Volume XVI. Number '10.
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"Hertford, Perquimans County, North. Carolina. Friday, March 11,' 1949.
$1.50 Per Year.
COuGHESSLlAII DO! GUEST SPEAKER
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AT REA AOAL MEETING HERE SATURDAY Docket In Recorder
Court On Tuesday
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Co-op to Elect Board of
Directors; Operations
Expanding
Some 1,200 members of the Albe
marle Electric Membership Corpor
ation from Perquimans. Chowan,
' Pasquotank and Camden counties are
expected to attend the annual meet
ing of the REA Co-op in ' Hertford
Saturday afternoon, according to
G. , L. Whitley, manager of the
system.
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
has been secured as the guest speak
er for the meeting which will convene
at the Perquimans High School at
2 o clock tomorrow afternoon. Prin
cipal business scheduled for the meet
ing is the election of a Board of Dir
ectors for the corporation. Each of
the -counties, comprising the. Co-op,
will be represented on the board with
the -election of two directors -from
each of the counties and one director
at large will be selected.
A large number of door prizes, do
nated by manufacturers and local
business houses will be awarded at
the close of the meetings, and it has
also been announced that some dis
plays of appliances will also be. made.
The nominating committee of the
Co-op, which met on January 8, se
lected 18 prospective directors of
which number Charles E. White, A.
T. Lane, John Q. Hurdle and Floyd
Mathews represent Perquimans Coun
ty. A report issued last week showed
that the Albemarle Electric Member
ship Corporation served 1,344 mem
bers as o f close of business in Jan
uary, it operated 391 miles of elec
tric Jlnes. The Co-op is now under
going expansion, some 231 addition
al miles of lines are to be construct
ed during the next three months, and
this will enable the Co-op to serve
many more members residing
throughput the four counties.
The local Co-op was organized
early in 1945, when a number of resi
dents of the four counties indicated a
desire of REA 'service. Immediate
steps were taken to form the organ
ization and construction of lines be
gan - shortly thereafter. The first
corporation has: slfowlr a constant
growth since that date. '
Final Rites Held For
Belvidere Resident
Funeral services were held Sunday,
March 6, at Up River Friends Church
for John T. Lane,, who died at the
Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City
on Friday night after a short illness.
The services were conducted by
the , Rev. Isaac Harris of Guilford
College, N. C, who is Executive Sec
retary for North Carolina Yearly
Meeting of the Society of Friends.
He was assisted by -Mrs: Elizabeth
White, pastor of the deceased, and
Mrs. Bertha V. S. White of Belvi
dere. During the services "Heart
aches" was sung by Elmer Lassiter
and "Abide With Me" was rendered
' by a group accompanied by Mrs.
Ralph White. "Safe In the Arms of
' Jesus" was sung by the group at the
graveside. Interment followed in the
community cemetery.
Pallbearers were Clyde Lane, Nel
son Lane, Matthew Winslow, Crafton
Winslow, Alvah Winfelow, Elihu Wins
low, William Winslow and Wilbur
Temple.
: Mr. Lane was a prominent farmer
and business man of the Whit'eston
community. He was a loyal and
faithful -member of the Up River
Friends Church, having been an Elder
for many years, a trustee, church
treasurer and a teacher in the Sun
day School. , r
Mr. Lane was born on October 20,
1881, the son of the late Elsberry and
Martha , Winslow Lane of Belvidere.
On December 28, 1904, he was mar
ried to Sarah Alberta Winslow, who
survives him, along with the following:,;-
One son William Elsberry
Lane of the home and Ave daughters,
Mrs. Louis Howell, Mrs. Alexander
Stallings, both of. Route Two, Hert
ford; Mrs. ' William T. Emmart of
Wilson, N. C; Mrs. Willard F. Baker
of Norfolk, Va., and Mrs. E. Burton
.Myers of , Wilmington, N. Ci two
granddaughters, Janice i and Arlene
Stallings; :, two. grandsons, Wayne
. Howell and Reginald Baker; one sis
ter, Mrs.. Ulysses Winslow and three
brothers, L L.. Lane, J. L Lane of
Belvidere and Rolld'A.. Lane of Wil
mington, Del.-'';" v ;,..
-: BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT, . .
