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WEEKLY
Volume XIV. Number 34
Ocltey Resigns As
;ident
Season to Close oh Sun
day and Plaffs to
5 4 Start Monday
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' . W. H. Oakey, Jr., who served as
.'president of the Albemarle League
' from the time of his election early
4 this year, resigned as the league
prexy last Thursday morning, after
having been informed by directors or
'.the Windsor Baseball Club, that
it Windsor could npt agree to his three
I; stipulations regarding the interpreta
tion of the league by-laws.
Mr. Oakey notified all directors of
the league of his resignation on
Thursday and pointed out that he had
; continued as president of the league
eince the Windsor incident of three
D weeks ago, only . on the assumption
that Windsor and all other xlubs
' would abide by the stipulations ne re
Tf quested following Windsor's rein-
Statement into the league. A Wind-
up sor director agreed to tnese terms
. a meeting of the club directors,
Windsor repudiated the agreement,
' and Mr. Oakey stated he could no
'' longer serve in the capacity as presi
dent. Walt' "Jolton of Edenton, vice
.presider ' league, has assumed
the duties oi the president and it is
believed will continue in that office
for the balance of the present season.
"At a meeting .,. the league directors
held in Edenton ' Saturday night the
directors voted to Vtend the current
season through August 23 in order
that each team could play all rained
out games, and set Monday, August
' 25, as the date for the beginning of
the play-offs. No plan for the play
offs was made, however, definite de
cisions on the play-offs will be made
at a meeting this week-end: It is un
derstood that most of the director?
favor ar !an of drawing out of a hat
the oppo; uts. for the first round of
the play-offs. As the teams now
..stand, Edenton and Colerain will be
pitted against Hertford and Windsor
jmc Suffolk, the fourth place position
J depending open the outcome pi gap
compete against the. third and fourth
teams according to the drawing.
THIS
HEADLINES
American attempts to have the
United Nations step into and solve
the problems faced in the Balkans
were killed this week when Russia
invoked its power of veto, and thus
malted UN activity toward solution,
lit Is likely now that the U. S. will
Iplace the- problem before the entire
a i m .i f Tit rrw 1 1
ussemoiy oi tne urn. ine action
jtaken this week was by the security
council, composed of eleven nations
(Unrest is Still reported in northern
Greece, and according, to these re
ports the United States may, if nec
essary, send troops into the area to
hid the Greek government to main
tain its authority over the disputed
rWi,;.;..
iA report from London this week
'r.t.a 111..4 t: UN.... au.i.
iiauHK mum. nine uuiuwr muco
y soon resign a? head of the.prea
labor government Attlee suc
ceeded ' Churchill, when "the ' Labor
arty overthrew the Conservative
tarty at the polls last year. Recently
he Labor government has had e
Jnomic troubles and the monotary
vises has placed the Labor 'govert
Wt in a difficult position "insofar as
ostwar recovery effects England.
,'he report states Attlee will resign
ecause of 111 health, and will bet snc-
tied as prime minister py Foreign
The Justice Department - filed
'targes of price fixing against-: 1? of
is v nations rubber tire and tube
janufacturer this week and charges
'ate the companies 'arranged to fix
Hces as far back as ,1??6; . Ths rph
r companies' deny the charges and
jtva announced they will Vfight the
sue, pointing out .that at the pres1
t time tares and tubesf,are iselljihg
less v i'j','ies6t
'creased costs, of. ' production -V ;
m Brai Vthi Week::,whewprf
nfnfivna at th nations In flia Vut
.Hemisphere are meeting to work
x proDiems lor iaa onuiuai asienss
the hemisphere against future ag
ision. A report stated that i Am
s and ArgentfnaVofflcially ended
'omatifl, feud which", has: been, tac
f or several years, and thi all
1 sentarJves ieenl intent upon, the
i of solving hemispheric que
rteainie Pres
3
Hertford,
State Asks Bid On
Center Hill Road
The State Highway Commission
has called for another bid on the
Hertford Center Hill road project,
consisting of grading and bituminous
surfacing of 2.77 miles from a point
about six miles east of Center Hill
to Woodland Ave. in Hertford.
. This is the third time the State
has requested 'a bid on this project,
two previous bids having been reject
ed by the commission. Early this
Spring, State Highway Commissioner
Merrill Evans advised the County
Board of Commissioners that the
Highway Commission 'had rejected
the plan of having a contractor work
this project and that the State, itself,
would complete the road as soon as
warm weather arrived.
The letting of the contract on the
above bid has been set for August
26.
