North Carolina Newspapers

"V f ) Volume XV. Number 8. v Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, ifriday, February 20, 19487 $1.50 Per Year. lixlciiiiGsFuslif Fl3Fcrin::3ate G;::2trt:Dl!:n0fGym Proposals Are Submit , ted For Financing the Cost of Project ' At a meeting held last Thursday night some 26 to 30 representative ci- .' tixens of Perquimans County voiced their approval and enthusiasm for the construction of an additional wing .to ' the Perquimans', High School audi- , Jtorium as a means of providing ade quate physical training education fa- , - cilities at the local high school. ' The plans for .the project, which . ' , had previously been ' presented to members of tie Board of Education . and later to the County Commission- - , ers, was explained to the citizens by , Joe H. Levinson, athletic director at ' the high school. Mr. Levinson point- r ed out the need, for additional facili- v ;, , ties at the school in order that the physical training - program required by the State Board of Education can -be properly presented to students of ' the .Perquimans v school. He also , pointed out the advantage local bas ketball teams could gain by having a regulation court, which would be in " corporsted through the construction , of the' addition to the present build ing. v Individual attending the meeting - " Thursday night voiced opinions on the , project and each, opinion was favor j.f Able toward immediate construction " 1 of the wing. However, the subject of ' . financing the project was a stumbling ' block inasmuch as the Board of Coun . c v ty Commissioners had already indicat A ed that a bond issue election was in- dicated before the county, could have " money available for such a project Several plans for financing the con , atroauoa were discussed ana a com- mittee composed of ' R. M. Riddick, Fred T. I -Ihews, J. H. Towe and Mr, Levinson was named.' contact the v County - Commissioners f or v further disciuKiok, -regarding the financial ,v need toward the building nroxranw the new wing weuuroe joinea to tnai . portion of the -present -building 'nous ' in the Stage in the auditorium, with room space on the ground floor for a I band room, and other activities at the hijrh school A passage under the 1 wintr, which would run to the baseball park fence, would permit auto traffic j - all around the building. f , , Board Holds Routine Meeting. Postponed all during last week due to inclement weather, the 'meeting of the Hertford Town Board was held Monday night with-only routine finan cial matters being brought up for at tention of the members. k " Mayor V. N.Darden advised the Board he was expecting word in re gard to the lease on the Harvey Point Naval Station, any,; day, inasmuch as he had been advised authority of the station was being returned to the Navy shortly. Recorder's Court v Has Heavy Docket After Week's Recess Truck Driver Cited to Court Following Acci dent - GcntTcJ Cagers Win Double Header From Perquimans Teams Meal Out Utah Quartet To Present Program The Utah Centennial Quartet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, touring North Carolina, will make its appearance in Hertford on Monday night, February 23, at 7:30 o'clock in a program to be presented at the Court House, The public is cordially invited to the program. The group will appear again in Hertford on next Wednesday when they will present a program at the Perquimans High School during the morning and at the Hertford Baptist Church Wed nesday evening at 7:30 o clock. The group is composed of Ave full- time missionaries working in the new ly organized Central Atlantic States Mission. They are aider serge Huff, Lavon Fife, Wayne Pearson, Lendon Barney and Elder Lyneery Smith is their accompanist These five of some 4,000 Mormon missionaries who are representing the church, come di rectly from ' the Western United States. They serve for a period of two years without any monetary con sideration. Since the commencement of the tour they have appeared before many civic and social organisations. In the high schools they have sung and told of the great commonwealth created in Western America. Some of the first people to enter Salt Lake Valley were people of vthe " State they are now touring.. In the State Capitol at Ra leiarh. Governor: Cherry last month re- I ceived- he young elders most kindly. THIS VMS HEADLINES -'. v? ? - ., ' ; Sr. Commodity markets ' showed signs f weakening again this week after , slight: gains following the slump in the market last week. . The drop in . grain prices reflected in .the stock market and stocks slackened in their Dobson Rites Held Here Tuesday P. Funeral services for John Dobson, 74. who died at his home in Charles ton, West Virginia, Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock after a short illness, i were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. . " .. v .v -1 Mr. Dobson was a member of the St. John's Episcopal Church. He is survived by his wife, the for mer, Miss Maude Leigh of West Vir ginia and Hertford; one daughter, Mrs. Wilbur C. Perry, Huntington, W. Va.; two grandsons,' John Dobson of Edenton and John W. Perry of Hunt recovery. , drive. looa M; d w h rj0b8on 0f Edenton and iL7' tZ Miss Jean Dobson of Huntington; two .reported lower in many cities over the nation. 