North Carolina Newspapers

i1: gcrcuimanfl County North Carolina, Friday, March 7. 1952." 5 Cents Per Copy Dif !dg Imrpmcu By - SnjslirccnyCssG os At fi'eetin? On fucr.v ... ,IT J cf -CuCsn ; to ::;!J CcctiMf- Next An r. Uaoiio of flu, Which has been r: ' z in Mm area for the past two . w -a, lowed local school author! t: i to close all white school of the cf nty on Wednesday afternoon at two c' "ock. The schools will remain clds- i . until next Monday. , , e action closing the school came f lowing a meeting of, school offi- r iwitn representatives of the local rd of Health, when it waa detexm- the action waajn the beat in- 4 of the children and the public enfc at the meeting .were Super Tident J. T. Eiggers, . J., Ediar Tis, chairman of the Board of Edu jn, Principals E. ; C. Woodard, - $ Thelma Elliott, Thomas Mas- t-1, vr. T. .P. Brinn; Dr. A. B. Bon- ncr and 'Mayor V. N. Darden. r- .s.king the announcement closing t rJlOOls the Afficiftln remiAahul all -ren to remain in their homes ring the period the schools are cosed, iiiey, requested the children to attend no public, gatherings of any nature, ah actwitie of the schools, inciuoing a tn-county basketball tour nament and a 4-H Club banquet were cancelled mtil the schools reopen. M the meeting . held Wednesday morning reports from the school prin cipaia revealed that 202 students were ansent from classes in. the white schools that morning due to the flu. There, were other absences reported but the majority was caused by Al ness. Fifty-two pupils were absent at the Hertford Grammar School, 100 at1 Central Grammar School and 50 at Perquimans High School. ; , - Reports from Negro schools Indi cated only a few absences" due to the flu, - and thus, the action of the of ficials not V- JTegro schools. - "''! MARINE ASSAULT 'COPTER Rapid movement to the front lines Is modern warfare , U effected in a manner that has revolutionized tactics since World War , . In Korea the helicopter has demonstrated-advantages in transporting t Jmickly and safely to positions formerly considered ' almost inaceewibi Here Marines board an HBS-1 helicopter that will -spot them on the azor-back Korean ridges along the fighting' front (Da partment of Defense photo by Cph A. B. Smith, Marine Corps.) ; - mm - . , ' . ' " "wwwwwwwaiWiwMWWv Yculliful fcl CrcL'xr. fcrctensfcd In f 'drfo!!( After Few, Honrs Of Freedom night, March 10, at 7 o'clock' in the office of the Superintendents - It 'is expected the health situation" will again be discussed at .this "meetmt; imt it is hoped that the condition will be greatly relieved by (hat time. Additional. Charges Fil led In Case Of Young ;jrreaaie Lee . GEO- Congress voted 236 to'io"?, on Tues day, to send the Adminostratlon-back- d measure for universal military training back to the committee. Re ports from Washington state the fcc- tion Just about kills he possibility of further consideration of the meas ure during the present session, of Con- rress. The Mil csiuaH mtui foW in Congress and was voted down af ter sax hours of heated debates. Freddie Lee, 17-year-old jn-isoner in tne Perquimans Jail, broke out of Jail Friday night of last week for the second time within a month, but his attempted escape from justice was short lived as he was apprehended by the Norfolk Police earlv Saturdav night and was returned to jail herel oy onerus jh. a. uwens. ILee was - being held in jail mend ing his commitment to the roads on a . charge of breaking : Jail tha first me, ana also to await trial at the April term of Superior Court on a number of charges of breaking and entering. ,' ' Sheriff Owens stated he had obtain ed confessions f ronr ee on two Tnore robbenes which had occurred in Hert ford, those of the mors Feed and Hon (store. , , - ' . , Jury List Dravn By Commissioners To Sc:ri:r The Board of County Commission ers, meeting here in regular session lasc Monday, dsew the names of coun ty residents for service on the inrv at the April term of Superior Court. " 'Drawn to- serve on th furv mm Howard Hurdle. Edward C. R. Stallings, Carroll Williams, G. B. Winslow, Merrill J. Layden, SL. Phillips, J. Eugene Winslow, Alonja D. Thatch, Marvin Caddy, J. E. Dail, John T. Lane, Jr., Archie' B. White, Leonard Pierce, P. H. Onley, r., Thomas