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r Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 29, 1947.
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On September 12Ui
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vited to Attend Pish
Fry and Pance
fc War veterans of Perquimans
County are being invited to attend a
, veterans' roll call fish .fry at the
' Hartford parking lot on Giubb Street
- on September 12, it was announced
this week by officers of the Wm. Paul
Stalling Post of the American Le
gion, which is sponsoring the get to
gether for the veterans.
William Ainsley, commander of the
- local American Legion Post, has
named Charlie Vann, post adjutant,
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j plan for the roll call. Mr. Vann is
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nrenannit letters us ween to ue
mailed to every war veteran in the
county, issuing special invitations to
the event. He stated, however, that
lv, every vtwrui is uiviwsu w ctbvciiu
IV in case anv veteran fails to receive a
letter about the fish fry, he is re
quested to attend anyway. Attempts
will be made to see that a letter is
mailed to every veteran.
The roll call will be a form of a
get-together for the veterans. Last
September Perquimans County staged
a home-coming day for, veterans and
members of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post hopes this roll call can be made
into an annual event It has been
almost a year since the home-coming
day program and the Legionnaires
are attempting to get every vetwran
to attend the fish fry and dance next
month.
A tentative program being arrang
ed calls for a fish fry for the vet
erans and their wives, or any member
of the immediate family. The fish
fry will be held at 6 P. M. and at 7:30
o'clock an informal program will be
staged at the Court House. Follow
ing the program, a public street
dance will start at 9 o'clock.
In letters mailed out this week Mr.
Vann requests all veterans to return
a card to him notifying the local Post
U if theveteran plans to attend.' The
Post also reaueats the veterans to
send IJf Oh dollar to help dtfray-thef
expense of putting on the roll call
and fish fry. The letter points out
that in case of rain the fish fry will
be staged at the municipal plant.
Leap Directors
Reprimand Colerain
In Meeting Saturday
Directors of the Albemarle Base
ball League met in Edenton last Sat
urday afternoon to 'consider appeals
made by the Suffolk and Colerain
clubs in matters passed upon by
President Walter Holton. The presi
dent had fined Colerain $350 for fail
ure to provide adequate protection
at its ball park, and refusingad
mission to the park to a Windsor
fan. The Windsor fan was struck by
a director of the Colerain Club, also
a cousin of the Windsor citizen. Af
ter hearing some statements on the
situation the directors. Toted to res
Sind the fine assessed by the pres
ent and ordered the Colerain Club
reprimanded for the action.
The directors took bo action
aarainst Suffolk for playing ineligible
Iplayers, after Windsor Club, in a
written statement advised the direct
ors of the Windsor Club had no de
sire to see Suffolk penalized for the
action, and Windsor also stated it
wished to see Suffolk enter the play
bffs. now in progress.
A fine of szo was assessed against
Earl Smith, manager of the Hertford
Club for being ordered out of a game.
Iwaa reduced to HQ. by the directors.
Final action, taken at the meeting
(was the arrangements made for hold
ng the play off s and the division of
he gate receipts during the final
ames. The directors voted that the
earn winning the series will receive
5 per cent or tne net pronts oi.au
ames, second team will receive 20
er cent, the third and fourth teams
5 per cent each and Elizabeth City
nd Windsor, ave percent each.
tetody Hearing
Jet Tiisday, '
( The hearing in which Sheriff M. G.
Wens Is seeking- custody of his 12-Vear-old
ton, Melvin G.. Owens, Jr.,
VlU be held in Elizabeth: Citjr on next
Ttesday nlghti "ttjwas v learned here
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bout three weeks and was slated to
a heard on Monday' at the Camden
-nrt House, but Judge Hunt Parked
i will conduct the hearing, remov
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New Agent
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MISS HELEN JONES
Beginning September 1, Miss
Helen Jones of Dover, N. C, will
assume the duties of assistant
home1 demonstration agent in
Perquimans County. Miss Jones
succeeds Miss Hazel Shaw, who
resigned prior to her wedding,
which will take place Septem
ber 7th.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A 14 nation commission represent
ing the Western Hemisphere has
reached an accord on a defense
agreement for the entire area. The
non-aggression pact pledges all the
nations to defend the hemisphere in
case of an attack at any point. The
agreement was unanimous and its
final inclusion will make the Monroe
Doctrine one which not only the
United States but all American re
publics would uphold against ag
gression. Three State Highway patrolmen
resigned their positions this week fol
lowing an investigation of the beat
ing of an escaped convicrtrom a
Halifax prison camp. The convict, it
is alleged,' was whipped with sticks
arid a belt after he had been recap
tured by a posse. The three patrol
men and the chief of police of Little
ton were charged, with assault with
a deadly weapon and will be given a
hearing in the Halifax Recorder's
Court.
