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Volume XIV.Number 14 ''Hertford,-Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 4, 1947.
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Here's another scene of Hertford, showing the Hertford Bank building 'before it was remodeled about two de
cades ago. Notice the old pump in the foreground and you can note the picture was taken back before the streets
of the town were paved.
Binghamton Trips
Tars In Exhibition
Game Last Sunday
Wake Forest College In
Game Yesterday; Moe
Bauer on Mound
Nearlv 800 baseball fans braved
the chilly weather last Sunday after
noon to witness the first exhibition
game between the Norfolk Tars and
Binirhamton Triplets scheduled for
thin Snrinj- on Memorial Field. The
game here Sunday was played be
tween the two clubs' second string
nlflvprs. The first teams battled it
out in the Tars' park in Norfolk.
Binghamton was too good for the
Tars in the local game and won easily
11-0. The cool weather undoubtedly
caused the poor brand of game dis
ulaved. The Triplets counted twice
in the first innings and once in the
second to hold a 3-0 lead, they add
ed three more runs in the fourth and
then had a five run spree in the aev
jentht The Tars failed j hit the
flfirip'i hurler and nefeer advanced a
'nn-nT furthto than Vsecond base
w .1 " l..U'tU "Vara !
three hits for the afternoon.
Local fans had the opportunity of
witnessing the Tari' first stringers in
action Thursday afternoon when
Wake Forest College came here for
a game with the Norfolk club. Moe
Bauer, pitching ace for the Hertford
Semi-pro team last Summer started
the game for Wake Forest. The game
was played too late for the details
to be printed in The Weekly in this
edition.
Spring weather this week enabled
Manager Hassett to put his charges
through some real training and the
players were looking better each day
when they went through practice on
Memorial Field.
The Norfolk Club management and
players are well pleased with the
camp here in Hertford and continue
to praise the cooperation they are re
ceiving from local residents while the
camp is in progress. They have stat
ed this year's camp is one of the best
ever held by the Tars outside of Norfolk.
i Indians' Baseball
ten Opens Apr. 11
E Perquimans High School's baseball
tegm will open its 1947 season next
Friday afternoon when the Indians
meet the Chowan High School on the
Chowan diamond. The Indian ached
ule, according to Cach Max Camp
' bell, ta as yet incomplete but eight
games hare been scheduled, three
away and four at home. At least two
more games are. . being , sought to
round out the season's play. Games
1-already eehedulef-re with Chowan,
eeftsvtile, Crtswell awl South', IftyfJ
,gSjf4B4isjns;,..m'v.j.oe': practicing
jwekij'ai4. Coach Campbell
-"uuettt his squad from 45 down to 2
rj6&tjbi& .'vteeompssd .of
about 1 players "will be chosen from
r the present group.
rXhur main problem is. building up
, a battery," the coach stated today,
, "we have the entire, .squad left oyer
from last season with the exception
of Raul Smith, first string pitcher,
and George Wood, catcher." Several
likely candidates are trying out for
these positions.
, In addition to L. C. Elliott, Josiah
Smith, Chester Winslow and Earl
WinsloW, infielders1 showing promise
are Cecil Winslow, Sidney Layden and
Howard Pitt, A host of, outfielders
are expected to give veterans John
I '.-Ward,
V . well a
Earl R
Edward Lane and Joel Hollo-
tight race for these posts,
Rogeraon, Billy ' Winslow, Bill
N Knvrli iul Rnh Kentin am fnrlnar I
for the pitching assignments.. -M;,.JH, Pitt, - f tv.'
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Draft Board Held
Final Meeting Monday
The Perquimans County Draft
Board passed into history Monday
night when the Board members held
a final meeting for the purpose of
checking records and files to deter
mine all was in order prior to the
expiration of the Selective Service
Act which was effective at midnight
March
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the
Board since the law became effective
in 1940,' stated the local office will
remain open for an indefinite period
and henceforth will be known as the
office of Selective Service records.
