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THE PERQUIMAN
A T7E3LY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF HERTFORD AND PERQUIMANS COUNTY
VVolume XIV. Number 3.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, January 17, 1947"
$1.50 Per iear,
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Perquimans Red Cross Chapter Held
Special Budget Meeting Saturday P. M.
Marie Fowler Elected
New Secretary; Plans
For Annual Drive
A special meeting of the officers
and directors of the Perquimans
Chapter of the American Red Cross
was held last Saturday night at the
Court House with the Rev. B. C.
Reavis, county chairman, presiding.
By-laws for the chapter were in
troduced and adopted by the members
present, as was the budget for the
chapter for this year. The budget
adopted was without change over the
paat twelve months.
ne onicers votea to aid In the pay
'raent of a hospital bill for a county
youth injured in a hit-and-run auto
mobile accident, which occurred near
Belvidere a short time ago.
Miss Marie Fowler was elected to
serve as secretary for the chapter
during 1947.
Miss Frances Manesa was named
as chairman for the annual roll call
drive which is expected to get under
way some time in March. Plans for
the roll call were discussed but no
definite action was taken for the time
being pending plans and quotas to be
assigned by the national headquar
ters. Various nmmitfo nmJ io.t
year by the county chairman were e-!
lected to carry on the Red Cross
work through 1947, and a report was
drawn for inspection by a national
officer expected to visit the Perquim
ans chapter in the near future.
Local Baseball Fans
Form Athletic Club
I llgf.iOnday
Group to Sponsor Team
In Albemarle-League
Next Summer
1
ruoavuttii lias uecume uie cniei topic
of conversation for local sport fans
now that the news is confirmed that
r v-ii i i 1 1. . i r .
me iNonoiK iars win come to Hert
ford for spring training, and a group
of the fans met Monday night to form
the Perquimans County Athletic As
sociation. A. W. Hefren was elected president
of the association, W. H. Pitt treas
urer, H. N. Nixon secretary and W. I
H. Oakey, Jr., J. W. Hamptoi), Edgar '
Morris and D. S. Darden directors to
serve with the officers of the asso
ciation. I
The purpose of the association is to
sponsor a baseball team in the Albe
marie League during the coming sea
son. Mr. Hefren was named as the
Hertford director for any board set
up by the league.
A large number of fans was pres
ent for the meeting held here Mon
day. However, it was pointed out
following the organization that any
person in Perquimans County may
become a member of the group. No
fees or dues are charged for mem-
Y bership, and the association hopes to
4Wh
o desire to see a strong team rep-
eaent Hertford during the next sea-
n. '
The group voted Monday night it
ill attempt to secure the services of
ii-well known player to act as man
ager of the Hertford team during the
coming summer.
Mr. Hefren was authorized to at
tend a meeting of the Albemarle
League in Edenton on Tuesday, !nd
" to speak for the local organization n
all matters pertaining to the organi
zation of the league for the year.
CentrafPTA Meets
Monday Night At 7:30
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The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans County Central
Grammar School will meet Monday
' night, January 20, at 7:30 at the
school building in Winfall.
1 The Whiteston community will have
charge of the program, the subject
'of which Will be "A Strong and
Steady Foundation Education." The
young men's quartet of Belvidere will
' provide special music for the meet
. Air members are urged to at-
i , tend and th6 public is mvitea.
I t$ f ; VFWTO MEET
r A' Special meeting of the Perquim
I kns Post of VFW will be-held Mon
,W night Wt 7:30 at the post room
i wer BarbeV, tore; All members are
Yjurge4tattSntf'.;' "
f BHtTH ANNOUNCEMENT
) lit, and Mrs. E, W. Long, Edenton
ou'e2, v im0unc the birth of a
rdBUfc.ter, born Tuesday, January 14,
k Norfolk General Hospital., Mr.
' Long t '-mi her marriage" w Misi
Suby J'e -on. ' . st r
Hertford PTA Endorses
Good Health Program
Members of the Hertford Grammar
School i'TA went on record at their
meeting last Thursday night as fav
oring a thirty per cent increase in the
pay for teachers. The local I'TA
passed a resolution endorsing such an
increase for teachers and notified
Senators Charles H. Jenkins and Lori
mer Midgett of the action.
The I'TA also passed a resolution
endorsing the North Carolina Good
Health Program. Mrs. Emmett Wins
low, vice chairman of the program
for Perquimans County, outlined to
the members the purposes of the pro
gram. The group voted a contribution of
$25 for the Perquimans High School
Band.
