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Heiiiordi'erquimans County, North arolina,' Friday, December 12, 1947.
$1.50 Per Year.
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7 (;:lts Demastor Showered With
lis b Sdta Clois toes App3Tnce
undrcds Witness Pre
ccntation; of . Gifts;
Candy For.Kiddies .-'
!ant Claui.
t Saturday
afternoon and was
eted Joyously t the Court House
'hundreds of children and their pat
's. Old Si, Nick.came riding into
U on a hig rod fire truck and was
y asnlted by Sam Hourmouzis, the
d neighbor man. ,
pedal music, arranged and played
$am Long through his loud speak
1 system, t was enjoyed up to the
ut the Perquimans Band came
hiiig Jnt view. ' The band rend
1 several " holiday selections And
i old Santa came bounding 'round
torner. On seeing the jolly little
n all dressed np in his red suit,
hplete. with white whiskers and a
I smile, the children broke on all
W, for they knew Santa had good
Vs in his bag to be distributed to
.ood little boys and irfrls.
W ' Were the children the only re
:enta of gifts on last Saturday, for
f generous people of this com
nitf, cooperating with a small
Hp of ladies of Hertford and Per
uana County? contributed to a fund
punting to more than ?500 which
) presented to Bert Ainsworth,
imaster of the Perquimans Band,
Weekly To Press
Early Xmas Week
. ' Plan! are being completed to
print the Christmas week edition
of The Weekly several days ahead
sA the nsual time in order that the
editor and printers will have an
opportunity of enjoying a brief
vacation.
All advertising and news items
for . publication in The Weekly of
December 22 must be in the hands
of the editor not later than 4
o'clock, Friday, December-19.
Correspondents and advertisers
are asked to make a note of the
deadline and present copy accordingly.
Indians Op
en
Cage
e
Vin Over HobbsviHe
Local Teams Show Con
siderable Promise For
Season
Recorder's Court
Hears Traffic Cases
Fourteen cases mostly citations for
traffic violations, were disposed of this
week by the Perquimans Recorder's
Court. Many of the defendants sub
mitted to charges made prior to the
erquimans nana, f a oniv two cases
Addition tO money, the bandmaster contested durine the session.
Rush Bondurant, Jr., Morris Eisen
berg, Curtis Overton, Elroy Hooper,
t i I : i a i .. 1 f
(.. . . Jr., eacn Buumuteu w uimigca ui
for the bandmaster was started gpeeding nd. paid a fine of ?i0 and
costs.
Corley Lane was fined $25 and costs
of court on charges of reckless driv-
received numerous gifts of cloth-
and foodstuffs.
ne movement to raise a coninou-
eek ago last Tuesday, after it be-
e apparent, - that a delegation
ph had been seeking to have the
J master placed on a salary basis
failed, at least temporarily, in its
tta, when ) Mrs. Kelly White in
ling over the matter with a group
tidies, BWggeBiea a pounuing jinny
onducted to help Mr. Ainsworth.
idea caught on and soon Mrs.
to and Mrs, Tom Cox were be
'ajpisted'ln ; the project by Mes
a Jew Griffin,' Edward,. Barber,
tl A. White, Corhin Dozier, Wal-
a
aimer
V
.Torn White, A. B. Wiralow, ET
and Elihu Lane.
ese ladies canvassed their neigh-
ibds and collected money and
useful items,, all of which were
bnted to Mr, and Mrs. Ainsworth
oawraay.
ayor V. ; N. , Darden, acting as
lesman for the ladies who made
fine party possible, presented the
es, which included clothing and
bhold items and a check for $531,
e condusioh of Santa s" visit to
ford last Saturday afternoon.
TIIIS:VMS
IUINES
llhgressional committees, still de-
j the aid to. rJurope measure
sed by President Truman,' have
tied 1.7 billion dollars from the
ated costs, according to reports
I Washington this week. ! The
ierms and aize'of the aid mea-
no doubt, will not be determined
' Congrea Completes debate of
ilLi It wt lso. reported- that
Kent Truman may be given full
isibiHty for .the huge expendi
H the effort to bolster Europe's
front v.o- v- A
ing.
Lloyd Crowe and Joshua Lilly, each
charged with passing on a curve, sub
mitted and paid a fine of $10 and costs
of court.
Claude Golden was' fined $5 and
costs of court after entering a plea
of guilty to a charge of speeding.
Augustus Gold paid a fine of $20
and the costs of court on a charge of
speeding.