Newby, Elmer C. Lassiten wis. riora nuraie, U.A. Smith, Mrs. Theima Riddick, WiHiam H. CartJ State and local officials continued to crack down on the Ku dux Klan in the southeastern section of the T' te. Additional arrests were report- ea tiiis week or kian members charged floggings. Action against the I'n started 6a February 16 when the i -Ji arrested 10 persona alleged to ' "1 membership in the organization I navtng a prt in its unlawful .viUes. jnator Hussell of Georgia an- -1 . ... . . x srreea taie last wetx AS Will be a t iiJata for the Democratic noml i Ion for the Presidency. .He is ' second announced candidate' -for ofce; Senator Kefauver having " nncei his Intentions. The cf I tuJmv Huasell was i w.ved ty many top gov v, t ' .Is. Ueanwhile, Sena--- -t snd General Eisenhower con- ' r-a the list of Eepubliean ---ii - rg the off.ee. j-Lee also admitted, Sheriff Owens said, , the theft of a car owned by J. Roulac Webb, which Lee used to get to Norfolk after breaking jail last week. , - . . , Four more chartres have been add-i ed to ie list Lee already faced, and hearings on these counte will proba bly he held next Tuesday, althoueh Lee has indicated he will waiver tine hearings. Alexander-McDonald, Jr.. and Elva Lee, both Negroes, are being held for trial on charges of aiding and abettinsr Lee to escape from jail last week. It was reported these two persons were admitted to the Jail last -Friday nlsrht by Police Officer 1 N. Rountree to visit Freddie; McDonald is alleged to have hurried up the steps, while Elva Lee detained Mr. Rountree on the ground floor of the jail, and McDon ald is charged with actions aiding in the escape. Lee was in a cell, the lock for which is controlled by a . lever outside the cells, and it was neces sary, for someone to will -this lever in order for Lee to gain freedom frfcn the cell. After he had done this he tore out the facing of a window and crawled through the bars of the win dow to make his escape, j, , The car which he is reported to have admitted taking from in front o& the Webb hdme was recovraKat Norfolk, and returned to Mr. Webb by Sheriff Owens. It was reported the car was apparently not damaged.. IEllfotL Uyden,..Kenneth .Mil Mrs. Elaine .Phillips Percy Rogerson, Tom Story," Jr., Ernest White, L. N. Hollowell, B, M. Miller, C. D. Spivey, Walton Wood, Mrs. Mary Benton. Le-i roy woawin, IN. "J. Smith, D. W. bimpson, Nathan Mathews, George T. Powell, John R. Baker, R. L. Kings bury, O. C. Perry, Earl Morse.' Velum C. Winslow, Wade H. Jordan, C. E. White, Henry Stokesj Sr., Elwood Per ry, W. M. Wood, Arba Winslow, Nath an Sawyer, Ralph T. Harrell, Thom as Fleetwood, Vivian N. Darden,' E. L. Jennings, Earl Hussell and p. B. Thatch. - , Legion Anniversary Observed Thursday 2Z Cases Disposed Of At Court Session Here On Tuesday Judge (has. E. Johnson returned a verdict of probable cause in a hear ing;, conducted Tuesdav in' Pernuim. ' w : 1 I - ana, itecorder's Court in' which B. A. rutr and Mrs. Lillian Nixon ven charged 'with larceny of . 75 from Ben Whitley, and the defendant!. ordered held for action by the grand jury at tne April term of Superior Twenty-two cases wm itlimniui t during Tuesday's session, of Record er's, Court,, and in addition to the aboye, James Duling, Alice Ashe, Mar garet Palmer and John Cavanagh en tered pleas of guilty to charges of speeding and each paid the costs of court. Fines of $10 and costs were famul against Lee Shannon, Hyman ZimanJ wmrea maman, uaymond Lundtrren. each of whom entered pleas of guil ty to charts of speeding. Charged with speeding 75 miles per hour Sim on Aaoir entered a plea of guilty and puiii a iuie oi and costs. t bond, postel by Jerry Simon, charged with seeding, was ordered forfeited when Simon failed to ap pear to answer to the charges. ' Fines of S10 and costs wer umao. ea agamst Oscar Johnson nd James Reid, each of whom was charged with anvmg an overloaded truck. A nol pros was taken in the etuu in which R. C, Piaski was charged with passing a vehicle .improperly. A verdict of not ruiltv wa return ed in the case of Willie Shannon who Was charged with hit and run. Ralph JP'on. Nesrro. was found guil oi a charge of reckless driving, an he was fined 125 and costs. ftfTnatfl