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1 A The Hertford Lions Club will be
host to tb Perquimans High School
foWball squad at ft steak supper -.
Ada nizht. December 19, at 6:45.
J The steak fry will be held at the Town
' municipal phut.
Club President Charlie Vann will
". welcome the. guests, who' in turn will
. "be Introduced to,, the Lions members
' by Coach Jo LavinsOn.
Coach Levinson and Jack Symons,
stellar lineman of the Indians, will
attend a testimonial dinner in Wil
liamston Saturday afternoon. The
dinner will be given by a sporting
roods store of Williamston, which is
sponsoring the selection of an all
star team composed of players on
teams competing in the three confer
encea operating in the Northeastern
section of the State. ...
Svmona was selected by five
judges to fill one of the positions on
the all-star teams, according to Coach
Levinson, who was notified of the
selection by telegram early this
week.
Rex Enfield, coach of South Caro
lina, will be the guest speaker at the
dinner in Williamston.
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Squaws Win, Indian! Hit And Run Driver
Lose In Games With
South Mills Cagers
Perquimans Girls In
Close Game; Local
Boys Hit Slump
Fined $260 Appeals
To Superior Court
Eight Cases Heard By
Recorder's Judge This
Week
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HEADLINES
After days of endless arguments
and disagreements over conditions
relative to a peace treaty for Ger
many, the London Conference of For
eign Ministers adjourned this week.
George Marshall, U, S. Secretary of
State, moved for the adjournment
Monday, after Russia insisted on huge
Tepamtione , from Germany. Russia
: laie4 ,th confsrene wM blocked
L 7 V propose by the Western
inMira: and o Wester Dowers eeun-
f m4 that RuSHUaad used the mMt-
pagtoa..There.ras,;ho ladation of
future Wittni of the Big Four at
the conclusion of the London confer
ence, and Reports stated that the U. S.
and Britain are expected to start
building, up the economic conditions in
Western, Germany. France is also ex
pected to join the two Western nations.
Meanwhile , Congress continues
work on the bill authorizing aid to
Western Europe, and this week Demo
crats launched a fight against Re
publican proposals to cut the funds
requested by the Administration. A
House appropriations committee has
caned for an 88 million, dollar slash
in the proposed measure. Partial aid
for. France and Italy, contributed by
individuals across the United States,
is already enroute to these two coun
tries. The foodstuffs were contribut
ed to the Friendship Train which
grew into several train loads of food
and grain. This food has been ship
ped from U. 'S. ports to France and
Italy. -
Russia is having its economic problems,-
as it JEM, revealed this week
that the Russian gorernraent has re
valued the ruble, ItttssiVi, Mnery
unit, in an effoTt to haltjniutton oe
, hhtd the inn curtain. , Russia indivi-
- 4uftla ire being give new money for
-veld; but are -getting about one sew
?' ldMto tkMih fnnsM mim.
lleports. stated that Bnmiana axema
buying, epree attemptingf to vwnvert
rubier into various; terns .tjefore los
ing toojnuch of the value.
Transportation Is again playing a
role in sectional shortage of gasoline
Vand. fuel alls. Increased use at both
f these ttemi also -eontribiite some
JOHN F. WHITE
With a Democratic Primary
Election scheduled to be held
next May, John F. White of
Edenton this week announced
that he will be a candidate for
District Solicitor.
Forty-two Students
On U.S. Honor Roll
Forty-two students, 13 boys and 29
girls, were listed on the Perquimans
High School honor roll for the sec
ond grading period, according to E.
C. Woodard, principal, who released
the list of honor students today.
The eleventh grade carried off
high honors by having 13 members
win places on the outstanding schol
astic list. The students are listed by
grades:
12th Grade Laurastine Britton,
Anna Fave Copeland, Peggy Cook,
Eugene Hurdle, Leon Lane, Trafton
Phillips, Reginald Tucker.
11th Grade Marietta Jolliff, Mel
vin Colson, Lindsay Reed, Daly Roun
tree, ClaAeon White, Joyce Butt,
Pearl Hunter, Maria Rountree, Lelia
Lee Winalow, Pat Morns, Mary Lou
SiEJtWUl Chappeu, James
10th Grade Faye Kae bymons,
Dorothv Britton, Charlene Miller,
Marv Bell Stott, Anna Rogerson,
Marjorie Perry. Ruby Lane.
