Newspapers / The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, … / Dec. 12, 1952, edition 1 / Page 2
Part of The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
ran ifcv::un 'saw of JOs Dy County Itoger noon. - ' ' - , 'Mrs. Clifton Bunch and children and Sirs. Eddie' Stallings visited their sister, :v Miss Anna King-, . Sunday. Miss King: s some improved; .. , , . v ' ' i. 1 - ' in Governor Iccgls Change Of Texas Perquimans County Forest Ranger J. W. Nowell is making short talks on Fire Prevention in connection with his current program of distributing. book covers to the sixth grade stu dents of the county schools. These book covers, furnished by the Depart ment of Conservation and Develop ment, emphasize the importance of y.o in tlin 1IS it tira "Of VUr.U -,k,i o infaivaatoiH in h (famnffp f the Lone Star State. wild fire does to our woodland," County Ranger Nowell said, "but ex perience has shown that sixtih grade1 students are especially receptive to our book covers and their important message." . . Mr. Nowell is also distributing the first poster in "The little Tree'v' series to stores and business estab lishments through Perquimans Coun ty. Colorful and decriptive, the ''Little Tree" series tells a picture Believing Tar Heels to be better turkey growers than Texans, Govern or W. Kerr Scott has accepted i challenge from Governor Allan IShiv rs of Texas in which he expects to show him a North Carolina turkey (that ! will outweigh any they produce in The challenge, which is being issued to Governors in other leading turkey producing states, said in part: . It has been the practice of the Governor of the host state of the National Tur key Federation's annual convention to issue a challenge to the Governors of a few turkey producing states to compete for the heaviest turkey in the nation. "Texas . has always accepted this challenge. We, in Texas, believe in story of the significance of tiny seed-1 doing things in a big way .and see" no lines, nature's source of future tim-lgood reason why this competition ber. "We hear a lot about fires Mat destroy merchantable timber," County Ranger Nowell said, "such fires, are destructive but people should also re member that it doesn't take a very hot fire to destroy tiny pine trees, and when you burn up the seedlings you destroy tomorrow's sawlogs." New Hope News (iLef t Over From Last Week) Lawrence Spivey and daughter, Miss Betty Bpivey of College Park, Maryland, spent Ithe Thanksgiving holidays with relatives in and around New Hope. W. E. Dail has returned home af ter visiting his children, Mr. and Mrs. Kermit Barclift, and Miss Celia Dail in Washington, !). C.f and Mr. and Mrs. Austin Dail in Arlington, Va., for several days, lie was accompan ied home by his daughter, Miss Celia Blanche Dail, and granddaughter, Miss Patsy Barclift. Mr. and (Mrs. Murden Stokely were dinner guests of Itheir son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Stokely, on Thanksgiving Day. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Perry were din ner guests of Mr. and Mrs. (Billie Winslow of IWhiteston,. (N. C, on Thanksgiving Day. . Elmer Banks is in the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, for observa tion and treatment. L. IR. Webb, who has been sick for several- days, is much improved. Mr, and Mrs. ClaytonjForbes and Douglas Turner1 of Elizabeth City were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Turner during the Thanksgiving holidays. Misses Celia: Blanche Dail and Pat sy Barclift returned to Washington, D. C, Sunday after spending Thanks giving holidays with their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Dail. should be limited to a few states, so as Governor of the great state of Texas where the world's best turkeys are grown, I hereby challenge you and your turkey growers to enter this competition for the heaviest tur key in the nation." In accepting the challenge, Govern, or 'Scott said, "Texas is a big state and they grow a lot of turkeys down there, but I don't believe they grow them any bigger ithan we do here Sn North Carolina. We have always heard the Texans' tall tales about the big ness of their state and the - things they produce is it. Now, we have an opportunity to make them back down a little bit and we are going to do it by showing them that our turkeys are1, just as big as the ones they grow." uovernor 'Scott bag asked Ralph B. Kelly, poultry marketing specialist with the N. C. Department of Agricul ture to select the "whopping gobbler", and Kelly is asking all turkey growers in the state to assist him by weigh ing and notifying him of any heavy turkeys they have on their farms. Jso far," Kelly says, "the heaviest turkey we have heard about is on the farm of Dan Jones in ffohnston Coun? ty. Jones has reported that he has one gobbler that tips the scales at 47 pounds." ' "That is a good size turkey." Kellv said, "but it is quite Dossible that someone else has one a little heavier. 1 he Governor would not hav ac- BELVIDERE NEWS (ILeft Over IFrom Last Week) Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sid ney Stallings Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Simon King, Miss Syble King, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pell and chil dren of Shawboro, Mr. and Mrs. Clif ton Bunch and children of Suffolk, Va., Mark Kenny USMC, stationed at Portsmouth, Va., Mr. and Mrs. Asa Stallings and children and Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Stallings. Mrs. George Riddick spent Monday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lane.. . : Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay (Stallings and son, Carl, visited Mrs. Stallings' fath er, Jordan Gregory, Thanksgiving Day. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Stallings and daughter, Dianne, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Chappell Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Stallings attend-ed-the funeral of Carl Parker Saturday afternoon. g : Mrs. Billie Stallings visited Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Stallings . Friday after- cepted the ohallensa unless I j thought we haft some .turkeys here i yt than they have in Texas. We do not want to let him down, so we would still be- glad to hear from anyone who has a Heavier turkey. iWe must find one that will outweigh the heaviest one they have in Texas." i Faster You Go, The Harder You Hit The faster you go, the harder you hit! Excessive speed was a factor in 35 per cent of the nation's 87,300 motor vehicle deaths last ,year. according to "Accidents Facts," the National Safety Council's statistical .yearbook. i wenty-eight per cent of the driv- ers involved in these accidents were reported violating some speed regula tion. Fourteen per cent exceeded the speed limit, 5 pes cent exceeded safe speeds although traveling under the stated limit, and 9 per cent violated safe speeds in areas where there was no stated limit. . " i . L If you have two real friends. are batting above average. you ill PICTURE OF A SMART CHRISTMAS SHOPPER This it the season when the days don't have enough hours. But the smart Christmas shopper uses the -: classified directory ni the' tele, phone. Theres no lister, easier way to do much of your Christmas shopping because the whole town it at your fingertips. ,-, Put this low-cost, time-saving team to work this Christmas. . THE NORFOLK, at CAROLINA TELEPHONE ft TELEGRAPH COMPANY EUxabeth City - Edenton Maateo THAT'S REALLY VtV?4 its j 11-cu-ft cAPAcmri - t , 4 new spacemaker door shelve : 4 acrossIthe-top freezeri ; j vegetable rolla-drawersj 4 butter conditioneri j g-e dependabiutyi 0 Gnvenient v X Model LF-11 - ll I 11-CU-FT SPACE MAKER REFRIGERATOR" SEE CHARLIE UMPHLETT AT Hertford Motor Company GENERAL ) ELECTRIC ' REFRIGERATORS ; VHOS EXCITED?.... llilliiiftp illlil ;i .3 .lliv. COfAE SEE tho car
The Perquimans Weekly (Hertford, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 12, 1952, edition 1
2
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75