Sgi and Mrs. John E. Simpson an
nounce the birth of daughter, born
at i' Hampton, Va. , Mother and
daughter arc getting along nicely. v
Red Cross Reports
Coming In Slowly
Reports on the annual Red Cross
Roll Call campaign were coming in
so slowly this week that no definite
announcement as to the progress of
the drive was available at the time
The Weekly went to press.
C. R. Vann, chairman of the drive,
stated that a few of the solicitors
have mfcde incomplete reports as to
their progress, but many of the so
licitors are still to make reports. He
urged all solicitors to complete their
canvassing of each neighborhood and
community and to report contribu
tions as soon as possible.
The county goal for the 1949 Red
Cross Roll Call was set at ?1,200 and
the local chapter officials are hopeful
that this amount can and will be
raised shortly.
Srinn Funeral Held
Sunday Afternoon
Prominent Resident of
Hertford Victim of
Heart Attack
Robert Timothy Brinn, 64, member
of the Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners and a widely known
resident of Hertford, died at his home
here last Friday morning at 11:30
following an attack suffered Thursday
afternoon.
A life-long resident of Perquimans
County, Mr. Brinn was actively en
gaged in business here for a number
of years and was always associated
with civic affairs. He served as a
member of the Town Board for 14
years and formerly was a member of
the Rotary Club and the Chamber of
Commerce, when that organization
was in being.
He was a member of the Hertford
Methodist Church and served for a
long time as a member of the Board
of Trustees of that church.
, Prior to World War I he was a
Naval1 Reserve officer and in this ra
pacity made a trip around the world.
In recent years he confined his busi
ness activities to farming.
Survivors . include his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Chappell Brinn; one daughter,
Mrs. Jesse P. Perry of Mexico City;
one son, Lieut.-Comdr. Tim R. Brinn,
U. S. Navy, and two brothers, Frank
Brinn of Sanford, N. C, and Claude
Brinn of Turkey.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Methodist Church Sunday after
noon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. D. L.
Fouts, under the direction of the
Lynch Funeral Home. During the
service Miss Kate Blanchard rendered
very soft music.
Pallbearers were Preston Kogerson,
Percy Rogerson, Melvin Rogerson,
Robert Brinn, Claude Brinn, Jack
Brinn and, Billy Brinn.
Interment was in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Traffic Cases Head
Defendant Ordered to
Post Bond for Failure
To Appear
Traffic cases made up the major
ity of the docket disposed of by Per
quimans Recorder's Court here Tues
day, morning. Twenty-three defend
ants were charged with violation of
the traffic laws and the other six cases
were of a varied nature. $390 in fines
were assessed in a number of the
cases and 28 defendants were ordered
to pay the costs of court.
Judge Charles E. Johnson ordered
a warrant charging Ambrose Hop
kins with speeding returned and or
dered the defendant held under a $100
bond after Hopkins failed to appear
luesday to answer the charges,
Two defendants, Victor Martin and
Edward Talbot, were fined $50 and
costs of court after pleading guilty
to charges of speeding
Donald Dufaett and George Lanier,
Jr., were fined $25 and costs on
charges of speeding.
A fine of $15 and costs was taxed
against Robert Clark, who entered a
plea of guilty to charges of speed
ing.
Fines of $10 and costs were paid bv
H. E. Green. Hvmon Kessell. Carl
Morroll, Frank Blanco, Fred Gart
ner, Peter Marvel, Richard Pennock,
Samuel German. Kurt Leitrhton. G.
W. Smeltz and Edward Hacker, all of
whom entered pleas of guilty to
speeding charges.
Ingeborg Moore, Roy Johnston and
U hj. hberhardt paid the costs of
court on speeding charges
William Creecy was taxed. with the
costs of court for failure to stop at
an intersection.
Meyer Lhirkiss entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of reckless drivine
and paid a fine of $25 and costs of
court.
