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5 s, t fit w WEEKLY T1 J a.'';T7EZILZ irC7aPAPEH DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY, VolumaXII --Number 27 ' t Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 6, 1945. $1.50 Per Year. L Trail T7i, IrTTnTrv. TT TTTTV77 A T TlTi i - :m m n w a sr. cou; TY TOPS ALL PREVIOUS DOFiD DRIVES III SEVHIfll; Si'LES f.MTIIAfl MILLION Present Campaign to Close at Midnight on i Saturday 14- With war bond sales topping the million dollar mark, the Perquimans War Finance Committee Is closing the most successful war bond cam- - paign conducted here since sale - drives started in 1941. R. M. Riddick, chairman 'of the group, announced Tuesday that the sale of E bonds during the Seventh War Loan totaled $140,685.75, or slightly more than the $130,000 quo ta. Sales of all types of bonds had - reached the high figure of one mil lion, twenty-seven thousand nine hun dred and ten dollars. The chairman pointed out that the Mighty Seventh War Loan will not close until midnight Saturday, and that all sales made up to that time will be counted on the total sold in Perquimans. He urged all county so licitors who have applications for bonds, not yet reported, to turn them in by, tomorrow, so that the bonds may be issued and tallied during the ' Seventh War Loan. It was explained - that the excess sales here in Perquimans County will go toward - helping the State meet its quota for this' drive. Sev eral counties of the State are lagging in bond sales and the State's showing ' will be made by adding the total sales made in. all counties, Mr. Riddick again expressed his appreciation to the people of the county for their cooperation with the ' War Finance Committee in making the Seventh Loan a complete success. He said, "We have done it again. We have maintained our leading position among the counties of the State in putting over bond issues and have helped make possible the financing of the war program" against the enemy, Such response surely will help to has ten victory, Persons who, joined the 1800 Club during the past week by purchasing a 1100 waf snd were! George Jack son, Mrs. George. Jackson, Archie T. Lane, Jarvis Winslow, Leo Merrill, Mrs. ' Gertrude Moore, J. J. Moore, Lucille Anderson, . Carol Anderson, Thomas Anderson, Fye Anderson, jOixelaiJSLk WhjywsrUeJEU White, Charles E. White, Jr., Mrs. Hattie Symons, John Jolliff, Wilma Jollift and Dr. C. A. Davenport. A meeting of the War Finance Committee is expected to be held some time - next week for making a final check of sales during the drive and determining the winners of the prizes offered at the opening of the campaign. The winners will be an nounced as soon thereafter as pos sible Specialist To Give Demonstration Here Howard R. Garriss, - Extension Plant Pathologist from North Caro lina , State College, will spend Wed' neaday, July 11, in Perquimans Coun ty and will assist in conducting two peanut dusting demonstrations for the control of peanut leaf spot and leaf hoppers. Mr. Garriss has been supervising the peanut dusting pro gram in North Carolina for a number of years, all during the experimental stage, and is welt qualified to advise farmers relative to dusting peanuts. There is no longer any question about the importance of dusting peanuts or the profits to be derived from the practice. It not only increases the quantity and quality of the nuts pro duced but also increases the quantity aiid quality of hay produced. A dusting 'Semonstration will be conducted on the farm of Freeman Long on Route 1, about one-half mile south of Hertford on the Burgess, road, Wednesday morning-, July 11, at 10 o'clock (war time) Another dem onstration will be held on the Nixon farm in Old Neck community (oper ated by "Floyd Matthews on. Route 3 at 2 o'clock in the afternoon on the sain date.;'; The public is invited to Attend either or. both of these dem onstrations and Mr. Garriss will be glad to explain ; the details of the program and answer any questions about peanut dusting.' Peanut grow ers should learn , all they can about dusting peanuts as it is profitable, in expensive and ' requires little, extra labor. Recorder's Court In Recess Tuesday . '" " Perquimans , ?, Corintys . Recorder Court was In recess this week due to the absence from the city, en busi ness, of Judge Charles E, Johnson. ' All eases set for hearing this week were continued until the nextC, term ?ot court, July 10th. , . ' County Council Meet Scheduled For Saturday The July meeting of the Council of Perquimans County Home Dem onstration Clubs will be held Satur day afternoon, July 7, at 3:30 o'clock in the auditorium of the agriculture building, Miss Frances Maness, Coun ty Home Agent, stated today. In addition to the business session, fourteen 4-H girls will model dresses that they have made as part of 4-H Club work. Prizes will be awarded the winners in the dress contest. Following the meeting refresh ments will be served by the 4-H CI db girls. