, Peggy Cook, Youths interested in this project
Leon Lane, Eugene Hurdle, Hillary are asked to contact Mrs. Blanchard
Scaff and H. B. Miller. for an application blank before
Sixth Grade Oneida Caddy, Mary APril first
Leland Winslow, Mary Lina Raper, I The four youths chosen from the
Faye Winslow, Emmett Elmore,
Kader Franklin White, Sybil Monds,
Dotmegan Lane, Alleene Yeates and
Phillip Harwood.
Seventh Grade Pauline Smith,
Esther Winslow, Marjorie Rebecca
White, Horace Baker, Jr., Leona
Lane, Dorothy Faye White, Frances
Ann Cooke, Marjorie Frances White,
Oliver Cartwright, Joan Ann Wins
low, Daisy Chappell and Norma
Winslow.
County Farm Agent
Gives Explanation
Of 1941 Farm Plan
L. W. Anderson, Perquimans coun
ty agent, concluded this week a ser
ies of meetings held in New Hope,
Belvidere and Hertford during which
he explained the 1941 Farm Program
and, the new Cotton Stamp Plan to
farmers of this county.
Special emphasis was given to the
Stamp- Plan whereby cotton growers
cooperate with the government , in
deduction: of. cotton acreage and to
turjwcerilttton stamps wni
ma, taaned-1n :at Wtairitoros
chandise. . -
A lanre number of fanners was
present at each of the meetings.
Judge Henry Stevens
To Preside At April
Term Superior Court
Judge Henry L Stevens, of ' War
saw, will preside at the April term of
Perquimans Superior Court when it
opens here on April 14.
The ourt docket is rapidly filling
with criminal cases Y and it is indi
cated that a lengthy . court aeseion
will, be bold here before all the cases
ate finally'' disposed U of At the
present time the docket has 15 crim
inal cases to be heard and 18 ivil
cases pending. . , '
Red Cross Sewing
Project Gets Under
Way Next Week
Chairman Announces
Materials For Cloth
ing Received
Materials for the sewing project
being sponsored by the Perquimans
Chapter of the American Red Cross
have been received by S. M. Whed
bee, chairman, and he announced
this week that several ladies of the
Hertford community including Mrs.
G P. Morris, Mrs. Charles Whedbee,
Mrs. J. S. Vick, Mrs. Guy Newby
and Mrs. Louis Nachman will begin,
possibly by next week, to cut out the
garments to be made out of the ma
terials. After the cuttings have been made
the garments will be turned over to
volunteers who will maks them for
the Red Cross. On completion, the
garments will be sent to Red. Cross
Headquarters for distribution among
the refugees.
Mr. Whedbee requests that any
person interested in sewing for the
project get in touch with either he
or Mrs. Morris and that articles
needed in the project, such as thread,
etc., will be furnished the volunteers.
The local Red Crass Chapter has
ordered material enough to make 28
dresses, 25 sweaters, 17 operating
robs, and 12 hospital bed shirts. The
material for fhe dresses has arrived
and the chairman is expecting the
balance of the goods to arrive any
day.
The goods for the making of the
garments is being sent to the local
chapter by National Headquarters of
the Red Cross, and the local chapter
is to furnish the necessary workers
to finish the garments.
People interested in assisting in
this work can volunteer their ser
vices immediately as the chairman
expects to start the project as soon
as the garments have been cut ac
cording to patterns.
Welfare Department
Announces Openings
In CCC Camps
Four Perquimans County youths,
two white and two Negroes, will be
chosen to fill vacancies in CCC
camps, according to Mrs. Lucius
Blanchard, Jr., county welfare super-
applications will be taken to Wash
ington, N. C, and enrolled into CCC
along with other youths from this
section of the State.
Bingo Party
The Home Demonstration Club of
Durants Neck will spensor a Bingo
Party at the New Hope Community
House on Friday night, March 28,
at 7:30 o'clock.
Refreshments will be served and
the proceeds will go to the Home
Demonstration Club.
COUNTY AGENT TO CONDUCT FARM TOUR
IN PERQUIMANS THURSDAY, APRIL 3
Announcement was made this week
by County Agent, L. W. Anderson,
that arrangements have been mada
for a Farm Tour to be conducted in
Perquimans on .Thursday: April 3.
.Jfhe ;; tour wilh' Btart "from" - the Agri
culturai Building in Hertford about
fiO'lock and; will last approximately,
All farmers interested in the
growing of winter cover crops, such
as Winter Austrian Peas, Barley,
Wheat and Oats, are urged to attend
this tour as these crops will be given
special attention on the tour of the
farms.
The tour will include inspection of
these crops as grown on farms m the
Woodville Community, as well as the
farm at the State Prison, located
near Woodville'.
J. C Broomei District AAA off icei
and David1 T. House, member of the
iState AAA committee, will be on the
tour and give talks pertaining to
these winter cover crops.
