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Volume XVL Number 19.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, May 13, 19497
IGEIVAYlEPiOlTTOnESUllFACE
ROUTE 17 TlinOUGU TOWN OF HERTFORD
Town Board Orders All
' Delinquent Taxes Be,
Advertised and Sold ;
An additional street project for the
town of Hertford appeared to be shaj
ing .up this week, according to Mayor
V. N Darden who reported to the
Town. Board last Monday night that
he had been advised by the District
. Supervisor for the State Highway De
V partmient that State funds on hand,
' allocated to Hertford, will permit the
resurfacing of TOute 17 through the
- Town this summer.
It is expected that Church street,
from the Perquimans River to Dobb
street, and Edenton Road Street, from
Dobb to the Town limits, will receive
the major portion of repair. Mayor
Darden told the Board members that
the resurfacing will be done with hpt
- asphalt ,
The .Mayor and Town Board have
been seeking approval for this project
for some time, and it was onIy,thia
week that the Highway Department
announced that sufficient funds, allo
cated to the Town from the collection
of gasoline tax, were available to car
ry out the work. The project, it was
reported, will be handled by the High
way Department crews.
' : Other business handled by the
Board in its regular meeting Tj .li.iy
was the appointment of Mr;, G.
Newby as Town Tax lister the
year. .
The Board ordered Town ClerkyW.
G. Newby to advertise all delinquent
1948 property taxes for the sale dur
ing the month of June and to sell the
same at the Court House door in Hert
ford on Monday July 111
In connection with taxes, Mr. New
by reported that 1948 privilege taxes
are way $ast due and that 1949 taxes
are payable on May 30th. He re-
; minded merchants and other business
; men that they Are liable to court act-:
t ton unless, privilege taxes-are paid and
he urged those who have not paid this
tax to come forward and do so before
, May 30.. . ':.
Donliey Ball Game
On Saturday Night.
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That old saying "There's nothing
new under the sun" will be thoroughly
discredited, according to Charlie Vann,
on Saturday night, May 14, when the
Hertford Lions sponsors a donkey
baseball game at Memorial Field, be
ginning at eight o'clock. Vann, actingi
as chairman of the committee in char
ge of the event, stated that arrange
ments have been completed for the
game. Of course, the donkey part of
the game will be a bunch of patient
bewildered burros expected , to be rid
den the players participating in th
game. Vann added that the game will
be between a team composed of local
business and professional men, known
as the Hertford All-Stars and mem
bers of the Lions Club.
Fun loving people can expect to get
plenty of laughs from attending this'
Lions event Saturday. All of the ball
playing burros have- celebrity names
such as Mae West, Little Abner, etc.,
and there's always a great rivalry
among the riders in getting the name
sake of their favorite.
There's plenty of sport in watching
dignified citizens take off their coats
and play straight soft ball, but when
they do it while -riding a donkey,, boy
oh boy, that is where the fun comes in.
Local Man Appointed
To Masonic Office aT'''
Cecil C. Winalow, past Master and
present secretary of Perquimans -Lodge
No.l406,'AJ". and AJI. has been
appointed, Jto the office 'of . District
Deputy, Grand Master, for theFiret
Masonic District, dt .was announced
here this week. , ' '.
. Mr, Winalow was appointed to the
post by Grand Master Wilkins C. Hor
ton of Pittsboro. The appointment
was made at Raleigh lart Saturday.
Potato Deadline As W
May 13 Announced
- Friday, May 13, is the deadline for
. Irish potato growers , to aooly for an
application; for- eligibility for price
support under the 1949 program, it
was announced today by'W. E. White,
secretary. p theljerquimans -ACA
committee. , , : : f 'rfi'i---
All producers interested in tcDTilv-
ing for an application must call at
the County ACA office before that
date and at the same time pay a ser
vice fee charged for application, ;
Local 4-H Clubbers
Have Entries In Show
Nine 4-H Club boys and girls of
Perquimans .County have entries that
will be shown in the Fat Stock Show
and Sale to be held on May 17 and 18,
it; was announced today by County
Agent I. C. Yagel.-
Youths entering calves in the show
are Harry Lee Winslow, Janie Wins
low, Dorothy Jean Winslow, Dickie
Baker, Shirley Eur$ Horace Layden,
Clarence Chappell, John Mansfield
and Dolan Winslow.
