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$1.50 Per Year.
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,11 attempting to .enact some
1 of a price control bill, acceptable
uie Administration, the Senate this
..Jc voted to outlaw any future eeil
; 1 on meat, poultry, eggs nd food
Dia.ia from them.' Other amendments
withdrawing items from the ceiling
lists are being considered and it is
reported that if such action as taken
TuesJay Jimita the scope of the price
control bill, that President Truman
anay veto the new measure." While
the Senate tries to pass new mea
sure reports from over the nation
show that prices vary on commodi
ties according to efforts to control in
flation.. As s whole, prices are being
maintained, at practically OPA ceiJ-
Invitations have been mailed out to
.21 nations for a . general peace,- com
ferenee to be held in Paris beginning
July 2 to draw, the peace, treaty) be
tween the Allies and the C'rnan sat
ca of woxld War II. .J'-nicejaa.
liot to the confarenoef.maill the in
vitati after anaremejit be ween
the h.,i Four miitiwww wm- reaefced
early this week.. The question of a
reace conference for Germany ' still
remains -unsettled, with Russia balk
ing at proposals ' made during the
current meeting by V 8. Secretary
Eyrnea. , ... !' . ' ,
'' The Department of Agriculture re
ported this week that .tint prices for
meat may remain high for some time
w cume, even uiougn ug prices wui
1 fliiHl. Javh Kt. fall ... TLa
uv.b. 4 TT . V 4.14. lfj l TTyWI
stated prices will b 15 to 20 per cent
ligher than OPA ceilings, if control
is not re-established.- Huge ship
ments of cattle and hogs Jhave been
-arriving at stoefcy ara5 ever the na
tion i"t the :-8iirn'y of. meat is'ex
- 1 ' - j durimr the1') . xt
k or so. ' -'V1 ,
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' Senai. i f "d to' psi s UiS
minal j. ' I s'week, after
1 was g it eing of the
.t and v iryiCommlt-
. nieas' tof tha pay-
discharges without' hairing: received
leave time earned during service, Un
der the bill the veterans will receive
payment partly in cash and partly In
. .government bonds.' All amounts un
der 50 will be paid 'in cash. - The
bonds io be issued will mature in five
years and carry 2per cent interest.
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" An ynreported $50,000 robbery has
uio marjami jniiice worung overtime
attempting to solve theholdup;. On
Baltimore, was held up and the rob-
with the huge sum. f. The "police r
eived a tip by phone from a person
who jrefused to identify himself and
later checks showed ' all telephone
connections in the club had been brok
en on the day of the robbery.; Mary
JanJ oZd 'a have alerted police ft 21
nearby Eues to be en the lookout for
the four men they claim can be iden
tified as connected with the theft
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I'ajor W.- H. Oakey, Jr, 'TJSiICR,
nas received a-copy .of a citation is-
? 1 1 -i gnn battalion he commanded
,e Tattle for Xeyte in Decem-
i. The citation was issued by
r,;ans.ng piHcer 6T the 1140th
Group. ', , r V - r-
'on ' follows,! "An .1m
- '' "'!oped on Highway
1 n r, 1944, Just west
; r 60th Engineers
J f"S' a corduroy
.if.e-ty t ) ly 'B. Battery,
i:5-mm LU,.:.ua, U., 3i States Ka-
'ie Cor; i, was e: roi e t and on
' 2 wtt sUe of t:a i.ot unable to
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i, " 1 Liput. R. B. White, Execu
' r of t.ia battery, vo!ur.teer
1 ) ,-Ies of the men of t e tr.t
1 t'scy went to work v ' r V e
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Indians to Play Rebels,
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OFFICIAL STANDING IVtY il '
Team 4- -. Won " Lost Pet
Hertford lJ12
Windsor ,
Colerain ill. 8
Edenton. 7
Elizabeth City
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Hertford's baseball club moved to
within-one and a half gamefc of first
place in the' Albemarle League stand
ing by downing the league-leading
Windsor team heta Sfonday Aught by
a 2-1 score. . The rm was: a pitch
er.due-S between lioe Baiter, Ber
foroVtwirter and White- of. Windftoj.
!,sue belo the ',H by. striking out
i:ryiir.sof batter and Allowing nve
iuts; whiier his- teMnv mate ooMeatad
tight hits off of White. Six Indians
wen fanned by White. ,
Bauer practically won't his own
c amtt when he hit safely Jn the fifth
and scored the first run of-the game
on a hit by Wood. ? Later in the sev
enth Bauer again hit aiely and, a
sacrifice by Wood and bits' by Young
and Kimbrell 'scored the pitcher for
Hertford's second run.
