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' Volume XII. Number 10.-
Hertford, Perquimans County North Carolina. Friday, March 9, 1945.
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co;,iissio;;ers via eet march 19
AS BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AfJD REVIEW
Board Votes $100 to Red
Cross; Draws Jury For
April Term Court
J. W Ward, register of deeds and
clerk to the .Board of bounty Com-
hilsBiomjra, announced this week that
the Commissioners will Bit as a
Board of Equalization and Review,
beginning March 19, for the purpose
of reviewing any complaints about
valuations of property recently listed
for taxes, and make adjustments if
any are justified.
The Commissioners held" their regu
lar March meeting last Monday,
during which they voted $100 to the
Perquimans Chapter of the Red
Cross for the current Red Cross War
Fund drive,, and drew the names of
36 men for jury service at the April
Term of Superior Court.
' A delegation representing Colored
residents appeared before the Board
f .and requested assistance in the es
tablishment of a library for the
Negroes of Perquimans. The spokes-
- -man for the group stated that his
' Committee had made a survey and
had discovered the heed for such a
: library knd stated that it will be
necessary to construct a building to
house the project. The Board of
Commissioners offered assistance, but
-.' requested $ie group to appear before
,v the body at -Us next meeting with
more concrete plans than were pre-
tented Monday.
Two complaints on conditions of
: roads ia the county were registered
with the Board and Mr. Ward was
-authorised jto notify the State High
way Department regarding the com
plaints. The Board drew the names f the
, iollewinf men to serve at jurors at
the April Term of Superior Court,
which convenes here on April 16th :
J. K. Batnight, James Stokley, W.
C Barelift, C- M. Winslow, J. O.
Whit. T, p. White, J. H.-Corprew,
Jr, Wallace Bright, Wayland Howell,
F., B. ChappelL J. C. Baccus. Jarvis
:: Ward, Lawrence Tc-we, Odell Baccus,
jesse morgan, warren Spivey.' l. A.
White,'!. H. flPowe, Melvln Newnold,
J. R. Askew, IS. A. Owens, JRoger
dren, Matt Mathews, Ralph P. White,
WiUard Hurdle, W. E. Russell, Z. A
Harris, Harry Thatch, W. W. Hen
dricks, Bertie Smith, W. T. True
blood, Ralph Proctor, James C. Wins
low and John R. Baker.
I. & Campen Killed
In Auto Accident
Monday Afternoon
Residents of Edenton and through
out this section we're shocked
early Monday afternoon to learn that
Joseph Greene Campen was almost
instantly killed in an automobile
wreck about 1 miles west of Nash
ville, only a few hours after he left
Edenton for Raleigh. At the same
time Mrs. Campen, Mrs. H. B. Jones
and a granddaughter, Ida Kay Jor
dan, were also badly injured.
The accident occurred when the
' party encountered a downpour of rain
whjeh more or less blinded Mr. Cam
pep who was driving. He was trav
eling only about 20 miles an hour,
- buj suddenly realized that he was off
thl highway the left side. As he
- , endeavored ,to cut over to the right
idj of the road the car began skia
1 din en the slippery dirt and toppled
do a high embankment Death
Waa eauMA hv tntMrntl tntnm'aa mhn
Cmmm'm inert 1 vu kmmi
: wai brought to Edenton Monday
- night, , . - ' .;
" ' Mr.' Campen was 67 years old, be
' iaj bora in - Beaufort County and
reared in Washington. .As . young
man he went to Hertford, whera he
, wa engaged in the lumber ' business
. and wml there married Mrs. Campen,
the' former Miss Ida Ward. He then
went to Kinston to contiiiue his work
lea 1 6)11 IiiwiKai knoftintta eknvl ' 1a(a lia
entered the jewelry business. Twenty-
lour years ago ne movea to uaenton,
'.where he has successfully, operated
. Campen's Jewelers. -
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' survived by pne daughter, ' Mrs,
- Skinner Jordan of Elisabeth City,
- three sons, Joseph Campen of-Jack-
sonville, Fla, and H. Allison and Sid
ney S. Campen ; of .. Edenton. His
mo.her, Mrs.. Jesse Campen, of Hert
fori, also survives,: as well aa:;si
' -D. C, and six brothers, Howard and
i Charlie Campen of Wilmington, N. C
Ca''e Camr't of Richmond.
Va,
Jes-e Carrrea of Norfolk, Va.
