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Vc.ume XV.-Number 3.
"Hertford, Perquimans County North CajoUna. ' Friday, January 16, 1948.
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Solicitors Urged to Com
plete , Canvass Before
: Saturday Night
' .Df. T. P. Brin and Silas M. Whed
bee, co-directors of, the1 ; Perquimans
County March of Dimes program, an
nounced today .- that the March of
Dimes carapaignjwill open here next
Monday morning' and solicitors are
being urged to complete their work
,of canvassing the county before next
Saturday night. .
At a meeting of the committee,
charged with conducting the annual
drive, held Tuesday night, solicitors
, were named to handle the canvassing
, within the Town of Hertford. Sev
eral . solicitors from the ruraj , areas
have-yet to be-4ard from and this
part xt the campaign. set-up lad not
been completed up to Wednesday
morning. However, Mr. Whedbee
stated all solicitors will be contacted
. before the end of this week, and
names, not listed today will be an
nounced next week. '
. The; solicitors and the territory as
signed them are: Business houses,
. Robert Hollowell, Henry C. Sullivan,
J. W. Ward; Front Street, Mrs. S. M.
Whedbee, Mrs. T. P, Brinn; Church
Street,' Mrs. B. G. Koonce; Grubb
Street, Mrs. Charles Johnson, Mrs. L.
B. Sitterson; - Market Street, Mrs.
Julian A. White and Mrs. W. L. Jes-
aup; Dobb Street, Mrs. W. H. Pitt,
Mrs. Charles Skinner; Academy
Street, , Mrs. Cecil Winslow; West
. Grubb Street, Mrs. Reginald Tucker;
Covent Garden, Mrs. Clinton Ely;
Penn Avenue, Mrs. Norman Elliott;
West Dobb Street, Mrs. D. F. Reed;
VWoodland Circle, Mrs. R. C. Murray.
t .-Miss Frances Maness will head up the
, drive among the home demonstration
clubs of the county. , ; , ,
Collections in white schools of the
'cownty will be under the direction of
, "JX-C. Woodard, principal at Perquim-
- - ans Hi4h School .r .
The committee named E. H. Brown,
- S. L. Kingsbury W, O..Bearaon and
.' Odessa Burke .to erv aa chairmen of
V the colored division.- tojnrgakizev the
, rcouatr' -As' i s.;:
' The co-directors announced tfeal.the
quota assigned the founty this - year
amounts to $970, which. is slightly
. higher than the goal given last jear,
but the Increase, in the quota la due
to higher costs of combatting Infan
,' tile paralyjjis toward which the funds
collected are used. : ...
AO solicitors are urged to complete
- the canvass of their territory before
t' next Saturday night and to make re-
- ports to the directors.' The commit
tee hopes to complete the campaign
within the one- week allotted and to
close the drive a week from Saturday.
Wildlife Club To
Elect New Officers
Members of the Perquimans Wild
life Club will meet at 8 o'clock next
Monday night at the Court House in
Hertford for the purpose of electing
officers to serve during the coming
year, it was announced today by Ed
gar Fields, secretary of the group.
Mr. Fields stated that all members
of the county club are urged to at
tend this meeting and that the public
is also invited to be present.
R. M. Riddick, Jr., has served as
president of the club during the past
year. , ;
Perquimans
Arrangements Being
Vro Post Backing
Completed For Tars
To Practice Here
Arrangements are now being made
for a program to be worked out
whereby the Norfolk Baseball Club
will be given a -' lease on Memorial
Field for the purpose of establishing
a spring training camp in Hertford,
it was announced here this week.
The compromise plan came into be
ing when it was determined that the
training camp here interf erred to
some degree wjth the physical educa
tion program at Perquimans High
School, and the Board of Education
expressed itself as opposed to any in
terference with the school program.
On learning .' of this decision, a
group of interested men worked out
compromise whereby a field will be
made ad joining Memorial Field for
the' use of the school classes during
the time the Norfolk players are inr the eame,
THIS VMS
: MEADLiuES
President Truman this 'week pre
sented to Congress proposed budget
for the " next . fiscal year, which will
begin July i, 1948, calling for ex
penditures of some. 40 billions of dol
lars, the largest peace time budget
n the history of the nation. Broken
own, the budget revealed that na-
jnal defense would take most of
very aoiiar, and foreign aid was next
i line. Immediately following the
esenwuon, Republican leaders in
ongress assailed the proposed bud-
nw as. sfoag too wgiuHi. JL- ?r v
The political picture changed some
what this week , with an announce
. nt, by Kerr .Scott that he will not
be a candidate for re-election as
Commissioner of Agriculture, and im
mediately Stag Ballentine, who has
been reluctant to announce his candi
dacy for the Governorship, Stated he
v J run for the post being vacated by
. tt Interest seems en the upgrade
i i a number of local situations. & tint
,c ::dates, Charles Vann of Aulander
;t v vr. i. nalstead of Camden have
need for the office ,. of State
sr irom wis aisferct. i v
ler winter1 weather continued to
it most of the nation during the
- .'The Midwest was reported ex
.Ing the co) 4est weather of this
.and snow and rain were re
i In the Northeastern States.
