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IK i 1 i. i I WEEKLY A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY -Volume XIII. Number 6." Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, February 8, 1946. $1.50 Per Year. i PERQUIMANS POST OF AMERICAN LEGION DEMAND EQUAL PRIVILEGES FOR WIVES Congressman Bonne r Urged To Support Change In Bill The Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion went on record this week as opposing any bill passed by congress which would permit wive and families of high non-commissioned nun and officers to join their hus bands overseas, at the expense of the government. The local post of the Legion demands that wives and families of all personnel be granted equal privilege and if one is permitted flitch privilege, all should be granted the right, and means for travel. The Legion here wired Congress man Herbert D. Bonner on Monday requesting his support in seeing that the bill be changed to read and in clude the wives and families of all personnel instead of just the high non-coms and officers. The wire sent by the local post to Mr. Bonner, follows: "People of this county request vyour full Bupport in changing bill permitting wives and families of high non-coms and officers to join service personnel overseas. People here want bill passed permitting wives of all personnel to have equal privileges. This action backed by Wm. Paul Stallings, Post 126, American Legion, Hertford, North Carolina." The telegram was signed by V. N. Darden, commander of the post, J. D. Cranford, past commander and B. C. Berry, adjutant. Congress is now considering a bill which calls for a law permitting wives of sergeants and commissioned offi cers to travel at government expense to join their husbands at foreign sta tions. Some objection to the slight ing of G. I.'b has been raised and more objections are expected. The objections are raised, because the bill does not include wives and families of au service personnel. A Urovision IsrMded in the bill. ft iM-eportwbk 'fUtlh at foreign stations, to remain over seas for a period of one year. This provision would be mandatory if the service man's family joined him over seas. Recorder's Court Has Varied Docket A varied docket of eleven cases were disposed of by the Perquimans County Recorder's Court in a half day session here on Tuesday. William Brody, Negro, was found guilty of assault on his wife. He was given a 30-day suspended sentence and ordered to pay a fine of $15 and costs. Burley Barclift, Negro, paid the court costs after pleading guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly. William Copeland, Negro, was as sessed the costs of court on a charge of being drunk and also on a charge of assault. John Phillips, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault and paid the costs of court. Richard Auge was fined $5 and or dered to pay the costs of court for driving without a 1946 license. ' Clifton Haskett was ordered to pay the costs of court for driving with improper license. Clease Wllliamston, Negro, was found guilty of driving with improper license and prayer for judgment was continued. A. R. Patrick was taxed with the costs of court for driving without a 1946 license. Wilbur Lamb was ordered to pay the court costs after -pleading guilty to a charge of speeding. Joshua Dilly was taxed with the court costs for speeding. Henry Balden, Negro, was found guilty of destroying property; He was given 12 months on the roads, suspended upon payment of court costs and payment of repair to prop erty destroyed. Sgt John Trueblood Awarded Purple Heart SEOUL Korea, Jan. 17. Sergeant John. W, Trueblood, 19, of Winfall, N. : C, was1 awarded the Purple Heart Medal here today. He was cited for wounds sustained In the Okinawa bat tle while serving with the Seventh ' Infantry Division. : j -' ... ' . Other awards he has earned are the " combat infantryman's badge and Asiatic-Pacific ribbon with battle' star. Trueblood attended Hertford High school and was manager of the Hef ren-Ainsley bowling alley in Hertford before joining the Amy in Septem b" 1944. Ii:s parents, Mr. and firs. C IU TrueUood reside ft WiufiX ' ... - r' Sugar Applications At Draft Offices Veterans of World War II, babies, and persons who have lost their sugar ration coupons may make application for new coupons at the office of the Perquimans Draft Board, it was an nounced here this week by Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the draft board. The new arrangement was an nounced following the closing of the ration office here the first of the month. The sugar coupons are issued by the OPA district office at Raleigh, but