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r r '-J ' , i 14 "'.v--' ' Wra . r ' . EECLY MIAN A XZZUZ IK - JiPELl DSVOTED TO THIS UPBtJILDING OP HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY l i l 11 "fl ail S WE A .-imoUL dumber :;sC::n Court .Villi Victory uvcfScuiiinnis Second Game Of Conf e jrence Scheduled To - night At Columbia v;:."- Having exchanged their moleskins J. for basketball togs the Perquimans ' Indians successful! opened their cur Tent basketball "season last Friday , night by trouncing a determined bunch of players from South Mills. The final score was 21 to 14. The In ' dians were slow to start and South , Mills had rolled up a 6 to 0 score at v: the end of the first period. The In dians shot repeatedly at the basket , but were unable to click. In the sec , "ond canto the Indians tallied two bas ( kets before South Mills recovered and the score was six to four for South Mills; the visitors hit for a basket , followed by a charity toss by Win ' slow, then South Mills tallied from the field again to make the score 10 to 5. Perquimans scored another point from the foul line and South Mills retaliated and the half ended with South. Mills ahead 11-9. 'Coach Max Campbell changed his . line-up several times and the Indians, led by some hot shooting on the part of Dsn Berry, began to click during the second half. The Indians rolled in :. three goals from the field during the third period to run their score to 12 while holding South Mills scoreless and for the first time in the game the Indians were ahead; from then on the Indians led all the way. In the final period the Indians hit four shots from the field and one from the ' charity line to count nine points while a tight defense enabled the South Mills boys to count only three times front the foul line for a. total of three points.' -.' -fe j ' "Berry ied off the Kormgr' in the i final period and hit three baskets before-South Mais- tallied, then Wood ; hit for the last basket and. Berry counted once tron the foul line. The Indiana; played well for their first game but Coach. Campbell stated the local hoys a. m o: before they wul be abteHo stand competition they will meet in confe rence games this year. Both the Indians and Squaws will play conference games at Columbia tonight, and will meet the Elizabeth City teams in Elizabeth City on next Tuesday night. One of the largest crowds ever to witness a basketball game was on hand for the opening game last week and even larger crowds are expected to turn out before the season gets well underway. Victory Bond Sales Continue To Climb Bond sales in the Victory Loan drive, which closed so far as sales of treasury type bonds are concerned last Saturday, reached a new high in Per quimans county, according te R. M, Riddick, chairman of the finance com mittee in charge.' Total sales for the county amount ed to $765,418.75 on Wednesday of this week. Of this amount 990,913.75 represented sale of E bonds, to )ndi- viduals. This is slightly more than eleven thousand dollars more than the quota established for the county at tii opening of the campaign. The county more than doubled the sales of Its quota for the over-all campaign. All sales of E bonds made during the remaining days of December will count toward the amount credited for , Perquimans and, the over sales Tiers will help to put North Carolina over its goal. Many eountias in the state are lagging in E bondrsales, and the more purchased here the better show ing the state will have when ; the E . bond sales close December 81. Five Cases Heard By Recorder Judge Local police officers had quiet week-end last week, only five arrests were made and the eases war dis posed of: by Judge Charles E. John son at Tuesday's session of Recorder's Court. .' ' ... '-- , . Leonard ' Ford, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to driving drunk and paid a fine of $75 and costs. , Durley Barclift was taxed with the costs of court on a charge jof being - drunk. ' " f " ' 11 George Butler entered a plea of gu"ty to being drank and, paid the COl t COBtSif n. ' ..-'' I -yer for Judgement was eohtinu t ' t!.e case charging Jack Hoffler r ::!t and use of profanity i Eevells, Negro, ! was as s ) c- s of court on a charge -? ; '.