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A 4 t lume XV1L No.J. . l (Ml II I I M II I HcrttorQcrquimahs, County, Nortfrroluta, Friday, October 27, 1950. ; c:?sTosai far TI:rc3 Pbn To Provide Funds VFor PTA To Open On , November First Arrangements have been completed between the I Parent-Teachers Asso- : elation of the Hertford Grammar and Central Grammar Schools and the Perquimans : Weekly for the !PTA , members to serve as subscription ' Agents for Tfcs Weekly during a three week period, starting November 1, - during which time the PTA. members . , will seek renewals and new subscrip tions to your name county newspaper. hTbft nlan. Mantlm! n 4i mil J) ticipated in by the- two PTA units (last year, was worked out in order to provide the PTA with an oppor- tunity to acquire funds to hefc carry . out toe PTA programs at the two J - schools. 1 , Most of the subscriptions for the Perquimans Weekly expire during the ' months of September through Decem ber- and a high commission will be paid to the PTA for signing una these renewal ' subscriptions and reporting - them to the Weekly office. The public can participate in this plan by renew ing subscriptions to the (Weekly through any (member of : either the Fl A organisations. Subscriptions giv- em to PTA members will be added to the present subscription of the sub scriber and will run. for one year. r Thus. If the subscription of an individ- . uaj expires- next Dner and: that per; a m rents 4 to PEA me er the aviscrijloiiWU h niarkerl a .Weeldv. Aiannins this vnt i-. rot sent out notices of eypiration ' du f the months f .September and, Sk. t, bus-all pife6Vvfc.lptki will be discontinued1 unler ,bnewJ ' thr- ;h the XT. member "'JutJpg this I .mbers of $he two Parent'sTeacH er ssoeSstions plan to mai touse .to' canvas . of the ; isNmhl ' 'tuj4&&gW-&x&i jrtvinvdry ' .subscribar'an 'opportunity1 ' renew "his or her subscription Uurough" the '' PTA, ' subscribers are 'requested fto giv; their support in this drive and aid them tti ; tJieir effort , to raise . ' funds to provide extra and needed ' equipment for the school children. Central PTA Plans Halloween Party For Tuesday Night .A Halloween Party is being plan ned.by members" of the Perquimans Central Grammar School PTA, to be held at the school on Tuesday evening, October si, beginning at 8 o clock. vice cream ' and home-made candy will be sold. Other highlights of the party will' be an auction sale, a cake walk, a Chamber of horrors, fortune- telling, apple bobbing, and a fish pond. A door prize will be given and prize for the best costume will be awarded..': l;;vr , A contest is being sponsored in the school to elect a king' and queen from the grammar grades and a prince and princess from 4 the- primary grades. The candidate with the highest num ber of votes will be corwned at the party.;, X '';. ' The public is invited to attend. County Extension ServiceTo Sensor gni'.iiiats tLiUJC. nurd-llrbtii flight " Hertford Botarians will hold their - annual Rural-Urban celebration next .Tuesday night, October 31, at the i Hacienda, when each : member will have as his guest at the weekly din- " ' ner -. meeting a Perquimans County ' 'farmer friend. , Guest apeaker for the" event will be 1 Stag Ballentine, State Secretary' of . Agriculture, who will speak on peanut production and the peanut allotment v program.": ' i:-iy" !v f r-? '' '-v Otiter special guests win include I. ) C. Yagel, County Agent; , E." Ii; ' Tdp- ping, Assistant Agent; and F.'A. Mc r Googan of the Soil Conservation of- flee.'' ' i Meners of the club, at their meet Ming held last , Tuesday, heard Dr. J Lancaster of the Windsor Rotary Club speak on -a project being .jrponsored hy this Rotary District which features ' : exchange ol students between the U.-lted States and. foreign countries. TL'a - sroiect calls for a number of freJiful students being brought to North Carolina 30 study at achopls such as Chowan College, 13CT1C, At lantic Christian : and .other smaller. schoola m order that these youths m?y learn the American -way of life N an4 become familiar with American I:;cnAuxfliary . riilinsrOctoljerai Kembers of the Hertford . unit off! the. American Liglon Auxwary,' plan-j ning to attend the First Area Confer ence to be held In . Rocky Mount on October Sl' are i pequea to contact Lira. B! C Berry, president of the lo .1 unit, not later than October, 23, ' 'der that ' reservations tor, tne r and traneportation arrange- .! can be maSe.T;??.