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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, May 9, 1941
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Ring Down Curtain
On School Term
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Graduation Exercises
Tonight; Dr. H. E.
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f dress
J5?The final curtain of Perquimans
County4School term of 1941 will ring
if down tonight as fifty-six seniors are
S resented with diplomas and gradu
ked from Perquimans County High
School The diplomas will be pre
' '; eented by T. S. White, chairman of
the Board of Education.
Minnie Wilma Wood, daughter of
Mrs. Dennis Wood, and Pauline
V White, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
P. White, will receive special recog
nition as Class Valedictorian and
Class Salutatorian.
The graduation exercises, which in
Videntally is the sixteenth commence
; tiftnt for the High School, will open
f wfth a processional, Pomp and Cir
, cumstance by Elgar, and Fentress
V Winslow will give the invocation.
The High School Glee Club will then
"tfing "Our America" by Anna Case.
The address of the evening will be
given by Dr. Hersey E. Spence, pro
fessor of religion at Duke Uuniver
sity. Superintendent of Schools F. T.
Johnson, shortly after Dr. Spence's
address, will recognize the nine hon
or students of the Class of 1941.
These students are the unpublicized
brilliants who average 90 or above
during the four years of high school
work.
The honor students in the Class of
'41 are: Minnie Wilma Wood, Pauline
White, Esther Mae White, Eunice
Chappell, Evelyn White, Adalia
Afinslow, Minnie Louise Nixon,
Dorothy Perry and Mildred Gault.
L. Mr. Johnson will also award the
medals for individual deeds of merit,
and the final number pn the year
i ffc-ogram will be a song by the Glee
The commencement program at the
local high school got under way last
Sunday night when the Rev. C. E.
Hobgood, pastor of the Hertford
Baptist Church, delivered the Bacca
laureate sermon to the Seniors and
their friends at the high school audi
torium. Mr. Hobgood chose as his text, the
words of Paul, "We are children of
God, and it does not yet appear what
we shall be."
J He told the graduates that finding
happiness was mankind's principle
object of living. He urged them to
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funeral Services
For Calvin Layden
VfJ Saturday
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock for Calvin
" leayden, 70, of the Bear Swamp com
munity, who died in the Albemarle
' 'Hospital, Elizabeth City, Thursday
' night from injuries received when an
' automobile driven by Henderson
, Peele, of Chowan County, struck him
- in front of his home on the Center
' Hill road.
V ' Mr. Layden was crossing the road
in front of ids hom.ftfthe time of
the accident, and it as said that he
, walked or ran into; the car.
' Peele told? Patrolman GaskUl.'who
a investigated the accident, that he was
'". driving a short distance behind
v another car on the dirt road and that
'considerable dust was being raised
and that he did not see Mr. Layden
, , until a Second before the impact
v, iung jreeia was piaeea under a
?5 W appearance bond and it is poasi
. bla that he may be given probable
' , cause hearing May 20, on charges of
manfllauguter- ; ,;:-.-'lf
wife, Mrs Mamie Layden; two sons,
l" Anderson E. and Joseph C Layden;
.one daughter,. Miss Mary Ellen Lay
, en; on sister, Mrs, Laura Ownley;
threa brother, Elmo, ' 1 Al and - Bob
A Layden, and four grandchildren.
interment was made In the family
viot near uia noma.
V
Gu
uy iNewby, Jr.; CaUed
TdMlitaiySemce
' W. Guy'Newby, J.,' son of Mr.
and Mrs. -W. G. iNewby, has been; in
ducted: Into military training by the
Army at Camp Shelby,- Mississippi.
Mr. Newby baa been assigned to the
IntUifeine,Mjplcft,'' 88fh,;DMatap;.
t He vaa Inducted into service from
Cliarlestoiv West 'Virginia vhere the
has been "located for the past Stvo
years in the employ of The Diamond
.Department- Store as assistant kd-
Mertisiny ; mxmtnCk'h:'0:
Oxford Orphanage
Group To Present
Program May 16th
Fourteen children representing the?
Oxford Orhphanage will present
their annual concert in Hertford on
May 16, according to an announce
ment made here this week.
The children have been coming to
Hertford for several years and al
ways present a program that is well
received by a large audience. The
concert this year ntfill be presented
at the Hertford Grammar School on
the evening of Friday, May 16, at 8
o'clock.
