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Volume XV. Number 12.
" Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, March 19, 1948.
l!::IUi D:patmontSaitritii Releases
Ratings On County's School Lunch Rooms
-Cites Need For New
. Lunch Rooms at Two
; : Of the Schools
; vl v K. J. Eyer, sanitarian 'for the Per
quimans Health Department, this
' week released sanitary ratings for.
" the three, Perquimans school lunch
'rooms, graded recently after a sani
tary Inspection had been 'conducted,
t The results of the survey revealed
that there is : much room for im
' v provement in sanitary conditions.
However1, Mr. Eyer pointed out that
the lunch room personnel of each
school can be complimented on the
excellent; job they are doing under
, ' present conditions. Sanitary rat
ings for the lunch rooms were: Per
,' quimans High School 77, Hertford
Grammar School 79 and Winfall
. V Grammar School 81.
"- ' The sanitary rating of the school
' lunch rooms covers 'not only , the
. quality and quantity of food served
but also the buildings, lighting, venti
lation, toilet facilities, water supply,
lavatory facilities, . construction of
utensils and ; equipment, cupboards
and Other storage facilities, cleaning
and sterilization of, utensils, storage
.of utensils, disposal tf wastes, re
. ' frigeration, milk products, handling
and display of food, health certificates
of personnel and cleanliness of em
ployees. ' . i
. As a result of the inspection, the
'Health Department, according -to Mr.
Eyer, will strongly recommend, if
finances permit, construction -of new
t lunch rooms at Hertford Grammar
, and Winfall Grammar schools. He
also pointed out that there is need
for improvement in cleaning and
f sterilization of eating and drinking
utensils. One school, according to
i the report had inadequate refrigera-
, tion and "all three schools had evi-
dence of either rats or mice. Water
pressure at the high school and Hert
;' ford Grammar schools was . reported
inadequate.1! . More attention to toilet
''rooms at the schools was recommend-
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Rev. A. C. Waggoner, pastor
of the' Main Street Methodist
Church in Reddsville, will con
duct a series of evangelistic ser
vices at the Hertford Methodist
Church during the week of April
11 to 18, it was announced today
. by Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of
the local chruch. . '
Town Board Votes
To Purchase Lot As
Dumping Ground
Approval Expected on
Street Project; Im
provements Oked
Hertfo
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ed a sun
Mayor Vj
the pure!
proximatf
be used. I
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the Town
lot on Go
but this I
brought fv
from loca
pec ted to:
is located
street, fal
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board repl
erty ownm
oard, meeting
today, night, vot
nd . authorized
to negotiate for
let of land, ap
is half acres to
( as a dumping
short time aaro
r this purpose
mpractical and
of complaints
I The site ex
1 by the Town
end of Church
t front.
ired before the
umber of prop-
Street and re-
Baseball Practice
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quested tie, Li'to construct curb
land gutters along Front street to
provide drainage of that area. The
board voted to start, this project af
ter the completion of a number of
improvements already scheduled for
this Spring and Summer.
Mflyor Darden advised the board
i members that officials
$1.50 Per Year
Reports Drive Quota
Is Oversubscribed
Reports, Still Incom
plete, Show $1,060 Col
lected By Solicitors
Perquimans County has oversub
scribed its 1948 Red Cross Roll Call
quota according to Robert Hollowell,
county chairman for the drive. Mr.
Hollowell reported on Tuesday that
a total of $1060 had been reported to
him by a number of the cojehairmen
but as yet are incomplete for the
county as a whole.
- Funds turned over to the chairman
were reported as follows: Business
section of Hertford, $299.50, residen
tial white section, Hertford, $170,
County area, white division, $476; one
county and one town report from the
colored division totalled $113.83.