-' 1 district meeting of the Auxili 1 Anen at 10:30 A. JtL. and will !ded over by lira. E. S, Pugh of , r, district president. : . ITU ANNOUI'CEMSNT A campaign to deal the rats of Perquimans County a death blow is being planned for Wednesday, Novem ber 1. This campaign is being spon sored by the Perquimans County Ag ricultural extension service, in co operation 'with tite U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Rats each year , cost the people of Perquimans County an estimated $100,000. . This is in addition to toe deadly diseases which they spread and the annoyance of , having , these paws on your premises. rorofled Red Squill, the poison isisefcirat Iter M:to'nniiieM to people and domest animals, but has proven iJeadly effective on rats in the control campaigns 'vWch have been' conducted 6y the U. S. Fish and Wild life Service for a huimber t years. The bait will be psppared on cam- pa!gn4y and tP . in SHPound packakee, which is thft-amount needed OftjWfr thf average .farm. Complete fnasroctions jor utne oait wiu be f urnianedT with g eapaekag. t The cost win De onty a.w wnicn is a pret ty small price to pay. for tiie relief that wul be obtained. In order to mix the proper amount of bait, it must be kijown in advance the number 01 ! people that wish to participate. ; Those, who wish to take an active part in getting rid of these harmful peats, Bend in orders, along with the 11.00, to the County Agent's office in Hertford. V Bait will be prepared only for those who Bend in orders by that date. Co operators will be notified by mail-exactly when and where to obtain the bait 7-: . . . $ y ? ; Matt travel " from farm to farm. Encourage' yeur neighbor to order bait, tool "r-is , I. " C- Yagd,', County Agent, 'stated that this campaign ' will be a three- county affair, with Chowan and Ber tie counties participating witn rer- Sprier Coat To : ConvGnalbreCext " Korfsy Morning : Criminal Docket Expect ed To Consume Entire Court Term The October term of Perauimans Superior Court, will open here next Monday morning, October 30. with Judge W. C. Harris, of Raleigh sched uled to preside. One of the heaviest court dockets in years is listed by Clerk of Court W. H. Pitt, who stated the docket has 26 criminal cases listed for action and 31 civil cases for hearing. Court offi cials doubt if any of the civil cases will be tried since ail believe the crim inal cases will consume the entire time of the Court term. The criminal docket consists of nine cases in which defendants are charged with drunken driving, one manslaugh ter case, three cases in .which the de fendants are charged for forgery, and Dumber of assault cases. Much time is expected to be con sumed in five cases in which Dennis Forbes is. charged with theft of a car, breaking and entering and assault with a deadly wapon. Fifteen civil cases are listed on the court calendar, several of which are actions of divorce,. and it is possible these divorce cases may be disposed of during the week. Jurors drawn for service at this term of court are H. R. Hollowell, Mrs. Lucy Elliott, Charles Window, Seth Umphlett, El- P. Robertson, Hazel Hoskins, mer Mrs. Blanche Delaney, Carlton Can non, Howard Stallings, C. W. Haskett, Nathan Hurdle, Jack Benton, Garland Baker, James L. Lane, C. V. Ward, W 5 Cents Per Copy Pcrquinoslnifos MleetEikntonin Contest llcrefriday Local Team Pointing For Victory Over An cient Rivals SlIEniFFEIJTEfiSSUITACTCOUiJTY BOARD FOR POSSESSION 1S59 TAX BOOKS Legion Planning Armistice Program Perquimans High School's football team will be out to chalk up its seconi victory 01 toe season wf en Coach El Be Fearing's charges meet the Eden- ton Aces in a game scheduled for Fri day night on Memorial Field. The rivalry between the two schools js of long standing, with each team holding about the same number of wins and losses. Edenton walked off with the contests for the past two years and the Indians are pointing for win over the Aces to avenge the past two defeats. Coach Fearing has been putting his boys through strenuous drills this week, working out plans to stop Eden ton's two star backs, Cannady and Privott, and local fans are promised a real treat when the two teams tan gle here tonight. The Indians ciopped a heart-bieak- Ing conference game to Williamaton last Friday night by a one-po nt mar gin of 7-6, after having outplayed the Creen Wave most of the contest. Sparked by Garland Walker and Howard Williams, the Indians slashed through the Wiiliamston line time and time again but lacked the punch to push the pigskin over the goal line. Wirliamston scored first in the third period and the try for the extra point was good, giving the Gremies a 7-0 lead. . Minutes later, Walker romped over the pay line for a TD for Per animans but an attempt for the xtra point failed and the Indians trailed