E PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
Volume XI Number 42.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, October- 20, 1449
$1.50 l'er
! Indians win Third
Straight Game By
Htowning Edenton
Scoring six touchdowns and coji
verting two tries for extra points, the
l Perquimans High School footbalj
- team romped home to a 38-0 victory
, Over their ancient rivals, the Edenton
Aces, in a game played on the local
i field last Friday afternoon.
The victory was the third straight
i for the Indians, who have scored a
total of 112 points in their games
mis season, wnne holding their op
ponents scoreless.
The Indians opened the game
against Edenton by kicking off to the
. Aces and, after failing to gain
, through the Indian line, Edenton
' punted the ball into. I'erquimans'
possession. The Indians, due to lack
of practice during the week, failed to
display their aggressive brand of
football and it was midway of the
. first period before Joe N'o,well scur
ried around Edenton's end for six
points. Mayes converted the try, by
a quarterback sneak, and the first
quarter ended with I'erquimans lead
ing 7-0.
The Indians scored airain in the
second period, with Ilerry carrying!
the ball over the goal line, and the I
Indians converted on a pass from I
Wood to Nowell to make the score :
14-0 at the half time. i
The local squad opened up the
, third period by scoring another
touchdown, which was called back due 1
to a penalty by Perquimans. Later,:
the Indians broke loose again and
Nowell and Berry crossed the pay
line twice, running the score to 26-0. !
i The Indians were regaining their'
timing on the offensive and the line- j
wmen were showing strength on both
-offense and defense.
The' visitors showed a nice passing
offense, but the alertness of the
Perquimans squad prevented the Aces
from getting close enough to the
-oal line to threaten a score.
, curing me unai quarter Nowell
collected another six points for the
.Indians, and Johnnie Hunter scored
th final touchdown on a lateral pass
irum wnson wno naaM-eeeiveri th
Koii j. ,i s
ball midway to the roal on. a mtaa.
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Coadj Max Campbell started the
game with the following line-un:
Holmes and Winslow, ends; Murray
and Perry, tackles; Symons and El
liott, iruards: Wilson, center! Mvm
AVood, Nowell and Berry in the back-
Held.
HEADLINES
The Japanese navy came out of
hiding this week, but after taking a Sa"ized groups with interests inim
look at the sizable task force, under 'cal to tne farmer's welfare, they de-the-
direction of Admiral Halsev. and c,ared.
which has be'en throwing heavy blows
at Jap strong points all this week,
tUmed and ran from tho onarto Cnn
frary to a Jan renort issued this
week, that the Jap ships had in-
flicted heavy damage to a large
number of American ships, Admiral
Nimitz announced that two of our
smaller sh inn were Hiimairait or,.! to.l
"reared from action with minor cas-
ualties. In the meantime, U. S. :
carrier, planes shot down and dam.-1
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the week and severely damaged Jap
installations at Formosa and in the
Philippines.
Fighting grimly, American troops
lof the First Army continued to inch
themselves into the German city of
Aachen, against heavy Nazi counter
hlolMB. The city has been complete
'surrounded, but the Nazis are
-eaperately holding out. Reports
iay Aachen has been completely de-
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pbxvycu vy me aiiihu aniiiery ana
planes. Elsewhere along the West-
srn front, the British troops, oh the '
northern end of the line, have made
ji. new drive toward the Ruhr Valley,
vhile thv American Third and Sev
enth Armies are continuing the pres
itire against the Germans in the
louth of France.
Berlin reports the Russians have
munched a new drive into the heart
f East Prussia this week, but Mns-
ow made no announcement on that'
art of their line. The Red troops
continue to advance in Hungary,
ending that nation's attempt to quit
e war; Reports from Budapest say
aririans have taken over the capita!
id the armyj while many of the top
ngarians have gone over to the
BIRTH ANNOUNCRMKTN
. Sgi and Mrs, Francis E. Witley,
, announce the birth of a daughter,
: Francine, at the Medical Center,
r 7th. Mrs. Willey is , the
er Mi Eula, White. . , -' .
