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EKLY f MM" IV ; J M M J I I - lit , I il i ail ' M I i VZV WUIMH IN IV II 7 A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY Volume XIII. Number. 28.'. Hertford, Perquimans County North Carolina. Friday, July 5, 1946. $1.50 Per Year. MAN Il l CQARD OF EDUCATE IIEI'IIOPESCIIOG September 9 Is Set as Date For School Open- ing In County Consolidation of the New Hope grammar school with other schools of the county was voted by the -Board of Education,' meeting in regular ses ' slon, here Monday. The action was taken following recommendation by the State Board of Education and the f approval of the Board of County Com- , missioners for the purchase of a " new school, bus to handle . the trans portation of the students from the New Hope community to the Central i and Hertford Grammar Schools. i P. T. Johnson, County Superinten dent, stated, following the .meeting, tkt school building and grounds at ( New Hope will be offered for sale i ' : at public auction at an early date. ; (? Other matters handled by the board included the adoption of a budget for the next fiscal year. The budget , adopted totaled approximately the .-, game amount as used by the board i last year, however, expenses of re-" a r pairing various school buildings, now under consideration, is not included '.. "''in the school budget as their repairs will be paid for out of the county'i ;. -capital outlay fund. Besides the one new school bus, y to be purchased for the white schools, J another one was placed in the budget to be purchased for the use of trans porting colored school children to and .", from the Winfall school. , The board set the date of Septem t .7.' . . ber 9 as the opening day of all coun--. ty schools for the next term. A num-; bef of vacancies exist in the school '; . " faculties but these are expected to be ' , filled by the opening date. f Mr. Johnson stated that with the v,'. ' consolidation of the New Hope school v' t thatj thtfstudent of that school would y be placed in attendance at the Central ' I Grammar- School and the Hertford " Grammar School to forestall any pos- stole ctpwumg aue to tne action. il'IHlltilHll THIS VEBi'S Full details of the results obtained L HEADLINES '. in the atom bomh test held off Bikini Sunday await complete inspection of i the area and all ships Used in the v test This inspection is expected to ': take considerable time, and of course, complete derails will not be reported for security reasons. The fourth atom bomb was exploded at Ave o'clock Sunday afternoon (EST) and Teports issued by the Navy Depart ment announced the bomb damaged . most all the ships used in the test, sinking four smaller craft and set-: ting Are to an undisclosed number. ; . The test was carried out without mw- - hap according to plan, and there was , no reports of disaster caused by the . bomb explosion. American troops In the Trieste area were called, into action Monday to quell a riot f eported started -between communists and a mob attacking the i communigticj headquarters:.- The Am ' ericans were stoned by. the mob, but dispelled the rioters by the use 9t small jgun fire.- One person was re--porte4, killed and 37 injured. Addi y tional allied troops were reported be , Ing sent into the area to aid in main- taining peace. Loretta Broxek, charged with kid napping four-year-old Terry Taylor, nephew of Henry C. Sullivan of Hert ford, will 'go on trial iq the Federal .'ourt at AsHevills. this week,' after :e,5tate dropped Jts charge against the girl for kidnapping the child last , February, It is Understood the girl ;.',fcas dropped a lawyer who interceded in her behalf , while she; was a pris Vi'Oner in Washington, ahd asked for an ; Immediate trial, . ' Sugar rationing will continue de- ' spite' the expiration of the OPA price control bill. The OPA authority for , rationing sugar , was issued under a separate law passed for the Agricul . ; pin Department, and not by the price control bill. ' There the rationing Will continue even though there U no con-. ' 41.. si. .4 .. . - ' Special Study .Class . Offered County Vets ' Through special ' arrangements made with: the". State Department of ; Education a series of home study classes win, Jbe offered -by the ICS, at ' ; the Perquimans County High school. ' The classes will be opened to vet erans and those desiring further in ' formation or those, wishing to regis ter for courses are requested to con tact F. T. Jo' DHon, County School Sur-:.' i . . -l , j V n r -; ' i to register , Ijr cu. .. .) c . j t..e mor.ih of July. ONf 0 CONSOLIDATE L EFFECTIVE SEPT 1st