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. '( i MUIMAN L.JLj 1 A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY olume XII. Number 3. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, l'iiaay, January 19, 1945. pa - it is - is - s i TIIIS VEEK'S HEADLINES Asserting that the needs of the armed forces and war plants is now 'so extreme that voluntary controls v. will no longer work, President Roose- velt is expected to ask Congress to t enact- a national service bill to remedy the situation. Under the act, the. Government will be empowered! : to assign men to war important tasks. 3 Meanwhile, War Mobilizer Byrnes has issued a new list of oe . cupations iby which draft boards may grant deferment to men in critical ,!. jobs.. .The list has been decreased in ..jsiie io designate-the jobs considered essential. -.v, t . , Berlin beat Moscow to the punch in 'announcing the opening of the Russian's winter offensive in Poland, . which- began late last week. The f . Russians are reported using eight 1 Sarmies totaling some two million men on a 600-mile front. Both Ber vlin.and Moscow report Russian suc cesses at several points along the , 6 eastern battle zone. The Reds have . der, in the Oder River basin, impor ,: tant for its ore and coal, as well as , f German industrial plants. Moscow reports' continued success at Buda- pest'i$d states that the capital of i - Hungary is all but captured. The! ' Russians -are reported as being in' ' nntwl nl an f u :.. ! J ICIIL U IMC Lll. i V ." American and British forces, fight ?; Uig on the Western front, have re- captured nearly all of the territory 'J overrun by the Nazis in their De O cember drive. Washington an- i nounced our casualties at less than " 40,000 and placed the Nazis losses -. at more than 90,000. Troops from 5 , "th first and Third Armies have re 'Joed.theiir:. lines and the bulge, ;j bnt nearij'50 miles deep, has been K reduced I05 about 20 miles. In the iSoftk, s$tee the Nazis have been apply ins; the pressure to the U. a ? Seventh, Army, conditions are re V ported better. The Americans have held their ground and reports indi cate the-Certnans have slackened their driven Allied farces continue tdm& .htiid jmw tY'suiwp,imi2xuro nn. r'JJr'lr i : uiermans,-dock wwarfl the Knine. , ' t . lufijca, meunwnue, nave oean natnmering at German supplies and troop movements, hindering the retreat Ward Germany. The planes hve also bombed and wrecked many bridgeB over the Rhine, further hindering the German supply line. The America'nTTn" Luzon under General MacArthur, have moved to within two-thirds of the distance to Manilla, after repelling the first Jap counter-attack to the American land ings on the island. Complete con trol of the air, reported by Mac Arthur, has given the American forces a big edge in the fighting. While the Americans have been ad- vancing on Manilla, the U. S. Fleet, under Admiral NimiU, struck hard this week at Jap ports in China, sinking several Jap ships and dis rupting Jap plans for re-inforcing the garrisions in the Philippines. Local Soldier Cited For Action In France iii Twenty-nlKth Infantry Division M-tSgt William R. Chappell of Hert ; ' ford haa received a certificate per .aiull.'iiined by his commanding general honoring ; him for fighting with he Twenty-ninth Infantry Divi Sion from' D-Dav to St. Lo. :WTbi honor is a personal salute fromlMaJ. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt to the Officers and men who battered , their way-through., flooded nd ! . Normandy hedgerows and stormed the key city of St Lo In a campaign where the taking of every 600 yards ?"waal major battle. : : Th Army Teckona the Normandy H 111 as one cWnipalgnj which en titles participants the one atar on by; their theatr:; libbons,' . but Ueneral j Gerhardt'a Certificate reccnie the unusual toughness of the fighting. S i The "Blue and Grey" Division h won two, unit citations and ita mem. fcers have been awarded 4.629 -ner- sonai decorations since the outfit i stormed the Invasion beaches. The 118th; Infantry JRegiment was. cited for being the first unit into St Lo. AAA Production Goal Hating Held Thurs. . ' ers of the Perquimans Coun- ' A Community . - Committees ', rsday,;. at thef: Agriculture 4ii xiemoru lor we purpose S out prouuci-iop goals lor entative of ' the OPA' met om ml ttee members for the ! outlining the prospects of materials and equipment ' ' n v of these v goals Mr. and M. s. America get William Barbero, while taking (he picture ef his baddies who died to take HiU 700 in the far off Southwest Paclflo, expressed a desire that Mt. 1.