Dorothy Jean Winslow, Shirley
Eure and Harry Lee, Winslow are par
ticipating in the show for the first
time. Other local youths have parti
cipated in past years.
According to Mr. Yagel, all Per
quimans County calves have done well
and are expected to compare favorab
ly with calves from other counties.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
General conditions Inside Germany
appear to be looking up this week.
The Berlin blockade was scheduled to
be lifted Thursday, and this action is
expected to provide for additional
foodstuff and raw materials for use
in Berlin. The German Assembly,
working toward an organization of
Western Germany selected Bonn to
be the capital of the government.
Meanwhile representatives of the Big
Four nations are expected shortly to
begin talks toward a settlement of the
whole German . peace. "Sfiis latter
move was part of the conditions
agreed to in regard to the lifting of
the blockade.
A major strike was in progress in
the automobile field this week as
thousands of workers of the Ford
Company walked off their jobs last
Thursday while union and company
officials attempted to settle disputes.
Negotiations were halted between the
(jcJWa1 when the strike was called
but the talks were scheduled" to be
resumed Wednesday in an effort to
settle all problems.
WEEKLY
$1.50 Per Year.
Air Station Officer
Speaker At Meeting
Of II. D. Federation
Event Marked Close of
Home Demonstration
Observance
Raymond E. Hooper, commanding
Police of Roanoke, Va., solved a
brutal murder case this week when
they charged a 16-year-old high
school boy with the murder of Dana
Marie Weaver, a high school junior.
The murder .occurred in a church
parish house. Police reported the
youth admitted the murder after sev
eral hours questioning but no motive
was given.
An election should have been held
over in Columbia last week, with of
ficers for the town being elected, but
the election failed to come off when
it was forgotten and was not ordered
held. There were no candidates,
either, for it seems everybody had
forgotten it was the year to hold the
town balloting. ,
Bond Forfeited In
Speeding: Case Tuesday
A $50 bond, posted in Perquimans
Recorder's Court by Joe Ballance, Jr.,
was ordered forfeited at Tuesday's
session of Court by Judge Chas. E.
Johnson when Ballance failed to ap
pear to answer charges of speeding
at 75 miles per hour.
Other cases disposed of at this
week's Session of court included that
of Hous Blum who entered a plea of
guilty to charges af speeding and paid
a fine of $10 and costs. . ,
" Ray Sims, also charged with
speeding, entered a plea of guilty and
paid a fine of $16 and costs.
f Haywood Goodwin entered a- "plea
of guilty to a Charge of being drunk
in a public place. He was ordered to
pay the costs of court and also or
dered f o pay a previous fine and court
costs within 30 days. ".-',".'
Prayer for judgment was continued
in the case ' charging Ben Thatch,
Negro, with non-support Thatch had
entered a plea of nolo contendre,' and
the case reached an agreement during
tne neanng. . , ra.-
Prayer for judgment was also con
tinued in the case of James Fletcher,
Jr., Negro, charged with non-support,
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE .
WILL MEET ON MAY 19 , j;
The Executive Committee of the
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Baptist Church will meet Thursday,
May 19, at 8 P." M. at the home of
Mrs. Charles Johnson, with Mrs. Ray
mond Holmes as joint hostess. --All
members are urged to attend. -
Station, was the principal speaker at
the Perquimans County Home Demon
stration Clubs Spring Federation
meeting held at the Agricultural
Building last Friday.
The Spring Federation combined
with the third in a series of citizenship
meetings being conducted throughout
the county were held by the local fed
eration in conclusion to a number of
outstanding events presented last
week in observance of National Home
Demonstration Club Week.
The Rev. E. B. EdwAds, pastor of
Winfall Methodist Church, and' the
preliminary speaker at last Friday's
meeting, contended that the main fact
or in good citizenship was obeying of
the laws of Christ.
He added that people in order to get
along well in this world should, so far
as they could, shoulder their own in
dividual responsibilities 'and burdens
and those that are strong should help
with the burdens of the weak.
Mrs. Ashby Jordan, vice-president
of the County Council, introduced
Colonel Hooper, who is a graduate of
Mississippi State College in the field
of agricultural extension work and
called himself a farmer at heart while
telling the club women that they play
ed a great part in the mounding of
future citizzens. -
While speaking along the lines 'of
world citizenship, Colonel Hooper said
that a citizen of the United States is
guaranteed a great amount of citizen
ship in the 10 commandments and that
the law requires a person to respect
the rights of others such as the free
dom of speech, religion, press and ma
ny others which is a main factor in
good citizenship.
