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cates. ForTires
Confronted . with J an inadequate
aBBenrer tire' quota for the month
f August, officialB at the local War
Price nd Rationing office this w eek
tated. that' with September's quota
reduced by SO per cent only motor
iiit' With' most essential needs can
expect to receive certificates for new
tires this month.
Doctors, nurses, police, war work
er' and others. of prime importance
to the war effort, will of necessity,
Chairman E. Leigh Winslow said, be
given tires in preference to B and C
ration holders who drive their cars
for less essential' uses, such as sales
work nd home to work travel.
This shortage situation is not con
fined to this area alone, but to most
of the Eastern States, and the public
is, urged to remember that because
OPA has eased, somewhat, the regu
lations on issuing certificates the lid
is 'not off tire rationing. The need,
of. the aimed forces is still great and
tluVneed must be filled first
'. Mr. Winslow stated the local
, Board must continue to value each
application as to the need of thetire
in terms of necessity to the war ef
fort .and in view of tire quotas.;
Hence many motorists will receive no (
tires, although they are technically (
eligible, until the general tire situa-i
jpn shows marked improvement. )
' Certificates issued by the Board,
last week vent to W. I Lowe, Mar-
tha SVhedbe S, A Spivey 2, C. W.
Miller, ' Johnr $lUups -2;.1Wplt Proc-
tot 2, Vf&M$ Trueblood , Johnnie
tailings W Maude Mathews 2. K. B.
1 (!... Tmmw.1T til. MaAirflab
Lopis -Nadnaaiir parry' ,'tajlings 2,
- Hunter 2, T. -. -Sumner '2, Major
,' Loomis 4, and James Riddick 2.
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uBlliist Pastor
Fids Scrvico For
Etropeai V-Dsy"
' . The Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of
thaV Methodist Church in Hertford,
announced ! last Sunday that, his
church would be open for1 prayer and
thanksgiving on -.the day, when the
European war closes, and that on the
, ' evening of that day ' special., ser
vice will be held. He urged that all
"people make 'their way' to the altar
in . the.xhurch as early as possible
after the news is received that the
, war has closed.
' "Often during the war, and espe-
; c!ally on D-Day, We have gone to the
church and t asked God's blessings
-" upon us and our Allied forces. When
victory comes, let us not forget to
'give thanks and ask for the wntinu-
ation of God's blessings upon us,", the
f. Rev. Mr. Reavis said. .
XltbougfcJ' the Allied nations are
victorious in ' inilitary combat, it
should be borne in mind that the ric-
tory was not achieved without great
costs. '' Some of . .our i boys will not
eome back to usi 'ethers will" come
nty PerCcnt
,baclt broken ; in v body r and trspirit. this State before it can be ad
Surely excessive hilarity, .on, this day v-ti.nl nd id in . North Carolina.
-will be entirely out Of order. ' Let OB
meaeK a ay o prayer. - may ne
day of armed conflict quickly end so
"that all people everywhere may de
l vote their entire energies toward es
tablishing a Just and lasting peace
for all nations," the pastor added. ?
During the remainder of the month
of September special, attention will
' e given to the - young t people and
; x work in the church. On Wed
i "ay . 1 evening, " September 13, at
C.!5 in the young . peoples' 'andi
jra in the educational building of
...e church a banquet will be given
f r all the young people in the church
i.i honor of those who will leave soon
to attend college. In addition to the
good eats, there will bo an .interest
ing program of fun aiid.inspiration.
On Ounday morningr, September. 17,
at 11 a. m the younf people will be
s in charge, of the church service.
