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Binghamton In First
Moe Bauer Will Pitch
For Wake Forest In
Game Thursday
Baseball fans of the Albemarle will
have ,the opportunity of witnessing
their first exhibition game of the cur
rent season Sunday afternoon when
Buddy Hassift and his Norfolk Tars
tangle with the Binghamton Triplets
on Memorial Field at 3 o'clock.
The Triplets are training in Eden
ton and are managed by Lefty Gomez,
former pitcher for the New York
Yankees
The Tars opened their spring train
ing Monday of this week when about
15 players reported to Hassett; later
in the day some liadditional players
arrived and heavier drills were
scheduled for Tuesday. About 35
players are on hand at the present
time.
Plans are being made for a gala
exhibition on Thursday, April 3, when
the Tars will play Wake Forest Col
lege at Memorial Field. The day has
been designated as Moe Bauer Day,
as Bauer, who pitched for Hertford
in- the Albemarle league last season
will be the "starting hurler for the
college outfit,
The Norfolk roster lists 15 pitching
candidate, with quite a few boasting
of experience n professional baseball,
f Only two eatchers, DiGiorgio and
Paul'Haale, Norfolk receiver in 1945,
are scheduled to report for spring
drills.
Players under orders to report to
Manager-. Hassett are: -iU i
PitcheraX-George Vondreshek, Rog
er Pontbriand, Robert George New
ton, Robert Francis ; Pirrelli, Gens
Norfolk Tars Play
Exhibition Sunday
w Qarei.WefhaUer.roin Gorman,
rge WoMntJJainet' Gofrtan Thomas,
3t Eari Lloyd Rexrode, Alfred Prior
and Bob Porterfield.
Infielders William (Chick) Uahy,
Arthur Shultz, Eddie Cooper, Eugene
Herbert, John Boryk, Bobby Koral
eski, Frank Match and Brownie
Blazak.
Catchers Dante DiGiorgio and
Paul Hazle.
Outfielders Malcolm Mick, Harry
Ahlers and Roy Turner.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Reports from Moscow indicate some
progress is being made by the foreign
ministers of the United States, Bri
tain, France and Russia toward writ
ing the peace' for Germany. Russia
indicated this week it favored a cen
tralized government for. the Reich,
this point being advanced by the
U. S. and Great Britain. However,
France is reported desiring a weak
central government in Germany.
General George Marshall, Secretary
of State, this week called for a pro
gram whereby the entire German
population be made responsible for
compliance of the treaty.
Unless last minute negotiations
brings forth a settlement, the nation
will face a crippling strike on April
7 when the telephone workers of the
country will ro on strike. The union
has rejected proposals made by. the
Bell Telephone System to continue
bargsinlac on a local scale. The tele
phone workers seek higher wages.
' Spring weather gave way to a freak
stornt which. lashed out over the mid
west Monday, causing tea deaths xA
high property .damage, .The 'coast
saw temperatures drop as the storm
rolled toward the sea. Winds up -to
60 and 6ft miles per hour were re
ported in some areas of North Caro
lina. An explosion m ait Illinois coal
mine trapped more than 100. , miners
Tuesday, with some of the miners re
ported trapped as far as four miles
from . the shaft Sixteen were nt
ported dead and several injured from
: the blast l&ii.s.- ;
' - tfonnaitiConcert: .
., Singers Here Tonight :
j. The Normon Concert iSjngers' ' of
' J . Elizabeth City, will, render a musical
, v program in the Courthouse in Hert
. -' , ford tonight beginning at 8 o'clock.
' Proceeds from the concert will be
' ,, for the benefit df St Paul A. M. E.
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fore its renovation several years ago. The cut was among tjiose found recently by Henry Clay Sullivan ami one
of the series which has appeared in The Wceklv.
New Members
The Perquimans Weekly learned on
good authority this week that Rep
resentative E. Leigh Winslow will
present a bill to the General Assem
bly calling for an increase in the
number of members of the Board of
Education for Perquimans County. It
was also reported that in the event
the bill is ratified, Mr. Winslow will
name the persons who will become
members of the Board for their firs4
term.
It was also understood that the new
members, if authorized by the Leg
islature for appointment, will be wo
men. The present Board is composed
of five men. .
Mcrris And Grcham
Officers Of District
Governor Gregg Cherry on Monday
appointed Chester Morris, of Cur
rituck C5unty, as resident judge of
the First District to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Judge C. E
Thompson. At the same time he
named John Graham of Edenton to
the post aa solicitor of the district,
this office being vacated through the
appointment of Mr. Morns.
Morris, who had served as solici
tor since H'38, took the oath of office
Tuesday and Graham is to take the
oath of his office in Raleigh today.
