WEEKLY
"XVlIrumber 12.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 24, 1950.
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Government ... economy seemingly
s a topic for thought this, week as
. House appropriations committee cat
one and one-half billion dollars from
President Truman proposed budget
for the next fiscal year and a joint
Congressional ; committee debated a
1 question of a billion dollar cut in the
European Recovery ud program for
the same period, 'i Meanwhile Florida
potato farmers told tSenators this
. week that they desired the govern
ment to abandon price props and con
trol on this crop, letting the market
reach its level with open buying.
Bids on $75 million worth of North
"Carolina road bonds' were opened in
Raleigh on Wednesday. This was the
second sale of bonds under the $200
' million program voted by the citizens
; . of the State last year. Proceeds from
" the Bale of the bonds will be used to
', expend the construction program on
Secondary roads throughout the State.
President Truman, enjoying a vaca-
f ion in Florida, told newsmen this
-week that he will make a tour of the
Middle and Far West this summer and
' fall, campaigning' for the election of
Congressmen favorable to his "fair
deal", program. He said he will re
view tiie record made by his adminis
tration for the voters to decide wheth
er or not to keep the I Democrats in
control of Congress.
A report from Washington this
week stated that' Congress will take
steps to crack down on so-called "fly
fcyjught" trade schools riding the GI
training program. A bill is being
considered which is expected to cor
rect many of the abuses reported fill
ing the. vocational and training pro
. gram being carried out for GI's.
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1Y CZ(G;JS AT rEniKG OF LEAGUE Reports Show Total
r
IlMiiite&ters
Crntest fcr Gifts
OfCciinlySi
il 111
J. Kelly White, 44, Veteran of
World War II and a life-long resident
-t Pptviuimnns. Countv today an-
.- nounced himself as a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Perquimans
,County, subject to the decision "of the
"voters in the Democratic Primary to
be held on May 27.
Mr. White, a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. J. N. White, has been em
ployed as garage foreman at Towe-
' Webb Motor Co., for many years. He
.' t has lived in this county all his life ex-
,' cepting two years spent in Norfolk,
Va. In 1939 he was married to Miss
Sarah Carlyle and they now live on
the Edentyn-flertfprd highway.
"' IHe served la the Third Army dur
ing, the last' war and saw action on
.- many European fronts. After his
-: sciparatiotl '- frorn;i! tiie service he - re
turned, herr to -assume his Job with
the local motor company
i , He is a - menAerf of . the Hertford
V Methodist Church :and tie American
Legion.-P 'tv'jt;.; t
In anounclng-his candidacy, ' Mr.
White stated, "I'm seeking the office
as Sheriff for" Perquimans, I am of-
" fcring i myself as a candidate ti
' public office for the first time, and
if elected by the citizens of the coun
ty to fin this office, it will be my
purpose to serve each and every per
son to. the best of my ability in earry-
: - tag out the duties of the office and I
will devote my full time toward this
' end " :" V' r " .
Band And Glee Cluh;
To Give Concert
- The Perquimans High School Band
and dee Club will present a concert
at the school . auditorium Friday
night, March 24, beginning at 8
o'clock, it was announced today by E.
C. Woodard, principal of the school.
The concert will be under the di
rection of -Bert"-Ainsworth, band di
rector, and Kiss -Dorothy Kaynard,
public school- music i instructor.-" A
junior band from Central Grammar
School . will open h "program, and
will be followed by the senior band
and glee club. ' ' "
A small admission will be charged
as a means for the music; groups" to
obtain funds tor.purch&je music! .-
Veteran Opens .-
"epair Shop Here :;7,
A repair shop," specializing In any
jng electrical or mechanical ' has
a opened here ar l is uier the
ne-t - yn ' i ''" " vct
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Albemarle League to
i Curtail Expenses For
Operation
' Prospects for summertime baseball
in the Albemarle appeared brighter
this week following a meeting of Al
bemarle League representatives in
Hertford last Monday night. Harmony
reigned throughout ' the session and
it was agreed by the league repre
sentatives that operational costs must
be reduced in order for the league
to survive.
A number of rules, toward this
end, were adopted and plans made
for five towns to play in the league
during the season. Efforts will be
made to obtain a sixth entry, to re
place Elizabeth City.
Main objectives achieved at the
meeting here was the adoption of
the rules which limit each team to
six non-resident players and each
team was given extra territory from
which to draw local talent for team
rosters. . : ' . '
It was agreed that five games will
be played each week, and the' season
is scheduled to open on May 27, with
60 games to be played during the
season.