'GOP leaders in the Senate revealed this week a plan whereby they hope to enact the aid to Europe plan and -cut income taxes at the eame time. The plan is bookkeeping scheme by which part of thia year's treasury surplus would be sed. for next year's spending. The GOPefs stated falling xrices as witnessed during the past two weeks will not effect conditions nnder the proposed plan. - v General Bennett Meyers, war-time high officer of the Air Force in charge of, baying supplies, who was indicted for perjury before a Congressional committee, has now been Indicted for evasion of income tax payment dur ing 1311, The stocky ex-officer is charged m rortiny an Income that year of i 3, - while he actually made 3V ;:0 date has leen set for hearing ca the charges. - - la an effort to comUt the shortage " " jj oil and giioline, the1 Com , t v Department t'.fs week halted t : ?orts of the its" f r a period cf '. J hours - Prior to i j ac'ion the r . rtment had annouu.. i a reduc tl.a in the allotment for erorta. In ' 'ry has been seriously ha.rai-ed in r t months due to these b'..p-4ts - 1 i vt-downs have been x . i t t i ' -.Gtrial centers because or ...a 1 'f ef fuel. Improved weather con . : .'. ra throughout te nation duritj; V..6 pt wetk is expected to help ease the 8v.citr.'re. ' , i A.M. t 1 NT brothers, Julian and Hezekiah of Kin- nonsville, N. C. The Rev. E. T. Jillson, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, offlci ated. - A The church choir sang "O Lamb of God Still Keep Me Near Thy Wound ed Side" and "Hark I Hark! My Soul.' i The casket was covered with pall consisting-of pink snapdragons, purple UUbCA iris whi jmww juihjuub. .: - Pallbearers "Were Dr. "C. Ai Daven port, J. Henry Newbold, W. H. Hard' castle, James Evart Newby, Trim Wil son and W. H. Oakey. - Burial followed in the family plot in the Holy Trinity Cemetery. Fashions' For Windows Theme Of HD Meeting ' Miss Mary Em. Lee, assistant home management and house furnishings specialist from state iwllege, con ducted a training meeting for; house furnishing leaders on "Fashions Forf Windows," Wednesday . afternoon, in the auditorium ' of ; ttS, Agricultural Building:. Thirty-five, leaders from home demonstration clubs " attended this meeting. : They were leaden from Gates, Chowan, Washington and Per quimans Counties. t. , This demonstration will he repeat ed in the local clubs by the leaders. Perquimans County Recorder's Court had a large number of cases listed on its calendar this week after having recessed a week ago last Tues day because of the snow storm which struck the county. Traffic violators continued to. lead the list of those cited into court.- - . Costs of court were taxed against Edward Hollis', Sara Klemmer and Clara Kyritz, all of whom entered pleas of guilty to charges of passing on curves. Fines of five dollars and costs of court were meted out to William Hobbs, Jr., Roy Palmer, Jesse Cal- hoon, Edna Charles, T. B. Dameron, Alex Hounie, Michael Saruloff, Philip Kiintz, Joseph Didio, Clifton Jones, Anthony Battagua, William Madison, Edward Hertz, Sidney Greenburg, An drew Jeftery, Jr., Frank Masland, Jr.,1 and Dan Lemoth, all of whom plead guilty to charges of speeding. Lester Orland, Gustav Fielder, Mar garet Simons, Anthony Malone, Elsie Heisserman, Albert Rodziwell and Robert McFadder each paid fines of ten dollars and costs on speeding charges. . Prayer for judgment was continued in the case charging Clifton Stallings with driving with improper license. 