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'X-h-feT - 'ivW ' - ' $ s I URBAN is nnraa; l'tcpapii deyoted to ran otduad'hbbto and perquimans county. Volume XII. Number 29. Hertford, Perquimans County, Mprth Carolina, Friday, July 20, 1945. $1.50 Per Year. K Jl V 11 j II m II . 7 A' I" tV f v If1 THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES , Powerful forces of the U. S. Navy's Third Fleet, without meeting oppo sition from the Jap Navy or air arm, have struck devastating blows at the Japanese mainland during the past week. Thousands of U. S. planes have rained bombs down on Jap tar gets, seriously damaging the pro duction capacity of the Japs and) .playing havoc with Japanese home supply lines. One U. S. officer has been quoted as saying that there is not a single target left in Japan worth a 1,000-plane attack. Peace rumors have begun to break fre quently and the latest is that Stalin has been approached to offer the sub mission at the Big Three conference. Following heavy air attacks on the main targets of Japan, U. S. battle ships have moved within six miles of the Jap coast to blast Tokyo with big guns. Other ships have made similar surface attacks against oth er Jap cities. There has been no report of any Jap resistance to the attacks. Only a few Jap planes have been reported seen in the air. A report from Washington stated that President Truman has drafted peace terms for the Japanese, and irriportant events may be foreshad owed by the announcement that the President has cancelled any sight seeing of Europe at the close of the Big Three conference and will re turn to Washington immediately, The terms, reportedly, drafted for the Japs, are about the same as those handed the Germans. One official stated that the terms call for the oc cupation of the Jap mainland by U. S. forces. The Chinese army continues to ad vance against retreating Jap troops in China areas, and a report Wed nesday stated that Jap puppet gov ernments in Indo-China are going over to the Chinese forces. The Chinese have retaken several impor tant seaport cities this week. Aus tralian troops, under the command of General MacArthur, are pushing for ward in Borneo and have captured additional air fields and oil centers. President Truman, Churchill and Stalin opened the meeting of the Big Three conference this week at Potsdam, Germany, and are expected to iron out the problems confronting the Allied Nations, and make plans for keeping the peace. President Truman was invited to preside at the conference, which is expected to con tinue for about three weeks. One of the important items expected to be discussed is the part Russia will play in the Japanese war. Russia's entry into the war in Asia would no doubt hasten the final victory over the Japs. ' Ration Board Issues Tire Permits To 38 Thirty-eight local motorists were issued certificates for the purchase of new tires, at a meeting of the Perquimans Ration Board last Sat urday, Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk of the Board, reported Monday. Passenger type permits were is sued to Wade Jordan, E. J. Hill, C. H. Warwick, G. C. Fordyce, J. F. Coffey, W. E. Miller, 2, 0 T. Wins low, 2, Dewey Perry, Jr., Rev. G. W. Gaines, A. B. Elliott, 2, E. Y. Berry, George Eure, Claude Wil liams, E. L. Moore, 2, R. B. Thatch, Clarence Vick, 2, Grant Dail, W. E. Bagley, N. S. Hurdle, E. C. Chappell, G. H. Hunter, 2, Lawrence Towe, 2, Ruth Stokes, 2, Harlan Hurdle, W. C. Morgan, E. E. Layden, 2, Alice Futrell, lalph Miller, J. M. Fleet wood, Jr., D. M. Jackson, 2and W. C. Evans! Truck type: Board of Education, 6; J. H. Corprew, Jr., .2; William Cartwright, J. H. Towe, 2; L. L. Lane, 2; Gailey Chappell, 2, and Hollowell Bros., 2. Combat Engineer Arrived In Florida Pfc. Henry Bright, of - Route 2, Hertford, was among the first of 50,000 returnees arriving in Florida from the European. Theatre of Oper ations. .The returnees were flown in from various parts' of Europe by the Army Transport, Command. . Bright, a combat engineer, spent 83 months in Chechoslovakia, has nine battle stars, wears the Purple Heart, and shared a Distinguished Unit. Citation. - COTTAGE PRAYER SERVICE - V L- The Cottage Prayer- Service, spoiv L sored by the W. M. U. of the Baptist - Church will be held , on the , river V shore, ' back of the home of . Mrs. ' ' 'Bessie Brinn next Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. AU ladies of the ' community are invited to attend. The ' jrorrrst will be in charge of the ' tr ' " Circle No. Two. ' . - Eleven White Men To Leave July 24th Registrants Failing to Notify Board of Ad dress Change Eleven more Perquimans County white men will leave here soon to become members of the armed forces. Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local draft board, stated early this week that orders to report for induction into the armed force, liave been mailed out to Ernest Morgan, Sid ney Blanchard, Henry Belch, Russell Willis, James Miller, William El liott, Horace Cartwright, Robert Hollowell, Floyd Monds and Joseph Corbett, Jr. The men will entrain for Fort Bragg Tuesday morning, July 24, thus filling the final draft call for this month. A large number of registrants, listed with the local board, are vio lating the Selective Service law, ac cording to Mrs. Sumner, by failing to notify the local draft offices of any change of address. The law calls for every registrant to notify the local board of any and all the changes of address made by the reg istrant. Each week a large number of letters, addressed to local regis trants, are returned to the office marked unknown at address or moved. v Registrants who fail to comply with the law by notifying the board of any change in address may be listed as delinquent and their names turned over to the FBI for action. Registrants may notify the board of their address change by dropping the draft office a card showing the old address as well as the new one. mi ... inus iar, one can nas been re ceived for the board to fill during the month of August. Ten Negro registrants wil be called up to under go their pre-induction examinations on August 8. Aged Nep Couple Observe Anniversary Perquimans County's oldest mar ried couple, Thompson C. Cunning ham, a former slave, and his wife, Anise Skinner Cunningham, recent ly celebrated their 72nd wedding an- n'versary, Members of the Hertford Colored Methodist and Baptist Churches gathered at the home of the couple and tendered them a party in honor of the event. Besides serving ice cream and cakes, the guests honored the old Negro couple with other gifts. Thompson C. (no one seems td know what the C stands for) says that he is 101 years old, but his mar riage certificate, which is believed to be in error, gives his age as 94. His wife is 91. They were married June 12, 1873, here in Perquimans County. He also says that he was born a slave in Guilford County in 1846, and he remembers his age be cause his master died in 1858, at which time he was 12 years old. He was farmed out in 1857 and worked for two years and at the out break of the War between the States he went to work as a servant at a hotel in Greensboro. It was while working there that he learned to read and write. Later he came to Perquimans County with a group of former slaves, who were employed by a planter in this county. He met and married Anise Skinner, and dis covering that she could not read or write, he sent her to the first Negro school established in the county. However, Anise says she soon tired of the schooling and dropped out of the classes. , Thompson farmed and preached as long as he was physically able, but now he is completely blind in one eye and partially blind in the other. The couple's sole income is the,)? money they receive from Old Age assistance, through the Perquimans Welfare De partment. Of this they say, "We don't know what we would doivithout it Of course our friends re all mighty kind and help us greatly, but it is a relief to know that we will receive the old age assistance each month." . - The couple had no children of their own, but reared a foster sqn, who died many years ago. Recorder's Court ; Recesses This Week ' Perquimans County's Recorder's Court was' in recess, this, wc, due to the. illness of County Prosecutor J. S. McNider, Mr. ; McNitQ was taken ill suddenly , Monday, evening and was ordered to remain quiet for a few days. , t. tV . i' ' Baptist Leader To ' Speak Here Sunday ; Dr. I. G. Greer, head of the Bap tist orphanage work of North Caro lina, will be the guest speaker at the morning worship hour at the Hert ford Baptist Church on Sunday, jvy 22. Dr. Gree- is known throughout the State as an outstanding lectttrr and statesman, and a cordial invita tion is issued by the Rev. H. "G. Dawkins for all members of the church and friends to attend the ser vice. Christian Youth Week will be ob served at the church from July 29 through August 5. Services will be conducted each night during the week by the Rev. Norfleet Gardner, of Henderson. The church urges full co-operation from all members of the church for this program plan ned as a great Crusade for Christ among the young people. All youths of the community are invited to take part in the services. Local Seaman On Battleship New York In Okinawa Fight Aboard the Battleship USS New York in the Pacific: Calvin J. Lane, seaman, second class, Route 2, Hart ford, N. C, came through the battle for Okinawa aboard this battleship, without a scratch, helping fire more than five million pounds of shells at enemy targets. This tonnage ex ceeds that fired by all ships combined during the invasion bombardments of Tarawa or Makin, Roi-Namur or Eniwetok. One of the grand old ladies of thet fleet, the New York celebrated her 31st birthday during the battle. The only capital ship to stay on the job without relief, she