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7; au" J. ivJilMxl i - t I, I Jk J a, , . m s lX.Number 4. Hertford, Pcrquiman3 County, North C&rciina, Friday, January 25, 1952. 5 Cents Per Copy 3 , ( )i " I' A . :c:l,Term Is Set For rliy to Clear Calen cf Cases , Perquimans County Recorder Court wag in a day long session Iter last Tuesday clearing a calendar consisting t i 2 cases of a varied nature. T.ecorder's Court will be in session .in on Friday in a special term in der to recess next "Tuesday - -while . . penor Court is in session. Five defendants Robert Nixon,' Holly Roth, Irving Dubadt, Ann Har-i greaves and Anthony Zales,' entered pleas of guilty" to charges of speed ing and each paid the costs of court. Ji.i&n Hendricks was found guilty on a charge of driving drunk. He was ordered to pay fine of $150 and Costa. He appealed the Judgment to the Superior t-ourt. 1 Earl Everett, Negro, plead guilty to charges of hit and run and failure to report an accident. He paid a fine of 335 and costs of court. . , Clifton Welch, Negro, charged with! assaulting Chick Burnett, was found guilty and ordered to pay the costs of court , v ' .'..'.:-; ! m a a.- .mi ' -- ureenwooa wetcn, Negro, paid tne costs of court on a charge of failing to dim the lights of hfe car. Uohn . Whidbee, Negro, entered a, plea of guilty .to a charge of reckless driving and paid a fine- of I 10 and 'Costs of court, -..a.;-,;; v:.,.. - Luke Bowe, (Negro, was fined $2 and costs of court after pleading 'guilty to a charge of being drunk in a public place. ' ' William Clearer. Nesrro. was fined $10 and costs on a charge of driving a car with improper muffler. I . Sammie Sutton entered a plea of guilty to driving a car with improper j muffler and : paid a fine of $10 and costs. - - " A motion for non suit was granted in the case in which Jack KeeJ was charged with v obtaining money. , from ' x. J. Bass under false pretense-H- A Terdict of guilty was returned in, thw'case f-Jack eolcSvged witfl using profanity vv ' the , streets of Hertford, Me was :;.fined . $10 and .costs. i .' Judgment was Continued In the case in which John Roberta, Freddie Lee and John White, all Negroes, were charged with mutual assault Tne dV fendants entered pleas- of kguflty. , j Six months road sentences were suspended in the cases in which Lem-i uel Boone and ' Luke Bqrkef Negroes,! entered pleas of guilty to charges of stealing a number of bushels of corn from E.. J. McKee. . The defendants wwre arrested by Sherifl M. G. Owens, who investigated the case. They were ordered to pay fines' of ISO each and costs of court and pay E. J. McKee for bis corn. , Fred Harvey, Negro,' was taxed with the costs of court after entering a plea of guilty to a charge of failing to observe, a stop sign. In a ease in which three Negroes, Joseph Gordon, Wilson Harvey and Jamet flWnnir, "were charged with mamtfaeturing non tax paid, whiskey,, a motion for non suit was granted in enrards to Skinner but It: verdict of j guilty was ; returned against Gordon and Ilarvey. TTiese wo defendants were ordered to pay fines of $50 and the cods of court , i - 1 1. "I m '' m ' ! '.r to hurry up and get s i teg c ime from the De 1 cf L-otor Vehicles this week, rear's --plates become invalid at I tt tie 80-day grace period vairy 1 ''i? v' i Ccmn-r-ioner I C Rosser re t- i only 5D0.OO0 new . i wi-T r Ur 600.000 to i the ioSa..": jiearmg, nio-j i- going, to tve to hurry.?? I C. 9 rush of lait minute h:y- e 1 l tc'f nave been on s-a the tts since " De-n- - i llcca p!a4 is it 7 is . t J j:ar and it is to t stach " 1 s. 3 r:r cf the vehicle-' . - -. ..u..... -.. .. .u. wk.t ,vj t ct 1S51 county taxes rose ' t 4" e months of Cecem f -oriing to C T "'r, who r . - .1 cf &e i;a 'h Jnu- 3 4 . 1 durl r ! tt T'f, Dink Officers Elected AtMeetinsrliastFek i 'Directors and officers for the HerU ford Banking Company were elected at a meeting' of the stockholders, held at the bank on Tuesday of this week.' , During the stockholders' meeting R. M. -Riddick, W. H. Hardcastle, Dr.! T. P. (Brinn, W. F. C. 