UIMA1MS WEEKLY
i Volume-XlV. Number 36.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, September 5, 1947."
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Ce'sbrate Fiftieth Anniversary
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Mr. and Mrg. B. W. Pennington, well known residents of Hert
ford, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary at their home on
July 21. The picture of the couple above was taken on the anni
versary date.
County Schools Opened Wednesday With
Enrollments About The Same As Last Year
Board of Education In
Meeting; Held Prior to
Opening
v Perquimans County schools opened
a ikw term Wednesday and unofficial
reports revealed that enrollments in
the various schools were tibouLthe.
same as last year:,-rJC-jC. W
principal at the High School, an
nounced 317 students registered at
the High School, 238 of these being
in the higher grades and 79 in the
eighth grade. J. P. Snipes, principal
at the Central Grammar School, re
ported 385 students enrolled on Wed
nesday and an estimated 165 pupils
were registered at the Hertford
Grammar School.
No figures were available at press
time regarding the enrollment of the
colored schools of the coimty.
The Rev. B. C. Reavis, pastor of
the Hertford Methodist Church, gave
the opening address at the chapel ser
vices at the High School.
Final preparations for the. opening
of schools were outlined at a meet
ing of the Board of Education held
Monday. According to reports, there
was considerable discussion by the
Board members regarding the school
program, in addition to routine mat
ters handled during the meeting.
A committee of Board members
were named to go' to Raleigh on
Thursday of this week to contact a
plumbing and heating concern re
garding the Board's order for a heatf
inr ttlant lor -the Hteh School.. The
$ ;S&Ahe been on order for. morethan
Wer And the committee Hopes to
ittir'delivsry by making . a per
: sonal call on the dealer) : The Board
hopes to get delivery on the nesting
plant in order that it may be installed
at the school building during October.
A half day session was the order of
the day for all schools on the open
ing day. However, full day schedules
were called beginning on Thursday.
Bond Cashing Heavy
At Ibitford Dank
Sixty-two veterans of World War
II cashed terminal leave bonds at the
Hertford Banking Company on Tues
. day, the first day for cashing the
bonds under the law passed by Con
gress last session, According to R. M.
Riddlck. nreaident of the bank. The
bonds 1 cashed on Tuesday averaged
slightly more than $209 for each vet
' " eran, Mr. Riddick stating, the bank
paid out $128Kti:V V ' :
Veterans- lined up at the bank most
, of the day Tuesday and again Wed
' nesday a lumber veterans -were
appearing with bonds for the purpose
, of converting them info cash. PI? Si
A Nationally,, thousands of vets were
, eoiiverto''tbiVlKmds,-,.'-Jespifo fihe
, r fact that Government officials urged
' all veterans to hold on to the interest
' bearing' - securities unless they abso
: lutely tioedejl eash at this tfana,
). Estiinatea were that approximately
400 to 500 veterans in Perquimans
held ;bonds .amounting to between
Eastern Star To
Resume Meetings
The Perquimans Order of Eastern
Star will resume its regular meetings
on Monday night, September 15, at
eight o'clock in the lodge rooms at
the Court House. All members are
ed to-attend. The lodge discon
tinued meetings during the summer.
Indians Drill Daily
In Preparation For
Opening Grid Game
With the opening game of the 1947
football season set for Friday night,
September 19, the Perquimans High
School team, under the direction of
Coach Joe Levinson, is drilling daily
in preparation for that big opening
game with the Elizabeth City High
School. The game will be played here
on Memorial Field.
The coach announced a change in
the schedule this week, stating that
the game with Scotland Neck on Sep
tember 26 had been switched with
Edenton and the- Indians will play
the Aces in Edenton on the 26th and
go to Scotland Neck on November 27.
With the opening of schools on
Wednesday, a number of additional
students reported for practice with
the Indians, and Coach Levinson now
has a squad of about, 30 players
working on the fundamentals of the
game.- He Is especially stressing
blocking' and tackling in the daily
practice sessions. He reports that
all positions on the team are wide
open and that all of the boys are
working hard to win a starting berth.
Earl Winslow, tackle on last year's
team, is developing into a first class
kicker, and punting of the team this
season is expected to show improve
ment over last.
The entire aquad went through the
first scrimmage of the year in a prac
tice session held. Thursday night of
this week. The coach used every boy
out for the practice in order to learn
Just what - ability each has. The
scrimmage session looked good and
the Indiana are expected to' make a
good showing, against their opponents
this year; continuing as one of the
best high school teams in the Albe
marle. : ; ' :
Some new equipment was received
for the team this week,' each boy re
ceiving new playing shoes and new
game jerseys. The , team . now has
both gold and blue playing Jerseys
hich will be of benefit because many
of the schools , in this tsectlonv have
the same colors, and the Indians, will
now be, able to switch from one0lor
to the other as eed ;arisess:-'
H ANNOUNCEMENT
Ma and Mr. Al Hendiejr of Cohun
bit, S. G, announce the plrth of a
son, born Tuesday, August 2b. Mrs.
