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Volume XVI. Number 36. fe Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Friday, September 9, 1949
S WEEKLY
$1.50 Per Year.
Plans Being Pushed
To Carry Out Local
Blood Bank Project
Red Cross Committee
Seeking Donors For
i First Contribution
N'lans for Perquimans County to
; participate in a regional Blood Bank
program, being sponsored by the
American Red Cross, were completed
here last week when the local Red
Cross committee, headed by Charles
Harrell, 'met for the purpose of out
lining the project and making ar
rangements to secure blood donors.
In explaining the program Mr.
Harrell stated, "This program is a
very fine one, being sponsored by the
Red Cross. The purpose is to pro
vide Wood for transfusion to people
of this area at any hospital located
in this region. The Red Cross will
handle the collection and storage of
the blood and it will be available to
any person in need of transfusion
free of charge." .
The part Perquqimans County
people will play in the "program, Mr.
Harrell continued, will be that they
will pledge to donate a pint of blood
to the program. This county has
been assigned a quota of 300 pints
of blood annually, and in turn, when
collected will be stored at various
hospitals in this region use trans
fusion purposes.
A Red Cross Blood Bank bus will
come to Hertford three times yearly
to collect the blood and this bus will
carry a doctor and eight nurses who
will supervise the blood donations.
Individuals will be asked to donate
a pint of. blood and those pledging
to do so will be examined by the Red
Cross officials prior to the collection
date. The Red Cros3 unit will come
to Hertford for the first time on
Tuesday, November 22. It will re
turn on February 21 and May 23 of
next year. On each trip the unit
will collect 100 pints of blood.
individuals who pledge to donate
blood to the Red Cross will be no
tified of $6 date and time they are
to Tappear ?for't3ie &Uefettne
local committee will use the Sunday
School room of the Hertford Metho
dist Church as the local Blood Center.
In collecting the blood the Red Cross
nurses will start operations of the
unit at ten o'clock and will collect
six pints of blood every fifteen
minutes, until the goal has been
reached.
The local committee, which is
headed by Mr. Harrell, is comprised
of Jarvds Ward who is chairman of
the recruitment division, Mrs. Julian
A. White, chairman of the Volunteer
Workers, Broughton Dail, transpor
tation chairman and Dr. T. P. Brinn,
During the next ten weeks the
committee will conduct an extensive
campaign to sign up 1,000 prospective
blood donors. Individuals will he
contacted through club meetings and
at home and the public will be urged
to support the program.
Banks Get Support .
U. S. Navy Family at lloae in Nippon:
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At a meeting of the Wm. Paul
Stalling Post of the American Leg
ion held last Friday night, Q. C,
(Cliff) Banks was voted the support
of the Post for the position of Per
quimans Veterans Service Officer. .
Banks, a veteran.of. World War II,
has already been endorsed by the
V.F.W. Post, and it was reported that
a committee representative of these
two organizations will appear before
the Board of Commissioners on next
Monday to seek approval of Banks
for the position. ' - .
Funds to maintain and support a
Veterans Office in this county were
appropriated in the' current' budget
-and the local office will be operated
in connection wltfcf tb' .State Head
quarters in Raleigh. V' -
Additional Lines
Constructed For REA
One hundred and thirty seven
miles of additional lines were recently
added to those of the Albemarle Elec
tric Membership Corporation, 'accord
ing to a report released last week by
Gilbert L. Whitley, local manager of
The lines completed by "contract
construction were listed as follows:
Chowan. 28 miles; Perquimans, 43;
Paaouotank, , 19: Camden. 36; and
Currituck 11. ' Twenty one and a half
' miles of additional lines were added
W nrnvi dinar 'extra lines to" carrv
greater -capacity and provide better
load distribution, the report said. "
Two JapaneM honselrls are shown serving breakfast to a Navy chief
petty officer and bis family in Japan. There is no talk about the high
cost of living among the more than one hundred Navy families at the
Headquarters of the Commander, Fleet Activities, Yokosnka. For
twenty-seven dollars a month they occupy from five to seven rooms
furnished complete with electric ranges, telephones, refrigerators and
honseboys. Features of the Navy community, known as the Griffin
Park Housing Area, Include schools, a modern department store, a
i well-stocked commissary and a beauty salon. (Official U.S. Ntj Photograph)
BOARD OF EDUCATION NAMES TEACHERS
TO HANDLE FUNDS AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS
Consider Plan to Insure
All Children Attend
ing Schools
The Perquimans Board of Educa
tion .held its September meeting last
Friday night and completed plans
for the opening of schools on Wed
nesday of this week.