bv a score of 7-6. BothJeams had touchdowns cawea A joint meeting of the Win. Paul Stallings Post of the American Legion, and the Hertford Unit of the Legion Auxiliary will be held at the Agricul tural Building in Hertford, Thursday night, November 2, beginning at 7:30 o clock, it was announced here 10 day. C. R. Hoimes, Democratic nominte for the office of Representative for Perquimans County, will be the speak er at the meeting. James Snipes, Post Commander, -an nounced that plans will be formulated for an Armstice Day program which will be sponsored jointly by 'he Legion and the Auxiliary. Refreshments will be served at the close of the meeting. L. Rstrlev. A. tf.. Willisana. Lawtsnoefv . 1 - 9 w. .'3 ' " ' -- uikk .MVaUDV Ul usiiinw mwttw, reny, vnaies,,. xuiuon,' napi mat-, thews, Tnomas marreu, juquis jn. Cbappell, Roy Winslow, Thomas' 'A. Proctor, Mrs. L. J. Winslow, JBamrtiiS Siddick. N. S. Smive'v. Mrs. Frances JUonda, T. P. Bynrm, Ji.-kamton; Geofge -fHV Riddick,' Sr., Mrs. "Laura BailH..H. Caddy,' George R. Riddick, Jr.jis ( Clarence :- Daili Willie Baccus. George ' Jordan, Riddick Chappell, J, Godfrey. Jr., Georsre S. Caddy, Charles Skinner. Jr-Joe Hi 'ToweJJ Gale; Winslow, Grafton Mathews, WiKt liaim Cannon, J. K. Proctor, L. F. Stal-l lings, W. N. Tucker, Freeman Umph-T lett and C..T. Rogerson, Sr. qulmarts to, stamp out rats in this area. Road Commission To lieceive Bids For Chowan Bridge IID C!l!9S m UsIdViliCkV Home Demonstration Clubs of Per quimans County climaxed their obser vance si United Nations Week on Tuesday with a presentation of a UN Fla tex tile County. The flag .was made by members of the various ; 'Presentation ceremonies were, con ducted in front of the Court House at noon Tuesday." Prayer was led by the Rev. C W. Duling and Mrs. Ed die Harrell,; County Club Leader, made the . presentation to . Archie T. Lane, representing tilt people of Per- ouunaM County. In presenting the flag, Mrs. Har rell explained the symbols of . the flag and said, f these symbols are a token of our belief in the United N tions :; as machinery working for world .f reedom and peace, and it is our wish that the flag be displayed to express our' desire for freedom and peace., & i'?z:'Iiv:$j-,S'- v-'imA'--: "In accepCig the flag for the' conn-; ty Mr. ; Lane tateA " -Just a the American Flag symboHsea 4 union to protect freedom and democracy for our people, so does the. United Na tions flag symboliie a union to pro tect the freedom and democracy for ail people. .viiu is now ouir iag, Let's rallv to its su-nDort." . '. ' ,' A color guard representing the American Xegion earned the Ameri can Flar and the UN flag Into iie 1 Km. ; Olter G. E 'flris' ceremonies which wa attended .by a 1 v 1 a r ' tie birth of a son, Jr v- tt Spor"'! - lement weather pre- 4 parade, which in- Announcement was made late last week that the Highway Commission will open bids for the reconstruction of theVold Chowan River Bridge, at a special, meeting, to be held in Ra leigh November 9. The '.nresent one and a half mile bridge "was Constructed in 1927, and has been inadequate for the heavy traffic ; for sevecab years. Highway officials: have had- plans for recon struction of the bridge under consid eration for the past three years and the progress of the plans for the new bridge was. welcome, news to the resi dents of the entire Albemarle. A temporary bridge will be con structed 210 feet downstream to carry traffic durinor the construction neriod. Specifioations .for. the new bridge calls, for 6,976 . cubic yards of 'class A concrete; 2,40o000 pounds, of re inforced steel; 24,222 feet of precast concrete jiiles; . 2,065,000 pounds of; structure steel; 46,000 pounds of ma chinery; j 830 square feet of steel grid-' floor 'with concrete fillimr, and smaller amounts of timber, piles, rip p, and other materials te be used tn! the construction. : "tfj iSvSii No estimate as to the cost of the structure were Teleased but tt Js be' uevea tnat tne proct wtu ne tne major highway construction in .this fans were treated to a fine ex- Son during the evening as both s displayed good offensive tac BDhe Edenton contest here tonight is tbSWxt to the last home game, for toe Indian and fans hre Irrtjed' to turn out and back the home team as it tries for a victory over the Aces. Recorder's Court Has Varied Docket At Term This Week Sixty-five Listed On Perquimans High School Honor Roll Belvldcrs Huritans ' ' I Mans have been completed by mem bers of th BJvidere, Ruritan Club for a (presentation of a musical- pro gram,' featuring the Eliaabeth City Barber Snop Chorus, at Perquimans High School on Friday night, Novem ber 17, it