Later, probably about June 1, all
of the records of the local Board will
be removed to a central point in the
State, where they will be filed along
with th.3 records of other Draft
Boards of North Carolina.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Little progress is reported being
made at the meeting of the Big Four
foreign ministers in Moscow and re-
ifflBfltate thijji JkJJ. Representative
leorjre C. Marshall may seek an ap
pointment with Russian Prime Min
ister Stalin in an effort to write a
peace treaty for Germany and Aus
tria. The question of reparations
seemingly is holding up an agreement
among the foreign ministers. Unof
ficial reports state the meeting has
reached such a stalemate that U. S.
representatives may leave the confer
ence.
John L. Lewis called his coal strike,
as previously announced, Marcn ji,
but in order not to incur the wrath
of the U. S. Supreme Court, he called
the work stoppage as an expression
of sympathy for the 111 miners who
died in a Centralia, 111., mine explo
sion. Miners were ordered to stop
work for a period of one week in pro
test to unsafe working conditions in
U. S. mines. The mines are still un
der the operation of the Federal Gov
ernment. Internal conditions within Greece
became more tangled this week when
George II, twice exiled king of the
small nation, died in, Athens Tues
day. He was succeeded to the throne
by his brother, Paul.. George was re
turned to the throne of Greece by an
election held last year, but recently
international events have centered
around the nation and last month
President Truman requested-Congress
to vote funds to aid the Greek gov
ernment to maintain its democracy.
President Truman has asked Con
gress to extend Vent control for a
period of one year beyond June 30 to
provide proper protection for millions
of families. The action came follow
ing; Congress' vote to end sugar con,
trols on October 31. A Senate com
mittee, has Votei) on a bill to alW a
tea per cent Increase in . rent ogt the
same ; measure calls forfanttoTto ex
tend Ihrough 'March 31 948s.. ; .
Legion Auxiliary
MeetsTbnlght At 8
The Perquimans Chapter of the
American Legion Auxilary wijl meet
Friday, night at 8 o'clock ait the Ag
riculture Building in Hertford, Mrs.
Ralph White, president, s urges . all
members to attend.
' At the same time members of the
Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the Le-
gion will hold their meeting at the
Court House. All Legionnaires are
asked to be present.
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
The Executive Board of the Wo
man's Societv 6f Christian SeVvfcJi of
the Methodist Church met Wednesdav
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Claud Gaddy Speaker
At BTU Convention
In Aulander April 18
liaptists of this area, and others 1
who have-heard, him, will be interest
ed to learn that Claud Gaddy, secre
tary of Christian Education for the
North Carolina State Baptist Conven
tion, is to brinir one of the feature
.addresses of the Eastern Regional
Training Union Convention in Aulan
der April 18-19. Mr. Gaddy will
speak during the Saturday afternoon
session, April 19, on the subject, "The
Bible The Hand Book for Christian
Workers." He needs no introduction
to the Baptists of the Chowan and
West Chowan Associations because of
the 'fact that he has on previous oc
casions delighted similar audiences in
this area with his inspiring and inter
esting messages. Mr. Gaddy, by vir
tue of his association with the public
school system and also the Baptist
program for the past several years,
comes with an ideal background to
discuss the subject assigned. Dele
gates and those interested in the
Training Union work will look for
ward to hearing Mr. Gaddy.
A program of vocal and instrumen
tal music, addresses, talks, demon
strations, conferences and a play is
being arranged and all indications
point to the fact that it will provide
such help and inspiration that it will
be well worth any sacrifice made to
attend. A banquet has been planned
for 5:45 Friday afternoon, April 18,
and all those planning to attend are
urged to have their director or pastor
report the number from their group
to the Rev. William P. Milne in Au
lander prior to' April 15. Besides a
program of fun and music arranged
by the Aulander church, the inspira
tional address of the banquet will be
delivered by theRev. M. W. Grissom
of Shiloh. A large crowd is antici
pated for this period of fellowship.
The convention embraces the West
Chowan and Chowan Associations in
cluding some 120 Baptist churches
and the program will be divided into
four sessions. On Friday afternoon
the opening session will convene at
2:55 and the final session will close
at 3 o clock Saturday afternoon.
There will be an evening session Fri
day night and a morning session Sat
urday. Each church is urged to send
two official delegates from each in
dividual union of its Training Union
and all other members and those in
terested in BTU work are urged to
attend.
Representative E. Leigh Winslow
named Mrs. Alice Futrell and Mrs.