Portion Of Town Lot
To Be Converted For
Children Play Space
Hertford Town Board voted Mon
dav niBht t0 convert part of the town
lot, located on Grubb street, for use
of the children of the town as a play
ground, it was announced Tuesday
by Mayor V. N. Darden. Silas M.
Whedbee appeared before the board
requesting such action be taken to
provide additional play ground space
for the children. A portion of the
lot will be fenced off for the use of
the children on all week days exept
ing Saturdays. The lot is used on
Saturdays as a parking space for mo
torists. The board went on record favoring
action be1 taken by the State High
way Commission to improve the
"ttinitWdh " ftiver bridge" " 'in Chowan
County. It passed a resolution call
ing upon the State Commission to
take steps to remedy the bad con
dition the bridge is now in by con
structing a new span across the
river. Little work has been done on
this bridge in the past several years,
due to shortage of materials and
labor, and it has fallen intp a bad
condition of repair. Built about 20
years ago the bridge is now consider
ed to be too narrow for present day
traffic and officials of neighboring
counties desire that the bridge also
be widened.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Republican harmony in Congress
seemingly hit snags this week when
indecision was apparent in the im
mediate steps to be taken regarding
legislation on proposed tax levy.
Some of the Republican groups stand
for repeal of excise taxes and a 20
per cent reduction on all incomes,
while other groups favor the Presi
dent's proposal of keeping the excise
taxes and lowering income taxes on a
graduated scale. The Republican ma
jority, it has been reported, has
adopted a cautious plan toward labor
legislation, and apparently will "go
slow" in making any changes in
present labor laws.
The Supreme Court this week took
under advisement the case of John L.
Lewis and the United Mine Workers.
The hearing was appealed from a
U. S. District Court, which fined the
miners' union three and a half million
dollars and Lewis ten thousand dol
lars after Lewis had called a strike
of the coal miners in violation of a
court injunction. No decision by the
Supreme Court is expected soon.
The State Legislature is slowly
getting down to its work in Raleigh.
Governor Cherry presented the ad
ministration budget this week, but the
Assembly had devoted much of its
time to the discussion and vote on an
increase in salary for teachers and
State employees. A House bill, call
ing for a 30 p-r cent increase in pay
met a set-back, and this was a vic
tory for the administration, when the
Senate declined to act on the House
measure. The administration is rec
ommending a 20 per cent increase.
The United States granted Italy a
$100,000 loan in credits thi-s week and
took emergency action to send 60,000
tons of wheat to Italy to stave off I
famine and food riots. The credit1
loan was announced by the Import
aid Export Bnnk, while the wheat
was allocated through the UNNRA.
The credit was provided when the
Import and Export Bank decided to
aid Italy in restoring and expanding
part of Italian Industry, '; , -f ,
Perquimans Squaws
Defeat South Mills;
Indians Lose To Boys
Hfrrh School Teams to
Play Manteo Tonight
On Local Court
The girls basketball team of Per
quimans High School had little diffi
culty in racking up its fifth victory
in seven starts at the expense of the
South Mills High School girls' lean
test Friday night. The game was
played on Central court. The final
score was 'H-'.K
Playing before a fairly large croud
of fans, the local girls opened slowly
but gained a 7-.'i advantage in the
first period. They tallied nine more
points in the second quarter to hold a
lfi-6 lead at half time. The South
Mills sextet was unable to Coe with
the offensive drive of the Perquimans
team and failed to score during tin
third period, while the Squaws racked
up eight additional points for a total
of 24 at th, close of the third canto.
Using a number of substitutes during
the final quarter, the Squawe con
tinued to roli in the points and col
lected 14 pointers in the final period
while South Mills scored three. The
final score was .''.8-!).
The Indians lost another close tilt
in the second game of the evening
when South Mills boys won by a 21-20
score. Perquimans trained a two-
pomi anvaniage in tbe opening mm -
ute of play but South Mills soon ran
its total to five and Perquimans was
never able to win the l"ad again dur
ing the game. The first quarter end
ed with the teams tied 5-5 and South
Mills led at half time ll-!. Diiring
the third period Soi '.h Mills counted
for five points while the Indians hit
two fielders for four points. The In-
dians outscored the host team in the
nnal quarter seven points to five, but
were unable to overcome the South
Mills lead. The score, was tied at
several . point during the game but
poor shooting on the part of the In
dians accounted for the loss.
the rerquimans teams will resume
play on their home court this week
by meeting the Manteo High School
boys and girls in a double header
here tonight. The first game will
start at TM o'clock.
