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' t i Hi, - r . it U YJ ft '' -ft , ' "MSI if'" 'SBSVc-VrMfck! -.' ..Jul "TOT EEKLY y -- ER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OP HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY L :he XIII. Number 4. it Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 25, 19461 $1.50 Per Year. .nvi ..3 nun Terence GEme t Friday flight Teams) To Meet South Mills High School At Central Tonight ; Perquimans High School's basket ball team ' jumped back into the winning column last Friday night by trouncing a rural conference foe, Mo yock, by a 28-19 score. ...The Indians I started slowly and were behind during th entire first quarter of the game, but some good shooting by Wood and Berry during the second period put (the locals ahtad at half time. The game opened with Moyock hit ting a two pointer, then both teams found it difficult to connect with President Harry Truman presented shots., Berry tossed one in from the! his State of the Nation speech to Parity line and the score was 2-1, Congress this week, along with the "oyock countered this with a foul proposed budget for the national gov 's and led 3-1, another field shot ernment for the year. The President's - Moyock a 5 to 1 lead at the legislative requests called for an ex . ,eof the quarter. Led by Berry tension of the Selective Service act, and "Wood the Indians tallied 11 points which expires on May 16; extension during the second quarter, while Mo- of the price control act; continuation "ock: was brought under control and, of food subsidies, to help hold prices -Id to three points. The Indians had four point lead at half time. rhe Indiana continued to roll up ints during the third period and anted 10 times while uoyock was Id down to four points. The Indians I at the end of the third period 22 12. During the fourth period Mo ods broke loose for some nice shots nd racked up seven points while the idians garnered six. The final Bcore "s 28-19 for the Indians. The game marked the close of the St round of the rural conference mes, and found the Indians in third ice in the conference standing.' The, dians have Won three and lost two ..ference game.1 The standing ttM ; ding to E. C Woodard, president f the league is as follows: i.r , , ; m L Pelage "tral 400 200 isviile i-0 5 ooo ' e Perquimans teams will play l MilW in a return conference e on the Central High school t, tonight at 7:15. The next home . e rot the locals will be next iiies- night when the teams will play ,;iton High school. :!ss H. Jenkins MB ! Candidate For State Senate nib response to many inquiries re garding his intention to become a candidate for a second term as State Senator j1 from the First District, Charles H. Jenkins early this week said he was glad to advise his friends, at this 'time that he shall be a can-, late for re-election. . I "It is obvious," said Mr. Jenkins, it a member of the Legislature i . be ' of greater service during a ond term : than during .the first rm. North Carolina has made great ogress during recent years, but, are are yet many unfinished task x the future development of the utate. ; . v,-: ; : : "Wa shall fact many, new problems and responsibilities during tits period ( iu recunveniunwsuiuuice w veter ans in their mdjnstment; continua tion of j strong support of public schools; a better health program; ad vancement in. agriculture; industrial expansion ; improwment of "roads, especially fam-toarket" roads and other essential undertakings within, the scope of a balanced economy. Na turally, I desire to make soma contri bution to the solution of these prob lems and ' assume some of these re sponsibilities. "For this reason and in considera tion of my record in the last session of the Genera Assembly, which Is ' ell known to the people of the First ' trict and the State as a whole, I r myself as a candidate for Te rmination in the , Primary " this .ring." , - -, , . . ztzry ,CIab Holds; . . ; :I!:r.2 Bee Tuesday y Llembers at- the Hertford , Rotary ' b conducted a spelling bee as part "e pro-m st their meeting held tie Gra "r V ' ool lunch' room Tue ' ' r' r KIdJick was leclii 'v i of the con't ry i. i ,e 0 LOOQ nbia 4 1 800 a Mills 2 3 ock 1 4 Local Seed Judging Team Wins At Central Perquimans High Schools leed judging and identification; team won a judging contest held at Central High School on January 17. Teams com peting represented Sunbury, Moyock, Perquimans and Central High schools. The local team rolled up a tremen dous score during the contest and was 607 points ahead of their nearest op ponent at the conclusion of the Judg ing. This was the second contest won by the Perquimans team, and two contests