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Burning
Men of the famous and feared Amerlcal Division are shown burning
DilluoY on Bourainville Island. These boys Dlay for keeps the Nips know
fr War Knnrt iiuiav
PERQUIMANS COUNTY FARM DUREAU
SEEKING AN INCREASE IN MEMBERSHIP
Members of Home I )em-
onstration Clubs So -
licking: In County
Setting a goal for three hundred
members for the 1944-45 year, Per-'
quintans County's Farm Bureau this'
week launched a membership drive
and ladies of the county's home
demonstration clubs are ' making a
canvass of the county seeking re-1
ganization.
newaig ana new members to the or-
, r .,
i wniciais oi cue ioca miyc liureau
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'ieinjn
a meeting in Kaleigrh re
cently relative to the campaign for
membership this year and plans for
the drive were made at that time.
Flake Shaw, executive secretary,
and Joe Williams, assistant, at this
meeting, pointed out the seriousness
t of farm problems confronting North
j Carolina farms with the close of the
war demand for increased produc-
tion. There will be problems of re
j adjustment to peace-time demand,
! depressed prices from surplus war
j stock,- and the pressure from strongly
: organized labor groups fof unlimited
production and cheap prices for agii-1.
i cultural products, they pointed out.
i Farmers will need a stronger or-j
I ganization than ever before to solve
these problems, through legislation
ard t combat the influence of or-
They urged fanners in every coun-
iy 10 join tne farm bureau as a
means of providing the agricultural
group with an organized front to
help solve the problems.
Inasmuch as merchants or profes
sional men of this area are vitally
interested in farm problems, they,
too, are urged to join the local Farm
Bureau as associate members.
During the past year the Farm
iiuieau was insirumeniui in increas
ing the income from peanuts in this
county by approximately one hundred
thousand dollars, by the effort to giiin
a better peanut program. It was
pointed out that through the Farm
Bureau every farmer profited one
cent per pound on his peanut crop
alone through this effort.
A. T. Lane, president of the Per
quimans Farm Bureau, stated that
members of the Home Demonstration
Clubs would call on all farmers to
join, but advised that 'membership
can,be ODtalneo y contacting the
II0 or any 0 c,al t the local
Farm Bureau.
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Central PTA Meeting
Held Monday Night
The Parent-Teacher Association ot
Central (irammar School- held its
second meeting of the year on Mon
day night. October 16, at Winfall
school.
Joseph 'DeLaney conducted
the devotional, after which Mrs,
Johnny Lane and Mrs. J. k. DeLaney
sang a duet. i.
After the business jeetini? in
which plans for the membership drive
were presented by Miss Sjlllma Leg
gett, chairman, and plain for the
lunch mom wnra nrmnntoit'l
by Claude
White, chairman, the
p enjoyed
a talk by the Rev. J. D.
ford on
the subject, "Literature."
!e stress-
ed the need of wholeso
literature
In the home and school
against the influence of
id warned
Iferior Ht-
era tore so eommon today.
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the Japs Out on Bougainville
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Inspection Record
1 And A Coupons Must
Ce Surrendered
Motorists, in making application
for new A gasoline ration books,
must attach their tire inspection re
cord and their present A gas coupon
stubs to the application blank, when
turning it in at the OPA office. Mrs.
Helen Davenport, clerk of the local
Hoard, stated today.
The OPA Hoard urges motorists to
mail in their application blanks for
new A books at once, as the hooks
must be issued and mailed to users
before Nofember 8, when the new
coupons become effective.
District PTA Meet
Schedule At South
Mills October 26
I .-mice arriving overseas early in
1 1!M4, his unit has been assigned to
There will be a District meeting!1'"' United States Troop Carrier
of the North Carolina Congress of Forces, which is a part of the First
Parents and Teachers held in South Allied Airborne Army. It is led by
Mills on October 26, at 10 a. m., Maj- ien. Paul L. Williams,
with Mrs. J. Kmmett Winslow, of Sgt. Iiyrum's unit has played au
Hertford
presiding. C. W. Phillips, important role in World War II, hav
U. N. C, Greensboro. State; '"tf spearheaded the invasion of N'or-
I of W. C.
president. and Mrs Charles K. lioe,
of Chicago, National Field Director,
will make the principal addresses in
fhe morning.
