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1 1 i t 7 , V) ty . v m t v r-j. na- WEEKLY 1 A rEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTS :umeA.-JSfumber2, Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina. Friday, January 8, 19437 $1.50 Per Year. "IfB?!''..!'; ,'. lliff''WBH Ssssr?W ' bbbbbB. flMH JHB sbbMbbI esBBBBBit ;' . -,V .A MM Ms) Js4HbbbJb1 ' i ti ? hi r))nif TiriA .Hi ja uto O"1 ; THIS WEEK'S ' 7 HEADLINES- Hitler's forces on the Russian i rout are still being beaten back, ac cording to reports this week from -Moscow. Latest news releases an nounoe the Germans have all but 1 been encircled around the Stalingrad Area. Some authorities believe that Hitler may be trying to withdraw his troops from the Caucasus before ,, they re trapped by the advancing Russians, timer seems to be in a , quandary es to where to place his slim reserves. The Kussian cani s"rpaign now appears to be gaining in '.disastrous proportions. P - Adding to the heavy fighting on , te Kussian front, an announcement yBH made Wednesday that the Fifth ? American Army had been created in icar.,with Lieut.-General Clark in nand. This activating of the American Army may point toward -wed efforts to crush Hitler avd isolini on the North African .stg; Fighting has continued slow Tunisia, due to inclement weather, t . the Allied forces have made m"; advances into the enemy posi sns aiui have continued bombing The Japs have been driven from ha- Buna area in New Guinea, and eneral ' MacArthur seems to be opping up this last strong Jap po tions before moving further into !p held territory. A report from ijfltralia, however, stated that the ;.. J ps are now massing a huge armada i the Southwest Pacific for a poesi thrusj at either Guadacanal or r Guinea. 'ctiyie Service Headquarters an d this week that beginning aatelf .there will be a vigorous ip ;o4 i draft dettnuents, and i all men of draftyge, 18-, to their classification cerck as 3 Jkhelr giatration',caro r. all .egist; arts must. -carry Jiese i with them, begir.ir&ig Febru- -rl in Bnpplyiig lh forces on that Island.- The Navy, announced supply ;8tapa ,;:were destroyed Vin ;heir at- , tempt to reach the- beleagnred Japs, and thes supplies were, dumped over hoard with the hope -that some of : . them might float ashore and reach . , the Jap forces. ..'''1,1 . . ' , . VJ' Conditions among the French forces yi:iirvli;widly muddled. A Fighting French epokeeman stated this week that tovwal days would be required oeiora n would be known if General, deGaufle head of the Fighting Trenchvand General Giraud, succes sor to Darlan, could meet to find a formula for uniting the French Em pire against the Axis. B. C. Berry Installed As Master Masonic Lodge Tuesday Night A , Installation of new officers for th0 year 4943 was held by Perquim- , artv Lodge, Number 106, A. F. & A. a-4or Hertford, at a meeting held Tuesday night at the Masonic Han in the Court -Hoiiaa.) ' JVC-irerry was installed as Mas ter at the ceremonies. . Other officers installed were : W. " F,-'Ainsley,. ' senior warden; A. T. k Lane,1 junior warden; G. C. Uuck, troasurer; J, ,S. Vick, secretary; ' Clinton T. -Ely, senior, deacon; Jonn v. White, Jr., Junior deacon: 4 Winslow and W. B. Jordan, . stewards; CL R. Holmes,; chaplain, and' W. A. r..HoffIor, tyler."1; After the installation 'of officer !, Mr. Eerry announced the following ; committees for the year! Oxford Or phanage, '.W. F. Ainsley, chairman,! J. II. Towe ; and Simon, . Rutenburg; Finmce and Auditing committee, D. s J. rritchard, chairman, C T Ely and , C. C. Tinslow; Resolutions commit ' te-, J, S. KcNider, chairman,- G. W. J- ' nn, C. D. "white, W. H. Pitt and C. x. Molds; War Activities commit ' , F..T. Johnson, chairman G. C and J.! E. Winslow; Fellowship ittee, A T Lane, chairman, C. Jmes, G. a Back, J. E. Jarris, Winslow,-S. M. long and R. C. ' Elation of ' officers was con 1 , by R. 1 M. .Wynn, Deputy : "aster, ' and J. S, McNlder -J-aL, Two members ''were t) n smbership. ,ir'c. ) i port f the finance com - : i read en it showed the t H in excellent financial 305 Tires Allotted County For January Board Announces v. . Large Number Permits Issued By Rationing Board This Week Perquimans County has been allot ted a total of 305 passenger and truck -tires, of all classes, for the month of January, Miss Helen Coffield, clerk to the local Ration Board, announced Monday. The number of tiree allotted the county include the following passen ger types: Ten new, 28 Grade II, 78 Grade III and 100 Recaps; Truck tires: 30 new and 59 recaps. The county received 63 passenger tubes and 42 truck tubes. A large number of permits for the purchase of tires were issued by the Board at its last meeting. Permits were issued as follows: Truck tires E. A. Goodman, 2 tires and 2 tubes; W. A. Chappell, tire and tube; Stokes and Matthews, 4 recaps; Nathan Riddick, tire and urne; i D aumnex, urea tnhps: Tt 1 Ijtvden. 