, a , . ::mJkm WEEKLY
Volunie XV: Number 49.
Hertford, Perquimans CountyrNorth Carolina. Friday, December 3, 1948.
b'cipU'ealher
Is Serious Threat
To Peanut Crop
Harvesting Operations
. - Halted; Growers Ad
vised Not to Begin
Picking Too Soon
' ' Continued wet weather experienced
v throughout 'this "county during the
past two weeks created a serious
threat to the local' farmers who have
t not had ' , their peanut crop picked.
- Practically every picker in the county
was. halted in its operation by late
last week and it is estimated that
more than 50 per cent of the peanut"
. crop remains to be harvested.
V Those who , picked their peanuti too
soon after rains and before the nuts
are thoroughly;' dry are risking the
loss of a market for their crop, ac-
. cording to J. Mayon Parker, of Ahos-
. kie, president of the Growers Peanut
Cooperative, i Inc., " agency through
which the Commodity Credit Corpora
- tion's governmental price program is
handled in the Virginia-Carolina area.
The growers are also being urged by
millers' and warehousemen to keep
pickers out of the fields until the
stacked peanuts have had time to dry
thoroughly.
"There is simply no market for wet
peanuts. The mills cannot mill them
and . warehousemen cannot store
them," Parker said. "Farmers who
pick their peanuts while still damp
from rains will find themselves faced
with no takers for their crop, and
., they are urged to save themselves
- this needless financial loss by wait
ing until the stacks have dried thor-
oughly before resuming .picking after
. rains." ,
"Millers and ' warehousemen alike
have been in touch with the Coopera
tive's headquarters in Franklin( Va.,
? and made urgent request that we warn
; farmers against picking their pea
v nuts while wet," Parker said.. ; ,v
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Fcrmfta Drive
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- Perquimans Farm Bureau officials
announced this week that the local
drive' for-, membership will - continue
throughout the month of December
despite the fact that the State cam
' paign closed November 30 for the
. purpose of determining delegates to
.. the national convention of the Farm
" Bureau, scheduled to be Lsld in At--s.lantic
City, N. J.
rtFred T. Mathews, president of the
: County Bureau, reported Wednesday
that .total memberships secured here
' to date number 268. The County
quota assigned by the State Bureau
. Because it failed .to achieve its
State membership goal, the County
will not be entitled to receive ex
,' penses for, a delegate to the national
convention. However, . I.. C. Yagel,
county agent, stated it is a possibility
thataome of the local members may
attend the convention at their own
expense. - . . ; 7'.;AV.v ;f ffy-y
Speaking of the local membership
in the Farm Bureau. Mr. Mathews
stated "that a large number of local
, residents who were members of the
, Bureau last year have as yet failed
to renew .their membership and he
urges these individuals to do so be-
; fore the end of the month. , He point
ed out that a strong Farm Bureau
membership will be a great help in
promoting farm programs both on a
national and local scale.
$1.50 Per Year.
COililTY VOTERS ELECT LEIGH VINSLOW
REPRESENTATIVE IN SPECIAL ELECTION
Perquimans Officers to
Take Oath: Assume
Duties Monday
In a special election held in Per
quimans County Tuesday of this week
E. Leigh Winslow was elected to the
office of Representative by a total of
17& votes. Little interest was mam
fested by the voters and Hertford
Township reported the largest num
ber of votes cast.
The special election was called by
Governor R. Gregg Cherry for the
purpose of filling the vacancy caused
by the death of Clarence W. Phillips,
Representative-elect in the general
elections in November. Mr. Winslow
was the unanimous choice of the
Democratic Executive Committee who
selected the party's candidate for the
special election. The Republican
party did not nominate a candidate,
and according to A. W. Hefren, chair
man of the County Board of Elec
tions, there were no write-ins during
the special election, all votes being
cast for Mr. Winslow.
The complete returns from the six
precinctB of the county were reported
as follows: Hertford, 107; Bethel, 11;
Belvidere, 7; Parkville, 20; New Hope,
15; Nicanor, io.
' Perquimans County officials elected
to office in the general election in
November will be given oaths of of
fice next Monday, December 6, by
Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt, and will
assume their duties As of that date.
