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i mmm Li ii ' iiia Standard Priming Co :.,.. Louisville, Ky. 40?00 10 Cents Per Copy , c!..XXXIV.-No. 2. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 13, 1967. w - v: -n (This is the beginning of 4 tries of' articles that will appear fronv the Perquimans County : Historical v Society. . We hope that you will read each of the articles, acquaint yourselves with the county, ;nd ' join the Perquimans C yiunty. Historical Society). r: In recent years, popular interest Jit'- local history has greatly i increased throughout the nation. ';Many communi ties consider this interest to be a prime 'source of reve re, at the tourist - business ; is' booming.- - Perquimans County -has a great potential for development of its most unique asset, Hi history the records and remains of In dians, early settlers, colo mai governors and legisla- t'arev HevolutWnary and Civ.l War times, i", 5! Fortunately,- tfce; -oWnty ; 4Las - an organization devpted t. th discovery and preserv- ati" ' of its - history. -The per Imans County Hlstorie ' a! f iety was founded June ZX 8, by a group of peo ple , ich interested ifl,;JocaI , .hist., y, many f whom had j, mads survey twir of , the vcmmty'g-fili toricat.' sitts A in Wf -iw7 iyt--...ti yMiHf bcrship consists hot only of tesidejit? pf h ": Albemarle , area ibutV also ' of persons Vi across the country. :-;.;'. . . r To research, " collect, iden .: tify and- preserve our local facts': artd artifacts and to inform the!', public of our heritage are the principal aims W the -society. Among the: accomplishments of the society are: gathering infor mation about ' the county's. cnurcnes, old ' homes and cemeteries; collecting , and . ' preserving .items such ; as ,. currency issued by the coun-J ty during the Civil War and early books, manuscripts and newspapers, and increasing the public knowledge of Per- 'quimans r: County's past bf presenting programs at soci ety meetings, and publishing yearbook. ' V, T h e eociety's ' yearbooks ifeave been -particularly suc . - cessfuL Each -book contains articles and pictures relating ito various aspects of county history. 'Article havedealt Avlth several of our churches, , school and - houses, . early county residents . and North Carolina's, Tercentenary cele ' brat ion. "Much interest has j i been expressed In articles ; which i have told the true ( . history of Perquimans Coun- tv Pmirt iirnimo Utt i,n.,.i floating bridges across Per quimans River, and the life of 1780's Hertford postmaster Sarah JeCrow. 1 In - the future' the society hopes, to organize tours of the county , of oil " School children, in order to supple ment their studies ba, state filstory and acquaint 'them with Perquimans County's past and j present 4'ublica tton of the yearbook will 'con tinue and may be augmented by srticW in ' the ; Perquim- a- i is i tv i: y: , 1 ''p' h- the. society :;.on4. Dues are i rer year (which i4 pice of the V rtooks may i 'r-Jividually. ' ' Heetings , 1 .eresting j t ..nits will ' s ' iOW more t you Want to ' ounty's v eval : f en- ) -n t -!!- ' 1 4 MISS LINDA HAND Junior Miss In Charlotte Miss Linda Hand of Gates ville who was crowned Hert ford's Junior Miss of 1967 will be in Charlotte from January 12 until the 15th, to compete for the coveted title of North Carolina Jun ior Miss of 1967. The State pagent is spon sored by the Charlotte Jun ior Chamber of Commerce and all contestants will ' be guests of the Charlotte Jay ce while- in Charlotte. Miss Hand will be accompanied to Charlotte by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. LeRoy Hand of Gatcsville. ' Several of the Hertford Jaycees plan tp at tend the pageant and give Miss Hand the. support of ths Hertford Junior Chamber of ; Since winning the crOwn in Hertford on November 28. Miss Hand bias : been busy representing ' the Hertford Jaycees in such events as the . Edenton . Christmas pa rade, 1he Perquimans County Christmas . parade and the Jaycees Christmas party for underprivileged children; she was , also guest of honor at a banquet honoring the Jaycee wives who helped put on the pageant. The State pageant will be Judgect" much in - the same manner as the local pageant was. The purpose of the pageant is to honor the na tion's ideal high school senior girls and reward them with national recognition and with scholarships for their educa tion. ' ,;:-:; : If Miss Hand is successful in the state pageant the next Step will be the American Junior Miss Pageant to be held in Mobile, Alabama in March. ; i j 'i ii". 