application forms may be obtain ed at the local draft office. Only the persons listed above are eligible to make application, as no additional coupons are being issued. Mathews Rites Held Sunday Afternoon Simon P. Mathews, 67, prominent Perquimans County farmer, died at his home in Bethel Township, last Thursday morning at 10:15 o'clock after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev. J. T. Byrum, assisted by the Rev. B. C. Reavis. A quartet consisting of Mrs. Reginald Tucker, Mrs. T. B. Sumner, R. S. Monds and J. R. Futrell sang "When They Ring Those Golden Bells" and "Sometime Well Understand." Mr. Mathews was a native of this county, the son of the late Matt and Mollie Hobbs Mathews, and lived here all his life except for four years spent in Gates County. He attended War wick Academy vYiev a youth. He was a member of the Bethel Baptist church and served as deacon for the past 20 years. He also served Perquimans County by" filling ''public offices and was always interested in the upbuild- jg&n$& 1,6 toqk He is survived by his wife, Amanda Hobbs Mathews; five sons, Alton D., Matt, Wendell, Fred T. Mathews and Glenn R. Mathews. The latter of the U. S. Army now serving in Germany; one brother, Ned Mathews and one sister, Mrs. R. L. Spivey; eight grand children and a number of neices and nephews. Pallbearers were Moody Mathews, Julian Mathews, Hazel Mathews, Viv ian Mathews, Charlie Mathews, Craf-i ton Mathews, Johnnie Floyd Mathews and Ned Mathews, Jr., nephews of the deceased. Honorary pallbearers were R. M. Riddick, Tim Brinn, C. P. Morris, J. E. Winslow, D. F. Reed, L. W. Ander son, T. W. Wilson, W. H. Pitt, V. N. Darden, Corp Reed, Cecil White, Henry Newbold, L. N. Hollowell, George Powell, J. B. Basnight, Dr. I. A. Ward, Dr. T. P. Brinn, Dr. C. A. Davenport, William Morgan, Dick El liott, Shelton Long, Miles Elliott, J. C. Blanchard, Ambrose Proctor, R. S. Chappell, John Harris, Alonza Thatch, Oscar Hunter and J. C. Hobbs. Interment was made in Cedarwood Cemetery. Fourteen Veterans Report Discharges Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the Perquimans Draft Board, reported Monday that fourteen more local vet erans had filed their army discharges at the local office during the past week. The veterans who reported were Willis Lane, David Pike, Cleveland Buck, Winston Winslow, James Am brose and Thomas S. White, Jr., white, and Oliver Elliott, Claude White, Hay ward Felton, Edgar Harvey, Clarence Perry, Willie Wright, Charlie. Welch and Archie Bembry, colored. AU veterans must report to their draft boards, and file discharge pap ers within ten days after, receiving discharges from the aimy or navy. Police Fine Eight i For Tag Violation Hertford motorists who had failed to purchase and display their 1946 town auto tags by last Friday found themselves in the clutches of the law over the week-end. Local police con ducted a drive against all violators and a check on Tuesday revealed that eight motorists were fined for violat ing the law, f. An ordinance was passfd at the January meeting of the Town Board j setting up the procedure for handling such violations and February ; 1 was set as a deadline date; for ear owners to buy and place the tan ei automo biles. ' : . - -, Perquimans Indians Down Columbia To Remain In R.C. Race Locals Show Improve ment; Meet Weeks ville Here Tonight Perquimans High School's basket ball team turned into giant killers, by downing the Rural Conference lead ers, Columbia, in a game played on the local court last Friday night. It was the third straight victory for the Indians, who out fought and out shot the boys from Tyrrell County to win -by a 37-34 score. The defeat was the second suffered by Columbia this season. The Indians opened the game by scoring quickly, but the tall boys from Columbia soon retaliated and then went ahead to score eight points j in the first quarter while the Indians collected six. In the second quarter, the Indians tightened their defense and held Columbia to eight points while hitting the hoop for 10 points, to knot the score at 16-16 at half time. The superior height of the Columbia team, which had two boys well over the six foot mark, was an advantage for the visitors, but the Indians sew ed up these tall players to keep on even terms. Columbia came back strong in the third period to mark up 16 points while the Indians were collecting only 12, and Columbia led at the end of the third period by a four point mar gin 32 to 28. It was in the final period the Indians showed their abi lity on both the offense and defense. Lead by Wood, Berry and Cecil Win slow, the Indians hit the hoop for nine points and