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, 1 S WEEKLY t A V-IUr EWCPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUDUDIN OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COljNTY 1 ' - s - Volume XII.Nurnber31. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 3, 1945. $1.50 Per Year. -ft W X P1RQUIMAM .. Ami.' OMfcJ i -!trr Draft Board Orders Lien To Report For T1 Selective Service H(X-; pected to Continue . Through Next Year , Two contingents of Negro selec tees will leave here next week to fill draft calls for the month of August, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local draft board stated today. The first group, composed of 15 men will leave for Fort Bragg on August 8, where they will undergo preinduction examinations and the second group composed of five men will leave for induction in the armed forces on August 9. The group called up for preiiduc- tion examinations is composed of Kermit Winslow, Eugene Dail, Jr., Alvin Lee;, Benjamin Wilson, John nie Skinner, William Burke, William Lowe, Claude Winslow, John Royal, Frank Whedbee, Joseph Gordon, Booker T. White, Joshua Lilly, Carl ton Felton and John Lightfoot. The selectees ordered up for in duction are George Ellis, Cornelius Sharp, Johnnie Davis, Francis Over ton and Thomas Riddick. Prospects that drafting of men. into the armed forces will continue through 1946, despite any turn in the war with Japan were voiced early this week by General Hergey, head of the Selective Service, who told a group of Legionnaires in Indianapolis that Selective Service now plans on drafting 100,000 men per month through June, 1946. He stated large numbers of men are needed as re placements in the armed forces and , to help form the armies of occupa tion. The replacements would be for those men now being discharged from service. He added, however, that in the event the war with Japan term- . inated any time soon the quotas might be dropped below the 1,000 men per month mark. i. tJL.1 Volunteers Receive Awards For Service Local residents who served as vol unteer workers at the Hertford USO Club during the past year and one half were guests of the USO staff at an open house dance held at the club rooms Tuesday night. During the in termission the workers were present ed awards for their services by Edgar J. Hill, USO director. Mr. Hill announced that the groups, divided into GSO girls, Senior Hos tesses and Senior Hosts, were given awards based upon the number of hours served at the club. However, since the method of keeping -track of hours served was voluntary and sub ject to errors, it was possible that some volunteers may not have receiv ed credit for all hours worked. If volunteers failed to sign at the club on nights they served, it was possible that no credit was given. However, the awards were made on the basis of the records available at, the USO Club. Large USO pins were given men hosts who served at least 40 hours, small pin's to hosts who served a minimum of 10 hours and certificates to those who served under ten hours. Likewise GSO girls received identical awards' for 200 hours, 100 hours and under 100 hours. Senior hostesses were given awards based upon 50 hours, 22 hours and under 22 hours. Those receiving awards at the open house party and the hours, served Were announced by Mr. Hill as' fol lows: . , GSO Girls, 300 hours Sybil Skin ner. Buena Mae Godwin; ,200 hours, " Romano Divers, Marjorie Forehand, Lucy Spivey, Ruth Tucker, Mary Jane SpruilU 160 hours, Hasel Dale, Ruth ElKotV Ie flampton, Myra Layden, Lillian Em Perry, Barbara Winslow, Myrtle Winslow, Nancy Zachary; 100 ' hours, Doris': Byrum, ' Lib DaMen, I avrnrA I " Marie Fowler. Jovca Harmll. PanlfnA Reavis, vFlay Stalling; below 100 - hours, Nancy , Darden, Det EdwaTds, .Myrtle Elliott, Jayne v Griffin Eva s Harris, Evelyn Long, Rosa Lassiter, Christine Mathewi, Pauline Smith, ,C Ida Lee White, Mary: White,. Ruth v t Winslow, Peggy Felton," Helen Dvo rak, Harnett Lou Layden, Mary Jane ' T.