The officials to be sworn in Monday
are: J. W. Ward as Register of
Deeds; Charles, E. Johnson, Judge of
Recorder's Court; Max Campbell,
Treasurer; E. M. Petry, R. T. Brinn,
George W. Jackson, Roy S. Chappell
and T. M. Twine, County Commission
ers. Mr. Chappell and Mr. Twine
will be new members of the Board of
Commissioners. They succeed Charles
E. White and L. JU Winslow as mem
bers of the Board; Leigh Winslow
will be sworn in as Representative and
J. Emmett.Winslew assumes the du
ties as One of the two State Senators
for the First District.
Fleetwood Funeral
Conducted Sunday v
" : Mrs. Rebecca Boyce Fleetwood, 89,
daughter of the late Baker and Har-
. riet Boyce, died Saturday morning at
10:80 at the home, of her eon, Fete J.
Boyce of Hertford, after a lingering
illness of approximately 10 weeks. i
- She is survived by five sons, Elijah,
L. B. and Bill Boyce of Chowan Coun
ty,: Richard Boyce of Elizabeth City
and Pete J. Boyce of Hertford; one
daughter Mrs, E. D. White of Suf
folk, Va.; 32 grandchildren and 69
great grandchildren and four great
great grandchildren. .
Funeral services were conducted at
the Lynch Funeral Home Sunday af
ternoon at 2:30 by the -Rev. C. W.
Duling, pastor of tile Hertford Bap
tist Church. f
During the services the choir of the
Hertford Baptist Church sang "Safe
I ' t':e Arms of Jesus" and VThe Old
1 Cross." ' -' - .
-era were grandsons of the
u-X Cv-
i in the family cemetery
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HEADLINES
Berlin- continued to be the scene of
stress in foreign relations; during the
nast week. Early in the Sveek a re
port from Paris indicated, that the
United State, Britain, France and
Russia might come, to an agreement
over the German situation, and tnai
the blockade of that city might be
lifted; then Wednesday a report from
Berlin stated that Communists, had
sprung a coup, seeking to gain con
trol of the Berlin city government.
The Communists staged a political
rally and quickly named a full slate
nf nfflces. oustinsr the duly elected
government, which has been holding
forth in the western zone in oenm.
' The Department of Agriculture on
Wednesday announced that a reduc
tion of 22 per cent in peanut acreage
for 1949 will be ordered for the pro
duction program. A declining demand
for peanuts was given as the reason
for the, cut , The Secretary of Agri
culture announced that the 1949
planting goal was set at 2,611,867
acres V; compared with 3,340,000
acres planted this year.
nnwaaantntivA Robert L. Dough-
ton, Democrat, N. C., who will be
chairman- of the tax-writing commit
tee in the next Congress reported this
week that' he saw little chances of
early action by the committee to
ward any change in the present tax
set-up. He said that neiore any w
mii mh ha drafted annual budget and
Mtimate must be studied
closely and compared with .expert es
timates of Congressmen. .
Between $1,200 and $1,600 was re
moved from a safe of .a garage in
Windsor early Tuesday morning by
safe robbers, who entered the motor
company's office and broke open, the
safe containing the money, State Bu
reau of Investigation men are work
ing on the case. No clues were dis
closed as being left by the robbers.
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PTA TO MEET THURSDAY .
The Parent-Teacher Association of
the Hertford Grammar School will
meet next Thursday night, December
9, at. 8 o'clock in the auditorium of
ttie school ' iMrs. : D ; M, - Jackson,
president,: urges all members' and
patrons of the hool-to. b present.
The students of the' cho9l will pre
sent a program during the meeting. ,
Local BPW President
Attends State Meeting
Mrs. Lawrence Towe, president of
the Perquimans BPW Club, repre
sented the County BPW's at the mid
year Council of the N. C. Federation
of Business and Professional Women's
Clubs which was held in Southern
Pines. She served on the Executive
Board and was appointed on the Nom
inating Committee for the purpose of
selecting a new director for this dis
trict She also participated in one of
the stunts during the "Fun Hour" af
ter the closing banquet Saturday
night
Indians Close Grid
Season With Tight
Game At E. City
The Perquimans ' High School In
dians closed their 1948 football sea
son with a game at Elizabeth City
last Thursday afternoon against the
Elizabeth City Yelldw Jackets. The
game proved to be one of the best of
the year for the locals, who displayed
a powerful defensive show and held
the Jackets to two touchdowns. The
final score was 13-0 for Elizabeth
City.
