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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina,. Yiday, December 26, 19477
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Navy Representatives In Meeting Here
Thursday Regarding Lease Of Harvey Point
To f.y For New
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Urged
I ont whose surnames begin witls A
'Persons whom last names begin
v, -with A or B have only a few' days
' I left in which to renew their driving
licenses without fear of penalty.
" V Thg Motor Vehicles Department an-
3 nounced' today that oat of the es
. .timated 150,000 A and B drivers in
.Nortlt 'varolina, only around iuu,-
neyj 11c
and per-
k 000 had thus far obtained
fcnaeg,;
,t uroe . orawing snorc,
or V who are caught driving after
- f January 1 on an old license will be
found guilty of a misdemeanor and
will be Uned riot' less than (25.
CoL H. J. Hatcher, Commander of
x tarn siate ruenwav rairoi, nas an-
' f nounced that he plans to have patrol-
"'V.men make Bpot checks along the
't;lighwayt after the first of the year
f.'f for. the 'purpose of catching delin
' quent A and B motorists,
v Only a week remains for these driv-
f erg to Jreflew their HcenseB, due to the
f 4 f act that Christma holidays for State
.'.f employees will begin at l r. m. on
! Wednesday, Decern bar 24, and con-
tlnue through December 28. In some
i0 areas of the State where an exam-
fr iner goes only one or two days a
1 'week, the time is much more press
ing: '
. Thi'A's and B's were given the
. period beginning last January 1 and
4ontinaing through December 81 to
. ua .-n-examinauon ana ODiain new
' liconsea, And, 104 license examiners
were .placed on duty throughout
North Carolina to take care of the re
i examination program,
j Beginning January 1 and continu
al Ing through June SO, 1948, persons
.'whose last names begin with C and
: ; D will be re-examined, The Motor
vysVehfclea Department is urging these
! persons to report to their examining
r atationri early in the year, so as to
1 avoid the last minute rush that is
1 $now prevalent with A and B drivers.
i -All licenses being issued under the
miliar birthday of the license in the
iach time. In this way, the Depart-
ment hones to weed out the poor and
s inefficient drivers that are likely tt
jcausoi accidents on our highways.
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Early Edition
This week's edition of The Per
quimans Weekly has been printed and
monies to its readers several days
lhead of the usual schedule. This
. pping up of the press schedule will
nable the editor and the printers of
The Wtekly to enjoy a vacation dur
ing the holiday season. Editor and
.is. Campbell will spend the Christ
mas holidays with their father, J. C.
Campbell at Shelbyville, Indiana, and
will return to their home here on
New Year's day.
In this issue of The Weekly the
icrchants and business men of Hert-
' are sending season's greet ii.
o the residents of this trade area
md to the readers of The Weekly.
These fine expressions of greetings
tell of the appreciation local mer
chants hold for residents of this area
for the patronage in local stores dur
ing the past year.
EACE on earth . . . home . . . worship
freedom . . . friendships . . . loved ones . . . happy
children ... the thoughtfulness of those about us
. . . let's preserve all that is Christmas and what
Christmas really means for all the days to come. And
may all these blessings be yours to enjoy.
THE EDITOR
Fcv Opportunities
Rc. ::n On Joy List
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,.( i Perquimans County who desire to as-
Isiat nnfqrtunates at Christmas time
Istill hav an opportunity to do so,
5 according to C. Edgar White, superin
itendent of the Perquimans Welfare
i Department. Mr. White announced
this morning that a few opportuni
ties star remain on his list and per-
sons wJk wish to help spread Christ- a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect,
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS
York Sun
We take pleasure in answering at
once and thus prominently the com
munication below, expressing at the
same time our great gratification that
its faithful author is numbered among
the friends of the Sun:
"Dear Editor:.
"I am eight years old.
"Some of my little friends say
there is so Santa laus. Papa says
'If you see it in the Sun, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth. Is there
a Santa Claus ? .
"Virginia OTIanlon."
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism of a skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
They think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensible to their little
minds: All minds, Virginia, whether
they be men's or children's, are little.
In this great universe of ours man is
lives, and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia, nay
ten timte ten thousand years from
now, he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood.
