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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
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Volume XL Number 32.
i Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, August 14, 19447
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AfiMT NURSES PREPARE FOR OVERSEAS HARUSHII'S-"Touffheninf up" instruction (river
MmMN of the Army Nurs Corpa bi part of their basic training courses is paying dividends aium
th flobt whtTB in very theater of operation these women are serving. Dressed in G. 1. overalls, these
soraea apend hours on an obstacle course crawling through barbed wire entanglements, jumping ovei
WBUr hacarda and walking; over rongh terrain such as shelled fields afford. They learn to climb ianUiy
and easily in the meshes of a cargo net, as shown on the right
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
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rt.PBria this week, repulsing
tlocat-couiitewttwilt by German tank ; " " "
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V5ffISJ?-J12Kwc while the country was under
from. th Iron JnOicate the German
;;.hinge 14jJ4j)ctor! haB; ;ben jbjrok;
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lin continues to report a pos-
: Bible'Atlid invasion of the southern
.'.''eoast :of rfnce, the report stated
f Soldiers of tl&flfth Army in Italy
: have been relieved and moved into
:1 ."position for attacfcvg the Mediter
'', ranean coast. iStewfy. righting in
Italy 'continues as thelAUies push
; the Germans further fcacsVbito the
jnounwinous country. onusnwwj for Army and Navy personnel in
:;;jKptared:the city of Florence last foreign ports must be mailed be
, week-end after the Natis had de- ' tween September 15 and October 15
clared jt as an open city. However, to assure that they will be relLvered
the Germans have shelled the town 0n time.
; since the entry by Allied troops. . The announcement of these dates
- ' 1 i tor mailing was made this week by
.' German troops all along the East Postmaster General Frank Walker.
r era front opened a tremendous coun-j 'Urging that more care be taken in
, 'ter; offensive against .the Russians wrapping and packing parcels se
this ; week, according to a report curely, and addressing them clearly
- -from Moscow, which announced the and correctly, he suggested these
INasiB were being; "Wed white" : in mailing rule$:
' their desperate attempt U Stop the',; The address of the sender and
Itoda.V.JrBBiaii troops. are) Mw-.fighnldjwssee should be written inside
- ing about 320 miles from Berlin and the package as well as outside to
iibavB the PoliBh city ;ef ' Warsaw, .un.t assure delivery in case the outside
Cv der seige. The Russians captured wrapper is lost
, '.German oil fields in Southern Poland j Containers made of metal, wood
: , this week, - thus .furHier hindering or fiberloid are preferable,
rthe; Waii supply problem. Parcels must not exceed five
Uiiig,,, v pounds, nor be more than.15 inches
Trouble stiH brews," inside Ger-,
' many. and .a report, unconfirmed by
n either the. Allies or the Naxis, says
that Hinunler has been lulled and
i Goefing, number two man! of the
i Nazi machine, has been wounded in
- uprisings following the i ferial of . Ger-'
man ofneers for the attempt on Hit-!
t-sler"B, life; S Eight -'officers-- were re-
' ported hanged following their con(
Eviction by' a "people's court.
" ' - ' ' , re protected carefully.
American forces on the island of , t-' .-t
Guam have pushed ( the jys into Street Work Delayed
' one corner of the island for ftnal n- v n n. -, A - j
nihilation, according Mo a release Latter Pait Of AllUSt
from the Pacific. , In New. Guinea 'Jr
the Jbr forces', have . been tplit by ;r Mayor V. N. Darden Stated thU
l ard driving ., troops r under General week that the project calling for the
' -acArthur.. and.tnese face knockout v re-surfacing of most of the atreets
: ows from the American. Thirty-, ' 0f the Town has been delayed a few
xht more Jap ships were sunk this , weeks, due to the fact that the con
v.eok by a Task force under Admiral tractor engaged ; for the, work has
Kimit. The attack Was made on a been unable . to come here. - The
cpnvpy.about 600 mllel'from Japan, , j Mayor aaid'the work is expected to
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C.T-ciala in Washin(ton this week August.' ' - 1?
dieted that . new cars, wash ma- . rTh street department S'now lay
..ines, refrigerators and irons, when' ,'ng drainage pipe on Covent Garden
i production again, would. Increase'
ft cost irom jsu to so per cent au to,
Increased costs
of
'production, and
higher taxes.