In compliance with a law passed
by the last Legislature, which states
that the Board shall appoint a treas
urer of all special school funds for
each individual school in the county,
the following teachers were named to
act as treasurer for their respective
schools: Perquimans High School,
Mrs. Burrus"Chappell; Hertford
Grammar School, Mrs. Mary Etta
.Vsaaj4sa-icpia' , School,
rs. LuciIlA White; Hertford High
School, Hazel O. Beamon; . Perquim
ans Training School, Mrs. I. E. Rog-
erson; Bethel, Annie F. Nixon; Chin
quapin, Nellie Holley;'Galatia, Myrtle
Felton; Willow Branch, Edna Zach
ary; Nicanor, Rosa Newby; Bay
Branch, Harriel Winslow.
The Board elected Elizabeth 'Byrd
of Edenton to serve as supervisor of
the Negro schools.
J. T. Biggers, superintendent, was
instructed to investigate the possibili
ties of a blanket insuruance policy
for all children attending Perquim
ans County schools. A committee
composed of Julian A. White, Mrs. A.
R. Cooke and George Caddy was ap
pointed to pass upon the project af
ter a complete investigation by Mr.
Biggers.
During the early part of this week
Superintendent Biggers met with
principals and teachers of the vari
ous schools and held a discussion on
ways and means of improving lunch
rooms and lunch room service in the
county schools.
School plans for the entire year
were also outlined at the meetings of
the teachers held last Monday and
Tuesday, and inspection of all .school
buildings' was completed by the sup
erintendent on Tuesday, who reported
the buildings to be in first class condition.
Parent-Teachers
Plan Broom Drive
Members of the Hertford Parent-
Teachers Association will conduct a
broom sale in Hertford and Perouim
ans County beginning September 22
and 'continuing through September
24," it 'was announced today by Mrs.
D. M. Jackson, president of the Asso
ciation, who stated that plans' for the
campaign, were completed this week.
The purpose of the drive will be
to raise funds to provide playground
equipment at the school, Mrs.' Jackson
stated. The brooms to be sold will be
purchased at Greensboro; where they
are made by blind udividuals.
A house to house canvass will be
conducted, according to the plans, and
the PTA will be assisted in the sales
by members of the .Hertford Lions
Club. .
County Free Of ?
Holiday Accidents.
" Perquimans County went through
the Labor Day week-end-holiday free
of serious accidents according to .re
ports of State Highway Patrol. . A
total of 12 deaths were reported
throughout North Carolina but this
county, was among, those listed as
having -no accidents -
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
President Truman, in speeches
made this week in the Midwest, urged
Farm-Labor groups to back his, pro
gram against reactionaries in Con
gress. The move was reported a step
toward campaigning during the 1950
congressional elections. He told the
groups that the adoption of his farm
program was necessary to prevent
huge farm surplus. Meanwhile in
Washington the President's economic
advisors, it is reported, have forecast
an upswing in business that will car
ry through 195& ""They reported the
bottom of the recession was hit dur
ing July and August.
Bureau President
Appeals To Farmers
To Join Ag Club
Parity Program Main
Objective of Group
Prexy Says
Fred Matthews, president of the
Perquimans County Farm Bureau,
appealed today to the farmers of
Perquimans County to become mem
bers of the Farm Bureau Parity for
Agriculture Ulub.