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Between 450 and 500 American B 29s hit four more Jap cities in an air attack on July 4, raining down 3,000 tons of fire bombs upon vital indus trial areas. The bombing by the su perforts are not only causing havoc with Japan's industry, but reports show that the attacks are hitting the Nips' food supply. Tokyo this week announced another 10 per cent reduc tion in rations. Australian troops are advancing steadily with their attack in Borneo, and are nearing the important port of Balikpapan. The Jap opposition in the area is reported light. Two more airfields in this area have been captured i by the forces under the direct qtnmand of General MacAr thur. Japanese admit that Tokyo is practically wiped off the map, with only 200,000 of its seven million peo ple remaining within its charred lim its. American troops of the famed Sec ond Armored Division rode into Ber lin on July 3 to take over the Ameri Ameriean-newsmetr reported downtown Berlin was wrecked but some outlying districts are fairly well Intact. The Russians announced Wednesday that the body of Goebbels had been identified despite the efforts of SS troopers to burn the remains. Reports from Washington indicate that the United Nations charter, adopted at San Francisco, for setting up a permanent peace machine will receive a majority vote in the U. S. Senate. President Truman has urged the upper House to speed the vote on the proposal. Following the close of the San Francisco conference Secre tary of State Stettinius resigned his office and the President immediately named James F. Byrnes, assistant to President Roosevelt, to the post. The nomination was passed in the Senate within a few minutes. Harry Hopkins, for 12 years an aid to President Roosevelt, left govern ment service this week when he re signed a post as assistant to the President. Hopkins had recently re turned to this country from a confer ence in Moscow. President Truman accepted the resignation with regret. Eidon Vinslbw Home Eldon Winslow, gunner with the Army Air Force, arrived in Hertford Monday night to visit "relatives and friends after being liberated from an enemy prisoner of war camp in Eu rope. air. Winslow was reported missing in action March 25, but a short time later was reported liberated. He is the son of the late Mr, J and Mrs. T. R. Winslow and his aunt, Mrs. Rid dick Chappell, resides here. Ceiling Prices On , u sea tars iowerea Prospective used car, buyers were advised to look for the lower ceiling price tags on all used cars offered for sale, in a statement issued by OPA District Director Theodore S. John Johnson 'reminded buyers that ceil ing prices of all used cars were re duced lour per-ceht on July first, in line with OPA's policy of taking nor mal depreciation into .consideration. New ceiling prices wiM be figured to the nearest even dolhuyne said. Ceiling, prices on equipment fox which - extra charges itnay be made were also reduced fou per -cent at the same time, Johnson added. Local Army flu rse Lavson Hospital Lt. Katherine Stephens Bride of Lt Alvin C. Hall, U. S. Army A romance which began in the Fiji Islands three years ago culminated June 29 at the Lawson General Hos pital, Atlanta, Ga., when Lieut. Kar erine E. Stephens, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Stephens of Hertford became the bride of Lieut. Alvin C. Hall, of Birmingham, Ala. The ceremony was performed in Ward B of the hospital, where the bridegroom is a patient, recovering from malaria contracted in the Fijis and an amputated leg, -lost because of shrapnel wounds received on Luzon Island. The ceremony, performed by Lieut. Col. Eugene Alexander, chaplain at Lawson, could not have been more sacredly solemn had the vows been spoken at a cathedral altar. Anjd the musical prelude, "Because" and "I Love You Truly," sung by Sgt. Earl W. Printz, lost none of its tra ditional appeal in the setting of hos pital beds and tables where baskets of gladioli lined the "aisle." f As the wedding march began on a tiny portable organ, the bride, trim in her beige uniform and carrying an orchid bouquet, entered on the arm of Lieut. William Schellings, a patient at the hospital. The groom's bed was rolled for ward and the double ring ceremony was performed. The 29-year-old