8th Grade Mary Sue Cook and
Calvin Butt.
8th Grade Pauline Burbage, Ann
Morrill. Amy Van. Roach, Margaret
Svmons. Marsruerite Butler, Tommy
sn.nr Rillv Morriii Benton.' Robert
Winslow and Bilhe Skinner.
Auction Of Stables
Draws Large Crowds
The Perquimans Squaws won their
second rural conference basketball
game here Monday night by turning
back the South Mills girls in a close
and thrilling game which was not de-!
cided until the final seconds of the
contest. The score was 31-30. South
Mills showed superior passing and
floor work, but the shooting on the
part of the local girls was better, and
thus the margin of victory rested
with the Squaws. South Mills held
a one-point advantage at the first
quarter but Perquimans added nine
points to its total and was ahead "16
12 at half time. Both teams played
hard during the third period and the
score was knotted at 20-all shortly
after the beginning of the final
period. It was nip and tuck the rest
of the way with first one team scor- I
ing, then tne otner. lhe visitors
went into a 30-28 lead just before the
game ended, but the Perquimans girls
sank a fielder to tie the count and
then Perry was giveh a charity toss
which was good, putting the Squaws
ahead 31-30. The game ended 'as
South Mills took the ball from center
following the foul shot.
In the boys' game South Mills con
tinued to add to its string of victories,
handing the Indians a 46-31 trounc
ing. Poor defensive play and inabil
ity to connect with the basket cost
the Indians the ball game. South
Mills hit for a fielder after the Irv-
dians had missed several attempts,
then South Mills made it 4-0. Webb
hit from the field to make the score
4-2, then South Mills rang up two
more to make their total eight. Char-,
ity tosses by Winslow and Tucker
added two more points for the In
dians and the quarter ended 8-4. Both"
teams showed improvement in the
second period but south mills con-d
tinued to hold the advantage and led
at half time 21-15. During the third
period the Indians slackened a u..t4 of court.
fenaive work and permitted South
Mills to rack up 13 points while the
locals collected only six, the score
was 34-21 at the beginning of the
final canto. The final quarter was
about even, with South Mills count
ing 12 'points to the Indians 10. The
Indians attempted several times to
overcome the South Mills lead but
never accomplished the task.
Pitt and Webb were the offensive
power for the Indians with Pitt hit
ting for 12 points and Webb' adding
ten for his total. Lane got four
points, Tucker three and Winslow
two.
A total of eight cases were dis
posed of in Perquimans County Re
corder's Court this week, with traffic
cases making up most of the docket.
A verdict of guilty was returned in
the case of Waddell Hobbs, charged
with hit and run, driving under the
influence of narcotics and reckless
driving. Hobbs was involved in a
collision with a car driven by Edward
Casper, and according to evidence
presented by Casper and Patrolman
H. L. White, who investigated the
case, the Casper car was struck and1
later Hobbs was identified as the
driver of the hit and run car. Judge
Charles Johnson fined Hobbs $200 and
costs of court and ordered that $70
of the fine be paid Casper for re
pairs to his car. Appeal bond in the
case was set at $300.
Ray Kirby entered a plea of guilty
to driving without' eye glasses on a
restricted operator's license and paid
a fine of $25 and costs.
The State nol prossed the case of
Lander Overton, charged with per
mitting his car to be operated with
out a license.
David Pike paid a fine of $10 and
costs of court after submitting to a
charge of speeding.
Court costs were assessed against
the prosecuting witnesses in the cases
charging Roosevelt Harvey, Negro,
with assault on a female and hlsie
Felton, Negro, with assault with a
deadly weapon.
Ora Byrd was found guilty of be
ing drunk and disorderly. She was
sentenced to jail for 60 days. Judge
Johnson ordered 30 days of the sen
tence be suspended upon payment of
costs and 30 days suspended upon
good behavior for a period of 12
months.
Hular Jenkins, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of speed
ing and paid a fine of $10 and costs
At Long Last
At long last it appears that the
much discussed problem of heating
the Perquimans County High School
building will be solved during the
Christmas holidays. F. T. Johnson,
county superintendent of schools, an
nounced Monday that the long await
ed new heating system for the build
ing arrived by freight last Saturday,
and every effort will be made to have
the system installed in the building
during the Christmas school vaca
tion.