Special preparation .ia feeing ' made
and a helpful and inspiring program
is promised. ; At 8 o'clock in the
evening of the same day the pastor
wilt brir a spe'al messrje to tve
3'oung pt. "e j!d it the Close of t"ie
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WORLD WAR MEMORIAL
Franctv did not spare the town's
Prospect For Health
Center Appears Dim
Prospects for the erection of a1
Health Center! Hertford appear to
be very small, according to Doctor
D. C. HackeU, who reported to the
Board of County Commissioners, at
their meeting Monday, hat he had
been .informed that there are few
available sitef In town for the build-
in and that alkof these seemed too
high in price, nd also," recent infor
rmaiion regarding granting of funds
for such projects by the Federal
Works Agenev was that the Ajrency .
is. af thfe- lMe, reluctant to author-1
ize
that possi-
this "p'roject
could be brought up again and appli
cation filed for the center.
The Commissioners were in session
only a short time, little business be
ing brought before them at the
Labor Day meeting.
The Board authorized its clerk, J.
W. Ward, to write the State Highway
Commission requesting that some
action be taken by the Commission
to place the Turnpike Road, in Bel
videre Township, in condition so that
the road will be passable the year
round. Complaints have been made
that the road needs additional work
in order that it be passable during
winter months.
College Official To
Speak "On Hybrid Corn
Tuesday, September 12
A talk on production of Hybrid
corn will be made at John A. Bray's
farm on Route 3 on Tuesday after-j
noon, September 12, at o clock, by
Dr. R. T. Moore, authority from N.
C. State College, according to L. W.
Anderson, County Agent. -
Local farmers interested in the
growingof Hybrid corn are invited
to attend and hear the talk. Mr.
Anderson reported that Dr. Moore
has some 30 varieties of Hybrid corn
growing: on Mr.- Bray's farm and he
will deliver his talk on the types of
corn growing there. " i
Mr, Anderson stated . that it is
,.,, t have hvbrirf com tested
"j.na h uMwl that local farmers can
vegm iuch ,ut y lorn by at-
tending this meeting. He reported
that production of hybrid corn in
Perquimans County ranged from one
third to one-half greaterthan other
types of corn now being produced.
Soldiers Applying ,
For Absentee Ballots
1 A goodly number of Perquimans
County men now In the armed forces
are applying for absentee- ballots in
order to participate in the; November
elections, L. K. Hollowed chairman
of the Perquimane Board ot Elections
tated .this week. - - i
"Very few of the 'men made iwe of
absentee ballots during the primary
held in' May, but the chairman said
a brisk interest is, not&ed in. the
Mr. Hollowell announced that non
military people who are sent from
the' county on election d i end who
wW to vote in the ele on must
apply ' for absentee: balli ? at least
one month before elect' o . day. , 1
. ' STA. 1 . -SAM.-'
The State llission Pro' nu will be
observed-' next. Monday, opteTr.rer
11, at 8:"0. p. m. at- the Laptiat
C -. A very interesting proj..am
lit i planned, and it Is hoped
t t a 1 - s crowd will attend. f
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BLASTED Enemy shells that wrecksd th)j( church at lalutenay,
monument to its heroti of 1914-18. .j.
Health Department
Reports No Further
News On Polio Case
No additional information was
available this week regarding the
'suspected case of polio reported last
week by the Perquimans Health De
partment. Dr. D. C. Hackett stated
no further news of the case had been
given the local office.
He stated that no reports of ad
ditional cases had been received. A
rumcr was current during the week 1
that anothr case had been reported,
but this report was untrue.
The Health Department urges the
puouc to continue lo ODserve ine re-
strictions against gathering of chil
dren until such time as the danger of
the epidemic has passed. This is ex
pected probably about the time
scKools ar"KPheduled to-'ftpen.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Allied Headquarters clamped on
censorship of news regarding the
advance of the America First and
Third and the British First Armies
early this week and little news was
reported following the liberation of
most of Belgium. It was known that
the Allies had advanced into Holland,
and General Eisenhower called up
the people of the Low Country to aid
in their liberation. Speculation had
the Allied armiea advancing iu
Germany itself, but no reports as to
the distance traveled into the Reich
was known up to Wednesday.
