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Volume XsTumber 38.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 17, 1943.
$1.50 Per Year.
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PERQUIMANS
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HEADLINES
The American Fifth Army, under
General Mark Clark, is engaged in a
bitter battle with the Nazis in the
Salerno area south of Naples. Re-
ports on Wednesday indicated the!
Germans, evidently making every, p)ans a)e moving along. Mayor V.
attempt to hold as much of Italy us N. Harden was informed this ween
possible, were making strong coun-jthat the project has been fully ap-ter-attacks
against the invadingi proved and the construction com-
Fifth Army. Heavy losses were re
ported on both sides, although it is
believed reinforcements being put
ashore by the Allies will stem the
tide.
The British Eighth Army, in the
south of Italy, has been meeting
little resistance and is advancing to
ward a junction with the American
Fifth. This southern army was
about 100 miles from the Salerno
sector. The Germans have made
numerous claims regarding their
success in Italy but none of the
claims have been confirmed.
The report that Nazi paratroopers
freed MuSfcolini and that he is now
head of a national Fascist govern
ment in Italy is also unconfirmed.
The Allies have not made a state
ment regarding the situation. It is
reported from Italy that the Italian
Army strongly opposes Mussolini be
ing placed in any position of govern
ment. Heavy fighting between Ital
ians and Germans has been reort
ed during the week on the streets in
many northern cities of Italy. One
report also stated clashes between
Italians themselves.
The Russians are still advancing
on the. Eastern front. Berlin an
nounced the fall of the important
rail center of Bryansk early this
week and stated the Germans with
drew in good order. The Russians
claim further advances along the en
tire Eastern front. The gain at
Bryansk will give .the v.BLed J?WP
better rail facilities -between Moscow
and the southern fighting front,
lending aid in supplying men and
materials.
Allied forces under General Mac
Arthur captured the Japanese air
port at Salamaua, along with the
town, and it was reported only a
small group of Japs escaped. The
major portion of the garrison was
killed or captured. In connection
with set-backs now being handed
them, it is reported Japan is making1
peace offerings to China. High
China officials, however, have refused
all offers.
A report from Washington this
week stated President Roosevelt may
recommend a national labor draft to
Congress on Friday. It was stated
the President told Congressional
leaders the induction of pre-Pearl
Harbor fathers is essential from a
military viewpoint.
Three Cases Heard;
Four Continued In
Recorder's Court
Three cases were heard by Judge
Charles E. Johnson in Perquimans
Recorder's Court on Tuesday morn
ing, and four cases were continued
until the next term of court.
George Washington Williams, Ne
gro, entered a plea of guilty to driv
ing without an operator's license and
was taxed with court costs.
Edward Modlin, Negro, paid the
costs of court, after pleading guilty to
being drunk on the highway.
Charles Overton was given a 30-day
suspended sentence and ordered to
pay a fine of $50 and costs, after be
ing found guilty of reckless driving.
Overton's driving license was revoked
for one year, as this was his second
conviction on the charge.
The cases continued included those
of Alphonso Lane, charged with driv
ing drunk ; Claude Dail, charged
with .driving drunk, and Troy Elliott,
who faces two charges, one of being
drunk and the other for destroying
county property.
County Farm Agent
Urges Barley Crop
For Corn Shortage
L. W. Anderson County Agent,
in a statement this week urges local
farmers to plant a small barley crop
this fall, for harvesting next spring,
aa a plan to aid in the corn shortage
which is expected in this- county
again this year.
Mr. Anderson pointed out that the
corn crop will be short and in order
to combat the1 shortage; barley can be
produced here which can be uxed as a
substitute,
PLANS FOR HERTFORD
MOVE ALONG; SITE TO
Mayor Darden Informed
Project Approved; 35
Houses to Be Built
Although slowed for some unknown
reasons, the Hertford Housing project
pany having tne pnomy ior me
project is gathering materials need
ed in the construction.
One of the important items, se
lection of the site of the project, re
mains to be made, and the land pur
chased. It is understood that the
company has options on two pieces of
property near the town limits, but
due to priority problems, the site
expected to be accepted is the Gaith
er property at the western edge of
Hertford. This site now is the loca
tion of the Hertford trailer camp.