-ur.k, ' , i; Hertford; Hertford stores and business houses will clpse two days : for Christmas holidays, it was announced here this week, following a survey made of the downtown area with all . merchants agreeing to the amngeifijnts. Most of the stores will start re mainjng open at nights for. the con venience of customers on Monday, De cember 17 and will stay open each night until Christmas Eve. They will De ciosea unnstmas u&y and on Wednesday following. Customers are urged to remember the extra day to be given by the stores and to shop accordingly. Masons Elect Cecil New Officers Named Members of Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A.F. & A. M. have elected Cecil C. Winslow as Master of the Lodge for the cAning year, it was announced this week following the annual elec tion of officers. Mr. Winslow has been an active member of the lodge for a number of years. Other officers chosen at the elec tion were M. Hoyle Umphlett, Senior Warden, R. C. Murray, Junior War den, J. S. Vick; Secretary and L. B. Sitterson, treasurer. Both Mr. Vick and Mr. Sitterson were, re-elected to their respective offices. Following his election as Master of the local lodge, Mr. Winslow named the following appointive officers for the year: -Frank B. Skinner, Senioi Deacon, Dr. A. B. Bonner, Junior Dea con, G. A. White, Senior Steward, W. C. Dozier, Junior Steward, W. A. Hoffler, Tyler and G. C. Buck, Chap tain. . The new officers will be installed at the. first meeting following the new year. Perquimans Lodge meets every Tuesday night "at the temple In the Courthouse and all visiting masons are welcome to attend the meeting. fSevehVhito Youths Get Draft Orders Seven Perquimans County white youths have received draft orders to report at the local board during this month, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the board announced Monday. Two of the youths, George Wood and Wil mer Chappell will go to Fort Bragg on December 17 to undergo preinduc tion examinations, while the other five, Jasper Layden, Floyd Monds, Edgar Roberson, George Riddick, Jr., and Shaffer Colson will leave for induc tion on December 19. Mrs. Sumner also stated that nine more veterans from Perquimans had reported their discharges from the armed forces at the local office dur ing the week. The veterans report ing were Henry Barber, Ira Rowe, Charles Russell, William Landing, Jr. and Percy Byrum, white, and Ellis Garrett, George Felton, Clifton Easoi and Willie Harris, Negroec Funeral Sunday For Mrs. Hilda P. Moran -Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Parker Moran, 63, wife of the late James E. Moran, who died unex pectedly last Friday afternoon at her home near Hertford were conducted at the graveside in Beaver Hill' ceme tery at Edenton Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, j , : Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. C. G. Fearing, Jr., of Elizabeth City; two sons, James P. Moran of Hertford and Frank E. Moran of Morehead City; and two step-daughters, MrsW J. B. Alderman of Elizabeth City and Mrs. J. B. Marsh of Salisbury. Town Board Votes : Christmas Gifts Hertford's board of commissioners held their December meeting in Mon day night, with only routine financial matters being brought to the atten 50. . Tvo-Day Holiday tion of the session.- J. ' During the meeting the board vot ed to give each pf the town's em ployees the same Christmas gift as was presented last Christmas.' Orders also were given to the town's attor ney to; bring suit ;f for 4 foreclosure against delinquent tax llensSJ where other methods for collection fails." f- 1 , iwftt. . - CENTRALv PTA TO MET , : . The Parent-Teachers Association of the Central Grammar School will-meet Monday night, December IT, if 7:30 o'clock at the school building i t Win falL The Whiteston Common! y will have charge of the program, til par ents and friends of students are urged to attend, ' - ' . , i, ?, 1 trl - f "" "i ' i , , Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 14, 1945. County Preparing For Best Christinas In Number Of Years Hertford Plans To Fore go Street Lights; Rush On For Gifts From all indications Perquimans county is going to have the best Christmas this year than in any year since 1940. To start with, many young men who have not enjoyed a Christmas at home in several years are civilians again, after service in the armed forces: true many Perquimans youth still are: away but in most cases there is re lief to know these are not, this Christmas, beset by the dangers of actual war. Mayor V. N. Darden has announced that Hertford will furego street dec orations and lights again this year, but all stores are taking on a holi day appeararce. Mayor Darden stated that due to the shortage of labor, supplies and material needed to light the streets with Christmas lighting ef fect it was deemed best not to attemDt the project this year, but it would be used next year. Local merchants, althouarh faced with severe shortage of merchandise of the type usually purchased as gifts, report a rush of gift