Ca rcn of Portsmouth, Va.,
Ja s Cc... . ..1 of U-i..2x4, ;
Don
and
I. S. Metier Named
Solicitor Of Court
J. S .McNider was named by the
Board of County Commissioners on
Monday to serve as solicitor of the
Perquimans Recorder's Court to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation
of C. R. Holmes. .
Mr. Holmes resigned the position,
following his acceptance of the posi
tion as District Rental Agent for the
OPA, but has been serving as the so
licitor, pending action by the Com
missioners. Mr. McNider, a former judge of the
court, accepted the appointment early
this week and will begin his duties
at the next jterm of the Recorder's
Court.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Troops of the U. S. Ninth Army
captured Cologne, fourth largest
German city, Tuesday, : following
heavy fighting in the break through
to the Rhino. After driving the
Nasis back to the river, only token
resistance was offered for the city
which fell, in what some commenta
tors state termed surprisingly easy.
A report stated that a huge bridge
at Cologne cf still available for foot
page ee)f Rhine River, but
this is not confirmed. The Germans
mostly retreated, back to the eastern
side of the river and now that the
news of the push by General Patton's
Third Army to the rifer is confirm
ed, .practically all of the German
territory .west of the Rhine is in
Allied hands.
Patton's Third Army opened its
oiacKout, rusnea forward Zo miles m
30 hours, capturing several towns and
more than 1,500 prisoners, including
a German general and his staff. Atl
other points along the front, Cana
dian and British forces are mopping
up positions north of Cologne, and the
American Seventh Army is driving
ahead at the southern part of the
front. Prime Minister Churchill, af
ter a trip to the front, stated that
one more big push from the Allies on
both the Eastern and Western fronts
will end fhe war in Europe.
Reports state that the Russians are
massing their forces for a drive on
the city of Stettin, after having split
the German forces in the Baltic area
Into three divisions. This action
wiped out any possibility 6f a Ger
man attack on the Russian flank fac
ing Berlin. Reports from Berlin say
that the Reds have completed re
grouping of troops on the Berlin
front and an attack on the Nazi cap
ital may be expected.
Fierce fighting continues on the
Island of Iwo Jima, where the re
maining Jap soldiers are fighting
like caged animals. The three U. S.
Marine divisions have gained terri
tory in the heavy fighting, but at
heavy loss. The American forces
opened a' new drive to knock out the
remaining Japs, using heavy artil
lery anf bombing to rout the Japs
from hiding places.
Despite his: own statement that he
"rejferjsd lus present office as .Comp
troller - General ' some Washington
sources believe that Lindsay Warren
will be named at Judge of th U. a
Court for the First District, to suc
ceed Judge Meekintv Several candi
dates have been put forward Tor the
nominations, but ; - the concensus of
opinion if that Mr. Warren cn have
the post if he will accept the ap
pointment. - i .
The question of who would be
given the task of heading top tne
largest lending agency in thf U. S.
was answered this week when 'Presi
dent Roosevelt appointed Fred Vin
son to the post as Federal Loan Ad
ministrator. This post was formerly
under the supervision of the' Secre
tary of Commerce, but was separated
from the Commerce Department prior
to the appointment of Henry Wallace
as secretary. v '; . -
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ymm'&k as. met
THlAAFiOON; ...
' The tyoman's $ociety 'of Ch'ristian
Service, of the New Hope Melodist
Church met" on Thursday afterr Ton at
2 o'clock, at the church,; with a good
ly number of the meinber pre nt.
Red Cross War Fund
Dnve Moving Along
At Gratifying Rate
Incomplete Returns
Show Response to Ap
peal Is Good
Perquimans Red Cross War Fund
drive, which opened March 1 is mov
ing along at a gratifying rate, it was
announced today by Mrs. R. S. Monds,
Jr., chairman of the 1945 campaign.
Reports received early this week,
mostly from solicitors working:
house-to-house in Hertford, as well as
business establishments, were tco in
complete for a record of the amount
already collected, but several contri
butions from business concerns as
well as individuals show the response
to the appeal for funds this year is
good, and the officials of the. Per
quimans Red Cross Chapter are hope
ful that the county quota of $5,200
will be met by March 15, the day an
nounced as the closing date of the
drive.
Solicitors named to conduct the
canvass throughout the rural areas of ,
the county, under the direction of
Miss Frances Maness, co-chairman,
are again urged to complete the can
vass of their territories as rapidly as
possible and make reports to Mia
Maness. The inclement weather at
the beginning of the week no doubt
held back the task somewhat, but the
drive leader urges that the job be fin
ished as soon as possible.
