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- J ! L - . . . , 1 - - . s 1 1. v . r UIEMMS WE - t EKLY "Volume XV. -Number 10. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 5, 1948. $1.50 Per Year, ."nUMEQ CROSS ROLL CALL CAMPAIGN UaDHl UAY HERE THIS WEEK; QUOTA J825 ) Robert Hollowell Direct ; ng Drive; Campaign - Closes ,15thV ; :f "' A;f::;,V;:':'..:V'" Perquimans County's annual Red Crosa Roll Call got under -way here ' ; this week with the local chapter be V , tag assigned a quota of $825, it was ' V announced by Herbert Nixon, chair l man of the Chapter, . At a meeting held last Thursday ri night , jlans for the Roll Call were v mapped out ' and ' Robert Hollowell ; ; was named a chairman of the cam . .?- paign.' f Assistant chairmen were -'-. named as foHows: Archie T. Lane, ; county chairman; . Mrs. J. H. Towe, ! " Hertford chairman; -Henry C, Sulli- van, business section chairman. Pro ., J. feasor Brown Wilfiam' C. Stroud and R. L.' Kingsbury were named to pro ' - J- mote ther campaign among the colored ( residents of the county. ;;c The various chairmen have select '. . , ed a number of solicitors throughout the. county, who in turn are expected -rs; jt, to make a house to house canvass for .' !Red Cross memberships. ' Individuals . may contribute any amount toward the county , quota, but it- has been . -v pointed out that membership in the ' ' Bed Cross requires at least a con tribution of one dollar. ' . While the county quota is slightly higher than the one assigned last : year, officials of . the Perquimans 4 Chapter helieve that through the concentrated drive plans for the Roll - Call this year the goal can be and will he reached by March 15. AH so ' licitors are being urged to complete ' their canvass of neighborhoods hot . - later than that date and to make re- porta to the chairmen. The quota . given Perquimans was determined by ' the needs of the Red, Cross for the year and, according to reports, . the . v local chapter's 'treasury is. sufficient I not to need additional funds from the :y resent campaign. ' Therefore, ; the t entire.' an- ant" f the S82Sk goal wjU ' vba, turned ver to-the-national chsp l'" 'ter. In,t event .that.- the ral is ' . v pvenubser f ti- per . eent W Tthe 'I amount' "lf thA"looif tra- xat&a&'U reuIuiaMuVjvllI bs ; assigned to the American Red Cross. v SI Indians And Squaws Participating In Games Being Played This Week-end at Central Gym TOURNEY SCORES Manteo 35; South Mills 29. Griggs 37; Perquimans 28! Manteo 42; Hobbsville 18. Griggs 38; Perquimans 31. Perquimans Indians and Squaws were eliminated from the Rural Con ference basketball tourney in the first round games Wednesday night by Griggs High. The Griggs iris won from the Squaws by a 37-28 score in a game which was close throughout until the final few minutes when the Griggs girls scored quick baskets to take a commanding lead. The Indians dropped their game to the Griggs boys in a nip-and-tuck contest, the outcome of which was in I doubt until the final minutes of the NELSON SABIN Nelson Sabin, famous Ameri can baritone, will be the feature of the chapel service at Perquim ans High School next Wednesday morning. Mr. Sabin will present a program of popular music dur ing the Services. Twenty-eight Cases Heard By Recorder Judge On Tuesday Traffic Violations Con tinue to Make up Most Of Docket .- Rotay Club Beets Kew Officers; Hears Tz!!t About Japan THIS VMS HEADLINES Russia continued its drive to build up"a solid bloe of satellite nations t thtougBout. Eastern Europe by serv ing notice to Finland, after having swallowed up Czechoslovakia,, that a Member f the Hertford Rotary Club, meetTn j Tuesday night, elected new officers for the Rotary year 4jer ginning July 1, and selected delegates to attend t v annual Rotary confer. J encet64el i in Raleigh Mawsh WmZ ' -lima ;;..he. newtesldittrftna other' officers are Robert Hollowell.' J vice president; J Jameee E. Newby, secretary-treasur-fer; A; W. Hefren; Henry Clay SuUi- i van,- Herbert Nixon and 'Max Camp bell, directors. Mr. Ainsley and Mr. Newby were named as delegates to the Conference. The new officers will assume their duties on July , 1. ' The club had as its guest for the meeting Arnold C Kraaymes, who gave an interesting talk on Japan. Mr. Kraaymes served with the V. S. j Army and was a member of the oc cupation forces for more than a year. He told the Rotarians -that much of Japan had been totally , damaged by game. The Indians held a one-point advantage at half time, but faltered in the second half and allowed Griggs to rack up 18 points while they counted for only ten. The final score was 38-31, Griggs. Perquimans High School basketball Rural Conference tourney being con teams are competing in the annual ducted this week-end at the Central school gym near Elizabeth City. The local teams saw action for the first time in the meet Wednesday night, with the schedule calling for the Squaws to play the Griggs girls at 9 o'clock and the Indians .playing Griggs boys at 10 o'clock. .Victories in these games will move the local teams into the semi-finals of the tournament which will be played on Friday night , Teams. entered in the tournament this year, besides' the Perquimans boys and girls, 'are Central, both teams; South Mills, both teams; Griggs, both teams; Manteo, .both teams,; Moyock, both teams; Weeks ville both. teams; the Chowan girls and Hobbsville boys. The Manteo and Weeksville girls are the top Seeded- teams in the. girls tourney, while' South Mills and Manteo boys were top seeded. The drawings place both of the Perquimans teams in what .appeared to be the tough bracket and both locatv teams will lace hard competi-i E W of uTaerTd A total of twenty eight cases were handle fcv the Perquimans Recorder's Court during its session here Tues day, with most of the cases cited for traffic violations. Eighteen motorists were cited to court and paid fines and costs on charges of speeding. Ten dollar fines and costs of court were assessed against Richard Stein, Joseph Holloman, Linwood Moore, Ruth Marino, James Moore, Robert Fanning, Arlene Russek, R. D. Ayers, Winifred Salmon, Joseph Strauss, Richard Barber and James Hall, all of whom entered pleas of guilty. ' Robert Gerlinger, Sara Bondurant, George Bondurant, Alex Shmerler, Mary Marks and Herbert Mason en tered .pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and each paid a fine of five dollars and court costs. A motion for non suit, made by W. H. Oakey, attorney for Wayland White, Jr., was allowed by the court and White was dismissed on charges of speeding. The State took nol prosses in the cases charging Hayward Ferebee and Felmore 'Shambry, both Negroes, with assault with deadly weapons. Court costs were taxed against Charlie Pierce, who was charged with being drunk on the streets of Hert ford. (Leslie Riddick, Negro, was found guilty of being drunk and disorderly. A sentence of 30 days was suspended upon payment of a fine of $10 and costs. . James Pierce, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to a charge of being drunk. , John Downing, Negro, was found guilty on a charge of non-support. He was sentenced to the roads for 60 days, sentence to be suspended upon payment of costs and farther condi- Spn that the defendant post $100 ond with the clerk of court and pay ment of $2.00 per week to Helen Sim ons for support of a child. A nol pros was taken in the case of Alfred LaRue, charged with driv ing without a license, but a fine of $10 and costs was assessed against the defendant for driving with im proper license. Lillian Everett, Negro, was found COMMISSIONERS ACT TO PROVIDE FUND FOR SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND REPAIRS Leap Year BabyJ Fate sometimes plays mean tricks on babies and Mr. Stork helped the situation along this week when he delivered Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Kimbreir of Hertford a bouncing boy on February 29. Mother and baby are reported doing nicely, but the baby faces the sad fact that he will have a birthday only every four years. That is a long time to wait for a birthday cake, but we expect he will arrange to celebrate his birthday annually . . . maybe using both February 28 and March 1. Motion Calls For Bond Issue of $200,000 to Fi nance Projects; No Date Set For Action Baseball Directors Sign Ed McCarty As Manager Of Club Joe H. Levinson, business manager of the Perquimans Baseball Club, an nounced Tuesday that directors of the local Albemarle League entry had signed Ed McCarty of Duke University to manage the club dur ing the 1948 season. McCarty was i k K..