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WEEKLY iiWEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTBlD TO THE UPBUILDING W HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNlt i i I ill I ii in iii ii iiiiiin iImhotUi n iinnnnil 1 , it t I , , , - , , mrr i r i i 'fit i u liHno,XIIIiNumberx22. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, June 7, 19461 $1.50 Per Year. WORLD'S LARGEST CARRIER SAIL " TOGETHER AS EIGHTH FLEET MANEUVERS DaEGATION EXPECTED TO REQUEST TOWN CO-D CONTINUE ISEALTII DEPARTMEfJT COffiSIOflERS AUTHORIZE MONEY FOR BOARD EDUCATION TO REPAIR SCHOOLS iff!! I t , Mayor Darden States . Meeting Monday Will Be Open toTublic Reports current, this week are that ,ytt delegation of Hertford citizens will Attend the meeting of the Town Board - 1 next Monday night for the purpose of requesting the Town to continue V its financial assistance in the main tenance of the County Health De partment Mayor V. N. Darden has i Btated that he will welcome the dele ' gation and also all other residents v who desire to speak for or against the proposal. ; Following the report that the Town ; would withdraw its support from the , Health unit, beginning July 1, it was i also reported that the County Board ... would not include the department in . its budget for the next fiscal year And thus the health service would be discontinued. A number of local residents have . ' been making surveys recently and find a large number, of persons ap '' - prove the health department and de sire that it be continued. They point out that the local Health Department . held 263 scheduled clinic sessions dur ing 1945, with some 8,240 patients be ing seen at these sessions. Since ' March 15, 1943, the department has. X-rayed 1,022 patients and 19 pa tients have been admitted to the sana v' toria and 481 home visits have been ,." made for the control of tuberculo sis. According to records at the Health Department 2,021 blood tests have been- made and 19,094 treatments have been given for venereal diseases. Tins number does not include the early cases who were sent to the Ra v pid Treatment Centers. In addition, . some 12,729 immunizations and tests have been completed by the local de '.;piHftment ' "-.; . . 1 I',1 The local department is a unit of Ji quotanlPerquimans-Camden 'j ' Department and unds tor operation ' ' of th Department, are, ajlotea as fol- 800; VD Fund $080; CWreVs Bureau, $1,560; 'Counties, $9,127.50; Towns, $5,542.50. Of this amount the County and Town of Hertford have alloted approximately $4,000, and it has been reported the budget may call "I for, about one thousand more for the jl"", next fiscal year. Leguxiliary To Install Officers lit Joint Meeting Members of the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary will hold a joint meeting Friday night at the Agri cultural Building in Hertford at which time installation services for newly elected -officers of the two organiza tions will be conducted by Jesse Mer cer and other members of the Eliza beth City Post. V, N. Darden, retiring commander of the local post, stated that prior to the joint meeting members of the two organizations will hold regular monthly meetings, with the Legion meeting scheduled for the Court House and the Auxiliary at the Agri- culture Building. The Legion officers to be installed tonight are: R. it. White as com mander; W. G. Hollowell, Clarence Phillips and Walter OaVey, Jr., vice commanders; W. F. Ainsley, adjutant and B. C. Berry, assistant adjutant; V N. Darden, finance officer; Way land. Butler and Ray White, sergeant-,t-arms.- v..- -i - - . ' 4-11 Camp Planned A large number ' of Perquimans County 4pH Club , Members expect to attend the 4-H; Clutr Camp for. Chowan ' and ' Perquimans .County girls "and boys July 8 toxi3. , The Cams will be held at the old air base at Manteo and farm, and home agents from both counties will- serve as counsellors. , ' . v The total cost la $11, which In cludes ; transportation, room, meals and. a ticket to the . "Lost Colony" pageant. Any boy or girl who de sires to attend the Camp must de posit $1.00 with either Mjsa Maness or L, W. Anderson before June 22. PREACHING AT WOODLAND , ,1. j . - .i 1' ' Rev. JD, Cranford . will preach at Woodland Methodist Church Sun day rt 7:30 P. M. , . ' Lveryone is urged to be present AUMeo July 8-13 and take part In the service. ': Eastern Star Meets In Elfeabeth City Monday Mrs. C. C. Winslow, Worthy Mat ron of the Hertford Chapter of the Lastern Star, announced today there will be no meeting of the local chap ter on Monday, June 10, due to the meeting of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star to be held in Elizabeth City on that date. All members of the Hertford Chapter are urged to at tend the Grand Chamber session. which will open at 10 A. M. and con tinue through the day. Delegates from the local chapter will , be Worthy Matron Mrs. C. C. Winslow, Past Worthy Matrons Mrs. W. F. Ainsley and Mrs. J. H. Towe and Associate Worthy Matron Mrs. A. IJ. Honner, Worthy Patron C. C. Winslow and Past Worthy Patron Clinton Ely and Associate Worthy Patron J. S. Vick. