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sr. f- ft ' 1 It' , " It J MS WEEKLY i II' -Jl i in 1 5 Ji . -v AppJltf IttCPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING W HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY ume iCIINumber 6. hertiorg. rerguimaua C ounty, North ,atOlin? Friday, February 9, 19457 " i'er lear. '-'ff'SVv :'i . . V'V',, -IK'S 1M Jris m first . :rcl Conference Lccs -Hard Decision to ' juiiaucui vii lues- "day Night ,'".vv ..:v ! - By virtue of a 40-30 victory over Moyock High School last Friday nlkut and a foneited game ' from Shiloh, scheduled to be played Vved rfesday night, the Perquimans In- jana won the first Rural Conference -askettall title ever held by the Per Imaiu boys' team. Journeying to Elizabeth City on uesday night, however, the Indians a hard-fought decision to the 'jfiuxabeth City leliow jackets, 45 to 38. This waB the second game drop ped by- the Indians this season. The Moyock game was a return ragemeat in the conference play J Coach Rupert Ainsley's team played surprising strength to gain 12 to 10 advantage over the in ane In the first quarter, but the . uliaos ame back strong in the cond chukker and tallied 12 points while holding. Moyock to 5. Score t the half time was Indians 22, ayock JJ. The Indians chalked up eight more points in the third period t Moyock's three, and during the ti Jrr, Z? , . V1 American troops, under General ""iMacArthur, axe battling a trapped .cKi tide tallvin 10 nointa in the vvia, ::oal frtme. The final score was i'croulmans 40, Moyock 30. fioorinf in the Moyock game was evenly divided among the Indians, Wilson getting 12 points, White 10, NdweU i. Berry A and Wood 4. - t'hdiaio.at Elisabeth aty was a hip and tuck affair thxraghout The aeketa showed fine doer work , to 'fTTS: flttick to 1 ; advantage "T. r: .VKTr. ' !L?J ZZVSl ! CJTrr. .rr.; I entira cam 4 t ' . v r i Tha jackets iacWased thjlir lead ' during, the Wond qutXhitting for U poln4 While flie ldlans to-1 - " - 111 nv Elizabeth Oity 23. Perquimans r 1H I liatnnrr rha thir nannri ihn In. dian8 ome hrlt finrf ll h..t the lead. They tallied 15 points in this quarter, while holding the Jack ets to ten points. The score at the third period mark was Elizabeth City 33, Perquimans 31. The Indians lost some of their punch during the final quarter and permitted the Jackets to gain a 12 5 advantage to win by a nice point margin of 45 to 36. Henderson and - Price were high scorers for 'Elizabeth City, hitting for 13 and 10 points, while the Per quimans score was divided with White getting 11, Wilson 9, Nowell 8, Wood and Berry four each. ' The -Indians play the South Mills team tonight in the final rural con ference game and next week they meet the Elizabeth City team on the local high school floor in a return engagement On next Friday the local girls and boys teams will play Columbia on the Columbia floor. Big!2 Operators D:; -its By Feb. 15 final.', anneal to encourage all igibla farm operators in Perquim- Coantv tdla . their istf aoll nservatioa practices . by February 15 is beinlt madfl, Dr. fi. S. White, Chairman of the Penjuimans County AAAXmmittoe, said here today. ; 5'There are approximately 64 farm- (m .VU41rJF. , WW UMVI 'IVb filed these report and unless they are received bj i the . above date, no , paymentt will U kade," he said. , Ha pointed out : that practice re port will , determine whither the farmers, are eligible to receive fay menta' and ', if f they are, ipplications for payment ;inay be signed at the time practice reports are filed. .Ai a final warning, the AAA lead er said, "It is sineerely honed that these 54 farmers will call at he Per quimans County AAA offlde between now and February 16 and file their practice repbrW.-;.; We - are proud bf the conservation records' made by the farmers in this county, and we want ";em to receive the - payments that -y have earned.", , ' - - , i Soldier ' 1 In Action ou: Mrs. Fe- n Hurdle, of Hertford, -,v i not;.';., 1 ? y te War Department on l '-iy r.-c 'pr that her-son, Fen ' i teen slightly -'oun " i g'-irving with l;rp To file fam h,t 0 p,.n ! , - Rlud by I). B. War Dtpirtmmt, Imn of Pabllo RtUtkHM, MEAL TIME ON WINTER OUTPOST After sUnditfg guard Ml outpost in this dreary Belgian woods Pvt. Paul Tomllnson, NehonTille, Ohio, and Pfc. & J. Buona, Garfield, N. J, of the 7th Araere Dtv lion, open their rations. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES .W P80" , , . Munilo rtiio uroolr BTtir tnH . Amen- , .I. 't.rn"" :. ".uil cans emerea me rnu.pp.ne Monday. The Americans met with, little resistance entering the city and liberating thousands of Ameri cans held in a Jap prison T! within the city. Reports from Gen eral Mac Arthur state that the Japs have set fire to the main . business districts of Manila in a wanton at- tamnt to destroy the city. A third American landing force has estab sum ana u is waicaiea uuu me JaP wU1 undergo the same type of fP they waged against l.AMr'cn troops three years ago. Wanwasa; offensive into; Oer- -r -w ' ' TLesA&y, with Berlin stating that the Reds could not be stopped at the present time. The Russians have forced a crossing of the Oder River, last natural barrier before Berlin, in three places and are enlarging the bridgehead. Allied airplanes have! been aiding the Russian offensive by heavy strikes at the Nazi capital. One thousand bombers hit the city last Saturday and, reports state that fires are still raging from the bombs. The Russians are reported less than 30 miles from Berlin, but heavy fighting is evident as the miles gained each day by the Russians have become less.' Allied radio pro grams, beamed at Germans, have been calling upon the Germans to de- sert the Naii leaders and thus save their own lives. Reports from neu tral sources state the high officials have left Berlin for Munich; which is expected to be the location of the final German stand. While the Russians have been hitting very hard at the Germans in the East, American troops of the First and Third Armies have gained new advantages in the Seigfried line on the West. The German threat in Alsace has been stopped by the Seventh Artny and French forces. ' German commentators are predicting a. new Allied thrust in the West and say that the attack will begin at sme ppiht other than the present heavy fighting in the Roer Rivjeir sector. Ameijtofft and ! British iroopB have found resistance dwind ling on he Western ,Front. ex planation has been made, tut it is have Seen withdrawn to bolster the Nasi lines in the East . ij: New of great importance to the Afced caojtf Is expected to he re leased any day now, following the announcement; that . the Big Three, Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill, are meeting somewhere in Europe.; The meeting, no do.ubt, will decide .many questions relative to condition with in Europe during the final hases of the war and treatment of Ger many after her surrender. ine political battles over the an pointment of Henry Wallace is sec retary of commerce still rage in Washington..," Members of the Sen ate, led by anti-Wallace men, have blocked' the appointment thur! far, but a bill, stripping the officeVef its vast lending : agencies, has.,' been passed and reports ;" late this week point .toward final approval o; the formoa vice president to the Jost ' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs.' Clinton Eldy an nounce the birth bf a1 son, Walter Charles, horn' January 31, at '" nke view Hospital, Suffolk. Building Committee For Memorial Fisld Named Last Friday Plans for the construction of a lighted athletic field at Perquimans County High School, as a Memorial .. "...I .. . oys and girls from this county gerving in the armed forces, are go- . . . M1 BPPnrrii' V, ing ahead rapidly, according to an announcement made this week by thej committee in rhArce nf rnisinir funds for the field. I A total of $3,100 has been contri buted toward the Memorial to date, and at a meeting of the committee last Friday, V. N. Darden, F. T. Johnson, Fenton Britt, Horace Lynch, Dr. A. B. Bonner, Clinton Ely, How ard Pitt and Joe H. Towe were named as a building committee to carry out the plans for construction. The committee hopes to have work on the field started .within a short ! time anil it is expected that thevMe morial will be completed within the next few months. The committee has announced that some of the preliminary plans for the Memorial have been changed and that more funds will be needed to complete the new plans than was at first thought. Therefore, the drive for funds will continue for the time being. Persons who have not been approached for contributions to the fund and who desire to give a dona tion, may do so by contacting W. H. Pitt, J. H. Towp, Charlie Vann or the Rev. Howard Dawkins, or