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"II,.' 1 ' ,'l ' ; I J'.n 3 WViliJL l tJ WEEKLY Vr Velume XV. Number 51. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. ? Friday, December 17, 1948. $1.50 Per Year. rhinos Indians ia Court Tilts 16 ElizM City Opening: Game Played Mere Tuesday; Eden jton Next Opponent Perquimans High School opened its 1 1948-49 ' basketball season with a doubleheader here Tuesday night against the Elizabeth City boys and i giris. . The Indians lost both of the , contests in hard played exhibitions which orovided plenty of thrills and ' entertainment for the large crowd of 1 spectators. H The curtain-raiser, played between I-the girls teams of the two schools, ended with the visitors on the "long ; end of a 44-38 score. Both teams played hard throughout the contest, f but the Indian Squaws weakened in ' the final period and permitted the vXady Jackets to tally 14 points to the local srirls' six. Elizabeth City jumped into an 8-5 lead at the close . 01s the first period and were never ; headed after that. The score at half 1 time was 26-19. The Squaws pulled ' up to withip two points of the Jack rets in the third' period which ended 82-30. ' With their ;defense weakened 4 in the final period, the Indians trailed and Elizabeth City racked up the de cisive points to win 44-38. - Elizabeth City's boys' team showed ' superior passing and basket shooting ' in turning back the Indians in the ; opening game of the season by a score of, 42 to 29. '; Both teains started fast i and jthe -X first ""period ended in a tie 10-lt? but during ; the second period th!li-''otted.:'he' fast pace 'and .' tacked op - eight ' more points while the Indians hit for only a lone basket for a total of two. Half time ? Score was 38-12 in favor of the Jack ets.. The third period jwas .;: replete : srith'thrVls but iyisitora retained ,. "31-20 advantage at the end of the third tferiod. The Indians led by Howard. Pitt and Bob Layden, both scojed eight points, started a rally in -the final period but the lead of the Jackets was too great to overcome arid title game ended with- Elizabeth City., ahead; 42-29. Jordan and Lane played a good defensive game for the Indians and the entire squad saw ac tion during the contest. Hewitt was ' high point man for the visitors, tal ,' lying 14 points. ' The Indians' next game will be played in Edenton Friday night against the Edenton High School teams.. CROP Food Train Feeds 25,000 laBM. i ii mi i i iiiiwiii iiliMliMiBWWIiMIIruujj h . Food received, in Europe from one of the American food trains spon sored by the Christian Rural Over seas program (CROP), Is now pro viding approximately 25.000 needy Austria ns with one good meal a day. Fifty old folks' homes are also maintained by this CROP food. Above, a charming old lady in one of the homes for the aged has made soup for two of the men who assist ed in the distribution of food for Weekly Will Advance Press Day Next Week The Perquimans Weekly will step up publication of its, next issue by one day next week, and will go to press on Wednesday instead of Thurs day. .. Correspondents and others having news items for; publication are re quested to have all ; Items at The Weekly office not later than Monday evening.- It is requested that all ad vertising copy for next week be plac ed with us by next Monday noon. Your cooperation will be appreciated. Editor and Mrs. Max Campbell wiir Spend the Christmas holidays in utfT8V?4 JThe.5fieekly office will be closed from December 22 to Janu ary 3. , CROP. At left Is Bill Mathues and at right is. Ralph Smeltzer. Thousands of .additional persons overseas will be provided with food through the North Carolina food train which will be assembled soon and which will be one of 23 CROP Christmas trains. The goal in North Carolina is 100 cars, according to Wayne McLain, state director. Con tributions of seed cotton, peanuts, corn, and eMry products are espe cially needed. 39 Students Listed On High School Roll Twelfth Grade Leads Other Classes With Honor Students MULTIPLE CROP INSURANCE PROGRAM TO BE OFFERED TO COUNTY FARMERS IN 1949 Holiday Schedule County Seal Sale Nears Local Quota THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Thirty-seven students at Perquim ans .High bchool were listed on the school honor roll for the second grad ing period of this year, according to E. C. Woodard, principal, who re leased the honor list this week. The 12th grade led other classes in tne numoer of students winning honors, haying 15 of its classmates on the honor list. Complete list of the school follows: Eighth Grade Billy Chappell, Marolyn Baker, Glenda Lane, Emily Sumner, Nan Ella White, Faye Butt, Shirley Eure, Kay Stanton, Mable Martin Whedbee, Doris Jean Roun tree, Mollie Lee Yeates. Ninth Grade Tommy Sumner and Marvina White. Tenth Grade James Umphlett, Calvin Butt, Doris Faye Allen, Chris tine Thatch, Elizabeth Proctor, Mary Sue Cook. Eleventh Grade Shirley Butt, Mar- jorie Perry and Claire Hunter. Twelfth Grade Melvin Colson, El wood Long, James Robbins, Daly Rountree, Clarkson White, Mary Lou Butt, Betty Ruth Chappell, Joan Chappell, Alma Eaves, Anne Hollo well,. Pearl Hunter, Marietta Jolliff, Marie Rountree, Lelia Lee Winslow and Dolan Winslow. Following a survey conducted among the stores and business houses of Hertford, the following announce ment was made this week concerning store hours