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f ' i v WEEECLY 1 V VolumeX?Nwnber 27: - Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, July 2. 1948. -- ., -If 3 v;ilhRebols;Bella njured Tuesday Games Here Friday and Monday Afternoons; Locals Stand Third n e x t, Governor 5 ? ' double-header with. Elizabeth City. The first gatfe will be playe here Monday afternoon, then the second game in Elizabeth City Monday night. irlSboiit Leaders Call Off Camp Plans ' Leaders of the Hertford Troop of Girl Scouts have called off plans for members of the local troop to attend a summer camp at Reidsvjlle during the week of July 14 to 21, it was am nounced here this week by Mrs. T. P. Brinn. The plans were called off be cause of the polio situation in the western part of the State, and Mis. Brinn stated that the local Scout leaders deemed it unwise to take the Hertford girls into the territory where polio case had been announced. Sev eral cases of polio have been reported near the area in which the camp, is i Dr. T,-P. Brinn,' local' Health Of ficer, told the Girl Scout leaders that it would be inadvisable to 'take the local Scouts to the camp under the conditions a they exist.,-. : To offset any disappointment the girls' might have-over, the cancelled plans, the Scqut leaders and members of the troop will meet at the home' of Mrs. Brinn next Tuesday afternoon, V July 6, at 4 o'clock to make plans for eummer acuviues to oe camea om here at home. Several one-day out ings will probably be arranged to pro vide tiie Girl Scoots .with a program ' during the summer months, v Mrs. Brinn also stated that funds raised locally to pay the costs of the week at camp will be retained to de fray the costs of week's camping trip to be arranged at a later date. She expressed the appreciation of the Scout leaders for the assistance given in raising this fund and reported that the fund will be used for the purpose for wjifch it was raised. .a o Ainsley Jnausa, As tBotaryPresidei MS ; W'F. Alnsley was ; ; installed;) as president of the i Hertford' Rotary Club at the close "of the Club's meet fag Tuesday nigM. Alnsley will serve M the club president during the com ing year. & The -new president is ex acted to name club committees , and committee "chairmen at the. meeting of the group next week..;.4::'. y Max . Campbell is the", outgoing president of the Botarians. " . ' ; Two major projects j completed by the ; Rotarians during the past year were ' the presentation . of a motor -us' to the Perquimans High School and and the assisting of raising funds to pay a salary to the Eand master. . ' , . . . Hertford's Indians maintained their .500 clip in the Albemarle League during the past week-end and held third place in the. league standing Wednesday morning after having dropped two straight games to the Windsor Rebels; ' The Indians divided games. with. Edenton last Friday and Saturday, losing at Edenton by a 7-3 score, then turning back the Colonials here Saturday night behind the stel lar pitching of Moe Bauer, 5-4. On Sunday the Indians traveled to Plymouth to replay a protested game and eked out a 7-6 victory over the Rams, after starting the game in the second inning with Plymouth leading 4-0. . ;. . . Windsor came to Hertford Monday night and won a 3-1 victory from the Indians fn a well played game, but in which the Indians were unable to hit the pitches of . the Windsor hurler, White. White held the Indians to two hits throughout the nine innings. Re turning to Windsor on Tuesday, the Rebels smashed out 16 hits off of two Indian hurlers and collected 11 runs. The Indians, led by Red Kimbrell, hit safely mine times but converted these hits into only three runs. The game at Windsor Tuesday night was a costly one lor manager Mc Carthy's Indians; , ?eke Sella, Indian right fielder, was injured when he collided with Leroy Sires, Indian cen- terfielder. He was forced to retire from the game due to an injured ten don and it is reported he will be out of the Hertford lineup for an lndefin 1te period.' Bella was hitting .338 up to the game with Windsor. , Games Non tap -at Memorial Field Jiinnif tr.i'-4rfi1r.nAf include the. one with Plvmm. . hi!iZy nif.hi"il2!lthis- .welJ&st