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A WEZXLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OT HERTFORD AND PERQUOIAN3 COUNTY
: , ' Volume XL Number 33.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 18. 1944.
$1.50 Per
Polio Committee
-Scheduled To Meet
Monday For Survey
'No Cases In County;
V Facts Made Known
By Foundation
The Polio Committee, appointed by
the County Board of Health and
composed of Drs. T. P. Brinn, C. A.
Davenport, 1. A. Ward, A. B. Bonner
and D. C. Hackett, is scheduled to
t hold a meeting next Monday for the
purpose of discussing the situation
as it pertains to this county and pos
sibly make a recommendation as to a
date for Opening county schools. The
recommendation in regards to open
ing of schools, however, is expected
to hinge upon action taken by the
State Board of Education at a meet
ing held in Raleigh on Thursday.
According to a check made this
week with local doctors, and despite
numerous rumors to the contrary,
there are no cases of infantile para
lysis in Perquimans.
Reports from other sections of
the State, however, show that the
disease is still raging in epidemic!
proportion and it is believed that
the Board of Health recommendation j
for the restriction of children will be
continued for the time being.
In connection with tne epidemic,
which has hit heavily in Western-!
North Carolina, the National Foun
dation for Infantile Paralysis has Is
sued a booklet on facts about the
i disease. This booklet points out that
k the medical profession has not yet
. complete knowledge of the way in
I y - which the disease spreads, its pre-
vention and treatment or cure. The ;
,v symptoms vary from the most se
vere symptoms and even fatal re
J suits to those so mild that a diagno-
., disease is sudden. There may be a
slight fever, sore throat, head cold,
nausea, and pain or distress in the
upper abdominal region may occur,
loss of aDuetite is also noticed
Persons are waiSW to "keep a "close
..f watch for symptoms' especially dur
ing epidemics.
Polio is much more prevalent
during summer and fall than at other
times, and one theory has it that
polio spreads from .person to person.
However, there may be several meth
ods of spread. Personal cleanliness
is urj'ed for all people and especial
ca,re is urged for those already sick.
Infantile paralysis apparently is
no respecter of persons, not everyone
appears to be susceptible to the dis-
. ease but some times strong, healthy
t individuals are its victims. Most
reported cases, however, occur in
;. younger children.
The public is urged to stand guard
against the disease at all times, and
now especially that the number of
reported cases is large. Many car
riers may spread the disease and
' there is no way of telling just who
these might be. Special care is
, urged for small children, and above
all, any illness with symptoms such
f as named above should be reported
to the doctor.
Town Board Meeting
Postponed; Members
Hear Talk On France
Members of the Town Board post
poned their regular meeting, sche
duled for Monday night, until Thurs
day night in order that they might
hear the speech delivered here Mon
day night by Dr. Lecomte de Nouy.
A report of the meeting could not
be published this week as The
Weekly had already gone to press.
However, the matter of adopting a
budget for the present fiscal year
and the 'levying of new privilege tax
es for the year were among the mat
ters to be considered by the Board.
It i" believed that the tax 'rate will
' remain at the same figure as that
levied last year, which was $1.10 per
"Vindred valuation.
Some action is also expected to be
taken regarding the colored shoe
shine boys operating in the down
town area. Numerous complaints
' have been made that these youths
rmve become a nuisance, and advance
reports point toward a possible ban
ning of shine boxes on the trets in
the business section.
REVIVAL TO START
Revival services will start 'at the'
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church at
Htirdletown on Monday night, Aug
ust 21, at 8:30 o'clock. ' The Rev. L.
Sigsbee Miller,- pastor of the , Pearl
Street Church in Elizabeth City, will
conduct the services. The public is
cordially invited to attend any or all
pf tne servicet, , ,
LIFE IN FRANCE UNDER NAZI RULE NOT AN
EASY THING, SCIENTIST TELLS AUDIENCE
(living the highlights of his two
years in Paris with that city under;
Nazi rule, Dr. Lecomte du Nouy,;
who appeared here Monday night
under the auspices of the Hertford
ISO, told the large audience that
life under the Nazis is no easy
thing. j
Dr. de Nouy began his talk by
saying that the fall of France was
due chiefly to collaboration of the
politicians of France who sought to
gain selfish ends, and high army,
officials who believed war was im
probable. He told the gathering
that the men, most of whom now
make up the Vichy government, then
high French officials, dismissed com
petent army officers and made no
attempt to modernize the French
army, which was defeated when con
fronted by the overpowering forces
of the Germans equipped with tanks'
and planes. I
Paris was a jumble in June, MMO.j
when more than eight million re
fugees from Belgium and Northern
France streamed through the city
attempting to escape from the on- j
rushing Nazis. Doctor du Nouy
ioined the endless line of people ,
fleeing the city and stated that he'
traveled about 11 miles in five hours,
and saw German planes strafe the j
human highway for no apparent rea-;
son. He counted 78 dead within a
short distance on the road.