Speaking directly to the club women
he brought out the old saying, "the
hand that rocks the cradle rules te
world," as it is the Mother who first
teaches her child and given himv hp
fir3t ideas of , citizenship. He furtH"
contended that KTnidther should moSSi
her child's mind while it is young and
should teach it to respect the rights of
others while demanding that others
respect his rights.
The Colonel added that many people
throughout the world do not have a
chance to be good citizzens due to the
lack of freedom of action. In general
the world would be a much better
place in which to live if the individual
had never rights and a country )f
more democratic way of life.
Special music was presented during
the meeting by Mr3. Thomas Thomp
son, accompanied at the piano by Miss
Mary Ellen Barr, both of Elizabeth
City.
Mrs. Howard Hunter, president of
the County Council of Home Demon
stration Clubs, presided during the
meeting.
officer of the Edenton Marine Airlchool junior, will attend Boys State
at cnapel Hill on June 12 to 19, un
der the sponsorship of the William
btallmgs Post 126 of the American
Legion, the post voting at the May
meeting held Friday night at the court
house, to send him.
Young Berry had already received
the approval of the school faculty and
met other requirements. It was voted
that in case the high school student t )
that in case the high school proposed
sending an additional student to Boys
btate not sponsored by some other
organization, that the Legion would
pay half the expenses of each, rather
than total expenses of one boy.
American Legion awards of merit,
in the form of two medals, to be pre
sented at the high school commence
ment exercises to a boy and girl of th
student body, selected by the school
faculty, for outstanding leadership
and courage, were displayed at the
meeting.
Among the important matters un
der discussion with action to be taken
at th 3 June meeting, included that of
the erection of some appropriate
memorial, in the form of a monument
to be the memory of Perquimans he
roes of both World Wars.
The proposal, made by B. C. Berry,
and approved by the membership,
would cause a petition to be drawn np,
asking the county commissioners to
provide money which would be a nu
cleus for a fund, to finance the pro
ject. The matter was discussed in
formally prior to the approval of hav
ing a petition drawn, and further dis
cussion and a vote on the petition it
self, will be one of the subjects to be
voted upon at the June meeting.
It was also approved by the mem
bers of the Post that nominations for
officers of the Post will be made from
the floor, at the June meeting. No
nominating committee, which has ser
ved in this capacity in the past years.
jgull be named this year. .
B. C. Gerryjr. Named Commencement Plans For Perquimans
To Attend Legion High School Announced By Principal
Event At Chapel Hill
Local Post ProDosea
Construction of Mem
orial For Heroes
B. C. Perry Jr., Perquimans High
Rotarians To Hold
Ladies' Night Tuesday
Plans were completed by members
of the Hertford Rotary Club at their
meeting this week to hold their an
nual Rotary-Anne party at the Of
ficers Club at Harvey Point next
Tuesday evening, beginning at 6:30
o'clock. W. F. Ainsley, president of
the club, named Robert Hollowell as
chairman of the program committee,
Tim Bnnn as chairman of the deco
rating committee. Charles Hehc and
D. E. Hervey head up the favors committee.
Dinner will be served by members
of the Bethel Home Demonstration
Club.
At the meeting Tuesday members
of the club named R. S. Monds, Jr.,
as the club's delegate to the Rotary
International Convention to be held
in New York during the first week of
June. A. W. Hefren was named al
ternate. Other members of the club
planning to attend the convention are
C. P. Morris and Dr. C. A. Davenport.
Funeral For Sidney
Reed Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Sidney M. Reed
age 68 who died at hi home on Grubb
street in Hertford about noon Mon
day from a self-inflicted gun shot
wound, were conducted Tuesday after
noon at four o'clock at the Lynch
Funeral Home bv the Rev. D. L.
Fouts, pastor of the Hertford Metho
dist Church. .
Mr, Reed, who had been in ill health
for the past five years, was' alone in
the house at the time with the excep
tion of a Negro cook. He was found in
the living room of the home.
Son of the late Wilson C. and Manie
S.' Reed,' he had taught sechool at
Weeksvflle for approximately 18 years
and had returned to Hertford to make
his home in recent years.
He is survived by five brothers, E.