Dr. Eugene K. I'faff of Chapel Hill,
executive secretary to the Southern
Council of International Relations,
will be the guest speaker in the af
ternoon, at which time the superin
tendents and principals in the Dis
trict have been invited to be platform
guests and take part in the question!
and answer discussion which will i
follow.
Other State officials who will he
present are: Mrs. Alice Futrell, of
Hertford, second vice president; Mrs.
Mayon Parker, of Ahoskie, chairman
of the War Committee, and Mrs. F,. S.
Adams, of Carthage, chairman of the
Membership Committee.
Local Democrats At
Rally In Plymouth
C. P. Morris, executive chairman of
the Perquimans Democratic commit
tee; Mayor V. N. Darden, Sheriff J.
Emmett Winslow, B. C. Perry, Re
presentative W. W. White and S. P.
Mathews attended the Democratic
rally held in Plymouth Monday af
ternoon of this week.
Speakers at the rally included
Governor-elect Gregg Cherry, Senator-elect
Clyde Hoey and Congress
man Herbert C. Bonner.
Following the afternoon session,
the group was the guests of Con
gressman Bonner at a barbecue
supper.
Cotton Gin Report
Shows Decline Here
A Census report, issued here this
week by Willie M. Harrell, special
agent, showed that 1,616 bales of
cotton were ginned in Perquimans
County from the crop of 1944, prior
to October 1, as compared with 1,869
hales of cotton for the crop of 1943.
Army Sifnal Corp? P o
out Jap machine gun nrst in
now. Back them up by buy. of ..
J :om U. S. Tit:
William P. Byrum In
Unit Awarded High
Citation In ETO
A I nited States Troop Carrier
Hase, European Theater of Opera
tions Word was received today
that the Troop Carrier t'nit in which
Stag Sergeant William 1'. Byrum of
Hertford is serving, has been award
ed the ('residential I'nit Citation
"for outstanding performance of duty
in action against the e ny in the
recent invasion of Kurope." The ci
tation states that "the high degree
of success attained is largely ;j'tri
butable to the course and devotion by
all members of his group and reflects
the highest credit upon the Tinted
States Army Air Forces."
Sgt. Byrum is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. K. A. Byrum of .r).'i Gruhh Street.
Byrum received his preliminary
army training at Clearwater, Florida,
and from there was sent to an Air
Force Clerical School at Fort Logan,
Colorado. Upon graduation he was
assigned to the Troop Carrier unit in
which he is now serving as N'CO in
charge of his S(uadron operations
office.
mandy by dropping paratroopers over
the Cherbourg peninsula on the zero
hoi"- of D-Day. Since then it has
I taken part in many supply and evac-
Ration Board Issues
Tire Certificates
To 25 Motorists
in ration -
tires to
Still facing a headache
inK a limited number of
more applicants than can be aupohed.
the I'erquimans Ration Hoard issued .Methodist Church in Ahoskie, N. C.
certificates to 25 motorists at its The Rev. A. L. Thompson is the pas
meeting last Saturday. E. Leigh tor at Ahoskie and a note from his
Winslow , chairman of the Board, j church states that the series of re
stated that the tire situation is still jvival servhes is getting oil' to a tine
critical and he urged motorists to I start.
care for their present tires as an aid! Mr. Keavis yvill return to Hertford
to relieve the situation. Saturday and will he in his pulpit
Passenger Type certificates, one for the services next Sunday. At the
each, were issued to Nettie L. Day, morning service he will deliver a
Windell Nixon, A. E. Burke, K. F. special message to the officers of the
Ainsley, (',. F. Dail, W. A. True- church and to the officers and teach
blood, Elizabeth Fowler, Wallace ( ers in the Church School and at the
Bright, J. N. Newby, Roscoe Lane, : close of the message all officers and
W. H. Winslow, Doris Lewis, Richard teachers will be installed, it was an
Taylor. M. C. Felton, I. C. Butts. Announced bv Mr. Reavis last Sunday.