Ru-
mors stated the Allies had crossed
the German border and captured the
Nazi cities of Aachen and Sarr
bruecken. The Germans pulled out
Of the Belgian capital of Brussels,
leaving that city alter four years .of
occupation. More than 100,(100 Ger
mans were reported trapped along the
robot bomb- coast of Belgium and
Holland. Few of these bombs have
dropped on England since the Allies
began their victorious march last
week.
Mid-week reports stated that the
Allied forces, under General Patch
movW un from the south of France
had made contact with forces under
General Patton, who was last re-
ported movinsr against tl.e (Jermao
West Wall, v Most of the German
19th Army, Vwhich faced the Ameri
can and French . forces in the south
have been captured or routed.
The Russians resumed i heavy of -fensive
against the Nasis on the
Warsaw 'battle- front this week, and
declared war on Bulgaria for Help
ing 'the Nazis escape from the Balk
an region.' 'An armistice was de
clared between Russia and riu aud
this week andnrinr on the .J
rroni ceased .ihw'v
ii l - i. ... m.ii.n. .m nnin.
drawing and that the Finnish troops
ar moving back to their territorial
line of 1940. T.
i Hitler failed . to make. his an
nounced radio .speech on Sunday,
which ' marked the feeginnins; of. the
sixth year ; of World War II, No
announcement" was - made ' for the
failure. However little news has
been released .regarding the top
ranking Nasis since the crushing de
feat of the 'Germans in Northern
France.- Kurt Dittmar. propaganda
Spokesman - for the Nasis, bad - told
the German public they are fighting
a hopeless battle, but continue in or
der to obtain something besides un
conditional surrender.' ' - v ,
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Adult Scout Group
Plained For Hertford
Forseeing possible need for addi
tional iadult leadership for the Boy
Scouts in this community, the Hert
ford Scout Committee invited a large
number of Hertford men to attend a
meetiifg held at the Court House
Thursday for the purpose of organ-
izing in adult iScout training course,
The) meeting was conducted by
Bob Graves, Scout Executive tor this
di8trict( and the plan outlined to
those Dresent D0jted out the need
for additional adult help for Scout
masters and leaders to continue the
present high Scout program.
TJuPiraining course will be given
to teach the men pointers they
should know in order to assist the
Scout leaders. The group, it was
stated, will be organized along tne j
same lines as a regular Boy Scout j
troop. , !
The Hertford troop of Hoy Scouts
has made anoutstanding record
under the direction of W. H. Pitt,
Scoutmaster, but it has been shown
he needs the help of other men in
the community to further Scout
work here.
Contest Feature Ot
USO Dance Thursday
Two dancing contests will feature
the next USO block dance, which is
to be staged here next Thursday
night, September 14, Edgar J. Hill,
USO director, stated today. One
prize will be awarded to the coupie
judged as the best jitterbugs and an
other prize will be awarded the
couple judged the best fox-trotters.
A committee of local people will
be named to serve as judges for the
contests.
Music for the dance next week will
be furnished by the Naval Air Sta
tion orchestra from Weeksville, ami
the public is reminded that civilians
may enjoy the dance along with ser
vice personnel.
Mr. Hill reports much interest is
being shown by the service men in
the hobby night program conducted
each Monday at the UlSO Club. The
program features shell craft and
finger painting.
Service wives and officers' wives
luncheon's are being held each week.
The officers wives luncheon is at
12:30 each Monday and the service
wives meet at 12:30 Thursdays.
War Bond Sales Hit
Only One-half Quota
For Month Of August
War bond sales' in Perquimans
County : reached lust, slightly more
ihm oij 0t the month's quota
durine'AamiaC- according to R. M
. .
Riddickr, chairman of the War Fi
nance Committee, ' who reported sales
of bonds during August amounted to
$8.887.50. ' The county's quota was
$15,288.
