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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, iriday, March 2, 1945."
$1.50 Per Year.
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Govcrnmsnt Placed
Osf ore Legislature
Measures CaU For Ex
tension of Town; In
creased Jurors Pay
Five bills, affecting local govern
. ' ment, were presented in the Legisla
ture thiB week by Representative W.
W. White, according to an announce
: ment from Raleigh.
The feature bill was the one call
ingor a referendum for the exten
sion.of the town's limits at its west
i .. enr edge. This bill is so drawn that
If passed favorably by the Assembly
an-election will be called at some
datf late this summer at which time
' the" residents of the town and the
":. area to be ncorporated into the town
v, will vote on the matter and, if oar
'.i ried, the territory will become a part
' of the Town of Hertford on and af-
ter January 1, 1946.
A majority of the property owners
' Affected by this bill have voiced
their desire for such action to be tak
,'en and it is believed the election will
' . favor the movement.
"', Another bill presented by Mr.
; White extends the authority of the
V Hertford Police Department to a dis
- tance of one mile outside the town's
'."( limits in all directions, for the appre
; hension of persons violating laws
', within the town.
; ThreTjfther bills relative to in
e crease in pay for the members of the
v' board of county commissioners and
' the board of education and jurors
-', serving in Perquimans courts were
also introduced. The bill affecting
the pay of the commissioners and
. members of the board of education
calls for them to receive $7.60 per
' diem instead of the present $4-
Jurors' pay would be increased, under
'..the fifth bill, from the present $2
J, per day to $3, plus mileage.
' Inasmuch as the great majority of
. ' jjbcal bills introdscad into the As
f ' sembiy receive favorable action there,
s there is little doubt but that all
Vj five of these bills 'Will be passed on
; shortly.
OeWPTOolds
Founders Day Meet
The Parent-Teacher Association of
Central Grammar School celebrated
Founders' Day at the February meet
ing of the Association, held Monday
night at the school building at Win
fall. The program for the evening
was presented by members from the
Woodville community.
The devotional was conducted by
Wallace Wood. An impressive pa
geant, "Light For Tomorrow," was
presented by W. E. Allen as,the Com
f munity; Mrs. A. R. Cook, the Teach
er; Mrs. B. F. Bray, the Parent,
and Mary Sue Cook, Sallie White,
Doris Allen, Ann Bray and Marion !
Elliott as -the Children. j
A beautiful birthday cake holding
two candles in honor of the founders j
of the P. T. A., and flanked by tall ,
candles, was lighted in honor of the
characters in the pageant.
A quartet, "My Tribute," was sung
by Sallie White, Virginia Gay, Caro
lyn Harrell and Lois Benton. Supt.
F. T. Johnson, in behalf of the As
sociation, presented a P. T. A. pin
to Mrs. A. R. Cook for her splendid
work as club president last year.
The seventh grade of the school
won the attendance prise.
Squaws Down Chowan;
Lose To Central Six
The Perquimans High School girls'
basketball team broke even in ' two
games played during the past week.
The Squaws lost to the Central In-
, dependent team last Thursday night
by 25 to 15 count, but came back
, stnmf Monday night to down the
, Chowan High School sextet by a
' score of 24 to lfv -
The local team failed to display
' their usual brand of. fame against
the. Alumni from Central and trailed
throughout the game. The score - at
half-time was 22-6 in favor of Cen-
tral. However, in the second half,
the locals started hitting the basket,
4 out-shooting the visitors by 9 to S.
In the Chowan game the Squaws
had little difficulty in marking up
' their ninth victory t for the - year.
' Gaining a 9 to 4 lead : at the end
of the first quarter, the locals in
" . creased this advantage to a . le9
;. count a the half. Coach Lister used
several substitutes during the second
Wf, but' the Chowan team, was . toe
i .Kperienced to cope with the Per
quimans girls, who ran up a 26 to It
' score at the third quarter and count
ed ejght more points in the 'final
'canto while Chowan got three. The
" final score was 84-16 for Perquimans.
lonas Futrell Named
To Head Draft Board
Jonas R. Futrell was named chair
man of the Perquimans County Draft
Board at a meeting of the Board held
Saturday, and Charles E. White was
named secretary. The reorganization
meeting was held following the re
ceipt of the nomination ' of Shelton
G. Chappell, who is the third member
of the local Board.
