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A -,r' WEEKLY ''if i Mi t t A WEEKLY MlgSPAPER DSVOrrED TO THE UPBUILDING 07 HSRTFORD AND PERQUDIANO COUNTY Volume VIII Number 14. ' Hertford, Perquimans County, Morth Carolina, Friday, April 4, 1941 $1.25 Per Year. EtOUllANS 9 i School Honor lligl Roll Third Quarter in Released This Week Thirty - three Students Receive Top Grades For Class Work I 1 1 Superintendent F. T. Johnson an J wpunced Wednesday that a total oi I 1 Jhirty-three boys and girls, student? i- ' i it T-i tt:i- ol l" 1 .1 : - at me rerquimans nign ocnooi, iiau i Avrolliut in t.hpir work Hurinir the third quarter of the school year and 'hereby were named on the Honoi Roll for the quarter. - With less than two months remain ; In? of ' the present school term, School officials and teachers are ra pidly advancing plans for the coming graduation exercises and closing of school for the summer vacation. Students named on the Honor Roll were: Eighth Grade Mary Lee Perry, Thelma Elliott, Eula Mae Morgan, sMary Elizabeth Russell, Geneva Jo White, Clara Smith, Louvenia Bart lett, Dorothy Oakey and . Broughton Dail. Ninth Grade Katherine White, Kathleen Nixon, Marie Goodwin, Stephen Elmore, Carroll Perry. Tenth Grade Lois Asbell, Eliza beth Darden, Artie Mae Hollowell, Eloise Keaton, Doris Miller, Billy White, Robert Louis Stevenson. Eleventh Grade Minnie Wilma Wood, Adatia Winslow, Pauline White, Marian White, Evelyn White, Esther Mae White, Dorothy Perry, Mildred Gault, Dorothy Elliott, Pat Edwards, Mildred Copeland, Eunice Chappell. Central Grammar school P. T. A. To Meet Monday Night I'ne Parent-Teachers Association of Central Grammar School at Win- fall, will hold its April meeting on Monday night, April 7, at 8 o'clock. New officers will be installed at this meeting. The devotional will be conducted by Oscar Williams, of Elizabeth City. Mr. Williams will give an illustrated talk, developing his subject by free hand drawing. The program will be directed by Mrs. Ralph White, of Belvidere. A short sketch, "A Musical' Journey Around the World," will foe presented by the music pupils and other stu dents of the school. All members are urged to attend this meeting which promises to be an interesting one and it is also the last meeting of the school year. Hertford Rotarians Entertain Basket Ball Teams Tuesday Edgar Bundy Guest Speaker at Dinner for Boys and Girls Recorder's Court Disposes Of Minor Cases Tuesday Jacob Stafford Takes An Appeal In License Verdict Farm Cleanup Week 'SuggcstedBy Vet A "Farm Cleanup Week" during these early days In April is suggesv . d bar Dr,"CCD. Grinnells, State Col- m. u " ha nmrt "or 9. vii iwmm reduction fn livestock losses by clean ing and disinfecting barns and farm lots." , The veterinarian says that at least one-fifth of today's annual loss of baby pigs, calves snd other livestock . could be saved if every farmer woulo Join in this effort. Old barnyards t .and dirty livestock quarters harbor 'Ihnillions of arerms of livestock dis eases euch as cholera, enteritis, ery ' slpelas, and other fatal livestock ; plagues. These germs are passeo i from one generation of livestock to "'(noijjnartgrs are Pipperiy Dr. tjdoneIls.s&y9 that the Ameri can undaon for Animal Health is . sponsorinir ? a . nawon-wwe : c arm r- CTeanup" jfcampalgn. Ameng llie ma ior OTiectfirea are: -Ctean awl disinfect all buildings ' Ve4 Hvestock; .fence or fill old muhes and wallows ; burn old straw etacks; board up holes and burrows beneath buildings; fence off nwintirA tin which are maior sour- ces of parasite infection: scrub feed , r boxes and poultry roosts with hot lye water; 'eradiate rats, mice, pigeone, and sparrows; disinfect poultry nous ' es and nests. ? Due to higher hog prices this year, Dr. Grinnells says that wise farmer wfll' Ufle extra care to prevent baby ttir losses at farrowing time, and to ; have pigs immuniaed against cholera ; as early as possible. Raising of pigs on fresh pastnre,,away from old hog lotB, is also a profitable practice ' ' The Nation is being called upon to increase its livestock production 'j- for National Defense," the veterinar ', Ian declaredr "and farm cleanup week ' can be a large factor in preventing ' costtr disease losses -if all farmers . wil; cooperate. j k CcndiUon Of Wilbam , " Htrdcastle Reported Ah Better Wednesday ; . The condition pf WUUam Hardcas- tlL onn bf Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hartf- ' eastle, -who