'ni i 'i i . : District Court Session Is Held 'Judge Fentress Horner, in district . court, here Wednes day disposed of nine cases which included: Calvin C. Sawyer, charged with litter ing public highway,, , was taxed with the court costs. Littleton ODv Pipkin, charged with speeding, prayer for judgment was continued. , , Juuan B. White and Israel Riddick, charged with fail ing to have vehicle inspect ed, were each fined $10 and assessed with the court costs. ." Willie N. Gilliam, charged without first securing finan cial,;.; responsibility " insur ance was , fined '$25 and CostSi - ' s Joe Walker, -charged with speeding, was dined $15 and court costs." Lathan A. Sprulll, charg ed' ..' with expired chauffeur's hctiiiie,) -was ' fined $35 and court costs, to the fine $10 be sided for failing to show. Leland; G. Ward, charged with transporting tax paid liquor with the seal broken, $25 fine, costs of court to be added for. allowing a minor to operate a motor vehicle. Melvin J, Furlough, charg ed with driving with a li cense piste on vehicle other than the one issued. Failed to , have vehicle inspected, $10 f'ne and "tourt costs. 'C.borne' II. trady; , Jr'., c. ' f.ipjo see, t" j ' . t t. t , such i.i. 't couid be madq in tt,.-. :, 5.,'-rt costs, ',' Dr. f.lathsvs To Give P Five orthopedic surgeons rom Duke University MedU cai (tenter, win maxe major contributions , to the annual meeting, of the American Academy of Orthopedic Sur geons in San Francisco, Jan uary 13-19. , " They are Dr. Lenox . D. Baker, chief of the division of orthopedic surgery; Or. J. Leonard Goldner, professor; Dr.T Frank Clipplnger, asso ciate professor; Dr. Frank Bassett III and Dr. Donald E. McCollum, both assistant professors. In addition, a resident in orthopedic surgery, Dr. Rob ert Mathews, will be present ing a prize-winning paper at a meeting of the Ortho pedic Research Society which is being held in conjunction with ' the academy meetings. Dr. Mathews paper is on the use of a special stain in de termining ijone changes. He is a native of.Hert.ford and son of Mr, and Mrs. F, T. Mathews, former residents. Dr. Baker will discuss a paper on surgery of the foot in cerebral palsy patients. ; Dr. Goldner will have four roles. He will be involved in sessions of the American Board of Orthopedic Surg ery in which he is an ex aminer. He will present a paper on reconstructing hands damaged by nerve in juryHe will ; moderate a panel discussion on surgical treatment of the i cerebral palsy patient, and . he ; will give an instructional course on surgical treatment of hand and forearm deromities in cerebral palsy patients. A discussion ' in the panel to be moderated by Dr. Gold ner will be Dr. Bassett. Dr. Eugene Bleck, a .former resi dent at Duke and .now prac ticing in San Mateo, xCalLf., also will DarticiDate. ' JDr. Clippinger also will be a panel member in a discus sion on the prevention, and management of Surgical in- And , Or, McCollum wiln present a paper arthritis of the hip and its relation ship to the loss of blood supply and gout. The, paper was jointly written by Dr. Clippinger and two Duke residents, Dr. Michael O'Neil and Dr, Mathews. . Hertford Lions Hear Sen. Wood Senator-elect George Wood was guest of the Hertford Lions Club at their meeting here in the Lions Den last week. Senator Wood spoke to the group . m the school fund, the brown bagging, au tomobile, license, roads and other things of interest that will come up in the General Assembly during its next session., Floyd Benton, Scoutmaster of the local Boy Scouts of America, was also a guest at he meeting. The Scouts are sponsored by the Hertford Lions Club.. ' - Shown in the ' above photo is Perquimans County Farm Agent R. M. (Pete) Thomp son,, presenting a trophy to Paul Smith of Route 2, who was. the Soybean ; Contest winner. . Parkville Ruritan Club sponsored the Soybean Con. test for 1966, , based on the yield of one acre of soybeans. Paul Smith, Route , 2, Hert ford was j awarded!.'', th 'p phy for; produftng buwels, of. soybeans, to,., the, .iicjp,,! , i ne, purpose in. coniesi is to '(erourage' .farmers, r,tO vsqred,,or ,. the a members, of Attempt to produce more soy,? to'; Parkville Ruritan Club.. Conservation The supervisors of the Al bemarle Soil and Water Con servation District met in South Mills Tuesday night, January 3, 1967, with Lloyd C, Bunch of Edenton, chair man, presiding. Those Supervisors w h o were elected in December were sworn in by Mrs. J. W. Halstead, Clerk of Court of Camden Countj'. They were: Willard M. Copeland of Per quimans County, Joe Webb of Chowan County, A. L. Madre of Pasquotank, M. E. Doxey, Currituck County and Frank Sawyer, Jr., of Camden. George G. Winslow made a report on the Woodland Clin ic that was held in October, while Al Etheridge announc ed that the Conservation Poster Contest would be held during the month of Febru ary again this year for the County 4-H'ers Form Committee A new committee of 4-H'ers has been formed in Perquim ans County. It is