North Carolina Newspapers

r nrii V 7, I" :"' .'))! "I ll I AN a 'A -RI i ' WEEKLY Volume XVL Number 46. "Hertford, Perquimans 'bounty, North Carolina, Friday, November 18, 14' U Cress Ccito Cgi;.!3iGS FIlis 110 Donors Volunteer fW Program j; Head- ; , quarters to Be at Lo cal Methodist Church, ' All arangementa for the first visit ' to Perquimans ' County-of the Bed Cross Bloodmobile, which cornea to Hertford next . Teusday, have been completed it was reported today fey Charles Harrell, chairman of the Red Cms Blood Bank Committee.' - The chairman added that more than 100 resident of the county ..have ' Volunteered to participate in the pro gram! and that each of these Individ- uate lias, been assigned an appointment-period to appear at the Hert Methodist Church between the hours f 4:SO A. M. and 4:80 P. M. to do nate a pint Of blood i5flh will be used by the Bed Cross o build up a blood (bank in the variodY counties of thin area.i;-K;v; i a;;t ' ' ,Mr. Harrell, f ateo addcJu that any person desiring , to cooperate wit :'-a.-u'i ..tm wdTi n tin nt nitmvA ,i;ti. mar' Volunteer: py appearing at the Methwist,ChUTClLa ma or ner con- .wmm!aa' m Ttia4laY, onA lu will -h vAnted m i blood i donor. - Each ' . nerson will be lrfven a physical check- ud niSor to the taking of Je blood. 'and individuals physically unable to . donate Wood will be rejected x and ' asked to return when the wooamoDue visits here agaji early next year. ,' Miss Manraret? Margrave, field representative for the Bed Cross, was in Hertxora on last wnuy wui ing with Mr. Harrell and other mem: bers of the local committee in re gard to the program.' She announced that the Bed Cross bloodmobile will Come here next Tuesday and the unit will be composed of five nurses, one ' doctorv'and . two other , attendants. It laitiniated it will take about 16 minutes -for eachv olunteer. ;t te-, wve physical clieck-pp and donate a pint (of blood and! the quota as signed to 'Pefqu,:nan8 to thte irin of the unit k 100 pints. The committee believes , thto;'$dal ;w?tJ " achieved. xw&&W .4r- - MarcrravA reDOTted tna 10- : ai immnt mil Hi DSUKiwu w . -fAivino-. imlendid cooperation ail -thronsn this area and that the blood mobile is collecting from 60 to 125 pints of blood on visrts to each coun ty. i . Volunteers have been notified as to the time they are to appear at the church and Mr. Harrell. stated that transportation to and from the church will be furnished to individuals in need of the same.. Persons desiring rransnortation are requested to noti -fv Mr. Harrell not ' later than next Mnndav. ' ' ; . Methodist Church will be used h as headquarters for1 the bloodmobile unit, : and volunteers of the program are asked to report at this building when filling their date on Tuesday, v LocdDL-,:t Pays Out IfeomlngEycnt Mit NiwmW 18. will -be Homecoming Day for alumni ofc-Per- quunan County ' High' bcnool. The Monogram Club has made big plans for the celebration .of this event. various clubs of tne school will start the 'day off right with a parade of floats at 12:30. P. M. The parade will be led by the Perquimans Band. ; TSe floats will feature candi dates for the Monogram, Queen title for 1950. Floats will be sponsored by the student Council, : Beta Club, F. F, A. and ; other clubs of the school. ' The event will be climaxed at the Perquimans-Tarboro football game on Memorial . Field at Which tune the Monogram Queen wilrbe crowned. The club urges all fans to come out and back the Indians. ; v " Pavne-CElvVo i'S Spoken Saturday Atllon!!3rsonvi!!e $1.60 Per Year. ' UrgGStuhnstmas 11! C!u'j In History ' Wednesday was ! pay day 'for s 443 residents of this area who had been members of the Hertford Banking Company's 1949 .Christmas '' Savings Club. Checks amounting to more than $25,000 'were mailed out on that day to the club members and represented the savings during the paaf 'year, it was announced today oy k. m. juu dick, Jr.,' president of the bank.: Mr. Kiddfck In announcing pay ment vt the Christmas Club checks stated that the club, during .1949, was the largest in the history of the looal bank. both, as to number ; of members and the total amount saved Jiirin the vear. 1 t 1 He -adJed that the bank will start ita 1SC0 Christmas Savings Club on . next Konday. and invited, local mi- dents, desiring to join the club to do , so during the opening wee. , ; , llaycrTIahes Appeal;, On Trash Collection L Mavor V. N. Darden In an an nouncement rmade today '."requested that residents of the Town of Hert ford not place trash or leaves on the streets for collection after Thursday ' of each week. , ' ' . - Ke pointed out that the trash col lation schedule is so arrsr--i