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Volume XVI. Number 43.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, October 28, 1949.
EKLY
EARLY MORilING FIRE LAST SATURDAY
TAKES LIVES OF AGED HERTFORD COUPLE
, Second Victim of Fire
Dies In Hospital Tues
day Evening
W. H. Curtis, 77 year old Hertford
resident was burned to death in a fire
which destroyed his home here last
.. Saturday morning and his wife Mrs.
Riaca Curtis, 76 suffered burns so
serious that she died early Tuesday
evening in the Albemrle Hospital.
The fire which was discovered about
two a. m. last Saturday gained head
way so fast that rescuers were unable
to remove the aged man from the
blazing inferno but Mrs. Curtis was
rescued and removed to the hospital
. for treatment.
Curtis who had been an invalid for
a number of years,i was reported to
have fell from his wheel chair at about
two a. m. Saturday morning and Mrs.
Curtis called to a neighbor, Louis
Taylor, to assist her in replacing her
husband in the chair. When Taylor, ar
rived at the home he discovered the
interior in flames and barely rescued
Mrs. Curtis without injury to hisself.
It is believed that a kerosene lamp
. was overturned when Curtis fell from
the chair, starting the fire.
The body of Curtis was removed
from the smoldering ruins after lo
cal firemen had battled more than
two hours extinguishing the fire. The
fire gained such headway the fire
men were unable to save the Curtis
house which was totally destroyed
but managed to keep under control
the blaze which caught a house next
dour owned by Dr. I. A. Ward. Dam
ages to the neighboring house was es
timated at about $500.
Thefire was reported to the fire de
partment by Charles Harrell, Kermit
Mizelle and Robert Nixon, who saw
the flames in the sky as they crossed
the Perquimans River bridge at two
a. m., returning from a business meet
ing in Elizabeth Ciyt.
Funeral services for Mr. Curtis was
conducted earlier this week by the
Williford Funeral Home of Edenton
. nK&tigpibtivf Mrs: CuViis w&rtAWS.
at the Lynch Funeral Home Thursday
morning at 11 a. m. with the Rev. D.
L. Fouts officiating. Mrs. Curtis was
survived by one daughter, Mrs. E. L.
Toxey of Norfolk and one son, Lee
Turnage of Hertford.
THIS WEEK'S
HEADLINES
Mounting tension over the coal and
steel strikes, which are biting into
the nation's economy more and more,
resulted in federal mediator C. S.
Ching this week dumping the problem
into the lap of President .Truman.
Word from Washington indicated that
no final decision on the matter had
been reached but reports stated that
messages from industry , and private
sources were being sent to President
' Truman requesting action before the
situation brings about individual
crisis and possible economic collapse.
Congress adjourned late last week
after a long session, leaving many im
portant problems to be worked out
when the law makers convene next
year. Following the adjournemCnt,
President Truman made puublic what
mav be one of the toughest problems
for Congress to solve next year. In
the facing of a mounting deficit the
President called for increased taxes
to be enacted at the next session of
Congress but with next year being an
election year it is doubtful if any tax
Increase is voted.
A shake up in the top ranks of ad
mirals of the Navy appeared in the
offering according to a report from
Washington this week, following a
meeting of the joint chiefs of staff .
This was the first announcement since
thA jiublic row over the defense poli
cies, andthe report stated that the
.utinr f the chiefs was one of Har
mony. Top ranking Admiral Denfeld
' is expected to- be removed from his
niwrifion on the staff and replaced by
- the Vice Admiral Sherman. ;
". . NEGRO 4-H CLUB NEWS . .,.
The Negro 4-H boys and girls of
Perquimans County have been reor
ganized intov4-H club work for J.949
i 50 and have , pledged to. make" this
. year's work one of the best hi , the
; rw hnol 1n the countv
liiawkj j , . - -
as a 4-H club wit a large enrollment,
released by farm and home agent.
The 4-H - leaders and officers are
nna witV tlui Farm ' and
Home agent Saturday, October 89 at
10 o'clock a. m. ,tne county agent
office. ! The purpose la to organize
a 4-H County Counett. ' . -'
School Paper Given
National Rating
Members of the staff of the Per
quimans High School newspaper, the
PerCoHi Tattler have been advised
that their paper has been given a nat
ional rating and the staff's application
for membership in Quill and Scroll,
national editorial organization, has
been accepted, it was announced to
day by R. W. Baugham, faculty ad
visor, to the PerCdHi Tattler.