It is still unknown just when con
struction of the thirty-five houses
included in the project will get under
way, or how soon the houses will be
ready for occupancy, but Aubrey Mc
I Cage, State Housing official, stated
! earlier to Mayor Darden that speed
is essential in constructing the pro
ject, and it is hoped the work will be
gin soon in order that the local
housing situation may be eased.
Nothing has been learned of the
type of houses to be constructed, but
it is understood that each one will be
of modern design and is expected to
cost somewhere between three and
four thousand dollars:. It is also
understood that the housps, when
completed, will be offered for sale,
probably under the FHA arrange
ments. The Federal Housing Authority ap
proved the local project on July 16,
which calls for the construction of
thirty-five new houses and allows for
fifteen conversion units. Mayor
Darden has worked diligently on the
problem since it was first announced
a,nd local offjyyjls are hoping there
will he no further snags to hold up
the beginning of the work.
Town Board Votes To
Invest Surplus In
Government Bonds
The Board of Commissioners for
the Town of Hertford, meeting in
regular session on Monday night,
voted to invest a part of the Town's
surplus cash in war bonds during the
current Third War Loan. The Com
missioners voted to invest a sum of
five "thousand dollars in the bonds.
It was ordered that in the event the
Town's income should drop and the
cash be needed to meet obligations,
the bonds would be redeemed.
A lengthy session was conducted at
the meeting, due to a hearing given
representatives of the Perquimans
Health Department and B. B. Daw
son, owner of the Elmwood Farms
Dairy relative to sanitary conditions
at the dairy. Both Dr. D. C. Hack
ett, health officer, and Mr. Dawson
were heard by the Board.
It is believed that a satisfactory
understanding has been arrived at
and the dairy is now up to the stand
ards requested by the Health Depart
ment at the time the dairy was given
Grade A last month.
The only other items arising at the
meeting were the usual routine busi
ness matters handled at the monthly
meetings.
Tax Payments Still
Received By Sheriff
Although tax liens have been sold
for all delinquent 1942 real property
taxes, Sheriff J; Emmett Winslow
announced today that he will accept
payment of 1942 taxes up to end in
cluding iSeptember 25.
Persons who have not yet paid
their 1942 taxes may do so by calling
at the Sheriff's office in the Court
house. Correction
In the W. M. Morgan advertise
ment. appearing in last week's
paper, there was an error in listing
the prices of the mattresses adver
tised. The Leader mattresses, priced
at $20 and, offered with a showing of
a war bond purchased during this
month, at 15, should have been
Ceiling Price $25, Special Offer $20;
and the Slumberland mattress should
have been Ceiling Price 20, Special
Offer $15.
The, Weekly, ia, sorry,, this, error oc
curred and calls special attention of
ita readers to this correction.
HOUSING PROJECT
BE PURCHASED
Truck Owners Must
Renew Gas Cards By
September 22nd
Perquimans County truck owners
are requested by the local Ration
Board to appear at its offices before
vSeptember 22, for the purpose of re
newing truck gasoline rations for the
fourth quarter.
Ration cards for trucks must be
renewed before that date, in order for
truck owners to purchase gas during
the final quarter of the year, accord
ing to Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk
of the Ration Board.
Letter From Local
Boy In Africa Tells
Varied Experiences
A letter received by Mrs. J.
Bundy, of Route li, last week
from J
her son, William, now in service in
North Africa, gave some interesting
light on the experiences the boys
undergo "over there."
The letter was written August 23.
and follows:
"I received several very welcome
letters from home today and was very
glad to hear from you all, again, f
also got several newspaper clippings
from the home-town paper that I
was glad to get as a guy always
likes to know what is going on back
there.
