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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUTLDINQ 07 HERTFORD AND PERQUDXANO COUNTY
Volume VIII. Number 15.
-Hertford, Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina. Friday, April 11, 1941.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RID SELVES
OF ABC LIQUOR STORE QUESTION
Discussion Shows Board
Not Liable In Re
gards Old Petition
SCOUTS FAVORED
Day Long Session Held
By JBoard at Meeting
Monday
The Board of County Commission
ers, meeting in regular session on
Monday, rid themselves once and for
all of the question of calling an elec
tion for the people of this county to
decide whether or not an ABC Store
will be established here.
Back in January the Board agreed,
in substance, to the calling of an
election on an old petition presented
to the County Board several years
ago, providing the State Legislature
did not call for a iState-wide refers
endum on the question. When the
Legislature failed to do this, the
matter was again brought to the at
tention of the County Commissioners
on Monday, and after having the
County Attorney read the law gov
erning the calling of this election,
the Board found that it was not re
sponsible for the calling of the elec
tion under this petition.
A motion was then made by one
of the members of the Board that
the Commissioners call the election,
which action they nave a right to
take under the law, however, thiB
motion died a-borning because none
of the other members would second
the motion.
It was also the consensus of opin
ion of the Board members that the
old petition, carrying sufficient
names to call an election, was now
void and if the voters wanted an elec
tion that a new petition to the Per
quimana County .board of Elections
will have to be drawn before any
action can be taken.
Bat, be that as it may, the County
Commissioners have rid themselves
of a very touchy question which they
have net wanted to handle from the
vfify ItwtrTTTf tftelection is eM
now it will be upon the action of
the voters of the county.
Other matters brought to the at
tention of the Board on Monday in
cluded the re-appointment of W. F.
C. Edwards to the Welfare Boara,
Mr. Edwards was also re-appointed
County Accountant for a period of
(two years.
The Hertford Boy Scout Troop,
Number 165, was voted a sum of $10
per month for a period of one year
to aid in the carrying on of the
Scout work in Perquimans.
Several minor assistance cases
were handled by the Commissioners
at the April meeting.
Members of the Board were guests
of the Board of Education at a lunch
eon served at the High School Build
ing at noon.
master seals raced
" On Sale Monday
Mrs. Lucius Blanchard, Jr., Per
quimans County Welfare Supervisor,
announced Tuesday that the Eadtei
tSeals had arrived and have been
placed on sale by the local commit
tee for the aid to crippled children.
The larger orders are being hand
led through the County Welfare of
fice, while the school children of the
county and the Boy Scouts are mak
ing a person-to-personi solicitation.
' Each grammar grade selling at
least 800 Seals will be awarded a
one-half hoar vacation from classes
during the coming week for the as
sistance in selling the Seals.
The money raised through the Bale
of these Baiter Seals is used to aid
crippled children throughout the en
: tire State. One half of the funds
m ia retained by the - - local committee
'.,, for county work' and (the other half
ST'ia forwarded to State headquarters.
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. . .Trm'wmrenWof North Carolina
kt Head Camp of the Woodmen of the
1 World, meeting Durham, Monday
, , ; sight elected Boy Chappell of Hert-
, V .. ford, as assistant auditor of the or-
- sanitation. ,
Rotary dub Meeting
; The Hertford Rotary Club held tta
: regular meeting Tuesday night - at
the Hotel Hertford. The- club was
told of . the work being; done in thla
county by the local Bed Cross" Chap
ter, in, aiding the American Red
Cross in sewing for refugees. ; f
" JUDSON MEMORIAL CLASS t
: The JTudson Memorial Class of the
Hertford Baptist Church will meet
Tuesday evening, April 14, at the
home of lira, Zack Robereon. AH
w embers are urged to attend.
Town Of Hertford
Granted WPA Project
To Improve Streets
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
was notified this week that the
President had approved a WPA pro
ject for the Town of Hertford in the
amount of $10,197 to improve
streets. The work includes excavat
ing, grading and surfacing; con
structing sidewalks, shaping shoul
ders; and performing incidental and
appurtenant work including install
ing water mains and fire hydrants.