from Moscow Yugoslav government of being out of step with Russian Communism, re plied that Marshal Tito and the Yugoslav officials were working for the betterment of Yugoslavia and its people. They added that the Mos cow charge was without foundation and will be used as - propaganda against Communistic governments. Meanwhile, Tito, who had been on vacation, returned to Belgrade to as sume charge of the unsettled situa tion and he called up the masses of his country to back his government. M .! ; w KERR SCOTT In a run-off primary election held Saturday, W. Kerr Scott, for . mer Commissioner of Agriculture, outdistanced State Treasurer ' Charles Ml Johnson by over 36,000 votes for the Democratic nomina tion of Governor of North Carolina. Scott trailed Johnson in the May 29th primary election, but carried 62 of the State's 100 counties in last Saturday's run-off election. THIS WEEK'S HONES YugoslaVcomKiunists slapped down Russia's attitude toward the block ade of Berlin may be softening ac cording to a dispatch from the Ger man Capital on . Wednesday which stated that Russia's Marshal Sokol- ovky had advised British officials he hoped that rail traffic from the west ern zones can be revived before the city's food supply runs out. The Rus sians halted all rail shipments into Berlin from the west two weeks ago and since that time Allied forces have been flying supplies and, food into Berlin. The condition however grows serious as each day passes and with shortages on many items rationing has been invoked. More than., three thousand deaths and seven thousand injured is the toll of an earthquake disaster that hit Japan this week. An entire city of 80,000 was in ruins as relief work ers, both American ana Japanese, toiled to seek more victims.. A small contingent of American - troops sta tioned near the scene of the disaster lost all of their possessions but none were reported injured. j. Secretary of War Kenneth ' Royal announced this week that the Army plans to induct about 30,009 youths into the army each month when the draft begins, probably in; about sixty days'The Army estimated it , will need between 225 and z0 thousand fmen to start expansion of the army te its 8370(Mnan strength; j; - ;-r ---v-.'!',a..t '..vt'S :A:j-;u Senator Howard McGrath, chairman of the Democratic waoonar lamv mittee stated this week that ' he ex pected .the Democratic convention to nominate President Truman s the Democratic candidate for President, when the convention meets July 12 at Philadelphia. McGrath stated he expects Truman to be nominated on the first ballot 'TIm ttmetA'a fiscal year, clos ed ott J Wednesday and. the budget surplus was estimated at dose to eight billion ,; dollars, largest ;:r ever, recorded. Most 'of the moneyi ;.' all pr ,r profits of course,' i has been ussi to help reduce the national debt to about 251 billion , dollars. The surplus ref.ecta the excess of govern ment iitcome, ever spending." , -' Lions Club Donkey Baseball Game Wed. Plans are being completed this week by members of the Hertford Lions (Jlub lor the donkey 'baseball game which Will be sponsored- by the Lions Club at Memorial Field in Hertford next Wednesday evening, July 7, at 8 o'clock. A crew of the stubbornest donkies this side of the Mississippi River have been secured as mounts for the play ers, who will., be selected from the Lions Club to represent one team and from residents over the county who will represent the All-Stars. A fine show of athletic skill and ability to ride a donkey is promised to the spec tators Charlie Vann, chairman of the com mittee in charge of the game, stated today that proceeds from the game will be used by. the Lions Club for civic projects sponsored by the Lions. The line-up for the game was an nounced today as follows: Starting for the Lions Club, Joe Towe, Sam Hourmouzis, Clarence Phillips, Melvin Owens, Luther Sitterson, I. C. Yagel, R. R. White, G.. C. Buck, Tom Cox, Charles Williford and Norman True- blood. The All-Star team will start with Bill Jordan, Dr. A. B. Bonner, H. C. Sullivan, Ennis Phillips, Irvin Whedbee Clarence Chappell, Willie Winslow, Tom Eason, Seth Long, Bob Spivey and Elmer Winslow. According to Mr. Vann, additional Dlavers