'Stokes Leonard entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault. He was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs and to remain oft the property of T. N. Riddick for a period of six months. Arthur Cashir and Renate Cesarini each paid .a fine of $25 and costs on charges of speeding. Robert White, Negro, entered, a plea of guilty to driving with im proper license. Prayer for judgment was continued in the case. Robert Lee Allen paid a fine of $2j and costs in a case charging him witl driving Without a license. He was found sot guilty of disposing of mort gaged property. A nol pros was taken in the case charging Lloyd Felton, Negro, with assault with a deadly weapon. Dor Bey White, Negro, was found not guilty of assault on a female. Bryant Palmer, charged with reck less driving, entered a plea ofguilty and paid a fine of $25 and coats. Prayer for judgment was con tinued in the case charging Sterling Miller,- Negro, with an assault on a female.;4 A warrant charging Ottos Patrick with reckless driving was issued this week following an accident in which Patrick-was involved on Monday. Patrolman H. L. White investigated the accident and made the charge against Patrick. According to the patrolman, Patrick drove his truck into a icar driven by Herbert G. Barr while Patrick was attempting to cross Route 17 near the Carolina Inn Ser vice Station. Schools Reopened Monday Morning Netters Round Wool'o PI 'IWU.V T f VABs 0 M. 1UJ All Games With Griggs Perquimans basketball teams re sumed conference play here Tuesday night after more than a week's lay off due to bad weather, during which several games were postponed until 'traveling conditions improved. Re suming play on Tuesday, both the In dian Squaws and Indians bowed to Central High's Green Wave. The Central girls won the preliminary 31 to 22, while the (Jentrol boys ro ip ed home in front by a 39-34 count. 4 The girls' game was a closely Con tested struggle with the lead chang ing from first one team to the other throughout most of the game. The Indian Squaws weakened in the third period and permitted Central girls to rack up nine points to Perquimans' five. Central outscored the local girls again in the final canto six points to three. The two teams were equally matched and the score at the first period was tied up at 6-all. Central gained a two point advantage at half time and went ahead then to win, 31-22. Chappell led the scoring for Perquimans, while H orris was high pointer for Central. In the boys game Central hit for two points in the opening seconds. which was countered by the Indians immediately and the score was 2-all. Both teams played cautiously during the first period, which ended with the score tied at 7-all. The second quar ter was a slow one, during which the two teams each scored six more Joints, tying - up the ball game at 3-13 at half time. During the third period Central 'went into a dizzy rac ing game which caught the Indians napping and Central racked up nine points while Perquimans collected one. With the score at 22-14, Perquimans called time. The rest period failed to halt the Central: boys, who raced ahead to a 32-16 advantage, going in to the fourth period. The Indians Upurted into action during the final period, changing their defense from zone to a pressing attack and whittled down the Central lead. However, the third period advantage gained by Central was suffidient to assure them the victory. The Indians scored 18 points to Central's seven in the final quarter and the game Central leading 39-34. The Indians and Squaws copped 1 both games of a double header from 1 Moyock High here Wednesday night. 1 The Perquimans girls won the cur tain raiser by a 22-13 count and the Indians romped home a winner by the score of 82-25. . The Perquimans girls opened with a fast offensive in the second half after being held to almost even terms by the Moyock sextet and soon had safe margin which as sured a victory. The boys' game was close through out until the final minutes of play, when members of the Perquimans team applied the pressure to the Moy ock boys, stealing the ball, on several occasions and converting into points. The lead changed several times dur ing, the game but the Indians went into a 24-23 .lead during . .the final three minutes and were never headed I after that point The final score way 32.25. ,k Tars Name Hertford As Training Site The Norfqlk Tars baseball club has definitely decided upon Hertford as the site' for its spring training camp, according to a story written by Tom Furgeson in the Virginian-Pilot. Members of the Tars training squad are expected to begin arriving in Hertford the latter part of next month to start the five to six weeka training stint in preparation for the opening of their league season. H. P. Dawson, president of the club, it has been reported, .has ar ranged for several exhibition games to be played while the team is . in training here. Time Extended For Filing Crop Reports W. E. White, secretary of the Per quimans County AAA Committee, states that an extension of time for the filing of performance reports un der the agricultural conservation pro gram has been received. Instead of February 15 as a closing date, farm ers in the county now have until Feb ruary 28 in which to file a report on the practices carried out last year. Only about 90 per cent of the farm ers in the county have filed .perform ance reports to date, whereas