Wildlife Clul) Meets
Saturday At 8 P.M.
To Beet Officers
An important meeting of the Per
quimans County Wildlife Club has
been called by W. H. Oakey, Jr.,
president of the local club, for Satur
day night at 8 o'clock. The meeting
will be held in the court room in
Hertford.
Mr. Oakey announced this meeting
would be held for the purpose of
electing officers for the year and
considering several other important
matters pertaining to the club's pro
gram will be discussed.
All members of the Pei-qi-mians
Wildlife Club are urged to attend and
sportsmen of the county who are not
members are invited to be present.
Local Jeweler Member
Albemarle Association
The Wright Jewelry Store of Hert
ford became a member of the Albe
marle Jeweler's Association at a
meeting of the group held in F.liza
beth City on Januarv 7. The meeting
was a reorganization of the FJizabeth
City Association which became the!t,'r ""Hon of Edenton
Albemarle Jeweler's.' Association when 1 'lent and Cadar IJarris,
Wright's of Hertford and Campen's
of Kdenton were voted membership
with the grei-n.
Jerry Wright, owner of the local
store, attended at the invitation of the
association.
Frank Sdig was elected president
of the association, and welcomed the
new members.
Membership in the association
made up of seven jewelry stores
the Albemarle.
Veterans Report To
Local Draft Board
A list of World War II veterans
who have reported recently to the
Perquimans Draft Board filing their
separation papers with the clerk,
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, include Lloyd
Lane, Levi Goodwin, Jr., John Rid
dick, Ifvalph Higgins, Milton Dail, Jr.,
Lloyd S. Lane, Ephraim Sawyer, Hal
lett Evans, Edward Hurdle, Jr., Clin
ton Winslow and James Rountree,
white, and Luther Turner, Francis
Overton, Floyd Norfleet, Madison
Mebane, Henry White, Herbert' N.
White, Ear Zachary and James
White, Negroeg. (
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Part Of Denver Team
To Join Norfolk Tars
In Spring Training
Club Official Releases
Dates For Training
Period In Hertford
Kol1uaiiM action taken :-,t a meet
ing of the Hoard of Kdival in last
l-Viilay. when it was voU (0 ,.ase
Memorial Field to the N . r fi.lk llase
ball Club fn; the purpose, of that club
to hold spring practice in Hertford.
Definite plans for the club to train in
Hertford was made by Norfolk club1''1"
officials. wil
H. P. Dawson, business mamieer I Ilk
for the Tars, announcvd that, part of !
the Denver, Colo., team would join !
the Tars here in Hertford, and part j
of the team would practice with the
Kinghamton team in Kdenton. About
forty players are expected to be in
Hertford for il.e , ,.,rp,,se ,,f Paining
with the two te ams. Mr. Daws m i
announced in N,M,,,k th,- week that!
the Tars will conje to Hertford about I
March 25 and remain hero until April
20, when they will return to Norfolk 1
to open a aerie of exhibition games1
prior to tne opening of t,.; I'udu.unt
Ieagtie.
The majority 0f the baseball play
ers will be quartered at the Hotel
Hertford, but, due to the tact that the
chub is brir.f ing j )!irl ()f th(1 )Rn
ver team, addit ion: i;n:ipn will ko
needed and some of the player
will
I oe quartered in private homes,
According to information available
ai mis turn;, the Iars plan no exhibi
tion gani-js to be played in Memorial
Field pri.t.r to their iranies in 'nr-
J folk. H
owever, arrangements fo
some gnmos here, may be made after
i the team has ai rived and training
gets under way.
Memorial Field, where the Tars
will ti;ain, according to Norfolk Tars
officials
an ideal field for spring
training for any team. The field is
largo enough for any team to carry
on- it wnuplete program with plenty
of room for infielders and outfielders
to practice at the same time.
! Uie Norfolk clul
is a farm of the
and will he man
! New York Yankc
aged this jcar by Buddy Massett, for
mr.r first baseman for the Yankees.
The Denver team and the Dingham
ton club are also farm organizations
of the New Y'ork club.
Oakey Chosen As
Temporary Prexy
Albemarle League
W. II. Oakey, Jr., of Hertford was
selected as temporary president of
the Albemarle Paseball League, when
between "." am! PHI interested fans
gathered in Kdenton Tuesly night
for the p-irpose of drawing up regu
lations to govern the league for the
coming season.