Perquimans County has always met
and, in the majority of cases, over
subscribed every quota given the
county in all the various drives, and
the importance of carrying on the
Red Cross work, both at home and
abroad, during this war makes each
person responsible to see this cam
paign does not fail.
The $5,200 quota of Perquimans
this year is ' about the same as it
was last year and it is believed that
if each contributor will make every
effort to increase his or her donation
in proportion to the amount given
for neace time auotas this county
will soon be able to announce the Red
Cross War Fund has been raised.
A report on the amount collected
will be published as soon as reports
from all districts are made to the
chapter officials.
Navy Personnel And
Town Officials Meet
For Utility Confab
Residents of the Hertford Housing
Project and representatives ' of the
Town of Hertford held a mass meet
ing in the Court House on Monday
night for the purpose of ironing out
a number of complaints which have
been registered regarding so-called
high utility rates paid by the resi
dents occupying the houses.
The Navy personnel registered com
plaints on the variation of the bills
from month to month and reported
op checks Navy electricians had made
on the power lines serving the unit
Mayor V. N. Darden, Clerk W. G.
Newby and F. T. Britt replied for
the town on questions directed by the
residents, and regarding the type of
equipment, utility rates, and possible
variation jf service.
A request that the residents of the
houses be granted a special rate for
utilities was voted by the town offi
cials, .
- Asjde from some explanation re
garding the type of electrical equip
ment in use in the houses, little, was
accomplished during the two-hour
meeting, except that local officials
agreed to check ' transformers used
for the project for. possible leaks in
power. It was the concensus of opin
ion of most that the high utility rate
being1 paid by the residents of the
housing project was caused by the use
of a hot water heater, which some of
the speakers thought might be defec
tive. ;
RateB for the houses are somewhat
higher than those paid by other resi
dents of Hertford, but each house in
the project is equipped with more
electrical appliances than used in the
majority of homes in town.
Recorder's Court
In Recess Tuesday
; Perquimans County Recorder'
Court was in recess this week and all
cases on the local docket were con
tinued 'over until the : next term of
court, on March l3.. Both Clerk of
Court W. H. Pitt and Patrolman
Charles Payney chief witness in most
of the cases, were out of town on
Tuesday. ,, r - . -
Indians Meet South
Mills In Opening
Round Tournament
lxcal Squads Favored
To Capture Honors In
Basketball Meet
Perquimans' Indian Squaws won
their way into the semi-final round
of the Albemarle rural basketball
tournament, to be played Friday
nitflit, by overwhelming fue South
Mills ifirls 30 to 6 in the opening
round of tourney play on Wednesday
night
The local girls, in defeating South
Mills, displayed an excellent brand of
floor work, passing and shooting, and
from the opening minutes the out
come was never in doubt. The
Squaws gained a quick lead and con
tinued to pile up their points, while
holding South Mills scoreless.
The Squaws were ahead 17 to 0 at
half time, and counted six more
points in the third quarter, while
South Mills made 3. In the rinal can
to the Squaws tallied seven points
nd South Mills hit for three. The
final score was Perquimans 30. South
Mills 6.
Perquimans High School's basket
ball teams, champions of the Albe
marle Rural Conference, face the task
of defending those honors in the Al
bemarle tournament being held this
week-end in the Central High School
gy.'ii, near Elizabeth City. v
The Indians and Indian Squaws
drew the hard route in the schedule
set for the tourney last week. Both
teams meet the South Mills' teams in
their opening round. If the Per
quimans girls win the opener played
.Wednesday night they will play the
Winner of the Weeksville-Poplar
Branch game, and the winner of this
game will, no doubt, play the Cen
tral girls in the final round for tour
ney honors.
According to the dope, which is
sometimes easily upset, the Indians
should win from the South Mills boys
and then will play the winner of the
Moyock-Poplar Branch game in the
semi-finals. Central appears to be
the favorite in the lower bracket and.
no doubt, will play the winner of the
top bracket semi-finals for the tour
ney championship.
The Indians play the South Mills
boys at 8 o'clock Thursday night.
SouWi Mills, while holding a poor re
cord in the conference race just clos
ed, is a well-developed team and has
a strong offensive that must be stop
ped before the team is beaten.
