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.Volume XI V.-Number 17. j . Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, April 25, 19477
$1.50 Per Year7
Ik J. D. Sttit HiM District Clirman
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Organization Meeting Is
Called ; For Sunday;
Whi$e rCounty Leader
a statewide idrive for clothing, bed
ding and shoes for overseas relief be
gan on Sunday, April 20 and will
continue until Mother's Day, May 11
The executive council of the North
Carolina, Council of Churches has just
announced the appointment of Rev.
Henry Gv Ruark, University Methodist
Church, Chapel Hill as director of the
campaign, v
Mr. Ruark stated that regional di
rectors would instigate local collec
tions in their respective area. The
area director or this section is the
Rev. J. D. Stott of WinfalJ.
t The campaign for material dona
' . tiong is being sponsored by the North
Carolina Council of Churches because
of the pressing need overseas. Des
pite two years of peace, millions of
human hpinca urn Hvincr on an animal
level. In some parts of Europe shoes
' 5 n rrn ... . conn
ecu xur fuu yr pcui, pit jiur
a dress for $50, while the average
working man makes 75 cents per day.
Food is equally scarce and expensive.
In Vienna, Austria a single aspirin
tablet brings $1.50 and a small bar
of soap over, a dollar. ,
The goal for North Carolina is "at
1 least a pound a person" or 3,500,000
pounds of clothing, bedding and shoes.
This total represents at least $3,500,
000 in cash, based on American valu
ation of used clothing.
Any kind of usable clothing, bedd
ing and shoes are acceptable1. Also
wanted are yard ends,' remnants, cot
ton feedsacks and odd assortments of
materials. - '
Gifts of money for overseas relief
should be sent, through local churches
or to the Chinch. World Service Cen
ter, New Windsor Maryland ";
The motioBf,,WctoiN! "Seeq of pes
tiny" is being usest "extensively in .the
campaign, This-, most graphic pre-
' Mentation of nee & abroad is not 'rec
ommended for- fsmall ' Children but
: . should be aeeft hy every dajt- Ameri-
Y the Rev. J. DtStoW ofWinfan, whof
(has been appointed regional "director
fjr eight counties in . Northeastern
North Carolina is calling a meeting
'of all county chairmen and others of
i the church and community leaders, in
r Elizabeth City next. Sunday afternoon
at 3 o'clock, at which time definite
dates will be set for the drive to be
gin. The film "The Seeds , as Des-
tiny" will be shown at this meeting.
C. E. White, County Superintendent
of Welfare, is the chairman1 of this
drive for Perquimans County, and the
following individuals have agreed to
. assist in the drive: Mrs. W. H. Mat
thews, Mrs. George Jackson,' Mrs. I.
A. Ward, Mrs. ' Ben Thatch, Mrs. C.
O. Fowler, Miss Mae Wood Winslow,'
Miss Johnnie White, Mrs. A. R. Cook,
' Mrs. Fletcher Bundy and Durwood
Barber, Jr. Same of these are taking
thjs responsibility in their respective
churches, some . in local communities
and , others in the schools Mrs.
Thatch for the Hertford graded school
and Miss Johnnie White for Winfall
'school.
Members 'of the Beta Club, the
honor society in the high school, of
which Reginald. Tucker . it president,
nd'with Mm I Jessup aa gpon
paorare in .charge -of their school
iva...T
i yej$ be ontaetedi,!will ba organized
? :'t:Ji . -. 11.' "iCil.' ' :1P lff;wwwi : pageoanvnp PI
flMM IImmWa ft.. season, downed Creswell by a 11-
i l. iri-r 111 lif Tl ll , scow last Friday afternoon on
AtlldfVsyfJai
-' ' Perquimant County't' eaneef ? drive;
(fund stood at tnsi than one-half of
the quota n. Wednesday of this week, j
according td J, H. Towe county
chairman, who Mated that her plans
-' to- bring the drive to a dose 6n Sat
urday of this week,, although, the aa
. tion-wide ,. drive continues "through
' April 80.
y ; The county committee aiding Mr.
' Towe in the 1 collection of ..funda for,
the eanctr fund are -Wi H. Ktt, Herb-
ford; Mrs.-W.,G-H6lloa. Winfall;
' ' Willie ' Winslow, ' Belvidere Ralph
. - White, lWhitestn Mrs, Edgar jChap
. pell, Chapel Hillj Mrs.'W. H. Mat
- thews; New- Hope and Woodville,T and
1 ;.. Mrs, C. T, Phillips, Bethel. The com
mittee ia requested to report all funds
collected w Saturday right" f 5
' PRIMARY GRADES TO 4 M
PRESENT OFCK3STTA - , ' " t
Aa operetta entitled "The Wedding
'of thr Flowers" will be presented,at
V the Hertford Grammar School Thurs
day night, May 1, at 8 o'clock' by the
primary grades. Vocal selections will
: be rendered by the grammar grades
- of the school. ''11 V v. x '
) The' public Is , cordially invited to
For Overseas Relief
Monogram Club To
Stage Banquet Friday
Members o'f the Perquimans High
School Monogram Club and their
gttests will hljld a banquet Friday
evening at the Hotel Hertford. About
35 are expected to attend.