"So the boys are writing home,
telling of the action that they have
seen over here. Maybe, you think I
am a coward or goldbrick, but I've
seen quite a bit of action, too. A guy
doesn't always like to write of such
things as it is not such a good morale
builder, besides the censor might
make it look like a jig-saw puzzle, j
"A few days after the invasion, a
few of us were sent to Youke I. a Bain ,
where we lived in caves and foxholes, i
We always had plenty of food and j
good clothes. Occasionally fresh I
meats were flown to us from the :
coast. At times it rained every day
and it was the muddiest that I've
ever seen. We worked in and around ,
Tebessa and were at Kassinine when I
the Jerries made their big push in
February. They were so close we
had to evacuate an airbase. We.
were chased off the wad several
times when they straffed and dive-
i bombed the roads and equipment. We'
had to run as fast as we could sev
eral times and dive into mudholes or
ditches to keep from getting lead in
! our backs.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Hertford Merchants
Vote To Close Stores
Thursday Afternoon
The members of the Hertford Mer
chants Association, at a meeting on
Thursday night, voted to close their
stores on Thursday afternoons
throughout the year. Stores will
close at 12 noon each Thursday until
further notice.
It was announced, however, that
this closing will not be in effect dur
ing the month of December.
The half-holidays will begin on
Thursday, September 2'.i, and patrons
of stores are requested to note this
action.
Commander Kaiser
Thanks Civic Groups
For Gifts To Base
W. C. Kaiser, commander of the
Harvey Point Jlaval Air Station, this
week expressed thanks and apprecia
tion to the Hertford Rotary and
Lions Clubs and to the American
Legion for gifts of $50 each, donat
ed by the organizations for the wel
fare of the station's crew.
Commander Kaiser in his letter
stated: "Please forgive this belated
letter of thanks. It is assuredly no
index to the appreciation of this
command and the personnel of Har
vey Point for your gracious gift of
$50 for the welfare of the crew. All
hands are most grateful.
"Such assistance as we were able
to render at the Blanchard fire was
little enough to do for good neigh
bors. You can always count on
Harvey Point to do anything within
its power, consistent with its mili
tary mission, , for its friends and
neighbors in Hertford."
Farm Bureau Leader s
To Return To Capital
On Peanut Question
Seek Representation on!
CCC Board und Better1
Prices
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1' arm Bureau eaders of North
Carolina have joined with leaders of;
other States and plan to reconvene in -
Washington next week for the pur
pose of placing resolutions before
Congress seeking to have peanut
producer representatives placed on
the Commodity Credit Corporation,
and also to seek better prices during
1943 for peanuts, according to a
letter received here this week from
R. Flake IShaw, executive secretary
of the X. C. Farm Bureau.
Mr. .ihaw stated leaders from this '
State had joined with leaders in
(ieorgia, South Carolina, Florida and
Alabama to draw the resolutions
calling for this action and urges lo
cal peanut producers to write their
Coiikh'iih-ii asking full support in
the action.
Local Farm Bureau representa
tives have been active in working
among peanut producers of this area
on the problem confronting the
growers at the present time. How
ever, they urge all producers to join
together in order that greater sup
port may be obtained in fighting the
cpnditions existing.
Archip T T.iin nrocirlant ,f tVo I
Perquimans Farm Bureau, stated
j this week the local Bureau is now
conducting a membership drive and
hopes more fanners will sign this
i year than ever before. He stated
Perquimans County's quota for mem
bership is 2f)0.
Membership in the Bureau expired
September 1. Mr. Lane said, and pro
ducers must renew their member
ships for the coming year to be in
good standing.
Blanchard's Store
Entirely Renewed
Opens Saturday
The J. C. Blanchard store, which
was destroyed by lire early in July,
will be reopened Saturday. September
I IK, Mr. Blanchard announced today,
j The store has been completely re
j modeled and restocked with new
! merchandise purchased by the roi-
pany since the fire.
Sr'eat' ?hrgr; u-'vr irr. made in
the arrangement of the store, and
included in the changes made is the
heating system. A new central plant
is being installed and the store will
be heated from this during the
winter.
Workmen are still on the job at the
building, however, as all of the work
has not been completed.
Under the new store a 1 1 angenients,
patrons and customers will find all
merchandise located on the first floor
of the building. For the present
time the second floor is being used
for storage only.
The management has issued a cor
dial invitation to the public to attend
the reopening on Saturday and
promises many .surprises for those
who attend.
