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r v 1 r ' F f s T, 1 V - V V JJ Volume XyilNa 35. Hertford, Perquimans County, North. Carolina, Friday, September 1, 1950. 5 Cents Per Copy FcrlnLTsShuVs Mk&ilsAM' v. . . first HomelGame Wfll . Be October 13; Squad V Practising Daily .' Perquimans' High School's football schedule for the 1950 season was re leased today by Coach Ellie Fearing ' and reveals that the 10-game schedule will pit the Indians against the strongest teams in this section of the State. The schedule calls for four home games and six to be played away from home. ;Two new teams, Farmville and Tarboro, have been added to the In dians' opposition t this season. The Indians will open, the season against Farmville at Farmville on September 22nd. 'Practice for the Indian Bquad was resumed Wednesday after a few days rest, and Coach Fearing stated he will hold drills daily until the open- Mrs. Charles Payne ; Named Welfare Worker . Mrs. Chas. Payne has been appoint ed to the Perquimans Welfare Depart ment as a caseworker., and assumed her new duties today, it was announc ed by C. Edgar White, Welfare Su perintendent. Mrs. (Payne succeeds Miss Virginia Battersby who has taken a leave of absence from her position here in order to attend the University of North Carolina. Mrs. Payne, a resident of Hertford, has had experience in fields allied with welfare work and is highly rec ommended for the local position. Miss Battersby, caseworker with the local department for the past two years, will continue her studies in social work. Red Cross Cloter THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES North Carolina Department of Mo tor Vehicles estimates 24 persons will be killed in this state over the Labor Day week-end, and cautions all mo- ing game. About 25 candidates forjtorists to drive carefully and observe the team have . reported to Coach Fearing and several additional play ers are expected to report with the : opening of school next Wednesday. Faced with the task of filling sev eral vacancies on the squad, Coach Fearing plans extensive drills for the candidates betwen now and the open ing game. The schedule as released today fol lows: ' . September 22 At Farmville. ; September 29 At Greenville. - October 6 At Ahdskie. October 13 Plymouth here. , 'October 2frilUamston here. - ; October 27 'Edenton here. November 8 At Columbia. . November. 10 Scotland Neck here. November 17 At Tarboro. ' November 28-.Af" Elisabeth City. ' I , , II g) I" !' -4 1.1 LI 1. I . JUUv J . area m w,' .. ." . . , 5 Asked To Increase County Dlood Quota Need Of Military For Whole Blood Cited In Request Received Perquimans County's Red Cross blood program, which has been in operation for the past year furnish ing blood for free 'transfusions in hos pitals in this area, will be stepped up at least 25 per cent in order to help provide whole blood for the Armed Forces in Korea, it was announced this week by C. Edgar White, chairman of the program. Mr. White and Mrs. Willis Jessup have been named co-chairmen of the program, succeeding Charles M. Har rell, who served as chairman of the program during the past year. .several weeks ago local Red Cross officials were advised that the Military had requested the American Red Cross to step up its program of blood colleotion to provide whole blood for County D co- all traffic regulations in order to'aid.tlle armed forces. The Military has in cutting down the mounting toll of nignway accidents, during his tenure as presiding officer of tfc.J3Jession has halted action and help provide whole blood for the Of Fsyettevi Je Miss Katherine Ann MoGeachy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neill Hec . tor MoGeachy of Fayetteville and Joseph Herman Ward of Winston " . Salem, son of Joseph Warren Ward, ' of Hertford, and tne laws jars. ' ' Nowell Ward, were united ih marriage Saturday afternoon in the sanctuary of First . Presbyterian wiureu. . Walker B. Healy, pastor of the church, lta.nl ttlA VOWS. The chancel was decorated with bas - . kets of white gladioli and pompon chrsanthemums interspersed with sev , en-branched candelabra holding burn ing white I tapers, against a ground of palms. ' Ernest 0. Geddie og FayetteviUe, organist,' and Daniel Tatum of Winston-Salem, ' vocaUst, presented the v The bride, givea In marriage by her W father, wore a gown? of wmw yio net over shell-pink riipper satin. The deaiamed with a ber tha of Chantilly lace and the full C:'akirt extended Into a graceful short . train. Her. lace, finger-tip veil was ' - draped from a tiara of orange bios- noma. She carried an old-fashioned