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Z .y Kiddies! Santa Claus is com
irj to Hartford,
; Ye Cli Santo wiH arrive in Hertford
: ' to I A a parade and party for the
, chli-len in Perquimans County on
Saturday, December 22. The party is
befc-r sponsored ' again this yettf byj
. tv 7m. Paul Stallings Port of the
An.cricn Legion and the Merchant
and Business men of the town- and
of the county. ''v':rf.;ii-;;'::;,::':-"-B.
C. Berry, Commander of the
American Legion Post, named Charles
. P. Sumner, V. N. Darden, Fenton
: " Hurdle and George Nowell as a com
mittee to work out the details of the
' event.
Charles F. Sumner, chairman of thewt
committee, stated today that plans are
rapiuly shaping up for the coming of
;, Santa Claus, who will arrive here by
fir track, at about two o'clock on the
afternoon of December 22. AH de
tails for the party are not yet com-
, pleed but the committee is hopeful
this years event for the ehfldrenTp vis
it with Santa will be the best ever
held.
. Old Saint Nick will stop in Hertford
! in front of the Court How where he
will greet the kiddies, and of course,
will have some small favors to pass
. out among those attending. ' All chil
i drcn of the county are invited to Join
in and welcome Santa Claus to-Hert-'
ford. - i ' rw::r$?'h:i-$':
. . One request the committee has made
' of the children this year is that they
" not crowd in too close on thetruck on
. which Santa will arrive, In order that
each child may have-a'real" visit
with Santa the committee will endesv-
-: or to rope off sufficient space to pro-
vide Santa and the committee ample
:- room for distributing tha favors to
-the ehudren. '
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Prospect for" peace in Korea P-
peared somewhat blighted on Wednea
day of this week as negotiators con
tinued a conference on Jetaila of the
cease-fire.. Point at issue now s the
exchange of prisoners of war. The
United Nations are standing pat fori
the return of Allied soldiers captured
- during the fighting. The Communists,
sensing the Allied position, have used
- this discussion point as a leverage
to obtain gains they want,
; Joe TtfMaggio, one of the all-time
irreats of baseball, retired from; the
game on Tuesday. In a conference
with officials of the New York Yan
kees, for whom he played since 1936,
DfMaggio made known his plans. . It
was reported that he may stay with
the ." Yankee organization as a TVi
announcer for games played by the
New York team.
. With -a Congressional committee
continuing its investigation of irregu
larities within the Internal Revenue,
Department, Frank . E. 'MoEinney,
chairman of the Democratic party, ;on
Tuesday, announced tha .President;
plans a housecleaning soon, and will
dlcperca with the services of all gov-
ernmc:t workers connected, with ..the
In connection with " the hearing' of
the Revenue Department, one of the
cITials revealed some 97,000 citi-;
t -j are C Jlniuent in tax payments to
t:e r verhKir.-t, amour;tIi5flr to almost
on! f 12T-1 djrs. . llie fcial
pt. Jet Ue num'oer f delinquent
tax" ;rs Lss decreased during the
pa.i f.w yrs buth-mount due
t!ie r mcr -I f "ad increased due to
-l?-!.cr t 3 end costs of penalties.
Tcr f 7 'to report to court in
at fi. -nons by parking titLcts,
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Draft Board Gets
Two Calls For January
The' Perquimans -County Draft
Board has received orders to fill two
calls for men duriiur the month of
January, it was reported , today by
Mrs. Charles Campen, derk to the
Board. The number of men to be or
dered for preinduotion examinations
and for induction, was not revealed.
Mrs. Campen also reported that the
Selective Service System has again
extended the regulation which per
mits registrants who - have ' passed
their examinations but have not yet
received orders for induction to enlist
in the branch of service of the regis-j
trant'a choice.
Portions Coders
Play f 'oyoclt High
I'sre Friday Ilight
The Perquimans High School bas
ketball teams will play their third con.
ference games of the season Friday
night when the Indians and Squaws
meet the girls and boys from Moyock
High School on the local court.' The
girls' game will start at 7:30 o'clock,
with the boys' contest to follow.
The local basketeers split a twin bill
with Weeksville High last Tuesday
night when the Indian Squaws won a
84 to 22 decision oyer the Weeksville
girls, and the Indians lost a one point
game to the Weeksville boys.
