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' j Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, November 16, 1945.
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Enforcement Action oh
Price Ceiling to Be
"i .Started
"t Aa the result of evidence pointing
, to widespread upgrading and over-
veiling prices offered on the current
:. peanut crop, representatives of the
Raleigh district office .o( Price Ad
ministration called in some 50 grow
rs and buyers from seven counties
1 in this area at hearings held in the
,Chowan County Court House Wednes
day and Thursday of last week.
' The testimony indicated .. general
. violations in Upgrading as a means
of, evading JOPA regulations and some
v straight price ' irregularities, accord
ing to Albert A. uorbett, UKA en
forcement attorney, who conducted
the hearings. Those called in were
required in the subpoenas' to bring to
the hearings all records and invoices
covering transactions during the cur-
rent season.
It was brought out in the testimony
j that several representatives of milling
: interests had received instructions
' from their employers to stay within
: OPA regulations since agents of OPA
.recently started investigations in this
area. Most of the respondents testi
fied in a forthright and willing man
ner. All seemed glad that something
- is being done to keep "the other fel-
low" in line. '
The. hearings, conducted individual
ly; were in accordance with author
ity granted OPA in the Emergency
Price Control Act, Corbett said.
Corbett indicated that enforcement
action will soon be instituted
against several buyers and milling
' company officials who testified at the
hearings. He refused to make public
. their names.
"Because of the situation in this
-area," Corbett said, "our investigat
ors will .remain in this section
. throughout the remainder of . the
r peanut season." ,
The following respondents were ex
Jtnrined during thr Wc-day hearings
J. R. Sawyer, FV T; Mathews. Mil
ton Dale, i. A. White, Ward. Hunter,
Corprew, all of Hertford; J. P. Proct
or and G. D. Barnes, of Severn; W
M. Stephenson, of Pendleton; C. S
DeLeach, J. R, Woodard, E. W. Mar
tin, W. H. Barnes, William J. Flye
and S. F. Lassiter, of Conway; W. W
Byrum, James E. Wood, R. E. Fore
hand, R. W. Leary, Jr., and W. H
Hollowell, of Edenton; C. B. Griffin, of
Nashville; T. J. Blanchard and John
T. Lane, of Belvidere; J. F. Hollowell,
of Winfall; Ira Ainsley and W. B.
Everett, of Ahoskie; W. H. Lassiter1,
of Wenona; Drew J. Welch arfd J. E.
Perry, of Tyner; L. B. Sutton, of
Windsor; E. J. Broughton, J. T.
Brown and J. E. Davenport, of
. Plymouth; C. B. Griffin, of Wood-
ville; H. L. Davenport, Russell Know
les and L. E. Hassell, Sr. of Roper;
A. T. Powell, A. T. Belch, Jr. and O.
C. Freeman, of Colerain; N. C. Green,
-J. S. Whitley and W. R. Edmonson,
of Williamston; James C. Cowan and
H. O. Raynof, of Pbwellsville; Edward
Patrick, of Creswell and W. H. Nooey,
of Columbia. '
Methodist Chiirch
Begins New Yea"
This month marks the beginning of
a new year at the Hertford Metho
dist Church. The conference year has
been beginning as of December 1 and
closinc-as of November 80. In recent
years the Annual Conference has been
meeting early in November, which
hat made it necessary- to pay the
church budget in full about ; one
month ahead of schedule for 1I who
pay the - church pledge weekly or
monthly. . For thia reason ,the official
board and-finance committee have de
cided ; to begin the new conference
year as of November 1 in place ox De
cember !..'-..
Open . house will be held at the
church next Sunday in, the educational
building from 8:00 ontal 4:80 P. M
An hour of fellowship' will be enjoyed
With music and entertainment and re
freshments will " be served by the
ladies of the church. Atl of the stew
ards will be present with their lists
of names and a package of envelopes
prepared for and addressed to each
member of the church. Each mem
ber of the church is invited, to come
and. make the pledge to the church
budget and receive the package of en
velopes. AU salaries, conference as
sectBments, operating expenses are in
clu.: ,3 in the budget and will he cov
er" 1 by one pfedue.
For the benefit of any who cannot
3 to the open house on Sunday af
n, the stewards will be present
' ? evening service and will glad
ve any who wish to ms):e the
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DUYERSONVIOLATIOMS
Holiday Game
Arrangements were completed this
week between the officials of Windsor
High School and Perquimans High
School for the football teams of the
two schools to meet in a game on
Memorial Field at ' Perquimans High
School, next Wednesday night at 8
o'clock.