Fines of $25 and costs were assess
ea against William Freeman and
James McLinden on charges of driv-
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Exams To Be Called
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THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Dignitaries from all parts of the
nation and hundreds of Tar Heels at
tended the funeral services Tuesday
for Senator J. Melviye Broughton,
who died suddenly in Washington
early Sunday morning. Mr. Brough
ton was elected to the Senate last
November and began his first full
term in-January. Reports from Ra
leigh state that Governor Kerr Scott
announced that he will not make an
appointment to fill the Senatorial va
cancy before next week. Three men
are named as heading the list of pos
sible appointees for the post These
are former Senator William umstead,
L. P. McLendon and Capus Waynick.
Kinor Georsre of England, who has
been ailing for months with' a blood
circulation condition, will undergo an
operation, according to a report from
London, to correct the ailment. The
operation, it was reported, is not a
serious nature. ; Incapacitated some
what because of his illness, the King
recently ' has been relieved of a por
tion of his heavy duties but the lat
est report stated he is much im
proved. '
A H new Ion ; distance non-atop
flight by a light airplane was reported
this week when. Aviator Bill Odom
flew from Honolulu , to Teterboro, N.
J., on $75 worth of gasoline. ; The to
tal distance covered by the flight was
5,000 miles. Teterboro is four miles
wast of New York City.
To Fill Belvidere
Post Office Vacancy
Congressman Herbert C. Bonner
notified The Perquimans Weekly last
Saturday morning that he had re
quested the Post Office Department
and Uvil Service Commission to an
nounce and hold competitive civil
service examinations to fill the vacan
cy in the RFD postal service at the
Belvidere Post Office,
Mr. Bonner stated that he reauest-
ed that the above action be taken at
the earliest possible date.
Prior to the announcement received
here Saturday, Mr. Bonner had an
nounced that due to misunderstanding
he was holding up his approval of a
transfer of an eligible postal em
ployee to fill the vacancy.
According to information gathered,
the vacancy at the Belvidere Post
Office occurred with the resignation
of William Chappell and since Mr.
Chappell's retirement the position has
been filled, under a temporary appointment.
It was also learned that a number
of residents of the communities serv
ed by the route had made inquiries
concerning the filing of applications
for the. position, with intentions of
taking the examinations when they
were called.
Welfare Off icial Will
Speak Here March 14
. John R. Larkins, consultant on Ne
gro affairs, State Department of Pub
lic Welfare, will speak in Hertford
next Monday, March 14, it was an
nounced today by H. E. Brown, prin
cipal of Hertford High School.
Brown stated that the welfare offi
cial will speak to the students of the
Negro high school at 11:30 A. M. and
will address the community at large
in the. Hertford high school audi
torium at 7 :30 P. M. Monday.
Board Of Education
Passes Motion To
Re-elect Diggers
Authorizes Science Lab
oratory at High School
Be Modernized
Members of the Perquimans County
Board of Education, meeting in regu
lar session last Monday, went on
record by passing a motion recom
mending that John T. Biggers, Coun
ty School Superintendent, be re
elected to that position for another
term. The appointment of the super
intendent for the term is expected to
be made at the April meeting of the
Board.
Mr. Biggers assumed the position
as Superintendent of local schools last
July, being appointed for an unexpir
ed term of one year. His achieve
ments during the past year in hand
ling school business and improve
ments, has won wide praise from
county school patrons.
In addition to recommending the
re-election of the Superintendent, the
Board authorized Mr. Biggers to
modernize, and equip the scienc lab
oratory at Perquimans High School
to meet State requirements.
Julian A. White and J. T. Biggers
were appointed by the Board to serve
as a committee representing the
Board of Education to confer with
directors of the Perquimans Baseball
Club regarding the use of Memorial
Field during the summer months.
The legislative program now under
consideration by the General As
sembly was discussed at length and
Board members were advised that the
county is prepared to take necessary
steps to carry out a building pro
gram if State-aid funds are made
available.
Members of the Board voted that a
supplement of $25 per month be paid
to the principal of the Hertford
Grammar School, and Draised thp
work accomplished during the pres
ent year by Miss Thelma Elliott,
principal of the school.
A number of the Board members
made plans to attend the School Board
meeting held at Washington, N. C, on
last Wednesday.
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Eastern Star Will
Elect New Officers
; Members of the '. Hertford Chapter
of the Order of .Eastern : Star will
hold their regular meeting next Mon
day night, March 14, at 8 o'clock at
the lodge rooms. ; , . '' .
It was announced that officers for
the coming lodge- year will be elected
at this meeting and a full attendance
is requested. . V '
Legion's Program
Subject Of Meeting
Held Last Friday
Speaking before a joint meeting: of
the William Paul Stallings Post, and
the Woman's Auxiliary of the Amer
ican Legion. Fraday nisrht. Jesse
Mercer of Elizabeth City, past divis
ional commander of the Legion, de
livered an inspiring talk on the ideals,
aims and accomplishments of the
national organization.