Mary Saunders and Janice Yagel
led 'the Perquimans girls in scoring
the victory over Weeksville. Saunders
tallied 16 points and Yagel 10. Billie
Skinner, Ruth Dawson; and Stokely
werer standouts on defense for the loc
al girls. ::vv,i.'-y . -
Ben Thatch scored 10 points and
John Morris nine points for the In
dians in the thriller which saw the
Weeksville boys win a 89-88 decision
over the Indians; vThe fHme was aibuilding of the pressnhurch edi-scjBiijhtl-.wta-ffijfe'JraBKj
fice,.:. ft-wa;,aflred today by the
to gain a commanding lead ovethTF
other,, and Weeksville,- finally1 edged
out ;as, the winner.", Joe Towe "and
John Morris were the best on defenie
for Perquimans. '"':; .-
On next Tuesday night the Per
ouimans teams will journey W Griggs
High School for the final games f
conference play before the lay-off for
the holidays.
PCHS Senior Class
Name ? Superlatives 1
The Senior Class of Perquimans
High School met last week to elect
their superlatives. Those elected were:
Best Looking-Earline Chappell and
Walter Humvhlett ,
Best dressed -Martha Thatch, and
Walter Humphlet. , ' -Best
All Around Billie Skinner and
Joe Towe. ' '
Wittiest 'Irene Hunter and Maurice
HarrelL
Cutest Nellie Caitwright and - Gar
land Walker.
Most Popular Irene Hunter and Lau
rence Sutton. ' 1
Friendliest Billie Skinner and Clyde
Lane.
Most Likely To Succeed Marvlna
White and Tommy Sumner.
Most Intellectual IPauline Burbaga
and Tommy Sumner.
Most Talented Marvina White and
Frit Wulf.
Most Athletics-Margaret Symons and
Garland Walker.
Most Courteous Grathel Spear and
Joe Towe.
The Seniors also elected their mas
cots. They are little Nlta Nixon and
Forrest Wulf. - ' '
.Tavees To Give
Christmas Party
The ' Hertford Junior Chamber ot.
Commerce will play host to all Per
nuimans County ,whle ehildren
through the ages, of 1 at a Christ
mas theater party to be given at the
State Theatre on Saturday, mornirg,
"eccmLer 22. beginning at 10 A. II.,
i v s arnounced today -by Durwood
i'. F.e l, Jr., president of the organi-
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In aJj;-' i to the free show, the
Jayieij t 3 1 t each child attend
! r t' -i I 7 v i small favors.' The
' ) " cf the Jayeewi will
tthe theater man
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and p out favors.
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A varied docket, consisting of seven
cases was disposed of in Perquimans
Recorders Court here last Tuesday.
Several cases docketed on Monday
were continued until the nert-termima .cards and packages as early as
of court. ,v"- ..-. i
Arthur Frieberger, charged with
speeding, entered a plea of guilty, and
paid the costs of court., vi . :
John Enning, found guilty on a
charge of driving drunk; was ordered
to pay a fine of $150 and costs of
court. :';:?:vv- 'y. '.r -:
(Lemiah James, Negro, charged with
possession of non-tax-paid whiskey,
was found guilty as charged. He was
sentenced to the roads for two years,
sentence to be suspended, upon pay
ment of a fine of. $50 and costs ot
court and further condition the de
fendant not be convicted of any liquor
charge for two years.
' Rudolph Shannon, Negro, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of simple
assault and paid the costs of court.
William Brice, charged with driving
on the left side of the road, entered a
plea of guilty and paid the costs oi
court. i- ;.;-!. ;..--,.-, -.
Willie White, Negro, entered a plea
of guilty to a charge of driving a ve
hicle without a muffler. He was or
dered to pay the costs of ourt,
Garland McDonald, charged with
driving a truck having no clearance
lights, entered a plea of guilty and
paid the costs of court,
Hertford Church To
Observe Du:!tl:ng
Annrersiy Sunday
. At the eleven o'clock service, on
next Sunday morning, the membership
of theHertford Methodist Church will
celebrate the 50th anniversary of the
Rev. A. L. Chaplin, who issued
special invitation to the public to at
tend the service,
While the Hertford church is around
125 years old, the building now oc
cupied by the membership is just fifty
years old. It was built in 1901. Grace
ful and worshipful in architecture, de
sign, decoration and furnishings, the
interior of the Sanctuary is a con
struction of beauty. The present build
ing is calledvlhe New Church.
During the special service next Sun
day, a history of the church, for the
past 50 years, will be given by Mrs.
C. T. Skinner. A candle will be lit
for each of the pastors by name who
have served the church during the
past half century. This will be done
bv Mrs. B. G. Koonce. The pastor
will recognize and present a-memento
to each person present, who was a
member of the New Church, when it
was dedicated.-
While the services planned for the
observance of the anniversary will not
be extensive or elaborate, all members
are invited, to Join in the celebration.
