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f.4i. rM A r..,lAl 1 Horc Jones, Negro, was fined $21
r&ttre Group AwaraqL giv, . oar U8Pendei sen
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First
Class Camper
Prize
The Boy Scouts of Hertford Troop
,- 155 returned from their annual
, week's camping trip at Camp Darden,
Va., last Sunday after having made
i an excellent showing in Scouting
- while at the camp.
' According to Scoutmaster Paul R.
Fisher, who accompanied the ten
'members of the local troop on the
? outing, all of the boys worked hard
' toward Scout advancement and the
majority were rewarded by Scout
' promotions. Four local Scouts were
i advanced to second class, three pass
ed their first class swimming tests;
four passed their fire building exams
' and one passed a second class cook
ing test.
More than 200 Scouts attended the
camp during the time the Hertford
troop was enrolled and the boys from
Troop 155 held their own with the
other Scouts, having won camp hon
ors one day for maintaining the neat
est and cleanest camp site.
In an all-camp swimming contest
:cJay Duling won camp honors in the
. underwater race. In a bow and ar
row contest three local Scouts, Dul
ing, Tommie Jones and Corbin Do
ier, won awards as expert marks-,
men. The entire troop won-awards'
for achieving rating as expert camp
ers, having won at least 15 awards
for Scout work during the week
A sidelight of the camping trip was
sv baseball contest between the Hert
ford troop and Scouts from Edenton.
The- aeries ended with the two teams
dividing games, Edenton winning 4-2,
.then Hertford winning, 1-4. v
Scoutmaster Fisher announced this
week that beginning Monday, July SI
"the local troop will hold ite meeting
at Scotrt headquarters over Darden!
store, instead of at the Court Hove
.11 - Tm 1 1CR to
attand regularly ell meetinga, MM-
aur active Scenting- la Hertford
t. t.
hejou;;es
Full scale fighting broke out in
Greece this week when a band of
some 2,500 guerrillas invaded Greek
territory from the boundaries of Al
bania. According to reports from
Greece, Greek army regulars had the
situation under control but there was
no indication as to the plans of the
guerrillas or the site of their forces.
One report stated an international
brisrade was involved. Meanwhile,
the United States was rushing its
promised aid to Greece and U. S.
authorities were enroute. to Athene
for full reports on the attaeTc"
Congress has passed the income tax
reduction bill for the second time, but
President Truman has indicated he
will veto the measure again. The
bill as passed this week calls for tax
reduction effective January 1, 1948.
yna:ieiers,.are jopeiui uwi,w
eeeitai:rtt J?ote :ui'"le- changed
W6r riaay when the Presidential
veto ia expected to reach Congress.
The United States this Week tossed
Overboard say pita for A harsh peace
for Germany and 'announced new
nlana for a vroductiva Germany
rhlch will enable the Reich to assist
Itself ia recovery. The new plan was
announced Tuesday and: was an c
knowledgmes of failure on the part
of the Big Font to agree on k policy
for Germany. The new plan will pet!
mit U. S- occupational authorities to
confer with other. nations la Europe
regarding German production and
trade. ' , '
Methodists Enjoy ';
Picnic Here Tuesday '
Methodist pastors of the Elisabeth
City District, their wives and f ami.
ilies, enjoyed a picnic on the, river
short yard of Mrs. Bosser Brinn here
Tuesdays "About 60 persona attended
the ' event m delicious pitch-In
dinner was enjoyed by alfc ..'U".
The Bv. J. H. Miller ia the uper
intendent of the district ' "f -
f . BIRTH ANNOUNCE5IKNT V
- Mr; and Mrs," Dick: Cone announce
the birth of acton, bom; Wednesday,
July 9th, at the Medical Center in
Elizabeth City- Mrs. Cone before her
narriage was Uias Karjorie Math-
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29. v Hertford;
Recorder's Court
Has Light Docket
Business was brief ia the Per
quimans Recorder Court this week,
only four cases being disposed of by
Judge Charles E. Johnson. Three
cases were continued until the next
term of court.
fihed $20
tence on a charge of assault with a
deadly .weapon.
Joshua Lilly, Negro, was fined $10
and the costs of court after pleading
guilty to driving with improper
lights.
Theodore Mallory, Negro, was tax
ed with the court costs and ordered
to payt into the clerks office three dol
lars per week for the use of his child,
on charges of non-support.
Fleet Cooper, Negro, submitted to
a charge of being drunk and disor
derly and paid the costs of court.