officer from Bir mingham, Ala., propped on his pil low, and the 28-year-old nurse from Hertford had too much to remember for gaiety, but the joy was there in their quiet smiles. Their war was won their war against malaria in the Fijis, against the enemy shrapnel that took Lieut. Hall's left leg at Luzon and the snip er's bullet in his right leg, which ifc now in a cast their war against time and distance. For Lieut. Stephens remained in the Fijis when her sweetheart was sent to New Georgia and on into the Philippine campaign, and then she was transferred to Walter Reed hos pital in Washington. But they wrote to each other every day for two and a half years, the bride said. They had become engaged within six months after meeting. And now, on leave from Walter Reed, Mrs. Hall will visit her husband every day while she is here, as he is unable to leave his bed. So they took the showers of rice and the impatient jibes of the guests, shouting, "When can we kiss the bride?" with quiet laughter. To gether they cut the wedding cake. And the wedding luncheon was hap pily eaten from hospital trays. Lightning Strikes; Plant Damaged The Town of Hertford and terri tory served with electric power by the Town was without power for ap proximately three hours Monday when lightning struck and damaged the municipal plant. The lightning struck the main line carrying current into the plant and burned . this line in half. The bolt set fire to a radio in the building and to a window frame. Town employees worked for more than two hours and finally restored electric power at about 2 o'clock Tuesday morning. The amount of damage at the plant had not been es timated by Mayor V. N. Darden pend ing further investigation of equip ment. OPA Chairman Urges Public To Use Mail For Prompt Service Persons in Perquimans County who apply for their gasoline, fuel oil, sugar and other rations by mail will receive prompt service from the War Price and Rationing Board, E. L. Winslow, chairman, said today. It is estimated that ten applica tions received through the mail can be processed in A.he time it takes to process one application made in per son, he pointed out. By sending a penny postcard to the War Price and Rationing Board, ap plicants will , save time, effort, shoe leather and tires', Mr. Winslow con cluded. . " PERQUIMANS LODGE WILL , MEET ON TUESDAY NIGHT Perquimans Lodge, No. 6, A. F. k A; will have a -Tegular meeting Tuesday night in, the Court House. AH members and visiting Masons are invited to be present American Legion To Install Officers At Meeting Fright V. N. Dardeni, . Com mander, Naitj.es Ap pointive Positions All members of the Wm. Paul Stal lings Post of the American Legion are urged to attend the meeting of the Post Friday night at 8 o'clock, at the Agriculture Building, during which installation services for new officers will be conducted. The officers, as well as delegates to the State Convention, were chosen at the Post meeting held in June. Delegates to the convention are J. D. Cranford, V. N. Darden and S. G. Chappell, with B. C. Berry, Charles E. White and W. G. Hollowell as al ternates. Officers chosen by the Post mem bers, who will be installed tonight are V. N. Darden, commander; J. R. Futrell, vice commander; R. R. White, vice commander; W. G. Hol lowell, vice commander; B. C. Berry, adjutant. The new commander has also an nounced the appointive positions and named the following members to those posts as follows: Finance of ficer, V. N. Harden; service officer, F. T. Johnson; assistant, B. C. Berry; guardianship officer, G. T. Roach; sergeant-at-arms, E. Lee Hurdle and Wayland Butler; chaplain, W. T. Wil loughby; historian, Carrol V. Ward; athletic officer, Cecil W. White, child welfare officer, Anderson E. Layden; Americanism officer, J. D. Cranford; national defense officer, Charles F. Sumner, Jr.; graves registration of ficer, J. A. Perry; employment offi cer, Charles K. White; Boys' State officer, J. Oliver White; Boy Scout officer, William D. Cox; membership chairman, Shelton G. Chappell; pub licity, I!. C. Berry; oratorical contest officer, G. C. Buck and chairman Sons of Legion, C. A. Davenport. Shelton G. Chappell is the outgoing post commander and he reported that at the end of June the total paid up -membership of the local post was H'i members. Baptists To Conduct Youth Revival Here The month of July is Youth and Home month in the Hertford Baptist nurcn. ine pastor nas planned a series of helpful messages which he will deliver at services during the month, leading up to the Youth Re vival, scheduled to begin the fifth Sunday in the month. The Kev. Nor fleet Gardner, of Henderson, N. C, husband of the former Mattie Macon White of Hertford, is to lead in this revival. The Rev. H. G. Dawkins stated, "We especially encourage the young people to attend church services each Sunday and we extend a special invi tation to the members to be faithful in attending all services and give their cooperation in making this month a forward step toward helping youth feel their responsibility to their church. 