- Windsor's only score came in the
seventh when, en a two base hit the
visiting player continued to run the
bases and an error by Hertford per
mitted the scor ' Windsor's best in
nings were In the first and second
when Bauer walked three men, but
came, back to strike out four batters
to 'retire -the side without -a run.
Windsor had five men oj bases dur
ing these innings. , In all Windsor had
nine men on baaes who f ailed to score
while Hertford naa :-??T!
Qm Of the larges?t rowds of tli
season witnessei t!-; gaihe Monday
n!ht and anotb- r U, crowd is
i.tb.i w Vui Qufrf ramef.to-,
night when Windsor retnrnr to--Hertford
for a second game.?! Bauer is ex
pected to do the pitching' for Hert
ford, while Miller will likely do the
chucking for Windso.rs;,;i!
- The Indians played at Camden on
Wednesday afternoon but. the details
of the game were reported too late
for publication in this issue.
Frcston-Gllifr
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' Jtfary Skinner Gaither, daughter of
the late W. G. and Elizabeth Wood
Gaither, and Roy C. Preston of Nor
folk, Vs., were united in marriage in
a quiet and beautiful ceremony in the
Holy Trinity Church Wednesday af
ternoon, juiy 3, at q o ciock.
The wedding was performed by the
Rev. B. W. Gaither of Creswell,
brother of the bride, assisted by' the
Rev Edmund T. Jillaon, rector of the
Holy Trinity Church. . - si .j '
The vows were spoken before the
altar decorated with white gladioli,
baby's breath and fern, interspersed
with seven branch candelabra, form
ing a beautiful setting. M?
' Jliss Kate M. Blanchard presided at
the organ and rendered a program of
wediir-r music- prior tor the. cere
mony including "0 Perfect Lover"
Love Ihee," .Schubert's Serenade.'?
During the ceremony "O Promise Me"
was softly played.' The traditional
wedding marches were used, as the re
cessional and processional ,
i The bride, t.eased in a two-piece
suit of Navy' Hue crepe, With which
she wore a strj. r cf pearls that Were
her mother's. , She wore white acces
sories and a corsajje of white bride's
roses and baby's breath; entered the
church with her brother.. Charles
Wood Gaither of Elizabeth City, by
whom she was given in marriage, r
- Ihe brjdegroom had as his. best
man Edward C. Cor-er of Elizabeth
City..'5r:;; 'M j;,.;
Mrs. Sidney P. J -p, 7"rs. WH.
Ilardcastle and J"-i.a Irar Maness
were mistresses of ct no "
Immediately f " t ve
: cere-
:a;ng
!on.
3 at-
r"ory the couple 1 , i r . v
t to an unannou,.. . i f'
? the out-ef-tovvi.
- t"ie weddm? wer- . and
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Gaither, : . r ' Z.
Motorists Swamped
On Nags Head Road -
' A 'number of local motorists found
traveling to and from. Nags Head, dif
ficult over , the past week-end, when
heavy rains of last Saturday and Sun
day inundated a stretch of highway
about, five miles long.v covering the
entire roadwayvwith water about the
depth of the running boards of cars.
Several local people .reported Water
ran into X their cars while they at
tempted to travel the road. J
The State Highway Department
marked; the roadbed with markers to
show motorists the right-of-way, and
maintained several trucks to tow
stalled cars i through the flooded
area, v- However, cars stalled became
too numerous and residents of Nags
Head soon began assisting the trucks
with the towing.
Etoelli Dirden
In CliLTchcemcny
A marriage of much beauty, social
prominence and interest was that of
Miss Mary Elizabeth Darden to Lieut
enant (j. g.) James Dalton George,
which , took place here, Saturday at
high noon, July 6th, in the Holy
Trinity Church. -
The double-ring ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Bdmund T. Jill
son, rector, before the attractive al
tar decorations of white gladioli,
ferns and. palms. The. chancel was
set with whit ughtedj tapers form
ing a setting of rare charm and beau
tiful simplicity.