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Rotary, Lions Clubs
To Meet Jointly
Monday Night 6:15
Members of the Hertford Rotary
and Lions Clubs will hold a joint
meeting Monday nipht ut 6:15
o'clock, at the Methodist Church, and
will have as their guest Dr. LeComte
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Dates Mailing
Postmasters throughout Perauim
I ans County are this week reminding!
parents ana inends of soldiers now
, overseas that Christmas packages
in length or 36 in length and rirth
combined. . $
'Christmas Parcel" 'should be
marked plainly on the outside. j
One sender may mail no more
than one parcel a week to the same
addressee. t
Perishable goods, intoxicants, in-.
flammable materials and f anything!
that may damage other mail may
not be sent. Sharo instruments must
Street,' .between Dphb and' King
streetst which is expected to aid ma.
terially In draining watert.from the
area. ' The block, at, this .set Hon,, is
low and during, rain storms consid
erable water remains standing: for-a
ions; period of time Jtef ore- it event
ually drains off.
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. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT'
. " Pvt. and " Mrs. Wi-F. A msiey an-
nounee the birth of a en, " .William
..Franklin, Jr., .on-, gaturda ', August
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Draft Call Reduced
31 White Youths jb
Leave August 16th
For Pre-induction Ex
amination at Fort
Bragg
Perquimans County's draft caJP
for 75 white youths to report fow
pre-induction examinations next
Wednesday, August 16, was reduced
this week to 31, after the local
board had been informed by a rep
resentative. from the State headquaiv
ters that the neds of the armeA
forces- wasTTPor' young men, and -fo?
ckl boards should be liberal in de
ferring older men from 26 through
37 so long as they were contribut
ing to the interest and welfare of
the community.
It was pointed out, however, that
in cases of men between 18 and 25
a tightening of deferment rules had
been made and all boards should re
classify men in this group lor in
duction in the. armed forces.
Following receipt of this informa
tion, the board rechecked its list of
registrants and ordered the follow
ing list of men, 27- of whom are un
der 25 and four between 26 and 29,
to report for pre-induction exams
next week: Joseph White, Borden
Winslow, JameB Lane, Sterling Col
son, Paul Colson, Jr., William True-!
blood, Jr., Walter Mathews, Jr., i
Earlie Goodwin, Jr., Worth Dale,'
Thomas Fleetwood, Leroy Wilson i
Clarence Winslow, Roland Copeland, '
Jr., Hailett Evans, Jack Harrell,
William Lamb, Jack Rountree, Lin
wood Trueblood, Donald Lane, Rob
ert Perry, Jr., Clarence Harrell, Ju
lian Tadlock, Horace Boyce, Matt
Spivey, Jr., William Elliott, Robert
Sutton, Richard Goodwin, Hercules
Byrum, Joel Perry, Lindsay Russell
and Delmar Spear.
This group will be the last call
for men to take pre-induction exams
this month. Seventeen Negroes left
last Wednesday for Fort Bragg to
fill the first call for August. No
calls for September have been re
ceived yet.
An induction call for four white
men for August has been received
and the board will select men to fill
UiK call at a meeting this week.
Six Cases Heard
In Recorder's Court
On Tuesday Morning
Business continued slow in Per
quimans Recorder's Court this week,
only six cases being on the docket
when court was opened. Four of
these eases were traffic violations.
James Foreman colored, was taxed
with, court costs after pleading guil
ty to assault with a. deadly weapon.
Joseph -Ballance, colored, was
found guilty of reckless' driving and
was given a 80-day suspended - sen
tence, upon payment of "a fine of $30
and costs. . -
Roscoe Woodley, eolored, was tax
ed with court costs for speeding,
Carlton Copeland entered a plea
of vuilty to speeding and was taxed
with costs ef court. ,
Henry. Watson, vJr.; colored, ".was
fined. $75 and ordered .to pay court
Costs, after pleading , guilty to driv
ing dnmk. ,'--- i , , ;r
Jack Coston and Artellla Berke,
both colored, entered pleaa of guilty
to a, charge of mutual assault. Cos
ton was fined $5 and the costs of
cou t were divided between-the de
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Local Legionnaires
Plan To Join Nation
Wide Paper Drive
Will Start First Week
In September; Mem
bership Is Good
Members of the Win. l'aul fal
lings i'ost of the American Legion,
at a meeting last Friday night,
voted to participate in a nation-wide
paper drive which will be conducted
by American Legion posts through
out the country during the weeks of
September li and 10.
A committee composed of H. ('.
Berry, chairman, S. C. Chappell, W.