33 Motorists Issued Tire Certificates Tire certificates were issued to 33 motorists at the last meeting of the Perquimans Ration Board. Mrs. Hel en Davenport, clerk of the Board, stated Monday. Passenger type permits were issued to E. J. Proctor, W. E. Faulkner, W. F. Madre, G. H. Hunter, Dixie Belle Brothers, Roy Winslow, S.' H. Man ley, George Eure, Ray Baccus, R. B. Thach, Mary Ward, Mamie Stallings, Forest Felton, B. E. Emmons, C. D. Rountree, Mrs. T. S. White, M. M. Spivey, Margaret Pearson, William Beaman, E. W. Daughtry, Louis Nachman, J. C. Layden, J. A. Sutton, Sarah C. White, W. C. Morgan and J. F. Coffey. Truck type: J. W. Pierce, Elmer Chappell, Winslow Oil Co., Riddick & Roach, Perquimans County Schools, R. B. Thursby and Ashley Jordan. Notified Son Died In Germany April 1 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Blanchard re ceived a telegram from the War De partment last "Saturday notifying them that their son, William, died in Germany on April 1, this year. The family had previously receiv ed word that the youth had died on March 1, while located in a Nazi pri soner of war camp. The message re ceived' here last week was official and stated a letter of details followed. COMMISSIONERS SET TAX RATE FOR YEAR: NAME NET DELINQUENT TAX COLLECTOR Board Sets Date For Opening Of Schools School children must make the most of the remaining days of their summer vacation, for the Board of Education, at a meeting last Monday set the date for opening the county schools for the 1945-46 term Superintendent F. T. Johnson an nounced Tuesday that the county schools would open Monday, Septem ber 3, for the new semester, and bar ring unseen events, continue through out the nine months term. He added that he had received sev eral applications regarding the va cancies in the local school system, but ! to date none of the vacancies had been filled. Welfare Department Reports Increase In Payments To Needy As the State and its counties pre pare to go into another fiscal year, North Carolina public welfare agen cies look forward to even greater ac complishments in l!l4.r-40 than in the past year. During the past 12 months Per quimans County has increased its av erage payment monthly to needy aged persons from $9.59 to $12.00. The state-wide average has gone up from $10.67 to $12.50, according to Mrs. Sarah B. Perry, county welfare superintendent. In this county there were 94 per sons receiving old age assistance last June as compared with 101 this month. Perquimans County has increased its monthly average grant to families of dependent children from $24.1(i to $2(1.84 for the 19 families now receiv ing aid. A year ago there were families receiving this aid. A vear Rp-n thre were 91 nrivate i homes in North Carolina in which i ,.l,;i,l,.,., ,M 1, l,-.wlo,l tomnnrarlli- i icVilu .iri-Qiinnmunlt unrn lwilltr mlHl I for their permanent care. Now there L .91 h 00 ai(Ui, , , - her of them are in sonic of the more ....... ,i., .,.,(;t. Perquimans County has not estah- shed such a home within the past 'year but every effort is being made ; to provide at least one during the I eominK yar' Mrs- 1err.v Kai(l ,his ' week Mrs. Perrv said she had been ad vised by the State Board of Public Welfare at Raleigh that M9 of the 1H9 city jails and lockups had been in- j spected during the year along with all county homes and county jails. New Ceiling Price Lists Available At Ration Board Office Complete lists of the legal ceiling ; prices on all grades and cuts of meat, printed in a convenient size that will fold to fit the purse, have been received in a limited quantity at the War Price and Rationing Board, E. L. Winslow, chairman, said today. Housewives and shoppers may ob tain these lists by calling in person at the local War Price and Rationing Board or by sending a penny post card, he explained. "We are placing in the hands of consumers a simple -and powerful weapon to help smash black market in meat," Mr. Winslow said. Prices shown on the Consumer Meat Price List are the highest that may be charged regardless of the size of the store, he pointed out. "Housewives can immediately help relieve the maldistribution of meat and stamp out black market, simply bv refusing to pay more