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It i IT ft ' i , t : J n . t I ' i ; ' 1M ' Perquimans County High School IT A met on Thursday night at I o'clock in! th school cafeteria with ' ,R, ' 1. Stevenson; jresident,( V Bev.! Gordon Shaw gave a Very inspiring devotional And followed With prayer.,) ! " - f.,Min$tes of the December .je?ting were read by 'Mrs, Gcorgq Winslow,' secretary; ; Reports were . hoard from various' committee chairmen-. ,JiWr3i! Anna Harmon, guid ance , counselor, , and the Health i Careers Club pre sented, f Very .interesting and informative, program on the work ; -jof k Health' Careers Clubs, using , i a ! if ilmstrip, "'Health ; Careers,': to bring out thd work of the club in generalj f Following the film officers of the" Weal club gave reports on the numer ous activities on the local ' iMrs. Ray Haskett. study course chairman, announced that theV study course will be held Tuesday February 1 at Perquimans Central Gram-: ntar Sqhool at 2:15 'P.iM ? li'A report on, the revised by-laws of the i .jidcal PTA was giyen by Mrs. G. W. Barbee, Who was authorized by, Mr.; Stevenson to send a . copy of same to the state by laws committee office j in J&leighi fori approval. " -,A. nominating Committee composed of Mrs. Harold White, Mrs. Joe Towe White and Mrs. Jean Harrison was appointed to present A slate of PTA' Officers for next year at: the -April meeting.,,, , i. -.'The group voted o make a: donation of $25 ' to the Cheerleaders Training School Fund, j :W'ff'. - M. Archie , T nft hos pitality chairman,' reported rthat1 Mrs. Barpee's 11-B won first Jalace; Mr. Carter's 10-A second plade ahd.MBt Nthe attendance award. ..... At the conclusion of the t business session, Mr. Steven , t-son lnvnen tne memoers to . .. .. . . . ... attend a social hour,, . Ci'iita r.;'":rts mm m. I. All- 7 ,Xast night at their regular meeting, J. C. Morgan,; J. T. BoVowell, - Jr., and George Winslow gave a - report to the club on the National t 'J-itan Convention held in Clueland, Ohio January 29 3lif i.ljuritan National is a growing Service Club which Kw covers 21 States with C JT' $2,000 members, i The Le "National President, Rob- frt.,H. Bailey of . Kingsport, lann.. i challeneed ' all mem- Vnc . do unlease . himself of rsonal and . selfish'' gains ana 10 qcaicaie nimseu service and lov6 to his fel low man and by working to gether, we will have full and complete happiness; " JR. L. StevensOn, vice presl d6ht of Peoples ' Sank ' & Xrust Company was, guest speaker for the night. He 'gave a very Informative talk ion "farm credl' hich the Lpeoples TmlCoiiS. I V i ', The Gu.ia of the Hertiord Methodist ' Church ' seized a delicious i ihickhi ' supptr, which wffff enjoyf 1 by pU. f f. J'.i 'A Nor'h Caroling Health rir to prc...jte"pvWi ! t. 'iest in medical and hospital care will be held in Golds toro tlarch 16 through .18.. . I a. -vei. by Health Ca ' l 's f r North Carolina,, a - ' ',1$ Jecrt' nt activi- i t'-e ' tal Ex-icy, . will fe" County Health .tyv ex ite and . ' 'i 3,- ( V r 1 -;ional i :i 3 ' and i f Clin ? I Dtt. FRANK WILSON, JR. ! CHAPEL HILL-The three most common athletic in juries will - be ' discussed in Edenton' on Wednesday, Feb Athletic Injuries Scottish Rite To Be Discussed, Meeting Held ruary 15 by practicing' phy-jat sicians in "a 19-county area P . . , XT , 1 t i: of ;: Eastern iiurin - Garonne i and Southeastern ' Virginia. This (Will, be the last in a series of six weekly medical meetings constituting a post graduate' cpurse in medicine.' The windup speaker will be Sr. Frank C. Wilson, Jr., an orthopedic surgeon at the University of .North' Carolina School of Medicine here. He will speak, :at 4:30 P. M. on the treatment of sprained- Ankles, " injuries to the major knee ligaments and shoulder separations! He .methods for '- lesseiimg the chances of athletic injuries. : In a. . second talk at T30 P.; M, Dr. Wilson -will ; be concerned , with low back pain. He will explain the diagnosis and treatment of a back -', injury, which m a y mimic the herniated disk and he will describe in some de tail the so-called "disk syn dromc'V ' The meeting will be at the Edcnton Restaurant. It is sponsored- jointly by the First District Medical Soci ety and the WNC School of Medicine. , ' - , Death Claims , Mrs! J. RTerry, ' Mr,si Mable Chappell Per ry, Koute 1. Hertford, died Wednesday . n i g h t at - 10 o clock, in the , Albemarle Hospital after a tfour-day illnes-. . ''!