iEECLY
Volume XV. Number 32.
Hertijord, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 6, 1948.
$1.50 Per Year.
I1E1LTII DEPARTMENT REPORTS NO PCLIO
CASES RECORDED IN PERQUIMANS COUNTY
" Suspected Case Return-
ed Home; Department
Urges Caution y
' ' Perquimans County has no polio
- cases on record.'; This was the re
. port fromf the Health Department on
Wednesday and, -despite a series of
rumors which were prevalent over
the week-end there are no suspected
i cases at present.
Janice Sumner, daughter of Mr.
'and Mrs. W. L. Sumner, who was
' listed as a suspected victim of the
disease last Saturday, has been re
turned to her home from a hospital
in Portsmouth. Dr. T. M. Oast, re-
porting on the diagnosis of this case,
--., Btated there was no evidence of polio
whatsoever.
4 , Rumors regarding other suspected
cases of polio have been reported as
unfounded by local physicians. ,
While this county has not had a
polio case during the current epidem
ic, local doctors and Health Depart
ment officials continue to, urge par
ents to take every precaution,' es
v peeially with . children. Dr John
Bonner, acting; health officer,itated
that the ;? present ; epidemic iiji the
western part of the State seemingly
; is 'striking mainly at children only
about six percent of the cases report
ed have affected individuals 16 years
of age and over.
Pointing out that this area has
been fortunate not to have a single
polio case, health officials urge, par
i ents to abide by the resolution adopt
' ed by the District Health Board. This
: resolution is not a quarantine but
merely a request that parents co
operate with health departments for
. the good of the public.
The resolution as passed by the
Board reads, "a resolution request-
- ing that all children under sixteen
years of age who come into this dis
trict from the polio epidemic area
be asked to voluntarily restrict their
activities to the home in which they
are visiting for a period of two
weeks, and it , wag further recom-
, mended that nflfcW Wren under six
teen years ofjagsos- allowed to go
for a visit jji & $ pweinic area."
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FHA Officials In ;
Conference Last Week
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E. F. Morgan, supervisor Jbf the
Chowan-Perquimans Farmer ? Home
Administration, and Miss Ina amp
ton, clerk of the local office', were
among the FHA officials who attend
ed a district conference of jffHA offi
cers, neia in uaenton last weeiq
' Suoervisors and clerks fromHvde.
Washington, Tyrrell, Pasquotank,
Gates, Camden, Currituck' and Dare
counties were also present.
During the conference State offi
cials including J. B. Slack director,
A. E. Rozar, H. B. Higgle, Vance
Swift, Samuel Wilson and Miss Marr
garet Fuller gave talks on FHA leans
and outlined the present aid rendered
to farmers along these lines":' It .was
pointed out that the FHA is now '.as
sisting farmers through twe, types of
loans, first "ownership loan and ad
J-Perquimans County committeemen
on the FHA group are Colon Jack-
n, A. T. Lane and Carson .Spivey.
v Crop dusting 'is a very popular
topic of discussion among Perquim
ans County farmers these days, I. C.
M Yagel, County Agent, reported today,
TVs fall army worm- has practically
covered the county during the past
, two weeks and is eating pastures and
; lawns as well as peanuts, soybeans,
and corn. Another pest, the bean leaf
L beetle, is damaging the bloom of soy
beans. This beetle is abput the size,
' and very closely resembles the spot
ted cucumber beetle. It? color ranges
from a greenish gray to copper and
has several black spots over its back.
When disturbed this bug will drop to
the ground, 'making it difficult to see
him at work.
Five per cent DDT dust applied at
the rate of 20 to 40 pounds per, acre
has been giving very satisfactory re
sults, the County Agent said, in con
trolling both the army worm and the
bean leaf beetle. -The amount of dust
used will vary depending on the sze
- of the plants Deing dusted and method
or application. Tractor dusters are
satisfactory for peanuts but the air
plane is being used for soybeans,
These insects are so abundant over
this entire area (hat the mixing
plants are having difficulty in keep-
. ing up with the demand for dust.
Wilmington Pastor
Enroute To China
, Jerry Newbold, Jr., of Wilmington.
i ; N. C, who was ordained as a minister
-: at the Presbyterian .Church in Wil-
mington on July 18, is enroute to
China, where he will serve in the
Shanghai American school, .
The Rev. Mr. Newbold is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Newbold, Sr.,
and the great grandson of the late
Rev. Jeremiah McMullan, former pas
tor of the Hertford Methodist Church
and tlie grandson of the late Mr. and
Mrs. K. R, Newbold. . - , .