kept lier 14-inch and 5-inch guns firing salvos at is land targets steadily. The men spent the equivalent of two solid weeks at their air defense stations during the more than 200 air raid alprts. One Jnn nlnno mario an unsuccessful suicide run through' a hail of anti-aircraft fire, but crash- ed harmlessly intothe sea. Not. 4ie Jap bomb, torpedo or' artillery' shell found its mark on the ship, although all were tried. Credit for much of the effectiveness of the ship's firing goes to the ship's spotting planes which flew an estimated 50,000 miles on missions over the island, searching out targets. The history of the New York dates from her commissioning on April 15, 1914, and spans two world wars. In World War I she served as the flag ship of a battleship squadron sent to reinforce the British Grand Fleet in the North Sea in the fall of 1917, and she remained there until the German fleet surrendered. During the present war she par ticipated in the invasion of North Africa, saw convoy duty in the At lantic, and took part in the Iwo Jima campaign. Hn..jn. 'MJ. WMI mllllll.limmiTTPP Names Prize Winners Members of the War Finance Com mittee met Monday night for the purpose of tabulating the sales of Series bonds by individual solici tors during the Seventh War Loan to determine the winners of the prizes offered by the committee to adults and school children at the opening of the drive. After checking over all applica tions received and checking on the sales of applications, it was revealed that Mrs. W. E. Lane, of the Bethel community, had sold the largest amount in E bonds and she was de clared the winner of a $25 war bond. Central Grammar School carried off the honors among the contests staged by school children. Violet Winslow won a $25 war bond for topping all other school children in E bond sales, and Clarence Chappell, Jr., of the same school, won $6.25 in war stamps for selling the second largest amount of E bonds. Annette Cannon, a student at the High School, was top salesman for that school and she won $6.25 in war stamps for the best record among high school students. R. M. Riddick, chairman of the committee, stated that the prizes will be handed the winners within the next few days. The names of three local residents who purchased E bonds during the campaign and were omitted from the list of the 1800 club were announced today as Robert Brinn, David Fuller and Mrs. David Fuller. . Masons meet Tuesday . ' The regular meeting of Perquimans Lodge, No. 100, A. F. ft A. M., will be held Tuesday night in the lodge room at tne uourt House, au mem bers are urged to attend. . ' 4-H Club Program Saturday Afternoon At Agriculture Bldg. Crowning of Health King and Queen; 45 Signed For Camp Climaxing the health contest held in this county recently among mem bers of the 4-H Clubs, the crowning of the king ana queen of health will take place at a program on Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the Agri culture Building in Hertford. Claire Hunter and John Wilmer Chappell will receive the honors as Lou Lane, all runners-up in the Perquimans County. Dr. William Bailey, District Health Officer, will present them their awards. Katie Gray, Harold Colson, 1'at Phillips, Bill Hail, Mary Beth Perry, Willis Proctor, Francis Onley and Nonie Lou Lane, all runners- up in the contest, will serve as health attend ants at the meeting Saturday. The public is invited to attend the pro gram. Miss Frances Maness, County Home Agent .and director of 4-H Club work, announced this week that plans for 4-H Club members to at tend the annual camp to be held this year at Jamestown, Virginia, are ra pidly being complete. Forty-five local 4-H Club members have signed up to attend the camp. They will join with other members from Pas quotank, Chowan and Camden coun ties in the camporee. The children will be under the county agents and! home agents. Those from this county who will attend the camp are: Milton Onley, Lawrence Sutton, Sammie Sutton, Dickie Baker, Calvin Butt, .larvis Winslow, Gerald Gregory, James Robbins, Harold Colson Charles Stallings, Winston Lane, Wnite, tiruce Chappell, Donald Hop - kins, Clinton Winslow, Milford Cope- land, F'ete Mathews, Willis Proctor, Albert Eure, Paul Smith, Francis 0nl-ey' John chaPPell, Horace Lay- ff"' Archle Lanp. Carroll liaker, Mildred By rum, Mary Sue Cooke, damage may run as high as 2o per Non! Lou Lane, Mary Beth Perry, i cent. Some damage is reported to Amy Van Roach, Anne Bray, Sarah soy beans in the lowland areas, but Ownley, Earlene Morse, Carolyn as a whole, this crop seems good. Mathews, Marvina White, Kay Stan- A report issued this week by the ton, Ethel Elliott, Laura Hopkins. .V. S. I). A. Bureau of Agriculture Catherine Baker, Sybil Lane. Delma stated that rainfall in this area Hurdle, Carolyn Hurdle, Willie Mae amounted to about two inches be Chappell, Frances Winslow and twcen July 8 and 14. but this amount