t-t collection of trash and lta J u Tially heavy at this time of yev, c I to made on Fridays a-i ' js, and thus ff placed on the,t" t remain &ere over the . Miss Frances Ellison Cely, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Luther Cely of Hendersonville, N. "C, became the bride of Richard Sylvester Payne, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Payne of Hertford, on November 12 in a cere mony at the First Methodist Church in Hendersonville with Dr. L. B. Hayes officiating. .; V ... The church, waa beautifully deco rated with , seved , branched candel- bra, nalms, fern, tall baskets of White chrysanthemums, with a low arrangement of t white flower' along the choir rail The pews werrtiarked with white satin ribbon.1 'ff- - " Preceding the ceremony Miss Kate Ddtson, organist, gave a program of wedding music and Mrs. B. A. Willis, vocanwsanjr ?l Lov: Thee and e The bride, given in marriage by her father, wore a white chiffon velvet gown with yoke "of illusion, fashioned with a full skirt and chapel train, long fitted sleeves, tiny covered but' tons to the waist. , Her fingertip veil was of illusion with a halo effect with coronet and pearlized orange blossoms. Her flowers were a fan- shaped bouquet of small white chrys anthemums, centered with gardenias, showered with" tuberoses. Her only ornament was a cameo broach of her great grandmother's, Lucretia Young unison. . i Mrs. Joe G." Mann,' of- Greenville, S. C, was matron of hohor. She wore a gown of bronze faille, taffeta fashioned with a shoulder neckline, shirred bertha, fitted bodice with the same shirred effect in buff ant skirt. She wore matching ostrich plumes in her hair and , Dearla. Her flowers were a fan-shaped bouquet of small chrysanthemums centered with large chrysanthemums matching her dress color, Miss Claire Cely, sister of the bride, was maid of honor and she Wore a wine red faiU taffeta gown, of honor. She wore matching ostrich plume in her hair- and pearls. ; Her flowers were identical with the mat ron of honor. ' ' ; . Dr. Louise Payne, sister of the groom,' Miss Eugenia Bisset, of Har rodsburtr. Ky.. were bridesmaids and Miss . Diane Hoilowell of Hertford, niece of the bnde, was junior brides maid. Their gowns were of pine green faille taffeta fashioned simflar Iv to those of the matron of honor and maid of honor and Whey also wore matching osMch plumes and pearls, Their flowers were identical to the matron of honor. - E. E. Payne, father of the bride groom, was best man. The grooms men Were Major Frank Napper, Fort Bragg, N. C, Robert Hoilowell, Hertford. W. : A. - Keith, Henderson ville, C. E. Elrod, Charlotte, N. C.j Marvin ' Sutherland,' Hendersonvaie, and Huarh Jameson of Clemsoh, S. C 1 Mrs. J: Luther Cely, mother of the .bride, ' wore a turquoise .French crepe dress ' a small cerise hat and her flowers were gardenias. :: Mrs.. E. Payne; mother of the groom, wore a wine velvet dinner dress with match- inirhat ofiirelvet'-Tand'xher flowers were firardeni. ; Following the ceremony the bride's parents entertained at a reception for friends and out of town guests. r "LLA i IAR.JKGERS TO MEET s 1 'a Shambureer Circle i of i 1 1 ' : " arv Sodetv of the Metho- f Ti will hold its . monthly t Ilondav nirfit, Novem' e of Kre. J. E. Bor- PcruiiiidslnuiLis DovnScotlLidt'zck In Conference Game Local Team to Observe Homecoming1 Event Friday Night Perquimans High School's football team made it two in a row When the Indians chalked up a 7-0 score at the expense of the Scotland Neck grid- ders in a game played last Friday night in Scotland Neck. It was the second straight conference victory for Coach EHie Fearing's charges, and marked the close of the confer ence games for the local school. -The Indians record for the season, in con ference play) is two victories as agaist three losses. . The Indians , opened the play against Scotland Neck in a determin ed fashioned and it was soon evident the Indians were out to bring home the victory. Smashing offensive gains by Spivey, Shackleford, Chappell and Towe proved too much for the host fam. Neither team scored during e first half but soon after the start J the third- period Joe Towe passed to Dail who scampered across tne iroal line for the TD. Shackleford converted to make, the score 7-0 for Perquimans. Scotland Neck's offense threatened twice during the game but superior play on the part of the Perquimans linesmen prevented the host team from scoring. Ferquimans will wind up its sched ule of home games for this season when the Indians meet Tarboro High School here in Hertford Friday night This will be homecoming for -. the Indians and a large crowd of fans and former, students