Present indications are that s
tsrsft 'number of Perquimans farmers
will. Join tfte'tour. but Mr. Ander
son' urges' that as many growers of
winter cover crops attend as possible.
Welfare Supervisor
To Direct Sale Of
Easter Seals Here
Mrs. Lucius Blanchard
Again Named to Head
Annual Drive to Aid
Crippled Children
Mrs. Lucius Blanchard, Jr., Per
quimans County Welfare Supervisor,
will again bead the annual sale of
Easter Seals in- this county. She
announced today that the sale of the
seals will get under way by the lat
ter part of next week.
In all probabilities County School
Superintendent F. T. Johnson will
enlist the school children to handle
the smaller sales of the seals and j
Mrs. Blanchard will handle the larger!
sales from her office in the Court-1
house.
Half of the proceeds received from
the sale of the Easter 'Seals are re
tained in Perquimans County for
local chapter work and the other half
is forwarded to the State Society.
Mrs. Blanchard stated that the a
mounts raised locally in past years
have been put to splendid use, buy
ing braces for crippled children and
providing hospitalization.
A recent federa; report says North
Carolina has 62,000 physically maim
ed residents. Of these 17,000 are
listed on the Social Security records
at Raleigh, showing that many be
long to the lower economic levels.
There are more than 300,000 crippled
children in the country as a whole,
and it is estimated that approxi-
caroma
The dollars spent .'or Easter Seals
provide for transportation of crip
pled children to and from clinics,
hospitals, and schools, purchase of
appliances, wheelchairs, artificial
limbs, special sboes and the like.
They employ skillful people to help,
they provide hospitalization, recrea
tion, training in arts and crafts for
home-bound children.
Mrs. Blanchard, in announcing the
Easter Seal Sale hopes that the peo
ple of the County will "share their
Easter joy" and aid in this work of
giving for the crippled children.
Parent Teacher Club
Installs Curtain At
(Jrammar School
The Hertford Parent-Teacher As
sociation "Curtain Fund" went over
the top.
During the month of February the
local group took as its project for
the month the task of raising suffi
cient. funds to supply a curtain for
the stage of the Grammar School
building.
The Association raised the neces
sary funds through popular sub
scription and the curtain was install
ed at the school building on Tuesday.
A list of the contributors to this
fund will be carried in a later issue
of The Weekly.
Hertford Rotary
Club Holds Qyster
Roast Meeting
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club traveled to Norfolk, Va., Thurs
day evening and enjoyed an oyster
roast at the Pine Tree Inn. This
meeting was held in place of the
regular weekly meeting at the Hotel
Hertford.
Knife Wielding Must
Stop, Says Tucker
"This continued wielding of knives
at -Jhe least provocation must stop,"
Judge Granberry Tucker told the
Perquimans Recorder's Court Tues
day as he passed sentence upon J. R
Lee, Negro, found guilty of assault
with a deadly weapon. Judge Tucker
sentenced Lee to 90 days on the
roads, sentence to be suspended upon
payment of a (10 . fine and court
costs. A doctor's fee of two dollars
Is to be paid out of the fine. Lee
was also placed on good behavior
for a period of two years.
Lee was brought into court on a
warrant sworn out by Willie Wright,
Negro, who stated on testimony that
Lee cut him after they had an ar
gument Little time was consumed by court
Tuesday as only five cases were
tried. Two of these were submis
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SELECTIVE DRAFT QUOTA FOR APRIL TO
BE LARGEST FILLED BY BOARD TO DATE
Committee Expresses
Appreciation For
Bundles Work
Mrs. R. T. Clarke, chairman for
the Perquimans i Bundles for Britain,
this week expressed the committee's
appreciation for the public response
that the committee had received in
this work.
Mrs. Clarke publicly thanks the
Boy Scouts for the assistance they
have rendered in gathering the Bun
dles from the various homes through
out the Town.
Another drive for Bundles will be
conducted this Saturday and people
are requested to place bundles on
their porches in order for them to be
collected by the
week,
Scouts again this
County Welfare
Board Must Be
Re-named By April 1
l!e-appointments to the Perquim
ans county welfare board will be
necessary before the first of April
under new legislation enacted by the
1941 General Assembly, although it
is possible no change may be made
in the present board set-up.
Chairman of the local board now
is Dr. T. P. Brinn, and Mrs. R. Tim
Brinn and W. F. C. Edwards are the
other two members.
One appointment is made by th-?
State Board of Charities and Public
Welfare and one appointment by the
Perquimans County Commissioners
with the two appointees selecting the!
third person with whom they will be age-range, the local board has not
associated in supervising the local received any word regarding these
welfare program. I proposed changes.
Before this year the Commission ' The local board is continuing to
ers could not name one of their own make plans for moving its offices
number to sit on the welfare board, to rooms ver the Bus Station, but
but the new law makes possible such as yet has not received official per
an appointment if the county govern-; mission to do so.
ing body so desires. Previously th', "
Commissioners,' appointee had to b I imma PI Ilk niAlirf
a person not connected with h
Doara oi commissioners m any wy.