has beto quite ill in the i Natal Aw-Uerny hospital at Annpw , lis, 'Maryland, was reported at bettei ' ' late Wednesday night, -r s ,1 llr. and - Mrs, Hardcastle were called to Annapolis- last Friday morn- . ing' to be with their son, but s Mr. , : Hardcastle returned to Hertford on - :, Mondays Mrs. Hardcastle remained. - - indahlpman Hardcastle was . suf fering from - a throat infection and develoned oneumonia. , ; Although, he is stiU gravely ill, his many, friends 1 await, word of his Complete, recovery. v ' SUNBEAT'S, TO MEET eZ The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Curch will meet Sunday afternoon, Arrll 6, .at 2 o'clock, at fee church. The Hertford Rotary Club was host to the Perquimans County High School girls' and boys' basketball teams, at a dinner at Hotel Hertford Tuesday evening, with Edgar Bund, superintendent of Elizabeth City Schools, as guest speaker. Mr. Bundy, formerly superintend-1 ent of Perquimans County Schools and a member of the Hertford Ro tary Club, told of the athletic achievements of Perquimans High School beams in past years, and urged the Rotarians to work for greater support among adults for the county's athletic program. He related many instances when athletic teams of Perquimans High School won over strong opponents, through sheer grit and determina Mnn unit ilt nf hnw manv of Hert- tfgftH stu- the stage of the newly constructed Hiarh School auditorium, and funds for football and basketball equip ment. "You students of today have a heritage that other boys and girls put everything they had into," he told the young people. Athletics in school give boys and girls something they cannot get from textbooks. It gives them the power to keep on fighting, when the going gets rough, in later life. 'Your athletic coach and superin tendent cannot do the job of mould ing fine athletic teams by themsel ves, but must have whole-hearted support of you older people you've got to let them know you're behind them, and get out and work foi them and with them," Mr. Bundy declared in conclusion. Speeches of appreciation to the Rotary Club for the entertainment were made by Mildred Gault, of the girl's' team, and Clarke Stokes, of the boys' team. Songs by the entire group, and an impromptu solo by R. & Monds, president of the Rotary Club, pro ceeded the dinner. Maybe it's the Defense ProgTam and plenty of work to keep idle hands busy that is cutting down vxi the number of cases heard in Per quimans Recorder's Court, but what ever it is, the Tuesday session was a verv short one. Only four minor cases were heard by Judge Gran berry Tucker. Jacob Stafford, resident of the Newland section of PasquotanK County, along with Joe R. Freeman. Negro, was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle without proper li cense and fined $25. Prayer of Judg ment was continued in the case of Freeman. Stafford appealed the case to the Superior Court. State Highway officers charged. 'Stafford with being a resident of North Caro lina and exhibiting Virginia license Dlates on a truck owned by him. Stafford contended that he was aa much a resident of Virginia as he was of North Carolina inasmuch as he maintained an address in Vir ginia. However, he testified that he voted in North Carolina at the last election. Raymond Rogerson was found guilty of possession of non-tax paid liquor and plead guilty to the charge of beinsr drunk. He was taxed with the cosis of court. Luther Jones and Mildred Jones, both Negroes, plead guilty to dis turbing the peace and assault. They were assessed the costs of court. Jim Lowe entered a plea of guilty to the charge of operating an auto mobile with improper license and was fined, the costs of court. A capias was issued for Jerry Lewis Eaton for violation of a court order, ordering him to contribute to the support of his children. When officers attempted to find Eaton on Tuesday it was learned that he had left the county. ' Draft Board Speeds Work Of Mailing Out Questionnaires Twelve Men to Leave For Camp During Month of April The Perquimans County Draft Board in anticipation of further heavy calls for men has speeded up the work of mailing out question naires to men registered under the Selective Service Act. ' Fifty questionnaires were mailed out early this week in order to clas sify the men and build up a reserve of class 1-A registrants who wil) be subject to call to serve one year in military training. A total of twelve men, six