Mr.' Riddick stated that he has
not yet been Informed as to a date
for" the Sixth War Bond drive, which
is expected to be launched some time
this alU He said, however, that the
Sixth War Loan, will be announced
later and that he believed the coon
ta quota will be the largest yet
aiveh during- a drive.
- He uned the uhlic. to continue to
buv war bonds to hasten the victory
over the Nasia and provide .tha
necessary money needed to beat the
Japs.
Recorder's Court
In Lengthy Session
On Tuesday Morning
Ne rro Faces Charge as
Peeping Tom; Sent to
Roads on Old Charge
Several hours were needed Tues- V. T. Johnson, county superinten
dav morning to clear the docket in dent of schools, today announced the
Perquimans Recorder's Court, follow-
niff the arrest over tne weeK-enu oi
some eleven defendants.
Joe liutts, Negro and frequent
visitor in court, will face charges as
a Peeping Tom, forcible trespass'
and assault, after he serves a :!()-day
sentence invoked by Judge Charles
Johnson in court Tuesday. liutt
was fined $10 and costs on a traffic
charge one year ago and failed to
pay the fine. The defendant's attor
ney requested a continuance of the
charge made this week and the hear
ing will be held on Butt's return from
the roads. It is alleged that Butts
trespassed on property at New Hope
and was peeping in a window of a 1
home there when he was discovered
and he resisted the men attempting
to hold him until officers arrived.
Zion Boone, Negro, was fined $'!
and ordered to pay court costs, after
pleading guilty to reckless driving.
Dennis Welch,, Negro, was fined
$10 and ordered to pay court costs,
on a plea of guilty to driving with
out a chauffeur's license.
James C. Jordan, Negro, was tax
ed with court costs for permitting
his son, James A. Jordan, to drive
hiB car without a license. The
T , , .
younger Jordan was taxed with court
cosis ior anving wunoui a pernio.
George Whitehead was fined $75
and taxed with court costs for driving
under the influence.
The case charging William Carter,
Negro, with assault with a deadly
weapon was dismissed for lack ot
evidence.
Howe White, Negro, was assessed
court costs for being drunk.
..bother Hayes, Negro, was fined
$1(1 and ordered to pay costs of
court after being found guilty of as-
ault on his wife, Hazel. The court
suspeilde, the fine providing
t.OUpe are jvjK together by
Tuesday.
Koosevelt Vaughan, Negro,
the costs of court for driving
insufficient brakes.
the
next
paid
with
The case charging Will Spruill
with reckless driving was dismissed
by Judge Johnson, who ruled that
the case was civil .action, after hear
ing the testimony of the prosecuting
witness.
Annual Meeting- State
;
Council HI) Clubs To
e Held In Raleigh
The State Council of the N. C.
Federation of Home Demonstration
Clubs will hold its annual meeting at
Str.te College in Raleigh on Septem
ber 19 to 21, registering at the
YMCA on the 19th, according to Miss
Frances Maness, local home agent.
A number of local people, mem-
bers of the Home Demonstration
Clubs in Perquimans, are expected to
attend, Miss Maness said.
An interesting program has been
arranged and will include talks by
Dr. Jane S. McKimmon, Miss Ruth
Current, Dr. Ellen Black Winston
and Mrs. J. H. Highsmith.
Cecil W. White Named
Labor Assistant To
County Farm Agent
Cecil W. White has been named as
labor assistant to the Perquimans
County Farm Agent, according to L.
W. Anderson, County Agent, who
made the announcement Ahis week.
Mr. White will work with the
farmers of the county in placing la
bor where it is needed. He will seek
jobs for those out of work and will
seek out those not working and see
that the Work pr Fight regulation is
observed.
Farmers who need labor for pick
ing cotton, digging peanuts, etc., and
persons seeking work should contact
Mr. White, who will aid both pro
ducers and laborers, in placement
work this season.
Fire Dept. Answers
Call Wednesday A. M.
The Hertford Fire Department
answered a call Wednesday morning
to 38 Dobb Street. However, on ar
rival the firemen discovered the
blase had already, been extinguished,
Minor damage was reported.
