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Hertford, Perquimans Comity, North Carolina, Friday, November 2, 1945.
$1.50 Per Year.
.JFIIIlUICESOLICITQRSVOKTO
PUT COUNTY OVER TOP Ifl BOND DRIVE
fweiity Per Cent of E
-,V Bond Quota Reported
' Wednesday Morning
Perquimans County opened its final
:v: and Victory War Bond drive last
Monday morning and by Wednesday
- noon had obtained about 20 per cent
of its E bond quota, while sale of
- other types of bonds was reported ex
cellent. R. M. Riddick, chairman of
. the War Finance Committee, an-
nounced at that time total sales to
lled $101,500, of which $14,587.60
" represented purchases of the E bond
In this final drive, being conducted
for the' purpose of helping finance the
'. bringing home of men and women of
ithrarmed forces, providing mustering
. out pay for those discharged and the
hospitalization of the wounded and
stck, the local finance committee is
hoping that the citizens of Perquim
ans County will uphold the tradition
.'they have established in previous war
v bond drives. Mr. Riddick this week
released figures on the sales of bonds
In this county from the beginning of
5 bond drives up to July 7. This report
.shows that residents of this county
f: had purchased a total of three million
i seven hundred and nine thousand, five
' hundred and forty-one dollars worth
'. of bonds. Of this amount $1,035,
4 '965.75 were in E bond purchases.
feThe solicitors conducting the house
f: to house canvass for the sale of war
"bonds are bringing in applications
y daily and purchasers are calling for
the bonds at the local bank. While
. the response to date is satisfactory,
'i;the chairman in charge of the drive
; urges that the public continue to buy
. the E bonds. This is the bond which
Sthe' Government is offering to indivi
it duals in its effort to keep down infla
; tion.'- The chairman pointed out that
a- person can invest in this type of
bond and if he discovers later that he
is in need of ready cash, the bond can
" be cashed at the local bank. There is
no red tape to go through in obtain
ing cash for any type of bond.
.In addition to adult solicitors can-
vvasaing thttamtfUtk chooUJUdcnJ
i alan talrinor nnlilatni1 fayKnn'dkl
and each is making an active effort
to win one of the pnzes being
awarded for the best results obtained
in the sale of bonds during this Vic
tory drive.
Final Rites Monday
For Charlie Vinslov
Funeral services for Charlie E.
Winslow, who died Sunday morning,
were conducted on Monday afternoon
at the home near Belvidere by the
Rev. Elizabeth White, assisted by the
Rev. B. H. Millikan and the Rev.
Bertha Smith White.
"Safe In the Arms of Jesus,". "In
the Sweet Bye and Bye" were sung at
the home and " Asleep In Jesus" was
sung at the graveside by a number of
young people of the community.
Pallbearers were the nephews,
Leonie and Lafayette Lane, Thomas
K George T., Dempsey Winalow and
Fernando Baccus.
v H 1 survived by his widow, Cath
erine Ida Winslow, three sons, A. P.
Winslow of Norfolk, G. G. Winslow of
Belvidere, Pvt. Charlie E. Winslow,
Jr., of Austria, four daughters, Misses
Mary, Annie and Delia Winslow of
Belvidere. and Mrs. L. W. Hobbs of
Hertford Route 2, nine grandchildren
inj aait.M 1 Mnliaoni an A niAOAfi
S':: TDmnom warn nnmernun and beau
tiful Hef was a member of Up River
Friends Church, but had not been able
to attend Jor quite a while on account
of his physical condition.
American Legion
Meets 8 O'clock Tonight
: The Wm. Paul Stalling! Poet of the
American Legion Will hold Its month
ly - meeting tonight 1 (Friday) at 8
o'clock, at the Agriculture Building in
Hertford. Post Commander j V. K.
