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- A J7E3HLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
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Hertford, Perquimans County,. North Carolina. Friday, December 27, 1946.
$1.50 Per ear.
S WEEKLY
j. 31 Deadline
FrrtMofds To
.inplete Forms
leprcentativein Eden
ton Each Thursday
Morning
. f' Landlords now operating under the
rent - regulation governing hotels,
rooming' houses and motor courts in
Vt' Elizabeth City rental area, who
' hv not obtained forms for the sup
plemental registration of their es-
tablishmentSt should do so soon as
- .Vie deadline for filing the completed
fbrms i December 81, 1946, accord
1 uig to O. R. Holmes, Area Rent Rep
' resentative-Attorney.
All, landlords, who rent rooms in
' a hotel! rooming or boarding house,
;. dormitory, residence club, motor
sf' court) tourist home, tourist court,
nhin an1 thnan urhn rant anflra in
!clan-auto-, court or trailer camp, are
' , required to file the supplemental data
and may get the proper form at the
local ' Rent Office, 606 East Main
Street,. Elizabeth City, and at the
Court House in Edenton, Thursday
morning, and Thursday afternoon at
' ) th Court Bouse in Hertford.
v, After getting the forms, landlords
ihould be careful to fill in all the in
flation called for on the form
which applies to their establishment,
, ' Mr. Holmes said. The forms are not
difficult to, fill out if the instructions
' supplied with the forms are followed.
.However, Mr. Holmes will gladly
..assist any landlord who has any ques
' tinns about completing the form pro-'perly.-jv,
j It is Important, of course, that they
writ plainly and sign the form in
i the lower right hand corner of the
-.' initial page.- Incomplete, unreadable
i and unsigned forma will be returned
r tot proper completion.
- . Both Copies of the form must be
ftlledin and returned to rent office,
kv the uddress of which is stamped at
the top of the first page. Landlords
rm&JMlJRtem an extra copy be
cause one copy of
statement will be returned to them
4 after their establishment has been
I classified and the classification in-
t dicated' in the upper right hand cor-1
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"Today's' Rural Life Tomorrow's
World la the theme of the Home
Demonstration program for Per
quimans v County for 1947. Since
health la the number one problem in
the. State, this will be carried as a
State-wide program. It will be ap
proached from three angles, 1, food
in relations to health; 2, housing in
relation to health; 3, sanitation in re
lation to health. These will be sub
jects for dub demonstration for Jan
uary, February and March.
'Other subjects to be studied during
the year are:
April, Interior Improvements: Fin
ishes for Walls and Floors May, Se
lecting and Using Necessary Farm
nd Home Equipment; June, What
I Makes a Happy Home!; July, Simple
I Entertaining; , August, ; Recreational
Meetiir September, Accessories for
i the F." , Wardrobe; October, Heating
the rm Jfovembeiv.Good Lighting
t '.he ; rarinfouse; December,
.imas meeting for the Family,
pedal meetings during the year
being planned on various subjects
at "Making Down Comforts
.am Feathers," "What to Wear and
hen," "Making Slip Covers for the
Home." '
To Resume
"tfcmas Friday
Perquimans High Schools basket
ball teams will relume interschool
competition in the Rural Conference
'race on Friday night, January 3, af
ter f having'' been ij)1e during the
( Christmas holidays.
Both girls and boys will meet teams
?rom Poplar Branch on the Poplar
Brutch floor Friday night Poplar
3ranch, having no gym, is expected
to use the Moyock gym as a home
".ourt. - " V .
I The Sqttaws .expect little trouble
n subsiding the Poplar Branch sex
,et an the Indians are expecting to
ack up another victory for the open
njf ' t:e jegou ,
'tendjl Convention v
'Thom-t nd Clarence Phillips at
' j i i S2nd annual North jCaro
s Convention t held last
Tuesday in Charlotte. V
" A Digest Of Perquimans News For 1946 j
In a few short days the year 1946,
the first postwar year, will pass into
the pages of history and the young,
new 1947 will reign supreme. There
will be some that will argue that
1946 was an uneventful year; how
ever, it was eventful with reconver
sion, strikes and the march toward
peace playing a mighty role as the
days rolled by. We pause here to
give a digest of the news events as
they occurred in- Perquimans county
and recorded by your hometown news
paper. Jan. 4 Merrill Evans, State High
way Commission attended a meeting
of the Rotary Club and promised bet
ter secondary roads for this section;
25 veterans listed as returned from
military service; Superior Court cal
endar listed.
