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WEEKLY
A XKTZUZ IJUZZZtfZZ D3V0TED TO THE UPEUDUDSl 07 HERTFORD AND QQgBJXX j
Volume XIV Number 18.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North fJarolina. Friday, May 2,1947:
. Si:::;vg, Ilrtoll3, Berry Lid Gregory
ITia icxiiations For Town Bozrd Jobs
General Election to Be
Held Next. Tuesday;
7A.M.tOj7F.M.
Henry C, Sullivan won nomination
as a candidate for the Town Board
to replace Zi A. Harris in the primary
election held Monday, with three in
cumbenta being nominated for re
election'. These candidates were W.
H. Hardcastle, B. C. Berry and M. J.
Gregory. ' .
Two hundred and fifty two voters
ast ballots in the primary election,
the largest vote registered in a town
election in six years. Sullivan was
high man, in the seven man race for
nominations for the four places on
the town board, W. H. Hardcastle ran
second high, B". C. Berry third and
M. J. Gergory fourth. Z. A. Harris,
Mark Hathaway and W. D. Landing
finished in the order named.
The total vote cast for each candi
date was Sullivan 208, Hardcastle 199,
JBerry 183, Gregory 152, Harris 137,
Hathaway 118 and Landing 108.
The four candidates having the
highest number of votes will be plac
ed on the ticket along with V. N.
Darden, nominee for the office of
mayor, in the general election to be
held on Hay 6. Mr. Darden was de
clared the, nominee for the office of
mayor, having: no opposition in the
primary and thus his name was not
Jteced on the primary ticket.
Five Days Added
To Fishing Season
Five additional days of fishing for
shad and herring in North Carolina
inland waters this season have been
allotted by the Board of Conservation
and Development.
At its spring meeting in Elizabeth
City this week, the Board voted to ex
tend the season, scheduled to close
May 1, through May 10. Under the
regulation which allows taking of
shad and herring with nets on Thurs
day, Friday . and Saturday of each
week, fishermen thus will have five
extra days--May 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10.
Bunch -Winslow
Vows Spoken
Indians Play First
Home Game Tonight Appeals To Public
Ageinst Sunbury
Weeksville Nine Fall
Before Indians Tues
day Afternoon
$1.50 Per Year.
Relief Chairman
Six ballots were thrown out by the
registrar and judges of the election
because the voters casting these bal
lots had voted for five candidates for
the town board instead of the correct
number of four.
Only about hall' of the eligible
voters of. toe town ast ballots in
J the iprlwafy an Httle Interest 'Wis
, shown in 4he campaign despite the
fact that seven candidates sought the
MMftiMtHM tot ftflfeH ' f-'" h
Mrsv B. G. JtooneV served reg-
fat-, and Mita" Virgin Wtiif. mA
1 Y laT-Doqna Mtf jrman wfa the
line genera iaaon will'
nibct Tuesday, May 6, with the polls
being open from 7 a, m.rto 7 . m.
While nominations made at the
primary last Monday is tantamount
to election, the public is urged to turn
out and cast votes in the general elec
tion scheduled for next Monday The
eligible voters of the town are urged
to vote in the general election.
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
1 History may repeat itself, as it usu
; ally does, and a separate peace be-
tween the Western powers and Cer
;,. many maV be written unless Russia
waaawa w wi tsao STlMa TWO v v VM VII
;. terms of the peace. This announce
menp was made by Senator Vanden
Vt lsari, following a report made this
' week on the Moscow conference of
: foreign ministers' by . Secretary of
State George Marshall. Vandenburg
saia tnat HarahaU gave a splendid ac
count of. the reasons for the disagree
' , ment.at Moscow and pointed' out that
- lf;s united program "fo? Woi$ uhfty
T. is to be achieved, a peace treaty nrast
Be ilttett by ose deslHhg the jpre.,
u. b.i unambAr Art iMmmuM
t this ek urged Industry to cut prices
v wnera and when -business costs i
'5frai action; foflc? 'a second
appeal by Presideiat Truman for a cut
. . in prices. ; Meanwhile many eoramuiif
tiee is the nation have followed a Dlan
;batof, ose- 1irirNtV.higIalBd; plht; tto nrldal' patty wae entertain-
Miss Norma Christine Winslow,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R.
