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' DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY r Volume XIIL-Nnmber 18. ertford, Perquimark County, North Carolina, Friday, May 10, 19467 $1.50 Per Year. 4 LX W 111 Viini M SJ' V V Ili-SITH . .''fin ' t wJs. Jr' lt-ja&A' 4Jk imrttLk j.Am ? . ' ',": aODERT LEE HUMBER SELECTED TO GIVE C0mt1 EflCEMENT ADDRESS AT SCHOOL Date For Exercises May ; 28; Program to Be Announced Later An announcement was made today by E. C. Woodard, principal of Per quimans High School, that Robert Lee Humber, nationally known lectur et and subject of an interesting ar ticle in Reader's Digest, has been ask- . ed,.and has accepted, to deliver the commencement address at the local high school on the night of May 28. 'While the commencement this year will not be held for a large group graduating from high school, due to the extension of students into the twelfth grade, the services will be conducted for six high school seniors and the entire eighth grade which will graduate into high school. Mr. Woodard stated that the en tire program for the commencement, as yet, has not been completed but the services will be conducted and . maintained at the same levels as pre vious years, with the graduation of the eighth grade students being the center of attraction. The complete program will be announced at a later date. Incidentally, the speaker, selected for the commencement this year, is a candidate, for Congress, and has through a resolution calling for world peace through law gained national and international recognition for him self and th program; He is a! graduate of Wake Forest College and: after attending Harvard University; was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, England. We-ihttftnwld' Heft lrTTarv 3 KirW ' ArptiA now in its sixth week, threatens tneUdams, also of Raleigh, would visit country with an industrial crisis un- .Hertford on May 4 and all officers, less a settlement is made very short- Members and prospective members ly. Curtailment of power, already in force in many larger cities, is becom K'.' ing the rule throughout the country. . Railroads are cutting service, while industrial plants are barely operat- ing. Stores, amusement houses and , - street lighting are affected. No def ' inite steps for the curtailment of power in this immediate community have been announced, but the power company serving this area has taken steps to reduce the use of power in 663 Virginia counties served by the - utility company. Government offi cials thus far have failed to bring the union, and operators together, but the ' Senate indicates that unless a settle ment is reached soon, some law may ' . be passed forcing settlement. A year ago Wednesday President Truman announced the end of th war in Europe. The surrender docu ment was signed at a little red school house at Rheims, France, which had been used by General Eisenhower as supreme headquarters. Since that date the school building has become a French war memorial, but in the town of Rheims the anniversary passed almost without notice. In Washington the Senate is con sidering the loan to Britain bill, and late developments call for England to grant the United States the right to all bases used by the United States during the war on which' England granted the United States a 99-year lease. It is reported that the bill will probably pass the Senate but not without stiff opposition. . Officials of the Big Four nations, still meeting in Paris, are finding it difficult in ironing out the prelimin aries to the calling of a peace con ference. Questions over the boundary disputes of several countries such as Austria, Rumania and other middle east countries have caused the snarl in the meeting. - The French people, voting last - Sunday, turned down the proposed new. constitution drawn by the tem porary governmental unit formed at the close of the war. The proposed ' document, it was stated would give v France a type of government a little short of a dictator, with all powers i centered within the one house of rep resentatives. . The plan .was . sup 1 posed to have been fostered by the i - Communists of France. Since the de V feat, a new election will be conducted ' - and another constitution will be writ ten to be passed upon by the people of France. , ' .'( STEHLIN-HAZELRIGG ' ' Miss Helen Haaelrigg, of Lexing tonr,Ky., and Lt. W. O. Stehlin, U'R, formerly stationed at Harvey Pert: We married, at Lexington on ' - ,l" 20, X at the Paris Christian h. Air Travel Service For Army Recruits Lieut. Smith, officer in charge of army recruiting in this area, an nounced today that arrangements have been completed for the trans portation of all new army recruits by air travel from Elizabeth City tA Fort Bragg. The new plan will go into effect on May 29. Heretofore the recruits have left their home towns for Fort Bragg by bus, but under the new plan all re cruits from this area will gather at Elizabeth City each Wednesday and fly to Fort Bragg by army plane. Charter Granted To Legion Auxiliary Members of the Perquimans Auxil iary of the Win, Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion were inform ed at their meeting last Friday night that an application for a Charter had been approved and the local Auxiliary had been accepted into the American Legion, with permission granted for the chapter to send .three delegates and three alternates to the conven tion to be held in Winston-Salem in June. The meeting last Friday was pre sided over by Mrs. Thelma Hollow ell, acting in the absence of the pres ident, Mrs. Mary Brinn. After Mrs. J. D. Cranford, chaplain, had offered prayer, a report of a district meet ing, held at Washington was given by Mrs. T. H. White; Mrs. Kelly White reported on the progress of plans for the sale Of Poppies, and Mrf.