The Monogram banquet, an annual
affair until rationing and food short
ages during the war years forced the
members to suspend the event, has al
ways been a highlight of school ac
tivities. The club is expected to re
sume the banquet on an annual basis
with the meeting this week.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The U. S. Senate on Tuesday
stamped its. approval on President
Truman's plan to give aid to Greece
and Turkey. The plan calls for
fund of 400 million dollars to be ex
pended in the two countries to bolster
the economic and military resources
of the two nations. The bill, passed
in the Senate by a 67-23 vote, now
goes to the House, where foreign af
fairs committee has already voted
favorably on a similar measure. Sec
retary of State George C. Marshall,
now attending the meeting of foreign
ministers in Moscow, this week recom
mended passage of the measure.
Meanwhile in Moscow it is now evi
dent that the foreign ministers of
U. S., Britain, France and Russia
have failed to reach an agreement re
garding a peace treaty for Germany
ana Austria,: and the meeting is ex
pected to eome'io an end within the
next few days. .Russian demands for
reparations fren, Germany and Aus
tria, and the Beds opposition to any
compromise isfBtands taken by the
western powers have' stalemated the
meeting.' i-U
The labor situation remained some
what muddled during the week, with
negotiations "in the phone strike still
deadlocked, and the American Fed
eration, of Labor ordering an all-
drive against laws which may
be passed by Congress restricting
union operations. It was reported
that an agreement between the union
and General Motors was believed
near, which likely will head off an
other strike in the automotive field.
The 16-day old phone strike appeared
no nearer settlement than when first
called, but attempts are being made
to resume negotiations between the
phone officials and the union.
Chester Bowies, former head of
OPA, this week suggested a" program
for reduction of prices, Bowles urg
ed V formation of a board of business
men set up to negotiate . volunteer re
duction of prices. The battle against
high prices has taken on- a nation
wide scope following President Tru
man's talk on inflation and in one
town in the U. S. all merchants have
voluntarily reduced all prices by ten
per cent "just to see .what happens."
Indians Down Creswell
In Game Last Friday
Indians, vylaying In
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the
Creswell diamond. Winslow, Boyce
and RogersonN did the. pitching for
Perquimans and Elmore was the' re
ceiver. The Indian's hit safely eight
times and counted several runs on
errors by Creswell. , The host . team
also cohected eight hits ,off the three
Indian1 hurlers and took- advantage of
humber of ;errors made by the" In
dians. ...
, Inclement weather caused Ihe post
ponement of v the 'Indiana-WWKsville
game scheduled for .Tuesday after
noon, sad local' school officials Were
uncertain as to the date of the game.
The firtome ame for the fndians
originally scheduled for Friday night
pof this week-Was moved ;upv to Thiirs-
day, when the game conflicted with a
teachers meeting called for the same
mgni , n. v j -
District Officer At
Auxiliary, Dinner -, ,
t Mrs, John A. Ward, , district1 vice
president of ; the 'American Lrgion
Auxiliary, was the ' main speaker at
a supper meeting of the Perquimans
Chapter, held at the Hotjel Hertford
at "7 o'clock Thursday, April 24 ..,
; All- members of .tiie local chapter
were urged to attend and to notify
Mrs. Ralph White or Mrs. T. P. Briim
is advance if ktbey' planned to. be"
present, , ;
No Probable Cause
Verdict Returned
In Murder Case
Hearing Held Tuesday
Morning By Recorder
Court Judge
A vprHirf nf n rt cmiltv wfla rptnrn-
ed in .Perquimans Recorder's Court
Tuesday morning following conclusion
of State's evidence in the case charg
ing Garfield Perry, Negro, with mur
der. Perry was given a probable
cause hearing relative to the death of
Milton Perry, Negro, whose body was
found in a ditch in 'Belvidere Town
ship, near the Bethany Church on the
morning of March 29.
Testimony given by State's wit
nesses related the facts that Milton
Perry was in a drunken state on the
evening of March 28, and that he was
seen in company of Garfield Perry at
the home of one of the witnesses.
