WEEEOLY"
-Number 2.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, .frriclay, January 9, 1948. '
Service
Arises 7ith
.::.;ss:sn Verdict
!road Given Permis
' n Jto , Suspend Pas
;ngcr Service
new mail problem looms on the
on for Perquimans County, with
decision handed down this week
ie North Carolina Utilities Com
Jon granting the Norfolk South
i Railroad permission to discon
je passenger service on its line be
en Norfolk and; Raleigh and to
continue all trains on Sundays.
" st what these problems willgrow
,-only time will tell. The rail
!, in its petition to the Utilities
mission, pointed out that mail
1 parcel post service was expected
be continued but from an unofficial
rce The Perquimans Weekly has
metf- that the Norfolk Southern
y not maintain a regular train
edule, such ' as the one under
a ich its passenger trains operated,
ut will operate its freight trains
hich, of course, will carry the mail
i an irregular schedule, thus caus
i a delay in definite arrival and
parture of mails from Hertford and
ither points served by the railroad.
A hearing on the petition presented
y the Norfolk Southern was held in
aleigh on December 22, at which
ma the railroad requested permis
on. to discontinue its passenger ser
ce and to discontinue all trains on
ndays. The Utilities Commission
ided down its decision this week,
anting the- petition. No time was
t for the railroad to begin its new
.ations, but it is expected that
enger service will be discontinued
.whin the next few weeks. ,
A petition similar to the one pre--4
to the North Carolina Commis
i has been presented t the Vir-
Utilities Commission request
: the discontinuance 'of service In
-inia and, according to report,
v riJghboring State is expected ab
an ttyf. petition, ' ' ftP'
-ger service and regular schedules
y the railroad trains, it is expected
at local mail service will be erratic
r some time unless other means' or
ethods can be arranged, for hand'
:g of the mails.
.. Third Candidate
WALTER W. COHOON
Late last week Walter W. Co
hoon of Elizabeth City an
nounced his candidacy for So
licitor for the First Judicial
District.
$1.50 Per Year.
Vclter 7. Cohoon In
Race For Solicitor In
Tins VEBt'S
HEADLINES
Congress was back in session this
k, jmi President Trumsf, deliv
1 -a message on Wednesday outlin
- his 1948 foreign and domestic pro
n. He called for , continued aid
Europe, tightening 'of economic
Irols for fighting inflation, con
led rent control and other details
has made known. The Republican
rolled Congress is expected to
t many of the President's recom
'ntions, and the session- is ex
ji to be ft stormy one with both
ical parties sparring for election
r results.' y-:Mifi'-.-'.:'
resident TrumanV this week ac--4
a Republican orooosat to push
T- ' 1 rlan;ttrough ton year
j, rather than appropriat
; nf BpvTitpn billion dot-
,e 51" mmths plarf.;This
alter tne present pians ior
, e.H Diiuons auras tne next
mor .i for recover work in Eu
j. " he money allotted, will , be
t U- the western countries of Eu-
cooperating" with the United
t plan for .recovery. ' , ,
rt released this Week by the
Department . showed that
nment rolled m more than
s doi:2'i in surplus during
st i tpr : "ig of; the present
year, 1 r cording to the re
cover.', t income is expected
i " sp. -Ing by -the greatest
l. history. . -
LB. Perry Passes
At Elizabeth City;
Funeral Held Monday
L. B. Perry, prominent resident of
Pasquotank County and father of E.
M. Perry, chairman of the Perquimans
Board of County Commissioners, died
at his home in Elizabeth City last
Saturday. Death resulted from a
stroke suffered in 1942.
A native of Durante Neck in Per
quimans County, Mr. Perry achieved
success in his native county as one of
Perquimans. County's most prominent
business men With wide and varied
interests, including, lumber, sawmill,
cotton gin, mercantile, farm and
building interests.
Thirty years ago Mr. Perry moved
to Elia,beth City , establish the L.
'Jtiitooy;OoM;rrNVh he
later relinquished to-is son, J. par
tes Perry, who has made it one of
the - leading . Chevrolet and service
agencies in Northeastern North Caro
lina. '
In 1940, on March 2, Mr. Perry and
wife, the1 former' Miss Sallie Morgan,
who survives him, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary.
Surviving, besides his wife, are a
daughter, Mrs. i H. G. Winfieid of
Washington, D. C; three sons, Earl
M. Perry of Durante Neck, Milton V.
Perry of Elizabeth City, and J. Carter
Perry. There are six grandchildren
and four great grandchildren.
