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- I !.: W OS XIX. Numfcc- .0. Hertlord, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, December 19, 1952. 5 Cents Per Copy r1 . ::3 Gc: 3 " :r 23 Fcr Cii i::3S' Paty , b Sponsored ByTHertford Stores To :n-Jaycees .Ilcrcliants . .a CiMial Santa Clans party lldren of Perquimans County j staged here Saturday after December 20, it was announced jday. (Arrangements have been .eted by the Hertford Fire De ment and the Hertford Junior rctoer of Commerce to sponsor this ? event for (he kiddies. .he two organizations will have the peration of the Hertford merchants promoting the. visit of Santa Claus, .d sill the children of the county are vited to come and be on hand for .anta who is expected to arrive" in front of the Court House in Hertford at two o'clock Saturday afternoon. . J Ellie Fearing and Moody Mathews, representing the Jaycees and Henry C, StokeB, Jr.,! and George Fields, rep ', "resenting the Fire Department, com . prise a committee working out the details for the party. Other members of the Fire Department and Jaycees ' will assist this committee with the - project Old Saint Nick will stop in Hertford in front of the Court House where he will greet the kiddies, and of course, , will have some small favors to pass V out among those attending. All chil- idren-of the county are invited to join vin 'and welcome Santa Claus to Hert ford: One request the committee has made of the children this year, is that they : not crowd too close on the track on wfeich Santa will arrive. In order that each child, may have a "real'' visit ;, wfth Santa the committee will endeav ' .. 'or to provide. Santa and the commit V tee ample room for distributing the favors -tofhe children. : v ; , ' Santa's visit here on Saturday after noon will follow the Jaycee theatre party to be given the white children at the State Theatre at 10.-30 Satur day morning:; This free theatre party is a part of 'the regular Jaycee holi- ' day activities. , . x ': 1 1 U.mt.mm 1 Ul'iiw.l if : s-. lienor Mo'eased The honor . roll for . (Perquimans Training School, for-the second grad. ing period, closed last week, has been released by R. L. Kingsbury, princi pal. The list contains the names of honor students front, eighth through the twelfth grade: f , Eighth Grade IGeorge Hunter, Au dry Small. Ethel Eason, Alexander Moore, Argie Lamb, Kenneth Parker, Jeannette Parker, Charlie Jordan, Ed. na- Skinner, : Elsie Gallop, Ernest IWhite. Ninth Grade Yvonne Burke, James Griswold, Wilhelmina Rodgers, Mary Whidbee, Thedosia- Winslow, Doris Rodgers, Wilma Skinner; Melsie Park er, Edna Zachary, Barbara , Brick house, Christine lewder, Sanford Jen nings. . ";7 ; . v . Tenth Grade SShelvia .White, Lou ise : Eason, Shirley Gordon, Charlie white, , Lillian. Hollowell ' (Francis Hurdle, Mary Parker. WilMe Eason. . Eleventh Grade Theresas Law- rence, Mamie .. Redd, Shirley Eapon, Eenja Mae Copeland, Vivian John! kins, Beatrice Mitchell, ; Jessie Lee : (Norman. - . Twelfth ; Grade 'Norwood Davis, Ruth Felton,' GladyB Harrell, Marion Winslow, Shirley . Zachary, Marion Burke, Thelma Felton, Wilhelmina Gregory, Wilbert Leigh and Edith Phillips.-- ' . . l Draft Offices To Gzzz All Neit Week ' The of.le of ihe (Perkjuteans Coun ty Draft Board will be closed all next week, for the holidays, ft was i norfed today by Mrs. Charles. Cam- -' ' , c'ork to the board. Campen also announced ' the i Toard -has received no calls for a (for the month of January. . ci ::xr.iAs paetT" i V ' -r dire, "WO.ly tWhtte. John ny t sj (Amanda ILou Corprew were re-l9 t t'.e HeiOrd ffunlor Music ' " . i ' !y evening ft the home r. 6 . rslvarner Ire. , t. :ne?s eernon, over j u r e rres.ued, was ptjn tiSib ilymn, Collect and u v r ted the club. - r . 1 ; i" oir annual custom,, club t r-ls for under n to le L'fftributed tf- , e-KTI i'.J.-en Federation. . t (r1 -re of r '' . M -' i " r t di 1 s jui and i Carols. wp? warded To Tcv;n SsSnfcy Observe Holidays Closing dates for Hertford mer chants for the holidays have been re leased by a spoxesman for the mer chants, following a survey conducted among the business houses last ween. local stores ana business nouses will be closed for Christmas day and on Friday, December 26. The stores will also be closed on New xears Day, January 1. , A nroDosal for local stores to close Wednesday afternoons, beginning Jan. uary 9 and continuing through some time next Fall was not adopted by the merchants; therefore the stores will not close Wednesday afternoon until such time as an agreement is reached. Hew Garbage Track low In Operation Hertford's new garbage disposal system went into effect this week when a new truck, equipped with' a dump body was placed in opera tion on (Monday in the collection of garbage and trash. An appropriate slogan, "Help Keep, Your Town Clean"' adorns the side of the Chevrolet truck cab, and town officials urge the public to make this slogan a -reality by putting it into practice. - '. In connection -with the new collec tion system Mayor V. N. Darden stat ed that residents of the town are- urged, and must have a container in which to place garbage and other ref use from the home. He said having this container will assist in keeping the time schedule of the truck, in mak ing Ha two rounds of the town each week, and that the men manning the truck will not collect garbage ' and refuse unless it is placed in such a container. H tapolad4ut -taut etruck 1 a auai capacity, as a and trash truck. Trash, garbage truck a such as tree limbs, leaves, etc., must be placed at the curb from which it will be collected but garbage collee tion will continue as it( has been done m the past. , . i County 4-H Clubbers At New York Contest 4-H'ers Bobby Smith and Clarence Chappell, Jr., both of Belvidere, to gether with H. M. Covington, Exten sion Horticulture Specialist and the Assistant Agent, Claude Ruiter, Jr., attended the National Junior Vege table Growers Association Convention in New York, December 7JU. ' ..These boys entered their State win ning production and marketing dem onstration in the National Contest. The title - of their demonstration was "Proper Seed 'Selection, Treating, and Bedding of Sweat Potatoes." They placed seventh iri the nation of a field of 63 demonstrations. 1. , j .'; While in-' New - York, "Convention delegates from 37 states attended several tours which covered many places' of interest and. historic im portance. 'A few of the places which they visited were uptown and down town Manhatteii, the Statue of liber ty, Chinatown, the Bowery, Columbia 'University, and the Bronx Zoo. Mrs. Sutton Injured In Auto Accident Mrs. C. E. SulttOn suffered injuries in an automobile: accident which oc curred ; Monday afternoon, near the Major-Loomis ; Company; tori the Win- fall- highway. va was. reportea the accident happened when Vehicles driv en by-Mr. Sutton and W. W. Bundy, collided - afthe scene. Mrs. Sutton, it was reported, suffered fracture of the ribs and ' numerous bruises. ; She was taken to Albemarle Hospital for observation xand treatment. Perquimans-FFA ' ! Wins Tool Contest A ; tool identifioation contest' fea tured a district FF1A meeting held at Camden High School on Thursday of last weefc, The three-man team rep resenting Perquimans High School wort the contest, with Moyock second and Griggs' third.' - Other - schools -competing- were iHobbsville, Chowan,. Gatesville,. Cen tral, WeeksvUle, Sunbury and Cam den. Tools used tin the contest were loaned by Garrett Hardware Company. Winston Chapnell of Perquimans had a score of. 13 out of a possible 100. His teammates were Wallace Baker and Jesse Mansfield. The ' Perquimans' team was under the direction of Joe Tunnell, vocational teacher at Perquimans. - b-iistedSgsvs From Va. Dszcli Local Capers Played In Edenton On Tues day Night Perquimans' High School played host to the basketball - teams from Virginia Beach last Friday night and won victories in both contests. The local girls scored an easy 62-30 win over the Virginia girls and the Per quimans Indians rolled up a 39-22 score over the visiting boys. " Barbara Edwards, with 21 points, and Mary Winslow, with 17, led the scoring for the Squaws, while Stoke ly and Jackson were outstanding on defense for the Squaws.. Woodward with 15 points was high scorer for the visiting girls. 'After an even first quarter, which ended with the score at 11-9, the local girls began hitting the nets from all angles of the court and rolled up a 33 14 lead at half time. Coach Fearing used his entire squad of girls during .the game but Virginia Beach offer ed little competition to the strong Perquimans team. The Squaws had a 48-24 advantage at the three quarter mark and moved on to a final 62 to 30 victory. Coach Fearing's Indians showed im provement over their opening contest with Elizabeth City, scoring an im pressive win from Virginia Beach. Howard Williams, with 14 points;: Jed the scoring for Perquimans, but prac tically all the boys had part in rolling up the total score. Towe and Allen hit for seven points; Carver got four, and Paul Mathews 3. Gardner with 10 points was high scorer for Virginia Beach. Perquimans gained an 8-5 .lead during the first period and held this advantage throughout the contest. The Indians had an eight-point margin at halftime when the score was 20-12. The pace slackened in the third period which ended 28 to 19, but the Indians came back in the -final canto to hit for k-dbtor;totW of 'lim2VFh. ginia