After the announcement of the j
armistice, which the Doctor stated j
was not accepted by the average per
son in France as "honorable," he re
turned to Paris to do what he could
to continue his work there.
Food became exrtemely scarce by
October, 1940, because the Germans
took everything. There was no fruit,
cheese, butter and but little meat to
be had by civilians. A quarter
pound of meat was rationed to eHch
person per week, and the babies had
only skimmed milk to drink. Each
person was permitted about half a
pound of bread per day. Later, Dr.
de Nouy said, his apartment, hous
ing eight people, was given 30fl
pQcds of coal for all purposes to
last a period of six months, through
Soil Conservation
District Plans For.
Post War Program
The Albemarle Soil Conservation
District held a meeting Friday, July
21, 1944, at the Agricultural Build
ing in Hertford.
The purpose of this meeting was
to work out a post war program for
the District. Those attending were:
Supervisors: A. T. Lane, Chairman,
and K. N. Klliott, Chowan County:
County Agents: L. W. Anderson,
Perquimans County; John W. Artz,
Gates County; L. A. Powell, Curri
tuck County; and Charlie Overman.
Chowan County; A. H. Edwards, F.
S. A. Supervisor, Perquimaus Coun
ty; W. E. White, AAA, Perquimans
County; Soil Conservation Personnel'
1'". C. Jernigan, Assistant State Con
servationist; Lindsay Hunt, Soil Sur
veyor; T. W. Bridges, District Con
servationist; Henry J. Bragg, Party
Chief; George M. Renfro, Drainage
Engineer; R. C. Jordan, Work Unit
Technician, Chowan County, and F
A. McGoogan, Work Unit Technician.
Perquimans County.
Mr. Jemigan led the discussion on i
post war planning. He had avail-j
able statistical figures of total acres
f farm land in the Albemarle Di
l:,;"t, approximate acres in woods
cultivation, idle land, pasture etc
Figures were also available as to ap
proximate acres of land that were
well drained, poorly drained, land
that needed some erosion control
practices, etc. These figures wer
discussed by all agencies represented
and goals were set as to the amount
of land:
1. That should be seeded to per
manent pasture
2. That should be set in trees or
seeded in some perennial hay crop
3. That should be drained, consid
ering open drains and tile Jrains
4. On which some erosiortr control
practice should be established-1
Ways and means of getting these
practices established were also dis
cussed. It was brought out that the Gov
ernment would probably have a lot
of surplus equipment after the war
such as drag lines, ditching machines,
bulldozers, road scrapers, etc.; that
would be well suited for drainage
work and establishing erosion con
trol practices. '
It is not known yet what disposi
tion the Government plans to make
of this equipment. The Albemarle
Soil Conservation District is -making
a request for sufficient equipment to
take care of work in this Disfrfct, if
surplus "equipment should become
available for this purpose.
one of the worse winters Paris ever
saw.
He stated that the Nazis took all
the linest homes and hotels in the
city to house their officers, but al
ways apologized for having to do so.
He added that the Germans were al
most as polite as the Japs, in that
way. The Nazis also gained control
of all industries, either through col
laboration or threats to the owners.
Also, in this manner, the Germans
obtained ownership of most all valu
able property and mines.
The people lived constantly in fear
of the Gestapo, who made rounds at
six o'clock, arresting people and car
rying them to jail without permit
ting words with friends or relatives.
Many of those arrested never re
turned to their homes. This was es
pecially true of Jews, who were kill
ed, or shipped away to Poland.
Dr. de Nouy stated that all French
I'l'uplo gained renewed hope when
General De Gaulle announced from
London that the Allies would con
tinue the fight and eventually heat
the Nazis. Many of those still in
France joined the underground and
aided the Allied cause by sending in
formation and men to the Free
French and British.
In speaking of jthe food shortage,
he stated that all diseases increased
greatly. Tuberculosis increased 51)0
percent, and rickets among children
increased from one or two percent to
47 percent, and that everybody was
always hungry for the Germans per
mitted persons only 1,100 calories of
food per day. In comparison, here
in America the average number of
calories used per day is 3,.'!00.