Jan. 11 First meeting to form Al
bemarle Baseball league; March of
Dimes open with Mrs. B. G. Koonce
directing campaign; Tax listing re
ported as slow; U. S. Route 17 get -
ting a new surface.
Jan. 18 Superior Court in ses
sion; Farm Security announces aid
for veterans; District Health Board
replaces .courty board; R. M. Riddick
named president of local bank; Com
mittee named to assist veterans.
Jan. 25 rYoject started to estab
lish frozen food locker plant in Hert
ford; Bill Jessup named scout for big
league club; OPA office in county to
close January 30th; Perquimans Seed
Judging team wins meet.
Feb. 1 A. H. Edwards named
chairman of old clothes drive; Polio
fund drive concluded successfully;
4-H County Council organized with
Horace Layden as president.
Feb. 8 Fire caused heavy damage
at Goodwin dress shop; 29 students
listed on high school honor roll; Rev.
C. W. Duling accepts pastorage of
Hertford Baptist Church; 14 veterans
reported discharged from service;
Sgt. John Trueblood awarded Purple
Heart.
Feb. 15 Nine more veterans re
turn to county; Boy Scouts reorganiz
ed; More than 1200 garments collect
ed in clothing drive; Town votes
$1,000 for Memorial Field.
Feb. 22 Hertford PTA ohaervPR
fteglstratltmlteders' ay ;- new drewH shop opens
in town; Strong winds causes short
blackout of town current; Perquimans
girls win basket ball conference.
Mar. 1 Red Cross organized for
annual drive; Miss Frances Maness
Directs campaign rerquimans wna-
Kfe Club shows increase in member
ship and activity; American Legion
Auxiliary organized with -Mrs. T. P.
Brinn as president; Perquimans High
School band gives first public demon
stration. Mar. 8 20 new members join
Wildlife Club; Army recruiter sign
ing up men for regular army;' J. Em
mett Winslow announced he would
not seek reelection as sheriff; J. L.
White resigns as county treasurer;
Max Campbell named successor.
Mar. 15 Town Board announces a
reduction in price of electric power;
Political front becomes active with
M. G. Owens a candidate for sheriff;
Construction crew starts work on
paving short cut.
Mar. 22 Central PTA membership
reported at 100 per cent; Health De
partment completes third year of
operation; Masons celebrate 125th
anniversary; State Club selects E. L.
Winslow president; Ministerial asso
ciation met in Hertford; 39 on high
school honor roll.
Mar. 29 Town announces project
for street improvement; Board of el
ections named as A. W. Hefren. W.
F. Ainsley and C: C. Winslow; 30 list
ed as members of the American Le
gion Auxiliary; Red Cross drive
brought to a close.
April ' 6 Home demonstration
Clubs' make plans for district meet
ing held in Hertford; Police nab
thieves in $1,000 robbery of Blanch
ard's store; County schools placed on
short sessions.
April 12 Telephone patrons regis
ter complaints with phone company
officials; Plans made to complete work-)
on Memorial Field; First meeting of
the Legion Auxiliary held.
April 19 Superior Court holds
short session; Election board names
registrars and other election officials,;
Little interest in politics shown; Re
port made on sale of Easter seals.
May 8 AH of County white teach
ers re-elected by school board; Dem
ocrats .hold County Convention;' Sev
eral hurt in auto wrecks during week;
Perquimans, high school debaters re
present district at State meeting.
' May 10 Board of Education an
nounces extensive repairs to be made
to county school buildings! Albemarle
baseball league revived; Lions Club
holds ladies night; Schools prepare
to close for summer vacation; J. E.
Winslow named on Democratic , com
mittee. :
May 17 County 4-H health win
ners announced '.by local 4-H direct
ors; Draft act extended but Induct
ions halted; Town of Hertford in
creases number on police department;
Famine Relief , drive directed by the
Rev. B. C. Reavis.
May 2i
Commencement exercises
for Perquimans High
announced
School; Hertford Boy Scouts plan
camporee; Small vote predicted for
primary election; Central PTA in
stalls officers; Legion announces
Poppy sale plans.
May :il F'ire at Penders causes
$15,000 ioss; Interest shown for or
ganization of VFW post in county;
Four teachers resign from posts;
Public voices opinion for continuat
ion of Health Department; Contract
for improvement of Woodville road
let.
