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'WEEKLY
Volume XV. Number 5. . .
Li::::ivo Survey Of Education In State
!:;.v C::ng Censored By Commission
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 30, 19487
L.50 Per Year.
Public to Be Asked to
Voice Opinions on Ma
jor Improvements
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, 'The North Carolina ' State Educa
tion Commission Which was authoriz
ed by the last Legislature, and ap
pointed by Governor R. Gregg Cherry,
to make . a thorough study of all
phases of education in the State as a
means of determining problems and
improvements, is planning an ex
tensive survey of all counties in the
"State, according' to information given
members of theA Weekly Press group
at the State' Press Institute' held in
Chapel Hill last week-end.
Local residents through the medium
- ofthis newspaper will have an op-
portunity to voice opinions and sug
gestions for improvement" of the
State system, and the Education Com
mission is hopeful of gaining con
siderable aid in compiling its facts
from these questionnaires.
' The Commission wasY granted the
sum of fifty thousand dollars by the
legislature,', and ; later the Knapp
Foundation became interested in the
.""study and allocated an additional one
" hundred thousand dollars to be used
i by the commission in furthering the
survey. With this sum the Com-
mission has been able to gather to-
. gether a group of authorities, recog
nized as i the best in their fields,
Which include teacher study, main
tainance of plants, transportation and
other fields,' who ' will compile the
facts as they exist in each county.
A report' of the findings will be made
to the Governor upon completion of
the entire survey, and these facts
. will be reported to the public.
The questionnaire, which the Ed-
' ucatipn Commission is requesting to
. be filled -out and mailed to - tta ex
. cutiv secretary along '-with other
. suggestions and opinions, will be pub
' lished oon in 4hw newspaper, ftead-
ers are asked to watch for It and mail
it back t the secretary, whose ad
t dress iiU' be listed on the form.,'., 4
Forestry Touri Is
Scheduled For Feb. 6
Persons interested in forestry are
invited to attend a forestry field
meeting to be conducted in this coun
ty on February 6. it was announced
today by iC. Yagel, County Agent,
who has charge of the plans.
The tour will be divided, into two
meetings, one at the timber creosot
ing plant ori the Center Hill highway,
which will begin at about &-a oclocK,
The second will be a timber thinning
'demonstration which ' will take place
at 3:30 o'clock,
R. W. Graeber, State Extension
Forester, will lead the discussion on
forest management problems. Jer
sons desiring to attend the meetings
are requested to be at the Agricul
ture Building in Hertford not later
than 2 o'clock on the date of the
tour.
Twenty Cases Heard
By Recorder Judge
During Past Week
Traffic Violations ConT
tinue to Lead Docket
List
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
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A Senate committee, studying the
.Marshall Plan aid to Europe,, is ex
pected to make the original measure
look , "entirely different when -it
emerges .from the committee : rooms,
according to a report from Washing
ton. It appears the committee will
' slash the 17 billion dollars requested
for a four and one-half period, to a
sum to be expended during the next
15 months.: Recommendations have
' been made to the committee that Con
gress Vote sums for short periods of
time instead of the overall period as
recommended by Secretary of State
Marshall, r
Perquimans Bureau
To Farm Meeting
To Send Delegates
.Plans In accordance with the uni
fication of Western Germany into an
, economic unit calling for the State
Department to take oyer control of
' the government in the area are being
readied in Washington' in conferences
between the -Army and State Depart
ment, it was announced this week.
The State Department will relieve the
irmy .of...", the governmental 'duties
round July 1, v i ' . ' .
Turning down President Truman's
commendation' for a flat $40 per
erson tax reduction, OOP leaders of
.he Ways, and Means Committee
rammed through, the Knutson mea
gre calling fon a cut of six billion
uollars to income tax. The bill Is ex
pected to be passed by the V House
( shortly and likely, according to re
ports, will ; pass the Senate. How
ever, authorities In Washington be
lieve the President will veto this mea4
sure as he did two. similar bills last
year.1 1
Perquimans County Farm Bureau
will send four delegates, three of
whom will have voting power, at the
annual convention of the N. C. Farm
Bureau in Asheville February 1, 2, 3
and 4, Fred T. Mathews, county presi
dent, has announced. The delegation
from Perquimans will include Mr.
Mathews, C. R. Holmes, W. L. Madre
and J. M. Benton.