Before appearing at the Hertford
Grammar School, where he spoke to
the public, Dr. de Nouy was guest
at a joint meeting of the Hertford
Rotary and Lions Clubs. He briefly
outlined the events he had lived
through and seen during the two
years he lived in Paris, before escap
ing to America.
Because of security reasons, Dr. de
Nouy was unable to describe how he
escaped from. France and those who
aided him.
New Rental Officer
To Visit Hertford
Every Tuesday
Carl G. Thompson, who is tempor
arily replacing Thomas .Markham,
resigned, in the Perquimans-Chowan-Pasquotank
defense rental areas, was
in Hertford Tuesday at the Coumy
Courthouse in consultation with ten
ants and landlords of this area.
Thompson states that he expects to
he in Hertford each Tuesday for the
convenience of those with rent prob
lems in this vicinity.
Commenting upon general com
pliance with the Kent Regulations,
Thompson states that to a great ex
tent landlords are neglecting to re
port changes in tenancy. The law
requires such changes to be report
ed, within five days of the change,
on a report designed for the pur
pose. The tenant is required to
sign both the back of the landlord's
copy of registration and the change-of-tenancy
form. In the case of
rooming house or hotels where more
than two rooms are rented out, this
is not necessary inasmuch as this
class of landlord is required to post
his registered rates in each room
"nted
Col. Elmo Cannon, Jr.,
Weds Evelyn Copeland
At Baptist Parsonage
Miss Evelyn Copeland, attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Copeland, of Belvidere, and Cpl.
Elmo Cannon, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. H. Cannon, were quietly mar
ried in a simple ceremony on Satur
day night at the Baptist parsonage,
with the Rev. H. G, Dawkins offi-
The young: couple are both gradu
ates of Perquimans County High
School. Mrs. Cannon now holds a
nosition in Richmond, Va., and Cpl.
Cannon is with the U. S. Army Air
FoTce stationed at Shreveport, La.
CHURCH CLOSED AT WOODLAND
Due to the infantile paralysis
situation, there will not be any Sun
day (School or preaching services at
Woodland Church until further no
tice. There are not any cases in
this community.
W. M. S. TO MEET MONDAY
The Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist Church will meet on
Monday evening, August 21, at 8
o'clock, at the church. Mrs. I. A.
Ward, president of the Society, wili
preside over the meeting.
USO Program Includes
Party, Dance And Quiz
Contest Next Week
The GSO girls of the Hertford
USO Club, have planned a "cootie"
party for the entertainment of the
service men at the Club tonight and
Saturday night. All service men are
invited.
The I SO will hold another street
dance next Tuesday night, beginning
at 9 o'clock. Edgar' J. Hill, I'SO di
rector, stated today. The public is
invited to join with the service peo
ple and enjoy this program. Music
will be furnished by the Navai Or
chestra from the LTA Station t
Weeksville.
A Quiz program has been planned
for next Wednesday night at the
Club and all service men are invited
to attend.
Driver Of Bus Given
Suspended Sentence
Fined $200 And Cost
Nine Cases Heard In
Recorder's Court on
Tuesday Morning
Elree. Duer, relief driver for the
Norfolk 'Southern Bus Company, was
given a six months suspended sen
tence and fii.d $200 and court costs
by Judge Charles E. Johnson in Re
corder's Court here, after Duer
entered a plea of guilty to driving
a bus while under the influence of
liquor. Duer was arrested Sunday
night by Patrolman Charles K.
Payne, when the bus stopped in
Hertford and passengers complained
that the driver was drunk. Duer
was ptaced in jail and another relief
driver was secured; to drive the bus
and passengers into Norfolk
Other cases heard by the court
ii.ijt iitv.uiicu iiiunc u. v .on iiv '
Green) colored, who paid a fine of
$25 add costs, on a charge of speed-
Nathan Riddick plead guilty to
speeding and paid a fine of $10 and
. l.-t s
Robert Jordan, colored, was fined
$10 and cusU for driving with im
proper brakes and improper light
Jack Kitchen uas fined 11' ami
costs for speeding.
, , ,, ,
Noah liurfout was taxed with court
cost-, after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding.
Frank lirodie was assessed court
costs on a charge of simple drunk.
Charles llinzman was given a
.la suspended sentence and lined sin
and costs, after pleading guilty to
being drunk and disorderly.
Ada Cox, colored, pleaded guilty
to a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon and she was taxed with
court costs.
