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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 11, 1947.
$1.50 Per Year.
THE
V2nn As President;
Hears Major Pakey
Year Named By New
President
Major Walter H. Oakev. Jr.. whn
Jias just returned home from a two
, weu wiur 01 active amy witn tne
Marine Corps, was the guest speaker
' at the installation of the new Hert
J ford Lions Club officers here Thurs
v day night at a meeting held at the
Colonial Tourist Home.
The new Lion president, C. R.
Vann, who succeeds A. H. Edwards,
k read the list of his committees: At
tendance: Lions Bill Cox, L. B. Sit
terson and Jim Bass. Constitution
and By-laws: "A. T. Lane, Claude D.
White and A. H. Edwards. Conven
tion: Charles Williford. J Elton
If Hurdle and Z. D. Robertson. Fi
nance: Clarence Phillips, Julian
White and B. L. Gibbs. Lions Edu
cation: Norman N. Trueblood, I. C.
Yagel and E. C. Woodard.
Membership: Clinton Eley, F. A.
McGoogan and Jarvis Ward. Pro
gram; R. R. White, S. S. Blanchard
and Paul R. Fisher. Publicity:
Charles Skinner, Rolac Webb and
Walter Nowell. Activities Commit
tees: Boys and Girls: T. P. Byrum,
W. S. Butler and William B. Craf
"ton. Citizenship and Patriotism: B.
R. Ingram, Earlie Goodwin, Jr., and
J. W. Hampton. Community Better
ment: Thomas Phillips, W. S. Long
and Z. D. Robertson. Education:
Julian A. White, Charles Skinner and
E. C. Woodard. Health and Welfare:
F. A. McGoogan, R. L. Suirner and
Bill Fowler. Safety: Charles E.
Ward, J. W. Hampton and Clinton
Eley. Sight Conservation and Blind:
Dr. I. A. Ward, L. B. Sitterson and;
Archie Lane. Welcoming: Jim Bass,
W. W. Truehlnod J Janrf. WJT
pFood: A. H. Edwards, W. S. Butt
and Bert A ins worth. Military AX
t falrtt Paul R. Fisher, 8. L. Gibbs and
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.Major Arthur Woods
Meeting Of Legion
Major Arthur Woods, who recently
returned from a tour of duty with the
U. S. Army in Korea, was the guest
speaker at a joint meeting of the
Legion Auxiliary and the Wm. Paul
Stallings Post of the American Le
gion last Thursday night. The meet
ing was held in the Court House at
Hertford.
The joint meeting was held for the
purpose of installing new officers of
the Auxiliary and American Legion.
Installation services were conducted
by. Legionnaire B. C. Berry, who re
cently was elected to the post of vice
commander for the First District
Major Woods gaVe the members" of
the Auxiliary and the Legionnaires
an interesting description of the peo-
I ale 01 orea ana tneir reaction to tne
'oolitic!' situation in that nation now
occupied Jointly by the United States
and BUssw.: He also told oi the so
cial life of the -country.
- -Members of the Auxiliary voted to
Seuspend meetings during the month
Jbl August and will meet again on
September 5 at eight o clock in the
Court House.
Following the instigation of offi
cers, members of the Legion post
tened refreshments.
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Destroyed By Fire
A fire caused from a leaking oil
stove which later exploded totally de
stroyed the home of Mr. and Mrs. L.
A. Smith of near Winfall last Friday
morning. The fire was discovered at
about 10:80 o'clock and gained such
headway in a short time that only a
'few personal belongings were saved
from the home. ; . ,
1 The blase gained headway so rap-
idly sufficient help to combat the fire
'arrived too late to control the flames.
The house burned to the ground and
jonly one . bedroom ' mite and three
"hairs were carried from the home
before the fire became so -hot it was
impossible to retrieve; more, of the
'asiilya personal effects. It was re
sorted there was no Insurance, to
over any loss.
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mt the- Fourth of July1, holidays
h Mrs. Annie Chalk.