The extra territory, awarded each
club as home territory for players, is
expected to increase' interest in the
league. Plymouth was ; given iBeau
fort County, Windsor' got Martin
County, Colerain was given Hertford
County, Edenton received Gates Ooun
ty and Hertford was awarded Pasquo
tank County. Each club may secure
players from these, areas and classify
the players as resident players,
At the opening of the meeting,
which was presided over by Howard
Gaylord, president of the league,
Hertford representative, Edgar Mor
tis told the group that under the rules
adopted - last month, which permit
ted the hiring of 1Z .players, Hertford
School Boy Dies Of
Accident Injuries
Johnny Collins, 14-year old Negro,
died in the Albemarle Hospital at
about two P. M. Wednesday afternoon
of injuries suffered in an accident
this point the rest of the represents
Uvea ; agreed the costs wider that
plan would fee tmuchj! and they
therefore, muceheumoer ox mru
players to six.' Iwlwjhtr,thia 'agree
ment the club representatives then
discussed other phases of the opera
tions and adopted the extra territory
retaliation.
A large number of baseball fans
were present for the meeting here
and it was .the opinion of the league
representatives that a schedule can
be arranged and the league continued
under the rules adopted this week.
I Insofar as Perquimans County
I". . ... .. ill. IJ.
ciiib naracinaunir wis ueaatm, a
reported that a number of local play
ers had signified the desire to or
ganize and operate a team this year.
The players will hire the non-resident
players and pay all expenses, retain
ing the balance for division among,
themselves. '.
Some local ' fans believe that by
Mrinar . four ; non-resident . players a
local team can be organized and
operate during the summer within the
income acquired irom gaie receipts.
Tourist Loses Coats
Found By Residents ; :
; A Massachusetts woman and .her
tiuaKamd will no doubt have a warm
spot in their hearts for North Caro-
" . . i is AAA
lin following tne return ox o,vww
mink coat and $96 wool coat which
they lost last Friday traveling through
this state on U. S. 17, enroute from
FirM tn their home in Brookline,
Mass.
Vnnn TTrtffl'rd women, Mrs. Carlton
Cannon, Mrs. T. T. Harrell, Mrs. Jack
Kanoy and Mrs. R. R. Keaton found
the coats lying on te highway near
Deep Creek, Va., as they yere
turning home from Norfolk. The
ladies brought the coats Jo Hertford
and turned them over to Sheriff M, G.
Owens, who reported the discovery to
Norfolk .poUce. , .r ' i
sharttt : Owens said x; that r.
Joseph lichits reported the loss of
the coats stating that-the, trunis oi
her husband's car flew open while
they were driving ialottg the highway
and the garments dropped out; they
discovered the loss in Norfolk, and
whm ttM of the recovery of the coats
they returned .here to ciaim m
property. - .
Candidate Here
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WILLIS SMITH
Willis Smith of Raleigh, candidate
ior.tne united states Senate was a
visitor in Hertford on Wednesday,
while enroute to Elizabeth City where
he formally launched his campaign for
the Senate. Mr. Smith chatted with
friends and acquaintances and sajd he
was highly encouraged at the splen
did reports he had received from sup
porters here in Perquimans County.
$1.50 Per Year.
RejCrossCEmpaign
ForCoun1y$1)277
Quota Is Expected to Be
Reached Before Drive
Closes
Training School at noon Wednesday,
According to John T. Biggers,
County School Superintendent, who
investigated the accident, the youth
was going to his lunchberved in the
agriculture building at the school. He
wasi running from one builoang to
another and as he was entering the
agricultural building he grabbed the
braces of a stoop over the doorway.
The braces gave way and the stoop
fell on the boy. The stoop weighed
about 300 oounds Mr. Biggers said.
Reports from the hospital stated
that the youth suffered a puncture of
both lungs and other internal in
juries. Following the boy3 death Coroner
Dr. C. A. Davenport ordered the re
lease of the body and termed death
due to an accident.
County Board Of
Elections Named ; ; ,
Perquimans County's 'Board-of Elec
tions was organised this .week with
the anouncement by the C'-te Board
of Election that W. F. Ains'.cy, Jarvis
Ward and R. A. Winslow have been
appointed as members rf the 'board:
These men were recommended for
the posts by local executive commit
tees for the Democratic ana Kepeb-
lien tar -s. welry - . .1 t.e
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Officers Elected
By Eastern Star
Mrs. Dorothy Bass was elected
Worthy Matron of the Hertford Chap
ter of the Order of Eastern Star at a
meeting of f the group on March 13.