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North Carolina ranked fifth among
Southern states in-per capita income
during Jhe past year, according to a
report issued by the Department of
Commerce. Florida was first, and
Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky
were listed ahead of North Carolina.
The State showed a number of gains
including corporation taxes paid the
United States, and individual income
taxes paid show a per cent increase
greater than the national average.
Rain fell in the. Middle West this
week and brightened the outlook for
the nation's corn crop. Moisture
broke the drought throughout the
main corn belt and halted the 17 mil
lion bushe) loss estimated daily dur
ing the recent heat wave. Corn
prices dropped about eight cents per
bushel as reaction to the rain news.
Ford Motor Company announced
an increase in the retail price of its
motor cars and trucks this week. Of
ficials of the company blamed in
creased costs of material and labor
for the raise in price. Ford was the
last of the big three companies to an
nounce an i:rea& in ear prices.
Miss Helen Jones
New Assistant Agent
Miss Helen Jones, of Dover, N. C,
has been named to succeed Miss
Hazel Shaw as, assistant .home agent
in Perquimans and Chowan counties.
Buss Shaw resigned the position ef
fective September 1.
Miss Jones graduated with vo
cational rating from Eastern Caro
lina Teachers College n June of this
year, she has spent two summers in
Beaufort County working as a trainee
in Extension work. In accepting the
position here she will work in both
Perquimans and Chowan counties,
chiefly with 4-H Club girls.
Revival Services
At Chappell Hill,
A series of revival services will be
conducted at the Chappell Hill Bap
tist Church beginning Sunday,1 Aug
ust 81, ; and - continuing through the
following ,jireek; it was -i announced
feera todayi. Services will be held
each night at 'eight o'clock.
The Rev, Elliott Stuart will be the
visiting minister. 'The public is cor
dially inritod to attend
Triple A Of f ers
Extra Benefits For
Seeding Pastures
Local Office Sends Out
Questionnaire on Pea
nut Program
To offset the threatened serious
corn shortage sxpected this year, due
to the weather conditions in the na
tion's main corn belt, and to provide
a supplement to replace the grain
shortage, the Animal Industry De
partment at State College is urging
all farm operators to plant addii
tional pastures to help carry the live
stock through the coming year.
A campaign has been started for
the early planting of increased acre
age of both permanent and temporary
pastures, and according to W. E.
White, secretary of the Perquimans
County AA, additional benefits may
be obtained by operators cooperating
in the campaign.
Mr. White released an announce
m'ent received this week by his office
which points out that to encourage
the planting of additional pastures
the State Committee has announced
the following changes in the amount
of minimum assistance which may be
approved for a farm.
A payment in excess of the mini
mum assistance approved for the
farm may be made for establishing
five acres ,or less of permanent pas
tures. A payment in excess of the
minimum assistance approved for the
farm may be made for seeding an
nual rye grass in accordance with
the specifications in the county hand
book. The local county office, at this time,
is also preparing to mail out ques
tionnaires to Perquimans peanut pro
ducers to determine information ne
cessary prior to the referendum to be
held some time before December 16.
The referendum will determine! the
1948 peanut marketing quotas.
It is very necessary that the local
ACA office have a record of produc
tion for the farms of thiw county for
the years 1944, 1945 and 1946, and
for this reason producers who receive
the Questionnaire are requested to
fill out the answers and return the
questionnaires to Mr. White's office.