With .inplications from Sull'olk and
Plymouth, representatives who desire
to enter teams in the league this
year, it seems possible that eight
teams mav comprise the h-ague this
year.
Much tii was taken up in 1 his
first meeting by the representatives
ill seeking by-laws that will '-any,,
less friction than was evident last
year. Various proposals were pre
sented for consideration regarding
the playing field of each team, lights
for night games, bonds put up by
ea -h team to guarantee full comple
tion of schedules and observance of
all league rules.
In addition to Mr. Oakey. other
I temporary
officers chosen were Wal-
vice iinsi
, of Fl-i.a-
i ,"tl' ri,.V
as secretarv. Towns or
clubs represented at the meeting lie
dud il Hertford, Kdenton. Windsor.
Cob-rain, Camden, Flizabeth Citv and
Plymouth. Suffolk applied for entry
by letter.
The Hertford del-gation to tin
meeting was headed by A. W. Hefren,
director, Edgar Morris, W. H. Oakey,
J. W. Hampton and H. N. Nixon.
Local Stream Gets
Supply Of Fish
A supply of small perch was
placed in the ''"quimans River last
week by S. M. Whedbee, who receiv
ed the fish from a U. S. Fishery, for
replenishing the local stream. Whed
bee was aided by Congressman Her
bert C. Bonner in obtaining the fish
for the county river.
He stated promise had been made
for delivery of some bass to be placed
in the river next spring.
t W. M. S. TO MEET
TW Woman8 Missionary Society
of the Baptist church will meet Mon
day night, January 20th at seven
thirty- at the church. Mrs. I. A.
Ward presiding.
TOWN AND CODNTY
ROAD CONTRACT TO
I Final Warning j
Hertford motorists who fail to pur
chase and display their 1947 town
automobile license by February 1.
tace a penalty as a result of action j
taken by the Town Hoard at its
meeting Monday night.
The board ordered that the Febru
ary 1 dale be the deadline for the
purchases and display of the tag and
all motorists tagged bv local police
failure to comply with the law
be assessed an extra dollar fur
their town tags. The cost will be two
dollars instead of the usual tax of
one dollar if the license is not pur
chased and displayed before the dead
line date.
Baptist Meet Here
To Plan Activities
For Sunday School
Haptists in the nine-county area of
the Chowan Association are planning
bigger things this year in Sunday
School activities. At Hertford Bap
tist Church on the night of January
21, at 7:.'!0, the sixty churches of thi.
area will send Sunday School repre
sentatives to the big meeting planned
to present and review the l!4f Sun
day School program.
A roll call will be made of even
Sunday School, Leaders will bring
messages admit the scope and oppor
tunities that lie ahead in the greatei
Sunday School program. The Rev
W. V. Carroll, the unsocial ional super
intendent, has set a goal of three
hundred in attendance that night in
Hertford. The Rev. C. W. Ba.emore
the associational secretary of en
largement, stated this week that a
study of enrollments and attendance
show that every Sunday School in
this area has definite possibilities of
enlargement this year.
The Rev. W. W. Finlator of FJiza
beth City, will make the main address
of the evening, on the subject, "Ad
vancing With Christ."
The entire South will hold such
meetings as the one in Hertford, at
this time, it being a Southwide Hap-
Sunday Schools. Teams of pastors
and Sunday School workers will be
named to visit every church in the
early part of February to fully pre
sent the plans for the lfl lii prog: am.
Recorder's Court
Hears Seven Cases
A light docket of seven cases
was disposed of by Perquimans Re
corder Court in session h -re Tuesdav .
Four of the defendants cited to court
entered pleas of guilty and submitted.
The other three cases were beard by
the court.
Sherman Overton, Negro, was
found guilty on two counts, assault
and larceny, lie was given a ."" day
suspend il sentence and fined Mo and
co ;',.s of court.
Tom New by was fined $5 and o1
deled lo pay the court costs on a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon.
Flisha Overton, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court after pleading
guilty to driving without a license.
A.'W. Holller, Negro, was fined
and ordered to pay the costs of court
when found guilty of allowing stock
to run at large.
Janie Mitchell, Negro, was tavd
with the costs of court on a charge
of assault.
George Chappell was ordered t
pav the costs of court after pleading
guilty to a charge of being drunk.