Youth Sentenced To
Roads On 2 Counts;
Held For Auto Theft
was sentenced to the roads Tor a
period of one year on two counts by
Judge Charles E. Johnson in Per
quimans Recorder's Court Tuesday,
after East had entered pleas of guilty
to charges of driving drunk and lar
ceny of a bicycle. The youth waived
hearings on two charges of stealing
two trucks, anJ he was ordered held
for trial at the October term of Su
perior Court on these two charges.
East was arrested early Sunday
morning by Police Officers Tommy
Miller and Robert White after the of
ficers had spent considerable time
tracing down reports of car thefts
and attempted thefts of cars in dif
ferent sections of the town.
The officers reported, following the
irrest, that the youth had confessed
to the attempted larceny of cars own
ed by R. S. Monds, Mrs. Nat White,
and Mayor V. N. Darden. He told
the officers, according to the report,
thathe had ben drinking and wanted
o-ia- siUsls.vlwsM4 hfctween
ertford and 'Center Hill. After be
ing scared away from the homes on
Front Street, he took the truck own
ed by the Town of Hertford, and
which was parked in the garage be
hind the home of F. T. Britt In at
tempting to drive this truck he ran
into a ditch and abandoned the truck
nnH oamA h&rlr tn TTrtfnrH. H than
I drove away in a truck owed by G. W.
Barbee. Between the' time he stole
the Town truck and that of Mr. Bar
bee he admitted taking a bicycle
owned by Franklin Hopkins and rode
it to the Barbee home. j
Without counsel at the hearing
held in Recorder's -Court, East plead
guilty to stealing the bicycle and was
sentenced to the roads for six months
and received a similar sentence for
driving drunk. Sentences were sus
pended. upon payment of fines of $150
and costs of court. The Judge order
ed the case charging larceny of the
trucks to be placed on the Superior
Court docket.
1,169 Attend Farm
Bureau Fish Fry
Approximately 1,100 persons at
tended the Perquimans County Farm
Bureau and Home Demonstration
Club fish fry, held last Thursday af
ternoon at the grounds of the Hert
ford Livestock Supply Company.
..The .program for the afternoon
tarted off with a soffball game be
tween' two teams made up' of mem
bers of the .Farm Bureau. This was
followed by group singing, led by
Charles Overman, Chowan County
Farm Agent, who was also the guest
speaker for the occasion.
V .The tneeting was topped, off with
the serving of, fish and barbecue to
the members and their guests.
Mrs. Gardner Lane
Died Suddenly Tuesday
Mr.. Ever ..Gardner Lane, age 69,
died suddenly Tuesday, morning at
ner Home- on Koute - ay Hertford. She
was. native of Whaleyville, Va., and
dlu4bJivln; in Pasquotank
and Perquimans counties for the past
30 years; . She was a Member of the
mc uermon Methodist Church. ;
JSha iis! ' wurvived : by her husl
lr fne' of ftertford, Routf 8j;me
aaugnt',. rs,. viareace , oyrum -or
Chapanokip two sons, Willie -Carol
Le tfJTertfc, Route S, and-Ja-fer,:
Lane ;i.of Elizabeth Citif;5 four
bMthetfcx Stanley Gardner Harry
'Ctodnttviftia Vi,
Ralph Gardner of Portlock and .WQlia
Gardner of Portsmouth; one : sister,
Mrs. Julia Overton of, PortlocVfr three
grandchildren and (leveral nieces and
id several nieces and purchase tickets' in advance ' of the
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Perduimans Coonty, North Carolina, Friday,
Hunting Seasons,
Bag Limits Set By
Wildlife Board .
Schedule Substantially
Same as Last Hunt
ing Season
Hunting seasons and bag limits for
1947-48 which are substantially the
same as those in effect last year have
been announced by the North Caro
lina Wildlife Resources Commission.
The seasons and limits were set after
a public hearing in Raleigh.
A major change for this year will
open the deer season in parts of six
western counties after a one-year
suspension because of the State's deer
trapping and transplanting program.
As usual, only male deer may be
killed legally in any section of the
State. The Commission this vear
added a regulation that "deer must
have antlers plainly visible to the
hunter."
The eastern deer season will run
from October 6 through January 1.
The daily limit will be one and the
season limit two. A split week and
staggered lay days will be in effect
in a number of eastern counties. In
the west, deer hunting will be open
in parts of Buncombe, Henderson and
Haywood counties, and in all of Tran
sylvania, from November 10 through
November 29. Parts of McDowell
and Yancey counties will be open on
November 10, 11, 12, 20, 21 and 22.
The season limit will be one deer in
the western counties.