was reported today by the dub secretary,' , - Several - other musical units wi3 take jp art in the program to adition to the 33 memlers of the chorus. -V Advance sale of tickets for f - event is row Ir- rway ty inercl of tie c b. , .Seventeen cases were listed on the docket of Perquimans Recorder's Court here Tuesday. Ten of these cases were disposed of through hear ings, while five were continued and two were placed on the docket of the Superior Court. Eight .persons, Mann Skinner, Vir ginia Skinner, Roseanna Skinner, Lee Thach, Lillian Lilly, Maggie Foreman, Alma Burke and Martha Sprmll, all Negroes, were found guilty of as sault with deadly weapons, following an affray which occurred while the group were leaving a cotton field. Lee Thach, one of the defendants, was fin ed $26 and costs and the remaining defendants were ordered to pay the costs of court in the case, which amounted to $6.75 for each of the de fendants. A verdict of guilty was returned in the case in winch David Lupton was charged with reckless driving. The defendant was ordered to pay a fine of $25 and costs of court. Alexander Sutton, Negro, charged with trespassing, was found guilty and sentenced to jail for 30 days. A previous suspended sentence of 60 days was invoked because the defend ant had failed to pay the fine in this previous case. - Submitting to charges of Speeding: were Heinz; Brauer, Clarence - Win- stead and William KittrelL each pay ing costs of court William Rose en tered a .plea- of guilty to a charge of speeding and paid a fine of $5 and costs... i j Francis INightingdale was found guilty, on a charge of speeding 70 miles an hour. He was fined $15 and costs, '"f; ' .;). i vV'.?;"S -KLl :Z William Henry Riddick, Negro, en tered a plea, of guilty to a charge of driving wita Improper lights. He paid the com of court. ' On -motion by the defendants for a trial by Jury the cases of Paul Mor ris, charged with driving drunk, and Kyree Coroetend, charged with non support, were set for hearing in Svt- perior ..Court . :; ;'-v i.; A record breaking number of stu dents, 65 in all, were listed on the honor roll at Perquimans High School for the first grading period which ended last Friday, it was reported to day by E. C. Woodard, principal. The eighth grade, with 21 students, led all other classes in the number of honor students. n Winning scholastic honors were (Eighth Grade: Joseph Butt, Lois Kirby, Charles Smith, Emilie White, Carolyn Eure, Barbara Edwards, Jo anna Williford, Bobby Fisher, Ray Lane, Anne Chappell, Mary Frances Eure, Peggy Harrell, Joan Madre, Julia Ann Stokes, Daryl Allen, Bil- lie Elliott, Joseph Layden, Patricia Biggers, Bille Carolle Divers, Alice Jean Jackson and Anne Thatch. iNiath8 Grade:. (Suzanne Towe, John Morris,' Jean Butt, Joanne (Lane, Katherine Ann Ward and Leo Dail, Tenth Grade: Emile Ann Sumner, Mollie Lu Yeates, Ruth Dawson, Marilyn Baker, Faye Butt, Shirley Eure, Mable Martin Whedbee, Nan Ella White, Betty Davis and Nonie Lou Lane. Eleventh Grade: Ben Miller, Rob ert Winslow, Aby Godfrey, Wilma Goodwin, Irene Huunter, Amy Van Roach, Billie Skinner, Martha Thatch, Harold Colson, Kathleen Hurdle, Tom my Sumner, Pauline Burbage, Mar guerite Butler, Margaret Symons, Benita Huutchinson, Marvina White, Marjorie Winslow and Barbara Ben ton. Twelfth Grade: Calvin Butt, Lewis Dawson, Billy Hill, Tracy Kir by, George Eure, Doris Faye Allen Mary Sue Cook, Christine Thatch, Catherine Goodwin and Virginia Gay. Complaint Is Filed With Clerk of Court Here On Wednesday Hertford PTA To Hold Halloween Party At High School Gym , BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr, and Mrs. James Byrum of Nor folk Va., announce the birth' of a (faughter, Eaten Marie, born Thura-t y, ucvoer nyco, at ue raw uoa-i The Hertford Grammar School PTA will sponsor a mammoth Hallo ween carnival in the, High School gymnasium Tuesday evening, October 31, at' 7:30 o'clock. A ticket of ad mission will be presented each per son when that person has checked some item at the checker's booth. These articles may be a hat, coat or shoes. The event will start with a parade from the Court House to the gym, and those planning to attend the par ty are requested to meet at the Court House at 7:30 o'clock to participate in the parade. ' Mrs. Charlie Vann, chairman of the event said today, "Since this is one of the big events of the PTA year, we are expecting a large group of adults to attend in costume as well as the children." i; A prise wiH be given to the adult wearing the moat original costume. Prises will be awarded also to the boy and girl wearing the best cos tume ddpktinar Halloween. A door prize