-i M.. - J I-k.. LI hwmkk, nauci. juuu; aura- isvruvnyTv -t cnjuunwu mgu otiiuuj, aixuru' Faye White. - Senior . , Hostesses, 50-M hours ' Mrs. Joycetyri Applewhite, Mrs.: C. "A J Davehport;vll'''G.''E.FleIdv:JtfiH ' .Mary Gaither, Mrs. Mark Gregory, . Hjtrdcastle, Mrs. Mary Hollidayy Mrs. - Raymond Holmes, Mm. S.. P. Jessup, s Mrs. R., B. Kirby, Miss Frances I'a- ness, Mrs. Js, v. Murray, A-.as Lc;ene . (Continued on Page Two) Plan Exchange At School Lunch Room Members of th Lunch Room Com mittee of the Hertford Grammar School are preparing to launch an exchange plan at the lunch room when school opens next month where by children may exchange canned items for tickets good for hot lunches. The committee is urging parents of children attending the school to can as much surplus as possible and to exchange cans of corn, beans, other vegetables and fruit at the lunch room for children's lunches. The committee especially desires to obtain large quantities of canned fruits due to the high cost, in ration points, of these items. One member of the committee stated that each child, pos sibly, can obtain tickets for two or three lunches for each canned item brought to the- lunch room Oakey Serves As Court Prosecutor Major W. H. Oakey, recently retir ed from the United States Marine Corps, acted as special prosecutor at Tuesday's term of the Perquimans Recorder's C6iirt in the absence of Prosecutor J. S. McNider, who is un dergoing observation at Duke Hospi tal. Mr. Oakey served in the capacity at the request of Judge Charles E. Johnson. Only a short time was needed o clear the docket of cases this week, with the State taking a nol pros in two hearings and a number of the de fendants entering pleas of guilty. The State took a nol pross with leave in the case charging Lester Hurdle, Negro, with assault with a deadly weapon, after discovering most of the witnesses in the case had failed to appear for the trial. Hurdle was charged with assaulting Chez Williamston, Negro, who was found not guilty of a similar charge in court last week, and it was believed the witnesses failed to appear think i-ing the charges against both defend- onus iidu veeu ueiermineu. Luther James, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs of court after plead ing guilty io a charge of fraud. A nol pros was taken in the case charging W. F'. Smith and P. L. Rob erts with' being drunk and disorderly. Cursie Aulston, Negro, was fined $10 and ordered to pay the costs on a charge of speeding. Linwood Overton plead guilty to a, charge of speeding and paid a fine of $25 and costs of Court. M. M. Thompson was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs after pleading guilty to speeding. B. F. Martian was fined $25 and costs on a charge of allowing opera tion or his car without 1945 license and with no tail light or windshield wiper. Riley White was fined $10 and or dered to pay costs on a charge of speeding. Mathews Jones, Negro, was found guilty of trespassing and sentenced to the roads fpr 30 days, sentence suspended upon payment of court costs. Funeral Friday For Mrs. Julia A. Chappell Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Ann Chappell, 86, widow of John A. Chappell, who died July 25 at the home of her son, Julian A. Chappell, in Norfolk, after a lingering illness were held last Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Whitevjlle Grove Bap tist Church by the Rev. E. L. We Is of Edenton. During the services the choir sang "Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown" and "Abide With Me." Flower girls' and boys were Dixie Chappell, Blanche Chappell; Thelma Riddick, Vivian Lewis, Mary Louise Chappell, Julian Chappell, John Chappell, Marjorie Forbes, Cecil Forbes, Jr., and William Simpson. Pallbearers were Cecil Pi, Forbes, Julian A. Chappell, William Simpson, Clyde Layden, Thurman Riddick and B. Lewis. Burial was in the family plot near Belvidere. Weather Delays yVork OiV Athletic Field Weather conditions of the past month have. delayed the work of con structinsr the Memorial Athletic Field 1a 't.:.I TTI-V O.I V-1 J ing to. reports this week. However, with practically all of the equipment received here, the committee in charge of the project expect to have tne field Completed in time tf or foot ball this fall. ' V ,, ''Work, already started on the field, will be resumed as toon as weather conditions permit, and It is . believed the field can be readied withlii a short period of time.