; "The number , of voting delegates
representing a' county Farm Bureau
is determined by the total member
ship of the f local uniV Matthews
pointed ontvkfla U. there will be 344
voting delegates at the meeting, rep
resenting the state-wide membership
county imnits tat act on resolutions
presented to the annual meeHng by
the 75 county Farm Bureaus in the
Stater The resolutions, submitted be
fore the State organization only after
full - consideration ont the county
levelr touch, upon various problems
and policies affecting North Carolina
agriculture.. Without doubt, the work
of the voting delegates is as import
ant as any action taken at our an
nual 'meetings, for their decisions
touch upon the organization's whole
program for the year to come." ''
The, 1948 convention, which will be
highlighted by addresses and discus
sions by leaders in agriculture, indus
try, labor and government, is regard
ed as a milestone in the progress of
Farm Bureau in the State, Matthews
said. Leading the-South once more
in membership, he added, the North
Carolina, Farm Bureau is looked upon
as. one of the strongest units in the
entire organization of 1,275,180 farm
families and is expected to continue
to show the way in Southern, farm
leadership. '''',.-''
Twenty cases, eighteen of which
represented traffic violations, wera
disposed of by the Perquimans Rec
orders Court here this week. A total
of $244 in fines was levied against 18
of the defendants, and each was also
taxed with the costs of court.
The State took a nol pros in the
case charging Exum Brothers with
driving without a tail light. 1
Nine defendants, J. A. Wflson,
Kermit Durant, Lawrence Searor,
Alexander MacDonald, Albert Shot
meyer, John Keller, Reeves Hornby,
Andrew Morotti and Joseph Guzzetta
entered pleas of guilty to charges of
speeding and each was fined $10 and
costs of court.
Arnold Berman, William Hodges,
Merrill Smith and Morris Savitz each
pleaded guilty to a charge of speed
ing and paid a fine of $5 and costs
of court.
Vincent Caizza was fined $15 and
costs on a charge of speeding.
F. N. Dunstatter paid a fine of $19
and costs for speeding.
. Mervin Raby and Martin Herman,
both charged with reckless driving,
entered pleas of guilty and paid fines
of $25 and costs of court.
Benjamin Twiddy entered a plea of
guilty to being drunk and disorderly
and was assessed the costs of court.
Troy Elliott, charged With assault
with a deadly weapon with intent to
kill, was found guilty by' Judge
Charles E. Johnson of assault with
a deadly weapon. He was fined $50
and ordered to pay the costs of court.
Elliott was arrested by Sheriff M. G.
Owens, following a fight which, ac
cording to the testimony given in
court, occurred between Elliott - and
Nathan Trueblood, during the fight
Veather Hinders
March Of Dimes
Drive In County
Directors Urge Solici
tors to Report Collec
tion Saturday
Perquimans County's campaign to
raise $970 for the March of Dimes
program has been hindered somewhat
by the inclement weather of the past
ten days, according to Silas M. Whed
bee, co-director of the local drive.
Only a few reports have been
turned in by solicitors and these indi-
I cate a slight drop in the size of con
tributions, as compared with last
year, Mr. Whedbee stated that due
to the fact that only two or three of
the solicitors had been able to com
plete the canvass of their respective
territories or neighborhoods, it was
impossible, up to Wednesday noon, to
state the measure of success the lo
cal drive will have.
Both Mr. Whedbee and Dr. T. P.
Brinn, co-directors of the March of
Dimes in Perquimans, urge all solici
tors to make final reports to them
not later than Saturday night, at
which time the campaign will come to
its official close.
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
sup; 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;
Weodland Circle, Mrs. R. C. Murray.
Mies Frances Maness, Home Demon
stration Clubs, Mrs. Etta Turner.
Mrs. W. T. Smith, Mrs. A. R. Wins-
low, Mrs. Tom White, Mrs. Preston
Street Widening Project For Hertford
Being Considered By Highway Commission
Rotary Sees Film
"This Road We Walk"
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club were given the' opportunity of
seeing the film "This Road We Walk,"
issued by the World Church Set 'ice
in connection with the relief drive to
be conducted in this county under the
direction of Mrs. C. O. Fowler and
C. Edgar White, at the regular meet
ing of the club on Tuesday night.
The film gives a pictorial account of
the plight of people in countries rav
aged by war, and shows the manner
through which the World Church Ser
vice distributes supplies and cloth
ing to the needy.