'Edwards, Chas. E. Johnson and J. W. Ward were elect ed as directors for the bank. At a meeting of: the "directors the following officers were named: presi dent, R. M. Riddick;. vke president, Dr. T: P. Brinn; vice president and cashier,' W. H. Hardcastle; assistant cashiers, G. R. Tucker and R. I Stevenson, and chairman of the board, IW. F. C. Ed wards..,' . yitvvv- TIIiSVMS IKES President Truman addressed Con gress again this week, presenting the proposed budget for the fiscal year beginning next July. The budget was a whopper biggest peacetime expen- J-1 , Al- - l.i. - J.X..I t1?en 10K9.K5 r..r.roof -tiaW asi. aAtt i go to the military, some 61 bulions;lof the '?ei?rd i Police Department 21 billions will be spent for national Kovemment activities and some 10 bil- lions will be spent on foreign aiL110c1.wf dei 1 f "iall crime wave. q Af i ad rmn-M. ii moBc-era It is known two suspects have been was mixed, but concensus of opinion appears to be the budget was exces-i"1 lwo ol lue ous"iess esiaiDiisnmenis, 'vA'a.ni. win iv lhi-(. lu-for flnnilibt as yet no warrants have been approval. X - , The office of Collector of Internal Revenue at Greensboro reported this week some 25,000 North Carolinians have refund checks awaitinsr them at. the tax office. TO payment of the refunds had been held up because the citizens had moved and left no forwarding address, or the j no n - i. . 1 l ilI. I tax office was unable to locate them. Governor W. Kerr Scott returned to Raleigh this week from an ocean cruise, and as was expected endorsed ths candidacy of Hubert Olive in the race for Governor. Scott told news men he expected State office holders, ...i. i- i. .1 " .a. . J . . ' l whom ,hr had-tcsomted, to support Mr. OliveT "but that he, personally will not make a tour in behalf of the Olive candidacy. ' A storm-enveldped airplane crash ed into a small apartment building at Elisabeth, N. J., last Tuesday, killing at least 24 persons, including former Secretary of War Robert Patterson.! be in trouble at the time of the crash. Overpass Less r.Torc f 'crmd Age In Sck::!s Of State Distribution of children by age and grade for both white and Negro pub lic schools in North Carolina is much better today than was true during pre ceding years. . This fact is clearly shown by a tab ulation of enrollment by under age, normal age and oyer age, at five-year intervals from- 1924-25 to 1949-50. Normal age is defined as: ages 6 and 7 for grade 1, tges 7 and 8 for gradeJ 2, ages 8 and for grade 8, and so on to ages 17 and 18 for grade 12. Under age are, those under ihese re spective ages-when so -graded, and, over age those more tnan. tnese re-i overagenes. and rJt t Board Oiairmail normal agtf for their grade for thosei enrolled in 19491850 than for any pre ceding year. Ia other words, the trend is definite in this direction in the ase of toth w? ". and Negro students. The "perct; f under age in the case of w'.ite 'ils has been down- ward sine 1Z Negro enrolln been an ypwai Vhen the en 3. In cc of , howev 'ere bis end. Smentis t elementary anu Ugh ch' gen'l trends obtain, L erceptir For t 9 1 -it .3 I" : a a i '.-! i c- : 1. -.ie t year i.,atra "ver 2U-0 i I the- t, .tsn t a to ' u.e v "1 to 12-year .- IIcs irar Gliden D Dy Fire A fire of r tally d- j.a fiiiniiy 1 - in the fL "re, it v . 1 Her-A c J tJ C reached snch 1 jr ' " t,.e' Iwaae. 