Darden urges all members to be pres
ent '.'fp'sy''&:4 : JtM:) -,
Mr. Darden stated that a represen
tative of the Veterans Administraticm
will -be at the meeting for' the pur.
pose foiS explaining t the GI Bill of
Rights to members of the Legion and
an veteran of World JB who earea to
- attend the meeting.-' ' , - ,
ItoSir aub ToMeet ;
At Ccmnitinity Hou)sc
llembers of the Hertford JRotary
Club have ' made arrangements witi
ih. Hertford i Grammar School ; Par
; ent7'echer Association to hold their
wec!:ly; meetings; at the Hertford
Community Houae, and with; the PTA
rvinj Ce mm( for the civk club. :y
T- r--r r -llEjt place wilt be used
fsr
the clttb get-to-
night at. 6;15,'i
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At Eden ton Today
The Perquimans High School foot
ball team will meet its arch foe, the
Edenton Aces, in a game this after
noon to be played on Hicks Field in
Edenton. The game will start at
three o'clock.
Max Campbell, coach of the Per
quimans team, expects to take his
entire squad of players to Edenton
for the game, which is expected to
be a nip-and-tuck affair from start
to finish. The local team has won
three and lost two games, while Eden
ton has won four and lost one game
during this season. The Indians have
defeated Edenton three times during
the past three years and the Aces
are reported to be seeking revenge
in today's game. '
Coach Campbell stated he expect?
to make some changes in his start
ing line-up in the game today, as
some of the reserves have been show
ing up better than the regulars.
Hertford and Edenton met first on
the gridiron in 1926. and since that
time have played 20 games. Hertford
has the edge in games won, being
victors 10 times, while Edenton won
seven of the games and three games
ended in ties. In the 20 games, Eden
ton rolled up 237 points to 205 by
Hertford, the most complete trounc
ing being handed the Indians in 1934,
when the Aces won the State Class
B championship. The score that year
was 84-0. The worst beating Eden
ton has had by the Indians was last
year when the score was 38-0.
The two teams have played every
year from 1926 until 1934, when
there was a break in the schedule un
til 1940. It was during this break
that Edenton High enjoyed its hey
day of football fame and no games
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THIS WEEK'S
HFMIhtS
Declaring that industry can afford
paying higher wages, without increas
ing prices on commodities, President
Truman in a message to the nation
Tuesday night called upon industrial
leaders to adopt this program as an
aid to help the nation through the re
conversion period. The President
stated the Government proposes that
labor be paid for 48 hours work af
ter working 40 hours. This plan,
which means an iricrease of 20 per
cent in wages, was offered to offset
labor's demand for a 30 per cent in
crease. Congress began steps this week to
curb nationwide strikes, which have
been affecting reconversion. A bill
has been introduced that would repeal
parts of the Smith-Connally Act and
would impose penalties on labor for
violations of contracts calling for no
strikes. The bill would also repeal
the plant seizure rights and calls for
no responsibility by employers.
OPA announced Tuesday afternoon
that shoe rationing would end Wed
nesday morning at one minute after
12 o'clock, permitting the public to
make unrestricted purchases of shoes
for the fl,rst time since February,
1943. The OPA stated that shoe pro
duction is nearing normal quotaB and
that while some styles may be hard
to And, there should be no hardship
ort civilians in obtaining shoes.
