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Hertford, Perquirrians County, North Carolina, Friday, October 15, 1943.
$1.50 Per Year.
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Last Thursday Night
Funeral Service For
. Hertford Dentist Con
; ducted Sunday
Dr. Joha W. Zachary, 40, was m
r' Btantly killed Ust Thursday night,
at about eleven o'clock, when his
; - autosiobile, which he was driving,
v OTwrturned on the Harvey Point road
, "about three miles south of Hertford.
- , Doctor Zachary was Hertford's
' only dentist, and he had been prac
7. ticing here since February, 1936,
: when he replaced Dr. Luther Butler.
He was a member of the Baptist
, Church, the Masonic Lodge, the Ko-
tary Club, the American, State and
District Dental Associations.
The entire community was shocked
f. to learn of his death. He had at
tended a fish fry earlier in the even-
Sngj- and was en route to his home at
- the time of the accident. No cause
f iiot the accident has been discovered,
' but it was known that his car was
'traveling at a slow rate of speed.
A short funeral service was con
' .ducted at the Lynch Funeral Home
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
the Rev. H. G. Dawkins, assisted by
the Rev. B. C. Reavis and the Rev.
E. T. Jilson, officiating. After this
Ar service, the body was moved to the
family home at Yadkinville for sep
i vices which were conducted Sunday
' afternoon at 2 o'clock.
' Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ger--
trude Transou Zachary, and one
' daughter, Nancy.
Pallbearers for the service here
yVere Dr. L A. Ward, Dr. C. A.
i Davenport, Dr. T. P. Brinn, R'. M.
.'Riddick, W. H. Hardcastle, F. T.
, - Johnson, V. N. Darden and J. Eramett
Winslow.
' J Members of the Masonk Lodge, ,f"
i... Hertford Rotarjc.Club an tha T
'ford Lions Club were honorary
beaten. f. ':f ' i .
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Kerosene Rations
Perquimans motorists are acting
slowly in renewing their A gasoline
r ration -books, according to Mrs. Helen
- Davenport, clerk of the Board, who
reminded all car owners that A books
should be renewed before October 22.
Mrs. Davenport also announced
that, consumers of kerosene are not
' - returning their ration stubs with ap
plications for new rations, and the
Board is assuming that the users
stflliiave kerosene coupons and. will
Issue new coupons when users return
. the stubs to the ration office.
."(Tire certificates . were issued to
'the following motorists this week:
, Grade 1 Passenger Tires Soler
Newby, tire; C. R. Ward, tire and
tube; E. E. Morgan, tire; William
Winslow, tire; Ernest Morse, tire
and tube; A. H. Edwards, tire and
tube; Henry Layden, tire and tube;
E. H.i Simons, tube; G. E. Wood,
tire; Nathan Riddick,, tire and tube;
Glenn Mathews, tire; Irvin Long,
tire; H, F. Simons, tire; Andrew
Dale, tire and tube; C O. Fowler,
tire end tube? C. P. Tynch,- tube;
Jofr Perryy tire and tube; Charles
Johnson, tire; Fred Cates, tire; C.
J. Stallinga, tire and' tube. -
Grade III Alvin Winslow, tire end
tube; Clyde Laydenl tire and tube;
Odist Newby, tire and tube'; Bertha
Lane,' 2 tires and 2 tubes; Oscar Lane,
2 tires; John Wood, tire and tube;
D. Moody White, 2 tires and 2 tubes,
Truck Tires L. A." Smith, 2-tires;
T. B. Sumner, ,4 tires; M. H.4 Elliott,
tire; G. D. Towe, tire and tabeC'-
James N, Newby was issued a cer
' tificate for the' purchase 'vt, a new
car.
Gotten Gin Destroyed
v By Fire Last Fridays
r'A'A 'fire . of:tnndeterndried
Completely destroyed the P. Jessup
mtton tin at .Winfall and burned
about 25 bales of cotton last Friday
' afternoon. The fire wav discovered
' .around three o'clock end it was soop
out of control. s i '
- The Hertford Fire Department was
. called to. the $cene7 but ,4he lack of
water nrevented the Department ex
tinguishing the blaxe?' Damage was
estimated at arouna $xu,vuy,, -j.
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the birth of a son. born on
- Wiuiimadjiv. October -13th.'. -Mother
. end babyftre doinf, nicely.
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Registration Plans
For Ration Book 4
Now Being Completed
Final plans are now being complet
ed for holding a registration for
Ration Book No. 4 here sometime
the latter part of October. The reg
istration will be conducted under the
supervision of the schools, and F. T.