-k-ii -.ov, r k ri,o building of the gym, He is the varsity catcher for the ' 8ed the J? V kr university and is expected to play f 8"m msed throuh Pttbllc con" that position with the Perquimans tr"utlons- team. I Later in the meeting the motion McCarty visited in Hertford last WM offered to call, the election on the Sunday and conversed with several bond i3"' whicft carried by popu directors of the local club. He spoke j lar vote of the residents of the coun hizhly of the facilities here for nlay- Uy, will provide funds for the entire Members of the Perquimans Board of County Commissioners, meeting on Monday, passed a motion calling' for an election to determine whether or not the county will float a bond issue in the amount of two hundred thous and dollars to finance a building pro gram for county schools. The motion authorized the County Attorney to proceed with necessary action to set the machinery of the election in motion. The action by the Board followed a discussion between Board members and a delegation which appeared be fore the Board requesting funds for the renovation of the 'Perquimans High School to provide gymnasium facilities for physical education training. During this discussion members of the Board advised the delegation that the surplus now on hand had been earmarked for use in construction of the colored school at Winfall and this surplus was not available for any other use. A plan for achieving the high school gym was offered when the delegation, whose spokesmen were Rev. D. L. Fouts, Joe Levinson, A. W. Hefren and W. W. White, asked if the Board would appropriate funds to match public contributions toward the The Board ad- preUminary games Both teams have oT court. tirade treaty ; between Finland and (the American assault; on the nation Russia should be negotiated. Keports ; during the war and conditions within from Finland this week indicate a' Japan were at a very low ebb. Busi- treaty will probably; be signed be- vv tween the two countries, ueanwnue, in "Czechoslovakia, .where Commun ist party . members have taken oyer most government josts, the people have been told that democratic elec tions will be conducted to determine .'office holders. " v' In Washington Senate leaders this ' c week pushed the Marshall Plan mea- sure by. arging quick . action - on the ' 'part, of the United States to provide 'r aid to Europe as . a brake on , the , spread of . Communism. , The Senate :'- committee conducting hearings on the Marshall Plan was requested to rush , the bill ealltar for 5.8 billion dollars - of aid for Western Europe before It twag too lata. -. ;? -':; vik&' fif. '., .A. member of the i Senate Finance Committee this week predicted that an income tax cut of between- four and five bmion dollaw win fea voted ' by"1 Congress and made to stick de " spite opposition from'the administra tion. ; John W. Hanes, former, Treas ,,tfry offciat, told the committee' that -a surplus during, the next two Tears ' wilt leave ample room for Bach 1 re f d action on income taxation.' ' i - - nesv had been seriously disrupted due to the fall of the few families that had controlled all : business interests prior to the beginning of the war and that the middle class people, gener ally engaged in agriculture and small businesses, had received hard blows from war-time -conditions and at the close of the war were without means to continue their occupations. Mr. Kraaymes stated that the Japanese, as a whole, showed' high' respect for the. American occupational forces and after ' the American forces had, through cooperation and friendliness, overcome the war-time propaganda won t the friendship of the Japanese People. DL3nVlns!3;7l!j.7 Ibi3 17n!:n ' State Tc 0.ra ' .nereM?ird!Hjl2,13, u ! B. F: Tattle, deputy collector of the Stas Revenue office, will be in Hert- l ford, at the local poVe i7artrrt c ue, on March 11, 12, 18 r J 15 f.r t!e purpose of assistlrj 1 I re.l- d-.ts h CMry Ttate i ' Eldon Winslow of Hertford 'has been appointed as Perquimans County game warden, according to announce ment made here Wednesday. Mr. Winslaw began his duties, under the Wildlife Commission, aa of March 1. Th6 ' new game warden u weU men. couio oe maae, a toss-"up in the first game, having divided season games with the Griggs boys' and girls, but tournament ex perience indicates the Indians and Squaws may go into the first game with a slight edge over the Griggs teams. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Kemp of Elizabeth City, an 8-pound boy, on February 28. Mrs. Kemp is the former Miss Mildred Lewis of Chapanoke, LEASE FOR HARVEY POINT SUBMITTED TO TOVfl OFFICIALS BY NAVY DEPARTMENT ing the sport and stated ne woum arrive the first part of June to as sume the duties as manager. The local directors also report that they have contacted several prospec tive players and some definite com mitments . regarding some of these players may be made shortly. The directors are devoting much effort to ward acquiring a number of out standing pitchers and terms are ex pected to be reached with, some of these soon, A meeting of the league directors was held in Colerain last week and some important decisions were reach ed at this meeting, including a salary J limit of $750 per week,, also that each pay!team will play six games per week during the season which is expected to open about June 1. The directors adopted the Goldsmith baseball as the official ball for the league. The roster f the Perquimans team is expected to be about 15 players and the list of players is ex pected to be announced in about 30 days. ; ,V'V r. . .:-"r.:.F 'i. Negotiations are now in progress between the U S. Navy Department and members of the Hertford Town Board pertaining to a lease by the Towp for the Harvey Point Naval Station, it was learned here today, i C'Harvey Point, which has been un der the authority or u.c War Assets Administration for about two years, was returned to the authority of the j Navy Department last week. Follow ing , Several conferences the Navy submitted a lease for the site to the Town, Board this week. The lease is now being studied by the Board and definite action is expected to be taken probably at a meeting of the Board next Monday or Tuesday. It was learned that a portion of the lease, having to do with the sup ply lot electrical : power to the site, required additional study by the Board1 members before any agree- Terms of the Vets Reemployment known throughout the county and has always shown much, interest in the wildlife program. He is a veteran of WorldWarll. ! ' -' In assuming his duties Mr. Wins low advised local residents, and daily fishermen, that under the laws no nets, catfish poti or wire baskets t any; type may be set in the Per- .Imans River from r Crow Point to . jlvidere.' He also announced that '1 creel limits will be fully enforced. limits include 20 for perch and ' .bt for bass, v , , ' ; -' : . ?r Eastern Star SctO::::;r:j ; '.oil C - 1 . '.-JP T. Wse have not. been revealed, other than during the conferences it was pointed out that the lease was re vocable and that the Navy retained authority to take back the site upon given notice, and primary cost of ihe lease will be one dollar per year. . T, i. alaA nndentood that the Town Board has had a number of ap plications from Individuals desiring to sub-lease certain portions and buildings on the base providing the Town leases the site. :t:i:'iff: The leasing i of the : lite by the Town, it has been reported, hinges upon the problem of supplying oy e';:trlcal jcurrent to the base to or- f ,r that sub-leasees planning to op tl C:: r i e macIJnery at the base will have i1 t the i -Ic-t r iwer to operate tw m T''K 3-y. lie arrangementi rt-wdtog j T - --em are expected .t v "-rm. t r Vome of the r !ons - ' - c--l n tha 1 x . i I 1 - - . Jurors Drawn For April Term Of Court Thirty-six residents of Perquimans County, including five women, were drawn to serve as Jurors at the April term of Superior Court, which con venes here on Monday, April 1& The jurors drawn at a ' meeting of the County Commissioners last ; Monday are: Thomas Rogerson, Clarence By rum, Mrs. Mary Koonce, Mrs. Bertha Chappell Lane, C. C. Mansfield, Jr., Earl Russell, R. M. Baker, J. C. Bac cus, Noah Felton, Jr., E. W. White, H. F. Long, John T. Lane, J. I. Lane, Lynford C. Winslow, Robert Turner, H. G. Elliott, Santos Umphlett, Les lie Winslow, Mrs. H. B. Caddy, Claude M. long, Walter Dail, J. T. Hend ricks, Asa, R. Stalling, Mrs. Myrtle Long, WF. Madre, W. F. Hollowell, W. F, Ainsley, James W. Overtop, Basil Copeland, Jr., Mrs. Sally Lane, James R. White, Roy P. White, W. M. Divers, Sr Harry Thach, Kalpn Proctor and Clyde Lane, f," 11 Committee Named Two Commissioners I Not Seekim? Office -'Vflf ihembers of the present Board umntv Commissioners will not be fcdidates jto. succeed themselves In the primary election to be held in May, according to an announcement made here Monday, The two Com- miss1 'in ' announcing they will not seek k selection are L. L.1 Winslow, Belvidere Township, and C A Wia; Bethel TownshlD. . t Both Mr. Winslow and Mr. White, in makinx their