In Washington the proposal to com
bine the direction of the Army and
Navy under one director ia still in the
discussion stage. Many Army and
Air Force officials favor the plan but
the majority of Navy officials are op
posed. At the same time General
Marshall warns that the nation should
retain its armed might; that the fast
demobilization now going on if detri
mental to the welfare of the country,
Uprisings continue in several coun
tries in South America, no govern
ments have been formed in Argen
tina and Venezuela and a report this
week says that .the President of Bra
zil has resigned and Chief Justice
Linhares has been named to head the
government until election are held
Trials, of ,war criminals , continue
over the world. In Manila Jap en
eral Yamashita is being tried for per
mitting his troops to run wild in the
Philippines; killing , 'citizens- and de
stroking property.' Bobert ley one
of the top Nazis facing trial in. Ger
many,' committed suicide, but i there
was no comment from the remaining
Nazis who wilt stand trial on Npyem-
ker mW
Fund Campaign
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Nears End; County
Still Needs$1J0Q
Chairman Reports Ini
tial Gifts Very Liberal
To Date
Perquimans County's United War
Fund drive is still about $1,700 short
of its goal, according to J. Em mett i
Winslow, chairman of the committee i
in charge, who reported Wednesday I
at noon that approximately $2,50(1 had I
been raised by the solicitors since the:
drive opened last week. The chair
man stated that initial gifts contri
buted by merchants and business
houses at the opening of the drive in
most cases were very liberal and these
donations, the largest of which was '
made by Major-Loomis Company in:
the amount of $425, helped to swell
the amount collected to date. !
Several township chairmen as yet, the clerks at the local board were
have failed to make a report for their j preparing orders for selectees to re-
solicitors, and the chairman is hoping p0rt at the office next week to fill1
to receive splendid reports from each draft calls for this month. Three Ne-
of the townships. Inasmuch as thegro registrants will leave on Novem- j
anve is scneauiea to ena tne latter
part of this week, he urges all soliei
tors to complete their calls as soon as
possible and to make reports to town
ship chairmen. All township chair
men are requested to make a full re
port by Saturday of this week to
either Mr. Winslow or Julian A.
White, secretary and treasurer of the
committee.
According to reports from other
sections of the State, the report made
here is about equal to results being
obtained elsewhere, and it may be ne
cessary to continue the work for an
additional week in order for the
county to obtain its quota allotted at
the opening of the campaign.
Persons who have not contributed
to this cause are urged to do so by
Mr. Winslow, who asks everybody to
be as generous as possible in contri
butions. He said, "If everybody will
be as liberal as most of our merchants
have been in this drive, we will not
have any trouble in reaching the
goal."
State Patrolmen
Checking Car Lights
State Highway patrolmen in this
section of the State opened a cam
paign against defective car and truck
ights this week. The campaign is a
part of a State-wide drive by the
Highway Commission to see that car
and truck drivers have their vehicles
equipped with proper lights and that
the lights are burning.
Patrolmen Charles Payne and Clyde
Fentress were checking vehicles here
Tuesday night and found a large num
ber of motorists operating cars in vio
lation of the law. Two arrests were
made and other drivers were cited to
have their cars fixed.
The checking campaign will con
tinue every night for the duration of
the campaign.
Cotton Ginning Falls
Below Last Year's Mark
Cotton ginning in Perquimans
County from this year's crop is con
siderable lower than last year, ac
cording to a report issued this week
by Willie M. Harrell, special agent.
According to his report, only 697
bales of cotton were ginned from the
1945 crop prior to October 18, as com
pared to 2,695 bales for the crop of
1944.
INDIANS CHALK UP THIRD GRID VICTORY
BY DOWNING AHOSKIE HIGH SCHOOL 13-0
Perquimans High School's football
warriors chalked up their third vic
tory for the season at the expense of
Ahoskie High School last Friday
night in a game played on Memorial
Field.. The final score was Perquim
ans 13, Ahoskie 0.
Coach Max Campbell started the
game Indian team as opened the game
against Tarboro, bat substituted free
ly throughout the game and a total of
10 local players saw action before the
final whistle. . The Indians opened
strong in the first period and scored
their first touchaown midway of the
Quarter, when Berry flanked the Ahos
kie team for a 25-yard run. The try
for extra point was converted by John
Ward and the score was 7-0. The
teams battled evenly during the re
mainder of the period and all during
the second quarter withrnU gaining an
advantage. Both sides wire penalised
several times during this part of the
came. xyi'fy:
The second half opened with Ahos
kie receiving the kick off, but after
failing to gain, punted to Perquimans.