If assistance is needed in filling out
the answers on the questionnaire, this
assistance may be obtained if the
farm operator will call at the Triple
A office in the Agriculture Building
in Hertford. ,
VFW To Stage Home
Talent Show Here
Preliminary plans for the presen
tation of a home talent show to be
staged in Hertford some time during
October are being made by members
of the Perquimans County Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars, it was an
nounced here this week. The Post
officers have secured the rights of a
play entitled "Corn's Apoppin'," a
comedy similar to the famous Broad
way show "Hell'z Apoppin'." A rep
resentative of a national agency will
come to Hertford to direct the pro
duction and this agency will also fur-'
pish all customes for the show.
Proceeds from the show will be
placed in the Post's Welfare Fund for
the use of veterans of Perquimans
County.
At a meeting of the Post this week
Edgar White was elected as Post
Welfare Officer to serve veterans of
this county with information concern
ing veteran problems. It was report
ed that the Veterans Administration
is expected to cut down on its person
nel and local welfare officers no doubt
will be called upon to render assist
ance and information to local vet
erans. ' The local Post will sponsor a pub
lic dance at its club rooms on Friday
nisrht of this week, becinnina- at nine
o clock. The committee in charge M
the dance report a few tickets remain
for sale to individuals desiring to at
tend the dance.
Local Group Attends
Farm And Home Week
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Perquimans County was well rep
resented at the annual Farm and
Home Week progarm held in . Ral
eigh' this week. Those attending
from here included Mr. and Mrs. An
derson E. Layden, Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph Rogerson, Mr. and Mrs. Preston
Nixon, L. J. Winslow, Jfrs. Howard
Hunter and Mrs. bl i. urimn.
Those attending the meeting of
the State Federation of Home Dem
onstration Clubs, held in the Memor
ial auditorium in Raleigh on Thurs
dayswere Mrs. Henry Elliott, Mrs.
John Sjnnons, Mrs. Leroy, Nixon,
Mrs. Gregory and Mrs. C. W. Reed.
Indians Schedule
Yellow Jackets For
First Football Game
Coach Joe Levinson In
creases Drills For Lo
cal Squad
Coach Joe Levinson, athletic direc
tor at Perquimans High School, to
day released the football schedule for
the 1947 season. According to the
schedule, the Indians will play eleven
games during the season, opening
with Elizabeth City Yellow Jackets
in a home game on September 19 and
closing with Edenton at Edenton on
Thanksgiving Day.
With only three weeks remaining
before the opening game with Eliza
beth City, Coach Levinson increased
football practices to twice daily for
the local squad this week. Between
25 and 80 candidates for this year's
team have been reporting for prac
tice and it is expected that a num
ber of other boys will turn out for
drills with the opening of school next
Wednesday. (Practices are being con
ducted each dav this week at 10
A. M. and 2 P. M.
Coach Levinson stated that the
Perquimans schedule for this year is
complete with exception of a game
for October 31. He is attempting to
sign either Kinston, Tarboro or Holy
Trinity of Norfolk for this date.
Six of the games will be played in
the Albemarle Conference, composed
of Perquimans, Plymouth, Columbia,
Williamston, Windsor, Ahoskie and
Scotland Neck. Five of the games
will be played at home on Memorial
Field and six of the games will be
played away from home. All games
are night games with the exception of
the games with Williamston and
Windsor, which will be played in the
respective towns during the after
noon. The schedule as released this week
follows:
Sept 19 Elizabeth City here.
Sept. 26 Scotland Neck there.
Oct. 6 Windsor there.
Oct. 10 Ahoskie here.
Oct. 17 Plymouth there.
Oct,7l4 WiUiajasfwn there. ,
Oct'31 Open here.
Nov. 7 Columbia here.
Nov. 14 Edeftton here.
Nov. 21 Franklin, Va., there.
Nov. 27 Edenton there.
Lost Colony Season
Ends On Labor Day
The Lost Colony's most memorable
season ends on Labor Day in the
same Waterside Theatre at Fort Ra
leigh where it had its premiere on
July 4, 1937.
The last public performance of
1947 will be the 319th for the sym
phonic drama since Paul Green
wrote it for the people of Roanoke
Island to commemorate the events
which occurred at Fort Raleigh late
in the sixteenth century the earliest
English attempts to colonize Amer
ica) and the birth of the New World's
first English child, Virginia Dare.