During the ceremony,- Miss itate
M. Blanchard presided at the organ,
using Lohengrin's wedding march for
the processional and Mendelssohn's as
a recessional. Proceeding the en
trance of the bridal party, Miss Mary
Blane Justus of Norfolk, Virginia
sang Ave Maria and The, Lord's Pray
er ";-;:v-.'.V :-
The bride, who was given in mar
riage by her father, Douglas Stokes
Darden, was lovely in a wedding
gown of white slipper satin fashioned
with" lvaHere"neckhnfiong"Bleevei
tapered to points over the hands,
basque lodice embroidered ; in seed
pearl motif, with the fullness of the
skirt forming a sweeping train. Her
'finger-tip ''Veil of imported, illusion
fell from an open work crown tiara
of petite pearls. She carried a white
prayer booh topped with a white or
chid showered with stephanotis and
satin streamers. Her only ornament
was a diamond necklace worn by the
bride's mother in her wedding. -
The maid of honor, Miss Nancy
Darden, sister of the bride, wore a
gown of light green marquisette over
taffeta made with a lavaliere neckline,
bracelet length sleeves, basque bodice
trimmed with accordian pleated ruf
fles, from the shoulders to the hem
line, and bouffant skirt. Her sweet
heart shaped head dress of green il
lusion, with ruffled edge, was arrang
edwith an off-the-face shoulder
length veil of matching illusion. She
carried an arm bouquet of yellow
roses.
The bridesmaids were Miss Mary
Alice Cohoon of Columbia and Miss
Clara Ballenger of Charlotte. They
were attired in gowns of jonquil yel
low marquisette over taffeta fashion
ed like that of the maid of honor.
They abb wore sweethosrt shaped
headdresses of yellow titaion with
off-the-face V shoulder length veils.
They carried arm bouquets of multi
colored flowers.
The bridegroom had as his best
man. Lt (J. g.) Charles Bahr of Ver
ona, New Jersey. ' The ushers were
Lt (J. .) Harry Myers of Hagers
town. MA-; The groom best man and
ushers, on terminal loave at present
from the united States Navy, were
attired in their Navy dress officers'
uniforms.'. .
The bride is the attractive daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Douglas . Stokes
Darden" of Front- Street. She is a
graduate of Perquimans County High
School and Eastern Carolina leacn-
ers Collesre: She Wasi a member of
the faculty; at Granby1- High , School
in Norfolk, Virginia M ,l46-6.
The bttderroom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. F. George bf Collinsville,
Miss. He is a graduate "of Mississ-
, (Continued From Page Six)
Prirlcbal Sitfiied v
For Central Grammar
' F. Ti Johnson, County School Sup
erintendent 'announced, , Wednesday
the prl dpalshlp vacancy at the Per
quimans Central Grammar School will
be fi'.lci during the next school term
y Ai -y Gurganuv orwashing-
-nus sign'
during t
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contract for
st week and
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of t' e Uni
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Pc,:v3 Catch Tire
Sn:
Givosllim Two Ycnrs
ses Heard In Re-
er's Court Tues-
Morning
Clever work on the part of Police
Officers Tommy Miller and Eck Perry
enabled' tile officers to nab a tire thief
last Sunday night. On routine check
of the town the officers noticed Les
ter Hurdle, Negro, acting in an un
usual manner and quietly watching
him for an hour or so, discovered he
had stolen two tires and wheels from
a car owned by Hoke Eason, which
was in the garage of Matt Mathews.
Hurdle hid the tires in the shrubbery
of the Hertford grammar school as
the officers approached him, then lat
er, after believing he had eluded the
police, returned evidently to retrieve
the tirefc. At this point Mr. Perry
walked Tv-from behind a tree, from
which point . he had been observing
Hurdle, fend placed him under arrest.
Evidencf discovered at tljje Mathews
gantgw proveu nuruie guuiy or wan
ing the tires.
Given a hearing before Judge
Charles E. 'Johnson in Recorder's
Court Tuesday morning, Hurdle was
given two years on the roads, 'sus
pended by a payment of a fine of $50
and costs of court.
James Felton, Negro, was found
guilty of being drunk and disorderly,
assault and forcible trespass. He was
given a 90-day sentence, suspended
upon payment of a fine of $50 and
costs.
Joseph Lilly, Negro, charged with
driving without brakes, failed to ap
pear for a hearing. A capias was or
dered issued and the defendant held
on a $50 bond.
George Washington Ferebee, Ne-
gro.iwas found guilty of assault with
a deadly weapon. He was given 60
days on the roads, suspended upon
payment of a fine of $50 and costs.
Leiy Parsons, Negro, paid the
costs f court after entering a plea of
guilty- to a charge of being drunk and
disorderly'5 " ' ' "
Johnny Jordan, Negro, was given a
30-day suspended sentence and' paid
the costs of court on a charge of dnv
ing without a license.
Baseball Schedule
Lists 24 Fuore Games
A schedule, released this week by
Jim Daniels, president of the Albe
marle League, shows Hertford has 24
more games- to play during the re
mainder of the season.
