North Carolina Newspapers

, clume XIX. Number 25. Hertf ord, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday June 27, 1952. 5 Centner Copy I C:ibFiiicasTo ft " -. . m h.. Perquimans County fanners are ad vised by County Agent L C, -Yage! to begin at once their dusting program' 1 for the control of the cotton Boll ; WeeviL Regular weekly weevil oodnte are being made again this year by the local extension personnel In coopera tion with the State Weevil control program. It has been found that the weevil population is on the Increase. A ma be expected tills increase varies from farm to farm. The high est infestation found in Perquim ans to- date is 4 per cent which is ' plenty high to Justify starting the dusting program.- vv.-t' A' weekly cotton news letter is re ceived at the Agenf s-offiee ami from this we quote 'SBoU weevil Infesta tions are becoming rather serious in some fields in all major cotton coun ties and though there is considerable variation from one locality to another, yet 'infestations seem more general and heavier than last year. One count indicates that treatments should be begun at squaring in more fields by far than last year. ; ; ; Growers are again urged- to check their fields for weevils prior .to gquar- , ing and to begin treatment at squar ing where weevils are present at the rate of 1 per 100 plant or if con siderable weevil injury is noted. If : squaring has begun, applications of in secticides should be applied in fields showing 10 . per cent punctured squares. It is: suggested that appli-' . cations be made V at weekly inter vals' until' infestations fall below 10 per cent. This usually necessitates 2 to 4 applications, which will consti tute early season control. Tt is sug gested that late season control be be gun .when infestations again build up to 10 pef;wnT;vi,;?',,"!'?:-; Dnp Rites l3!d . ' Haywood E. "Bogue, HI, of Wood- villa ' AiaA nif. hnm nf )l!a Hltrlstl. ter, Mrs daraon Stiver at HewTtone, -last Saturday 'at 2:45 ArjM, .after an illness of .one month. v.. -A life-long resident of Perquimans County and son of William A. and . Sally (Pierce IBogue, he is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sadie Bogue, four daugh ters, Airs. R. I. Spivey, Mrs. Carson Spivey of New Hope, Mrs. John But ler of Elizabeth City, and Mrs. Er vin Sharber of Pasquotank County; one son, W. A. Bogue of Elizabeth City; one Sister, Mrs. E. R. Whedbee of Woodville, and one brother, N. A. IBogue of Craddock, Va. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 2 P. M., at Wood ville Baptist Chdrch with the Rev, W. W. Finlator, assisted by the Rev. G. M. Singletary, officiating.' During the services a, quartet sang "Does Jesus Care," and Robert Givens sang "Beyond the Sunset.": , : . Pallbearers, all nephews; of Mr, Bogue, were Elsberry, Luther, Carl- - ton and' William Whedbee, Clifford Banks and Morris Bogue. ' Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford. v., & - r'i '. Negro ;4-H tMembers At Summer' Camps ; members left Monday for a week of ..camp lite. jMi.vsfeHY.' Jessie Lee Norman of Winf all will join seven outstanding 4-H dub mem bers in Raleigh : to. attend the (Fifth (Regional Camp for club ? members which will be held it Tufikegee .Insti I tute at Tuskegee, Ala., June 23-Joly 1. . , Will White, Jr., -will represent the county at -the Wildlife Camp which will be held at Camp Carey. (He 'JtHas selected for this honor because of his interest and outstanding work in wildlife projects. - Jessie Lee has been ah active club member 'for three years and ''during this time has completed many pro ' Ject including room,-" improvement. sewing, ftod , preservation, .home . beautific&tion, gardening and poultry, die won state honors for many of her projects which were tarried out under the supervision of Sirs. SI. IB. Taylor ; and W. C. IStroud, home end farm agents. In 1951 aba won a watch for the best dairy food demonstration in .the state and has won the' district pub lic speaking contest for three years, ;: All VeffiWd&p&t' 1 lambers of the Belvidere Ruritan Club raised the sum of $120 at their regular meeting held June 19, to as r' t in sending Louise Cartwrlht of lire to a camp for victims of 1 " 'lie Paralysis. The aion hi r f rCeci M il- ai.l-i . 