- ..mi.i.1 h. 4h TTnltxl RimtM In uanaa the folks back home to the fees that oar boys are dying for them. Here, Sergeant, is the picture for all to see. Other pictures he made ef that fight were so grlslr-aod to some instances se clear that recognition may hare been possible so the Army baa restricted them. Look again and bay War ffifffifr,,,,, Funds For Memorial Bonner Offers Aid Athletic Field Near Jo Applicants For Goal, Reports Show Members - of the committee in charge, of raising funfls for the con- auut: ,. p0., 11 m una rticrh School will field at Perquimans High School will meet again Friday night at 8: JO at Pender's store for the purpose of as certaining the total amount raised in the drive. At a meeting of the group last week the solicitors reported more than two thousand dollars had been ! f?l8ed'iLand w,a hoPefu,1 tl"Vhf three thousand dollar goal would be met by today. Howard G. Dawkins, who has charge of the solicitation by school children, announced each student has been asked to turn over all funds to home room teachers today, and scattered reports from the students indicate they will make a good re port. Response to this drive has been well received and the committee is planning to name a building chair man to head the construction work just as soon as the total amount is raised. Persons who desire to contribute, to this fund and who have not been contacted may make a donation by leaving their contribution with W. H. Pitt, Charlie Vann or L. C. Winslow. All funds collected in this drive will be used to construct the field, which will be dedicated as a mem orial to Perquimans County boys and girls serving in the armed forces, and for equipment for use by the high school footiball team. Woodland W. & C. S. Meeting Held Wed. . The Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Woodland . Methodist Church met on Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. M. Mathews. The president, Mrs. Earl Hollowell, presided over the business session. The roll was called and the min utes of the previous meeting were read and approved, after which the pledge cards were passed out, each member signing her pledge card for the year. At the end of the business session, the program was turned over . a Mr MnthAwn And Mrs. Russell TtaVnr. who were assisted iv tev- eral members. A jjlaylet, "What Choice Jjnall I Make?" was given by Mrs. 'Ralph Harrell, Mis. Odell Cartwright, Mrs. Ashhy Jordan and Mrs. Henry Cart wright. The Spiritual Life leader, Mrs. Er nest Cartwright, gave an inspiring program. ' ' After adjournment by prayer, the "hostess served delicious refreshments to those present. - i(: WCTU MEETS) WEDNESDAY , , Th pAmiilmana chanter of the Woman's Christian v. Temperance) win do cioseq au aay. rriaay, janu Utyon will - meet with; Mrfl-JB. : GJ WiWi In, observance of tho birth Reavis at 8:30 o'clock -Vf WedWsday day of General Robert E. Lee, R. M. afternoon,, January 24. All members ; RiddlcV, executive jrice president, n are urged to be present - t T I Study This Picture A n Slenml Cant Photo War Widows Pension Congressman Herbert C. Bonner, in a letter to this newspaper this week, offers his aid and assistance . . 'r, m to applicantsTsee'Ring pensions under ; salaries and purchases, which re a law, passed by Congress last De- fleeted directly into the purchasing cember granting pensions to widows! power of HerVord, was over $18,000. and minor children of deceased The Operating Committee voted to ,orld War I veterans. I change its meeting night to the The law provides payment to a second Monday in each month . widow with no children in the! amount of $35 per month; widow and one child, $45 (with $5 for each ad-1 ditional child); no widow but one i child, $18; no widow but two chil dren, $27 (equally divided), with $4 for each additional child (the total amount to be equally divided). j Congressman Bonner writes "I will be glad to furnish widows or guar- i dians the proper form on which to make application, and when it is I