An extra, originally unscheduled
performance will be given on Tues
day night as part of the program of
the fall ceremonial of the Sudan
Temple of the Mystic Shrine of New
Bern. The Shriners have "bought
the house" for this showing of The
Lost Colony, and part of their Tues
day and Wednesday functions will
take place in the Waterside Theatre.
A combination of circumstances
and events has made this The Lost
Colony's most memorable season. It
was the tenth anniversary season,
and Author Green himself was here
for the tenth birthday on July 4,
making a short pre-curtain talk in
which he spoke eloquently for
shrines, such as Fort Raleigh, in
which men can find refuge for medi
tation and inspiration.
The most memorable event of all
was the fiery armageddon of July 24,
when quick flames destroyed
most of the stage and part of the
backstage; area. Only the fast, fear-
work of actor, Westminster
Choir singer and layman alike saved
the most of the stage, and only the
unstinting labors of a" made pos
sible the reopening of the interrupted
season in just six days.
Revival At Bethany
Church Sept. 1 to 6
The Rev. J. T. Byrum, pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church, announ-,
ces that revival services will begin
on Monday afternoon, September 1st
and continue through Saturday, Sep
tember 6. Afternoon services will
be held at 3 o'clock, with evening
services beginning at 8.
The Rev. R. N. Carroll, pastor' of
the Edenton Baptist Church, will be
the guest minister, with Jim Daniels
leading, the singing. ,
Perquimans County Schools Ready For
Opening Of New Term Next Wednesday
Wrong Bill
Members of the Hertford fire de
partment have been talking this week
of the legality of the fire siren sound
ing during a nothing-to-nothing base
ball game as was the case Thursday
night, when Edenton was playing in
Hertford, as the game entered the
eighth inning, and neither team had
scored, the local fire siren sounded
and members of the department rush
ed out to render assistance.
It was all a mistake, the local
firemen could not find the blaze, af
ter having driven to two homes own
ed by persons named Hill Elliott.
Failing to locate the fire the Hert
ford firemen, at first, believed some
prankster had attempted to disrupt
the ball game, however, it was later
revealed that the phone at the police
station rang and an individual in
formed the police to send liill El
liott home at once as his place was
afire. It turned out that the Hill El
liott wanted was from Edenton and
his pressing shop there really was
ablaze. The caller got the right
place but the wrong liill.
Indians Drop First
Games In Play-off
To Edenton Team
Present Series Four Is
Best Out of Seven
Games
Hertford dropped its first two
games in the Albemarle League play
offs to the Edenton Colonials, losing
the first at Edenton Monday night
by a 6-1 score and the second on
Tuesday night in Hertford 2-0. Both
games' were heartbreakers to lose, jasl
the Indians ' ptayed great defensive
ball throughout the two games.
Bauer and Wood formed the battery
in the first game and Jordan and Mc
Lawhorn was the battery for Eden
ton. The Indians opened with one hit
in the first and Jordan walked the
next batter, but Hertford failed to
score. The Indians counted one in
the third, but that also was Eden
ton's big inning, and the Colonials
tallied four runs on three hits and a
walk. Edenton scored two more in
the fifth when McLawhorn hit a
homer with one man on base. Bauer
allowed nine hits and Jordan allowed
three. Bauer struck out five and Jor
dan four.
Gilkerson pitched for Hertford in
the game Tuesday and gave a fine
exhibition. He struck out eight Co
lonial batters, allowed four hits and
walked two men. The Indians collect
ed four hits off Thorne, Edenton
pitcher, but failed to push runs
across the plate. Gilkerson held the
Edenffm team hitless until the sev
enth inning. Then the Colonials
Started off with a triple by Bohonko,
got two walks and another hit to
score the two runs made during the
game.
A thirteen inning game was played
against Edenton last Thursday when
a pitchers' duel developed between
Bauer and Thorne. Bauer struck out
12 batters and Thorne fanned eight.
The Indians collected 11 hits off
Thorne, but failed to score while
Edenton got eight safeties but scored
two runs in the 13th off three hits.
Hertford Stores To
Observe Labor Day
Following the custom of the past
several years, the majority of stores
and business houses in Hertford will
close all day Monday, September 1
in observance of Labor Day, it was
announced here this week by sev
eral of the stores cooperating in
the closing.
