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, . , I I . :il Fii-a Drive To j ricctcd Xy D. F. - ' Jr . ... Perquimans County Chapter of -"-enoaii- Std Croat was' , reor ' J at a meeting held herd last 'ay ,.nfr.t with Walter G, Ed- locbX attorney, being named to i -ict m county chairman for th cr; ag jrear.-,i'-.;.;:.'V : -i,; v'"vv, v r officers named at the ueet- i- - were - Mrs. Irene Tow,,, vice c'n-i-man, Mrs. Blanche Kanoy, treas r --. C. C. Banks secretary; Mrs. Hen ry C. Stokes, Jr., junior Red Cross v.. rman. 1 ' i jrwood F. Seed, Jr., was named to C .t tile annual Red Cross fund can.jaign, which will be conducted ' g. the month of March. i re to assist the local chapter ito reorganization was Stone J. Assistant National Disaster Di .r fop the Red Cross. Mr. Crain ed briefly to Che directors and . rs of the chapter and outlined a ...ed Cross program for the year. advised the group on matters per- uunmg to the carrying out of this program. IaT. Edwards, i the new chapter edairraan, succeeds Robert L. Hollo well, who has held the post for. sev eral, years. Mrs. Xanoy and Mrs. Stokes are also new officers for the chapter; Mrs. Stokes succeeds Mrs. w . The local chapter has been advised ""TTVn tJT, ?S the county quota for the Red Cross 'JjtJSSL ,OT wipaijrn for 1952 wffl be $1.193. " -Plans for this fund- drive will bel . . ' . j formulated by Mr. Reed and plans for the. campaign will - -a t a later date. Wnile here Mr. Crain was advised by tite Atlanta Office - of a call for disaster assistance at Manteo, follow. - mg the Roanoke Hotel fire there earlr Tuesday morning. Mr. Crain said five families were affected by the fire and were in need of assist ance, wUch will be furnished by the Red C.r. Vj.". iv:- w ' i '' ,', Over 4,000 miles of county roads .: ft J ',3 1 fT it ! t were naraBuriacea in 'nana uuviuw last year With funds from the" f 200,-1 Of ficial year-end figures, . released, by Highway Chairman Hehry W. Je; dan, showed that the' Slate Highway CommiBeion had completed 82 per cent of the 12,000-mile esconadary paving "goal set by Governor Scott when the bond issue was approved by the voters "f 'North Carolina in the 1949 referen- A total of 4,025.1 niles of sec ondary roads , were paved in 1951, brinflrinsr the total mUeam hardrar-! a. . . .. . . - . . I on primary highways r other projects not Included in the econdary road program, and do' not cover resurfac. ing or widening of secondary roads. The paving goal had been extended in 26 counties by December 81, which means that future secondary road pro- a let in these counties will be a "bonus" of taat much additional mile t ibove the miSeage promised titem in the pro, rata distributio nof funds Tvese rounties are Chowan. Ede- zacea unaer tne oona program to s,-j acnem muse ne iaaen y vuhki-ct u 836.5 miles. - In the previous year,' and when 86 states pass measures fav-i 4,554.6 miles were paved. ; ioring the pwposaL '. The figures do not include paving! v - - r n'ord, Cr-nev Lenoir, Hi cautioned motorists today to pay cios- ! la, I Lr,,-ton, Kijier attention to the expiration date i i , r- . . '- Ion their drivers' licenses. ; r -nctt, Hoke, Lee, koore, r r'ueson, Scotland, Anson, ILJcin- kn iTAtifmmAn Riohmmut , mA C -r-n Jordan reported that 18, - C. - T ' j cf county roads had been t? J t" ' r the bond .program f t t.l-ucill.er use. . This tal is . .. t : 't cent of the 36,000-mile sttli t 1'.. - ... - 1 ".. r. m t 1 pavir j pwrrara tew its; t i y r, ncrr: v er.atris ."-" " w - . ')'" lent .. 'tTo-k t5 .' applying for renewal pes I . ; j .!' ro-!m anytime duriiig the 60, ky jper Yc: -;. t.'j" do id before it txpires. - sty recorder's court t whi'e ' -'rt t C. V- ' x IV J ) T ' 1 on . l t f-r ; ) tf court on l .ur t Llmij.an an a t' -" tr, born ' ' . j " emarle rriinnnnnnnAAnrui sasbt Perquimans County's 'annual March of Dimes campaign fund reached a total of $1,825 on Monday, but was still short of Its $2,000 goal, it was reported by , Mrs. John . T. IBiggers, fund drive chairman. V Mrs. Bigger stated number of solicitors still have reports to be turned in, but it was unlikely these reports will swell . the county fund more than $1,500. Avvy-.,., V;? A final request has been made to ail solicitors, wno as yet have not nradereports, do go