2 lcht truck i i rwi n - n a.' 1 O . , ... " I up me proposed establishment oi a b't xC oPP J a a 1ublic Health Strvice Perquimans Wte ,1; P. J. Boyce, 3 tires and 4iCounty The matter has dLs. tubes; E. M. Perry, .tire and tribe. I CU88ed b the Count Passenger Type Grade II Tires-1 sjoners the Town Bo&T E. J. Howell, 1; Rex Atkins, 4; J. H., , Rni. - rt r-nmm:.;. Watts. 2: Charlie Umphlett. 1 and 2 tubes; B. F. Ainsley, 1; David Cox, 3; H. S. Lane, 2; L. D. Copeland, 3; W. W. Moods, 2 and 2 tubes; R. S. El- ,1 ott, 2;Tt. L. Smith, 1. - Grade III Passenger I ires I). J. Rogerson, 3; A. J. Onley, 1; Andrew arrell. 3: Clinton Perry, 2; H. T. White, 2; Preston Smith, 2: Ren Xwens, 2; William Mansfield, 1- W. W. Owens, 1; Roosevelt Vaughan, 2; Linwood Winslow, 3; James Felton, 1; W. C. Sapp, 1; H. E. Nelson, 3; Payne Felton, 2; Johnson Downing, 2; J. H. Corprew, 1; Alvin Huntor, 2; E. G. Banks, 3; Pete Lilly, 2; Willie Lamb, 3; William Byrum, 2; Alphon zo Lightfoot, 2; L D. Perry, 2; Bill Fowler, 1. Recaps H ,c. Lane, 1, and Vernon Harrell, 2. , 1 .A Conducted Monday For J. B. Hampton Funeral services for James Berry Hampton, aged 84, who died at his nome in Hertford at 6:30 o'clock on Sunday morning, following a long nmess, were conauciea irum me Lynch Funeral Home at 1 o clock on Monday afternoon. The Rev. H. G. Dawkins officiated. The pall was of white calla lilies, pink snapdragons, ferns and ever greens. Interment was made in the family plot at Gatesville. ! Surviving are "four children : Mrs W. A. Gurley of Anderson, S. C; J I W. Hampton of Hertford, T. (i Hampton of -Portlock, Va.. and R. P. Hampton, U. S. N., and one sister, Mrs. M. J. Mathison of Alto, Ga. Active pallbearers were: V. N. Darden, B. C. Berry, F. T. Johnson, J. H. Towe, Garland Stanton and Tom Perry. Honorary pallbearers were: W. W. White, Lawrence Towe, D. F. Reed, Z. A. Harris, Hudson Butler, A. E. Layden, B S. Hoskins and Elliott Layden. Truck Owners Urged To Appeal Mileage Rations By Jan. 10th Perquimans County truck owners, who wish to appeal the mileage al lowance of their certificate of war Funeral Slices C. Gfnecessity, are urged to. make this appeal before January 10, W. istew- art, official in charge of this area. 'states and the State of North Caro announced this week. jna are urging the public to take Mr. Stewart's office is located at; -Washington, N. C, but trucK owners who wish to seek additional gasoline ration may appear at the offices of L. W. Anderson, County Agent, who will file the necessary papers. Dick Payne Promoted To Rank Of Captain . Richard Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. & Payne, of Hertford, hat re cently been promoted from the rank of Lieutenant ' to Captain. Cftptain Payne is now. visiting Ms parents, being on furlough from his duties si Camp Shelby, Mis., where he lr a member of the. Ordnance Coipaffl 8 Army. ; " . jttnera --announgsment nounce -the birth of" a Ion. born on Thursday at the Albamr'Vle Hospital, Elizabeth aty. jf Motherland aoa are aoing- nwwy. y December Bond Quota Oversubscribed; This Month's Sales Good Resident of Perquimans County oversubscribed the December war bond quota, according to an announce ment made this week by R. M. Rid dick, chairman of the local war sav ings staff committee. The total sales for December amounted to $26,043.76. The quota set for January is $15, 790.50, according to Mr. Riddick, who urges citizens to buy all the bonds possible during thf corr.'v.cr months to lend aid to the nation's w.; effort. Sales thus far this month have been good, but the Chairman pointed out the need for the money is great if our boys fighting at the fronts are to have the equipment necessary to de feat the Axis. Financing Holds Up Proposed County Health Service ' f - - . ' miv ,em of financi th t . ho,d , ..... . 