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... f . - wi '( : : I 1 i Lirt rd i County, North Carolina. Friday, February 15, 1952. 5 Cents Per Copy : ...... J 3 C:;:."::f - ' ; fy -m " " 1 6L.4wCw.!) LXI..jijS VI V Ir.:f-3 Ac- (Let .J - .? t enforcement - officers t- i i ' i a series of break-ins v." i j jsed this community since r 1 ar-sry. On Tuesday night, Sher- -i f U. O. Owen assisted by Police f ers Eobert A. .WhJte, Trotman r and I N. Rountree, picked up 1 ..Hie Lee, 17-year-old Negro, at L j home on King Street. , t A search for Lee had been under . v r since he escaped front the county I X on Wednesday afternoon of last He had: been placd in Jail previously m a suspect in connection wiih the robbery of the Jake Mat tewe Store. . He -was also 'Suspected ' cf t "vta participated in other rob- in the town and eoonty.; j 35. ..sr approbating thev. youth ; Jay nisht. '..erif Owen ques- -.ed Lee for some hours regarding 1 t?ak-ins which have occurred 3. Lee finally made a confession i.M t-.entf and named WHUam nas Jenkins as his accomplice in . t of the robberies. ' . he gieriffstated that the series t)f robberies started January 5, and t' a last one was committed February 9, when the Western Auto Store was entered and approximately $375 worth ! of watches and cash were stolen. Three watches, taken from the West v en Auto Store, were recovered by the' oflrsrs; -"after they, apprehended ' Lee, ti.-bry-was made to the Western Auto store on Friday night. of last v week,, when 4 pane in a window of the . store jwae smashed,, the window then unlatched and the youths' entered, the " store through the window. .; ;;i;v;; 1 Lee and Jenkins are being held in the county Jail, awaiting a hearing .' before Chas. E. Johnson, which- will be held next Tuesday. Sheriff Owens stated he is recommending bond for ' J the youths to be set at $1,600. ' Besides the break-In at Western f Auto Store, Lee admitted committing the robberies at Murray Motor Parts Comppriv, ' ""V Co-zpy, Glenn 1 n! U " t, S"L8 r.- : -tt . ' I ' CT? . r (1 th:.s i ; ; ' t -ruabreaV u 4 7 ut-UlO Trsjredv struck Elizabeth, New Jer sey, for the third time in two months, when sn air Hner crashed into the city ITonday, killing 30 persons and . to- juring 40. Following this last aod denfc the airDort, near the city, was closed pending . investigation of the ccidenw. , 1 , ; , , - British subjects paid their last re jpects to (King George VI, as he lay . in state in Westminister Hall, in ' London, this week, prior to the funeral -to be conducted Friday. Thousands ; f mourners filed by the king's bier, ihany weeping as they passed slowly t.mti'h the halt . Queen - Elisabeth II, proclaimed ruler last week, after ; tl". Truing to London, Has assumes, we j of ruling the empire v " A snag baited Korean peace talks r- 'n tliis week, when UN and Uom- t 1 Erotiators sharply disagreed 1 1 t; ;,o tiu!d atten dthe final peace f X The AKies want the . !. !! a peace settlement confined t.L V-to Korean ies, but It was t . -3'C.e Commc:' ts propose to T ; x ) jTcllents f J" 'jn to Korea.. ; ct'j To Ac :3t Cancer Prc;:i : s-rtot in the furnishing "of a for incurable indigent cancer 1, U be opened this year at Lum '., '7 tve N. C. Division of the 1 C" r Ea''jty, menVbers i L - Tn'ness and Pro- 1 Voman's Clab plan to con 1 f.r ! ", to be cted ) i." . ' ' cc "-ty, ii war ' i'jL' jEit'ooJ, : a - x 1 t 1 cot of the great ! tvJLel' J,uch . ill '. 1 w esses. ,1 L, 1 re 1 1' I -sl , "1 t.e '1 c-u-iy, S "5 t 1 1 1 1'sit'. ' ; t " & 1 1 t '3 I r 1 1 t, " tT.,l ! r i '. 4-H . Judsinsr Tcaa Places Third Jn Show The 4-H Judging Team from P. C H. S., won. third place at the Show and Sale of the N. C Duroc Breed ers Assoeiatloa en Thursday, Febru ary 7, at Rocky llount. - The team was composed of Oar ence' Chappell, Jr., and 'Bobby Smith or Belvidere, John mil : and Julian Howell of Beech Springs, add Wallace Baker of WWtestoiw ? : ' These 4-H'eia did right well, es pecially considering , the fact that it was the first time out under a new instructor, and also, Wallace Baker and Julian Howell had never before done any judging. . C:icrit OrinlB I:3 b Gent; Sccfi3l!:rcTD$'Jay '. Declaring himself unable to serve a road sentence, and tired of having "folks down there" take advantage of hlmClarence Burnetts, Negro, drank about three grams of iodine during Tuesday's session of Perquimans Re corder's Court VK Burnette had Just ' been sentenced to the roads for 12 months after be ing convicted of assaulting his wife with a shotgun. , He asked Judge Charles E.Vohnson if he could make a statement to the Court. Being ad vised he could, , Burnette