completed, if they will return it to me, I shall be glad to file the claim and see that it is properly consider ed by the Beterans Administration and lend such other aid as I can, if they desire my assistance and will I write me." Mr- Bonner, a veteran himself, 1 has interested himself a great deal during the past twenty years in veterans' claims and he is still in terested in assisting those eligible for compensation under the above mentioned act. He advises that claims should be filed as early as possible as they are not retroactive to the date of the act, but effective the date of the filing. Farmers Urged To File Performance Reports Before January 15 February 15th is the last day farmers may file 1944 performance reports as a basis for receiving pay ments earned under the 1944 AAA program, according to a statement made here today by Dr. E. S. White, chairman, Perquimans County AAA Committee. "The Perquimans County AAA Committee is very anxious that every farmer in the county receive the payment that he has earned by participating in the 1944 program. Only 832 of the 983 eligible farmers ih the county have filed performance reports and signed application forms," he stated. Dr. White pointed out that the Perquimans County AAA office is opeit each week day from 8:30 o'clock A. M. to 6:80 o'clock P. M., and that every farmer who has not filed performance report and signed application form is urged to call at the County Office and do so at the earliest possible date.- BANK CLOSED FRIDAY The Hertford ' Banking Company USQ Op Committee Grants Use Of Club For President's Ball Attendance at Club Last Year Is Recorded at 112,691 Action taken by the ' operating comm ttee el' I he Hertford I 'SO, at a inee ing held Monday night, will riake it pos iho for the I'erquiman.'. J'oMo Committee to stage a I'resi (lent's I!. ill here again this year. T.he c inmiltoo gianted the use of the I SO Club to the Town of llert :ord for tlie purpose of staging the (lance to raise funds for the infan iie 1 aralysis campaign. In granting pel mi:, .ion (, u ,e the Club, however, the I ; ( .1 i . ni 1 1 c dil so under the conditions that no j liquor would be brought into the 1 Club during the dance and that ser- vice men, both enlisted personnel 1 and officers would be admitted free c.f charge. The Operating Commit- i tee Mated those in charge of the lance would have to appoint groups) to see that these conditions would be carried out. Reports on the operation of the I SO Club were given by Director Kdgar J. Hill and Miss Margaret Pearson, Staff Assistant. The re ports showed that during 1944 at tendance at the Club was 112,691, and that an average of five volunteers per month served an average of 20 hours iper month at the Club. One hundred and twelve senior hostesses and hosts served an average of 476 hours at the Club each month. More than 200 activities of a pro gram nature were planned and car ried out with attendance at these totalling 12,623. The officials at the dllh ri,,lm,l A OKO .'PCn.n,,! t r . . .. . , 1 i.vjica ui mi 01 mauon services uunng ; the year to service men. These ser- ; vices included such items as infor- j mation on housing facilities, bus and train schedules, etc. A detailed report was made to the committee on the financial operation of the club during the year, and it was conservatively estimated that , the amount of money expended n Few Changes Made In Peanut Program At Washington Meet I "Iore tnan MU representatives of '. !he. Pean,ut '"stry met in Wash- nigiuii mis weeK to consider the I'Jib peanut program. W. T. Bark er, chief of the peanut section of the War Food Administration, an nounced that the program will con tinue with few changes over last year's program. From reports at the meeting all was harmony, sche duled to last two days the business was concluded in one. Suggestions were advanced for adequate harvesting labor, to in crease the spread for shellers be tween buying and "elling prices, federal inspection and delivery to the Commodity Credit Corporation. At present the CCC buys all the peanut crop, according to paper reckoning, but actually the govern ment does not take physical control of the peanuts. Rep. John Kerr, of this State, praised the Government's control pro gram which, he said, boosted the peanut industry from