Johnson, superintendent,' is expected
to, announce the dates for the regis
tration next week.
One- important item n connection
with the registration is that all appli
cants will be required to show regis
trars their Ration Book No. 3, be
fore they will be issued .Book No. 4.
Persons should bear this, in mind and
be sure to take along Book No. 3
when applying for Book No. 4.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The Allies won a diplomatic battle
this week when Portugal granted the
British use of Portugese Islands in
the Atlantic as naval and air anti
submarine bases. This action is ex
pected to forestall any success Hit
ler may have in attempting to renew
sub warfare. It has been reported
important developments were expect
ed in Portugal at any moment, but it
now seems unlikely any further
events may bake place. Officials be
lieve Hitler will not declare war up
on Portugal for the action taken in
granting the Allies use ul tne bases.
Fighting in Italy was bogged down
during this week due to heavy rains
and flooded rivers, but a statement
irom American neacsquarters in
Naples says General Clarke is set to
renew the battle for Rome, and the
British Eighth Army on the eastern
side of the country is reported as ad
vancing'. It is, believed .the Nazis
ha withdrawn aom troofcs further
neritowa-r.fna.ro. Jtive line, but
htefy flVvuiir is expected io develop
befSre Rama is taken:
trenewdactiiaty fl the part
PaAaa.in the, Klkl Countries, '
.bombed Crete, Greece "and some
Vugostav points in hampering Ger
man positions at these points. It has
been reported the fighting on the part
of the Yugoslav Partisans practically
amounts to a third front in the Bal
kan area.
While climatic conditions have been
bad on the Russian front, Red Army
forces continue their offensive all
along the Dneiper River front. Fdr
ther advances have been reported
near Kiev and Vitebsk. Reports
from Moscow are optimistic and in
dicate continued success against the
Germans. ,
Despite 'an optimistic report re
cently by Secretary Iskes regarding
oil and gasoline supplies in the
East, the Office of War Information
on Wednesday announced the situa
tion may become worse. Iskes re
ported pipe lines will more than sup
ply the East with its needs, but the
OWI announcement says war needs
will cut in heavily on the supply and
additional cuts in civilian driving This represents an over-subscrip-may
be ordered. It was reported the tion of forty-five thousand, two
grade' of gasoline will also become hundred and one dollars, as the
poorer. I county's goal during the drive was
American and British airmen are
continuing to, take a terrific toll of
Nazi planes. Allied raids were car
ried out in force all last week. The
American flyers going as far as Dan
zig. The Germans have reported the
American forces are now "using
"super" fortresses for protection of
bombing planes. The Nazis say
these super forts do not carry bombs
but have many more guns than usual,
thus, gaining additional) striking
power against defensive tactics.
Important Meeting
Of Farmers; Monday
There will be an Important meet
ing of Perquimans 'County farmers
at the Agriculture Building" in Hert
ford on Monday night, October 18, at
8 o'clock. ; ; 1
R. Flake 'Shaw, executive .-secretary
of the North Carolina' arrn Bureau,
will be present to speak on'the farm
situation. It is reported ::plans for
producing and marketing. 'crops for
next' year will be discussed
All farmers are urged tq attend.
CONCLUDES FUND DRIVE
' The executive , committee " of the
Hertford troop of Boy Scouts; headed
by G. P. Morris, has conceded the
annual drive for funds foft'the Boy
Scouts, Mr. Morris r announced this
week. . &, "' f ' Ef ' " '
- The committee collected.."! the sum
of $310,75, which will meet the needs
of' the. Scout troop for th coming
i year.'.. '
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Army Accepts Five
Selectees; Nineteen
Negroes Leave Next
Large Number Fathers
Ordered for Local
Examination
An unofficial ' report early this
week stated that the Army had ac-l
cepted five of the group of selectees
who received their final physical ex
aminations at Fort Bragg last Thurs
day. The men accepted were Kramer
Williams, Alphonso Williams, John
Hall and Kenneth Jordan, and Alfred
Riddick, a transfer from Ports
mouth, Va. These men will report
for service after a 21 -day furlough.
Nineteen Negro selectees will leave
Hertford on October 22 to fill the
second call for men this month, Mrs.
Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local board,
said Tuesday.
These men are: Ellis Riddick,
James Brickhouse, Robert Jones, Wil
liam Riddick, Charlie Johnson, Elisha
Dillard, Willie White, Augustus
Hudson, William Brickhouse, Wil
liam Reed, William Carter, Stephen
Felton, Maurice Holly, Wilder Gre
gory, Joseph Gordon, Odell Hurdle,
Alphonzo Lightfoot, Charles Wins
low and Ezekial Robertson. The last
eleven named are all fathers.