called The Report to the County 4-H 'Committee. . It is composed of Don Morgan who narrates the program; Bobby Harrell speaks on 4-H in general. lle tells about theapomwifig committees, adult leaders and extension agents who are willing to help 4-H'ers com piete , their projects, secure scholarships or just about anything that needs to be done. Maureen Nixon speaks on the 4H projects avail able to all 4-H'ers, whether urban or rural youth. Steve Riddick gives' a report on some of the many activities a ,4-H'er can participate in, including County, District, State and National. June Harrell gives a report on 4-H scholarships which are available to 4-H'ers. These scholarships range in value from $100 to $1,000. This panel of 4-H'ers, ac companied by Douglas Tay lar, and Sheri Taylor, Ex tension Agent in Perquimans, oave their program to the Durants Neck RUritan Cllub. They are available to presen their program to clubs in the county; just ask them! June Maureen, Steve and Bobby were all delegates to thr 4-H Citizenship Short Course in , Washington, D. C, this Jpast summer. : . beans, per acre, and to fol low the practices, such as soil sampling, adequate plant food, liming, planting , good seed, and controlling insects. The Agricultural Commit tee of Parkville Ruritan. Club composed of Thomas Nixon, Flloyd MathewS, and - Willard Copeland felt . that probably incomefrom soybeans could be increased more than from any other crop, because soy bean production has i been at about ;the .same; level for the. pastseveral years. )iFor this reason; the contest was spon- Leaders Meet 4th, 5th, and 6th grades in each county. The District Poster Contest and judging w'i'll be held in Elizabeth City on March 30th. State Conservationist J. P. KUykendall, Soil . Conserva tion Service, was in attend ance and in his brief remarks complimented the Albemarle Supervisors on the good work they were doing. Mr. Bunth lilted all the supervisors to attend the Siate Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors scheduled for Raleigh, January 9th through the 11th. ;Those attending the meet ing from Perquimans County wire George G. Winslow, Willard M. Copeland and Floyd Matthews, Supervisors, also F. A. McGoogan, Work Unit Conservationist. Appraisal Firm ' The Perquimans County Board of Commissioners meeting here last Tuesday authorized the chairman of the Board, R. L. Spivey, and Sijas M. Whedbee to sign a contract with Carroll Phelps Company to make the ap-"p?aisa'-r'pT6pertr1n'T967: ' Reports were received from the Agriculture Exten sion Service and Welfare Departments. Approval was given a pe tition requesting the addi tion to state maintained sec ondary road system of Wil son Read leading from SR No. 1334 to the home Of Lee Wilson, by the State High way Commission in New Hope Township. The following resolution was passed "that the Peoples Bank & Trust Company of Hertford be and the same is hereby designated the offi cial depository for funds be longing to or collected for Perquimans County." A contract was approved with Economy Typewriter Company to service an elec tric typewriter in the Agri culture Building for a period of three years for the sum of $74.00. The Board appointed D. F. Reed, Jr., county accountant, to negotiate settlement with insurance company ifor ad justment of damage caused by fire of Brown property, owned by the county. A motion was passed by the Board to. authorize the Board of Education budget to be , amended in the sum of $15,000.00 and .make a temporary loan to the Board of Education . frcm surplus general fund to be repaid from certificate of deposit funds upon maturity March 8, 1967 ; Dragline Work Set At Ramp Mayor V. N, Carden re ported to the Hertford Town Board here Monday : night that i he'.s -had;i coptacted a company "to do dragline work at the city boat ramp. They ; will deepen the edge and one more ooat ramp will be added to the two present ones. Wheiy completed, there will be .facilities Tf OR three" boats to be unloaded at one timet, !-,! ,- The Board approved cer tificates of the mayor's sig nature on the firemen's ros ter for active members to be sent to the North1 Carolina. Firemen's Pension Fund. . W. T. Miller, superinten dent of the water plant, re ported to the mayor and board " that necessary repairs had been made to the water plant- " - .