immediately, "v -whim.. OTioiiunwj.reacnea in tnree of the cases. - can file its full report with the "Nat ional Foundation TIIIS WEEK'S The world was shocked Wednesday I at the unexpected announcement in London of the death of Kin George VI, ruler of Great Britain since 1936. The king, in ill health for the last irt m liMlth m 3m loaf several years, died in his sleep at Sandringham Castle, his birthplace, w London, Succeeding King George 1.?" i.LZTAa in T. K-tt2nff truce conference, and the UN and Red officials are nearer agreement than at any previous time during the talks. There still remains several vital. problems to be solved, but the general opinion eems to be one of optimism. . In Washington Tuesday, President Z TTi.. i.nr jJdent m which he received bodily in. to appear: the .primary Fallot in . iMaBt m ioki nary. jOailOT in New .Hampshire' after havi the ptan welj'or so ago; Xt' "Winslow w.'1rWTlriiir.-.fv...J thrillers. - The Squaws de-. li'TM.-S. Ihe.tjlrfwav Commiseion sur-iftatied the Ahoskie rfrls earlier this TwsitieaiirTiame7j tne oauot, me. f'f'HP1. Truman and Estes Kefauver, who is Tr "ITrl. vJ;r..rrA JI seeking the. Democratic nomination. . The United Nations closed its Paris meeting this week without .act ing upon a Russian proposal to con sider the Korean war: the UN dele- lUamxiAi. nutil m-n kk bucivcu m uiovuoomu , armistice is , reached.: -The JRtlssiemf nent t the problems in Korea, and j the Relegates to tne uw reiuseo. ja discuss this, ntS the War ends.; man C. Johnson, 20, eon of Mr. and'8ore1 hy the Hertford Lions Club-re--r :' :ri '' , -y:-.:- Mrs William C. Johnson, of Wood-1 registered 28 boys as members of the Virginia's legislature, tins wee, ville, died Jn Korea on January 18, ac adopted a measure making that tate cording to a message received by the tne jHJtn m me namon iavunng; n amendment to the U. S. Constitution limiting the government in its power to tax incomes more than 25 per cent in peacetime. This proposal baa srrown during the past two years, andi At , j. . . 1 . .. tm 1 A fire at . Manteo, early Tuesday morning, resulted in the death of one man and destroyed tie old Roanoke Hotel,- long a landmark in Manteo. The origin of the fire was undeterm ined. Property loss was estimated at Motorists Cautioned On Driver's Licenses, The Department of 'Meitor Vehicles Under thr Department ; revised. ten, r veii to stadents who have dnver JIcenB&yr PW8i" thirt 1913. a nuff.ber of licenses are ex-ln.nii rj n,,. TMimtiM .PnMi piruuj c y. K.jm w irtww, w. Licen: 7 - !? Tto7Ks vsm. ,sports. . cense and i t .m date, ,, students v receiving letters i were: which, h 1( , - -J on W.Dilkie Baker, Irene Hunter, ffanie Peele said that a 60 day .period nadi been arranged for renewal p.wsi: orderto avoid congestion. He org- Wall fMJfc UP yiWVUKal, Vl another 30 days after the license la voiJ. ' They may be ' stopped ty ' a r' ' -v : ' ' -n, Yi said, Vt v ".l not be L-tw:j a ticket unless the li cense is void by more than 30 days. A schedule' of staggered working hours is beint planned by the Licens ir j Section for the ntste's 120 exami ners. When the new s ' .Jule is com- ''-ol Tr ' nfti.1. t '.rtr-rn will be ti h e rrcc s farmer and I J C. T9S'jn. NT Jhn A. Elliott of s the birth of a -n, tr-rn Janu-isry .-Id. , fc!:r Gat h 5 tsti T!:Is Ud VauiGfAlOrclHit; Of ficiili Expect Ad-1 journment By Thurs day; Afternoon -. A special .term of Superior Court,! which . convened here Mondav with Judge Henry Grady presiding, hand ling civil cases was expected to con-, elude its calendar by late Thursday,! according to court officials. ' : . Thirteen cases were listed on the calendar when court nuntd! f hea seven went- MntinuMi nn.ni . iaimtA in fh aiko,.i ipni ir term of court and a compromise was Cases compromised were those of near Elizabeth City. Darden Bros. vs. Kermit Lane, Z. A. Coach Ellie Fearing reported today r FWt c,an8Sa j" Estate,! the Indians and Squaws rank among and JCBlawhard vs. Murden Stoke- the favorites of the tourney, with ly. The compromise in the latter case'thei local girls being tojHseeded with was reached after the plaintiff had Mw presented his testimony to the court, Continued until a later term of 2?Wef w"?!? -"f' ns vs. Mrs. W. H. Barber et als; XTM.MH .jf.... w . tt it . Norman Godfrey