This game will wind up the season
for the Perquimans Indians, accord
ing to Loach Wax Campbell, and a
large crowd is expected to witness
the battle between ' the two teams,
The game was especially arranged to
give local fans another opportunity to
ee the Indians play under the lights.
It will be the tenth game of the 1945
season for the Indians, who expect to
outpoint the Windsor eleven and
maintain their position as the out
standing team of the Albemarle.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Enirland'a Prime Minister Clement
Attlee, meeting with President Tru
man in Washington this week was re
ported as favoring the sharing of the
atomic bomb secrets with Russia, and
in a speech to Congress Attlee stated
that if the world is to survive the
atomic power era it must accept and
practice the Christian principle of the
brotherhood of man.
Civil war is; reported to be in full
swing in China, with Nationalist
troops battling Chinese Communists
for the control of -the nation. The
Nationalist troopa,vohder the direction
of Chiang, are reported to be using
weapons btsiD : Tinder ln4-tease,
while the Communists, reports say,
are o-ettincr materials from the Soviet.
BjeJMoixea,inVav?. h,ave .alB?8t.
port this week says the Javanese are
taking steps to restore peace in the
islands.
In Washington the investigation as
to the attack on Pearl Harbor con
tinues, with little real evidence as to
the guilt of any one person in fore
stalling the attack. It has been
brought out by the Congressional
committee investigating the matter
that there was plenty of warning
that the Japs might attack but as yet
no point of responsibility has been
placed.
OPA head, Chester Bowles, this
week, stood pat on price ceilings for
new cars. He stated that dealers
were attempting to put pressure on
the Government to permit increases
in retail prices, but Bowles announced
that dealers should absorb part of the
cost differences as other retailers had
been doing during the war.
One of the greatest trials of his
tory is scheduled to get under way on
next Tuesday, when high Nazis of
Germany will be given hearings at
Neurnberg for crimes during World
War II. Each of the Allied nations
will have judges, and prosecutors on
hand to bring charges against the
Nasis, who in turn will be represented
by legal advisors of their own choos
ing. It is, likely the trials will con
sume much time and the verdicts will
not be returned soon.
Aid To Blind Drive
Getting-Good Results
Dr; I. A; i?Ward, chairman of the
Hertford Lions Club's aid to the blind
drive, stated today that response to
the club's appeal for aid in the drive
has been excellent Many 'persona and
firms who were mailed the Kals being
used in the drive have returned con
tributions to L. B. Sitterson,lclub sec
retary, and others have handed dona
tions to the club members.
; The chairman Of the drive asks all
person! who have received letters and
seals from him, and who have not re
turned contributions as yet to do so
at once. '.'-
The funds' raked in this drive will
be used by the local civic club to pro
vide aid to the blind of this county.
Weekly To Press .
Early Next Week j
; In Order to observe the Thanksgiv
ing holiday on Thursday, November
22, The Perquimans Weekly will go to
press one day earlier next week than
usual. . All news items must be in the
news office not later than 2 o'clock
Tuesday. ;afternoont nd -advertisers
are requested; to hajf ivertjjsdiig in
not later than tlonday evening, ;
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Victory, Tie Pam
Packln Grid Games
Wildcats Downed By
13-0 Count; Score at
Washington 13-13
Perquimans High School's football
team chalked up their fifth victory
of the season last Friday night ove
the Columbia Wildcats, and then
traveled to Washington on Monday,
where the Indians and the Pam Pack
battled to a 13-13 tie, in an Armis
tice Celebration at the Beaufort capi
tal. The game Monday was a heart
breaking tilt for the Indians, who bat
tled the bigger Washington team all
over the field for three quarters of
the game and held a 13-0 lead until
Washington intercepted an Indian
pass in the third quarter to set them
selves up for a touchdown. Their try
for extra point was good and the
score was Perquimans 13, Washing
ton 7. It appeared the Indians would
hold this margin as the minutes of
the game wore away, but in the final
quarter the Pam Pack uncorked a
series of passes which again placed
them in scoring position. With only
thirty seconds to play, the Washing
ton boys ran a play which after a
huddle of the officials, was declared to
be a touchdown. The Indians protest
ed the play and claimed the ball was
not over the goal, but the officials'
decision stood. The Pam Pack's try
for extra point was bad and the game
ended 13-13.