It,.. ot, nonnlo ahnulH
Jcontact tH welfare office Immediately,
f . Food haaketa have been made up
y ; the - Welfare Department from
funds provided by a number of in
. vdMdualg lad organisations and these
- Ure being distributed by the Welfare
1 Department, assisted by membert of
?tho Pirqtrimana Post of Veterans of
It. e X ivauoa Arm? also uaing
.1 .Welfare Department in
a bJt f cheer into the Uvea
atyVi teialortuBate fan-
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the.
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as compared with the'boundless world
about him, as measured by the Intel
ligence capable of grasping the whole
of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exist, and
vou know that they abound and give
to your life its highest beauty and
ioy. Alas I How dreary wouw oe we
world if there were.no Santa Claual
(t would be as dreary as if there were'
Voiih Fellowship Group
i.Icc ; M Evans Church
J' The -odiat Youth Fellowsliip
theld L. i.arular meeting at the Ev-
ians l-hodist Chuwh Sunday, P
Veember 7, wheh it wag decided to give
It Chris1 -nas box to a needy family,
I ilem' . pment t tha meeting
iwera ZJ.ma, and Cliftoh Boyd, Beat
rice Ev.nB Bernice and Kannit Wil
M'ams. rtanford Perry. Audrey and
Dor'-' Eeeter, Hermatf Parriah,
and Ofeai'i;ftepIet,.MB
. Heatrico Enu. Lottie Ann
- 1L jlas Leary, Belle Whit, tela
!. Euthe Clary and the apon-
ors, lis Helen Evan, Mies Louise
.,' ldon and the Rev. E. K. Meewns.
Plans' were mada for missionary
ilja for the Methodist Youth rtind.
Vh'a monev. -f o which -no ' definite
iamounfhaa 'been etiili be due
isome time In October? 1948, Tlana
Vwere alro made for contributions to a
camp f--d, due before Christmas,
' Tt9 eveninra . program wag'
'sen as a "Dramatte Concert?, by
ZJ 3 a; 1 and Cscar Peeples;-with
C! "s carols sung by tha choir,
i C s prrsentg wera then ax
-ha . i.-aTvresnmenig servea.
Car Inspection Law
Effective January 1
The new automobile inspection law
which was passed at the last session
oi tne uenerai Assembly and goes
into effect January 1, has been caus
ing a good deal of confusion lately
but it's really not so bad as it seems.
Under the law all automobiles have
to be inspected one time during 1948.
That means anytime during 1948.
Beginning in 1949 cars must be in
spected every six months.
Forty inspection stations will be
set up throughout the State on the
basis of one station for each 20,000
automobiles. It is likely that one of
these will be located here, although
tne rest or tne towns in this area
will have stations set up temporarily.
All the testing will be done with
machinery and following the inspec
tion each automobile driver will be
given a card showing h5w close to
perfect the car came.
Motto for the inspection is See
ing, Steering, Stopping those factors
no .YlrgimV There wbjUaiba neiin driving will occupy the most atten-
cniiaiiKe laun inen, no poetry no ro
mance to. make tolerabljhia exist
Ince. We tfiould have tk enjoyment,
except m sense ana ngni. xne eter
nal light with which childhood fills the
world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You
might m well not believe in fairies!
You-might get your papa to hire men
to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus,.
but even if they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would that
prove t Nobody sees Santa Claus,
but that Is no sign that there is no
Santa "Claus. The most real things
in the world are those that neifhei
children nor men can see.. Did you
ever eat fairies dancing on the lawn 7
Of course not, but that's no proof
that the are not there. Nobody can
conceive or imagine all the wonders
that are unseen and unseeable in the
world. !'-
You . may tear apart the baby's
rattle and see what makes the noise
lnaide,& but there is a veil covering
the unseen world which not the
strongest man, .nor even the united
strength .of all the strongest men
that ever ' lived, could tear apart.
Only faith,;' fancy,; poetry love, ro
mance, can push aside that curtain
and ' view . and pfctura the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Ig it all
real T. Ah, Virginia, jn all thig;world
ther is nothing else real and abiding.
