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I h'.. I' IK- . I I 4': j - ' mm. '''''iff 1;iv.!i ,71 3 olumeXVII.No.38. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Caroliiiat.Fridayy September 22, 1950.-" 5 Cents Per Copy v C::iu0ftL":li:nS:ci!r(SAlirrn3ys:" ToC::-:siC:i":"ii3nSclic:l$!:it,: Plans Fcr School Pro V gram Going Forward . In Face Of Action . ; vlfeK".; K l'". & ft.-.. y. Attorneys John Hall of Elizabeth City, Chas. E. Johnson of. Hertford, , - and possibly William B Umstead, of -, . Durham, mil handle the defense in Suit entered in Federal Court by some 25 Negro residents of the county who . .. are seeking an Injunction to stop con- struction of the Winfall Negro school, ' ' :., it was announced here Saturday, f Al t' lowing a meeting of the Board of Edu- X.' cation, i' Members of the local Board of Edu cation met in special session last Sat , ; iirday at which time the complaint was reviewed and action was taken Q for the defense to be presented' at the - .'.: court hearing. y . 11 According to -the summons, the i-y-y Board of Education must answer the complaint by Octobers, after which Federal Judge Don S. Gilliam will set a 'date for the hearing, which will be conducted at . Elizabeth City. The Board of 'Education secured Attorney John Hall to act as chief counsel for the Board and authorized him to secure any. and all assistance he deemed necessary to defend the. ac- tion brought against the Board. Meanwhile,' i the members of the . Board of Education are going forward ' with its program' of consolidation of all county schools,, and . reported that petitions requesting a" special election on the question of issuing 1175,000 in school bonds, for the completion of this program are now in circulation and have been signed by almost enough voters for the calling of the The Issuance of these bonds, if ap proved by the: Voters, will - provide ; funds for tie Board to carry out its over-all program adopted yfa J'jyir whereby tne;won scnooi for K"oes VJtt be compkfe4 ;a-H'va ;clasx .mt and a Ittfgtf ,!$ iU-iig, ltd; the Hertford Colored. School smd a lunchroom will oe constructed at the i . If schools. THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES 0 United Nations forces in Korea, ac "cording to reports this week, are losinsr the laws of a ' sriant nincer 1 movement aimed at slashing the de- , tense ol uommunist troops. - u. a. Marines have crossed the Han River ; Ihefnra Seour and are : advancing on the capital at a rapid pace, faced by . i ... . v . . , some stubborn resistance, in me Sdutheast corner near the old beach- "hAftH TBI trnom ham advanced some ' 12 miles to Kasan, and have trapped many Bed troops attempting to witn - draw to Seoul to aid the Communist defense in the northern section. Op- -timistic reports continue to come out of Korea as it appears tne uw troops now have the situation well in hand. ' The Big Three foreign ministers, meetinir in New York, have come to a definite aaraement on Gennany. "A mnnrt Wednesday stated the U. S n-:4.nin onil fiVniuui hnua warned Una- til to keen hands on weriin ana Western Germany,; , and i propose a peace treaty with Germany and the .n;oHnTt a a i.iHHunian i-ierman volice force, equipped and trained. to take care of riots ana. immai ub- turbances. t - " v; Britain's Labor government - won another vote of confidence this, week , PorKamnnt voted 206 tO 800, UP? holding the La6r movement caning fot the government w taw oyer uw steel Industry. The test came about by a challenge' issued by? Winston ' Churchill, conservative party leader, . who denounced the plart to place the steel industry under state controu . rk TTntit TJatinnl RaeUritv COUS' , AMV V " " T ' cil, meeting this week to New York, , voted down a Russian sponsoreu pian v for seating representatives of Red China in the Council. Instead, :: the Council moved to appoint a commit tee to study the ; entire question of the Chinese pre' " m e-1, report f ir 1 ) the assembly its recommeniationa. -sla declared the' action: incorrect, t did not walk' out of tie secaioi , Titans Venn Ilcvr , . ; y Ruritaft Club, th sia'Ji " nans County," has been ora i Woodville, it was announced r by Charles R.. Ward, ho ' zt a charter for the cluh wj" i the group at a meer . K. ; . ' for the club nr- '3 '4.