are beinor lined ud. as it is expected there will be frequent sub stitutions on both sides, as the ability of the players to ride donkeys is an unknown quantity. I The: program for the evening will open with a band concert by members of the Perquimans High School Band under the direction of Bandmaster Bert Ainsworth.' Visual Education Program Announced ' A visual education program will be presented ,r at the Hertford Baptist Church on Sunday evening, marking the first of the union services by the Hertford churches during the months of Juljcand August The program Sunday evening will be M charge of the Rev. Fon Scofield, secretary of Visual Education for North Carolina Baptists, it was an nounced by the. Rev. C. W. Duiing, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church. The public is cordially invited to at tend the Services Sunday evening, which will begin at 7:80 o'clock.. ?. - On Sunday evening, July n, the union . eorvices : will be held at the Methodist Church with the Rev, Mr. Puling as the preacher. ,Zth Church School Day. At Oafc Grove Sunday ' Church School Day will be observr ed at Oak Grove Church at Chapanok Sunday afternoon during the regu lar preaching hour, it was announced today by the Rev. E. B. Edwards, who vill.be In charge. The public is cor dlly. invited to attend. t ' $1.50 Per Year. Traffic Violators Pay $250 In tines In Court Total of 28 Cases on the Docket In Court at Session Tuesday Traffic violators paid in $250 in fines and costs of court on cases dis posed of in Perquimans Recorder's Court this week. A total of 28 cases wer$ disposed of by the court in a shorj session. Most of the defend ants entered pleas of guilty and little time), was consumed in hearing testi mony. Harold Riddick, Michael Capador man; Harry Rothman, T. H. Turner, Philip Fitzgerald, Neal Kars, Everett Hall, Jerome Greenwald, Henry Ches son, Martin Rokaw and Morris Berick each j entered a plea of guilty to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of five dollars and court costs. James Thompson was taxed with the costs of court on a charge of speeding. Ethel Cassidy, John Reardon, Cath erine Walden, Andrew Winslow, Wil liam Johnson and Earl Johnson were fined $10 and ordered to pay the costs on charges of speeding. John Payne was fined $15 and costs on a charge of speeding. Wilson White, Negro, was ordered to pay the costs on a charge of as sault. The State took a nol pros in the case charging Branning Winslow with speeding. Harold Pidgeon was taxed with the cdsts of court on a charge of having no license on a trailer. Frank Pedano, charged with pass ing on: a curve, was taxed with court costs. ' Robert Swain was fined $10 and costs on charges of failure to dim lights and failure to stop at an intersection-Harry McLeod was ordered to pay the court costs on a charge of passing on a curve. Norman- Revells, Negro, was as sessed the costs of court on a charge of assault. Millard Tarkinton entered a plea of guilty to a charge of driving drunk. He paid a fine of $100 and costs of court. Jack Spruill was fined $10 and costs on a charge of driving with insuffici ent brakes. PERQUIMANS COUNTY VOTERS GIVE SCOTT MAJORITY OF 211 BALLOTS IN RUN-OFF Hertford Stores To Close Monday, July 5 Hertford stores and business houses will be closed all day next Monday in observance of July 4th, it was an nounced here today. Business will be resumed on Tuesday morning. S. M. Whedbee, local postmaster, stated that mail will be received and dispatched from the local office, but no deliveries, except specials, will be made during the day. A quiet holiday is expected for Hertford. No special events are scheduled except a doubleheader base ball game in the Albemarle League. The Indians will play Elizabeth City here in Hertford Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and will play in Elizabeth City Monday night. Foregoing the holiday, the Board of County Commissioners will hold its regular session beginning at 10 A. M. Monday. Final Rites Held Monday Afternoon For Mrs. Winslow Escaped Convicts Quickly Recaptured Four convicts from the Woodvill prison camp escaped while working on a road gang near Newland around 3:30 Monday afternoon, when they fled