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Sfcifj nt!2ased
The remaining games on the Per
quimans High School basketball sched
ule for the 1951 season was released
today by Coach-: Ellie Fearing and
Principal E. 'C Woodard. The In
dians have already played three eon
tests with Elizabeth City, South Mills
and Weeksville.
The schedule follows: -I
December 14 Moyock, here.'
' December 18 Griggs, there.
. January 4 -Elizabeth City, here.
; January 8 Central, here.
, January 11 Kitty Hawk, here. '
January 15 -Manteo, there.
. ; Januaryl8 South Mills, fthere
I January 22 Weeksville, here.'
January 25-Moyock, there. " "
; January 29 Griggs, here. " ',' "
February 1 Central, here.'",
-:, IFebruary 5 Xftty Hawk, there.
j February 8 Manteo, here.
IFebruary 12 Sunbury, here. 1
' Two games are yet to be arranged
with- Edenton, and die dates for the
tournaments are to be set for the lat
ter part of February.
Club To Held
y.t
Night Party,
The Hertford, lions Club will hold
Ladies' Night party, Friday, De
- -er 14, at the Bethel Community
ae. All members are urged to
attend and bring their wives. The
1 - Twill begin at 7 o'clock.
A tut'Ltmas program will be pre-
i lJ, and members will exchange
i . ' -j, ss ij t..J.r custom at their an-
j r-i-7. i
Postmaster Urges
Ecrly M:ng Of
::ristmss Pcrccls
- With only ten days remaining be
fore Christmas, W. W. White, Hert
ford 'Postmaster, today urged patrons
01 sne local post office to mail Christ-
possible to assure prompt delivery by
Christmas. '!.,.,'.:''.
The usual Christmas rush is already
in progress at the post office, and
expected to get, heavier during, the
next few days.
Giving a tip to post office patrons
the ; Postmaster said parcels should
be ai ailed not lated than Saturday of
this week, inasmuch as it takes a little
longer for this type mail to be dis
patched and delivered. Patrons are
urged to have aH Christmas cards
mailed by the 17th of December.
In order to provide additional facili
ties to patrons of the Hertford Post
Office, Mr. White announced the win
dowa at the office will be open all day
on Saturday, December 22, and local
delivery will be made on Sunday, De
cember 23
Patrons are also requested to tie in
a bundle all cards addressed to resi
dents of Hertford, or Hertford- rural
routes, placing envelopes in position
so that stamps are all in the same lo
cation throughout the bundle
; Under the new mail schedule, mail
is now dispatched from the Hertford
office at 6:30 and 8:14 A. M., and
3:20 and 4:55 P. M. Parcel post is
dispatched at 11:53 A. M., and again
at 4:55 P. M.
County Joy Fund
St. I Lists Some
i;;edy Families
The Perquimans County Welfare
Department, through its superinten
dent. ,. C. Edgar White, reported to-
day?C list of Christmas opportunities
MiClije,v county, fronr which fvi?: ihd
social organizations aaa ino)viauais
might wish to select one or more to
provide Christmas ; cheer, ; without
which these families will face a drear
and cheerless Christmas.
Mr. White pointed out that the joy
fund list, made up of about 25 to 30
families, who unless aided by those
more fortunate, will have a joyless
holiday. He stated that a large num
ber of families have already been
chosen to receive food baskets from
individuals and organizations, but a
few families still remain on the list.
The joy fund in Perquimans is su
pervised each year by the Welfare
Department. It is -outside the depart
ment's usual work but the officials of
the .department do this job to help
others to provide a cheerful Christmas
for the needy.-
Individuals who desire to contribute
to this fund) are requested to contact
Mr, White at the Welfare Office in
the Court House.'
ChovLifl'rcr Bridge
Ckims Another Life
Another tragedy was charged to
the Chowan River bridge Wednesday
morning about 7 o'clock when Phillip
Henry Smith 58, whose address is 220
Lake View Avenue, West Palm Beach,
Florida, crashed through the railing
between the draw bridge and the Cho
wan River side of the river. f
The victim was driving a 1950 Ca
dillac going south, and State Patrol
man Van B. Pierce, the investigating
officer, could give no, reason for, the
accident. However, it is believed that
with the roadway slippery, Pierce evi
dently applied brakes causing the car
to skid and crash through the railing.