Other officers- .elected were Hecu
Winslow. Worthy Patron; Mrs. Ernes
tine Leete, Associate Matron; W. F.
Ainsley, Associate. Patron; Mrs. Lu
cille Winslow. secretary; David Prit
chard, treasurer; Mrs. Doris Ainsley,
conductress; Mrs. Ruth .Overman of
Edentonrusociate conductress.
Followimr her election as Worthy
Matron,' Mrs. Bass appointed the fol
lowing officer ; for the lodge, Mrs.
Vera Hutchinson, - chaplain; Mrs.
Ruby White, organist; Mrs. Elizabeth
Cherry, Marshall; Mrs. Maude Reaves
of Edenton, Adah; Mrs. Alary White,
Ruth: Mrs. Eva James Dosier, r-nher;
Mrs. Mary Roberson,-; Martha, Bs.
Heinle Buclt Electa Mrs. Edna EI -
Warden; and Mrs. Lucille atch
as Sentinels ::;v-.y;: ,; .- ;v(
Installation of the officers will be
held at an early date, it was announe
Cidate Fbr
Board OfEducaLa'
' Ms. T.. P, BrJnn today ( announced
herself as a candidate J member
ship on the Board of i .ation for
Perquimans County, subject to the ac
tion of the voters in ihe Democratic
Primary in May. i "
Four iBositions -on the Board of
Education will be filled at the elec
tion this year and it is reported thaf
alonsr with the one' vacancy which
now exists that two other members of
the Board will not be candidates to
succeed themselves. '', - j
.. Mrs. Brinn is the first to announce
for memtsrship on the Board. : iShe
has been activa in civic affai.-for
sever: J years and has three children,
t t . x " era are now enrolled to local
Perquimans County Red Cross so
licitors are nearing their goal for
$1,395 for the Red Cross drive, it was
reported today by Henry C. Stoke3,
Jr., drive chairman, who stated that
a total of $1,277.77 has been turned
over to him.
"We are nearing the last $100 need
ed to put us over the top," Mr.
Stokes said, and he issued an appeal
to individuals who have not been
contacted by a solicitor to send their
contributions directly to him, care of
the post office in Hertford.
"If every individual who desires to
contribute to the Red Cross and who
has not been contacted by one of our
solicitors will send in his donation, I
believe we'll reach our quota by Sat
urday," the chairman stated.
Contributions reported during the
past week totaled $331.77, the chair
man announced, and a number of so
licitors still have reports outstanding.
The Red Cross drive officially comes
to a close next Friday, March 31, and
Chairman Stokes is hopeful that the
$100 needed to put this county over
the top in its 1950 campaign will be
contributed and reported by that time.
AH solicitors are urged to make
their final reports before the closing
date dn order that the campaign com
mittee may make a tally of the results
and report these , results by the last
of March.
High School Honor
Roll Is Released
Thirty one students at Perquimans
High School were listed on the honor
roU,, for we fourth grading . penod
REA STOCKHOLDERS TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING HERE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Carroll R. Holmes, Hertford Attor
ney, today announced his candidacy
for the office as Representative for
rerquimans county, m the coming
Democratic Primary.
In announcing himself as a candi
date for the office Mr. Holmes said,
"If elected by the people to fill this
office I will do my best for good
government and an economical gov
ernment.
A well-known resident who has tak
er, an active interest in public and
civic affairs Mr. Holmes is first
candidate to announce for the House
post. It is reported that incumbent
E. Leigh Winslow wil not be a candi
date to succeed himself.
Central PTA Holds
Program On Health
The meeting of the Parent Teacher
Association of Perquimans County
Central Grammar School was held
Monday night, March 20, 7:30 o'clock
in the school auditorium.
Miss Audrey Umphlett. chairman
for the Winfall community, had
charge of the program, "Healthy
Growth, A Joint Responsibility." The
meeting opened with several selec
tions by the Junior Band under the
direction of Bert Ainsworth. "The
Quilting Party," wa3 sung. Rev. Coy
Saunders led the devotional. Eugene
Huggins, accompanied by Mrs. Ellie
White, rendered a solo, "The Holy
City."