Juamta Davenport. The group will leave here on An- gust fi and the camp will continue through one week. Woodland Society Met With Mrs. Benton Woodland The Woman's Society of Christian Service of Woodland Methodist Church met on Wednesday, July 11, at the home of Mrs. Jack Benton on Route Three. The president, Mrs. Earl Hollowell, called the meeting to order. The roll ra"eu e.me "SW er- roil and the ml,,utes of theithe main auditorium with only th previous meeting were read and ap proved. During the business session a committee was appointed which was Mrs. Ashby Jordan, Mrs. Ralph Harrell and Mrs. Russell Baker, to decide on the August meeting, which will be held in the form of a picnic. Mrs. Russell Baker then gave a very inspiring message, using as her topic "Open Doors." She was assist ed by Mrs. Ashby Jordan, Mrs. W. M. Mathews, Mrs. Ralph Harrell, Mrs. Earl Hollowell and Mrs. Luther Booth. Mrs. Earl Hollowell dismissed the group with prayer. The hostess then sevred ice cream and cookies to the following mem bers: Mrs. Earl Hollowell, Mrs. Ernest Cartwright, Mrs. Russell Bak er, Mrs. W. M. Mathews, Mrs. W. H. Cartwright, Mrs. Odell Cartwright, Mrs. Luther Booth, Mrs. Harry Winslow, Mrs. Lowery Cartwright, Mrs. George Jordan, Mrs. Ashby Jordan and Mrs. James Harrell, and one visitor, Mrs. Eddie Harrell. Lumber Mill Repairs Slowed By Weather A. W. Hefren, general manager of the Major-Loomis Lumber Company, stated early this week that weather conditions had slowed down the pro gress of the work of rebuilding the company's fuel house, destroyed by fire two weeks ago. He added that it now appears that operations at the mill will not be re sumed for about three weeks. The mill, it was reported, can not operate without the fuel house. GUEST SPEAKER H. G. Thach will be the guest speaker at the regular monthly mis sionary service of Bagley Swamp Church,. on Sunday, July 22, at 8:80 o'clocJt. The public is cordially, in vited to attend the service. 4ft.l Rotary President Names Committees W. H. Hardcastle, president of the Hertford Rotary Club, ..amed the membership of the various club com mittees for tlw year, at a meeting of the group Tuesday night. Dr. A. IS. Uonner heads the Club Service committee and other mem bers are R. M. Riddick and Dr. C. A. Davenport; the Community Service committee is composed of Max Campbell, W. H. Pitt, F. T. Johnson and William Murray; Vocational committee, ('. P. Morris; V. N. Dar den and K. L. Winslow, and the In ternational Service committee is composed of A. W. Hefren and the Rev. I!. C. Reavis. The club met at the Colonial Tour ist Home for its last meeting- and it was announced that next week's meeting will be held at the same P'ac'- Crop Outlook Good Despite Heavy Rains During Past Week i The plan the local citizens wish to Perquimans County's crop pros-1 adopt is for the changing over of the pects remain good, despite continued 1 cluh from a national agency conduct heavy rains during the past ten days, ' ed club to a community conducted L. W. Anderson, County Agent, re- operation, organized and operated by ported Wednesday morning. The a responsible committee of local peo biggest problem facing the farmer is pie. The groups interested in re obtaining sufficient labor to properly ! taining the club rooms for use by cultivate all crops. While the heavy service men met Tuesday night and rains drown out some crops, espec- j named a committee composed of ially in lowlands, the soil moisture : Mayor V. N. Harden, the Rev. B. C. increased over the previous dry spell Reavis and A. W. Hefren to contact and it is believed that this condition ! regional officers of the USO with tends to he more beneficial than! the proposition and to learn what damage caused. i steps need to be taken to retain the The rains greatly improved the I project here, early corn crop and a good yiei.i is' It was explained at the meeting on now expected from it. However, late, Tuesday night that there is a possi corn was badly scalded in many parts' bility, if the plan is approved by the of the count v and this crop is re- ! Regional I'SO directors, that finan- ported not so good. Cotton, seem- Kohbyingly, is in good condition, although , there remains some danger from the j boll weevil which may have dev eloped , during the wet spell. There is some ' danger to the peanut crop, due to grass co ' sufllcient nditions. and unless labor is to clem- out the et:,ss the was increased considerably with down pours of Sunday, Monday Tuesday. .