Beach boys scored only three for a total of 22. '. ,- a .,; ,; On Tuesday night the Indians and Squaws journeyed to Edenton for a triple-jheader with the Edenton Aces and Acelets. The Perquimans Junior Varsity was defeated in the first con test; then the Perquimans girls won a 34 to 23 victory from the Edenton girls. In the final game the Edenton boys defeated the Indians by a score of 47 to 38. II Mrs. Bessie Lee IWinslow, 55, died Tuesday at 2 P. M., after an illness of one day at her home in White- ston. Mrs. Winslow was a- native of Per quimans, the daughter of the late Jo-hn Lante and Mrs, Elizabeth Stal- lings White, and wife of Elmer B. Winslow. She was a member of Up River Friends Church' 'Besides her husband, she is survived by two daughters. Miss Marv Love White and Mrs. Calvin Bundy, of Hert- iord; six sons, Bernard IWinslow, of Suffolk; Winfred Winslow, Carl Wins low, Dillie Winslow, Allen Winslow and John Winslow, all of Whiteston; five sisters, Mrs. Johnnie Rountree, of Whiteston; Mrs. Arnolds IWinslow, Mrs. Raymond Grewrv. Mr. Hesse Wood and Mrs. iFanny Winslow, all of Elizabeth City. : and two brothers. Moody White and Wayland White, Dta or iPerquimans. Hertford PTA Holds Christmas Program The PTA of the Hertford Grammar bchool met in the school auditorium Thursday night, December 11. Mrs.1 Cecil .White's fourth grade presented the annual Christmas program 'In Sana. ClausV . IBag." Those taking part were Diane (Hollowell aim "The ISpirit of Christnias'; Carlyle- Wood- ara.s Santa Klaus; Pat Drake as mrs. aanta iiaus; Jimmy Rogerson as Brownie Bright Eyes; Earl Owens, North Pole: Linda Bass. Merrv Christmas, j Santa's reindeer were Donald Chesson, Frank Brown, Larry Corprew, Dean Brit and Edward Nix on, Brownies ; were ; Allen Owens, Donald Madre, Johnny Corprew, Gene white, UharneVFowleh Dolls were Julie Lane,.' Sandra - Keel, Kathryn Bonner, Joyce Owens. Dollie Copeland. Mary Lee Ward,. Cowboy dolls were Jimmy Wheeler and Guy McCracken. Snow people -were Mary-Ellen Ed wards, Ida Claire Matthews, Cecilia Williams, H Calvin ISaylors, Vernon Winslow and Jim Robertson. After the redding of the minutes and the State President's message the Asso - ciation discussed routine business. VmodDoc'tctln recorder's Court On Last Tuesday MMSMM ' ""r''t Court Costs Assessed Defendants Hav- ing Fireworks 'A varied docket consisting of nine cases was disposed of in Perquimans Recorder's Court here last Tuesday. Included in the docket was the case in which George and, Willie Felton, Negro youths, were charged with possession of fireworks, a violation of a State law. Judge Chafl. E. John. sod continued prayer for judgment in the 'hearing on a plea of guilty by the boys. He ordered them to pay the costs of court and also ordered the fireworks be destroyed. Jason House and Lee Phillips en tered pleas of guilty to charges of driving trucks loaded over the weight limit. Each was taxed with court costs. Thomas Coleman, Negro, paid the costs of court after pleading guilty to charges of failing to observe a stop sign. IWillkm Overton was found guilty on charges of driving drunk and hit and run. ' He was sentenced to jail for 60 days, sentence to be suspended upon payment of a fine of $150 and costs. Charlie Reid, Negro, was " ordered to pay a fine of $40 and costs on a charge of driving without a license. Fifteen dollars of the fine is to be paid to Mrs. Hattie Spivey for dam ages inflicted to her car by Reid. Jesse Calloway, Negro, plead guilty to charges of hit and run. He was ordered to pay a fine of $35 and costs. Twenty dollars of the fine to be paid W, E. Lane for damages done to his car by the defendant William Armstrong, Negro, entered a plea of guilty to charges of speed ing. He was ordered to pay a fine of $15 and costs. Edgar Mallory, Negro, was found guilty 6n charges of permitting his stock", to run at large. He was order- ;,pay;. fine- Hi&mimat.M ray Offered At Clinic The District Health Department, in cooperation with the local Tubercu losis and Health Association and the practicing physicians, announce a pro gram of free chest X-rays for all per sons who come to the cancer clinic. This program will be started at the next clinic, and persons attending the clinic are urged to come a little early so that the chest X-rays can be made before the attending physicians arrive, The new X-ray unit is now installed and we are waiting for the electrician and the. City to bring the power to the unit. It is hoped that this will be done this week and that the manufacturer's representative may be able to come early next week to test the machine and give our personnel instructions as to the use of the new equipment. Films for this program will be fur nished by the Tuberculosis