Speaker At Joint
LA. Smith II
4-H aubbersPlan
Annual Camp Trip
Twenty-six members of the 4-H
clubs of Perquimans County have
signed ug to -attend the annual 4-H
Camp at Manteo during the week of
July 14-19, according to County
Agent I. C. YageL
Members from this county, who
will join with, club members from
Chowan, Pasquotank, Tyrrell and
Camden counties, are Margaret Ann
Banks, Mae Wood .Nixon, Virginia
Long, Fred Mathews, Jr., Ann Mey
ers, Mary Vernon Ward, Frances
Sutton, Janie Winslow, Deri Wins
low, Sarah Ownley, Janice Yagel,
Audrey Jackson, C. T. Mansfield, Til-
son ' Chappell, Earlean Chappell,
Myrtle Gordan Williams, Ray Lane,
Horace Layden, Russell Stott, Earl
ine Morse, Mattie Morse, Harold Col-
son, L. C. Proctor, John Chappell,
Doris Stallings and Barbara Ann
Benton.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
The mystery of the "flying sauc
ers," which claimed public attention
during the biggest part of the past
week, was cleared up when an Army
official identified the "saucers" as a
flying disc used to determine weather
conditions in high altitudes. The gad
get when being used was attached to
a balloon and operated on wind cur
rents like a kite," according to the
Army official.
Thirteen nations have accepted the
bfc of the British and French to meet
in Paris at a conference to work out
an economic plan to advance recov
ery in Europe. The invitations were
issued to 22 nations, but Russia and
several of her satellites, including
Poland, Yugoslavia and Romania,
have failed to reply to the bid. Ob
servers Bee a possibility that Russia
may Anally, accept and may attend
the conference. This observation was
made with the acceptance of the bid
on the part of Czechoslovakia, a bor
der nation - betwser'S, Eastern and
Western powers.
Congress again passed a tax re
duction bill, this time by a vote of
302 to 112, and the Senate is expected
to act on the measure before adjourn
ment The measure is the same bill
vetoed by President Truman last
month. Republicans in Congress re
port the measure has a good chance
of becoming law. The only change in
the bill calls for tax reductions to be
gin January 1, 1948, instead of July
1 of this year, as the bill originally
stated.
Peace settled over the coal indus
try this week when coal operators and
the union agreed and signed a con
tract for the miners. The agreement
is reported to have given the union
most of its demands, chief of which
calls for a wage increase and addi
tional royalties on coal mined, these
royalties to go to the union's benefit
fund. As the result of the contract
terms, coal prices are expected to be
raised one dollar per ton.
Congress passed a bill this week
which .will permit GI's to cash in
their terminal leave bonds at any
date' after September 1. The measure
was sent to the Senate for action by
that body. Officials report bonds out
standing represent $1,800 million, up
on which the Government pays 2V4
per cent interest. Congressional
leaders believe most GI's will cash
their bonds if the measure is passed
by the Senate.
Boy Scouts Left
Sunday For Camp
Eleven members of the Hertford
Troop of Boy Scouts, accompanied by
Scoutmaster Paul R. Fisher, left Sun
day for Camp Darden, Virginia, for a
week's outing. The local troop was
joined by members of the Edenton
troop for the annual camp.
Members of the Hertford Troop at
tending the,' camp are John Holmes,
Guy Cann6n, Garland Walker,- Fred
Mathews, Lawrence Sutton, Ben
Thach, Carroll Berry, Julian White,
Jr., W. C. Dozier, Jr., Jay Duling and
Tommy Jones. ,
The Scouts were furnished trans
portation to tile camp site by a U. S.
Army truck which will also return
the Scouts to Hertford at the close
of .the ou'ting.
A full week's program of Scouting
and recreation was planned for the
Scouts attending the camp.
MASONS WILL MEET TUESDAY
. A meeting of Perquimans, Lodge,
No 106, will be' held Tuesday night
at 8 o'clock in, the Court House. All
Masoni are urged to .attend. '
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Board Of Education
Elects New Principal
For Central School
Routine Meeting Held
Monday; More Teach
ers Still Needed
Meeting in regular session Mon
day, the Perquimans Connty Board of
Education elected J. P. Snipes of
Greenville to the position as princi
pal of the Perquimans Central Gram
mar School. Mr. Snipes will fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of
W. A. Gurganus, who served as prin
cipal of th; school for the past two
years.
Mr. Snipes taught in the liladen
County schools last year. A gradu
ate of Presbyterian College, he is
working toward his master's degree
this summer at Eastern Carolina
Teachers College. He is married and
has one child, seven months old. The
new principal and his family are ex
pected to move to Hertford some
time this summer and will make their
home with J. W. Ward.
The Board reviewed the annual
budget for the local school system, as
passed upon by the Board of County
Commissioners.