white and six Negroes, will leave Hertforo during the month of April to fill thi? county's quota. The white men wi leave Hertford next Tuesday for Fort Brag, where they will be in ducted into service. The Negroes leave for camp on April 17. Originally seven white men were to leave on April 8, but Joseph Stall- ings, one of the men selected to be inducted, was granted a deferrment and at the present time the looal board does not have any class 1-A Registrants to replace him. I The Negroes who have been se lected to fill the quota on the 17th are: George Nelson, Jacob Martin, Enoch Barnard, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses Skinner and Ralph Burke. Up to Wednesday evening the board, according to J. R. Stokes, chairman, had mailed out a total of 409 questionnaires to county men. A total of 1,126 are registered with the local board. Mr. Stokes also announced on Wednesday that the local board had been given official permission to move the draft board offices from the present location to quarters lo cated over the Bus Station at the comer of Church and Grubb Streets. All persons having business with the board are asked to take notice of this removal of offices. The board expects to be in the new loca tion by the end of this week. Bangs Eradication Project 50 Per Cent Completed Says Mirin in Lions Club Meeting At Hotel Friday To Discuss Eye Clinic Norman Trueblood, secretary of the Hertford lions Club, announced Wednesday that the lions Club will not meet at the Community House at Cross Roads on Friday, but in-1 stead will hold the regular meeting at the Hotel Hertford. Mrs. Dorothea B. Tucker, Field Supervisor of the State Commission forv' the Blind, and Mi. Lucius Blanchard,. Jr,, Cpnnty Welfare Su pervisor will attend (he meeting and give details to the local club regard ing an eye clinic for under-privileged cnildren. ".' , There f is ! possibility - that the lions Club'willjponsor this clinic at en ijarly date and all members of the club are urged to attend the meeting on ; Friday night in order that the ;lan can be fully discussed with Mrs. "ucker. . -vv. '; - v ! . The club will meet at Cross Roads at. the next Mtingv!':!' :j.i:'??J -;;.-r , , - (CIRCLE THREE TO MEET . ..Circle Number Three of the Won to's Missionary! Society of the Bap tist Church will meet Monday even ing, "April ,7, at ft o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Trim Wilson' M members are urged to attend. t , s, Senior Class Play Presented To Large Audience Thursday Just what happens when a "tom boy" discovers that this is a worn an's world was uncovered Thursday when the Benlor Class of Perquim ans High School presented the an nual spring play at both matinee and . .. ,it evening performances, aitenaea Dy large audiences. The three-act play kept the au dience in continuous laughter as one hilarious situation followed another. The plot centered around the Ab bot family, consisting of Mrs. Abbot, three daughters and John Abbot, wno had always wished for a son, and determined to make hia youngest daughter, "Jackie," as much of a son as Mother Nature would allow. The family divided itself as Mrs. Abbot deterfined on the double wed ding of her two girls, and Mr. Abbot became obsessed with the idea of making the "tomboy" amateur wom en's srolf champion of the State. How he succeeded was presented in riotous fashion. The cast of characters included: John Abbot Billy Blanchard Nancy Abbot Wally Mayes Dorothy Jean Newbold Eloise Pat Edwards Jacqueline Evelyn White Larry Clarke Stokes Alfred J. J- White Ernest Frank Dillard Mrs. Hawkins- Mildred Copeland Mrs. Simpson Eleanor Eure Newspaper Photographer Edward wilder P. C.H.S. Debaters Win Inter-City Meet Third Straight Year For the third time in as many years the members of the Perquim ans High School debating teams have held their inter-city meets with Edenton and Elizabeth City and both the negative and affirma tive teams of the looal high school have been awarded the winning de cision by the judges. The Hertford negative team de bated against the Elizabeth City af firmative team in the Edenton High School Friday morning, while the local affirmative team met the Edenton negative team in Elizabeth City. The argument was. Resolved: "That the United States should adopt a policy pf requiring one yeai of military training of all able-bodied men before they reach the age of 23." The Hertford teams as winners of the inter-city meets will go to