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Volmne XIV. Number
Aiiiiaf Old Scene
Here is another picture of a street scene in Hertford. The picture evidently was taken many years
go, and when the cut was found by Henry O - Sullivan several weeks ago, no description of the
eceew could be found with the cut. Do you rer.- -Aber the scene? If so, we will be glad to have your
opinion as to the date and location.
Perquimans Indians Defeat Central High
To Win Rural Conference Championship
Thrilling Games Mark
Tourney as One of
Best Ever Held
The Perquimans Indians defeated
Central boys in the final game of
the Rural Conference tournament last
Saturday night in a ding-dong battle
to win their third tournament in the
last four years. The Anal score was
Perquimans 32 Central 30.
Sparked by Horace Webb, who
played a .great game at center for
the Indians throughout the tourna
menVjtt the jrteady playing of Boh
'HolneHWHr fitt,. CeckV and
Chester Vtaslow, the Indians march
ed throafk ' three of the four top
seeded teams' te capture the tourney
crown, .( ' : '
The itnal gome opened with the
. Indiana JKunpint into a six-nothing
lead ever Centra, who. had defeated
Columbia in the semi-finals to win
the rlxat to trtev in the finals d
vr vum a usvTvejj , 4iwwcvi ure
Central team finally hit for a fielder
and the first period closed with the
Inidlans on top 8-2. During the
second period the Indians faltered on
the offense and allowed Central to
control the game. Central pumped
eight points through the hoop during
the period while the Indians collected
six and the half time score was 14
to 10 for Perquimans.
Central came back fast in the third
period and hit two fields to make
the count 14-16, then , Moore of Cen
tral sank a charity toss to tie the
count at 16-all. On a follow in Cen
tral went ahead 17-15 and continued
to roll up the points until at one time
the score stood Central 22 Perqui
mans IS. The Indians asked for
time at this point and Tucker went
in the game for Cecil Winslow. Per
quimans scored to make it 22-18, then
Central got one point from the foul
line. L. C. Elliott went into the
game for Pitt and immediately hook
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CrfUla 'and France "joined the
United States la blocking an attempt
by Rossi to introduce Chinese prob
lems into titer Big Four talks being
conducted at Moscow. Reports sjtate
the conference is blocked over the
question of demilitaritation. Peace
treaties for Germany and ? Austria
war yresuned to be the chief point
for the Moscow meeting. Secretary
of State George Marshall has report-
.m-pmmn-uwyia tar uuiuuui von-.
-ssVSe : ewiR&u fw : joregn
to taa nation Wednesday night was
. epecte4 to deal, with U. S. aid to
Greece. Britain previously t6ld 'the
State Department it was unable to
maintain fts troops in Greece am) keep
order without UVS. aid. The prob
leih, according to reports, Is to stem
'' the tide of Communism in that part
of Europe and unless aid is given, it
Is believed Greece will turn ;, to Com-
,'munlsni. ' ''-'',
-' Congress voted to kill OPA 3vne
' - SO by voting out funds needed to eon
' , ,-tinue the war-time agency, However,
. Senate, leaders indicate a, desire to
continue tent control under another
agency. In the State Legislature! a
bill was Introduced this week calling
: for a apeed law of 65 miles per hour
and also annual check-up on all cars.
Hertford,
Of Hertford
Accidents
Per quimans County's worse winter
weather of the year struck last Sat
urday morning as rain turned to
sleet and snow causing dangerous
driving conditions. Charles Payne,
State Highway Patrolman, reported
one serious accident and numerous
cars ditched during the day.
Charles Sanderson received bad
cuts and 'bruises when his car was
struck by a car driven by Willie
Rogers, Negro, on highway 17 about
two miles south of Hertford at 11:45
a, m. ' Rogers was traveling north
when hiacar skidded on a curve and
crashed into Sanderson's car. Rogers
suffered s broken jaw bone and cuts.