Associa tion and paid for from Christmas Seal Sale funds. Rites Held Sunday For Ernest Morse ) Funeral rites for Ernest Morse, 56, who died Saturday at his home, Route 3, Hertford near JNew Hope, were conducted in the chapel of Twiford's Funeral Home at Elizabeth City Sun day at 2:30 P. M., by the Rev. L. Sigsbee Miller, pastor of Pearl Street Assembly Church, and the Rev. S. B. Cruise, pastor of the People's Metho dist Church, (Burial ( was in New Hollywood Cemetery. , 'i Mr. Morse was a lifelong resident of Perquimans County, son of Doc and Alice Burgess . Morse husband of Mrs. Alma Wilson Morse, a member of the New Hope Methodist Church, the Seth Edward Perry Post of the American Legion, a . member of the Modern Woodman Camp, a farmer and merchant at New Hope. , . -- Surviving, besides his wife, are one daughter, Mrs. Charlie Colson, Jr., of South Mills and five grandchildren. Lions Club To Hold Ladies' Night Party The Hertford Lions "Club will hold its annual Christmas Party Friday night, December 19, beginning at 7 o'clock at the Perquimans High School cafeteria. Special guests will be the wives of the members of the club, j A Christmas program will be pre sented ander the chairmanship of I. C. Yagel, and members will exchange gifts, as is their tustom at the Christ- i mas party. Committee on arrangements for the ' event include Clinton Eley, E. C ' Woodard and J. T. Riggers. BoErd of Commissioners In Spscid Meeting On Monday With Tax Listers Local Post Office To Remain Open Sat W. W. White, Hertford Postmaster, announced today the windows at the local Post Office will remain open on Saturday afternoon, December 20, for the convenience of patrons of the office. , Mr. White again urged patrons of the Post Office to do their Christmas mailing early in order to assure de livery by Christmas. Reports point toward the largest volume of mail, this year, ever handled by the Postal Service, and users of the mail are urged to mail early to avoid the last minute rush and possible delay in de livery. Funeral Tuesday For Lt Morris T. Griffin Funeral services were held Tues day morning at HI o'clock for Second Lieutenant Morris T. Griffin, Jr., 28, a United States Air Force jet pilot who lost his life when hi8 F-84 Thun derjet fighter crashed near the edge of the Mojave Desert in Arizona early last week. The service was held in the Bethel Baptist Church with the pastor, the Rev. Bennie Crawford, officiating. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery in Hertford. Military honors were conferred by a group of service men from Langley Field, Va. Lieut Griffin was a veteran of World War II and was recalled about a year ago. He was stationed at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, Arizona, and was scheduled to complete final training two days after the crash, when he was to leave for overseas duty. ' Deceased was a graduate of Per quimans High School and the Univer sity of Alabama. In September he married the former Jean Ualdow of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. l,He was a raem- the Seta UM fraternity. Besides his wife, Lieut. Griff in is survived by his parents, Mr, and Mrs. M. T. Griffin, near Edenton, and a sis ter, Mrs. J. C. Keeter of Wake Forest Parking Ban Lifted il Members of the Hertford Town Board met here in special session on last Monday night and rescinded an action, adopted December 8, banning parking on the east side of Church Street, effective immediately. It was reported the action lifting the parking ban was taken at num erous requests hy merchants in or der to provide additional parking space in the town during the Christ mas shopping season. The order ban ning the 'parking will go into effect again on January 2. The Board also ordered that work be continued on marking off a park ing lot back of the Municipal Build ing, which when completed will store 100 vehicles. A watchman will be stationed at the lot on Saturdays and the public is urged to use this park ing area for its convenience. Other business handled during the meeting was the, appointment of a Negro, Roy Hall, to the Hertford Police Department for the holiday sea son. . Hall will be assigned to patrol certain areas of the town during this time. Jaycees To Sponsor I Benefit Ball Game Arrangements have been complet ed by the Hertford1 Junior Chamber of Commerce for one .of the nation's outstanding girls' basketball teams to play in 'Hertford on Tuesday, Janu ary 6, it was announced today by Ellie Fearing, committee chairman, for the Jaycees. The team, Olson's Redheads, playing under men's rules against men teams have achieved an outstanding record of victories. The girls, all highly skilled tin the game of basketball, will playva Jaycee team composed of