Winslow of Belvidere, became the
bride of Lindsay Haywood Bunch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bunch of Hobbs-
ville Sunday, April 27, at 6 o'clock in
the Piney Woods Friends Church.
The Rev. Mrs. Berta V. White of
Belvidere officiated, using the double
ring ceremony.
The church was decorated with
palms, ferns, white gladioli, snap
dragons -and cathedral candles.
The candles were lighted by th
groomsmen, George Winslow of Bel
videre and Bryant White of Gates
ville. i
Mrs. Ralph White rendered a pro
gram of nuptial mtaaic, She wore a
fuschia dress with 4lack accessories
and her corsage wa gardenias.
Before the ceremony was perform
ed Miss Thelma White sang "I Love
You Truly", aad "Beeause." Follow
ing, the service shf aang the "Lord's
Prayer." She wore J blue print crepe
areas with white accessories and a
,irsagaf.ait. gdMmiaa,
The bride entered) the church with
her brother, Qliver Wjnslow, by whom
she was given in marriage. She wore
a navy blue gabardine suit with white
and navy accessories. Her corsage
was an orchid.
Mrs. James L. Hendrix of Norfolk,
Va., a sister of the bride, was matron
of honor. She wore a blue crepe
dress with natural and red acces
sories and her corsage was red roses.
The bridesmaids were Mrs. Emmett
Landing of Hertford, a sister of the
bride, and Miss Hattie Bunch of
Hobbsville, a sister of the bridegroom.
Mrs. Landing wore an aqua crepe
dress with red accessories and her
corsage was of talisman roses. Miss
Bunch wore a pink crepe dress with
black accessories and a corsage of
talisman roses
Hilliard Bunch of Edenton. brother
of the gtoom, was best man for Mr.
Bunch.v
Johnny and Preston Winslow,
nephews of the bride, were ring bear
ers. Ihey carried the rings in an
Easter lily. They were dressed in
white.
The bride's mother wore a gray
crepe dress with black accessories.
HerjCorsage was pink roses.
The bridegroom's mother wore a
blue" .crepe - dress with black acces
sories and her corsage was yellow
roses, t, -k
mar Cassia Winslow of Hertford
was mistress of ceremony. She wore
a gray crepe . dress with red acces
sories. Her corsage was red roses.
The bride In a ' arrsduatA nf Per.
qujraans (County High School. .The
bridegroom is graduate of Hobbs-
Ile High; School.!
Following the rehearsal Saturdav
The Perquimans Indians will play
their first home erame of the current
baseball season on Memorial Field
Friday night at 8 o'clock, when Sun
bury High School comes- here to fur
nish the opposition for the Indians.
Weeksville high school fell as the
second victim of the Indians in a
game played at Weeksville Tuesday
afternoon. Earl Rogerson, left-handed
hurler for the Indians, let the host
team down with two hits, striking out
10 batters while his team-mates col
lected 13 hits and 13 runs off the op
posing pitcher. The final score was
13-4.
Ihe Indians errored twice in the
first inning to allow Weeksville to
score three runs. The Indians then
tallied two in the second, one in the
third, fourth and fifth, three in the
sixth and had their big inning in the
seventh, getting three hits and five
runs. Elmore, Indian catcher, had a
field day at bat, getting four hits for
four trips to bat, one being a triple in
the sixth.
The game here tonight is the first
of the six home games to be played on
Memorial Field this season bv thp In
dians. The complete home chpritil
was released today" by Coach Max
Campbell as follows:
May 2 Sunbury here.
May 6 Chowan here.
May 9 Creswell here.
May 13 Weeksville here.