An All-Stair game, with players
from Windsor, Colerain and Edenton
playing j against stars of Hertford,
Elizabeth Cjty and Camden, will be
played in Hertford on the night of
July 17, it was announced by the
president.
The remainder of the Hertford
games are as follows:
July 15 Edenton at Hertford.
July 17 Hertford at Windsor.
July 10 Colerain at Hertford.
July 21 -Hertford at Windsor.
July 22 Colerain at Hertford.
Julys 24 Hertford at Elizabeth
City. .o.
July 26 Camden at Hertford.
July 28 Hertford at Colerain.
July, .2 -Elizabeth City at Hert
ford. ;'M--:VI':
July 81 Hertford at Windsor.
August 1 Windsor at Hertford.
August 4Hertford at Camden.
August (Camden at Hertford.
August 9 Windsor at Hertford.
August 11 Hertford at Elizabeth
City. . '
August 13 Edenton at Hertford.
August 14 Edenton at Hertford.
August 16 Camden at Hertford.
August 17 Hertford at Camden.
August 18 Hertford at Colerain.
August 1 Elizabeth City at Hert
ford. August 22 Colerain at Hertford.
August 24 Hertford at Camden.
August 25 Hertford at Elizabeth
City.,-: ,i.
Inclement Weather
Damaging: Crops
biciemenY weather 'of the past ten
days has caused considerable damage
to crops in Perquimans County ac
cording to various reports received
from producers In different commun
ities. ' Heavy .rains have made cultivation
difficult but most of the producers be
lieve if fair weather, will prevail for
the next month the outlook will be
consi. i ably better. -.,
Eji sections of the county re
port 1 Uer rrins than others and in
i jRimi "Me all crops are- re-
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Town Board Holds
Routine Session
Hertford Board of Commissioners
met ft regular session Monday night
and considered routine business mat
ters?;" The Board granted permission to
the-Hertford Bowling Alleys to re
main open until 12:30 o'clock on Sat
urday nights.
While it was not discussed, the
Board is expected to set the tax rate
for the next fiscal year at its meet
ing in August.
Negro Youth Drowns
Wed Afternoon
Willie Welch, nine-year-old colored
child, son of Charlie Welch, of Hert
ford, drowned in the Perquimans
River at an undetermined hour Wed
nesday afternoon while playing with
some "playmates at an old wharf on
the river 8 edge back of the town
plant.
The police were notified about 8:45
o'clock Wednesday night that the
child was missing, and Officers Miller,
White and Perry immediately round
ed up the children reported playing
with the child. At first the children
denied having seen the Welch boy,
then later one of the children told
the authorities that the child was
pushed overboard and failed: to reap
pear after sinking in the water.
A search of the river was started
about -10 o'clock by the police, and.
assisted by Jcjc Homer and Bifj
Boyce, who divep for the body, it was
recovered within a short time in about
seven feet of water.
Dr. C. A. Da.venport, Coroner,
viewed the boy and also questioned
the children who accompanied the boy
to the river. He reported death was
due to accidental drowning.
Hoffler and Boyce stated that the
body seemed hung to some obstacle
and that it was hard to bring to the
surface. They believed the boy be
came entangled when he first sunk
and was unable to come to the sur
face. The officials' were unable to dis
cover whether Or not the child could
swim.
According to the children question
ed by the authorities there was no
vevtdfence of a quarril aitiong the ""chil
dren.
Six Vacbiies In
Negro HighSchool
Following action taken by the Ne
gro school committee for Hertford
High School, meeting in special ses
sion last Saturday night six vacan
cies exist in the faculty for the school
this week according to F. T. Johnson,
School Superintendent.
The committee voted ilot to re-elect
the school principal and five teachers,
after considering reported dissatis
faction among the faculty. At a pre
vious meeting, it was reported, the
committee voted not ' to reelect the
principal, then later the five teachers
were not recommended for reelection
and the matter rested until the meet
ing last week, when thJ committee
voted two to one against reelection
of the group. 3
Mr. Johnson stated he has a num
ber of applications on file to fill the
vacancies and it is not expected the
positions will remain long unfilled.
Rabies Inspector
Issues Warning
O. C. Buck, Perquimans County
Rabies Inspector, issued a warning
today for all dog owners to have
their - dogs vaccinated - during the
month of July, or face penalties for
failure to comply with the law.
Mr. Buck said, "Dog days are here
again, and very few dog (owners have
had their dogs vaccinated up to now."