held the Columbia team to one lone basket. The final score was Perquimans 37 Columbia 34. The entire Perquimans team show ed marked improvement over previous playing and remained in the rural conference race by winning the game. Columbia still leads the conference but the Indians .hafr a chance to tie for first honors. Following their three victories in play last week the Indians will play two games this week; they meet the Chowan team at Chowan on Tuesday night and will play weeksville, in a conference game here tonight. Displaying a powerful driving at- tack the Indians marked up their fourth straight victory at the expense of the Chowan High School in a game played Tuesday night at the Chowan gym. The final score was 44 to 15 i ) T : r . Pti in Page Two' GOODWIN'S DRESS SHOP SDFFERS HEAVY DAMAGE IN FIRE HERE TUESDAY MORNING Stock And Building Damage Estimated 10 To 15 Thousand A fire of undetermined origin caus ed a complete loss of the stock of merchandise of the Goodwin's Dress Shop here on Tuesday morning. It was believed that the fire started from an oil heater, used to heat the store. Damage from the fire, smoke and water, was estimated on the merchan dise and building to be between 10 and 15 thousands of dollars. The fire was discovered at about 8:50 a. m., Tuesday morning, by M. J. Gregory, owner of the building which houses the dress shop. He turned in the fire alarm and the fire department was on the scene shortly thereafter. Heavy smoke hindered the firemen from immediately extinguish ing the blaze, which was larger at the rear of the shop, near the location of the stove. Mrs. C. I. Lewis, owner of the shop, had opened the store, and after lighting the oil heater, left the nlace of business for a few minutes. The fire blazed up during that time. Firemen used two separate hose to fight the blaze, one from the hydrant on Church street, and one at the rear of the store, where the blaze was burning intensely. Action by the fire department prevented more ser- ious damage to the building. The smoke from the fire was so heavy that firemen had to use masks in en- tering the building to fight the blaze. The fire failed to reach the front part of the store but water thrown by the firemen to extinguish the blaze and smoke completely damaged all mer - chandise in the store. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Hillard Bunch of Edenton, former residents of this county, announce the birth of a son at the Lakeview HospitaL. Suffolk, on Clothes Collection To De Made In Town On Saturday Morning Mayor Proclaims Satur day "Victory Clothes Day" A Houston Edwards, county chair man of the Victory Clothes Collection, announced today that his committee had drawn plans to conduct a house to house clothes colleced in Hert ford on Saturday morning, February 9. The collection will be conducted from 10 a. m. until 12 noon. In connection with the scheduling of the collection, Mayor V. N. Dar den proclaimed that Saturday would be Victory Clothes Collection Day in Hertford, and he called upon all re sidents of the town to contribute all the old clothes available. The Mayor said, "No one could give to a better cause, we here in America have such items that can be used to relieve misery and suffering throughout the world, ravaged by war conditions. It is my hope that every resident will hunt through his home and locate articles of old clothing suitable for use and contribute these in this drive." In announcing plans for the collec tion Mr. Edwards stated that adults with cars would be asked to serve as collection leaders for each street in Hertford and that children would be asked to make the house to house can vass. A list of persons to serve on this drive has been drawn up and these people will be contacted by Mr. Edwards or one of his assistants. Each person asked to help in this work is requested to be at the Court House in Hertford on Saturday morning, not later than 9:30 o'clock. The chairman believes that each group of workers can complete their street by the noon hour. Residents of the town, meanwhile, are asked to bundle up clothing they desire to contribute, and if they are not to be at home during the hourj of the drjve, are asked to leave the bundle off their porches, and label tf "Victory Clothes Drive", so that the collectors will not bother other bun dles which might be left on porches. Mr. Edwards stated today that all clothing collected in this county will be readied for shipment to national offices of the drive, and the bundles will be shipped out of here by next I Wednesday. He urges that any group, who might be working on this pro ject, in the rural areas of the county