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S$A-&i. .TV' - Volume XVII. No. 31. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, August 4, 1950. 5 Cents Per Copy ITcy On l!:2T0 Union Building Expected To - . Be . Completed Some Time In? 1951 , '" Construction of a Union School for ' Negroes, on the site of the Perquim ans Training School at Winfall, got underway here this week, it was an : nounced today by J. T. Biggers, Coun e ty Superintendent. ; r 0, W. Godwin Construction Com . pany of Dunn, which has the general contract for this building has a crew of workers on hand doing the prelimi nary work, in preparation for rais ' ing the building. Much material for i Jike construction has already arrived and more is expected shortly. . k The building, which is expected to be , completed sometime in 1951, will con . sist of 18 classrooms, an auditorium, lunchroom and library. Nine of the : classrooms will be used for elementary . students while eight of the rooms will be for the use of high school stu- ' dents. The building will also incor-j . porate six classrooms now n use at . the site, making a total of 24 class rooms for the school. . The new building will have two wings, one for the grammar school and one for the high school. The over- 'att size 'of the building will be 412 feet long by 178 feet wide: It will be constructed of cinder block and brick, the same materials used in, the con struction of the new building at Per quimans High School, and known as a hrick veneer building. ' Total cost of the building will be approximately $241,500. A large por tion of this amount, $201,000 will be ' secured from state funds allocated ' this county under the school building program and the reralunder wiu be furnished by the eoontjr fram urpnu " funds, earmarked toirar4hlclntec- tlnn of the Nero school at Winfall. County Game Warden Explains Fishing Law 1 Eldon Winslow County Game War den, issued an explanation today in reply to a number of inquiries' regard xaz fishine laws. 'He announced that individuals coming': into this county to visit with friends and relatives need a fishing license for any kind of fishing in the rivers and creeks of the county. ' ' ":' "There are no exceptions to this rule", the game warden said. (Local residents, planning to fish with pole and line need no licenses for this kind of fishing but non-residents of this county are required to obtain a li cense before fishing. It is believed, that materials for th's MldiiM; W tontractetfWy; pppaW.: Ttractor that worl condition! will not ; effect secnrement -of the .materials and the contractor will be aple to Ob-' tain the materials and complete the ;1uilding construction on schedule. Under this schedule the building should be ready for use for the school term, beginning in September 1951. rentals Organize FifOi County Club ' Another Ruritan Club, the fifth for Perquimans County) ' was organised here last Friday night, at a meeting held at the. Town Plant, and this club : will be known as the Hertford Ruritan CluB. . Curtis Olds of Norfolk, national v president for Ruritan, presented the club charter. Thurman Forehand of South Hills. Raleigh Carver, Lt Gov ernor for the- District and Charles Ward of the Bethel Club were pres ( at and had part in the charter night urogram. " ' . The Hertford Club was sponsored by the Durants Neck Quo. V Officers elected for the new club niA. T. Lane, president: Carroll . . I'.Uams, vice-president; Thomas Dail, cocretary; Joe Layden, treasurer; Bill Csx, aergeant-at-arms; C W. Dnling, -lain, Philip Thatch, Preston jni - tfrtwlnnri Ellintt. diiwetora. ' ll.e club will meet onthe: fourth o'clock, .. ., - . , v . Ci2:Thct5sand Attend Open lTouge L proximately ljOOO persons egis t:r ,1 during the open house condocted - n July 22 through July; 23 at the ' :i Gas and Coal Company's new rjf,' It was reported today: ! by las M. HarrelL - , f - ; ree prises awxi:i by the com f in connection wi -a its open nouse to Mrs. W. U. Perry, Sr., who -si a gas range. Uri. Joe Cara- who received a pressure cocsr Gny Newby who received ci iron.- . . . . f , Harrell stated that he and his -a were grateful for Ue In- chown by . the public in. fee home and fc-J aa' Iavi: ; .ise who were un&Lle to &t 5 ren house to visit -the new ct : any time. T Charges of Perjury In Recorder Court Fifteen Cases Heard At Session Here Tuesday Morning County Recorder's Judge Chas. E. Johnson issued an order from the bench, in court here Tuesday morn-! Mr. Winslow -also announced that n SoUc0,r s- Mc?ider w AiivcBU$abo jiuBBiuie ciiares ux per jury to be lodged against two wit nesses, Lee Thach and Thomas Arch er, both Negroes, who were testify- Winfall Youth Victim Of Drowning In County Represented At State Farm Week new combination fishing and hunting licenses are now on sale and that boundaries for inland and commercial fishing have been marked in the Per quimans river. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES Russia lost its first round of poli tical action in the United Nations, 1 Tuesday when the UN Security Coun cil voted 8-3 rejecting Russian pro posal to sit representatives of Com munist China as the nation's true rep resentatives. Russia's member, Jac ob Malik, then accused the United States of aggression in Korea. His de mand that the U. S. stop fighting in Korea was his first speech in the UN since January, when he walked out of the Security Council meeting. x American' forces in Korea, led by tanks, attacked North Korea troops west of Pusan on Tuesday. The count er attack was the first for the Ameri cans in Korea and, came when the Reds were only 40 air miles from the v k 1" j .. lr l tr fvoretui ifon city. -. Aeyurui irum ivu- rea state that U. S. forces there have been reinforced with additional men and supplies from the United States. Still far out slumbered, the Americans have consolidated their . lines during s4$lhM.t'!ek. tm maintained most of on - -y tmr , born T: .it ground on. .the aovtoexn, sector Of the fron$ b"t, theains, according to':re- ports,. were not excessive. , . Eight U.' 8.- Congressmen-' have called npoft President Truman to cur tail spending Marshall Aid funds with nations that refuse to take a strong stand against Communism, it was re ported from Washington this week. Additional funds have been voted by Congress for aiding (European and Asiatic countries under the Marshall plan, but the eight Congressmen want this help suspended unless nations rally around the United States' battle against Red aggression.' ; All was ouiet on the Belgian front Wednesday following several days of strikes and ' violence throughout the nation, after King Leopold had agreed to abdicate, and turn over the Bel gian throne to his 19-year-old son, Prince Baudouin in September, 1951. Kimr Leopold returned to Belgium about 10 days ago to resume his re gal powers, but many of his subjects opposed the move because of Leo pold's submissive actions . during the war. The opposition led strikes, and street riotina". during the week of unrest . ' Congressional leaders reported this week, after studying the price control question, that President Truman will. be voted the power to estaousn price control and rationing if ne desires it, Thna far. according to reports from Washington, the Administration , has taken the stand that these controls are not needed- at the present time. . rolled nnoh by many Congressmen iA iriv an accountintr of the spend- ing. of, military lunas aurmg bw gum five years Secretary oi ; iwenB Johnson thi week reported that most of' the funds had gone to pay soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines part was used for purchase of war equip ment, planes, ships and some for re search. Meanwhile,' several veterans orgahisations have called, f of , the resignation of Johnson as the De fense Secretary.. : . ' Selectiv Seryice officials In Wash imrtnn amiMineed : this ' week v that prsent plans call for the drafting of approximately 600,000 men uurmg w next year. They pointed out that this Cgttre may be- hiked If the..armed forces csU for additional manpower. Crtrty Dctrd To';fc : ; :t I?cst llftnday IT- ..hers' of the Perauftnans COttnty Koarl cf Ccift!33ioriers will a la .i next Koncay v , ii t 'S announce i t .- '1 handle its t. 1 f i 1 following' tl r - of J c : iC ''7'. ing for the State in a case against Theodore Mallory. The Court order ed that if investigation warranted charges be filed and the witnesses be held on bonds of $500. The Court order was issued follow ing a hearing in which Mallory was found not guilty of destroying a car owned by George Overton, but was found guilty of assaulting Overton. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $10 and costs. Thach and Archer were also defend ants in. the case, and Thach was found not guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, while Archer was found guil ty of transporting non-tax paid liquor. He was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs. Another defendant in the case, Moses Skinner, was found guilty of selling non-tax paid liquor and he was fined $25 and costs. Judge Johnson rescinded an order forfeiting a $500 bond of Mallory's af ter it was shown that the bondsman had made special effort to produce the defendant in Court Costs of Court were taxed against Thelma Sugerman, Joseph Rawles, Jr., and John Allen, all of whom enter ed pleas of guilty to charges of speed ing, l Frank Lumbro entered a plea of guilty to charges of speeding and paid a fine of $5 and costs of court' bf Thach; was ordered to pay a fine of $85 and .costs on a charge of reckless 4rftar - ,: ' Costs of eotfrt wereasessed against Charles Dewey who entered a plea of guilty td passing cars unlawfully. Charges of reckless driving against D. T. Hurdle, were non-suited follow ing testimony presented by the State. A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case of Will White, Negro, charged with non-support. Binar Means was ordered to pay a fine of $50 after pleading, guilty to two charges, speeding anl driving without a license. A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case against Robert Simp son, charged with reckless driving. iFrannie Spellman, Negro, entered a nlea of sruilty to a charge of driv ing a truck, whose width exceeded the limit, he was ordered to pay a line of S25 and costs. Henry Gordon, Negro, was found not guilty on chorges of reckless driv ing. , r i id.: i:.e : ! r Draft Doaii Still In Formative Stage Members Advised No Call For Men From This County In Aug. Officials of the North Carolina Of fice of Selective Service are expected in Hertford this week to complete ar rangements for leasing of an office for the local Draft Board and to perfect the organization of the board, it was reported Wednesday by Cecil C. Wins low, local Board member. The local board is as yet incom plete, only two members comprise the board, these being Mr. Winslow and R. C. Murray. A third member is being sought by the committee charg ed with appointment of board mem bars. A Clerk to the board remains to be appointed also. It was announced that the draft board office will be located in the bus station, building at the corner of Church and Grubb Streets, this be ing the same location the board held before being closed down last year. A lease for this space will be signed with Headquarter Officials coming here this week. Mr. Winslow stated that he has been advised by State Headquarters that Perquimans County will not be called upon to furnish any selectees for the draft during the month of August. The first call for men from , , " , this county is expected to be received ltThe Woodyille Baptist Church was for September the Saturday morning, July 29, CallsTor selectees for nreinduction ?' a P16 and lovely weddin? when examinations are expected to run about three times the number of men. who will later be ordered for induc tion. J his procedure will be followed in orde to provide Selective Service with sufficient selectees to fill Armed (Forced calls for manpower. State Headquarters has announced Jhat; draft calls for the month of Au gust will be filled by 34 draft boards Perquimans River On Wednesday Morning RedCrossSwimming Class Totaled 1C3 IBoh Jordan. Countv Red Cross Swimming Instructor, reported today that '109 white children have com pleted the swimming instruction offer ed here during the month of July, and were taught to swim during the class es held daily at Harvey Point The attendance, at the swim class was the ' largest ever' recorded, and each child who enrolled received indi vidua! attention in order to master the art of swimming, li . This week Jordan IB giving atten tion to intermediate swimmers, and classes for these children will' be con tinued on . a half time basis begin ning next Monday. .:;; (,t i Beginner classes for Negro chil dren ibetween the ages' of six and 10 will get underway next Monday morn in; the instructor, said. These class es will be held at Perquhnans Beach, under the , sponsorship of the Red Cross and the Town of fiertford. - Negro children desiring to enroll in the class are advised to be at Hert ford High School next Monday at nine o'clock. Buses will transport the chit dren to and from the beach. Classes for1 the Negro children will be con ducted daily Monday through IFriday. VFVPcctToHcId U Dr.ca On Aut 12 (Members of C Car! J C 0ntcy Iost of the Vetcrj of rorci v-: w-"J f onsor a r -lie iance at V t 7 baa on C -';yrJ ' Mi was --. i tc y ly II:- . ' ou, Tci 'l-ztz i. .3 for I i -r.wj r "j.t f Perquimans County is being repre sented at Farm and Home Week in Raleigh this week by Mrs. J. D. Yeatcs of Snow Hill-White Hat Home Dem onstration Club, Mrs. Henry Elliott of Chapanoke Club, Mrs. Fred Mat