No Santa Clausl Thank Gddl kg
I County Tax Listers
To Begin Duties On
Thursday, January 1
J. W. Ward, Perquimans County
Tax Supervisor, announced that the
tax listers for the five townships and
members of the Board of Commis
sioners met at the Court House last
week for the purpose of reviewing in
structions and receiving supplies for
the tax listing job.
The list of property for taxes will
get under way January 1, and a
schedule of places where the tax list
ers will work will be published next
week. The tax listers for this year,
as appointed by the Board of Com
missioners at the December meeting
are: Carroll V. Ward, Belvidere
Township; John O. White, Hertford;
Seth Long, New Hope;' Roy S. Chap
pell, Bethel, and Raymond Stanton,
Parkville.
Mr. Ward issued an appeal to prop
erty owners of the cohnty to list early
and thus aid the tax listers by help
ing to avoid a last minute rush. All
property owners who fail to list their
property by January 31 will be taxed
with a late listing penalty.
Each farmer must report the acre
age ot each crop, as in previous
years, and the tax supervisor re
quests all farmers to render the tax
lister every aid m making out this
report.
New Superintendent
At County Farm Jan. 1
Perquimans County Farm will have
a new superintendent on January 1
when J. C. Morgan assumes the du
ties which have been performed for
the past ten years by C. B. White.
Mr. Morgan was appointed to the
post last August by the Board of
County Commissioners after Mr.
White had notified the Board he
would not be an applicant for reap
pointment, and was well recommend
ed for the position as superintendent
of the home.
County plans for changing the
County Farm into a boarding home
for the aged is still very tentative
and Mr. Morgan will operate the
County Farm under the same set-up
as has been the custom of the past
several years.
tion from the inspectors.
The most important point for driv
ers to know is that they do not have
to have their cars inspected in order
to drive during 1948, although they
must have their cars inspected before
the end of the year. The examina
tion will cost $1.00.
Highway officials point out that
registrations cards for automobiles
are more important this year than
ever before, since no inspections will
be made before the registration card
is first presented.
"Christmastime is family time, the
season of reunion, of joy in one's chil
dren, of drawing even closer the most
fundamental ties ' that bind us to
gethertruly a season to be merry,"
said Ned H. Dearborn, president of
the Council.
"But it is a season to be wary, as
well. The tragedy of an accident be
comes even more poignant during the
Yule season. It takes only a little
forethought, a little extra care and,
often, just a little extra courtesy to
make certain a Christmas celebration
of joy and festivity' unshadowed by
accidents.
'Remember don't ' let death take
your holiday." s
Edenton Netters
Win From Indians
Showing exceptional firm for bas
ket shooting, the F.denton Aces won a
hard fought basketball game from
Coach Joe Levinson's Indians Thurs
day night by a score of 36-31. The
Indians Javee team also lost to the
Edenton juniors by an 18-11 count.
Cannon was the outstanding player
for the Indian Javees, counting for
four of his team's 11 points.
In the final game, Edenton jumped
into a commanding lead over the In
dians, who were slow in organizing
their offensive drive, and withstood a
determined drive by the local cagers
during the second half of the contest.
Edenton held a 14 point lead at one
stage of the game, but the Indians,
led by Tucker, Webb and Pitt, who
scored 13, eight and six points respec
tively, closed this margin to five
points before the final whistle.
Hertford Stores To
Dake Two-Day Holiday
From Florida
Mr.' and Mrs. W. .W. Newborn' of
Gainesville, Fla- are spending , the
holidays, with Mrs. Jenkins Walters
and Miss Lotug Spivey.
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Ainsley As Master
Members of Perquimans Lodge, No.
106, A. F. & A: M., have elected W.
F. Ainsley to serve as' master of the
lodge during 1948, ft was annbunced
following ' election of officers at a re
cent meeting. Other officers elected
were R. C. Murray, Senior Warden;
Dr. A. B. Bonner, junior Warden and
C. C. Winslow, secretary. -
Appointive officers will be named
by Mr. Ainsley following installation
services to be conducted soon.
Mr. Ainsley succeeds C. C. Wins
low as master and Mr. Winslow will
replace J. S. Vick, who served as sec
retary of the local lodge for a long
number of years.