- ', a native of Chowan Coun- Ct M d??ghtZr 0t i Mount division's "Man of the fiSVKy i.Mn,CaJ? Year'! trophy with cash hne Forehand Chappell. ShniwlPi:;rA..Bistot.-8WBTd, was a member, of Anderson i innpr in . .iosq v Methodist Church and" the WSCS, , , . , (-j , , ' Surviving are her ' hus band Joseph B. Perry, &r.', three sons, Joseph B. Perry, Jr,'V Route 1, El wood H. PetEK of Route 2 and Ver non Lee Perry of Route 3; one daughter, Mrs. Paul T. Perry of Virginia Beach; one brptfier, Titus S. Chappell of Tyner;' one sister, Mr.' J. Alvati Bunch of .Ederiton; n 1 n e k grandchildren, and eight great grandchildren. ' Funeral services will be held Friday , afternoon at 2 o'clock in the chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home., Burial will be in Cedar wood Cemetery.. Li Phillips v Gets Citation Eeaufort, N. C. -j. 'Marine Second Lieutenant Ennis T. .Phillips, J-., son of Mrs. E. T. Phillips, r., ,of Route One, Hertford, 1 as : received the N'avy" C( lmendation 5 with Coir,, t, "" for action, in Vietnam. He earned the award while sprvirg as a rX f -te feunner ith i " " mm Heh- j tjocond Llou..... .t Phillips ; "s now ( Assistant' Provost "rshall Of- "r, T)av'-uar. ! and I. . s ri-, i , Marine Cm , s r la ' ' r'iort, C c- ' l SevagcPlLit To Be Tested 1 The completion of a $580, 000 sewage treatment plant and (Collection system, sched uled for January 17 has been further , delayed. - v -' "The, force main and sewage-lines should be completed and ;, tested sometime next week," R. C. Elliott, Hert ford City Clerk, said Friday. . "The engineer said, however, that he couldn't tell us when the complete project would be finished.' v ' ' Both Elliott and Mayor V. N. ; Darden reported that there have been various cave-ins on the project. But Elliott doubts that' this caus- ed the delay. ; "I suspect it was the prob lem of getting adequate ma chinery in there in time to get the job done, that has caused the delay," he said. The project's contracts are: Sewage trench and pump ing station, $279,000, : Potts :Brown Co., Charlotte; exten sion of sewage line and force main, $290,578, Central Build ers,: Inc., Rocky Mount; elec trical work, $9,475, Electricon Corp.,' Kinston. , , The 'Perquimans C6unty Scottish Rite Club in a spe cial called meeting on Mon day night, January 30, 1967, their regular meeting place in the. Court House, with a . . eooaiy numDer or ine mem bers present, transacted the following items of business: ' First, the election of club officers ' for 1967 which re suited as follows: President, Leon I. Edwards, 32 ; vice president, Carson D. Spivey, Sr., 32 i and secretary, G. C, Buck,' 32, K.C.C.H. Next was , ihe consideration.: - of plans and arrangements for our annual Scottish Rite La dies' Night Party to be held on Wednesday night, March 2 1967. This the occas ion when several, of our fine brethren fron the. New Bern Consistory come ! down and join in with us and alsp spon sors - our party. , We - also made' out a tentative pro gram for ' this party which, we feel, will be enjoyed by everyone present. And last, we discussed a list of pros pective, candidates to inter view Snd invite to our party, along with their wives, and then trust " that our party speaker will put -the finish ing touches on what we have started. .' '-: . . Weeks Wins Statt Honor Hiram' A "Weeks of Eden ton, N. C, State Motor Club district manager for Hert ford County, has won one of the company s . top annual awards for outstanding per- f ormance during-1966, Thom as B.: Watkms, president, an nounced..: ' Week gained the Rocky winner since 1959, s Weeks captured the club's top honor, the "Mi1. Motor Club" tro phy, for 1963. j He, was highly commended for his achievement by Wat kins and Lewis Scruggs, di vision manager, Death Claims Mrs. Jackson Mrs. Bessie Lassiter Jack son, 78, died Monday at 9 A M., in Presbyterian Hospi tal, Charlotte.,; ; A native of Corapeake, she formerly lived in Elizabeth City. She was the widow of William' Cleveland ' Jackson and a daughter of John Rich ard -and Mrs. Missouri . Jarvis Lassiter. - ' ' ' ' ' i She was a graduate' of Chowan Baptist Institute for Women and taught there for 10 .yean. i. She Was member of First Baptist Church, Eliz abeth City. . ' Surviving are two daugh ters, Miss Kathleen Jackson of Wingate and Ma Sara Page Lewis of Charlotte: a sister, Mrs.; J, A. 