Attempts were made to secure a
heating system for the building dur
ing the war years, but this proved
impossible, due to shortages of ma
terials, and the order for the plant,
which arrived this week, was placed
more than two years aso and has just
been filled.
Smith Rites Held
Last Saturday P.M.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at the Woodland
Methodist Church by the Re E. B.
Edwards and the Rev. J. R. Byerly
for Roscoe Smith, f, who died on
December 11 at 10 o'clock at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. James
Pierce, on Hertford Route Three.
During the services Mrs. Kddie
Harrell and Mrs. Jack Benton sang
"Sometime We'll Understand" and
"Under His Wing," accompanied at
the piano by Mrs. Durwood Barber.
At the grave they sang "In the Sweet
Bye and Bye."
Pallbearers were Philip Sawyer,
Ernest Cartwright, Irvin Whedbee,
Leonard Pierce and Corbitt Pierce.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary
Elizabeth Harrell, two sons, Benja
min and Matthew; one daughter, Mrs.
James Pierce; four brothers, Horace,
Lee and Kenny, all of Pasquotank
County and Wayland of Massachu
setts; two sisters, Mrs. Will Russell
and Mrs. Martin Morris and four
grandchildren.
Interment was at Cedarwood Ceme
Horsemen and sportsmen from a
wide area attended the dispersal sale
of the J. H. Towe stables, which was
conducted here last week, and much
interest was shown in the sale of the
fine stable of' horses owned by Mr.
Towe.
The entire string was purchased
during the sale. David Spencer, 8
year old B.G., . was purchased by
Clarence Tatum of Elizabeth City for
12200; Dinah, 6-year old PBM,
brought 11940 when purchased by
Claude Ewell of Parksley, Va.; Sac
ramento, 2-year old BG went to R.
L. Gutheridge, of Plainfield, N. J.,
for $1500; Mr. Gutheridge also pur
chased Hollyrood Carol, a bay filly,
fof J150O; Pat Song, Z-yemr old ur.
colt, went ta Rot Biddick of Eliza
beth City for $1850 HUlcrest Bertha,
2-yeaf oht bay Ally, was purchased by
HV F. Bajtlett f Elteabeth City for
ti fi78i Vlctorr W. O.. 2-year old Bl.
G., was purchased by Max Orkin of
Mllford. Del., for 9115U,
In addition to the horses, Mr. Towe
sold all of his equipment used in
trainlnc-and facing- of the stable, He
stated he appreciates me targe num
te- eeeuional shortages but oil, men rber of Interested people attending the
btt transportation abortage as thelitis vhfch was a huge success.
, chief eatue. OU totnpanies are wortc
- in OTsrtime trying to prevent short
, ages bat they re popping here
and there over the nation. . Fuel oil
and coal were hard to obtain locally
. last week, ot .these shortage are
? expected , t he ..temporary in most
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Bureau Membership
Here Nears 500 Mark
Central.PTA Holds
Christmas Meeting
Sheriff Warns Of
Law On Punchboards
License Examiner Here
Holidays And Tuesdays
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' Sgt W, S. Hnnt, State Highway
' Patrol, announced this, week that, her.
1 ginning immediately- the automobile
license examiners i for Perquimans
. County will be t the Court House in
Hertford very tMondaynnd. Tuesday
Instead of on Thursday,- r . i x
proced 're in gMng . new teattffor
drive -V licenses , end the,' Sergeant
state 1 there . shoul4.be Tory little
waiv:; cn tve pwrt of motorists seek
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Mail Delivery In
Woodland Circle Soon
S. M. Whedbee. Hertford' postmas
ter, announced today that he had been
authorized by Uie row vmce de
partment te begin a one service per
day wail delivery in that portion of
the town whlcn was incorporawsa inw
the Town limits last year. The sec
tion affected is known as Woodland
Circle. ,
Mr. Whedbee stated that the ser
vice will be started on January 2nd,
and lie advised all families living in
th .ri.li that thev should install mail
boxes immediately to be assured of
mall dflHverv. 1
I ? BIRTH. ANNOUNCEMENT
Jlr. and Mrs. R. H. Lynch of Eliza
beth City announce the birth-of a son,
Horace, III, born t&, Friday at the
Medical Center. ,Iotaer and ion are
getting along nicely.,
Punchboards are out insofar as
Perquimans County is concerned.