The quail season will open on
Thanksgiving day (November 27) as
is customary, and will continue
through January 31. The Commission
continued the daily bag limit of eight
and the season limit of 150. Lay
days for quail with hunting allowed
only on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays will be in effect in 26 eastern
counties.
The daily bag limit for rabbits was
reduced from 10 to eight. The season
for rabbits will open in the east on
Thanksgivini, -Day and continue
through January 3f, and in the west
will extend from November 27
through January .
Two counties Anson and Wake
were added to last year's list of 15 in
which hunting for wild turkeys will
be allowed. Bag limits will be the
same in all open counties one a day,
two. for the season. The season will
run from November 24 through Jan-
uary 15 in five counties Bertie, Hali -
lax, martin, Washington ana iNortn-
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ampton and from November
27
through January 1 in the others
Anson, Chatham, Durham, Granville,
Hoke, Lee, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Richmond and Wake.
As usual, the squirrel season in the
west will be open September 15, and
(Continued on Page Five)
Victory Medals At
Recruiting Station
Army World War II veterans of
the Albemarle area who have been
authorized by the War Department to
wear the Victory Medal may obtain
the medal at the Army Recruiting
Station, 336 Carolina Building, Eliza
beth City, N. C, upon presentation
of their discharge certificate or sim
ilar papers bearing the required au
thorization, it was announced today
by Master Sergeant C. B. Cayton,
commanding officer of the local Re
cruiting Station.
Although several million veterans
have earned-' this honor by their war
time service, tjie 'medals have only
'recently been coined by the United
States Mint, and no general distribu
tion has yet been made. In place of
the medal itself, veterans awarded
this honor have worn the ribbon bar,
which ordinarily -substitutes for the
medal on all 'occasions except formal
ceremonies.
The Sergeant pointed out that the
discharge papers of most veterans
relieved from active duty since V-J
Day bear the notation that the indi
vidual is authorized, to wear this
medal. All Army veterans are urg
ed to examine their discharge certi
ficates and, if eligible, to call at the
local Recruiting Station to "pick up
the. medal itself.
VPW Post TO Hold .
Dance August 29th ' v
I VFW : Post No.
SWrwiff1-hold'a public danct at kite
VITir"room;'on Friday nfght, Angtost
29. Proceeds from the dance will be
used by the VFW, Post for local wor
thy mmaffl fc p H
Tickets wfll W placed on sale at
Roberson's andrBagley'fl during this
Hertford Clinches
Place In Playoff By
Downing Windsor
Indians Drop Five of
Last Seven Games
But Still Third
Hertford's baseball club clinched a
position in the play-offs in the Albe
marle League Tuesday night when
the Indians turned back the Windsor
Rebels 6-8 in a game played on
Memorial Field. The victory assured
the Indians the right to compete in
the play-offs which will get under
way next Monday.
The Indians went into a slum last
Wednesday night, suffering a loss to
the Elizabeth City Senators 8-0, and
skidded throughout the week and los
ing five out of their last seven games.
Four of these contests were with Suf
folk, battling against Windsor for
the fourth place position, and the
Virginia team rallied to win three out
of the four games. The Suffolk nine
won by scores of 4-0, 5-4 and 8,-5,
while the Indians won from Suffolk
12-10 in an afternoon game last Sat
urday.
Monday night the Indians traveled
to Windsor and lost by a 9-0 score,
but returned to Hertford to defeat
the Rebels 6-3 on Tuesday night. In
ability to hit in the pinches cost the
Indians a couple of the games lost
during the week, and playing rained
out games, which loaded down the
schedule and upset the pitching as
signments, also contributed toward
some of the defeats.
The game Tuesday night was an
excellent one, and the Indians ap
peared on the road back. Gilkerson
was on the mound for Hertford and
allowed four hits but was in trouble
in the third inning when he walked
five batters. The Indians collected 14
hits off Ted Miller and Sallenger, in
cluding a home run in the eighth by
Harmon Young. Taylor, with three
for four, led the Indian batters
Joe Nowell broke up the ball game
at Edeniqp. LWedneadsy nighty hitting
A Jiuiue run m uie iiimn inning witn
two Indians on base. Edenton was
leading Hertford 3-0 up to the first
half of the ninth. Taylor was on the
mound for Hertford while Vick did
the hurling for Edenton. . Edenton
collected ten hits, while Hertford hit
safely nine times. Neither team
made an error during the game.
Edenton scored once in the first, third
'and fifth innings. A double play bv
Hertrord ended the game in the ninth
'..-At- T.'Jt- I : A . ..
with
r.ueuion naving iwo men on
bases.