bouquet of white' rosea centered with - V white orchids and showered with tube " roses. - She wore the .bridegroom's '. , gift, a pearl broach. ; The bride was attended by Mrs. P. ,N W. Bumbarger. Hickory, sister of the bridegroom, "matron of ', bono. ' Mrs. Bumbargers dress was designed of nile green net with lace bodtc fmt - which she wore a matching lace cape. - The full skirt was floor-length.'She - carried an arm bouquet of pink as , ten tied with pink ribbons.,,,; ; ;! Miss Mary Jennings Show was maid ' of honor.; She wm attireU in' a dress identical to that i fit matron of hon or and carried a similar bouquet. " (Jo Bumbarger of Hickory, niece of I 1 the bridegroom, was flower gii'L She . wore a dress fashioned of nile green organdy and carried a basket of pas- " tel flowers. Inj bearer, was w.y . (Benton of WlnstonSalem, young son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. (Benton. . , . v v Charles Allan Newcombe of Raleigh ' attended the bridegroom as best man. Ushers were Neill Hector I'JGeachy, Jr., brother of the bride, Robert Tlm terlake Newcombe, Jr, and M, C. Centon. " -:' yy r -i , The bride's mother was atthej in peacock crepe gown tri"" w1 mmn. She wore an ore!.! J coi j. i. J. M7. Ward of H'ar", st-v. r of tha bnde-vou. w- r "brsth dress of A-er' a I - . ' 'Ma cor;r9 cf ,cxU.j. -: 'i rsccivel her 6-ct:ar, Increased activity on the Korean war front was reported on Wednes day of this week, after almost a week of little action other than patrols stabbing at opposite positions. The Reds launched hard thrusts at the positions of the South Koreans near Pohang while other Communist troops hit at Taegu, defended by American forces. A 20,000-man attack was re ported against :' Pohang and official sources called the action a major ef fort to capture the port. ' Russian delegate to the United Na tions, Jacob Malik, completed his term as presiding officer at the UN meet ing Thursday, fcad has given the world worjl that he will not walk out of the future ,XJN meetings. Malik on the Koreaiv war btrt failed in his efforts to force the. UN. to act on Chinese problems. Both of these sit uations are expected to be considered by the UN during its September meeting, when a new presiding officer assumes chairmanship of, the Security Council. President Truman this week signed the new social security bill, which wilt increase payments to individuals covered under the plan. The bill alsd provides for an additional 10,000,000 persons, : self-employed such as law yers, doctors, storekeepers, barbers, etc., to be affected by the program, Taxes paid by employer and employees will also be hiked to meet the in creased payments. now advised the Red Cross of the urgent need for blood and' the Red Cross in turn is asking its local chap ters to increase quotas to meet the requirements of the Military. ine Ked Cross program is now operating 34 regional centers and 46 mobile units serving hospitals in 38 states. Six more centers are scheduled for opening soon. In view of the request from the Armed Forces, all local chapters have been askd by the regional center to increase quotas when the bloodmobile visits each locality. Mr. White stated today that as yet the Perquimans chapter has, not been given a date for the next visit of the bloodmobile but donors who have contributed blood In the past will be notified of the bloodmobile visit, and will be request ed to volunteer again to donate blood, Additional . volunteers will be needed if this- county is to step up its quota Military anA individuals will be noti fied by letter and through this news paper as to the date when they ean volunteer to give blood for the use of the armed forces. , Congress this weelc -was still con sidering a number of bills pertaining to the war situation. .The Senate ap proved a measure granting the Presi dent power to draft doctors and den tists into the armed forces, and the House is reported about ready to pass the servicemen's dependent benefit bill, which grants monthly payments to wives, children and other depend ants of men in service. ' European nations, according to a report from London, are considering the problem of setting up a unified army composed of individuals from all West European countries as a force to stop any Communist attack on Western Europe. ' it rS4V DpIPostj:: i or 4 -v With Labor Day, a national holiday, falling on the first Monday in Septem ber member of the Perquimans Coun ty Board of Commissioners have post poned their regular September meet ing from September . 