hews of Hopewell Club, Mrs. Nina B, White, Home Demonstration Agent, and I. C. Yagel, Farm Agent, Mrs, Yagel and children. Among the special program features for this week are a visit to the Gov ernor's Mansion, address by Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Cotton Style Review with Miss Elizabeth McfGee, 1950 Maid of Cotton, tour to Duke University and Morehead Planetarium at Chapel Hill, address by Governor W. Kerr Scott and an address by Mrs. Georgia Neese Clark, Treasurer of the United States. The group will return home Friday. which have ben in operation contin; ously. . Later calls win be sent out other local boards as they' are ganized throughout the state.' Another reminder is issued to all youths 18 years old who have not reg istered for the draft to do so immedi ately, and those who are soon to be come 18 years old must register with in five days after their 18th birthday. Miss Mary 8. Layden Weds F. J. Williams At Woodville Church Miss Mary B. Layden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Layden of Hertford, and Franklin J. Williams, of Mr. Ralph Williams of Cam- Hertford Scouts AtteiCampDarden Nine members of the Hertford troop of Boy Scouts, accompanied by Cecil Winslow, scout leader, are attending Camp Darden, in Virginia, this week, it was reported today by Charles Skinner, Scoutmaster. The local scouts attending the camp are Talmadge Byrum, Corbin Cherry, Howard Felton, Charles Whedbee, Herbert Nixon, Jr., John Holmes, Noah Felton, Charles Johnson and Carlton Sutton. Taken to camp last Sunday by Scoutmaster Skinner: Emmett Land ing, Thomas Byrum and Francis Nix on, the local scouts will stay until Saturday of this week. During the period the scouts will undergo special training in Scoutcraft, swimming, life saving and other scoui activities. . Camp Darden is maintained by Scout troops of this area, and large numbers of Boy Scouts , attend the camp each year. The representation from Hertford this year is considered very good.' ' Wildlife Oub To Hold Special Meeting Aug. 4 The (Perquimans, County .Wildlife Club will hold a called meeting at the Court House in Hertford, Friday night August 4, at eight o'clock for the par' pose of selecting s county youth to at tend the Wildlife State Camp, it was announced . today by Charles Henc, club president. All members of the club are urged to be present.- . ... , . . ' ParkvT.Ia Ruritans , To Stcsre Ball Game The Parkville Township Ruritan Club will donkey baseball game at Hcmorial Field in Hertford on Friday L'rht. August Z2 it was announce 1 ' rcreser. iTrocec J, will '.wry i 1 C: ?ay byIIarvin- Itrbite, ' a club. ji ; ' " a tie fimfe, f.T. . 4ue r I la - cor. r den and Mrs. Everett Flowers of Portsmouth, Virginia, were united in marriage in an 11 o'clock ceremony. The Rev. G. M. Singletary, pastor of the church, performed the double ring ceremony before a setting of) ferns and palms interspersed with aisle baskets of white gladioli, snap dragons and feverfew and 'seven branch candelabra with lighted cath edral candles. Prior to the ceremony Kader Frank lin White, pianist, presented a pro gram of nuptial music and Mrs. J. A. Bray, soloist, sang "Because" by Guy D'Hardelot and 'I Love You Truly" by Came Jacobs-Bond. The bride was given in marriage by her brother, Ralph Layden. She wore a white ballerina length wed ding dress of chantilly lace and nylon net over taffeta fashioned with a fitted lace bodice and full gathered net skirt. The lace jacket styled with a double breasted front, bracelet sleeves and low neckline was buttoned up the front with self covered buttons. Her shoulder length vsil of imported illu sion was arranged from a shirred bonnet of illusion trimmed with lilies of the valley. She carried a white prayerbook topped with a white pur ple throated orchid and showered with stephanotis. Her only ornament was a strand of pearls, a gift of the bridegroom. Miss Jean Layden, sister of the bride and her only attendant, wore a ballerina length dress of glacier blue nylon net over taffeta styled with off the shoulder neckline finished with a double fold. The taut bodice buttoned up the back with self covered buttons and was finished at the hip with a peplum. She wore a matching picture hat and elbow length mitts, and car ried a nosegay of painted daisies and mixed summer flowers with streamers of verigated ribbon. Ralph Cuthrell of Fairfield acted as his cousin's best man and, groomsmen were Willis Keith and (Lindsey Bridgeman of Elizabeth City. The bride's mother wore an ke blue sheer, dress with pink haid braid hat and gloves. Her corsage was a purple orchid. The bridegroom's mother wore a navy blue and white sheer, dress with' matching accessories and. an orchid corsage. . . Mistress of ceremonies was Mrs. Ralph Layden of Elisabeth City, sis ter-in-law of the bride. ;. Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a wedding trip to Florida. For traveling, the bride changed to a navy blue palm beach suit trimmed in white ' with a navy blue hat and white accessories. . She wore the white purple throated orchid lifted from her prayer boo.' Mrs. "Williams is a J graduatO1 of Perquimans County High School .and SLuigSr Daughters Hospital School of "ursing in Portsmouth, and at pres ent is a member of the tuning staff cf the Albemarle Hospital. Mr. Wil "S is a graduate of f'sabeth Cr School an! !i r - t T.r'r: t rJC"' 1 f Robert White Loses Life After Saving Young er Playmate Robert White, 15 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin White, of near Winfall, drowned while swimming in the Perquimans River, at Knowles' Landing located just west of Winfall, at about 10 A. M., Wednesday morn ing. The body was recovered about 11:50 A. M. A rescue team, composed of Eliza beth City Firemen worked with the body for about 40 minutes attempting to revive the boy, but these efforts were not successful. According to reports, young White drowned while exerting himself in saving little 8-year old Charles Mor gan Umphlett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Umphlett, who had dived in to the water and appeared to be in trouble. James Riddick, a young Negro boy of Winfall, told this reporter that six or seven boys, including himself, had gone to the landing to swim. That the Umphlett child was in a boat and dived in the water near Bob White, the child apparently became upset and that Bob White told him (Riddick) to bring the boat near where White and the Umphlett child were in the water. The Umphlett child was being held up out of the water by the older boy, and as the Umphlett child caught the boat with his hands, the White youth went under the water and did not rise to the surface again. The remaining children left the scene and went to Winfall where they reported the incident and immediately a large number of men assembled to search and try to save the White boy. The rescue team from Elizabeth City arrived at the scene at . about 11 A. M., and joined in the search for the body, which was recovered at about 11:40 with the aid of grappling hooks. Artificial respiration and an in- halator were used in"efforts to revive the boy, but .thee efforts proved futile due to the length of time the youth was in the water. The body was removed to the Lynch Funeral home pending funeral ar rangements. Surviving besides the youth's par ents, are three sisters, Marvina, Mar garet and Juanita White, two broth ers, Wayne and Billy White, his ma ternal grandmother, Mrs. Dempsey White and his great grandmother, Mrs. Elsberry White. Local Blood Program May Be Incorported In National System Perquimans County's Red Cross blood program, which has been car ried out during the past year for the benefit of civilians in this area, may soon be incorporated into the national Red Cross system to render aid to the armed forces, it was reported today by Charles Henc, county chairman of the American Red Cross. Mr. Henc stated that he had been advised by the Tidewater Regional Blood Center at Norfolk that Secre tary of Defense Johnson has request ed cooperation of the American Red Croos in blood proceurment for the armed forces. Ben M. Jones, Tidewater adminis trator for the program, advised Mr. Henc, The re-establishment of the kind of program conducted in World War II whereby the American Red Cross provided blood and Wood de rivatives for use of the armed forces means that your chapter is now in the position of conveying a most vi tal resource to our fighting men. Though your present quota has not yet ben increased, you are being asked to do everything in your power to step up production and make -available the Mood and blood products which may mean a matter of lire ana death to some of your own boys. During the war the American Red Cross carried out a vast program in securing blood for the armed forces, and, according to Mr.: Jones, the pro gram now will be carries out for use of both civilians and military person- neL , . f ' A-;:',l X:i -This' county did not participate in the Red Cross program during the war years, the local program; being placed in operation, only last year, and has been fairly' successful in this county i r-v " I. -.