Work is now under way on reconstruc
tion of the bridge, which has been in
in a bad state of repair for several
ye. .
Miss Inez Hampton
Weds William Sawyer
The marriage of Miss Erma Inez
Hampton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. W. Hampton of Hertford, and Wil
Ham L. Sawyer, Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Sawyer, Sir, of Hertford,
took place Sunday afternoon, Decem
ber 9, 1951 at 8:00 o'clock with the
Rev. K. N. .CarrolL pastor of the
Edenton Baptist Church, performing
the double ring ceremony.
i Mrs. J, T. Mcpherson was her sis
ter's only attendant and J. T. McPhet-
son was best man..' -s ;
After a wedding trip south (hey will
be at home in Hertford- Mrs. Sawyer
is employed by the TJ. S. Government
in tha Farmers' Home Administration
Office M I'r. Tawyer is member
tt tLs U. S. 1,-vy.
Town Don'd Advances Plais To Du:!d
l!ew Office Oui!d:ng
White Named Master j
Of Perquimans Lodge
Perquimans Lodge, No. 106, A. F. ft
A. M., elected officers for the year
1952, at its regular meeting on Tues
day night of last week.
Named as Master of the lodge for
the coming year was Ralph-; White.
Other officers elected were Jim Bass,
Senior Warden; Jack Kanoy, Junior
Warden; Dr. A. B. Bonner, treasurer,
and J. T. Biggers, secretary.
Installation of the new officers will
take place at the meeting of the lodge
on January 1.
A number of appointive offices are
to be filled by the incoming Master.
Outgoing Master for the local lodge
is C. R. Venn.
Jaycee Band Drive
Committee Reports
A fund being raised for the benefit
of the Perquimans High School Band,
through the sponsorship of the Hert
ford Junior Chamber of Commerce is
still short of its goal by $400, it was
reported this week by George Fields,
Talraage Rose and B. J. Holleman, Jr.,
members of the Jaycee Committee,
heading the drive.
Mr. Fields announced that uniforms
for the band, major outlay of band
funds for this year, have been re
ceived and distributed to the band
members.
In reporting on the progress of the
drive for funds to support the county
high school band, the committee mem
bers stated that the majority of do
nations received to date have come
from the business men of Hertford
and only a few contributions have been
made by residents of the county, al
though solicitors ' working the rural
areas.. reporliJit-hjis .been
promised for.fflater .r
Individuals who have made promises
to contribute to the fund, and those
wishing to donate are urged to do so
promptly as the Jaycees desire to
close ' this drive as soon as possible.
The goal set for the band fund for
this year was $1,600, and of this
amount $1,200 has been raised.
County lub Women
Attend Music School
"It's the Spirit That Counts' was
the subject of the Rural Church Music
Training school attended by Perquim
ans County Home Demonstration Wo
men at East Carolina College last
Thursday.
Mrs. J. Paul Davenport, Chairman,
Music Committee of the North Caro
lina Federation of Home Demonstra
tion Clubs, conducted the meeting
which was under the leadership and
arranged through the East Carolina
College Music Faculty. Among inter
esting parts on the program were:
"The Choir in Church" Service," "Sing
ing With Piano Accompaniment,"
"'Sources of Easy Piano and Anthem
Material," "Hymn Playing and Hymn
Offertories," and "Conducting Tech
niques," "Special Music by Pitt Coun
ty Choral Group." . ;
Those attending the meeting from
this county were: - Mrs. L. J. Wins
low, Mrs. Fred Mathews, Mrs. J. D.
Yeates, Mrs. Nina B. White and Miss
Kimsey Perry.
Christmas Program -Planned
pecember 19
The piano students of Mrs. I. C.
Yagel will present a Christmas pro
gram in the Educational Building of
the Methodist Church, Wednesday
Evening, December 19, at 7:30. The
public is invited to attend.
Those taking part are Jeane Ed
wards, Carol David, Welly White
Mary Dow Chappell, Anne Burke
OhappelV Peggy Harrell, Alice Jeane
Jackson, Barbara Edwards, Emile
White, Anne Thatch, Janice Stalling,
Lois Violet Winslow, Jeane Long, Sar
ah Sutton, Anne Stallings, Jean tai
lings, Mildred Lewis,- Shirley Eure,
Anne Myers, Marian White, lana Ruth
Proctor, La Claire Winslow, Bertha
Gaye Chappejl, and Janice Yagel
Central PTA Meets
Next (Monday Night
. The Parent-Teacher Association of ,
the Perquimans County Central Gram
mar School will hold, its regular
meeting on Monday night, December
17,1 ati-7 :30 oclock:: The Whiteston
community will have charge of the
program with Mrs. Wallace Baker as
chairman. "Christmas Lore" is the
topio for the evening. ' '
.-All parents and friends are urged
to be present 1
piShortOfGoa!
