- ,. V LJ. LJ.
mm WEEKLY
'milTYIrirVa Cxfir4-xr XTiW-V PawAlmn T? J Tlr ct tmr "" x
Voluinfe XVI. Number 20. . , lEtfolFd, Ferquimana County, NorQi Carolina,' Friday. Mav 20 1949.
t.:zrl3 Lc2ii3 Directors To llcl-l
ting In Hertford T'sxt Wcdnosday
Session to Be Last Prior
To Season's Opening
June 1st
Director it the Albemarle Base-
Leasra will hold their final meet-
. v. , . .
'ing prior to the opening of the 1949
season, on, June 1, in Hertford next
Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, it was
announced today by A. W. Hefren.
!.;? president of the local club and one of
the directors of the league.
r . All problems facing the league, or
f - expected to confront the directors
' ' uring the season, are to be droned
... ' 'out, and umpires will be named at the
'meeting. Jt was also jointedout that
one of the questiones that will be
'.' settled at this meeting will be a def-
' Unite disposition of players drafted by
., the various teams. - These players
, must be signed by this date or re;
leased, it was reported.
, -" Plana for the opening of the sea
,ti son have already Been announced.
' Elisabeth City will play Hertford in
- , the opening round here in Hertford on
Wednesday night, June 1, with Hert
' ' ford' returning the game in Elizabeth
' City on Thursday night.
- The situation, insofar as the Hert-
, ford team is concerned, appears bright
. according to Edgar Morris, business
i manager for Hertford. The local club
. played two exhibition games last
u week, losing the first to Elizabeth
' City last -Saturday by a 8-4 score,
,. while they won over Plymouth 12-10
on . Sunday. Johnson hurled the
v Elizabeth City game for Hertford and
' allowed only three hits in the seven
inning contest. At Plymouth Sunday
. the local tam was tied up with the
, ' Rams 4-4 then collected eight runs
' .t in the last inning to nose out the
1 1 Bams 12-10. Mr. Morris stated that
, I Elizabeth City will come to Hertford
Sunday afternoon to play an exhibi
5,41on game with the locals. The game
will start at 2 o'clock. He added that
t 'h several players. will!b on Ihand to try
vut for the Hertfordjteam) Some of1
,'. the players' participated in the game
Wtt week and most off these boy will
FHA Rejects Proposed
Housing Project Here
v A new housing project for Hertford.
wmch had been proposed by L. N
Hollowell, ran into difficulties last
week when officials of the Federal
Housing Authority notified Mr. Hol
lowell it was turning down assistance
for the proposed project. '
The houses, according to Mr. Hol
lowell's plans, would have been con
structed on the Edenton highway and
consist of some 12 to IB units. Plans
for the project had gone so far that
a proposed water system for the area
was in the offing, and the Town of
Hertford had agreed to furnish water
to residents of the area.
According to Mr. Hollowell the
FHA, in turning down the proposal,
stated there was no need for addi
tional housing units in Hertford.
Wildlife Club Plans
eo For
Fishing Rod
PaibkIi If a mli
liUUIUJ I
7.,-,3iew piayers. - . ' ' WAa
sT
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
-Soviet Russia ' received a set-back
. n the Eastern zone of Germany this
week when votes, cast in a Soviet
t sponsored move for an election of a
People's Congress, were tallied. Only
" Slightly more than 66 per cent of the
- voters favored the Russian proposals.
It was reported that normally in an
Iron Curtain one-ticket election such
as this was an affirmative vote of
well over 90 per cent is taken for
granted. The Soviet defeat was so
i great, Western Allies expressed sur
prise that the results Were even pub
lished. Another Roosevelt, Franklin P., Jr0
' ion of the late President, appeared
headed for the political, limelight
j. this week when he captured the Con-
' grassional "seat from the 20th District
in New York City. Like his father
'before him, young Roosevelt waskop
' posed in the election by Tammany
'Hall, the all-powerful Democratic
. ; machine of New York City. FDR,
Jr., stated that while .he ran for the
office on a "Fourt Freedom ticket, he
" will support President Truman's fair
" deal program as a member of Con
gress.