Baptists To Erect
Tower For Chimes
The Hertford Baptist Church has
awarded to J. L. Batton & Bro. of
Edenton the contract for the erection
of a church tower to house Schul
merich Carollonic Bells (tower
chimes) given by Dr. and Mrs. I. A.
Ward in memory of their son, Al
phonso Ward. The tower is of clas
sical design, rising to a height of 49
feet above the peak of the present
roof. It is designed by Al W. Smith
of Elisabeth City, and is approved by
the Department of Church Architec
ture of the Southern Baptist Conven
tion, Nashville, Tenn. .The tower it
self will be dedicated in honor of all
who went from the Hertford Baptist
Church to serve their country in
WorW War II. Construction wilt be
giavWtthin the month and will be
completed by early fall.
i ttnimr committee composed of
fofen. D. J. Pritchard and Corbin
Dealer, will supervise eonstruction.
The Finance Committee, ebmposed of
wiiii. At t 1 . mr -ii it.
Lee Harris and Edgar White
are, souring funds froithe-mem-JSiX' SiEJZL ' J?
tWjosatfV Ml Newport News,' and four1
as vsvair ajuanw j(wafb vi wav vvsssi esr-
proximately S5,000) is in hand.1
The Sculmerkh Carillonic Bells
are unique, surpassfng all others in
tonic balance and carrying power.
They may be played manually from
a Keyooara attacned to the organ, or
electrically, and their voice
Voice of the Church may be heard
for two or three miles. No more fit
ting memorial could be offered. Not
only the Baptist Church, but the en
tire community will be blessed by the
Carollonic Bells and the Voice of Re
ligion. The Schulmerich Carollonic Bells
are like the ones recently installed in
the tower on the campus of State Col
lege n Raleigh.
Recreation Program
At Prison Camp
' Inmates of the Woodville Prison
Camp are enjoying a recreational
program instigated recently by E. S.
Fnlghum, Superintendent of -.the
Camp for the entertainment of the
bn-
i;teet;tW Sutidr afternoon
Tlx -baseball team. , known as the
WeodviUeTiger( handed New Hope
another defeat by a 12-1 score. The
camp team, played excellent ball
throughout the game; a shut-out
seemingly was, in the bar until a
New Hope player hit a long fly balL
ruled fair by the umpire, scoring
the lone talley for the New Hope
club. Hardiaon and Hill comprise
the battery for the camp team.
Rotary Governor
Next Tuesday
Vie Huggine of Chapef HliL Bo.
tary. Governor of District 189, will be
the guest of the Hertford Rotary
Clsfc at Ha regular ioeetir next
Tuesday night, .
MM l .. . '.War
, narue urerman or the edenton
Club was a, guest of the local dnb ct
itl mketing this week and "gave the
local: Rotariana '. resume of the
Scout? damp held last week at Camp
parden, V. , , -' i i v .
i At PXNEY WOODS SUNDAY
The Rev. Edmund Bloom, pastor of
Corinth, f Frienda 1 Church,- Ivor, Vk,
will be,' present. at Piney Woods
Church, next Sunday evening, July 20,
at 7:30 o'clock andshoW nktarea on
the life of Christ . '
pThese pictures are j innirintf Ind
eaucanonai. - .
The put;ic H cordially Invited to be
Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 18. llf
Former Resists
Drovnod On Outing
On James River
Funeral Services Held
For Victims Tuesday
Afternoon
Death claimed three persons out of
a party of four Saturday evening
around 7:30 o'clock when an outboard
motor, propelling a small boat in
which the party was cruising on the
James River, near Norfolk, failed and
the skiff sank about 33 yards from
the Newport News Shipyard and
Drydocks.
Victims were listed as Mrs. Walter
J. Parker, the former Miss Mabel
Umphlett of Winfall and her sister,
Mrs. Mae Simpkins, the former Miss
Mae Umphlett, and Walter Simpkins,
husband of Mrs. Simpkins.
Walter Parker, the only one of the
four who was saved, told Police Cap
tain H. E. Bondurant that the motor
on the skiff died and the craft imme
diately began to sink
Tugs of the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railway water terminal at Newport
News and of the shipyard there
picked up the bodies of Mrs. Parker
and Mrs. Simpkins, but late Sunday
Mr. aimpKins body still had not
been found.
Dr. Xhomas D. Walker, Jr., city
coroner, reported a verdict of death
by accidental drowning.
Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Simpkins
were the daughters of the late Wal
ter Umphlett and Minnie Benton Um
phlett.