Hendley - before her marriar was
Miss Jessie T. Newby. , . i
Baseball And Dance
Feature Of Program
At Vets' Roll Call
Fish Fry to Start at 6
P. M, Next Friday to
Open Event
An interesting program is being
arranged for the second annual vet
erans roll call and fish fry, to be
staged in Hertford on Friday, Sep
tember 12 under the sponsorship of
the Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the
Amercan Legion, according to Char
lie Vann, chairman of the arrange
ments committee.
A feature on the program is a
baseball game to be played im
mediately following the fish fry.
The two teams will be composed of
veterans, one being made up of vet
erans residing in Hertford and the
other composed of veterans residing,
in the county. Merrill Winslow has
been designated as the manager of
the rural' vets team and Henry Stokes
will manage the town vets. The
game will be played on Memorial
Field.
Immediately following the baseball
game a huge street dance will be
held on Church Street, in the block
between Grubb and Market Streets.
The dance will be open to the public,
however, the fish fry and roll call is
for the veterans, their wives or
sweethearts.
The fish fry will be staged at the
town parking lot, and in the event
of inclement weather, it will be held
at the municipal plant.
Letters of invitation to the fish fry
and roll call have been mailed out
to all veterans of the county, but the
committee desires it to be understood
that if any veteran, through error or
oversight, fails to recehe a written
invitation, he nevrtheless is invited
and urged to attend.
Final details for the event were
made at a meeting of the local
American Legion post held Thursday
night at the court house, and com
mittees for the various parts of the
program were named by William F
Ainsley, commander of the post.
A large number of veterans are
expected to attend the party, but the
committee urges each veteran to re
turn a card notifying the committee
of his plans to attend in order that
the Post can prepare for sufficient
food.
50 Special Jurors
Drawn For Service.
Fifty residents of Perquimans
County were drawn as special venire
men for jury service in Currituck
County on Wednesday of this week,
when an order issued by the Judge of
the Currituck court was received here
by court officials of this county. '
The veniremen were drawn from
the jury box on Wednesday at about
1 o'clock and immediately Sheriff M.
G. Owens and his deputies began
serving the jurors with notice to re
port to the Currituck court at 9:30
Wednesday morning.
The special jury was drawn at the
request of the defense in a man
slaughter case being tried in Curri
tuck. W. H. Oakey, Jr., local attor
ney, wag also called in as an associ
ate to the defense attorneys.
Drawn for service were T. E. Mor
gan, E. A. Goodman, Mrs. Roxanna
Chappell, B. G. Koonce, C. T. Skin
ner, H. S. Lane, W. R. Banks, Glen
wood Stallings, W. D. Cox, Jerome
Hurdle, Arthur Lane, T. C. Perry, W.
L. White, Mrs. Mattie Berry, R. U.
Spivey, J. B. Eure, Ulric Caddy, Mrs.
Mary W. Hunter, S. D. Banks, J. R.
Jarvis, J. E. Winslow, Prank Skin'
ner,'D. M. Simpson, Carson Lee Wins
low, Hugh P. Stallings, E. B. Hollo-
well, Ernest Goodwin, Percy Byrum,
Eddie Harrell, Ellia Stallings, Charles
R. Ward, L. W. Barrow. Thad C,
Chappell, Elijah White, Elbert N.
Chappell, Jessie Morgan, . Alec Stal
lings, Ervin Whidbee, Lewis D. Eure,
Watson Russell, Archie E. Riddick, J.
W. FerrelL Allen Lane, G. W. Banks,
L. F. Tarkenton, Leroy White, Hazel
B. Mathews, John N. Winslow, J, El
mer Wood. Jr., and Jordan Hurdle. .
White's Grocery
Changes Ownership
An announcement was made this
weak of the change in ownership of
the White Grocery,, located at Market
and Edenton Road Street Mrs. L. S.
White announced the sale of the
store, fixtures and stock te W. W.
White.-
Gather At Meeting
Here Friday Night
Hertford Club Will En
tertain In Honor of
District Governor
The Hertford Lions Club is plan
ning a big night at its meeting
Friday, September 5th at (i:45 P. M.
at the Colonial Tourist Home. It
will be host to District Governor
Gaither M. lieam, of Louisburg, N. C,
and is expecting other district of
ficials to be present, among which
will be Deputy District Governor J.
Frank Duke of Washington, N. ('.,
and Zone Chairman Norman Shan
nonhouse of Elizabeth City. Inter
national Counsellor Thomas S. Payne
of Washington, N. C, Past Deputy
District Governors Wallace S. Grif
fin of Edenton and Sanford P. Ayd
lett of Elizabeth City and Past Zone
Chairmen W. J. Taylor of Edenton
and J. D. Daniels of Seaboard are
expecting to be present. There are
three past district officials in the
Hertford club, all of whom will be
at the meeting.