walked to near the bench and then asked the hide to bo "easv on him."' IJudge Johnson told the defendant he would study the case for the rest of the day and let ilm'know. it was then tftt Burnette said he would kill himself and drank the iodine.. He was taken to jail, where he remained and receiv ed treatment by. Dr. T. P. Brinn. Liter in the-day he 1 was reported re trering from the effects of arm h: : the iodine. -:r-t ' -n'iA'YM f A total of 30 cases wag listed on Ue recorder's; fcofti docket forSthis -.fcJlawhwr towweso3werv- ed while Superior' Court , was in s sion. ' Fines 10,and costs were taxed against- Pfctro JUaaii, Singer Mayer and Charles Fuller, all of. whom en tered pleas . of guilty to charges of speeding. is i?ri-' Brest Woemann, Edward Kemin, James Baiford. George Badnano, Mar shall Mansfield, Joseph Adams, Jean Qi.Hivftn. Kdirar Tavlor. Merrill Lane snd .'Edward Kasdol, entered pleas of guilty to charges 'wf speeding and paid the costs of court ' . Costs of court were taxed against William Boughton, .who entered a plea of guilty to a charge' of teansporting tax-paid liquor. . r ; ." George Bennerr Robert Downing, Negroes, were fined 10 and costs of. court on charges of driving with Improper -mufflers. .They ;. entered pleas of guilty. Bessie White entered a ,plea of guilty to a charge of faittng. to: yield the right 0 way. - She paid the costs of court. ' -HV'li'i''v'"'' Rufua. Ashby and Mary Danchise, charged with failure to observe a stop sign, entered pleas o&guflty and paid the costs of court - Richard Thatch was fined $10 and costs, of court after pleading guilty to a charge of driving with an Im proper muffler, James Reid and Mance Oarpente Negroes, were , taxed with the costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of being drunk in a public place. if-H X:r'-'-'":- '''i''.V. WUlie Mallory, Negro, was taxed, with th court costs on a charge of J d.-ivin? with an imrToper muSTler. . ..J. T. Bass, charged wun news jJntek on the highway, was given a( An-c i .n mimended noon pay ment of t j t pid he was placed on good . r fjr mor'As. Luke "CutH l:zn w charged on two counts of ? virg wlJh Smiwp er brakes. He entered r'B gul'.y and paid h ,10 fine and costs m each case, 5. ' "' Lee Bailey, Negre, charged .with re-' driving, plead guISy and paid a t net 15 an dcosts. . l ; at 1 2 and costs were assed ' t T ".ion Boon and Cr.ard t....:: t. e-Ji of whom was darned with b'i'rg druiJt on the streets of ALVnza Taylor, Negro, entered a pita cf r''"-7 to charge of ats?:t He wss or,' J to pay a fine of p andc icf ce-ii. ' -. 1 r - V t c-s solictor rema? .1, ' I lai t'.s i::2 l a: lKMtl J to'-r ty C'.i t!.i !r tie hr to . tnd r,.ult s 1 1 - Fii"3FaI!:.7Tcv;n Cy 0:j.iiss!:r.:rs Matter Is Referred To Committee For Add! tional Data 1 The Board of Commissioners for the Town of Hertford met, in regular ses sion, last Monday night at the. Town Office, handling number of routine matters before conducting a discus sion on plans for construction of a new municipal building. Mayor V. N. Harden advised the board of the resignation of J. B. White as employee of the town and the employment of Bay Kirby to fill his post , D. F. Beed, Jr., and Henry " C. Stokes, Jr.", appeared before the board representing the Hertford Jaycees, requestfng the assistance of the town in securing electrical fixtures the Jay cees plan to install on the playground to be operated by the Jaycees. May. or Darden was named by the Board to work with the organization in de- termining the needs and discovering' turcuT's AfC t?a if, the fixtures are obtainable uwter,!!lSahee8 t", the present governmental restrictions. The Jaycee representatives advised the. Board of the plan for the play ground project and pointed out a need for securemenf -of some flood lights for a proposed Softball diamond. ; The group, Mr. Reed told the Board, has ordered $350 worth of playground equipment which will be placed on the REA lot, at Grubb and Charles Street for the use of the children. The Jay cees plan to begin work 'on the project In the near future. , .. . . 1 Drawings fbr a proposed municipal building were presented to the Board by Mayor Darden and Commissioner, Robert Hollowell, named as a commit tee to obtain data on the project, and these were discussed, by the mem bers. The plans call for the building to be 40 x 60 feet in overall ajze, with: costs estibated between $20,000 and 25,000. The building plans phow the project to contain offices for the police department, the town clerk, the Mayor and Town Board, a storage room and heating plant room. . si? -After discusgjng minor changes in the ptths, the Board referred 111130 ter again, to they'ed6nmHtee;"for the purpose of securing estimates on costs of materials to be used in the con strection. .' Present plans call for the construction to be either, brick, or brick and cinder bricks, the final de cision to rest upon the Board. f'om's Cendidstc For CGiinty Office J. Edgar Morris, a resident of Hert ford, today announced he is a candi date 'for the ; office f Register or Deeds for Perauimans County subject to the Democratic Priamry to be held .May- si. x - ''.'