However, the State, according to the
verdict handed down by Judge Charles
E. Johnson, failed to show probable
cause and the defendant was dis-
am:' 0a
Other cases disposed of by the
court this week included those of I'.
H. Small, charged with being drunk
on the streets of Hertford. Small was
sentenced to jail for 14 days.
Raymond Bateman was found guilty
of assault and was assessed the costs
of court. For. failure to pay a fine of
$15 and costs of court taxed against
him last May, Bateman was ordered
confined to jail until payment of the
fine and costs in both cases.
James Johnson was assessed thelserVed by the registrar on Saturday,
costs of court on a charge of driving
with insufficient brakes.
William Harris, Negro, submitted
to a charge of carrying a concealed
weapon and paid the costs of court.-
James Twine entered a plea of
guilty to driving with . improper
lights, and paid the costs of court.
George Winslow submitted tt a
charge of unlawfully setting fire to
woodland and paid a fine of $"() and
costs of court.
Willie Parker, Negro, was taxed
With the costs. of ceUrt after entering
a plea of guilty to driving with in
sufficient brakes.
John Morris paid the costs of court
on a charge of driving with improper
lights.
Raymond Boyce entered a plea of
guilty to driving with insufficient
brakes and paid the costs of court.
Hertford Boy Scouts
Being Reorganized
At a meeting held last week in the
office of Dr. A. B. Bonner, representatives-
of the civic clubs in Hertford
took extensive steps to reorganize
Troop 166, Boy Scouts of America,
which is sponsored by the Rotary apd
Lions 'Clubs.
A boy fact survey has been con
ducted in Hertford schools which in
dicated -that any number of boys are
interested in the program, but parent
and community backing is greatly
needed.
A meeting of all parents of pros
pective Scouts is to be held Friday
night, April. 25, at 7:30 o'clock in the
Court House. ..All parents and inter
ested spajnties 4 are requested td $e
present Attendance at, this meeting
is:,MeaU!i-'tlMi parents' pariv'it
was stated by a Scout representative,
otherwise Scouting in Hertford will
not be successful. The representative
added that character building and ci
tizenship, training cannot be. taught
unless parent, cooperation is secured.
Sgt Paul Fisher lias volunteered to
serve- as Scoutmaster of the troop and
Frank McXJOogan will ; be assistant
Scoutmaster '' .'
Eight Stores To Begin
Hal?Ho)idayvSobn
:.-ifamakem'.nd today,
by eight Hertford stores they will be
gin early closing on Wednesdays on
May 7, amf continue the practice of
observing'? a half -day holiday each
week throughout May, June. July and
August
l1 Patron! 4re requested to note1 this
announcement and shop early on Wed
nesdays, w', -
. ' "cONDTTIoil IMPROVED
Word has been: received, here that
the Rev. Howard ' Dawkins, former
pastor" of the Baptist Church, 'who
underwent, a major operation at Duke
Hospital April . 10, is getting ' along
nicely 'A disc was removed from the
fourth vertebae, which had caused -a
curvature of tha spine. Mn Dawkins
was expected to be discharged from
the hospital this week.- He and Mrs,
DawklnS-aiid children new reside in
Einston,
Seven Candidates
Seek Nomination
For Townjffice
V. N. Darden Is Unop
posed For Office of
"Mayor; Primary Elec
tion Monday
Seven candidates are seeking the
nomination to represent the Town of
Hertford as Commissioners in the
primary election to be held next Mon
day, April 28, it was announced Mon
day by W. G. Newby, Town Clerk,
with whom the candidates had filed
for office.
The list of candidates include all
members of the present board, W. H.
Hardcastlc, Z. A. Harris, I!. C. lierry
and M. J. Gregory, and three other
residents seeking Town office for the
first time. These are Henry CV Sul
livan, VV. I). Landing and Mark Hath
away. While little interest ,n the election
has been leported, the list of candi
dates is the largest of any election in
recent years, and it is likely that a
representative vote may l cast in the
primary.
Mayor V. V Harden is unopposed
for re-election and his name will not
appear on the ballot in the primary,
but will head the list in the general
election which will follow on May (i.
Registration books for the primary
closed Thursday, April 24, and Mrs.
B, G. Koonce, registrar, stated more
than 4ll new voters had registered for
the purpose of casting ballots In the
primary. Challenge day will be ob-
April L'l
Only one polling place will be open
ed for the primary, this in accordance
with' past procedure, and this voting
precinct will be located in the Court
House. The polls will open at 7
o'clock A. M. and will close at 7 V. M.