He Urged all owners, for health and
safety measures to comply with the
law by bringing dogs to his home for
vaccination. A schedule-of dog vac
cinations for the county, appears in
this issue. . . 'I .
Quiet 4th Holiday
Reported In County
A quiet Fourth of July holiday was
the report for Perquimans County.
No serious accidents were reported
and police officials had only routine
duties' to perform, 1 No formal cele
brations were scheduled but rain
marred the day for most family gath
erings. . ' - " . -"
v Most of Hertford's stores' closed on
Wednesday afternoon and al day on
Thursday to give ' merchants and
clerks an opportunity to enjoy the
holiday.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT H
Mr. and Mrs.E. C. ' Woodard an
nounce the birth of a ton- born Tues
day, July 2, at the Medical Center in
Elizabeth City. .,;. , . ,
Prominent Hertford
Resident Passed
Away Last Saturday
Final Rites For Miss
Emily Skinner Held
Monday Morning
Miss Emily Creecy Skinner died in
Hertford on July 6 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee. Un
til her last illness, Miss Emmie lived
her beautiful and gracious life in the
old Harvey home on Church Street ia
Hertford.
She was buried on July 8 in the
churchyard of the Holy Trinity
Church in Hertford. She was the or
ganist of the church for many years,
and a life-lone communicant. The
funeral service was read by the rec
tor, the Rev. Edmund T. Jilson. The
pallbearers were B. Carroll Berry, C.
P. Morris, J. P. Perry, Frank Skin
ner, Or. J. J. Skinner and Dr. I. A.
Ward.
The thought probably never occur
red to Miss Emmie, but nevertheless
she uas a kind of symbol, an amal
gam of the best that made up the past
and the present, and a lode star by
which to view the future.
Her father was Henry Skinner and
her mother was Agnes, daughter of
Benjamin Harvey and his wife, Ju
dith Creecy. For many years and
Until the;ir deaths in "the early nine
ty -n hundreds, Miss Emmie's aunts,
Miss Rachel and Miss Emmie and
Miss Sally Harvey, lived with her in
the old home place.
The Skinners and the Harveys were
leaders in every matter that affected
the people. The pages of early North
Carolina history are filled with their
names: Colonial governors, farmers
and good neighbors, judges and later
members of Congress. Always men
and women who were loved and re
spected by their neighbors and who
loved their neighbors.
Miss Emmie was the last lineal de
scendant of the flower of them all,
John Harvey, moderator of the Gov
ernor's Council at New Bern just be
fore the Revolution, and the man who,
by a vote, turned the Governor's
Council into a Provincial and Revo
lutionary) Congress without a man
leaving his seat, except the Royal
Governor) Martin, who got to a Brit
ish gun boat in the harbor as quickly
as he could. Unfortunately, John
Harvey died from pneumonia result
ing from a fall from his horse at the
very beginning of the Revolutionary
War.
Miss Emmie's surviving kin are the
following cousins: Silas M. Whed
bee, Mrs. Robert Applewhite of Hert
ford, Mrs. Charles Turner and Mrs.
Sam Watkins of Henderson, Mrs.
Sydney M. McMullan and W. S. Sum
merell of Edenton, William Skinner
of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Herbert D.
Bateman of Wilson, Mrs. E. B. Fick
len and Mrs. A. M. Moseley of Green
ville, Mrs. Hyman Phillips of Tarboro
and Mrs. C. S. Carr of Norfolk, Va.
Legion Challenges
Civic Club Winners
Members of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post of the American Legion issued,
a challenge this week to the winner
of the Hertford Rotary-Lions Club
soft ball game for another benefit
game to be played next Thursday
night.
Like the game played this week be
tween the Lions and Rotarians, the
proceeds of the Legion game will go
to the Perquimans High School Band.
At a meeting last week the Legion
naires appointed W. F. Ainsley and
Clarence Phillips as co-managers for
the Legion team. Since both are
members of the civic club teams, the
one on the losing side will serve as
manager of the Legion team for the
game next week.
The entire membership of the Le
gion will participate in the game
when the Post plays the winner of the
Lions-Rotary game next Thursday.
Two Vets Report
t Draft Office
Two veterans, Lloyd Bagley and
Eric Roberta, both of whom served in
the U. S. Navy, reported at the local
draft office during the past week, fil
ing their separation papers with the
board. . . v
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs.- Casper Meekins an
nounce the birth of a daughter, born
Monday nighty July 8, at the Albe
marle Hospital. Mrs. Meekins waa
before her marriage Mis Helen JMT
ler. k KC , , . ' i' i 1 -
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