Mrs. .Sumner stated that a large
number of fathers were mailed or-1
ders to report for local physical ex-1
aminations during this week, in pre
paration for filling calls during No
vember and December. The Board !
has not yet received a call for Novem
ber, but it is expected that this call
will be for about 35 white men.
Many of these men will be .fathers,
due to the small number of single men
and non-fathers available for call.
The Perquimans Board, handicap
ped by the fact that the majority of
its registrants are engaged in agri
culture and other essential work
which makes such registrants eligible
for deferment under the Selective
Service law, will again shortly reach
the bottom of the barrel, insofar as
registrants are concerned. Thus even
its list of fathers subject to draft
under the law may soon be exhausted.
Reports from Washington . .this!
week indicate additional ' provision
will be made for dependents of fath
ers accepted for service. Bills now
pending call for increased allot
ments in monthly payments over the
present system which allows $50 for
a wife and $1.2 for one child and $10
for each additional child. It is ex-
pectea tnis allotment will be in
creased materially.
Third War Loan Sales
Reach $306,201 This
Week Chairman Says
War Bond sales in Perquimans
County during the Third War Loan,
which closes Saturday night, have
reached the sum of $306,201, accord
ing to R. M. Riddick, chairman of the
War Finance Committee.
$261,000.
Mr. Riddick stated that no quota
for Perquimans had been received for
the month of October, but he urged
all residents to continue to purchase
war bonds as the Government con
tinues to need more and more money
to carry on the fight for victory.
W. H. Woolard, district chairman
for War Bond sales, in a letter to the
local committee this week, expressed
his. thanks to the people of this
county for making the Third War
Loan drive a success here.
Friday Final Date
For Mailing Parcels
Today, Friday, October 15, is the
final day for mailing Christmas par
cels to men' in the U. S. Army sta
tioned overseas, Silas M. Whedbee,
Hertford postmaster, announced this
week.' ' 1
Persons who wish to mail parcels
for men of the 'Army should mail
them today, for the postoffice may
not accept parcels for mailing after
October 15. Parcels, however, being
mailed to personnel of the Navy may
he mailed up io' November 1.
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Town Board Meets In
Routine Sessisnk
' The Board -of. Commissioner for
the Town of Hertford, met , in a rou
tine business' session on test . Monday
nisrht. Little .business was brought!
to the attention of the Board at the
meeting and ( . it adjourned after a
short, session! v ;
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Recorder's Court
Collected Over P
In Fines Tuesday
Court Had Busiest Day
In Recent Weeks; 18
Cases Heard
The Perquimans Recorder's Court
had its busiest day in recent weeks
on Tuesday, when Judge Charles E.
Johnson disposed of eighteen cases
and the court collected more than
three hundred dollars in fines assess
ed against defendants. A large
number of defendants, especially
those charged with speeding, entered
pleas of guilty, but the entire morn
ing was needed to clear the large
docket.
The case of Windell Nixon, Negro,
charced with assault on William
! Belch, was continued until next week
and Nixon, who, it is alleged struck
i Belch with a pea pole, causing serious
injury, was placed under $500 bond.
Ramaine Scott was assessed costs
! of court for speeding.
i Fred Bissinger, Elmo Swindell,
I Walter Simpson, R. R. Rivenbach,
Herbert Smith and Willie Johnson, J
all plead guilty to speeding and each
j was fined $10 and costs. '
I William Moore entered a plea of
I guilty to speeding and driving with
I out a license and he was fined $10 and
I costs. 1
Cornwell Richardson, Sr., was
fined $25 and costs for speeding.
James Wilson plead guilty to
speeding and was fined $15, court
costs to come therefrom.
Lillian Boone and Janie Riddick,
both colored, were found guilty of
assault. The Boone girl was given
a 30-day suspended sentence upon
good behavior for six months and
judgment was continued against the
Riddick girl. .
William Boyce was found guilty of
driving under the influence of whis
key and was given a 30-day suspend
ed sentence and fined $75 and costs.
Raymond Brickhouse was fined
I $75 and costs, after pleading guilty
to driving drunk.
Raymond Clarke, Negro, was found
not guilty. rf driving under
fluence, but was found guilty of
reckless driving and was given a 30
day suspended sentence and fined
$30 and costs.
Earl Phillips was found guilty of
reckless driving and was given a 30
day suspended sentence and fined
$30 and costs.