Mercer related some details of the
work involved by the American Le
gion, in getting through Congress
many of the advantages for veterans
included in the GI Bill of Rights. He
told of some of the work done by the
Legion, in assisting the Red Cross,
and other relief agencies in times of
disaster.
Big task of the Legion today, he
declared, is the perpetuation of
Americanism, as we know it, with a
solid front against every Communist
influence here at home.
Mercer's address followed brief
talks by Mrs. Paul Holoman and Mrs.
Roy E. Leary of Edenton, members
of the Woman's Auxiliary of the
Chowan County Post, who lold of the
work the Auxiliary was expected to
perform, and of the great help they
could be to the men's organization.
A musical program was enjoyed by
the group, featuring group singing
and special music by a quartet, corn-
nosed of Miss Thelma White, Elmer
Lassiter, Leslie Winslow and Edward
Jordan, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. Ralph White.
Light refreshments were served at
the conclusion of the program.
Among the guests present was
Commander Andrew Bailey, of the
Seth E. Perry Post, of Elizabeth City
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FAVOR STATE
AID FOR SCHOOL BUILDING PROGRAM
Equalizations Board
Meets Next Monday
Perquimans County Commissioners
will sit as a Board of Equalization
and Review beginning Monday,
March 14, it was reported here to
day by J. W. Ward, clerk to the
board. The meeting will be held in
the Court House beginning at 10
A. M., and continuing until all busi
ness brought before the board has
been completed. The Commissioners
will hear complaints regarding val
uation of property in this county.
During the time they sit as a
Board of Equalization is the only
time the Commissioners can legally
alter any property valuations as they
appear on the tax books, so that any
one having a complaint should pre
sent the matter at the meeting of
the board next Monday.
Plans For Baseball
Club Moving Along
Club Directors Move to
Set-up System For Lo
cal Team
To Urge Appointment
Of William Umstead
As U. S. Senator
Plans for reorganization of the
Perquimans Baseball Club for par
ticipating" in the Albemarle League
during the coming summer are mov
ing along, according to a report this
week by A. W. Hcfren, president of
the club. Mr. Hefren, along with a
number of other fans from this coun
ty, attended the league meeting held
in Edenton last week, at which ti ne
definite plans for the coming season
were adopted by the league directors.
At the present time the local set
up is not advanced sufficiently to re
port definite arrangements, but it has
been announced that directors of the
local club plan to use local talent for
the team in as many playing positions
as possible. They are also, at this
time, in contact with several prospec
tive managers for the team and may
have an announcement concerning
this position shortly.
One rule, which the local fans have
supported, which was adopted at the
league meeting last week, is that
each club will set its own admission
prices, and it is believed that the ad
mission to be charged here will be
lowered to 60 cents, the charge mar1
at the gate two years ago.
Directors for the local club met
Wednesday night at the Court Houst
in Hertford, and continued discus
sions of plans to raise additional
funds for the season and a drive for
these funds is expected to be an
nounced soon.
Post Office Stops
Packages To Berlin
James E. Newby, acting postmaster
at Hertford, announced today that he
had been ordered by the Post Office
Department to halt the mailing of all
packages and parcel post items ad
dressed, to Berlin, Germany, effective
immediately. The order, Mr. Newby
stated, is to be in force until further
notice ,
Lack of transportation facilities,
Mr. Newby said, was given as the
reason , for baiting the mailing of
packages to Berlin., y
Town Board Seeks
New VPE Contract
Members of the Hertford Town
Board met in special meeting last
Monday night to discuss terms of a
nrosnectivp. new contract with the
Virginia Power & Electric Company
for furnishing electricity to the town.
The Town renewed its contract with
VPE several years ago and changed
over to a new rate schedule. This
schedule, because of economic condi
tions, among which was increased
cost of coal, became unfavorable for
the Town and at the meeting this
week the Board voted to seek the
nrivileffe of returning to the old rate
schedule which is expected to save
the Town or Hertford several tnous
and dollars a year on the costs of
electricity purchased from VPE.