This was the edict issued this week
by Sheriff M. G. Owens, who on Tues
day issued a warning to business op
erators who may have in the past dis
played and operated punchboards. Mr.
Owens issued a statement saying, "It
is unlawful to display and sell chances
on punchboards and persona found
violating this law on and after Jan
uary 1, 1948, will be prosecuted ac
cording to the law.
The Sheriff advises all business es
tablishments having punchboards in
possession to dispose of same before
the first of January, as no exceptions
will be made in enforcing the law.
Rotary Joy Fund
Reaches 70 Dollars
Additional contributions, made
since last week, have pushed the
Hertford Rotary Club joy fund past
tne zvO.OO mark, it was reported at
the Rotary Club meeting Tuesday
night by A. W. Hefren, chairman of
the committee; The funds were turn
ed over to the Perquimans Countv
Welfare Department to be used in
supplying Chrjstmas baskets to the
neeuy.
Rotarians Wi n. Pitt, Herbert Nix
on and James Snipes were named as
a committee to represent the Rotary
in aiding the- Perquimans Post of
VJ W to plan and conduct a drive to
raise funds for the Perquimans Band.
BntJH ANNOUNCEMENT
' Mr. and Mrs. Jack Montgomery of
Roanoke, Va., ' announce the birth of
a daughter, borfl Saturday, December
13. Mother and daughter are getting
along nicely. , urs. Montgomrv be
fore her marriagja waa MJat Christine
Membership in Perquimans County
Farm Bureau has reached 498 mem
bers, according to A. T. Lane, secre
tary of the local Hureau, who re
ported this week that Fred Mathews,
president, and Ashby Jordan were
representing the Perquimans Hureau
at the National Farm Bureau Con
vention being held in Chicago.
Mr. Mathews, by signing up some
191 members, won the Edward O'Neal
award for Perquimans, and received
an all-expense trip to the meeting.
Mr. Jordan was second in the local
membership drive, signing up ap
proximately 50 members and he was
given a trip to the convention by the
local Bureau.
Perquimans Farm Bureau member
ship is now over the goal assigned by
the State organization. The original
goal set for this county was 492 mem
bers. The Bureau hopes to add even
more members before the first of the
year.
The PTA of Perquimans County
Grammar School held its December
meeting on Monday night, December
15, at 1MU o'clock. The Belvidere
community was in charge of the pro
gram, which had as its subject "One
World at Christmas Time." The
meeting was opened by singing "Oh
Come All Ye Faithful." The devo
tional was conducted by Mrs. F. C.
White. A duet, "White Christmas,"
was rendered by Mrs. Howard Chap
pell and Mrs. Oliver Layden. The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and the reports of the standing com
mittees were given. Mrs. J. A.
Winslow gave an interesting talk on
"Giving Gifts at Christmas." The
Rev. D. L. Fouts spoke in a very in
teresting way on the subject of the
evening, "One World at Christmas
Time." A playlet, "A Sensible
Christmas," was given by people of
the .Belvidere community. The at
tendance prize went to Mrs. Ruby
Winslow 8 first grade.
Delicious refreshments were en
joyed at the close of the meeting.
County Triple A
Group Is Elected
At Annual Meeting
Milton Dail Named as
Chairman; William E.
White Remains Secre
tary of Group
Perquimans County's Triple A or
ganization was reorganized at the
county convention, held at the Agri
culture Huilding December 10, when
delegates elected on December 9th
met and elected Milton Dail as chair
man of the county committee and
John Q. Hurdle and Miss Mae Wood
Winslow as members. The county
committee renamed W. E. White to
serve as secretary and Miss Helen W.
Nixon, treasurer.
The committeemen were selected
by delegates from the seven AAA
communities in the county, who in
turn were selected by residents of
their respective communities in an
election December 9.
The community committees are
made up of the following members:
Belvidere Clarence C. Chappell,
chairman; J. M. Copeland, vice chair
man; J. L. Lane, regular member; H.
(1. Wilder, first alternate; Walter
Nowell, second alternate.
Nicanor L. L. Lane, chairman; A.
B. White, E. S. Winslow, C. Roy
Winslow ar.ci John T. Lane.
Bethel Warner L. Madre, chair
man, T. Julian Long, C. T. Phillips,
S. M. Long and R. S. Chappell.
Hertford J. E. Hunter, chairman,
V. C. Winslow, Howard Williams,
Percy Rogerson and I. C. Long.