" A'nol .pros was takenvin the case
Jritton, CtiffBamH Josiah El-
J.) T'l4ftfteMeV WmtSmi Itittattle m$mkA-MM&b. with
fow--)mi)be,-tadnfr 1
1 Costil 'of court were assessed
against Martha Winslow, Negro, on
a charge of assault.
Herman Statlings was fined $10 and
ordered to pay the court costs for per
mitting his car to be operated with
out a license.
Otis Jordan, Negro, was fined $25
and costs on a charge of driving with
out a license.
, Frank Crist was fined $10, and costs
for failure to dim the lights on his
car.
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and disordeire were reported
out many parte pf 4he world
the week.' Aralr nations, pro
action, by ; the UN in parti
Pulestine into two countries,
aused much, damage to Jewish
ty in many parts of the Holy
and in Europe,'and numbers' of
lave been lost. Communist ef-
to ; upset the government of
continues "with strikes seri-
hamperiiqr; conditions within
:'gn ministers of U. S, England'
and Russia, meeting in Lon
) draw peace plana for Germ
e still at a stalemate. Russia
-osed the Western powers, as
.0-9 meetings and the London
5 is expected to end In fail
a to Russian demands for huge
-ons. .
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tford, i
1 recc'
ese w
sts.
Town '
'-nlar
Mrr
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t.jrk for the Town
need t!Js week that
3 automobile tags
. . v oa sale to local
t be purcha?3
Youth Killed In
Highway Accident
Alonzo Overton, 16-year-old son of
Mr, and Mrs. Alfred Overton of Hert
ford Route 1, died of injuries suffered
in, an automobile accident which oc
curred on the Harvey Point highway
about 1:30 o'clock Wednesday morn
ing. V. ,
According to Patrolmen Herbert
White and R. C. Buckner, who inves
tigated the accident, the youth died
about! 20 minutes after having been
crashed as the car turned , over. The
officers reported the car, an old mo
del, had defective' brakes and other
parts, and the youth,' who, was driv
ing evidently missed a curve in' the
highway about three miles 'from Hert
ford and lost control of thenar. Lan
der Overton, who was s passenger in
the car, escaped Injury.
' Surviving, besides the parents, are
five brothers,, George, Robert, James,
Clyde and Crafton Overton, .and four
sisters,' EUzabeth,SNina, Maude vel
ma and JSrms.' . - "v.-
The body was 'remove to the Lynch
Funeral Home pencung runerai ar
PerauimansIIomeEc
Teacher Resigns ; 7
-y un:,
. Miss Mary Alice Cohoon, teacher of
Home Economics at Perquimans High
School for the past three years, has
resigned her teaching position effec
tive December 31, it .was announced
today by F. T. Johnson,' superinten
dent of schools. ,t v- " j -t .
Miss Cohoon has accepted a position
as home ..economist ffor the Appala
chian Power and Electric Company of
Logan, West. Virginia, and ..will as
sume her new, duties early in, Janu-
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Perquimans basketball teams open
ed their 1947 court season here Tues
day night by winning easy victories
from Albemarle Conference opponents
from HobbsviHe. The Indian Squaws,
no trouble in chalking up a 42-18 vic
playing in the preliminary game, had
tory over the visiting girls and the
Indians, defending champions of the
conference, turned back the Hobbs
ville boys 48-31.
The Perquimans girls, coached by
Miss Faye'Jessup, jumped into a 11-2
lead during the first quarter and con
tinued to roll up the points during
the second canto which ended with the
Squaws holding a- 21-4 advantage.
The coach inserted several reserves
into the contest during the third
period and the local girls tallied seven
pomts while HobbsviHe chalked up
eight. The score at the beginning of
the final period was 28-12. During
the final period the Squaws rolled up
an additional 14 points to Hobbsville's
six. Jean Chappell, Peggy Cook,
Shirley White and Janice Perry count
ed for most of the Squaws' points,
with Chappell leading the way with
14 points in the game.
In the boys' game HobbsviHe jump
ed into a quick 6-0 lead over the In
dians, who showed the need for addi
tional practice, and it appeared that
HobbsviHe was on its way to victory.
The Indians hit five foul tosses out
of six attempts to make the score 6-5,
then a fielder by Pitt placed the In
dians in tho lead, (never to be headed
during the remainder of the contest.