York, which recorded a "record
fctorm during; the holidays, has
1 snow and rain several days., ,
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' --TH ANNOUNCEMENT ;
"T. ti-3 Tin. A. C. l!I!ler of Clava
l'. ", .' nounce the birth of a
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using the regular athletic field for
practice. Efforts are being made at
the present, to fix this additional field
immediately to pave the way for the
lease or Memorial Field to the Tars.
Under he pltfn, it has been stated
bf both .echool Officials -and the. men
tiCerested Jutlringing the '.Tar;;to
HettWrd there will be no interferyee
and the High School will be permitted
to use Memorial . , Field for athletic
contests while theJTars are in prac
tice here. It was reported that all
members of the Board of, Education
expressed themselves as favoring a
lease to the Tars under these condi
tions. An announcement from Norfolk has
stated that the Tars are tentatively
planning to conduct their spring train
ing camp here, and H. P. Dawson,
president of the Tars, has been in
Hertford several times to make ar
rangements for housing the players
expected to come here. He also has
been lining up a tentative schedule of
exhibition games to be played here
and in Norfolk.
Cage Games With
Manteo Friday Night
Central Outpoints Lo
cals In Contest at
Central Tuesday
Facing tough competition this week,
the Perquimans Squaws lost two con
ference games, one to the fast mov
ing, sharpshooting Manteo girls by a
57-39 count and being nosed out in
the second by Central 27-22.
' The Perquimans boys' team divided
their games this week by trouncing
Manteo 39-25, then losing a close one
to Central by a two-point margin,
31-29.
In games here Friday with Manteo
the local girls were up against a vet-i
eran outfit and although fighting
hard throughout the contest, the
Squaws were no match for the Dare
Countians. Manteo maintained a
commanding lea'd throughout the
game and displayed a keen eye for
basket shooting.
Playing a nice floor game and
showing some improvement in the
shooting department, the Squaws
played at Central Tuesday night and
dropped a close battle 27-22.
Pitt led the Indians to victory in
the boys' game with Manteo, hook
ing 15 points, while Tucker collected
nine and the Indians romped in 39-25.
Manteo was no match for the Confer
ence champions, who displayed a nice
floor and passing game. The Indians
missed some shots which indicated,
the need of a little more timing in
this department.
In a nip-and-tuck game at Central
Tuesday night the Central boys out
lasted the Indians and won by a two
point margin, 31-29. A poorly offici
ated contest, both teams at times
found this to be a handicap in play-
The Indians lost eight
Drive To Raise Fund
For Bandmaster Pay
TOWN BOARD HEARS COMPLAINT ON LIGHT
BILLS; TO CHECK SYSTEM AREA REPORTED
points through rulings of the offi
cials, all of which might have made
a difference in the final outcome.
In. their first conference game of
the season the Perquimans Junior
Varsity overwhelmed the WeeKsville
Jayvees in a game played here last
Thursday night. The final score was
664- -Tilly,' Berry' and fcahnqn Me
the offensive drive for the local
Jayvees.
Perquimans FFA Team
Wins State Honors
On Tuesday afternoon, January 6,
the annual Seed . Identification and
Judging Contest,' conducted by the
Albemarle Federation of the FFA,
was held at Poplar Branchi Fifty
samples of seeds had to be identified
and four samples each of com, wheat
and soybeans had to be judged. The
highest score and first honors went to
the Perquimans FFA teamt -, Other
FFA teams taking part in th contest
Were from Chowan, Central,- Gates
ville, Weeksville, Moyock, Siinbury
and Poplar Branch (Griggs). 'The
Perquimans FFA team, by winning
first . place in the Albemarle Federa
tion Contest, entitled them to take
part in the State Contest for Identi
fication and Judging Seeds, which was
held at Smith' Warehouse in Rocky
Mount on January 8. There were
sixty-five or more teams from all sec
laons of North Carolina who took-
part in the State Seed Identification
and Judging Contest, and the Per
quimans FFA team, composed of El
wood Long, Maryland Boyce, Jr., and
Dolan Winslow, won a , rating of
fourth place, and was judged to be
the fourth best trained i. team : 4n
North Carolina. This is an accom
plishment that the people of Perquim
ans and the Albemarle section in gen
eral are justly proud ot.;T' AtlM-
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Legion Commander C
At Hospital !Vleetnffj
''-W( F.' Akisley, commander of the
Perquimans Post of the American
Legion, joined with " other American
Legion representatives ; from, Eastern
North Carolina, in attending a meet
ing in Washington, D. Q.f ?on Wed
nesday at which time the Legion rep
resentatives - proposed thev construc
tion of the Veterans Administration's
new hospital f in this section of the
V te, rather than in some other prof-.