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
A possibility of a new Big Four
meeting between the United States,
Britain, France and Russia was re
ported following a conference in Mos
cow early this week, when represen
tatives of the United States, Britain
and France .consulted with Stalin re
garding conditions in Berlin. The
Western Allies, it was reported, went
to the Russian dictator to protest the
Russian blockade of Berlin and ac
cording to the reports evidently some
understanding was reached. The pos
sible conference of the Big Four, it
is expected, if held, will undertake to
iron put the difficulties pertaining to
the occupation of all Germany.
, GOP Congressional leaders, it was
reported Wednesday, have agreed to
Start a limited anti-inflation measure
through Congress this week. Little
progress is. expected to. come from
this measure, however, as" the atti
re, of the .COP Seenbe to. do
msiiuiig ttuu aujourn uie special ses
sion as soon as possible. . Meanwhile
in the Senate the leaders permitted a
filibuster to be started on the poll tax
question and this action has consumed
practically all of the 'time the Sen
ate has been in session. Congres
sional committees have been function
ing but little progress reported from
Washington.
State health officials reported Wed
nesday that the polio epidemic is
easing in North Carolina. Only 16
new cases were reported to the State
Department Tuesday, and the Board
of Health -indicated that the disease
seemingly is dying out in most' of the
area heavily hit early this summer.
Indians In Race With
Plymouth Rams For
Play off Position
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Two Weeks Remain of
Regular Season; Cole
rain Here Saturday
Hertford Indians, holding fourth
place in the Albemarle League, are
in a tight race with the Plymouth
Rams for the coveted position which
will mean gaining the right to enter
the league play-offs, which start at
the close of the regular schedule two
weeks hence.
The Indians won two games, drop
ped one and were rained out in one
game over the past week-end.
Trying out a new but ineffective
pitcher here last Friday night in the
game against bdenton, the Indians
lost the decision by a 7-2 count. Monk
Webb, on the mound for Edenton, had
complete control of the game after
getting off to a weak start in the first
inning. On Saturday night the In
dians went to Edenton and played
near perfect ball behind the pitching
of Moe Bauer. Edenton was shut out
2-0. Bauer allowed only two hits
during the game, while his team
mates were collecting six hits off of
Herman, the Colonial hurler. Hert
ford scored its runs in the seventh
and ninth" innings. Sires and Erickson
led the attack for the Indians, each
getting two hits and Sires scoring
both runs on hits by Enckson.
Rain forced the local management
to call off the game with Windsor
scheduled for Memorial Field on Mon
day night, but the Indians playing in
Windsor Tuesday night, collected nine
hits off two Rebel pitchers and won a
6-3 victory. Bella, Young and Nowell
each had two hits during the game to
lead the Hertford attack.
The next home game for the In
dians comes up Saturday night when
the Colerain Trappers come here for
the next to the last series with the
Indians. The remaining games on
Hertford's schedule for the season are
August 6 at Colerain, August 7 Cole
rain here, August 9 at Elizabeth City,
August 10 Elizabeth City here, Aug
ust 11 at Edenton, August 12 Edenton
here, August 13 Windsor here, Aug
ust 14 at Windsor, August 16 Ply
mouth here, August 17 at Plymouth,
August 18 at- Colerain, August 19
Colerain here.
Henry Wallace's Progressive Party,
it is reported, has filed the necessary
petition with the State Board of Elec
tions qualifying the party to a place
on the election ballot, in the general
elections in November. ' A total of
11,123 names were signed to the pe
tition turned in this week. The Dixie-
crats are also expected to file a peti
tion with the Board, giving it a place
on the ballot.
Beer Licenses Now
Issued By Sheriff
Beer licenses and Schedule B
licenses, formerly issued in this Coun
ty by J. Wt Ward, tax supervisor,
in the future will be issued by the
Sheriff of the County, according to
an announcement made today by Mr.
Ward who stated that the Board of
County Commissioners voted this ac
tion at a meeting of the board on
Monday.
Beer retailers, who have not pur
chased licences for this year must
make application with Sheriff M. G.
Owens. 1 License for sale of beer must
be purchased annually during May
and June.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT .
. Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Dale of Ra
leigh announce the birth of a son,
born Saturday, July 31. Mrs. Dale
before her marriage was Miss Mar
. garet Broughton. , - -
STANDING OF CLUBS
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Miss Wood Named
Health Dept. Nurse
Miss Hulda Wood. RN, has been
named as a nurse in the Pasquotank-
Perquimans-Camden District Health
Department, it was announced Mon
day by Dr. John Bonner, acting dis
trict health officer.
Miss Wood has been a member of
the Health Department at Blackstone,
Virginia, for tne past two yean, and
will join the local department on Sep
tember 1. She will be assigned to
work in the Durants Neck section of
Perquimans County and the southern
portion of Pasquotank County.
, Miss Wood is the daughter of Mrs.
Baker Wood. -: -' '--' : : '.
Work Started On
Route 17 Project ;
Employees of the Sam Findley
Construction Company of Atlanta,
Ga., began preliminary ' work last
Thursday on the widening and resur
facing of Highway 17 from the Hert
ford town limits to the Perquimans-
Chowan County line. The crewmen
were cutting down some trees and
making ; surveys on relocation of
curves in the highway last week.
According to reports, the highway
will be -widened two feet and , resur
faced with asphalt the entire distance.
The project is expected 1 to be' com
pleted as quickly as conditions will
permit. ' - 1 ,
Recorder's Court
In Recess Tuesday
Perquimans Recorder's Court was
in recess again this week due to ill
ness of Judge Charles E. Johnson.
Seven cases were disposed of by
the Court when defendants entered
pleas of guilty to charges and paid
fines and costs of court. The State
took a noL pros in the case charging
Ralph Smith with issuing a worthless
check.
Louis White, Nate Zuckerberg and
John Atkins each paid a fine of five
dollars and costs on charges of
speeding. May Houten and Arthur
Brown paid fines of 10 and costs lor
speeding.
Lillian Boone, Negro, paid the
costs of court on a charge of simple
assault, . . .
Scout Committee
To Cjindiict Drive
For Budget Funds
Hertford Goal Is Set at
$30? as Part of Dis
trict Budget
Plans are being completed here by
the Hertford Boy Scout Committee.to
conduct ian extensive fund raisins:
campaign during the next two weeks
to help in meeting the 1948 budget
for the West Albemarle District of
Boy Scouts.
Roberif Hollowell, chairman of the
group, announced today that the bud
get for his district has been set at
$1,800, af which $300 has been as
signed m the quota for the Hertford
troop. Mr. Hollowell added that the
money wised here will go for pay
ment of Salary of the field Scout exe
cutive aid the operation of Camp
Darden jind the Tidewater Council
staff at Norfolk.
At thef present there are two Scout
units iif Hertford. The Boy Scout
troop is I under the supervision of
Scoutmafjser Do ward Jones and the
Cub Scout troop is directed by Scout
master Silas M. Whedbee. Local
Scouting? has been revitalized during
recent nfonths under the direction of
these tWo leaders. However, it has
been pointed out that in order for the
Hertford Scouts to maintain their na
tional affiliation, the Hertford troop
must be a part and lend support to
the Tidewater Council. This was ex
plained as the purpose of conducting
the fund raising campaign now plan
ned.
The budget drive will be handled by
a Hertford committee, which will
make a door-to-door canvass in its ef
forts to raise the necessary $300 to
cover the Hertford quota. The local
committee is headed by Mr. Hollowell
as chairman. The canvass of the
business district will be made by the
Rev. D. L. Fouts, Dr. A. B. Bonner
and Corbin Dozier. The canvass of
the residential district will be made
by Mrs. Archie Wood, Mrs. Julian A:
White, Mrs. Corbin Dozier, Mrs. Elmo
Cannon, Mrs. Fred Mathews and Mrs.
T. W. Tilley.
The public is being urged to coop
erate in this campaign to lend aid
for the continuance of Scouting in
this community.
Driver Injured In
Accident Saturday
Donald Ambrose, 29, of Norfolk,
suffered serious injuries when a car
which he was driving overturned on
Highway 17, near Hamp's Service
Station one, mile south of Hertford.
Ambrose ' was driving a coupe,
carrying several other passengers,
all of whom escaped injuries.
According to State Highway Pat
rolman Herbert L. White who inves
tigated, Ambrose said that he was
traveling behind a car on US 17 and
that the. car gave him a signal for
a left turn and that he was traveling
too close to the car to stop, and at
the same time a truck was leaving
Hamp's Esso Service Station on the
left hand side of the road and that
in order to avoid hitting the 'truck,
he cut sharp and hit the gravel in
front of the service station and the
car went out of control and turned
over three times. When the car
went over the first time the door
came open and Ambrose was thrown
14 feet in the air, and the car turned
over twice while Ambrose was in the
air. The car . traveled 29 yards and
Ambrose was thrown 33 yards.
