'-THE PERQUIMANS VVEEKLT, HERTFORD, N. C,' FRIDAY, , DECEMBER , 22, 1944. Our Very Best Manner We Wish You the Nicest Christmas You've Ever Had . . , HERTFORD SHOE SHOP 'Country ptir'cts Need IAore Doctors , . The. e' is grea shortage of doc tors iif die rural . areas wf North Carolinu; this .wag true even before AN ITHfft iisiis W V Once again we welcome the Christmas season. This year, how ever, the occasion takes on added importance because of the trying "timet each of us have experienced since last Christmastime. Gratefully we acknowledge the courtesies you have extended us these past twelve months, and we hum of no better time to expreu pur appreciation than on this, the happiest occasion of them all. May Christmas hold for you and yours all the good thinjs possible. North ' Carolina, ' ' In The . i'trquiukiin Vounly J Superior Court . .-!' i. i Terra 194-, . -xf'fi , ft. NOTICE ; V i ' Ruth Branch, Plaintiff , Va. r t .' , the war, and the 'situation continues 1 William Edward Branch, Defendant to rrw worse. - , ' - -a -. 1 William" Edward Branch, the De- ', The Department of Rural Scot- fendant above named, will take notice ogy at State Colleg, under the dl- that an action for divorce, ; entitled mtionof Dr. C. Horace Hamilton, above, has been commenced in the quote data from the American Med- Superior Court of Perquimans Coun- ical Wreclory and the N. C Medical tyT North Carolina, for the purpose Societ, to show that in 1940 only 81 of obtaining an absolute. , divorce per cent of the doctors of North Ca- from the bonds of matrimony .; be- roh'na were found "in the areas where tween the. plaintiff and the defend- 73 per cent of the people livedo ant, upon the grounds of two yean Where one doctor is needed for sepaiation, and the defendant , -will feach 1,000 people, there was only one 'ake notice that he 4s required to doctor lor 5,174 rural people in appear wunin au aays aiier puouca North Carolina this year. The situ- tion hereof, as prescribed by law, at ation stacks up like this: the- city the Court House of Perquimans areas need all the doctors they have, County, North Carolina, and answer and the country districts need about or demur to the complaint filed in live times as many doctors as they said action, or the plaintiff will ap now have. - P'y to the court for the relief de Some rural people use city doctors "landed in said complaint, but Dr. Hamilton points out that 55 This the 27th day of ' December, per cent of the land area in the 1944- State lies more than five miles from . W. H. PITT, the town and cities where doctors Clerk Superior Court live. "In the day of the automobile Perquimans County. five miles or more may not aonear to : (SEAL) 9 -'- -' b 1. ,W." ' JB.iiii i ': .A Quinn Furniture Co. 2ii N. Poindcxter St. Elizabeth City, N. C. be a great barrier to reaching a physician," he says. "Yet, about 58 per cent of our farm families do not own automobiles and less than 5 per cent have telephones for use in emergencies." Dr. Hamilton, Mary E. Holloway and Margaret M. Cole suggest that one way to get more doctors in the country is to build more hospitals and health centers in small rural communities. dec.15,22,21 Jan.4. V 1 - , . GOOD CHEER AMD mppiness; It doesn't tak couoons arid rotiontno to t ,rr eod happiness and good pheer There' plenty for all and no points necessary 1 , ; ' Here's wishing you unbounded joy this , ' Christmas seasoa May ft be extended " . . And for your liberal patronage, we say,, "Thank vou " IIOUOl'Eli CHEVROLET COMPANY "The Best Place To Buy a Used Car'' . 9 New RaJcket On Dad : : : : 3. :c: :c; 1 so; - 4 Bobby (short of money) 1 say,! Dad, have you any work you'd like' me to dot" I Father (taken by surprise) "Why j$ no but r " Bobby "Then would you like to X put me on the doleT" ,SR OassifiedaidLegals 1 f-z- , f A n i "tM EAD'VAI I .HflflHfflO lMT ' Si WW tin I m THE BEST OF EVERYTHING WHY PUT OFF THE MATTER I VJt longer? Have us erect a suitable j 3 monument at the graves of your ! X mental service to the people of itS "wwhi smivuum. jx poBuu cara will bring photographs and prices. J. E. Dees Memorials, Greenville. N. C. .to dec 22 :c: 5 IhlU 1 HAI r cAL t: AN 1 f ntc u vjm d n i in vj 5 I . 1 ft-- 4 1 "Va THE MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL of THE HERTFORD BANKING COMPANY EXTEND VV J. fV Vf 1 NF REAL AMERICAN CHRISTMAS W Wish Yon One and All I II II U I IT11 11 ;. ' pntirriiMPBi BLOOD-TESTED BABY CHICKS, lBljCS breeds, sexed or straight run.')0; Shipped anywhere postpaid. Whole- JiJK sale, retail. Write for prices. Ad- 25 dress Seelev'R Oiirlca 9.1 A Chnvoh Sr. St , Norfolk 10, Va. to dec 29 j-nn " -r- t wm efe eHPte l sk sk sk sk sk 505 VL 'A Ub Jb 'JL' JL 'JL JL JL' .' 'JUT 'JL' 'JC 'A. JL Jl 'JIl Jk jk JL Jk 'JtM .mmmm wtiwwo crf uufMiuiMniinititAuiiftnnaaaaaftftaaAA a a aai c : : :c: : : :c: : : : : : : : : 'O' c ; :c : : : : n. " 3c; . iO! :y, :o: :c( : 50! :o: 38 XX 5C! ICE 30! 1 0i A: -tcylA l AIiliilwbpnlf!cntb from the prob lems otkI dlficutties thot Jvi been the tooperlenites of e It the tolerance vve hove for the ioVtconv Ings of others. We see mo dearly our own foults, consequently we.are-rnore sympathetic of the other f ellowr The old years fades Into history. Morty, mony imporranx wnn iuwi ploce ond we find ourselves with mixed emotions. We ponaer tne nsxi rweive nwron - , , yet we face it with the some determination that has carried Amsrica thus far f , , y; i : We do not fear the new year. We welcome witn an us poswiuuw u.-m . promise of happier days. Grant that we may continue to.U tolerant one with an-yr f other and as the dawn of the new year approacnes, we say, . mawh You. Our Friends. .t V fir V" 1 . 4t Hi jii 11 I- " " J" . -r r .. i'TRADE HERE AND BANK -TEE DIFFERENCE" w ' , HERTFORD. C '. t . k i ' 'I i ? j. j. , 4V i f V

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