The Indians immediately started an
other touchdown drive which paid off
wheii Berry toseed a 80-yard pass to
Fourteen Veterans
Return Home; Draft
Vets Program Trans
ferred to Commission
For Action
Fourteen Perquimans County veter
ans of World War II, including one
nurse from the U. S. Navy, reported
to the local Draft Board during the
past week that they had received
their discharges from the armed
forces. The veterans were Lieut.
Julia Broughton, Jordan Hurdle, Al
bert Kerr, Krniau Lane, Louis Chap
pell, Charlie liail, Sherlie Davis, Rich
ard Mansfield, Robert Rountree, Wil
liam Atwood Lassiter, Haywood
Umphlett, Frank
Vivian Dale, all
Jordan, colored.
Langley, Jr., and
white, and James
White recording these discharges
ber 6 for induction and another group
of colored selectees will be given pre
induction" examinations the same
week. Those called up for induction
will be Willie I'auntleroy, Edgar Bar
cliff and Willie Jeanette. Those to be
called for pre-induction exams are
James Parker, William Anderson,
Cliff Parker, Jr., Winded Nixon and
Samuel Winslow.
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the lo
cal board, stated this week that Gen.
J. Van B. Metts, State Draft Direc
tor, has announced that .the responsi
bility of carrying out the N. C. Vet
erans Assistance Program has been
transferred to the office of the State
Director of North Carolina Veterans
Commission at Raleigh.
Col. Wiley Pickens, director of this
commission, believes the move will be
valuable to veterans seeking assist
ance and also it is his belief that local
committees can render great aid in
the program by also assisting those
veterans seeking aid. He expressed
the belief that the State Veterans As
sistance program was
progressing
satisiactorny ana mat ne leit it was;
being developed in every community. ;
Gen. Van Metts, in making the an
nouncement, stated that the action
does not relieve him in any way of
his responsibility as State Director of
Selective Service as imposed by Fed
eral law.
Duck Season Opens
Today; Hunters Out
Today is the day that hunters
this section have been waiting for, for
it marks the opening of the duck and
geese season, according to an an -
Game and
Inland Fisheries Depart -
ment.
While big flocks of ducks and geese
have not been seen as yet, the pros
pects for the season appears about
normal. The Department announced
that the bag limit for these birds are
two geese and two geese and brant in
aggregate, or ten ducks.
PREACHING AT BURGESS
C. R. Holmes, pastor of the Bur
gess Baptist Church, has announced
that Sunday School will begin every
Sunday at 2:30 o'clock and preaching
at 3 o'clock every first and third Sun
day. The public is cordially invited to
all services at Burgess.
John Ward, who crossed the goal line
standing up. The try for extra point
failed and the Indians led by 13-0.
The Indians lost some of their spark
after scoring the second touchdown
and failed to threaten the visitors
again during the game, but Ahoskie
unleashed a passing attack in the
closing minutes of the game which
nearly netted them a score. The vis
iting team completed three of the
tosses for a gain of about 35 yards,
but the final whistle blew with the
ball on the 25-yard stripe.
Berry and Ward played outstand
ing ball on the offensive, while Wood,
Chester Winslow, Elmore and Bobby
Jordan did a good job at defense.
Alexander, playing tackle for Ahos
kie, was his team's outstanding
player.
The next home game ' for the In
dians will . be played on Memorial
Field at 8 o'clock Friday, November
9,-when the Indians meet the Colum
bia Wildcats In a return game. The
Indians downed Columbia 27-0 earlier
in the season, but since that time the
Tyrrell County boys have shown great
improvement. -
CRIMINAL DOCKET OF
CONCLUDED HERE ON
Grand Jury Reports
Following Judge Q. K. Nimocks'
charge in opening the October term
of Perquimans Superior Court, the
Grand Jury made a close inspection
of county properties, especially
the1
school buildings and found a number
of them to be in a bad state of re
pair. Most of the recommendations
made concerning the school buildings
were of a minor nature, but in sev
eral cases major repairs were noted
to be badlv needed.