Miss Marian Morrow
Weds Charles Payne;
Ceremony AtTarboro
A wedding of wide interest to
their many friends in this community
took place Tuesday afternoon at Tai
boro when Miss Marian Morrow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Morrow, of Tarboro, became the
bride of Charles Payne, son of Mr.
and Mrs. C. L. Payne, of Lake Land
ing, N. C
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. Robert S. Hough, pastor of
the Howard Memorial Presbyterian
Church, at five o'clock at the church,
which was beautifully decorated with
evergreen and gladioli.
Miss Morrow, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a grey
suit with black accessories and car
ried a showered prayer book.
Miss Katheryn Morrow, sister of
the bride, was maid of honor. She
wore a platinum suifr-with matching
accessories and carried a nosegay of
mixed spring flowers.
Clyde Fentress of Elizabeth City
was best man.
Mrs. Payne was formerly employed
In Hertford with the Farm Security
Administration and is now employed
at Elizabeth City by the U. 8. Em
ployment Service.
Mr. Payne is a resident of Hertford
and a member of the State Highway
Patrol.
After a short wedding trip the
couple will make their home in Hert
ford. Following the ceremony the par
ents of the bride entertained at a re
ception for the bridal party and out-of-town
guests, which included the
following local persons: Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Pitt, Mrs. W. H. Oakey,
Mrs. H. C. Sullivan and Miss Frances
Maness.
&IRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mtv and Mrs. Roy E. Hoffler of
Brooklyn, N. Y. announce the birth
of f daughter, Diana Jacqueline, born
Feb. 16th in Brooklyn. Mr. Hoffler
who is the son of Mrs. W. E. Hoffler
I1 vtationed somewhere in the Phili-
PHW witft the V, 8. N. K, ,
NEW DIRECTIVES RECEIVED BY BOARD
TO EFFECT FUTURE DRAFT CALLS HERE
Large Numberlen iXS-E
To Be Called Mar. 28
Perquimans County's draft board
has been ordered to call up 25 white
men for induction on March 28, ac
cording to Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk
of the board, who stated that the call
was received here on Tuesday.
This call is the largest received
here for several months and follows
the placing of a large number of reg
istrants in 1-A, who previously had
been given their prc-induction exami
nations and later deferred for occu
pational duties.
The registrants who will fill this
call have not been splected as yet by
the local board, but names will be
made public at a later date, when or
ders to report are mailed out.
Pitts-Fields Vows
Spoken At Methodist
Church Tuesday P.M.
Miss Maude Jeanette Fields, daugh
ter of Mrs. George Ervin Fields, and
Guy Wesley Pitts, Jr., Lieutenant
(jg) USNR, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.
W. Pitts of Jonesboro, Arkansas,
were united in marriage on Tuesday
I afternoon at 5 o'clock, at the Hertford
Methodist Church. The pastor, the
Rev. B. C. Reavis, performed the
double ring service. The church was
decorated with palms, ferns and white
gladioli.
Miss Kate Ulanchard, urganist,
rendered a program of nuptial music
with the traditional wedding marches
being used. Miss Frances White,
soloist, sang "O Perfect Love" and "I
Love You Truly."
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her brother, Edgar M.
Fields, wore a wedding gown of ivory
slipper satin, fashioned with a yoke
of sheer marquisette appliqued in
seed pearls and silk braiding, long
sleeves tapered to points over the
hands, basque bodice buttoned down
the back, with the fullness of the
skirt forming a round train. Her
finger-tip veil of imported illusion
fell from a coronet of orange blos
soms. She carried a bouquet of white
losebuds, centered with a white
orchid.
Mrs. Vincent F. Hill, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor. She
wure a gown of aqua taffeta and net,
made with sweetheart neckline, brace
let length sleeves, scalloped basque
bodice of taffeta and bouffant net
skirt with talleta applique. She
wore a heart-shaped headdress of
aqua illusion, caught with matching
streamers, and carried an arm bou
quet of mixed Spring flowers.
Mrs. Morgan V. Walker, also a sis
ter of the bride, was bridesmaid.
She wore a gown of orchid taffeta
and net, made like that of the ma
tron of honor. She also wore a
heart-shaped headdress of orchid il
lusion, tied with matching streamers
in the back. Her flowers were an
arm bouquet of mixed Spring flow ers.
Jack Symons, cousin of the bride,
lighted the candles.
Edgar Fields, Jr., nephew of the
bride, was ring bearer. He was
dressed in a Naval officer's uniform,
similar to the groom's.
The best man was Lieut, (jg)
A. D. Carlyle, of Banana River, Fla.
Ushers were Lieut. R. V. Thursby,
Lieut. Louis P. Orr, Warrant Officer
J' o e" and Lieut Bennie Smith
Mrs. B. C. Reavis was mistress of
ceremony.