Recent Bride '-.r1 Doris Howard F. Yantis In a wedding solemnized at the Pet worth BaptiBt church Miss Doris Elizabeth Edwards, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Edwards of Here ford, became the bride of Howard Frazier Yantis, sonof Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Yantis of Vienna, Virginia. The double ring ceremony was performed by the Rev. James Rogers at two o'clock on June 22. The bride, who entered the church with the groom, wore a white tropi cal worsted suit, with white ac cessories and carried a bridal bouquet of pink roses Her only ornament was a string of pearls, a gift from the Miss Jonesie Edwards, of Raleigh, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. She wore a China blue nylon dress with fuschia accessories and her corsage was of gardenias. The mother of the bride wore a Navy blue d,ress wth white acces sories and her corsage was of red roses. The groom's mother wore a lime colored dress with white acces sories and her corsage was gardenias. The groom has as his best man his father. Mrs. Yantis graduated from Per quimans High School and attended Hardbarger's Secretarial School at Raleigh and Louisburg college. Mr. Yantis is a graduate of Fairfax High School. He was a member of the Army Air Force for three years and spent nine months overseas. He is new connected with an insurance company of Alexandria, Va. The couple will make their home at Vienna, Virginia. Lions Club Instils Ndew officers elected bv the Hert ford Lions Club, will be installed ai a meeting of the club to De held Fri day night at 6:45 o'clock at the Co lonial Tourist Home. The new officers, taking over this week are A, Houston Edwards, presi dent; - Sidney Blanchard, first -vice president;1'; Charles Skinner, second vice president; J.-D. Cranford, third vice president: Zack Robertson, tail twister; James Bass, lion tamer, and Clarence Phillips and Way land But ler, directors. j Club 'committees for the club will be announced . by , the new president at a later date. . New Canning Sugar Coupon On July 1st , Housewives will jget more canning sugar July 1 when sparer stamp 10 be- nmA valid fita' flvft': TWUIVHta j'.ThaAi . . x...vuu, . dore 9. Johnson, .State OPA director, says. ' KiA'PZ'--.: Johnso explained tjiat this i the final stampa of the yea fqr canning sugar, as no easing of the sugar sit uation is expected before 1947. Although it is wpected that 760,000 toils of sugar will be available this year for home canning sutrsrk com pared with 600,000 toh during 1945, Johnson urged housewives not to use spare stamp 10 nnlessv the sugar is actually needed lor hoeie canning. ; L "A Mciuit renort was circulated that coffee stomp 49 lad became valid for sugar; purchases, " but this s is -news plettily "erroneous, Jonnson said, spare stamp 49 became good rn May 1, and tv "ext' rtguicrvV -p-",for Wilt sugar wul not be Valid until Septem ber 1, he said. i 1 mmJ AMyJSfi 1 Edvards Weds New Officers Friday rices Rema;q Steady After OPA Expiration Sunday Fatei of Government Control Considered by Congress Prices in Hertford remained steady during the first two days following the expiration of the OPA at mid night Sunday, and this action seemed to be the trend all over the nation, except fr a few scattered spots where prices for meat and rents in creased rspidly. A spot check made here revealed no attempt at increasing prices but some merchants expected a slight in crease in items, probably to be rs ported within the next two weeks. One merchant reported a price in-, crease on beef but generally all prices remained at the level of- preceedhtg weeks. Some tenants stated. they expected notices of increased rents but all in all the attitude here seemed one jf observing current OPA prices until forced by higher costs to mark up present prices. On the national scene prices held fairly' firm, according to a survey completed Monday. Meat, rents and milk were reported up, as well, as prices on stocks, bonds, and some farm items. Automobile manufactur ers announced no plans for increase for the present, but one report stat ed prices on used cars rose rapidly on Monday. The worse condition reported seem ed to be rents, several governors have used their war powers to freeze rents, but in North Carolina Gover nor Cherry stated he planned to con fer with the Attorney General re garding the situation. The OPA amended bill, calling for an extension of some OPA laws un til July 1947, was vetoed by Presi dent Truman last Saturday, congress failed to over-ride the veto and also failed to pass a resolution extending the,''Tffseftr'1iw-6T house voted a