A.-it. Cook as new members of the
PerauimaiM , Count? Board nf KHnca-
Ition through provisions provided by
the Omnibus Bill, it was learned
here this week- ..The nominations of
the two hew members were presented
to the General Assembly last week
and have been confirmed by the Leg
islature. .. , ., . .,
:The member? were "named for a
period of two years and will assume
places on the local board at the reg
ular meeting scheduled for next Mon
day.
The Board of Education will now
be composed of seven, members. Jul
ian A. White and Carroll Ward nko
having been named by Mr. Winslow
in the bill present last -week. White
and Ward won the offices in the gen
eral election .last November. Other
members of the board are W. E. Dail,
S. M. Lone arid Durwood Barber.
The movement of naming two ad
ditional members to the board, it was
fevealed here last week, had the back
ing of members of the parent-teach
ers associations and several members
of the board of county commissioners
ana; board or education.
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April Term Superior
Court To Convene On
Monday, April 14th
Local Bar Requesting
Chester Morris as
Presiding Judge
The April term of Perquimans Su
perior (.'curt will convene here on
Monday, April 14, it was announced
today by W. H. Pitt, clerk of court,
who revealed a total of ,'S1 cases as
listed on the calendar. Twenty case?
are listed a; civil affairs with eleven
criminal cases scheduled for hearing.
Judge Ciawson Williams has been
assigned o preside at the April term
of court, iiut it has been learned Judge
Williams is ill and the local bar has
requested (iovernoi Cherry to assign
Chester Mi rris to be presiding judge
in Mr. Williams place. Mr. Morris
was recently appointed to the office of
judge, filling the vacancy caused by
the death of Judge ('. K. Thompson.
The criminal do, kit is made up of
two cases charging drunken driving,
two hit-ii-id-run counts, three assault
cases and one Breaking and entering
ana one o! larceny.
The civil docket is listed by Clerk
of Court W. II. Pitt as follows:
Clarine Kiddick vs. Haywood It id
dick. Jeremiah .lones vs. Gertrude Jones.
Cherry Johnson vs. Hernice John
son. R. I). Godwin vs. Lucy F. Godwin.
John H. Phillips vs. Ella M. Phil
lips. Pete Everett vs. Lillian Everett.
Addie Mae Garrett vs. Cornelius
Garrett.
Narcissus White vs. Jeremiah
White.
Keefer Mallery vs. Willie Mae Mal
lery. Catheriii' .Mae Stewart vs. Joseph
Stewart.
Jesse T. Winslow vs. Elbert N.
Chappell.
J. F. V slow et al vs. J. C. Plan
hard e'. als.
W. I.. Tolson vs J. S. McNider.
Mrs. E. W. Mayes vs. J. C. Blan
hard et als.
Henry G. Parker vs. Isaac Lowe.
' Amanda F. Layden vs. R. L. Lay-
Jen et als.
Ruth Beasley vs. J. C. Illanchard
t al.
Hudgins vs. Hudgins.
Lassiter vs. Sutton.
Jurors drawn to serve at the April
term of cour civ
Frank Jordan, H. C. West, T. H.
Jones, J. E. Dail, Wallace Channel!.
T. G. Swain, Jasper Winslow. N. E
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Chappell, J. B. Dail, D. J. Pritchard
Jesse Harrell, Haywood Goodwin
Yelum C. Winslow, L. G. Hollowell
I. R. Dail, William T. Gregory,
Claude Winslow, Ralph Layden, W
W. White, Freeland Elliott, R. L
Robbins, li. H. Ward, E. Leigh Wins
low, Melvin W. Rogerson, J. U. Perry,
Carroll Williams, W. M. Divers, Jr.
Frank Skinner, Thomas Morgan, G.
W. Barber, Raymond Winslow, C. M
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narren, n. u. iviainews, J. U Lane
and J. 1!. Eure.
VFW To Hold Dance
Monday On Night
The members of the Garland 11.
Ownley Post of the VFW will cele
brate the completion of their new
club with a dance to be held Monday
night, April 7. In order that friends
may view the Post's new club house
tne aance nas Deen announced open
to the public.
The post held an election of officers
for the ensuing year at the last meet
ing with J. E. Newby being elected
to the post as Commander; B. L.