-)' - : Mr. Morris who is 50 years old, has been employed for many years at the Hertford Hardware '& Supply Com pany store, 1 '-'.. - ! In announcing his candidacy Mr. Morris, stated he will make an ef fort to contact the voters of the coun ty prior to the primary, seeking their support for hs nomination. Mr, Morris is married to the former Miss 3atty Blount Newby, and they have two children, J , Central PTA : Meets On Next Monday Night The Parent-Teacher Association of the Perquimans County Central Cram- mar School wilL hold its regular meeting on Monday night, February 18. at 7:30 o'clock. The. Belvidere community will have chaire'of the program with Mrs. E. S. V .ue as chairman. Mrs. WhiteJ assisted by Mrs. Claude Wirilslow and Mrs. Fernando . Chappell, ' are plan ning a. program to celebrate Found ers' Dav. ' . Mrs. Chappell has charge of musk and hatom! modal numbers will be rendered. Mrs. Certha C. White will conduct the devotional. '.-' .All parents and interested people are urged to attend this meeting. : Vi::hn Ccpcbnd ;-rs- Race J. VT!rSm f !.3J;'an attorney of tlurfrt.rforo, aronnced today he will te a can!I.' .te f or re-election to ee tf e t o Etato C-matorial seats ct t" 3 1 . ;t I ", "tit it the Democratic lYi;rt f b'.jLj llzy 81. " l.'r. C, lr-i elected to the of fice in 1...; r-.J eerved one term in t:.e ic:i Lr . e. :znt ' . ''ton announce y 1 "orrison Kel- II. at the Al i. IZslinn ig tte ...ecf .infalL t'ei' ' c i . a r To1 m X-ray r.itl!3reI!3xtV'c:!; Public To Have Oppor tunity For Check-Up Against T.B. 'Arrangements have been completed for a mobile X-ray unit, from the Di vision of Tuberculosis Control, of the State Board of Health, to visit Hert ford for a four-day period, during the month of February it was announced today by Mrs. Audrey . Umphlett, Ctounty 'Health Nurse. (The X-ray unit will be in Hert ford February 21, 22, 23 and 26, iM will be located on the Court House Green. . - ;: Plans for the unit to come into this health district were completed by Dr. B. B. MtiGuire, District Health Officer. , - ;The public is' urged to take ad vantage of this opportunity to have a, free chest X-ray made while the unit stays in this countv. (Two clerks will be furnished by the , 1 fn.l l 4 t it . wyr& ui uwiu A-ray, waen uie unit visits this county. In announcinir the definiif An 4nr tfte X-ray unit to come to Hertford Dr. MoGuire made the following state ments. " "Any person over 15 years of age may have a free X-ray. Children un der 15 should bring a written request from, the family, physician. "Teachers and foodhandlers should by all means have an X-ray for health certificates. Contacts of tuberculosis cases are es pecially requested to have an X-ray. All high school students over 15 should come as a group in many instances depending on arrangements with the school principal and X-ray technician. ''Home Demonstration Clubs, both white and colored, have a chance to do a most successful job if they will arrange for families not X-rayed two years ago to be brought to the unit thfyear." , If tiers tfect Directors Stockholders of the Hertford Build ing and Loan Association held their annual meeting, for the purpose of electing directors for the year on Wednesday afternoon at the Court House In Hertford, r Directors named for the Associa tion were A. W. Hefren, C. P. Morris, J. P. Perry, Chas. E. Johnson, Max Campbell, J. W. Ward, V. N. Dar den, Dr. C. A. Davenport, R. M. Bid dick, Claude White and Julian .A. White.' During the meeting Max Campbell, secretary for the Association, reported to the stockholders assets of the, asso ciation totaled 199,085.81 at the close of business December 31, 1951. This was an increase,, in assets of $13, 641.47 as compared to December 31, im.;:.::--f ..:v:.; Loans made by the Association in creased $16,867 during the past year. Following the election of the direc tory this group met and elected of ficers for the year. .. Named as presi dent was A. W. Hefren, who has held this office since the organization of the association more than 26 years ago. J. P. Perry and C. P. Morris were named as vice presidents and Max Campbell,' secretary and treas urer. Specialist To Hold Demonstration Here T; C Blalock, Dairy Specialist for the N, C State College Extension Service, will conduct a demonstration at the Perquimans High School . on Monday night, February 18, at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Blalock will conduct a discussion on Bang's disease and ar tificial breeding of dairy and beef cattle, , . kJSSSKrT yeran:. Farmer-..TraJnlng Pro- This meeting is being sponsored by gram , and the - Albemarle Breeding, Inc. AH farmers of this area are in vited to attend. ... v ; RANDOLPH F. STANDIN ' Bandolph F. Standin. 