Hertford Scouts To
Meet Elizabeth City
In Baseball Game
A baseball game between the Hert
ford troop of Boy Scouts of America
and the Elizabeth City troop is
scheduled for April 19, at Hertford.
The date was set at a joint meet
ing of the two troops in Hertford
last week, when thirty members of
the Elizabeth City troop, accompa
nied by Scout Master Aubrey Saw
yer and Assistant Scout Master John
Griffin journeyed to Hertford.
Plans are being made for the two
troops to camp together this sum
mer, at some point in Perquimans oi
Pasquotank counties.
Lions Club Decide
To Hold Eye Clinic
Early Next Fall
In order to have enough time tc
investigate cases, and plan further
the Hertford Lions Club decided at
its regular meeting last Friday to
hold an eye clinic after the school:
have opened next fall.
It was explained to the club by
Mrs. Dorothea Tucker, Field Repre
sentative for the State Commission
for 'tue Blind, that the. best thne foi
holding a clinic was during the time
that school is in session, and inas
much as so little time remains of
this school year, she recommended
that the clinic be held next fall.
Mrs. Tucker and Mrs. Lucius
Blanchard, JrM County Welfare Su
pervisor, explained the conditions
of people in this county to the Lions,
stating that at the present time
there were approximately thirty chil
dren in need of glasses.
Mrs. Tucker also stated that Per
quimans County had a total of 21
blind, while the entire State has
7,000.
It was decided by the club that
school teachers will be asked for a
list of children in each grade whom
the teachers think need eye exami
nation. After gaining these lists the
club, through the cooperation of Mrs
Blanchard, will investigate each case
in order to have the students ready
for the clinic when it is held.
The State Commission for the
Blind will aid with the clinic and
supply screen tests prior to doctors'
examination and will also furnish
part of the materials used in the
clinic work.
Lion President Julian White ap
pointed Lions J. H. Towe, C. E. Hob-
good and Reginald Tucker on the
committee for the Lions Club anni
versary meeting to be held during
the month of May.
The next meeting of the club will
be held on April 25 at the Commun
ity House at Cross Roads.
Funeral Services
Held Wednesday For
Mrs. Mary E. Miller
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30.o,c.Iock at
Macedonia, Baptist Church for Mrs.
Mary E..MQJer, 68,. woo 'djed sud
denly at Jr. home neatf Hertford on
Tuesday morning.
Survivors include her husband, J.
P. Miller; two sons, Judeon and Wil
liam E. Miller; three daughters,
Mrs. Victoria Belch, Mrs. Mary Ana
Jordan and Mrs. 'Julia Miller.
Interment was made In the Mace
donia Churchyard. 1
Woman's Club Meeting
Next Tuesday At 3:30
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meet at the Community House next
Tuesday, afternoon, April 15 t 8 :S0
o'clock, ' Miss Kate Blanchard will
have charge of a musical "program
during the meeting. r ' v: : ; T
Mrs. t, ACtfrH president of the
Woman's Club, urges all members to
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Traffic Violations
Heard In Recorder's
Court On Tuesday
Court Takes Action On
Delinquent Fees Due
Clerk's Office
Minor traffic cases dominated the
Recorder's Court on Tuesday morn
ing when six out of seven defend
ants were heard on violations rang
ing from improper licenses to driv
ing drunk.
LeGrande Pearce, a resident of
South Carolina, submitted to the
court on charges of speeding and
was fined the costs of court.
Henry Jones, Negro, submitted to
a charge of driving with insufficient
brakes and paid costs of court.
The case of Herbert Brown, Negro,
charged with assault on a female
was continued until the April Term
of court.
Both Judge Cranberry Tucker and
Jack Gaskill, State Highway Patrol
man, condemned automobile agencies
for selling decrepit automobiles when
Tom Elliott, Negro, who was found '
guilty of driving with insufficient
brakes, testified that he had just
purchased the car a few momenta
before being arrested on the charge
and did not know that the car was
not in proper condition. A prayer
for judgment was continued.
Winford Felton, Negro, was taxed
with costs of court after he had
pleaded guilty to the charge of reck
less driving.
Latham Felton was fined $50 and
costs and ordered to pay the dam
ages to two cars, after he pleaded
guilty to the charge of driving
drunk. Felton's driving license was
revoked for one year.