Judge Johnson instructed loca'
police officers not to reiease prison
ers placed in jail by other officers,
unless prisoners were bonded, after
the case of Tommy Trueblood. charg
ed with being drunk, had been called
and Officer Walker stated that he
had released Trueblood from jail A
capias was ordered issued for True
blood and the Court instructed that
he he released on a $5(1 bond.
Judge Johnson announced that Re
corder's Court will be in recess next
week, and will reconvene on Au
gust 2!l.
Draft Board Orders
Six Men To Report
For Induction Tues.
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Perquimans Draft Board, announced
this week that induction orders have
been mailed to six men, four regis
trants from this county and two
transfers to report at the local of
fice next Tuesday, August 22, to
leave for the Fort Bragg induction
center.
This call, Mrs, Sumner said, will
complete all draft calls for the
month of August, and as yet no pre
induction or Induction calls for nex
month have been received.
Thirty-one white youths left here
Wednesday morning for Fort Bragg'
to undergo preinduction examina-i
tions. ,
CHURCH PICNIC,
The Sunday School of Pleasant
Grove Methodist Church at Hurdle
town enjoyed a picnic on the church
yard Thursday, August 3. Guests
especially invited were the Rev. and
Mrs. L. Sigabee Miller and children
of Elizabeth City, Mr. and Mrs. N.
M. Toler and children of Point Har
bor, N. C, and Mr. and Mrs. O. D.
Ferrell of Woodville.
FOR ATTAINING FIFTH
HEADLINES
Hitting at
Fortress Europe
Hit)
the
s crumbling
Allies began
1 fourth front this week by
invading1
' Southern France, near Toulon
with
thousands of men and armored ve
hicles. Little resistance was repoil
: ed as the troops under the con.
niand of General Kisenhower starter
a drive to meet the Allies lighting 1.1
Northern France. The rn-l in men
and material in this new invasion
' was reported as evtremely light.
; The Allies ellected the land i ng 4'n rl..
Tuesday morning and immediately
started fighting inland. German.-,
captured in this new invasion stated
they had no reason to light, and no
weapons to tight w ith, a hen asked
the reason for so little resistance I"
the invasion.
Spearheaded by the Third Ameri
can Army, under the command of
Major General Patton, the Allies
have literally torn the German Sev
enth Army to shreds in the battle in
Northern France. Reports indicate
the Nazis are in complete confusion
and most authorities doubt if the
Germans can he regrouped for an-
other stand short of the city of
Paris. Estimates place between 50 of having one of the Navy's fighting
and UMi thousand Nazis trapped in ships carrying the name of Perquim
the pocket near Falaise, with little ans, Mr. Riddick stated the achieve
nope of escape from the giant pincer ment is one that we all take pride
drive of the Allies. The Nazis are in. A bomber plane was named for
reported as having lost nearly all of Perquimans County last year for the
their equipment in attempting to es
j cape through a narrow ten mile
COI I idol.
Tli
Italian front remained quiet
dill' I
.. ""K
the week,
possibly
the A I
prepaid! to
atinih the new in
, VHsion into r ranee. 1 lie Allied p .
: sitions, however, are reported as ie
ing improved. The invasion ;:
Southern frame will possibly an
the fighting in Italy, as the Allie-
. near the Italian frontier, more an.
more supplies will he halted fn.n
I reaching the Germans in Italy .
Reports rum .er in an
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Moseou
ing u,.
pomi iiraani mo iteos
supplies on the Kastern I'loi.t u.
' preparation for new drives against
the Germans near East 1'russia and
I in Poland. Kerliu announce.! tin
week the Russians have forced a
crossing of a river near Prussia
which is expected to he a prelude t..
a strike into German territory.
Admiral Nimitz in a speech this
week stated it was possible that
Japan will surrender without an in
vasion of the Japanese islands, hut
added that Japan must he occupied
in order to win the peace. Ameri
can forces continued to hammer at
Jap strongholds all week, and com
mentators see an increase in action
against the Jap forces following
President Roosevelt's speech of Inst
week, in which he stated more than
a million men are now deployed in
the Pacific areas.
The War Production Board this
week announced permission for the
resumption of production of many
civilian items heretofore suspended.
Included in the list which may be
produced are vacuum cleaners, metal
office furniture, electric ranges, bed
springs, cooking utensils, electric
irons, etc. The order does ml per
mit the production of automobiles,
electric refrigerators and wash ma
chines, due, it was stated, to short
age of motors.