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Board, stated Monday that notices to
report for pre-induction examinations
on March 5th had been mailed to five
Negro registrants and-two transfer
registrants. The selectees who will
leave here next week for their exami
nations are Julius James, Lemuel
Boone, Charlie Lyons, Pete Everett,
James Riddick, Lenzy Burton ana
Louis Rountree.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
So great has become the break
through of the U. S. Ninth Army in
the Ruhr area of Germany that Gen
eral Eisenhower has clamped on a
news black-out of the gains scored
by the Ninth to prevent the Nazis
from learning the serious situation
the Germans are facing. The Allied
offensive on the Western Front has
rolled into high gear and, reports
state the troops are pushing ahead
through German towns so fast that
the Germans do not have time to take
to their cellars. Hundreds and hun
dreds of Nazis are surrendering to
the Americans, and the Ninth is
pushing so fast toward Cologne that
division commanders are finding it
difficult to keep, in touch with their
outfits.
The , American First and Third
Armies are also scoring new gains
daily against the German defense,
as are the British and Canadians at
the northern tip of the front. The
Allied push to destroy the Nazi
fcrntosir-rfWaWthme is fant de
veloping inta a succtes.-'ful driv.; and
some reports indicate that the task
may be completed within the next
few days. One report states that
Nazi resistance in the west is de
moralized. The Canadian First and
the U. S. Ninth Armies are closing a
pincher movement on the city of
Cologne and threaten to trap some
10,00 more Germans in that area.
Allied warplanes, meanwhile get
ting a break in the weather, have
hammered at the refugee-packed city
of Berlin nearly every day this week.
Berlin now has been bombed heavier
than London has during the four
years of war. Neutral sources re
port riots have broken out in Berlin
and in other German cities, but there
is no confirmation of this news. The
high Nazis have called upon every
German to defend the Reich under
penalty of death to those who desert
or leave their home city. Allied fly
ers report little resistance from the
Nazi air force in their attacks on the
industrial and rail centers in Ger
many. The Russians, tightening their grip
on Germany in the Berlin area, have
scored new gains in Pomerania, and
threaten to seal off the city of Dan
zig and 150 miles of the German
Baltic coast, thus breaking important
German supply lines Into central
Germany.
After a week of the bitterest kind
of fighting, reports indicate that the
Marines are bringing the invasion of
Iwo under control. Casualties on
Iwo were heavier than in any recent
attack against the JapS, but the cap
ture of the air fields on the island
has been completed and the U. S.
forces are now using these fields for
their own planes, thus increasing the
striking power against the Japs re
maining on Iwo.
District Scout Group
To Meet Sunday EM.
A meeting of the "West Albemarle
District Boy tScout Committee will be
held in Sunday School room 1 of the
Hertford Methodist Church on Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, according
to an announcement made today by
Travis Thompson, Scout executive.
Representatives of. the fijEdenton,
Sunbury and Hertford tnxjps, which
comprise the - West Albemarle Dis
trict, are expected to atteri.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
C. P, 0. George W. Baker.and Mrs.
Baker, of Washington, D C, ' an
nounce ' the birth of c a Maughter,
Judith Elisabeth, born at thA Medical
Center in Elisabeth City, A Wed
nesday, February 21st vv Mi. Baker
to the former Misa Eli uel$f Caddy.
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Indian Cagers Add
Two More Victories
During Past Week
Central Independents
And Chowan Squads
Bow to Locals
Coach Max Campbell's Perquimans
Indians chalked up their eleventh
and twelfth basketball victories dur
ing the past week at the expense of
the Central Independents and Chowan
High School teams. The Indians had
to come from behind to win both
games, but their superior offensive
cower enabled them to overcome
early leads of the visitors.
In the game with the Central In
dependents, the boys from I'asquo
tank got off to an 11 to 5 lead during
the first period and increased this to
16 to j: at the end of the first half.
In the' second half the Indians started
their drive which netted them 16
points to Central's six. The Indians
trailed the Central team until the
close of the third quarter, when the
score stood 20-20. During the final
canto the Indians counted four bas
kets for eight points, while holding
Central to one tally. The final count
stood Perquimans 28, Central 22.
On Monday night the Indians play
ed a return game with the Chowan
cagers and due to faulty shooting un
til the final few minutes found them
selves trailing the Chowan quintet
most of the game. Chowan opened
the scoring and drove to an 8 to 4,
lead at the close of the first period,
and increased this lead to a 13-8 ad
vantage at half-time. The Indians
missed shots repeatedly during the
game and it was only during the
second half that they moved up to
ward the top in scoring.