L., C. F, Wilson, Corporal and Daniel
Reed all of this community.
Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme-tety.;.;'r.;,'X;.-';.;
Late Blight Causing
Harm To Potato Crop
J. C. Yagel, county agent, reported
today that late blight is causing harm
to the potato crop In this area and
urged local growers tp take steps to
protect their crop from this disease.
' He ' added .that weather conditions
are now favorable for-the growth of
late blight and unless- proper steps
are taken to protect the crop, it may
be destroyed within the next ten dayj.
He urged local .iwtato- krowers to
use proper Insecticides immediately as
a prevention against the blight j .
PTA Picnic Supper
Next Monday Night
The last meeting of the Perquimans
Grammar School PTA thi3 school term
will be held Monday night, May 16,
at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Walker Perry of Eliza
beth City will conduct the devotional.
Special music will be given by the
Glee . Club of Elizabeth City Bible
College. Mrs. Wendell Mathews will
speak on "Happy .Children Make
Good Adjustment In School." All
parents having children enter school
for the fall term will find this a pro
fitable meeting.
Prior to the PTA meeting, a pic
nic supper will be served at 6:30. All
patrons, members of the Grammar
School Committee, Board of Educa
tion and County Commissioners are
cordially invited to bring baskets.
Following the picnic, open house will
be held, featuring art exhibits in all
the class rooms. From 7:30 to 8
o'clock Bert Ainsworth will present a
program of music by Grammar School
pupils.
Trouble Averted At
5n t a n!J
Kin JLasi rnaay
Quick action on the part of Sheriff
M. G. Owens averted what might have
developed into serious trouble at Oak
Point Grill last Friday night. Accord
ing to reports, about 20 sailors from
Weeksville were ehroute to the grill
to engage in a fight with Marines
from Edenton, to . avenge a pair of
sailors reportedly beaten at the grill
the previous night. Sheriff Owens
learned of the pending trouble and
immediately got in touch with com
manding officers at the' Weeksville
station and the Edenton Marine sta
tion. He requested the . grill to be
placed off limits for the service men.
This request was ordered and Shore
Patrol came here to help the Sheriff
maintain order. The sailors arrived
at "Oak Point but were ordered away
by the Jaw enforcement officers, then
shortly thereafter a large number of
Marines came upon the scene. They
likewise were advised to return to
their station. :; , , -S
: A Naval spokesman stated that the
"off limits" rule for the place will re
main in effect until some official order
concerning the. grill is made by higher
officials.
Hertford Baseball
Team Plans Released
At Meeting Tuesday
If present plans are realized, Hert
ford will have a fast and aggressive
baseball team entered in the Albe
marle League during the coming sum
mer, it was the concensus of opinion
among fans who attended a meeting
last Tuesday night at which time
Edgar Morris, business manager of
the club, reported arrangements that
have been made to date.
The meeting opened with a discus
sion on finances and Archie T. Lane,
chairman of the Finance Committee,
reported approximately $1,700 has
been contributed or pledged toward
the $2,500 goal needed to be raised.
This Finance Committee will meet
again next Wednesday night and map
plans to complete a drive from which
it is. hoped the remainder of the
money .will be forthcoming.
A. W. Hefren, president of the club,
and Mr. Morris attended a leag-.ie
meeting at Windsor on Thursday and
formally entered Hertford in the
league for this season.
In discussing team plans for the
season, the business manager report
ed' that the club had signed Bill Bere
gon and Siresj both of Duke Univer
sity, who played here last season.
Headman, an outfielder at William
and Mary College, is expected to play
here, and- pitchers lined up are Hat
zell, Collins and Eller. Mr. MorrU
was in touch with David Fuller, base
ball coach at Florida University, this
week and indications are that Hert
ford will sign two pitchers and an
outfielder from the Florida team. Lo
cal players expected to participate in
clude Manager Bud Cayton, Red
Kimbrell, Harmon Young Joe Nowell,
Hank Christgou and George Wood.
A number of players who have ap
plied for jobs with the local team are
expected to come here this week to
play in two exhibition games, one
Saturday and one on Sunday. Both
of these games, Mr. Morris stated,
will be played out of town. The team
will play in Elizabeth City on Satur
day and arrangements are being
made to play in Plymouth on Sunday
afternoon. The local team will not
as has been reported, play an exhibi
tion game in Hertford this week.