June 7 American Legion installs
R. R. White as commander and Aux
iliary president is Mrs. R. R. White;
Plans for 4-H Camp at Manteo an
nounced by Miss Frances Maness and
L. W. Anderson; Negro Masonic Tem
ple in Hertford dedicated; Veterans
organize VFW Post; Albemarle base
ball league underway.
June 14 Board of Health adopts
p0lio rule
A. H. Edwards named
head of Lions Club, Dr. A. B. Bonner
new president of Rotary Club; Re
port shows high school athletic fund
in good condition.
June 21 Repairs to county schools
underway; Rotary Club holdsTadies
night party.
June 28 Rotary and Lions Clubs
meet in Softball game for benefit of
high school band; Congress voted to
dispose of Harvey Point base; Hert
ford Masons host to district meeting;
Miss Hazel Shaw named new assist
ant home agent.
July 5 County Commissioners
adopt a $1.50 tax rate for fiscal year;
Board of Education voted to consoli
date New Hope school; I. C. Yagel
named assistant county agent; Band
benefitted from Softball game; New
officers installed for local civic clubs.
July 12 Police stopped tire thefts
by apprehending offender; Six vac
ancies reported in Negro schools;
AUDrey uurganus named principal
Central grammar school.
July 19 Hertford Baseball clubj
takes lead in Albemarle league; 4-H j
Clubbe-s return from annual camping j
trip; Police raid local bootlegging es-'
tablishment.
July 26 Eight persons injured in.
wreck on highway 17; County drench-'
ed by heavy rains which hindered
i crops; T. N. Miller appointed to Hert
ford police department; Miss Davey
Jo Lumsden assumes duties at Wel
fare office.
Aug. 2 Rent controls restored in
area by new OI'A bill; shortcut on
route 17 opened to traffic; Report re
vealed loss of population in county;
Town Board announced new electric
rates in effect.
Aug. 9 Board of Education an
nounced date for opening schools
American Legion and County Hoard
reveal plan for veterans homeromin;
day; Budget for county adopted; Phil
lips Bros, open new business in Hert
ford. Aug. 16 Hertford Uoy Scouts join
with others at showing of Lost Col
ony; Home Demonstration Club mem
bers attend meeting in Raleigh; Com
mittees named for vets homecoming
day.
Aug. 21-f Board of Education an
nounced teachers list for county; Ho
tel Hertford leased, plans revealed
for reopening; Board of Health an
nounced plans for spraying homes to
check malaria.
Aug. Hi) Hertford baseball team
finished third in league; Vets obtain
furlough pay blanks at postoffice;
Negro 4-H short course conducted;
Board of Health issued timely advice
for school children.
Sept. 6 Hertford baseball team
lost to Windsor in playoff; Football
started at high school; Report by
Polio group revealed possibility of
epidemic; Building and Loan announ
ced new loan plan for borrowers;
OPA extends sugar stamps.
Sept. 13 County paid homage to
veterans at gala homecoming with
excellent program; school enrollment
shows increase over last year; Town
Board sets tax rate; Wildlife Club
reports additional members and much
interest in organization.
Sept. 20 Selective service halted
induction of men; Indians lose foot
ball game to Columbia.
Sept. 27 Harvey Point base liquid
ated; 4-H Clubs organized; PTA
Clubs hold first meetings of year;
Fire . Warden lists county deputies;
High, School band resumes full time
activities; First cotton from 1946
crop Bold.
Oct. 4 REA energizes sub station
and start service to customers in this
area; PTA holds annual conference
at Columbia; Local 4-H Club mem
bers win awards in six county fair;
Peanut harvesting started in county.
Oct. 11 Homecoming day planned
for Negro veterans of county Miss
Grace Knowles resigns of Welfare
Supt; High School youth organize
planning board; VFW grants charter
to ' Perquimans -Post; Many revival
services in county churches.
Oct' 18-i-Auditors make report on
Town; finances; OPA lifts control
from & meats; VFW elects Clarence
Phillips first commander; local Le
Season's
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CORRESPONDENTS
The
County Tax Listers
To Begin Duties On
Wednesday, Jan. 1st
J. W. Ward, Perquimans County
Tax Supervisor, has announced that
the tax listers for the five townships
and members of J;he board of com
missioners will meet at the court
house Friday, December 27 at 1"
o'clock for the purpose of reviewing
instructions and receiving supplies
for the tax listing job.
The list of property for taxes will
get under way January 1, and a
schedule of places where the tax list
ers will work is listed in this issue of
The WeeVy. The tax listers for this
year, as appointed by the Board of.