Couple To Celebrate
Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. G. "F. Dail of Penn
sylvania Avenue. Hertford, will cele
brate their golden wedding annivers
ary at their home on bunday, Marcn
13. Their friends are cordially invit
ed to attend open house at the home
of the couple on this date between
the hours of 2 P. M. and 4 P. M.
Board Vacancy To Be
Filled By Appointment
The vacancy on; the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners caus
ed by the death of R. T. Brinn, will
be filled by appointment by lerk of
Court ' W. H. Pitt, it was announced
here this, week.
' When questioned regarding the ap
pointment, Mr. Pitt stated that he
will likely name an appointee to the
post within the next few days.
Perquimans County's Board of
Commissioners went on record, at a
meeting held Monday, favoring the
bill now before the General Assembly
which calls for State-aid to counties
for construction of school buildings.
The local board advised and urged
Representative E. Leigh Winslow and
State Senator J. Emmett Winslow
to work toward the passage of this
measure. o action was taken by
the board, however, in setting up
machinery to provide local funds,
which might be needed in thp event
this measure is enacted by the Legis
lature. Ihe Hoard was of the opin
ion this machinery could be set in
motion after definite action had been
completed by the Legislature. The
county has approximately $50,000
now in reserve which is expected to
be used in connection with the pro
gram for school building construc
tion. This amount is expected to a
major portion of the amount of funds
needed by the county in the event
the General Assembly enacts the
measure railing for 50 millions of
dollars to be divided among county
units lor the program.
The Hoard also went on record fav
oring the appointment of former U.
S. Senator William B. Umstead to fill
the unexpired term of U. S. Senator
J. Melville Broughton, who died in
Washington last Sunday morning.
The Board's action on this matter is
to be presented to Gove.ior Kerr
Scott who is empowered t make the
senatorial appointment.
A delegation appeared before the
board to renew a request for im
provement of a highway in the Bag
ley Swamp area, and the Board ad
vised this delegation that the matter
will be presented to the State High
way Commission for consideration.
Authorization was granted to J. C.
Morgan, superintendent of the Coun
ty Home, to paint the roofs of the
homes at the county farm.
The following residents of the
county were drawn by the board to
serve as jurors at the April term of
Superior Court: Joshua Sutton, W.
S. Evans, Mrs. Jocelyn Applewhite,
E. L. Hurdle, Jr., Ru.jirr.jH Baker, H.
C. Hoffier, R. D. Creecy, Emmett
Long, M. J. Gregory, A. D. Thatch,
Merton Stokely, Joe B. Perry, Sr.,
Mrs. Walter Winslow, John Lassiter,
F. S. Winslow, E. A. Goodman, Jr.,
Nathan Hurdle, Audrey Umphlett,
Willie Winslow, Louis Proctor, Rid
dick Chappell, George F. Dail, Guy
Webb, Velean Winslow, Marvin
Caddy, N. E. Chappell, Mrs. Blount
Eure, John A. Elliott, Alvin Winslow,
Julian Powell, Mrs. Julian Bundy,
Thomas Sumner, James Rountree,
A. F. Proctor, J. F. Elliott and R. H.
Copeland.
Farm Bureau Backs
Crop Insurance Plan
Members of the Perquimans Coun
ty Farm Bureau, at a meeting held
last Thursday night at the Agricul
tural Building in Hertford went on
record giving wholehearted coopera
tion to the Federal Crop Insurance
program being installed in this coun
ty at the present time. Members of
the Bureau pointed out the many ad
vantages this multiple crop insurance
plan gives local farmers and urged
all producers to investigate the op
portunities offered through the pro
gram.
In connection with the insurance
plan, C. R. Vann, chief clerk for the
project in Perquimans, announced
that March 31 is the deadline for
signing up for participation in the
program for 1949. He urged all
farmers, desiring to participate in
tne program to contact community
representatives of the Crop Insurance
or see him at the County Office lo
cated in Hertford.
New Chryslers On ,
Display This Week
Officials of the Towe-Webb Motor
Company announced today that plans
are completed for a gala showing of
the new 1949 Chrysler cars at the
company's show rooms starting Fri
day morning of this week.
The new cars, known as the Silver
Anniversary Models, , ' reveal the
achievement of the Chrysler Corpora
tion on completion of a quarter of a
century of business. It is understood -
the new Chrysler will show more
changes in design and engineering
than in toy previous model. "v '".