May 16 South Mills here.
May 20 Edenton here.
The Indians have one more game
to be played away from home, that
with Edenton on a date to be arranged.
For Support Of Drive
Additional Workers Are
Named to Assist In
Collection of Items
ALA Vic3 President
i where) merchants, for tetf day peri
offered ten per cent prk reductior
' Tn plan increased sale in the town
from the Ant day the plant went Into
; ,eaec' , However, - many ;,' merchant
; state price reduction i impossible on
. less wholeaajft priceslso decline.-
Te!phons worker have j-e-opened
B'toUaUons with company ofBciaVlih
an effort to' settle Jhe phone "strike.
?.The union has offered to reduce It
X demands ff'Tkgi "7Ticrease,':'Tele
; phone workers: in Maryland broke
awav I from ..ihe : national , nnlmt nA
'ettle strike ifstheir JState, and
uvc gun uwem. no worK. ' ItepoTO
State mat many workers over the na
. tion ere trooping back to votk de
spite union efforts to keep them from
returning to their obfc-g;;yygy,:::;
J :;s'k:wpumthr the-defenselora'mis-,
-s trial was denied in the May war fraud
Mease now being heard iri, Washington.
r Former Congressman A,;. ; May of
Kentucky is being tried iri connection
with the Garsson fraud investigated
; ly Congress last year.- 4 : 't r
h -1 :.?n. Jack l!c!l Newbold
ed at the home of the bride. Weddinsr
case, KMf cream, mints and njits were
C::ccr Drf3 CL'ota
OillJilOJlfe
J ,H.Tpwfe, chairman of the Per
quimans committee in chare of the
caricer drive, Announced Monday the
county quota of Z0O had been over
subscribed and a' total of f333.30 Jiad
beenrrepbrted to ,hlm by member of
thecommItteerg ' ?::
1 The':' contributions collected 1 here
have','beenforwarded to the State
nsoaquaners or tne arive., -
;Jtn announcing; the successful :close
or tne drive here, Mr.. Tows exoressed
his thanks to the public for the splen
did respcise made to the. appeal for
zunas anc; also thanked the workers
wh assisted In Imaklng the drive a
iyi ,.' ir-rj V lift 11 m 1 fct " u 1
Home From Hospital - " , , '
James Evart Newbv returned homn
Monday from the Veterans Hospital
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Spencer Last Friday
The Perquimans Chapter of the
American Legion Auftiliarv held a
Dutch supper last Friday night, hon
oring .Mrs. John A. Ward, district
vice president The supper was held
at the Hotel Hertford.
Following the roll call a report was
given on plans for conducting Poppy
uay .'sales. on May 24.
Ihe guest speaker was introduced
by Mrs. F. T. Johnson. Mrs; Ward
opened her talk with a detailed re
port on the foundation of the Legion
Auxiliary, stating the organization
now has a membership of 12,726. She
spoke of the work carried on by the
Auxiliary, mentioning the rehabilita
tion work done in many hospitals and
urged each unit to use the proceeds
or poppy sales for child welfare. She
urged the Perquimans chapter to take
an active part in Americanism, which
is to sponsor oratorical and essay con
tests in the schools.
The district vice president then out
lined the duties of the various officers
of each chapter and urged the local
officers to carry1 out their duties for
the betterment of the unit
In , closing Mrs. Ward commended
the ' local unit, for its achievements
since' organizing and expressed hone
that many of .' the local members
would attend the district convention
to be held at Carolina Beach June
As a part of the statewide drive
for dothing, bedding and shoes f6r
over-ieas relief, Edgar White, local
chairtian, appealed to every person
in Perquimans County to give these
items generously. In addition to
those listed last week the following
people in the various communities
are assisting in the collection: Misses
Wilma and Viola Jolliff, Mrs. Mollie
Winslow, Mrs. William Smith, Mrs.