Funeral servicej) were conducted at
the Twiford Funeral Home in Eliza
beth City at 10:30 o'clock Monday
morning by the Rev. Allen P. Brant
ley, pastor of the First .Methodist
Church, assisted by the Rev. J. Her
bert Miller, District Superintendent.
Burial was made in the family plot in
New Hope.
. Pallbearers were grandsons of the
deceased, Harry, Roy, Lowell and
Leslie Perry, and nephews, Ray C.
Perry and A. C. Shannonhouse.
Entry In Race Brings
Number of Candi
dates to Three
Walter W. Cohoon of Elizabeth
City has announced that he will be a
candidate for the office of Solicitor of
the First Judicial District of North
Carolina in the May Democratic Pri
mary election. The office is now held
by John W. Graham of Edenton, who
was appointed by Governor R. Gregg
Cherry when Chester Morris was ele
vated to judge. Mr. Cohoon's an
nouncement brings to three the num
ber of candidates seeking the office.
Mr. Graham, of course, will seek re
election and John F. White of Edenton
has also announced his candidacy.
"As Pasquotank County Prosecut
ing Attorney for the past 15 years
and as assistant to the solicitor in
the Superior Court ' of Pasquotank
County for the past eight years, my
conception of public office has always
been that public office belongs to the
people and is a public trust," said Mr.
Cohoon in his announcement.
"With this conception as my guide,
I sincerely solicit the vote and sup
port of the good people of the First
Judicial District for the office of So
licitor, subject to the Democratic Pri
mary. If elected, I promise to the
people of this district a vigorous and
impartial enforcement of the crim
inal laws of our State.
"The vote and support of each and
every one will be greatly appreciated."
Mr. Cohoon received academic, and
legal training at Wake Forest College.
He has a wife and two children. He
is a member of the Pasquotank Ruri-
tan Club; Pasquotank Tribe, No. 8,
Improved Order of Red Men; Eliza
beth City Eureka Lodge, No. 317, A.
F. & A. M.; member of the First
Baptist Church of Elizabeth City and
;acher ef its Hen's Baracca class.
Tventyrtvvo Cases
License Examiner
In New Location
iPcslp:r.rl
. J Jk.,vpiw .0 , . - -
j school bells rang Wednes
ning, denoting th? end of sr
! holiday vacation; : The va
3 extended a few days by
the Board rof Education t--oikmen
to "install the!ifcw
pvstem at the Perquimans
ol.
'-j unit arrived prior to
'id it wr believed that
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the. project
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R. G. Ward, auto license examiner
for Perquimans County, announced
Monday that, effective immediately,
the license ; examining ' office ?wilL be
located in the office,of the Hertford
Police , .Department over the Town
office. ;
i'MrWard','tated he -will-Je in
Hertford every Monday and. Tuesday
from 9 A. M, to 5 P. M. for the, pur
pose of giving examinations to driv
ers, At the present time all motorists
whose names begin with C or D. are
scheduled to take new examinations.
-The examiner will be in Gatesvjlle at
'the same hours as listed above every
Wftdnoiidav and Thursdav.
J - tfAfAiiifa wlins. ranna tularin wifli
A or B, who failed to take an exam
ination during the period in 1947,
may still apply for new licenses, but
since it is a violation to drive with
out a license, these motorists are ad
Vised to get new licenses before op
erating cars .iv.'
Senator Wm. Umstead
Visitor In Hertford .
-Senator William Umstead was a visi
tor in Hertford last Friday, spending
several hours here with friends and
acquaintances. The Senator has an
nounced that he"will seek .the nom.
irmt'on to the office to succeed him
"'f in the primary to be held Hex
1 Ir.- Umstead expressed regret that
La visit here was curtailed due to the
tr casity of returning to Washington
f r the opening of the present session
of Cor.rress. ' t -
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Inspection Lane To
a
In Recorder Court
Here Tuesday A.M.
Nineteen Speeding Vio
lations Listed on the
Clerk's Docket
Motorists operating cars on the
highway in violation of the State's
new motor vehicle laws are finding
Highway Patrolmen enforcing the law
in all phases,' and witnessed by the
fact that 22 more traffic cases were
listed on the docket in the Perquim
ans Recorder's Court here this week.