The Indians will play in Suffolk
Friday night and in Edenton on Sat
urday night to complete the rained
out games on their schedule with
Edenton closing the season by play
ing in Hertford Sunday afternoon.
Miss Gloria Small
Weds Hazel Jackson
In a wedding solemnized Saturday
evening at 8:30 o'clock in Newbegun
Methodist Church at Weeksville, Miss
Gloria Small, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde V. Small, became the
bride of Hazel Smith Jackson, son
of Mrs. R. D. Benson and the late
James Wrightsville Jackson or Dur
ants Neck.
The vows were spoken by the Rev.
A. J. McClelland in a setting of
palms, ferns, white asters and gladi
oli with tall branched candelabra.
Pews were marked with bows of
white tulle.
Before the ceremony Miss Ida
Frances Lisky gave a . recital of piano
music.
Clyde Small, Jr., brother of the
bride, and Keith Haskett, of Hertford
lighted the candles.
The bride, given in marriage by
her father, wore a wedding gown of
white marquisette over taffeta. The
ruffled sweetheart neckline with shir
red pointed bodice extended into long
sleeves ending in points over the
hands. Tiny covered buttons to the
waist fashioned the fitted back. Above
the full skirt and long train satin
flowers were appliqued. Her finger
tip veil of illusion fell from a Mary
Queen of Scots' headdress with crush
ed orange blossoms over the temples.
She carried a bouquet of white asters
centered with an orchid.
Miss Mary B. Small, sister of the
bride and maid of honor, wore a
gown of yellow marquisette over nile
green taffeta with a draped fichu
and full skirt. She wore a headdress
of summer flowers and carried a bou
quet of asters.
The bridesmaids, Miss Elsie Scott,
Weeksville; Miss Miriam Jones, Hert
ford, cousin of the bridearroom: Miss
Edna; EariV Bullocks, Safiford and
Misa Aame Laurie Lowery, Trenton,
eollega classmates of the bride, wore graveyard Sunday afternoon at 6:80
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August 22, 1947.
E. Leigh Winslow
Director Of Pageant
E. Leigh Winslow, Representative
for Perquimans County, was elected
as one of the directors of the Roan
oke Island Historical Association at
a meeting of the Association held this
week at Manteo.
The Association produces The Lost
Colony each year during the months
of July and August.
Dillon-Berry Vows
Spoken Thursday At
Baptist Church
Miss Blanche Moore Herrv, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Carroll
Berry, of Hertford, and Jay Wilson
Dillon, of High Point, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Dillon, of Choptank, Md.,
were united in marriage in a double
ring ceremony Thursday morning at
11 o'clock at the Hertford Baptist
Church, with the Rev. C. W. Duling,
pastor of the church, officiating.
The church was decorated with
white gladioli and fern.
Prior to the ceremony Kmile Ser-
poss, or High l omt, and Miss Kate
Blanchard, organists, rendered selec
tions of nuptial music. Mr. Serposs
sang "I Love Thee" by Grieg and
The Lord's Prayer" by Malotte.
The bride, who was given in marri
age by her father, wore a dress of
bronze rose satin, with a high roll
collar and short sleeves and drape
Skirt. Her accessories were, brown
and she carried brown orchids pinned
to her purse.
Miss Frances Nabers, -of Durham,
N. C, was maid of honor. She wore
a drees of pale green wool, with
brown accessories and carried a cor
sage of orchids.
The groom had as his best man his
brother, Lloyd Dillon, of Thotnasville,
N. C. Ushers were Carroll Berry,
Jr., brother of the bride, and James
Trice of Denton, Md.
The mother of the bride chose foi
me occasion a oiacK satin and crepe
dress with black accessories and a
corsage
of gardenias. Mrs. B. A.
Berry, grandmother of the bride.
wore a black dress with black acces
sories and her flowers were gardenias.
Mrs. W. M. Morgan, grandm other of
the bride, wore a blue dress with
. i , I,
uiacii accessories ana ner Mowers were
, I aiso garaenias
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Mrs. Charles Whedbee and Mrs
; Edgar Morris were mistresses of
ceremony.
I Following the ceremonv the nar-
ents or the bride entertained with a
!J.- I I
weuuing preaKrasl at their home on
1 Church Street.
30 Report For
First Grid Practice
Thirty boys, candidates for the
Perquimans High School football
team, answered the call for the first
practice session issued Wednesday by
Coach Joe Levinson, who stated he
expected several more boys to report
for try-outs as the practice sessions
continued between now and the open
ing of school on September 3.
The majority of the students turn
ing out for the first practice were
players left over from last season, al
though a number of freshmen were
also included in the list.