Games will be played here at a later
date.
Western Union To
Equip Local Office
Complete Western Union service
will be resumed in Hertford by the eni
of this week, according .to W. T.
Owens, district supervisor for the
company, who was in Hertford early
this week making preparations for the
installation of a teletype machine at
Roberson's. The local store will act as
Western Union agent according to
Henry C. Sullivan, who completed ar
rangements for tie agency on Mon
day. The new equipment the company
plans to install here handles tele
graph messages in a highly efficient
manner and gives fast service. Local
business men and other residents have
expressed themselves as being pleased
that the full communication service is
being resumed after being on tempo
rary basis for some three months.
MASONS MEET TUESDAY
Perquimans Lodge, No. 100, A. F.
& A. M., will meet Tuesday night-at
8 o'clock.' k .. ...
Graduation Exercises on
May 30th; Speakers
Are Secured
Summertime vacation for Perquim
ans school children will start this
year on May 31, it was announcpd
today by E. C. Woodard, principal at
Perquimans High School, who re
leased arrangements for commence
ment exercises at the school.
Commencement activities will get
under way at the school on Friday
night, May 27, when Class Night will
be presented at 8 o'clock in the au
ditorium of the school.
Both the baccalaureate and gradu
ation exercises will also be staged at
the school this year. Baccalaureate
services will be held on Sunday
night, May 29, at 8 o'clock, with the
Rev. M. W. Lawrence, pastor of the
First Methodist Church of Elizabeth
City delivering the sermon. Com
mencement exercises will be held on
Monday night May 30, at 8 o'clock.
The Rev. Fred Laughow, pastor of
the Talbot Park Baptist Church of
Norfolk has been secured to deliver
the graduation address. The Rev.
Mr. Laughow is a distinguished
speaker and was highly recommend
ed to the committee in charge of se
curing the speaker for the com
mencement program.
School will close for the summer
officially on Tuesday, May 31, Mr.
Woodard stated, and one of the final
exercises will be the presentation of
certificates to members of the 8th
grade. These certificates will be
presented Tuesday morning, May 31,
at 9:30 o'clock.
Perquimans High School has one of
its largest graduating classes this
year, according to Mr. Woodard, the
senior class is composed of 51 stu
dents and practically all of these are
expected to complete the necessary
work entitling them to diplomas.
Most of the plans for closing exer
cises have been completed, however,
the committee still has parts of the
program to fill in and fuller details
will be announced as commencement
draws nearer.
Mrs. Alice M. Towe
Re-elected President
Perquimans BPW
At a recent meeting of the BPW
Club, the nominating committee, com
posed of Mrs. Dora T. Riddick, chair
man, Miss Thelma Elliott and Miss
Audrey Umphlett, presented the fol
lowing officers to the club, which were
unanimously accepted:
President Mrs. Alice M. Towe, re
elected; vice president, Miss Elizabeth
Fowler, re-elected; recording secre
tary, Miss Mary Inez Chappell; cor
responding secretary, Mrs. Roxanna
C. Jackson, and treasurer, Mrs. Eliza
beth S. Thach. These officers will be
installed at their dinner meeting in
May. Mrs. Catherine Walsh, of
Greenville, Seventh District director,
will have charge of the installation
service.
During the meeting Miss Mary Inez
Chappell, public affairs chairman,
read a letter from Western Union
headquarters for this area, giving a
favorable report for continued tele
graph service.
Mrs. Towe was appointed delegate
to the State Convention of the North
Carolina Federation of the Business
and Professional Women's Clubs
which will be held in Morehead City
in June.
Surplus Potatoes
Available To Farmers
Surplus Irish potatoes to be used
as feed for livestock are again avail
able for farmers in Perquimans
County, it was reported today by W.
E. White, secretary of the County
ACA committee. All farmers inter
ested in securing surplus Irish pota
toes must file an application at the
AAA office before May 25.
There will be a small charge for the
potatoes this year, Mr. White stated,
and this must be paid at the time ap
plication is filed at the AAA office.
All potatoes will be dyed with vege
table dye which is harmless to livestock.
Musical Playlet At
Central School May 19
A musical playlet, "We're In the
Navy Now," will be presented by the
piano students of Mrs. R. Ralph
White next Thursday evening, May
19, at 8 o'clock at the Perquim uvs
Central Grammar SchooT. The publis
is invited to attend. -
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