and holidays for the Christmas and New Year's season. Stores will be closed Christmas Day, December 25, but will reopen for business Monday morning, De cember 27. Regular store hours will be observ ed on Saturday, January 1, but the stores will observe the holiday on Monday, January 3, being closed all of that day. No announcement was made re garding night opening next week, but it is expected that most of the stores will remain open two or three nights next week, prior to Christmas. $5 Families Listed For Joy Fund Goal Thirty-five families make up the l- list now prepared by the Perquimans Welfare Department to receive pres ents and baskets from the local Joy ' Fund at Christmas, C Edgar ; White, , Welfare Superintendent, reported to day, v , t : Indications are, according to Mr. White, that these families will re ceive attention at Christmastime and will be provided with presents and baskets to bring joy and gladness on what otherwise might well Jie a joy less day; Local missionary societies and civic.clubs.vas well as individuals, have notified the Welfare Depart ment of intentions? to provide the means, to bring Joy to these families.. The .Welfare : Department is now making" plans J? carry out the pro gram as obresved in the past and or ganizations and individuals who de sire to contribute' toward the. local Joys Fund are - requested to contact . Mr. White for details. BPW Club To Award Commercial Medal ' Members of the Perquimans Busi ness and Professional Woman's Club at their dinner meeting, held last Fri day at the' Hotel Hertford, voted to annually award a medal to the out standing senior at Perquimans. High School, showing proficiency in the two-year commercial course of the school, i ' - ii:W;-'';rM--;vV:s sfe During the business session, Mrs. Myrtle N; Chappell, Mrs. R. M. Fow ler and -..Mrs. Louis . Nachman were r amed as a committee to write an In inorjam ,;to the late Mra; .AJlie rueblood, copies of same to be tent i the family, the club magazine and Perquimans Weekly. V Ruby Butler had charge of Tram presented at the meet - those having a part were C.:." - Cely and - Mrs. D M. m. At the close of the meet- fa members exchanged Christ-. as -''.,' Perquimans County residents have responded splendidly to the appeal issued recently by Mrs. J. H. New bold on the opening of the annual Christmas Seal sale campaign, accord ing to Mrs. "Newbold who Btated early this week that reports received thus far indicates that the courity goal of $500 will be reached. Mrs. . Newbold expressed her ap preciation for the response given thus far and requested that individuals who have not as yet mailed m their contributions to do so before the drive closes next' Friday, December 24th. The funds raised through the sale of Christmas Seals are used by the local tuberculosis association to help, combat tuberculosis. Mrs. Newbold stated jthat in answer to a number of Queries regarding the local TB clinic, which is conducted by the Health De partment, that this clinic is open to all people, of all ages .and she urges indivi duals who desire to apply at the clink for. tests. V. v i ii, ' Forestry Thinning Show December 22 ' A forestry thinning demonstration will be conducted Tuesday, December 22, at 10.A. M. in the Nixon, woods at Newbold's Curve, dt was announced today , by I. C. Yagel, county agent. This woods is on Route 17, about four miles north of Hertford. , During the demonstration timber scaling, selec tive cutting and other phases of farm forest management will be discussed. J. C. Jones, District Extension For ester. J. P. Perry, who is now teach ing forestry at ;VPIy and possibly R. Wr Graeber, State Extension Fores ter, will be on hand to lead the dis cussions. - i; , 'v I At 1 P. M. the group wil visit a fence post and timber creosottng plant located in . Perquimans County about five miles west of Hertford on the Center Hill road. The plant will be in operation and the problems of creosote treating of fence posts and other timber will be discussed. The public is invited to attend both ot these : demonstrations ; or join the group; at either;place.;;;4?;i':; American officials handling the Marshall Plan funds for aid to Euro pean nations reported this week that Great Britain, Belgium and Holland were using part of these funds to purchase scarce metals, then reselling them to American firms at a profit. The U. S. officials announced that these countries will have to explain such actions or funds for purchase of metals will be drastically cut for these three nations. Harry S. Truman was elected Presv dent of the United States last Mon day when the presidential electors selected in the general elections last November met and made the official choice. The final electoral vote was Truman 383, Dewey 189 and Thur mond 40. Only in Tennessee, where President Truman carried the popular vote, did the electors split their vote for the Presidency. One of the Ten nessee electors voted for Thurmond, while the remaining 11 voted for the President. The rest of the ballots by the electors followed the pattern of the general election. North Carolina's school teachers were handed good news this week when the State Board of Education voted to issue pay checks earlier than usual during the month. This action will permit school teachers to re ceive pay prior to Christmas. A royal christening was held in Enerland Wednesday when the month- old-son