remain to be conducted, G. C. Buch, coach of the team stated to day. - HEADLINES THIS WEEK'S down; extension of the President's war powers; a provision for a per manent federal school lunch-room and milk program; and a measure to pro vide means for Hawaii and Alaska to become States in the Union. In his budget message the President called for higher pay, lower prices and un changed taxes. During the next 18 months seven billion dollars is expect ed to be sliced from the debt of the nation, although the expenditures during the year are expected to be higher than the nation's income, and therefore, the budget will remain un balanced; fiotttftern Democrats re continuing their debate in the -Senate .against the proposed Fair' Employment Prac tice Ait, which was' brought onto the floor last week by a senator from New Mexico. Practically all Republi- .ejs9ifine' :Beiw$Riators are but the Southern group claim the bill Will fail to pass. Union officials this week called upon the government to remedy tax laws, which, according to the union, permits industry to remain idle and still make money. This demand is a result of major industry standing pat on union demands for higher wages, More than one million workers are off the job this week as the result of the steel strike which started Mon day morning. The government was ex pected to seize the meat packing in dustry this week in order to forestall a meat famine in the nation. The big strikes now in progress are the Gen eral .Motors, Meat and Steel. Union pressure is being applied to help force the General Motors strike, but the motor company is still opposed to union demands. Internal trouble was reported in France this week, when General Charles DeGualle, head of the govern ment, resigned as president' of France. The resignation resulted, it1 was reported, because the trouble in; working out supply systems in the country, along with dissention among the various parties making up the government Reports state that De Gaulle, who led the Free French dur ing the German occupation, will retire from political activity entirely. Bill Jessup Signs As Baseball Scout Julian (Bill) Jessup, forjner Perqui mans High School and Duke Univer sity baseball star, has been signed as a baseball scout by the Detroit Tigers of the American League, according to an announcement released this week by the Detroit team's home office. , 'Jessup, now on terminal leave from I the U. S. Navy, was in conference, with officials of the team at New York during the past week-end. While in the Navy he attained the rank- of Lt (j.. g.) and served with the physi cal training branch of service prior to being assigned sea duty. While in the Navy he managed the baseball team representing San Diego Naval Base. M. G. Owens Escapes ; Injury In Accide'ht M. G. Owens, of Hertford, escaped injury in an automobile! accident, which occurred Monday morning about 50 miles north of Suffolk,"Virglrda , ,j Mr. Owens, driving his car,' was en route to Michigan, when be drove onto an icy stretch of highway. The car slided and got out of c trol . then overturned into a ditch, L.r.: Owens ws r t fc-rt lut the car was dameg- Court Disposes Of Varied Docket On Tuesday Morning Eleven Cases Tried; Six Continued By Judge, Johnson Seventeen cases were listed on the docket of the Perquimans Recorder's Court Tuesday morning, when court convened after a week's recess. Eleven of these cases were disposed of and six were continued until the January 29 term. Chester Hofler entered a plea of guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly and paid the costs of court. Court costs were taxed against the prosecuting in the case charging Thad Whedbee with permitting stock to run at large. Elmer Eason paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to being drunk and disorderly. U. S. Henderson, Negro, was as sessed the court costs after pleading guilty to driving without a license. Costs of Court were taxed against Albert Felton and George Thompson, Negroes, on charge of assault. Demothenese Jacoks, Negro, was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of operating a car without a license. Ralph Burke entered a plea of guil ty to driving with insufficient brakes and paid the costs of court. Joe Franklin was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of per mitting his car to be operated with out a license. Haywood Welch, Negro, was taxed with the costs of court after plead ing guilty to a charge of being drunk and assault with a deadly weapon. Prayer of Judgement was continu ed in the case charging Charlie Nixon, Negro, with operating a vehicle with insufficient brakes. The six cases that were continued at this week's term of court were all set for hearing on next Tuesday. Banks Rites Held Friday Afternoon Funeral services for Eugene Gaston Banks, 25, were conducted last Fri day afternoon at the Twiford Funeral Home in Elizabeth City, by the Rev. J. D. Cranford, pastor of the New Hope Methodist church. Mr. Banks, a native of Perquimans County, died Thursday, January 17, from burns suffered when his service station burned earlier in the month. He was a veteran of World War II, having been in service six years prior to his discharge last October. He was a member of the New Hope Methodist church. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Sarah Eure Banks, one son, Eugene, Jr., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Banks of New Hope, one brother, Calvin USN, stationed in China and one sister, Miss Louise Banks. Burial was in Cedarwood at Hert ford. Central PTA Meeting Held Monday Night The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans Central Grammar School met on Monday evening, at the school building at Winfall. The meeting opened with Singing "America the Beautiful." The devot ional was conducted by Rev. J. D. Cranford. A quartet, composed of Mrs. A. R. Winslow, Jr., Mrs. J. L. De Laney, Raymond Stanton and J. D. Cranford sang "Carry Me Back To Ole Virginny." A humorous reading was given by Mrs. H. C. Stokes, of Hertford. Mr. J. L. DeLaney gave an interesting talk on the subject "Essentials Of Aj Good School." "America" was sung by! the association. . ! During the business session the' president's message was read by the secretary. Reports from various com-! mittees were given. Mr. Baker, lunch-) room, Mrs. JSertha C. Lane, study group, Mrs. Dempsey Winslow, spiri tual education. A report on "Compulsary Military Training" was given by Mrs. B. F. Bray, vice-president.: Free discussion vu uiv ihujcv wsw uviu esi in n eia w cided that each member who wished to could personally write his repre sentative, since Congress is now in session. : Miss Johnnie White's room, third grade, won the attendance prize. '.The association was dismissed by Wallace Wood. . , ' Discharged -pt&fy &&M ?Sffis Clarke Stokes ; arrives home this week after i-ACtirvinr an honnrahT dfa- charge from the service. Mr. Stokes has been serving overseas for some mp"'.hs. ' '- 2 From Perquimans Chosen To Receive Draft Doard Medals Eleven Veterans Report Discharges At Local Office R. M. Riddick, former chairman of the Perquimans County draft board, and J. S. McNider, legal advisor for the board, have been chosen to re ceive the Selective Service medal, au thorized by Congress to be awarded nation. uncompensated members of the Selec tive Service system, for service to the The medals will be presented to the local men at a service to be held in Greenville next Monday. Other se lective service board members from this area will also receive similar awards that day. The medal was authorized by con gress as an award to specified mem bers of selective service who have served without pay more than two years. In making the announcement of these awards, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local board, also stated the local office has been informed by state headquarters for Selective Ser vice that Perquimans County has the lowest percentage of men in service of any county in the state. Four calls for the month of Feb ruary have been received here, and 13 men are effected by the orders. Three white rien are to be called up for pre induction exams on February 18; two white men are to be ordered for in duction on February 20 and five color ed registrants are scheduled to receive preinduction exams on February 6, while three colored selectees will be inducted on February 7. Th induction call for white men, set for the 28 of January, has been canfplled, Mrs. Sumner said. EWen morp veterans from the county reported at the office during the past week and filed their sepa ration papers from the armed forces! with the draft board. Th men who reported included Paul Fisher, Thom as Overman, Talbot Pierce, Robert Morris and Charlie G. Chappell, white, and Herbert White, Wilbert Riddick, Hugh White, Thomas Down ing, Willie Hurdle and Willie Lilly, Negroes. Six Bays Remain To List Property Property owners in the county, who have not listed their property for 1946 taxes, were reminded today by J. W. Ward, Tax Supervisor, that only six days remain of the regular listing time. Persons who fail to list their pro perty by January 31, will be counted as late listers and a penalty will be assessed each person for failure to comply with the law. Mr. Ward stated early this week that tax listers had reported the work progressing about as usual, and