resolution extending th old law for a period of 15 days, but no action on this resolution was ex pected by the senate. Reports from Washington indicate congress may at tempt passage of some type of law continuing some of the regulations but observers report the outcome, at the present, can not be foreseen. Assistant County Agent Is Named I. C. Yagel, former agricultural teacher in the Moyock High School, has been named as assistant county agent for Perquimans County. Mr. Yagel was named to the position by the Board off County Commissioners at a meeting on Monday. He will work under the direction of L. W. Anderson, County Agent. Yagel is president of Currituck County State College Club. He is a graduate of VPI and has done gradu ate work at State College. Before going to VPI he graduated from Bridgewater College, Virginia. Following his graduation from Bridgewater in June, 1931, Yagel was principal of a grammar school in Augustus College, Va., for three years. Mr. Yagel is married and has two small children; He and his family are expected to move to this county as Soon; as he can secure living quar ters. . Draft Call For Five RecelvedBy Board Perquimans County's Draft Board has 'been ordered to select five white registrants for pre-induction examin ations, to be given July 17, Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the Board, announc ed this week. - The Board has been notified that it will receive no calls for induction. dur ing the months of July and August, but Selective Service will continue pre-inauction examinations of jregis trants 19 through 30 during these months, possibly as a move to have a backlog of available men subject to cal during September, if the re cruiting campaign now under way fails to provide sufficient volunteers for the Army's needs. Mrs Sumner reported two veterans filed, their "discharge papers at the lo cal office during the week. The men were Vernon Perry, white, and Koose- ad, colored. PRESTOtyGAITHER -I Ilia's 'Helen Gaither announces the marriage of her sister, Mary Skinner, to Roy C. Preston Wednesday, July 3, At rlvs r.V1v1r. ' ' ' v, 1 ' - Th MMmnnV - wa s norf armed hv the Rev. & N. Galther, brother of the brUe, at Poly Trinity Church. ' ' Hertford Nine Splits -end Games; No Game Friday Schedule Released For Next Ten Days; In dians Second Hertford's baseball team paying Edenton last Friday and Windsor on Monday split games in the Albemarle league, winning fijom Edenton by a 4-D- Ount while dropping a hard de cision to Windsor 12 to fi. The local team was rained out of its game with Colerain on Sunday. Playing perfect ball behind the stellar pitching of Moe Bauer, the In dians allowed Edenton only two hits and no scores. The Indians couhted for four runs and nine hits off of Little, Edenton pitcher. The locr.ls scored two rups in the fourth and eighth innings. Bauer struck out 1-! Edenton batters while Little fanned ten of the Indians. Edenton entered a protest on the game in the ninth inning, following a contested umpire's decision in the eighth, but due to the umpires agree ment prior to the start of the game this protest is not expected to stand. Hertford won and lost the game with Windsor several times Monday night, having a one run advantage in the- second and then regaining the lead again, in the fourth and seventh innings. The score was 6 to 5 in favor of Hertford at the beginning of the ninth inning when the Indians seemingly went to pieces, allowing thefvisitors to tally seven runs to sew? up the Ball game. Hudson pitch ed all the way for Hertford while Windsor used two men on the mound. Hertford walked nine batters while Windsor walked eight. Fourteen Wiridsor players hit safely while Hert ford; collected nine hits. Jim Daniels, president of the Al bemarle League, has notified the local management that the game played here'betvvek Hertford and Elizabeth aut. count ..as, a league game since he was not notified of the arangements made for play ing off a rained out game, therefore the game will have to be played over. Mr. Daniels also released the schedule of games to be played dur ing the next ten days. Due to double headers being played on July 4 there will be no league games played on Friday, July 5. The Indians played Elizabeth City on Wednesday and Edenton two games on July 4, one at Edenton in the afternoon and on Me morial Field Thursday night. The remainder of the schedule through July 14 follows: July 7, Hertford ati Edenton. July 8, Windsor at Hertford. , July 10, Hertford at Camden. July 12, Windsor at Hertford. July 14, Hertford at Edenton. Bonner Installed As Rotary President New officers of the Hertford Ro tary Club were installed at a meet ing of the club held at Newbold's Beach Tuesday evening. Dr. A. B. Bonner was installed as president of the olub and other officers were Max Campbell, vice president and R. S. Monds, secretary and treasurer. Di rectors of the club besides Bonner and Campbell are W. H. Hardcastle, W. F. Ainsley, R. C. Murray and Henry Sullivan. 