During the third quarter the In
dians closed the gap to a one-point
margin, but Chowan moved ahead
three points at the close of the per
iod. The Indians tightened their de
fense in the final frame to hold the
Chowan boys to one charity toss,
while they collected eleven points to
win in a final 28 to 21 count.
The victory Monday night was the
tewlfh for..tiie Indians during the
eason as against only three losses,
which gives the Indians the best won
ami lost record of any team in the
Albemarle area. Both the Indians
a rid Squaws are now practicing for
the Albemarle tournament, which will
be played at the Central High School
gym next week-end.
Hertford Baptist
Church Ranks 77th
In Mission Gifts
The Hertford Baptist Church has
gained additional recognition, accord
ing to a report by The Biblical Re
corder, by ranking '77th among the
2,744 Baptist Churches in North Caro
lina in gifts to missions and in the
cooperative program for 1944. In
1942 the local church ranked 233rd,
and in 1943, 125th. According to the
Rev. H. G. Dawkins, pastor of the
local church, the goal for this year
is to rank among the first fifty
churches. I
The local pastor expressed his
gratitude to members and stated,
"this is something for us to be proud
of when we consider our church is
403rd in size in the State."
The Baptist Church took a love
offering for the Crusade of Christ at
services last Sunday and about two
thirds of the $1,500 goal was collect
ed. The Rev. Mr. Dawkins expresses
hope that the balance will be raised
during the next few days and urges
members who have not contributed to
do so immediately.
The pastor calls attention to the
Baptist radio program, which is pre
sented over the air twice each Sun
day, and announces that revival ser
vices,' under the direction of the Rev.
Albert Bimms, will begin the fifth
Sunday in April.
For the past month the Rev. Mr.
Dawkins has been preaching on Faith
asx revealed by Biblical characters,
and he announces that this series of
sermons will be continued for the
next two months. The subject for
next Sunday will be Jacob, and a cor
dial invitation is issued the public to
attend.
County Reaches Goal
In Polio Campaign.
Mrs. B. G. Koonce, chairman of the
Perquimans County Infantile Paraly
sis drive, announced Monday that
fundi sufficient in amount to meet
the local quota have been contributed
and that the drive-had been success
ful .
Rural Electric Co-op
ijas 950 Applicants
Seeking Membership
Hertford Is Selected as
Temporary Office of
Organization
Directors of the Albemarle Elec
trie Membership Corporation met at
the Agriculture Building in Hertford
last Thursday evening and heard re
ports that 952 applications iiae been
received in the four counties, com
prising the area for the proposed ru
ral electric project, thus practically
assuring the project of success.
The directors voted that March 22
will be the final day for residents to
file application for membership, as
an e igi eer has been named to draw
up plans for the project, and with the
sta1 of this work additional member
ships will have to await completion
of the loan for construction work,
and the completion of the lines, be
fore being granted the service.
Applications, according to coun
ties, already filed are: Camden, IBS;
i'ns'HKitauk. 27S; Chowan. 275. and
Perquimans, 2?.4. The directors be
lieve that at least 1,200 applications!
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ior nieiiiDcrship will have been re
ceived by the final date of March 22.
The group signed and have filed
for a charter with the N. C. State
Department for their corporation,
and this charter is expected to be
given soon. It was announced at the
meeting that a number of persons liv
ing in Chowan and Perquimans
Counties, having membership in a
similar cc perative, located at Rich
Square, will he assigned to the Albe
marle Corporation. These members
have been receiving service from the
Rich Square Coop, but will be ser
viced by the local organization when
the electric lines are placed.
The Directors, according to !. W.
Anderson, acting secretary for the
corporation, voted to establish tem
porary offices of the organization at
Hertford, and it is quite possible that
the permanent office will be nlacprl
here as the corporation expands ,its
project.
understood that as spon iujhe
engineer completes surveys of .the
area and location of prospective mem
bers, maps of the project will be
drawn for plans for the request of a
loan sufficient to construct the lines,
and the application for the loan will
be made immediately.
Perquimans Flyer
Sinks Jap Freighter
Area
The Philippines. Lieutenant Arcia
O. Turner, UlSN, of Tacoma, Wash.,
and Hertford, N. C, was plane com
mander of a Navy Black Cat which
recently sank a medium-sized Jap
freighter-transport off Jolo Island,
Sulu Archipelago.