All cases were submitted and fines
and costs assessed against the de
fendants. Court itself was not in session, a
number of cases being continued un
til next Tuesday, but the cases listed
before were submitted and cleared
from the docket.
Everett Prime, Negro, was fined $25
and costs of court for driving with
out a license.
Ruth Brown paid a fine of $12 and
costs of court on a charge of speed
ing. Charles Hutchins, Harry Bridges,
Harry Flynn, James Hassett, William
Visconti, Ernest Winsbough, Nathan
Gross and Milton West each were
fined $10 and costs of court on
charges of speeding.
Harry Swartz, Harry Fockler, Wil
liam Myers, Peter Perfetti, Theodore
Wiklinson, Harry Irvin, George Bago,
Joseph Kauffman, Harry Schoenbery
and Jessie Jordan each were fined $5
and costs of court on charges of
speeding.
Homer Weidleich was taxed with
the costs of court on a charge of
passing on a curve.
Charles Carter was fined $10 and
costs of court on charges of driving
with improper lights.
A total of $177 was collected in
fines, this sum being assigned for the
use of the Board of Education, as is
all fines and forfeitures collected by
the court.
Perquimans March Of Dimes Campaign
To Be Staged During Week of Jan. 19-24 ;
Perquimans County motorists will
shortly have the opportunity of having-their
cars and trucks inspected in
Hertford, it was announced here this
week, when Mayor V. N. Darden re
ported that the Town of Hertford had
given a contract to the State Motor
Vehicle Department, with rights to
establish and install one of the in
spection lanes on Barrow Lane, which
adjoins the town's parking lot.
George Dail, chief of the Inspection
Division for this district, negotiated
with Town officials on the plans for
establishing the lane in Hertford. He
stated that the State will hard sur
face a portion of the lane which will
be used for inspection purposes, and
work on installations will be started
as soon as details can be worked out.
Similar stations will, be established
in Elizabeth City and Edenton to af
ford easy means for motorists to
comply with the State's new motor
laws which call for inspection of all
cars and trucks before the end of this
year.
; Garagemen of this community re
port many motorists are having their
cars checked prior to inspections, and
State officials advise all motorists to
do just this in order that cars will be
mechanically, right at the time of in
spection, thus saving the motorists
time and trouble with a possible re
jection: which, of course, will mean a
cond trip to the Inspection station.
XAA Office Notified
Peanut Quotas Off
W.' E. Whjte, secretary of the Per
quimans Qounty Triple A Committee,
reported today his office' has. been no
tified by headquarters in" Raleigh that
1948 peanut1 quotas will not be in
effect''; "
. Mr. White stated the ruling was
made 4y Secretary of, Agriculture
Anderson, due to the world shortage
of foods, fats and oils. '
Peanut quotas was voted for the
years 1948, 949 and 1950 by peanut
producers in a referendum conducted
during December, but the action per
mitted the Secretary of Affrfculture to
suspend quotas during" this year if
shortages appeared sufficient enough
to warrant suspension of quotas, v
SERVICE AT WOODLAND ;
The Rev.' E. B. Edwards will preach
t Woodland Methodist Church on
Sunday, January 11, at 7 o'clock. The
oublic is cordially jnvHpd to attend.
OEST6MEET MONDAY
The Hertford Chapter of the East
ern Star will hold an important meet
ing Monday night at 8 o'clock' at' the
lodge rooms In the Court House.: All
members in urged to lie present -,,
Halted No Boxes
Silas M. Whedbee, Hertford post
master, reported here Monday that
new mail delivery service, scheduled
to begin in the area incorporated into
the Town limits in January, 1946, had
been halted for reason that residents
f the area had failed to put up mail
boxes and house numbers, a regula
tion required by the Post Office De
partment. In announcing the action, Mr.
Whedbee stated that he and members
of the local Post Office Department
are anxious to place this new service
in operation, but it is necessary that
families residing in the area and de
siring mail delivery comply with the
regulations before the service can be
carried out.
The postmaster requests all fam
ilies desiring the delivery of mail at
their homes cooperate immediately by
installing mail boxes and house num
Ders. He stated the service would be
placed in full operation when the re
quired number of the residents of the
area had complied.
County Board Holds
Regular Session Mon.
Perquimans County's Board of
Commissioners met in regular session
on Monday, and in the absence of
Chairman E; M. Perry, whose father ;
died Sunday in Elizabeth City, George
W. Jackson was named as acting
chairman for the meeting.