. Economy-minded - U. S. Senators
were out-voted this week in an at
" tempt to slash, appropriation bills for
1 the next fiscal year.' The Senate vot
c ed to pass st 2.4 billion dollar appro
' priation measure v after cancelling a
I previous order to cut It. ' Meanwhile,
President .Truman ended a dispute
with Congress by withdrawing the
, . nomination of his friend Mon WaU
gren to the office as chairman' of the
' National Security Resources Board.,
- A bill calling for the rtensionof
-. present farm price support for an
other year was introduced in Con-
, - grass this week, although it was
j: pointed out the Administration's imea
sure has little support among . tine
Congressmen. '.,' , ' ,
';";"v,': -. ' : ' . .' " V ... -i "-' ''
; Firemen Answer
Call Tuesday A. M.
: "Hertford's Fir Department was
r called to the home of W. D Landing
- at-about ? :30 Tuesday morning' to ex-
tinguish a fire in a playhouse adja-
cent to the Landing home. Slight
. damage was reported resulting from
the 'blaze.
The Perquimans County Wildlife
Club held the first meeting of the year
m vne counnouse on April ror the
purpose of electing officers and in
stalling R. M. Riddick as president,
J. Alvah Winslow, as vice-president,
and Jack Kanoy as secretary and
treasurer. Clyde P. Patton, Executive
Diretcor of the Wildlife Resources
Commission, was guest speaker of the
club giving a talk on the purpose of
Wildlife Resources and proposed oper
ations.
The next meeting will be held in the
Courthouse June 3 at 8:00 o'clock at
which time two films "Channel and
Stripers" and Fun with Bluegills" will
ba'ahoirn. Both films are. sound and
photographed in color. Business to be
e1mduetBd.'ai.imeetmi,' include
toWBPdl!Sr
lyrizes given f of hiteand BpWkfea"
perch, bass and bream. Also; the
tentative 4949-50 hunting regulations
will be presented before the club for
amendments or adoption and final rec
ommendation to the Wildlife Resour
ces Commission. All interested per
sons and members of the club are ur
ged to attend this meeting as the
Wildlife Resources Commission, in an
effort to give sportsmen a better op
portunity to voice, their opinions re
garding the settling of 1949-50 hunt
ing laws, has adopted a plan where
by tentative' regulations have been set
up and will be presented to sportsmen
through club meetings. The recom
mendations are based on reports, rec
ords, and opinions of the Commission
field personnel, and alao on what i3
believed to be the general opinion of
many sportsmen throughout the state
with due regard given to the differen
ces in distribution, abundance ' and
breeding habits of game species.
The following is the proposed sea
sons and bag limits of game which
(Continued on Page Ten)
Crop Insurance
Shows Gain In State
Crop Insurance Committees in the
ten North Carolina counties with , all
risk Federal Crop Insurance have di
rected the most successful campaign
for applications in the .history of crop
insurance in North Carolina, according
to Julian a. Mann, state Director or
the Federal Crop Insurance Corpora
tion of the U. S. Department of Agri
culture.,. . ... '
"The closing date. for accepting ap
plications has passed for all North
'Carolina counties. Pitt county broke
all records in receiving 2032 applica
tions for insurance, led all counties in
the State, and is among the top few
counties in the United States. Stokes
County received 1753 applications,
Wake 1400, Columbus 1189, Wilson
1087, Cleveland 1054,, Surry 1018
Mecklenburg 659, Vance 637 and Per
quimans 226," Mann said. - .'
. County Crop Insurance Committees,
composed of farmers, increased par
ticipation from 8408 applications in
1948 to a total of 10,955 in 1949 'or a
30 per cent increase. From, present
reports, North Carolina with seven of
the ten counties in the State having
1000 .or more applications ' leads Vail
states iin the number of counties writ
ing, over 1000.- '
This is the second year that- the
FCIC has operated rthe program on
the county level through farmer com
mittees and county workers appointed
by, the FCIC, Mann -concluded.
Peri ii:no$ fling
Wins From Edsnton
In Game Tuesday
Conference Play-off Is
Scheduled to Begin
JNext Monday
Coach Joe Levinson's baseballers
turned back their old rivals from
Edenton, in what Vas one of the best
games of the current season, last
Tuesday night by a score of 2-1. Earl
Rogerson, left-handed pitching ace for
ine inoians was in fine form and, giv
en excellent support by his team
mates, was credited with the victory.
Rogerson struck out 11 batters, al
lowed only four hits and walked only
one man. The Indians played error
less ball while the Edenton team com
mitted three errors.
Goodwin was the pitcher for Eden
ton. He struck out eleven batters, al
lowed four hits and walked four.
The last regular game of the season
will be played here in Hertford, Fri
day night when the Washington Pam
racK comes here to tangle with the
aggressive Indians, in a return con
test. The Indians defeated Washing
ton earlier this year by a score of 14
to4. Coach Levinson stated the game
will start at 7:30 p. m.