The only offices up for nomination
are those of Town Commissioners and
each voter may vote tor any four of
the seven candidates seeking the nom
ination. There ar- no individual contests in
the wvfn election, -that is no one ciTn
didate is running against another, hut
the Town Board will be chosen when
the four candidates receiving the
highest number of votes are nominat
ed. There are no wards or zones or
precincts in the Town. Thus, voters
when casting their ballots may vote
for any four candidates listed.
Nettie Lee Gregory
WedsJ.D.Caravello
Miss Nettie Lee Gregory, daughter
of the late William Augustus and Ida
Gregory, and sister of Mrs. John C.
Moore Of Hyde Park, and Joseph D.
Caravello of Philadelphia, Pa., were
united in marriage in a quiet and
beautiful ceremony in the Hertford
Baptist Church, Saturday evening,
April 19, at 7:15 o'clock.
The double ring ceremony was per
formed by the Rev. Charles W. Dul
ing, pastor of the church.
The vows were spoken before the
altar decorated with white gladioli
and fern, interspersed with tall cath
edral 'candles forming a beautiful
setting. .
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson presided
at the organ and rendered a program
of wedding music including "Oh Thou
Sublime, Sweet Evening Star" by
Wagner, "Liebestraum" by Liszt,
"Love's Old Sweet Song" and the
"Vienese Love Song" prior to the en
trance of the bridal couple. During
the ceremony "The Lord's Prayer"
was softly played.
R. S. Monds, Jr., sang "Because"
by d'Hardlet and Carrie Jacobs Bonds
"I Love You Truly."
The bride, dressed in a two-piece
suit of slate btUe wool gabardine, with
which he wore navy blue accessories
and a shoulder corsage of orchids, en
tered the church with the bridegroom.
Ushers were Jbe Towe and J. Rolac
Webb, who lighted the candles.
Mrs. Joe TOwe and Mrs. Walter
Jackson. Kanoy. were mistresses of
ceremony.- .
Immediately following the cere
mony the couple left for a wedding
trip to Philadelphia, Pa., and Niagara-
Fal, Nevv York. Upon their
return they 1 will ,e at home at 20
Hyde Park,-Hertford.
Mrs. Caravello is associated with
tile Towe-Webb Motor Company.
. ' Mr. Caravello is an engineer in the
United States Maritime Service.
Returned 'From Hospital
Miss Elizabeth Fowler returned
home from tha Norfolk General Hos
pital Sunday.- She was accompanied
home hy Mrs, & EL Bush and daugh-
jter from Portsmouth, who spent the
day.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
PERMISSION SCRAP
Methodist Revival
Will Close Sunday
Revival services are in progress at
the Hertford Methodist Church this
week with the Rev. H. C. Reavis, pas
tor of the church, doing the preach
ing, assisted by the Rev. John M.
Permar, evangelist singer. The ser
vices are well attended each day and
much interest is being shown.
The special services will conic !o a
close Sunday, April li7K with two .- r
vices scheduled for Friday at 't I'. M.
and 8 I'. M. Regular services will be
conducted Sunday at the usual hours.
No services are scheduled for Satur
day, the Rev. Mr. Kea is stated.
Draft Board Office
To Be Closed Soon;
Records To Raleigh
Clerk Asks County Vet
erans to File Applica
tion For Terminal Pay
Official confirmation of orders for
the closing of the Perquimans County
Office of Selective Service Records on
May 10 has been received here, ac
cording to Mrs. Ruth Sumner, chief
clerk in charge of the office. All rec
ords and files in the office have been
piepared for shipment to the Federal
Depot and there is a possibility these
records may be shipped out some time
this week.
Mrs. Sumner pointed out that it is
advisable for all veterans who have
not filed applications for terminal
leave pay to appear at the local of
fice and make application, as such a
I move would be difficult after the local
.office is closed. She stated that blanks
!for making applications are available
I at the record office.
The chief clerk remarked that when
the I'rrquimans records office is closed
out, all selective service records on
file here will be forwarded to State
Selective Service Records Depot in
Raleigh. There the records may be
trail scribed to card form for refer
ence purposes.
Kven though the local records may
be shipped out this week, the local
office with Mrs. Sumner in charge will
remain open through May 10 when
the official closing date for the office
has been set. After that date all se
lective activity in this county will
come to an end.
The local office changed to its pres
ent status of draft records center for
Perquimans County on March fol
lowing the expiration of the Selective
Service law, and all records were re
tained intact under executive order.
Building And Loan
To Issue New Stock
The Hertford Building and Loan
Association will offer a new series of
saving stock for sale Saturday, May
3, was announced today by Max
Campbell, secretary of the association.
The stock will be issued alone- lines
similar to past stock issues, and will
pay an interest rate of three Der cent.