that a large number of persons were ex pected to list during this lasLweek, but the folks who have waitea until these last days are urged to list as early as possible at the beginning of the week to help prevent a last min ute rush. Indian Squaws Win From Moyock Girls The Indian Squaws of Perquimans High school chalked up their fourth rural conference basketball victory at the expense of the Moyock girls last Friday night by a 48 to 33 score. The game started slowly with both teams searching out weaknesses of their opponents'. The Squaws tallied six points to Moyock's 3 during the first period, then the Indians turned on the drive and ran their score up! to 18 before Moyock found themselves. The Moyock team spurted and closed the gap to a one point margin before the end of the quarter. During the third period the Indian Squaws displayed fine work to tally another 12 points while holding the Moyock shooters to five, and the In dians led 80 to 22 at the beginning of the final period. In the last quar ter both teams hit the basket consis tently, but the superior floor work of the Squaws gave them the edge and they tallied 18 points to Moyock's 11. The final score was Perquimans 48, Moyock 33. iki-''.' The victory places the local girls in second place fa the rural conference standing with four victories to one lOSS. w Ja . . On Sick List' a '-' Mrs. Mark Hathaway is confined to her horns this week because of sick ness. .Vls'K'lNf, Little Interest Here In Old Clothes Drive No determined effort is being ex pended here in connection with the Victory Clothing Collection, launched throughout the country in the name of destitute millions in foreign lands. The collection has been organized in other counties, but no organization has been set up here for the drive. Home Demonstration Clubs, under the direction of Miss Frances Maness, and various societies and other clubs in Hertford and the county are con tributing old clothing to the collection but each are working independently of tho other. The clothing, when collected here will be shipped to the national organi-, wiu be conducted next Wednes zation handling the campaign, for re-idav and Th.irsdav. it. was anno,lnPl shipment overseas. Food Lockers Not To Be Confused With Home Refrigerators In order to clear up a possibly mis understanding regarding the use of frozen food lockers as compared to iinm. rafiMfr.MitnM t m ... home refrigerators J. M. Nesbet, who proposed to build a frozen food locker plant in Hertford, today stated that people should not confuse the locker. rt the collection8 to the commit. plant as being in any way similar with a home refrigerator The frozen; committee jn ch of the food lockers are for bulk storage of ,io drive here bthat thi8 foodstuffs that can not be properly t f camDailrn -n raisp the fund kept at home, Mr. Nesbet said, and the &T& Toun" in a quS lockers, also, are used for storasre of j . .,. .. ', m u i easy method that will not entail a items for out of season use, such as j , t- j i . , , .. . . . . ' great deal of time and work on any fresh fruits and vegetables. , , . r m- xt u ' T .r. ... one person, and they urged that each Mr. Nesbet reported that while a ,, j . , ? . i u i I person called upon to help in the can- large number of people have shown , , : . j m. . ,6 . . , "t"c ' " vass w,u volunteer to do so. The com- m erest in the locker plant being jUee alg0 bHc con. established here, not enough mdm-1 tribute to the fund readi whpn ca. duals have s.gned up in advance tor- ed b the BoIicitors order that locker space for the project to be th can ,ete their tion of the coun ed as assured for the community. work as fagt as ib,e He stated that it will be necessary for rru . . t .u- j u ., .. ' . The county quota for this drive has him to have minimum number of . . .orfl ,i ,. . , . . . , , been set at ob0, and it is the nope locker renters signed up before con-;nf t. rnmmiUpc, that tho nl,h1lV wil, struct.on of the plant is actually Started. In connection with this state - met he also said that the. renal paymenrs xor tne .ocKers, conectea m advance, are not to be uSed for con- struct.on of the plant, but that these fi"1 Tn ,be he. ?8t t- Hertford Bank pending the officio opening of the plant, and that rental would start when the plant is opened., Winners In ond Drive Chosen School children of the county played a big part in the Victory Loan cam paign which closed here December 31, according to a report release this week by R. M. Riddick, chairman of the bond committee. All prizes offered by the committee for sales of E bonds during the campaign were won by school children. The committee met last Thursday nitrht to check the record of