JEsrly Next Spring
Mayor Authorized To
Secure Estimates On
Labor Costs'
Tentative plans for the construction
of an administrative office for the
Town of Hertford was discussed at
meeting of the Town Board, held last
Monday night.
Definite action on the project has
not been taken but the Board, which
previously approved construction of a
building to house the offices of the
Mayor and Council, town clerk, and
police department, is now in the pro
cess of acquiring preliminary esti
mates of costs of labor and materials.
It appeared from the discussion the
Board hopes to start construction on
the building at an early date next
Spring.
Unlike the plans for a public build
ing, which was voted down by the
residents of Hertford several months
ago, the new project is a much small
er building, and payment will be made
for the construction through sur
plus funds, now available and which
will be available toward the close of
the current fiscal year.
Mayor V. N. Darden was authorized
by the Board to obtain estimates on
labor costs from a number of local
builders, and these will be submit
ted to the Board at a special meeting
to be called sometime between now
and 'Christmas.
Other action taken by the Board at
this week's meeting included the vot
ing of Christmas gifts to employees
of the town. This custom has been
observed for years, and the Board
approved a motion to give each em
ployee the same gift as presented last
year. These gifts range from $4 to
$10 to each employee.
Members of the Board were invited
to attend a meeting of the Voluntary
Fire Department, held on Thursday
night, at which time a report on the
State Firemen's training school was
given. , . '
The Board also discussed a future
possibility of acquiring ownership of
all electric meters, used by consumers
of electric .por fropi &e f?wn, but
postpone action-antbir Mj9ter pend
ing a survey of the meters now in
use here. .
Eighty One Listed
On H.S. Honor Roll
A total of eighty one students of
Perquimans High School was listed
on the honor roll of the school for the
second grading period, which ended
last Friday, it was reported today
by E. C. Woodard, principal.
The eighth grade with 24 pupils
led all other classes with the number
of students receiving high scholastic
grades.
Listed on the honor roll were:
Eighth Grade Nancy Bagley, Mar-
jorie Brinn, Alice Dawson, Clifford
Towe, Lois Violet Winslow, Janice
Stallings, Bobby Mathews, Carl Bar
ber, Jimmy Copeland, Joseph Roger
son, Ruth Ayscue, Annie Lou Lane,
Jo Pat Stokes, Judy Winslow, Pauline
Wood, Wallace Baker, William By
rum, Gordon Chappell, Julian Howell,
Charles Ward, Mary Dow Chappell,
Jean Long, Sarah Sutton, LaClaire
Winslow.
Ninth Grade Alice Jean Jackson,
Lois Jane Kirby, Emily White, Daryl
Allen,-Ray Lane, Joseph Layden, Pa
tricia Biggers, Anne Burke Chappell,
Barbara Edwards, Peggy IHarrell,
Evelyn Ann Stanton, Ann Thatch, Jo
anna Will if ord, John Hill. Billie Carol
Divers, Carolyn Faye Eure, Mary
Frances Eure, oJan Madre, Julia Ann
Stokes, Celia Margaret White.
Tenth Grade John Morris, Clarence
Chappell, Marshall Winslow, Jean
Butt, Ann Stallings, Tilson Chappell,
Hudson Fisher, Leo Dail, Mattie
Morse, '--y ':.: ;
Eleventh Grade Marilyn Baker,
Nina Jane ' Chappell, Kay Stanton,
Emily Ann Sumner, Nan Ella White,
Billy Chappell, Faye Butt, Ruth Daw-,
son, Shirley Eure, Mable Martin
Whedbee, Mollie Lu Yeates.
Twelfth Grade Pauline IBurbage,
Marguerite Butler,. Amy Van Roach,
Margaret Symons, Marvina White,
Tommy Sumner and Fntz Wulf. ,
Hertford Merchants
Give Closing Dates
dosing dates for Hertford mer
chants for the holidays have been re
leased, by a spokesman for (he mer
chants, following a survey conducted
among the stores this week.
Local business nouses will be dosed
for Christmas day,- and on Wednes
day, December .. 26. The stores also
will be closed on New Year's Day.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Talmadge IRjom an
nounce the birth of a son, Kim Wins'
low, born. Tuesday night at Albemarle
Hospital. - -'.