seven million to a $289,000,000 per year business. Mr. Parker announced that the program will be made public some time in May or June. He said he would consider the suggestions, but thought most of them impractical, and that few changes would ibe made. . While Perquimans County was not represented, at the meeting, several men from this area of the State did attend. Rotary Banquet For Grid Squad Tuesday Hertford's Rotary Club will be hosts to the undefeated Perquimans High School football team at a ban quet to be held next Tuesday night, it was announced today by J. R. Futrell, president of the club. The Rotarians will entertain the entire squad of boys who made up the 1044 team. The banquet was previously . set for . a date in December, but had to be postponed. Nevertheless, the boys have been looking forward to the party and air entertaining program has been arranged for them. Hertford Colored Youth Listed Killed Another l'cr;ininans Canity Col ored yauta has made the siipienie s.ici'il i'-e for his country, according U" a telegram receive.! Iioic l ist Sat- unlay by Charlie War Department The telegram Charlie Lowther, had ken killed due to coiiilitioe. ,y made at ,-ea. uas not given. I.nutkcr was i tlnouh the 1'eii I (iv, ther f 1 0111 the announced that lr., Stewaid M 2-c, 1 .'id 1 hi ar i that l ui'ial was pi" ,i. T. i dale o! death id 1, ll Ml. I into service III- it I'eard ' 1 the Navy, of the S011II1 0,, prior to .old has been ser lie was a i eni 1 ill Cotton ('it ( his entrv into s Jourt Teams Play At Veeksville Tonight Another conference game is on tap for the Perquimans High School's basketball teams this week, when the Indians and Squaws play a re turn game at eeksville tonight.' The local teams chalked up a vic tory over the Ueeksville teams earlier in the sea.-on and the coaches of the local baskeleei- feel confident that the Indians will mark up an other victory in tonight's game. The Indians won their fourth con ference game against South Mills last Friday night by a score of 53 to 32, while the girls' team won easily 34 to 6. In tllf lirelln,;,,-!,., .,.., t U Jo , quinians girls, using the entire I squad, out-passed and out-shot the : South Mills girls. The -core at the ! end of the lirst period was 8-2 Per I quimans, and U to I at half time. Coach lister substituted frequently during the game, but the South Mills t 'iim .-eemingly was no match for the local rirls. Perquimans tallied f points in the third quaiter while holding South Mills scoreless and j marked up 14 points in the last period while South .Mills tallied one i basket. The Indians opened their game with a fast break to hold a- it to N margin in the first quarter and out shot the visitors to gain a 29 to 12 I advantage at half time. The second i I half developed into a battle for points with the Perquimans hoys counting 21 while South Mills tallied 20. The play became rough during the final three periods with both teams committing numerous fouls. l scoring tor Perquimans: Wilson j I 22, White 8 Wood 7, Nowell G, Berry j 4, Winslow 2 and Layden 1. Berry ! and Nowell played the best defensive j game for the Indians. I pton was I ; high scorer for the visitor.-, counting 12 points. j Voodville Youth Reported Missing William A. Bogue, son of Mrs. Sadie Bogue of near Woodville, is missing in action, according to a tele- gram received here on January ti, from the War Department. He was one of the first Perquim ans County boys inducted in service, having left here in January, 1942. He has been in service overseas for several months. About a month ago, the youth's mother was notified that he had been slightly wounded, but the later tele pram reports him missing since December 22. Mrs. Mary Trueblood Dies At Chapanoke j Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Symons Trueblood, 83, who died at her home in Chapanoke last Satur day, following a year's illness, were held at 3:30 o'clock Sunday after noon, at Oak Grove Church, with the Rev. J. D. Cranford, pastor of the church, officiating. Surviving are one step-daughter, Mrs. J. C. White of Chapanoke; three sons, Timothy and George Trueblood of Chapanoke, and Davis Trueblood of Norfolk, Va.; one sister, Mrs. T. F. Bartlett of Elizabeth City; one brother, S. S. Symons of Winfall, and several nieces and nephews. ' AT BAINBRIDGE Carl W. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lewis, of Hertford, Route 2, has been assigned to Quar termasters' School a Bainbridge, Md., after having completed his basic training there. W. M. S. TO MEET The Woman's Missionary Society of the Hertford Baptist Church will meet on Monday evening, January 22, at 7:30 o'clock, at the church, in Room No. 1. Mrs. I. A. Ward will preside. AH members are urged to be present. Four White You lis Leave Wednesday For Induction Call local Hoard ST'l In Need of One Member Tor Completion Four Tw i:ie, Colson, White Kdgar Jr., a- V. I). -ri nd l'i rrv I! leave here 1 the I'irst l!'l.' count)', Mrs. the local d' week. The for inilitaiv t Wedne.-ila indoc': 0, ,- ' liuth Sunn,. I i.,.:.-l . tilths had oeei ; 1 '.1 e at pi Ml rpted animation. Mrs. Sumner announced far t ie Peripii nans boar, coived no .-elective service the mouth of I'ebruury; calks for pre induction t-s 1 illl.- has re . ill for .o er, mirations and induction may be recto fd before this iniith is over. local hoard situation s'lll re The mains in a quandary, due to the In ability of the membeiship committee to find a third me-il.er for the Perquimans hoard. The hoard had only one member last month, due to the resignations of R. M l!i llik and Thad C. Chappell, but it is un derstood that the nomination of Charles K. White has been made and that he has accepted the position, to bring the membership up to two. However, for the board to function in the manner as set out in the Selective Service rules, it must be composed of three members. Thus far, the committee seeking to fill the membership has been turned down by a large number of men sought for the post and because of ties reluct ance on the part of the public, the operation of the local draft office has been slowed down considerably. Just what the future course of the committee will be in locating the third member is not known, but they stated they are looking for a public spirited citizen who will volunteer U serve. Information released trie. V, iiiirton indicates that dealt 'ail aso -dur ing the nex't few months will he higher than the last six months of 1943, and more men will i e need. . for replacement in the arn.ed forces. ; Tighter deferment regulations arc expected to call most of the youths 18 through 30 into service di.ring the first half of this year. Mrs. Sumner announced that t la two member board will meet at the ; draft board offices on next Tuesday night at 8 o'clock. Patrolman Captures 95 Gallons Whiskey Two flat tires on a l'.l.lo Ford coach led to the capture of !'" gal lons of bootleg whiskey, the car uod Kaeford Marshburn, one of the occu pants of the cur, by State I'atiolnian Charles K. Payne, last Friday after j noon. ! The possessors of the whiskey, Marshburn and Claude lliii, had driven into town and were neaiing Joe & Bill's Service Stati. n, u.,e i one of their tires blew out. The took the tire to the servi e stall- i for repairs and on returning to tin car discovered the second tire was going flat. Meanwhile, Patrolman Payne arrived on the scene and in quiied of the trouble and Incoming suspicious, he searched the car and found the whiskey in the rear seat and trunk, in five gallon glass con tainers and glass jars. As Patrolman Payne was placing Hill under arrest, Marshburn started to run, whereupon Payne caught Marshburn and, after searching him, found a bottle of whiskey on him. While this was taking place, Hill escaped through a side street and as yet is unapprehended. Central PTA Meeting Held Monday Night The Tarent-Teacher Association of the Centval Grammar School met on Monday night at the school building and heard O. D. Moore, Sanitation Officer for the Perquimans Health Pepaitment, speak on food sanita tion. The theme of the program was "Health" and was led by the Belvi dere Community. Mrs. F. C. White had chance of the devotional. Special music was rendered by F. C. White and a mixed quartet. The lunch room inspectors report- ed that the school's lunch room had a high rating, but urged parei.ts' as sistance to bring the score up to a hundred.. It was reported that . as soon as all equipment is installed,, . i i n u . ...in i. .. fc.i.w;i the school's lunch room will be .one ' Ul IMC UCDb III MUB UIOM it-v. 4