into a particularly dense part of the Dismal Swamp and successfully got away from the guards, but the ef fort was in vain. They were back at the camp in time for supper. Two of the four, all Negroes, are from Pasquotank County. They are Edward Gaines and Oscar Lee Mullen. The other two men, Leonard Bullock and Joseph Gibbs, are from Western North Carolina counties. All were serving terms from five to seven years. According to Wall C. Ewing, book keeper of the camp, the men put up no argument when they were found after three bloodhounds one from wooavuie ana tne wer two irom Williamston, hit the trail. They were all found together and they were not far from the highway, but in a dense part of the swamp. Soon after the escape a general alarm went out to the highway patrol and five patrol cars from the Eliza beth City 'station entered the search along with approximately 10 guards from the prison camp. They were captured shortly before sunset. Kirby-Trueblood Vows Spoken On June 25th Miss Ava Joan Trueblood, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Trueblood, of Winfall and niece of Mr. and Mrs. Will TTueWoodv of Hertford, and Ray Edg'r, Kirby,. eon of Mr. and Mrs. Her - Xirby. of Winfall, were united fai v .riage at the Hertford Metho flist Church on Friday evening at 8 o'clock. The Rev. Dwight L. Fouts, pastor of the church, officiated in the double ring ceremony. ) Miss Kate Blanchard presented m program of. wedding innsic : The bridal couple entered . the church- together. The church , was decorated with Queen -4$ne lace and rem. The bride wore a suit or rose gabardine, - v. ih harmonising 1 acces sories. .1! couple .will .reside in Mrs. Ruth Spivey Winslow, wife of Herman L. Winslow, died in the Cho wan Hospital last Saturday morning about 9 o clock after a long illness. A native of Perquimans, Mrs. Wins low had been a member of the faculty at Perquimans Central Grammar School for a number of years and re cently resigned her position, because of illness. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Besides her husband, she is surviv ed by her mother, Mrs. R. L. Spivey, one son, Watson Winslow of Newport News, one daughter, Miss Ruth Spivey Winslow, five brothers; J. S. Spivey of Richmond, M. M. Spivey, C. D. and R. I. Spivey and L. H Spivey of Washington, D. C, sifejtig- ters, Mrs. C. W. Ives of Elizabeth City, Mrs. W. B. Clark of Wilson, N. C, Mrs. J. B. Basnight and Mrs. J. G. Roberson, Mrs. C. E. Fletcher of Washington. D. C. and Mrs. J. E. Toten of Arlington, Va., and an uncle, Ed Mathews of Hertford. Funeral services were conducted at the Lynch Funeral Home Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. D. L. Fouts, pastor of the . Hertford Methodist Church, assisted by the Rev. E. B. Edwards, pastor of the Perquimans Methodist Church, and the Rev. E. T. Jilson. Members of the choir of the Metho dist Church sang "My Jesus As Thou Wilt" and "Perfect Peace." The pall was white carnations and lilies. Pallbearers were Billie and Bobby Clark, Cabel Ives, Jr., W. I. Spivey, Carlton Mathews and Matt Spivey, Jr. Interment was in Cedarwood Cemetery. County Bond Sales Near Over-all Goal Perquimans County' residents have purchased a total of $59,831.25 worth of security bonds in the current cam paign being sponsored by U. S. banks in the interest of the Government, it was announced today by J. Wi Ward, chairman of the County Committee. R. M. Riddick, chairman of Region One, which comprises sixteen counties in this-area, stated that according to his reports the Perquimans record is the best obtained in the region thus far. The county has oversubscribed its over-all goal of $55,000 worth of bonds but still needs to purchase $3,380 worth of E bonds in order for the county to receive credit foT meet ing its quota. Bond sales up io Wed nesday noon were reported" by Mr. Riddick ,to be $28,200 in F and G bonds and $31,631.25 in E bonds. The sale of F and G bonds surpasses the county quota of $21,000 by '$8,200. Local solicitors working on the bond sales are requested to report all orders and sales immediately in order that the Perquimans quota can be met and the drive concluded as soon as possible. Named Counselor At Summer Camp Howard Pitt, Jr., son of Mr. and Mm. W. H. Pitt, hna Wn nnmiwt n Junior Counselor at Camp Mishemow- Ka. locatea near Bear Wallow. In. i;. He left Hertford Tuesday to assume hig duties at the camp. ' TV- T7wfl ....... I. 1.