G. Hollowell, (i. C. Buck and K. R.
White has been appointed to devise
plans for conducting the drive here.
It was announced by Mr. Berry that
the campaign is being undertaken by
the Legion in an effort to supply
factories with much needed paper,
now one of the critical needs of the
armed forces.
The methods of collecting the
paper, when the drive opens, will fee
announced later, it was stated by
the committee chairman, who added
the local Legion Post now asks for
the cooperation of the public in the
drive.
S. G. Chappell, post commander,
also named a committee whose pur
pose will be to compile a record of
the names of all men from Per
quimans County who are now or
have been in the service during the
present war. This committee will
seek to obtain the name of every
man from the county, ad may pos
sibly erect an honor roll of the
names on the court house green.
Further details regarding this prog-ram
will also be announced later.
The post voted to hold a supper at
New Hope some time following the
regular September meeting.
Membership in the Win. I'aul
Stalling Post is expected to reach
a new high? mark before the close
of the drive for renewal of member
ship next month. At the present
time 50 of the 78 members of last ,
year have already renewed their,
memberships and a number of vet-.
erans of World War II who have !
now returned home are expected to
join.
Motorists Holding B
And C Gas Rations
Must Join Car Pools
The Perquimans War Price and
Rationing Board has been instructed ,
by OPA in Washington not to renew
"1!" and "C ration books for home- j
to-work driving except to motorists
participating in car-sharing pools
after August 1, E. Leigh Winslow,
chairman, said today.
Renewable home-to-work ration
books those expiring after July 31
will be individually considered and
where motorists cannot prove par
ticipation in car-sharing, the board
is authorized to issue only a :i0-day
probationary supply of gasoline with:
instruction that the car owner must!
join or form a car-pool before ad-.
ditional rations can be issued.
Pointing out that motorists whoj
drive to work daily with empty seats
are seriously handicapping the war
effort, Mr. Winslow emphasized that
car-sharing is the only feasible re
lief from a serious civilian transpor
tation crisis that threatens to result
from inevitable reduction in the
number of usable automobiles.
Normally, the chairman pointed
out, 83 per tent of passenger traffic
moves in privately-owned automo
biles. Among these are many war
workers whose transportation is vi
tal to the war effort. As automo
biles leave the road through break
downs, the burden is shifted to al
ready overtaxed public transporta
tion facilities.
In many cases the empty seat of
the "solo driver" is the only answer
to the transportation problem, he
said.
Bowling Alley To Be
Installed InJTown
Sports lovers will welcome the.
announcement made this week. by
A. W. Hefren and B. F. Ainsley that
they haver completed plans for in
stalling a bowling alley in Hertford.
The two men 'have purchased the
Hollowell warehouse on Grubb street
and last week purchased the alleys
now being installed. ' .
- Sir. Hefren stated yesterday that
the alleys would probably be opened
to th public , the first part of Sep
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BOARD OF HEALTH ADOPTS MEASURES TO
PREVENT POSSIBLE INFECTION BY POLIO
Speaks Here Monday
DR. LECOMTE DlT NOUY
The public is invited to hear Dr.
LeComte du Nouy, noted French
scientist, who will speak at fie Hert
ford Grammar School auditorium
next Monday night at 8 o'clock. The
professor's subject will be "Two
Years in Paris Under Hitler's Rule."
Dr. du Nouy will appear here under
the auspices of the Hertford USO.
Speech Monday
By Doctor de Nouy
Heads USO Program
Talk on Hitler to Be
Given at Grammar
School at 8 KM
Highlight of the progium at the
Hertford USO Club next week will
be the appearance here on Monda.,
night of Dr. Lecomte de Nouy,
French scientist, who lived in Paris
two years while that city was under
the control of the Nazis.
Judging from the interest being
manifested by his appearance, a
large crowd is expected to hear !)
iii Nouy, who will deliver his talk
at the Hertford Grammar school at
8 o'clock. The public as well as all
service men and women in this area
are invited to be present. There is
no admission charge.
Edgar J. Hill, director of the
Hertford L'SO, stated the program
for the L'SO next week, besides the
talk on Monday night, includos a
quiz program on Wednesday night J
free movies on Thursday night and
a bingo party on Friday night. Both
the movies and bingo parties have
been drawing a large number of
service personnel.