The appointment of Mr. Morris to
the bench came as no surprise as the
popular young man from Currituck
had the backing of the .bar and demo
cratic committees from every county
in the District; however, the appoint
ment of Graham as solicitor, while
not entirely Unexpected, did surprise
many party followers due to the num
ber of applicants seeking the office.
The Governor, it was reported, was
determined to appoint a veteran to
the office ar,d when this fact became
known last Friday John McMullan of
Elizabeth City entered the field after
his law partner Elton Aydlett had
withdrawn his name from the list
This left three veterans seeking the
office, besides Graham and McMullan,
W. H. Oakey, Jr., of Hertford also
sought the post
Judge Morris, a native of Gates
County, was admitted .to .tjie bar in
1926 and has practices law in Curri
tuck County since that time Prior
to his election as solicitor he served
as county prosecutor for Currituck.
. Mr. Graham was bora in HiUsboro,
but has Oved most of his life in Eden-,
tort, i A veteran of World War II, Ke
served in. the Navy from 1942 to 1946.
He represented Chowan . County irt
the current session of the General
Assembly.', '
Demonstration Set
For Next Tuesday;
Miss Jean BurJtis, a specialist of
the Fish and Wildlife Service, Wash
ington, D. O., will conduct a fish
cookery demonstration next "Tuesday
afternoon April 1, at 2;30 o'clock at
the Agriculture Building in Hertford,
it was announced today by Miss Fran
ces 'Manes, ; County Hpine Agent. r
. Miss Burtis. will . also give ' short
talk on the subjects of "Types of Fish
Products," the Care and Storage of
the . Products and Marketing Forms'
for 'Fish 'Products." The puhlic Is
cordially invited to attend the Jem
onsSratloht which! expected tr last
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Has Heavy Docket
After Week Recess
Youth Placed on Proba
tion For Theft of
Merchandise
A total of 32 cases were listed on
the docket of the Perquimans Rec
order's Court which convened here
Tuesday following a recess last week.
Twenty-four of the cases were dis
posed of at this week's session and
eight were continued until the next
term of court.
James Lee Collins, Negro, youth
ful .defendant in .the case involving
the theft of 11 pairs of pants from
the Z. A. Harris warehouse, was f ound
guilty on a charge of larceny. He
was given a 30 day sentence, suspend
ed upon payment of a fine of $20
and costs of court. He was ordered
placed on probation for a period of
six months. Clifton Welch, Negro,
who entered a plea of nolo contendre,
to a charge of receiving stolen pro
perty, having purchased some of the
pants from Collins was given a 60
day sentence, suspended upon pay
ment of a' fine of 25 and costs.
Liiine 'Mae lhacn, Negro, was
found not guilty of using profanity
in a public place.
Lucinda Jenkins, prosecuting wit
ness in the case charging Rufus
Enoch with assault, was taxed with
the costs of the case.
James Harrell, Negro, plead guilty
to being drunk on the streets of Hert
ford and paid the costs of court.
' Raymond Trueblood was found not
sruiltv on a charce of assault with a
deadly weapon.
Crafton Russoll and Lindsay Rus
sell were found guilty of simple as
sault and each was given a 30-day
sentence suspended upon payment of
a fine of $15 and costs.
Robert- Sutton, Negro, was found
not guilty of a charge of assault with
a deadly weapon.
Dan Robertson was taxed with the
costs of court and fined $5 on a
charge of being drunk.
James Blount, William B. Chappell,
Ella Colson were taxed with the
costs of court after entering pleas of
guilty to charges of driving with in
sufficient brakes.
James Hunter, Negro, was taxed
with the costs of court for driving
with insufficient brakes.
Isaac Whedbee, Negro, was fined
$10 and costs of court after submitt-
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ing to charges, of driving without ajty and from the Roanoke River to
license and with insufficient brakes. Jthe Atlantic Ocean. Each church is
The State took a nol pros in the
ase charging -Willie Lee Rogers.
Negro,-with reckless, driving.
Louis Holley, Negro; was fined $30
and ordered to pay the costa of court
on charges of reckless driving and
driving without a license.
, Robert Winslow, Negro, was
sessed the court' costs on a charge
of driving without a license.
Junior James, Negro, paid a fine
of $10 and costs for driving without
a license and with insufficient brakes.
Charlie Hudson, Negro, paid the
costs of. court on a charge of driving
with insufficient brakes. -
George 4ee Simpson, Negro, failed
to appear for a hearing on a charge
of driving with , insufficient brakes.
ne was oraerea neia on a sou oona.
James Hinton paid the costs of
court on a charge of speeding.