of the school are expected to attend the game. On the basis of their records Perquimans has a slight advantage over Tarboro but the teams appear evenly matched and fans can expect a splendid con test. ' During the half-time period at the game tonight . the Monogram Club will crown the Monogram Queen for the year, climaxing the . election of the queen which has been iru progress during the past two weeaaj' ) , PTA Groups End Subscription Drive Members of the Parent-Teacher 'As gociation of the' Hertford Grammar and Central Grammar Schools have concluded their solicitation of sub scriptions for The Perquimans Week ly, and earned more than ?200 in com missions taking renewals for this newspaper. . 1 ;.'.!' The PTA groups conducted a thor ough canvass of the many communi ties in the county .during the past three weeks and the-? success of their project is shown by the commissions collected. The Central Grammar School group was; paid $122.40 in commissions for. - the subscriptions sold by its organization, while the Hertford Grammar PTA received a total of WM:,r.te$l . It is reported the groups plan to use the funds earned to purchase ad ditional v playground equipment for their respective schools. - Members of the PTA, as well as the publishers of The Weekly, appre ciate the fine response on the part of residents of the county in supporting this PTA drive to raise funds for the schools. ' " - 1 Eight Cases ; Listed . On Recorder Docket At Session Tuesday District Health Department Preparing For Mass X-ltay Program Next Month Reckless Driving Ver 4ict Appealed to Su perior Court ' Eight cases listed on the calendar of, the Ferquimans Recorder's Court were disposed of at the term of court held here Tuesday. Evidence pre sented in two contested cases con sumed considerable time and the court was in session until mid after noon, A verdict of guilty and a judgment Kf a fine of $25 and costs of court in the case charging D. T. Hurdle with reckless driving was appealed to the Superior Court and bond was set at $100. This charge against Hurdle resulted from on accident which oc curred on October 26 when a car driv er, by Hurdle was in a collision with on driven by Mrs. Ellen Copeland. According to testimony given at the hearing, the accident happened at an intersection on the Sandy Ridge road. Both Mrs. Copeland and Hurdle suf fered serious injuries in the accident. Cliarges against Hurdle were brought by State Patrolman Waggoner. Clinton Boone, Negro, was found guilty on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Prayer for judgment was continued in the case upon pay ment of the costs. -James Johnson was ordered to pay th5 costs of court after entering a pica of guilty to a charge of failure to observe a stop sigh. Sidney Curtis paid the costs of court on a charge of being drunk on the streets of Hertford. Carl Neal, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of being drunk and disorderly and paid a fine of $15 anu costs of court. Jake White, Jr., entered a plea of guilty to a eharge of speeding with a truck and paid the costs of court. John Coho was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs on a charge of speeding. Clinton Latimer, charged with speeding,, entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of $10 and costs. Five cases listed on the docket weie continued until the next term of court. " Early Press Dry - In order to observe the Thsjiks giving holiday, next Thursdar j the Perquimans Weekly will be itd one day early next week. printing the paper on will be printed on Wednesday? and placed into the mails on that .day. Individuals and correspondents ,. are requested to have all items in 'the Perquimans Weekly office not later than four P. M. next Tuesday;r'and all advertising copy is requested t be in our hands not later than Tu1" day noon. Inasmuch as the Postoffice wi)l i closed on Thanksgiving, delivery oi the Weekly will be made on .regu-: lar days. Your cooperation In as-j slating us to go to press a day early will be greatly appreciated. "! Perquimans S t e e r ing Committee To Meet Next Tuesday Educational Week Theme Of PTA Meet Last Thursday BPWClub Schedules Meetings For Winter : The Perquimans Business and Pro fusions! Woman's Club' held its No vember business meeting last Friday night at the home of Miss Elizabeth Fowler, and during the business ses sion voted to hold business meetings on the second Friday night of every month,- at eight o'clock in homes of members, and the club's dinner meet ing will be held on the. fourth Tues day of every month at 6:80 o'clock at the Hoibel Hertfordv' . ' :,i Reports - were heard from commit tees on education, public afaJn and nnsaic..!'V,'!;v. Vv'. ; Following the business session re freshments were served by the hos tess; assisted by Mrs, C -O. Fowler. 