Eat. vs. Hazel Jack- JfY'0 53 to 16. The Central game 3f 5' 2'!SS7'TSr H".' tied P w the third S?8 t . ry'X&A 32-all, but the Central girls rTf'TV": w?!owlscoHsd six points in the final period . " . " . . wiiwMiB lamyi vs. Mutual Health and Accident In surance Association. The case of T. J. Bess vs. Lester Keel was referred by the Court, and will be heard by a referee. Court recessed on Tuesday because of a number of attorneys,' connected iriui iicaniiiSB, were ecueuuiou to ap pear in Supreme Court in Raleigh. On Wednesday a divorce action was t...Mi anA oi,Mn a a divorce from Thomas Shean " ; The case 6f W. A. Winslow vs. Lu eile Jordan was started about mid morninsr Wednesday, and court of ficials believed this case would be. concluded by Wednesday evening. This case was a suit by Mr. Wins- 1 J : n.r" j i j ,. i.:4i : nn - .., i . r. . ... . ,:.J."x The suit tcontended Lurile Jordan, vinsr a ear, struck Winslow while he was working on the highway, thus, seriously injuring him-. -v Youth Drai In Korea - : A Pemuimans Countv vouth. iNor- parents from the V: S, Defense De- partmerit on Wednesday of last week. The family was advised by ' Mali. William E. Bergin, adjutant general, details of the youth's death wag be- i tn-B.-AeA hv kMr O . . - Private Johnson had been in the army for more than three, years and had served 11 months in Saipan, later being sent back to the States where he served 14 months. He spent a 15 day furlough at home shortly before Christmas, leaving December. 8 for duty in Korea. "Mr.' and Mrs. Johnson have four other children, Kitty. Sue, Gene Rob ert, Teddy Findale and Mayhue Pat rick Johnson. Letters Awarded To High School Students , Eighteen - students at Perquimans Hlgh lkhol Tecdved Sttident Coun- . , t- . , m. i.. speaking, Beta, -Club, and all mother extra-curricular activities except! un,' urt caa julian vWtite, Joe Towe, Cariand Walker, Pauline Burba ge, Marguerite Butler, Clyde Lane; Tommy Sumner, arah Onley, Nellie CWtwright, Mar- f aret Symons,. Jackie Allen,' Robert lloma Winslow! Sutton Resigns As t Draft Board "Member Announcement was made Tuesday, by Mrs. Blanche Campen, clerk of the Perquimans Draft Board, of the res ignation of Joshua Sutton as a mem. ber of the board. If r. "Sutton's resig-J nalfAVl -tra a''aait.'l.aMa,'1A The local board is now incomplete, having only one member, J. R. Jar 'vis. W'V- . "-S-; V Mrs. Campen also announced die local ' board. Jias ordered 10- regis trants to report for preinduction ex- ATninAiiinTiBi fin nert lLfAt.av maYiim. 11. The wpI board has no in- Z on c:.jtJi ' 'Ja month. I PeniuSmais County TidXylnTc'jrnsy SfefG2Vcu3Sll3y Indians And Squaws! i Among Favorites Of 1 Annual Event A busy schedule faces the Per. quimans High School's basketball teams during the next 10 days. The teams will play Manteo in a double header here Friday night and then meet the girls and boys from Ahoskie on Saturday night, at the local gym. lilt Indians and Squaws will parti- ference tournament, which starts next I Wednesdav nicm. at the central mm. while the Indians are top-seeded with the- Weeksville boys. ring the past week the Squaws " -i-4 "j !. wt c innit ucraiuii w wie veifvrtu oo o- tt-...i. wi,iie lnpftl m'rl oniintnl railw f v. while the local girls counted only five. .The Indians won two games, down ing Central boys 40 to 26, then on Monday night Ithev clobbered the Kitty Hawk boys 73 to 23. Thatch, Sumner, Morris and Towe all led the Ai.a scoring in the games for the In- In the games to be played here this week-end the local teams will l.- .It l - . s l nir i out for, revenge against Manteo, if nil beams wb KAiiica . uiaycu oi Manteo several weeks ago, by a slight margin. - Reports state a large num ber of fans will come from Manteo to support the Manteo boys and girls, end it, is hoped local fans will turn out to support the "Indians and Squaws,'..;'. . The return games with Ahoskie, on &hnln olo svruw.faul fn .tt. i . 