The case of Alvin Hurdle was con
tinued until April 22. Hurdle was
charged with driving with improper
license.
Luther Perry, Negro, was found
guilty of assault with a deadly wea
pon on Jack Leigh, Negro. He was
fined $6 and costs. But appeal to
the Superior Court was taken by the
defendant.
Judge Tucker announced that due
to the Spring Term of Perquimans
Sunorinr PjiilTt) heinir in KASnion nex?
week, no Recorder's Court will be
held.
At the close of court on Tuesday,
action was taken n many cases
where defendants had failed to pay
costs and capias were issued for
most of them.
Two Candidates File
For Town Election
To Be Held Shortly
With a little less than a week re
maining for candidates to file for of
fices in the cominjr town election to
be held April 28, there is little intei
est as yet in the voting and filing for
offices.
Although there has been some
"joking" regarding the coming race,
today only two candidates have filed
their names with Town Clerk W. G.
Newby and become bona-fide cam
paigners. Mayor V. N. Darden and Town
Commissioner W. H. Hardcastle have
filed their candidacy and are up for
re-election to their present offices.
Commissioners M. J. Gregory and Z.
A. Harris have signified their inten
tions of standing for re-election, but
as yet have not filed.
B. C. Berry, adjutant of the local
American Legion Post, has also sig
nified his intentions of becoming a
candidate for the office of Town
Commissioner. The Weekly has not
learned of any other would-candidates
at the present time.
Persons wishing to file for an of
fice have until April 17 to file their
names with the' Town Clerk. . The
primary election will be held on April
28, and the election will be on May 6.
Eastern Star Elects
New Officers At
Meeting- Next Monday
The Perquimans Chapter of the
Eastern Star will meet on Monday
night, April 14, at 8 o'clock, for the
purpose of electing new officers foi
the coming year.
All members are urged to be pres
ent at this important meeting. The
meeting will be held at the lodge
room in the Courthouse Building.
. , , . BIRTH , ANNOUNCEMENT
' Mi', and Mrs. V. 'C. Lane, of Bel-
videre, are receiving congratulations
on the birth of a daughter, Patricia
Elisabeth, on April 2, 1941. , Mother
and daughter are doing nicely, ,
Mrs. L. Winslow
Elected President
Central PTA Group
Three Hundred Present
For Final Meeting
Held Last Monday
The Parent-Teachers Association
of the Central Grammar School held
the final meeting of the year on
Monday night, April 7, with about
300 present. Paul J. White, pf Eli
zabeth City, introduced the devotional
leader, Oscar Williams, of Elizabetn
City, who save an illustrated talk
on "Faith," developing his subject
by free-hand drawing. He also gavuJ
a comedy skit.
Prizes were given to the rooms of
Miss Ona Stephens and Mrs. A. R.
Winslow, Jr., for the best art ex
hibits. These prizes were presented
by Mrs. Willie Hollowell, art chair
man. J he lourth grade won the at
tendance prize.
New officers were installed as fol
lows: President, Mrs. Linwood Wins
low, Belvidere; vice president, Mrs
Harre,
Snow I ill; secretary
Mrs. J. V. Roach, Winfall; assistant
secretary, Mrs. John Symons, Chapa
noke; treasurer, Mrs. A. R. Cooke,
Woodville.
The program chairman, Mrs. Ralph
White, gave a musical program
which was voted the best given dur
ing the year. In the play entitled,
"A Musical Journey Around the
World," Rev. J. D. Cranford acted as
Hindu Seer. Mrs. White's music pu
pils cleverly portrayed by songs,
dances and instrumental numbers the
music of different countries. All in
the play wore attractive costumes
and the stage setting was a nautical
scene. Those taking part were:
Sailor Boys, Horace Iiaker, Jr., J.