-H. C. Stokes gave an interest ing reading on Poppies, iilt was anmmnoed thjtt the Depart ing president, rUntTSlaun white of J ghnC thej.lpnrtment'8 sec- are requested to meet these officers. While in Hertford the visitors will stay with the Auxiliary president, Mrs. Brinn. A nominating committee for offi cers of the Auxiliary for the coming year was named and included Mrs. J. E. Winslow, chairman, Mrs. F. T. JohnSon and Mrs. L. S. White. David Fuller Accepts Position In Florida David Fuller, former coach at Per quimans High School, has accepted a position with the athletic department at the University of Florida, accord ing to an announcement received here this week, and will report for his new dutie8 next September. At the present time Mr. Fuller is taking advance work at the Univer sity of North Carolina. Lone Selectee To Leave For Exam A draft call scheduled for May 15 will be filled by a lone selectee, Witlie Ivey, Jr., it was announced this week by Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the local draft board. Mrs. Sumner also stated that three veteran! reported this week at the local board with their separatism pa pers from the armed forces. The vet erans were Hilton White and McMul lan White, both of whom served in the Navy, and John Tucker, Negro. Coal Situation Curbs Freight, ; Passenger Service On Nor. Sou. In accordance with an ODT direc tive the Norfolk Southern Railroad will cancel all freight trains effective at midnight tonight (Thursday). The order is the result of the railroad's fuel situation, but exception is made to livestock, live poultry, and perish able freight. V,' The coal situation will, also affect the passenger train schedule, in that No. l.and No. 2 trains Will make trips tri-weekly instead of dairy. RECITALS AT CHOWAN '; ' Mrs. R, R. 'White will present; tier Junior Piano students in recital en led "The Land of Musical. Spring timo," on Wednesday' night, May 16, at t o'clock in the 4Chowan Hughj School auditorium. t , On I Friday night, May 17, Mrs. White will present her Senior Piano students in a recital entitled "Comi cal Country Cousin,?! also to be given in the high school auditorium f,t 8 o'clock. r. ' ' The public is cordially invited to attend these recitals. . v - . Albemarle League Revival Vitii Three Teams Organized Decision Made at Meet ing Held In Eliza beth City Prospects for summer baseball again brightened following a meet ing of Albemarle baseball fans held in Elizabeth City Thursday night, when representatives from Elizabeth City, Hertford and Edenton decided to form a league including these three towns. It was hoped, however, that a fourth team would enter in or der to have a four-team league. Only recently an effort to revive the Albemarle League with the hope of having teams from the above towns, Windsor, Harrellsville, Ahos kie and Plymouth, but the Elizabeth City, Hertford and Edenton fans re fused to give up the idea, believing that good baseball can be provided if only the three towns are represent ed. The same league officers were con tinued at the Elizabeth City meet ing, which include W. J. Daniels, pres ident, and Walter Holton, secretary and treasurer. The same directors were also continued, which are Gra ham Byrum for Edenton, A. W. Hef ren for Hertford and Lorimer Mid gett for Elizabeth City. It was de cided to play four games per week, with the league scheduled to begin playing on Saturday, June 1. Each team, according to the rules, will be required to play country boys, with the privilege of hiring three outside players. The season is scheduled to run until September 1, which will allow for a play-off for the league championship. Each town will be re quired to furnish umpires for home games, though it was thought advis able to employ outside officials for the series games. President Daniels was very much encouraged following the meeting, -stating that- prospects arej)i4ght for well balanced teams and some good baseball. Organization of the Hertford club was completed at a meeting held Tuesday night when Edgar Morris was elected as general manager of the club, J. W. Hampton playing man ager, C. B. Goodman assistant man ager and E. C. Woodard secretary and treasurer. Funds are now being collected for outfitting the Hertford Club, which will carry about 18 players. Lions Club To Hold Ladies' Night May 16 The Hertford Lions Club will hold its annual Ladies Night party on Thursday, May 16, at the Methodist Church in Hertford, it was announc ed today by R. R. White, president of the local club. An interesting program, headed by the Lions District Governor, James Glover, of Nashville, has been ar ranged and the members and guests are promised one of the best Ladies Night parties ever given. Visiting Lions from Edenton and Elizabeth City are expected to attend and a number of other guests from Hertford have been invited by the club. ENLISTS IN ARMY Roy B. Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Ward of Winfall, has enlisted for 18 months in the new regular ar my with 'the recruiting sergeant, who is in the lobby of the Postoffice here in Hertford every Monday from 9 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Ward will be sent to Fort Bragg for his examination and upon acceptance will receive his basic training'elsewhere. Vha Frinea nrea. seooai af , -. ta Wwti War U, hsM several wr- i -'-jr tarn nr-tenv- s m iw Ca battiMMt' fechanhoHl fee t Norway, -lhe m was Ik repair let u Likud Memorial Services To De Conducted By Legion Post June 2 Special Meeting of Post Is Called For Friday, May 17th Members of the Wm. I'aul Stallings Post of the American Legion at their regular meeting last Friday night, voted to hold a special meeting of the Post on Friday night, May 17, at 8 o'clock at the Agriculture Building in Hertford. This special meeting will be held for the purpose of electing of ficers for the local post for the year li)4(-47, and selecting delegates and alternates to the State Convention to he held in Winston-Salem June l(i-19. A nominating committee composed of W. H. Oakey, Jr., W. (J. Hollowell, C. V. Sumner, Jr., Charles K. White and W. S. liutlrr was appointed liy I'osl Commander V. N. I'arden to nominate tli" n-. u ci..ivrs. It was .id i n ui ii t-d by tin- I'osl offi cials that the Legion's memorial ser vices would be held at the Hertford Baptist Church, at the evening ser vice, on June Further arrange ments for the memorial services will be made at the special meeting next Friday, and announced at a later date. Membership in the local post has now reached the total of l.il) mem ber", according to K. C. Berry, the increase being credited to the num ber of veterans of World War II, who have joined the American Legion. Mr. Berry stated that the N. C. De partment total membership has now reached approximately 65,000 mem bers. At the meeting last week the mem bers voted to secure ten army rifles for the purpose of organizing a Le gion Post firing squad. This organi zation will take place just as soon as the rifles have been received here. Court-Disposes Of Six Cases Tuesday Perquimans County's recorder's court had the usual run of cases on the docket here Tuesday morning, and Judge Charles F',. Johnson heard six of those listed on the calendar. J. I!. Brown entered a plea of guil ty to being drunk and disorderly. He was ordered to pay a fine of if l) and the costs of court. i Hen Thatch, Negro, was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of be ing drunk. Willie James, Negro, pleaded guilty to driving with insufficient brakes and paid the costs of court. Theodore Mallory, Negro, was found guilty on two counts, driving without a license and reckless driv ing. He was ordered to pay the costs on the first count and a fine of $.'(0 anil costs on the second. Charlie Johnson, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs. William Barclift, Negro, was taxed with the costs of court after plead ing guilty to driving without a li cense. BANK CLOSED FRIDAY K. M. Riddick, president of the Hertford Banking Company, an nounced Wednesday the bank would be closed all day Friday, May 1(1, in observance of Southern Memorial Day. Patrons are requested to ob serve the notice and conduct banking business accordingly. The bank will reopen for business Saturday morn ing. Returned Home Mrs. L. W. Norman has returned home after visiting Mr. and Mrs. C W. Mangum in Newport News. 1 1 -i ni-i ri i-i ririi-inri i-ini-wftrtri nilWMMHMWfMf(MMM 111 p' the i Admfca! Btpser etaas at heavy eralset haUt y the Germans far we smKmI ae&MS la the Atlantic, Bmltio Sea, ana English ChaaneL hf hi. rand ted ta the stakter-af 4M toarck6be aha awnales the tm n and C.nlay at their fiknt beat the Mat iaaiaan serial was ay asssss te. BOARD OF EDUCATION PLANS EXTENSIVE REPAIR PROGRAM TO SCHOOL BUILDINGS Indians Drop Game To Elizabeth City Perquimans High School, baseball ers lost a well played game to the Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets Wed nesday night by an 8-5 score, before a large crowd at Memorial Field. The visitors tallied in the first inn ing but the Indians came back to tie the score, then to go ahead in the second inning. Showing some weak ness in the six innings the Indians allowed Elizabeth City to tie up the count and during the last three inn ings the vistors counted three more runs for the margin of victory. The Indians will meet their old rivals, the F-denton high nine on Mem orial Field next Tuesday night. Road Contract To Be Let By Commission Members of the Board of County Commissioners were informed Mon day that the State Highway Commis sion expects the contract for the com pletion of the Hertford-Center Hill road to be let probably this week. The information was given upon request of the commissioners that action re garding secondary roads in this coun-. ty be taken by the State Highway Board. Other improvements to the county roads are also expected to fol low the work on the Center Hill road. The contract for this work will call for the elimination of several danger ous curves now a part of the high way, and the widening and hard-sur facing of the stretch of mad from Hertford to a point on the Center Hill road where it will meet the portion of the road built several years ago. Other business handled by the county board at its meeting this week included