Perquimans won the toss and elect
ed to receive the kick-off, but Spivey
fumbled on the first run of the game
and ' the Jackets recovered. They
moved down to the four yard line but
the Indian line held and Perquimans
took possession of the ball. After
that the first quarter was a see-saw
contest with neither side able to gain
an advantage. During the second
period the Indians were unable to
mount an offensive threat but the
Jackets moved down to the ten yard
line and on a pass scored the first
touchdown of the game. Try for ex
tra point failed and the score was
6-0. Elizabeth City received the kick-
off at half time and two plays later
fumbled with, the -Indians recovering
the ball. Poor blocking on the part
of the Indians again proved disastrous
and the Perquimans team was forced
to punt to the Jackets. Midway of
this period Elizabeth City refused a
penalty and the Indians lost the ball
to the Jackets on a fourth down play.
Immediately the Jackets took advant
age, of this break and went over for
their second touchdown. Try for ex
tra point was good and the score was
13-0.
During the final quarter the teams
played on even terms and neither side
threatened to score.
The Thanksgiving game was the
last for a number of the players on
Coach Levinson's squad, those playing
for the last time being Jack Symons,
who without doubt was the outstand
ing defensive player on the field;
Howard Pitt, end; Edward Lane, Rob
ert Evans, Bob Layden, Dolan Wins
low, Earl Winslow and Jones. Sy
mons, Earl Winslow and Bob Jordan
all, played' an excellent defensive
game, while on the offensive side
Spivey, Lane and Pitt starred for the
Indians.
Legionnaires To
Instell New Co.
The Win. Paul Stallings Post of the
American Legion will hold an import
ant meeting Friday night, December
3, at 8 o'clock at the Agricultural
Building ?: in ; Hertford, it was an
nounced today by Francis Nixon, Post
adjutant
All members of the Post are urged
to attend, as a new Commander will
be .installed to succeed Clarence W.
Phillips, deceased.
Mr. Nixon also urged all members
who have not as yet paid their 1949
membership dues to do so immedi
ately in order that the local Fost may
make a full membership report to
State headquarters. .?
State'TrophyToBe
Awarded Friday NiglnV
The annual, presentation of the
State Theater football trophy to the
outstanding player of the Perquimans
High School team will be made from
the stage of the State Theater Fri
day night ajt 9 o'clock, it was an
nounced today by B. L. .Gibbs, man
age of the 'theater. f
'v Members of the Perquimans team
have selected the player they believe
should receive the honor for the 1948
season and this choice will remain se
cret until the trophy k awarded Fri
day night -A' , f . .
Board Of Health
Adopts New Rules
For Sanitation
Operators Must Obtain
Permits From State
Board
Recently the State Board of Health
adopted rules and regulations govern
ing the sanitation of frozen food
lockers, poultry processing plants, as
well as some revision of meat market
and abattoir rules and regulations.
The following definitions now ap
ply .in the interpretation and enforce
ment of these rules and regulations:
Abattoir The term "abattoir" shall
mean and include any place or estab
lishment where meat animals, such
as hogs, cattle, sheep, etc., are
slaughtered, processed, cured, smoked
or rendered for human consumption.
Meat Market The term "meat
market" shall be considered to mean
and Jnclude any buildings, houses or
enclosures in which meat or meat pro
ducts or poultry are offered for sale.
Frozen Food Locker Plants The
term "frozen food locker plants" shall
mean freezer locker plants, refriger
ated locker plants, or any similar es
tablishment which offers to the pub
lic, for lease or rental, separate com
partments or individual lockers for the
storage and preservation by continued
refrigeration of meat and meat pro
ducts for human consumption. This
definition shall also apply to any cold
storage plant where meat is process
ed, stored or refrigerated by the op
erator for ultimate sale, or where
meat is stored by the operator for
others.
Poultry Processing Plants The
term "poultry processing plants"
shall mean and include any place or
establishment where domestic fowls,
such as chickens, turkeys, etc., are
slaughtered for human consumption.
These rules and regulations also
require operators of such establish
ments to have a permit from the
State Board of Health. No permit to
operate shall be issued until a sani
tary! inspection by a representative
of tne State Board of Health shows
that uiich establishment complies with
these rules and regulations. Appli
cations for such inspections shall be
made to the local
ments. Permits also will be issued by
the local Health Department.