any member of the building committee. At first the plans called for build ing a field equipped with flood lights to permit night playing of baseball l and football, but it was pointed out and the committee approved, that the Memorial should be made the best possible and these new suggestions have been incorporated into the orig inal plans, thus the need for con tinuing the drive for additional funds. ' The more funds available, the better Memorial can be con structed. Indian Squaws Lose Hard Fought Game To Elizabeth City Girls Coach Janice Lister's Indian Squaws lost a hard fought basketball game to the Elisabeth City Lady Jackets Tuesday night, played as a preliminary to the .boys' game. . The final score was Jackets 25, Perquim ans 19. Elizabeth City opened the game with a bombardment of the basket and ran up a 12 to 0 lead before the Squaws hit for their first point The score at the end of the first period was 16 to 2, Elisabeth City. The Jackets continued to hold the edge during the first half and was ahead 21 to 12 at rest time. The Squaws made a determined come back during the second half when they held the Lady Jackets score less In the third period and tallied six more points to clase the gap to 21-18. In the final peribd the margin was narrowed to two points, but the tre mendous lead gained in the first period was too great for the Squaws to overcome. The Jackets hit for four points in the final period while Perquimans managed to chalk up only one point. The final score was 25-19. . s PREACHING AT WOODLAND The 'Rev.. J. D. Cranford will preach at Woodland Methodist Church Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock, r Evcryoneis especialy1 urged t6 be present, i At this meeting an effort will be made to- raise this church' part ; for: the1 'Cruaad, For ' Christ, movement which is, being carried, on throughout Methodism. v Recdrder's Court Has Vcri2d Docket Tuesday Morning i Twelve Cases Heard By Judge Charles John son A varied docket of twehc cases were heard in Perquimans Recorder's Court here on Tuesday m n, ng by Judge Charles E. Johnson, before the court adjou.ned aftei a fn'l orning session. Nelson Green, Negro, vva.; taxed with court costs after piea.'i tr guil ty to a charge of ion-.suiioit. Herjry Mizelle pleaded guilty to a charge of speeding and paid the jyits tf court. Williani Douglas was taxed with court icosts on a charge of driving without a license. Troy Elliott was found guilty of driving driink and noted ...i appeal to the Superior Couit on tli verdict of a fine of $75 and costs ' f court. David Wiggins was fined $20 and ordered to pay the c urt costs on a charge of speeding. David Lane was found guilty of possessing whiskey f r sale w! was ordered to pay a line of $25 and costs. A motion for non-suit was allowed by the Court in the case charging Rufus' Enoch with astault on a fe- male. Jna WhifA wni fnnnrl irlllltv nf (in- V. : . B . ewn 8 .no8e orawn e 1 influence and was fined $50 and taxed with court costs. Oscar Simons was found guilty of driving drunk and fined $100 and or dered to pay court costs. George Blount, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to being drunk and was ordered to pay costs of court. Clyde Smith was taxed with the court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Shqrman Copeland was fined $10 and ttfdered to pay the court costs afterpleading guilty to speeding. 'far -W - S - io urive txtenaeo To Feb. 15; Goal Not Yet Reached Still short of its $754 goal, the in- fantile paralysis campaign here has . been extended to February 15, ac- fnrdintr tn Mrs R G TCnonrp rniintv ' chairman, who stated she is hopeful of rnmnlerinD. the local nnota hv thnt cae The extension of the closing date of the drive was made throughout the entire State, although some coun ties had successfully closed thei' drive on schedule. The inclement weather of January made it impos sible for most county chairmen to conclude the rampaign successfully. Mrs. Koonce, while not releasing the total amount raised here to date, stated the sum is still slightly under the county's quota, and she urges the public to respond to this appeal by giving generously to the fund used to fight infantile paralysis. Reports from the President's Ball held here on January 30 showed it was a success and a goodly sum was raised to be added to .he contribu tions made to the drive. Clarence B. Goodman Dies At New Hope Clarence B. Goodman, 45, died at his home in New Hope last Friday at 9 a. ra., after a long illness. He was a lifelong resident of the New Hope community. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the graveside in New Hope, by the Rev. J. D. Cranford. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Mar garet Langston Goodman; his par ents, -Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Goodman, Sr.; three sisters, Mrs. Philip Jack son of Sunbury, Mrs. Walter Sanders of Route 3, and Mrs. Haywood Um phlett; . two brothers, E. A. Good man, Jr., and J. A. Goodman of Roper. Building And Ldan Meeting February 14 iStockholders of the Hertford Building & Loan Association will meet in annual session m the Court House on Wednesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock, when every stockholder is urged to be present to transact As sociation business. Stockholders unable to attend are urged to sign and return their prox ies to W, IL Kardcastle, before that date. t ' - Red Cross Chapter Receives Material The Perquimans Red Cross Chapter has recently received material for the sewing and making of 50 pairs of bedroom slippers, 100 hospital bedside bags, 25 pai-s of pajamas and 144 kit bags, it was announced today. The Chapter urges persons who will help on these items to see the leaders on their respective streets. The Home Demonstration Clubs have volunteered to make the paJaTiias, while Mrs. S. T. Sutton, Mrs. Charles Whedbee and Mrs. Charles White ' will make the bedroom slippers. The I biggest job is the making of the 1 4-1 j kit bags and bedside bags, j The Chapter also needs more vol , unteers to help knit sweaters. Mixs I Kate ISlanchard and Mrs. Mark j Hathaway have the wool and volun I teers are asked to contact these la- dies for material. Several hospital sweaters are now ready for ship ment, and others having sweaters I completed are asked to turn thern, in i so they may be included in the ship j ment to headquarters. Perquimans Board Endorses Evans For Road Commissioner The I'oard of Commissioners for Perquimans County went on record, in their meeting held at the Court House on Monday, endorsing Merrill Evans, of Ahoskie, for the position as a member of the State Highway Commission, representing the First District. Mr. Evans, from all reports, will probably be the man named to the post, having served as State Senator for the past two terms he knows well the conditions throughout the district, especially the serious needs for much improvement in the roads in this section. The endorsement of Mr. EvanH for the post was mailed to Governor Gregg Cherry, who is expected to name new members to the Commis sion within a short time. The Board also went on record as favoring a bill to be presented to I the General Assembly requesting an j increase in pay for jurors serving in I'erquimans courts, and an increase I in the stipend set up for members of I the lfoard of Commissioners. At the I present, jurors are paid two dollars per day, plus mileage. Under the bill, jurors would receive three dol lars per day, plus mileage. The present pay for Commissioners is four dollars per meeting. This would be increased to $7.50, under the bill. j A delegation, representing , committee raising funds for till I A Hpleirntinn renrespntimr Hie I'er- I quimans Memorial Athletic Field, 1 aPPeare(l before the Commissioners ; a,nd ,askfd for a contribution toward uie iuiiu. i ne mailer was uiKen un- der consideration by the Board and a report on this is expected at the next meeting of the Commissioners. World Day Of Prayer At Methodist Church Friday, February 16 World Day of Prayer services will be held at the First Methodist Church in Hertford on Friday after noon at 3:30 o'clock on February 16, it was announced here this week. The three churches of Hertford will join together for this service and the public is cordially invited. The meeting will be held in the Sun day School room at the Methodist Church in order that fuel may he conserved by not heating the church auditorium. Auto Wreck Injures Three Persons Here Three persons were injured in an auto collision on the Edenton Road Sunday night, when James Owens, of Elizabeth City, ran his car into the back of a truck owned by White & Monds, which was parked on the highway. The injured were Mr1. Owens, his wife and son. All three went to the hospital for treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Owens received slight injuries, but the young boy was kept at the hospital for further observation. According to officials, the collis ion occurred near Mathews Barbecue Station, and the truck was without a driver, it having been reported stol en a short time before the accident happened, and evidently driven to the spot and deserted. W. S. C S. TO MEET WITH MRS. J. W. OVERTON The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Woodland Methodist ) Church will meet with Mrs. J. W. Overton Wednesday, February 14. at 3 o'clock. All members are urged to be pres ent, and visitors are welcome. West Albemarle Boy Scout District Gets Tidewater Council Has Gain of 1,118 Dur ing 1944 Meeting in the Edenton Municipal Building last week, officers and Scouters of the West Albemarle Dis trict of the Tidewater Council of Boy Scouts appointed committees for the year, discussed the observance of Boy Scout Week February 8-14, and formulated plans for a course in in struction for regular and new Scout ers under the direction of John A. Holmes, chairman of the Leadership and Training Committee. The various chairmen and commit tees appointed follow: District Chairman Richard P. Baer, H, Edenton. District Vice Chairman Jonas S. Futrell, Hertford. District Commissioner, Geddes B. Potter, Edenton. Executive Board Representative W. 1). Holmes, Jr., Edenton. Finance Committee Henry Gard ner, Chairman, Edenton; Joe Towe, Hertford, and Hazlett Rountree, of Sunbury. Organization and Extension Com mittee Max Campbell, Chairman, Hertford; Tex Lindsey, Edenton, and Douglas Freeman, Gates. Camping and Activities Committee C. T. Griffin, Chairman, Edenton, and Dr. A. B. Bonner, Hertford. Leadership and Training Commit tee John A. Holmes, Chairman, Edenton; H. A. Campen, Edenton, and Charles Vann, Hertford. Advancement Committet! Philip S. McMullan, Chairman, Edenton; J. A. Mitchener, Jr., Edenton, and Henry Clav Sullivan, Hertford. Health and Safety Committee Dr. Wallace Griffin, Chairman, Eden ton, Julian White, Hertford, and Dr. Payne, Sunbury. During Boy Scout Week each troop in the district will be inspected and to begin the celebration a oys' Night meeting was held Thursday nignT at the U. S. Marine Corps Air Station in Edenton, sponsored by the Edenton Rotary Club. Barbecue was served and present at the affair were Scouts and Scouters from the two Edenton troops, Nos. 156 and 170, Troop 158 of Hertford and Troop 159 of Sun bury. Special guests at the meeting were Eugene L. Graves of Norfolk, Va., member of the Tidewater Coun cil, and Charles W. Johnston, of i Portsmouth, Va., chairman of the I Council's Advancement Committee, i Mr. Johnston will make the principal address for the occasion. Richard Baer and William D. Holmes attended a meeting of the (Continued on I'age Six) Tidewater Council, held in Ports- j mouth, Va., Monday night, where they were informed that at the close of 1944 there were 6,646 Scouts, Cubs and leaders enrolled in the Tidewater Council, which represent ed a gain of 1,118 during the year. There are now 3,715 Scouts in the district, 1,189 Scout leaders, 566 Cubs and 176 Cub leaders. During the year 3,652 merit badges were awarded, and 33 were advanced to the rank of Eagle Scouts. Shelton G. Chapped Now Third Member Local Draft Board Perquimans County's Draft Board, incomplete for the past two months, now has its third member and will begin the task of reviewing files of local registrants in preparation for filling future calls. An announcement was made early this week that Shelton G. Chappell, of Belvidere, had been named, and had accepted the position as the third member of the Board. The other two members are Jonas R. Fut rell and Charles E. White. The Board is expected to meet sometime this week and reorganize, naming one of the members as chair man of the Board. Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the Board, stated this week all clerks of Draft Boards in this area would at tend a meeting in Edenton on Friday for the purpose of receiving addi tional instructions and information regarding the Draft Board's work in aiding returning veterans to find employment. PRAYER MEETING A prayer meeting sponsored by the Hertlord Baptist Church will meet Tuesday afternoon, February 13, at 3:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Ben h Wood. A cordial welcome to all.. .