Perquimans, as winners of the East
em division of the Albemarle Con
ference, will participate in the con
ference play-off which starts next
Monday. The Indians having played
two games with Robersonville, win
ning one and losing one, in what was
believed to have been the play-offs for
the championship, had these games
cancelled out when the Conference rul
ed on a protest which threw the west
ern division into a four-way tie. The
teams of the western division are
settling the disputes with games this
week -end and the western -champion
will be named following these Karnes.
Robersonville, Scotland Neck, Ahoskie
and Windsor are battling it out for the
right to meet Perquimans for the con
ference championship. .
;The confer enet championship will be
decided in a three game play-off with
the games xpecte6K4obe'played rifext
Monday, Tuesdayi and possibly Thurs
day. Location of the games will be
announced Monday, Coach Levinson
stated.
$1.50 Per Year.
4-H Clubbers Win
Honors At Show
County Chairmen
Named To Spearhead
Bond Issue Drive
Election Called For June
4; County Allotment
Keported
The names of those who have ac
cepted co-chairmanship of Perquimans
County s Committee for Better Schools
and Roads were announced here today
by John Marshall, executive secretary
im. ucuier ocnoois and KnaHo iw.
They are Julian White anI
Matthews, Hertford, N. C.
The chairmen will spearhead a coun
ty drive for voters' support of the
Better Schools and Roads
which faces its biggest test on June 4,
wnen tne people of Carolina will vote
on the issuance of bonds for school
and road building. I
lheir appointment and acceptance
as leaders of the local effort marks
another step in the State-wide pro
gram to inform all Tar Heels of the
need of better schools and roads and
to impress upon all voters the sismifi-
cance of the June 4 election for the
economic and social life of North
Carolina.
By their acceptance of co-chairmanship
they also became directors in the
non-profit, non-partisan citizens' or
ganization, Better Schools and Roads.
Inc.
The co-chairmen took it as their
first job the encouragement of voters
to register for the election. In this
connection, however, they pointed ouT
that no special registration is requir
ed. Any citizen now on the registra
tion books can vote, and citizens who
are not already registered may do so
on May 21 at their polling places, they
said.
It was also announced this week in
Raleigh that in the event these bond
issue questions are carried at the
election, June 4 that Perquimans
County will receive an additional al
lotment of $65,847 for repairs and
construction of schools and will re
ceive a total of $812,000 for secondary
road construction.
The allotment for the schools-will
be in addition to the $250,000 already
allotted through action by the last
Legislature.
Commission Concludes Survey Of Local
School Needs; Findings To Be Reported
Recommendations Ex
pected to Be Followed
In Building Program
Girl Scout Benefit
Parties Next Week
The annual bridge and rook narties.
conducted for the benefit of the Hert
ford troop of Girl Scouts, will be held
next Tuesday and Thursday nights, it
was announced today by Mrs. T. P.
Brinn. Proceeds from the sale oftick
ets to the parties will go into the
treasury of the troop.
Mrs. Brinn stated that the bridge
party will be held at her home on
Front street, next Tuesday night be
gining at eight o'clock and individ
uals planning to attend mav make ut
their own tables or come singlely and
play with the group. The rook Dartv
wan De held next Thursday night at
tne home of Mrs. Charles Johnson
and arrangements for this Dartv will
be the same as for the bridge party.
Members of the Giry Scout troop
will have charge of the sale of tickets
both events and sales will start
today.
Rotary Ladies' Night
Observed Tuesday
At Harvey Point
Perquimans County baby beef
calves made a creditable showing in
the Fatstock Show at Elizabeth City
Tuesday morning. Calves were judg
ed on the basis of quality and condi
tion. and divided into three groups
choice, good and cutter. All choice
calves received $10.00 and a blue rib
bon, those grading good received $7.50
and a red ribbon, and those grading
cutter received a white ribbon.
. John .Mansfield and Clarence Chap
pell Jr., each had a calf in the blue
ribbon class. ' Red : ribbon winners
were Shirley Eure and Harry Lee
Winslow, Dickie Baker and Janie
Winslow, Horace Layden. White rib
bon winners were Dorothy Jean Wins
low and Dolan Winslow. All were
4-H Club members except Dolan
Winslow, who is a member of the
FFA.