H Squaws Win
In Rural Tourney
The girls basketball team of Per
quimans High School failed by four
points to win top honors in the rural
conference tourney last Saturday
night but did win the runners-up pos
ition. Moyock girls defeated the
Squaws by a 24-20 score in a thrill
ing overtime game.
The Squaws started fast in the
final game and held a four-nothing
lead at the end of three minutes of
play but Moyock came back to tie
the count The Squaws went into a
shooting slump and seemingly were
unable to connect with baskets. Mo
yock held a five point lead at half
time when the Squaws rallied to close
the gap during the third period. The
game was nip and tuck throughout
the final period with Perquimans
tying the score a minute before the
final gun. During the three minute
extra period Perquimans missed num
erous shots and Moyock found the
net for two fields to add four more
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Local Baseball Club
Seeks TeamM anager
Officials of the Hertford baseball
team, in a meeting Monday night
voted to offer the post aa team man
ager to Earl Smith, 'athletic direc
tor at Campbell College. Smith has
been highly recommended to the local
club officers and efforts were being
made to sign the manager early this
Smith has played pro .baseball, and
has had - many yean experience in
handling atbleJf. We b jecuxe
rfeela.its fcntti' wlUf galtf valuable
kersWp ."as , wett3 At excelleht
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WTrs Bonner Matron
1 Members of the Perquimans Chap
ter of the Eastern Star elected Mrs.
A. B. Bonner to serve as Worthy
Matron of the local chapter for the
ensiling year a? an election of officers
held last Monday night
Other officers selected were Cecil
Winslow, Worthy Patron: Mrs. Vivian
Mathews, "Associate Worthy Matron;
J. S. Vick. Associate Worthy Patron;
Mrs? Cecil Winslow, secretary; Mrs.
Bill Daniels, conductress, and Mrs. J.
H. Satchwell, associate conductress.;
; Appointive officers! of .the chapter
will . be";: named by 1ihe new, worthy
matron at the next meeting, at which
time Installation services will be held
for the newly, elected officers. : -1 .
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Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, March 14, 1947.
Housss For Liquor
Local police officers, assisted by
ABC enforcement officers from Eliza
beth City, raided three homes in Per
quimans County last Friday night
in search of non-tax paid whiskey.
With search warrants Sheriff M.
G. Owens, Deputy Tommy Miller and
ABC officers A. D. Baum and Benny
Halstead went to the home of Luther
Hayes, Negro, in the Major Hill sec
tion near Winfalk Arriving at the
home the officers saw Hayes' wife
pouring something into the stove and
on entering the house the officers re
covered about 10 ounces of non-tax
paid whiskey from the stove, Hayes
admitted having the whiskey but
claimed his wife had nothing to do
with it
Later the officers went to the home
of Howard Harrell, near Winfall,
whettr after a search they found al
most a gallon of non-tax paid liquor.
Both Harrell and his wife admitted
having the. vhiskey. These Jhree de
fendants were tajcen to Elizabeth
City and charged with possession
of non-tax paid whiskey and will re
ceive a hearing in Federal court.
Later in the night the officers went
to the home of Jake Dail, in the Pop
lar Neck section of the County. They
found no whiskey after making the
search, but as the officers arrived at
the home they saw Jack Williams-
ton, Negro, coming from the rear of
the house. Searching Williamston
the officers found a half pint of non
tax paid whiskey on his person. He
was brought to Hertford and charg
ed with possession and transporting
non-tax paid whiskey.
Albemarle Industries
Into Industrial Site If
Local Officials In Con
ference With WAA
Regarding Sale of Lo
cal Property
Officials of the Albemarle Indus
tries, Inc., a Hertford Corporation
headed by Dr. T. P. Brinn, Mayor V.
N. Darden and Major W. H. Oakey,
Jr., conferred with representatives of
the War Assets Administration in
Washington last week regarding the
sale of the Naval Station at Harvey
Point
The local corporation haa presented
a prospectus to the WAA with in
tention of- purchasing the station
when WAA offers the site for sale.