Miss Rebecca Swindell, District
supervising Nurse of the Health De
partment, was the guest speaker. She
emphasized the health of children and
n.i.tnj HTM. . TT 111. .... .
uweu, nauui oi me child is
the strength of th Nation." The
question was asked, "What have you
ue xur me cima in nis first six
which fcjdeV lasr.week, 2mtim-o adjust him to schotf?" She
nounced today by E. C. Woodard, prin
cipal of the school ,who released tiie
list this week. ,-, &
Students excelling in thflif studies
during the period are listed by class
es, which follows:
Eighth G r a d e Tilson Chappell,
Hudson Fisher, John Morris, Marshall
Winslow, Leora Dail, Sherry Good
win, Katherine Ann Ward, Jean Butt
and Joanne Lane.
Ninth Grade Faye Butt Ruth
Dawson, Kay White Stanton Mable
Martin Whedbee, Marilyn Baker and
Mollie Lee Yeates.
Tenth Grade Tommy Sumner, Mar
vina White, Amy Van Roach, Pauline
Burbage.
Eleventh Grade JDoris Faye Allen,
Virginia Gay, Chrjstine Thatch, Cal
vin Butt, Norma 'Jtfutt, Jary sue
Cook and Catherine Goodwin.
Twelfth Grade-rRonald Butt, Mar-
jorie Perry, Claire Hunter, Pat, Phil
lips and Wade Jordan. 3;
Crop Acreages
PerquimaTw?. County farmers may
have their, V.,J50 ... cotton and tobacco
acreage premeasured if they so de
sire, ac g to W. E. White, secre
tary of County PMA. who stated
that producers desjffhg service
should apply at the 'County ! PMA of
fice not later than April Bth to file ap
plication; The ." farmer, Mr. White
eaid 'will ber all expense in connec-
tiortiiith the project. ; f
Mr White also, iwporte&.that coun
ty 'allotmenta;vorpeanut'and corn
were' mailed to Perquimans" farmers
s week.'. .It was reported that the'
reduction'; of the peanut acreage in
Perquimans for 1960 amounted to ap
proximate seven per cent of the
acreage fuanted last fin. ! j
Ptumaitf Gffl Inl: ,
Scholarship Finals
May Preme
stated that it is the aim of the Health
Department for every individual to
have the maximum of health. Miss
Swindell closed by aayine, "Healthv
growth is a joint responsibility. We
must remember that the children of
of today will have to solve thp nroh-
lems of the next generation."
Mrs. M. D. Lane, president, pre
sided during the business session. The
secretary, Mrs. Elijah White, read the
President's. Message and minutes of
fhe last 'meeting. .Mrs. Jack Benton
thanked, the room representatives and
invited everyone to visit the rooms."
Mrs. Alvah Winslow reported 36 sub
scriptions to the Parent Teacher
magazine. Mrs. Wendell Benton an
nounced that the study group had held
six meetings and completed the re
quirements. The publication chair
man, Miss Margaret White, had much
interesting material on display. A
ejplUfction was taken for a donation
tcVfte sent in helping to erect a head
quarters building in Chicago. The
nominating committee, Mrs. Joel Hol
Iowell,rMrs. Ashby Jordan, Mrs. Ed
win White, Mrs. Carson Spivey, Mrs.
Frank Bray and J. P. Snipes, was ap
pointed. The third and fourth grades, Mrs.
E. B. Edwards, teacher, received the
attendance award.
L Y. Ballentine Will Re
Principal Speaker; Di
rectors to Be Selected
By Members
The annual meeting of the members
of the Albemarle Electric Member
ship Corporation wil be held on Sat
urday, March 25, at 2 P. M., in the
Perquimans High 'School auditorium,
it was announced here today by Gil
bert 'L. Whitley, manager of the local
REA.
Principal business of the meeting
will be the election of nine directors
from the four counties making up the
corporation. Nominations already
made for the post as directors in
cludes the following; Pasquotank
County, Tommy Temple, R. ;C. Hewitt,
Haywood Bright, W. K. Jones, Ken
neth Markham, R. T. Meads, Walter
Lowry; Perquimans County, Charles
E. White, Floyd Matthews, A. T.
Lane, George Caddy, W. A. Chappell,
W. Long; Camden County, L. W.
Stallings, W. E. Meiggs, Wilson
Jones, E. L. Hale, J. A. Whitehurst;
Chowan County, J. A. Wiggins, John
Bunch, C. E Asbell and L. E. Over
ton. . .