Chapel Hill to compete with winners from other schools in debates there. Members of the Perquimans debat ing teams are: Affirmative, Billy Blanchard and'Lois Asbell; Negative, Doris Miller and Janet Quincy. Post No. 126 To Meet Courthouse Friday Dr. S. S. Mirin, veterinarian charge of the Perquimans County Bangs eradication program, told The Weekly on Wednesday that the work was approximately fifty percent com pleted and that he was highly grati fied with the cooperation that he has had in this county in carrying out the work. Over one thousand inspections of animals have been made and of this number only one animal was con demned. There are, at the present, 38 animals reacting suspiciously, and these animals will be re-tested If found to be infected, they will be condemned. Owners of animals condemned un der this project are allotted payment for the same, and in turn may sell the animals for beef. Red Cross Chapter Progressing With Sewing Project Approximately Thirty Dresses Cut Out Dur ing" Past Week Rapid progress is being made by the Perquimans Chapter of the A merican Red Cross in its project of sewing for refugees. Materials for dresses arrived here last week and to date approximately 30 dresses have been cut from the material for warded to S. M. Whedbee. county Red Cross chairman. Several ladies of Hertford, includ ing Mrs. J. S. Vick, Mrs. C. P. Morris, Mrs. W. G. Wright, Mrs. Charles Whedbee, Mrs. Guy Newby and Mrs. Louis Nachman have volun teered to cut out the patterns ana sew the garments. Many of the dresses have already been completed by the group and will be shipped to National Red Cross headquarters along with other garments when completed. At the present time materials for sweaters, hospital gowns and robes, which the local chapter expects to make, have not arrived but Mr. Whedbee is expecting the shipment to arrive daily and work will begin on these garments when ft does ar rive. In discussing the progress made in this work, Mr. Whedbee asked that The Weekly again let the people of Perquimans know that this is not a "closed" project. There is lots of work to be done in P. T. A. Club To Hold Final Meeting Of Year Friday Night All Members Urged to Attend; To Review Year's Work The Hertford Parent-Teachers As sociation will hold its final meeting for this school year at the Hertford Grammar School Friday night at 8 o'clock. Every member of the As sociation is urged to be present as reports will be given upon the wort completed during the year. Mrs. J. R. Futrell, president of the Association, will preside and Mrs. B. G. Koop.ce will be in charge of the program. Mrs. Koonce has announ ced that a short sketch entitled, "Building a Castle," will be the highlight of a very interesting pro gram being prepared for the enter tainment. Several grades of thr school will take part in the program to be presented. The Rev. C. E. Hobgood will de liver a short talk at the conclusion of the program. The club officers are anxious thai as many members attend this final meeting as possible, as it is hoped the last meeting of the year will be a grand one. One of the main projects of the Association for this year has been the raising of funds which enabled the group to purchase a curtain for the stage at the school and those who have inspected the curtain since its installation are well pleased with it. Members of the committee in charge of the curtain drive wish to thank everyone for the part played in raising funds for the curtain as they feel everyone in the community aided with the project and the As sociation is exceedingly proud of the new curtain. Gone With The Wind Matinee And Night ing the Red Cross in the making of clothing for refugees, and the local Red Cross chapter is anxious to have as many volunteer workers aid ing in the work as it can possibly get. All materials for the making of clothing is furnished by the Red Cross and supplies, such as thread, etc., is given to the workers. All volunteers of the project may do the sewing in their own homes and in their spare time . . . so n any person wants to volunteer for this work, either Mr. Whedbee or Mrs. C. P. Morris should be contacted. Littleton Gibbs, manager of the State Theatre, announced Wednes day that the showing of the motion picture "Gone With the Wind" will be held at the State Theatre next Thursday and Friday and that only two shows, a matinee and a night performance, will be shown daily. The matinee will start at 2:15. and the evening show at 8 o'clock The picture, which had its premiere i.