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...,f.,j -.-. j.,,', - if S WEEKLY .V:' ATZmt:n!7EPAr3R DEVOTED TO THE UPBUIiamO OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Vclumcr XLL dumber 117 7-Hertford, Perquimans Countys North Carolina Friday, March 16, 1945. $1.50 Per Year. MAN ti .9" Ji . .v, - ' r i- - f. miftii: suT-nCTT-tfl tw thro ttitetttolf THIS WEEK'S 1IMKES i U. 8. troops of the First Army have widened the Rhine bridgehead i it Remagen, following unsuccessful -a;,1 attempts oy -vne uermans w juiu , (at the bridge by planes and artil 1 hjry fire. Reports state the Amerl $4ans have widened the bridgehead to ' fifteen miles and have rushed some 70,000 troops and their equipment in ' to the breach. The Americans are bow only two miles froMfciftfaert supeMiriiway "leading to Cologne andFi4kfort.r-l3ewhejfrioii the r western front. wMch has Veen rela- x lively. 4fAt& in comparison ;tti the : fighting of last week, American ThinLttml Ninth? Armies continue their pressure on i the Rhine River area. Berlin renorts that pontoon bridges save been installed by the "river. Russian troops n the Eastern some 100,000 front' have cornered Germans into a pocket in the Danzig gector, and continue to apply pres sure on the front directly facing Berlin. Moscow claims the capture , of Kuestin on the road to Berlin, but this claim is denied by Berlin. The Nazis report Red troops have been massing huge supplies and men for the final push on the Nazi capital. In the Pacific area, American Ma- rinea are pushing ahead on the island of Iwd Jima, and have captured all "but the last 1.00Q yards of the tiny battlefield. American planes and warships have been throwing bom bardments at the remaining Japs in connection with the mopping-up pro-1 ess Two other smaller islands w iwu were uimjn over mis weeK uy American lorcea. Allied warplanes have played a heavy role in the fighting this week. Planes in the Pacific have bombed the three largest Jap cities and left miles of devastation Jh the wake. Fires burned for days in Tokyo,': Nagoya and Osaka, -all nit by at least 800 superferte m three days. ' In Europe the Allied planes, hampered some .what by x weather conditions, have maintained -ft cover for the Rhin bridgehead, as well as protected the bridge itself, and continued to lay waste to German 'oil, industrial and transportation centers. - A report released Wednesday indi cate that many Allied military offi. dale beMev hr Germans will quit the war early this summer. The Nazi morale has dropped to the point where, the German will cdhtlnue to aght for position, but once by-passed they surrender, evidently havin; no desire to t escape or , carry on the fight, the report stated. , ; - Fire Earns Brooder " -And SCO Baby Clicks Fire, early Tuesday morning, com pletely destroyed a, brooder house and 300 baby' chicks, owned by Freeman Long, on the Harvey Point road. ' k The Hertford Fire Department Was called to the scene to help fa pre - venting the blaze spreading to other nearby buildings. No estimate was made of the loss; but it is under- . stood the owner carried insurance on NthelKiilding.-:' V t -'-' -.- AYr.TN'S DAY SUNDAY l ' AT OAS CROVB CHURCH - Laymen's Day will be observed Sunday r-ring at 11 o'clock at the CU i !" octet Cjr.':. Tl - .yr lt V. i. WfewMtMt CfiSta ea VZSl'UN FBCWT-ttrow t2l .nfti Cai TOURNAMENT; DOWN Local Cagers Display) Powerful Offensive to Win Title Perquimans High School's power ful basketball team became the first team ever to win the Albeniarlo Ru ral Conference Tournament two straight years, by downing a deter mined Central team in the final game of the 1946 meet last Saturday night by a nine point margin, 29-20. Coach Max Campbell's Indians came from behind during the first quarter to score seven points while holding Central to one lone basket in the second period to gain a 13-11 ad vantage at half time. From then on the Indians maintained control of the game at all times and the Pas quotank team-Was unable to cope witn the superior, power of the local net- The Indians, led by the offensive trio, Npwell, White And Wilson, tal lied six points in the third period to Central's four. During this canto Dan Kerry, stellar guard of the Indians, twisted his ankle, but remained in the game to stop Central's star for ward( Sivis Wood alao held Central's Bridgeman scoreless. The third chukker ended with Perquimans holding a four point lead 19-15. Central's offensive failed during the final period and 'the Indians racked up a total of ten points while the host school tallied five. The In-' the host school tallied five. The In Idians were ahead 11 noints with two minutes remaining of the games and they coasted to their second rural conference championship while Cen-' tral strived in vain to overcome the, Indian lead. Joe Nowell, top performer for the Indians throughout the tournament, scored 12 of Perquimans' points, White racked up. six and Berry tal lied six, Wood counted for three points and Wilson two. Sivills was high point man for Central with 7, Alley tallied 6, Davis 5 and Bridgeman 2. Following the final game of the tournament the committee in