sales and to Hntprminp thf winnprs of tho nnVea1 offered at the beginning of the drive, i Herbert Miller, District Sup-rinten-A careful check bv the commit.! : dent of Elizabeth City. The Rev. C. disclosed that Lois Violet Winslow, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Win slow led the solicitors with the largest amount in E bonds sold, and thus she was announced as winner of a $25 war bond. Mary Lena Raper led all school children in the sale of E bonds and she was judged as winner of the $25 war bond offered for the best sales among students. Nonie Lou Lane was high salesman at the Central Grammar School and for her fine work she received $6.25 in war stamps. Julius E. Winslow led all student salesman at the Hertford Grammar School and he was awarded $6.25 in war stamps. County Fire Warden Cites Permit Law J. W. Nowell, Perquimans County Fire Warden, today issued a warning to property owners and tenants that burning permits must be obtained' frpm his department before fires mayl be started in woodland areas. lauded by OPA District Director Theo- With the forest fire season now at dore S. Johnson for their work in the hand, Mr. Nowell urges the coopera- past and reminded them that work tion of the public in the matter of, is far from being finished, preventing forest fires in the county I "Board members who gave so un this season. H pointed .out that each tiringly of their time and energy to year hundreds of dollars worth of .the rationing of scarce commodities damage la recorded Because pf care-1 are the people who made rationing lessness in setting of fires, and he programs a fine example of Ameri asked each persdn planning to fire, can Democracy," Johnson asserted, parts of farm or ditch banks to use Witil everything but sugar now off caution in the job. ' . J the rationing list, OPA has changed The permits, which must be obtain-1 the of ficial name of its local orgapi ed prior to setting of fires, onay bel zation to A r e a Price Control 1 secured by persons seeing Mr. NoWelLi Boards, Johnson said. , . , ' ' Polio Fund Drive To Be Conducted In County Next Week Committee To Sponsor House To House Cam paign For Two Days Perquimans County's Infantile Par alysis Campaign, which was schedul ed to open last Friday, but was post- today by the Campaign Committee, headed by Dr. T. P. Brinn. The committee unsuccessful up to Wednesday, in finding a person to serve as chairman for the drive, has decided to conduct a quick, concentrat ed house to house canvass during the two days next week to raise funds for the project. The group will meet this week-end for the purpose of naming solicitors who will make the house to house canvass, street by street, in the town of Hertford. The members of the Home Demonstration clubs of the county will also be asked f -j fK , K,, ,, . to aid the campaign by bringing their contributions to club meetings and hand them to Miss Frances Maness, Pftlirtif Unmi A lyant urli in 4-mn imrill d gencrousl for such a cause. . u i,D K .itt ; funds coectcd in tU infaritiTe- al is drives and the blic ig we aware that evc doar cocctpd jg URed to ajd unfortunatQ pcrson8 st'icken down by the disease. A , tio of the mon raif). pd here wi be retained , the CQUnt for emergencies hfire at home. Evangelism Topic Of Methodist Ministers In Meeting Tuesday An Evangelistic Retreat was held Tuesday morning at the Edenton Methodist Church when Methodist ministers of this area met to study means and methods of carrying out the evangelistic program planned for Methodist churches in the United States. Opening devotional and a closing message was riven by the Rov. J F. Heath, of Washington, N. C, who is District Director of Evangelism, spoke on various steps to be taken in regard to the pending drive. The Rev. H. N. McLamb, of Ahoskie, led an in teresting discussion on the part that religious education and especially the Sunday school should play in the pro gram of evangelism. The Rev. B. C. Reavis, of Hertford, gave an inspiring message on the part the revival meet ing should take in the evangelistic drive. In addition to the above ministers who appeared on the program the fol lowing were in attendance: the Revs. G. C. Wood of Ahoskie; J. C. Har mon of Creswell; H. Freo Surratt of Edenton; C. K. Wright of Columbia; T. H. House of Roper; C. L. Spencer of Murfreesboro; and Arthur Stephen son of Tyner. Following the meeting the ministers were guests of the Rev. Mr. Miller for luncheon at the Joseph Hewes dining room. Johnson Praises Work Of OPA Volunteers Perquimans countians who beean their 5th year of service on OPA Price Control boards this month have been 1 ! 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