contact him before that time, in order that all the collections may be i shipped out at the same time HEADLINES THIS WEEK'S Reports from London state that the UNO Big Five powers have abandon ed open door diplomacy over the question of settling the dispute con cerning Russia and Britain over troops in Greece. The Big Five rep resentatives met this week in secret caucuses to attempt to iron out this matter. Small nations near the area have entered protests on the ques tion. From Washington came news that President Truman was expected to an nounce this week a new price policy, lifting price lines slightly, to help pay the demands for wage boosts being made in industry. It was also an nounced the Government will attempt to settle the steel strike, which now is holding up reconversion. The President has ordered Civil Service back on a peace-time basis, which will force temporary war-time workers .to take examinations if they hope to keep their jobs. One report ' stated that all post office jobs will be held for veterans of World Wars I and II. The Supreme Court this week ruled the Jap General Yamashita, convicted as a war criminal at a trial held in Manila, should die by the noose. The Jap had appealed his case to the U. S. Supreme Court after a verdict of i guilty was returned in the Philip- j pines. The court voted 6-3 against the appeal. P. T. A. TO MEET The Hertford Parent Teachers As sociation will meet next Thursday evening February 14th at 7:80 p. m at the grammar school. AU members are urged to be present. STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER GIVES OPINION Oil ROAD PROGRAM FOR COUNTY Band To Make First Appearance Friday Perquimans High School's band, which was organized last fall, and ha3 been practising since that time, will make its first public appearance Friday night, when the musicians per-1 form at the Perquimans-Weeksville 1 basketball game. The band, which has about 25 mei.. bers, has as its director A. G. Ains- ' worth, who has been working with ; the group since its organization. He promises the public a good perfor mance when the band plays at the school auditorium tonight. Polio Goal Nearly Reached; Still Some Reports To De Made Dr. T. P. Brinn, secretary of the Perquimans County Committee in charge of the Infantile Paralysis cam paign, reported on Monday that $782 of the $860 quota assigned to the county for the 1946 campaign had been raised to date, and that with the reports yet to be made by solicitors from outside the Town of Hertford, ! as well as the colored division, it was to be expected that the county quota would be reached if not over subscrib ed. Besides the reports from appointed solicitors, not yet made, various Home Demonstration clubs are also expected to contribute to the fund and these contributions will be collections by Miss Frances Maness at the time each club meets during this month. The committee, charged with hand ling the drive this year, decided upon a quick concentrated campaign and the manner in which the drive was conducted speaks well for thecc-m munity as well as the worlceiTwho made the canvass. The response on the part of the public, for funds to continue the fight againBt infantile paralysis, was gratifying to the com mittee, which today expressed its thanks to the solicitors for time and effort donated to the cause and to the persons who made contributions to the fund. Mr. Brinn stated that a full and complete report will be made public just as soon as all contributions have been turned in. A great part of the funds collected will remain here at home for any emergency which may arise, such as the call for aid in the western part of the state last year when Infantile Paralysis struck a number of communities. 29 Students Listed On H. S. Honor Roll E. C. Woodard, principal of Per quimans County High School, released this week the names of the students at the high school listed on the honor roll for the third grading period of the school year. The list shows 29 students excelling in their studies, with the girls leading the boys. Twen ty girls made the honor roll to only eight boys. The students listed according to grades are: Post graduate: Esther Winslow. 11th Grade: Kader White, Mary Inez Chappell, Dotmegan Lane, Mollj Oakey, Mary Lina Raper, Faye Win slow, Mary Leland Winslow. 10th Grade: Eugene Hurdle, Lau raine Britton, Mildred Skinner, Ho ward Broughton, Reginald Tucker. 9th Grade: Lindsay Reed, Clarkson White, Dolan Winslow, Mary Lou Butt, Betty Ruth Chappell, Marietta Jolliff, Pat Morris, Lelia Lee Winslow, Pearl Hunter, Melvin Colson, Marie Rountree, Thelma White. 