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES With many cities in America re porting bread shortages, the Millers Federation stated this week the U. S. has reached the bottom of the barrel in the flour shortage and that from now on there should be an easing of the (lour shortage. It was neported it may take from two to three weeks for the public to notice a change in the situation. According to some re ports, this shortage was brought about by the heavy shipments of wheat from this country to foreign ports, as aid to starvintr people in other nations. The Senate has approved a measure which will Increase the pay of en listed men of the armed forces, and included in tie hfll fafan amendment TeeTOTjhMfhtfrtPvMjHlHK f teen-- agea youths. The fueasore would al so prolong the selective .service law until May, 1947. Under the Senate bill special deferments would be giv en scientific students of accredited schools. When the measure has fin ally passed the Senate it must be ap proved by the House, where it is re ported there is greater opposition torn the continuation of the teen-age draft. The Communist Party lost ground in an election held in France on Sun day, while in Italy the people have voiced their choice for a Republic to replace the Monarchial system. France was voting on a new constituent as sembly, which will write a new con stitution for the nation, with the Communists losing some of the gains shown in elections shortly after the liberation. The election in Italy was the first conducted since Mussolini marched into power in the early 1920's, and the purpose "was to give the people the choice between a re public or retaining the old system of a King. Returns from Italy show the citizens desire a Republic by a vote of nearly 2 to 1. After several attempts on the part of the Jap war criminals to escape trial, hearings opened this week in Tokyo for former Premier Tojo and 23 other. Japanese charged with pro moting the Asiatic, war. Two of the lesser defendants were not present for' the opening, but motions that their names be stricken from the in dictment was iyt acted upon by the court. Reports this week stae that soft coal production, hard hi because of the recent strike, reached normal. However, negotiations Continue for a settlement of the hard, coal strike. Railroads, also tied up with a strike, are now back to normal, with all the roads having replaced train service suspended because of the coal short age, k , The Supreme ; Court this week handed down two Sweeping decisions which gave the press wide" latitude to criticize the courts and outlawed ra cial segregation on interstate buses. The first was a reversal of a Florida cdurt decision convicting a news paper for criticism of a Florida court, and the second held unconstitutional a Virginia act which :; requires Ne groes to be seated ' separately from whites on both interstate and intra state buses. ' 4: !:'ti;: r; Chas. H. Jenkins "he Wake Forest Tinistees State Senator Charles iH Jenkins was on Monday appointees a mem ber of the hoard of trustees of , Wake Forest College, Mr,. Jenkins succeeds H. W. Early of Windsor. - ', C3BJ The U83 Franklin R Baoserdfc, (fasegroaai) and the VM Midway (astern) take part In maneuvers of the U. 8. SMrhth Fleet, wfafck is under the command of Admiral Mare A. tttseaar, TON. Both M t acrs they re tWo of tne three largest canton ia the warld, the ether mm being the CSS Coral Sea. The present man raven wH extend Into the tamaier. Additional Support Needed For County To Meet Food Goal "Unless we receive additional sup port from the public, Perquimans County will fail to meet its emerg ency food collection goal," A. Hous ton Edwards, chairman of the county committee in charge of this drive, stated Wednesday. According to Mr. Edwards, contri butions reported up to that time amounted to only $874.89, whereas the residents of the county had been asked to donate the sum of $1,500 to be used by the Emergency Food Col lection agency in helping to feed the thousands of starving people through out the world. In his report this week the chair man stated that previous reports amounted to $788.50 and during the past week Up River Friends Church turned over $50, Bethel Church $25 and Burgess Church $11.33. Several other churches and organizations have not made a report and the com mittee requests all churches and or ganizations making collections to re port as soon as possible. It was reported that the collection made at the Hertford Baptist Church, through the church, Sunday School and circles, amounting to $253 had, through error, beeir transmitted to Raleigh, but it was believed this amount can and will be accredited to the county's quota. Efforts will be made, according to Mr. Edwards, to reach the $1,500 quota, and the drive will be continued until the goal is obtained. He stated the committee is hopeful that the amount will be raised through the work of the churches and other or ganizations, but if necessary, a can vass will be made to complete the quota. AH funds contributed to the Food Collection drive will be forwarded to the National Committee, headed by Secretary of Commerce Henry Wal lace, working with the UNRRA, to purchase foodstuffs for shipment ov erseas to areas where most needed by the starving people. Delinquent Taxes To Be Advertised Soon .Sheriff J. Emmett Winslow announ ced today that he had been ordered by the Board of County Commis