charge chose the All Tournament team and Joe Nowell and Daa Berry, ace nat ters of the Perquimans team, were elected to the group, as were Sivills and Davis of Central and Mann of Manteo. Joe Nowell, who was high scorer of the tournament, was select ed as the outstanding player in the meet v The -Indians, classed as the out standing team in the tournament by virtue of their season's record of 12 wins against four losses, fron the right to meet Central in the final (Continued oh Page Two) jfiayl'Mcfjrivc'J InCoiintryFrL'l Mrs. Hazel White of HertforoVre ceived a telephone message from her husband, Ray White, who received a broken ankle in France last NV mem ber, who announced he had lanaed at Newport News from a hospital iir England. Mrs. "White, visited her husband during the past weekend. Mr. White was transferred jlo .the Battery General Hospital, Romrl Ga., early this week for $ further ttreat mentviWiWy Jife -Si M .';' He entered the. -armed fojcef(!three years ago and has been overseas, at tached to General Patton's I Third Ar: -y for the past IS months. if tor being Injured last November he pent e s t'ie in hoppitats in both Tng ! I , -.at 3 l.rr.re being .hip I ' r.-J,: "J, m '!,(l. IWN Pnblto UUonfc of the 7th Armored DlvUlon md fnm Bmaage CENTRAL IN FINALS Poor Imitation F.ditor Max Campbell has bee fooling a few people this week handing them a money bill and ask ing for a dollar's worth of change! The bill is a phoney printed by tfci Japanese government for use in thf Philippine Islands, and was in drear lation until U. S. troops ran the Jap out of circulation The money appears similar to th, U S. one dollar bill, but on close examination it fools nobody. Th local editor received the Jap souvej- nir from Sgt. F. B. Holtey, one of Hertford's Negro soldiers now in the islands. War Bond Sales Hit New High In County And State In Feb. Perquimans County and the State of North Carolina made an excellent record in the purchase of war bonds during the month of February, ac cording to a report received here this week bv R. M. Riddick. chairman of the county war finance committee. Series E bonds purchased during the month amounted to $16,829, which was slightly over the quota, and the report showed that in the State a total of more than 11 mil- lion dollars was invested in Series E, F and G bonds, for an oversub scription of the State's quota by one and one-half million dollars. Total sales in the State amounted to $11, 489,305. Ninety-one out of the 100 counties in the State made or exceeded their February quotas, according to the re port. Mr. Riddick stated he has been no tified that tiie seventh war loan drive will start early next month, and the sale of series E bonds will continue through June 30, but definite infor mation on the dates for the drlye and the, types of bonds to be offered, other , than series E, F and G bonds vi ill be made later. The over-all, quota for the coming drive will be the , same as during the sixtn war loan drive, however, half of the. quota for the next drive has been set up in series E bonds. This amount is seven billion dollars, fend the Treasury Department is urging the public to invest more and more dollars in war bonds, to help pave the way to final victory. Joseph .H. Stalllngs Wins Broifafc Star Joseph H. -StalUngs, son of Mrs. J. H. Stalling oT Belvidere, has been awarded1 the Bronte' Star Medal, ac cording to word wceiyed here. The citation was made by the com manding officer for heroic achieve ment in a battle in France on Janu ary 2, 1948. ; : The citation read: 4 "During Ijie night when the enemy launched a" counter-attack which brought th4 conyany command post under ;direct fire, Sergeant Stallings unhesitatingry and without regard for his own safety raced across the street under'; fire, mounted ' his tank . and placed effective machine gun fire on the German position; ;;;By his quick thinking and heroic action he was influenttat in - pinning down the at tacking enmy until the balance of the tanks in his platoon were fully manne l." A -, , f-', - Recorder's Court Cases Prosecuted By J. S McUider Tuesday Docket Con sumes Entire Morn ing Session J. S. McNider assumed his new duties as County Prosecutor at Tues day's session of Recorder's Court, when ten cases were disposed of be fore adjournment at noon-time. Much time was consumed in dis posing of a neighborhood squabble involving six Negroes living hetween Hertford and Winfall, which ended by a 14-year-old defendant being turned over to the juvenile curt for action as the only guiltv person Hazel Hayes and Clara Miller were found not guiltv in the case charg ing assault with a deadly weapon McKinley Hayes was turned over . to juvenile court for striking the pro- j secuting witnesses with his fists. J. I). Aydlett was taxed with court costs after pleading guilty o a charge of speeding. Court costs were assessed against the prosecuting witness, Jasper .Jor dan, in two cases charging Kula Thach and Winfred Jordan, colored, with assault. Horace Modlin was ordered to pay I the costs of court for being drunk. Fenton Bembry and Wilson White, Negro youths, were remanded to the juvenile