h: Each of the co-chairmen reported
that several additional reports were
expected to be made shortly and a
complete report on the drive will be
made as soon as all reports are turn
ed in. Mr. Hollowell pointed out
that even though the local chapter
has reached its 1948 goal of $825
residents of .the county who have not
been approached for a donation' can
sun join the nea t,ross oy seeing
of the State or man the contribution,
Highway, Commission had been ini ""1,e.'n T . v , ! T ,
suiusuiiucu uaxijig bite itoL mu wecita
At Local High School
With basketball .gear packed away
in moth balls, baseball practice got
under way at Perquimans High
School this week under the direction
of Coach Joe Levinson, who said
some 50 to, 60 boys reported for the
i first round bf try-outs for team posi-
Hertford recently and consulted with
him in regards to the project which
j calls for 4he widening of Grubb
street from Church street to the Town
' limits. The Mayor stated he expect
ed to be advised that this project had
been approved by the State Commis
sion and work on the project may be
started shortly. The street will be
i widened to a maximum of 34 feet
j under the plans and the Town will-be
' called upon to remove trees, poles
ana sidewalks where necessary ini
i allotted for the campaign, the Nat
i ional Red Cross drive will continue
i until the end of March and contribu
tions will be received by the local
chapter.
Mr. Hollowell expressed his thanks
and appreciation to the solicitors who
conducted the local canvass and to
the public for its generous response
to the roll call which made possible
the success of the campaign. He
stated that a full report with com-
TOWN BOARD CONTINUES NEGOTIATIONS
WITH NAVY ON HARVEY POINT LEASE
Hitch Develops In Re
gard to Lease Offered
Town; Board Refuses
Terms
I Speaks Here March 25 I
preparation for the widening .pro-! m.unity contributions, wUl be publish
ed and , use of disjnftents? miged.i1; a
1 Jrfe!"!0 clt'fron'l8t eason with: and were advised
s, smoke ad ;odor. .;, iWebb.' Benton. Boy
ject. The construction costs will be
supplied by the State.
The hoard handled the usual finan
cial matters prior to adjournment
of a special meet-
fumesi
Mr. Eyer was a speaker at a meet
ing of the Hertford PTA on March
11 and discussed several of the lunch
room problems during this meeting-
Jbsiah, Smith. Such ing set for Wednesday night when
the Navy's
Election Board
Preparing For
Symons, Elliott, ' action .was expected to be
Webb, Benton, Boyce, Chester and regards to a lease of "th
jEarl Winslow, Ward, Lane, Hollowell, , Harvey Foint property.
Billy Winslow and Earl Rouerson ' :
were among those 'answering the call Q Anr Pahaai'I1 OaI
for candidates . iDdliO 0011061 1 OBl
The Indians, fielding such an array i
of experienced players, are expected
Jay Priiey
Perquimans County Board of Elec?
tions, composed of A. W. Hefren as
chairman, W. F. Ainsley and Cecil C.
' Winslow, is preparing for the primary
election scheduled for the last Satur
day in May. 'Mr. Hefren stated today
' that candidates for local offices must
. file notices and pay filing fees with
the Board of Elections by si o'clock
- iSaturday, vApril 17.'
Little interest is being manifested
in the election thus far and only one
local candidate, E. Leigh Winslow,
who is seeking re-election to the office
of Kepresentative, bas made an an-
to be strengthened by a number of
new 'boys and will no. doubt hang up
a fine record of play in the Albemarle
Conference, in which the Indians will
play this year. Columbia, Jamesville,
Plymouth and, Willianiston will pro
vide Conference competition, with the
opening game set L for April 1. All
games for the team will be played
away from home until after the Nor
folk Tars complete their spring train
ing here, 'then home games, will be
played on Memorial Field. Some 10
to 12 games will be scheduled for the
Indians, according to Coach Levin
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' Officials of the Albemarle Confer
ence have divided the schools into two
divisions and the winner of each di
vision will play a two best out of
three series for the conference cham
pionship. : Prospects for the local team this
season appear bright, according to
Coach Levinson,' who reported that
For Friday Night
lwmncftmMit. 1 Frnm Jlw Statu ariarla.
Saturday is "the final day for candi- practice sessions will be held each
dates te file for a.Steto ofnee. Four.' flay, weawer whiuwm , jierauiung.
Perquimans County High School
Band, and Glee Club will present a
concert at the high school building
1 Friday, night, March 19, at 8 o'clock,
it was announced Monday by E. C.
Woodard, principal. The members of
the band and glee club, under the di
rection of ' Mr. Ainsworth and Mrs.
Hopkins,, have been putting in a good
ly number of days practicing for the
concert and followers of the musi
cians are expecting, a splendid musi
cal show at the school tonight.