V. Cranford, Taul Smith, Eugene
Hurdle, Floyd Benton, Edmond Skin
ner and Curtis Wilson; Irish Girl,
Lela Winslow; Scotch Lassie, Norma
Winslow; Two English Girls, Mari
etta Jolliff and Emily Skinner; Dutch
Girl, Dotmegan Lane; French Girl,
Faye Winslow; Italian Girl, Marjorie
Rebecca White; Girl from East,
Elolpe Winslow; Arabian Maid, Es
ther Winslow; Snake Charmer, Regi
nald Jones; Two Marines, Esthci
Winslow and Marjorie R. White;
Chinese Maid, Thelma White; Hawai
ian Girl, Joann Winslow; Pirate, Cal
vin Bundy; Cuban Girl, Francetta
Miller; Pickaninny, Mildred Chappell.
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Entrained For Fort
Bragg This Week
Six more white youths, including
Edgar Lane, Clyde Harris, William
Davis, James Russell, Curtis Coffield
and John Godfrey, entrained here
this week and left for Fort Bragg,
where they will be inducted into
military service for a period of one
year under the Selective Service Act.
It was indeed a fine looking bunch
of young men that left Hertford on
Tuesday morning, after having been
selected by the local draft board, to
fill the Perquimans quota set for
April 8.
A shortage of white men in Class
1-A, subject to call under the ser
vice act, has caused the local offi
cials to continue the rush of mailing
out questionnaires in order to build
up a reserve in expectation of furth
er calls.
A total of fifty questionnaires were
mailed out on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of this week. The board
has reached order number 443 in the
mailing out of the questionnaires, al
though a total of 469 men have been
handled thus far by the board. The
number of volunteers has increased
the total from 443 to 469.
v j, R. IStokes, chairman of the Per
quimana Board, stated that the lo
cal board is not expecting another
call -for this month, although it has
no assurance there wtd not be one
and wants to be prepared if a call
should come through. Six Negro se
lectees are scheduled to leave for
camp on the 19th.
With the six men leaving Hertford
on Tuesday, Perquimans County has
now had eighteen white men and
four Negroes inducted into service
through the service act. The coun
ty's quota up to June 30th is set at
50 men.
The local draft offices are now lo
cated in new quarters over the
Norfolk Southern Bus Station. The
office is room number 1 at the front
of the building and all persons having
business with the draft board are
requested to come to the new offices,
Buy Easter Seals and thus do your
bit in providing funds to aid the host
of crippled duldren. 1
BOARD OF EDUCATION
AS SUPERINTENDENT
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RE-ELECTED
F. T. JOHNSON
The Perquimans County Board
of Education, meeting in regular
session on Monday, re-elected Mr.
Johnson as superintendent of the
county schools for the next two
years.
Stars And Letters
Awarded Athletes At
Perquimans High
Coaches Dave Fuller and Mary
O'Nella Relfe awarded their Per
quimans High School athletes with
Stars and letters this week for par
ticipation in athletics at the school
during the past year.
The Star is awarded all athletes
after two years of competition whik
the Letters are awarded those play
ers who participate for the firs!
year.
Letters awarded to the boys thte
year wenrt to Herman White, Milton
Jordan, Bruggie Cannon, Frank Dil
lard, Edgar Berry, Calvin Wilson,
Wallace Chappell, Hilton White,
Thomas Fleetwood, Morris Griffin..
Thurman White, Calvin Banks, Er.
nest Winslow, Elmer Lassiter, Quincy
Riddick, Thomas Rogerson, Ned
Matthews, Edward Jordan, Henry
Miller, Carl Winslow and John
Asbell.
Boys awarded 6tars this year in
cluded Clarke Stokes, Matt Spivey,
Guy Webb, D. J. White, Richard
Spivey, John Wood, Joe Nowell, Billy
Blanchard and Francis Nixon.
The list of girls winning letters
this year included Wally Mayes,
Helen Mae White, Barbara Gault,
Margaret Divers, Betty Winslow, Pat
Edwards, Eva Harris, Evelyn White,
Ann Tucker, Janet Murray and Belle
Landing.
Mildred Gault was the only girl
receiving a Star for second year
activities.
Institute To Release
Summary Of New Laws
Around April 20th
The Institute of Government at
Chapel Hill will release around April
20th, a comprehensive summary, in
terpretation and analysis of the
principal State-wide laws passed by
the 1941 General Assembly, Albert
Coates, Director of the Institute,
announced this week.