Gibbs, senior vice commander; Elden
Winslow, junior vice commander and
George Fields, quartermaster. The
offices of adjutant, legal adviser and
public relations chairman will be filled
by appointment when the new officers
are installed at a meeting this month.
The local VFW members, in tribute
to the first Perquimans youth to lose
his life in World Wr II, have named
the local organization the Garland H.
Ownley Poit.
The post club room is located over
Barber's store at the corner of Eden
ton Road and Grubb streets, and it
has been proclaimed one of the' best
club rooms in this part of the State.
Members have been working on the
rooms for the past several months, re
modeling and installing fixtures. The
work on the room was completed this
week.
SOCIETY TO MEET
The regular monthly meeting of the
Woman's Society of Christian Service
of the Methodist Church will meet
Monday evening at the church at 8
o'clock. All members are urged to be
present - "
Negro Youth Found Dead In Ditch Last
Saturday Morning; Jury Rules Foul Play
Wildlife Club To
Meet Monday Night
A meeting of the Perquimans chap
ter of the Wildlife Club has been call
ed for Monday night, April 7, at eight
o'clock by R. M. Riddick, president
of the club. The meeting will be held
in the Court House at Hertford and
all members of the clul
to attend.
Sportsmen, not me
clul), interested in gai
in this county are inv'
are requi
sted
the
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it tend.
Revival Services
Being Conducted At
wjnfall Church
A series of evangel;;,'
are in progress in Epw
(list Church in W in fa 1 1 ai
Untie through Friday nig!
with the Rev. Edgar II. i'i
if Trinity Methodist Cbn
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t, April 11,
-her. pastor
'h in Wil
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is co.iduct
lloly Week
mi n .'
I.er :
ton. to begin pr.-sv.
-'nut i., night i.t 7.';"
tor. ta,' l
ing these
:.-. J. I). Slott.
services during
which began on Palm Sunday night,
ill keeping with commemoration oft
the Masters last meal with his dis
ciples on the night before tin1 cruci
fixion, Thursday night's iw rp will
include the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper, and there will be a Good Fri
day service the following night.
The Rev. Mr. Fisher is one of the I
leading ministers in North Carolina,
ono who because of earnestness and
deep spiritual living, along with his
eftectiveness as a preacher, has been
much in demand as a minister to
preach in evangelistic meetings. Re
fore his transfer to Wilmington in
1945, he served for six years as pas
tor of Chestnut Street Methodist
Church in Lumberton.
Mr. Fisher will speak in the Per
quimans High school chapel service
next Tuesday morning at 10 o clock
and in the Winfall school that after
noon at 1 o'clock.
Tuesday night, April 8, is to be
young people's night in the Winfall
meeting. All young people with their
teachers and counselors on the Per
quimans charge are invited to the
parsonage yard for a picnic supper
at ( nnnrV par h nprsnn tn hnnc
.wi, ; t k o, ,
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er. Drinks will be furnished locally.
The youth members of the high
school glee club are to render special
music for the evening service 111 the
church.
The Thursday evening service will
include special music by the Rev. and
Mrs. T. A. Collins of the Gatesville
Methodist Church. He will sing and
Mrs. Collins will be his accompanist.
Mr. Collins is to be the preacher for
the revival in Woodland Church Aug
ust 13-22.
Seek Re election
With the primary election for of
ficers for the Town of Hertford sche
duled for April 28, the four members
of the present Town Board indicated
this week they will seek the nomina
tion and re-election to office.
Mayor V. N. Darden announced his
candidacy for re-election last week.
The present members of the Board,
B. C. Berry, M. J. Gregory, W. II.
Hardcastle and Z. A. Harris, all sig
nified their intention of filing their
candidacy with the Town Clerk, W.
G. Newby.
The primary will be held on April
28 and the election of the officers two
weeks later, on May 6.
Currently there is little interest be
ing shown in the election and no in
dication that any of the officials will
have opposition in the primary.
Rotary Club Host At
Fish Fry Wednesday
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club entertained the Norfolk Tars
baseball team at a fish fry held at
the town plant Wednesday after
noon. The regulat meeting of the
civic club was postponed in order that
the outing could take place Wednes
day instead of Tuesday.
