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1 " MEN I V A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING $F HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume XIII. Number 25: Hertford, Perquimans County, North 'Carolina, Friday, June 28, 1946. $1.50 Per Year. - I THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES After - weeks, r of - wrangling, the ouse passed an amended OPA bill jus week extending the office for a period of one year. The Senate is expected to pass on the bill the last l of this week. The law retains price j Control over most, items, including meat, poultry, butter, tent and other commodities, but changes, are allow ed for the increase in costs of pro ductlon. ., The point causing most " trouble centered around the .removal - of control over meat, poultry and ( dairy products, but as passed the law : will stilt control these. , More democracy in the Army is thc- . report by the War Department follow ing adoption of several recommenda- v tions offered by a committee headed 'by Genera Doolittle. Included in the changes -ordered are identical uni forms for officers and enlisted men, ne saluting except on military posts and in occupied areas and formal r;; functions. ."'Reports from Paris indicate the 'meeting of the Big Four foreign min isters are making headway toward the calling of a peace conference for Italy and dther smaller nations, allied . formerly with Germany. The U. S. .Secretary, . James Byrnes, had met with Russia's Molotov three times during the week to iron out Russo American differences regarding Italy. Mr. Byrnes is reported as stating the "picture looks optimistic. . Two changes were made in the present administration in Washington this week when Fred Vinson was sworn in as chief justice of the Su preme Court and Henry Snyder re ' placed Mr. Vinson as Secretary of the : Treasury. Mr. Vinson became the 1 thirteenth chief justice of.' the high , court at the time the court is report ,d at odds with each other over per- -1 .a r : j i TV ' . t i stated he expects the .new chief jus tice to settle- the unity ethe jpurt uiiuiftut guti win? v Fire Which Burned j'oodviiie Home An electric iron left plugged in while the mother visited next door , with a neighbor resulted in the com plete destruction of the residence oc cupied by Mr. and Mrs, pavid Jordan near Woodville'aWutaVj&wn .Tuesday while the quick thinking of a passing man, identified only as Mr. White ; connected' with the State Highway ( Commission, barely saved the 20 r months old child, left alone in the house, from death. .r According to the reports, Mr. White i was passing along the highway and j saw the smoke pouring from the e house. He found the door locked and broke out a window to get inside. Once inside he found the house filled with smoke but located the child in 1 the bedroom, aroused by the smoke. Searching the house for other persons he found the iron still connected in s. the kitchen and the flames lapping the I wall, v Shortly after bringing out the child, the ' mother and another seven year pld child came up. Alarm brought a fire engine from Elizabeth City which with the help of neigh-. ; bors kept the flames from spreading to the next door house some 20 feet awayiff'i'".?;?-. "The razed residence was the home place of and owned by Miss Annabell Woods and was not insured. iy 3 Last Day, To n For 4-H Camp . Perquimans County 4-H Club menr bers who desire to attend the annual . 4-H Club camp to be held thla year at Maateo during the week of July 8 through the 13th will have until next Wednesday to sign up for. the camp, Miss Frances Maness, Home Agent, . and L. W.v Anderson, County Agent, - announced today. . ' i i u Thirty-three.: cliub members have already signed up f or the carnp and the leaden stated accommodationi are still available for a few more mem bers, providing they sign -up by next Wednesday. 4 ufa ' No Bid Received On County adFnyeibt A : State f.iatm'pro''.ieadUBi( for the improvement of the Hertford- f i Center Hill road, waa further delayed i this week' when , the State Highway j M Commfcaion failed Jo eceiw bid V&for t- rroject at a contract . letting1 Ve" ' ' en .Tnesday ti&&.zfW ' 'ori t!me the Com- r:- e a bid ' ' t same Civic Clubs jo Play Soft Ball Game; Band To Receive Benefit - ' v . "f Game Is Scheduled For July 11 at Memorial Field at 8 P.M. Sports fans in this area will have an opportunity to see some of the local "side line coaches" in action in a soft ball game to be played on Memorial Field in Hertford at 8 o'clock on the night of July 11. The game will be