W. H. Elliott, Mrs. W. T. Long and
Mrs. Kula Morgan. Those assisting
in the drive among the colored people
are Everett, Reverend J. L. Morgan,
Reverend J. H. Tucker, U. L. Kings
bury and II. E. Brown.
Housewives are urged, as spring
housecleaning is done, to give away
as much as possible. liy our giving
new, Ch urch World Service, overseas
relief agency for 2fi Protestant de
nominations can get the North Caro
lina donations overseas before next
winter. It is urged, that shoe repair
shops) department stores, and clean
ers donate unsalable, out-ofdate or
uncalled for goods.
Despite two years of peace, it will
take a long time yet to restore the
economics of whole nations under con
stant warfare for six years. With
textile mills destroyed, livestock
d, and driven away, bedding and
clothing burned, whole populations
are wearing soleless shoes and rags.
Goods collected will be shipped to
the Church World Service, New
Windsor, Maryland. At present relief
supplies are going to 28 nations from
New Windsor. Goods are distributed
abroad by churches on the basis of
need. Religion, race and politics are
not standards for aid. '
Beoause UNRRA stopped its Euro
pean work on March Jlst and Will
stop in Asia in June, private relief
will have to be doubled. It is to be
hoped that the goal of a pound a
person", or 3,500,000 pounds for
North Carolina will enlist the full
support of every citizen. Each citi
zen in the county is asked to turn
their donations over to the designat
ed persons in their immediate com
munities. The Boy Scouts are to be
asked to make a house to house can
vass in the Hertford community the
week before Mother's Day, May 11.
ARRANGEMENTS COMPLETED FOR SHIRT
COMPANY TO OPERATE UNIT IN HERTFORD
To Present Gifts
To Girl Graduates
Lease Signed For Loca
tion; Operation Ex
pected to Start About
Octbber First
W. M. Morgan Furniture Company
will resume the presentation of gifts
to all girls who are members of the
I)-. : tt: ci i 1 1
icmuiinans nign ocnooi graduating a r mnfar: ,iil W
class, Mr. Morgan announced today. Lin OI)firations in Hertford about Oc-
The gifts to be presented the gradu- tober first, it was announced Monday
ates are miniature Lane cedar chests 'by Mayor V. N. Darden, who stated
and will be displayed in the windowslthat representatives of the Don Juan
of the local store this week-end. The Manufacturing Company and Z. A.
girl graduates have been mailed cards j Harris had completed arrangements
entitling them to their gifts upon pre- for the company to occupy a building
sentation at the store. Ihe gifts may now in the process of construction bv
be obtained at
next Monday.
any time beginning
Parent Cooperation
Asked For Scouts
Thirty-six Students
On H. S. Honor Roll
High School Class
Takes TripTo Raleigh
Memberij itoi; the eighth grade at
Perquimans HUrh School, accompanied
oy tner teachers, Mrs. F. T. Johnson
and Miss Grace Ihappell. took a trin
to-Raleigh' on Tuesday to visit the
S KltPL,.ftnd,. other ..scenes of
owe government.
Members ' of t ho
i' - . UUU
hlStorV tlanKM nf (ha hiirll aj1tnl nun
to Williamsburg, V., on Wednesday
to visit the scenes of early govern
ment, in this: country, and ta arain his
torical background' for ihe study of
nisiory.
MAHONE-tXLIOTT
VOWS SPOKEN
Mr. and Mrs-A, Elliots of Hertford
announce the marriasre of their
daughter, Mist Margaret Louise El
liott, to Robert Nelson Mahone, son
of Mr. and Mrs, R. G. Mahone of
Newport-News, v;r v
The marriage was solemnised Anril
11 at the horn of the Rev. H. T.
Stevens. D.D.. natter of the Omit
Avenue Baptist Church. '
Miss Reba Whitemore Wat only at
tendant for the. bride. ' ,
vavut roster served Mr. Mahone at
best man. ,5 , , , .