The recognition by Quill and Scroll
is one that the students of the high
school have been working toward
since the organization of the school
paper several years ago, and is an
honor that the staff of the paper can
well be proud of in achieving in so
shor a time.
Hertford Rotarians
Hear Talk On County
4-H Club Activities
J. K. Butler, Jr., assistant County
Farm Agent, was the guest speaker at
a meeting of the Hertford Rotary
Club held Tuesday evening at the Co
lonial Tourist Home. Mr. Butler gave
an interesting talk on the work car
ried out in this county by members of
the 4-H Clubs.
Pointing out that the county clubs
have a total membership of .some 300
children betwen the ages of 10 and 20.
Mr. Butler told the Rotarians that
each of these members were required
to select and carry out a 4-H project
each year, and to keep records on the
progress of the project.
"Our purpose in developing and op
erating 4-H clubs" Mr. Butler added,
"is to train the children in responsi
bility of the future. "We feel that
the 4JH training will enable each of
the. children to be better citizens and
and better farmers in the iuture."
During the business session of the
meeting which was presided over by
Robert L. Hollowell, president of the
club, it was announced that the Ro
tary Club will sponsor a presentation
of Sunshine Sue, and her radio show
here on December 15. The show will
be given at the Perquimans High
School auditorium. Davir Hervey and
Charles Henc were nfmed to a com
mittee handling the arangements of
presenting the production.
Tentative plans were abo made by
the club to present a home talent
show in Hertford sometime during
the month of January. Arrange
ments have been made with a national
producing company, which will send
a director for che show in Hertford,
the cast of the show will be recruited
enthely from local talent at a later
date. Herbert Nixon and W. F. Ains
ley were named as a committee to
handle the arrangements for this
event.
$1.50 Per Year.
Plans Made For Long
Range HD Program
Plans for a long range home dem
onstration program, including the
year 1960, are now being drawn, it
was reported today by Mrs. Nina B.
White, County Home Agent, who stat
ed a program planning committee has
been appointed to conduct a series of
interviews for the purpose of deter
ming a number of common problems
upon which the demonstration clubs
can base their work and bring about
a better understanding of community
life.
Members of this committee are Mrs.
Archie White, Mrs. Howard Hunter,
Mrs. M. T. Griffin, Mrs. Henry Elliott,
Mrs. P. E. Lane and the home agent
and assistant agent. "
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP TO
HOLD HALLOWE'EN PARTY V
The Methodist Youth Fellowship of
Winfall are sponsoring a Hallowe'en
party at the home of Marvina White,
next Monday night, October 31 at
7:30 P. M. 'There will 'be' a fun. show,
ministrel and bingo games for all. Re
freshments will be served. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
County Red Cross
Chapter Organized
For Coming Year
Officers and Directors
Selected This Week;
Program Planned
Perqiumans County's chapter of the
American Red Cross was reorgonized
for the year 1950 during the past
week when Miss Janet Cox, general
representative for the National Red
Cross visited Hertford to assist in the
selection of officers and directors for
the local organization.
The official board of the county
chapter is made up of officers, com
mittee chairmen and board members
at large.
New officers named this week are
Charles Henc, county chairman; Clif
ford Banks, vice chairman; W. A.
White, secretary; Mrs. Robert Apple
white, treasurer; Rev. C. W. Duling,
home service; J. T. Riggers, disaster;
E. C. Woodard, safety services;
Charles Harrell, blood program;
James E. Newby, 1950 fund chairman;
Henry Clay Sullivan, vice chairman;
Mrs. Charles Johnson, Junior Red
Cross chairman; Mrs. Ruby A. White,
public information chairman.
Board members at large are Mrs.
J. H. Towe, C. P. Morris, A. W. Hef
ren, Mayor V. N. Darden, Max Camp
bell, Frances Nixon, Edison Harris,
Mrs. Lawrence Towe, Archie T.
Lane, Delvin Eure, Robert Hollowell,
Charlie Vann, Fred Winslow and Mrs.
W. G. Hollowell.
Various programs to be handled by
the county Red Cross chapter during
the coming year were discussed in
meetings with the field representative
anil these will be announced at a later
date.
Charles Harrell, chairman of the
Blood Bank program, now underway
stated that more volunteers are need
ed to help put this program over. The
blood bank unit will come to Hertford
for the first time November 22, and
this county has been assigned a quota
of 100 pints of blood for this visit of
the unit.
Details of the annual Red Cross
fund raising campaign will be an
nounced early next year, just prior
to the opening of the drive.