-1-S-t-. ; -. ; j Rj C. Elliott,! Hertford fire chief, ? was asked by :; the Board to see that the ' dyna mite f- stored . in--" the ftowri meets city requirements, one esse muximuflJs ". To Be Engaged Parcel Post Aided By ZIP Use of ZIP Code will make it easier to mail packages af ter January 15, Postmaster W. W. White of Hertford said today. New rates and a new sys tem for identifying parcel post zones will go into effect on that date as provided in legislation signed into law by President Johnson ,'on September 20, 1966, the post master pointed out. The rate increases will average about 10 cents a parcel, White said. Starting July 1, the law provides for a series of size and weight increases on packages mailed between first class offices. Hertford Post Office is a first class office. The size and weight increases will be in five annual steps, the last coming on July 1, 1971. Use of ZIP Code in the re cipient's address will enable the sender or a mail clerk to quickly determine the proper zone, and thus the rate, for the package. The zones will be based on the distance a parcel travels be tween the 552 sectional cen ters in the country, White said. By consulting a simple chart, which is available at all post offices, the zone can be readily identified because the first three numbers of the ZIP Code represent the sectional center. This re places a method in whioh a directory often had to be consulted to locate the prop er zone for each of the na tion's 33,000 post offices. The new rates will range from 40 cents for a three pound parcel destined for lo cal delivery to 60 cents for the same parcel to Zone 3 (150 to 300 miles) to $1.05 to zone 8 (over 1,800 miles). The new zoning method will also apply to air parcel post, catalogs and to pub lishers who pay zone rates on the advertising, portion of their periodicals. t, White noted that all par-ceasnmailetf-belwfien'pl fices within the Elizabeth City" sectional center will be charged at the first zone rate. There are 68 post of fices within the Elizabeth City sectional center. . The new rates are expect ed to provide an additional $74 million a year for the Post Office Department. The later size and weight in creases will add another $32 million a year. The addi tional revenue is to help keep the department within 4 per cent of costs on par cel post as the law requires. Police Report On Activities Hertford's Police Depart ment had a busy month dur ing December. However, not as busy as one would expect with the Christmas holidays, according to a report to the Town Board here Monday night by Police Capt. B. L. Gibbs. According to Capt. Gibbs' report, there was a total of 15 arrests made: three for being: drunk, three assaults, two miscellaneous traffic ar rests, two miscellaneous ar rests, four breaking and en tering and one runaway. , Fourteen of the 15 arrest ed . were found guilty as charged. The fines amount ed to $135.00, costs $120.75, totaling $355.75. ' ' The department answered and investigated 110 calls, investigated three accidents, worked , three funerals, ex tended 123 courtesies, found 1 1 doors unlocked, answered five fire calls, made 244 radio calls, issued one citation and reported three, lights out. The patrol calls traveled 6,042 miles during the month. Heath Reports On Sign Dates , ;i: "Bobby Heath, ASCA'of.fice manageiV vanhounced (this week that the sign-up in feed grain, wheat and cotton programs begins January 23, 1967 and ends March 3, 1967. Notices : of bases, yields and payment rates will be mailed to producers on Janu ary 13. In the 1966 wool program all applications for incentive payments on shorn Avool or unshorn lambs sold during the 1966 calendar vear must 1 be filed by January 31, 1967: Mr. Heath stated that they are' now accepting ! requests for premeasurement ' services. ThR" cost is $3.00 plus 0.7S per acre "with a minimum, of T7.5J per farm,' Archie Lane Will Oe Sergeant-At-Arms For '67 General Assembly ARCHIE T. LANE, SR. tion. "I just value the con tacts I have with legislators and hope I can be of some value in liaison to the folks back home," he said. In the position as serge-ant-at-arms, Lane will re ceive the same pay as mem bers of the House. They re ceive $15 a day and subsist ence for 120 days of the ses sion. Students Can Seek Grants Perquimans County Union School students who expect to complete their secondary school requirements and to enter college in 1968 can reg ister now to participate in the 1967-68 National Merit Scholarship Program, Coun selor J. S. Midgette an nounced today. The first step or all stu dents who wish to enter the take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (NMSQT), which will be giv en in the school at 9:00 A. M. Tuesday, February 28, 1967. Participating students pay a $1 fee, which is remitted by the school to Science Re search Associates (SRA), the testing agency. When the test is given on a Saturday, the school may charge an additional fee up to $1 for special administrative costs of testing on a nonschool day. If a student is unable to pay the testing fee, it will be paid by the National Merit Scholarship Corpora tion (NMSC) at the request of his school. In addition to competing for the Mel"it Scholarships to be