Miv and Mrs. Mahone are makiW
Ciclr home In l.'cwport Newt.,
Thirty-six students, 14 boys and 22
girls, were listed on the Perquimans
High School honor roll for the fifth
grading period, as announced this
week by C. E. Woodard, principal of
the school.
The students excelling in class work
for this period were:
Eighth Grade Calvin Butt and
Norma Butt.
Ninth Grade Ronald Butt, Nor
wood Elliott, Nathan Spivey, Mar-
jorie Perry,- Mary Belle Stott, Dorothy
Britton, Catherine Ann Holmes and
Claire Hunter.
Tenth Grade Melvin Colson, Marie
Rountree, Daly Rountree, William
Umphlett, Clarkson White, Dolan
Winslow, Lelia Lee Wihslow, Joyce
Butt, Mary Lou Butt, Alma Eaves,
Pearl Hunter, Marietta Jolliff, Peggy
White, Elwood Long, Tim Perry and
Lindsay Reed.
Eleventh Grade Doris Butt, Laur-
Sstine Britton, Peggy Cook and Reg
inald Tucker.
Twelfth Grade Helene Baker,
Faye Winslow, Kader White, Mary
Inez Chappell, Mary Lina Raper and
Molly Oakey.
Rotary Club Plans
Ladies' Night Party
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will entertain the Rotary Anns
at a dinner party to be held at the
Hotel Hertford on May 27, it was an
nounced today by A. B. Bonner, presi
dent of the club.
Several ' members of the club are
makjng plans, to attend the district
convention of Rotary scheduled to be
held in Durham on May 11, 12 and 13.
Max Campbell, president-elect of the
club, has been designated as the dele
gate for the Hertford club.
HERTFORD GRAMMAR PTA
MEETING NEXT THURSDAY
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford . Grammar-- School will
meet next Thursday night. May 8. at
the school, bufldinjr at '7:80 o'clock.
AH members are urged to be present
and the public is Invited, to attend, -
Bill Warren, Scout field executive
for the West Albemarle District from
Elizabeth City met with the parents
of prospective Boy Scouts in the Per
quimans County Court House for the
purpose of reorganizing Troop 155,
Boy Scouts of America.
Mr. Warren told the group of ap
proximately 25 interested parents that
other towns were having success with
their Scout troops and he couldn't see
why Hertford doesn't have a troop.
A. W. Hefren spoke briefly saying
he was very mud? interested in the
Boy Scouts.
It is a great organization, and I
would like to see it started here. We
don't have a gymnasium or a skating
rink here, but we can have the Boy
Scouts," Mr. Hefren said. He re
peated the Scout oath and read the
Scout laws and said "you can prob
ably teach your boy this in your
home, but he likes companionship.
Parents should encourage the boys to
join the Scouts. A Boy Scout troop
here wilL do a lot of good. ..During
the war army officials said that boys
who were Scouts made the best soldiers."
Dr. Allen Bonner thanked the par
ents who attended the meeting, say
ing, "we appreciate the interest you
have shown and will appreciate any
word that you will pas along. We
have got to have help to make a suc
cess and can't do anything with emp
ty pews.
He spoke of the fine work that the
past Scout troops here have done, and
then the waning interest in the
Scouts for the past few years.
Sergeant Paul Fisher, who volun
teered his services as Scoutmaster of
the troop, and Frank A. McGoogan,
assistant Scoutmaster, announced
that the first meeting will be held on
Monday night, May 5, at 7:30. All
parents are urged to send their boys
who are between the ages of 12 to 16
and eligible for the Scouts to this
meeting. A survey recently conducted
in the Hertford schools indicated that
a large number of boys are quite in
terested in the program.
Mr. Harris. Other details for obtain
ing this new concern for Hertford
were worked out between the com
pany representative, who spent last
Saturday in Hertford, and Mayor
Darden, representing the Town of
Hertford.
According to information released
this week, a lease for the building has
been signed and the company, which
manufactures shirts, will begin the
installation of machinery during Sep
tember with hopes of beginning op
erations about the first of October. It
was also revealed that the arrange
ments completed last week will per
mit expansion of the plant providing
the company desires to expand opera
tions in this community.