- ' Rotary Speaker ' n.B.Epruin Hertford Rotarians had as their guest speaker, at the club's meeting Tuesday night, at the Hacienda,. H. B. Spruill of Windsor, Governor of District 278 of Rotary International Following an Interesting talk on de velopments in Rotary, Mr. Spruill conferred with H. N. Nixon, president of the local club and other club of ficers on the activity and projects of the Hertford group. On next Tuesday night the Rotary and Lions Club will hold a joint meet ing at which time they will be hosts to John A. Lofus, an official of the U. S. State Department. i j iiuiiKuui;, The, marriage of Miss Mildred Inez Skinner, daughter of Mrs. Raymond Skinner to Wayne Forrest Lambdin, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Lambdin of Hannibal, Mo., took place Sunday af ternoon at 4 o'clock in the Hertford Methodist Church. The Rev. Ben O. Merritt, pastor, performed the double ring ceremony. White gladioli, palms and lighted white candles decorated the church. Miss Kate Blanchard played the wed ding music and accompanied Miss Ruth Tucker; who sang "Because" and the "Lord's Prayer." ' , The bride was given in marriage by Dr. T. P. - Jsnnn. She wore a street-length dress of blue lace with grey accessories and carried a pray er book- showered with stephanotis, centered with a 'white orchid. The bride had as her maid of honor and only attendant, her sister, Miss Sybil Skinner, who wore a dress of toast lace with brown accessories, and carried a bouquet of yellow rosea. Keith Haskett was best man, and the ushers were Billy White and Em- mett Landing. The mother of the bride wore dress of teal blue with black acces sories and wore a corsage of red roses. The mother of the groom wore a black flond. print with black , accessories and a corsage of pink roses, s i; a The mistresses of ceremonies were Mrs. ,T. P. Brinn and Mrs. Julian White. V ' , ; . Directive On ; Fam Dafcrots Given J Locd Draft Bozrd Order Indicates Lack Of Farm Labor Problem At This Time The Perquimans Draft Board has received a new directive pertaining to agricultural deferments, it was re ported here this week by Mrs. Edna winslow, clerk of the local Board. According to Mrs. Winslow the new directive issued by State Headquarters states: "In conference with the State USDA Council, we were advised that there is no farm labor problem at mis time except m dairy farming. They stated further that the reason for labor problems in dairy farming is tnat the long hours for seven days per week do not appeal to hired labor. Each dairy farm case, however, should be considered, on the basis of its own merits as it is thought that onlv a few can qualify for Class II-C. "In view of the above advice, it would appear that very few regis trants if any, can meet requirements of Selective Service regulations which provide for farm deferments. When a registrant claims that he is entitled to classification of II-C, it is suggested that the local board require him to file a statement showing farm pro duction and manpower for the current year and the year preceding. With such information the local board should be in position to evaluate the registrant's claim. "In view of the general farm situ ation, it appears that there is little justification for agricultural defer ments. Our advisors point out that in most instances where a deferment is .necessary it would be more of a nature of a hardship case than it would be a need of occupational defer ment" A-.v In connection with the above mat ter State Headquarters, also advised the local hoard: that Selective Service and the USDA are working closely injwhich permits the State to appeal the Dwelling Units Of ; County; On Increase V As shown by the 1950 Census of Housing preliminary Counts of Dwel ling Units, there were approximately 2,610 dwelling' units m Perquimans County, in 1950, according to an an nouncement by C W. Martin, District Manager pf 'the IT." S. Department of I Commerce. There were 2,437 In 1940. The preliminary population t count! for Perquimans County,' as shown by the 1960 Census f Population Counts, was 9,601 in 1950; in 1940, 9,773. y r The first" publication of final de tailed figures from the 1950 Census of Housing and Population wilL.ap pear, in miwasi. VVC'i'iij1 '" '' '-' '"' - Scrv; fcr ZyTri:uty Pull arfiAdnlit a . aervices at : Hotv Trinity E; !:cpal Church will be ob served next Sunday, September 24, with Church School at 10 A. M., and morning services at 1 A, M., ft was announced today. , , . J r . A scl.edJe ttf services for Octrler1 v-IU Ire r " "ei later, inasmuch as .7. E. . n, is sni f i " ; - f Ce c-urU i i; ' It -Irj next mor.'i. Csiirt Tardiness Costs Defendant Extra $25 Fine ,w ! - Thirteen Cases Disposed Of At Court Term On Tuesday Failure to report before Perquimans Recorders Court, last week to an swer charges of assaulting a female and destruction of property cost James Spence, Negro, an extra $25 