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The Grand Jury also reported one I
school bus with had brakes, ami I u I
Nimocks older d Patri.li.au ( harles
Payne s--e lb ins bus is not
to a !(i from vhools until it is
used for t.an ;.irting school children
placid in proper condition.
The report stilted that the Court
House needed some repairs
nd that
Other-
the jail yard needed cleaning,
wise the Court House and otfin
in a satisfactory condition.
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HD Clubs Observed
Fall Achievement
Day Program Friday
Ballahack and Beech
Springs Clubs W i n
First Place Honors
Mrs. Virginia S. Swain,
Extension
,.;., i:, iv,., ,;,.;.. i ..na.,rar
I at
the annual Fall Achievement Dav
progia :i conducted at the Hertford
Cram mar School last Friday after
noon by the Perquimans County Home
Demonstration Clubs. Mrs. Swain
spoke to the group on Family Rela
tions, her specialty in extension work.
She was introduced by Miss Virginia
Bailey, assistant home agent.
Tm, mpetinR waR pr,.Sided over bv
MrS- x K Ma.lre, president of the
County Council for Home Demonstra
tion Clubs. Special music was pro
vided by Ethel Frances Elliott, 4-H
Club member.
Following a review of the year's
work by the various clubs, it was re
vealed that the Iieech Springs and
Ballahack clubs had tiel for first
place honors, and each club will re
ceive a pressure cooker as a prize.
Second place was won by the Whites
ton Club, which received a set of cur-
lain slr(.tchers as a prize, and third
piace went to the Belvidere Club,
; wnit.h r(.,.eived a fruit cake pan.
, thp white8ton c,ub was the, blue rib.
bon winner, with Burgess placing sec
ond and Ballahack third. The Winfall
Club won the blue ribbon for fruit ar
rangement, with Ballahack second and
Belvidere third. In the leaf arrange
ment contest Belvidere was first,
Bethel second and Home and Garden
third.
At the conclusion of the program
reading certificates were awarded :
Mesdames Noah Felton, C. W. Reed,
H. S. Lane, M. B. Dail, Joe Perry, B.
P. Monds, H. B. Warren, J. L. Wins
low, L. C. Winslow and Ned Nixon,
and perfect attendance certificates
were awarded Mesdames Winston
Lane, Sidney Layden, J. B. Basnight,
H. S. Davenport, Josiah Proctor, J. R.
Ayscue, Irving Whedbee, Dewitt
Winslow, Freeman Umphlett, Elmer
Wood, Seth Long, J. W. Overman,
George Jordan, C. P. Quincy, S. M.
Winslow, J. M. Copeland, H. G. Bar
clift, E. L. Reed, J. P. Chesson, Sr.,
J. P. Chesson, Jr., Colon Jackson,
Pailen Lane, Jim Perry, H. S. Lane,
Freeland Elliott, L. B. Perry, B. P.
Monds, Noah Felton, A. E. Layden,
W. J. Perry and C. W. Reed.
New Chevrolet On
Display This Week
L. N. Hollowed, president of Hollo
well Chevrolet Company, has been no
tified his company will receive its first
1946 model Chevrolet in time for it to
be placed on display at the local show
room Friday, November 2.
The local company believed earlier
that the new car would not arrive in
time to be displayed before the next
week-end, however, under the new ar
rangement the car may be seen here
this week-end.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Harrell an
nounce the birth of a son, Charles
Thomas, born Tuesday, October SO, at
the Medical Center, Elizabeth City.