Australia Lightfoot, Negro, enter
ed a plea of guilty to a charge of
driving with improper lights and paid
the costs of court.
Schoolmasters Club
Met At South Mills
The Albemarle Schoolmasters Club
held its January meeting last Mon
day night at South Mills, and v.-nt
on record as favoring an increase in
salaries for all school bus drivers
The bill before the Legislature call
ing for an increase in teachers ai-d
State employees salaries does not in
clude those of bus drivers.
The Schoolmasters, after a deli
cious dinner, were addressed by Miss
Lucy Holt, principal of the Oreanana
Grammar School.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hollowell of
Ryland, North Carolina, are proud to
announce the birth of a daughter,
Gloria Ann. on December 30. Mother
and ba'.y ire doing nicely.
OFFICIALS ASSURED
BE LET THIS MONTH
Commissioner Promises
Action on Center Hill
Road
A visit by town and county repre
sentatives to the office of the State
Highway Commissioner in Ahoskie on
Monday resulted in a promise for
definite action on the letting of a con
tract for the completion of the Hertford-Center
Hill highway, it was re
vealed here Tuesday by Mayor V. N.
Darden. Mr Harden, Charles F.
Johnson, R. T. lirinn and Archie Lane
called on Merrill Fvans. Highway
Commissioner for this district. Tues
day and requested that the Highway
Commission take steps to complete
this project.
Mr. Fvans promised the group that
the project will be up for letting the
latter part of this month, and in or
der to make the job attractive enough
I for contractors to bid on same, the
work on th ('enter Hill road will be
tied in with a contract in Chowan
i County and it ;e the belief of the
eommissionoi that bids on this con
I tract will be received.
The Highway Commission adver
tised for bids on the Center Hill pro
ject previously but failed to receive
bids acceptable to the Commission,
but it is believed by consolidating the
Center Hill project with one in the
adjoining county will result in an
icceptable bid which will hasten the
completion of a modern all weather
highway between Hertford and Cen
ter Hill.
The failure of the Highway Com
mission to complete this roadway has
halted certain improvements that the
Town of Hertford plans to make on
(Irubb Street, in that portion of the
town which was incorporated into the
town limits recently. Cntil town of
ficials know definitely the direction to
be used by the Highway Department
for the new road they are unable to
make the planned improvements to
the new addition":
Mayor Darden stated that he wa
advised by Mr. Fvans that as soon a.
the contract had been let for the con
struction of the new road leading to
Center Hill, employees of the depart
ment will come to this county for the
purpose of staking out the new right
of way in order that farmers, across
whose land the new road will run, will
be able to plant crops accordingly.
Social Security
Representative To
Be Here Every Month
The Social Security dmini-,t--ation
through the Norfolk. Va., field office,
which serves this area, announces
inonthlv set-, ice in Hertford. R, K.
. Parsons, field representative, who is
-in the city this week, stated that the
1 representative will be in Hertford on
the second Wednesday of ea h month.
(Through the cooperation of C. F.
I White, supi rinlendent of Perquimans
: County Hoard of Public Welfare, the
rein sental i e wil! be at '.he welfare
o.'lico in lie Court II" .!
I A. M.
Wage e,n uers d." years of age,
! wives, widows and other heirs who
jqiialify undti the old-age and sur
J vivors insurance prov isions of the
Social Security Act may confer with
the local lepresen'ative or write to
, the Norfolk office, '--ii l-'latiron Build
I ing.
j Mr. Pars- ns further pointed out
that the provision for "freezing"
'one's benefits was nol generally un-Id'-rstood
and urged all persons i"
I ve;irs of ae.. and who mav (llialifv
years of age and who
for benefits under the So
cial Security
Act by reason of having
worked in
employment covered by the law to
inquire as to their rights whether or
not the person is still working.
Mr. Parsons also referred to the
recent amendment to the Social Se
curity Act affecting veterans of
World War 11. He stated that these
provisions did not apply to the vet
eran himself hut survivors of a vet
eran who died within three years of
discharge may be entitled to benefits
and suggested that such survivors
inquire as to their status.
Winslow Named To
Nine Committees
K. Leigh Winslow, Representative
for Perquimans County, has been
named a member of nine committees
at the session of the Legislature now
meeting in Raleigh. The appoint
ments were made by Speaker of the
House Pearsall.
The committees upon which Mr.
Winslow will serve are Agriculture,
Conservation, Drainage, Finance,
Health, Roads, Rule, Commercial
Fishing and Trustees of University.
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