It has been the practice in past
years for grocery stores, gas stations,
etc., to offer for sale sausage, bo
logna, franks, fat. back, etc., without
meeting the market requirements set
up by the State Board of Health.
However, under . present rules and
regulations such establishments shall
meet meat market requirements, un
less these meat products are offered
for sale in cellophane package or sim
ilar package form. Then the most
important item of sanitation is adequate-
refrigeration.
JosephW.WardWeds
Miss Grace Chappell
Miss Grace Lee Chappell of Belvi
dere and Joseph W. Ward were unit
ed in marriage in a ceremony which
took place at the home of the Rev. E.
G. Willis in Elizabeth City on Wed
nesday morning, November 24, at 11
o'clock.
The bride Vore a suit of Gothic
blue with black accessories and a
purple throated orchid corsage.
Immediately- following.; the cere
mony the couple left for a wedding
trip and are now at home at 80 Front
Street
Mrs. Ward is the daughter of the
late Edward L. and Mary Love Chap
pell of Belvidere. She is a graduate
of East Carolina Teachers College and
a' member of the Perquimans High
School faculty.
Mr. Ward is Register of Deeds for
Perquimans County and a prominent
business man here. .
BAND COMMITTEE OF PTA TO LAUNCH
FUND RAISING CAMPAIGN HERE TUESDAY
Rotary Club To Fete
H. S. Football Team
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club will entertain the Perquimans
High School football team, its coaches
and other guests at a banquet at the
Hotel Hertford next Tuesday night at
6:15, it was announced today by W.
F. Ainsley, president of the club.
A. W. Hefren, V. N. Darden and
Max Campbell were appointed as a
committee on arrangements for the
dinner honoring the local football
players, who completed their season
last Thursday.
Hertford Stores
Ready For Holiday
Shopping Season
With only 19 shopping days left
before Christmas, Hertford stores are
being prepared for the holiday sea
son. Already a number of the stores
have installed holiday decorations
and are displaying many items of
merchandise featured for gift presentation.
The Christmas spirit is beginning
to catch on. Practically all stores
will have up their decorations within
the next day or two and the Town
is expected to complete stringing the
street decorations at any time.
Shoppers will have a wider variety
in selecting merchandise this Christ
inas shopping season than at any
time since the war. Many of the
stores are featuring toys of all types
and electrical appliances, often
sought after as gifts are more plen
tiful than last year. Wearing ap
parel of excellent quality, always
suitable for gifts, is also featured by
most of the stores, as is furniture and
jewelry at the local furniture and
jewelry stores.
Perquimans residents will find no
need to shop in other cities or towns,
for local 'stores feature practically
everything the shopper can desire, and
have long been recognized for quality
Health DeprtTfflerchandie-
ST. KATHERINE'S GUILD
WILL MEET MONDAY NIGHT
The regular meeting of the St.
Catherine's Guild will be held at the
hotie of Mrs. Thomas Nixon and Mm
Walter Oakey Monday night, Decem
ber 6, at 8 o'clock at their home on
Church I Street All members are
urged to attend. .
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
; Mr. and Mii. Carlton P. Layden of
Hobbsville are the proud parents of a
six-pound, five-ounce.? eon, Philip
Wayne, born ' FrMay, ; Nrember 26,'
at the Albemarle Hospital, &iizabew
City.AMrs. Layden is the former Miss
Joyce Riddick, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, J. A. Riddick of Hobbsville. ' ,
Mrs. Jane Campen's
Funeral Wednesday
Mrs. Louise Jane Campen, 89, died
at her home in Hertford Monday
morning at 3 o'clock after a linger
ing jllness.
Mrs. Campen was born in Washing
ton County, the daughter of the late
Edward and Margaret Sawyer. She
was the widow of the late Jesse Cam
pen and had resided here for several
years. She was a member of the
Baptist Church and an honorary
member of the Order of Eastern Star.
Survivors include six sons, J. H.
Campen of Whiteville, William M.
Campen of Richmond, Jesse C. Cam
pen of Columbia, Charles Campen of
Wilmington, D. O. Campen, Sr., of
Portsmouth and James H. Campen of
Hertford; one daughter, Mrs. C. H.
Clark of Washington; 30 grandchil
dren and 32 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Hertford Baptist Church Wednes
day afternoon at 3 o'clock by the Rev.