The club is also celebrating "Pres
ident's Night" at this meeting. On
such occasions, every effort is made
to have perfect attendance in honor
of the President of the club, and if
a member misses this meeting be
cause of unavoidable circumstances,
such member ' almost invariably
makes this meeting up by attending
a club meeting elsewhere, rertect
attendance is expected.
During the meeting,, the club will
present two Membership Keys, one
Master Key and one Senior Master
Key and will make certain other
awards to gome of its members.
Lions Norman Shannonhouse of
Elizabfeiiv. City, who is Zone Chair
man of this Zone will preside at a
meeting of the District Governor's
Advisory Committee to be called im
mediately after the regular club
meeting is adjourned. Members of
this committee are Lions H. K. Houtz
and Paul U. Uttle of Elizabeth City,
Lions R. West Leary, Jr., and W. J.
Taylor of Edenton and Lions C. R.
Vann and Norman Trueblood of the
Hertford Club.
Visiting Lions are expected from
the clubs at Louisburg, Washington,
Williamston, Edenton, Elizabeth City
and Seaboard.
Six Cases Appear On
Recorder's Docket
A total of six cases were disposed
of at Tuesday's session of the Per
quimans Recorder's Court, when the
State took a nol pros in one of the
hearings and verdicts were rendered
in the other five.
The Sjate took a nol pros in the
case charging Haywood Lilly, Negro,
with' fraud.
A verdict of guilty was returned
in the case charging Norman Louis
Chappell with reckless driving. Chap
pell was fined $50 and ordered to pay
the costs of court.
William White, Negro, was found
guilty of, a charge of trespassing and
was sentenced to jail for ten days,
sentence to be suspended upon pay
ment of costs of court. An appeal
was noted to the Superior Court.
George Whitehurst, Negro, was re
manded to the Judge of the Juvenile
Court for hearing on a charge of
breaking and entering, when it was
determined his age was 14 years.
Horace Reed, Negro, was ordered
to pay a fine of $10 for driving with
improper lights.
A verdict of no1 probable cause
was returned in the case of James
Pierce, Negro, charged with fraud.
Attended Masonic
Program Last Week
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Wipslow, Mrs.
J. W. Zachary and Mrg, Lena Gregory
attended an Eastern Star program in
Greensboro On Thursday of last week.
The local group 'were among the
large number of, representatives of
Eastern Star chapters honoring Rob
Morris, founder of Eastern Star, at
a special program held in Greensboro.
Attending Convention
Mr. and Mrs- L. B. Sitterson left
today for Ocean Park Hotel, Myrtle
Beachi S. C, where thsy will attend
the convention of the Home Security
Life Insurance Company.
LABOR ORGANIZERS
WITH REQUEST FOR
First Woman Juror
The distinction of heing the first
woman ever drawn to serve as a
juror in the Perquimans Superior
Court fell this week to Mrs. II. ( .
Hoskins, whose name was drawn by
the County Commissioners at a meet
ing Monday, among those who will
compose the jury for the October
term of Superior Court.
Two other county uomen also were
drawn to serve on the jury next
month, these were Mrs. W. M. Wood,
Jr., and Mrs Vera liroughton.
An amendment to the State Con
stitution, voted on during the last
General Election, permits ser
vice by women and a .number of
women jurors have already s, ned
in various courts in the State since
the law was enacted.
County Board Draws
Jury List For October
Term Superior Court
Perquimans County's board of
commissioners held their regular
monthly meeting last Monday despite
the fact that it was Labor Day and
the holiday was observed by the
majority, of business houses in Hert
ford. The meeting was one of the
shortest held by the board this year,
only routine business and the draw
ing of a jury for the October term
of Superior Court was transacted.
Miss Helen Jones, new assistant
Home Demonstration Agent for the
County, was introduced to the mem
bers of the board and she reported
for work in this county Monday.
The Board authorized Sheriff M. G.
Owens to purchase yellow cotton
sheets for the bunks in the county
jail, and a increase in salary of five
dollars per month was voted for W.
C. Stroud, Negro County Agent.
The following residents of the
county were drawn to serve as jur
ors at the October term of Court.
Mrs. H. C. Hoskins, Zack Phillips,
Freeman Long, Linden O. White,
Warren Spivey, W. N. Tucker, J. E.