Mother and son are getting along
nicely
SUPERIOR COURT
TUESDAY MORNING
Number of Cases Nol
Prossed By the State;
Four Are Tried
Judge Q. K. Nimocks, of Fayette
ville, opened the October term of Su
perior Court here on Monday morning
ky charging the grand jury with their
duties as ojtlined by the statutes of
the State and instructed the group to
make a thorough investigation of
legal proceedings before making a
final report.
The criminal docket of the term
l was conciuaea at 11 ociock luesaay
morning, in what was one ol tne
shortpst S(ssiol1s of Superior Court
in recent years. The State took a nol
pros in the cases charging Trim Gor
don, Negro, witii fraud; Ransom Ed
wards with manslaughter, Gaither
Chapped and Wayland White with as
sault with a deadly weapon, Dennis
Boone, Negro, with reckless driving.
This action left only four cases to be
tried darinir the term.
The case of Calvin James, charged
with driving drunk, was continued as
was the case charging Warnus Wins
lou, Negro, with larceny.
Mathew Jones, Negro, was found
guilty of driving drunk and he was
sentenced to (ill days on the roads
and fined $50 and costs of court.
William Heath was found guilty of
reckless driving after the jury had
deliberated about two hours. He was
fined $25 and ordered to pay the costs
of court.
C. J. Jones, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of forgery. He
was sentenced to four months on the
roads. However, the sentence was
j suspended and the defendant placed
upon probation for a period of two
' 'ears-
vernon
Wiggins, Negro, charged
with assault, trespassing and resist
ing arrest, entered a plea of guilty to
the assault count. He was sentenced
to two years on the roads. Due to the
fact the defendant is a member of the
armed forces, the Judge ordered the
capias to be issued Wednesday at
noon and informed the defendant if
he was caught in Perquimans at any
time within five years the sentence
was to be put into effect.
Immediately upon the completion of
the criminal docket the Court began
hearing civil actions. Six of the civil
cases on the docket had been con
tinued and it was believed that the
term of court would end by Wednes
day noon.
The Grand Jury returned only two
bills of indictment during the term,
one found a true bill against C. J.
Jones, Negro, on a forgery count and
the other was not a true bill against
Richard Kikley, who was released last
year by a coroner's jury on a man
slaughter charge.
Perquimans Ration
Office To Be Closed
Around November 30
Perquimans County's War Ration
ing and Price Administration office
is expected to be closed permanently
on November 30, according to an an
nouncement by State OPA Director
Theodore Johnson, who revealed the
OPA is doing away with a large num
ber of OPA Boards and offices
throughout the State.
In the move here the Perquimans
office, along with those in Chowan,
Camden, Currituck and Dare, will be
consididated with the office in Eliza
beth City, and that office will handle
the details for OPA in this area.
While no announcement has been
made, it is believed by officials that
by the time the consolidation is made
only one or maybe two commodities
will be on the rationed list, and there
by the work of the OPA will be most
ly price control.
Mrs. Helen Davenport, clerk of
the local board, announced Monday
that a total of 30 motorists were is
sued permits to purchase new tires
at the board meeting held last Fri
day. These certificates were issued
to F. M. Copeland, Robert A. White,
Mrs. J. M. Fleetwood, T. E. Mans
field, J. M. Benton, W. G. Hunt, How
ard Dawkins, L. L. Lane, J. T. Har
ris, Lloyd Evans, G. E. Wood, Dr.
Joseph Weaver, Dr. W. A. Hoggard,
J. C. Bundy 2, R. A. Winslow 2, Earlie
Goodwin 2, James Collins 2, S. D.
Banks 2, G. A. Jordan 2, Guy Webb
2, Hayward Shean 2, M. T. Griffin 2,
Lena Perry 2, Walter Parsons 2,
Geraldine White 2, Herbert Nixon
G. A. Umphlett 2, Paul Colson
Mrs. W. H. Overman 2, and C. H
Sawyer 2.
MASONS WILL MEET TUESDAY
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F.
& A. M., will meet Tuesday night. All
Masons are invited to attend.
'Ay-