The Catalina's bomDing'and straf
ing runs were made in the face of
anti-aircraft fire from the target
and from shore gun positions, but
Lieutenant Turner carried out the at
tack without his plane taking a hit.
During another recent night mis
sion, the starboard wing of his sea
plane struck a hard but yielding ob
ject as the Naval aviator was flying
through a mountain pass on Celebes
Island under instrument conditions.
The impact threw the aircraft into a
left-wing-down position, and it took
more than two minutes for Lieuten
ant Turner to regain an altitude of
over 50 feet. Eleven hundred miles
later he arrived at base where he
found several fragments of wood
and two deep indentations in the wing
and numerous rips in the under side
of the fabric.
The flier's patrol bombing squad
ron is attached to Aircraft, Seventh
Fleet Its Catalinas are known as
Black Cats when used as night
bombers.
Hla wife, Mrs. Rose V. Turner,
lives at 2528 South "G" St., Tacoma,
Wash., and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Turner, live on Route 3, Hert
ford. Belvidere Study
Group Met Feb. 20
The Belvidere Study Group of the
Perquimans Central Grammar School
held their study meeting last Tues
day afternoon at the Community
Building at Belvidere,
The meeting was under the direc
tion of Mrs. Basil Copeland. The
subject for discussion was Sex Edu
cation Today, and was presented by
Mr. Copeland and Mrs. Eddie Har
relLV After the discussion, an infor
mal discussion of the subject was en
tered into by those attending.
Eleven members were present.
Philippine
RED CROSS SOLICITORS BEGIN CANVASS
10 RAISE $5,260 FOR WAR FUND QUOTA
Recorder's Court
Has Short Session
Business in the Perquimans Record
er's Court showed a decline this
week when only four cases were tried
by Judge Charles E. Johnson, in what
turned out to be a short session on
Tueday morning.
James Hassell, Negro, plead guilty
to assault with a deadly weapon and
paid the costs of court.
Sherman Copeland was fined $30
and ordered to pay court costs and
had his driver's license suspended
for one year, after pleading guilty to
reckless driving.
Seth Scott was taxed with the costs
of court on a charge of speeding.
Donal Whitesides was ordered to
pay costs of court, after pleading
guilty to driving with improper li
cense. illotment Of Sugar
or Home Canning
Announced By OPA
Sugar for home canning this year
wnne noi as mucn as in 1944, snouiu
still be enough for all legitimate
needs, District Director Theodore S.
Johnson announced this week.
Contrasted with last season's maxi
mum allowance of 25 pounds of can
ning sugar per person, this yeai's
maximum allotment will be 20 pounds
per person, with no family receiving
more than 1G0 pounds, regardless of
the number of niembeis.
There will be no stamp in Ration
Book Four good for canning sugar
this year, Johnson pointed out, as ex
perience proved the 1944 plan im
practical. The canning sugar stamp
was misused by millions, he added,
who used the sugar thus obtained for
tnble or baking purposes rather than
for canning.
The reason for tightening up, the
OPA official said, is that our sugar
stocks at this time of year in lov.t
than in years, while military needs
are greater. Cuban production is
down, and domestic production cannot
be increased because i manpower
and macninery snort ay es.
Johnson explained that applica
tions fur canning sugar would have
to be made through locaJ War Price
and Rationing Boards, on forms pro
vided by OPA for the purpose. Dates
for receiving such applications will
be announced shortly, as the canning
season nears.
The applicant will be required to
state the amount of home canning
she did last year, and the number of
quarts she expects to can this sea
son. The Board will then issue cou
pons for 1 and 5 pound purchases
canning sugar.
In making application, the house
wife will attach "Spare Stamp 13"
from War Ration Book Four for
each member of the family named in
the application, as evidence that such
persons are actual holders of Book
Four.
County 4-H Clubbers
Plan Yearly Projects
With a total enrollment of
members Perquimans County
Clubs held meetings for the month
of February last week with Miss
Francess Maness and Miss Virginia
Bailey leading discussions on 4-H
projects for this year.
Each member of a 4-H Club has
selected one, two or three projects
to complete this year under the di
rection of the Extension agents. The
list includes Clothing 88, Food Pre
paration 56, Room Improvements 28,
Home Management 24, Gardening 16,
Food Preservation 3, and Poultry 1.