- f o;j last year, has not been cut down UIC way ui cm-i- - Radio Representative . ,.JFnnie Lee Turner Golf Goods Saleswoman Anne Tucker Cosmetics Representative . Pauline White Perquimans Group Attend Missionary Union In Gates A large number of Hertford people Attended the t Woman's Missionary Union of the Chowan Association held at Cool, Springs Church in Gates County, last IJTiday. - Among those attending were: Mes- dames R; S. Monds, I W. fJorman, Philin White. Hudson Butler, M. J Gregory. J. J. Fleetwood. ; Riddick Chappell,' J. P. Perry, C Hobgood; Corprew Reed, J. E, Everett, Norman Elliott and the Rev. C. E. Hobgood. 1 Stoke', Store, Perquimans County's American lie don Post. Number 126, will hold a business meeting on Friday night, April 4, at 7.80 o'clock. The meet ing will be held at the Courthouse, and all members of the local post are urged to attend. Amomr other topics discussed at the meeting will be the subject of the Legion sponsoring some local pro ject for the well-being of the community. Rose's Sign Lease For New Location; Announcement was made this week by J. S. Vickers, manager of Rose's Store, that his company had signed a lease for the building now occupied bv thi Stokes' store and the D, Pender Grocerv and would move in to the new location sometime in the earlv fall. ' At this 'time nothing has been learned regarding the future loca tions of the . - Pender Store or the if- Appeal Board Defers Roulac Webb For Six Months Period The District Appeal Board con nected with the Selective Service Act, has notified the Perquimans Draft Board that it has deferred Roulac Webb from serving in mili tary training for a period of six months. Webb appealed to the higher board when he was refused deferrment by the local board last February on grounds of employment. This appeal was one of several decided upon by the District AtDeal Board at its meeting last week in Windsor. The other hearings at that time did not affect any registrants of this county. Webb was deferred and placed in Class 2, until September Z4. Tests Now Offered On Fertilizers and the entire feature picture lasts four hours. The picture is based on the best seller of the same title b? Margarel Mitchell and tells a story of the old South in a thrilling continuity that holds an audience in suspense throughout the entire production. The picture was judged as the out standing motion picture produced during 1940 and many of the cast were awarded motion picture "os cars" for their acting in this picture, The outstanding stars of the pic ture are Vivian Leigh and Clark Gable, supported in splendid casts by Leslie Howard and Olivia De Havilland. Perquimans Mattress roject Going" Well Under The N. Y. A. in Perauimans County farmers hav ing a ton or more of fertilizer thai they desire ckecked to determine if plant food guarantees are met by the manufacture, should write tnen nearest inspector, or the State De nartment of Agriculture between now and May 1. C. C. Boswood of Gregory, N. C, 1b , the Inspector for the following counties: Perauimans. Camden, Cur rituck, Chowan, Dare, Gates, .Tyrrell and Pasauotankw The NYA mattress making project Perquimans County is mamng splendid progress, according to K W. Anderson, County Agent. To date a total of 982 mattresses for families of low income nave been made, and the work is gomg forward at the rate of 15 to 18 mat tresses per day, under the direction of the four NYA workers. The manufacturing is going on at two places, there not being room enough in any one available building A vacant store on Edenton aireei and one on Market Street are being used. A recent order for 48 bales of cot ton and 4,800 yards of ticking has been placed. This will be enough for 480 additional mattresses. An order for 2,000 yards of per cale for the manufacture or. com forts has also been placed, but will not be shipped right away as the mills are busy filling defense orders, Mr. Anderson said. Opens Thrift Shop In an effort to raise funds for the Bt. Catherine's Guild, members of the Guild will open a Thrift Shop on Saturday, April 6, in rooms located over the Norfolk Southern Bus Sta tion; Both old and new articles will be placed on sale and the members oi the Guild invite the public to inspect the articles on display; 1 J- 'V - 1 ' V 1' . v All i JLers are urged to attend. T ,
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