H. Williams, Charlie Umphlett, J.
W. Jackson, Traverse White and W.
H. Mathews.
I ruck certificates: G. W. Baker, 2;
Maynard rleetwood, 1; W. M. Wood,
1; J. P. Ward, 1; Elihu Lane, 1.
Meeting" Held Thursday
On Drainage Project
Land owners in the Tom D. White
Mill Pond area, near Belvidere, met
at the Belvidere Community House
on Thursday night for the purpose
of discussing a survey reently made
by George Renfro, engineer for the
Soil Conservation Servics, relative to
a drainage project in that area.
Mr. Renfro explained the proposed
project to those attending for the
purpose of informing the land owners
as to the formation of a local drain
age association to carry out the
draining of the area.
UNITED WAR FUND CAMPAIGN BOGGING
DOWN; ONLY HALF OF QUOTA IS RAISED
Price Panel To Set 1
Retail Wood Prices
At Meeting- Oct. 2G
The Price Panel Hoard of the Per
quimans County War Price and Ra
linn Hoard will hold a meeting on
Thursday night, October 2i, at S
"'clock, for the purpose of establish
ing a retail price fur wood u.-ed for
fuel purposes, .Miss Alary K ranees
Dail, price clerk, announced today.
The meeting will lie held at the
offices of the OPA Hoard arid K. S
Dixon, field operations officer for
OPA, will lie present. All wood deal
ers and wood sellers interested in the
price to he established arc urged
attend.
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Election Chairman
Names Registrars,
Judges For Polls
I.. . II, ,11, .well,
Perquimans Hoard
week named the leg
' i i t lie polling plac
chairuian of the
if Election.-, this
st l a i s and judges
's in the general
election to be held n ciiiln
The Democratic ini'inhi i -
III!
polling hoards remain the -ame
lust election. Inn some changes li
been made in the Uepullicin
rials.
The olt'icial by tow nsliips
lll-lllo 111 ill,. I: G. Kim lice
trar; Nathan Kelfe and W. A.
off,
are :
Hot'
tier, judges; lielvidcic .1. M.
land, registrar; Carroll .
Cope
Yi
anil l.itiwooil ('. Winslow, judges;
I'arkville- Raymond Stan'on. regis
trar: Joel Holhiwell and Nelson
Smith, judge-; Hethel K. V. Berry,
registrar; ' C. Chappell ami A. .
.Ionian, judges; New Hope Mis W.
K. Dail, registrar; . Y. Spencer
: and C. . I inphlett, jndg
I!. M. Baker, registrar
i; Nicanor
Archie H.
White, judge. " ''
Kegist r.il ion anil voting place- ic
iliain the same as during tin- prini.ii
election held in May, and registrars
ill each low riship an now registering
voters for the general election. The
; registration hooks will remain open
until October j!H, anil November 4
i w ill he challenge day. I'ersoiis u ho
were registered and who voted in the
primary election last spring need iml
register again in order to In- eligible
to vote November 7.
i Local election officials are urging
all persons eligible to vole to he
registered and to cast his or her bal
lot in the coming election. To date
there is little interest being manifest
ed in the election, the local pari;
leaders being hopeful that interest
will grow as election time draws near
and that the county will cast at least
a normal vote.
Reavis Conducting
Revival In Ahoskie;
To Return Saturday
I The Uev. B. ('. Keavis, pastor of
! the Hertford Methodist Church, is
I out of tow n this week conducting a
, series of revival services in the
The choir in the Methodist Church
was formally vested last Sunday
morning and the vestments will be
i worn bv the choir at all regular wor
ship services which will add greatly
to the dignity of the services. The
vestments were furnished by the
Young Men's Bible Class of the
Church School. j
Recorder Court In I
Recess Until Tuesday
Perquimans County's recorder's
court was in recess this week, due
to' the absence from town of Prosecu
tor C. R. Holmes. All cases were
continued until the October 24th term
of court.