The agreements arrived at last
Saturday culminates a series of talks
Mayor Darden and Mr. Harris have
had with the manufacturer over a
period of the last several months, dur
ing which the company expressed fav
orable attitudes toward operating one
ot its units in Hertford. The climax
was reached when agreements were
drawn last Saturday for the lease of
the building by the company, and the
Don Juan representative stated def
inite plans for beginning operations
here.
The building to be occupied by the
concern will be a portion of the pres
ent L. A. Hams Btore, plus part of a
new building now being erected by
Mr. Harris. It is.ioeated on Grubb
Street.
The company plans to install 50
machines in the building during Sep
tember and begin operation on all
machines as soon as installation is
completed. This plan will call for
about 55 to 60 persons being employed
by the company. A crew will be sent
here for the purpose of training local
employees in the methods of manu
facturing the shirts made by the company.
Albemarle League
Schedule Released
Directors of the Albemarle League
met in Edenton Monday night and
adopted a schedule for the first part
of the season's play. The opening
game of the league will be played
June 1 when Colerain meets Windsor.
The rest of ithe teams swing into ac
tion on June 2. The Hertford team
will play in Edenton on that night
with Edenton returning th( game
here on June 3. 1
Five games will be played each
week at the beginning of the season,
and this schedule may be maintained
throughout, the summer if all teams
agree on July 12.
Four of the six teams entered in
the league posted $500 bond with the
league -secretary, in accordance with 1
the by-laws. Elizabeth City and Suf
folk, through a misunderstanding, did
not post bond at the meeting. ,
lry-outs for the Hertford team are
being conducted every Sunday after
noon at Memorial Field, and a large
number of players have been report
ing ror these practices. .
Town Board Enters
Protest Against
Proposal Of N-S
Overseas Packages
Rule Eased By Mail
Persons desiring to mail packages
to relatives overseas need no longer
snow post omce officials a request for
such packages, S. M. Whedbee. Hert
ford postmaster, announced this week.
The rule easing the mailing of over
seas packages went into effect Wed
nesday, and parcels may now be mail
ed without first having to show a re
quest from the person to whom the
package is addressed, t , t , .
An official protest against the Nor
folk Southern Railroad's proposal to
discontinue passenger service over its
lines has been wired to the State
Utilities Commission by the Town
Board, it was announced today by
Mayor V. N. Darden.
In addition to the protest entered
by the Town, the local Rotary and
Lions Clubs also have lodged protests
against the proposal.
The railroad proposes to obtain per
mission from the Utilities Commis
sion to discontinue the service effec
tive June 1. This would have a di
rect effect on Hertford and Perquim
ans bounty since both the trains carry
much of the incoming and outgoing
mails, parcel post and express in this
section and if the petition is granted,
it is assumed, would cause consider
able inconvenience to local business
men and private individuals.
Reports from other sections served
by the company reveal that protests
are being made by other communities
served by the railroad, and the move
is also being opposed by the Brother
hood of Railroad Employees.
ihe railroad will also have to ob
tain from ithe Virginia Utility Com
mission in addition to the N. C. Com
mission in order to discontinue its
service.
R. E. Tickers Awarded
Navy Unit Citation
R. E. Vickers, former resident of
Hertford and ex-Storekeeper USNR,
has received the Navy Unit citation
for outstanding heroism While aboard
the U.S.S. Van Valkenbugh, during
the Okinawa campaign, according to
an announcement received her thia
week.
Mr. Vickers spent two vears in ih
Navy, training at Camp Peary and
Norfolk. He was in the invasion of
Iwo JIma and Okinawa with th
fifth Fleet and took part in the
surrender ef Sasebo and Nagasaki.
Mr. Vickers married the former
Ellis Mae White, and at th nnum
residei In Farmvflle, Va, ' , 4
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