W. E. White Appointed
Labor Assistant To
County Farm Agent
W. E. Wh'ite has been appointed as
labor assistant to the Perquimans
County Farm Agent, according to an
announcement made this week by L.
W. Anderson, County Agent.
Mr. White will work with the farm
ers of the county in placing labor
where it is needed. He will seek
jobs for those out of work and make
every attempt to assist operators of
combines and peanut pickers in locat
ing sufficient help during the season.
He will also work in cooperation
with the Labor Mobilization Commit
tee in an attempt to see that there Is
no idle labor in his county.
Farmers who need labor and labor
ers seeking work may help by con
tacting Mr. White regarding work.
SERVICES AT HOLY
TRINITY ON SUNDAY
Services at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church on Sunday, September 19,
according to the Rev. E. T. JUson,
rector, will be as follows: 9 o'clock.
Holy Communion; 10 o'clock, Church
School; 11 o'clock, morning prayer
ana sermon.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.
URGE ALL RESIDENTS SUPPORT THIRD
WAR LOAN; SALES
W. M. Morgan Investing!
Income Of Store In
Purchase Of War Bonds
Stating that "everyone in Perqui-
( mans should back the Third War
i Loan to the greatest possible extent,"
W. M. Morgan, Hertford's well-
, t, . . , .
known Furniture Man, announced to-
day that the entire sales of his store,
beginning today and running through
iSeptember 2!th, will be invested in
war bonds.
Mr. Morgan stated that this means
credit sales as well as cash sales.
All expenses of the store during the
period will be underwritten by him,
and the total income will he used to
buy war bonds.
Three White Youths
Leave For Induction
On Monday Morning
1 Three 1'erquima-ns County youths:
j Jarvis Ward, Jesse White and Wilton
I Lamb, will leave Monday for the Fort
j liragg induction center to fill the
call for five white men received by
j the local draft board for September.
Mrs. Ruth
Sumner, clerk of
, stated this week
the
that
Draft Board,
the Board is still considering regrs- !
trants of Class U-A and reclassifying'
many of the fathers in Class 1-A, in
preparation for their
the Armed Forces.
The Board will com
tory of all registrants,
week, for the purpose
induction into
net an inven-
beginniug this
of checking
j each registrant for proper classifica
tion. If any registrant is found to
, be improperly classified, the Boa id
may re-open his case immediately
I for the purpose of proper clitHsif'
! cation.
I Induction of father.- is scheduled'
for next month and, unless orders to
the contrary are received here, sev
eral fathers will be among the ra?l
leaving here October t.
It is believed that Congress, which I
re-convened this week, will take '
some action along this line. How
ever, there is no indication that 1
further deferment or a law prohibit
ing the drafting of fathers will be
forthcoming. !
Several Congressmen have voiced !
the opinion that fathers should not be
drafted, but some time will be needed J
to learn
take.
what action Congress wilt
Ration Board Issues
32 Certificates For
Tires During Week
Thirty-two applications for tires
and tubes were passed on by the
local Ration Board during the past
week and certificates were issued for
the purchases.
Motorists receiving certificates
were:
Grade 1 Tires J. C. Hobbs, 2 tires
and 2 tubes; L. E. Umphlett, 2 tires
and 1 tube; C. W.- Miller, tire; Levi
Goodwin, tire and tube; J. H. New
bold, 2 tires and 2 tubes; K. W.
Bateman, 2 tires and 2 tubes; G. A.
Jordan, tire and tube; Philip Parhley,
2 tires and 2 tubes; Robert McKinsey,
tire and tube: C. M. Ward. 2 tires
and 9. tubes- .1 I Ip :t tiro and
:S tubes; F. K.
Delmar Spear,
Winslow, tire
Smith, tire and
tube-
tire and tube; V. C.
and tube; Herman
Monds, 2 tires.
Grade III Sim Burke, tire; T. S.
Nixon, tire; Tom Perry, tire and
tube; Blount Kure, 4 tires; James
Hunter, 2 tires; C. C. Mansfield, Jr.,
tire and tube; H. L. Ward, 2 tires and
2 tubes; Luther Horner, tire and
tube; Harold Hurdle, 2 tires and 2
tubes; Ellie Goodwin, 2 tires.