Upon a motion passed, the Board
voted to send all students of the New
Hope school to the Central (Jrammar
school at Winfall during the next
school term. The school at New
Hope was consolidated last year.
A review of the plans for repairs
to school buildings during this sum
mer was made and repairs were au
thorized to be started immediately.
bpecial effort will be made by the
Board, it was reported, to secure the
new heating plant for the Perquim
ans High School in order that it may
be installed before the opening of the
new term n. September.
Members of the Board of Educa
tion, in the absence of F. T. Johnson,
County Superintendent, who is re
covering from a slight stroke suffered
three weeks ago, discussed with E. C.
Woodard the problems facing the
Board in regard to teachers to fill the
vacancies now existing in the local
system. Efforts will be continued to
secure teachers for these vacancies,
and it is hoped that all positions will
be filled within a short time.
Repairs to ceilings in rooms at the
high school, and additional weather-
stripping of windows was started this
week, it was reported at the Board
meeting.
Board Seeks Dope
On Road Project
J. W. Ward, clerk to the Board of
County Commissioners, was author
ized by the Board on Monday to
write the State Highway Department
requesting information regarding the
proposed improvement to the Hertford-Center
Hill highway.
The Commissioners for the Town
of Hertford have long sought' action
on this project, promised by Merrill
Evans, Highway Commissioner for
this district, to be started just as
soon as warm weather made possible
a full schedule of operation.
Mayor V. N. Darden appeared be
fore the County .Board at its meeting
this week requesting the County
Board to. join Town officials in seek
ing action immediately toward the
improvement of the highway.
The State Highway Commission
failed to grant a contractor the job
of constructing the highway when
bids were let last January, stating
the bid was too high. The District
Commissioner later visited the Coun
ty Board and advised that the project
would be taken over by the Highway
Department and work would be start
ed with the advent of warm weather.
The delay on the part of the State
Highway Commission has seriously
disrupted the plana of the Town
Board for improvements it plans to
make in that section of the Town
which Was incorporated into the
Town proper in January, 1946. The
plans of the Town must await com
pletion, or near completion, of the
Highway Department in the con
struction of the new roadway.
Bethel HD Club To
Present Hill Billies
The Bethel Home Demonstration
Club will sponsor and present a hill
billy jamboree at the Perquimans
High School Friday night, July 18, at
eight o'clock. The show will feature
the Weston family and Rena Riggs of
Norfolk, Sid Ward and the Chowan
Serenaders, the Phillips boys, Pansy
and. Magnolia. i
.Proceeds from the, show, will be
used lor the benefit of the commun
ity house building fund of the Bethel
club.
Hertford Wins Three,
Loses Two Games In
League During Week
Little Change Made In
Standing of the Albe
marle Clubs
Hertford played better than .500
baseball during the past week when
the Indians won three games and lost
two. Starting with Edenton in a
double header on July 4, the Indians
won the afternoon game by a 6-2
count and lost at Edenton 3-0. The
game at Edenton was protested and
will be played over. Bauer was the
winning pitcher and Jordan the loser
in the 6-2 contest while Bell was the
starting pitcher for the Indians in the
night game. Vick pitched for Eden
ton. Hertford outhit Edenton in the
second game, seven safeties to three,
but were i nable to take advantage of
bunched hits and score.
Bell was on the mound for Hert
ford in Windsor on Sunday and al-
owed 19 hits which won the game
for Windsor by a score of 11-5. The
Windsor team started off with two
rufis in the first and got two more in
the second, while Hertford tallied
three in this inning. Windsor col
lected four runs in the sixth to tie up
the game. White was the winning
pitcher.
Windsor failed to maintain its win
ning streak when the Indians turned
back the Rebels in a game on Mem
orial Field Monday night. Craig,
pitching for Hertford, allowed eight
hits and vialked three batters, but
the Indians played airtight ball on
the defense and controlled the Wind
sor base runners, allowing only five
runs. Hertford collected 10 hits off
of Taylor and Miller, Windsor pitch
ers, and tallied nine runs.
Young, Indian third baseman, was
injured on a pitched ball in the fourth
inning and was replaced by Stokes,
who played at first while Smith
moved over to third.
In a wag drawn out game Tues
day night the Indians handed Eliza
beth City a defeat by a score of 11
10, in an eleven inning affair. Brigg
man started on the mound for Hert
ford but was relieved in the fifth by
Wilson, who was credited with win
ning the game. Wilson pitched 4 ',2
innings and Craig relieved for the
rest of the game.