Songs, recitations, pageants and
patriotic drills will be a part of the
program to be given this year.
Local Draft Board
Receives Call For
7 Negro Selectees
J. R. Stokes, chairman of the Per
quimans County Draft Board, an
nounced Wednesday that the local
board had received a call for seven
Negro selectees to be inducted into
military training on May 22. This
will make a total of eleven Negroes
inducted into service from this coun
ty during the month of May. Four
selectees left Hertford for Fort
Bragg on Thursday.
Mr. Stokes stated that unless some
last minute changes were made that
Willie Webb, Robert Etheridge, David
Wiggins, Robert Smith, Merritt
Hollowell, Arthur Beasley and War
ren Hassell will be the selectees to
fill the quota of May 22. Beasley is
a volunteer.
The Board has not received any
call for white men during this month.
With the induction of the seven
men on May 22, Perquimans County
will have furnished a total of 41 men
to the Army. The County's quota up
to June 30th is 50.
The local Board has been notifiec
Seventy-five questionnaires were
mailed out during last week and more
will follow immediately.
Mrs. T. B. ISumner, clerk of the
local Board, estimated that all men
will have received their question
naires by September.
Stores Started Half
Holiday Custom For
Summer Months
Hertford stores, this week, started
half-day holidays by closing at noon
on Thursday, and will do so during
the rest of the summer months, or
through (September 18. The custom
is an annual one and the majority
of the Hertford stores cooperate in
the plan.
The system is devised to provide
employees with a weekly half-holiday
through the summer vacation months.
The owners and employees will ap
preciate the cooperation of custom
ers and patrons in getting shopping
done before the closing time.
Legion Meeting To
Be Held Thursday
At Court House
Perquimans Post No. 126 of the
American Legion will hold an impor
tant meeting next Thursday night at
the Courthouse. All members are
urged to be present.
Election of officers for the coming
year and selection of delegates to the
State Convention to be held in Ashe
ville are among the several business
items to be taken care of by the
Post, according to B. C. Berry, Post
adjutant
Highway 17 Closed i
To5n(3yl2
" Beginning Honday, May 12, 194L
U. S. Route No. 17, North of Roa
noke River between Williamston and
Windsor, N. O, will be closed to all
traffic between the hours of 8 a. m.
and 8 p. m., for a few days.' Weath
er jiermitting, -v light traffic should
be able to use the road during the
niglt.hours.':. '' 'Vy
. This is necessary' to
safeguard ; the traveling public . as
during-, this time the . embankment
will be dynamited for aettlement, It
Is hoped that the road wiU be again
opened to light traffic the latter, part
of fhtjveek' jsdli.ilsa.ytiiii;
ftvjhe; above;, announcement ; is vinaae
by' the State Highway y and4?phUc
Works Commissiom.. ,'. ;i $
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; : Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Williams an
nounce; the ' birth , of -a 'Son, Jack
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Defense Saving
Bonds On Sale At
The Post Office
Bonds and Stamps In
A 1 1 Denominations
Available Now
United 'States Defense Savings
Bonds and Postal Savings 'Stamps
were placed on sale at the Hertford
Post Office on May 1, as a part of
the national effort to make America
impregnable.
Postmaster Silas M. Whedbee an
nounced this week that plans are
complete for this community, along
with thousands of other communities
from coast to coast, to do its full
part in the savings program.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, in a letter to Postmasters
throughout the country, said that the
help of local postmasters would be
"a real service to the country." He
transmitted the thanks of Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau for the
help that local postmasters had al
ready given in the sale of United
States securities, and also Mr. Mor-'
genthau'tt thanks in advance "for the
co-operation which he knows you will
give to this new effort."
The new Defense Savings Bond is
similar to the familiar "Baby Bond,"
of which more than five billion dol
lars worth have been bought by more
than two and a half million Ameri
cans since 1935.
A Defense Bond may be purchased
for $18.75. In ten years, this bond
will be worth $25.00. This is an in
crease of 33 1-3 percent, equal to an
annual interest return of 2.9 per cent,
compounded semi-annually. Any
time after sixty days from the date
of purchase, the bond may be re
deemed, for cash, in accordance with
a table of redemption values printed
on the face of the bond.
To spread investments widely a
mong all the people in America, a
limit of $5,000 has been set on the
amount of these bonds to be bought
by any one person in one year. The
bonds are in denominations of $25,
$50, $100, $500 and $1,000, all of
which are sold for 75 per cent of
their maturity value and all of which
mature in ten years.