The Indians opened the game by
kicking off to Washington and hold
ing the Pam Pack for downs, Wash
ington kicked to Perquimans and the
local boys began a power-packed
drive which ended in the Indians scor
ing their first touchdown. Berry
passed to Ward on a fake end run and
Ward tallied the goal. The try for
extra point was good and the Indians
led 7-0. The first quarter ended as
the play was completed. The second,
period was all Perquimans and the
Indians passed and smashed their
way through the Washington defense
almost at will. After a series of
scrimmages, which favored the In
dians, Chester Winslow faked out and
received a pass from Wood. Wins
low was in the clear and out -ran the
Washington team for 40 yards to
score the Indians' second touchdown,
tra point and the score was 13-0 for
The Indians failed to convert the ex
Perquimans. During the second half the two
teams battled on about even terms
until near the last of the quarter,
when the Indians were again in scor
ing position, and attempted the pass
which was intercepted by Washington
and which led to the Pam Packs' first
touchdown.
Playing without the services of sev
eral of the regular and a number of
reserves, all of whom were ill with
colds, the Indians overpowered the
Columbia Wildcats on Memorial Field
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Phillips Brothers
Represent Auto Club
The N. C. State Automobile Asso
ciation opened a campaign to form a
membership club in nine Northeast
ern counties during the last week, it
has been announced by the associa
tion's office in Charlotte.
The club in this district will be
managed by Clarence and Thomas
Phillips, Perquimans County boys
who were recently separated from the
armed forces. The two brothers will
have charge of the membership in the
nine counties from the Chowan River
to the coast.
In addition to insurance coverage,
membership in the association offers
motorists many aids such as towing
service, legal assistance and travel in
formation. A number of Perquimans
County motorists have already signed
for membership with the association
and a large club - is expected to be
formed in this district.
Central PTA To Hear
Program On Library
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans Central Grammar
School will meet on Monday night,
November 19, at 7:30 in the audi
torium of the school.
The Snow Hill- White Hat-communities
will have charge of the pro
gram, the topic being "Library." .
The Rev. Preston Cayton of Eden
ton will hold the devotional. An in
teresting, program has been planned,
consisting of special music and a 30
minute play to be given by the Snow
Hill community.
Parents and interested people are
urged to attend., - t- .,
Perquimans Rat
ion
Office To Remain
Opin After Nov. 30
Tire Certificates Issued
To Twenty-four Local
Motorists Friday
Perquimans County's Ration Office
will not go out of business completely
oh November 30, as was previously
announced, according to a statement
issued this week by Mrs. Helen Dav
enport, clerk of the Board.
Since rationing of tires, meats and
sugar is expected to continue into
1946, the local office will be maintain
ed, with one clerk, to handle the de
tails of the rationing program. The
work of price control, however, will
be consolidated with the OPA office at
Elizabeth City, as previously an
nounced. County residents, under this
new arrangement, will continue to ap
ply for tires, meat coupons and sugar
coupons at the local office.
Mrs. Davenport also stated that
sugar retailers are permitted to apply
for unaccounted sugar for losses in
re-packaging, but that retailers, to
get this allotment, must make appli
cation for the loss during the month
of November.
Tire applications passed on by the
Ration Board at its last meeting
numbered 28, according to Mrs. Dav
enport, and passenger type certificates
were issued to E. M. Newby 2, Clif
ton Stallings, W. R. Baccus, G. C
Buck 2, C. S. Jackson 2, Dr. E. S
White 2, Sidney Layden 2, Ralph Lay
den, Addie M. Hoffler, Grace Knowles
2, C. W. Griffin, T. J. Jackson, Mae
Wood Winslow 2, B. F. Bray 2, W.
L. Wood, Jr., W. O. Elliott, J. E. Jor
dan 2, Freeman Umphlett, Wallace
Bright, Richard Oldoni 2, Mrs. R. M.
Fowler 2, E. E. Morgan 2, and P. J.
Boyce 2.
Truck type: E. W. White, D. F.
Reed 2, 11. W. Lynch and J. Van
Roach 2.