J. C. Morgan, superintendent of the
county farm, reported to the Board
that he had assumed management of
the farm and requested a number of
minor repairs be made to the out
buildings situated on the farm.
The Board discussed the problem of
revaluation of county real estate, but
took no definite action regarding the
matter. It was the concensus of the
Board that either a revaluation may
be ordered for next year or the Board
might automatically increase-valuation
on all property by a certain percentage.
Indians Whip Jackets;
Junior Varsity Loses
Coach Joe ; Levinson's basketball
team, playing a non-conference holi
day game against Elizabeth City last
Fridaynighteame ? home-with the
long end of a 26-23 score. The In
dians paced by Tucker," Pitt and
Webb, who collected seven points
each, led the Yellow Jackets through
out the game. "The Indians', mentor
changed his lineup slightly for the
tut with the Yellow Jackets with Lane
starting at a guard spot. Winslow,
Jordan and Layden also showed ac
tion in the contest -4! ,
The Indians' Jayvee team did not
fare so well against the , Jacket
Juniors and lost ' by 29-19 count.
Tilly war the "spark plug of the
Juniors, hitting for ljpoints. Can.
non talliedthree and mjjkins four. ; :
New Beauty Shop To J
Open In Hertford
Installation of equipments has been
completed and plans are being made
this week foJhe opening of the Hotel
Beauty Shop next week, it wis an
nounced today by Mrs. J. H. Bagley,
owner of the neWfehop. ;
' Mrs. Bagley stated that the shop
will be a complete Helen Curfis Beau
ty Shop and Mrs. Stokes Leonard will
be the operator-manager Of the estab
lishment ' ; 1
Favers will be given aS visitors to
the show on-opening day. I x
Pickhardt-Dagley
Wedding Solemnized
At Baptist Church
In a beautiful double ring ceremony
performed in the Hertford Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon, Decem
ber 31, at 4 o'clock, Miss Mary Lou
Bagley became the bride of William
Lyon Pickhardt, Jr. The Rev. Charles
W. Duling, pastor of the church heard
the vows.
The church decorations were palms,
ferns, snapdragons, chrysanthemums
and ivy, interspersed with lighted
candelabra.
The wedding music was played by
Mrs. Charles E. Johnson, who rend
ered a program of nuptial music prior
to the ceremony which included "Be
cause," "To a Wild Rose," "L'Amour
Toujours L'Amour." A vested choir
composed of Ruth Tpcker,"RomW:
Divers, Charlotte Duling, Martha Lee'
Tilly, Joanne Trueblood, Annette Can
non, Catherine Ann Holmes, Howard
Broughton, Reginald Tucker and
Bobby Keaton, beautifully rendered
"Believe Me If All Those Endearing
Young Charms" and "Love's Old
Sweet Song."
The traditional wedding marches
were used, and during the ceremony
"The Indian Love Call" was played
softly.
The bride entered the church with
her father, by whom she was given in
marriage. She wore a Victorian style
wedding gown fashioned with a high
neckline with bertha trimmed in seed
pearls and long sleeves ending in
points over the hands. Her full
length veil of illusion fell from a
small crown-shaped cap of illusion
and seed pearls. Her only ornament
was a string of pearls, a gift of the
bridegroom. She carried a white
satin prayer book covered with a
white orchid and showered with white
ribbon and stephanotis.
Miss Joyce Hill of Pulaski, Va., was
maid of honor, and wore a gown of
deep green velveteen, scalloped at the
neckline and witfl long-waisted shir
red bodice. She carried a nosegay of
mixed flowers. Her headdress was of
plumes. iJ
Miss Jeanne Sturgeon and Miss
Charlotte Andrews, both of Suffolk,
Va., were bridesmaids. They wore
gowns of deep purple velveteen iden
tical to that of the maid of honor, and
their headdresses were of plumes.
Each carried a nosegay of mixed
flowers. j
.iWmiamLypn . PickhardV Sr., of
Chester,. Va., father of -the bride
groom, acted as his son's' best man.
Ushers were John A. Goodloe, Jr., of
Chester, Va., and Lynn Chewning of
Richmond, Va. The candles were
lighted by the ushers, -'
The bride's mother wore a gown of
wine crepe with - black accessories.
Her flowers were a shoulder corsage
of white roses.