Coach Joe Levinson started Pitt,
Tucker, Webb, Winslow and Jordan,
but used several other members of
the squad during the game, attempt
ing to find his best combination. The
Indians rolled to a 12-8 lead at the
close of the first period and made it
22-11 at half time. Webb, lanky cen
ter of the Indians, showed well at
time-in handling the ball off the
banks and was high point man for the
game, collecting 17 points.
The Indians poured on the heat in
the third canto and racked up 16
points to hold a 38-20 lead at the third
quarter' and coasted during the last
period, hitting ten points, while
HobbsviHe rang up 11.
All of the Indians showed much
promise of developing into a strong
contender for the conference race dur
ing the season and their opponents no
doubt will start pointing themselves
for the Indian games.
The Indians scoring was done by
Pitt 7, Webb 17, Jordan 7, Winslow 3,
Lane 3,. and Elliott 4.
Employees Of Mill To
VoteOn Union Dec. 19
A..W. Hefren, general manager, of
Major Loomis Lumber Company, an
nounced Tuesday that the National
Labor Relations Board had 'ordered an
election to be held at the offices of
the local lumber company on Decem
ber 19 to determine whether or not
the employees of the concern desired
to be represented in bargaining by the
Woqd Workers of ; America, a local
union affiliated with the CIO.
The election will be conducted' be
tween the .hours of 6:30 and 7:30
o'clock.
Calling of this election resulted
from organizers of the union signing
up' a number of the employees as
onion members. The union then peti
tioned the NLRB to call an election to
determine whether or not the union
will be installed at the local mill.
EIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT '
'Mr. and ''Mrs,' George Winslow of
TTinf all announce ' the birth of a
c r: vter, Sheila Elizabeth,' born Frl
' -, : V - '"r 21, at , the Medical
, . " 'ow before her
i v-a 4 LlizaWh Elliott
Hertford StoresTo
Close December 25-26
A majority of Hertford stores and
business houses wilt take two-day
holiday for Christmas, it was report
ed here this week, following a sur
vey oi many of the stores, inig ac
tion is in line with a proclamation is
sued by then Governor- declaring a
legal holiday for December 25 and
December 26. . v
ine local mercnants are continuing
a custom followed for the past several
years of giving themselveji and their
clerks a two-day vacation: at Christ
mas time. Stores will a be open on
Saturday, December 27..;
VRV Post Donates
$60 To Local Fund
For Aid To Needy
Post Plans .Drive to
Raise Funds to Pay
Bandmaster
Members of the Perquimans Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars, meeting
last Monday night, donated the sum
of $60 to be used by the Perquimans
Welfare Department in bringing joy
to needy families of the county dur
ing Christmas, it was. reported today.
Plans were discussed for the Post
to hold two dances at the local club
rooms during the holidays. The first
will be held on Christmas night and
the secorid Qn New Year's Eve.
As sponsors; of the Perquimans
High School Band, the members of
the Post discussed a plan to raise
funds during the next six months to
pay a regular monthly salary to the
bandmaster, Bert Ainsworth. VFW
and other organizations have recently
sought to have funds appropriated by
the county boards to meet this expen
diture, but due to the fact that the
present budget was drawn last sum
mer and this item stricken from the
budget of the Board of Education, the
veterans now seek a way to raise
sufficient funds to pay the bandmaster
during the remainder of the fiscal
year. The Post will attempt to have
this item fixed into next year's bud
get. The plan adopted by the VFW calls
for a number of individuals, 150 in
number, who will pledge themselves
to contribute one dollar per month to
ward meeting the amount needed to
pay the salary. Members of the VFW
are hopeful that other civic organiza
tions, such as the Rotary and Lions
Clubs and the" American Legion and
PTA will join them in conducting this
campaign and take responsibility for
collecting a portion of the contribu
tions. The proposal is expected to be
placed before the other civic groups
in the near future for acceptance and
assistance, inasmuch as the VFW
members are anxious to have the
plan in operation before the end of
January. Any person desiring to ajd
in this project may volunteer and
give his or her pledge to any mem
bers of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post.
Peanut Producers
Vote For Control
Peanut producers of Perquimans
County joined with others of North
Carolina, and voted overwhelmingly
for peanut controls during the next
three years. The election was held
Tuesday and although a light vote
was recorded here, the sentiment was
almost entirely in favor of allot
ments. W. E. White, secretary of the
AAA, reported on incomplete reports,
showing the vote in Perquimans Coun
ty was 235 for control and 4 opposed.
All voting precincts were accounted
for with the exception of Nicanor.