buvin. and despite most stores being short on some items, the buyers are finding ivems suitaoie io present as gifts fcnow windows in local stores are gay with Christmas decorations in at tractive arrangement, and as the great day draws nearer the Christmas spirit is evident among all the people. There is some movement for all lo cal stores to take a two day holiday nnsimas weeK, Dut as yet the mer chants have not agreed on this ar- iaueineiii, uui an announcement is expected by next week. The plan is lor all stores to remain closed on Chnstmas and the day following. Mildred Webb And Dempsey White Wed Miss Mildred Webb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Thomas Webb of New Hope and Dempsey Joseph White, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. White of Route 3, were married at. the Winfall Methodist Parsonage Thursday evening December 6, at 9:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. D. Cranford officiated, using the double ring ceremony. The couple was married before an improvised altar of ferns, white glad ioli and potted plants, in a- candle light ceremony. The bride was dressed in a gray gabardine suit, with which she wore white and black accessories. Her flowers were a corsage of red roses. Her only attendant was Miss Eula Virginia White, who acted as maid of honor. The bridegroom had as his best man, Dan Berry. Mrs. White is a graduate of Per quimans County High School, class of 1945, where she starred in athle tics. Following her graduation she was employed as bookkeeper at Win-slow-Blanchard Motor Company. The bridegroom is also a graduate of Perquimans High School where he was All Albemarle football star. He was recently discharged from service with the Army Air Force with which he held a rating of radio operator and gunper technical sergeant While in service Mr. White spent 10 months overseas. He was awarded their medal and four oak leaf clus ters and five bronze stars for cam-, paigns in the air offensives against the enemy. He is now employed as projectionist at the State Theatre, where he was employed prior to his enlisting in the AAF. Hertford PTA To Meet Tonight 7:30 The Parent-Teacher's , Association of the Hertford Grammar School will meet in the school auditorium tonight at 7:30 o'clock. Family night will be observed and all parents and friends are urged to attend. The lixth grade will have charge of the program, un der the direction of Mrs. R. S. Monds, Jr. To Present Christmas Program December 20 Mrs. R. M. Riddlck's Music Class and the Sixth and Seventh grade Glee Club of the Hertford Grammar school! will present s, Christmas pro-, gram; at the Grammar School audi torium on Thursday night, December 20, at 7:80 o'clock. The public Is, cordially Invited to Rotary Club Voices Objection To State Highway Group Disapproves Type of Re pairs Being Made On Highway 17 Members of the Hertford Rotary Club, in meeting on Tuesday night, went on record as disapproving the type of repair treatment being used on U. S. Route 17, running through Perquimans county, and ordered the secretary to write Highway Com missioner Merrill Evans voicing the club's protest of the project. The Rotary club has no objection to the Highway Department repairing or widening the highway, but its ob jection comes from the type of treat; ment and materials being used by the Highway Department in repair ing the road. Between Hertford and the Chowan county line the concrete road was cov- ered with an asphalt glue, then top- ped with a layer of large rock, which in tura was sealed with a layer of asphalt and small gravel. The result has been that the former smooth road is now a rough, bumpy affair and ac cording to some reports have caused damage to tires on cars traveling the highway. Between Hertford and Eliza beth City, the Highway Department has been using a different type of treatment. A hot-mix is being applied to this portion of the road, but from all reports the material is not the usual type used for hot-mix, it being the same large sized rock as applied south of Hertford. The resuit has been that this, part of the road is not in as good condition as it was prior to the time the department began the project. Reports also say that the heavy traffic has already caused a number of holes to appear in the road-bed between Hertford and Eliza beth City, these being dangerous trav el hazards. It was the opinion of members of the Hertford Rotary club that the Highway Department should stop this work at once and reconsider the type of improvement that should be made to the highway to keep it in first class condition, and in line with the fact that U. S. 17 is a national high way carrying much of the traffic from Maine to Florida. In addition to protesting the type of work being done on the highway the club also asked the Highway Commissioner to begin at once the completion of the roadway, which is now known as the short cut, be ginning at tne end or the causeway and intercepting the highway about two miles north of Winfall. 