local players. The game will be played at the (Per quimans High School gym, with game time set at eight o'clock. v HEADS STATE CLUB , Bobby Smith, a Junior at Perquim ans High School, has been elected president of the North Carolina Youth Speakers' Club, it was reported here this week. The election of officers was held recently at a state conven tion of the organization. Other offi cers chosen were Marion Winstead, Asheville, vice president; Shirley Brownson, Winaton-ISalem, secretary; and- Tommy Shelby, IRaleigh, treas urer. 1 Until January 2nd Instructions And Sup plies Issued For Job Next Month Perquimans County Commissioners met in special session here last Mon day with county tax listers, for the purpose of issuing supplies and giv ing instructions to the listers in con nection with the annual job of listing property for taxes, which will begin January 2. In addition to Commissioners A. T. Lane, William C. Chappell, E. B. Hollowell, R. L. Spivey, and Warner Madre, attending the meeting were Tax Supervisor Julian C. Powell and list takers Julian Long, Percy Roger son, Ray Elliott, Mrs. T. C. Perry and Carson Spivey. Instructions on the job of listing property, as drawn and recommended by the Institute of Gov ernment, were outlined to the list takers, and these were supplemented by recommendations by members of the County Board. A. T. Lane, chairman of the board, cautioned the list takers to use care in preparing the property list, point ing out the importance of the duties and the necessity for an accurate list ing of all property within the county. Tax listing starts on the second day of January, and all property own ers must list property for 1953, under penalty of the law. Failure to list property by January 31, is a viola tion of the law, and makes the proper ty owner subject to a penalty for late listing and court action or both. A schedule, setting forth dates and places at which list takers will work during the month, will be published in this newspaper during January, and property owners are urged to take notice of this schedule and list property accordingly. As in the past the list takers will also take the 1952 farm census, and farmers are urged to prepare in ad vance a list of all land cultivated, and crops produced during the year. (Hav ing this list ready will save consider able time for both the farmer and list taker. Record Attendance PTA Meeting Monday The PTA of Perquimans Central Grammar School held its December meeting last Monday night with Mrs. W. H. Matthews, president, presiding. A record-breaking crowd was in at tendance for this meeting which open ed with the singing of "It Came Upon The Midnight Clear," after which ex- cerpts of the 'State president's mes sage was read. Mrs. Elijah White conducted the devotional, using the Christmas story as recorded in Luke. The Rev. Percy Trueblood led in prayer. Mrs. Charlie Asbell, who had charge of the program presented a lovely pag eant, "Once Upon a Christmas Time." The old, old story of Christmas was beautifully portrayed by a group of boys and girls from the various grades. Mrs. Ralph White was ac companist and Mollie Lu Yeates was soloist. Following the pageant the associa tion entered into its business session. Minutes of the November meeting were .read and approved. Mrs. Mat thews named a committee to nominate a candidate for the Hertford Jay cees' "Man of the Year" contest, and this committee selected Thomas Mas ton as the PTA candidate. It was reported that the PTA study group will hold an all day meeting on January 6, and interested members Were urged to attend. Mrs. Ruth Burden, expressed her appreciation, as chairman of the mem bership committee, for the splendid cooperation received in the associa tion achieving a membership of 200 per cent. She presented a gift to each class in token of appreciation for the large meniberslhiip. Superintendent J. T. Biggers made a few remarks, and commended the PTA on ita 200 per cent membership. Reported At Central The recreation chairman, Mrs. Ed die Harrell, led the group in some stunts which furnished much merri ment. ,. The program chairman, Mrs. Jack Benton, announced that the Cumber land Community, with Mrs. (Ernest Elliott Morgan as chairman, will have charge of the' January meeting. The topic for January will be "Legis lation, Our Laws The Foundation of Our Democracy. The hospitality chairman reported that the 4th and 5th combination, Mrs. Charlie Asbell teacher, won the at-, tendance prize with 75 Iper cent of the parents present After the meeting was adjourned, "Open House" was held . with the visitors and parents visiting the rooms . and viewing the display of the chil-. dren'a work. ' ' X v.
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