In the voting throughout the State
reports from 26 of 44 counties show
ed a vote of 9,971 for, as compared to
only 821 voting against the measure.
FFA Father And Son
banquet Held Thursday
The Perquimans Chapter Future
Farmers of America staged their an
nual Father and Son Banquet in the
High School auditorium on Thursday
night, December 4. The menu con
sisted of an abundant supply of Per
quimans barbecue with all the trim
mings that go along with it, and then
tapered off with ice cream and cakes.
A variety program was put on by the
FFA members, which included a lec
ture demonstration and an exhibit of
shop work. A moving picture, Hid
den Treasure," was shown in connec
tion with the .program. There were
145 dads, guests and FFA members
present. Also present was the agri
culture teacher from Central High
School, J. D. Tripp, and one member
of the Central FFA Chapter. Every
body present had a delightful time,
and some dads who have attended sev
eral FFA banquets here stated that
this was one of the best, if not the
best one put' on .yet The banquet
was served by the Home Ec teacher,
Miss Mary Alice Cohoon and several
of the Home Ec girls.
EASTERN STAR MEETING
CALLED FOR MONDAY T
The Hertford Chapter ef ' Eastern
Star will hold its regular meeting on
Monday ' night, ' December IS t, 8
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Don Juan Company Proposes Expansion
Program Providing Building Available
Legion Auxiliary
Contributes Gifts
To Vets' Hospitals
The Perquimans Auxiliary of the
American Legion has contributed 50
gifts to the veterans hospitals at
Oteen and Swannanoa, to be used in
the veterans' gift shops, it was re
ported at the meeting of the Auxiliary
held last Thursday night at the home
of Mrs. W. G. Hollowell in Winfall.
During a brief business session,
which was called to order by Mrs.
Mary G. Brinn, vice president, the
Auxiliary voted to send $10 to the
veterans at Oteen and $1.00 to the
hospital at Swannanoa.
The members votfd to hold their
next meeting on January 8 instead
of the regular meeting night which
will fall 'on New Year's. The Janu
ary meeting will be held at the home
of Mrs. T. P. Brinn.
Town Board Opposes
Railroad Petition
Members of the Board of Commis
sioners for the Town of Hertford,
meeting in regular session Monday
night, voted to file a protest with ihe
North Carolina Utilities Commission,
opposing the petition filed by the Nor
folk Southern Railroad in which the
railroad seeks permission to discon
tinue passenger service on trains No.
1 and 2. The Board also discussed
the probability of having a represen
tative at the hearing to be held in
Raleigh regarding this action.
The railway company has filed a pe
tition with the State's Utilities Com
mission asking permission to do away
with its passenger services and ac
commodations at all stations between
Norfolk and Raleigh. The company
states in its petition that it will con
tinue to handle express and freight
on these two trains, but due to a
deficit in operating expense, it de
sires to discontinue carrying passeng
ers. The company also proposes to
discontinue operating the two trains
entirely on Sundays.
Officials of the Norfolk Southern
have written a number of the towns
served by the railroad requesting co
operation with its proposal. However,
reports indicate that town boards and
Chambers of Commerce in most of
the towns served by the company will
oppose the action.
Mayor V. N. Darden reported to the
Board that a contract had been let
for the repair work needed to the
Town's water tanks and work will get
under way shortly. The estimated
costs of the repairs will be between
$2,500 and $8,000.
BIBTH ANNOUNCEMENT.
Mr. mnd Mrs.' M.' S. Bountree an
nounce ' tna .birth or a son. wayne
Jarvis, ,born Friday, December 6, t
Maryview Hospital to Portsmouth,
Vs.. Mrs. Rountree was Mi&l Mar
Jorie Forehand before her marriage.
Trueblood Services
Held Last Friday
Funeral services for William A.
Trueblood, who died at his home on
Route Three on December 3, were
conducted in Elizabeth City last Fri
day afternoon at 2;30 o'clock by the
Rev. E. B. Edwards.
Mr. Trueblood, who was 52 years of
age, was a life-long resident of Per
quimans County. He had been ill for
several months. .
He is survived by . his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Hurdle Trueblood; seven
daughters, Mrs. Walter Godfrey, Mrs.
