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Y NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume XL Number 17.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 28, 1944.
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Large IJunte Men
Pass Pre-lnduction
Exam; Await Call
Pre-lnduction Call on
May 10 For 15 Colored
Registrants
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
local draft board, announced this
week that 25 out of the 38 white
men who reported at Fort Bragg
with the last contingent of men for
pre-induction examinations passed
the examinations and had been ac
cepted for military service. This is
the largest percentage of men ac
cepteed from this county to date.
Fourteen of the men were assigned
to the Army and 14 to the Navy, and
now await calls to report for duty.
It is believed that some time may
elapse before all in this group are
called for induction. The present
plan seemingly is to build up a large
pool of manpower which is available
for induction calls. The Board has
been instructed to order up for pre
induction examinations all men be
tween the ages of 18 through 25.
Mrs. Sumner also stated that the
Board had received a call for 15
Negroes to report for physical ex
amination at Fort Bragg on May 10.
This Is the first pre-induction call
for May, and a call for a number of
white men is expected later in the
month.
Two Colored youths, Andrew White
and James Riddick, will leave here
today JCo induction into the Army.
This is the only order for induction
of men now on file at the local office.
The possibility that further cnang--es
in Selective Service regulations
may be forthcoming is seen by an or
der received here this week instruct
ing the local board to segregate all
registrants into age groups 18
through 25, 26 through 29, and 80
through 37, and notify State head
quarters as to the numbe of avail
- able registrants, in each group. Four-
f However, at th -" (iterant. dWfcfra Am
that boards shall continue to send for
pre-induction examinations youths
between 18 and 26. After this group
has been exhausted, men 26 through
29 are expected to be called.
Ration Board Issues
Certificates To 28
Motorists This Week
The Perquimans ration board is
sued permits for the purchase of tires
and tubes to 20 motorists during the
past week, according to Mary Frances
Dail, clerk of the board.
Certificates for passenger type
tires issued were: V. N. Darden, 2;
W. S. Long, 1; Noah Felton, Jr.,
tires and 1 tube; R. H. Pankenair, 2
tires and 2 tubes; Helen Davenport,
2 tires and 2 tubes; T. D. White,
tire and tube; 11. . Calcutt, 2 tires
and 2 tubes; W. W. White, tire and
tube; Mary l'elly, 2 tires and 1 tube;
John Stallings, 1; Myra Sawyer,
tires and 1 tube; Lin wood Trueblood,
1; James Winslow, 2; Mrs. S. J.
Jennings, 2 tires and 1 tube; Eugene
Felton, 2; L. J. Winslow, 2 tires and
1 tube; Ralph Chappell, 2 tires and
1 tube; H. G. Weigenstein, 1; H. M.
Layden, 1; T. D. Nixon, 2 tires and 1
tube; M. B. Dail, 1, and W. T. Lewis,
Z tubes.
Track tires James Brothers, 3
tires and 3 tubes; L. L, Chappell, tire
and tube; Harlen Hurdle, 4 tires and
4 tubes; Major-Loo mis, 8 tires and 3
tubes; W. C. Hollowell, tire and tube,
and T. B. Sumner, 8 tires.
Fatal Accident On
Highway Sunday A. M.
George Privott, 30, of McCall,
South Carolina, was killed on the
Hertford -Elisabeth City Highway,
near Woodville, Sunday morning
about 6 o'clock, when the. car in
which he was riding crashed into the
rear .end of a parked car.
Patrolman Charles E. Payne in
vestigated the Accident, and it is re
ported a manslaughter charge will
be placed against the driver of the
vehicle.
Bauson Edmonds, Elisabeth City
barber, was also an occupant of the
automobile and received injuries in
the accident
f, COUNTY SCHOOLS TO OPEN
' EARLIER, BEGINNING MONDAY
i . a jonnson, supennienaent oi
- beginning - Monday morning, . May ! 1,
, all schools in the county will open
thirty minutes earlier in the morning,
. nd. close thirty minutes t earlier in
' the afternoon, This. chang is being
', made to order . th& children from
farm bournes mayfet home earlier
, to help with the farm work. : ,
Democratic County
Convention Sat. 3 P. M.
C. P. Morris, titular head of the
Democratic party in Perquimans
County, announced today that repre
sentatives of the party are to meet at
the Court House Saturday afternoon,
April 29, at 3 o'clock for the purpose
of holding the county convention.
The convention will choose dele
gates to the State Convention to be
held in Raleigh on May 4, at 12 noon
in the City Auditorium.