For the smaller investor who wants
to buy a Government Bond on an
easy payment plan, the post office
will have a new series of Postal Sav
ings Stamps, at 10c, 25c, 50c, $1, and
$5. Each purchaser of any Savings
Stamp higher than 10c will be given,
free of charge, an attractive pocket
album in which to paste his stamps
until he has enough to buy a $25 bond
or one of higher denomination. Thirty
million of these albums are now be
ing prepared.
Hertford Banking Co.
Sells J. S. McNider
First Defense Bond
sThe first application received by
the Hertford Banking Company for
Defense Bonds placed on sale May 1
was that of J. S. McNider. nromi-
i nent Hertford lawyer. Mr. McNider's
application was received by the bank
on the first day that the applica
tions could be made.
The Hertford Banking Company is
agent for the sale of the Defense
Bonds as designated by the Govern
ment, and the officials at the bank
will be glad to discuss these bonds
with any persons coming to the bank.
lions Club Elects
New Officers At
Meeting Tonight
The Hertford Lions Club will hold
its .regular meeting at the Hotel
Hertford tonight at 6:46 o'clock. All
members are urged to be present as
officers for the coming, year will be
chosen at this meeting. ;
Julian White, president of the club,
announced that a program consist
ing of motion pictures of the truck
ing industry will be presented, after
election of new officers. The pic
ture is entitled "Singing Wheels."
Rabies Inspectors
Notify Dog Owners
Of Vaccinations
; Elsewhere in this issue are notices
given by C. C.( Buck and A. A.
Nobles, . Perquimans County Rabies
Inspectors, concerning .''the vaccina
tion of dogs ei required by law.
;;;,The, ittspectori "Usf places where
owners may bring dogs for the serum
treatment and. ask all owners to co
operate In fWWfc7i;'i
G Ct Buck i inspector for all ter
ritory south of the Perquimans Rlv-
er, while Mr. Nobles serves as in
spector for that portion of the toun
ty north of the river.
Lions Club Observe
Anniversary Night
Next Friday, May 16
Activities of Club Re
viewed During Past
fwo Years
The Hertford Lions Club will hold
its second annual Anniversary and
Ladies' Night celebration Friday
night, May 16th, at 7:30 p. m., at the
Community Building on Grubb
Street, and will have as the principal
speaker Lion Neil Hestor, of Ra
leigh, International Counsellor and
Immediate Past District Governor of
District 31-C of Lions International.
The banquet will be served by tihe
Women's Club of Hertford, and a
most tempting and appetizing menu
is in prospect.
Originally planned, for Friday, May
23rd, the celebration has been moved
up one week to May 16th, in order to
avoid conflict with revival services
which will be held at the Hertford
Baptist Church the week of May 18.
An elaborate and most interesting
program has been arranged by the
program committee, of which Mor
gan Walker is chairman. The meet
ing will be called to order by Lion
President Julian A. White, and will
open by the singing of "God Bless
America," by the entire assembly.
The invocation will be given by Lion
R. F. Munns, pastor of the Hertford
Methodist Church. Toastmaster for
the occasion will be Lion Norman
Trueblood, Zone Chairman in this
area, and who has been endorsed and
presented by the local club as a can
didate for District Governor of Dis
trict 31-C. He will be introduced by
Lion President White. The address
of welcome will be given by Lion
Clarence E. Hobgood. pastor of the
Hertford Baptist Church, and re
sponse will be given by Lion Arnot
Groves, a director of the Elizabeth
City Lions Club. Visiting Lions and
Lionesses, who are expected here
from Elizabeth City, Edenton, Ply
mouth and Williamston, and perhaps
from Swan Quarter, Belhaven and
Washington, will be introduced by
the toastmaster. The feature speak
er will be introduced by Lion L. N.
Hollowell, the club's first president.
Past Governor Hestor is well known
aim very acuve in Zionism all over
North Carolina and Virginia, and is
in demand everywhere as an after
dinner speaker because of his humor
and wit. His address is being looked
iorward to with great interest. At
the conclusion of his address, he will
present various awards to several
Lions, among which will be a Master
Key and Plaque to be presented to
one member for securing as many as
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Woman's Club Meeting
Scheduled For Next
Tuesday Afternoon
The Hertford Woman's Club will
hold its regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday afternoon, May 13. at 4
o'clock. The meeting wil be held at
the Community House.