Clyde Bunch was fined $75 and or
dered to pay the costs of feourt after
submitting to a charge f of driving
drunk,
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Selective Service
Act Expires Monday
Local Draft Office to
Remain Open For In
definite Period
Barring last minute action by Con
gress, which is not expected, the Sel
ective Service Act will expire at mid
night next Monday, March 31, and
with that expiration will pass the
duties of local draft boards.
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Perquimans board, stated Monday the
local board has been ordered to con
tinue registering eighteen-year-olds
through the final day of the act, but
the board has stopped classification
anjff ere not sending out any more
qtiesno'njialres. Definite orders re
garding the future of the draft board
office will await action of Congress
this week. It has been announced
by government officials the offices will
remain open for an indefinite period,
and that all records will be kept in
tact during this time. However, con
fidential portions of registrants files
are now being destroyed, Dy order,
in all draft offices.
Present members of the Perquimans
draft. board, whose duties will cease
Monday, are J. R. Futrell, chairman,
Thad C. Chappell and R. M. Riddick.
The Selective Service Act became
law back in 1940 and more than three
thousand draft boards sprang Into
being, registering, classifying and or
dering men into the armed forces
during the war. The members of
the various boards served without pay
during the entire period.
Dates Announced
Forlastern Regional
BTU Convention
Definite dates for the annual East
ern Regional Training Union Con
vention have been released by the
executive committee as Friday and
Saturday, April 18 and April 19. The
Aulander First Baptist Church will
be host to the convention and all
training union members, workers, of
ficers, leaders and pastors will be in
terested in this announcement
The Eastern Region is composed
of some 120 churches of the Chowan
and West Chowan Associations. It
embraces the territory from the Vlr-
srinia State line through Hyde Coun
requested to appoint official delegates
and all training union members and
all others interested in B.T.U. work
are cordially invited to attend.
According to reports from the
Regional Director, John Elliott of
Edenton, a very interesting program
of addresses, talks, conferences, dem
onstrattons, plays, vocal and instru
mental Inusic is being arranged. The
program will be divided into four
sessions' with a banquet at 6:46 Fri
day afternoon and the convention
opens at 1:66 Friday afternoon and
closes at 8:00 P. M. Saturday after
noon. All church directors and pas
tors are asked to begin now to make
plans for the attendance of their
groups.
From Trenton, N. J.
Mr. and . Mrs. Jack Spencer of
Trenton, N. J., spent the week-end
with Mr and Mrs, J. H. Towe. Mrs. 1
Spencer has returned home, but Mr.
Spencer; remained for few 'days. '
Harmony Prevails
At Baseball Meeting
Held Monday Night
Albemarle League By
Laws Adopted; Five
Games Each Week
After holding a -r minute caucus
the directors of the Albemarle Iiase
ball League restored complete har
mony to the meeting held Monday
night in the Courthouse. Trior to
the meeting of the directors, which
was held for the purpose of adopt
ing a set of by-laws under which the
league will operate, there were ru
mors that Colerain and Suffolk would
withdraw from the league. During
the private session the various dir
ectors ironed out the difficult it's con
fronting the teams and an agree
ment, which was placed in the min
utes for observation during the li47
season only, was reached whereby
Colerain would be given the township
0f unicv;ijr ' ,,. ,,. ( , ind
others of o'.hi-r '.rim.- v.o,:!d be
pir' 'i't' il to hir.' five non-resident
players. The directors also agreed
l to play five games each week for a
period of one month and then another
meeting would determine whether or
not the five game schedule could be
continued.
An amendment to the above agree--ment
was made whereby any player
who participated in games last year
became the property of the team he
last played with prior to the champ
ionship games.
Opening the meeting Monday night,
W. H. Oakey, Jr., president of the
league, tqld the directors it was his
opinion that the directors must co
operate in a more efficient manner
for the good of baseball if the league
was to become a permanent affair.
He urged each director to form opin
ions for the good of the league rather
than just the team he represented.
Each team was urged to hand the
president the names of three men
from each town to serve as base um
pires during the season and Mr. Oak
ey appointed Dave Holton, Edenton,
as chairman of the umpire committee.
Edgar Morris, Hertford, and Dave
Holton. Edenton. were appointed to
draw a schedule for the league games
and to present this schedule at the
next meeting of the directors to be
held in Edenton on the night of
April 28.
Rotary Club To Give
Fish Fry For Tars
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will play host to the Norfolk
Tars baseball team at a fish fry at
Newbold's Beach next Wednesday af
ternoon, it was announced today by
Dr. A. B. Bonner, president of the
club.
Buddy Hassett, manager of the
Tars, was a guest of the Rotarians at
their meetintr Tuesday night. Mr.