Mr. Morris stated that since pre
cinct committees had not met this
year, that all members of the party
are urged to attend the convention
tomorrow afternoon.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Powerful American forces under
General MacArthur, early this week,
by-passed Jap forces in New Guinea
by staging another landing operation
500 miles to the westward. Japan
ese, estimated at 140,000 have been
trapped by the move and Allied po
sitions in that sector of the Pacific
have been greatly improved. The
Americans are reported to be moving
inland against Jap positions and
have captured important Jap air
fields. American losses in the oper
ations were reported as light.
As a prelude to the invasion of
Europe, Allied airmen continued to
hammer Nazi positions all over Eu
rope. The sky battle is in its second
week, and nearly 800 German planes
have been reported downed by the
Allies. Little ground fighting on the
European fronts have been reported
for the neat week. Moscow stated
Red! Armies are being regrouped for
a new offensive in Poland. Adolph
Hitler has been reported reviewing
the defenses of the Germans along
the Channel and Germans state that
they expect the invasion to be un
Meanwhile,
supreme com
mander of Allied forces, has had
nothing to say regarding the invasion
ine Allies are, at present, carrying
on a war of nerves and planes.
Admiral King made a report o the
Secretary of the Navy Knox this
week, which revealed that the United
States now has the largest Navy in
the world. King announced damages
to U. S. ships in engagements oi
all fronts hitherto unannounced. He
stated that the Allies are now in po
sition to effect an offensive on the
sea at any place or time they choose.
The Allied movement to stop neu
tral nations from supplying Germany
with war materials is meeting with
some success. Turkey, it has beer
reported, has agreed to withhold
further shipment of chrome to Ger
many and Spain is cutting down on
some supplies. Sweden, however,
lias refused to stop trading with pie
Nazis.
Heavy boods have been reported
in States bordering along the Missis
sippi River. Hundreds are reported
homeless and much property damage
is expected. A destructive tornado
hit eastern North Carolina early this
week, injuring eight people and caus
ing heavy damage to property. The
tornado struck in the section near
Goldsboro.
The Senate, this week, gave its
approval to the largest Naval bill
ever presented in Congress. The
bill, calling for the outlay of more
than $32 billions, passed after promi
nent senators stated there should be
no scrapping of battleships after this
war, as there was following World
War I.
Appointed Flight
Leader Air Cadets
Cedric R. Jordan, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. Roy Jordan, Hertford,
North Carolina, has been appointed a
Flight Leader in the corps of cadets
with the rank of Aviation Cadet
Lieutenant at the Army Air Forces
Pre-Flight School at Maxwell Field,
Ala.; where he is completing an inten
sive course in mijitary academic and
physical training. ,
PREACHING AT
WOODLAND
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The Rev. J. D. $ranf6rd will
preach at the Woodland Methodist
Church Sunday morning at 11
o'clock. ' ' ' 'J
Sunday School will begin prompt
ly at 10:80.
An extra effort is feeing made to
finish raising, the Orpltpnage appor
tionment for. the. churofc Everyone
Is invited td attend this and air other
services at Woodland.
Registration Books
To Be Opened Three
Weeks Starting Sat
Interest In Primary Is
Expected to Pick Ur.
Locally
L. N. Hollowell, chairman of the
Perquimans Board of Elections, an
nounced today that township regis
trars will open registration books for
the first time tomorrow, for the pur
pose of registering persons desiring
to vote in the primary on May 27.
The various township registrars
will be found at the polling places
in their respective townships and
persons who are not registered,
must register on one of the next
three Saturdays in order to vote on
May 27.
Despite the fact there are no local
contests for offices, interest in the
primary is expected to pick up as
the candidates for Governor, Senator,
State Senator and other State offices
begin their active campaigns.
Gregg Cherry and Ralph McDon
ald are the leading candidates for the
office of Governor. Both are con
ducting a State-wide campaign and
have managers in most of the coun
ties of the State. Cherry is well
known throughout the State and has
served in the legislature a number
of years and has headed important
committees of that body. He is past
State Commander of the American
Legion and is a resident of Gastonia.
Ralph McDonald, unsuccessfully,
sought the office of Governor in
1932, and was defeated by a narrow
margin by Clyde Hoey. He has
been connected with the University
of North Carolina for several years,
and active in educational circles of
the State. Neither of the men is
a native of North Carolina. Cherry
was born in South Carolina and Mc
Donald was born in Illinois.
Clyde Hoey and Cam Morrison are
the outstanding candidates for the
office of U. S. Senator. However,
neither afe' ' Seemingly waging a very
active cnmpaign. Both are well
known throughout the State.
W. I. Halstead of Camden County,
and L. Y. Ballentine of Wake County,
are the candidates for the office of
Lieutenant-Governor, and from all
indications, a tight race is expected
to develop between these two.