court on charges of setting fire to a school building. John Blanchard entered a plea of guilty to reckless driving and was ordered to pay a fine of $30 and court costs. Leland Ward plead guilty to a charge of reckless driving and was fined $30 and ordered to pay costs of court. Will Fauntleroy, Negro, was found guilty of possessing non-tax paid whiskey for sale, and was fined $75 and ordered to pay court costs. Clyde Smith entered a plea of guilty to driving drunk and was or dered to pay a fine of $75 and costs of court. Two cases were continued jintil the next term of Recorder's Court. Fire Wards Defined To Avoid Confusion Mayor V. N. Darden this week re - ( ieased a description of the fire wards within the Town of Hertford for the purpose of clearing up a point which seems to be causing some confusion among the residents of the town. Some months ago the fire officials of the town rearranged the fire wards and in the process reduced the num ber of fire wards from six to four. The new division places all of the town east of Covent Garden Street in Ward One, all of that part of the town between Covent Garden Street and the railroad tracks south of Mar ket Street is Ward Two, all of the part of town between Covent Garden Street and the railroad tracks north of Market Street is Ward Three, all that part of the town west of the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks Is Ward Four. In notifying the volunteer firemen when a fire is reported the sirta is blown to designate the ward by the following manner: In case the 41re is located in Ward One, the siren blown one long blast, followed by one abort blast; if Ward Two, It blows one long blast and two short blasts, so on up to one long and four short blasts for Ward Four. When the siren blows just one short blast it is a signal that the firemen are being called out of the town, and it does not designate a local fire. Funeral Held Tuesday For Mrs. Mamie Farmer ifrs. Mamie Hobbs Farmer, 68, widow of the late Tom M. Farmer, died at the home of her son, A. M. Farmer," in Norfolk Sunday morning following a long illness. Funeral services Were conducted at the Lynch Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. John T. . Byrura, .pastor of the Bethel Church. During the services the Hertford Baptist choir sang "Jesus Savior, Pilot Me." S&u Margaret Pearson sang "Sometime We Will Understand.,, Surviving are three sons, Thomas of Norfolk, J. T. Farmer of Elizabeth City and, Raymond Farmer of Hert ford two sisters, Miss Laura Elliott and (Mrs. Ed Stalling?. .Pallbearers were E. Y,' Berry, Moody Mathews, Vasti Proctor,, Jo seph Procter,' Willie Lane and War ner, Madrtv -Burial was in the Bethel Ceme " . -l y' v REPORTS SHOW COUNTY AT HALF-WAY MARK IN DRIVE FOR RED CROSS FUNDS Correction In reporting the meeting between Town authorities and residents ot the Hertford housing project, rela tive to utility rates, The Weekly pub lished last week that a reouest for a special rate for the houses was voted I U.. 4-V. T,.m Till, mna in oi-mr 3 the Town refused to consider the pro-1 posal. Our report hould have been I VETOED. The houses in the project, because of the several appliances used, have their utility bills figured on the stove rate, which is somewhat less than the regular and commercial rates also used in figuring local util ity bills. Indian Squaws Lose Final Tournament In a heart-breaking game that was lost in the final two minutes of play, the Perquimans girls' basketball team lost the final game in the Rurar Tourney last Saturday night to the Central girls by a one point margm, 18 to 17. The final girls' game was a nip and tuck affair from the openmg whistle until the final second with both teams striving for a commanding lead. Central opened fast to gain a 5-2 advantage in the first period, but the Squaws came back strong in tt,e second to tally five points while hold ing Central scoreless for a 7-5 mar gin at half time. During the thlnf quarter the Indians increased their lead to four points, having a 14-10 lead at the beginning of the final canto. The Indians continued to hold a slight lead throughout the game until the final two minutes, wiien Central gained a one point advantage after scoring a basket which w.-s counted and tossing in n luul snot which put them ahead 16-17. The In dians had two attempts to score in the final few seconds, but tight guarding by the Central guards pro vented the attempts from being suc cessful. In their semi-final round with the Weeksville girls, the Squaws outshot i their rivals to win b' a ive 'J"inl margin, 2U to 24. Weeksville gained a four point lead in the first period and was ahead 7-:i, but the Squaws rallied during the second canto to score 7 points to the Weeksville team's 4 and were behind only one point at half time. In the third peripd the Squaws found the hoop for the total of ten points while Weeksville hit for six and the Squaws assumed the lead 20-17, never to lose the advantage. The final score was 29-24. Anne Mathews, star guard of the Perquimans team, was chosen as a member of the All Tournament team for the second straight year, and won the honors as being the