- 1 In OOV Scout work hara And ta a atiar athlete at Perquimans High School. He will act as counselor at the camp during July and August Former Commissioner Of Agriculture Wins Party Nomination Casting a Mai of 803 votes in the run-off primary hnld last Saturday, Perquimans County voters gave W. Kerr Scott a majority of 211 votes over Charles M. Johnson in the con test for the nomination for Governor. Scott carried every precinct in the county, piling up the greatest major ity in Xicanor precinct, which voted 74 for Scott and one for Johnson. Voting in IVrquimans in the second primary was slightly higher than most political observers had predicted. Two precincts recorded more votes in the second primary than in the first. Parkville had 125 votes last Saturday as compared with 119 votes on May 29, and Xicanor recorded 75 ballots compared to n2 in the first primary. The remaining six precincts reported fewer votes cast than in the first elec tion. Voting by the precincts was re ported as follows: Scott Johnson Hertford 185 174 Bethel 59 27 Parkville - 87 38 New Hope 55 S9 Belvidere 47 17 Nicanor 74 1 Total 507 296 Scott carried Perquimans County in the first primary by a total of 131 votes, receiving a total of 502, while Johnson received 371 votes on May 29th. He overcame a majority of more than 8,000 votes in the first pri mary to win the nomination in the run-off election held Saturday. In complete reports, as of Monday, from most of the State's 1,952 precincts, showed Scott leading by more than 37,000 votes, he having a total of 217, 948 to Johnson's 180,137. Scott car ried 65 counties while Johnson, who had run high in 51 counties in the first election, carried only 35. Town Adopts Plan For Of f-Peak Meters Local electric customers owning electric hot water heaters of the two element type will shortly benefit by a special rate to be offered by the Town of Hertford, it was announced todav by Mayor V. N. Darden. The Mayor stated that orders have been placed for a number of off-peak meters, and arrangements completed for installation of these meters in homes using electric water heaters. When installed these special meters will operate at off-peak hours and will enable the Town to offer custom ers the electric current at the rate of one and a half cents per kilowatt hour. Mr. Darden added that home own ers having, or planning to install, electric heaters should contact F. T. Britt for full information regarding the installation of the new meters. He announced that the Town will fur nish the meters to customers but that an .installation charge will be made at the time the extra meter is placed in a home. Members of the Town Board have had the off-peak meter proposal un der consideration for several months and had authorized Mayor Darden to investigate the plan, which has been placed in operation in many other cities and towns. The Mayor discov ered that meters were available and hat under the plan the Town of Hert ford could offer the reduction on cur rent without affecting the cost to the Town. The arrangements will mean considerable" savings to electric users over a period of months. Bid Submitted For Surfacing Route 17 The State Highway Commission on Wednesday received a bid of $97, 750.00 for the resurfacing of U. S. Highway 17 from the Hertford town limits to the Chowan County-line, it was announced in Raleigh. The ibid was submitted by Sam FThley Inc Highway officials stated that bids received on some 20 projects were generally satisfactory, and it is ex pected that the contracts for all pro jects will be let. The work on the highway through this county is ex pected to be completed this year. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. W. E. White, Jr., of Elizabeth City announce the birth of a daughter, born Saturday. DIED AT ROCKY POINT Word was received here this week that the mother of Miss Eloise Scott, former teacher in Perquimans schools, died at her - home in Rocky Point, N. C, last Tuesday. : . , , . . . f I