4 to Tuesday, September 5, it was announced to day by J. W. Ward, clerk to the board. County, residents who had planned to confer with the board for any rea son, at the September meeting are requested to take notice of the change in the date of the meeting. 3", Hit Holiday; Scheduled V FcrNext Monday With tabor Day coming next Mori uiy, September 4, many Hertford "'ores and business bosses are clan. nlnsr observance of the final i ' vA yill,- be .closed on'KW "er W-W.' White st ied T .4 be np 'mall ':.ory t r l:t;that mail will be re- .1 i J dispatched from the Idwal Fearing - Nevvkirk Vows Spoken At Elizabeth City Miss Barbara Jean Newkirk and Zenas Elbert Fearing were united in marriage at the First Methodist Church in Elizabeth City last Satur day night at eight o'clock. The Rev. Mark Lawrence officiated. The bride who was given in mar riage by her father wore a wedding gown of cloud white marquisette, fash ioned with a fluted Venus neckline extending into deep V in front of the basque bodice. The long matching mitts ended in a ruffle over the wrists and the - full gathered skirt which formed into a sweping train accented the ' wedding band waistline. Her fingertip length veil, of delicate im ported illusion was arranged from a shirred illusion bonnet -centered with lilies of , the valley and she carried a bouquet of white rose's centered with an MMnlitJ nvtil sfMtliMiA.4ii ) v ' Miss Jane Fearing was maid of hon or. She wore agown of butter yellow marquisette, styled with a fluted ruf fle framing the off -shoulder neckline of the snug bodice -and tiny sleeves. The full gathered skirt, caught up at the mpune on one side with a match ing bow, accented the small waist line. ,j . j j p f- s , , Mrs. Carolyn Hoffler as matron of honor, wore a gown made Identical to that of the -maid of honor in the same shads',"' :. . f Best , man 'wasCharles McMullan. cousin of the bridegroom. . Ushers were George "Fearing, Pratt Fearing, Isaac Ferry, jr., and T. W, Fearing. The bride Is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Newkirk. She is a graduate of Montreal High 'School, Montreal, Canada and ' attended Ashley : Hall, Charleston, S. and Sir Williams' College in Montreal" . '-i ' v : Fearing,? who is athletic director at Perquimans High School, is a graduate of Elisabeth City High School and East --Carolina, Teachers College, GreenvUIe. deceives First Call For 25 Selectees Orders To Report For ; Exams On September i 7th Mailed To Men . ': ferquimans Draft Board. No. 73. has received orders to call ud 25 res- istrants for preinduction examinations on .September 7, it was announced Monday ,by Mrs. Edna Winslow, Clerk of the local Board. This is the first call the local board has had for men for the armed forces, since it was reactivated several weeks ago. The local board, which is still short one member, met Wednesday night for the purpose of reviewing classifica tions of registrants in 1-A and se lecting the men who will fill the first call next week. Notices to registrants, ordering them to report for the exami nation have been placed in the mails, and Mrs. Winslow stated the selectees i will leave Hertford at 7 A. M., next Thursday for Raleigh where they will undergo the "examinations. While the board has no orders for the induction of men it is believed that a number of those passing the examinations next week will be called into service during the month of Oc tober. The local board members are Cecil C. Winslow and Joshua Sutton and a third member is now being sought by the county committee charged with recommending the appointment to the draft board. Notices have been mailed to a large number of registrants requesting in formation concerning any changes in the draft status of the registrant and Mrs. Winslow pointed out that it is important for registrants to notify the board of these changes. 'She added thftt all registrants in notifying the board of changes in draft status sheuld do so in writing and the in formation must be in the hands of the. board within five days after reg-. istraats receive requests for information. Registrants are also advised that the local draft board office, located in the bus station building, is open every day from 9 A. M., to 1 P. M. Youths who have not registered for Selective Service must' do so within five days after reaching their 18th birthday. Wednesday American Legion To Meet Sept. 7th ' lie WZlzm. Paul Eial'Jnsa PoBt'hf w American Legion will meet next Tbnwday nisi;, September 7, at e'ht oV.rY at tie . Agriculture BuilJing i.drtTord, It was announced tc- in Elizabeth Winslow Becomes Bride Of Paul R. Baumgartner In a ceremony at 11 o'clock Satur day morning in