than the ceiling prices listed and by report ing all evidence of black market op erations to OPA," he said. The chairman also stated a supply of the new booklets containing price information for farmers, on certain food items offered for sale are also available at the ration office. Local Firm to Build Farm Equipment Plant J. C. Blanchard and' Company will shortly begin construction of a new building to house the sales rooms and repair parts of their farm implement business, it was announced here this week. The new building will be construct ed at the rear of their store on Church street. The original Blanch- ard's store, now situated on the lot, will be torn down and replaced by the new structure. Work on the building is expected to get under way about the first part of August. Tax Rate Remains at Same Figure; Minor Changes In Budget Perquimans County's tax rate for 194(! will remain at $1.50 per hun dred dollar valuation" as a result of action taken by the board of county commissioners at their meeting held Monday morning. W. F. C. Fdwards reviewed a ten tative budget, which is expected to be adopted by the board at a meet ing in August, based on the dollar fifty rate which showed sufficient returns to meet the county expense for the next fiscal year. The only change made in the bud get was a minor one, which deducted one cent from the fund for aid to dependent children and this was ad ded to the fund for the expenses of the Welfare Department. Largest item in the budget is the debt service fund calling for ninety cents of the entire tax rate. This is used to meet the interest and prin cipal payments of the county's in debtedness. The board named W. F. C. Ed wards as delinquent tax collector, succeeding Charles Whedbee who held the office until his death last week. No action was taken by the commissioners in naming an attorney for the county to fill thai fce also held by Mr. Whedbee. On motion it was ordered that the county would renew its contract with the State for the continuation of the Fire Control program in Per quimans, and it was ordered that the costs of this program, $1,200 an nually, be set up in the budget. J. W. Ward, tax supervisor, stated that the total valuation in the county had increased approximately two hundred thousand dollars over last year. The valuation is now approx imat.elv six million, four hundred j thousand dollars. Mr. Ward was authorized to re- (, quest uif .-iirttt: iiinimftv v.. i.. to close a certain road, leading off the Center Hill road, crossing the la,uls turn owned by Jack Sutton and to ver the land to Mr. Sutton. This action was taken on conditions ; promised at ..the time, the Center ! Hill road was hard surfacerl several years ago. The portion of road re- ; (uiested closed has no direct tramc and is not a part of the highway system. The commissioners also heard a complaint regarding the Lake road, in Parkville township, and were requested to urge the highway department to widen this road. Saturday Last Day For 4-H Clubbers To Sign Up For Camp Saturday, July 2, will be the last day for County 4-H Club members to sign up for the camp to be held at Jamestown, Virginia, August 6 through August 11, Miss Frances Maness, County Home Agent, stated Tuesday. Forty-two club members have al ready signed up to attend the camp, Miss Maness said, and there remains eight openings for 4-H Clubbers who want to attend the outing, which will be made up of groups from Perquim ans, Camden, Pasquotank and Cho wan counties. Each county has been allotted a quota of 50 members. The home agent stated that an ap plication fee of two dollars must be handed in at the time the application to attend the camp is made. Appli cations will be received through Sat urday at the home agent's office or at the office of L. W. Anderson, farm agent. Sweet Potato Show Scheduled Next Week J. Y. Lassiter, horticultural exten sion specialist from North Carolina State College will be in Perquimans County on Thursday morning, July 12, and will give a demonstration at 10 o'clock in the cultivation and "hilling" of sweet potatoes, using a plow with "vine turners" attached, on the farm of Clarence Chappell, Belvi dere, Route 2, near Lonesome Pine Service Station, about two miles northwest of Belvidere. Mr. Lassiter is a specialist in the production of sweet potatoes and will be glad to answer any questions rela tive to the problems involved in pro ducing, storing and marketing sweet potatoes. The public is invited, to at tend the demonstration and those farmers interested in the production of sweet potatoes are urged to attend.
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