- tin Vesper Services At Methodist Church Vesper service at the Hertford Methodist Church last Sunday p. m. was well attended and all at 7 those The present were deeply impressec service was dire(.ted from the rear of electrically lighted cross and candles and the large open Bible on the altar. Ruth Tucker, president of the Young People's Department, did the presid ing; Barbara Winslow read the Scripture; Joan Trueblood was solo ist; the prayer was offered and an nouncements made by the pastor, and Pauline Reavis guided the meditation most impressively. Howard Pitt, Jr., Lindsay Reed and Archie T. Lane, Jr., acted as ushers. The program for next Sunday evening promises to be an interesting and helpful one. Chaplain Miller of the Harvey Point NAAS will be the guest speaker and other interesting things are being planned. All young people and adults are invited. The months of July and August have been designated as Young People's Religious Emphasis Period and the young people will have charge of ves per service each Sunday evening. A banquet for them will be given at the church next Tuesday at 7:30 and a splendid program is being prepared. The regular morning worship ser vice will be conducted at 11 A. M. as usual and the Church School will meet at 9:45 A. M., but the vesper service at 7 will take the place of the regular evening worship service and the young people's fellowship hour. Homecoming Day At Bethlehem Church A Homecoming Day, scheduled for July 29, will be the highlight of a revival service to be conducted at the Bethlehem Christian Church be ginning July 22 and running through July 31. The Rev. D. W. Davis, of Washing ton, N. C, has been secured as guest evangelist for the entire series of meetings and the public is cor dially invited to attend all services. AU members and friends of the church are urged to attend Homecoming services. the Movement Launched To Retain USO Club After Base Closes Project Would Be Com m unity Conducted With National Aid A movement to retain the Hert ford USJ U:ib in operation here in the event that the Naval Air Station at Harvey Point is closed In the near future was launched this week by members of Hertford's two civic j clubs, the Rotary and Lions, and other interested citizens. At the present time, the question oi me i. mi i nil, continuing in opera tion is uncertain, due to the status of the local base. Kdgar J. Hill, lo cal l:S() director, has stated that no doubt when attendance of the I'SO by Harvey Point men drop to a cer tain figure and the Club is no longer needed to carry on for local service men, the National USO will with draw from the field and the club may be closed entirely. cial assistance will be given the club by the national organization when and if the change in operation is made. The amount of this aid will be determined by the national group, but it is believed that sufficient funds will he available to operate the club under the communitv conducted plan without having to funds locally. The group was regional officials sulci' the questiol Hertford I'SO at held next week. raise additional informed thai the no doubt will con i of closing the a meeting to be However, if orders are issued for the closing, a period of about sixty days will elapse be fore the building is returned to its landlord. In the event the Regional USO officials approve the steps tak i en by the local committee, the club will continue to operate in the same building, as a I'SO, under the pres ent lease of the National I'SO or ganization. ! The movement was launched here with the purpose in mind of provid- I ing a meeting place for service men stationed at nearby bases, who might at various times visit the town. Similar clubs, as the one proposed, for Hertford, are now in operation at Williamston and Plymouth, neither of these towns have bases located nearby but do have large numbers of service personnel visiting the towns dailv. Son And Grandson Of Edenton Editor Drown F. E. Bufflap, .SI, and his son, F. Kdwin, Jr., 9, son and grandson of J. Edwin Bufflap, of Edenton, former co-owner of The Perquimans Week ly, were drowned in the Edenton Bay last Saturday afternoon, and the elder Mr. Bufflap narrowly escaped, himself. The trio, along with W. E. Man ning and his son, William, Jr., of Williamston, were starting on a fishing trip when the boat they were using capsized and the father and son drowned before they could be rescued. The other members of the party barely escaped with their lives, two having been taken from the water in an unconscious condition. Due to the tragedy, operations in the print shop of The Chowan Her ald, of which Mr. Bufflap, senior, is editor, and in which The Weekly is printed, were curtailed this week, making it necessary for The Weekly to publish only a four-page paper. Many news items and several adver tisements were omitted from this is sue because of the lack of space. These items will be carried in the next edition. L. B. Sitterson New Secretary Of Lions L. B. Sitterson has been elected as secretary of the Hertford Lions Club, replacing Sidney Blanchard, who re signed to answer a call to the armed forces next week. The new secretary took over his duties last Friday at a meeting of the club. R. R. White, new Lions president, named the members of the various I club committees at the last meeting. a" 'if 5