' The Albemarle Industries, -Inc., or
iginally farmed as the. Albemarle
FounUtioii&B non Drofltorttanrlation.
ffcTpottfcoci ; offering suitaWevatrangfe
mentTifo Jnduatries; seekiast lo
cate in Perquimans -County.'V.'rh-;
prospectus-onerea oy tne. local cor
poration point out thai 'tW present
buildings t Harvey Point, with some
improvements, would be suitable for
use as an Air Transport base, a pickle
plant, 4 peanut processing ' plant, a
quick freeae-plant for fish .and other
foods, and several other, industries.
The original plans of the local or
ganisation was changed Mm a Foun
dation to a corporation -when it was
discovered , that a higher priority
could be obtained with incorporation.
This change was made at the sug
gestion of WAA officials.
As was pointed out by Dr. Brinn,
president of the corporation, if the
local concern can secure title to the
baseat the time of its sale it will
try to promote locally owned indus
try , with veterans participating. It
will also begin a campaign to interest
a number of industries to move into
Miller Rites Held
Last Saturday P.M.
Prominent Resident
Died Thursday After
Long Illness
Funeral services for John Henry
Miller, 87, prominent Perquimans
County farmer and civic leader, who
died at his home near Winfall lag.t
Thursday morning following a long
illness, were conducted Saturday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock at Cedar Grove
Methodist Church. The Rev. J. T.
Stott, assisted by the Rev. D. C.
Roavis, officiated.
Mr. Miller was the son of the late
David and Sarah Jones Miller. He
was a member of the Cedar Grove
Church and had served as Sunday
School superintendent for 50 years
and steward of the church for more
than f0 years. He was a member of
the Perquimans County Hoard of
Education for 2G years, having- served
at two different times. He retired
from this board in 1939.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ale
thia White Miller, whom he married
60 years ago on March 2, 1887; four
sons, the Rev. J. H. Miller, District
Superintendent of the Methodist
Church for this district; E. L. and
Bryant, of Winfall and E. W. Miller
of Norfolk; two daughters, Mrs. J.
E. Perry of Winfall and Mrs. H. T.
Wst of Ayden; eight grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
The church choir sang "Have Thine
Own Way" and "In the Sweet By and
By." At the graveside "Abide With
Me" was rendered.
The casket was covered with a pall
of red rojes and white lilies. Other
floral offerings were numerous and
beautiful.
Pallbearers were Edmond, J. B. and
Jimmy Miller, Lawrence and Irvin
Perry, E. T. White, E. C. Hollowell
and Walter Nowell.
n. Honorary pallbearers were W. E.
Dail, Carroll Ward, D. L. Barber,
fchelton M. Long, F. T. Johnson, Ju
lian A. White, W. G. Hollowell, J. R.
Katthews, Dr. Carlton A. Davenport,
tr. T. P. Brinn, J. C. Blanchard, W.
P. C. Edwards, J. E. Winslow, W. H.
aitt, J. W. Ward, G. W. Jackson, T.
E. Morgan, W. W. Lewis, J. W. Jor
dan, Elijah White and R. M. Riddick.
Burial followed in the new section
of Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford
under the direction of the Lynch
Funeral Home.
MINSTREL AT WINFALL
SCHOOL FRIDAY NIGHT
A minstrel will be presented at the
Central Grammar School in Winfall
Friday night, March 14, at 8 o'clock.
The parts in the show will be taken
by residents of Woodville, Chapanoke
and Snow Hill communities. All
proceeds will go to the Central PTA.
To Convert Base
Title Is Secured
the county, or begin operations here.
Recent Press releases from Wash
ington, D. C, relative to the proposed
plan of operation of the property of
Harvey Point N.A.A.S. in event of
its purchase by the Albemarle Indus
tries Inc. Hertford, N. C. have failed
to mention the latter'B offer of cer
tain facilities and benefits' on a non
profit basis to the Town of Hertford
and Perquimans County. There fac
ilities and benefits, because of cer
tain restrictions laid down by the
War Assets Administration, would be
denied to the Town and County under
any plan of purchase other than that
proposed by the Albemarle Indus
tries Inc.