The street dance held Tuesday
night of this week drew the usual
large number of dancers and specta
tors. However, few civilians en
joyed the dancing. Mr. Hill again
announced that the civilians as well
as service men and women may par
ticipate in the block dances if they
so desire. The next block dance will i
be held on Tuesday night, August
22, and music will be furnished by
the Naval Air Station Band from
Weeksville. These boys are splendid
musicians and give a swell per- j
formanee each time they appear
here. I
The local director stateu the L'SO
Club has a need for cakes and pies '
and desires the names of persons
who will bake these for the club.
The ingredients for the pies and
cakes will be furnished by the club. 1
Any person wishing to help with
this matter is asked to see Mr. Hill
at the USO. i
Final Figures For
Fifth War Loan Drive
Released By Chairman
Final figures for the sale of war
bonds in Perquimans County during
the Fifth War Loan were released
here this week by R. M. Riddick,
chairman of the War Finance Com
mittee. Total sales of all types of bonds
amounted to $571,937, or approxi
mately 215 per cent of the $267,000
quota given Perquimans. Sales of
E bonds amounted to $97,397. The I
quota for E bonds was $74,000.
Mr. Riddick announced a war bond
quota of $15,288 has been assigned
to the county for the month of Au
gust, and he urged the public to re
new the buying of bonds on a regular
basis. Perquimans' record for war
bond sales during each of the five
bond drives is outstanding. How
ever, sales ' on the regular monthly
basis have not reached the monthly
quota recently, i
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Postpones Opening of
Scnools; Restricts All
leathering of Chil
dren; Empowers Io
cal Doctors to Act
The I'ciUjUmian
Health, acting to
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forestall any pos
infantile paialysis
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..i. I.i'. A. P. Komier, to
liic emergen. , at tile
ic u iiicii is in' a raging
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pass upon
polio epidei
in the .e.-.le..i of tile State.
The Board of Health voted to
postpone indefinitely the opening of
county schools, ami also voted to
restrict all gatherings of children
under the age of 16 years. Children
are not to gather in picture shows,
at picnics, clubs, such as Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts or at any place
of amusement.
The Board recommended and urges
all churches to suspend or restrict
church activities for children under
sixteen.
These restrictions pertain to botli
white and colored children, and par
ents are urged to see that children
remain close by their homes.
The committee of doctors is em
powered with authority to meet from
time to time and pass upon condi
tions as they exist locally. A meet
ing of the group has been set for
August 21, at which time a discus
sion on the date for opening of
schools will be held. At the present
time there is no reported cases of
polio in Perquimans County. How
ever, the disease seemingly has
spread from the western part of the
State to the eastern part and the
local Board of Health, by this ac
tion, hopes to prevent any infection
in this county.
Negro sChools-nf-Hhe county were
scheduled to open next Monday, but
the action taken by the Board of
Health at the meeting this week
will delay the opening. F. T. John
son, county school superintendent,
stated he will wait until such time
as the committee of doctors report
that the danger from polio has
passed before making further plans
for school opening.
Parents of children under Hi are
urged to assist the Board of Health
in this emergency by observing the
restrictions set out by the commit
tee, and to inform their friends and
neighbors that such action has been
taken.
Budget Adopted By
Commissioners In
Meeting On Monday
Perquimans County's tax rate will
remain at $1.50 per hundred for the
next year as the resullfc of the bud
get adopted by the Board of County
Commissioners in a meeting on
Monday.
Little change was made in the
budget this year, as compared to the
one for the past fiscal year, which
permitted the county to close the
fiscal year with a goodly balance.
Two cents was deducted from the
levy for school funds, but this was
added to the general fund which was
increased from 13 to 15 cents. The
biggest levy adopted was the !l)
cents for the debt service fund.
W. F. C. Edwards, county ac
countant, gave the commissioners a
detailed report on expenditures dur
ing the past fiscal year and, in con
nection with the debt service levy
for next year, stated interest to be
paid amounted to $18,740 and prin
cipal amounted to $15,000. School
bonds to be paid this year amounts
to $8,790 principal and $1,200 in in
terest. Total county property valuation is
now approximately $6,240,000, an
increase over last year of $151,850.
This increase in valuation, however,
is subject to any change that might
be noted in corporation holdings in
the county.
A representative of the firm who
audits the county's books tolH th
Board that the recently completed
audit revealed the county's financial
condition as good, and he stated that
90.9 per cent of the taxes levied for
1943 had been collected. This year's
collections range as high if not
higher.
's, By a unanimous -vote the Board
reappointed C B. White as superin
tendent of the County Home.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Ward, Route
One, announce the birth of a son, on
Thursday, August Srd, 1944.
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