Rotary Club To Hold
Holiday Meetings
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will hold their regular meetings
during the two weeks of Christmas
and New Year's holidays. The mem
berg voted to meet regularly despite
the nearness of the hpliddyg to the
regular jneeting days. . -
Local residents are reminded that
the majority of Hertford stores and
business houses will. , be closed two
days this 'Wek in observance of
Christmas. Most of the stores will
be closed all day December 25 and
26 in order ', to give merchants and
employees brief vacations.
All stores will be open all day on
Saturday, December 27. This closing
is in line with Governor R. Gregg
Cherry's proclamation which declared
December 25 and 26 as legal holidays.
Town of Hertford Of
fered Lease; Board
Expresses Interest In
Proposition
Captain J. T. Brown, Chief Staff
Officer, Naval Air Command of the
Fifth Nval District, and T. J.
Crooks, civil engineer on the staff,
met with members of the Board of
Commissioners for the Town of Hert
ford last Thursday night, at which
time discussions relative to a lease of
the Harvey foint Naval Hase were
held.
It was pointed out during the meet
ing that the Town of Hertford has an
opportunity to lease the hase from
the Navy for a sum of one dollar per
year, and in turn receive the right
to sub-lease a part or any portion of
the base, subject to approval of sub
leases by the Navy Department.
After hearing details of the propo
sition, as explained by Captain Brown
and Mr. Crooks, members of the Town
Board expressed an interest in ob
taining a lease, subject to several
problems relative to sub-leasing.
The, Town's interest in obtaining
the base is for the purpose of farm
ing, grazing and mainly to promote
recreational and community activities.
Both Captain Brown and Mr.
Crooks told the Board that changes
have been made in leases given by
the Navy on bases such as Harvey
Point, and that leasee liability has
been lessened, since similar bases
have been leased following the close
of the war. The Town of Hertford,
according to the Naval representa
tives, is not obligated to the upkeep
of the buildings and property of the
Navy in the event a lease is consum
mated. The Navy, primarily, is in
terested in retaining title to the land
and will lease the base on a revocable
contract under those terms. Of
course, under such a lease the Navy
may regain possession upon given
notice.
At the present time Harvey Point
lis under control of the War Assets
I Administration, but the Navy has re
quested and expects to regain con
trol over the base from WAA some
time (taring thte net tKrty days. The
Department is interested in negotiat
ing a lease soon.
Under the terms of the lease, if the
Town negotiates one, the Town may
sub-lease part or all of the base site,
thus receiving a source of additional
revenue in the way of rentals. It has
been reported, but not confirmed, that
several parties have expressed an in
terest in sub-leasing part of the base
and some of the buildings in event the
Town leases the site.
One of the important problems
relative to a lease of the base, and
which members of the Town Board
proposes to investigate is the supply
ing of electric power for the site.
The Navy Department was served
power by the VEP Company, and sev
eral points pertaining to the item
must be settled before definite action
can be taken in regards to sub-leasing
any part of the base for indus
trial use.
Accord:ng to Captain Brown, the
WAA disposed of most of the prop
erty situated at the base, and the
Navy will take back the land and
buildings thereon. The base contains
some 1,250 acres of land, it was re
ported at the meeting.
Definite action is expected to be
taken by the Town Board after inves
tigation of certain problems, includ
ing the power supply, has been completed.
Chairman Calls For
Xntas Seals Report
High School QJee
Club Sings Carols
Members of the Perquimans High
School Glee Club, under the direction
of Mrs. Ethel Hopkins, presented
number of Christmas carols, sang
over the chimes system of the Herfr
ford Baptist Church, Thursday after
noon. The program was widely heard
and enjoyed by the residents of Hert
ford.
Don Juan Company
Holds Xmas Party
Officials and employees of the Don
Juan Marfufacturing Company and a
number of guests enjoyed a Christ
mas party at the company's office on
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Zack T. White from Boaton, Mast,
Grubb Street Tuesday afternoon, 'De- will arrive home Wednesday to Spend
cember 23. Refreshments v a few" days with his mother, Mrs. T.
served by the company. - j S. White, Sr.
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