"To become a member," Matthews
said, "it is necessary for a person to
join the Ferquimans County Farm
Bureau and secure the memhershins
of at least nine other farmers."
During the 1948 Statewide Farm
Bureau membership drive, 1,827 Tar
Heel farm men and women were
members of the club, thereby dedi
cating themselves to fight for the
parity principles for agriculture and
pledging themselves to make what
ever sacrifices necessary to give farm
people the same protection that is
afforded other groups. Farm Bureau
memberships written by Parity Club
members last year totaled 53,420.
"The Parity for Agriculture Club
was formed m honor of the past
president of the American Farm
Bureau, Edward A. O'Neal, who dur
ing 16 years as president fought con
stantly for parity income for the
farmers of the nation," Matthews
said. "The North Carolina Farm
Bureau recognizes its members who
perform specified duties in procuring
memberships each year as Edward A.
O'Neal Parity Club Members."
President Matthews explained that
the man and woman securing the
largest number of Farm Bureau mem
bers in the State will each be given
expense-paid trips to the National
Farm Iiureau Convention in Chicago
this fall. Awards designated for
use in defraying the expenses of
Parity Club mem'bers to the national
convention will also be made to each
county reaching its minimum mem
bership quota and maximum quota,
and fm each 200 memberships in ex
cess of the maximum membership
quota.
The U. S. had a new record for
Labor Day deaths according to a re
port released this week. Accidents
claimed the lives of 396 persons, the
report said, highest Labor Day mark
in history. The record was recorded
from Friday at 6 p. m. to Monday at
5 p. m. According to the National
Safety Council, the death score far
exceeded the estimates made prior to
the holiday. f ;
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A 27 year old war veteran went
berserk in his hometown of Camden,
N. J. on Tuesday and killed 12 per
sons and wounded four others before
being captured by the police. The
killer, Howard Unruh, later told the
police that he had planned the mur
ders of several of those killed, be
cause they 'had talked about him.
Placed in jail, charged with murder,
the youth was given sanity exomi
nations by medical authorities.
With many of its members desir
ing to adjourn tjie 8t session of Con
gress, reports from .Washington Wed
nesday stated that, many major de
cisions facing Congress- maybe left
over for consideration next January.
The report stated that it was likely
the Clongressionaf" leaders will sort
out the bills stilt up for consideration
and leave the more controversial ones
on the shelf until the next session.
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Improved Pasture
Demonstration Today
A pasture ' seeding demonstration
will Toe conducted on the farm of Pres
ton Nixon, Rt. 1, Hertford, Friday
morning, Sept. 9, beginning about
9:30, it was announced today by I.
C. Yagel,- County agent. The Nixon
farm is located on" the Center Hill
road about two miles west of Hert
ford. The demonstration will include
soil sampling, soil preparation, ferti
lizing, liming, seed inoculation, and
seeding. In the afternoon, a pasture
tour is , planned which will incluude
pastures of ladino clover and fescue
seeded a year ago. Mr. J. Frank
Doggett, v Extension Soil Conserva
tionisV from State College will be
present fo discuss pasture problems.
Farmers .interested in improved pas
tures are urged to attend this demon
stration. .1
SERVICES NEXT MONDAY
The " State' Mission Prayer Service
will 'meet Monday afternoon, Sepr
tember 12, at 3:30 o'clock at .the Bap
tist Church. ""All W. M. S. members
are urged to attend. r r
COUNTY ALLOCATED $315 THOUSAND
FOR SCHOOL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION
Enrollment Up
Enrollment in Perquimans County
white schools showed a slight in
crease over last year, John T. Big
gers, superintendent, reported fol
lowing the opening of classes here
Wednesday. The Perquimans High
School enrolled a total of 335 stu
dents, 80 of whom registered in the
eighth grade. Central Grammar
School led the list with a total of 397
students, 68 of whom were enrolled
in the first grade. Two hundred and
eighty-six were registered at Hert
ford Grammar School. Principals at
the three schools stated they expected
a few more enrol lees by next Monday.