Mrs. I. A. Ward, president of the
club, urges all members to attend this
meeting as a very important business
matter will be presented to the mem
bers for discussion.
Mrs. S. P. Jessup will have charge
of the program for the meeting and
the subject of the program will be
"Fine Arts."
Few Votes Tabulated
In Town Election
With interest in the Town election
running at a low ebb only ninety-five
citizens oi ueraora took it upon
themselves to go to the polls on Tues
day and cast ballots for the Mayor
ana lown Commissioners
Mayor V. N. Darden was re-elected
mayor and Commissioners W. H.
Hardcastle, M. J. Gregory and Z. A.
Harris succeeded themselves to of
fice. B. C. Berry was the fourth
Commissioner chosen at the election
and he succeeds A. W. Hefren, who
served on the Town Board for twenty
years.
The newly-elected officers will take
office at the Town meeting on next
Monday night, May 12.
Government Seeking
Warehouses In County
The Weekly has learned on good
authority that the United States
Government is making inquiries
throughout the county in an effort
to locate good tight warehouses for
the purpose of storing Army supplies
and foodstuff.
f It is believed that the Government
plans to : use warehouses in Eastern
North Carolina as store houses ' for
many, supplies. It seeks warehouses
thathave good roofs and are weather ing to observe Rotary-anne night onlaioSMf. Recbrder'aXJourt 4
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Bicycle Riders
Warned To Stay
Off Sidewalks
Mayor V. N. Darden and the police
department today issued a warning
to bicycle riders that a town ordi
nance forbids the riding of bicycles
on the sidewalks of the business dis
trict of Hertford, and unless the
children are more observant of this
rule the police will be forced to take
drastic action.
During the past week or two the
sidewalks on Church and Market
Streets have been used considerably
by the children riding bicycles and
the Mayor requests that in order to
prevent accidents to pedestrians the
bicycle riders heed this warning.
Parents are also asked to advise
their children to observe the ordi
nance. Commissioners To
Crack Down On Tax
Delinquents
The Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners met in regular ses
sion Monday for the May meeting,
but little business of importance was
brought before the board.
The Board instructed County At
torney Charles Whedbee to proceed
with drastic action on delinquent tax
accounts and if necessary to advertise
and sell the property in order that
the county may receive the amounts
due.
F. T. Johnson, superintendent of
county schools, discussed with the
Board, a proposed dental clinic for
school children for next fall, but the
matter was tabled until the June
meeting when Mr. Johnson will pre
sent figures as to costs to the Board.
Mr. Johnson also advised the Board
that the Board of Education has com
pleted negotiations for the property
upon which to construct a Negro
school building in Winfail and re
quested approximately $90 to be used
in the purchase. The balance of the
costs of the site fer the school build
ing has been raised by the Board of
Education.
W. F. C. Edwards reported that
approximately $1,700 has been paid
out by the county thus far this year
for hospitalization.
Sheriff J. E. Winslow reported
that a total of approximately $6,900
personal property taxes were still due
from the past five years.
The P.C.H.S. Class
Of 1941 Graduates
Tonight; 56 Strong
Fifty-six Perquimans youths, boys
and girls, come to an eventful period
in their lives tonight when they
graduate from Perquimans County
High School.
The complete list of Beniors who
have complied with the required
work and who will receive diplomas
tonight as certificates for having
completed that work are:
James Barclift, Billy Blanchard,
Frank Dillard, Thomas Rogerson,
Adrien Smith, William Stallings,
Clarke Stokes, Guy Webb, D. J.
White, Fentress Winslow, Gordon
Winslow, Edward Wilder, Ethel Bac
cus, Eunice Chappell, Margaret Chap
pell, Mildred Copeland, Mary Belle
DeLaney, Pat Edwards, Dorothy El
liott, Elizabeth Foster, Clarine Eure,
Mildred Gault, Eva B. Harris, Mar
jorie Matthews, Wally Cobb Mayes,
Jean Newbold, Minnie Louise Nixon,
Dorothy Perry, Anne Tucker, Adalia
Winslow, Evelyn White, Esther Mae
White, Pauline White, Helen Mae
White, Marion White, Virginia Wil
son, Minnie Wilma Wood, Ray Has
kett, Robert Hollowell, Edward Jor
dan, Thomas Lamb, Elfhu Winslow,
Ernest 'Winslow, John E. Wood,
Ethel Copeland, Leona Baccus, Mary
Copeland, Eleanor Eure, Myra Lay
den, Louise Mansfield, Rachel A.