announcements, atat- ed that they were retiring Irom the of -9 ia order to devdte all of their i' to f r Inslness interests. Both r ? f y t "i erprest the'r :reoi' " i i ? i cooperation C rm i.. i serving en Cs i. d. S. H. Alford, Assistant State Ser vice Officer, and Ferdinand T. John son, Service Officer, American Legion Post No. 126, have been named Vet erans' Reemployment Righto Commit teemen for Perquimans County, ac cording to an announcement made to day by Hugh W. Bradley, field repre sentative, VRRD United States De partment of Labor. Certificates of appointment have been issued to these committeemen and they are now prepared to aid veterans in ob taining reemployment and seniority rights to which they are entitled un der the Selective Service Act. These ' Committeemen will serve voluntarily in giving advice and as sistance to veterans who feel that they have reemployment problems in volving restoration in their old jobs or seniority and accrued benefits on the job and to those who have been laid offff or discharged without cause before, completing one year of em ployment to which they are entitled. "Every effort will be made to ad- Just all eases amicably,'" Mr. Bradley said. This, is In keeping with the policy declared by Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach and RUbert carv ers, director of the Department's Vet erans! Reemployment Rights Division. Litigation will J resorted to only when there Hpears to be a violation of the veterans' rights which cannot be resolved otherwise. ; It is believ ed, however, that such eases will be building program sponsored by the Board of Education. This program, as published by the Board of Educa tion, calls for a colored school build ing at Winfall, a gym at the high school, an agricultural building .at the high school, a lunch room at Central Grammar School and repairs to thb--coloiS. :i!eH ford. The motio'Was passed, call ing for the election on" a bond issue of $200,000, which added to the $40, 000 surplus, will make a total of $240,000 available for the building program. Definite action on the election awaits information which must be gathered by the County Attorney. The action also must receive favor able opinion of the Local Govern ment Commission at Chapel Hill. In the event the proposed election meets favorable reaction from the Local 'Government Commission, procedure of the election must be filed with the Clerk of Court, setting out the amount of bonds to be issued and the , purpose for which the money will Je used. This information must be filed with the clerk to provide the public with all the facts regarding the elec tion and provide grounds for protest, if any, on the part of local citizen!- Charles E. Johnson, County Attor ney, advised the Board that a special bond election may be held 30 dates before or after any regular election, and in the event such an election is carried out that the tax rate of the county must be raised to provide jfor the payment of the bonds and inter est in the given number of years jet for repayment of the bonds issued.! During the discussion by the dele gation A. W. Hefren told the gronp that Maior Loomis Company is re newing its offer made several years ago to donate all of the flooring needed for the gym project If contlri- butions were made toward building the gym. I J. C. Morgan, superintendent of fhe County Home, appeared before he Board and advised the Commissioners that repairs to the out buildings iat the home have been completed sttd were now In good condition. ' . I Noted Artist To SLIi rare." ttdV! . NAMES OMITTED : Two names, those of Marguerite Butler and Tommy Sumner, were omitted from the honor, roll list for Percralman High' School published last week, it was reported today. The names had sot been reported up to the time the list was released last, ana AtPtnfJimaslugii : J.'-'l.Sj Nelson Sabin, a famous NBC artist and distinguished American baritone, will give concert at Perquimina High School, Wednesday, March 1(1 at the regular, chapel .services which 14 gin at 9 a. m it was announced to day by C E. Woodard, principal of the school, . r i The concert wSl be opened to .the public as well to school students. The program will ' include jpopnlar music - front radio program "ni , movies. -1 r" 4j,, t ; Mr. Sabin U appearing laTlet .af colleges and tchoolt under the isT" pices of N American Grje Cot Hi' Lectures, which r C:., r ' wefek. rangemenU to1 the 1 nca, J