af ter he had entered a plea of guilty to the charges before Judge Chas. E Johnson. Spence was given a 60-day road sentence, sentence to be suspend ed upon payment of a $50 fine and costs of court. When questioned as to why he failed to appear before the court last week, Spence replied: "I didn't get up until nine o'clock and I decided it was too late to come to court." Judge Johnson told the de fendant that failure to appear in court when he was supposed to was costing him an extra $25, - Other cases heard at this week's session of the court, included those of Jack Levine, Harold Mann,' Maurice Warner, James Dunlo and 'Frank Baumgbrtner, all of whom paid the costs sf court after pleading guilty to charges of speeding. Laselle Eason and James Rich, charged with driving without a license, entered pleas of guilty and eacW was fined $25 and costs of court, John Ormsby and Spurgeon Phelps were taxed with the costs of court on charges of driving without valid op erators license. Each entered a plea of guilty. George Gordon, Negro, submitted to a charge of driving without sufficient brakes and paid the costs of court. WillVhite, Negro, entered a plea of guiltyHo non-support. He was sen tencedtlo. the roads for 60 days, sen tence ,fo be suspended upon condi tion lift the defendant pay into the clerk 61 cjturt the sum of $10 per week fo tSRStise of Wa .children. A special veraici; 01 no ku Hip ay Commission REports 8.6 M lies ary Roads Completed In County On To Farmville Coach Ellie Fearing and his band of Perquimans Indians will open their 1950 football season tonight against the Farmville High School on the tatter's field. The entire Indian squad of 36 players will make the trip to Farmville and Coach Fear ing is expected to use a large number of the players in the game. Advance information regarding the Farmville team provides little in guessing the results of the opening game, however, after several weeks of intensive practice, the Indians have high hopes of coming home on the. long end of the score. Coach Fearing reported today that all of his boys are ln good condition for the opening contest and can be expected to put forth every effort to mark up a victory. Harriette Layden Becomes Bride Of BroughtonT.Dail evaluating such problems as that above. Mrs. Winslow also reported that the local board is without calls for selectees ' that it now has 15 regis trants classified in 1-A who have passed physical examinations and fire subject to call to the armed forces. Central PTA Group decision, was returned in the case in which Ralph Peele was charged with reckless driving. In Meeting ftlonday The Perquimans Central Grammar School PTA. held its first meeting of this school year on Monday night, Sep tember 18, in the school auditorium. The meeting opened with singing "America the Beautiful." The ' Belvidere community had charge of the program, with Mrs. M. D. Lane as program chairman. The topic for discussion was "Get Set For the School Year." : Mrs. Bertha Smith White conducted the devotional and talked along the lines of the program topic, conclud ing her remarks, with the well known poem "The Master Builder." Two musical selections were rend ered by . Mrsy . Thomas; Glenn Roger- son, Mrs. .Leon Love' and Mrs. Moody Chappell, wjth Mrs. R. R. White ac companying; - . J. P. Snipes introduced ' new at tendants, spoke- of the . enrollment of 409, Improvements in appearance of the floors, functioning of the library and lunch room and, concluding, pre sented past president's pins to Mrs. Eddie Harrell and Mrs. M. D. Lane. Minutes were read by the secre tary and approved, after whfh the treasurer gave her report The State President's message was read.- ..Mrs. Wendell -Mathews ; gave ; report of the executive committee meeting last spring, at which time committee chair men for this year's work were ap pointed. .! f-;'V- '"v; ',t;y Mrs. Wendell Mathews, program chairman for the year, announced the topic for"; next ! meeting, "Happiness Begins at Home" with Bagley Swamp andS -Cumberland communities r.'in charge; Mrs.' Percy Trublcod, ha!r- . Report of the budget and finance committees "wens read and' accepted. Mrs, A. R. Cook, study group chair man, announced the first meeting: to be. held in the JWoodViUe-Chapanoke community with Mrs. Roy Nixon as leader. " Plans were made' for the- district meeting to be held in October. J. T. '.Birera reviewed thebuild- inj"ccamj'. J ... '. .'