'eterm'Ted oriHn tJ he hor g of Irvin Ke! ' t Ti ?ay fternoo" Cm! pCtrTTu! bv? crcerting some psiOi ported. - - n . rl -e t't I?ray l. i . .a i )f Leer Of$172TI;i;rsday CightOfLastVeek Authorities Continue In vestigation of Small t Crime Wave '"'Another Hertford store wasfCroken into on Thursday night of last week, and the latest robbery netted ...r.fuA thieves a total of $172.68, it was re ported by Sheriff M. G. Owens. The robbery last week was that of the Grocery Sales Company, operated by J. P. Perry. .. ; . . . Hertford folice discovered the front door of the store broken early Friday morning, and later an investigation by Mr. Perry revealed cash totaling $172.58 bad ceen taken from a hiding i place witnin the store. Mr. Perry reported jewelry placed in a nearby unlocked safe was not disturbed. The robbery of the Grocery Sales Company was the eighth in a series of break-ins or attempted break-ins Periodoftwoweeks. ; - ongriff M. G. Owens and members l vu,,,, uYwSauu u me wbb.eries-whlch ha en termed by .suctioned in regardVto the entering: drawn charging the suspects with the crime. .v.- .'..- k The breaking and entering wave be gan on Friday night, January 4, when .the office of the Towe Oil Company was entered, the Murray Motor Farts On next Tuesday an attempt to enter the M. J. Gregory , Storf was made. Later reports were made that break-ins occurred at Hert- tn-rA ItSimitnm f n nnA 4T11nwa11 ford Furniture Co., and Hollowell 'Chevrolet warehouse. Small sums- of cash were taken when the Hertford Motor Company office and the service station operat ed by Glenn Mathews were entered. A check show the only losses sustained were at Grocery Sales Co., Murray Mo m. ... nmuk,. ,r . - j a sr i . ,m.. .... tor ftMt; : Hertford" Motor4 Co., anrj Glenn Mathews. -' Superior Court To Convene Next Mon. The regular term of Superior Court for January) will convene next Mon day with Judsre Clawson 'Williams presiding, it was reported todav bv W. H. Pitt, clerk of court, who stated ;M., in a Norfolk hospital, were cori a total of 25 civil casea are lirted on ducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 the court calendar for the term. Jurors selected to serve at this term of court are: r Howard Copeland, J;P. Chesson, Sr., Joe P. White, Robert' E. Winslow, James Elbert Jordan, George G. Wins lylow, Hersey E. Gregory, Jerry Stok ley, R. L. Spivey, J. R. Joliff, H. D. Elliott; Ernest A. Spivey, Elfliu Lane, Cornrew Reed, Mrs. Claude Winslow, G. C. Buck, Henry 'Frank Ward, Thos. Perry, C. P. Skinner, Herbert C. Bar clift, . Elmer . G. Banks, Herbert J. Winslow, Lewis Eaves, Charlie L. Dail, Clinton R. Perry, George A. White, Thomas Matthews, L C. Butts, Linwood Lamb, Joe Leyden. - A second term of court, called es pecially: to aid in clearing the heavy docket of civil cases in this county, will convene the following Monday with Judge Grady as the presiding officer. J. eiuierS KeSlgrnatlOn - Cecil C Winslow, chairman of 4fte Perquimans County draft board, since its reactivation several years ago has tendered his " resignation from . the board, -according to an announcement made Monday. The r-aignation was effective as of last Monday.' ' - Appointment of a new member to te board, to fill the vacancy left by L-r. ,iwlow, will be made by the C1c of Court, W. H. Pitt, Superinten-t-f Schools .J. T. Biggers and 'rman of the Urd 'of (elections, F. Alnsley. . s . ; ,-; Travel - to historic Roanoke ' Island has been eased by the opening of the new bridge across Roanoke Sound be tween Nags Head and Han too. The bridge, .which took about a , year and a half to b uild, is nine- ten&s of a mile long, wY a 24-f ot concrete, foof. It Tvr'jcti , a 21-v r-old . wooden structure which will be dismantled. Thousands of visitors to the Outer Panks UBe the route ch year to see "The Lost Colony. I J Gret-n's sym- phonic drnma of de nret Engftsli '.e-n t i, ' mi restored u ... . ' . 