Central Grammar
PTA Membership
Drive Successful
Perquimans Central Grammar
School's Parent-Teachers Association
has achieved an outstanding record in
its annual membership drive, it was
reported today by James Snipes, prin
cipal, who reported that the PTA
membership reached the 200 per cent
mark late last week
"The 200 per cent in PTA "Mr.
Snipes said "means that every parent
or guardian of every child in the
school has joined PTA."
This record is on of the few held
by any school in the State, as records
show usually only three or four PTA
organizations dn the State boasts of
a 200 per cent membership.
Mr. Snipes stated he believes the
Centrol Grammar PTA is the first in
this district to achieve the record.
GLEE CLUB AT BEREA
The Roanoke 'Bible College Glee
Club will sing at Berea Church of
Christ on Roifte three,; Hertford at
7:30 Friday night October 28, it was
announced today by Mrs. Delwin Eure,
The public is invited to attend.
SUNDAY SCHOOL BANQUET .
The-Judsbn t Memorial Sunday
School class of the Bapt&t church will
hold their annual banquet .Tuesday
evening, November 1, at -7 P. M. at
the Hotel Hertford, t , ' ,
Peanuts, Soy Beans
Harvesting Underway
Ideal weather conditions of the past
two weeks have helped to speed the
hflrVAfltitlir rf naamio qtiH sav hpAnS
now underway in the county. Picking
of peanuts began slowly this week,
nnH iu vo a mioliiT trcn.l host not
been established, but soy beans have.
Deen moving to market rapidly ana
local warehousemen say the quality
is good.
Price nn noannfs and SOV
beans are reported to be good.
Harvesting of the crops nas not
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lAnrYrtfa tvul&Aa4- 4-,a rrnAnficm All fill
crop will fall below normal yield.
LIBRARY RECEIVES NEW BOOKS
new books has
been received at the Perquimans Lib
rary and these books are now ready
for Kir nafi-nn of the library, it
was announced today by Mrs.- Addie
N, Jones, Librarian. Titles ot tne
books TTnw to Restore Antique
Furniture, These Our People, The
Violet Men, The Uoiden Appies, ine
Scarlet Bird The Seventh Step, The
Plum ' Tree, Spin A Silver Dollar,
New juvenile books include The Mys
tery of the Lost Valley, Stories to
Read and TelU and Johnny, Maple
Indians To Tangle
With Old Rivals In
Game Friday Night
Edenton Aces Hosts To
night; Jordan Injured
Last Week
The Perquimans HiKh School font.
ball team, smarting- undpr fnnr
stnagni aeieats, will travel to Eden
ton Friday night to tangle with its
old football rival the Edenton Hio-h
ocnuvi. oacn cine f earing said
Tuesday that the Indians have been
going through a series of strenous
drills this week in preparation for the
contest with Edenton, and all the
players, excepting Bob Jordan, are re
ported in good condition for the game.
Jordan was injured in the came at
Williamston last Friday night and is
not expected to see action for several
weeks. First reports stated the stellar
linesman for the Indians had suffered
a broken neck, but X-ray pictures and
observation at a hospital revealed that
the injury was .'ess serious.
A large crowd of local fans are ex
pected to journey to Edenton Fridav
to witness the contest between the
Indians and Aces, a rivalry which has
been carried out for a long number of
years, with the teams about even on
the number of games won and lost.
Edenton boasts of a good record thus
far this season, having defeated Eliza
beth Greenville, Roanoke Rapids and
Tarboro, however, the Indians are de
termined to break in to the win col
umn again this season and Friday
may be the night for this.
The Indians dropped their confer
ence contest to Williamston last Fri
day night by a 13-0 score,- after hav
ing played the Green Wave on even
term.5 through the entire first half.
Williamston came back strong in the
third quarter and started an air at
tack that swept them to a touchdown
and the score went 6-0. The Indians
faltered in their defense tactics dur
ing the final period and permitted the
Green Wave to roll across the goal
line for their second touchdown and a
conversion which made the score 13-0
in favoi of Williamston.
TWENTY-SIX CASES LISTED ON CALENDAR
FOR SUPERIOR COURT TERM NEXT WEEK
County HD Clubs To
M Achievement
Day Program Nov. 2
Jfi.?. Verona J. Langford, Home
Agent for the eastern District, will
spe;sk at the Perquimans Home Dem
onstration Fall Achievement Day
meeting on Wednesday afternoon, No
vember 2, at the Agriculture Building
it was announced today by Mrs. Nina
B. White, Countv Home Agent.
Pi. ring the Achievement Day prop-ram
exhibits by all clubs inthe coun
ty representing subjects discussed
during the year, will be shown. The
Hopswell Club will give the county
report of achievements.