The bridegroom's mother wore a
gown of black crepe with matching
accessories. Her! flowers were a
shoulder corsage of ted toSes. ,
The bride's grandmother, Mrs. C.
V, Williford, wore a black crepe dress
and her - flowers-: were White gar
denias. The bridegroom's grandmother,
Mrs. W. I Pickhardt of Chester, Va.,
wore a gray crepe dress and her flow
ers were gardenias.
Mrs. Charles Whedbee of Hertford
and Mrs, Ocie Bland of Suffolk, Va.,
were mistresses of ceremony. Their
nowerl were corsages of nink roses,
.Immediately: f611owing the cere
mony, a reception was given at the
tome or the ride's parents at the
Hotel Hertford. . The entire lower
floor of the hotel was decorated with
white chrysanthemums and fern, and
hghted tapers In silver candelabra.
(Continued on Page Eight)
Concentrated Drive Be
ing Planned By Coun
ty Committee
The annual March of Dimes, a cam
paign to raise funds to spearhead
the fight against infantile paralysis,
will be staged here in Perquimans
County during the week of January
19-24, it was announced today by
Silas M. Whedbee and Dr. T. P. Brinn,
co-chairmen of the Perquimans Coun
ty committee.
Plans for a concentrated drive'to
raise the local quota are now being
mapped out by the co-chairmen, who
will call a meeting of the general
committee sometime next week. De
tails of the plans will be given at this
meeting and solicitors will be advised
as to plan for action.
It is believed that the committee
will forego any special events per
taining to the annual March of Dimes
but will concentrate on a house-to-house
canvass as a means of local
funds.
Mr. Whedbee and Dr. Brinn have
served as co-chairmen of the March
of Dimes for the past several years
and have successfully conducted short
drives, reaching local quotas in record
time. They are hopeful that public
response will again enable the Per
quimans committee to bring .thg 1948
campaign to a close within-the week
allotted for the campaign.
Pointing out that 80,00,0 people
were stricken with polio during; the
past five years, Mr. Whedbee stilted
the need for funds to continue the
fight against this disease is great and
that since the costs of fighting'polio
have, (ike other items, skyrocketed, a
tremendous burden, has beerr placed
on the resources of the-' National
Foundation for Infantile. 'Prajtysis,
which this year celebrates the. tenth
anniversary of " its founding by
Franklin D. Roosevelt Contributions
to the 1948 March of Dimes 'help to
guarantee that no infantile paralysis
victim need go without care f ok Slack
of money despite the rise in cases' and
the increasing costs of medica: and
hospiwr expenses. . ,
Perquimans Divide
Games With Moyock;
Play Manteo Friday
Perquimans High School basketball
teams resumed their rural conference
competition Tuesday night when the
Indian Squaws lost to the conference
champions, Moyock girls, by a score
of 33 to 20. The Indians, defending
champs of the boys' teams, knocked
off the Moyock oys 23 to 18 in what
was a rather ragged game.
The games were the first confer
ence tilts since the holidays began
and both coaches of the Indian teams
were not expecting too much smooth
team work from the local squads.
The Perquimans girls, which is prac
tically an entire new team, made a
creditable showing against the veteran
Moyock girls and give promise of
gaining revenge - when the Moyock
squad returns here for a gamte later
in the season.
Horace Webb, lanky centef-of the
Indians, led his team mates in gain
ing victory over the Moyock boys.-
Pitt and Tucker also turned fti good
games on the offensive. Winslow,
Jordan and Lane led the defensive
tactics for the Indians. ;
iThe Indians and Squaws will meet
Manteo in conference games here
Friday night, with the girlar game
scheduled to start at 7:45 o'clock.
. .Coach Joe Levinson's juniorivarsity
team opened its season plan in the
Albemarle Conference ThursdaV might
with Weeksville Jayvees plating on
the local court
Civil Term Superior
Court Opsns Monday
The January term of Perguimans
Superior Court will open here Mon
day, January 12, it was announced
today by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt,
who stated that Judge W. H..S. Burg
wyn of Woodland will be the presid
ing judge.
This term of court wify be held f or ,
the purpose of hearing civil cases
onlj) and Clerk of Court Pitt stated
that a heavy docket is calendared for
the week, and if all cases are heard,
a lengthy session is expected.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
i Born to Mr, and Mrs. Watsom Wins
law of Newport News,.'Va., son, ,
Robert Watson, on December- 22 at
Riverside Hospital 1 , v-;-'
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