Mr. . Woodard announced that no
admission; will be charged and that
the public' is cordially invited io at
tend the concert. All veterans and
their wives are issued, a special invi
tation to attend. Seats will be re
served in" a special section of the au
ditorium : for .veterans and their
inenus.
and possibly five, candidates wiH be
in the race for Governor and each of
the other State offices are expected to
nave at least two contestants seeking
the positions. Judge Chester 'Morris
will ie a - candidate to succeed him
jself and three candidates are entered
in the Solicitor's race. John Graham,
Incumbent, and .' John F. White of
Edenton and Walter Cohoon of Eliza
beth City are t the caadidatea, . The
, State, Senate race is a three-cornered
affair with J. Emmett Winslow of
j, Perflijlmans, W. I. Halstead and Joe
Vaan expected to be the only candi
. 4ates to seek the two Senate seats;
Tvyo ! members of the Board of
' "County Commissioners, L, L Winslow
and C. E. White, have sUted iheydo
not lilan to 'seek re-election, but other
. men.bers of the Board have made no
t statement regarding their plans. How
ever, it is believed that EM." Perry,
, R. T. 'Brinh apd George : Wv Jackson
. will seek, re-election to the -Board.
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Pre-Eastcr, Services ,
At Llethcdist Church
Pre-Easter services scheduled at
the Hertford Methodist Church were
mnounced H(day by the Rev. D. L.
l outs, pattor of the ' "rch," as fol
lows: Cervices will be hu.J on Wed
r "iay and Tbura -y eve' - s t 7:."0
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until the opening game, He added
that it was too early to name.ny of
the boys showing outstanding ability
but that Rogerson and ifflry Winslow
no doubt will get moat of the assign
ments for pitching, duty. Both of
these boys showed exceptional prom
ise last year as freshmen twirlers.
CentraTPTA Meeting
Held Monday Night V
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The PTA of Perquimans Central
Grammar School held its March meet-'
ing Monday night at 7;30 o'clock in
the school auditorium. The Winfall
community was in charge tot the pro
gram, using as their subject "Recrea
tion a Community Responsibility " -Mrs
C O. Fowler conducted the de
votional. A special selection,; "The
Holy City," was beautifully rendered
by J.' P. Snipes, principal The
minutes of the last meeting were read
and the reports of the standing" com:
ffiven bv their chairmen.
Remarks were made by F, f. John-,
son, superintendent. Mrs. Hopkins
gave two selections f on ; the: violin.
Marvin ' White , gave V a ' humorous
poem, The Deacon's Courtship." jMrs.
Sally T; W gave an interesting read
ing, ''I' xy Jones' Education." Joe
H. Le" Jon .feipoke briefly but inform5-'
and interestingly on the
.w..al" conditions' of tie cc -nty.
eu as soon as tne record can be com
piled.
Easter Seals Sales
To Start This Week
The annual sale of Eaoter Soals,
conducted to raise funds for crippled
children, will get under way here this
week-end, it was announced today by
C. Edgar White, superintendent of
Perquimans Welfare Department, who
is. heading up the local committee
handling the campaign.
The campaign will continue through
Easter Sunday, Mr. White stated, and
while the county will have no definite
goal) the committee is hopeful that a
sum equal to the amount raised last
year can be secured during the drive
this year. That sum amounted to
?360.
In discussing the t Easter Seals
drive, Mr. White pointed out that the
campaign is conducted by the North
Carolina League of Crippled Children,
a private charitable organization that
cooperates with, but does not dupli
cate the work of other public or pri
vate agencies. It aids the crippled
children throughout the area, and the
only condition for aid need be a valid
need not otherwise provided for. The
only source of income' the league has
is the sale of Easter 'Seals.
One-half of the funds raised annu
ally through the drive remain in the
I a . a 1 1. 1 i
county ioi use ox me iucui commit
tee,1 which last year assisted a num
ber of Perquimans children to receive
medical aid ;i and . assistance, which
might not have been provided for had
it not been . for the funds raised
ARE Corp. Selected
Officers Saturday
?. Directors of -the Albemarle Rural
reric vorporanon met at tne oi- throlMrh th(l .,a ot the tinv seals.
nces of the Cooperative last Saturday , puMic is urged to erate with
afternoon and elected officers for the!tho drive year and buy Easter
coming year. J. Wilson Jones of Seals. The committee. will be assist
VfT. .f??Unty was elected president; ed b children and volunteer
J4A. Williams of Xhowan County was soh'citor, ; who will make , a canvass
named rice President: A. T. Lane and
Charles E. White both of Perquim
ans, were named secretary and treas
urer respectively.