awarded in 1968, stu dents can take the test to obtain information useful in planning their future educa tion and careers. - With his NMSQT scores, each partici pating student will receive a handbook to help him evalu ate his scores, compare his performance with that, of oth er high school students across the country, and give him in formation on choosing a col lege and financing his educa tion. The handbook and oth er interpretive materials are furnished as a pin t of report ing the test results. The highest-scoring stu dents in each state will be named semi-finalists and will be eligible for 'merit schol arship consideration. In ad dition to the national merit scholarships financed by NMSC, more than 350 busi ness corporations, founda tions, colleges, professional associations, unions, trusts, other organizations and in dividuals offer scholarships through the merit program. , About 13,440 students have won merit scholarships in .the 111 merit programs to date. Some' 2,330 merit scholar ships were awarded in 1966 with stipends ranging from $100 to $1,500 per year for four ; college years. . The amount of a winner's award is determined by assessing the (financial assistance he will need to attend the col lege of his choice. AWARDED TRIP Mr. and -Mrs. Walter E. Harrison and Mr. and Mrs, Jamie Cayton will leave this weekend by pSane to Holly wood, Fla., where they will spend four days . ort ' an' ex-pense-paid-trip byl Southland Insurance ' Company "for get ting the qualified amoupt of insurance ' set down by , the Company, -- RALEIGH Archie T. Lane, Sr., of Hertford, last week made a political comeback when he was nominated by House Democrats to be ser-geant-at-anms for the 19U7 session. Lane, a veteran of three terms in the General As sembly as representative from Perquimans County, defeated former Rep. Carson Gregory of Harnett County, 55 to 37. It was the only contested ejection by the Democratic caucus. The nominee ran third in a five-man race for the two seats allowed the First Dis trict in the course of reap portionment. Rep. Phil God win of Gates, one of the suc cessful candidates, nominat ed Lane for the prestigous position in the House. Seconding Lane's nomina tion was Rep. Sam Ervin, Jr., of Morganton. Rep. Ervin said: "By supporting him we can show tangible concern for a section of this state that by reason of reapportionment feels it has suffered at our hands." However, Lane made it clear he will avoid trying to occupy himself with legisla- Emergency Status Gained . Perquimans County has recently been approved as an emergency area for the pur pose of making available Commodity Credit Corpora tion com for livestock feed. We will begin accepting applications immediately and hope to secure some corn in about.. ttyvjft, wpksfc-t. , ; Listed below are seme im portant items in regard to eligibility for grain, eligible livestock and price of grain: A. Eligibility of Appli cant: Applicants must meet all of these tests. 1. He does not have suf ficient feed for his livestock for the authorized period. 2. A serious loss of feed crops must have been suf fered by him. 3. Purchases of feed sub stantially larger than usual must be necessary. 4. It would be an undue financial hardship for him to obtain sufficient feed through normal channels. B. Eligible livestock: All beef and dairy cattle, sheep, goats and swine which " were owned by the applicant for at least six months; live stock purchased as replace ment breeding stock and off spring from either the groups of livestock. C Price of Grain: The price for primary livestock is $1,224 per bush el. The following livestock are primary livestock. Dairy cows, two years old, five pounds corn allowed per day. Cows and bulls for breed ing purposes, five pounds com allowed per day. Replacement yearling, 2.5 pounds corn allowed per day. Replacement calves, pounds corn allowed day. 1.7 per The price for secondary livestock is $1,564 per bush el. The following livestock are secondary livestock: Sows and hogs on full ra tion, 1.7 pounds corn allow ed per day, , Pigs, 1.0 pounds corn al lowed per day. Corn must be paid for be fore . the delivery order for the corn is issued. , Any person interested in applying for this : grain should .eontact the ASCS of fice as early as possible, ac- i cording to Bobby Heath, of fice manager. BLESSINGS DISTRIBUTED BY LOCAL HEALTH CLUB In December the Health Careers Club voted to put Christmas Seal Table Bless ings in the cafes and businesses.- Norman ' Stallings and Kim Rose were appoint- ed to , distribute :. the ;i table . Diessmgs.axounu tne wwn, n, is hoDed that hv seeintf these ; cards., people, responded " quickly and. used Christmas, Sefls,. on their letters .this. -year,' TT A TTt
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