Ambrose was taken to the Chowan
Hospital where he is suffering from
a head injury, multiple abrasions and
contusion of the chest.
PERQUIMANS BOARD GRANTS INCREASE IN
FUNDS ALLOTTED FOR COUNTY HOME FOOD
Producers Slow In
Filing Farm Reports
W. E. White, secretary of the Per
quimans County FMA, reports that
the farmers are slow in coming in the
AAA office to file their Performance
Report. August 31st is the final date
in which a Performance Report can
be filed in order to receive a payment
for soil building practices carried out
under the 1948 farm program.
Orders are now being placed for
AAA limestone. Any farmer desiring
AAA limestone should call at the
AAA office now and place their order
for same.
Cover crop seed will be available
the end of August or the first of Sep
tember. In order to purchase cover
crop seed through the AAA, a pur
chase order must be obtained at the
AAA office.
Flanagan Rites
Conducted Here
' Funeral services for Andrew W.
Flanagan, 'who was drowned in
Brooklyn, N. Y.. last Thursday; were
conducted at the Lynch Funeral
Home here at four o'clock last Sat
urday afternoon.
Burial followed in the family plot
near Hertford.
' He was the son of tn late, A. B.
and Ida - Flanagan of Perquimans
County. , ' 1 . .
Surviving are one uncle, Henry W.
Flanagan of Norfolk; one niece, Mrs.
Elijah White of Winfall;, two
nephews, Edgar and Emmett Long
of Hertford and bne cousin, Mrs, H.
D. Elliott of Edenton. -
Legion Meeting Set
For Friday Night
Members of the Wm. Paul Stallings
Post of the American Legion will
meet Friday night at 8 o'clock at the
Agricultural building in Hertford for
the purpose of installing new officers
for the year.
W. G. Hollowell will be installed
as commander of the Post and Fran
cis Nixon, as adjutant. W. F. Ains
ley is the retiring post commander.
All members of the post are urged
to' be present at the meeting.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Sirt. and Mrs. Rufus Marion Rid-
dick, III, of Langley View, Va., an-J
nounce the birth of a son, Kufus Ma
rion Riddick TV, born Friday, July 30,
Weight 9 pqunds. .
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BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Al Henley announce
the birth of a son, bom Wednesday,
August 4th. Mrs Hendley is the for
mer Miss Jessie T. Newby.
Educational Group
Reports On School
Surveys Completed
Tests given to North Carolina
school children indicate that urban
children as a group are more ad
vanced in subject matter than are
rural children, the office of the State
Education Commission has reported.
The results of the tests ,7'ven in
the schools in nine counties and seven
cities in various sections of North
Carolina are incorporated in the re
port of the Commission's committee
on the instructional program which is
headed by Theo. Dalton of Greens
boro.
The committee reports that the
present offerings of too fnany schools
are confined within too small a com
pass and thinks the offerings and ser
vices ot the schools should be extended.
'They lack vocational offerings;
adequate experiences are not provid
ed for the all-round development of
children and- youth; community ser
vices are limited; pre-school services,
adult services, offerings for out-of
school youth, and special offerings
and services for exceptional children
are practically non-existent, -the com
mittee found.
The committee said that the
achievement of children was higher in
school units which have supervisory
services for teachers.
"North Carolina lags behind most
states in provision for art, music and
shop work," the report continues.
The lag is due largely to lack of
money for facilities and staff. Other
factors accounting for limited offer
ings and services are tradition and the
large number of small high schools."
Achievement tests were given in
grades four, six, nine and twelve in
certain selected school systems in the
State by the instructional program
committee. Test data indicate that
rural white children in all four grades
are more advanced in an suDjecis
than are rural Negro children. The
greatest variation in average achieve
ment is in the twelfth grade, urban
white children in all four grades are
more advanced in all subjects than
urban Negro children, and urban chil
dren, as a group, achieve at a higher
level than rural children.
The importance of supervision for
the teaching staff was shown in the
results of the achievement tests, ac
cording to the report of the commit
tee. It said that in a North Carolina
county which has had supervision in
the elementary grades for several
years, 95 per cent of the children
were promoted for the school year
'46-'47, while in a neighboring county
with no supervision, only 88 per cent
of the children were promoted. Not
only did total achievement rank high
er in the schools with a supervisory
program, but the achievement in most
individual subjects was also greater.