Suffers Broken Hip
In Fall At Home
Ben Berry sustained a broken hip
when he fell from the porch of his
home on Route 1, last Friday after
noon. He was rushed to the Albe
marle Hospital in Elizabeth City
for!
treatment.
Mr. Berry's condition was reported
as serious on Tuesday.
SOCIAL HOUR AT METHODIST
CHURCH SATURDAY EVENING
A social hour will be held at the
Methodist Stjiday ISchool auditorium
on Saturday evening at 8 o'clock.
All young people and all service men
of this community are invited to at
tend. Games and refreshments will
be enjoyed.
MOUNTING DAILY
Committeemen Asked
To Report Sales By
Saturday Night
The local Government bodies of Per
quimans County, this week, joined in
the campaign to put Perquimans
County over the top in the Third War
Loan drive, which is now on. Both
the County Board of Commissioners
and the Town Hoard urge all resi
dents of Hertford and Perquimans
County to support to the fullest ex
tent the sale of bonds, and to pur
chase every bond possible.
The drive is meeting with success
in Perquimans, although complete
tabulation of sales had not been
made when The Weekly went to
press, it was estimated by ii. M.
Kiddick, chairman, that sales are
over the hundred thousand dollar
mark and reports from County Com
mitteemen are still to he made.
Mr. Kiddick urges all rural com
mitteemen to make reports of pledges
received not later than Saturday, so
that the County Committee can sur
vey the work accomplished, and com
plete plans for meeting the county
goal .
Several huge subscriptions have
been received and the bonds sold, but
the War Finance Committee urges
every citizen to join in "backing the
invading forces" by purchasing at
least a hundred dollar bond during
the drive.
King Williams, chairman of the
Colored committee, announces that
an excellent start has been made by
i , .
i- group and the Colored residents
i are responding well. He stated that
I every teacher has volunteered to
make himself or herself a committee
of one to canvass every nook and
corner of the county during the drive.
Adding to the list of prizes already
announced for this drive, three
prizes to be awarded among the Col
ored workers have been announced.
The liel.uxe Cleaner- i' -..wuitl 1
to the teacher elling the laiai,Otit
number of bonds: llillups Service Sta
tion offers a cash prize to the teach
er selling the largest amount in
bonds, and the Perquimans Training
, iSchool will award $2 to the student
purchasing the largest bond during
the drive.
In connection with their appeal to
the public to support the drive, the
local Government boards, this week,
I are publishing a full page advertise
j ment in honor of the boys and girls
j of Hertford and Perquimans County
j who are serving in the armed forces.
A lot of bonds must be purchased
I yet before Perquimans reaches its
' $261,000 goal . . . think it over and if
you have not vet purchased your
bonds
do it today ... if vou have
purchased some
buv
Central Grammar
PTA Holds First
Meeting Monday
The
i of the
Parent-Teachers' Association
Perquimans County Central
1 Grammar School will hold its first
; meeting of the school year on Mon
! day evening, September 20, at S :.'!()
I o'clock.
An interesting program on Health,
( 1 mieresi io an parents,
r i.
has been
i planned and will be presented betore
i the regular business session.
Miss York Kiker, Associate Market
ing Specialist, of Raleigh, will be
present. Among other items of in
terest -will be a film treating Health
from a nutritional standpoint.
At this meeting the various com
mittees for the coming year will be
announced. All parents are urged to
attend so that the year's work will
be a great success.
Catholic Services For
Sunday Announced
The Most Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass will start every Sunday at Hat-
vey's Point Air Station at 8:30 a. m.,
and at St. Ann's Catholic Church,
corner of N. Broad and Albemarle
Streets, Edenton, at 11 a. m., an
nounced the Reverend Father Francis
J. McCourt, pastor of St. Ann's and
chaplain to all Catholics connected
with the Harcey's Point Air Station.
Confessions 'will begin half hour
and end five minutes before each Ser
vice, which will include Holy Com
munion and Sermon and conclude in
45 minutes.
Everybody invited to all St Ann's
Services.
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