Sixteen County Doys
Return From Service
Sixteen more Perquimans County
World War II veterans returned to
their homes during the past week, and
have reported their discharge from
the armed forces at the local Draft
Board office, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk
of the Draft Board, announced Wed
nesday. '
The veterans who reported as being
discharged this week are Elwood
Perry, Davis Layden, Jesse R. Lane,
Carlton E. Smith, Braxton Godfrey,
Russell Baker, Durwood Mathews, Ed
ward Byrum and Patrick Hoggard,
white, and Charlie Adams, James
Reid, Cortez Winslow, Henry Daugh
try, William Ballard, Malickiah White
and George Harvey, colored.
Mrs. Sumner stated that two draft
calls remain to be filled during this
month and that five white men will
be ordered to report for pre-induction
examinations on November 27 and five
white men will leave for induction in
to the armed forces on November 28.
Schoolmasters Club
Met Here Monday
Approximately fifty members of the
Albemarle Schoolmasters Club held
their November meeting at the Per
quimans High School Monday night.
The feature of the meeting was a tur
key supper served by members of the
Home Economics Class of the local
high school. The Rev. B. C. Reavis,
pastor of the Hertford Methodist
Church, was the guest speaker for the
occasion.
Following the meeting representa
tives of schools interested in forming
a basketball conference met and elect
ed E. C. Woodard, local principal, as
chairman of the group. The schools
will open the basketball season the
first part of December.
Town Board Holds
Routine Meeting
Members of the Board of Commis
sioners for the Town of Hertford met
in a routine business session Monday
night and after handling financial
matters brought before the meeting,
Mayor V. N. Darden reported to the
board that a project of laying curb
and gutter along Front Street, be
tween Market and Grubb Streets, is
now in operation.
The Town is considering other im
provements to the streeto here, but
it is expected to be next spring be
fore the work; can be completed.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar A. Chappell of
Tyner announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Janet Marie, born Sunday, No
vember 11, Mother and daughter are
getting along nicely.
SALES OF E BONDS IN VICTORY DRIVE
MOUNTING; HALF OF QUOTA PURCHASED
Methodist Pastors
Returned To County
Two Perquimans County Methodist
pastors, the Rev. B. C. Reavis and the
Rev. J. D. Cranford, were reassigned
to their churches in the county at the
Methodist Conference, held last week
at Goldsboro. The announcement was
made at the close of the Conference
Sunday.
Both Mr. Reavis and Mr. Cranford
have served here for a number of
years and have done an outstanding
work not only with their church s but
in all communitv affairl.
Governor Appeals To
Public For Support
Of War Fund Drive
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Emmett
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Winslow, chairman
War Fund drive,
nounced today that his committee has
extended the county drive for funds 1
for another few days with hopes that
public response will enable the county
to meet its obligation and report its
full quota to the State headquarters.
Up to Wednesday the county was
still short of its goal by $700 and it
i was the opinion of the chairman that
the people of Perquimans would notover the toP in this final drive" Many
willingly see the county fail in such
an undertaking
Governor K. Gregg Cherry tms
week appealed to all North Caro
linians to give a special Thanksgiving
offering to the United War Fund to
help provide a real Thanksgiving to
men of the armed forces, merchant
seamen and the thousands of starv
ing people over the world.
The Governor urged the people of
the State not to fail in helping to put
this campaign over successfully. He
said,-"On November 22 we- .richly
blessed North Carolinians will give
thanks for God s generosity lo us
through the past ye;:r.
"Let us give more thar. thanks. Let j
us make it possible for others to give j
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United War Fund."
"Your thanksgiving will feed the
hunerv. clothe the naked, heal the!
sick, care for the destitute, provide
shelter for the homeless many mil
lions of them around the world if
you remember your debt to them and
express your thankfulness in deeds
not words."
Recorder Hears Five
Cases Tuesday A. M.
Recorder's Court was in short ses
sion here this week, with only five
cases being docketed for hearing be
fore Judge Charles E. Johnson.
McCoy Munch entered a plea of
guilty to driving with improper lights
and paid the costs of court.
Oscar Sawyer was taxed with the
costs of court on a charge of passing
a school bus while it was loading and
unloading children.
Melton Daniels, Negro, was assess
ed the costs of court after pleading
guilty to driving with improper
brakes.
Cleophus Rountree, Negro, was or
dered to pay the costs of court on a
charge of fraud.
James Cherry plead guilty to a
charge of speeding and he was or
dered to pay court costs.
PCCGS Observing
Education Week
American Education Week, Novem
ber 11-17, is being stressed by the
Parent-Teacher Association of the
Perquimans Central Grammar School.