6 ers voted to finance seventy five per cent, of the costs, providing the gov erning body for the Town of Hert ford would pay the remaining twenty five per cent of the costs of estab lishing and maintaining the service. At a special meeting of the Town Commissioners, held December 28, that body voted to assume $400 of the costs for the first period of opera tions, but were reluctant to vote a higher appropriation inasmuch as the health serv.ce is supposed to be a county-wide project rendering assist ance to the county as m whole. At a meeting- of th- Hoard ofj. Countv Commissioners last Monday I , , , u ,, . , , . , . , ... ed about frebruarv 1. Men who wish that body maintained the position,. vn,ntor fnr A mqv nr tllo Ma. but seventjHfive percent and that the Town of Hertford shouid assume the remainder of the obligation. . Mayor V.'jNrTt3arden met with the County Commissioners for a discus sion of the matter, but no definite conclusion was arrived at regrrding the financing of the service. County Accountant W. F. (.. Ed wards reported to the Commissioners that the county is in the best finan cial condition it has been in for sev eral years, a workable, but not great a surplus was noted in all depart ments. I County Representative W. W. White also met with the Board of Commissioners, prior to his going to Raleigh for the openir;' ' ': ' n enil Assembly. Red Cross Chapter Home Nursing Class Opens Monday Night The opening class of the Perquim ans County Chapter of the American Red Cross home nursing course will be held Monday night, January 11, according to an announcement made this week. The course will be under the direc tion of' Mrs. Johnny Bray, and all classes will be conducted in the Old Shannonhouse Home on Market Street, which is now serving as a Red Cross Sewing Room. The open ing class is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock Monday night. The local Red Cross Chapter is very happy to be able to sponsor this Home Nursing Class which the Pub lic Health Departments of the United advantage of and ga n useful know! edge for assistance in homes Persons who have not already reg istered for the class, and who would like to take this course, are requested to get in touch with Mrs. Charles Ford Sumner, who is chairman of the Home Nursing Committee of the local chapter, and register for the open ing class. ' Local Boy Graduates From Officers School Clarence W. Phillips, son of Mr. and Mrsi Charles T. Phillips, Hert ford, Route 1, has been graduated from Officers Training School ' at Aberdeen Proving' Grounds, Mary land, and has been commissioned as Second Lieutenant In the U. S. Army. Graduation exercises were conducted December 23. " 'Lieutenant FhllUpe spent the holl days with his parent. January Quota For fhite Men Reduced By Twenty Per Cent Total i ... ;ve Youths Registered During December The January call for white men from the local Selective Service lists has been reduced twenty percent, ac cording to Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the Board, and Perquimans County will be expected to furnish a total of 36 white men on January 23, instead of 45 as originally called. Due to the fact that the majority of men registered with the local Bdard are enjyaged in agriculture and for that reason are classified in classes 2-C and 3-C, it is unlikely the Board wil be able to fill the call com- I pletely. Approximately twenty-eight men are expected to be notified for induction. A total of twenty-five 'toen-age yotiths registered with the local Board during the month of December, in the sixth registration, Mrs. Sum ner announced.- These youths will be classified by the local Board as soon as their questionnaires are returned. The call for January 23 will be filled from the following list of men: Haywood Umphlett, Vivian Dail, Nor man Stallings, Bernard Proctor, Kyree Copeland, Kelly White, Lin wood Onley, Johnnie Winslow, Wil liam Cox, Lester Layden, Emmett Landing, Emmett Umphlett, Thomas Trueblood, Johnnie Jordan, Tiafton White, Judson Miller. Riley Monds, Ernest Phillips, George Fields, Hor ace Cartwright, LeRoy Dail, Glen wood Stallions, Lloyd Chappell, Guy Guy Webb and James Elliott. Men between the ages of IK and 38 may still volunteer for service in any branch they de.sire, except the Coast Guard which has discontinued enlist ments. It is expected, however, that ill vi.liit..i-.- ..ulicl ,ntc! l,o Volf. rine Corps must obtain proper papers from thp ,ocalDraft Hoard 5efore j : ... . . 