Colerain handed Hertford its third
defeat of the week when the nine
from Bertie turned back Moe Bauer
by a 5-4 score. The visitors collect
ed 11 hits off Bauer, five in the sec
ond inning, when they tallied four
runs. Johnson was on the mound for
Colerain and gave up seven hits to
the Indians. Hertford rallied in the
ninth but failed by one run to tie the
score. Bauer, struck out tnree.
The Indians will play Suffolk on
Memorial Field Friday night in the
remaining game for this week.
Rev. Finlator Speaks
At Rotary Meeting
The Rev. W. W. Finlator, pastor
of the Elizabeth City Baptist Church,
was the guest speaker at a meeting
of the Hertford Rotary Club Tuesday
night. Mr: Finlator headed up the
program with an interesting talk on
four things one could do with life.
Pointing out that at the age of
twenty-one, a person could, with rea
son, look forward to living 36 more
years. During these 36 years, Mr.
Finlator said, one could do either of
four things with his life. First, he
could run away from life, the pastor
said, such as many people do. He il
lustrated the point with two ex
amples one from a religious view and
the other a political view. He point
ed out that by running away from
life a person merely sought refuge in
the plan to hide from the realities of
life itself.
Second, one could use his life by
running with it, the speaker added,
giving an example of this point a
boat drifting with a stream, or an in
dividual always seeking to be on a
winning side. These two plans
amounted to little, in the belief of the
speaker, who in continuing stated
that as a third thing one could do
with life would be to put it to good
use, using Abraham Lincoln and
Franklin D. Roosevelt as examples
for this point He told of the hard
ships these two men overcame to set
an example for many other people
who worked hard to overcome bur-
'dens in life. The fourth thing one
could do with life, Mr. Finlator stat
ed, was to put it to a good cause,
working with diligence that others
might see life in a better light and
make the most out of it through the
giving for a great cause.
County Board Sets Tax Rate At $1.50
Per Hundred Valuation; Adopts Budget
Holiday Quietly
Observed Locally
The July 4 holiday, observed over
the entire week-end in many localities,
was observed quietly in this imme
diate section. No serious accidents
were reported and police officials re
ported no disturbances.
Local business houses observed the
holiday by closing only last Friday.
Traffic through the Town of Hert
ford was unusually heavy during the
entire week-end, with visitors travel
ing between this State and Virginia
and the Lost Colony.
Recorder's Court
Has Long Session
After Week's Recess
Fifteen Cases Heard By
Judge Johnson Here
Tuesday
A total of fifteen cases were dis
posed of by the Perquimans Record
er Court here Tuesday following a
week's recess of the court. Much
time was consumed in hearing tes
timony given in three of the oases
and it was mid-afternoon before
the docket was cleared.
Ira Jones, Negro, was found guilty
on a charge of non-support and was
given a 30-day suspended sentence.
He was ordered to pay into the
clerk's office three dollars each week
during July and five dollars each
week thereafter, the sum to be plac
ed at the disposal of his children.
' Claude I!yrd was found guilty of
a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon and fined $10 and costs of
court. Ar. appeal to the superior
court was noted in the case.
Court costs was assessed against
Mildred Johnson, Negro, in the case
charging Eugene Dail, Negro, with
failure to pay a board bill.
Hoke Eason entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of larceny, and
was f'ivn a 30 day suspended sen
tence, fined $25 and costs and placed
on good behavior for six months.
Charlie Edwins, Negro, was fined
$10 and cots for driving without a
license.
Costs of court was taxed against
Nora Dail, Negro, in the ease charg
ing Grant Dail, Negro, with assault.
P. H. Small was assessed the costs
of court on a charge of being drunk.
Mrs. Herman Taylor paid the costs
of court on a charge of being drunk
on the highways.
Herman Taylor entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of driving drunk.
He paid a fine of $100 and costs and
his license were revoked for one
year.
Raymond Williams, Negro, paid
the costs of court on a charge of
failing to dim his lights for on
coming cars.
Richard Detrich was fined $15 and
costs of court after pleading guilty
to a charge of speeding.
Leroy Everett and William Sprin
gle entered pleas of guilty to charges
of speeding and paid fines of $10
and costs.
Henry Parker, Negro, was found
guilty on a charge of reckless driv
ing. He was fined $30 and ordered
to pay the costs of court. ,
Conwell Jones, Negro, charged
with fraud was found guilty and giv
en a 60 day suspended sentence and
fined $30 and costs.