Ration Board Issues
Decreased Number Of
Tire Certificates
I
Applications for tire certificates!
at the local ration board were on the
decline last week, according to Mrs.
Helen Davenport, who stated that 3fi
motorists were issued certificates for
purchase of tires. j
Passenger type certificates were
issuert to I owe Motor Co., 4, and.sential farm needs
one tire each was issued to
Willie
Nixon.
W. E.
Willanl
Moore, J. O. Chappell, H. N
Payne Kelton, James White,
Lane. Louis Stallings. USO,
Hurdle, W. E. Bagley, W. F. Elliott,
Albert White, Earlie Goodwin, Issie
Evans, Lin wood Winslow, ,1. R.
Ayscue, B. C. Reavis, Gerald Weil,
Ernest Daughtry, H. A. Sherwood
Otis Lane. Wamus Madre, J. P.
Chesson, Jr., H. E. Calcutt, George
Sutton, Ralph Proctor, Australia
Lightfoot, Henry Harrell and James
Perry.
Truck certificates went to E. M.
Perry, 1; E. P. Roberson. 1; David
Trueblood. 1; C. O. Fowler, 1, and
W. F. Elliott, 1.
WAR LOAN GOAL
Chairman R. M. Riddick
Invited to Be Guest
At Launching
For the outstanding success
achieved here during the I-'lOIi War
Loan, Perquimans County has qua
lified for the honor of having the
name of the count v placed upon one
of the newest LSM fighting ships)
r now heing constructed for the Navy,
adorning 10 .... :i::iiounceint:iiL ir-
ceived here this week ny K. M. Kill
dick, chairman of the County War
Finance ( ami., it lee.
The anniiiin.ei.i.'nt of t!ie honor
was made by the Treasury Depart
ment in a h'ttei to the chairman
which stated: "We wish first to
congratulate you on the success of
your Fifth War Loan campaign,
especially in attaining the goal set
out for you to qualify your county's
name on a lighting ship LSM now
being built ..." Arrangements are
now being made for placing of your
county's name on a plaque to be af
fixed on one of these fine fighting
ships."
The ship is being built in one of
the nation's shipyards and will be
launched at an early date, according
to the announcement.
As chainnan of the county's War
Finance Committee, Mr. Riddick has
been invited to attend the launching
ceremonies, along with other county
chairmen whose counties have also
,,.A;f.vA ,.,
this honor.
QnM,.,, nf th;c odditionol h.m.,r
goals obtained during the Third War
Loan.
The local chairman stated the
people of Perquimans have sun
ported each war loan drive in a
splendid manner, and added he
thought the county had one of the
best records for bond buying in the
entire State.
Pond sales during this month ha-
been lagging, according to the chair
man, who urged the public to cor,
tinue to buy war bonds each month
on a regular basis in order that the
county may continue its record of
meeting all quotas.
Farmers May Obtain
Certificate To Buy
Lumber For Repairs
Farmers who buy lumber in Per
quimans County now may purchase
small amounts for essential main
tenance and repair of farm service
buildings or implements or for other
approved uses essential to war time
food production by signing an appli
cation at the lumber yard, according
to Dr. K. S. vVhite, chairman of the
County AAA Committee.
A total of .'tli board feet is the
largest amount that may be obtain
ed by a farmer for approved uses
from dealers in any one calendar
quarter without first getting a Far
mers' Lumber Certificate, Dr. White
said. These certificates carry an
AA-M rating.
Any farmer who needs more than
;()() board feet of lumber during any
: calendar quarter should apply to the
County AAA office at Hertford for a
certificate. The County AAA Com
mittee has authority to issue Far-
I mers' Lumber Certificates for essen
tial maintenance and repair use and
for other approved uses essential to
. food production, and for new con-
r struction, other than residences,
where the cot is not more than
i $1,0(10 per calendar year for the
i farm.
! Farmers' Lumber Certificates are
ruted orders, with ratings as high as
any assigned to non-military users,
Dr. White stated. Dealers can use
the ratings to place certified orders
with their suppliers. "In fact," Dr.
VVhite said, "these certificates offer
the only opportunity to keep enough
lumber in the county to meet our es-
No Service At Holy
Trinity Until Sept.
During the absence of the rector,
the Rev. E. T. Jilson, there will be
no services at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church in Hertford for the next few
weeks. Services will be resumed
early in September, and notice of the
resumption will be published in this
paper.
BIRT'! ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Stallings an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
I Jackie Lynn, on Monday, August 7th.
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