The board of directors of the co
operative is composed of two repre
sentatives from each of' the counties
associated1 and have one director se
lected at large.
selling; the seals.
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Wildlife Club To Hbld
Fish Fry March 26
Fishermen and sportsmen of Per
quimans County have been invited to
attend a fish fry which will be staged
here on Friday, March 26, by ihe Per
quimans County Wildlife CJub, it was
announced , today' by Edgar ! Fields,
president of the local-club. ' The fish
fry will be held at the municipal plant
at six o'clock next Friday evening.
Ross Stevens, executive Secretary
of the State Federation of 'Wildlife
Clubs, J. .& Winslow; Commissioner
for the First District on the iU'ildlife
Resources , Commission, tr 1 ilr.
James, District Game Warder, wHl be
apeciul z" s at the event '
Board Of Review
Completes Work
' Members of the Perquimans County
Board of Commissioners met at the
Court House in Hertford with the
County, Tax , Supervisor on Monday
for the purpose of hearing complaints
on property listed for 1948 taxes and
to review the tax listing taken dur
lng4he month of January.
jjev Board of Review reported no
complaints were forthcoming and! the
work of reviewing the Job of he tax
listers was practically accomplished
before the Board adjourned late Mon
day evening, v Several adjustments
Were reported made on property listed
on the books. :. ;':;:-" ": " '
W. KERR SCOTT ,
W. Kerr Scott, former Com
missioner of Agriculture, and
candidate for Governor, will
speak in Hertford on Thursday
night, March 25, at eight o'clock.
The speech will be made in the
Courthouse.
Recorder's Court
Docket Heaviest In
Weeks Last Tuesday
Fines totalling more than $750 and
costs of court were assessed against
a large number of defendants given
hearings in Perquimans Recorder's
Court here Tuesday. The docket,
when court opened, was one of the
heaviest in weeks, with a large num
ber of defendants charged with traffic
violations.
Robert Uniphlett,. Negro, charged,
with larceny of 200 bushels of corn,
entered a plea of guilty, and he re;
ceived a six months suspended sen
tence upon payment of a fine of $25
and costs of court, and he was ordered
to pay F. S. Winslow $75 for the
corn. Lemiah James, Negro, charged
with aiding and abetting in the above
case, was given a three months sus
pended sentence and fined $25 and
costs. He was ordered to pay Mr.
Winslow $25 for corn.
Bernice Woodard, Negro, was found
guilty of larceny of a rifle owned by
Nathan Trueblood. He was given 90
days on the roads, suspended upon
payment of a fine of ,$50 and costs.
Ralph Lewis, Chris Doernback,
Nichols Ludington, Samuel Goldstein,
Albert Van Skiver, Samuel Bartlett,
Thomas Barry, Charles Weinstein,
Harry Finklestein, Earl Valentine,
Reginald Thomas, Milton Gettlemen
and Walter Dickson each paid a fine
of $10 and costs on charges of speed
ing. Fines of five dollars and costs were
taxed against Philip Busby, Eliza
beth James, C. V.- Small, Willie Ril
ling, Kichard Forsby, Alice Powell,
Harry Lebo, Elliott Sweat, Fred
Barkley, William Specht, Carmen
Russar, E. L. Beerwort, Maybelle
Men, Herman Marlowe and Frank
Williams, who entered pleas of guilty
to charges of speeding.
Jack Leckowitz paid a fine of $15
and costs for speeding and Norwood
Davis' was fined $25 and costs on a
charge of speeding 70 miles per hour.
Costs of court were taxed against
Clarence Cofneld, who plead guilty to
passing a car on a earn.
Robert A. Boyce plead guilty to a
charge of being, drunk and paid the
costs of court.
Daniel Morgan was fined $100 and
costs on a charge of driving drunk.