Surviving are four siBters. Miss
Audrey Umphlett, Perquimans Coun
ty Health Nurse, Mrs. Arthur Chap
pell of Winfall, Mrs. Raleigh Minton
of Elizabeth City, and Miss Mvra
Umphlett of Baltimore, Md., and
three brothers, Sergeant George Um
phlett of Colorado, Dennis Umphlett
K B,aI"m.ore' nd Umphlett
of Winfall
Surviving Mr. Simpkins is one ten
year-old daughter. Mrs. Walter Par
ker is survived by her brothers and
3J. I I 1 1 1 - a.
sons,. Bill, jerrjg md Retime Parker
of Newport Nejrs and Jack Parker
pf the Merchant Marine.
Joint funeral services for Mrs.
Parker and Mrs. SiriiDkin wen held
Tuesday afternoon at five o'clock at
the Twiford Funeral Home Chapel in
'Elizabeth City.
Burial followed
in the Hollywood
Cemetery.
Second Half League
Schedule Released
The second half of the Albemarle
league baseball schedule for the cur
rent season was released by W. H.
Oakey, Jr., president of the league
this week. The schedule calls for
each team to continue playing five
games each week. The season will
close on August 21, after which ar
rangements will be made for the
play-offs.
The schedule of games for the
Hertford Indians follows:
'A Jury 17, Hertford at E. City; July
Suffolk at Hertford; July 20,
HeHf ohi -at .Suffolk;" July 22, Edett-
tonHertfWtf Jutly p, fctsrtford
tr WentM,---im. Z, "Windsor- at
Hertlord - Jufya HeftfoHi ' at
Windaorr July :t? City it Hert
ford; duly 28, Hertford at E. City;
July 80, Hertford at Colerain; July
SI, Colerain at Hertford; August 2,
Suffolk at Hertford; Aug. 3, Hert
ford at Suffolk; Aug. 5, Hertford at
Edenton; Aug. , Edenton at Hert
ford; Aug. 8, Hertford at Windsor;
Aug. 9, Windsor at Hertford; Aug.
10, Hertford at Colerain: Auk. 11.
Colerain at' Hertford; Aur. 13. E.
City at Hertford; Aug. 14, Hertford
at E. City; Aug. IS,, Suffolk at Hert
ford; Aug1. 17, Hertford at Suffolk;
Auk 18, Hertfori at Windsor; Aug.
19, Windsor at Hertford; Aug. 20,
Hertford at Edenton and Aug. 21,
Edenton at Hertford.
Town Bremen To -Attend
Convention
Font members pf the Hertford Vol
unteer Fire Departmefil will attend
the State Firemen's, Convention, to
be held at Morehend; City next week.
It was, voted by the Town Board
Monday night ktp pay the expenses
of the local member to the conven
tion. V , . .S,',.....i ,, ',',''
I On a motion passed by the board,
it was ordered to tend. thevlocal fire
chief, commissioner ,and the two. cap
taina of the local . Company , to the
convention. : The firemen who will At
tend will be Chief ! V.. U Darden.
eonuniasioner B. C Berry nd,ap-
taina Charles F. Sumner and .Beverly
Hartford Indians
Drcp To Third Place
In League Standing
Strait Losses to Cole
rain and Suffolk Are
Costly
Five Btraight losses cost the Hert
ford Indians their second place stand
ing in the Albemarle League this
week, when Colerain claimed the po
sition after handing Hertford a 12-3
shellacking Tuesday night. The In
dians lost two games to Suffolk last
Saturday and lost to Colerain on Sun
day and Tuesday. Colerain won Sun
day by a 6-4 score.
Errors proved to be costly for the
Indians because it was errors that
cost them both games against Cole
rain. The Indians were out in front
with a three run lead at Colerain
Sunday when those errors started
popping out and Colerain scored four
runs in the fourth to take the lead.
Hertford tied the count in the fifth
but the Bertie players made two more
runs to sew up the game. A protest
made by Manager Smith in the ninth
inning was withdrawn by Smith on
Monday.
In the return game luesday night,
Mustian, Colerain pitcher, had con
trol of the game all the way. He al
lowed only two hits, until relieved in
the ninth and walked two bailer.
Bell was on the mound for Hertford
and he gave up 11 hits and walked
five Colerain batters. The Indians
committed seven errors during the
game. Both teams scored in the first
inning, Hertford gaining its run when
Briggman walked, stole second and
third and came home on a long fly by
Nowell. Harmon Young, Indian third
sacker, who returned to the game for
the first time since he was hit by a
pitched ball last week, got the first
hit for the Indians in the fifth in
ning. '
Briggman walked in the eighth and
stole second and scored on Smith's
hit and Smith scored on a hit by
Kimbrell. Colerain had a big inning
in thejieVenth when it collected three
hits, tuBv walks and scored, seven
mL . .
nun. ne imiians errorea twice in
this' inning.