During this week all parents, particu
larly grade representatives, are urged
to visit the schoofe and become better
acquainted with the work the child is
doing in the school.
It is particularly fitting at this time
that the PTA set as its goal the pur
chasing of a number of library books
for each room. The teachers and
children have selected a number of
books they would like to have and the
PTA is planning to sponsor a pro
gram to raise funds for this purpose.
The program will be featuring pro
fessional music performers and will
be announced at a later date.
PERQUIMANS LIBRARY
OBSERVING BOOK WEEK
Perquimans County's Library is ob
serving National Book Week this
week, and the Library Board has an
nounced receipt of 150 new books for
children, some of which are on display
at Roberson's as a feature of Book
Week.
Total Sales on Wednes
day Are Reported at
$35,981.25
Perquimans County has reaohed the.
half-way mark in the sale of E bonds
during the Victory Loan campaign
now in progress throughout the na
tion. R. M. Riddick, chairman of the
war finance committee, reported on
Wednesday that sales totalled $35,
981.25, almost one-half of the quota.
Sales up to today are expected to push
the total past the one-half mark.
This report shows an increase in
the buying of E bonds since last week,
but the fact rei. ains that the county
still has a long way to go if it is to
be successful in raising the entire E
bond quota during this final bond
drive. For that reason the chairman
is urging the public to purchase E
bonds in as large amounts as possible
during the remaining days of the
I drive.
He stated the sales of other types
of bonds offered during the Victory
Loan is in about the same proportion
' as in previous drives. However, the
' county cannot claim credit for over
of I subscribing its Victory drive goal un
n. I less the sale of E bonds equal the
fluota allotted the county at tne open-
,nK of the campaign
Complete reports have not been
made by all of the county solicitors
and the chairman urges these work
ers to make a thorough canvass of
their neighborhoods in an effort to
give every resident of the county an
opportunity to help put the county
of the solicitors have made good re
ports, but some still have not report-
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appeal to get busy and help put this
drive over in record time,
i The sale of treasury type bonds
I will come to a close early next month,
. but all sales of E bonds during the
i entire month of December will count
' toward the local goal. If you have
not been approached by a solicitor and
asked to buy an E bond, you can ob
tain them hv nurchasinEf them at the
(npai bank or gnv -SMfofflre in the
countv
County Flyer Helped
Sink Jap Shipping
Chicago, III. Lt. (jg) George C.
Donald, USN, Route 3, Hertford, N.
C, can claim a share in one of the
most outstanding records of the war
while serving with Fleet Air Wing
One, whose record in the final phases
of the conflict now is being released
by the Navy.
The newly announced details of the
wing's record show that it sent more
than 175,000 tons of Jap shipping to
the bottom with its Mariner, Coronado
and Privateer planes, damaged at
least that much more tonnage, and
shot down more than 40 enemy planes.
Units of the wing still were harass
ing the Japanese from their base at
Okinawa when news of the surrender
was received. It was at Okinawa that
the Japs made their most frantic ef
fort to disrupt the operations of the
air wing, turning loose an almost
continuous stream of suicide fliers at
its base there.
The Navy's records have disclosed
that, from Korea to China and For
mosa even to Japan, itself, the air
wing helped keep the Japs in confu
sion, wnue otner rieet units pounaea
the enemy from Okinawa to Tokyo.
Her planes teamed up with Army air
men to rain destruction on the Jap
homeland.
Winfall Study Group
Met Thursday Evening
The Winfall community held its
PTA Study Group meeting on Thurs
day evening, November 8, at the home
of Mrs. Jesse Stanton.
The meeting opened by singing
"America." Mrs. J. L. DeLaney gave
an interesting devotional. Mrs. J.
Van Roach gave an interesting article
entitled, "Parents and Teachers as
Partners." A poem, "Home," was
read by Miss Alma Leggett. An ar
ticle, "When and How to Say No,"
was given by Mrs. Elijah White.
After the meeting' a social hour
was enjoyed, during which the hos
tess served a delicious salad course.
Several parents and teachers were
present.
METHODIST CIRCLES MEET
The Senior Group of the Woman's
Society of Christian Service of the
Methodist Church will meet Monday
at 8 P. M. with Mrs. G. E. Newby, the
Delia Shamberger Circle will meet
Monday at 8 P. M. with Mrs. Lindsay
Winslow and the Minnie Wilson Circle
will meet at the same hour with Mrs.
Dan Williams.
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