57. former resident of Hertford, and a native of Perquimans County, died at a Norfolk hospital Sunday morning after a long illness. The husband of Mrs.-Estelle Curtis Standin, he was the. Son of Mrs. Mary Fleetwood Standin and the late Thomas Standin. Funeral ser vices were conducted at South Nor folk, Tuesday afternoon. 1 .' - INFANT VANXI2X Born to Mr. and-Mrs. V. R.' Van- kirk of Louisville, Ky., February T, a son, r "-rt Vernon. The infant lived onl,-. hours. Burial was in a B&LStOCKho! i cemewsry i jssra. v amors ( ary 11. Hfs. Winterringer is the form e former Miss Mary Lee Perry,! er Miss (Anne Tucker, daughter of Mr. :t cf ilr. and Mrs. L. B. Perry.' and Mrs. William Tucker. .was ' dstr Ilervoy Point Fire Llofay Aftcrnosn Caises toss Estimated At $P PTA Minstrel Show To Be Presented Thurs. The Parent-Teachers Association of the Hertford - Grammar School will sponsor a minstrel show next Thurs day night, February 14, at eight o'clock at the Perquimans High School auditorium.. The show, planned and directed by Mrs. B. G. Koonce, promises to be highly entertaining, with a cast com- 1 . . , posea 01 local resioems. . Proceeds from th minstrel will be used by the PTA to help in the pur chase of items for the Hertford Gram mar School lunchroom. Entered In Annual Tourney At Central Coach Ellie Fearing's Perquimans High School basketball teams will match their talents with other teams of this ajea in the annual Albemarle Rural Conference tournament, which is to be played this week-end at the Central gym, near Elizabeth City. The Perquimans Indians and Squaws completed the season's play by be ing seeded second in the tourney. Drawings for the meet have the In- miuiB p'Byiajf ouuui uuiig at 1 r. m., Wednesday night and the - Indian Squaws playing Weeksvule girls at 8 P. M., Wednesday. In the event the local teams win their opening games, and pre-tourney dope indicates a victory for both teams, the Indians will meet the win ner of the Central-Manteo game at 9 P. M., Friday, while the Squaws will play the winner of the Wanteo- Kitty Hawk game at 6 P. M., the same night. A large crowd of fans are expect ed to attend the tournament, backing the Perquimans teams. Coach Fear ing reported Wednesday most of the players are' in good condition for the games to he played. -V The Manteo girlst winner, of two games over the Perqpimans Squaws, are the favorites in the girls' division of the tournament, while the Weeks- ville hnvs Are Rpeded number aim in tho fenva' divinfon j Other first round games to be-play- ed in the tournament will be Central girls vs. South Mills girls, Weeks- ville hovs vs. Kittv Hawk bovs. Mo- vock oirls vs. IRriirra frirls. Movnc ; IndosMSquavs boys vs. Griggs boys. I Powell, who is 44 years old and a The Indians won their opening! resident of Perquimans County, has round game against South Mills boys never held political office, by a score of 61 to 25. After a 14-8 Prior to World War II he was for first quarter, the-outcome was never eight years employed as clerk at the in doubt as the Indians ramped away Hertford Hardware & Supply Com from South Mills. Thatch, Towe, Pony's store in Hertford. Before that Walker and Wulf led in the scoring time he was engaged in farming, durirnr th came In which thB enir He served three years and four Indian squad participated. " Perquim ans girls won their first game, too, defeating Weeksville 40 to 26. Sy mons and White Starred for the Squaws in scoring while Stokely and Skinner were "best on defense. In games played here last Saturday night, the Perquimans girls won a 3 point victory over the AKoskie girls, while the Indians lost to the Ahoskie boys by a 65-54 margin. Rotarians Hear Talk On Europe D. E. Hervey, who recently return ed from a business trip to Europe, was guest speaker at the meeting of the Hertford Rotary Club, held Tuesday night at the Hotel Hertford. Mr. Hervey told the Rotarians eco nomic conditions within France and Germany appear better than they were when he was in those countries on a previous