Rotary, Lions Push
C. Of C. Movement
With public sentiment seemingly in
favor of a Chamber of Commerce or
ganization for the Town of Hertford,
members of the Rotary and Lions
Clubs are planning a mass meeting
to be held at the Court House in the
near future, at which time details of
an organization will be explained by
representatives of Chambers of Com
merce of Edenton and Elizabeth City.
The local civic clubs have under
taken the sponsorship of this move
ment and hope that all business and
professional men and women of the
town will attend the mass meeting
when it is called. Efforts will be
made to secure the secretary of the
Edenton and Elizabeth City organiz
ations to come to Hertford to explain
the plan under which the Chambers
operate in these two neighboring
towng.
In addition to the two civic clubs,
the local plan has the backing of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and the
American Legion.
Budget Calls For Ex
penditures of $109,144
During Year
Perquimans County's budget for
the current fiscal year will call for
expenditures amounting to $109,444,
according to the budget adopted by
the Hoard of County Commissioners
at a meeting held Monday. The bud
get was drawn and presented by W.
V. C. Edwards, county accountant. Of
the figures given, .5HO,.T2 will be ex
pended for general county purposes,
while the remainder, $28,212 will be
levied for the use of the county
schools.
The general county budget is ap
proximately the same as last year
and an increase is noted in the
school budget, due to expenditures
for repair and upkeep of buildings.
Much time was consumed by the
Commissioners in the budget adopt
ing meeting and the entire day was
needed for the Hoard to conclude all
business brought to its attention.
Through elimination of several items
requested in the Board of Education
budget and slight cuts in the general
county budget, the Commissioners
were advised by the conity account
ant that a tax rate of $ 1 .."u per hund
red dollar valuation would he suffici
ent to raise the levy.
The tax rate of .l..rn, the same
amount is last year, was so set by
the Board.
According to the budget adopted,
$27,502 will be levied for the use of
the general county fund, a tax levy
of 40 cents was set for this amount;
$fi,.'!80 was set up for the poor fund
and a levy of eight cents was made
to provide this total; the debt service
fund calls for $:Sfl,;2o and the levy
for this fund is 60 cents; a sum of
$10,430 was adopted for the Welfare
Department, which will include the
county's portion of assistance to the
aged and aid to dependent children,
the levy for this fund is 15 cents, the
remainder of the tax rate, 27 cents
Was levied to raise the funds for the
school budget.
The Hoard authorized the purchase
of window shades to be installed in
the office used by the unemploy
ment officials who visit Hertford
every Tuesday.
Considerable time was given over
to a discussion of problems of the
Welfare Department, especially to the
handling of hospitalization cases by
the local department. The Commis
sioners tabled action on a proposal
for increased funds to permit addi
tional grants under old age assist
ance. Additional Fire
Equipment Obtained
The Hoard of County Commission
ers voted it grant of $5011 on Mon
day for the purchase of a used fire
fighting unit, to be used by the Town
of Hertford for lending assistance at
fires outside the town limits.
The unit, a portable pumper, was
purchased from the War Assets Ad
ministration at Harvey Point, can
pump 500 gallons of water per min
ute, and is expected to be of valuable
use in fighting fires outside the Town
of Hertford.
The pumper will be repaired and
placed in first class condition by the
Town's Fire Department and will be
manned by volunteers of the local
department.
The purchase of the unit is in line
with an agreement reached between
the Connty and Town Board to pro
vide additional aid for fighting fires
in rural areas. The Town Board pre
viously pointed out need for addi
tional equipment in order to provide
protection for property in Hertford
at all times, thus being unable at
times to allow its only pumper to
answer calls for assistance outside of
the town limits.
The new unit is expected to be
ready for use within a very short
time.
New Books Listed At
Perquimans Library
The Perquimans Library Board an
nounced today a number of new books
have been received and are now
ready for use of the public. The list
ed books include There Was a Time,
Where the Sabia Sings, Unless Two
Be Agreed, Return to Night, Who
Sees the Wind, Head Winds and oth
er fiction stories.
Other non-fiction books are Out
side Guide, Inside U. S. A., Three
Came Home, Common Sense Care of
Children, It's a Wise Parent, Study
of History Story of the FBI, Shower
Book, Flower Arrangements, Do You
Know Your Baseball and Gilbert and
Sullivan.
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