Survey Made This Week
For Resurfacing of
Church Street
Band Fund Campaign
Reaches Half Way
Mark, VFW Report
Possibilities that extensive improve
ments will be made to Church Street
in the near future appeared good this
week, according to Mayor V. N. Dar
Jen who reported that State Highway
Commission officials had informed him
that plans for widening and resur
facing of the street is being con
sidered by the State Commision.
.Survey ciews were in Hertford
this week making a survey of the"
street from Dobb Street to the Per-
J quimans River bridge, and the find
I ings of this crew will be placed be
fore the State Commission for con
sideration in connection with the
project.
According to Mr. Darden, if th5
project is adopted by the State Com
mission, the Highway Department
may undertake the construction job
itself or it may call for a contract
from a construction company. Part
of the costs of the project, if adopted,
will come from funds allocated to the
Trueblood was cut with an article I Longhand H. R. White,
and required treatment at the Albe
marle Hospital.
Chester Winslow
Awarded Grid Trophy
The colored division is under the
direction of E. H. Brown, R. L. Kings
bury, W. O. Beamon and Odessa
Burke.
Winter Blasts Cause
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License Examiner
Given Suspension . , .
R. G. Ward, operator license exam
iner for Perquimans County, has been
sir- ed temporarily from ! his du
f this area according to Sgt W.
1 of the State Highway Patrol,
i Motor Vehicle Department Is
-ted to replace Ward with an--f
examiner within a short time,
uwever,. the schedule of the new ex
iner is "unknown at this time.
n announcement from Raleigh on
- Jay stated that Ward had ten
1 his resignation as m examiner
' t' e c8--, insofar as the I-Iotor
v r .eut is concerned, is
a cf te D"-rtment
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Baseball Officials
Planning For Season
Directors of the Perquimans County
Baseball Club, local entry in the Al
bemarle League, are making plans
for' the opening of the 1948 season,
following a league meeting field re
cently in Edenton. .'-i;.:.;.
At a; meeting last -week, F. T.
Mathews, president of the local club,
announced the resignation of E. H.
Cannon as vice president. J. HU.Towe
was elected to fill the. vacancy, , a he
directors voted to request bids for the
concessions at the ball park during
the 1948 season, and bids are request'
ed to be submitted to the secretary,
D. S. Darden, or to Mr. Mathews on
or before February 15 a
A committee has been appointed to
investigate and confer with a num
ber of applicants seeking the position
as playing manager of the Perquim
ans team for this year. , '
Chester Winslow, a senior at Per
quimans High School, and one of the
outstanding football players in this
section of the State, was awarded the
State Theater Outstanding Player
trophy in ceremonies conducted at the
State Theater Monday evening.
Winslow, playing at end position
during the 1947 season, was selected
to. receive this year's trophy by mem
bers of the Indian squad. Each play
er oh the team cast a secret ballot for
his choice and a tally of the votes re
vealed the sturdy lineman to be the
choice of his teammates.
; The presentation of the trophy was
made by Joe Levinson, athletic direc
tor at A the local school. Littleton
Gibbs, manager .of the theater, in giv
ing the trophy to Principal. E. C.
Woodard for presentation, stated that
this trophy was the first of many to
be presented to the football player at
the. Perquimans school shbwing out
standing ability during the season,
j The State Theater management has
arranged to ; present a trophy each
year, and the manner of selecting the
outstanding player will be the same
as this season, the members of the
team, making the choice. No player
will be eligible -to win the trophy
more than once, and each trophy pre
sented is a' permanent award, as a
new trophy will be awarded by the
theater each' year.
3 Highway Wrecks
Indians And Squaws
Play At Hobbsville ,
' Perquimans High School basketball
teamB are scheduled to play in games
away from .home during this week
end, according to Coach Joe Levin-,
son, who said the Indians and Squaws
play in Hobbsville on the Gatesville
court Thursday, night These game's,
will be regular Rural , Conference
contests. ' In games with Hobbsville
earlier this season the Indians, and
Squaws won over the Hobbsville boys
and girls. r ' .
Elizabeth City will play- a return
""me w;th the Indians and Junior
v '.y c the' local court next Wed
rivy niht in the flrsf of home
3trK3 x'.zyei next week.
V. w; A:'s Elect New
Officers ; For Tear
The Y. W. A.'s: of the Baptist
Church were entertained at a supper
meeting. Monday .evening by Mrs. J.