Commissioners at the December
meeting 'are: Carroll V. Ward, liel
videre Township; John O. White.
Hertford; Seth Long, New Hope: Roy
S. Chappell, Bethel and Raymond
Stanton, Parkville.
Mr. Ward issued an appeal t" pro
perty owners of the county to list
early and thus aid the tax listers by
helping to avoid a last minute rush.
All property owners who fail to list
their property by January .'11 will be
taxed with a late listing penalty.
Each farmer must report the acre
age of each crop, as in previous
years, and the tax supervisor requests
all farmers to render the tax lister
every aid in ".inking out this report.
Dynamite Ditching
Proving Popular
Dynamite is at the beck and call of
anv farm r who can use it. Ditches
fill up wth silt, grass and other
debris. Gradual changes in fields, due
to cultivation and natural conditions,
make new ditches necessary. Any
open ditch drainage system requires
a certain amount of maintenance.
How much depends on the nature of
the soil, the fall along the ditch, and
the volume of the water it carries.
Machinery for cleaning or ditching
is not always available or practical.
Hand labor is hard to get. Iyna
mite can be used to make new ditches
and is practical where a large amount
of dirt is to be removed. Ditching
with dynamite has become more and
more popular. No heavy or expensive
equipment is necessary. There is a
minimum of spoil banks along the
ditch and the cost is not excessive.
W. B. Jordan, a conservation far
mer of Bagley Swamp community,
had a ditch cleaned out with dyna
mite this summer. It cost him $55.00
and he says he would do it again if it
cost him ,$100.00. Mr. Jordan also
says if land is worth owning it is
worth draining.
W. H. Smith, another farmer of the
Winfall community, blasted a ditch
with dynamite 'this summer. The
ditch cost him $"3.00. It did such a
good job that he says it was worth
it if it cost twice that much.
The Albemarle Soil Conservation
District helped both these land own
ers construct the ditches. If you have
a drainage problem, it may be pos
sible to use dynamite to solve it eco
nomically. The district technicians
will be glad to help you with it
gionnaires attend district meeting).
Oct. 25 Hertford inspected as pos
sible site for organized baseball train
ing center; Farm Agent outlined 1947
program; Perquimans Band orders
new uniforms.
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4-H Club Plans For
1947 Announced By
County Directors
Plans are being made for 1947 to
be the greatest year in 4-H club
work ever held in Perquimans Coun
ty. The county now has a half-time
assistant home agent and full time
assistant farm agent to help with
the work.
During the school months two
meetings will be held with each club
every month. One meeting will be
devoted to a program planned and
presented b the 4-H club members
and the other meeting will be a pro
ject meeting. In January one meet
ing will be devoted to the selection of
projects by the club members and the
second meeting will be a project
meeting studying nutrition in relation
to health. The boys will study crop
projects. Project meetings for Feb
ruary and March for the girls will
consist of demonstrations on Quick
and Sure Methods of Making a Dress,
while the boys study livestock and
poultry. Health will be emphasized
during the month of April and every
4-11 girl and boy will be examined.
A special event of the month will be
the crowning of the Health King and
Queen. In May a demonstration will
be given on the subject The 4-11 Girl
Entertains, and the local 4-11 Dress
Revue will he held.
During the summer months the
agents will visit the club members
at their homes, helping them with
projects and any other individual as
sistance needed. One week will be
spent at 4-H camp, where a course
will be given on What Makes a Happy
Home. Plans are now being made for
a group of boys and girls to attend
4-H club week held in Raleigh dor
ing the m mth of August.
When schools open in September,
meetings will be held in each school
for the purpose of reorganizing the
clubs. Also a demonstration will be
given on Accessories for the Pall
Wardrobe. In October the demon
strations will be Eat a Better Break
fast. It is also planned to train a
dairy team to give a demonstration
in November on Milk For Better
Health. The climax of the year will
come when 4-H Achievement Day is
held in November. It is planned to
close the year's work in December
with Christmas parties for the club
members and a discussion on "Holi
day Happiness on the Farm."
Ginning Report Shows
Crop Only yz Of 1945
Cotton ginned in Perquimans Coun
ty prior to December 1 was onlv half
of the amount ginned for the same
perioa in i4t according to a report
issued this week by Willie M. Harrell.
special agent.
According to this week's report.
736 bales of cotton wer ginned in
the county prior to December 1,
while in 1945. 1.486 bales were tin
ned during the same time period.