1 The next call for white-men-to he ! inducted through the local Hoard, fol-, lowing the call on January 2.X. will be ' on February 4, when twentv-five men I will be ordered to ivoil for in- l duction. Indians Open Basket Ball Season; Defeat Chowan M School The Perquimans High School bas ket ball team opened its l!ll.'' season with an overwhelming victory, :i2-l.'J, over the Chowan High quinte t. The game was played on the local hard wood at the high school auditorium. The local five showed superiority in every branch of the game and the outcome was never in doubt. The In dians, coached by H. G. Dawkins, started off with a spree of baskets and were leading at the end of the first quarter by an K-5 score. Dur ing the second period the Indians garnered four points while holding Chowan scoreless, and the half end ed IZ to 6 in tavor ot tlie Indians. The Chowan boys came back during the third quarter and tallied seven points, while the Indians maintained their lead by scoring nine. Score at the end of the third period stood Perquimans 21, Chowan VI. The lo cal quintet nearly blanked the visi tors again in the final quarter, .scor ing eleven tallies while Chowan gar nered but one. The final score was 32-13. This victory is the first the In dians have won over Chowan since 1936. The visiting five were mostly freshmen in the game, as were the Indians. The starting line-up found only a few of last year's players on either team. The Indians displayed a fine brand of offensive and did some excellent shooting. Edgar and Dan Berry were outstanding on the offensive and Wilson and Cannon showed well on the defensive for the Indians. Forehand, forward for the Chowan team, garnered ten of his team's 13 points. Bill Jessup Promoted To Rank Of Ensign An announcement was received this week that Bill Jessup, one of Hert ford's popular young men, has receiv ed promotion to the rank of Ensign in the United States Navy. . Ensign . Jessup hat been in the Naval Service for the past year and has served as a Chief Specialist at the Norfolk Navy Yard. Infantile Paralysis Campaign Scheduled For January 15-30 The tenth annual campaign for the benefit of victims of infantile paraly sis is to be held in this county January 15-30, Mrs. B. G. Koonce, county chairman, announced this week. The campaign conducted here w'll be part of a nation-wide program to raise funds for the fight against this disease. No elaborate plaius are being ..uulf to r le cu.i,;..., ,.i .:eic. but, Koonce ij urging ;U resi de, its to lespond in this drive to aid less foiturate people. "The fight aga.nst infantile paraly sis is particularly timely in this wai period," Mrs. Koonce said. "The health of our people is a more pre cious national asset than ever before. Infantile )aralysLs cripples more American children than any other cause. We can not afford to wait in our fight against the ravages of this disease," the chairman staled. County Boards Plan For Observance Farm Mobilization Day Farmers of Perquimans County will join with others of North Caro lina and of the ent re nation in mo bilizing their full resources to fight the Axis on Tuesday, January 12, which has been designated by Presi dent Roosevelt as National Farm Mo- I bilization Day. Here in Perquimans, a meeting for the pin pose of organiz ng this effort will lie Held in the auditorium at the Perquimans High School at II o'clock next Tuesday morning. Principal speaker for the occasion will lie Vance E. Swift, State Direc- tor, Farm .Security Administration j and a member of the State L'SDA Hoard. The meet ng will U spon I sored by the Perquimans County : L'SDA Board. In speaking of the problem, Secre- tary of Agriculture Wickard said: It is necessarv that all agriculture I,e ' '"'1' ' dev to gtt "iaxl,m"" production in ' VMli. We l'lnll(t Produce too much of the t.hl"R'we 1 ,"' Jobr is P10" "&"- amount oi :ne rigni things in the right places. This will require careful planning and hard v;ork." And in order tc develop these plans I full explanation of the goals to be readied by l erquimans producers for I war production will be given at the meeting Tuesday, as well as an ex I planation of the aid farmers may re ! ceive from all agricultural agencies ! in meeting war goals. Members of the Perquimans L'SDA Board which will be in charge of the meeting here are Dr. E. S. White, chairman, L. W. Anderson, A. H. Kdwards, C. C. Kuck and Milton Dail. This Hoard urges all farm families, laborers, business men and nrnfes- sional men to help make Mobilization j Uay a complete success here by at tending the meeting to be held at; the high school. The Board urges a large attendance1 in order that all may learn of the I work ahead in producing materials. I food and the like which will bWng victory against the Axis. i Sale Of Christmas Seals Exceed Goal For the second lime, within as many years, Perquimans County has over-subscribed its quota for Christ mas Seals, according to .Mrs. I. A. Ward, who served as chairman of the committee. Mrs. Ward reported this week that a total of $15i.2,'! worth of seals weic purchased this year by the residents of the county, and she expressed her appreciation for those who solicited and bought Seals during the drive. According to Mrs Ward, the Hert ford Grammar School, with Miss Mary Sumner serving as chairman, sold iSeals