Following the program the Snow-Hill-White-Hat
club will be hostess
at f. tea
County Schools
Observe Holiday
Perquimans County Schools are en
joying a school holiday today while
members of the faculty of the various
schools attend a district teachers'
meeting being held at Greenville.
A last minute change in plans for
the district meeting caused local
school officials to change the school
schedule for today. As announced
last week the authorities had schedul
ed a half day sesion for today but
with the change in plans as announced
from the Greenville the local superin
tendent returned to the original sched
ule and announced a full holiday for
the the county schools.
MINNIE WILSON CIRCLE
TO PRESENT PAGEANT
A pageant, The Challenge of the
Cross, will be presented at the Hert
ford Methodist Church next Sunday
night, October 30, at eight o'clock,
bv members of the Minnie Winson
v - .
.'Circle, under the direction of Mrs.
B. G. Koonce. The public is invited to
attend.
PTA HALLOWEEN PARTY
The annual PTA Halloween party
at the Hertford Grammar School will
be held Friday night beginning at.
7:80 P. M., at the school, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. D. M. Jackson,
president. An interesting program
including contests and games have
been arranged for the evening and the
public Is cordially invited to attend.
Garden Club Topic
Of Meeting Today
Efforts to organize a Garden Club
in Hertford will be made at a meeting
to be held Friday afternoon at 3 P. M.
in the Agriculture Building in Hert
ford it was announced today by Mrs.
I. A. Ward.
-Mrs. W. T. Culpepper of Elizabeth
City, district superintendent of State
Garden Clubs, will attend the meet
ing for the purpose of explaining the
aims and objects of the organization.
All ladies of the town and county
interested in a Garden Club for this
community are urged to attend the
meeting this afternoon.
Recorder's Court
In Long Session
Hears Eight Cases
A varied docket consisting of eight
cases was disposed of bv the Per
quimans Recorder's Court in session
here Tuesday with Judge Charles E.
Johnson presiding. Lenethv testi
mony presented in a number of the
cases consumed considerable time and
court continued until late afternoon
before completing the calender.
A verdict of not guilty was return
ed in the case of Mrs. Anna Saunders,
charged with reckless driving, after
the State and defense had presented
considerable evidence to the court.
Mrs. Saunders was charged with the
offense folowing an acident on the
Center Hill road when a car which
she was driving collided with a horse
cart driven by Ray Perry, Negro.
Jean Magrath entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of driving without
license and paid a fine of $25 and
coste of court.
Armon Davis was fined $10 and
costs after pleading guilty to a
charge of speeding with a truck.
Pleading guilty to a charge of
speeding Romer Hendrix was ordered
to pay the costs of court.
Albert Logan, charged with speed
ing, entered a plea ot guilty ana paia
a fine of $10 and costs of court.
Costs of court were taxed against
William Riddick, who entered a plea
of guilty to driving with improper
lights.
A verdict of not guilty W'as returned
in the case charging Horace Reid,
Negro, with assualt with a deadly
weapon.
A nol pros was taken in the case
in which Aaron Saunders, Negro, was
charged with trespass.
Judge Johnson announced that the
conclusion of the court that the Re
corder's Court will recess next week
because the courtroom will be used for
the Fall term of Superior Court.
County 4-H Clubs
Install Officers
The Perquimans County 4-H Club
held its first County Council meeting
last Monday night, with Hary Lee
Winslow, retiring president, presiding
over the business session.
New officers elected and installed
during the meeting were: Horace
Layden, president; Ronald Butt, vice
president; Janice Yagel, secretary-
treasurer; Delma Ann Hurdle, John
Hill, and Billy Baker, program com
mittee; and Pat Rush, song leader.
It was announced that the annual
4-H Achievement Day will be held on
November 22 at the Hertford Gram
mar School.
Following the business session a
number of new members were iniated
into the Council.
Wildlife Officials
Heard At Meeting
District and state officials of the
N. C. Wildlife Federation were the
principal , speakers at a meeting of
the Perquimans Wildlife Club held at
the Court House last Saturday night.
The meeting was presided over by R.
M. Riddick, Jr., president of the local
club.
Many county sportsmen heard the
speakers outline the program for con
servation of wildlife resources in this
state.
A feature of the program was the
showing of a film, entitled Wildlife
in Slow Motion.