Hassett told the members of the local
civic club his organization appreciat
ed the warm welcome it had received
in this community and he was high in
praise of Memorial Field as a train
ing site. He stated that he had seen
many ball parks in towns larger than
Hertford that could not compare with
the facilities offered here.
Holy Week Services
Holy Trinity Church
The following Holy Week Service
will be held in Holy Trinity Church
to all of which the public is welcome.
Tuesday, 10 A. M., Holy Commun
ion. Wednesday, 10 A. M Holy Con
munion; 4 P. M. Church School Ser
vice; 8 P. M. Litany and Address.
Thursday, 8 P. M., Memorial Cele
bration of the Last Supper.
Good Friday, 2-3 P. M., Prayer
and Meditation; 8 P. M., Evening
Prayer.
Easter Day, 9 A. M., Holy Com
munion; 10 A. M. Church School; 11
A. M., Holy Eucharist and Sermon.
Better Seed Program
Aim Of County Agent
Many farmers of Perquimans Coun
ty have joined in the better seed pro
gram being advocated by I. C. Yegal,
County Agent, and are receiving seed
through the County Agent's office,
Mr. Yagel stated today.
To date 231 bushels of cotton seed,
84 bushels of hybrid corn seed and
24 bushels of sweet potato seed have
been received and distributed through
the local office. :' is
WAA Offers Property
Declared As Surplus
To Federal Agency
Details Pertaining to
Disposal Available at
WAA Office
Notice of the availa' 1 ty of Harvey
Point Naval Air Station and the pos
sible coming sale of the base was an
nounced Wednesday by the War As
sets Administration Office in Char
lotte. The term:, oertaining to the
disposal of the pi ty are set out
in a notice published . ,. ' here in this
issue of The Weckh .
Harvey Point Auxil: y Air Station
was constructed for th Navy Depart-
; ment in P.MJ and H1' M was com
missioned on .June . 194.'!, and
placed under comma ml of ;he District
Commandant at Norfolk. The total
'cost of tb" base was estimated to b;
between three and four millions dol
lars. In addition to the I .Mi acres of
land containing the s' '.':on, there are
1 1 buildings on the base.
The Navy Department decommis
sioned the station in the fall of 1945
and it was then turned over to the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
after other Service Departments
nirned down offers for its use. The
RFC used it as a depot and storage
site for surplus pjats, iiils, for a period
of about one year. The prop-rty watf
then again declared surplus and plac
ed undpr the authority of the War
Assets Administration.
Recently a local corporation, Albe
marle Industries. Inc.. petitioned
WAA for title to the property and
attempted to obtain a priority of suf
ficient high rating to enable it to ac
quire the property at the time of its
sale. The local corporation has had
its officers in conference with WAA
officials regarding final disposal b't
Avhat if any definite decisions reached
favorable toward the lo.al concern
remains unknown.
Persons desiring consideration in
the steps being takm by the War As
sets Administration must file forms
with the Charlotte office of WAA
within ten days of the notice publish
ed today.
C. I White Directing
Easter Seal Sales
C. E. White, Perquimans County
Superintendent of Welfare, is head
ing the local committee handling the
Easter Seal sales which began last
Monday and will continue through
Easter. One half of the money rais
ed through the sale of seals remains
in this county to be used assisting
crippled children to receive medical
and other aids. Last year, according
to Mr. White, $35.'U5 was collected
through the campaign, of which
$17G.67 remained for use in Perqui
mans. Twenty two children received
benefit from the fund amounting to
$245.57. Fortunately, a reserve fund
of $140.59 from previous years per
mitted the expenditures of last year.
In addition to benefits received
through the Easter Seal campaign
crippled children also are benefitted
through services by members of the
medical profession and the Per
quimans County Health Department,
much of this service being given free.
Other members of the Easter Set)
campaign committee are Mrs. S. P.
Jessup, Mrs. R. L. Mollowell, Mlati
Mary Helene Newby, Miss Davey Jo
Lumsden. The committee urges the
public to give generously to this
needed cause.
Local Girl Entered
In State Music Meet
Miss Ethel Frances Elliott, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Elliott
will enter the State High School
Music Contest to be staged at Greens
boro during the last week in April
as a result of winning honors in the
Music Festival recently held in Eli
sabeth City.
Miss Elliott won a rating of one
during the recent contest which was
the highest rating offered in the fes
tival. She will be the only represen
tative from Hertford in the State
contest.
Cotton Report Shows
896 Bales Ginned Here
A census report issued this week
by Willie M. Harrell, special agent,
shows that 896 bales of cotton were
ginned in Perquimans County from
the crop of 1946 prior to March It
1947, as compared to 1,678 bales for
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