10 point victory over the Indians. Hertford Scouts Reorpnize For Year Hertford Troop 155, of the Boy Scouts, was reorganized at a meet- ling of the local scout committee held last week. ; The local troop, spon- troop, showing an increase in en- rollment for the year. Marshal Owens, Hertford business man, was named iScoutmaster, with Bobby Elliott, as assistant scoutmas ter. ; . Members of the troop committee, named for the year, are A. T. Lane, club representative. J. T. Biggers, chairmnn, Charles Harrell, treasurer, I. C' YageL T. P. Byrum, Harry Hoi- lowell and Claude White. The troop committee accepted : a minimum goal for a three-year pro gram, as required by the national or ganization for national recognition of the local troop. . License Examiner In County On Wed. Announcement was made here late last week of the assignment of Pat Keegan, of Hertford, .as state auto license examiner for IPerquiinans County. Mr. Keegan had been as signed to Pasquotank County but be gan wowing Perquimans, cnowan and Bertie counties this week. " i - He will be in Hertford every Wed nesday, in-the office of the Police Department, to receive applications for licenses, and -to give . teats for licenses,: Post Demonstration ' Set For February 14 A post treatinir demonstration will be conducted In the county on Thurs day, "February 14, it was announced to day by L C Vagel, county agent, "who stated farmers are invited to attend and see demonstrations n peeling, splitting and treating of fence posts. The demonstration will be conduct ed by -W.- T. Ellison, IDistrici4 Ex tension Forester, at t3ie Belvidere Community House, begmnintf at 2 IP. M. H. M. Ellis, of the Extension EngTneerino; Department of State Col lege will give demonstration on fence construction and material!,; !' p EASTERN STAR TO MEET j-.-. ' j .:. y., , . ;,v;!:c , Thi irtford Chapter of the East ern Star will hold its monthly meet ing (Monday night at 8 P. ML, Feb ruary. 11, at the lodge room iii the court louse. All members are urged to atx..j , - ChasJoaHscnRosips Post As County . Attorneys, fl Vl;;t2-3 IlLTSil Successor B&L Stockholders To Meet Nesrf Wednesday The "ihuai meeting of the stock holders f the Hertford Building and Loan Association will be held at the Court House in Hertford on Wednes day afternoon, February 13, at four o'clock, it was announced today by Max Campbell, secretary of the asso ciation. Purpose of the meeting will be to elect directors of the association for the year 1952, a v 9 - for the nast year will a so be ten - dered by the secretary. . ' - J. V. Vzrd To Retire From Office AtClose Of Present Term J. W. Ward, Register of Deeds for, down of request' to Vrxmt Perquimans County since 1932, plans " ey-way to be constructed be to retire from .the position at the ween e Gu" l! StatlM1 and close of his present term next Decern-1 Au,tul? t B?lld"' to serve a ber, according to an announcement 'n' o1?8 hoU8es frontln he made today. . on Market Street. ... . ... ' , In connection with voting down the His statement, that he wll not seek,1 request for an alley-way, next to the re-election, was tiie firet of a political' Agriculture Building, Milton Dail ap nature to be made in connection with peared before the Board, stating he the local elections scheduled for this represented a number of taxpayers, year who were opposed to granting the re in his announcement Mr. Ward quest, said, "Twenty years ago, I became1 J. S. McNider and Postmaster W. acquainted with a great many of W. White appeared before the Board you for the first time; in most every' and made further complaints on the and lasting friendship. At that time, and since, you placed your trust in, me by successively electing me to the maintained. during the inclement wea office of Register of , Deeds of Per-ther to permit travel. Residents of quimans County. That friendship and the area, served by the road, the mail trust, I have strived and endeavored: carrier and school buses have been de to justify over the period of years, laved in travel due to the condition "At the moment, little do we realize of this road.. The Commissioners ad that time is a fleet runner, but fjnal-j vised the two men they will take the ly overtakes all of us. It is with matter up with the High Commission both sadness and regret, mingled with! and request further improvement. . pride and heart-warmth, -when I-ipea-Lr- Complying with a sta' ite.the Board lize that my tenure of office is about, voted, to pay the Sheriff .the sum of over, a I have decided that with the. five dollars for all stills found and expiration of this, my present, .term, destroyed in this