The Rotarians met at the Hotel
Hertford at 4:30 in order to furnish
transportation for the players to the
plant. Members of the committee
in charge of the event were J. E.
Winslow, Robert Hollowell, T. B.
Sumner, Cecil Winslow and R. C.
Murray.
Investigation Is Being
Conducted By Sheriff
M. G. Owens
Working with practically no clues,
Sheriff M. G. Owens is investigating
into the diath of Milton Perry, 2fi-year-old
Negro of the Nicanor com
munity, whose body was discovered
lying in a ditch last Saturday morn
ing by I.ui'ins Armstrong. Negro, who
resides n.'.ir the Bethany Church in
lielviilere Township.
Sheriff Owens called Or. ('. A. Dav
enport, county coroner, to the scene
and a ptv! i in inary investigation took
place on the spot. Later Dr. Daven
port convened a coroner's jury, which
after hearing testimony of a number
of witnrusi's who live near the scene
of the crime, returned a verdict of
death at the hands of a person or per
sons unknown. Foul play was evi
dent from the testimony given by the
u itness -s.
The con, net's jury was composed of
V. N. Harden, Henry C. Sullivan. John
Pitt, C W. While, 11. N. Nixon and
Urooks Win ribec.
Pictures taken of the scene re
vealed e-nil nre showing a struggle
had taken
testified
body had I
die of the
clear.
Cause o
bv the coi
ace at t he spot and it was
t tracks indicating the
'ii dragged from the in id-
ad
t he ditch w as also
ath was not determined
r's iurv.
( i
in- of the Witnesses testified that
Perry h
the ingl
i been t,, his home late on
of March 1!S in a drunken
hut had left the scene with
e. It as also revealed that
11 had received some ,20 in
out
the
N
'g
wages on 1'riday but when the body
was discovered there was only forty
cents on his person. No motive for
robbery was declared, however.
Another witness at the inquest stat
ed he heard a voice shouting as if for
help some time about midnight Fri
day. This was estimated to b- about
the time ,f the death. No marks of
violence were discovered on the body
when it w 1 , examined by Dr. Daven
port. Holy Week, Easter
Services In Progress
At Methodist Church
Holy Week services are being con
ducted at the First Methodist Church
this week. Wednesday at 7:30 the
Rev. H. ' '. Reavis, pastor, spoke on
"The Need For the Cross." Thurs
day at 7:.'io p. M., the pastor spoke
on the subject, "This Do In Remem
brance of Me" and following the mes
sage the Holy Communion was ad
ministered. Friday from 2 to 3 P. M.
Good Friday services will be conduct
ed in the form of a uuion service
with the R v. C. W. Duling and the
pastor leading in meditation on the
"Last Seven Words on the Cross."
Special F.aster services and pro
grams are being prepared for next
Sunday. The Faster idea will be car
ried out in all departments of the
Church School at 9:45 A. M. At 11
A. M. the Easter worship service will
be conducted with the pastor using
"The Glad News of Easter" as the
sermon subject, and special music
will be rendered by the choir.
At 12:15 Sunday the annual Easter
baptismal service will be conducted
for those who wish to dedicate chil
dren to the Lord in Holy Baptism.
The pastor will use water from the
Jordan River in the service.
On account of the children and
young people being in the pageant at
7:30 P. M., there will be no meeting
of the MYF at 4:30 or 6:46.
A pageant, "Easter's Festival," by
Martha Bagly and music by Arthur
Grantley will be given Sunday at
7:30 P. M. by the children and young
people of the church. The workers
who are directing the pageant are
faithfully on the job, and this prom
ises to be a worthwhile program. The
public is cordially invited to all of the
services.
Fish Demonstration
Held Last Tuesday
Miss Jean Burt is of the Fish and
Wildlife Service eave a demonstra-
.ion on fish cookery Tuesday after
loon in. the Agricultural Building in
Hertford.
The demonstration included a dis
cussion of the following points with
particular emphasis on species of fish
and shell fish available in North Caro
lina: Types of fishing products; mar
ket forms of fish; care and storage
of fishing products; preparation of six
recipes using fish and shell fish; gar
nishes for fish; serving the prepared
dishes attractively.
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