This study will be available to all
Perquimans County and city offi
cials and the Institute will also serve
the local officials with a special
summary of the laws affecting Per
quimans County and the towns in
cluded in the county.
Contract For Paving
Hertford-Center Hill
Road To Be Let Soon
Announcement has been made by
the State Highway Department that
a contract for the paving of the
Hertford-Center Hill Highway will
be let on April 17.
The work of grading and building
a new roadway on this stretch was
completed by the McGuire Construc
tion Company and the road bed it
now ready for the construction oi
the all-weather highway that will
add greatly to traffic between Hert
ford and Highway No. 32 in Chowan
County.
At the present time nothing has
been learned as" to the time it will
take to (Complete the hard surfacing
of the, road. According to the flg
urea released by the Highway De
partment 6.19 miles of hard surface
highway ; will be constructed.
RE-ELECT JOHNSON
COUNTY SCHOOLS
Superintendent Has
Made Advancement
In Schools During
Past Seven Years
COMMITTEEMEN
Board of Education Au
thorized to Proceed
With Plans For Ne
gro School
The Perquimans County Board of
Education, meeting in regular session
on Monday, re-elected F. T. Johnson
as superintendent of schools for a
period of tv. o years.
Mr. Johnson assumed his present
position with the county school sys
tem on July 1, 1J.1, and In discuss
ing the school system since his asso
ciation with it, Mr. Johnson was high
in his praise and appreciation of the
cooperation he has received from tht
parents and officials since he arm
ed here.
'Some of the outstanding achieve
ments that the school system has
made under the direction of Mr.
Johnson are the consolidation of 12
white schools in 1934 to three gram
mar schools for the county in 1941.
None of the old buildings which
housed the schools back in 1934
were equipped with the modern con
veniences and facilities that the present-day
schools have.
The teachers' training have shown
much improvement during the seven
years that Mr. Johnson has been su
perintendent. Yhen he assumed the
position in 1934 only 18 out of 41
white teachers had Grade A certifi
cates; this year's check shows that
29 out of 33 white teachers have
Grade A certificates. The loss in
the number of teachers employed
during this time is due to the consoli
dation of the schools which require
fewer teachers.
Among the Negro teachers of the
county 38 out of the present 40 teach
ers have Grade A certificates com
pared to 9 out of 42 teachers who
had Grade A training back in 19,34.
Among the departments of the
schools that have moved forward
during this time are the Home Eco
nomics Department which was re
established under Mr. Johnson and
is now increased to a status of Smith
Hugh and receives Federal aid in
connection with the teaching of the
classes.
A Commercial Department was es
tablished in 1934 on a small scale
and operated thus for two years. Be
ginning in 1936 the department was
reorganized and became a regular
department of the High School work.
Band music was established at the
school in 1939 and today the Per
quimans Band is competent to play
and produce musk for any occa
sion. In 1941 uniforms were pur
chased for the band members and all
instruments are owned by the school
system or by individuals. None of
the instruments are leased or borrowed-
The Board of Education also re
appointed the following committee
men for the white schools at the
meeting on Monday: For the High
School, H. C. Stokes, Dr. E. S. White
and J. T. Wood; for the Grammar
School, C. P. Morris, J. D. Chappell
and Louis Smith.
Good Friday Services
Holy Trinity Church
The observance of the Lenten sea
son will be brought to a close with
the following services in Holy Trin
ity Church on Good Friday: Service
of Prayer and Meditation from 2 to
3 p. m., in commemoration of the
last hour of our Lord on the Cross;
evening prayer at 8 o'clock.
Easter Day services will be observ
ed in the Holy Trinity Parish in the
following services: 9 a, m., commun
ion; 10 a. m., Church School; 11
a. m., Holy Eucharist and sermon.
H. S. Seniors Attend
ECTC Exercises
Forty-five members of the Senior
Class of Perquimans High School
went to Greenville on Tuesday and
were guests of East Carolina Teach
ers College at the High School Day
exercises held by the College.
Superintendent F. T. Johnson ac
companied the group on the trip.
Dr. Ward Returns
From Hospital
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from Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth '
City, " after having undergone - r'
hernia operation. He will resume his
practice at his office on Monday.. - -,
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