The Indians bounced back into the
win column Wednesday night when
they handed Elizabeth City an 8-4 de
feat. Briggman was on the mound
for Hertford and allowed six hits. He
struck out five Senator batters. Frye
started as - pitcher for the Senators
and allowed eight hits before being
relieved by Copley in the seventh.
Motorists Slow In
Renewing Licenses
Local motorists, whose names be
gin with A and B are slow in ap
pearing at the Court House for the
purpose of renewing their driver's li
cense, according to Henry Smith, lo
cal license examiner.
Mr. Smith stated he would be at
the Court House all day Friday, July
July 18, for the purpose of issuing
new licenses and giving examinations.-
All . motorists must, under a
new law, rejMw their licenses, within
certain periods of time. .;At the pres
ent .all drivers- whose- .names, begin
with A or B hare until- December .31
to obtain new license but examiners
caution motorists not to wait until
the last few days of this period to
take the new examination, otherwise
a last minute rush will materialize
and many motorists will be unable to
obtain their renewal
Reports on the new examinations
State, the tests are not hard but a
number of motorists are expected to
fail in the test to get new license,
due to inability to meet the, qualifica
tions necessary under the. law.
motorists now eligible to take the
test for renewing their license are
urged to report at the local Court.
House any Friday and avoid the rush
expected later, this year.
Women's League
Meeting Saturday
A meeting of the Women's Inter
national League for Peace and Free
dom is to be herd at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Lynwood C. Winslow hear
Winfall Sunday, July 20, at S P. M.
All members and others interested in
the' cause of peace awe urged to be
present : v-
Miss Mattie C. Saunders, a spokes
man for the League, stated any one
interested , in - the. Inter-American
Congress for Women ia alao urged to
attend. Thta group win hold meet
ing in Guatemala ' City August tl-27.
and according to me Saunders, much
interest -ia -he mr shewn in th League'
esMoietir by-'dftlegaw- from North
'.iatf Berth America
TOWN BOARD VOTESTO INSTALL PaRKING
METERS ON SIX MONTHS TRIAL BASIS
Perquimans Wildlife
Club Meeto Monday
IT?;. ..
An important meeting of the Per
quimans County Wildlife Club will be
held at the Court House in Hertford
next Monday night, July 21, at eight
o'clock.
R. M. Riddick, president of the lo
cal club, urges all members to be
present and to bring another person
with them to the meeting.
Miss Janet Quincy
In Church Ceremony
Oak Grove Methodist Church at
Chapanoke was the scene of a lovely
wedding Saturday morning at eleven
o'clock when Miss Janet Towe Quincy
became the bride of Robert Graham
Brewer.
The ceremony was performed by
the Rev. J. D. Cranford, former pas
tor of the bride. The church was
decorated with palms, fern and white
gladioli and cathedral candles.
Mrs. R. M. Riddick of Hertford
played the nuptial music and Mrs. J.
H. Cartwright of Elizabeth City sang
Because" and "Oh Perfect Love."
The bride, who was given in marri
age by her father, wore a beige suit
with pink and dark blue accessories.
She carried a white prayer book, cov
ered with a pink orchid and showered
with white ribbon.
The bride's only attendant was her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Cary P. Quincy,
Jr., of Norfolk, who wore a floral
crepe dress with white accessories.
She carried a nosegay of mixed sum
mer flowers tied with ribbon to
match the flowers.
Robert Elks of Greenville, N. O,
brother-in-law of the groom, was best
man. The ushers were Cary P. Quin
cy,. Jr, and Henry P. Brewer of Wil
son.
'" The bride's mother was attired in a
dregs' of aqua crepe with black ac
cessories and wore a corsage of yel
low roses. Mrs. Robert Elks, sister
of the groom, wore a pink crepe dress
with white accessories and her cor
sage was a purple orchid.
The bride is the only daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Quincy of Chap
anoke. She graduated from Peace
College, Raleigh, and High Point Col
lege in the class of 1946,
The groom is the son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Brewer of Green
ville. He graduated from Campbell
Junior College and East Carolina
Teachers College. He is a member of
the Elizabeth City High School fac
ulty. After, a wedding trip to unannounc
ed points, the couple will be at home
in Elizabeth City.
The parents of the bride enter
tained relatives and out of town
guests with a wedding breakfast im
mediately following the ceremony.
Former FSA Official
Now With Farm Loan
A. Houston Edwards "has accepted
employment with the Ahoskie and
Albenjariet National Farm Loan As-
sociatipji. effective July 1, 1947. He
wilt -work from the Ahoskie office, but
will be stationed in Hertford.