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Traffic Violators
Pay $250 In Fines
Twenty nine traffic violators, cited
into Perquimans Recorder's Court,
submitted and paid fines and court
costs, during the past week, it was
reported by W. H. Pitt, clerk of
Court. Recorder's Court was in re
cess this week while the January
Term of Superior Court was in ses
sion but the traffic cases were dis
posed of through submission.
Andrew Quintel, Joan Curwan, Irv
ing Foote, Albert Flatow, Morris,
Kahn, Harold White, Harold Gibbs,
John Curtis, Irving Green and Celia
Peabody, all entered pleas of guilty
to charges of speeding and paid a
fine of 910 and court costs.
Five dollar fines and costs of court
were assessed against Rita Tuck, J.
F. Dates, John Noble, Antonio Bonu
omo, Arthur Horn, Clayton White,
J. E, Walsh, James Farraro, Sr., John
Gainor, Oliver Leeds, David Drasen,
John McLaughin, Hans Zwiebel,
Kyree-. Copeland and C. G. Caine on
charges of speeding.
Mary. McGuire and C. E. Griffin
submitted to charges of speeding and
each paid fines of 125 and costs.
f Alva' Cartwright was fined $25 and
costs on a charge of reckless driving.
Five Civic Groups to
Cooperate In Effort
To Keep Local Band
Members of the Perquimans Post
of Veterans of Foreign Wars are
spearheading a drive to raise funds
to be used to pay Bert Ainsworth,
Perquimans High School bandmaster,
a guaranteed salary during the re
maining months of the present fiscal
year, it was announced this week by
James Newby, commander of the lo
cal VFW Post.
A meeting was held last Saturday
afternoon, at which time representa
tives of five civic organizations, VFW,
American Legion, Parent-Teacher As
sociation, Rotary and Lions Clubs,
were present and pledged the cooper
ation of their groups in the campaign.
These five civic organizations will
conduct a drive to raise $200 per
month, and individuals throughout
Perquimans County will be given an
opportunity to pledge one dollar per
month, or more if desired, toward the
fund. At the meeting Saturday each
organization was allotted a quota of
$40 per month, and each club will
contact individuals in order to assure
the raising of the quota each month.
The public can cooperate with the
campaign by contacting Mr. Newby
at the post office in Hertford, in the
event any person desires to pledee a
sum "toward the campaign. Other
representatives who may be seen in
regards to the fund are W. F. Ains
ley, jMrs. D. M. Jacksen, W. H. Pitt
and Charlie Vann.
A pounding party was staged for
the bandmaster shortly before Christ
mav but as it has been pointed out,
Mr. Ainsworth has been directing the
band at the high school on a tuition
basis since organizing the band here
several years ago. The band and
bandmaster have been handicapped
under this condition for the past year
or more and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars, sponsors of the band, are con
ducing. this drive in an effort to pro
vld,fJ54, Yf r2jby"4andmas
ter which will enable the local high
school to continue band activities.
In the event the drive is concluded
successfully, it is understood that
the tuition plan will be halted and
band instruction will be;opened to all
students at Perquimans,1 High School.
In addition to the bandmaster's sal
ary, a portion of the funds raised in
this drive will also be fused to aid in
; maintaining band uniforms and in
struments.
Much sentiment has been expressed
as to the. public regards for the local
band and the. public ia now urged to
support the band through this cam
paign until ways and means can be
found to finance the band by other
methods.
Baseball Group To
Hold Meeting Monday
Perquimans County baseball fans
are invited to attend a meeting of the
board of directors of the Perquimans
County Baseball Club to be held in
the Court House next Monday night,
it was announced this week by Fred
T. Mathews, president of the club.
Plans will be discussed for the or
ganization of the 1948 Perquimans
entry in the Albemarle League, and
Mr. Mathews added that, no doubt, a
discussion of the league meeting held
in Edenton this week will be con
ducted and the league rules reviewed.