played by members of the Hertford Rotary and Lions clubs for the benefit of the Perquimans High School Band. All gate receipts, including admis sion of. players, sale of concessions, will go to the fund for the support of the band.. Arrangements for the game are be ing completed this week between A. Houston Edwards, named as manager of the Lions aggregation, and Max Campbell, manager of the Rotarians. Each team has had some practice sessions, but neither manager has as yet named his team line-up for the game. Both teams are expected to use almost the entire membership of the clubs in order to be able to play the full seven innings of the game. The Lions Club team is expected to be composed of such players as Ed wards, Charles Williford, J. W. Hampton, L. B. Sitterson, Bill Cox, Clinton Ely, Archie T. Lane, Sidney Blanchard, Zack Robertson, Julian A. White, R. R. White, Hoyle Umphlett, Kip Sumner, Simon Rutenberg, Jim Bass, J. D. Cranford, Charles Skin ner, Wayland Butler, Clarence Phil lips, RouWc Webb, T. P. Byrum, Frank Skinner and others, while the Rotarians boast piasters like W. H. Pitt, Henry Newboldy J. W. Ward, F. T. Johnson, C. P.' Morris, A. W. Hef ren, W. F. Aingley, Robert Hollowell, T. B. Sumner, W. H, Hardcastle, R. M. Riddick, J. ' Emmett Winslow, Leigh Winslow, Df. A. B. Bonner, R. rell and R. C. Murray. Under no cir cumstances will either team be allow ed to use hired or professional play ers, ine game will be played only by local club members. Much interest in the game is being manifested and already the winner of the game has been challenged to play a -team representing the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Le gion, the proceeds from this game to also go to the High School Band. There will be no expenses to be met in the playing of the game and the entire gate receipts will be contribut ed to the band. The public is urged to come out and watch the spqrt and at the same time lend aid to the lo cal band. Congress Votes To A Senate Naval Committee, acting Tuesday, voted to dispose of Harvey Point Naval Base, which has been used as a storage depot since being closed last year. ' The committee voted a blanket au thorization to the Navy Department to turn over 64 Navy airfields, in which Harvey Point was included, to the War Assets Administration for disposal. The' disposals will be conditioned by a clause enabling the government to regain control in the event of an emergency. All the fields, besides Harvey , Point, Kinston and Manteo fields are included, are in excess to the Navy's peace-time needs. Harvey Point was constructed dur ing the war at a cost of several mil lion dollars and was operated by the Navy until last August, at which time it was turned over to the Reconstruc tion Finance Corporation ; to be used as a storage depot for surplus ma terial. .; ', Dispose Local Base Press Day Moved Up for Next Week Jri order that the printers and pub lisher of-The Perquimans Weekly may observe the Fourth of July holiday, The , Weekly will be printed one day earlier jiext week. Instead of .print ing n Thursday, The; Weekly will be printed ion Wednesday, jh", Persons ; having news 'items, cor respondents and, advertisers are re quested to have all copy Jn . the, local office not later than Tuesday after noon, July 2, for next week's Issue,; , . .BIRTH ANNOUNCIErn,;(V" - Mr. and Mri ' Ralph, Harrell of Hertford RonU 9 announce the birth of 'a baby girL Ruth Eve'yh, weigh. Ipj 9 pounds ahd 1 , ounce, at the f-j Ileal Center on June 8, 1946, at 8.:jp.m. t:r.- i Associational Here Sunday Afternoon Hertford Baptists will be j hosts to the Chowan Associational convention scheduled for the local church Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock, it was an nounced here today by the Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor. The ReV. R. N. Carroll, new pastor of the Edenton Baptist Church, will be the speaker for the convention. Other ''Services at the Baptist Church Sunday will be the regular service at 11 o'clock with the Rev. Mr. Brooks, preaching in the absence of Mr. Duling who will attend a special program at Burgaw. Union services will be conducted Sunday evening at 8 o'clock with the Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the Methodist Church doing the preaching. Ill II At Murf reesboro The Murfreesboro Methodist Chur ch was the setting for the marriage of Miss Rebecca Jane Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dale of Mur freesboro and James Thurman White, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. White of I Whiteston. The ceremony was per- formed by the Rev. C. L. Spencer, pastor, at eight o'clock Wednesday evening, June 19. The chancel of the church was dec orated with fern and southern mag nolia interspersed with tall floor bas kets of white gladioli and feverfew. Seven branched cathedral tapers cast a soft glow over the scene. Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. B. F. Cufflfer, pianist and Leslie Winslow, soloist, rendered a program of nup tial music. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, was gowned in white Duchess satin with sweetheart neckline, long sleeves tapered to calla points at the wrists, the" full gather ed skirt extending int a train fell from the scalloped edge of the fitted bodice. Her finger tip veil of import ed illusion "edged with Alencon lace fell from a tiara of pearlized orange m iMiTtrf " . uci uiuLiici D invalid. Due lanreu an arm bouquet of white roses showered with white satin ribbon and steph anotis. Miss Helen Baker, of Belvidere, cousin of the bride, was maid of hon or. She wore a gown of blue nylon taffeta, fashioned with sweetheart neckline, bracelet length sleeves and fitted bodice extending into a full gathered skirt; She carried an arm bouquet of white double shasta dais ies tied with yellow ribbon. Mrs. Eppa Bland Barkley, of Boy kins, Virginia.fwas matron of honor. She was' attirld in pink nylon taf feta fashioned identical to the maid of honor. He-Vbouquet was of blue daisies. The bridesmaids were Misses Katie Ann Evans and Grace Brown, Myra Burbage and Evelyn White. Their dresses were fashioned identical to the maid of honor, two being gowned in ' pink and carrying old-fashioned arm bouquets of blue daisies and two being gowned in blue with pink daisies as bouquets. The groom had as his best man El mer Lassiter Vjf Belvidere. Ushers were Hilton White, Russell Baker, Leslie White and Lanier White. The mother' of the bride wore a gown of yellot jersey and a shoulder corsage of talisman roses. Mrs. White, mother of the grooms wore a gown of blue'eyelet and he? corsage was of taliamaj roses. After the ceremony the couple left for a short wedding trip and for trailing the bride chose a navy blue crepe two-piece dress, a navy blue bonnet style hat and white accessor ies. Stores To Observe July 4th Holiday . The majority of Hertford Btores will observe their usual Wednesday afternoon closing next week and will also be closed all day Thursday in observance, of the Fourth of July, it was revealed here in a survey this week. Patrons of the stores are asked to take note of this closing and to shop accordingly (for their needs before noon next Wednesday. State Patrolman To Manteo For Summer Charles Payne, State Hignway pa trobnan: stationed at Hertford, has been .ordered to Manteo for tempor ary duty during the summer months, it was announced here this week. ; S- Mr. Payne will serve' with other pa- trolmett lit directing: trafflo and hand ling , of other duties connected with we snowing, ox tne jjuobi voion,, . While' th local patrolman is sU tioned at Manteo hi duties in this county will be looked after by patrol men from v Edenton and Elisabeth White Wedding City, ' ,, ! ': 'V (i Heryord Indians Improve Standing By lay This Week Team Now In Second Place; Edenton to Be Hcfre Tonight By winning three straight games in as many days, the Hertford Indians baseball team moved into second place ill the standing of the Albe marle League and by virtue of Wind sor's defeat at the hands of Edenton are ontyjout of first place by one and one-halfrgames. The Indians were rained out of a game last Friday night, but played Camden on Sunday and Monday, win ning by a 11 to 3 count at Camden Sunday, then downing the same team in Memorial Field Monday night 6 to 4. The local boys played Elizabeth City Tuesday afternoon and, in a pitcher's duel, won a 2 to 1 decision in the, Ijenth inning. Dave Fuller did the pitching for Hertford Sunday and allowed only eight hits. He had full control of the game at all times and was backed by excellent playing on the part of the Indians. Tommy Reeves out-pitched Sawyer of Carriden in the game here Monday night, allowing only 7 hits, while the Indians collected eight off of Sawyer. Camden led four to one until the fifth inning when the locals bunched three hits to earn three runs, which proved enough'for the visitors. Harmon Young lost credit for a beautiful hit in the third inning when, after a Camden player muffed his high fly, a second Camden player caught the ball as it bounced off the outfielder's glove. In f hat was probably the best game played to