1 's e ' t f- 'i f Ci- , ii wfi i ' i ty ii, C. TJ ' x, f dietary , tin "clv'v.'f :. Jcycses ;To Dedicate Playground On July 3rd , Tentative ' plans ' are being; made by the Hertford Junior Chamber of Commerce to hold a dedication ser vice on ite playground on Thursday night, July 3, beginning at 7 o'clock, it was announced today by George Fields, president of the organisation; .. The playgrounds will be dedicated to the children, of rthe .community, and presentment of tfte project will be made by (Mr. Fields, and received by A. T. Lane, chairman of the Board of County Commissioners. ; v" v The services will precede a double header Softball game which will get underway immediately following the program. HEADUuES Governor W. Kerr Scott on Tuesday allocated millions of - dollars, from surplus highway funds, for key road projects ' throughout the state, Of .the 11,850,000 allocated the bulk of the funds will go to improve Highway 301,, a new section for Highways 70-29 and completion of a bridge near More- head .City. A million dollars was split in 10 equal shares for completing "tag ends" of the secondary road pro gram. Figh&ng on the Korean front has' been stepped i up during the past week, with UN ground and air forces striking hard at Red strongholds. U. S. planes mis week staged heavy raids on North Korean hydro-electric industry, which supplies the Reds with industry, which supply the Reds with much of their war materials. ' Mean while, reports indicate no progress in the armistice talks which have been underway almost a year now. ',! The Department of Agriculture an nounced Tuesday a base support price of 231 a ton for Virginia-type pea nuts nag been established for the 1952 crop. This minimum level will be held only for peanuts containing 65 per cent sound mature kernels. A report from Washington late last week announced a possibility produc tion of certaitt. types of steel, needed A r roduction.'wilfcretmnderway shortly. 1 The steel atrSie is' still on, and there appears no settlement is in sight , Deserting Prats Face Court Action Under I'ew Rulings The names of ifanArtinor nnrrnvfa will be given to law enforcement officials on JUiy l oy county superintendents oi pudiic weiiare in ail cases where srrants are beinir received hv their families under the aid to dependent children, program. This action is in accordance with requirements of an amendment to the Federal Security Act effective on that date and will give added support to the efforts to enforce ' North Carolina's aunnort statutes. ' ..; :---v 5 "Only as a Tesult oif court action can a deserting parent be resnired to con tribute to snODOTif. vf AmmAm oTifl. jdren," said Dr. Ellett Winston, Com missioner or the state Board of Public Welfare, which supervises the county administered welfare program in North Carolina. "It is the responsi bility of the county superintendent of public welfare under the four n trim the notice of desertion to the appro- pnate law , enforcement officials in such cases. . "It is important," Dr. Winston Em phasized, '.that all desertion and non support cases have as prompt atten tion by the courts as possible. Our State laws have beeit considerably strengthened during the last few leg islatures so that the problem is one or meir more eneerave use. '- The needs of these children of de serting parents emphasfge the service which can ha reruJemul In DBA mAb ers in county public welfare depart ments wno counsel with the remaining parent and , children" on their family problems,'' Dr. Winston said. - Former , Resident v . Assumes Bank Post J Wallace L. Reed, former resident f Perquimans Countv: haa aimaA high position wRh t ISecurity Nat- to an announcement received here. He win do assistant vie president in charge of credit and operations for Time Pavment . Tolnsrrrnml. yv jiWa bank. - A native of Hartford, Reed was educat-i if a r ratbry school to Shwmoreandtti.. "i Carolina State Culice. He ta 1. 1 14 -years' ex pc in, tie fast-' .,ent loan busi-ne.Ac 'firtKSb Pc:rs Drv;n In Case Of Kii!nj;;:d Yculli Sheriff Owens Made Ar fl rests y In Cases On Last Thursday (Extradition papers, seeking to re turn Leone Bratman and her hus band, Soloman Bratman from Wash ington, D. C, to Perquimans County, to face charges of kidnapping Dennis DeFabio from a county ' boarding home were drawn and forwarded to Governor W. Kerr Scott on last Sat urday, it was announced here this week by Sheriff M. Cj Owens, - The extradition papers were drawn by Solicitor Walter Cahoon and sent to the Governor following the return here of Sheriff Owens who went to Washington on Thursday of last week where he, assisted by Washington police officials, , arrested the Brat mans on warrants drawn in this coun ty. The defendants were placed in jail at Washington, and it is report ed that they denied .the kidnapping charges and after being released from jail on bond prepared to fight extra dition to North Carolina. ' r Leone Bratman, who claims to be the child's real mother and who also claims that the child has not been legally adopted by the DeFabios, is al leged to have visited the Perquimans board home in company with her hus band and took the child without per mission. ':':..',.'':'. 