New Hope J. Wesley Harrell,
chairman, Seth W. Long, I. C. Butt,
A. C. Butt and H. H. Butt.
Durants Neck T. H. Jones, chair
man, E. Earl Morse, S. D. Banks, W.
A. Chappell and G. H. Hunter.
Parkville Lewis A. Smith, chair
man, J. S. Bray, Ernest E. Morgan,
W. H Smith and Raymond Stanton.
Mr. White, secretary of the com
mittee, reported final figures on the
peanut referendum were as follows:
Belvidere, 28 for, 1 against; Nicanor,
H8 for, none against; Bethel, 44 for, 2
against; Hertford, 85 for, none
against; New Hope, 23 for, none
against; Durants Neck, 15 for, one
against; Parkville, 42 for, 4 against
Phillips To Head
Bethel Mans
Ashley Rites Held
Wednesday Afternoon
W. R. Ashley, 67, died at 8:45 Mon
day night in a Norfolk hospital after
an illness of one month. He was a
native of Perquimans County and
lived in the Belvidere community.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Lynch Funeral Home by the Rev.
J. T. Meekins, assisted by the Rev.
Arthur Stephenson.
The Misses Jolliff sang "Nearer My
God To Thee" and "In the Sweet
Chappell, vice j Bve. and Bve" They were ccom-
John F. White Will
Be Candidate For
District Solicitor
Edenton Attorney An
nounces Intention to
Run This Week
John F. White this week announced
that he will be a candidate for Dis
trict Solicitor subject to the Demo
cratic Primary Election which will be
held in May.
Mr. White took his academic work
at Wake Forest College and later
studied law at the University of
North Carolina. He began active
practice in 1926, and during his 21
years as a member of the Bar served
as both Judge and Prosecutor of the
Chowan Recorder's Court. He also
represented Chowan County in six
regular and two special terms of the
General Assembly, having served
under five Governors, Max Gardner,
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Clyde R. Hoey,
Melville Broughton and R. Greg
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Clarence Phillips has been elected
to the office of president of the Bethel
Ruritan Club for the next year, and
other officers elected at a meeting of
the club at the Colonial Tourist Home
last week are R. S.
Lloyd Evans, treasurer, and I. U. : . V. Z . m ""'B,uw'
gel, chaplain. Emerson Asbell, Tolly Twine J W.
The new officers will be installed at "r"e "r ""
a meeting of the club in January. . "afn8- uJ?rl.e uw, John As-
Char es Ward, president of the oimpsou
club,' Clarence Phillips and Emmett
Long represented the local club at a
Ruritan district meeting held recent
ly in Greenville.
VFW Post Seeking
Room Decorators
, Members of the VFW Post, plan
ning to stage two dances at the Post
club rooms during the holidays, are
seeking volunteers to assist with the
decorations of the ropms. The com
mittee desires a number of young
ladies to assist with the decorations
and persona wishing to aid should
contact Jack Winslow, lames Newby,
George Fields or Henry Stokes. .
were honorary pallbearers.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Doris Ashley, one aon, Horace, of
Norfolk, three daughters, Mrs. Melvin
Jarrod, Mrs. Lonnie Wilder and Mrs.
Robert Oliver of Edenton.
County Library To
Observe Holidays
Perquimans County Library will
observe the Christmas holidays next
week, it was announced by a mem
ber of the Library Board today. The
library will be closed all day next
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and
it also will be closed on Saturday
morning. It will be opened Saturday
afternoon between 2 . and 5 o'clock. .
N-S Hearing Set
For December 22nd
Hearings on an application of the
Norfolk Southern Railroad Company
to discontinue passenger service on
iw nne Detween Norfolk and Raleigh
has been set for Monday, December
ii, it has been announced by the
North Carolina Utilities Commis-sion.
The railroad claimed in it. nni,w
tion filed some time ago it was losing
money by operating passenger ser
vices, out states it desires to continue
carrying mails and express.
A number of letters of protest
against the proposal has been re
ceived by the State Commission, and
tne lown of Hertford and local busi
ness men have joined in these pro
tests against the application.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
CHAPEL HILL CHURCH
A Christmas program will be pre
sented at the Chapel Hill Church
Sunday night, December 21, it was
announced today. The public ia cor.
dially invited to attend.
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