date by the Indians, Moe Bauer, left hander for Hertford, out-pitched Elizabeth City Tuesday afternoon in a ten inning affair which saw Bauer, Wood and Young bunch hits irlrtyhe 10th to score the winning" NULa iiiv11 ll'ni w atuit- uie winning the Indians got nine. Elizabeth City scored its run in the fourth and Hert ford scored in the fifth and tenth. The Indians play the strung Eden ton team in a game on Memorial Field tonight at eight o'clock, and Ifauer will be on the mound for Hert ford. Masons In District Meeting Wednesday Approscimately 150 members of the eight Masonic lodges f the First District attended the quarterly meet ing held inf'Hertford on Wednesday night, when "the Perquimans Lodge No. 126 was the host at the affair. Lodges represented were Wanchese, Indiantown, Camden, Coinjock, Gates ville, Elizabeth City, South Mills and Hertford. The meeting here was the first conducted in two years as each lodge serves as host each quarter. The meeting opened with a barbe cue supper at 6:30 o'clock after which the regular business session was con ducted at the Perquimans High. Sch ool. District Deputy Grand Master, W. M. "Smith of Elizabeth City pre sided over the meeting and speakers indued W. J. Bundy, of Greenville, Grand Master of the North Carolina lodge, J. W. Mclver, of Raleigh, Grand Secretary and H. A. Campen, of F.denton, District Deputy Grand Master of the Second district and an honorary member of the Perquimans lodge. Heading the committees for the meeting here were Cecil C. Winslow, Grand Master of the Perquimans Lodge and R. C. Murray, chairman of the refreshment committee. Rotarians Host To Wives Tuesday Night Members of the Hertford Rotary Club entertained their Rotary Annes at a meeting of the club Tuesday night at . the Hertford Methodist Church. A delicious supper was served, by the 'ladies of the church, following which the meeting was turned over to the program chair man. ; ' The feature: of the program was technicolor ? moving pictures of iche Perquimans High School Band, shown bv Miles " Clark of 'ElizaMth City, who shot the '.pictures this spring while the band waa parading through the streets of Hertford. Mr. Clark al so ran ' off v pictures of the Shrinera convention held at Raleigh. Tte meeting closed with the roup tinging "God Bless America." , New Home Agent Vrt' I 1 MISS HAZEL SHAW of St. Paul's, N. C, who has been ap proved as assistant Home Agent, devoting her time equally be tween Chowan and Perquimans Counties. Miss Shaw will begin her new duties next Monday. New Assistant Home Agent Named; Starts Duties On July 1st Miss Hazel Shaw of St. Pauls, N. C, has been approved by Miss Pau line Smith of State College and ap pointed by the Hoard of County Com missioners of Chowan and Perqui mans Counties as Assistant Home Agent for the joint work in the two counties. Miss Shaw will report for duty July 1. At the present time she is observing the 4-H program in Edgecombe County where she will remain for the month of June. The new Assistant majored in Home Economics and did her prac tice and Home Management work at Flora MacDonald College, whrt-e she received her Ii. S. degree. Miss Shaw comes to Chowan and Perquimans recommended by the Home Economics staff of Flora Mac Donald. She will succeed Miss Virginia Bailey who has served as assistant in Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, and Camden Counties during the past two years. Miss Bailey has recently accepted a similar position in Pasquo tank and Camden Counties. iild Fatally Shot Saturday Afternoon Richard Overton, three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Overton, living near Hertford, was accidentally shot and killed by his six-year-old 1 brother while the two children were playing at their home Saturday af ternoon. Funeral services were conducted for the youngster Sunday afternoon at the Burgess Baptist Church with the Rev. J. R. Byerly, pastor, officiating. Surviving, besides the parents, are six brothers, Alonzo, George, Bob, James, Landa and Clyde,, and four sisters, Mrs. Thelma Nemar, Mrs. Maude Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Criss, all of Norfolk and Mrs. Martha Over ton of Perquimans. Active pallbearers at the services were Ray Askew, Hugh Copeland, Linwood Hunter, Jr., and Winston Lane, Jr. Burial was in Bethlehem Church Cemetery. Board Of Education Leases Field To AC F. T. Johnson, county superinten dent of schools, announced this week that the Perquimans Board of Edu cation has leased Memorial Field to the Hertford Athletic Club for the months of June, July and August, during