With the increased enrollment Mr.
Biggers stated it may be possible for
the local schools to secure an addi
tional teacher for grammar grades to
handle a possible overload in the
first grade.
Recorder's Court
Has Long Session
With Varied Docket
Dewey Perry Weds
Miss Clara B. White
Miss Clara Bunch White, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Watson Bryson
White, of Edenton, became the bride 1
of William Dewey Perry, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Perry, in a cere
mnney performed Saturday afternoon,
September 3, at five o'clock in the
Rocky Hock Baptist Church. The
Rev. G. N. Ashley officiated at the
ceremony in the presence of relatives
and friends.
The church was decorated with
ferns, and palms, making a back
ground for baskets of white gladioli,
asters and Cathedral tapers burned in
even branched candelbras.
Mrs. Frank Elliott sang I Love You
Truly and Because, accompanied by
Miss Agnes Chappell, organist who
played the wedding music.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father. She wore a beige gabar
dine suit, with brown accessories and
an orchid corsage.
Mrs. Lloyd Jackson, sister of the
bride, was matron of honor and wore
a gold gabardine suit with black ac
cessories and a corsage of American
Beauty roses.
W. D. Perry attended hu son, as
best man and the ushers were Earl
White and Arthur Spruill.
The- bride's mother wore a black
floral crepe dress, with black access
ories, and a corsage of white carna
tions. The bridegroom's mother wore
a dress of teel blue crepe and a cor
sage of white carnations.
Following the ceremony the couple
left on va motor trip to northern
points.
Athletic Conference .
Meeting Here Monday
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Principals and coachel 'if : high
school members of the , Albemarle
Conference will meet in V Hertford
next Monday night for the mi-pose of
electing officers and mapping plans
for the 1949 football season, it was
announced today by E. C. Woodard,
principal of Perquimans High School
and president of the Conference.
The meeting will be'.held at the
Hotel Hertford startingat 6:30 p.m.,
with a dutch-treat dinner Jl 1
Members of the Conference, Besides
Perquimans, ar Plymouth, Columbia,
Williamston, and Ahoskie. Windsor,
a member of . this conference tast
year, has dropped out of the compe
tition aitr -jr, these schools, it has
Un reported' V :
A varied docket consisting of ten
cases consumed considerable time in
Perquimans Recorder's Court this
week. Lengthy testimony was pre
sented in several of the cases which
required much of the Court's time.
Court opened with a hearing of a
case in which Arleton Eason and Con
rad Mercer, both Negroes, charged
each other with reckless driving. The
charges grew out of a wreck which
occurred near Winfall on the night of
June 4. After more than three hours
of testimony Judge Chas. E. Johnson
found both defendants not guilty.
James Robertson entered a plea of
guilty of a charge of speeding and
paid the costs of court.
Colbert Perry, Negro, charged with
driving drunk, entered a plea of guil
ty and paid a fine of $110 and costs
of court.
James Howell was taxed with the
costs of court after pleading guilty
to a charge of passing on a curve.
George Miller entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of speeding and
oaid a fine of $10 and costs.
Judgement was suspended in the
case of Elias Jennette, Negro, charg
ed with assault on a female, upon
payment of court costs.
Allen Foutz, charged with speeding,
hit and run and reckless driving was
found guiltv on all accounts. He was
ordered to pay fine of $75 and cost
of court.
Robert Brown, Negro, was found
not guilty of charges of destruction
of property.
Dorsey White, Negro, charged with
assualt with a deadly weapon, was
found guilty and ordered to pay the
costs of court.
Several cases listed on the docket
were continued until the next term
of court.
Baptist Revival
To Start Monday
A Series of revival services will be
conducted at the Hertford Baptist
Church beginning Monday, September
12 and continuing through Sunday,
September 18, it was announced to
day by the Rev. C. W. Duling, pastor
of the church.
Services will be conducted daily, be
ginning at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Duling
stated.