sioners to advertise for sale all delin quent taxes on 1945 real estate on July 5, and hold the Sale of the taxes on Monday, August 5. . Tax collections, according to Sher iff Winslow, have been better this year1 than ever before, approximately 95 pet cent of the 'Collections have been made, thus the delinquent lists are smaller than in years. , RECEIVES DEGREE , Miss Lois Asbell was - one in the Class of 448 students graduated Mon-1 day, June 8 from the Woman's Col lege, Greensboro. She received : an A. B. degree with ' a major in gram mar grade education, ; . Indians Drop First Two League Gaines; Play Here Tonight Hertford's" Albemarle LeaguYUage' ball team dropped its opening game to Colerain by a 5-3 dAision and lost the second league tilt to the Eliza beth City entry 1G to 12. The first game was played on the liertie Coun ty diamond while the second was played here on Memorial Field. Colerain scored their nine runs in the first two innings before the lo cal players became accustomed to the small diamond. However, the In dians were unable to overcome the lead despite good playing. In the first home game of the sea son the Indian grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first inning, then tallied five more runs in the second, while Klizaheth City marked up three runs. With a four run lead the locals went to pieces in the fourth inning, allowing five Senators to cross the plat, giving Elizabeth City a one run edge. The score was tied in the fifth, sixth and seventh innings, but Elizabeth City batted in three runs in the eighth to Hertford's one and gained a lead which the Indians failed to overcome. Elizabeth City tallied two more runs in the ninth, while Hertford went scoreless and the final count was 1(1-12. Chuck Scully was on the mound for Hertford in the Elizabeth City game and General Team Manager Edgar Morris stated Scully will likely play with Hertford during the entire sea son. The local management is at tempting to sign two more pitchers to complete the roster of the team. Another league game will be play ed here in Hertford tonight when the Indians tangle again with Colerain. The game is scheduled to start at 8 o'clock. June Gets Eccentric Start As Mercury Dips The month of June bids fair to be fully as eccentric as the past month of May, so faras weather is concern ed. May brought an abnormal amount of rain and now June has ar rived upon the scene with a stretch of unseasonable cool weather. In addition to the rainfall of last month, the cool weather of the past few days has added additional handi caps to the farmers attempting to catch up with the planting schedules. Lions Club To Elect Officers Friday P.M. y The Hertford Lions Club will hold its - regular meeting Friday night at 6:46 O'clock at' the Colonial Tourist Home, according to R. R. White, pres ident, who urges all members to at tend. ' Jfhe Club will hold Its annual elec tion .of officers at the meeting this week, . Vacation Bible School In Session The vacation Bible school being conducted by the Hertford Methodist Church opened this week with an en rollment of 80 children, according to Mrs. B. C. ReaviB, who has charge of the school program. Assisting Mrs. Reavis are Barbara and Betty Jean Winslow in the beginners' class; Mrs. Jarvis Henry, Betty Ruth Chappell and Pat Morris in the primary class, and Mrs. H. C. Stokes, Mrs. R. M Riddick, Peggy I'elton and Ruth Tucker in the Junior Department. Tne school will continue through June 12, being conducted each day from 'JiIlO A. M. to 11 A. M. Follow ing the closing next week exercises will be conducted and the work of the children will be on display during the com mencement. 18 Year-Old Youths Still Required To Register For Draft Although legislation has been ap proved by Congress forbidding the induction of teen-age boys into the army, they still are liable for regis tration with local draft boards, when they reach their 18th birthday, it was pointed out today by Mrs. Ruth Sum ner, clerk of the local board. The extension act, extending the draft for 45 days, limits induction to non-fathers between the ages of 20 and 30, but does not affect the law regarding registration. When a youth reaches 18 he must register and he is placed in a non classified file until he reaches the age of 20, when he may be called for examination. Few registrants are available in this county for calls under the pre sent system, but Mrs. Sumner stated official word has been, received to call non-fathers in the 26-30 age group for pre-induction examinations. They may be called without being reclassified into 1A. Five more veterans reported at the draft office jduring the past week to file their discharge' papers with the local board. Those reporting were Morris Griffin, Jr., William liyrum and Van Carlton Banks, white and Ellis Riddick and Roy Sutton, colored. VeteransMeetTo Organize VRV Post A representative group of veterans who served overseas during World War II met at the Agricultural Build ing Wednesday night to perfect plans for the organization of a VFW 1'ost in Perquimans County. The meeting this week was in charge of J. C. Tatka, deputy chief of staff for the VFW in this region, who has been in Hertford a number of times making a survey regarding the organization of the