lf M11r iwrnvu. nnJ L vvw v. vmv iOAll ttKCUIlOlf Psychologist To Address PTA Groups The Hertford Grammar School iPTA will meet Thursday evening, March 13, at 8 o'clock in the school audi torium. The guest sneaker "will 4 Misa Marian Stanlasn, psychologist in the Division of Psychiatric and Psycholo gical Service of the State Board of Public Welfare. After a short talk Helping Children Grow.'" normal mental growth and how to promote it, she will conduct an open forum. Miss Stanlard has been conducting discussions on school psychological projects for several years and is par ticularly familiar with the types of problems that arise anions' school children. The Perquimans Countv Central Grammar School PTA haaaccepted an invitation to meet with the Hertford urammar .School PTA at thia meeting. Mrs. W. C. Cherry, president, in vites, all patrons and friends to at tend the March meeting. " Board . Authorized To Purchase Items For County Jail charged with Exchange Student Guest Of Rotary Club Tuesday Night James Feltonv entered A tilon .vf :i...k, . . . T'i : Kmit to a charge bf lieing drunkrlm the streets of Hertford. He paid ia fine of $2 and costs. ' William Smith, charged with, driv ing on the left side f the road, en tered a plea of guilty and paid a fine of sio and costs. - - ' Preston Bell paid a fine of f 10 and costs after being found guilty on a charge of improper turning on the highway. Phil Sawyer, Jr., was found not guilty on the same charge. IndiaisWin Double Bill From Sunbury Michel Burger of Besancen, France. an exchange student at Atlantic Chris tian College, Wilson, was a aruest of tne Hertrord Kotary Club at its week ly meetimr held at the Hotel Hert ford Tuesday evening. ' The French youth is studvinar at ACC Under a scholarship awarded by Kotary International, He arrived in the United States on September 4 of last year and has been at Wilson since the opening of the college last Fall. ,", Telling the local Rotarians of his impressions of ' America, .Mr Bulger ftated he thought the freedom of lan guage in this country was what im pressed tarn most. Consideration of improvemento to county buildings comprised most of the agenda at a meeting- of the Board of County Commissioners, held here last xaonday. W. E. White, representing the County Mobilization Committee, ore- sented a proposed floor plan for im provements to the Agriculture Build ing, in order to provide sufficient space to house all federal a trend es under one roof. The Commissioners approved the floor plans, subject to changes hich may be made when the building is remodeled. Sheriff M. .G. Owens requested the Board to authorize the purchase of finger printing equipment for the sheriff's office, for use in crime de tection; the Board approved this pur chase on the condition half of the costs, estimated at $165, be paid by the town of Hertford. Sheriff Owens also requested a number of improve ments be made to the county jail, in cluding the fixing of jail door locks, purchase of new mattresses for the cells, placing additional bars at the windows of the jail and adding to toi let facilities of the lock-up. The sheriff .was authorized to pur chase the mattresses for the jail bunks, and A. T. Lane was authorised to work with Sheriff Owens in se curing estimates on the costs of re pairing the present , locks, or pur chasing new locks if needed to replace the old ones. The two men were also authorized to secure prices for instal lation of additional toilet facilities in some of the cells. The Board "instructed the Sheriff to erect no parking signs at entrances of the Court- House Green and to keep the green free of parked vehicles. J. C. Morgan requested the purchase of an electric stove for use at the County Home and this request was taken under advisement with .Mr. Mor gan authorized to secure prices on the equipment. Requests for improvement to three roads within the county were ap proved and these petitions were or dered forwarded to the State Hich- "l C - ii.; ' X c-"cr"H!a ln- I J f j ccT 1 L- j Tvb nc. , :J to t-e sane ul, it wsj p?iorted from J we i. C, "-ns for i tot: l T .I C i ft ', "-jii"j to 4-:.,. million for the c Indians .Lose Out In Ctate; Tourney The Perquimans Indians were elimi nated from the L'e basketball tour ney in the semi-fjnu round of the dis trict meet held at Ahoskie last week. James vine's strong team defeated the Indians by a 49 to 36 count Perquimans , won the rfrrht to meet Jamesville in the semi-finals when Windsor forfeited :'th 'fint-awnd. garre to the Indiana. The semi-final cot t-t was .played last Friday nisrht. "jVhe teams played on even terms in the first half with Jamesville hold ing 819-16 advantage at the rest period.