'Sheriff Owens reported that the de fendants are fighting extradition, a matter which he has reported to So licitor Walter Cahoon. - ; The sheriff said the woman claim ed that she did have permission to take the child away from the home by Mrs. Goldie Meekins, Dare Welfare superintendent. : 1 For Il6!pfc!ity SliflwnllonPo Residents of this community are receiving high praise for the hos pitality extended to members of. the Madison High School baseball team, which came here early thia month to participate in the State Class A cham pionship play-offs; Mayor V. N. Darden has received a letter from Raymond H. Eure, Coach of the Madison team, expressing his thanks to the resident here for the wonderful time shown his boys. The message of Mr. Eure s read: "Dear Mayor: Just a short note expressing our sincere thanks to you and your citi zens for the wonderful time shown us on our recent visit Mo your city. tOur only regret was in not being able tq play up to our usual stand ards; nevertheless your team deserved to win and you may be proud to have such a group of boys representing you. j 'J.- ,;;;v. .'-:V ':'' "If you or your citizens are ever in thig end of the state' we shall feel honored to have you visit us." Sincerely, ' ' ' , Raymond H. Eure. Dedication Service Held Last Sunday P.M. Dedication services were held Sun day afternoon at 8 o'clock in the chap el of the'Twiford Funeral Home by the Rev. Charles F. Wulf, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, as sisted by the Rev. Wood Gaither, rec tor of Creswell Episcopal Church, the Rev. Charlee W, Duling, pastor of the Hertford Baptist Church and the Rev. A. L. Chaplin, pastor of Hertford Methodist Church. The chapel was dedicated to the memory of Kr. Will G. Caither, his wife, Mrs. Elisabeth Wood Gaither, and Miss Helen Gaither. The house was formerly the Gaither home. A quartet composed of Mrs. B. G. Koonce, Mrs., J. R. Futrell, Mrs. W. i G. Wright and Mrs. I. C. Yagel sang "O, Living Christ" and "Sweet Peace." They were accompanied at the organ by jilrs. J. E. White. Lost Colony Opens On. Saturday Night X more colorful and thrilling Lost Colony will begin its 12th season in Waterside Theatre at Ofanteo on Roa noke Island, Saturday evening, June 28, it iwas announced this week. This year (Paul Green, author of the play, which has lived longer than any other outdoor production, has. added one thrilling Indian attack scene to Act II of the symphonic drama. Some changes have been made in the cast and also a nutuber of additions have been added.- ' - - Vm'ety Of Cases l!3tfd Tuesday Oy Hacordsr's Juc Six Cases Heard Involve Drivers Of Overload ed Vehicles A docket consisting of 11 cases was disposed of in Perquimans Recorder's Court here last Tuesday morning. Six of the cases charged defendants with violation of the highway weight laws and each of the defendants en tered a plea of guilty to the charges. ItPaying costs of court on these charges were John Phillips, Robert Forbes, Jennings Britt, John Stroud, Clarence Byer and Gordon Walker, Negro. A verdict of not guilty was return ed in the case in which Joseph Moore, Negro, was charged with breaking and entering and trespassing. The court advised the defendant he was techni cally guilty of the charges but under the 'circumstances, surrounding the case, which involved the defendant entering a house formerly owned by his dead brother, the court was dis missing the charges. A fine of $10 and costs were taxed against John Owens, who found guil ty of a charge of failure to observe a stop sign at the corner of Edenton Road and Grubb Streets. Lemuel Liverman, charged with be ing drunk on the highway, was order ed to pay a fine of $3 and costs of court. .' Eula Thatch, Negro, was found guilty of assaulting Rudolph Shannon with a deadly weapon and ordered to pay the costs of court. Prayer for judgment was continued upon the con dition the defendant keep 'Shannon away from her home for a period of six months. Shannon was found guil ty of assaulting the Thatch woman and he was given a 80 day road sen tence to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $20 and costs of court and further he paid his doctor bill, resulting from the wounds infEcted by the woman. Examination Ce'.'