The local Post Office will also be
closed during the day, but mail will
be received and dispatched from the
office. There will be no rural de
livery. It was also announced that last
Wednesday was the final day for
local stores to observe the half day
holiday for Wednesday closing dur
ing the summer months. All stores
will be open all day on 'Wednesdays
beginning September, 3.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Fairest Cale an
nounce the birth of a son, William
Fairest, Jr., born Thursday, August
21, at the Medical Center. Mrs. Cale
is the former Miss Eunice Chappell.
Mother and son are getting along
nicely.
Faculty Is Complete at
AH Schools; Enroll
ment Expected to Be
Normal
School bells will ring next Wednes
day morning, marking the end of the
summer vacation period for some
1,100 Perquimans County school chil
dren, and F. T. Johnson, County Sup
erintendent, stated early this week
that all is in readiness for the open
ing day of the new school term.
Faculties for all schools are com
plete, the three vacancies which exist
ed at the high school were filled last
Thursday. Mrs. C. R. Holmes, who
resigned as a teacher at the high
school last spring, will return and
Miss Elizabeth Stephens, who has
been teaching at the Perquimans
Central Grammar School for several
years, will teach English at Perquim
ans High School. Miss Stephens
holds a high school certificate, but
taught out of her field while a mem
ber of the faculty at the grammar
school. Miss Faye Jessup "will re
place Mrs. F. T. Johnson as one of
the eighth grade teachers at the high
school ,
The complete faculty at the high
school will be composed of C. K.
Woodard, principal, Miss Frances
Cely, Mrs. T. L. Jessup, Mrs. C. R.
Holmes, Miss Elizabeth Stephens,
Miss Annie Eliza Garris, Miss Mary
Alice Cohoon, G. C. Buck and Joe H.
Levinson. Mrs. Annabelle Whitley,
Miss Faye Jessup and Miss Grace
Chappell will be the teachers in the
eighth grades.
Repairs at the high school and
other school buildings of the county
have been practically completed and
all buildings will be ready for the
opening of the new term. School bus
routes will remain the same as last
year, according to Mr. Johnson, who
also announced that parents or stu
dents desiring information on school
matters or classes may contact the
principals ot the various schools at
the school buildings each day be
tween now and the opening date.
Scho'tf1 boolfe'' ahi supplies were dis
tributed to school principals this
week and teachers will be notified of
teachers' meetings to be called prior
to next Wednesday. No announce
ment has been made regarding the
school schedule but aside from the
opening day, all schools are expected
to assume a full schedule of periods
each day.
Hertford Bank To
Cash Gl Bonds
R. M. Riddick, president of the
Hertford Ranking Company, an
nounced today the local bank has
made preparations to begin cashing
veterans' terminal leave bonds on
next Tuesday, September 2, in ac
cordance with the law passed by the
80th Congress.
It is estimated there are nearly five
hundred veterans in Perquimans
County holding terminal leave bonds,
but the general belief is that at least
part of the veterans will follow the
advice of the government and hold
on to the bonds unless they absolutely
need cash at this time. The bonds
draw interest at the rate of two and
one-half per cent.
Veterans who plan to cash in their
bonds are advised by Mr, Riddick to
bring proper identification with them
when applying at the bank to cash in
their bonds. He added that the bank
will have a schedule of interest to
be paid upon each bond to date, and
these schedules are issued by the
government for the purpose of assist
ing the bank in determining the in
terest due on each bond.
Recorder's Docket
Has Three Cases
Three cases were disposed of by
the Perquimans Recorder's Court in
session here Tuesday morning and
one case was continued until the next
term of court.
Costs of court were ..taxed against
Dela Mae Hardy, Negro, in the case
charging Edgar Hardy, Negro, with
assault with a deadly weapon, when
the prosecuting witness failed to ap
pear for the hearing.
A nol pros was taken in the case
charging Robert Sutton with larceny
and trespass.
Earl Foreman and Johnnie Cope
land, Negroes, entered pleas of guilty
to charges of trespass. Each was or
dered to pay the costs of court and a
road sentence of 60 days was su$
pended upon good behavior for twelve
months.
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