H. Bagley. - During the business ses
sion the grotrjr elected the following
officers for the coming year Miss Eva
Harris, leader; president, Miss An
nette Cannon; vice president, Miss
Myrtle Norman Elliott; secretary and
treasurer, Miss Maude Holmes; Com
munity Mission Chairman, Miss Jua
nita Divers; Mission Study Chairman,
Miss Katherlne Anne Holmes; Pub
licity Chairman, . Miss Betty Jean
Winslow; Stewardship Chairman,
Miss Betty'Ruth Chappell. . "
The devotional-was given by Mrs.
Bagley and a talk on the five ideals
of the Y. W. A.'s by Mrs. I. A. Ward,
president of the Missionary Society. ;
Those present, beside the' officers
mentioned, 'were Misses Charlene
Miller, Martha Lee Tiltey, Ruth Has
kett, Marion Ann Davis. The meet
ing was d'nmi(4 by the group; re
citing the Lord's" Prayer in nnison. y
Perquimans County escaped the full
blast of winter's icy thrust at most
of the nation last week-end, but did
not miss entirely the worse blow of
winter thus far this year. It snowed
some Friday night and rained some,
with sleet mixed in, but an east wind
came blowing in to partially block the
cold gust out of the west and this
immediate area missed the heavy
snow fall and icy roads reported
from most of the counties in the
State.
State Highway Patrolmen H. L.
White and R. C. Buckner reported
three accidents in the county and
credited, partially, weather conditions
as the cause.
Ira S. Winslow ' and Mrs. Joseph
Winslow both suffered painful, if
not serious, injuries when their cars
collided on the icy. road near Billups
service station on the Hobbsville road
last Saturday .morning. The collision
occurred between 8:30 and nine
o'clock- when, the storm '.' was at its
peak and t driving conditions were
hazardous."' Both cars involved in the
accident, received considerable
damage..
Later in the day the Patrolmen in
vestigated a wreck on Route 17,
about Six ; mile south of Hertford,
Martin .Cash of Brooklyn, N. Y., was
driving south when his car slipped off
the icy road, a rear wheel hooked a
soft spot in the shoulder of the high
way and turned, oyer in a ditch. Cash
nor his two V' Wngers suffered apy
injuries..'; :
The officers . investigated a third
wreck of the week end on Monday
when AlvaTi Cartwright, 16 years old,
tunned oij cat1 which he was drivi
ing rifear Belvidere; ' According to the
youth -he missed a- curve near Belvi
dere and the car went into a skid
when it Btruck an icy spot; sliding
about 40 feet the car which was being
turned in the wrong; direction struck
a dryspot in the roadway and turn
ed, over. Cartwright 'and another
youth, Benny i Lamb suffered minor
bruises. 1
James K. Newby, commander of the
Perquimans Post of VFW, reported
this week that the campaign to raise
funds to provide a fixed salary for
the director of the Perquimans High
School Band had reached the half way
mark, with representatives of the five
civic organizations continuing their
task of soliciting pledges for the
fund.
Individuals of the county are be
ing asked to sign a pledge card con
tributing one dollar per month for a
period of six months, to raise a sum
sufficient to pay the band director a
salary of $150 per month. Commit
tees from the PTA, VFW, American
Legion, Rotary and Lions Clubs have
these pledge cards and are contacting
residents of the county in order to
build up the fund to the total amount
needed. One or two of the organiza
tions, according to Mr. Newby, have
reached or almost reached the total
allocated for each7 organization to
raise; Reports from -other organiza
tions are needed to bring the cam
paign picture up to date.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post, which sponsors the band, is act
ing as a clearing house for the fund,
but each of the five civic groups-are I
obtaining pledges and keeping indivi
dual records on payment of the
pledges.
Thus far, most of the pledges have
been received from the residents of
Hertford, but a goodly number of
pledges and contributions are expect
ed to come in from residents of the
county, and the organizations urge
residents of the rural areas desiring
to pledge $6.00 to this fund to write
VFW, Box 25, Hertford, for pledge
cards, providing the individual is not
contacted by one of the representa
tives of the civic groups.
Town of Hertford from gas tax funds,
and which were not used during the
war years.
If carried out, the project calls for
Church Street to be widened up to 30
feet and included in the construction
will be new curb and gutters for that
portion of the street widened.