License Examiner
To Take Holiday
Henry Smith, State Auto License
Examiner, announced this week he
would not be in Hertford today for
the purpose of issuing license or giv
ing road tests for operators.
The next date for the examiner to
be in Hertford will be Friday, Jan
uary 3.
Support Prices For
Peanuts Effective
Farmers Urged to Use
Care In Preparing
For Market
Prices paid by the trade for farm
ers' stock peanuts of the 194G crop
have been gradually decreasing for
the past several weeks, it is pointed
out by K. M. Johnson, manager of the
Growers Peanut Cooperative, Inc.,
who reminds farmers that the gov
ernment will pay a support price for
peanuts of the 1946 crop based upon
90 per cent of parity as of July 15.
The GI'C is also ready to establish
convenient marketing points where it
is deemed necessary.
Prices now being paid by the trade
are slightly if any above the gov
ernment support prices which for
Virginia and Spanish type peanuts,
containing less than 7 per cent dam
age, would be as follows:
For Virginia Type The base grade
price is $170 per ton, or 8',i cents per
pound for Virginia type peanuts
grading fi5 per cent sound mature
kernels. To this will he added $2.fi(l
per ton for each 1 per cent of sound
mature kernels in excess of G5 per
cent, or there will be deducted $2.60
per ton for each 1 per cent of sound
mature kernels below I5 per cent. In
addition, premiums are provided for
extra large Virginia shelled kernel :
at the rate of .'10 cents per ton for
each full 1 per cent of extra large
kernel content.
For .Spanish Type The base grade
price is $174 per ton, or 8.7 cents per
pound for .Spanish type grading 70
per cent sound mature kernels. To
this price will be added $2. 50 per ton
for each full 1 per cent of sound ma
ture kernels in excess of 70 per cent,
or there will be deducted S2.50 per
ton for each 1 per cent of sound ma
ture kernels below 7H per cent.
In the case of both Virginia and
Spanish type peanuts, according to
Johnson, discounts will be nii'd" for
damage at the rate of '2.4n ie r ton
for each full 1 per cent of d, in age in
excess of 2 e-r cent bo' lo than V
per cent; and further, a discount of
10 cents per ton for each full 1 per
cent of foreign material in excess of
r per cent.
The suppor' price on all types of
peanuts containing 7 per cent or more
damage, he added, will he on the
basis of total kernel content at $1.7o
per ton for each full I per cent of
total kernel content. In accordance
with these s'ipport price s. the price
range for I'm geneial run of the crop
should be from approximately 8 cents
to 9U per pound, depending on grade,
Johnson said.
The manager urges farmers to have
their pene thoroughly cured in the
stacks before threshing, as wet pea
nuts cannot he handled under the gov
ernment price support program. The
marketing of peantds this season, he
said, has n anything other than
orderly since the trade offered high
prices to farmers very early in the
season, in many instances before the
peanuts were threshed, thus causing
many peanuts to he rushed on the
market before they we-e properly
cured.
"This condition." Johnson said,
"has to some extent caused prices on
farmers' stock peanuts ! ' mc, and
it hurts not only the far.ners who try
to get their peanuts in a merchant
able condition before marketing, buj
it also adversely affects the peanut
industry as a whole."
The Growers Peanut Cooperative,
iu, with headquarters in Franklin,
is designated by the Production and
Marketing Administration of the
U. P. Department of Agriculture to
receive and purchase farmers' stock
peanuts of the 194(! crop for the ac
count of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture in the Virginia
Carolina area.
Pernuimans WA
I WinSvHonors Again
In a recent Parliamentary Pro
cedure Contest held at Chowan High
School, the Perquimans Chapter
team came off with the top honors
and the banner. The teams partici
pating and their ratings are as fol
lows: Perquimans Chapter, first;
Weeksville Chapter, second; Chowan
Chapter, third; Poplar Branch Chap
ter, fourth; Gatesville Chapter, fifth.
The members of the Perquimans
Chapter team are: President, Clif
ford Winslow; vice president, John
Ward; secretary, Josiah Smith;
treasurer, Durwpod Barber; reporter,
Sidney Layden, Jr.; adviser and
teacher, G. C. Buck.
Recorder's Court In
Recess This Week
Perquimans County's recorder
court was in recess this week in ob
servance of Christmas. The regular
court session for Tuesday was post
poned and all cases were set for
hearing at the term on December SI.
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