MASONIC FISH FRY
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F.
A A. M win hold its annual fish fry
Thursday, September 14, at the Mu
nicipal pljnt on Grubb street.
Faculty For White
Schools Named
By Superintendent
Teachers Meeting On
Sept. 14-15; Opening
Date Sept. 18th
names of the faculty at the four
county white schools scheduled to
open Monday, September 18.
Two new teachers, George Baker
and Miss Mi.rle Ohapn a:i, have been
signed to ten li the Central Gram
mar olIiooI, ami Aliss Janice Lister
will replace Mrs. George l.aihee as
teacher of French at the I Yi quintans
High School.
in i. liaher will assume the. duties
as principal at the Central Grammar
School, Mr. Johnson state and he
also added he still lacks a teacher
for the fifth grade at Central. Mr.
Baker formerly taught school at
Moyock and Oxford.
A meeting of all teachers has been
called for Thursday aud Friday,
September 14 and 15, at which time
Mr. Johnson said a plan for the
year's work will be outlined, t.d
little time is expected to be lost in
getting the regular school schedule
under way.
The Superintendent announced that
for the present schools would oper
ate on a short schedule in order that
students would be able to get home
early and assist with crop harvest
ing. The faculties at the various schools
iiiiuwiivi.u 7. Alii. tlOllllilUll as
f 0 t0ws -
Perquimans High School : G. C.
Buck, Miss Nettie Lee Day, Miss Es
ther Evans, Mrs. Lawrence l'owe,
Miss Janice Lister, Mrs. T. L. Jes
sup, Miss Eloise Scott, Miss Helen
Willoughby, Mrs. F. T. Johnson and
Miss Grace Chappell.
Hertford Grammar School: Miss
Mary E. Sumner, Miss Mary Jane
Spruill, Miss Mary Etta Vv alter
Mrs. C. W. White, Miss Riildred
Reed, Miss Kuth Elliott and Mrs. T.
C. Chappell.
Central Grammar iSchool: George
Baker, Miss Margaret White, Mrs.
H. R. Winslow, Miss Lucille Long,
Mrs. Bertha Lane, Miss Johnnie
White, Miss Alma Leggett, M ss
Murle Chapman, Miss Elizabeth
Stephens.
New Hope School: Mrs. ('. II.
Goodman and Mrs. W. E. Dail.
School bus routes this year will
remain the same as last year, Mr.
Johnson stated.
War Fund Chairman
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j States Units Needed
two Years After War
' Pointing out that the need for
USO, United Seamen's Service and
War Prisoners Aid will probably
continue for at least two years after
the last made armistice, ending
World War 11, L. P. McLendon, state
chairman of the United War Fund of
North Carolina, urged the people of
; this county to support heartily the
second annual War Fund drive which
j will be conducted during the first
I part of October.
Mr. McLendon said that trom all
reports coming into United War
Fund offices, it was certain knowl
edge that the organizations named
above, as well as other units engaged
in foreign relief work, would be
called upon to assist service men un
til such time as they are discharged
and returned home.
Much time will be seeded to can-y
out the tremendous task of demo
bilizing the armed forces and the
USO throughout the world will con
tinue to operate for men overseas as
well as those stationed in this coun
try. J. Emmett Winslow and the Rev.
B. C. Reavis, co-chairmen of the
Perquimans County War Fund, are
expected to call a meeting of the
general county committee sometime
in the near future to map plans for
the campaign to be conducted here.
A meeting of the committee and all
solicitors is expected to be held two
or three days prior to the opening of
the drive.
Services Sunday At
Holy Trinity Church
The Rev. E. T. Jilson, pastor of
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, an
nounces the following services at Our
Church for Sunday, September 10:
Holy Communion at 9 a. m., ami
Morning Prayer and Sermon at It
o'clock. - ' i,
The public is Invited to join in the
services.
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