Mansfield, Miriam Nixon, Bessie
Mae Pike, Nita Sawyer, Mary True
blood and Fannie L. Turner.
Rotary Club Meeting
Held At New Hope
The Hertford Rotary Club held its
regular meeting Tuesday night at
the New Hope Community house. The
members were served a delicious
supper by the ladies of the New
Hope Home Demonstration Club.
The Rotary' Club Voted that each
member "would' contribute five cents
a day: to cite aid to Britain. Contri
bntinnd will hd i bah tn t.TiA Rntnnr
Club of Hertford, England, to be used ' Several other cases have been con
as that dub sees fit I tinued until May 13 and at the pres-
it was decided at this week's meet -
Food Program For
Defense Gets Under
Way In Perquimans
Agricultural Workers
Council Formed In
April; Meet Every
Month
With the formation of the Agricul
tural Workers Council, which was
formed in Perquimans on April 25,
another effort aiding in the National
Defense Program is now gaining
headway in this county.
The Food and Feed program which
is being sponsored by the Govern
ment in aiding national defense is
the chief work of the council which
during the course of time will en
deavor to enlist the aid. of all farm
producers in Perquimans to grow
more food for personal use.
The Workers Council is composed
of L. W. Anderson, who was chosen
as chairman of the group, Miss
Frances Maness, Mrs. Ed Harrell, G.
C. Buck, Tully B. Williams, V. E.
White, Marian Morrow, J. 15. Small,
Negro Farm Agent, Dr. E. S. White,
A. H. Edwards, Mrs. L. J. Winslow,
and King Williams, Negro vocational
teacher.
In letters mailed to producers, Mr.
Anderson stated: "This is the start
in a movement through which we
hope the farms of North Carolina
will become more nearly self-supporting
as a part of our effort to
aid in National Defense. We shall
be disappointed, if less than an aver
age of 1,000 farm families in each
county of the State enroll in this
fight. It is simply an attempt to
produce our own food and feed at
home in 1941."
The movement is State-wide and
those farm families who produce as
much as 75 percent of their family
living from the home farm this year
will be awarded a certificate signed
by the Governor.
Cards were mailed by Mr. Ander
son to the farm producers asking
their eVollmc, t in the movement
All producers who have received
these cards to date are requested to
sign them and mail them back to the
County Agent.
One of the outstanding purposes
of this movement is to get the farm
family to producing as much food at
home as possible in order to be pre
pared for any eventualities which
might occur in the coming years,
and especially those years following
the close of the present war. All
indications are that a pronounced
shortage will occur with the close of
the war and the Government is hope
ful that the farm families of this
county will be prepared for it.
Each family enlisting in the pro
gram will be given a chart to keep
on their own needs in order that they
may determine the exact quanities
needed for home consumption and
thus can produce the needed supplies.
The Agricultural Council meets on
the first Monday of each month at
the Agricultural Building in Hertford
and various projects will be taken
under consideration by the council
during the coming year.
At the present time the Govern
ment, through its farm program, is
seeking increases for this year of
poultry, dairy products, pork pro
ducts and vegetables.
Recorder Court Not
In Session Tuesday
All Cases Continued
Due to Judge Granberry Tucker be
ing out of town on Tuesday, the Per
quimans Recorder's Court was not
in session and all cases on the docket
were continued to the May 13 term of
court.
The local officers were busy over
the week-end and rounded up six
Negroes charged with breaking the
laws. The Negroes were placed in
jail over the week-end but most of
them were released on bail Monday.
Policemen Bob White and C. E.
Walker, Deputy Sheriff M. G. Owens
and Patrolman Jack Gaskill all par
ticipated in rounding up the viola
tors. Percy Winslow was charged with
drunken driving; Arthur Felton for
being drunk and disorderly; Wrenn
Norfleet for being drunk and cursing
in public; James Norman for drunk
eness; Mildred Johnson for posses-,
sion of non-tax paid liquor, and Les
lie Winslow for assault on Maggie
Winslow with a glass jar.
All but Felton were out on bail by
MnwiaV
' ent time it looks as thouirb. that ses-