The need for widening of Church
Street, which is a part of Route 17
and heavily used by through traffic,
has long been realized, especially that
portion of the street between Dobb
and Grubb, which is used consider
ably for parking by local residents
and transients. Recent inspection of
the roadway also reveals that the
surface of the street will soon need
repairing in order to preserve the all
weather surface.
According to Mayor Darden and
information which he has received re
garding the project, a decision on the
plans is expected to be made soon.
' BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ,"
Dr. and Mrs. " A,. B. Bonner an
nounce the birth of a son, born Sat
urday, January 24. Motner and son
are getting along nicely.
At Plymouth ! 'O V -i
Mr. and Mrs; P. J. Boyce and Mrs,
Frances Luttreli visited !". and Mrs.
James Boyce in Plymouth on Sunday,
ryner Couple Observes
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Algie Hollowell cele
brated their 35th wedding annivers
ary with a floating reception, given
by their children, at home in Tyner,
from 6 to 9 o'clock in the evening of
Sunday, January 4th.
The home was a scene of beauty
and simplicity, decorated with pine,
holly, fern and poinsettias, with white
and red candles predominating. The
centerpiece was a three-tier cake with
miniature bride and bridegroom,
The hostess was attired in black
with a corsage of gardenias, while
the children- wore black with a cor
sage of yellow rose buds and white
carnations. -The
guests were greeted by Miss
Pearl : Anne ' Hollowell, youngest
daughter' of the 'honoree. Presiding
at the guest book was Mrs. Harry
Hassell of Edenton. Mrs. Hallett
Rountree of Corapeake, a brother,
J. H Hollowell of Ryland, assisted in
the receiving line. . Mrs. Anthony
Sakowski of Los Angeles, Cal., cut
the cake, while Mrs. J. H. Hollowell,
M, Lewis Mathias, Mrs. Paul Breed
ingand Pauline Rountree assisted in
thejreception of many guests with ice
cream, mints and nuts. , i' - "
. During the reception, music was
rendered by Anthony Sakowski and
daughter, Jacqueline, on the electric
Hawaiian guitar and vjolin. ,
Peanuts In Section
Reported Damaged
Very few farmers' stock peanuts
were sold during the past week in the
Virginia-North Carolina section, and
remaining supplies 01 good quality
suitable for edible purposes in grow
ers' hands are light. Shellers report
that much of the current offerings are
damaged and after shelling are suit
able only for oil purposes.
Support prices were being paid for
farmers', stock except for good qual
ity for which a premium was being
paid.
The demand was good for milled
products and the market was slightly
stronger for jumbos, extra large, me
diums and No. Is and was steady for
fancys.
Trade reports indicate that sev
eral large lots were sold for export
to Canada during the past week and
that some mills are sold up through
February.
Sales and quotations f.o.b. shipping
point, per lb., were reported as fol
lows: Virginias, cleaned, jumbos,
18-19y2c; fancys, 14-15c; few
14Uc; shelled, extra large 21-21c;
mediums 19-19c; few 20c; No. 1,
17-17c.
VFW Benefit Dance
To Be Held Friday
. A benefit danee, . proceeds from
which will be donated to the March
of Dimes fund in Perquimans County,
will be held at the VFW hall, begin-J
ning at 9 0 clock Friday night,, ii
TJe committee In charge of ar
rangements has announced that ad
mittance to the dance will be by tick
ets only, and urges all persons plan
ning to attend to purchase tickets in
advance. ' k . -
Jesse Parker Perry
Instructor At VPI
Jesse Parker Perry, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. P. Perry of Hertford has been
named as an instructor in the For
estry Department of Virginia Poly
technic Institute at Blacksburg, Va.,
and will assume his duties as instruc
tor next week, according to an an
nouncement received here this week.
Mr. Perry is completing his work
toward a master's degree at Duke
University this ' week. He received
his A.B. degree in. forestry in 1946,
after completing his studies upon re
turn to the school following his dis
charge from the Navy.
' Mr. Perry and Mrs. Perry, who was
the former Sarah Brinn, will move to
Blacksburg from Durham next week.
Saturday 'Last Day
For Tax Listing
Perquimans County residents who
have failed to list their property for
1948 taxes are reminded that Satur
day is the final day for listing prop--
erty. -.
Tax payers who fail to comply with
the law before or on Saturday will be
penalizedas late listers. v
Township tax listers will be at their
appointed places all day Saturday for
the purpose of winding up the. task
of listing property for current -year
tastes. . i .'