At the present time supervisory
programs in schools for white children
are in operation in only 15 of the luu
counties and in only b oi tne- z cities.
Twenty of the 100 counties report
supervisors for the Negro schools,
J. C. Morgan Re-elected
Supt. Of County Home
J. C. Morgan, superintendent of the
Perquimans County Home, was reap
pointed to that position for a period
of one year by members of the Board
of County Commissioners on Monday.
Mr. Morgan assumed his duties at
the County Home on January 1 of this
year.
County officials were guests Monday
of Mr. and Mrs. Morgan at a dinner
fof county officers held each year at
the County Home. A delicious coun
try dinner, with all the trimmings,
was thoroughly enjoyed by the offi
cials attending.
County Commissioners
Hear Report By Act
ing Health Officer
The high cost of living, especially
the feeding of inmates at the County
Home ,was reviewed by members of
the Perquimans Board of Commis
sioners, who met in regular session
on Monday. J. C. Morgan, who was
reappointed as superintendent of the
home for one year, requested the
Board to grant an increase of five
dollars per month per inmate for
food purposes. Pointing out that
under the present schedule the sup
erintendent was allowed $25 per in
mate for food each month Mr. Mor
gan stated this amounted to 27 cents
per meal and under present condi
tions it was a hard job to feed the
inmates proper food at such small
cost.
The board granted the request and
voted to increase the food allowance
from $25 to per month, for each
inmate.
Dr. John Bonner, acting district
health officer, appeared before the
board and gave a brief report on the
activities of the Health Department.
He reported that as of Monday there
were no polio cases in this district
and that the department was keeping
a careful eye upon the polio situation.
He also reviewed the health depart
ment budget for the current fiscal
year and pleaded with the Board for
reconsideration of the appropriations
made by the Perquimans Board for
operational expenses of the -depart
ment. The . local board previously
appropriated the same amount of
funds to the department as allowed
during 1947. The current budget of
the department calls for a local in
crease ot nearly one thousand dol
lars. Action on the plea by Dr. Bon
ner was tabled by the Board for
consideration later.
Dr. Bonner announced the appoint
ment of Miss Hulda Wood as a nurse
in the local department and R. T.
Daniels as assistant sanatarian for
this county.
G. C. Buck, vocational teacher at
Perquimans High School, appeared
before the board on the interest of
construction of a new vocational
building at the school. He outlined
the needs for additional space for
vocational training and told of new
construction being done by schools
in nearby counties. ; ,
Doard Of Education
Elects New Teachers
Members of the Perquimans Board
of Education considered a varied
agenda at a meeting held last. Mon
day. The board elected a new home
economics teacher at Perquimans
High School and named Miss Thelma
Elliott to the position as principal of
Hertford Grammar School.
Miss Mary Sumner, who has serv
ed as principal at the grammar
school for a number of years, will
continue as teacher of the sixth
grade.
Miss Anne Atkinson, a graduate.
of East Carolina Teachers College,
was elected to the position as home
ec teacher at the high school.
The Board made final approval of
the list of Negro teachers for the
. 1 a 1
coming school year.' Action on xne
part of the State Board reduced the
county's Negro teachers list by four.
J. T. Biggers, superintendent of
schools, stated that one vacancy still
exists at Perquimans High School,
that of a teacher of science. He add
ed that he believed this post will be
filled shortly.
The Board authorized the super
intendent to dispose of seven old
school buses, acting upon authority
from the State Board, and approved
the following schedule for school
holidays during the year.
Sept. 8. Opening day; Oct. 19th,
District Teachers Meeting; November
25 and 26 Thanksgiving; December
22, to January 3 Christmas holidays;
April 25 Easter Monday holiday;
June 1, school closing.
Prior to the opening of schools on
September 8, teachers of the county
schools will gather in teachers meet
ings. The white teachers are to
meet September 7 at 10:30 A. M. and
the colored teachers meeting will be
conducted the same day at 2:30 P. M.
Negro Physician
Opens County Office
Dr. J. A.' Byers, Negro physician,
has, opened an office at Winfall for
met practice oi meaicme ui uui coun
ty, he reported this week.
Dr. Byers was a practicing physi
cian in Norfolk for thirty years, and
was one of the city physicians of the
Norfolk Health Department for 15
years until he resigned recently to
move to this county.
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