Wilev Whedbee. Netrro. was fined
$25 and costs; $20 of the fine being
I suspended upon the condition that
the defendant doesn't drive again
1 until licensed, after he entered a plea
of guilty to driving without license.
I costs ior oemg arunic ana aisoraenj.
Lions Club Festival
Drawing Good Crowd
Saturday Last Day
The Hertford Lions Club fall festi
val, which has been presented on the
Town lot during the week, is draw
ing a large crowd nightly, and the .
last two days of the festival, Friday j
and Saturday, are expected to be the j
best days yet.
The Kaus Exposition Shows are
presenting modern rides and clean j
shows on the midway and these are I
providing entertainment ior an wm.
attend. The show was a day late in
opening, due to break downs of sev
eral trucks carrying equipment and
which did not reach here until Tues
day. Gate prizes, in the form of ?25
War Bonds, are being awarded each
nigm oy tne iUv "r""
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festival and
holding ticKexs are asKeo u
tickets until after each drawing.
A special performance will be held
on Saturday afternoon from 2:30 un
til 6 o'clock, for the children.
Demonstration Clubs
Suspend Curb Market
During: Winter Months
Miss Prances Maness; County
Home Agent, announced this week
that the Home Demonstration Curb
market has been suspended for the
winter months, due to lack of space
availably for the market. The project
will be. resumed next spring, accord
ing to nresent nlans. Miss Maness
gjji, v 4
She reported business done at the
market during its existence had been
splendid, and the various club women
! were appreciative of the patronage
given the market by the people of the
county.
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White Schools Remain
On Short Session At
War Board Request
Perquimans County white schools
remained on a short session during
this week, following a request by
the War Board that the proposed
full schedule be postponed one week.
F. T. Johnson, superintendent, stated
Monday that the full schedule will
begin next Monday.
The War Board requested a delay
in operating on a full schedule in
order that the students could assist
in harvesting crops. It is now the
plan of the Board of Education to
operate all white schools on full
schedule, beginning Monday, and to
reopen all colored schools on a short
session.
Tuberculosis Seal
Committee Plans
Program Of Control
A meeting of the Perquimans
County Tuberculosis Seal Sale Com
mittee was held on October 12, at the
home of the chairman, Mrs. I. A.
Ward, to discuss the program of
tuberculosis control for the county
with Dr. Hackett, county health offi
cer, and Miss L'mphlett, public health
nurse. Mrs. R. T. Brinn, Mis. L. C.
Winslow and Mrs. F. T. Johnson,
treasurer, attended with Mrs. Ward.
Dr. Hackett and Miss l'mphlett
outlined the work already done in
completing tuberculin tests on con
tacts of known cases of tuberculosis,
and outlined the program for doing
tuberculin tests in the schools in or
der to have as many children avail
able as possible for an X-ray clinic
during the week of November 8. It
was estimated that between 300 and
600 X-rays will have to be made.
The Seal Sale Committee under
took to provide $100 to help pay the
costs of the X-rays, with the under
standing that each individual will be
charged 50c for the X-ray, but that
any individuals unable to pay this
sum will be X-rayed without cost.
The X-rays will cost 60c to 70c, and
will be taken by a technician provid-
by the North Carina
j mm, using
I ed by the
the X-ray eq
District Health
I ment.
The Committee also voted to pro-
vide funds up to $40 for the pur-
chase of materials to be used for the
care of patients sick with tubercu
losis, and for the purchase of educa
tional material, including a motion
i picture film about Tuberculosis.
I Twenty-five dollars was set aside to
defray the expense of materials for
this year's Christmas Seal Sale.
T-
d Cross Chapter
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To Elect Officers
At Meeting Oct. 21
The Perquimans County Chapter of
the American Bed Crossr will hold a
meeting next Thursday .night, Oct.
21, at 8 o'clock, in the Courthouse
for the purpose of electing officers
for the coining year.
S. M. Whedbee, county chairman,
today issued an invitation to the
public to attend the meeting and par
ticipate in the election of the new
officers.
Services Sunday For
Mrs. Nora Humphries
Mrs. Nora L. Humphries, 69, wife
i 01 w. ivi. numpnnes ot .New Hope,
diej
ast Friday afternoon at the
home of her sister, Mrs. W. L. Saw
yer, in Elizabeth City, following an
illness of several weeks.
A native of Perquimans Cqunty,
she was a member of the Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were conducted
l last Sunday afternoon at Elizabeth
Q.. . th R v
Richmona,
pastor of the City Road Methodist
Church. Interment was in Riverside
Memorial Park Cemetery in Norfolk.