Morris, J. W. Hampton, Emmett
Landing, W. D. Kogerson, Kenneth
W. Miller, O. J. Lane, W. liryant
Stallings, John A. Elliott, J. Van
Roach, E. J. Boyce, Richard Spivey,
F. R. Hurdle, Roy Gregory, Raymond
Eure, J. D. Yeates, Savage Jolliff,
Archie T. Lane, Herbert L. Ward,
Arthur Copeland, Mrs. W. M. Wood,
Jr., Alvah Lamb, E. L. Cartwright,
Joseph Rogerson, John I. Chappell,
Joe N. White, Mrs. Vera Broughton,
Haywood Proctor, C. R. Chappell,
H. D. Landing and O. D. Layden, Jr.
Indians Lose Series
To Edenton 4 To 1
Hertford's baseball team lost its
play off series with the Edenton Col
onials four games to one, dropping
the final (tame last Sunday after
noon in Edenton by a score of 5-1
The Colonials won three straight
from the .Indians but last Friday
nighti before one of the largest
crowds of the season, the Indians
blanked Edenton 4-0 behind the four
hit pitching of Moe Bauer.
Gilkerson started on the mound
in the game Sunday but was re
lieved by Bauer in the second inn
ing, after Edenton had gained a 2-1
margin. Bauer allowed two hits
durirtg his stay in the game and
walked three batters. EUenton col
lected five hits on of Gilkerson for
a total of seven and Hertford hit
five safeties off of Thome, Edenton
moundsman. Brigman scored the
only tally made by Hertford.
Services At Holy
Trinity Church
Services will be resumed at Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church on Sunday,
September 7, it was announced here
today by the Rev. E. T. Jilson, rector
of the church. Services for the first
Sunday in the month as usual with
Church School at 10 o'clock A. M. and
Holy Communion at 11 A. M.
At Norfolk General
Mrs. Henry Swain is a patient at
the Norfolk General Hospital.
CALL ON COMPANY
UNION AGREEMENT
Action Awaits Arrival
From New York of
Firm's President
Organized labor, specifically the
CIO, is making its bid to enter the
scene of Perquimans County, using
method-; well known as labor's under
cover operations and secret meetings,
until such time as it suits it organiz
ers to make a hold bid for a labor
contract.
Rumors that the CIO was making
attempts to organize the workers of
the Major I.oomis Lumber Company
have been heard during the past sev
eral weeks hut it was not until Wed
nesday of this week that the union
representatives let the company of
ficials know of their operations in
this county.
According to a spokesman for the
I local lumber firm, the ollicials of
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.Major 1,0011ns nave neen aware oi me
undercover activity for some time,
but it was only Wednesday it learned
that the CIO had gone so far as to
attempt to demand a union contract
for the workers.
On Wednesday afternoon two CIO
representatives, with Maurice I'meeii
acting as spokesman, along with two
Negro employees of the company, en
tered the office of A. W. Hefren. gen
eral manager of the firm, and declar
ed that the CIO represented a ma
jority of the employees of the firm
and that the foursome were in the
office for the purpose ot writing an
agreement, that is a labor contract,
between the union and the lumber
concern. The union representatives
were informed that T. R. Preston,
president of the firm, was in New
York and as soon as he arrived here
the company officials would discuss
the matter further.
Information available reveals that
the CIO representatives, especially
the organizers, have been holding se
cret meetings at various spots in the
county, using union methods to inter
est the employees to enroll as mem
bers of the CIO union. No doubt ex
tolling the virtues of the powers of
the union to entice membership.
Dineen is reported to have remark
ed, after being told that the local
firm had been operating fill years,
looking after its employees and their
welfare, without any complaints, that
it wasn't complaints that caused the
organizers to come here. "It was the
price of pork chops."
It is a well known and established
fact that the Major Loomis Company
has always operated in such a man
ner beneficial to the welfare of its
employees and has paid wages com
parable or higher than other indus
tries of its type in this section of the
State.
The firm employs approximately
210 workers, and according to a reli
able source the CIO claims it has a
majority of the employees already
enrolled as members. Company offi
cials have learned that through ita
underhanded methods and secret
meetings, the union has some 160 to
170 of the employees definitely or
tentatively enrolled.
Further action regarding the mat
ter awaits the arrival of the company
president, who is expected here with
in a short time.
Hertford Couple
Celebrates 50th
Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Pennington
celebrated their fiftieth wedding anni
versary at their home on Grubb
Street on July 21, the occasion was
quietly observed because Mr. Pen
nington was not so well.
The couple was married on July 21,
1897. Mr. Pennington was born on
December 14, 1874, and his wife, who
was Martha E. Dail, was born Aug
ust 2, 1877.
The anniversary celebration was
made a happy one when the couple's
adopted son, Louis Sitterson, who is
stationed on the Philippine Sea, ar
rived home in time to assist his
mother in the entertainment of the
many friends who called during the
day and to enjoy the delicious anni
versary dinner.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brinn announce
the birth of a son, Nathan Thomas,
born Wednesday, September 3, at thto
Medical Center. Young Brinn is
named for his. two grandparents.
Mother nd son, are. doing niqely.
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