will be given to the person Hold ing' the lucky ticket The main attraction of toe event will be a "Freak and Spook Show", featuring local weU known freaks, spooks, ghosts and goblins. or those that live- through the ."spook" show there will be an apple bobbing con test little Jack Horner ,plum pudding contest, toss games; fish ponds, for tune telling;, funny, book , store, hen house, linen store, "cake walk and a checken feeding 'contest Home-made candies and cookies wiH"Ee s6T8 and the public is Invited, to attend. Sheriff M; G. Owens filled suit in Perquimans County Superior Court here Wednesday afternoon, naming E. M. Perry, A. T. Lane, T. M. Twine, R. S. Chappell and George Jackson, as members of the Board of Countv Commissioners and J. W. Ward as County Tax Supervisor, as defend ants in the suit in which the Sheriff seeks a writ of mandamus to com mand the Board to permit and issue for the use of the Sheriff, the coun ty's 1950 tax books. Owens, in the complaint filed in the clerk's office Wednesday, stated that he is the duly elected sheriff of Perquimans County, and as such, one of his duties is acting as tax collec tor. He further complains that the defendants in the suit, acting as County Commissioners, have refused to turn over the 1950 tax books to him and thus have hampered the Sheriff's action in carrying out the duties of his office. The complaint further states that the only reason the defendants have refused to give him custody of the 1950 tax books is because two per cent of the 1949 tax levy remains due. Sheriff Owens, in the complaint further states that he has requested that the 1950 tax books be placed in his hands on several occasions but that the defendants, as the Board of Commissioners, have continued to re fuse his request He adds that a number of tax payers have appeared at his office to pay 1950 taxes, but that he has been unauthorized to accept the payments inasmuch as he does not have the tax receipt books in his hands. At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held on the first Monday in October a discussion of settlement for 1949 tax collections was held) between the Board of Com missioners and Sheriff Owens. How ever, at that time there remained- $5,700 of 1949 taxes, levied by the Commissioners, which had not been collected and the Board at that time refused to accept the unpaid balance, commonly known as insolvents. The Board at that time advised Sheriff Owens the insolvent list was too large and that they would not turn over the new books until the 1949 list had been further reduced. The Board advised Sheriff Owens that the Attorney General had ruled that' he, as tax collector, could not have two sets of tax books in his hands at the same time and that the 1950 books would be turned over when the balance of the 1949 taxes had been further reduced, and the 1949 books had been accepted as returnable to the Board. -. , Since that time Sheriff Owens re ports that he has collected about $2,000, which reduced the insolvent list to approximately $3,702.71. It has been the custom for the past several years for the Commissioners and the Sheriff to make an annual settlement of tax collections at the Commissioners' meeting in October, after which new tax books were turned over to the Sheriff. The de lay in final settlement for collection of 1949 taxes has brought about the differences between the Board and the Sheriff. Draft Board To Csll TwoGrounsint'ov Two draft calls, one for preinduction examinations and the second for induc tion for the month of November have been received by the Perquimans lo cal board, it was reported this week by Mrs. Edna Winslow, clerk of the local draft board. The first call for. 20 selectees to undergo preinduction examinations, will be filled on November 14, and the induction call will be filled No vember 21. Mrs. Winslow stated the induction call is for 10 men, but the local board will have available only six registrants for this order. Out of its pool of 10 men, subject to induc tion, four have been reclassified, leav ing only six subject to induction, j Most of the 20 selectees, to be or dered to fill the preinduction call, will come 'from the category of 20 year olds, Mrs. Winslow said The Board at recent meetings have continued the task of reclassifying registrants, and the group from 21 to 26 have either already received orders to report for preinduction examinations or are In a deferred class. , v. MASONIC MEETING ' ?- '.. vraeni..wiu mailed out early next nVmnnhn&na I jiAtr a. 1IM 1 wlttKmth to ,. thOM registrants Istanbul 4 a. M., will meet Tuesday nighVati aoinations on November 8 o'clock 1 ' 1 f 1 i '