Post. A complete report of the meeting was not available at press time, but will be carried next week. Negro Masonic Temple In Hertford Dedicated The new Masonic Temple for Meri dian Lodge No. 18 which was just completed here on Hyde Park street near the Negro Baptist Church was dedicated in services here Thursday. The dedicatory address was given by Grand Lecturer J. M. Newkirk of Hose Hill, and the ceremony took place at 12 o'clock noon. Invocation was made by Rev. J. II. Skinner, after which the choir of the Negro Baptist Church furnished spe cial music. The welcome to the visit ing Masonic -members was made by Rev. J. L. Morgan, pastor of the Bap tist Church. Mayor V. N. Darden gave the ad dress of welcome for the town. Rev. R. T. Hawkins extended an address of greetings followed by a solo by Myrtle Felton. George James, Jr. and King A. Williams offered greetings. Introduction of the speak er Newkirk was made by D. W. White, deputy. Following the services in the church a ceremony was held at the new tem ple, where G. W. Felton, W. M. pre sided. Following the ceremony a cor nerstone laying completed the dedica tion of the Masonic Temple. SOCIETY TO MEET The Woman's Society of Christian Service held its meeting this month at the home of Mrs. H. H. Butt on Thursday afternoon, June 6. A large membership was in attendance. Projects to Cost In the Neighborhood of Fif teen Thousand Perquimans Commissioners, session Monday of Education t County's Hoard of meeting in regular authorized the Board begin extensive re pairs to county school buildings that will cost approximately 15 thousand dollars. Among the items listed by Superintendent V. T. Johnson, vh made the request for funds, is a new heating plant for the High School and a new roof for the same building. The cost of this repair at the high school is expected to be about 11 ,!(!. The remainder of the funds requested will be used to repair the Negro schools of the County, a number of which need roofing and other repairs, and all of the Negro schools will be paint ed. In requesting the appropriation of the funds at this time, prior to the marking up of the budget next month, Mr. Johnson stated the Board of Edu cation desired to begin the repairs immediately and had contractors rea dy to begin the work once it was authorized. The projects are expected to lie completed before schools open next fall. In addition to voting the funds for the school repairs the County Board approved a budget presented by the State Eire Prevention office for the next fiscal year. The amount appro priated for fire prevention and con trol in this county amounted to $150(1. The commissioners hoard petition ers request that the State Highway Commission take steps to improve a road connecting the Lake and Four Mile Desert roads in this county and also improve the drainage of a road in Bethel Township. The firm of Wall and Williams, now making the annual audit of the County's books, reported that work of summarizing the list of delinquent tax liens for the purpose of holding foreclosure sales for collection is al most finished and the County could shortly begin the sales. The auditor also reported the county's bonded in debtedness now starids at $439,000. Recorder's Court In Short Session Perquimans Recorder's Court quick ly disposed of eight cases listed on the docket for hearing Tuesday morn ing. The State took a no! pros in the case charging Louis Sitterson with driving without a license. Louis Stallings entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving drunk and driving without a license. He was fined $7.r and costs of court. Willie Williams, Negro, was fined $10 and ordered to pay the costs on a charge of speeding. The State took a nol pros in the case against Lillie Forehand, Negro, charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Ilershey Stallings was fined $15 and costs of court on charges of being drunk on the highway and permitting his car to be operated with insuffi cient brakes. Hurley Barclift, Negro, entered & plea of guilty to a charge of being drunk. He was given a SO day sus pended sentence upon payment of a fine of $10 and costs. Wiley Whedbee, Negro, was tax ed with the costs of court on a charge of driving with insufficient brakes. Grandy White, Negro, charged with driving without a chauffeur's li cense, failed to appear for hearing. The warrant was returned for ser vice, with orders to hold the defend ant for bond. Wildlife Club Met Thursday Night Members of the Perquimans Wild life Club held their regular quarterly meeting Thursday night, June 6, at 8 o'clock at the Court House in Hert ford. Ross 0. Stevens, executive secre tary of the State Wildlife organiza tion, attended and gave a report on the federations work, progress and coming program for the various clubs of the State. The meeting here was presided over by W. H. Oakey, Jr., president of the Perquimans Club. Rotarians To Hold Steak Fry Wednesday Members of the Hertford Rotary Club will not meet next Tuesday night in regular session, but will instead hold a steak fry at Newbold's Beach on Wednesday at 6 o'clock. All members are urged to note the change in next week's meeting and to attend the outing. '51 .f n 7 i '5 ,1 i v f if
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