1 Various committees of the club will be named by the new president at the meeting of the Rotarians next week. Jones Funeral Held Last Thursday P. M. Funeral services for Ella A. Jones, 15 year old daughter of D. A. and Addie Nixon Jones, who died in a Kinston hospital Tuesday night aft er a long illness, were conducted last Thursday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home, by the Rev. Charles W,,r Duling, pastor of the Hertford Baptist church, assisted by the" Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of the Hertford Methodist church. The church' choir sang "Sometime We'll Understand," and "Asleep In Jesus.'' The Vasket was covered with a'pall of -pink, gladioli, lavender asters, baby's, breath and fern. Active pallbearers were J. T. Lane, Sheltoa and Preston Nixon, Sidney Layden, Sr., Bob Layden and Sidney Layden, Jr. ' 1 v Burial followed in Cedarwood Ce metery'rtw; - '' i Surviving are her ; parents, two brothers, Do ward and Thomas .Fran- 1 els Jones; paternal grandmother, Mrs IBetfie Jones and maternal grandpn- iwws, r. ana jurs. w. nixon. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SET TAX RATE AT $1.50; BUDGET UNDER CONSIDERATION Miss Alma Leggett Resigns From Faculty Miss Alma Leggett, teacher in the Perquimans County Schools for the past 21 years, has tendered her res ignation as a member of the faculty of the Central Grammar School, ef fective June 1, it was announced this week by F. T. Johnson, county supe rintendent. Miss Leggett, whose home is Wash ington, N. C., taught the second grade at Central Grammar School last year. Food Collection Drive Brought To Successful Close Perquimans County's efforts to aid starving people of Europe and Asia came to a successful close here this week, according to A. Houston Ed wards, chairman of the County Em ergency Food Collection Committee, who reported the $1,50(1 quota set by the committee had been raised and the funds were being forwarded to the national headquarters to be used in the purchase of canned goods for shipment overseas. The list of contributions received since the last publication total $4.'i4 to make the grand total of $1,012.36. The total amount raised in the county, mainly through the efforts of the churches and clubs of Perquim ans County, was slightly more than the original goal, but for such a hu mane cause the greater the amount raised, the greater the relief that can be administered. Mr. Edwards served as the chair man of the committee and was assist ed by Miss Frances Maness, who di rected the campaign in the various communities of the county. Each Thurch playedsrSplendid 'part and Mr. Edwards expressed his apprecia tion and gratitude to all persons tak ing part in the drive either through solicitation or contributions. While the drive in most places cen tered on the collection of canned goods, the national committee recom mended the collection of cash to be used for the purchase of items at points near shipping centers and this was the plan followed here. Contributions received since the last publication of the list included C. P. Morris, Mrs. G. W. Barber, Bus Station, Bill & Viv, Roberson's, Henry ('. Stokes, Jr., Charles E. John son, J. E. Newby, Murray Motor Parts, Josiah Elliott, Dr. T. P. lirimt, Dr. A. B. Bonner, Cannon's Cleaners, Broughton Bros., Central Grocery, five dollars each; Major & Loomis, $150; Towe-Webb Motor Co., Darden Bros., Hertford Hardware Co., $25; South ern Cotton Oil Co., $20; Hollowell Chevrolet Co., Winslow - Blanchard Motor Co., Morgan Furniture Store, .1. C. Blanchard & Co., Simon's, Reed Oil Co., Hertford Oil Co., Hertford Livestock & Supply, Lynch Funeral Home, $10; Hertford Cafe, $4; White's Dress Shop, Louis Nach man, G. R. Tucker, Carlton Cannon, Jackson Wholesale Co., $2; a friend, Elias Jennette, Mrs. Tom White, Mrs. G E. Newby, Z. A. Harris, A. R. Stallings, Morgan Walker and Mrs. L. S. White, $1. LHDC County Council Outlines Program The County Council of Perquimans Home Demonstration Clubs, at its regular meeting Saturday, June 29, outlined the program of work for the clubs for the year 1947. A committee composed' of Mrs. George Jackson, Mrs. E. N. Miller, Mrs. Ernest Reed, Mrs. H. S. Lane, Mrs. A. E. Layden, Mrs. Ernest