- r V i' 'Off"'!1 n TTTrsjalr-'- 1 Retased by U. S. War Department Bureau of Public Rrlatinna. COOD-BYE, ITALY Pilots of a night fighter squadron take t farewell ramble to the famous Leaning Tower at Pisa before leaving 'or more active theaters of war, li.oto. Feild-SumnerVovs rch TSgt. William Sumner Feild, son of Mrs. Elmira Feild of Hertford, and Miss Annp Snmnr riniifrhter nf Mr and Mrs. H. T. Sumnar of Murfrees- boro, Tenn., were united m marriage on Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock in a quiet but impressive ceremony at the Hertford Methodls Church by tne Kev. $. j. Keavis, pastor or the church. The double ring ceremony was used. The bride, who was given in marri .age by T. B. Sumner, wore a dress of white marquisette and her corsage was of white gardenias. Mrs. T. B. Sumner was matron of honor and Jack Winslow was best man. During the services Miss Kate SpSkcri Vddnesd At Mdthddist Chu Blanchard, organist, rendered selec-;De diverted for war use, while the tions of nuptial music. (proteins will go into the making of Following the ceremony the bridal j feeds. party was entertaineM at a wedding i luncheon at the home of Miss Maryl Sumner, aunt of the bridegroom. Im mediately after the luncheon the young couple left on a wedding trip to an unidentified destination. Case Of Diphtheria Reported In Town A case of diphtheria, which occur red in a nine-year-old colored boy liv ing on Market street in Hertford, was reported last Saturday to the Per quimans County Health Department. Fortunately, the Health Department reported, the patient has not been very sick, and with the excellent care of the family physician, the patient has recovered without serious injury. However, since this case was re ported, the Health Department urges all mothers and fathers to bring all of their children who have not been immunized against diphtheria into the Health Department for protective toxoid before the opening of schools. Diphtheria, according to the local Health .Department, is a communic able disease transmitted from person to person in the same method as an ordinary cold, but new preventive medicine, when injected into the skin brings about a permanent protection from diphtheria. The Health Department is open on Saturday mornings for the specific purpose of giving vaccinations for smallpox and immunizations for ty phoid fever, whooping cough and diphtheria. Start Construction Of New Building .Workmen this week began tearing down the old store room at the back of J. C. Blanchard and Company to make way for a new building to be constructed an the spot When completed the new building will house thj farm machinery equip ment department of the local store. The new building will be of brick construction and will contain large how room for new equipment.- ' it - o , ' ' , - . , mis uiuhuc jiiciuie is an Air f orcei Southern Cotton Oil litporting 5,1C3 Tons Ms From S. A. c. The P. Morris, General Manager of Southern Cotton Oil Company, .announced this week that his com pany was importing 5,10(1 tons of peanuts from South America, to be crushed into oil and mea local plant. The first shipment the approximately car MMfle , j the peanuts is expected to arrive1 here within the npxt few davs. The peanuts are being imported from Argentina, according to Mr. Morris, President Truman i- .p.clcd to who stated this was the first time start for horn. late this week from in some 25 years that his company ' the Pig Thr .inference at l'oi- has imported any peanuts. dam. Reports from Berlin say the Running at normal capacity, Mr. conference may end sometime Tlnirs Morris stated, it will take about day, with all problems settled by Tru four months for the local plant to man, Attlee and Stalin. Mr. Attlee crush the entire amount of the pea- succeeded Winston Churchill at the nuts and that the oil. no doubt, will conference following the victory of Veteran Of Ardennes Now Enroute Home With the 28th Infantry Division in Assembly Area Command I'fc. Ern est W. White is enroute home from the European Theater of Operations with the veteran "Bloody Bucket" Division, which in eight months saw vicious combat action from Nor mandy's hedgerows to the heart of th Ue: -,. Entering action July 30, 1944, at St. Lo, the "Bloody Bucket" men battled across Normandy, paraded through Paris, proceeded east through Belgium and Luxembourg and smashed into the Siegfried Line September 11 the first troops to en ter Germany in strength. After its November fight in Hurt gen ForesU the 