L. Y. Ballentine,'' lorth Carolina
Commissioner of Agriculture will be
the principal speaker for the meeting
and representatives from REA in
Washington, D. C, are expected to be
present.
Dudley Bagley, the first chairman
of the North Carolina REA is also
expected to.ie present for the meet
ing. ': .
jJV. large number of. more than 1700
crjjtomers now served by the Albe
marle Electric Meiribershdp Corpora
tion are expected at the annual meet
ing, Mr. Whitley said. Several valu
able prizes, donated by the local firms
will be awarded during the meeting.
'Some appliance dealers and manu
facturers have indicated plans to ex-,
hibit the latest models in electrical
appliances. '
Following the election of the Board
of directors, these men are expected
to meet and nanj.e Jtrfficers for the cor
poration for Qie coming year'.
. 'Wosd has been .received here from
UTohn Pozier, secretary of the Duke
'Scholarship Committee, that Miss!
Betty Ruth; Chappell oi Hertrow was
one- of the five finalists who will com
pete for the Angier Duke Scholarship.
The -tfve finalists were selected from
25 entrants who took tests at Wilsen
on February 24. The finalists . will
take test at Duke University soon,
which will determine the winner of a
$3,000 scholarship to Duke University.
' Mws Chappell graduated from Per
quimans High Schol last year and in
addition to being one ; of the honor
students;- was president of the Stu
dent Council. - - , -
Health Department
Preparing For Clinics
In preparation for ipre-school clin
ics, tiie Health Department is now
making .a list of children who will en
ter school for the first time next
fall. The chief source of information
will be students of the various schools
cooperating with all the teachers.
After the lists are completed, an
information slip will be mailed par
ents whose names appear on the list;
the parents will be requested to fill
out . the sliips and return it to the
teachers. Parents who fail to get in
formation slips by March 25 are ask
ed to write the county health officer
and request one. . The clinics will be
held at most of the school buildings
and -parents are urged to take chil
dren to the school nearest their home.
Local Rotary Club ; f
To Meet Wednesday
' The Hertford Rotary Club will
change the date of its meeting next
week from Tuesday to Wednesday
night, -it was announced today by Rob
ert Hollowell, president of the club.
J. Paul Leonard of Statesville, sec
retary of the North Carolina Fair Tax
Committee, will be guest speaker for
this meeting. All members are re
quested to note the change to. date for
the flieeting.j . - . . .
Docket Is Varied
At Session Tuesday
A varied docket consisting of 13
cases, mainly traffic violations, was
disposed of by Perquimans County Re
corder's Court in session here on,
Tuesday.
Costs of Court were taxed against
Robert Messenger, Harm Kransnow
and L. H. Cramer, all of whom enter-
ed pleas of guilty to charges of
speeding.
James Cothrell was ordered to pay
a fine of $10 and costs of court after
pleading a plea of guilty to a charge
of passing a school bus while same
was unloading students.
Preston Lane entered a plea of
guilty to a charge of reckless driving
and paid a fine of $25 and costs.
Isaac Davis, Negro, was ordered to
pay a fine of $25 and costs on a
charge of reckless driving. Davis en
tered a plea of guilty.
Curtis Phillips and Preston Thatch,
Negroes, entered pleas of guilty to
charges of assault. Phillips was fined
$10 and costs and Thatch was given
a road sentence suspended upon pay
ment of $30 and costs.
McKinley Griffin, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of driving
without a license. He was fined $25
and costs of court. ' ?
Lester Hurdle, George Elliott and
Clyde Nixon, all Negroes, "were order
ed to pay the costs of court on charg
es of being drunk on the streets of
Hertford. .; r
Prayer for judgment was continued
in -the case charging William Vicks,
Negro, with carrying a concealed
weapon.
Special Services -At
Baptist Church
A series of special services Will be
conducted at the Hertford Baptist
Church during the week of April 3
through ' the "th, it war announced
today by the Rev. C, W. Duling, pas
tor of the church.
Fred T. Laughon, Jr., of .Norfolk,
Paul B. Ndvkens of Plymouth, Robert;
W. Kicklighter of Elizabeth and Aus
tin Staples of Chowan College will
be the preachers for the first four
evenings. The Friday evening preach
er wil be announced later. .
V JUl. services-.will,; start
P; M., and the public is cordially in
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