W. T. Culpepper, of Elizabeth
City; Charles Jenkins, of Aulander;
J. J. Hughes of Elizabeth City, and
Bart Fearing, of Windsor, are the
candidates for State Senator for this
District.
Funeral Services
field Last Saturday
For R. L Knovles
Robert L. Knowles, prominent resi
dent and former mayor of the Town
of Hertford, died last Thursday af
ternoon et a Norfolk hospital, after
a short illness. The son of the late
Charles and Mary Sherlock Knowles,
he was a native of Pasquotank Coun
ty, but had lived in Hertford most of
his life.
For the past several years he had
served as delinquent tax collector for
Perquimans County.
Funeral services were conducted
last Saturday afternoon at 8:30
o'clock at the Hertford Methodist
Church by the Rev. B. C. Reavis,
Besides his wife, Mrs. Lessie Bar
ber Knowles, he is survived by six
daughters, Mrs. E. S. Douglas of
Jacksonville, Fla., Mrs. W. B. Byrd
of Bunn Level, Mrs. Earl Barrett of
Fayetteville, Miss Elizabeth Knowles
of Raleigh, Miss Dorcas Knowles of
Farmville, and Miss Grace Knowles
of Hertford. One brother, S. S.
Knowles, of Weeksville, also survives.
Pallbearers were: W. H. Pitt, T. L.
Jessup, J. Emmett Winslow, J. E.
Ward, J. P. Perry, W. F. C. Edwards
and Corp. Reed.
Interment was made in Cedarwood
Cemetery,
Easter Seal Sale
Nets $202 In County
The sale of Easter Seals in Per
quimans County, conducted through
the County Welfare Department, net
ted the sum of $202, according to
Mrs. Sarah B. Perry, who expressed
her appreciation today to all those,
who participated in the drive.
The funds raised are used to aid
the Rational foundation of Aid to
Crippled Children, and a portion of
the amount raised here will remain
in the local treasury of the organisa
tion for the benefit of children of
this county who need such assistance.
Recorder's Judge
Acts On Grand Jury
Presentment
Nine Cases Disposed of
By Judge Johnson;
Some Continued
Judge Charles Johnson of the
Perquimans Recorder's Court, ruled
the Court would take no action on a
presentment of the April Term of
Superior Court Grand Jury, charging
Pat Webb, Colored, and some ten or
eleven other Colored men with
gambling. lhe presentment was
made upon testimony given the
Grand Jury by Mack Downing, Col
ored, who had lost his money in the
game.
Judge Johnson stated that he
"knew there was gambling going on
Lin town, but until authorities clamp
ed down on the entire lot" the group
charged in the presentment were
free to go. The Court warned the
men, however, that gambling in pub
lic places or upon the streets would
be another matter.
Ten cases were disposed of by the
court at the session Tuesday and
several cases were continued until a
later term of court, due to the ab
sence of Patrolman Charles Payne,
who is attending a training school for
State Patrolmen.
Tom Newby was found guilty of
assault and given a 30-day suspended
sentence and ordered to pay 1 the
costs of court.
Jimmie Davenport paid a fine of
25 and costs, after pleading guilty
to a charge of speeding.
Nixon Riddick, Negro, plead guilty
to driving with improper lights and
was taxed with court costs.
George Davenport entered a plea
of guilty to being drunk and disor
derly and was fined $5 and ordered
to pay court costs.
Mack Downing, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of issuing
a worthless check and was sentenced
to 30 days in jail, suspended upon
payment of $10 and costs of oeiurt.
George Winslow. Negro, paid the
costs of court, after pleading guilty
to driving with improper lights.
Robert I'astorel plead guilty to a
charge of driving with improper
license and was assessed court costs.
Dixie Lee Dail, Negro, was found
guilty of failing to take treatment
for venereal disease and was sen
tenced to 30 days in jail and ordered
to pay the court costs, both sen
tence and cost to be suspended upon
condition the defendant take future
treatments.
Central Grammar
PTA Meeting Held
Monday At School
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans Central Grammar
School met on Monday night, April
17, at the school building.
The devotional was conducted by
Mrs. J. L. DeLaney. A Psalm and
an anthem were given by the children
of the first and third grade combina
tion, Mrs. Ainsley's room. Two short
shows, "The Price of Victory" and
"U. S. News Reel No. 5," were
shown.