The directors of the Perquimans
Club have been active for the past
several weeks and are making efforts
to field the best possible team during
the coming season.
New Parking Restric
tions Ordered; Board
Passes Ordinance
Central PTA Meeting
Scheduled Monday
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Perquimans Central Grammar
School will hold its January meeting
Monday night at 7:30 o'clock at the
school building in Winfall. The sub
ject of the program will be "Children
Take to the Arts."
Special music will be rendered and
an art. exhibit will be given. Firth
Winslow will be the speaker for the
program.- The public is cordially in
vited to attend.' . a
New Jffowe ;V Teacher
Begsm Duties Thursday
Mrs! Walter Nowll. formerly Miss
Florence Winslowj assumed the duties
as home economic teacher lit Per
"wi'mads High School on Thursday of
this week.; it watf announced today by
V, T.-Johnson, County School Super-
'tntndent --v v-; v-i-'--'-
Mrs. Nowell succeeds, M?s Mary
Alice Cohoon. rrs'gnad the pO'
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Citizens Make Good
Start In Tax Listing
According to reports from the Per
quimans County tax list takers, resi
dents of this. County are being very
cooperative about listing their taxes
promptly this year. It was stated
that during the first few days of the
listing period, which began last week,
between 150 - and 200 persons have
listed their taxes.' ,
In previous years taking of tax
lists has got off to an extremely slow
start and ' the majority of persons
waited until the last few days of the
listing period to put in an appearance
at the , lister s office, lhey did re
mind local' citizens who have become
21 years of age in the past year that
they are-obliged to, appear and Mist
poll-taxes by January 31 since the
listingperiod ends on the following
day and the one per cent interest be
gins accumulating at that time.
Two County Growers
Members State 100
Bushel Corn Club
Two Perquimans County farmers,
J. Luther Winslow of Whiteston, and
Joe Perry, Jr., of Route 1, Hertford,
were among the charter members of
the new club in North Carolina known
as the 100 bushel corn club. The club
was organized at a banquet held in
Rocky Mount last Thursday night
with approximately 100 charter
members present. The fact that a
man had produced and reported as
much as 100 bushels of corn on one
acre made him eligible to member
ship in this organization, according
to I. C. Yagel, county agent Wins
low had produced 124 bushels and
Perry 106 bushels per acre. The ban
quet was held in connection with the
annual meeting of the N. C. Crop
Improvement Association and N. C.
Foundation Seed Producers Incorpor
ated. Other highlights of the two day
meeting were the seed show in which
high quality corn, cotton, soybean and
tobacco aeed WeMjjfcUbited by1 vari
ous seed produeersef the State. Rep
resentatives of W. C. State College,
the Extension Service, N. C. Crop
Improvement Association and Found
ation Seed Producers appeared on the
program. The State FFA Seed
Judging Contest and 4-H Club public
speaking contest were held in connec
tion with, the meeting. After the
meeting officially closed at noon Fri
day, the Watson Seed Farm near
Rocky Mount invited all present to
open house at their farms where they
served a barbecue dinner following
which all guests were taken on a tour
of their modern seed drying, grading
and treating equipment. Those from
Perquimans County attending' the
meeting besides the county agent,
were Joe Perry, Johnnie Lay den,
Odus Mansfield, William Hobbs, Jim
Stokely, Joshua Sutton, W. W. Bundy,
John E. Wood, Jr., George Baker,
Calvin Banks, Charlie Vann, Hugh
Copeland, Preston Copeland, Milton
Dail, Jr., Milton Jordan, Lloyd Lane,
Elton D. Layden, Adrian J. Smith,
Jr., Jarvis G. Ward, George G. Wins
low, William Winslow and Emmett
Long.
Approximately 1,500 persons regis
tered during the first day.
Home owners in the Woodland
Circle of Hertford appeared before
the members of the Town Board,
meeting in regular session Monday
night, and registered complaints upon
what the home owners described as
excessive utilities bills received by the
individuals from the Town. L. J.
Davis acted as spokesman for the
group and told the board the dele
gation had no idea as to the' cause
for excessive bills but believed them
to be out of line with bills for other
sections of the town.
Several other members of the dele
gation gave individual complaints to
board members and later Mayor V.
i N. Darden and members of the board
' ordered that a check of the voltage
: and meters in the area be made in
order to determine if parf of the
cause was due to low voltage and bad
meters. The delegation was advised
that this check would be made.