17 L-imsns Cagers Vin DotdHehesder elisville , Local Teams to Play at Moyock Friday; Here jNext Tuesday - : Coach '-Ellis :Fearinir's basketball teams at Perquimans High racked up tw$ more victories in games played here' last Tuesday night against the WeeksviUe girls and boys. The In. diarf Squaws won an easy victory 22 to 19 while the Indians clobbered the Weeksville boys 61 to 36. ' The Perquimans girls, usually a high scoring outfits were held to 22 points by the slow deliberate play of the, WeeksviUe girls, but the local las sies were never in trouble, holding a 11-5 lead at half time, and a 15-8 ad vantage at the three-quarter period. Marvina White led the scoring for Perquimans with eight points while Baker had seven for the visitors. Fans were treated to a firehouse braijd of - ball in. the boys' contest, i.-' a- tjj ; a j IoZ on "a scorins 11 up a' Kint arSle ovlr Se Weeks-' 5levs3vnn' XioV 15 Morri eot 11' and Thach Scored 15, ;Moms got 11 and lhacn scored, Perquimans jumped into a 15-6 lead in the fint period and moved to a 29 12 advantage at half time. During the third period the Indians had their best offensive period, scoring 23 points to lead 5224 going into the final canto. Scott and Keaton were the-Irish scorers for the visitors. On, Friday night Coach Fearing's teams will travel to Moyock to play a return engagement with the Moyock nigH the Indians and Squaws will playi Griggs a double header at the local gym. Coach Fearing announced today the Indians and Squaws will participate in the Albemarle Rural Conference Tournament to be played at Central beginning Wednesday, February 13. The pairings for the tournament, as et; have not been made, but the two locsl teams' are expected to enter the 'WftwfwB'y among the f avqritps. The lo- season and the boys' team rates high in the conference standing. , litesHeld Monday FnrBeniamm TTiach Funeral services forBenjamin W. Thatch, 72, who died Sunday at 7 P. o'clock, at the (Lynch Funeral Home by the,Rey.A. 1. Chaplin, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church. .Mr. Thatch was a native of Per quimans County but had lived in Nor folk for a number of years. He was the son of the late' Richard Benjamin and Annie Jarrett Thatch. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Maude Ballance Thatch; a daughter, Mrs. Linwood Mann, of Hollywood, Fla.; four sons, Julian Thatch, of Norfolk,, R. Benjamin and pnuip a. inatcn, or 1 Hertford, and the Kev. H, . Thatcn, of Broadnax, Va.; one sister, Mrs. W. N. Tucker.vof Hertford, and nine grandchildren. ' V During the services the church choir flans- "Rock of Ages" and Miss Ruth Tucker sang "Be Still My SouL" Miss' Kate iBlanchard accompanied at the organ. Pftlthearera were C P. Morris, Er nest Reed, C. W. Reed, R. M. Riddick, Beverly Tucker and Jack Hunter. Hon orary pallbearers were W. H. Hard castle, W. M. Divers, Nathan Spivey, Hazel Mathews. Stanley Kimbrell. C H. Twiddy, Bill Cox, Ray White, oJe Elliott and C. F. need. ' v-; v Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. , ...' HDC County Council To -Meet Saturday The rerular meeting of the County Council of (Home Demonstration Clubs will be held Ml Saturday, January 6, at 2:30 P. M.; t the 'Agricultural Building." ?V..C --! --''..: '''-: ': Rev, CJW.Duling, Minister of Hert-j tA m.4 o.li. .win sneak enr "Why C istian Churches Oppose JUiUr veraal" JJHtary i Training." Several business iatter will also be .discuss-. ed. V--n5Q,1l'::"'-''"i?;-'1,:' 'AO '.'.lOooncO members are urged to be present. , MEN'S OLUB TO MEET . .The Methodirt (Men's Club of the Perquimans Charge will meet at Ep worth Church, Thursday night, Janu ary31,' at seven eVlock. . AH members are urged, to attend. ' -y ' ; KASONS TO MEET , , The Kasonic Lodge. No. 106, A. F. i( Ai IS., will meet Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in the lodge room.- All mem bra viewing Masons tQ attei.j. ' : K .'. r . ' ' .j-.-. :' Jaycees Set Date For Annual Minstrel Show Arrangements are now being com pleted for the presentation, of the an nual minstrel show, sponsored by the Hertford ' Junior Chamber, of. Com merce, it was announced here this week.