The business session was conducted
by Mrs. Linwood Winslaw, who acted
as president. Reports from the va
rious standing committees were giv
en. The art chairman, Mrs. Howard
Hunter, presented prizes to the
grades winning the poster contest,
in which posters were submitted by
each room to be judged for their ar
tistic value. The prizes were award
ed to the third grade, Miss Johnnie
White's room, for the primary de
partment, and to the fifth grade, Mrs.
Herman Winslow's room, in the
Grammar Grade Department.
The picture for having the most
parents in attendance went to Mrs.
Ainsley's room.
OPA Permits Sugar
Lost In Re-packing
To Be Replaced
An announcement was made this
week by authorities of OPA that
wholesalers and retailers will be per
mitted to replace sugar lost through
repacking of this commodity. Twice
a year retailers and wholesalers may
apply to local boards for replacement
of sugar lost through repacking.
Applications must be filed by April
80 and October 31 of each year, it
was announced. The applications
should contain the following infor
mation: amount of sugar re-weighed
in past six months, and the amount
of sugar lost in re-weighing.
Another Red Cross
Shipment Goes Out
A large cuisignment of Red Cross
material, including 100 B. P. Covers
100 hospital bags, 200 kits, 200 pairs
of mules and 100 wash cloths, has
been shipped to National Red Cross
Headquarters by the Perquimans
Red Cross Chapter, it was announced
here this week.
The local chapter also received a
request to make up another order of
items as soon as possible. Local
women who desire to assist the lied
Cross in this sewing project are
urged to volunteer at once by calling
Miss Helen Gaither or Mrs. Mark
Hathaway.
Men Assigned Days
To Serve As Hosts At
Hertford USO Club
V. N. Darden, chairman of the
men's host committee for the USO
Club, stated today that the list of
men who had volunteered for service
had been divided into groups and
eaoh man assigned a certain date
each month to serve. The commit
tee listed the workers and dates as
follows:
J. D. Cranford, chairman; 1: W. G.
Hollowell, J. Van Roach, Walter
Umphlett; 2: C. F. Sumner, J. A.
Perry, J. Oliver White; 3: B. C.
Berry, R. M. Riddick, Hudson Butler;
4: G. C. Buck, Jake Jackson, H. W.
Lynch; 6: J. R. Futrell, J. W. Ward,
C. W. White.
A. W. Hefren, chairman; 6: R. S.
Monds, Charles Johnson, W. S. But
ler; 7: W. H. Pitt, Dr. A. B. Bonner,
Lindsay Winslow; 8: W. H. Hard
castle, Fenton Britt, Chas. Whedbee;
9: F. T. Johnson, C. A. White, J. E.
Winslow; 10: D. S. Darden, Leigh
Winslow, D. F. Reed.
Clinton Ely, chairman; 11: J. H.
Towe, Bill White, J. S. McNider; 12:
II. C. Sullivan, R. T. Brinn, Sidney
Manchard; 13: W. li. Tucker, L. N.
Hollowell, Herbert Nixon; II: I,.
Sitterson, Matt Mathews, Hoyle
Umphlett; 15: Claude White, Fred
Winslow, 'P. P. bjiam.
Houston Edwards, chairman; Hi:
C. R. Vann, H. A. Willis, W. I..
Sumner; 17: Charles Williford, H. C.
Stokes, Jr., F. A. McGuugan; 18:
Max Campbell, B. G. Kooncc, Roy
Jordan; 19: Simon Rutenburg, li. F.
Ainsley, E. H. Cannon; lid: T. R.
Ainsley, Roger Morris, R. E. Clink
scales. Vivian Darden, chairman; 21: C.
R. Holmes, J. P. Perry, Vivian
Mathews; 22: E. W. Mayes, Mark
Gregory, W. A. Elliott; 23: Law
rence Towe, Raymond Winslow, John
Moore; 24: Silas Whedbee, liuis
Nachman, W. E. White; 25: A. R.
Winslow, Jr., Dunvood Barber and
George Roach.
C. P. Morris, chairman; 26: II. A.
Whitley, W. G. Newby, Bill Cox; 27:
Chas. T. Skinner, H. T. liroughton,
D. J. Pritchard; 28: J. O. Felton,
Carlton Cannon, R. A. Sutton; 29:
Julian White Morgan .Walker, J.
Kllie White; 30: Jim Bass, Cecil
Winslow and Jarvis Ward.
The number preceding each group
of men represents the date that
group will serve as hosts. A num
ber of volunteers are not listed in
this group, but the committee will
use them to fill in on months having
31 days and on vacancies as they
occur.
Health Department
Now Conducting
Pre-School Clinics
Pre-school clinics are now being
conducted by the Perquimans County
Health Department, according to an
announcement released this week by
the local health office.