-In the second half, the su periority of the Jamesville quintet be o - Si t ;----t ri it moved Into a 81- L5 load at t a turd period close anil siiei 13 i:..' to Indiana' 11 in the final canto. . . Towe wKh IS points for the Indians Mid. I-'odlin who scored 24 points for winners were the c'renalve stars c Co gime. ' - t Members of the-Wm. Paul Stallings Post of the American Lesion and its Auxiliary met in a joint meeting here Thursday night to observe the founding of the organization. .Hie birthday party was' held in the Agriculture Building with B. G. Ber ry; Post Commander, presiding. A cake was presented to the Legion by 1.1 1 Ml J . . .. ... ine . Auxiliary, pa was cut OUring Xtie program ana. served with other re f reshments. ' ; Principal ' speaker for the occasion was 'C. Leroy Shuping of Greens bom,' Judge Advocate of the North Carolina Department of the Ameri can Legion. Mr. ' Shupinjr recently announced his candidacy, for the of-1 nee of Commander of the North Caro lina Department; ,of the American Legion. ' ;4; -i:. vv V 'it ' . nol, sj.-.v.s i Tre-3:. j."iot 'A" 13 ? v l- - --, ntrn ' -1 t.::r of the Girl - t l t a house-to-house i - 1 11 1" .-or;h te 1Z' t "1 t-iOv". a i.-. " s i '.ed t? ' tr,'-i t- Jaycee Supper Is Postponed The barbeoue sufbner scheduled tn be held Friday night, March 7, at the Perquimans HIsrh School under the sponsorship of the Hertford Junior Uhamber of Commerce has been post poned because of tha edict Issued with the closing , of schools here on Wed nesday afternoon.' , A epokssman for tha Jaycees stat ed (persons who purchased tickets for tne sppper are asked to hold the tic ' i r 1 use them when the supper is iiw.a i May night of next week. Hcvivcl Planned At Tizzlzy Swcnp Church Perquimans High School's basket ball teams closed the 195? season here last Tuesday night by winning a double , header from the Sunbury girls and boys. Margaret Symons and Marviha White led the local girla to a 48-31 victory. Symons scored 21. noints wmie White hit for 19. The Ind an Squaws moved into a 11-8 lead in the first period and widened this mar gin to Z8-13 at halftime. The Sun bury girls improved during the second half but were unable to overcome the Perquimans lead. Perquimans scored 20 points, during the last half while Sunbury tallied 18. ; In the boys' contest, the Indians were handicapped, playin without the services of Tommy Sumner and John Morris. Sunbury jumped into a 7-5 lead during the first period and were aneaa 17 to 13 at natmme. The In dians started clicking in the third per iod and outscored Sunbury 11-5 to take a 24-22 lead. The final score was Perquimans 33. Sunbury 26. Thatch led the Indians in scoring with 17 points while Riddick- of Sunbury had eight He added that when he was first chosen to study in America he thoucrht way Commission for its consideration, tne purpose of the nrosrram was to give him the opportunity to ieam more of the English language but since ar riving at ACC he had changed this opinion to believing the important tfting was the opportunity he has had of informing fellow students of tru facts about his native country and upon returning to France of telling nis townspeople about America. He pointed out most Frenchmen think o America in terms of Hollywood mov ies, and he discovered these opinions are a far cry from the true American way of life. "Erchange students have a great story to tell of the habits of the peopie oi tne various countries in which they study," the youth said. Red Gross Drive To Get Underway Here Next Week Basketball Letter Awarded Last Friday -The T v. Ooyt Y. viHe, I i teen e cu fr a x '"'1 f rr t-ie i". "ey nvair-p I-arch i3-tlroi;;.h t anno'-iced t' f it ir x of Eompton- i as evapmelist t be hr.i at . .jrim Church a 3rd, H was y ty t'e Key. Coy. S. r cf V-9 church. . 