J. C. Monds, Miss Stella Trueblood,
Mrs. Braxton Godfrey, all of Ports
mouth, Va., and Misses Luly, Hazel
and Betty Lou Trueblood, all of Hert
ford Route Three; four sons, William
Alonzo Trueblood, Jr., U. S. Army,
Thomas, James and Matthew True
blood of Hertford Route Three; his
mother, Mrs. Rebecca Williams True
blood, Hertford Route Three; three
sisters, Mrs. L. E. Umphlett, Mrs. J.
T. Lamb and- Mrs. Fenton Eure, all
of Hertford Route Three, and one
brother, Nathan Trueblood of Eliza
beth City.
Pallbearers were Irvin Turner,
Marvin Caddy, Garland Baker, L. E.
Umphlett, Fenton Eure and John
Hurdle.
Interment was in the Trueblood
cemetery near New Hope.
Local Concern Would
Expand Activities and
Increase Payroll
Increased employment for a larger
number of individuals and a larger
payroll- in the Town of Hertford ap
peared a possibility this week if a
proposal made by officials of the Don
Juan Manufacturing Company meets
with approval of local governing
bodies and receives the support of lo
cal citizens.
Officials of the company called upon
Mayor V. N. Darden earlier this week
and expressed a desire to enlarge the
company's local operations by moving
its entire manufacturing operations
into Hertford providing sufficient
building space and so:;ie other con
cessions could bp offered to offset
partial costs of the transfer of busi
ness here.
A building approximately 50x150
feet will be needed to house the op
erations, and it has been reported
that a site for this building has al
ready been offered, providing ways
and means of constructing the build
ing can be provided. The company
also seeks free taxes for a period of
years on the building and lot, How
ever, this concession will not extend
to the machinery and materials of
the company.
Only recently the company began
operations here in Hertford and now
employ 25 to 30 persons. At present
the company is training this group in
its methods of manufacturing shirts
and later the company plans to en
large its present force. Officials of
the company have expressed them
selves as highly satisfied with local
employment conditions and labor sup
ply and thus look with favor on Hert
ford as a site for their entire opera
tions. Plans for a building to house the
company, under the new proposal, are
now being drawn and costs will be
estimated upon completion of these
plans. If the proposal is received
favorable, a corporation or company
may be organized for the purpose of
constructing the building, which of
ficials of the Don Juan Company plan
to liquidate over a period of years.
The company, it was pointed out,
will increase the number of em
ployees under this new plan from 150'
to 200 persons.'
In Fire Last Friday
A fire which started when a small
auxiliary truck and used to pump oil
into customers' tanks backfired and
completely destroyed a gasoline truck
owned by the Winslow Oil Company
last Friday afternoon.
Gutherie Jolliff, driver of the truck,
stated he was delivering fuel oil to a
customer at Winfall when the motor
backfired and caught the oil fumes
afire. Jolliff drove the truck from the
spot near the Cayton home in Winfall
onto the highway and then was forced
to abandon the truck. The Hertford
Fire Department was called to the
scene, but the blaze had gained so
much headway the firemen found it
impossible to extinguish the holocaust.
After about one hour the fumes gen
erated from approximately 300 gal
lons of oil and gasoline aboard the
truck burned out and the firemen ex
tinguished the remaining flames.
Loss from the fire was estimated at
approximately $3,000. It was re
ported the truck was uninsured.
Rotary Club Donates To
Christmas Joy Fund
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club, at the close of their regular
meeting Tuesday night, contributed
approximately $60 to be turned over
to the Perquimans Welfare Depart
ment to help provide aid to the needy
families of this county at Christmas
time.
It was also announced that the Don
Juan ' Manufacturing Company of
Hertford has contributed $50 to be
used by the churches of Hertford to
aid the needy at Christmas.
PtA Bazaar And Card
Party Friday Night
Members of the Hertford Grammar
School Parent - Teacher Association
will sponsor a bazaar and card party
at the school building; Friday bight,
December 12. Rook and bridge will
be played during the evening, x": .
' A Christmas operetta will be pre
sented prior to the card psrty, r
PrMwuula from : tha ATtmt will be
I used by the PTA topurchase play-
1 ground equipment ior in local school
Girl Scouts Meet To
Practice Xmas Carols
Members of the Hertford Troop of
Girl Scouts will meet Thursday to
practice Christmas carols, in prepara
tion for a caroling party they will
stage on Tuesday night before Christ
mas. The Girl Scouts will hold their an
nual Christmas supper meeting on
Tuesday, December 23, at; the home
of Mrs. J. H. Towe, and following the
supper will exchange gifts. '
'No meeting of the troop will be
held during the week of December 29.
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