-- . , ' The Jaycees will present their min strel on Friday night,, February 29, it was reported by George Fields, who stated the 1952 show will be directed by TommyMaston, principal of the Perquimans Central Grammar School. Rehearsals if or the minstrel, and se lection of the cast will get underway next week, according'to Mr. Fields. Central PTA Given The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Gram - mar School met Monday evening, Jan- nnmr 51 in h anlinnl" niMHfcnWiim.1 Mrs. Elijah White conducted the de-j votional alone the lines of the Pro - topic for the months, "Mornl strenh and Standards." A duet Serv 3esas" be ully rendered by Mr. and Mrs. Ray- ' . M,'.., tal TOl,;f .V,r(-V anA Variety Of Reports At Meeting Monday iu too i cane vv tiiv o i wiiu uunu was enjoyed by every one present. Individuals who have not been con Edgar White, superintendent of the tacted by solicitors and who desire to Welfare Department spoke on the contribute to this fund are asked to "National B'ood Proerram." He show- see their ' neighborhood solicitor or ed a film entitled "Blood Volunteers," se.nd the contribution direct to Mrs. and emphasized the necessity of Per- j Biggers. quimans . County citizens donating Pointing out the graat need for more blood so that-it would be avail-, funds this year to replenish the. polio able for members Of the armed forces , foundatior treasury, which has been and for hospitals in this country when depleted .ue to serious epidemics in needed. the nation during the past two years, The minu'.es of the last meeting were read and approved. Mrs. McDonald, Study Group Chair man, announced that an alf day study group meeting will be held in the anVinnl oiirlitnm'nm TlinrBflftv rit tliin week. Miss Blanche B. Haley, field by tne ,ocal committee for polio cases ?cretary for the North Carolina Con-I"1 this county. Fortunately Perquim gress of Parents and Teachers,: will ans nas had few cases but the com be present and conduct this meeting, mittee stands ready to render assist Fathers were especially urged to be,anc at all times and your contribu pte?ent Lur.ch will bi serSdJn 'thet.tijm.ilJSMe.-i Jtlpa have unchroom. ' ' Mrs. Wood, chairman to solicit con tvbutlsnj fo: the Headquarters Build ing Fund, reported that she, with the helr of the students and teachers, had made a Profit of fifteen dollars from a sales project A collection amounting -po ten dollars was taken up in the meeting, making twenty-five dollars the total amount to be sent to the State Office in Gibsonville. Mrs. Eddie Harrell suggested that this contribution to the Headquarters Building Fund be given in memory of Mrs. Will Morgan, first PTA presi dent. Tho association anDroved this 8"srgestion and the twenty-five dollars will be sent as a memorial to Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. Jack Benton announced that the topic for the next meeting will be "Psychological Balance." , The Bel-. videre communitv will have charge of the. program with Mrs. Edwin, .white chairman, assisted by Mrs. Claude Winslow- and Mrs. Fernando Chappell. The first grade, Miss Pearl White, teacher, won the attendance prize. The Edenton police arrested a young South -Carolina' man last Saturday night who later confessed to robbing M. R. Bright of near Winfall of sev eral hundred dollars. The youth was Jack Ray, 21. of Union. S. C. ' : According to a report made by the Edenton police, Bright picked up Kay near Winfall Saturday afternoon. The Perouimans County man was' paying, ft some hands with money whicn ne carried in a cigar box under the seat of his pickup truck. Coming into Edenton, Bright stopped at the Small Triangle for a soft drink", leaving the youthful hitch-hiker . and money box in the truck.. When he returned to his truck both the v young 'man ' and . the L'T&lTndians And Sauaws roix report that Kay hid out search for the hitch hiker. near the edge of town until dark and then came into Edenton where he jureha ed a ticket at the bus station for Nor-, folk. It was here that police nabbed him and .recovered 1302. fes