The appointment this month by the
commissioners will be for a term of
two years running from the first of
April, while the State Board ap
pointee's term will cover three
years, and the third member selected
by these two will serve for one year.
Subsequent appointments will be for
terms of two years in the case of
cadi of the three members.
Prior service on a welfare board
will not prevent the appointment of
a member under the new set-up, but
in the future members cannot serve
more than three terms or six conse
cutive years.
Between now and the first of
April the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare will meet in Ra
leigh to make 100 appointments, one
for each county board.
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Livestock Show To
Be Staged At Wenona
Wednesday, April 2
L. W. Anderson, county agent, to
day urged all Perquimans County
livestock raisers to attend the Spec
ial Livestock Day to be held on the
Black Land Test Farm at Wenona,
N. C., on Wednesday, April 2.
Mr. Anderson pointed out that the
program will begin about 11 a. m.,
and continue through the afternoon
During the morning session talks
will be devoted to livestock, while the
afternoon program will include in
spection of the test farm and talks
on the growing of crops.
Construction Of New
Road Started This Week
Work on the construction of a
new roadway leading from Hertford
to Elizabeth City was started this
week by the Brinkley Construction
Company of Elizabeth City, who has
the State contract for the construc
tion of the bridges and the building
of the new road way.
The McGuire Construction Com
pany was given the contract for the
building of the road.
The road when completed will cut
the Town of Winfall off Highway
Number 17, and will shorten the
distance between Elizabeth City and
Hertford by approximately two
miles.
At the present time the workmen
on the job are clearing the new road
way through the swamp and wooded
area and moving buildings out of the
right-of-way.
Seven White Youths to
Be Selected to Leave
For Camp on April
Eighth
The Perquimans County Draft
Board has received a call for seven
white men to fill the county's quota
for April under the Selective Ser
vice Act. This is the largest quota
for Perquimans County to date.
In anticipation of larger calls, the
local board is continuing to send out
questionnaires in large lots, having
mailed another 25 forms to regis
trants on Monday. A total of 369
questionnaires have now been mailed
to the young men of this county wbo
come under the Act.
The local board has not yet select
ed the seven men to fill the April
call, but it is likely that the.se men
will be Edgar L. Lane, William
Davis, James Russell, Joseph Stall
ings, Curtis Coflield, Clyde Harris
and John Godfrey. The men will
leave Hertford on April 8 for Fort
Bragg, w'nere they will be inducted
into military .service for one year.
J. li. Stokes, chairman of the Per
quimans Board, announced that the
board had received unofficial word
that there might be a call for six
Negroes for a later date in April,
but as yet this notice has not been
confirmed.
Six men, two Negroes and four
white youths, left Hertford tlus
in.mth to fill the March quota. The
colored youths left Hertford for Fort
Bragg on March 19, while Milton
Iine, Harold Copeland, Noah Hurdle
and Louis Chappell, the four white
men, left for camp last Monday.
Although much has been written
lateluy in the daily newspapers that
changes may be made in the Selec
tive Service Act and the age limit for
selectees lowered from the present
JUIIO UlUlldJIObllOd
County Eye Clinic At
Meeting Last Week
Industry Tax-Free Bill
Rejected In General
Assembly
The possibility of an eye clinic for
under-privileged children in Per
quimans County was discussed at the
meeting of the Hertford Lions Club
last Friday night. The club, if the
clinic Ls held, will be assisted in the
work by the State Blind Commission.
A similar clinic was held in Hert
ford several years ago, but definite
plans for another clinic have not yet
been worked out by the local club,
and the club Secretary Norman N.
Trueblood has been instructed to get
the complete details regarding the
clinic before the club acts definitely
on the matter.
In its work to bring new indus
tries to Hertford the Industrial Com
mittee of the club was notified by
Representative J. T. Benton that his
attempt to have a bill passed in the
1941 Legislature giving the County
Commissioners and the Town Com
missioners the right to give free
taxes to new industries locating in
Hertford was termed unconstitutional
by the Attorney General and it was
therefore impossible to place the bill
before the House. Under these cir
cumstances, there can be little in the
way of inducements made to new in
dustry seeking to locate here. How
ever, the committee is still diligently
working toward seeing more smoke
stacks within the town limits.
The club will hold its next regu
lar meeting at Cross Roads on Fri
day, April 4th. The club will be
served by the Woman's Club of that
community.
Dr. Ward Undergoes
Operation This Week
Dr. I. A. Ward was admitted to
Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City,
on Tuesday of this week and under
went an operation for hernia on
Wednesday. Latest reports are that
he is doing nicely.
MASONS MEET
At Tuesday's meeting of Perquim
ans Lodge, No. 106, A. F. & A. M.,
a candidate was initiated.'
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