which time the Athletic -Club will use the field for the playing of Albemarle League baseball games. The contract leasing the field to the baseball club was drawn this week and it will relieve the Board of Edu cation of any and all liability con nected with the field during the term of the contract. A. W. Hefren, president, and W. H. Pitt, secretary-treasurer, signed the lease 'for the baseball team. SERVICES AT BETHLEHEM Reirular services at the Bethlehem Church Will be conducted on the sec ond and fourth 'Sundays at 2:80 o'clock instead of 3 P. M., as has been the custom in previous months. The public is invited to attend the services. . , Draft Law Extended Through Next March Inductions Halted Two Local Veterans Re port Separation From Armed Forces After much discussion by a joint Congressional committee, Congress voted a nine months extension to the Selective Service Law this week, but made some changes in the bill before it was passed. Shortly after the bill was passod, the War Department an nounced the halting of inductions into the Army for the months of July and August, and one Congressman stated he believed there would be no draft ing of men, either, after September first. The bill, as passed by Congress Wednesday calls for the Selective Service law to expire on March 31, 1947, during which time men between the ages of 19 and 44 may be called up for induction. Youths 18 years of age must still register for the draft but may not be called before their 19th birthday. The bill also requires the discharge of draftees after 18 months of service. Also included was the increase in pay for all men, rang ing from 50 per cent for privates to ten per cent for high officers. Following passage of the bill the War Department stated it preferred a volunteer army and would halt in ductions during July and August for the purpose of attempting to recruit sufficient men to fill the needs of the Army. The pay increase offered men is expected to increase the number of enlistments, plus an intensified re cruiting campaign, but the Army de sires the law remain on the books as insurance against possible failure of the recruiting. Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the lo cal Draft Board, stated Monday the local office has a number of 19-year-old registrants available for call but no official word has been received re garding action to be taken during the next two months. Two veterans reported iit "separa tion from the armed forces at the lo cal office during the past week. They were Anderson K. Layden, Jr., and Harvey Chappell. Ida Lee White Weds Wirth Fenton Chory The wedding of Miss Ida Lee White, daughter of Mrs. Linneaurce Staples White, of Hertford, and Wirth Fenton Chory, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Chory of Elizabeth City, was solemnized at the Hertford Methodist Church Sunday at noon, with the Rev. B. C. Reavis officiating. The church was decorated with white lilies, roses and fern. Trior to the ceremony K. S. Monds sang "Because" and "I Love You Truly" and Miss Kate Blanchard ren dered nuptial selections at the organ. The bride, who was given in mar riage by her uncle, Kelly White, wore a street length dress, of white or gandie, with all white accessories and her flowers were a corsage of white roses, centered with an orchid. Miss Doris Byrum, the bride's only attendant, wore a dress of pink crepe and white accessories and carried a bouquet of mixed flowers. Best man was Cilenn Spencer. The bride's mother wore grey with white accessories and a corsage of red roses. The groom's mother wore black with black accessories and a corsage of white gardenias. Ushers were Casper Meekins, Douglas Alexander, W. W. White and Henry Miller. Immediately following the cere mony a wedding luncheon was served the wedding party, relatives and out-of-town guests. Following a wedding trip to an un announced destination, the couple will reside in Elizabeth City. For traveling the bride wore a palm beach suit of tortoise with brown acces sories and the orchid from her bridal bouquet. Recorder's Court Has Light Docket Business was off in the Perquimans Recorder's Court this week, only three cases being listed on the dock et when court convened Tuesday morning. Marcus Price entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving with insufficient brakes and paid the costs of court. Ernest Wilkins, Negro, was taxed with the court costs on a charge of driving without a license. The case charging Drew Welch with reckless driving was .continued because of the absence of a State witness. 4y if K i 1 if A'