28th moved to the "quiet" Luxembourg sector. On De cember 16, it caught the full force of Von Rundstedt's Ardennes offensive. Quickly recuperating, the 28th moved south to help liberate Colmar in Al sace and drive to the Rhine. Within a month, it was again at the Rhine near Coblenz. Pfc. White is the husband of Mrs. Annie Maude White, Route 3, Hert ford. He holds the Combat Infantry man's Badge. feditors to tiear Army Plans For Japs Newspaper editors of this area will be the guests of the Army's Fourth Service Command at a conference to be held next Sunday afternoon at Rocky Mount, at which time Army representatives will present the latest official information on the Japanese war problems. A large number of newspaper peo ple, including the editor of this news paper, are expected to attend the meeting and hear the Army's discus sions on how we will write "end" to th Japanese war. The discussions will include redeployment, partial de mobilization, war production and log isitics. s Hollowell Resigns From Election Board L. N. Hollowell, chairman of the Perquimans County board of elec tions for the past twelve years ten dered Ks resignation of the post to C. P. Morris, chairman of the Dem ocratic Executive Committee early this week. Mr. Hollowell gave as his reason for resigning the position the in creasing duties of his own business. The resignation was Mr. Morris stated that accepted but; no action on! 'the naming of a new chairman would j be taken until his committee met I sometime in the near future. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES I Slashing at 'ships, between j U. S. Third He. Jap planes and Japanese ports blackout periods, and the 't has destroyed l,.'!4(i more than one thou- sand Jap ships, many of the latter heinir warshirjs. Kenorts from U. S. headquarters in Cuam indicate theltno Hertford L'SO Club wi Jap Navy has ceased to be more than of nuisance value. Little opposition to the attacks of the Third Fleet has been offered by the .laps. While car rier planes have attacked shipping and air fields in Japan, the big battle ships ot the Meet have steamed prac tically into the port cities and heav ily shelled all installations. The Army Air Force also con tinues its heavy raids on Jap posi tions. H2!s of the 2l)th A A V dropped leaflets on 12 more Jap cities notify ing the residents the towns were marked for destruction and the Japs faced death unless they evacuated the places. The State Department an nounced this week that the Japs are moving American prisoners of war and civilian internees into the spots at the!'" n enort to halt the ternhle nomn- fjing. I he Jap move is made, it is le- nr,MUeu. Ill noijr un- .-v 1 1 n-i 11 1 1 m-iw- . l: J U U.. A ...n. ........ t..v..... American fori w'" m,t endanger the lives of their countrymen. the Labor party m the llntisn tiniw ;mH 1h' n:imini f Attlnc Prime Minister. No official reports of the action taken at I'otsdam have heen made public but President Tru man is expected to reveal the results of the conference in a speech after reaching Washington. Pierre Laval, arch traitor of E ranee and chief collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation of France, was turned over to French officials this week following his internment by U. S. Armv officials in Austria. Laval has been in Spain, but that country removed him and he landed in Am erican territory near Vienna. Laval is expected to testify in the Petain trial now in process in Erance. Pe tain is charged with treason and the government has concluded its evi dence and Petain is now beginning his defense. Forty Motorists Get Tire Certificates 1 of the rationing period, he explained. Forty motorists were issued certi-! However, the recent Increase in the ficates for the purchase of new tires ..,r ,.,,(1;, and trie addition of a new by the Perquimans Ration Board this sen,j. preferred group limited to 825 week, Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk of. mi(s per month wM djstort these the Board, stated Monday. (statistics except as over-all supple- Passenger type permits were issued nlenta issuance- totals. Y or these to Preston Rogerson, C. H. Warwick i rpasonSi keeping two types of sup- It. Winslow, Willie wnite, W. ti. Overman, Herbert Chappell, Nathan Riddick, A. L. Godfrey 2, Joseph Lay den, Hattye Perry, Harry Chappell 2, E. M. Fields, Frank Elliott 2, W. S. Long, Amy Thompson, Nellie F. Walker, Willie Johnikins, W. B. Tucker, Dewey Perry, Jr., T. P. By rum, Tom White, S. P. Jessup 2, Wil lie Lamb, Juanita Stallirfgs, E. C. Chappell 2, W. W. Boyce 2, James Lamb 2, E. J. Boyce 2, Seth Umph lett 2, Johnnie Smith, J. R. Norfleet, Lassiter White, Earlie Goodwin and W- H. Lane. Truck type J. 0. Layden, Major Loomis 7, Hollowell Chevrolet Co., Wayland White, Willie Lamb and Carroll Ward. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Major and Mrs. T. S. White, Jr., announce the birth of son, T. S. White, Srd, bora Friday, July 27, in Washington, D. C, where Major White is stationed. Mother and son are doing nicely. USO Regional Staff Votes To Close Out Hertford USO Club Prospects Appear Slin For Community Pro ject Locally Operated Edgar J. Hill, director of the Heit- ford USO Club, notified his opernl'ng committee late last week that the of- ficials of the USO Regional C in encp voted to close out the local I SO Club as of August :il. The action was taken at a stair meeting held in Richmond, Va., last week. Mr. Hill, in his repmt to the local operating committee, also stated that the prospects of obtaining a coir munity conducted (.'SO grant for the Hertford club was slim. The Reg ional officials have taken the proposal under advisement, but .Mr. Hill has been informed that the main factor in considering the proposition would hinge on the Navy retaining some men at the Harvey Point base and according to information available this action seems unlikely. Unless a number of men are left at llarvev Point, it now seems that not con tmue to operate after August .11. The Regional authorities, no doubt, will notify Mayor V. N. Darden of official action taken on the proposal to continue the club under a commu nity conducted plan. The present staff and the function of the USO will cease as of the last day of this month and the club rooms will be closed at that time, pending disposal of the L'SO furniture and fix tures and the return of the building to its landlord. In his report, Mr. Hill stated that attendance at the club had dropped to a new low, even less than during the slack period of . December, 1944, to June, 1945, and it therefore appeared very probable that . the club would be closed out soon. Reports early this week stated that Mr. Hill, who has served as the local USO director for the past year and one-half, would be transferred to the USO ("lub at Laura!. Maryland. Th: club there is operated for the use of i I at Fort Me OPA To Eliminate All C Gas Coupons Plans are being completed to dis intinue use of ""' gasoline coupons "eginnmg October I, Theodore S. Johnson, Kaleigh OTA district diree, tor, has announced. After that date it is expected that supplemental mileage will be issued only with "I!" coupons. Elimination of "('" coupons "ill not affect the amount of gasoline granted to drivers in the preferred mileage class, Johnson explained. These applicants will continue to tie allowed as much supplementary mile- iaE1' gasohne with I! coupons as they received with l coupons. "("' coupons will continue to be valid for some time even after their issuance is discontinued so motorists will not have to exchange these they hold now or are issued before Oc tober 1 for "B" coupons, he said. Elimination of the "C" coupons will simplify ordering, distributing and recording procedures as well as the handling of coupons by War Price and Rationing Boards, industry and ration banks, Johnson said. The use of two types of coupons was of statistical value during much elemental couoons no longer is of statistical value. 4-H Club Members Leave For Camp Mon. Forty-five members of the var ious 4-H Clubs of Perquimans Coun ty, under the supervision of Miss Frances Maness, will leave Hert ford next Monday morning for their week's camp at Jamestown, Virginia. Miss Maness stated this week that the boys and girls are requested to be at the Agriculture Building, in Hertford, not later than 8 o'clock Monday morning as the truck which will carry the group to Jamestown will leave promptly at 8:30 o'clock. The local 4-H Clubbers will be joined at Jamestown by other groups from Camden, Pasquotank and Cho wan counties and an estimated 200 club members are expected to attend the camp this year.