. k. i. Edwin tThite's room, first and second grades, won the attendance Hertford PTA Meet Heldlast Thursday The Hertford Grammar School Par ent-Teachers Association held its first meeting of the new school year in the school auditorium Thursday even ing, September 14, at eight o'clock. The meeting opened with the songs, "My Faith' Looks Up To Thee" and "America the Beautiful," which were led by Mr. Davis, band director. Mrs. Reginald Tucker, .program chairman for the month, presented the program with the subject being "Get Set For the. New school xear. Mrs. T. B.- Brinn introduced Mrs. Joy Frisby of Elizabeth City, who presented some of her pupils from tne Frisbv School of Dancing. Those tak ing Dart in the ballet, tap and toe- dance '.numbers were Misses Nancy Hooper, Undine Perry, Elizabeth Swindell, Pat Waters, Hollie Webster, Terry, Watson, Jean Mizzelle, buzanne MizelU and Grace Morse. Mrs. . Frisby announced that she would die -in Hertford in October to enroll pupils in the Hertford School of Dancing. Mrs. Tucker introduced Minn Thelma Elliott. Grammar School principal,' who gave a brief outline of the work scheduled for the school children this year. J. T. Biggers, superintendent of schools, gave a talk on the County School bond ana ouiia inff nrorfram which is now underway. To dose the program, , Mrs. Simon Chappell gave the Devotional The Lord's. Prayer was then prayed ln unison! f'sWKW".'''-.''. v. Mrs. W. C. Cherry, new P. T. A. nresident. . nresided during the busi ness session. . Mr. SOas Whedbee,! secretary, read the minutes of the last meeting and ti monthly message from the Stata PTA nresiaent. am Cherry gave the new parents a hearty welcome 'and urged au premm w join the Association. The Association voted to purchase new kick balls to be added to the playground equipment tor tne scnoois. voor, jn won Jt Mrs. Irvin Long, Mrs. W. C Cherry and Jim Hntchinson. .At the conclusion ef the meeting reiresn- ments of junch and cookies were ser ved, yj-yyvy.y-f;;,-, y y , BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT " Mr. and Mrs,, Richard Payne of Charlotte, announce : the birth of a son, born September 18. Mrs. Payne is the former Miss Frances. Cely. - Total Represents 20 Percent Of Program To Be Carried Out The State Highway Commission has paved 8.6 miles of secondary roads in rerquimans County since the start of the $200,000,000 bond construction program last summer. Excluding stabilization work, this represents 20 per cent of the total program planned for Perquimans, ac cording to Henry G. Shelton, First Division Highway commissioner. Oth er projects are now under way in Perquimans and other First Division counties with many of them scheduled for completion before the end of 1950. Newly paved secondary roads open ed in Perquimans during the last 15 months are as follows: From N. C. 37 north west of Bel videre along county line 4.7 miles to ward Sandycross; N. C. 37 near Bel videre to Snow Hill Crossroads, 1.2; U. S. 17 south to Hertford-Durants Neck Road, 2.7. Perquimans' share of the first $125, 000,000 in bond funds on July 1, 1950 was $456,750. With the .exception of $77,250, this amount had 'been allo cated to specific work in the county. The Secondary Road Bond Act as passed by the General Assembly divid ed the bond money equitably among the 100 counties. The Cost of road construction under the secondary program is less than expected by the State Highway Com mission and consequently more mile age of roads may be paved under the program than was expected in many areas. As of July 1, 1950 about one- fifth of the proposed Scott paving program had been finished through out the State. In addition to secondary road work, the Highway Commission also finish ed the following projects on the num bered highway system: resurfacing on U. S. 17 in Hertford from the River Bridge to Grubb Street, 0.3 miles; re surfacing on U. S. J,7. .from , Grnbb Miss Harriette Lou Layden, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jennings Layden of Winfall, and Broughton Thomas Dail, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Dail of Hertford were united in marriage Saturday, September 16 at 5:00 in the afternoon in the Winfall Methodist Church. The Rev. Earl B. Edwards, pastor of the Winfall Methodist Church of ficiated at the double ring ceremony. The ceremony was performed before a background of palms, ferns, tall candelabra with tall cathedral candles, and aisle stands with white gladioli and, whitaehrysanthemume. . The re-V served seats were marked off witSJgtreet to 30-feet pavement, 0.1 miles; widening and resurfacing from Wood Rufus land Avenue in Hertford along Grubb M. Riddick, Jr., of Hertford, present- Street to U. S. 17, 0.7 miles; and wid- flowers and white ribbons. Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. ed a program of nuptial music. Mrs, Stanley Yelverton of Eureka, was so loist. Her selections were "Because," "At Dawning," and "The Lord's Prayer." During the ceremony, Mrs. Riddick played very softly, "To A Wild Rose." The bride, who was given in mar riage by her father, wore a wedding gown of bridal white satin, fashioned with a square neckline, framed with princess lace forming a deep V back, and long sleeves ending in wed ding peaks over the hands. The snug basque bodice was accented by the full gathered skirt forming a sweep ing tram. Her finger tip lengtn veil of delicate imported illusion was ar ranged from a tiara encrusted with seed nearls. She carried a wnite prayer book topped with a white or chid showered with stephanotis. Mrs. George Fields, Jr., as Matron of Honor, wore a gown of green, stvled with a snug satin bodice topped by a satin bolero. The full marqui sette skirt accented the waistline en circled by a satin sash. She carried an arm bouquet of bronze chrysanthe mums, tied with fall shades of van- gated ribbon. Mrs. Max Scott, as bridesmaid, wore a gown made like that of the Matron of Honor in mauve and carnea an arm bouauet of varigated chrysanthemums and asters tied with fall shades of varigated ribbon, ribbon. Jarvis Ward and Yewis Stallings of Hertford served as ushers. Milton Dail, Jr., brothers of the bridegroom, was best man. - . Mrs. Cherles Whedbee was Mistress (Continued From Page Five) Hertford Lions To Hold Fall Carnival ening relocations and resurfacing from a point six miles east of Center HillHertford Road to Woodland Ave nue in Hertford, 2.6 miles. r. Henry W. Jordan, chairman of the State Highway Commission, re cently announced that 1950 would be North Carolina's greatest year of roadbuilding if good weather con tinues and the war crisis does not in tervene. Some 2.375.8 miles of sec- in nrwWv rnnHa ha vp heen naved SO far under the $200,000,000 program. At the same time work is progressing on the primary highway system utilizing funds set up in the regular highway fund budget. Hertford Lions Club completed plans for sponsoring its annual fall carni val . here during the first week in October at a meeting of the club last Friday night, it was announced by Sidney Blanchard, secretary of the Lions. -v- :.''. Arransrements have been made with Sherman Husted to provide the mid way for the Lions carnival. Husted, who has managed Lions Club shows here in the past, has' advised the lo cal club that he will bring plenty of rides and good shows to the event this year., ! -s'yy '',-:;' 1 - Members of the Lions Club wui taxe an active part in the carnival, telling tickets, and - supervising they event generally. The membership of the dab has been divided into two teams IB oraer uibi enca 3nmmr wui oe assigned certain night to work at the show. Members an asked to contact Blanchard for the dates of their as signment v . y :yyx, tyy yyy siV' y': ,'''' ;yy;:; yyy . yyy County Game Warden Releases Dates For 1 Hunting Season With the new 1950-51 hunting sea son officially under way so far as hunting and fishing licenses are con cerned, Eldon Winslow, game protect or here, today announced the open seasons on various wildlife. Winslow warned hunters to be on guard and not kill game out of sea--nnn. Violation of the seasons will bring a subsequent arrest and prob able heavy fine, as wen as suspenaiuu of license, Winslow said. A list of the seasons follows: Tr onens October 16 and closes January 1 with a daily bag limit of two and no season limit. For white tail deer, only male deer with visible antlers may be taken and the season in most counties opens October 16 and closes January x. Counties affected by this are Beau fort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Cam den, Carteret, Chowan, Cowan, Co lumbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Dup lin, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hert ford, Hyde, Jones, Martin, New Han over, Northhampton, vnsiow, x-ui.v, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Tyrrell and Washington. Exceptions should be checked by i.n.4o vv Anrinir an abstract of the wildlife hunting and trapping regula tions. 1 . , ." ' Bag limit in all cases is one a day, one in possession and two for the season. There is no open season on elk. ' Russian wild boar season opens Oc- , tober 16 and closes January 1, . in Cherokee, Clay and Graham with a daily ' limit of one, possession of two, and season limit of two. t . Raccoon and oppossum . with dogs and gun opens October 16 and closes & (Continaed oa Page Eight),