Four from Perquimans County,
Jahie Winslow, Dickie Baker, Harry
Lee Winslow and Horace Layden were
selected to compete in the showman
ship contest on Wednesday morning
along with representatives from Pas
quotank, Camden and Currituck coun
ties. Individuals' in this contest are
selected on the basis of their ability
to handle their calves properly in the
show ring. Harry . Lee Winslow won
third place In this event while Janie
Winslow won fourth place. First
prize went W Lota Lee Harison of
Camden County.
Legion Auxiliary To
Make Poppy Day Plans
The Auxiliary of the Wm. Paul
Stalling Post wf, the American Le
gion will hold a called meeting Fri
day night at 8 o'clock at the Para
gon Beauty Shop, it was. announced
today by Mw. Sarah C. White. All
members are urged to. be present as
plans for conducting Poppy Day will
be made. - "' '
, OfiS TO MEET MONDAY " !. .
The Hertford Chapter of the Order
of Eastern Stay will meet next Mon
dv nirfit at the lodge rooms at 8
o'clock. All ' members, are- urged to
be present.- '.'.
County's Bond Quota
Set At 131 Thousand
The 1949 Spring U. S. Savings Bond
campaign opened last Monday with
Perquimans County receiving a quota
of 31 thousand dollars in E Bonds to
be purchased during the drive which
runs through June 30, it was an
nounced today by R. M. Riddick, Jr.,
chairman of the county committee.
Mr. Riddick stated that while the
drive is officially set to run from
May 16 through June 30, all bonds
sold between the dates of April 1 and
July 16 will count toward the coun
ty's quota.
Government officiate are urging the
public to invest in these savings
bonds for a number of reasons, first
of which is to have individuals in
vest with the government in order, to
spread the national debt through the
widest possible distribution, and also
purchase of government bonds builds
up savings for . individuals, enabling
each person who purchases bonds to
have a safe investment that brings
back a good return as interest
Only E bonds will be sold in this
campaign and these bonds may be
purchased at any post office or at the
bank in Hertford. There are no
quotas assigned for Series F and G
bonds, but individuals desiring to pur
chase .this type of bonds may do so.
Belvidere Student
Named To Duke Office
Ester Winslow of Belvidere, was
recently installed as honor chairman
of the Student Government for the
Nursing School of Duke University.
' The new officers '" will hold office
throughout t-he 1940 academic
year.
Miss Winslow is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Winslow of Route 1,
.Belvidere. , ,
Recorder's Courtf,
Recesses This Week
' Perquimans C o u n t y : Recorder's
Court was in recess,. tips week due, to
the fact that no cases were listed for
hearings. " Two arrests were niade by
officers during the -past week but de
fendants in these cases submitted with
pleas of guilty thus clearing the
docket f "hearings on Tuesday.
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club entertained their wives, and
guests at a Rotary-Anne party last
Tuesday night at the Officers Club at
Harvey Point Approximately sixty
members and guests were present.
The meeting opened in charge of
Robert Hollowell, chairman of the
program committees. A. W. Hefren
welcomed the Rotary-Annes and
guests and a response was given by
Mrs. Polly Hollowell. W. F. Ainsley
then introduced the guests.
Guests invited to attend the Rotary
Anne party were Mesdames G. S.
Newby, T. S. White, Thomas Nixon,
J. C. Blanchard, Louis Nachman, T.
J. Nixon, Jr., Charles Whedbee,
Henry Newbold, Charles Johnson, R.
T. Briniv C. V. Williford, J. G, Rob
ersoW, J. J. Fleetwood, J. W. Zach
ary, Mr. and Mrs. Barnard Proctor,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bass, Mr. and Mrs.
Lawrence Towe, Mr. and Mrs. Kelly
White, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cox, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Stokes and Emmett
Long.
Rotarian Charlie Overman of Eden
ton led the group in singing and Ro
tarian George C. Crawford of Eden
ton provided special enteatainment.
A delicious dinner was served by
members of the Bethel and Hopewell
Home Demonstration Clubs.
The program closed with a dance
being enjoyed by the club members
and their guests.
Drainage Meeting
Called For May 27
A meeting of landowners of the
Bear Swamp Drainage District has
been called for Friday night, May 27,
at 8 o'clock at the Methodist Church
in Center Hill, it wa3 announced to
day by Dr. T. P. Brinn, a member of
the Bear Swamp Drainage Commis
sion. The purpose of the meeting, Dr.
Brinn stated, will be to explain to the
landowners the financial arrange
ments connected with the project, and
to point out how the costs will be
lower if landowners will make cash
payment of assessments rather than
floating a bond issue to meet these
payments.