25 Families Face Joyless Christmas Twenty-five Perquimans County families will have a joyless Christmas this year, unless assistance usually given each year is volunteered soon, it was pointed out at the County Wel fare Office this week. Mrs. Sarah B. Perry, Superintendent of Welfare, stated Wednesday that the office has 'a list of about 26 families who need aid if they are to have any joy this Christmas. So far only two groups have offered to aid families. The Welfare Office is requesting persons who desire to contribute to the joy fund to notify either Mrs. Perry or Miss Grace Knowles by De cember 20 of their intentions. As in past years the local office ex pects that the Salvation Army will aid the local situation, but this aid will not be sufficient to take care of the entire Perquimans list Perquimans Girls Down South Mills j Perquimans High School's girls basketball team romped home with a 32-27 victory over the South Mills girls team in the opening game of the 1946 season at the school gym last Friday night The Squaws rolled up a 12 to 6 ad vantage during the first quarter but South Mills took the offensive in the second period to out score the Per quimans team 6 to 6. At half time the Squaws were leading by a 16 to 12 count In the third period the visiting girls really , hit their stride and tallied 9 points while the Indian Squaws counted only five. At the end of the period South Mills was leading 21 to 20. The Squaws opened up a heavy shooting attack during the final stan sa and tallied 12 points while South Mills, was held to six points. Both teams played an excellent game, but the superior shooting of Perry and. , wood and the award ing of Skinner and Landing led the local team to victory. Prevent TB Buy Christmas Seals THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES General George S. Patton, one of America's outstanding army generals in World War II, was seriously in jured in an auto crash near Mann heim, Germany, early this week. Doctors attending the General feared for his life, but reports from the hos pital Thursday indicated the 60-year-old General was responding to treat ment and his condition was satisfac tory. He suffered a broken neck when his car crashed into a 2 14 -ton truck. Steel workers of America will join the list of strikers on January 14, it was announced this week, and 700,000 more workers are expected to be out of work. The Btrikc situation re mains muddled, as General Motors has withdrawn its contract with the union and members of the AMU concede the motor car strike may be a long one. Union parties conferring with Ford Motor Company have conceded cer tain company rights to Ford and an agreement there may be reached. There is no strike at the Ford plants. The War Department announced this week that in the event that Con gress passps a bill authorizing rom pulsory military training that civilian boards, similar to present draft boards, will be usnd to select young men to undergo the training. The Department proposes to train 70.000 men each year for the army and 2f0, 000 for the Navy. It would pay the trainees about $30 per month, as com pared to the $50 an army private now receives. Allied prosecutors continue to pile up evidence against the Nazi war criminals being tried at Nuernburg. showing that the top ranking Nazis planned World War II against all civ ilization. Reports from the former Nazi headquarter town stated the German leaders have shown psycholo gical reverse since the trial opened. The Germans attempted to put up a bold, unified front at first but now they appear to be resigned to the facts that Hitler led them into the war and they must face the conse quences. Winter's first prolonged cold snap swept down on the eastern portion of the United States this week and tem peratures dropped all along the sea board. Wednesday was reported as the coldest day yet in this area, and the weather man saw no relief before the end of this week. Search for 27 naval airmen who have been missing from their Florida base since last week, was abandoned on Monday, it was announced by the Navy Department The men were flvinir in three ships on routine patrol when last heard from. Clues were meager and after several days of the most intensive search ever conducted by the Navy the search was