Clarence Outlaw, charged with
driving drunk and driving after his
license had been revoked, was given
a nine months sentence, suspended
upon payment of a fine of $300 and
costs. His license was revoked for
an additional three years.
Robert Lightfoot and Lillebell
Jones, both Negroes, were found not
guilty on charges of assault. ,
A hitch developed in the n?gotia
tions between Hertford Town Board
and representatives of the Navy De
partment, meeting here Wednesday
night for discussion of a proposed
lease of the Harvey Point Navy Sta
tion and resulted in a decision by the
Board to turn down the proposed
lease.
At meetings held prior to the one
this week members of the Town
Board had been advised ' that a lease
on the base might possibly be ob
tained without liability clauses, which
would have enabled the Town to lease
the base and then in turn sub-lease
part or all of the station for a profit.
However, when the formal lease was
presented this week it contained Ha-
jbility clauses for the protection . of
the ibuildings located on the base and.
costs of providing fire insurance to
cover this protection was deemed too
high for the Town to assume the lia-.
bility.
After a discussion of the proposi
tion, members of the Town Board ad-
j vised the Navy representatives of a
I decision to turn down the proposed
1 lease. However, negotiations were
help open with the Board presenting
a letter to the Navy Bureau pointing
out its position in regard to the or
iginal impressions gained in regard
to a lease withoutN.,the liability
clauses in the contract arid requested
the Navy Bureau to consider giving
the Town a lease on the basis free of
the liabilities.
The letter is being forwarded, to
proper Navy authorities for considera
tion but several days are expected to
elapse before a decision on the matter
is given the local officials.
Kerr Scott To Speak
Here Thursday Night
At Public Gathering
W. Kerr Scott, former Commission
er of Agriculture and candidate for
Governor, will speak at the Court
House in Hertford Thursday night,
March 25, at eight o'clock, it was
announced here this week by A. T.
Lane, secretary of the Perquimans
County Farm Bureau.
Scott's appearance here will be at
the invitation of the local Farm Bu
reau officials who had invited Mr.
Scott to .' attend a meeting of the
Bureau held recently at Belvidere but
following Mr. Scott's announcement
as a candidate for the office of Gov
ernor the Bureau officials decided to
open the meeting to the public and to
hold the program at the Court House.
Residents of the county are incited
to hear Mr. Scott on his appearance
here next week.
Leigh Winslow
To Seek Re-election
E. Leigh Winslow, Perquimans
County Representative, today an
nounced bis candidacy to succeed him
self for . the . office, subject to the
Democratic primary election to be
held in May. Mr. Winslow was elect
ed to the office for the first time in
the election of 1946.
The announcement made today by
Mr. Winslow is the first from any
local candidates for county offices.
; . BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT .
?.Kiv ,';and " Mrs."; )P.V Stevenson of
Sommervills, Mass., announce ; the
I" .b of a con, born Thursday March
11. (Mrs. 'Ctevensoa is - the former
Ulssa Ku' -ollowell. -
Speaking Contest At
School On March 30
' A public ' speaking contest, spon
sored by the Soil Conservation Cobs-
mission, will be conducted at the Per
quimans County (High School on
Tuesday night, March. 30 at eight
o'clock, it Turas announced today. The
local contest will be an elimination
event to determine the county winner
in the State-wide contest.
According to C E. Woodard, prin
cipal , of 1 the bigh ; school, some 12
students have entered the contest and
the public is invited to hear the
speeches to be delivered by the local
students- ' ' 1 "'
Grocery Changed !
Ownership Monday
An announcement was made 'here
this week of the change in owner
ship of the White Grocery at Mar
ket and Edenton Road Street W. W.
White sold his interest tin the busi
ness to Keith Haskett, who assumed
management of the store last Mon
day. Mr. White will be associated with
the Hertford Cleaners, a new clean
ing and pressing establishment which
opened in Hertford this week.
Ruritan Club Hears
District Governor
Members of the Bethel Ruritan
Club, which met last Wednesday
flight at the Colonial Tourist Home,
beard .their District Governor, Elgin
White, speak en the spirit of Ruritan.
Walter Cohoon, a membelrf the Pas
quotank Club, was also a guest st the
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