The bride's mother wore a dress of
navy blue crepe, appliqued in white
with matching accessories. Her cor
sage was of pink roses.
Immediately following the cere
mony the bride's mother entertained
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Talk On Indian Lore
At Piney Woods Sunday
t.1"8' fn?" Ck' who lived ann
tribes of Western Indians for a num
ber of years, will speak on Indian
Lore at the Piney Woods Church on
u2r morninS' was announced
today. Mrs. Cook will speak, fol--lowing
a program to be presented by
chZH f y01" ladies of the
WS Th. HW 010 Indiana Went
f', The Pf08? wil1 fol,w im
mediately after the close of Sunday
School at 11:80 o'clock.
ne pastor, the Rev. B. H. Millikin,
Will offer a special message at th,
it cordially invited 'to attend.
1ABr" .
Directives received during the past
week by the Perquimans County Se
lective Service Board will no doubt
have effect on all future draft calls
received here. According to the di
rectives, the local Hoard has been told
to review the classification of all
registrants aged 18 through ;i7 and
to be lenient in deferring farmers 26
through 29 and older, but unless in
cases of extreme hardship, registrants
18 to 26 engaged in farming should
not be deferred. In a meeting last
week the Perquimans Board, as a re
sult of these directives, placed a
large number of young farmers in
class 1-A, who were previously de
ferred because of occupation.
Another new proceedure will be set
up for a new age-group, among other
things, as well as tightening the
granting of deferments for all men
between the ages of 18 and 29. Men
in this irroun. in order to be aefer-
I able, must have a new Form 42-A
Special Revised certified by a gov
ernment reviewing board which has
jurisdiction over the industry in
which the registrant is employed.
The new age-group includes men
;tf to 33, inclusive, and they will be
subject to approximately the same
regulations that formerly applied to
the 26 to 2J group. Those from 33
to 38 are deferrable if they are en
gaged in an essential industry.
Another new proceedure the local
board announces is the policy of
granting appointments for hearings
before the local board. Heretofore,
registrants or their employers have
just appeared at the local office on
nights the board met, but in order to
gain a hearing from now on a regis
trant, personally, must apply at the
draft office for an appointment for
such a hearing, and he will be noti
fied of the date when the board will
hear his appeal. This proceedure is
expected to save work for the benefit
of I ol i the board -and the registrants
in saving time at hoard meetings.
The board has also been notified
t" be very strict in deferring men
aged 2d through 2'.), unless engaged
in fanning or other essential jobs.
These directives were explained to
members of the local board by a re
presentative of State Headquarters,
at a meeting held last Friday after
noon. (ISO Volunteer Class
Meeting Held In
Edenton Wednesday
The thirf! of a series of USO Vol
unteer courses, being conducted by
the Hertford and Kdenton USO
Clubs, was held at the High School
building in Edenton on Wednesday
night, under the direction of Kenneth
Dale, of the regional USO office. A
large number of volunteers at the
Hertford club attended.
Mr. Dale's topic was USO and. the
Role it is Playing Today. Following
the discussion, certificates of merit
were awarded volunteers who had
served as many as 100 hours and pins
were awarded those having served
200 hours.
The following local volunteers will
receive certificates for 100 hours of
service: Doris Byrum, Ramona Div
ers, Ruth Elliott, Marjorie Forehand,
Inez Hampton, Myra Layden, Lillian
Rae Perry, Pauline Reavis, Lucy
Spiyey, Mary Jane Spruill, Frances
White, Barbara Winslow and Nancy
Zachary.
Those receiving pins are Margaret
Divers, Buena Mae Godwin, Sybil
Skinner, and Ruth Tucker.
The last meeting of the series will
be held in Edenton on next Wednes
day night at 8:15 o'clock, at which
time a forum, led by one of the
leaders of YMCA-USO, will be con
ducted. The program at the local USO for
the coming week includes another
Cabaret night club party, which prov
ed to be so successful during Feb
ruary for Friday night. The party
tonight includes soft music, excellent
refreshments and dancing, and all
service personnel are invited.
A community sing, led by Mrs. R.
M. Riddick at the piano, will be held
on Saturday night, and Sunday will
be observed with open house.
A candy pul! is scheduled for Mon
day night and on Tuesday hobbies
will be the subject for the evening.
Informal games for all service men is
scheduled for Wednesday and movies
on next Thursday.
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