the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, in Detroit, Michigan, Miss Elizabeth Randolph Winslow, daughter of J. Emmett Wins low of Hertford and Mrfc. Mary Clark Winslow of Elizabeth City, was united in marriage with Paul Royden Baum gartner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Royden Baumgartner of Detroit. The bride wore a gown of cream satin with heirloom Brussels lace forming a bertha, the points of the sleeves and the headpiece. Her veil was fingertip length. Mrs. (Louis Boisvert, sister of the bridegroom, was matron of honor. She wore a dress of orchid net over satin with a bertha of purple and orchid satin and streamers down the back. : An orchid net half -bonnet was also worn. William Baumgartner attended his brother as best man and ushers were John Baumgartner, brother of the bridegroom and Julian Winslow, broth er of the bride. Immediately following the ceremony the couple left for a motor trip through the south and west They will live .at Palo Alto, California, where the bridegroom will be work ing for his master's degree at Stan ford University. All Schools In County Wl Open Next For Start Of 1950-1951 Term Slight Increase In En rollment Seen; Facul ties Named Perquimans County schools will open. Wednesday, September 6, for the 1950-51 term, and indications are that the enrollment of all schools will be about like last year, with maybe a slight increase, it was announced today by J. T. Biggers, County Su perintendent. All schools will hold opening day exercises and the session is expected to be a short one, but full schedules will be observed starting on Thursday. Mr. Biggers stated that all schools are in readiness for the opening, and are in excellent condition. School buses have been inspected by the State Highway Patrol and each given a per fect record. Teacher's meetings have been con ducted and plans completed for the opening, and all teachers have been secured. Bus drivers will meet for instructions nexh MnnHntr ,.titVi tha A total of fourteen cases were list- white ed on the docket of the Perquimans school at 9:30 A. M., and the Negro uui.uy xvctmuei s ourt wmcn was in driver's meeting at the rountv o-arapp - j a o- Hertford Child Polio Victim The first polio case of Perquimans! County for 1950 was reported on Tuesday. The victim is Jimmie Dozier, small son of Mr. and Mrs. Corhin Dozier f Hertford. The youngster became ill late last week and was taken to Ports mouth, Virginia to a hospital for di agnosis early Sunday morning. Defi nite diagnosis tnat tne child was stricken with a mild attack of polio was reported Tuesday. He is still a patient in the Ports mouth hospital undergoing treatment. Fourteen Cases In Recorder's Court At Session Tuesday session here Tuesday, presided ov;r by Judge Chas. E. Johnson. Charged with speeding, Robert Hartsough, Benjamin Palot, Roosevelt Hurdle, Carl Johnson, Arthur Shep hard and Arthur Wilde entered pleas of guilty and paid the costs of court. Rosa Hinton submitted to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of ?5 and costs. Gordon Gibson was fined $10 and costs on a charge of speeding entering a plea of guilty. James H. Felton, Negro, charged with driving drunk, was found guilty. He was given a 60 day road sentence, after entering a plea of guilty, to be suspended upon payment of $100 and costs. An appeal bond was set in this case at $200. Frank Meckler was taxed with the costs of court after submitting to a charge of driving without a valid operator's license. ' Curtis Wilson, Negro, charged with driving without a license entered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of $25 and costs of court The State took a nol pros with leave in the case in which Ben Rid- dick was charged with assault. One half of the court costs were taxed against Eliza Jane White, Negro who entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault. Herman Johnson, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of assault ing his wife. He was ordered to pay the costs of court. RotariansToPush an Episcopal Rector Retired August 31 Rev. Edmund T. Jilson, Rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in Hertford, for the past quarter century went on the retired list , as of August 31, n was announced here today. With conditions being such as they are, it is impossible for the Bishop to replace Rev. Jilson at any definite date In the future, and for this reason and at the request of the Bishop. Rev. Jilrwn will continue to fill the pulpit ana & whatever else needed to assist the parish , until .his successor is named.' V -i . t,-; 1 1 A lti aoh'gttndayiM' iC Members of the