4 Two members of . the ; club, Miss Virarinia BattersW and Mrs. lw rence Towe, club preBdent, attended the Mid-Year Council ! of the North Carolina Federation of Business; and Professional Women's Clubs held) No vember 12 and 13 at Southern Pines. TO MEET l.ONDAY Th.e V.'MS of the Ecvtford Baptist CliVrch will meet next ITonday night a 7:CD P. VL at the church. AH i j-e td fo attend, - !; ::s an rrged to te present iH Council Plans Achievement Day At its regular meeting, Monday night, the Perquimans County 4-H Council made final plans for the 1949 Achievement Day. The date set for the annual event was changed from November 22 to December 6, due to conflicts that arose after the Novem ber 22 date was announced. All of the 23 members present were enthusiastic about the plans for the Achievement Day and resolved to make this year's Achievement Day the best Perquimans has ever had. The program will include exhibits of project work by club members, the club's accomplishments during the past year, a challenge ior iou ana recognition and awards to members who have done outstanding work in each project or activity. V. All club members will be asked to participate and the public is invited to attend in order that they may observe the work done by tiw club this year. Schoolmasters Club Hears ECTC Professor Members of the Albemarle School masters Club held their November meeting in Hertford last Monday night at the Community House, with Perquimans teachers acting as hosts at a turkey dinner. : v i ' ' J. T. Biggers was master of cere monies. Special music was given by students at Hertford grammar school under the direction of Miss Dorothy Msynard, public school music instruc tor. Miaj Thelma Elliott was in charge of table , arrangements and flowers, winch beautifully decorated the room. . The dinner was iprepared and starved bv members - of the hieh jschool Home Ec class under the sup ervision of Miss Anne Atkinson. ' k Edward Rutah; professor of Eng lish at East . Carolina Teachers Col lege, was the guest speaker for the evening. He spoke to the - school masters on the subject of "How to Stay Young," , The Hertford Grammar Parent Teacher Association held its Novem ber meeting in the auditorium at the school last Thursday night and ob served American Education Week with a program on Education. The meeting opened with Miss Mary Sumner giving the devotional followed by a short business session presided over by Mrs. D. M. Jackson, president. Mrs. Charlie Vann was appointed to serve as chairman of the Health and Safety Committee and Mrs. Jim Bass was named as publi city chairman. Miss Thelma Elliott gave an inter esting talk on education of the child and the parents. She explained the need for a well balanced diet for the school child and reported in detail (the operation of the school's lunch room, giving ,. figures as ..to coste of operation and the duties of luhcR room workers. A feature, of the: meeting was the judging of class rooms, part of the American Education Week program carried out at the school. Each room of the school was arranged with displays of educational work com pleted by the children and the win ners were selected on a basis of at tractiveness and educational value. The first grade was the winner in the D'imarv Eroup, while the seventh grade won the grammar grade group prize. Judges for the contest were Mrs. Henry Stokes, Jr., Mrs. Charles Skinner, Mrs. Sidney Jessup and Mrs. W. H. Pitt. Each teacher and judge was pre sented a corsage by Mrs. Tom Madre, icompliments of the Hospitality Com m it tee. Following the announcement of the winners, the parents were then invit ed to visit and view the work of the children, displayed in the various class rooms. I. C. Yagel won the door prize for men and Mrs. Ruby White won the door prize awarded for ladies. Lioness Club Hears Talk On X-Ray Project The Lioness Club met Friday night, November 11, at the home of Lioness Sallie Lane, for a chicken pie dinner. Speaker for the program was Miss Lula Belle Highsmith of Raleigh, representative of the State Board of Health. Miss Highsmith spoke on the mass TB X-rays which will be 'given in this county from December 7 through January 14. She told of the procedure for getting X-rays, and the plans for putting the program before the people, and the Lioness Club aarreed to help wherever they can with this program. , ' Plans are being made for the an nual Lioness Club bingo party to be held in January to make money for the Infantile Paralysis fund. . "Those attending the meeting