Mr. White states that probably other farmers have participated in the 1947 program either by carrying out some of the practices or through the use of conservation materials. This exten sion of time will give these farmers a chance to come to the county office and Complete their report on 1947 practices or they can get in touch with their community committeeman at meeting places which should be an nounced for each community. Friendship Week WCilif e Club To r.Ieet Monday Night The Perquimans County Wildlife Club will hold an important meeting next Monday nighV Febrv y 23, at 8 o'clock at ths Court Hor 1 1 Ilert fr ', it was announced to... y ly Jid-r-T I .'is, president. . " . i .xbers of the t i 1 J- vl i interested in wllUa a.UvUes v :i to attend., , ; Perquimans County schools", forced to. close down because of the heavy snow f last week, reopened on a full schedule last Monday morning. With weather conditions good, an inspec tion of county roads by F. T. Johnson, county superintendent; revealed most roads i in passable condition, and schools were ordered to resume classes this week. Weather conditions during the past several months have caused a serious delay; in the school schedule, and Mr. Johnson stated this week that a num ber of Saturday sessions may be or dered, as a solution to making up lost time.: . In the event that Saturday ses sions are ordered, it will enable the local- .schools to complete the spring term nearer to the closing date figur ed on by the1 Board of Education. Otherwise the spring term, may run well into the month of June. " - S. & Representative Changes Schedule ; J. A. Morrison, manager of . the Norfolk -branch office of Social Se curity Administration, announced this week that due to the increase work load in Hertford that a representative of the office will be in Hertford every fourth Wednesday of each month, ef fective February 25, ' Tl ) Social Security representative can I e located at the e of .' the sup- latendent of welfare ly local re V.ts t jrfring aid and ir. ma"on en Jl sciuilty. B&LStocftholdeis Select Directors- Stockholders of the Hertford Build ing and Loan Association, in their an nual meeting last week, re-elected the board of directors holding the offices during the past year. ' Members of the board are A. W. Hefren, q., P. Morris, J. P, Perry, J. W; Ward, V. N. Darden, J. H. Newbold, R. M. Rid- dick, Julian A. White, Max Campbell, Charles E. Johnson, Claude White and Dr. C. A. Davenport : At a meeting of the directors, which followed immediately the election by the stockholders, A. W. Hefren was renamed president of the association, C. P. Morris and J. P. Perry, vice presidents and Max Campbell, secre tary and treasurer. ' ' - - . ;. Woman Arrested Oh Bad Check Charge Charged with issuing a worthless check in the amount of ,$36, I E. Craft was placed nnder arrest here Wednesday ' morning, according to Sheriff M. G. Owens,; who later reported the Woman had been released noon bond of $300 and ordered to ap pear before Judge Charles E, John son it Recorders Conn next jruesaay for c I. -rinsron the charge. - '-j to the Sheriff, who made Members of the Hertford troop of Girl Scouts observed International Friendship Week and held a Valen- . tine party as part of the troop's meeting last saturaay. Mrs. jonn Simpson, a native) of County Down in North Ireland, was the guest of the troop during the meeting. Mrs. Simnson save the eirls en interesting ended with talk on custom and games of girls in her native country, and later discuss j ed the life of girls in Ireland as com. pared to the members of the local troop. This portion of the program was an open forum regarding holi days, games and customs of young Irish girls. ' The troop was divided into four groups for the Valentine event, one gave stunts on the origin of St. Val entine's 1 Day, another group -made Valentines, a third group worked to ward their music badges and the fourth group made and served re freshments. Another group reported on a project of planning and serving home meals. This project will be ob served by the other four groups of the. troop, Troop .meetings, which were dis rupted by the inclement weather of the past two weeks, have been re sumed on regular schedule. A special program is being planned by the troop for observing its third anniversary on March 12. - ' Vehicle Inspection To Open In Hertford From April 8 To 15 Orientation Period Set For April 6-7; Here Again In June One of the State's Motor Vehicle Inspection Lanes will be set up in Hertford April 6 for the purpose of . serving Perquimans County motorists who must have their cars and trucks inspected before December 31 of this year and twice each year beginning in 1949, it was announced today ly Ar thur