permission being extended the Wm. J'aul Stallings Pos for Uie placing of a World War II fieTtrfffiif upon the Court House green. Action on this matter is now pending before the Legion I'ost. The Commissioners fired Tom Shannon as custodian of the Court House and Court House grounds and immediately employed William Demp sey for the job. In addition the board handled the usual routine financial matters placed before the meeting. Store Celebrating 32nd Anniversary W. M. Morgan, well-known Hert ford furniture man, is this week cele brating the H2nd anniversary of the opening of his store in this town. The original store opened on May f, 1!)14, in an old wooden building, since torn down; later the store was moved to the center of the Church street block and still later, in the thirties, to its present location. In addition to Mr. and Mrs. Mor gan, employees of the store are Miss Helen Morgan and B. C. Berry. Brothers Register Papers Together Two brothers, one a former sailor and the other recently discharged from the army, appeared at J. W Ward's office together this week to register their discharge papers. Al though a number of brothers saw ser vice during the war this was the first tfme brothers have filed their dis charge papers together. The two were Albert and Henry Miller, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Miller. Robert was in the Navy and Henry served with the Army. Henry wears the Purple Heart with oak leaf clusters, having been wounded three times within three months. f --ii-- ' """"yff KncUah Channel fa 10, esses aa wtf ibisb, wm aas seea pas Project Conforms to Grand Jury Report; Faculty Approved Considerable time was consumed by members of the Hoard of Education at their meeting Monday in preparing plans for extensive repairs to be made to various school buildings in this county, in line with recommendations made by the Grand Jury at the April term of Superior Court. The Hoard approved the election of white school teachers of the coun ty for the next school term. During the meeting members of the hoard visited the Central Grammar School at Winfall for the purpose of determining a site for a proposed new lunch room building for that school. The Hoard also voted that effective immediately there is to be no more baseball played on the Central Gram mar School grounds on Sunday. This action was taken, it was reported, after the board had received a num ber of complaints regarding behavior during the games. F". T. Johnson, County Superinten dent, stated to this newspaper that an inspection of the heating Bystem at Perquimans High School revealed that the radiation system is only about half of what is needed for the building to be properly heated. The present boiler, it was revealed, is too small for u system the size of which will adequately heat the building, and that a new boiler and extra radiation will be needed to remedy the situa tion. Plans for remedying this condi tion are included with the others be ing prepared by the board. Considering the amount of repairs atid building to be completed on schools in this county it is reported that it may become necessary for a bond issue to provide sufficient mon ey for the projects. In such an event a special election will be called to de termine whether or not the bond issue will be offered. Honor Roll List Announced Today (i. H. Baker, principal at the Cen tral Grammar School, today released the honor roll for the fourth grading period at the Winfall school. The list of students winning scholastic honors for the period are: First Grade Don Baker, Arnold Winslow, Doris Morgan, C. R. Chap pell, Roger Nixon, Avis Winslow, Ar chie Godwin, Nora Cook, Wrae Cope land, Jesse Bovce, Evelvn Lane, Mo- non Trueblood, Pat Hnrrell. i First and Second Grade Ann Saw yer, Atwood Chappell, Isabell Mid gett, Annette Williams, Winston Chappell, Harbara Jean Russell. Third Grade Daryl Allen, Caro lyn Faye Kure, Lucy Mae Eure, Mary Frances Eure, Tommy Stallings, Eve lyn Ann Stanton, Charles Smith, Em elie Rebecca White, Fourth Grade Yvonne Cartwright, Belly i.ou Chappeli, Hudson Fisher. Fifth Grade Glenda Lane, Nan Ella White, Kay White Stanton, Leo Long, Billy Chappell, Nonie Lou Lane. Fifth and Sixth Grades Cary Stal lings, Doris Rountree, Emilie Sum ner, Pauline Burbage, Walter Humph lett. Sixth Grade Amy Van Roach, Ma riana White. Seventh Grade Doris Faye Allen, Marv Sue Cook. J. E. Winslow Named On Democratic Committee J. Emmett Winslow was named to the State Democratic Congressional Committee for the First District and to the executive committee at the par ty's convention held last Thursday at Raleigh. Due to pressure of other affairs none of the Perquimans delegation was in attendance at the convention. LANE-WESTON The marriage of Miss Nora Cather ine Weston, daughter of Mrs. Evie P. Weston of Norfolk, Va., and the late Mr. Weston to Donald M. Lane, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Lane of Bel videre, took place April 27, 1946 at 8 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by J. T. Etheridge, Justice of Peace, at South Mills. The only attendants were Miss Evelyn Weston, sister of the bride and Miss Tattie Taylor of Norfolk. LODGE MEETS TUESDAY Perquimans Lodge, A. F. & A. M. 106 will - meet Tuesday night at the lodge room. All visiting Masons 'are welcome. 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