were: Miss Highsmith, Mrs. -Philip Thach, and Lionesses Dorothy Bass, ; Kath arine Biggers, Irene vByrum, , Jessie Cox, Lizzie Lee Cox, Edna Eleyy Min nie Wilms Hurdle, Precilla Leonard, Delia Mae, Long, Ruby White, and Sallie Lane. i " . ... Some facts about the X-ray survey to be conducted in Per- nilfmnnct rAtm4.. r 1 Thnrl ! ith'"Sl January 14, by the Pasquo , -f RtanK-Perquimans-Chowan - Camden health Department wera revealed to ay with an announcement that a ;eering committee for this nmmm ias been named for Perquimans Coun ty ana this committee will meet next Tuesday afternoon in the office of Ohn T. Biegers, Superintendent of hools. The free chest X-ray will be avail- ble to all persons in Perauimans ounty, white and colored, who are ifteen years of age or older. It kes only a minute or two to be -rayed, there is no undressiner for She X ray and every person who is X-rayed will receive a confidential report by mail. This chest X-ray service is made possible by the District Health De partment and the Perquimans Christ mas Seal Committee which, have re quested the Tuberculosis Control Di vision of the State Board of Health to come to the county and make the survey. The State Board of Health will furnish five mobile X-ray units and technicians to take small X-rays free. Th units will make stops in Hert ford and four other locations in this county, the schedule will be announc de later, and a person may go to any stop he wishes. Certain expenses connected with this survey will be borne by the Per quimans Christmas Seal Committee. Following the X-ray and examina tion of the film, if the X-ray shows that the chest of the individual is all right, that person will receive a post al card advising him of the same. If the physician sees anything in an X-ray which needs further study the health department will request that individual to come into the depart ment for a second and larger fillm, which will also be free. Persons who have ever been under treatment for tuberculosis should not go into of of the trailers for an X-ray, but in-' stead, they should go to the Helath Department and get a large X-ray made. Members of the Perquimans steer ing committee, which meets next Tuesday are expected to make plans for publicizing this program and en couraging the people of Perquimans to take advantage of it. EIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. Allen Ruddock of Chester, Pal, announce the; birth of a daughter, Jeannynie Gatling, bom Tuesday, November 8. Mrs. Rud dock Is the farmer Miss Jean White, Town Board Holds Routine Meeting Hertford Town Board, meeting in regular session last Monday night, handled its usual routine fiscal mat ters and heard a report made by Mayor V. N. Darden that the volun teer fire department had had a prac tice drill last week and will hold an other one next week. The Mayor stated this drill was carried out with precision and that the firemen dem onstrated skill in handling of fire fighting equipment. Members of the department were issued boots at this drill. No action was taken on the part of the Board to a proposal that machin ery be placed in motion for the con struction of a municipal building in Hertford for housing the Town oflSce ard other public rooms. The propo sal, was placed before the Board by Mayor Darden, who stated the action hud been suggested by a number ot citizens of the Town. As previously reported, the Town has a long-range plan for the con struction of such a building, to be paid for out of income from the lease of Harvey Point. It was reported at this meeting that income from this property is netting the Town of Hert ford approximately $2,500 per year. Action on the proposal was tabled until a later date. JUNIOR RED CROSS i MEMBERSHIP DRIVE CLOSED A junior Red Cross Membership drive, in progress here for the past several weeks,., closed on November 15. with most of the school of the county enrolling. A total of 182.81 was collected during the drive, it was reported today by Mrs. Charles E. New Fords On Display The 1950 Ford line of passenger cars, with scores of improvements, will be displayed for the first time in Hertford on Friday, November 18, at Winslow-Blanchard Motor Company, it was announced today by Cecil C. Winslow, manager of the firm. According to Mr. Winslow, the new Ford line has been geared to offer improvements in quality of the pro duct and to provide even greater rid" ing comfort and economical operation than in-? previous Ford.' cars, , The y' new Ford has more than 50 new fea teres, Mr. Winslow said, in issuing an - invitation ' to residents of this community to visit the show room for first glimpse of the new Ford. .V'1 t A' ,1