First: All Hospital Equipment
now present at the dispensary, or
that can be secured, may be used in
the Town and County's portion of
the. cost of the proposed Clinic for
Penjuimans County which the Medi
caj Ciie Cotomission in Raleigh, N.
C haatdtcaied would be located in
or yejy cloaerto Hertford,
Mfiiau: buildings, partlc
ulariy "the-Junior Officers Quarters
and tha Recreation, Building, are to
be releaasd to them or their desig
nated agent for recreational use . by
the Youth of Perquimans County, un
der the supervision of the full time
Recreation. Officer. The use of the
Boat House, designated beach areas,
and Rifle Range is also to be granted.'
Under such a plan Various Boys and
Girls (Hubs and other interested
groups including Religious and Vet
erans Organizations could develop a
well-rounded recreational program,
including a series of summer camps..
Third: The use of the Sewage Dis
posal Plant by the Town of Hertford
for disposal of its raw sewage. If
the Town should choose to do this,
the maintenance and operation of the
plant would be worked out on equit
able basis with the Town Officers.
Shirt Company To Operate In Hertford
Providing Facilities Can Be Arranged
Goal In Sight
With official reports standing at
$626 and unofficial reports from sev
eral other solicitors indicating the
Perquimans County ljed Cross quota
will be reached before Saturday
night, Miss Frances Maness, chairman
of the drive, announced Wednesday
she believed the quota will be almost
doubled wher. all reports from solici
tors are in.
L'p to Wednesday noon there were
six solicitors from Hertford, six from
the county and the entire report from
the business houses of Hertford to he
heard from.
The quota requested from Perquim
ans County during the 1947 drive
amounted to $r!S0.
Miss Maness has issued a request
that all solicitors make full reports
to her not later than Saturday even
ing in order that the drive can be of
ficially closed.
Norfolk Baseball
Team To Arrive In
Hertford March 23
Club to Use Memorial
Field For Practice
Sessions
Manager Buddy Hassett and his
Norfolk Tars baseball club will arrive
n Hertford on March 23 to open a
six weeks spring training session, it
was announced by club officials in
Norfolk on Sunday. Approximately
40 players are expected to report to
the manager when the first practice
session is held on Memorial Field
Monday, March 24.
Officials of the Tar club, including
President H. P. Dawson and Business
Manager Greg KeWin, have about
completed all plans for the opening
of the training camp here. Work is
progressing on the infield, getting it
in shape for the practice sessions and
much of the team equipment is ex
pected to arrive here this week.
New players are being assigned to
the Norfolk club by the New York
Yankees, owners of the Tars, and
these players will report for training
here in Hertford.
President Dawson was in Hertford
last Thursday and ironed out final de
tails with J. W. Hampton regarding
the playing condition of the field. Mr.
Hampton is overseeing the grading
and re-turfing of the field for the
Norfolk club. Manager Hassett, who
was also in Hertford, expressed him
self as well pleased with the local
setup and reported most of the Tar
players would be on hand for the
opening practice session March 23.
The Tars have several exhibition
games with Binghamton of the East
ern League which will train in nearby
Edenton. Lefty Gomel, ex-Yankee,
will manage Binghamton . . . Dawson
also announced earlier last week that
the New York Yankees will play an
exhibition game in Norfolk on Easter
Monday, April 7. Dawson said the
Yankees' first-stringers will perform
against the current crop of future
Yankees. The New Yorkers meet At
lanta on April 6, and will come direct
ly to Norfolk for the Georgia city.
Little Interest Shown
In Coming Election
Little interest is being manifested
in the coming election for Mayor and
Town Board for Hertford. The
Board authorized Attorney Charles E.
Johnson and Clark W. O. Newby to
check -dates, fey-holding, the elections
and to plaoe notice Jtefore the public.