Rev'. Miller To Preach
Methodist Church Sun.
The Rev. J. Herbert Miller, Dis
trict Superintendent, will conduct the
morning service at the Hertford
Methodist Church on Sunday, March
4th, the Rev. B. C. Reavis announced
today. In addition to preaching the
morning sermon, the Rev. Mr. Miller
will also hold regular quarterly con
ference, following the morning wor
ship. Communion will also be observed
at the Sunday services, the Rev. Mr.
Reavis stated in issuing a cordial
welcome to the public to attend all
services.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
Mrs. Marvin Lee Simpson has re
ceived word that her husband, Mar
vin Lee Simpson, AMM 3-c, has ar
rived safely somewhere in England.
After serving 33 months duty,
he-is stationed in England for base
doty.
Public Urged to Give
Generously; Drive to
Run Through Mar. 15
Necessary supplies for conducting
the 1945 Red Cross War Fund campaign-
have been handed out by Mrs.
R. S. Monds, chairman of the drive,
and county solicitors have begun the
task of raising $5,200, the amount
the American Red Cross has given
Perquimans County as its 1945 goal.
The Perquimans drive, under the
direction of Mrs. Monds, and Miss
Frances Maness, co-chairman, direct
ing the efforts of the rural solicitors,
will continue until the goal has been
readied, but officials of the local
chapter are hoping that response on
the part of the public will be so great
i that the drive may be clfmpleted by
j March 15.
Every street in Hertford and every
i community throughout the county has
a lied Cross representative collecting
j funds for Jhis year's war fund and
residents aie urged to give generous
ly in order that Perquimans County
; may continue its record as being
among those achieving their goal.
, The solicitors, according to the chair
man, will make a house-to-house can
vass ami K'isons are urged to make
their contributions when the solicitors
call the hist time, thus savinir the
i canvassers additional
the same territory
trips back to
As during the past two years, the
Red Cross is combining this War
Fund drive with its annual roll call,
and thus the amount to be raised in
Perquimans is considerably higher
than the quota un.Jil be if only rou
tine maintenance funds were needed
by the Red Pro s. Despite the fact
that as the war continued the job of
the Roil Cross has grown in scope,
both .is to materials needed and fur
nished and aid to the wounded, Per
quimans is asked to contribute only
the same amount of money raised last
year. This means that the public
must increase their contributions in
proportions to the amounts given in
roll rails if the county is to success
fully meet its 194") Red Cross War
Fund nal.
?atricia Stephens
fVeds David Fuller
In a quiet but impressive ceremony,
Miss Patricia Leonard Stephens,
daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Patrick
Leonard Stephens of Hertford, be
came the bride of Ensign David Dowd
Fuller, CSA'K, :cm of I.. H. Fuller
and the late Mrs. Fuller of Wake
Forest, on Saturday evening, Febru
ary 24th. The Rev. B. C. Reavis,
f l pastor of the Methodist Church, per
j formed the ceremony.
The vows were spoken in the at
tractively arranged living room of
the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. John
son, the room being decorated with
white gladioli and fern. The cere
mony was witnessed by members of
, the immediate families and a few
friends.
Mrs. Fuller is one of Hertford's
most popular young ladies and is em
ployed by the Farm Security Admin-
istration. She is a graduate of Per
218 quimans High School and Atlantic
4-H i Christian College, Wilson.
! Mr. Fuller, prior to his entry into
the Navy, was a member of the Per-
j quimans High School faculty and was
1 also athletic coach at the local high
school. He is a graduate of Wake
Forest College.
Funeral Held Sunday
For Mrs. E. T. Forehand
Mrs. E. T. Forehand 71, died at
her home on Route Two last Friday
night at 10:30 o'clock, after an ill
ness of more than a year.
She is survived by her husband;
two brothers, Jim Trueblood of Hert
ford, and Joe Trueblood of Great
Bridge, Va.; one sister, Mrs. C. H.
Bishop of Columbus, Ga., and three
grandchildren.
Funeral Bervices were conducted on
Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, at
the home by the Rev. J. M. Smith,
assisted by the Rev. A. ff. L. Steph
enson. Legion In Important
Meeting Friday Night
The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of
the American Legion will hold its
regular meeting at the Agriculture
Building in Hertford on Friday night
at 8 o'clock. i
Post Commander Shelton G. -Chappell
urges all members of the Post
to attend this meeting as some very
important business will be brought
to tht attention of the local post.
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