amounting to $47.05; the Central Grammar School, with Ru pert Ainsley as chairman, sold $36 worth. Mrs. W. H. Pitt and Mrs. Littleton Gibbs, who canvassed the business district of Hertford, report ed $3LS5. The colored schools of the county reported $28.05, the Perquim ans High School $13 and the New Hope school $2.58. The county's quota was set at $140, thus the amount was over-sub scribed by $18.23. Twenty-five per cent of this amount has been for warded to the State headquarters and the remaining $118.67 was kept in this county with the local commit tee to aid in carrying on the fight aganst tuberculosis here, Mrs. Ward stated. Mrs. Minnie Newbold Passes At Her Home After Short Illness Funeral Services Con ducted Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. J.iiiii.ie McMullan beloved ilcttlord resident, her home on Dobbs Street Newbold, died at at 10:10 Monday morning, following a short illness. Mrs. Newbold, a prominent member I of the IIertf( i Methodist Church and ! the Woman's Christian Temperance I'nion, was one of the best known I residents of Perquimans County and the announcement of her death was received with deep and sincere regret i throughout the county. She was born in I'ri.vi.s Anne I County, Virginia, the daughter of : Jeremiah and Frances Dabney Sliel j ton McMullan, April 12, 1S59, being at the time of her death, 8.'i ytars and nine months old. On May 12, 1880, she was united in marriage with Kenneth Raynor Newbold and to this union twelve children were born. .She was preceeded in death hy her husband and one daughter, Edith Newbold Skinner. Her father was pastor of the Hert ford Methodist Church and through training she received in childhood she was an ardent church member throughout her life. She, following her marriage to Mr. Newbold and settling in this county, began a school for her children which grew into a select private school for children. Aside from the time she spent with her father and mother, while he serv ed as pastor of various churches, Mi.s. Newbold resided in Perquimans County all of her life. Surviving are six sons: J. K. New bold of Glenridge, N. J., J. McM. and L. M. Newbold of Rutherford, N. J., ; W. O. Newbold of Washington, D. C J. M. Newbold of Fayetteville, and T. S. Newbold of Rocky Mount; five daughters: Mrs. J. R. Jarvis of Hert ford, Mrs. V. C. Winslow of Greens boro, Mrs. C. A. Wright of JarvLs burg, Mrs. C. T. Skinner of Hertford, and Mrs. C. A. Withrow of Norfolk, Va.; 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted and carried out according to her in structions left for her minister. A short service was held at the home for her immediate family. Another short service was held at the Metho dist Church with the Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. H. G. Dawkins, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church, officiating. Mrs. E. P. Rhodes of Washington, N. C, sang as a solo, "Crossing the Bar." Hymns sung included "dose To Thee" and "Abide With Me." I Her six sons were pallbearers, i The funeral services were directed by the Lynch Funeral Home and in I ferment was in the Cedarwood Cemetery. Students Sell Five Thousand Dollars Worth War Bonds An outstanding record was achiev ed at the Perquimans High School during the month of December when the students of the school conducted 4. campaign for the sale of war bonds. Final f gures released this week by F. T. Johnson, superintendent of the school, showi'd that the students sold a total of five thousand, one hundred and seventy-six dollars worth of bonds and stamps during the month. The highlight of the campaign wa that the school did not receive credit for any sales that did not name a student as owner or co-owner of the bond or stamp. This excellent record is poscbly the best held in the entire State by any high school, comparable in size with the student body of the Perquimans High School. According to the report issued by Mr. Johnson the 10-A Class led the rest of the school in sales, this class selling $3,907.25 worth of bonds and stamps. The total sales by classes was: 8-1, $224.60; 8-2, $258.85; 8-3, $80.80; 9-A, $21.85; 9-B, $97.20; 10- A, $3,907.26; 10-B, $23.75, and 11- A, $562. The campaign conducted at the High School was so successful and the students so . eager- to aid in- the, war effort that? Mr Johnson an nounced that furthercampaigns will be conducted at the High School. , The students were praised by R. u. KidOicK, chairman ot tfte Perquim- ans war savings etafi, for. ,the ex- j cellent result accomplished during the campaign. T 4 . 1 i n J ii '''' i If I
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