Wfldlife Club To Meet Saturday Niriit Members of the Persuimans County Wildlife Club were reminded today by Charles Henc, president, of a meeting of the club to-be held Saturday night at the Court: House in Hertford. ' The purpose of the meeting is to elect offi cers for the year. ';',;;' A nominating committee composed of Tim Matthews, C W. White and, Walton Lane, will report on nomina- ' n of ;of ficere prior vto the elee- Ui . " March Of Dimes Campaign Mlose Thursday, Jan. 31 Solicitors Requested to Complete Work and Make Reports With only seven days remaining of the Perquimans County annual March of Dimes campaign, some excellent reports will be needed if the county is to reach its goal of $2,000 set for the fund. Mrs. John T. Biggers, chairman of the March of Dimes drive, reported Wednesday that incomplete reports received by her up to that time amounted to only $542. These contri butions had come from only seven or eight solicitors working in the drive. It was estima.ed by Mrs. Bitrirers , "" "",y. lwo 01 sVcrenaa ) completed a canvass of their territory n thls as rea?on first ' i-U a. x Jl. i J u" ulc UI've "wea BO small results. ' . lhe chai The chairman po'nted out that the drive will .come to its official close on Thursday, January 31, and she urges aU fcitor to make every effort to complete the canvass by that date in order that the drive can be brought to a un u.ne. tbe ,ocal committee urges everybody to take part in the drive this year bv contributing as generously as pos- . 8'b'e , A great part of funds contributed here remains in the county to be used 1 not contributed to the 'March of Dimes, do so today. Blood Program To Be A field representative of the Ameri- can Red Cross, Miss Mary Quintan. will come to Hertford on next Monday night, January 28, for the purpose of conducting a public meeting on the American Red Cross blood program, .and its lack of success in this county, The meeting will be held in the Court House, beginning at nine o'clock. Members of the Hertford Chapter of the Eastern Star, will attend the meet ing, following the chapter meeting which begins at eight o'clock. The public is invited to join with the East em Star members in attendance at the Red Cross meeting. A discussion on the blood program will -be led by Miss Quinlan, to be followed by a question and answer period, with the hope this meeting can bring about a better understanding among residents of this county as to the benefits offered through the Wood program. Since its beginning two years aoro. 1 the Red Cross blood program ha been lacking support of the public insofar as Perquimans County is concerned, and the county committee is hopeful of increasing interest in the program through this meeting. Each time the mobile blood unit has visited Perquimans, it has failed to obtain its cruota of blood, and now that the Red Cross is supplytn; Mood to the armed forces the need for more blood is vital, and each community cooperating with the program is being urged to fill its quota in order that the armed fosces will not lack needed blood and blood plasma. Trip South Mills ; The Perquimans Indians and Squaws won a conference double header from the South Mills girls and boys, in bas ketball games played her last Friday night. The local girls triumphed over the South Mills lassies 55-43, while , the Indians romped to an easy victory over theouth (Mills boys 50 to 24. Marvina White with 31 points and Margaret Symons with 18, led the scoring for the Perquimans girls while Meiggs with 21 points starred for South Mills. ' ; " v. .. Tn the boys contest Coach Fear ing's charges had one of their better nights in turning Back the 'South Mills 1 boys. Thatch led the scoring with a total of 17 points. Sumner tallied 12. The Indians jumped into a 18-3 lead at the close of the first quarter and from there on tiie locals coasted to victory. 1 Topic At Meeting II IS NextMonoaynignt