Long, Mrs. W. H. Mat thews, Mrs. W. P. Long, Mrs. T. E. Madre, Mrs. W. E. Lane and Mrs. Eunice Winslow was named to work out the details of tfie program. The Council voted, to send a dele gate to the Farm and Home Week meeting to be held August 19 through the 23rd, club members from all clubs oS the county will attend. Plans were started for the Council to sponsor two tours this year, the first on July 18 to Roanoke Island to attend the Lost Colony and the sec ond to the western part of the state during the fall. Plans were not com pleted for the tours, , SUMMER SERVICES AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH Beginning with' the first Sunday in July And continuing until further notice there will be one service in Holy Trinity churck each. Sunday, the Rev; E. T. Jlllsoto, rector, announced codav. , Celebration of Holy Communion will be St 10 i. m, : Valuation of Property Shows Drop From the Previous Year Perquimans County's tax rate for the next fiscal year will remain at one dollar fifty cent per 100 dollars valuation. The tax rate, the same as ' last year's, was set by the board of county commissioners at a regular meeting Monday. The budget for the next fiscal year will be adopted in final form by the board at its meet ing the first Monday in August. A surplus in the debt service fund and the aid to dependent children fund permitted a reduction in the tax rate for these two departments, but expected expenditures in the general fund, poor fund and repairs to school buildings necessitated a lifht in crease for these funds -making it necessary to retain the same tax rate. J. W. Ward, county tax supervisor, advised the board that the total prop erty valuation showed a loss of $.'!!), 024 over last year. The total value of property listed this year amounted to (i,0!)4,540. The loss was stated due to reduced valuation of personal property, farm equipment and autos. In breaking down the county pro perty valuation Mr. Ward issued the following figures, according to town ships and property listed by white and colored owners: Township Bclvidere Amount White $78.'t,994 Colored . . $ 80,616 Bethel White . . . . . $562,157 Colored . . $127,500 Hertford White $1,964,547 Colored $208,241 New Hope White - - . . .. .$877,229 Colored . .... . -$125,8:18 I'arkville White $1,2.T2,353 Colore4- -.j $132,005 In addition to setting the county tax rate, the board received and ap proved a budget adopted by the board of education for next year. The board also authorized W. F. C. Edwards, de linquent tax collector, to proceed with plans for holding the sale of tax liens, now past due. Band To Benefit By Proceeds From Civic Club Game The Perquimans High School Rand will receive all proceeds from the soft ball game to be played on Memorial Field Thursday night, July 11, at 8 o'clock between members of the Hertford Rotary and Lions Clubs. Much interest is being shown in the game as the time for the contest draws near. However, neither team manager has released a lineup for the game. It is expected all mem bers of both clubs will see action in the game before the final ball is pitched in the seventh inning. A. Houston Edwards, manager of the Lions' aggregation, states his team will be in good trim to beat the Rotarians within an inch of disgrace, while Max Campbell, Rotary manag er, countered that the Rotary team will be prepared to outplay anything the Lions can put on the field in the way of a soft ball team. Special ground rules will be agreed upon prior to the game and it is agreed that neither team can use hired players to bolster the playing ability of either side. Rain and other conditions has hin dered the teams in practice sessions and it is likely that both teams will be playing the game next week with out benefit of more than one practice, but this condition should hot detract from the evening of errors. Welfare Supt. Wins State Essay Prize Miss Grace Knowles, superinten dent of the Perquimans County Wel fare Department, has been awarded second prize in an essay contest con ducted by the State Board of Wel fare, according to notice received by Miss Knowles from State Commis sioner Ellen Winston. The contest was sponsored by the State Board and was open to all em ployees of the various welfare de partments of the state. The essay sub mitted by Miss Knowles dealt with recording of case histories handled by the local department. As a prise for her essay Miss Knowles was awarded a membership in the American Public Welfare Association. - 'i1? v t - f r i 't -f ' ' ' ft. x'l:t 1 -, . .... V t S. " " A1? , V iff
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