8th Grade: Dorothy Britton, Cathe rine Ann Holmes, Claire Hunter, Mar jorie Perry. Final Rites Held For Oscar Boyce Funeral servkeTTor Oscar Boyce, tC5 jti. wJSrS, n.. t v. t., i oj uio y i iv. n r uncial iiviuc vii uuiiuojr j afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. B. i C. Reavis. During the service the choir sang "Abide With Me" and "The Old Rugged Cross." Surviving are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Horace Boyce of Bethel, five children and five sisters. , "Pallbearers were Cecil Houck, Cla rence Slyer, Thomas Conrad, Howard Mel board, R. M. Carpenter and Micky Hanrahan. Interment was in Cedarwood Cem etery, k Several Projects To Be Started In Near Fu ture Board Told Members of the Perquimans County Hoard of Commissioners were told at their meeting on Monday that several road projects would be started here in the near future, as part of the State Highway Commission's program to give ca h county better primary and secondary roads. The program, pertaining to Perqui mans County, was explained to the board by Morrill Evans, State High way Commissioner for this district, who attended the board meeting Mon day, along with Tom McKim, Resident Engineer for this district. Mr. Evans told the commissioners that a satisfactory bid has been re ceived by the commission for the com pletion of the Bhort cut road, leading from Hertford to a point near the old Elmwood Farms dairy. The work on this road way is expected to be start ed sometime this spring. The coa tract is expected to be let within the next few days. Later, in the spring qr summer, Mr. Evans said, a con tract is expected to be let for the com pletion of the Hertford-Center Hill Road. Surveys for the straightening of this road have already been made and the plans await letting of the contract. In addition to these two projects, Mr. Evans also stated that the State Commission plans to con struct about five or six miles of all weather highway in other parts of the county. This project tentative ly calls for hard surfacing about two miles of the Pender Road, near the Bethel community connecting up the present brick road with Route 17. The balance of the project would be hard surfacing a portion of the road lead ing from Woodville toward New Hope. The commissioner and Mr. McKim told the county board that the High way Department is severely handi capped at the present time by the shortage of equipmejj&sfdhj&is find"-' ing it difficult to maintain road con ditions as they should be. The Board of County Commission ers were informed that the State De partment has added the county road, loading from New Hope to the Boy Scout Camp site on the Perquimans River, to the state road system, and that this road would be cleared and maintained by the department. In addition to the discussion of the road program in this county, the commissioners also heard a report from the District Fire Warden re garding precautions being taken to prevent serious fires in woodland areas during the coming season. The commissioners authorized County Fire Wardon, J. W. Nowell, to hire a per son to man the fire watch tower, lo cated near the County Home, for such time as needed during the season. Rev7DulingAccepts Call To Hertford Baptist Church The Rev. C. W. Duling, of Hunting ton, West Virginia, former chaplain with the U. S. Army, has accepted a call to the Hertford Baptist church, it was announced here this week by the church committee. Rev. Mr. Duling served in the army transport command in both the At lantic and Pacific for 42 months. Prior to entering service as a chaplain he served the Baptist church at Burgaw, North Carolina. The call was made to Rev. Duling by the local congregation on last Sun day, following services conducted here by the pastor. A graduate of Crozier Seminary, Penna., the Rev. Mr. Duling is mar ried and has two children, one son and one daughter. He left here this week for Huntington to bring his wife and son to Hertford for residence. The daughter, a senior in high school, will remain in Huntington until schools close there before joining the fami ly here. The pastorate of the local church has been vacant for several months, & r mnrfc ?nd imprei8s.ed bV the qualities of their new minis- ter. LIONS TQ EDENTON Members of the Hertford Lions Club will meet with members of the Lions Clubs of Edenton and Elizabeth City, in an Inter City meeting to be held at the armory in Edenton on Wednesday evening, February 13. R. R. White, president of the local club, stated the meeting was scheduled' to begin at 7:80 o'clock and he urges all members of the local club to attend. Hi : 3,' v. J I .It 7 J V 1 -1; ,1
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