second best outstanding girl player in the meet. Willie Mae Mansfield, Mildred Webb and Polly Smith, other members of the Perquimans team, also received votes for the All Tourney team but not enough to win places on the honor squad. Draft Call For Seven Negroes For April 26 The Perquimans draft board has received a call to order seven .Negro registrants to report for prelnduction examination on April 26, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the board, announced Monday. This is the first call re ceived for next month. Two calls for induction for the 27th and 28th of March are on file at the local office and selectees to fill these calls will receive ' orders within a short time. The call for March 28 fa for 25 white selectees to report for induction. Ration Board Passes On 23 Tire Permits Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk of the local Ration Board, stated Monday that 23 motorists were issued certi ficates for the purchase of new tires by the Board at its last meeting. Passenger type certificates were issued to T. C. Story 2, George Bon ner 1, Joseph D. Weaver 1, J. E. Twine 1, Sim Burke 1 L. L. Earn 1, Charles Wiljiford 1, J. I. Lowe 1, Texas Company 1, G. H. Chappell 2, H. H. Caddy 1, W. L. White, Jr., 1, u u. winsiow l. M. M Snivev 1. W. H. Mathews 1. Claud Lnn i. fi w .Riddick 1, Bill Fowler 1. J. C Jes- sup z ana jonn u whrt,z Few Solicitors Have Made Complete Re ports of Canvass Perquimans County's Ked Cross War Fund drive reached the half-way mark on Wednesday morning, when Mrs. K. S. Monds, Jr., chairman of e 'irive reported a total of $2,608 had been turned over to local i . i oa . me amount reported this week represented contributions collected by the majority of the solicitors within the Town of Hertford. Only four community solicitors in the rural areas had made reports up to that time. Miss Frances Maness, co chairman in charge of the neighbor hood contributions, stated she ex pects reports from all of her can vassers by Saturday of this week, and when these reports are in the total should stand somewhere near the county's quota. The amount listed above does not include any report, either, from the colored division, which usually turns over a goodly sum in the Red Cross drives. The initial gifts, contributed to ward the 1945 Red Cross War Fund, amounted to $950, arcording to Mrs. Monds, which represents about one fifth of the goal. The Red Cross drive opened here March 1, and the leaders planned to close the campaign by March 15, pro viding the quota was met, but the report this week indicates that the drive must be continued until the to tal $5,200 is raised. It is expected that as soon as all solicitors have made their reports and the children have had an opportunity to total the contributions, a better idea on the progress of the drive can be seen. Miss Maness today urged the rural solicitors to complete a canvass of their territory and to make their re ports not later than Saturday of this week. All solicitors are urged to continue the canvass for Red Cross funds to enable the county to meet this year's goal. - it Health Department To Conduct X-Ray Clinic March 23rd An X-ray clinic for Perquimans County will begin next Friday morn ing, March 23, at the Health Depart ment offices in Hertford, at 9 o'clock. X-rays are to be made on that date and also on Monday, March 26, ac cording to an aniHuncement made this week. "Everyone should consider him sell responsible," a health official selves responsible," a health official stated, "to be sure is free from tuberculosis, and everyone5 should realize the necessity for Tl! tests and X-rays, especially so when the latest death rate for Perquimans County is 61.4 per cent for every 1UO thousand persons, as compared with a national rate of 41.9 and a State rate of 39.7. On Saturday, from 9 to 12 o'clock, TB tests will be given persons who would like to determine whether or not they need an X-ray. If the tuber culin test is positive, arrangements will be made for the person to have an X-ray made during the clinic at the local office. It was announced that a moderate fee would be charged for an X-ray. USO Training Class Concludes Course Miss Florence Williams, assistant director of the Norfolk USO recrea tion building, was the leader of the final class of the USO training course conducted by the Hertford and Eden ton UISO, which was concluded at Edenton last Wednesday night. The meeting was well attended by local GSO girls and hostesses who volunteer their services at the Hert ford USO. Edgar J. Hill, local USO director, anounced this week that beginning Monday, March 19, at one o'clock, the Enlisted Wives Club will meet at the Agriculture Building to hold classes in sewing and cooking, under the direction of Miss Frances Maness. These classes wjll be held every Mon day at the same hour. The program at the USO for the coming week includes a St Patrick Day dance Friday night, a community 5lnri.,!?der wcWro of Mrs. R. M. Riddick oil Saturday night, Hobby Night on next Tuesday and another community sing next Wdnesday under the direction of Miss Margaret rearson. , 'y '.; 5 ? 5 : -A : P.;