T. Moore, head of the Depart ment's Inspection Division. Lane Number 366, which has been operating in Elizabeth City since January 12, is slated to start moving around seven of the northeastern counties beginning March 1. The in spection lane and its crew of opera tors will move to Ahoskie on that date and begin short stays in Hertford, Gates, Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquo tank, Camden and Currituck counties. The lane will be moved to Hertford on April & for the first time and on that date and April 7 local motorists and mechanics will have the privilege of being shown just how the crew op erates the testing gadgets which will determine whether or not motorists must have their cars worked over in order to obtain an inspection license showing the car meets all State re quirements for safe driving. The in spection lane will remain in Hertford checking cars and trucks from April 8 through the 15th, then it will be moved to Coinjock. It will be return ed to Hertford for one week again on June 11. Cars when brought to the inspec tion lane will be tested for proper brakes, lights, wheel alignment, door and window glasses and windshields, and all other items having to do with safe operation of a motor vehicle. According to reports released on vehicles already inspected, many cars have minor defects that can be fixed easily and cheaply, and when these faults are corrected the car is given an approval sticker. Some cars have been rejected as imk 'tpf xae and these faced major overhauls before being permitted in use. However, the object of the inspection is not, ac cording to State officials, an attempt to remove cars from the highway but to make all cars safe for traveling. Central PTA Meeting Held Monday Higlit it .Ace ':e ar. Sanitation Report Made By Sanitarian v K. J. Eyer, sanitarian for the Per quimans County Health Department, released a report this week covering his first six months as sanitation of ficer for the department He report ed that a large number of visits had been made to the various good hand ling establishments, and many im provements had been , made, both minor and major, within these estab-1 iisnments. ' - - Cafes unable to meet the minimum requirementt.ifor proper cleaning and bactericidal treatment of eating and drinking utensils : were placed on a single service. In most cases the op erator cooperated fully;' realizing the health protection ef customers. - Some food bandling permits were revoked because minimum require ments governing sanitation of restau rantsand other food handling estab lishments could not' be met Some were later granted permits after re quirements had been met Hertford Chapter : OES Meets Monday : The Hertford chapter of fhtt Order of Eastern Star will hold' t meeting! next Monday night February 23 at S o'clock in the lodge omr in Che the check was Lsned tejCourt House. ; AU membens'sriw urged 't . The PTA of Perquimans County Central Grammar School held its Feb ruary meeting Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by the president, MrsJ Eddie Harrell. The Whiteston comjnunity was in charge of the program and had as their subject "Youth Looks at the Schools." The devotionil was conducted by the Rev. Earl Meekins, and a special song, "There's No Friend Like Jesus," was sung ! by El mer Lassiter and Leslie Winslbw, ac- . companied by Mrs. R. R. White. The minutes of the last meeting and the President's Message were read, by the secretary, Mrs. Ashby Jordan. The reports of the standing committees were given by the chairman. Mrs. W. H. Matthews gave an interesting talk. Mr. Meekins spoke on the subject of the evening. A short pageant, "The PTA Cornerstone". was given by the Whiteston community. A Founder's collection was taken. The attendance prize went to the seventh grade, Miss MtfrRaret. b. wnues room. Shifch Pastor Guest At Rbtory Meeting The Rev. Mors Grissom, pastor o? the Bantist ChurefiVt Shiloh, was the guest speaker at' the Vtoa of the Mr. Grissom spoke briefly to the Ro tarians, using as his subject thtf train ing of our youth. He urged the Rd- tarians, as the citizens of today, to use all influences to enable the. youth of today, who will be the citizens of tomorrow, to obtain educational and Christian training in order .that the world may be a better place in which to live through peace. : 't ndians Jayyees - Advance In Tourney- Perquimans junior varsity: basket bafl team advanced . into, the second run of the Jayvee tournament being conducted this week at the Central gym as a result of a victory , over the Central Jayvees in n game played on Monday night r ;V:".S- "' ' y ' W The junior Indians turned back the Central team by 31- score; with Berry leading the Perquimans Affeiw ' siv attack.' w