Recorder's court will recess again
during the week of October 80, as the
October term of Superior Court will
convene on that date, with Judge Q.
K. Nimock presiding.
Chairman Urges Public
To Contribute Liber
ally to Cause
Present indications are that I'c :
quimans County "ill fail to rai-e
$4,. Mill goal for the I nited War I'Uiid
unless increased interest is shown by
the public and laiger contributions
are forthcoming h the lesnienls
of the County, it was slated todaj liy
,1. Kinniott Winslow, c. -chaiiinan ';
the ( oniioit lee in , . :, . c o; 1 ne dm o
Keports handed to Julian A. White,
Irensu
FlIlHi.
I nilcil "ai
I,
.iinounlci i
the county'
the Hand- o
goal .
solicit,
liewd.
1 to he report)
will
ed to appio
the gold i.- M
au a .
While the
con raged, the
collimlMee Is Hot ills
fact tnat I Vi 1 1 1 inaii.-.
last yar I'm I in- fund
s, r ln-liine- thai ad -nd
tune nia have to
rai-oil its gi al !
within Inn d a .
ditional work ai
be spent to put
top in t his drive
The amount (
ilic,M..n.- hvit the
be laiseil Here is a
small sun:, considering I be ipiola
given the Slati- of Ninth Caiolina in
this national campaign. The Stale's
ipiola is three million, Iwu hundred
fifty thousand dollars, and many
counties throughout the State haw a
much larger goal than l'eriuimans.
The need for this money to be
raised has been explained and publi
cized, but the public is urged to rr
member that a greater portion of it
is used to continue the I SO for the
use of members of mir armed furies.
In speaking about the use of the
money raised, Mr. Winslow pointed
out that tin' pei pic wf this county
should contribute liberally to this
cause due to the fact that this county
has benefitted considerably .luring
the past two years, directly and in
directly, by the war effort, and tin
fact that I SO has established a club
in this county to provide programs
and recreation for service men sta
t ioned in this county .
He appealed to the people who hao
not contributed to donate now help
l'ei(uimans meet its goal, and ask
those who di'sire to increase t In-i i
contributions already made
Draft Contingent
Ot White Men Leave
For Camp Tuesday
Another contingent of white men
from this county has been ordered to
report at the local draft offices next
Tuesday, October 24, to entrain for
Fort Bragg for induction into the
armed forces, according to Mrs. liuth
Sumner, clerk nf the local hoard.
Mrs. Sumner slated thai this call is
tlii' last one for this month.
Tin- men who have been mdcr,ed I'
report are .lames Riddick, Hubert
Dail, Clarence llarrell, Caleb While,
I'oscie Lane. Richard (looilwin and
Ashton ( 'i.pelainl.
The local board has been notified
that it will not he called upon to senn
.Negro registrants for pre-iiidui-tii.i;
examinations or for induction ilurinu
November.
As yet no information regarding
calls for white men for next month
has been received.
Rites Held Thursday
For H. B. Sedberry;
Hurial In Wilmington
Funeral services for H. H. Sed
berry, who dieil at the home of his
sister, Mrs. E. H. Cannon, last Wed
nesday morning, were conducted on
Thursday morning. October 12, at 10
o'clock, at the Lynch Funeral Home
! by the Rev. B. C. Reavis, assisted
i by fhe Rev. H. G. Daw kins and the
'-Rev. E. T. Jilson.
Pallbearers were: C R. Tucker,
V. N. Darden, D. S. Darden, J. P.
1 Perry, A. W. Hefren and Cecil
, Winslow.
Burial was made in Wilmington,
North Carolina.
Mr. Sedberry, who came to Hert
ford about five years ago., was en
gaged in the drug business all his
life, working as a youth in the drug
store of his father, H. O. Sedberry,
and later establishing his own store
mi Elizabeth City. He sold out his
interest there, due to ill health,
prior to coming to Hertford.
While making his home here he was
empjoyed as pharmacist at the Rob
erson Drug Store.
LIONS MEET FRIDAY
The Hertford Lions Club will meet
Friday night at 7:15 at Colonial
Tourist Homn.
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