.Gd For Position In local Post Office The United States Civil Service Commission has announced an open competitive examination for the po sition of substitute clerk earner for filling a vacancy in the Post Office at Hertford, it was announced today by Edgar (Fields, local secretary for the commission. The usual entrance salary for this position is $1J16 per hour. . Appli cations' for this position will be ac cepted by the Director, Fourth U. S. Civil Service Region, Temporary Building IP, 3rd and Jefferson Drive S. W. Washington, D. C, until fur ther notice. -, : Competitors will be required to. re port for written examinations, which will be held as soon as practicable af ter the date set for the close of re ceipt of applications. Full informa tion and application blanks' may be obtained from Mr. IFields at the Hert ford Post Office. Lane Funeral Held Last Friday Henry Palen Lane, 84, died sud denly Thursday morning of last week at 10 o'clock following a heart at tack at his home in the Bear Swamp community, '. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon at four o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home and burial fol lowed in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Churchyard. "Mi IF .una vtb ft nftffvA anil lifa. innir -.;wt A Pewmtmin. Cnnnfv son of the late Palen and Elizabeth Chappell Lane, a w - , iSurvivors are one dauriiter. Mrs. Lily Davis,, of Norfolk, Va.; one son, Henry Singleton Lane, of Hertford; seven grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. Ruritans Lead In Softball League , The Ruritan Club softbaH team of Winf all is currently leading (he local civic league with a perfect record of three wins, followed by the VJjTW team which Has won two and lost one; the Jayceea have a 1-2 record while the lions have lost three straight games. Games . scheduled for next Wed nesday evening are ,; the MFW vs. Ruritans at he playground diamond and the Lions vs. the Jayceea at the high school diamond. m v, Interest1 at1 the softbaH league is developing and large crowds' are turn ing out each Wednesday to witness the games played by the teams in. the ieague44(S, .g.,.,,,, Preparations Commoted For Second Primery Election Scheti&d Tomorrow First Cotton Bloom ? Shown Here Monday The county's first cotton bloom of the 1952 season was brought to the office of The Perquimans Weekly last Monday afternoon oy volon Jackson, Jr., who reported the bloom was found during the morning on the farm of his father on Route one, Hertford. The first cotton bloom of 1952 was reported to The Weekly three days later than during 1951 season. For reporting the first cotton bloom of the year, The Weekly, as has been the cus tom in the past, is awarding Mr. Jack- Bon with one years subscription to the paper. Funeral Services For William Tucker Held Last Sunday William N. Tucker, 66, died at the Albemarle Hospital last Friday after noon at about 4:25 o'clock after an illness of two days. Mr. Tucker was a lifelong resident of Hertford, son of the late Paul M. and Annie Proctor Tucker. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Addie T. Tucker: two daughters. Mrs. J. R. Winterringer of Rochester, Minn., and Miss Ruth Tucker of Hertford: one son, Paul Tucker of Hertford; one sis ter, Mrs. J. K. Edwards of Savan nah, Ga.; two brothers, T. C Tucker of Roanoke, Va,, and J. L. Tucker of Norfolk, and one grandchild. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Lynch Funeral Home with, the Rev, Charles W. 'Duling, pastof . of Ithe Hertford Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. A. L. Chaplin, pastor of the Hertford Methodist Church, offi ciating. During the services the choir of the Hertford Methodist Church sang 1Rock of Ages" and "Abide With Me.! :.,. , -' rirrS .Pallbearers were Nathan Spivey, Will Reed, Raymond Holmes, Ed ward Stewart, D. F. Reed, Ben Thach, Fhihp Thach and Hazel Mathews. Interment was in Cedarwood Ceme tery. " Miss' Louise Jordan Weds Donald Sorensen Miss Louise Jordan of Hertford and Donald Sorensen of Astoria, Oregon were united in marriage on Saturday afternoon, June 21, by the Rev. Wil liam P. Parker in the parsonage of the Mt. Christian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. i The bride wore white organdy with navy accessories and carried a hand bouquet of summer flowers. Mrs. Marie IChappell, sister of the bride, her only attendant, wore tan with navy accessories and a corsage of pink carnations. Patrick H. Tunstall, Jr., of Balti more, Maryland, was best man to the groom. The bride is a graduate of Per quimans High .School, and the groom a graduate of the Astoria High School of Astoria, Oregon. . Following the ceremony the couple was entertained by friends at a small informal party in the home of Cor poral and Mrs. Robert Chappell of Aberdeen, Md. After a brief stay in Aberdeen, Md., the couple will leave to visit Mr. and Mrs. Clement Jordan, parents of the bride. . Teen-Agers To Form Baseball League I ' Efforts are being made this week . form four-team baseball league for teen-age oys, to provide recrea- !an r " youws aunng me sum- mer months. Teams expected to be entered in the league will represent Winfall, Hertford, Center Hill and Beech Springs. Games will be played on Wednesday afternoons, and the youths will be assisted by Harry HollowelL Any teen-age boy desiring to play on one of the teams isjrequested to get in touch with either Mr. Hollowell or Tommy Mathews. Miss Louise Hines Resigns As Teacher 'Miss Louise Hines, teacher of En glish at Perquimans High School for the past three years, has tendered her resignation, of the . position to the Board of Education, it was announced Wednesday by J. T. Riggers, Super intendent of Schools. The resignation becomes en active : immediately, Mr. JBiggers stated. , ... .,.