He has been a resident of Hertford
since 1940 and was formerly employ
ed by the Farm Security Administra
tion and the Farmers Home Admin
istration from which position he re
signed June 30, 1947.
He will be in the Register of Deec s
office, at the Court House, every Sat
urday until 12 o'clock in order to be
of assistance to the farmers of this
area in handling their credit prob
lems.
This will materially facilitate the
securing of loans through the Fed
eral Land Bank and will render more
prompt service for the farmers of
this .county than before.
Pasture Field Meet
Scheduled Next Week
In order to familiarise local farm
ers with improved pastures, pasture
grasses and fertilizing of pastures, a
series of pasture field meetings will
be conducted in the county next Tues
day, "according to L C, Yagei, County
Agent . '
S. H. Pobson, agronomy specialist
from - State College, will attend the
meetings and discus .pasture prob
lems with local groups attending the
meetings. .The first group will meet
at the farm of Boy 8. Chappell, near
Bethel, at 9 A. U. and the second
croup will meet at the farm of Her
bert Williams of the Whites'ton com
munity at 11 A. If.
$1.50 Per Year.
Adopted Health De
partment's Budget In
Meeting Monday
Members of the Town Board, meet
ing in regular session Monday night,
voted to install parking meters on the
streets, in the business section of
Hertford, on a trial basis for a period
of six months. The action was taken
after Mayor V. N. Darden had ex
plained the meters could be obtained
and installed without cost to the
Town. The firm offering the meters
for sale has made the town an offer
to install the necessary number of
meters here and receive payment
from the returns of the meters.
It is understood that the meters
will be installed on Church Street
from Grubb to Dobh and on a portion
of Market Street.
An ordinance is expected to be
passed by the Board which will make
parking in this area prohibitive with
out first depositing a stipulated
amount of money in the meter.
Average costs of each meter to be
installed has been estimated at about
$6(1, and according to surveys made
in towns already using parking me
ters, some of these return as much
as $100 per year. Primary reason for
adopting the system here was given
as an act to provide parking space
in tne business section tor shoppers
desiring parking space easy acces
sible to local stores, and as an ad
ditional source of revenue.
Th Board voted to adopt its por
tion of the health department budget
for the next fiscal year. The amount
called for in this budget, which is
paid by the town as its one-fourth
part totals $1,046.
Mayor Darden reported to the
Board that Dr. Mitchell had resigned
as district health officer, due to ill
health, and in the event the State
Department was unable to secure the
services of a doctor for this depart
ment, local doctors will be requested
to assist in the health department
clinics until such time as a full time
officer can be secured. (
t)n a motion sVflEred, Mayor 1ar
den and F. T. Britt were authorued
to place an order for a new- electrical
switchboard to replace the old one
now in use at the town plant. The
present board has been in use since
1920 and is deemed inadequate for
the present needs of the Town. The
costs of a new board for the plant
was estimated to be about $5,000,
which includes costs of new cable and
installation charges. The installation
of this new switchboard will enable
the Town to render better and more
efficient service to electric consumers
and provide a modern system for the
Town.
Revival Services At
New Hope Church
A ten days' revival is in progress
at New Hope Church with the Rev.
R. G. Dawson of Trinity Methodist
Church, Raleigh, preaching each
night except Saturday from July 16
through Friday, the 25th. He will
also preach at 11 and 2 on Sunday,
July 20.
Mr.' Dawson, now in his fifth year
in Raleigh, has received more than
500 members into Trinity Church,
and during his pastorate there he has
been serving as the director of evan
gelism for the Raleigh District He
is one among the experienced men in
the field of evangelistic preaching
who presents the Gospel message ef
fectively with such convincing use of
Scripture. His preaching is based
upon God's word as found in the
Bible.
A special feature of his work in
the many revivals he holds, as well
as in Ms regular Sunday morning
services -in Raleigh, is instruction for
children teaching them many new.
songs and telling to them in each
service such interesting stories. This
part of each service is equally en
joyed by young people and adults.
He was director of youth work in the
New Bern District before going to
Raleigh.
Poultry Culling
Demonstration Wed.
A poultry vaccinating and culling
demonstration will be conducted at
the home of Mrs. Archie White of the
Whiteston community next Wednes
day morning, July 23, at 9 A. M., it
was announced today by I. C. Yagei,
County Agent
The demonstration will be conduct
ed for the' purpose of showing poul
try raisers simple methods of con
trolling chickenpox in nocks and. else
to aid in culling out non-laying hens
from flocks owned locally.
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