ordered stopped. New Leaders For Girl Scout Troop Miss Mary Helene Newby and Miss Anne Garris have been appointed as new co-leaders for the Hertford troop of Girl Scouts, it was announced here this week. The young ladies will take over the leadership left vacant by the resignations of Mrs. Sarah B. Perry and Mrs. Marion Riddick. Town Auto Tags Now On Sale At Town Office W. G. Newby, Town Clerk, announc ed today that the new 1946 town auto tags have arrived and are now on sale at the Town Office. The tags must be purchased and displayed by a date to be set by the Town Board. TO PREACH SUNDAY The Rev. G. N. Cowan of Rocky Mount will preach both the morning and evening services at the Hertford Baptist church on Sunday, December 16, it was announced here today. The public is cordially invited to attend both services. $1.50 Per Year. Triple A Committees For Coming Year Named By Farmers Milton Dail Chosen Chairman Of County Group At Meeting .Perquimans County Triple A com mittee was named at a convention held last week at the Agriculture Building, following election of com munity committeemen who in turn se lected the county committee. According to a report little interest was shown in the election, but there were no figures released on the num ber of votes cast. As a result of the balloting the following men are serv ing as community committee, the first named being chairman, second vice chairman, next regular member, then first alternate and finally, second al ternate: Belvidere township: C. C. Chappell, S. G. Chappell, J. L. Lane, H. G. Wild er and J. M. Copeland. Nicanor: L. L. Lane, A. B. White, E. S. Winslow, Roy Winslow and John T. Lane. Bethel: C. T. Phillips, R. S. Chap pell, W. L. Madre, S. M. Long and. Julian Long. Hertford: J. E. Hunter, V. C. Win slow, W. Howard, William and Percy Rogerson. New Hope: James Harrell, I. C. Butt, Seth Long, C. A. Butt and H. H. Butt. Durants Neck: T. H. Jones, S. D. Banks, W. A. Chappell, G. H. Hunter and Earl Morse. Parkville: Lewis Smith, Wallace Morgan, A. J. Smith, W. H. Smith and Raymond Stanton. At the county convention, the dele gates representing the various town ships elected the county community as follows: Milton Dail, chairman, John Hurdle, vice chairman, Mae Wood Winslow, regular member, Lewis A. Smith, first alternate, Roy S. Chap pell, second alternate, William E. White, secretary and L. Marie Fow ler, treasurer. Speaking on the Triple A pnofryr tV for next year, Mr. Dail pointed out that farmers will have more leeway under the 104G program than in prev ious years, program funds will be al located to counties as well as the State and it will be up to the farmers and local AAA committeemen to get all the conservation they can for the money they have available. The chairman stated that $31,228 has been allocated to assist Perqui mans County farmers to carry out practises under the 1946 ACP pro gram. As in other years, AAA Com mitteemen will aid each farmer on plans for the farm program for the year, the farmer may choose the prac tices his farm needs. Mrs. Perry Resigns As Welfare Supt Mrs. Sarah B. Perry has tendered her resignation as Superintendent of Public Welfare in Perquimans Coun ty, it was announced by the Welfare Office this week. Mrs. Perry has serv ed as superintendent since February, 1942, and it was with regret that the resignation was accepted. The resig nation becomes effective January 1, 1946. Prior to her appointment to the lo cal position Mrs. Perry served in the Welfare Department of Northampton County. The Perquimans Welfare Board has recommended that Miss Grace Knowles be named to fill the vacancy of Mrs. Perry, and this recommenda tion is now in the hands of the Super visor of the Merit System, under which the Welfare Department op erates. Tire Certificates Issued 19 Motorists Perquimans County's ration board approved new tire certificates to be issued to 19 local motorists at its meeting last Friday, Mrs. Helen Dav enport, clerk of the board reported on Monday. Certificates were issued to W. Q. Hurdle, J. E. Twine, Luther Whed bee, Prue Newby, 2, Wheeler Jones, 2, E. L. Goodwin, 2, A. S. Hunter, Nathan Riddick 2, C. H. Ward, Jere miah Creecy, Mitchell Zachary, J. B. Riddick, 2, R. W. Smith, A. W. Lane, J. C. Bundy, Jr., Harrison Baker, Hol lowell Chevrolet Co., J. M. Benton, and Hertford Livestock & Supply Co. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Rex H. Stephenson, Jr., announce the birth of a daughter, Mary Kay, born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, December 4. Mrs. Stephen son is the former Miss Ruth Nach man. Mother and daughter are get ting along nicely. 5 7,V'-?'V'l'