trip. He said he found the people opposed to war, but they fear ed Russia. He commended the Ger mans on their recovery from , war conditions and said this nation was in a better economic .condition than any he visited. - ,' New W&M Athletic Director Known - Here J. M. Suey" Eaeon, newly appoint ed athletic director and football coach at William and Vary College is well known in this county. He play ed baseball for' a Hertford Club sev eral years ago, land is married to the former Mass Margaret Towe. Eason's selection to fill the post at the Virginia college., was a popular one. He has an outstanding record as coach at Hampton, Va., high school, where he lias been located for several years. . . - BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT ' Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Winterringer of Homester, Minn., announce the birth of a daughter, born Mondav. TVhm. - 5 Firemen Fight Blaze Four Hours During High Winds A fire, fanned by high winds, which raged for several hours caused a loss 1 estimated in excess of 125,000 at Har , yey point last Monday af ternoon. . - The Hertford Fire Department was called to the scene at about 2:30 P. M., Monday, to fight what was term- ed a grass fire. Shortly after the firemen's arrival it appeared the fire . was under control, but the high winds fanned the flames and spread the fire rapidly. Soon it was apparent the local firemen needed help and a call was made to the Edenton and Elizabeth City departments, each send ing a truck and a number of fire men to assist in fighting the Mace. One fireman said, "Everywhere you looked you could see fire. ' The em bers were flying through the air, starting new blazes 60 and 100 feet away." The firemen finally brought the blaze under control at about 6:30 P. M., but men were stationed at the scene for the rest of the night to safeguard the property in the event the fire broke out again. Largest loss suffered in the fire was the destruction of a dry kiln, operated by the Hervey Foundation. The kiln was filled with lumber, being treated for use by the Foundation in manu facture of wood products. The loss of this building, which was locat ed near the old hangar, along with the timber, .was estimated near $25,-' 000. Old buildings destroyed by the fire included two cottages, a machine storage shed and a gas tank storage shed. FSrt of the wharf, south of the boat house wae also burned. The high winds, which seriously hampered the efforts of the firemen, were blowing at an estimated speed of 40 to 60 miles per hour. Four fire trucks were used in fight ing the blaze, the second large fire occuring at the Point, within the past year. Cause of the fire last Monday was undetermined. Julian C. Powell Julian C. Powell has announced his candidacy for the office of Register of Deeds of Perquimans County, to succeed J. W. Ward, the incumbent, .who announced last week he will not seeK re-eiecuon to xne omce. months in the U. S. Army Air Corps durirnr the war. and is now employed by the Pitt Farm Equipment Com pany. Board Of Education In Routine Meeting The Perquimans Board of Educa tion met in regular session on Wed nesday night of last week, and con-; sidered a number of matters pertain ing to school affairs. Final' approval was given to the sale of the Bethel and Chinquapin school houses. A contract for the milk supply for school lunchrooms, made with Fenton Hurdle, was res cinded, at the request of Mr. Hurdle. After some discussion the Board recommended three steps be taken to build up use of the lunchroom at Perquimans High School. These steps were publishing of the weekly menu, ascertaining daily number of meals to be served and equal serving to each student. As to the last two recommendations, it was pointed out, under present operations, , the lunchroom officials have no idea as to the number of stu dents expected each day at the lunch room,' and at times a greater num ber of students appear for lunch than has been counted on, thus cnaldng it necessary to serve smaller amounts of food in order to serve each stu dent desiring lunch. Calf Born Through Artificial Breeding . F. N. " Jessup, Inseminator for the Albemarle Breeding Cooperative, re ported today the firstcalf ever born Seeks County'Office' through artificial insemination in this area, was born February 10, on the farm of F. B. Skinner, who owned the Guernsey dam which wag bred on May 4, 1951vThe offspring is a Guern sey heifer, sired by Idlebrook Cleo patra, whose registry number is 850867. ' - MASONS TO- MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No, . 106. A. F.. A A. M, will meet Tuesday night at a o'clock,