Surviving are her husband, W. M.
Humphries; one daughter, Mrs. L.
J. Moran of Philadelphia, Pa.; a sis
ter, Mrs. W. L. Sawyer; one brother,
W. H. Hendricks of Norfolk; two half
sisters, Mrs. Oliver Layden of Win
fall and Mrs. John Jones of Norfolk;
one half-brother, J. W. Ward, of
Hertford; five grandchildren, one
great-grandchild, and several nieces
and nephews.
CHAS. F. SUMNER PROMOTED
TO RANK STAFF SERGEANT
Charles F. Sumner, son of Mr.
and Mrs. u. t. sumner, Jr., has re
cently been promoted to the rank of
staff sergeant, according to an an
nouncement received here.
Sergeant Sumner is Stationed with
the Armed Forces in Iceland.
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County Solicitors
Named For War Fund
Campaign; Date Set
Drive Opens October 25;
County's Quota Set at
$3,500
The week beginning October 25 has
been set as a date for the Perquim
ans War Fund Campaign, according
to J. Emmett Winslow, co-chairman
of the county committee, which met
last Friday night and named town
ship chairmen and solicitors for the
drive.
The Perquimans War Fund quota
was set at $3,500, which is part of
the quota for the State of North
Carolina in this national campaign to
raise funds for all war agencies ex
cept the Red Cross. The local com
mittee is planning, and hopes to con
clude its drive within one week.
The township chairmen and solici
tors are: New Hope, W. E. Dail,
chairman; solicitors, Mesdames Guy
Webb, E. M. Perry, E. A. Turner,
Wrightson Jackson, Jasper Sawyer,
A. H. Cook, J. P. White and Messrs.
S. T. Perry and W. L. Wood. Bethel
Township C. E. White, chairman;
solicitors, Mesdames Preston Long,
E. J. Proctor, Johnnie Phillips, Sid
ney Layden, Glenn Mathews and Mi.-s
Rosa Lassiter. Hertford Township,
Miss Frances Maness, chairman; so
licitors, Mesdames K. C. Murray,
i Norman Elliott, Charles iSkinner, Cor
' bin Dozier, C. F. Sumner, Jr., A. E.
; Hendley, Riley Monds, H. S. Lane,
i P. E. Lane, Wayland Howell, C. W.
Reed, A. E. Layden, W. O. Hunter,
L. A. Proctor, Milton Dail and T. E.
i Mardre.
I Dr. E. S. White is chairman of
Belvidere Township, and George
Jackson is chairman of Parkville
i TowTiship. The names of the solici
tors for these districts had not been
reported when The Weekly went to
press.
King Williams and W. R. Privott
were named chairmen of the colored
divisions.
i The County committee has divided
the quota by townships and the fol
lowing quota for each township is
given,: Hertford, . SJ.ftOn: Parkville,
,flwlMderjiJs?0' '. A nope,
$350, and 'Bethel, $300. The money
raised through this drive is to be
divided among IX war agencies carry
ing on relief and other services for
American military men and Allied
people.
A meeting of the County committee
and all solicitors has been set for
Friday night, October 22, at 8 o'clock,
at the Courthouse, and details of the
drive will be given solicitors at that
time.
Contractor States
Housing Project To
Start In Two Weeks
Robert L. Player, contractor of
Fayetteville, in a telephone conver
sation with Mayor V. N. Darden on
Monday, stated that the Hertford
housing project will be started within
the next two weeks, unless unforseen
happenings prevent, Mayor Darden
told this newspaper on Tuesday.
It is understood that the prelimi
nary plans for the project have now
been completed and priorities for ma
terials have been approved. Maps of
the Gaither property at the west end
of Market Street, where the project
will be situated, have been made, it
is understood, and the ground plotted.
The project will consist of thirty
five new houses, reported to be of
the bungalow type, and each will be
an individual unit. No information
has been released as yet regarding
the rental or sale of the units.
Central PTA Meeting
At School Monday Nite
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans County Central
Grammar School will hold its second
meeting of the year on Monday
night, October 18, at 8:30 o'clock.
The program will be based on
Safety.
All parents and interested people
are urged to attend.
Cotton Report Shows
Increase In 1943
A Cotton ginning report, released
this week by Willie M. Harrell, spec
ial agent, shows 1,869 bales of cotton
were ginned in Perquimans County
from the crop of 1943, prior to Octo
ber 1. This shows an increase over
1942, when 1,781 bales were ginned
for a similar period.
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