All landowners of the district are
urged to attend this meeting, as the
commission feels the subpect to be
discussed are of importance to every
landowner of the area.
A State School Commission, com
posed of Dr. J. Henry Highsmith and
other school officials, completed a
survey of local school needs late last
week, and a full report on the findings
of the commission are expected to be
received and published at an nrli7
date, it was announced Mondav h,
John T. Biggers, County Superinten
dent of Schools.
Mr. Biggers added that the com-
mittee made a thorough investigation
of all the schools of the countv and
it was his belief that an interesting
and highly valuable report will be
made to the local Board of Education.
Included in the survey were the
needs in the way of new school build
ings and repairs to present ones. This
is expected to fit into the proposed
building program to be undertaken by
the Perquimans Board of Education.
Also studied, it was reported, was
the various studies offered in the
county schools and some recommenda
tions regarding changes in the curri
culum may also be forthcoming.
A he commission spent considerable
time going over with local school of
ficials plans for a buildinsr nrosrram.
This will, no doubt, tie in with funds
appropriated by the State to aid in
school construction in this county.
The State has allocated Perquimans
County a sum of $250,000 to aid in
school construction and this along
with surplus funds in the hands of
the county is expected to nearly carry
out the program to be proposed by the
Board of Education.
Projects which the Board of Educa
tion is expected to propose building
under the program are a new build
ing for Negro students at Winfall, a
combination gym and agriculture
building at Perquimans High School,
a lunch room at . Cenfral Grammar
School and lunch room at Hertford
Grammar School, repairs will likely
be made at Perquimans High School
and Hertford High School.
Mrs. D. M. Jackson
Re elected President
Of Hertford P.T.A.
Piano Class To
Present Operetta
Members of the piano class of Mrs.
R. M. Riddick will present an operetta
Friday night beginning at 8 o'clock,
at the Hertford Grammar School. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
Those taking part in the operetta
will he Jack Phillips, Joan Madre, Pa
tricia Biggers, Juanita Elliott, Mar
jorie Brinn, Jean Long, Sara Sutton,
Evelyn Lane, Jean Stallings, MaM
Keel, Anne Stallings, Margaret
Banks, Frances Sutton, Johnnie Phil
lips, Willie White, Anne Lane, Lois
Madre, Lillian Hofler, Charles Whed
bee, ,. Warner . Madre. t Anne Brinn,
Vickl' Johnson, Letitian McGoogan,
Elizabeth Thach, Jo Davis Towe,
Nancy, Lane,- Becky Cox, Patsy El
Hoot, Charles Johnson and Sondra
Hirtchinson. .
Members of the Hertford Parent
Teacher Association, at a meeting
held last Thursday night, re-elected
Mrs. D. M. Jacksftn as president of
the organization for next year, it was
announced following the meeting.
Other officers selected were Mrs.
Charles E. Johnson, vice president;
Mrs. Silas M. Whedbee, secretary and
Mrs. J. H. Towe, (treasurer.
During the business session Mrs.
Jackson appointed a committee com
posed of Mrs. Norman Elliott, chair
man, Mrs. T. P. Brinn, Mrs. J. A.
Leete, Mrs. Charles E. Johnson and
Mrs. Fred Mathews, to apear before
the Board of Education at its next
meeting to request the employment, of
a public school music teacher for the
schools of the county.
A very interesting program wa3
presented during the meeting, title
of which was "Importance of Family
Life." Mrs. Tom Madre was program
chairman and those taking part were
Mrs. O. H. Dawson and Mrs. Charles
E. Johnson.
Local Farmers Invited
To Plymouth Meeting
I. C. Yagel, County Agent, reported
today that on May 23 at the Tidewater
Experiment Station at Plymouth, N.
C. there is to be held a livestock, po
tato and pasture day program. The
program will begin promptly at 10
a. m. and will consist of field trips,
and lectures, according to Mr. Yagel.
A full day's program is planned
and it is hoped that a good many
farmers from Perquimans County will
attend this meeting.
Sneak Thief Steals
Youth's Wardrobe
A complete wardrobe of youth's
clothing, valued at approximately
$200 was stolen last Saturday night
from Colon Butler, when a sneak thief
entered the home of Mrs. George But
ler on Church Street. Members of
the family heard a commotion in the
upstairs part of the home about the
time the looting ' was presumed to
have taken place, hut believing it Was
a member of the family, no investi
gation was made. The loss was dis
covered later that night Police of-
I ficials are investigating the robbery.