There will be no limit as to the num
ber of shares an individual mav pur
chase.
The stock is issued in denomina
tions of $100 maturity value and is
matured by the navment of 25 cents
per share each week
Elementary Day At
Training School
Elementary Dav will be observed at
Perquimans Traininr School at Win-
fall April 26, it was announced today
by school officials. A program of
field events and a basketball game
have been arranged for the morning
and afternoon. The athletic contests
will be limited to pupils of die first
to seventh grades.
The program will be concluded .with
an oratorical and musical contest at
the Poplar Run A. M: E. Zion
Church at 8 o'clock Friday night.
Five Former Service,
Men Enlist In Army
Five former service men from
Hertford have re-enlisted in the new
regular army according to an an
nouncement from the Army Recruit
ing Office in Elizabeth City. The men
are John E. and Claude W. Simpson,
Richard Cone, D. J. White and Elmo
Cannon,. Jr.
The Army Recruiting Office an
nounces that men enlisting in the En
listed Reserve Corps now are not re
quired to take a physical examina
tion unless called to active duty; they
are eligible' for promotion and at
tendance to officers candidate schools.
RAILROAD SEEKING
PASSENGER TRAINS
Service Will Be Discon
tinued June 1 If Re
quest Is Granted
Officials of the Norfolk Southern
Railway. Company have poster notices
along the tracks of the railroad giving,
public notice of intentions to seek per
mission from the State Utility Com
mission to discontinue passenger
service effective June 1, 1947.
The action, long rumored, began,
with the posting of the notices April
17. The notice stated the railroad of
ficials would, within ten days, seek
permission to discontinue the service.
Another notice gave reasons for
the action, stating the passenger
trains No. 1 and 2 were now being
operated at a loss, furthermore the
railroad officials contend the day of
the passenger train is passed and the
community no longer needs passenger
trains. The officials pointed out that'
if service was to be continued, new
equipment will have to be purchased
a iid no money is available, or could be
borrowed for purchasing this equip
ment. The company further pointed out
that the operation costs of passenger
service have increased to such a point
and that passenger travel has so de
creased that the railroad cannot hope
to break even on the operation in fu
ture years. The notice stated the
company operated at a loss of $31,318
during 194fi and at the same time .the
deficit for the passenger service
amounted to almost $200,000.
The company contends that the only
need for service along the lines is for
freight service which it intended to
maintain. It points out that mail and
express service, now handled by the
railroad, could be handled through
some other method.
In the event the Utility Commission
grants the railroad permission to dis
continue passenger service, the com
pany will take the trains off on June
I of this year.
The Norfolk Southern operates be
tween Norfolk and Raleigh and must
obtain permission from both the
North Carolina and Virginia commis
sions in order to discontinue pas
senger service on the line.
Oakey Speaker At
Rotary Meeting
1 W. H. Oakey, Jr., local attorney and
president of the Albemarle Baseball
League, was guest speaker at the
i Hertford Rotary Club meeting held
'Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford.
I Mr. Oakey gave the Rotarians a
1 brief summary of the work accom
plished to date in the organization of
the Albemarle League for playing of
games this summer. He urged fans
to support the league and promised
that an excellent brand of baseball
will be seen during the season. He
cautioned fans to conduct themselves
in a highly sportsmanlike manner and
to remember that in the end baseball
was only a game, not to be taken in a '
too serious light.
He spoke briefly of the possibilities
that some 01 all of the teams in at
tempting to compete with others
might make the league too costly and
thereby ruin the game in this area
as it has been in the past ; He stated
he hoped this would not happen and
that club managers will be satisfied
with giving the fans plenty of good
baseball without it costing each club
too much money.
The Rotarians went on record op
posing the plan of the Norfolk South
ern Railroad to discontinue passenger
service over the local' line, and au
thorized the club secretary to enter
a formal protest against the action
with the State Utility Commission.
A. B. ' Bonner, president of the
club, called attention to the meeting
Friday night at the Court House of
parents and adults interested fn the
Boy. Scout troop in Hertford, and
urged all members to attend.
Golf Match Scheduled
For E. City May 4th
Golfers and golf fans of this area
will have an opportunity to see a
championship match at the Elizabeth
City Country Club on May 4, when
George Peyton, of Hampton, Va., who
recently won the Virginia open, and
Chandler Harper of Portsmouth will
play with two amateurs of the Eliza
beth City club.
The match is being arranged by the
Elizabeth City golfers in an effort to
create more interest in golf in this
area and the public is invited to at
ten the match play.
Sunday At Columbia
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Sittersoa spent
Sunday as the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jesse Campen at Columbia. r
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