Theprimary will be held during the
last week in April with the election
of officers following in two weeks, or
early in- May. ;
"To date no candidates have stated
intention to seek any. office, but it is
expected that the present Board will
be candidates to succeed themselves.
Persons seeking nominations must
file their candidacy with the Town
Clerk and pay a filing fee. Registra
tion books for the election will be
opened shortly for a period of three
weeks for persons desiring to vote
who are not now listed on the regis
tration records.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Albertson of
Portsmouth announce the birth of aM
son, born Monday, March 10, at the
Maryview Hospital in Portsmouth.
Mother and son rev getting along
nicely. Mrs. Albertsoji is the former
Miss Louisa Gatther.
$1.50 Per Year.
Housing For Plant Now
Chief Obstacle; Com
pany Officials Plans
Trip Here In April
Officials of the Sandwand Manu
facturing Company have advised I. ly
or V. N. Darden of a decision to
operate a shirt factory in Hertf ird
providing proper arrangements can
be made whereby the company nn
begin operation here, it was annovr.e
ed to the Town Board by Mr. Dai dm
on Monday night.
Mayor Harden stated the company
official told him that the partners h.id
agreed to move a unit of their firm
into Hertford if suitable housing fac
ilities could be arranged and crain
other problems could be worked .it.
One of the partners of the fir s
expected to come to Hertford a1" t
April 1 for conversations with ! al
officials regarding future plans.
The company has been in neg" '
tion with . A. Harris and son;, re
garding a lease on the Harris build
ing on Grubb street, and present
plans call for a new structure t L.
constructed along side of the present
building in order to give the manu
facturing firm additional floor space.
Efforts are now being made, it is un
derstood, by Jesse Lee Harris to se
cure building materials for the con
struction of the new building.
Mr. Darden told the Town Ltoard
that the company officer who visited
Hertford several weeks ago had writ
ten him that the possibilities here
looked very good and that he was
very much impressed with the town
and conditions as they existed insofar
as they would affect his company.
The two partners who own the
manufacturing firm have agreed they
would operate a unit in Hertford,
employing from 40 to CO people, pro
viding the company and community
could reach terms for bringing the
firm into Hertford.
According to information available
the company would, on owning a
plant here, bring in a crew of employ
ees to train local people to he employ
ed in the operations, of making shirts,
the chief product of the company. U
is estimated by the company officials
it would take a period of about Fix
months for the local employees to be
properly trained to turn out first
class products.
Town officials are elated at the
prospects (,f securing this new indus
try for the community and each mem
ber of the town board expressed the
opinion that every possible aid in
opening operations here be offered the
manufacturers.
Board Approves
Locker Co. Lease
Meeting in regular session Monday
night members of the Town Board
approved terms of a lease to be giv
en by the Town of Hertford to the
Hertford Locker and Packing Com
pany on a portion of the municipal
plant, which will be used by the Lock
er Company as a cooling room for
their new freezer locker plant The
terms call for the lease to run for a
period of ten years at an annual
rental of 1300. The Locker Company
will have an option to renew the
lease for an additional ten years.
Under the terms of the lease the
Town will be at no expense in the
upkeep of the room being leased,
except for minor repairs. All ex
penses of operation and major reno
vations of the room will be paid for
by the Locker company.
The board discussed plans for the
installation of additional six inch
water mains throughout the portion
of the Town now served only by two
inch mains. This improvement is
planned to provide better, water-service
for the entire town and addition
al fire protection, . . i;
Tha Mayor and Engineer
were authorised to obtain prices for
materials. to be need on the project
on which work is expected to begin
sometime next fall or aa soon as
material can be obtained.
Band And Glee Club
To Give Concert
The Perquimans High School band
and glee club will present a concert
at the high school auditorium on Fri
day night, March 21, it was announc
ed today by C. E. Woodard, principal.
Fifty students participate in the
glee club activities while 40 students
are members of the band.
The concert will be presented to
the public at free admission and will
give patrons and friends of the school
an opportunity to judge the advance-
ment made by the two music groups
during the past year. ?