Criminal Docket Has 12
Cases Set For Trial
During Term
The regular Fall term of Perquim
ans Superior Court will open here
Monoay morning with Judge Q K
Nimocks, of Fayetteville, presiding
it was announced todav hv W H Pitt
clerk of court, who stated that the
court calender has a total of 26 cases
to be disposed of during the term.
Twelve of the cases are listed on the
criminal docket and 14 are listed at
civil actions.
A total of forty veniremen have
beendrawn for jury duty at this term
of court.
Of the criminal docket Mr. Pitt
stated that two of the defendants,
Troy Elliott and Joseph Elliott are
charged with possession of non-tax
paii liquor; Clifton Shambry is charg
ed with carrying a concealed weapon,
W. O. Hunter is charged with hit and
ruiil Wilie Sutton and W. Rush ar
charged with breaking and entering:
Norman Gatling is charged with
speeding; Bill Wiggins is charged
with reckless driving; Roy Sutton and
Sterling Miller are charged with lar
ceny The civil calender lists the follow
ing cases: Dallas Gilliam vs Odell
Gilliam; Howard Collins vs Gene Col
lins; Georgianna Roberts vs Carl
Roberts, Hannah Tucker vs Andrew
Tucker, Raymond Boyce vs L. L.
Smith; William C. Chappell vs D. M.
White et als; Chesapeake Auto Co.
vs W. L. Bagley; Richard Payne vs
James Rogerson; N. W. Chappell vs
blbert Chappell, et als; Roland Gil
liam vs H. C. Stokes; Josiah Chappell
vs Winfred Chappell; Thelma C. Rid
dick vs Fred Winslow, et al; Sidney
Layden, Jr. vs T. B. Sumner; W. O.
Hunter vs D. F. Hopkins.
The jurymen drawn for this term
of court include: Walter Nixon, J.
Clifford Morgan, Charles Mathews,
Eddie Harrell, L. N. Stallings, Law
rence Winslow, Luther B. Sittersor,
Linwood Trueblood, O. L. Laney, John
Lassiter, Lee L. Proctor, Mrs. J. M.
Copeland, Johnnie Hollowell, Sidney
Lane, Clement Griffin, Noah P. Greg
ory, Jessie E. Chappell, Jacob L.
White, Sr., Simon Rutenburg, Mrs.
Charles Williford, Clyde Lane, A. W.
Lam1, Win. F. Tarkenton, E. A. Good
man, Jr., Hilton White, Alton Stal
ling. Talmadge Stallings, Ralph Mil
ler, James R. White, Charles Murray,
Charles Mansfield, J. H. Stallings,
Herman Mond., Ralph Layden, John
D. Chappjll, Cl'.'orge C. Eure, Mrs.
Mattie Da;l, Thomas K. Morgan, J.
M. Mathews and Arthur Copeland.
Court House Repairs
Nearing Completion
Repairs to the Perquimans County
Court House which have been under
way for the past two weeks are near
completion, it was reported here to
day. Workmen have been installing new
gutters and drains for the roof, and
repairing the belfry and painting this
part of the building and are expected
to complete their work shortly.
Other recent renovations of the
building was the painting of the of
fices of the Register of Deeds, Sheriff,
and the Board of Education.
Bovanizer Resigns
As Town Policeman
Allan 'Bovanizer, a member of the
Hertford Police force for the past two
years, has tendered his resignation to
the Town Board, it was announced
thi, week by Mayor V. N. Darden,
who stated that the resignation, ef
fective November 1, has been accept
ed. Bovanizer, who succeeded to the
force when Joe Layden resigned, did
not reveal his reasons for resigning
the force. He has served as night
policeman since his appointment to
the position.
SPEAKS AT, UP-RIVER CHURCH
Rev. James Coney, Yearly Meeting
Superintendent of Friends in Portland,
Maine, gave an address on Steward
shin at Up-River Friends Church Fri
day night He was introduced by Rev.
Philip Griff u of Goldsboro, N. C
MRS. LEROY GOODWIN
Mrs. Leroy Goodwin, 75, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Rennie
Dail. on October 22, after an illness
of several weeks. Death was due to.
heart failure.
Mrs. Goodwin is survived by three
yjo'iS Ernest vioodwin of '.Newport
PKT .r, T rAAJn. P.nAnJ
mews, ucivy vrwuvvm, aiiu ibajruiuim
Goodwin of S anbury; two daughters,
Mrs. Joseph Bunch of Ahoskie and
Mrs. Rennie Dail; also 15 grandchild
ren and four great-grandchildren, one
sister, Mrs. L. E. Hollowell of Eden
ton and one brother, Levi Privott of
Suffolk.
Funeral services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at Center Hill'