Two ordinances were passed by
the board at the meeting this week;
the first forbids the burning of cylin
der oil by any individual, without the
individual first arresting soot and
other substances which might pass
out of a chimney thus creating a
nuisance for others; and the second,
is an ordinance which prohibits the
keeping or storing of dynamite with
in the limits of the Town of Hertford.
Under authority vested in it by a
parking ordinance, passed several
months ago, the board ordered ad
ditional parking restrictions on two
streets within the Town. Effective
immediately no parking will be al
lowed at any time on Market Street
between Church and Front Streets;
and no parking will be allowed on
the east side of Covent Garden Street;
between Market and Dobb Streets.
Parking on these two blocks has in
creased greatly in the past, several
weeks and has created a hazard which
the board hopes to eliminate by the
order issued during its meeting.
The 'board voted to entertain, the
volunteer fire department at an oys
ter supper, to be, staged ,t a date
later this month, te BhoW 'its "appre
ciation to the firemen for the splen
did job the department does in its
work here. The local fire depart
ment has received commendations
from insurance investigators for its
high degree of efficiency.
Monogram Clubpects
Officers And Spbnsor
The Perquimans bounty High
School Monogram Club-'met at the
school Monday and a -new sponsor,
Miss Frances" ' Celey, was" named to
replace Miss; Mary Alice Cohoon, who
resigned her position with the faculty
at the school in .November of last
year..-.; -iSfv .'VsV:
- Fora-'e' Webh is president of the
Tf Monogram Club, Joel Hollowell
fir?flw.irr and Howard Broughtqn.
ni'tF", of V.li'h. . " "-iK;;fp: ".i;
rh The r. nw v members are Ray
Wrbv,' RVhard Futrell, Pete Spiyey
Mb-n Lee Bnton, Billy Winslow and
HaTV,RojrpTson. V)?;:
P!aW wre" discussed at this meet
ing" for the annual Monogram Club
banquet and dance.
A committee was appointed t ad
wrtfse the baaketball game, -
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Elihu Winslow Dies
At Home Monday
Elihu Winslow, 85, died suddenly
at his home near Winfall at 9:30 Mon
day night He was the son of the
late Jesse and Sarah Winslow, native
of Perquimans County and member
of the Piney Woods Friends Church,
Survivors include two daughters,
Mrs. W. B. Jordan and Mrs. E. O.
White; one brother, Allen J. Wins
low, and four grandchildren, all of
Perquimans County.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
at the Piney Woods Friends Church
under the direction of the Lynch
Funeral Home. Burial followed in
the family plot. .
Hertford Lions Clib
Host At Intercity
Meet Friday Night
The Hertford Lions Club wilLplay
host to the Lions Clubs of Edenton
and Elizabeth City in a tri-club
ladies' night program and zone meet
ing to be held in Hertford Friday
night, January 16, at the Community
House on the Hertford Grammar
School grounds. The meeting will be
gin at 7 o'clock in the evening..
Inasmuch as it will be ladies'
night, the ladies' dress will be in
formal. The clubs are expecting Lion Oaith
er M. Beam of Louisburg, who is the
district governor of District J31-C,
Lions International. Also, Deputy
District Governor J. Frank Duke of
Washington, N. C, and Zone Chair
man Norman K. Shannonhouse of
Elizabeth City, in addition to several
other district and club officials! past
and present
Child Injured In
Accident Tuesday ;
1 Paul Wheeler, 10-year-old Hertford
child, suffered a fracture of the col
lar bone and other minor injuries
Tuesday v afternoon when he was
struck by a car driven by Miss Helen
Jones. -"
According- to Police Officer Robert
A. White, the child stepped Into the
strept In front of the State Theatre
in the path of the car being driven by
Miss Jones, and the unavoidably acci
dent occurred, i '
The child was taken to the Albe
mnr! Hinftal for treatment f
Superior Court lit
Session This Week
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The January term of Perquimans
Superior Court opened here Mfnday
morning with Judge W. H. S. JJurg
wyn presiding. Five divorce actions
were heard during the opening day
and all divorces were granted. Court
adjourned early Monday, but ifas ia
full session Tuesday and Wednesday
disposing of several actions listed for
trial., '
. Seven cases listed on the calendar
were continued until the next tejrm of
Superior Court Courts officials ex
pected the present term might! con
tinue through Thursday or Friday of
this week. ; . $
PTA TO MEET
The Parent;Teacher Association of
the Hertford Grammar School will
meet Thursday evening, January 15,
at 8 o'clock at the school. All jmem-
bers Are urged to attend. ,
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