The Rev. Thomas Fryer, pastor of
the Baptist Church at Suffolk, Va.,
will conduct the services. Mr. Fryer
was formerly pastor of the New Bern,
N. C. Baptist Church where he was
host to President Truman earlier this
year.
Survey Is Underway to
Determine Local
Building Needs
Perquimans County will receive a
sum of $315 thousand from the State
Board of Education to aid jn the con
struction of school buildings here, it
was announced in Raleigh late last
week. The funds will come from the
allocation made by the last Legisla
ture and from the sale of bonds, voted
last June. The Legislature voted
$250,000 to this county and an ad
ditional $65,000 will be forthcoming
from the sale of bonds.
John T. Biggers, Superintendent of
Perquimans Schools, reported this
week that he has been advised of the
steps to be taken in order for this
county to receive the funds. He stat
ed that a survey of present needs
must be compiled and approved by
the Board of Education Officials as
the first step; then architects plans
for the buildings must be approved by
the State Planning Commission and
final application must be filed for the
money.
Mr. Biggers and Julian A. White,
chairmen of the local Board of Edu
cation, are now compiling the survey.
This will include pictures of schools
now in use, maps of the county show
ing location of schools, and a map
showing location of schools under a
proposed consolidation program. In
asmuch as State School authorities
have already approved a tentative
plan for local improvement, it is be
lieved that the survey will receive
the approval of the State Board of
Education.
Perquimans School officials have
long planned the improvement pro
gram they are now sponsoring, which
includes construction of a gym and
Ag. building at the high school, lunch
room at Central Grammar School, and
elementary school for Negroes at
Winfall and a consolidated Negro
high school in Hertford.
The county has $50,000 surplus,
which was earmarked for aid toward
building the Negro School in Winfall
and this amount along with the total
to be received from the State will
provide about $3C5,tft)0 foV Construct
ion of schools here.
Hertford PTA meeting
Thursday, Sept. 15th
Members of the Parent-Teachers
Association of the Hertford Grammar
School will hold their first meeting
of the school year next Thursday af
ternoon, September 15, at 3:30 o'clock,
it was announced today by Mrs. D.
M. Jackson, president.
Members are . urged to please note
the change in time for this first meet
ing, and all parents are urged to at
tend. . Mrs. Warner will have charge
(ft'- the program and an inspection
tour of the classrooms and lunchroom
will follow the business session. Re
freshments will be served.
Perquimans Indians
Drill Daily For
Gridiron Season
Daily football practice, in prepa
ration for the 1949 season, continued
underway here this week as Coach
Ellie Fearing put his candidates for
the Perquimans High School team
through increasingly strenous drills
at Memorial Field.
From 28 to 35 boys have been re
porting at practice sessions this week
and Coach Fearing expects several
more candidates to report now that
school has opened and is under full
schedule. He stated today that the
1949 schedule is all but complete, only
one open date, that of Friday Septem
ber 23, now remains unfilled. He an
nounced that Manteo has been se
cured to play on September 30.
The new athletic director has been
confining his daily practice sessions
to get his charges in condition for
football games ahead, and from
"scouting" the activities on Memorial
Field it appears that he is doing a
fine job. The boys are rounding into
shape, and although prospects for
this year's team are now unknown
quantity, due to loss of regulars
from last season, it appears the. 1949
Indians will do credit to the ,school.
Fearing is making some changes in
the prospective team, having moved
some of the players into new posi
tions from those played last season,
and it seems now that he will be able
to field a team of average or better
in size.
The preseason practice is expected
to be topped off with a practice game
against Central High School possibly
next week. Coach Fearing is arrang
ing for the practice game today and
stated he was not sure whether the
game would be played here or at Central.
County Board Meets
Next Monday Morning
Members of the Perquimans Coun
ty Board of Commissioners will hold
their regular September .meeting
next Monday at the Court House in
Hertford, it was announced today by
J. W. Ward, clerk to the Board.
The usual meeting of the Board on
the first Monday of the month was
postponed because of, the Labor Day
holiday.