-, -. Voting To Decide Nomi nation For Of f ice Of 'Register Of Deeds All arrangements for the run-off primary, to be held Saturday, June 28, have been completed according to W. F. Ainsley, chairman of tfie Per quimans County Board of Elections. , There will be two tickets, Mr. Ains ley said, for voters during the election, one .being the county ticket contain ing the names of Julian C. Powell and J. Edgar Morris, candidates for the office of Register of Deeds, and . the State ticket with the names of R. Hunt Parker and William Babbitt, candidates for the office of Associate Justice for the State Supreme Court. Little interest has been manifested in this second primary, and it ap pears the voting in the county will be much lighter than in the election held on May 28, when more than 1700 voters went to the polls. In that election Powell was high man in the race for the nomination for Register of Deeds, leading Mor ris, who was second in the six-man field by 126 votes. Judge Parker was high man in the state race for the Associate Justice Post, but he failed to obtain a ma jority in .the race and a state-wide run-off was called by Judge Bob-bitt Ballots for the primary tomorrow have been distributed by the chair-' man of the local Board of Elections and the election officials at the vari ous polling places in the county will be the same as officiated in the first pri mary,, with the exception of Joseph Wanslow replacing Nelson Smith in Parkville and W. E. Dail replacing Mrs. W. E. Dail in New Hope. Mr. Ainsley pointed out that the polling places will be open from 6:30 A. M., until 6i30 P. M., for the voters to cast their ballots in this election. i 1 " "' i ii- ,.-Y,.r - C.fl. Holmes b jure tl Carroll R: HoWerTeceTved pamful 4 injuries in an "automobile accident, which occurred last Saturday after noon at about 5:29 o'clock, ' on the Camden causeway, north of Elizabeth ACLuruiug io ouite rairoiman a. r. Cooke who investigated the accident, a large trailer truck parked on the left side of the highway, pulled onto the highway in front of the Holmes car. Riding with Mr. Holmes was his wife, Mrs Hannah Holmes and son, John, and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Winder ef Elizabeth City. Mr. Winder also was seriously in i I Ci i. . T J 1 T T jured, suffering from considerable loss of blood from a laceration of his arm and forehead. Holmes received lacerations of the right knee and abrasions of the right arm. Both men were treated at the Medical Center in Elizabeth City. Mrs. Holmes received minor bruises in the collision. Alvin Harper of Rocky Mount, driv er of the truck has been arrested in connection with the accident and charged with driving drunk. Holmes stated neither his car nor Hie truck were traveling at a high rate of speed, otherwise the accident might have proved more serious than it was. He said the truck had just pulled onto the highway as he ap- nrnnriipri It. And )ia nvmAilmtAlv anrpr. ved to miss being struck, but was unsuccessful as the truck struck his car a glancing blow. Winners Announced In Local Boat Races Fifteen boats were entered in the three .outboard motor races held last Sunday at Hertford Beach, it was re ported Monday by Jake Mathews, sponsor of the races. Winners in the races, according to classes were: AU Class, Max Scott, Weeksville; C. F. MacNaughton, Eliz abeth City; Leroy Dail, Hertford; BU Class, Jimmy Haynes, Plymouth, Mel- vin Owens, Jr., Hertford, Jimmy Morse, Elizabeth City; Pleasure Boat Class, Jimmy Morse, Elisabeth City Murray Dail, Hertford and Leroy Dail, Hertford. It was reported the races tost Sun day drew a large number of spec tators and ideal conditions made the racing exceedingly interesting. LIONESS CLUB TO ELECT OFFICERS The Hertford Lioness Club will meet Friday night at 6 o'clock. ihft Hotel Hertford. Election of officers for a new year, and other important mat ters will be diseutAed.-H: members are urged UkH presentj? J, . MASONS TO MEET The Perquimans Masonic Lodge, No. 107, A. IF. A A. M, will meat Tuea- Aav niirliA nsV .SKiarKt a.'aIaaL' - ;turday