1 1 9 " ;cted - each r ft 7:CD o'clock. l!y invited to Local Group Attend Grain Meeting Tuesday A number of local men attended a meeting held Tuesday night at Eliza beth City, the purpose of which was to discuss tiie problems -connected with the marketing of grain in this' area.' - Marketing specialists were present for the discussion, and It waa plan ned to conduct a survey on the prob lems, especially on transportation which seems to be one of the bottle-. necks handicapping grain growers In Atteding tha meetina were Milton Dail', Sr., Julian A. White, I. C. YageL Claude suiter, Jr and Elihu Lane. - PLAN COX iSUPPlJ The Bethel Ruritan Club will hold an old-Tashioned box supper at the Bethel Community House on Friday night, l.rch' 14. betrinnimr at 7 o'clock, it was announced tdday. Cakes and box svers will be auctioned off and the r ' 'c is invited to attend. iseven DasKetban players vwere awarded letters by E. C. Woodard in an assembly proirram last Friday. Stars were awarded to those players who had already received letters. The girls receiving letters were: Mary winslow, Suzanne Towe, and Fran ces Sutton. Those receiving stars were: Peggy Stokely, Janice, Yagel, Marjorie Winslow, Margaret Symons, m;iie Skinner, Ruth Dawson, Kay Stanton and Mary Esther Saunders. The boys receiving letters were: John Morris, Howard WilBams, Fritz Wulf, and Jay Duling. The boys re ceiving stars were: Joe Towe, Tom my Sumner and (Ben Thatch. Gold basketballs were also awarded to the boys who participated in the Con ference Tournament which was won by Perquimans. These boys were: Julian White, Tommy Sumner, Joe Towe, Ben Thatch, Jay Duling, John Morris, Fritz Wulf, Howard Williams, Garland Walker -and Vernon White. Gregory Rites Held Monday Afternoon " Funeral services were conducted Monday afternoon at 2:30 at the Sandy Cross Baptist Church, for Mrs, Leah Stallings Gregory, 65, who died Saturday. The Rev. W. V. Brown, of ficiated. Burial was in the.Hp-River' Friends cemetery. ' She was the daughter of the late Jimmy and Christian Stallings, Surviving are her husband. Jordan Gregory; one son, Edward Gregory of Fentress, Va,: two daughters. Mrs. Ruth Meads and Mrs. Beulah Stal lings, both of ; Elizabeth Citvr one brother, Lee Stallings vf New Hope, and Sam Staffing of--Plymouth! one sister, Mrs. IKe King-of Shawboro, ana two nair-sistera, Mrs. Fannie Stal lings of BeWdere and Mrs. Daisy Gregory of Hobbsville. . The annual fund raising campaign for the American Red Cross will iret underway in Perquimans County next week, it was announced Wednesday by D. F. Reed, Jr., who will direct the 1952 drive. Mr. Reed stated today team cap tains for the solicitors met with Regional Red Cross officials Thurs day night to map out final plans for the local drive and all will be in readi ness 'for the campaign to open here by next Monday. Perquimans County has been as signed a quota of $1,150 for the 1952 drive, Mr. Reed said, and the chapter officials are hopeful this goal can be achieved within a short time. It is believed the plans for the cam paign will be similar to those used in past years, with the solicitors mak ing a housS-to-house canvass in order to provide an opportunity for every resident of the county to join the Red Cross.; The public ia urged to cooperate with the solicitors, who are volunteer ing their time and efforts in this drive, by having contributions ready for the solicitors upon the first call to the borne. : f Big Boy Scout Fish Fry Scheduled In llickoiy Mffch 8 Announcement waa made this week that the Tidewater Council. Bov Scouts of America, will hold a fish -fry at Hickory, Va., Saturday, March 8, from 2:30 P. M., to 8:80 P. It - Aside from the fish fry, there will be fun, fellowship, Scout demonstr. tions and contests, with a special fea ture being the National Council's No. 1 man in rural Scouting, Elmer H. Bakken, national director. The af fair ia, sponsored by the Youth Com. mittee of the Hickory Ruritan dub and Southside District" of Tidewater Council. It la hoped many from the West Albemarle District wiH attend the fish ' fry,' for which reservation fnmthe i with $1.00 should be cent to the Scout Office, 220 Monticello AmuiU Nar. folkW,Y.