Hertford Rotary Club, who last year sponsored a pro ject to bring about relief of traffic congestion on Church street, are again pushing this project with the hope that local and State officials will come up with some action to relieve the existing situation in the lmmedi ate future. State Highway engineers came to Hertford last year and made a sur vey and recommendations of the sit uation but since that time no addi tional action has been taken, and at the present there is no indication that the recommendations of ' the safety engineer are being considered by the State Highway Department. At their meeting ' Tuesday night, Hertford Rotarians discussed an al ternate plan to be proposed to town, county and state , authorities which in their belief will provide temporary relief from the congested traffic situ ation, pending the carrying out of recommendations made by the State Safety Engineer. The Rotary Traffic Committee, composed of V. N. Darden and Dr. A. B. Bonner, will ore sent this alter nate plan to the State Highway De partment for its consideration some time within the next two weeks. " Ice Capades To Open In Raleigh Tuesday America's ..premiere ice-skating spectacle "Ice Capades of 19511 will open for a five day run at the new William Neal Reynolds Coliseum on the N. C State College campus Sep tember a, It was announced this week by Colisum Director' W. Z. Setts. The ice show is expected to be one of the best shows staged in' Raleigh this sea son and tickets fori the show may be 6rdered by local residents desiring to attena. n application tor tickets is printed , elsewhere in this . issue and may be used in ordering tickets for tne now4J"ai'slrf'T'f"'-' Txy at 1:30 P. M. The complete list of teachers for the county follows: White Schools Perquimans High School, E. C. Woodard, principal; G. C. Buck, agriculture: Elbert Fearing, Physical Education; Herman Gurkin, Science; Mrs. Annie Jessup, History; Miss ILouise Hines, English; Mrs. Anne Nowell, Home Eeconomics; Mrs. Hannah Holmes, French; Thomas Masten, Commercial; Mrs. Anniebelle Whitley, Mrs. Lois Stokes and Mrs. Zelma Dawson, 8th grades, Richard David, Science and Band. Hertford Grammar School 'Miss Thelma Elliott, principal; Miss Mary Sumner, Mrs. Mary Etta Walters, Mrs. C. W. White, Miss Mildred Reed, Mrs. Grace Costen, Miss Ruth Elliott and Mrs. T. C. Chappell. Central Grammar School J. P. Snipes, principal Miss ' Margaret White, MrsEunice Riddick, Miss Johnnie White, Mrs. Lucille White, Mrs. Bertha Lane, Mrs. Rachel Ed wards, Mrs. Katherine Jessup, Mrs. Lessie Winslow, Mrs. Mary White, Miss 'Pearle White, Miss Dorothy Maynard. Negro Schools Perquimans Train ing School R. L. Kingsburg, princi pal; Walter Privott, Olivia Perry, Dorothy Thomas, Doris Wooten, Idon ia Rogerson, Penelope Bembry, Willie Y. Williams, Johnsie L. Privott, Annie Simons, King A. Williams. Hertford School Herbert E. Brown, principal; Emma H. Brown, Mable Strowd, Elwood Nichols, Geraldine B. Lowe, Hazel O. Beaman, Cleo Felton, Wooltha C. Riddick, Eliza S. Perry, Alma N. Kingsbury, Minnie Felton, Jennie Thompson. Chinquopin Dewey Newby and Nellie Holley. Bethel Walter Thompson, Annie Nixon, Dorothy Newby. Galatia George Reid, Myrtle Fel ton and Rosa Reid. Willow Branch flienry Daughtry and Edna Zachery. Pools Grover-jMartha E. Blanchard. Fork Bridge Mary E. James. Nicanor (Rosa Newby and Addie Hoffler. Bay Branch Mary E. Newby and Harriet Winslow. (Patrons of the schools are invited to attend opening exercises. W. H. Barber Passes At Home Wednesday William Henry Barber, 57, grocery man, of Hertford, died at his home on Grubb Street, Wednesday afternoon, a; o o-ciock after h lingering illness. He is survived by his wife: Mrs. Laura Davenport Barber: two sons. Henry M. Barber of United States Navy, Miami, and Edward C. Barber, of Hertford: three daughters. Mrs. Carroll Hill of Norfolk, Mrs. Mildrow sawyer of Elisabeth City and Mm. Edwin G. Widdows of McKeesport, Pa.; a brother. Geonre F. DaiL nf iNorfolk; a sister, Mrs. H. S. Daven port of Hertford. Funeral services will, be conducted Friday afternoon at .2 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home, ft Hertford by the Rev. C. W. Dulfng. assisted hv the Rev. E. O., Willis. , Burial will in Cedarwood Cemetery. FIREMEN ANSWER CALL Hertford ' Volunteer Fire Depart ment answered a call to Winf all Tues day afternoon at about two o'clock, when a can for help: to extinguish a grass fire was received by the local department The fire had been started back of Baker's old store building but ; was extinguished before the firemen arrived at .the scene. ' "' 1 .