C. W. Duling, pastor of the church.
The choir sang "Abide With Me" and
"Will There' Be Any Stars In My
Crown?"
Pallbearers were Will Elliott, L. B.
Sitterson, Charles F. Sumner, M. J.
Gregory, George White and George
Barbee.
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme
tery. Athletic Conference
In Meeting Here Wed.
Officials, principals and coaches of
the member schools of the Albemarle
Conference met in Hertford, at the
hotel, Wednesday evening at 6:30 for
the purpose of drawing the confer
ence basketball schedule for the com
ing season and discuss plans for ex
pansion of the conference.
. One spokesman for the conference
stated that rumors have come to- him
that Edenton High School and Tar
boro, both present members of the
Northeastern Conference, desire to
become associated with the Albemarle
Conference I and some decision on
this matter may be made soon.
E. C, Woodard, principal of Per
quimans High School, is president of
the Albemarle Conference this year
and he presided 'at the meeting hen
Wednesday evening.
Goal of $3,000. Is Set as
First Step Toward a
Sustaining Program
A $3,000 fund raising drive will get
under way here next Tuesday morn
ing as a result of a meeting held on
Tuesday night by the band commit
tee of the Perquimans High School
Parent-Teacher Association, at which
time the committee discussed the
band situation and made plans to
place it on a sustaining basis.
The committee, representing the
PTA, which is sponsoring the band,
is composed of J. H. Towe, chairman,
T. B. Sumner, Corbin Dozier, W. H.
Pitt, A. W. Hefren and E. C. Wood
ard. During a discussion prior to setting
up plans for the fund raising cam
paign, the committee was told by E.
C. Woodard that at the present time
the band is composed of approximate
ly 40 students and the band director
receives $90 per month in tuition fees
as a salary. He told the committee
that the band director, contrary to a
recent report, has been paid in full
for services up to date. The com
mittee was advised that additional in
struments and uniforms are needed to
provide expansion for the Perquimans
Band and that a sufficient number of
students with talent are available to
enlarge the band.
In setting the goal for the drive to
start Tuesday, the committee adopted
a plan to pay the band director $100
per month from the sum raised dur
ing the months between now and next
June. This sum will supplement the
$90 per month he is now receiving
from tuition fees. The balance of the
funds raised will be turned over to
E. C. Woodard, principal of the high
school, to be placed in a band fund
and used for the purchase of addi
tional uniforms and instruments.
A. W. Hefren, general manager of.
the Major-Loomis Company, started
the ball rolling in the drive when he
announced that his company will con
tribute the sum of $200 toward the
goal.
The committee plans to conduct the
drive throughout the county and give
every resident an opportunity to help
in this community project.
The drive will start in Hertford
next week, then on Thursday com
munity solicitors from the county
will be named at the PTA meeting,
after which they will solicit funds in
each neighborhood.
Members of the Band Committee
will handle the solicitation of funds
here in Hertford.
During the meeting long range
plans for a sustaining program for
the band were discussed and some
parts of the program adopted but the
committee desires to announce these
later.
The action taken by the Parent-
Teacher Association in adopting the
sponsorship of the band gives the or
ganization its first permanent spon
sor. In the past two years residents
of Hertford and Perquimans County
individually and as groups, have con
ducted drives to raise funds for the
band and the bandmaster, but these
steps were temporary. Some $2,300
was raised here in 1946 and last year
approximately $1,500 was raised, this
latter sum going solely to the band
master. The Band Committee is
hopeful that the project undertaken
by it will be the start of a sustaining
program which will assure- a perma
nent band set-up for the local school.
Draft Board Fills
Perquimans Draft Board furnished
one inductee for the armed forces this
week, when Thomas Riddick left Tues
day morning as the first inductee
from the county under the new selec
tive service law.
Mrs. Ruth Sumner, clerk of the lo
cal Board, announced Tuesday that
the Board here has received an order
to send 10 selectees to the examina
tion station on December 29, to under
go physical examinations. She also
reported that two local selectees
passed the examination taken during
this month. These selectees will be
subject to induction at a later date.
Recorder's Court
Recessed This Week
Perquimans County Recorder's "n
Court was in recess this week while
the court room was used Tuesday for
holding the special election . for
County . Representative. All cases
listed on the docket were continued . .
until next Tuesday, Clerk of Court W.
H. Pitt announced Wednesday. -
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