Coach Levinson stated that any
student desiring to try out for the
team should report at Memorial Field
at 2:30 in the afternoon as practice
sessions will be held each day at that
time until school opens, after that a
full time schedule of practices will
De started.
Lettermen left over from last year
and who reported for the first prac
tice included Bob Holmes, Bob Lay
den, Emmett Elmore, Howard . Pitt,
Bob Evans, Earl Winslow, L. C. El
liott, Edward Lane, Bob Jordan, John
Ward, Jack Symons and Chester
Winslow. These players are expect
ed to form the nucleus for the 1947
team, bolstered by the reserves from
last season's squad and also the new
candidates. ,
Banks Rites Held
Sunday Afternoon
Burcher S. Banks, 56, died at his
home at New Hope last Saturday
afternoon after an illness of six
years. He was the son of Mrs. Susan
Sutton Banks and the late D. F.
Banks.
Besides his mother he is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Geraldine Jennings
Banks; .two sons, Carson and Ray
Banks of Perquimans County; three
brothers, S. D. Banks and L. R. Webb
of New .Hope and E. G. Banks of
Hertford.
Funeral services were conducted at
the New Hope Methodist Church
$1'.50 Per Year.
Plans Being Pushed
For Opening Of High
School On Sept 3rd
Renovations Now Near
ly Completed; Three
Teachers Needed
Plans were being pushed here this
week readying Perquimans High
School for the opening of the new
term on September 3rd. Renovations
have been completed on the school
lunch room and other repairs have
been made to the building. It was
stated by school officials, however,
that plans for improving the heat
ing system at the school have been
held up, and it is unlikely that the
heating system will be installed any
time soon. Also, it was announced
the faculty still has three vacancies,
the high school and grammar system
lost one teacher each due to the re
duced attendance last year.
Miss Frances Cely has been signed
to teach Fnglish at the high school,
according to V. T. Johnson, superin
tendent, who reported he had hopes
that all vacancies will be filled before
the opening day of schools.
The three vacancies at the high
school include one vacancy in the
eighth grade, it being reported that
Mrs. F. T. Johnson, who has taught
the eighth grade for the past several
years, will not return to her position
this fall. Several applications have
been received bv the superintendent
! from teachers in reirard to the va
cancies and it has been reported the
positions may be filled from these
applications.
Biggest improvement made at the
high school is the renovation of the
lunch room. In former years the stu
dents have had the use of only one
room and it has taken much time to
serve the students their lunches.
However, this year the students have
the use of two class rooms, convert
ed for lunch rooms, and the school
has purchased a new gas stoe and
installed additional dish washing
equipment which should enable., the
school to handle all of the students in
good fashion during the lunch period.
In addition to remodeling the lunch
room, other repairs made at the
high school have been the installation
of new ceilings in a number of the
rooms and weather stripping of more
windows and doors.
Mrs. Darden Passes
After Long Illness;
Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Mattie Essie Darden. 78, wi
dow of J. W. Darden, died Monday at
1(1:55 o'clock after an illness of sev
eral months. A daughter of the late
Henry Clay and Elizabeth Towe
Stokes, she was a lifelong resident of
Perquimans County and a member of
the Christian Church of Drivers, Va.
She is survived by two sons, D. S.
Darden and V. N. Darden, both of
Hertford; a daughter, Mrs H. C.
O'Sullivan of Norfolk; three grand
children, Miss Nancy Darden of Hert
ford, Mrs. J. D. George of Winston
Salem and Mrs. H. R. Christensen of
Vpsilanti, Michigan, and two broth
ers, Roger and Henry Stokes of Hert
ford.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at
the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev.
B. C. Reavis, pastor of the Hertford
Methodist Church.
Pallbearers were Koy Jones and
Moore Williams of Drivers, Va.,
Henry C. Stokes, Garland Towe,
Henry C. Sullivan and Henry Clay
Stokes.
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery. 4-H Members Attend
State Short Course
Five members of Perquimans
County 4-H clubs, accompanied by I.
C. Yagel, County Agent, are attend
ing the 4-H short course being con
ducted in Raleigh ttys week. The
members attending are Evelyn Chap
pell, Carolyn Hurdle, Horace Layden,
John William Chappell and Harry
Lee Winslow. They will return to
their homes here on Saturday.
Tent Meeting Starts
Sunday, August 24th
A big tent meeting will be con
ducted at the Blackhead Sign Post,
on Route 17, between Hertford and
Elizabeth City, beginning August 24
and continuing through September 7,
it was announced here this week.
Evangelist J,, Percy Trueblood and
company will conduct the series of
Lervkea sold the nubile la cordiallv
tarted to' 2 ;"S?I