county and to pay" I will not seek re-election. , ' I the sum of $20 if and when operators "Words are inadequate to express 'of the stills were caught on the to you my deep appreciation of your scene. many generosities. I can only say The Board went on record favoring to each and everyone of you, I- thank the issuance of a beer license to JuMan you." Newby Rites Held Tuesday Afternoon Mrs. Helene Whedbee Newby, 87, widow of George Herbert Newby, died Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. J. Nixon, Jr., after five years of fail ing health. Mrs. Newby was a lifelong resident of Perquimans County, a daughter of the late 'Seth 'Sumner and Penelope Blount Whedbee. v Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Nixon of Hertford and Mrs. 'E. R. Sikes of Hanover, N. H.; five grand children and eight great grandchil dren.; v,;-''r"..' Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Hertford Methodist Church by the Rev. A. L. Chaplin. Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. - " : Pallbearers were Thomas Sumner, Leigh Winslow, Silas M. Whedbee, Dr. C. A. Davenport, Trim Wilson and J. H. Towe. ; . ; ' Heads Test Farm CLYDX Z. McSWAIN. JR. - A member of the agronomy staff of N. C State lColleg Mr. McSwain has been named auperin tendenj of the new peanut test farm In Bertie Cotm. .The op eration of the farm is expected to the beneficial to the farmers ia and around CJs area. UnUrA VAfACr Pnnnrrf f Stills Destroyed In Perquimans County Charles E. Johnson. County At- torney since 1945, tendered his resig nation of that position to the Board of County Commissioners during the ooara meeting neid here last -Monday. In his letter of resignation,' Mr. Johnson stated .that the press of other ousiness interests allowed hdm too little time to devote tto thA wrV Af .w wxes, ana Waa kia Anin.'M 4.1. Jl . . was his opinion these delinquent tax es should either be collected or writ ten off the county books. The Commissioners accented Mr. ; Johnson's resignation with regret, and jthen acting on an application, ap , pointed Silas M. Whedbee to fill the rpost. The resignation of Mr. Johnson and the appointment of Mr. Whedbee be came effective on last Monday. Other business handled by the Board during its meeting included the ville .Township. This road is now under construction, but has not been White, for sale of beer at Oak Ter race. It also approved the granting of a peddlers' license to Willie Saun ders. . Rotary Club Hears Talk On Red Cross Stone J. Crain, Field Representative for the American Red Cross, was guest speaker at the weekly meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club, held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Introduced by R. L. Hollowell, County Red Cross Chairman, Mr. Crain, who has had wide experience in the Red Cross disaster work, told the local Rotarians of the growth of the Red Cross from a small organi zation into the large one it is today. ' The Red Cross, Mr. Crain said, efvtinvi tn lend jl helninar hand in time carry out its program, not in s hap hazard manner, out works enrougn 10 ni rnvemmen.t avencies and chapters. with the local volunteer or paid work ers actually representing tne Keo. Cross. At times, especially during disas ters, the Red Cross is used by schem ing individuals attempting to maxe personal gain through the misfortunes of others, but In most cases these persons are 'discovered and handled by local officials. Mr. Crain also pointed out that the Red Cross has no access to govern ment funds set up for reiier purposes or housing, but operates witn wie fnndii contributed to the Red Cross by the American public. Hertford PTA To Meet February 14 The Hertford Cram roar School PTA will meet Thursday evening, February 14, at 8 o'clock in the school auditorium. In observance of the 55th anni versary of the PTA, the Intermed iate Girl Scout Troop, under the di rection of Mrs. Ernest Guthrie, will eive a nageant, "Our Child's Wel t t:J . An anniversary. cake will be given as the door prize. Immediately fol lowing the program there will be a social hour. . - . Mrs. W, C. Cherry, president, urges all parents and friends to attend. '' MASONS TO MEET " The Perquimans Masonic Lodge. No. 106, -A. F A A. M.,i will meet Tues day night "at 8 o'clock." ' i " '