of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip was given the name of Charles Philip Arthur George. It was reported that the young wince will probably be called Charies, the first Prince Charles in England's history since the 1680's. Holiday Schedule For Library Announced Hours for the Perquimans County Library during the holidays were an nounced following a meeting of the Library Board Tuesday morning. The Library will be closed for Christmas vacation from 5 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, December 22, to 10 A. M. Monday, December 27. It will also be closed all day New Year's. The Board reported that the book mobile has been in operation for two months and has aided greatly in in creasing circulation of the library. The bookmobile has traveled approxi mately 600 miles and has circulated 636 books. Fifty new book borrow ers have been added to the list of li brary patrons. Members of the Board pointed out that the bookmo bile belongs to the county and resi dents of Perquimans are urged to use it. It was also reported that the fol lowing list of new books has been added to the library: Treasury of Science, Land of the Crooked Tree, Eskimo Doctor, Old Man Crow's Boy, A Candle For Saint Jude, A Cloud ed Star, Bride of Fortune, John Goffe's Mill, The Trail Led North and Grandfather vs. Peru. Twenty five new juvenile books have also been added. II C. Dirray Elected New Masonic Master Recorder's Court Hears Twenty Cases Twenty cases were disposed of in Perquimans Recorder's Court here Tuesday morning. All of the cases involved traffic violations. Fines of $5.00 and costs of court were assessed against Woodrow Pickett, John McKee, B. C. Park hurst, Edward Lorenzo, W. F. Dashiell, Lytle Smith, J. Eilva, Olive Dann, Carroll Bull, Margaret Swee ney, C. W. Minnick, Henry Jackson, all of whom entered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding. William Holley, Negro, and Helen Bradly were fined $10 and costs on charges of speeding. James Sidie was fined $25 and costs on a charge of speeding. Gordan McLeod and Walter Wat son were taxed with the costs of court on charges of passing on a curve. M. A. Dixon paid a fine of $25 and costs of court on a charge of driving without a license. Horace Carson was ordered to pay the costs of court on a charge of driving on the wrong side of the highway. Gilbert Eure was found guilty of a charge of reckless driving. He was given a 60-day sentence, suspended upon payment of a fine of $30 and costs of court. Perquimans First In Plan; Committee Is Named to Head Pro ject In County Federal Crop Insurance on peanuts, cotton, corn and soybeans will be of fered in Perquimans County in 1949, according to I. C. Yagel, county agent and secretary of the county USDA Council. Perquimans County is the first and only county in North Carolina where such multiple crop in surance will be in effect, and one of the few counties in the United States. The Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration as operated within the United States Department of Agri culture insures farmers against the loss of investment of certain crops should excessive rain, drought, dis eases, insect, wind, hail and other un avoidable causes of damage bring the return of the crops below the amount of insurance specified in the policy. Administrative expenses are paid through Federal appropriation and premiums charged are used ex clusively to pay losses to farmers. John T. Lane of Belvidere, Julian A. White and Jack E. Brinn of Hert ford have aecepted appointments to administer the program as the Per quimans County Crop Insurance Committee. At a meeting of the committee on Wednesday evening, Milton Dail and W. E. White of the Perquimans County ACA, I. C. Yagel, County Agent, along with other Extension workers of Perquimans County, and R. M. Riddick took part in a discus- sion of the program, junan e. Mann, State director, and H. K. James, district supervisor of the Fed eral Crop Insurance Corporation in North Carolina also attended the meeting. Mr. Yagel reported that Perquim ans County was selected as the first county in North Carolina to have this , ... j. :c i urogram oecause oi me aiversm farming carried out by local farmers. He added that the program has been offered in only three or four other counties in the nation. Hertford PTA Plans Bazaar December 18 ' DIES AT LOUISBUllG O. .Y. Yarbcrough 4ied 'i:at his borne in Louisburg Wednesday morn ing, according to word received here. He was the husband of the former Miss Janie Blanchard, sister of Miss Kate Blanchard. Funeral services were conducted at Louisburg Thurs day, afternoon, , m . : R. C. Murray, president of Murray Motor Parts Company, was elected master of the Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F. & A. M., in selection of officers for the lodge for the coming year at a ; meeting held last weeK. Other officers elected were Dr. A. B. Bonner, senior warden; C. R. Vann, junior warden; J. S. Vick, treasurer and C. Winslow, secretary. R. R. White and J. S. Bass were appointed senior and junior deacons respective ly. - . .-f. Installation of the new officers will be conducted at the first meet ing of Jthe lodge in January. O Appointed officers of the lodge will be named by the master-elect and will t be installed at the installation service January 4. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ? Mr, and Mrs. Maurice Rivette of New Orleans, La., announce - the birth of a son,, born Sunday, Decem ber 1?..: Mrs. Rivette before her; mar riage was Miss Julia Broughton.. l ..CHRISTMAS PROGRAM 'i k 'Christmas program will be given at Mt. Siani Baptist Church Sunday nighty December 19, at 7:30 o'clock. The public is invited to attend. ' CROP Collection Here Reported Good , The Parent-Teacher Association of the Hertford Grammar School met Thursday evening, December 9, wjlth Mrs. D. M. Jackson, president, pre siding over the business session which followed a delightful program pre sented by the Bethel community. The program was given by the children of the 8ixthfand seventh grades and had as its theme the Christmas bpmt. The Bethel ', Junior Choir rendered "Noel." During the business session it was announced that the annual Christmas bazaar will be held Saturday, De cember 18, at Hertford Cleaners from 10 . M. toA 5 P. M. The playground committee, composed of Silas Whed bee, Carson Howell, Corbin Dozier, J. A. Ieete, D. M. Jackson and Frank McGoogan, announced plans for build ing swings on the playground. Mrs. R. M. Riddick, music chair man, reported that local school chil dren will be admitted free of charge at the N. C. Symphony concert to be heid in -Edenton in February. The PTA plans to furnish transportation for the children. Mrs. Carson Howell, study course chairman, announced that the PTA study course will be held the latter part of February. A; CHRISTMAS PAGEANT A pasreant entitled "The Bethlehem Way," will be presented at the. Up River Friends, Church at Whiteston Sunday ' night at 7 - o'clock by the vonnar neonl of the church. The public ia invited to attend. Town Board Holds Routine Meeting Hertford Town Board met Monday night in regular session and handled routine business brought to its at tention by Mayor V. N. Darden and members of the Board. Mayor Darden reported to the Board that repairs were now under way on the roof of the municipal building. Workmen patching leaks in the roof, disepvered .parts of the timber rotted away and these timbers are being repaired. The Board voted that employees of the Town will be presented Christ mas presents as has been the custom in past years. A new electric switchboard, order ed by the Town last summer, has ar rived and been installed in position at the Town plant, Mayor Darden reported. This board will be con nected some time after January 1 and will provide better electric service to local consumers and it is expected to increase the voltage on the town lines. C quimans Candle Light Service Planned For Sunday A Christmas candle light service will be held at the Hertford Metho dist Church Sunday at 5 P. M. It will include the Christmas story in Scripture, music by the choir, carol singing by the choir and congrega tion and a story, "Judah Finds a King." told by Mrs. D. L. Fouts. The Sunday School of the Hertford Methodist Church will have its an nual Christmas program,, including a Christmas tree and Santa Claus, Sun day morning at 9:45. The members of all the departments, except tne nursery and beginner; will meet to gether in - the downstairs assembly room of the educational building. The nursery and beginner children will have a Christmas program of their own, including a tree and Jsanta Claus,, in the . beginner room. They are inviting their parents- to be pres ent with them. - The ,11 -o'clock: . morning worship service at ? the - Hertford Methodist Church will include Christmas music and' a Christmas sermon, "No Room In the Inn.f ' r- R. Vann, chairman of the Per- County Christian Kurai Overseas Program, which collected grain, canned goods and money throughout the county last Sunday, reported this week that the collection was irood and that he appreciated very much the cooperation given the program by residents of Perquimans. He Draised highly tne response given by the people of the Whiteston community and also Belvidere and Charjanoke. He reported that contri butions in Hertford lagged somewhat compared to other sections of the county and also that he had had no reports from New Hope and Bethel communities. More than 100 bushels of corn were donated toward the Friendship Train, several bags of soy Deans, lots of canned goods and more tnan $100 in cash. All contributions collected here will be forwarded to Norfolk, where it will be combined with other dona tions received from this area of the State, and will be repacked for ship ment overseas. Central PTA Meeting Set For Monday P. M. The Parent-Teacher Association! of Central Grammar School will hold its regular meeting Monday night at 7:30 o'clock. The Cumberland and Bagley Swamp communities are in charge of a very interesting program, including a Christmas pageant and special music. All patrons are urged to attend and the public is invited. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. D. J. White an nounce the birth of a son, born Sat urday, December 11, at the Medical Center, Elizabeth City. W. M. S. TO MEET The Woman's Missionary Society of the Hertford Baptist Church will meet- Monday night, December 20, at 7:80 P. M. at the church. Mrs. I. A. Ward wilt preside and all members are urged to attend. V , BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT , Mr. and I Mrs. Ray J Haskett an nounce the ' birth of a son, bom Wednesday, December -15, at the Medical Center in Elizabeth Citjr.s . ' -J. ' n 4S