A schedule of the clinics being
conducted at various schools for both
white and colored children appears
in this issue, and parents, are urged
to note this schedule and bring their
children, subject to these clinics, to
the proper place on days set.
2 Masses At HPAS; 1 At
St. Ann's Every Sunday
Starting Sunday, April 30, there
will be two Masses every Sunday at
Harvey Point Air Station and one at
St. Ann's Catholic Church, corner of
N. Broad and Albemarle Streets,
Edenton, stated the Reverend Father
Francis J. McCourt, pastor of St.
Ann's and Chaplain to all Catholics
connected with the Harvey Point Air
Station. The first Mass will begin
at Harvey Point Air Station at 6:15
a. m., and end at 6:45, the second,
a High Mass, will start there at 8:45
a. m., and finish at 9:30, the third, a
High Mass if possible, will begin in
St. Ann's at 11 a. m., and end at
11:45. Each will Include Holy Com
mumons and sermon (April so, on
"The Angelic Virtue of Holy
Purity).
Steering Committee
Of USO Completed At
Meeting Tuesday
Dedication of Club Is
Scheduled; New Di
rector to Arrive
With the Hertford I SO Club ac
tivities well under way after more
than two weeks of operation, major
emphasis during the next few days
will be placed on plans for the formal
dedication which takes place on May
7, with the Rev. li. C. Keavis as
chairman of the special committee
in charge. It is expected that addi
tional equipment for the building
v. ill be licit' before that time.
Announcement was made yesterday
that Edward J. Runsheim, who was
sent to Hertford to get the club
opened, will leave within a few days.
Eldred Kuizenga, now serving in a
relief position at Hampton, Va., will
be assigned to the local club until E.
J. Hill is able to resume his duties.
Mr. Hill is now at his home awaiting
entry to a clinic.
Mr. Kuizenga is an experienced
USO worker, having been club di
rector at Watertown, N. Y., for one
year and taking care of special as
signments since that time. Mr.
Konsheim will return to Petersburg,
Va,, where he will continue work on
program affairs.
Organization of working groups
has been the principal objective of
the last two weeks and much of this
has been completed. Miss Mae
Wood Winslow, general chairman,
said yesterday that the operating
committee is fully organized. At a
special meeting Tuesday night, A. W.
Hefren was named as vice-chairman.
The secretary will be Mr. Hill, when
he takes over his work.
Service personnel, either men or
women, wives of service men and
the official volunteer civilians have
access to the building. Guests may
be brought in under a seiial rule,
but this only upon proper registra
tion. Itn; ?ecidtlf ' (lie uijmthtg of
Ih1 operating committee this week
that informal activities may be
carried on at the will of the men,
and that the club should be opened
at whatever hours best fit the pur
pose for which it was established in
Hertford. Formal events will be ar
ranged by the Program committee
and (iSO members.
Attendance at the club, on door
count, has already neared the 600
mark on some days and averages
close to 350 every day. It is ex
pected that this will reach twice these
figures soon.
Final Rites Held For
Mrs. Mary S. Winslow
Mrs. Mary Sabra Winslow, 8Ii,
widow of George T. Winslow, died
at the residence of her daughter,
Mrs. C. L. Shaffer, in Norfolk, Va.,
Sunday morning at 4:20 o'clock, after
a long illness.
Although a native of this section,
she had resided in Norfolk since
1917. She was the daughter of the
late Robert J. and Elizabeth Wil
liams White.
Surviving, besides Mrs. Shaffer,
are another daughter, Mrs. E. T.
White, of Northwest, Va.; four sons,
Thomas R. Winslow of Winfall, John
E. Winslow of West Virginia, Geo.
T. and C. Ellis Winslow of Norfolk,
and a number of grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at the
Up-River Friends Church. Burial
was in the family plot in the church
cemetery.
Gas Coupons Taken
In Station Robbery
Thieves broke into the Bill and
Viv Service Station last Thursday
night and made away with an undis
closed amount of cash and gasoline
coupons valued at 800 gallons, it was
reported to the Police Department by
Hazel Mathews, partner in the busi
ness. The thieves left few clues, but lo
cal authorities are investigating the
robbery.
DEAN JORDAN
Mr. and Mrs. Clement F. Jordan,
of Hertford, announce the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Cecelia Jor
dan, of Baltimore, Md., to Robert
Elwood Dean, son of James E. Dean,
of Stanley, Virginia.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. 0. H. Mayhew, pastor of
the Fulton Avenue Baptist Church,
of Baltimore, Md., on March 17. The
double ring ceremony was used.
The young couple will make their
home in Baltimore, where Mr. Dean
is employed by the Bethlehem-Fair-field
Shipyard.
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