'Ward of Hertford; a brother, John Lee Lass'ter of Corapeake; and thrett grandsons.' , , A fv?ral service Will be held Wednesday at 11 A. M. in Fixst Baptist Church, Eliz-, sl fth City, ty the Pev. -May. t id Uarr- n a-trr, V. W, 1'in'ntor.-' lim-iid wul he- ia I "ywood Cemeterj.. "j Hertford, Perquimans Qtotnty, North Carolina, Robertsons fcen Modern Plant "Mayor Vivian Darden ; of Hertford and Sidney Harmon cut the ribbon to Robert son's new dry cleaning plant on 'Dobbs Streets. The Robertsons have dem: onstrated their faith iiythe' future, growth . of their i'city and county -by installing the, imost modern dry cleaning) plant in' Northeastern North Carolina, equipped with the newest equipment made. This includes a drive in! window with a canopy to protect their customers 'in inclement weather. ' ; ' Coupons will be given for door prizes during the month of February, with' a drawing about March 1 to Francis Asbury In Perquimans The noted preacher., Franc ois Asbury, one of the first superintendents or bishops of the Methodist Church, visit ed Perquimaijs County On several occasions. His Jour nal .'i records . the following items: '. On 24 December 1783, he wrote that, he "set out in the rain to Hertford Town; I spoke in a tavern; the people seemed wild and wicked altogether." Asbury came, again to the county in 1799, staying with George Sutton near New Hope. On 13 March of that year he "had a meeting at a house near Nags Head Chapel, where I preached, a short sermon from I Peter iv, 18." r'T V ' ; In 1804, ; Asbury preached at Yeopimi Chapel, which was then; occupied by the Baptists, who , soon formed Bethel Church. Their . first minister was Martin Ross. Continued on Page Five . Health Officer Tri-County Ministerial As sociation held its ' regular monthly meeting February 1, 1967," at the" Edenton Metho dist Church in Edenton. The highlight of thd session was the program on the sub ject of Alcoholism, led by guest lecturer Dr. Isa Gant, State District Health Director for the area. .. ; . :. Dr. Grant named alcohol ism "the number one health problem in the country to day'. , She indicated that 50 per cent of tubercular cases are already alcoholic prob lems. She drew a direct as sociation between the prob lem of venereal disease and alcohol, as well as maternal health and child care ' and Continued onPa'ge Two i Gospel Sjng:f. To Be Sunday . - The monthly Gospel Sing will be held at First Bap tist Church, Hertford, Sun day nisht, February. 12, at 7:30 o'clock..- r This promises to be one of the best programs for this area, . . The participants will . be the Golden C s of Elizabeth City, the Four Stars of Ahoskie, the Bprnette Sisters of -Elizabeth' City, , the', Cho Wan Gospel' " Singers i ai.d many more. 'Xomeearly and'get a good ',- Heat. .Tree .adnussiou. . Warning select the winners of the items on display at the new plant. Their plans are to con tinue to use the old plant for their uniform rental service and laundry which has con tinuert to grow since they started this service. Zack Robertson, Jr., will be charge of the old plant. " ' Shown in picture from left to right are: W. E. Nelson, Sidney Harmon, president of the 1 Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, Zack Robertson, Vivian . Darden, mayor , of Hertford, Willie Ainsley, city commissioner, Joe Towe, Sr.; Harry Lee Winslow, Simon Rutenberg and Keith Haskett. Road Closed In Hertford : RALEIGH A portion of U. S. 17 and highway 37 and the old Perquimans River bridge at Hertford will be Closed for one month be ginning Monday, Ferbuary 6, otficials of the State High way Commission have an nounced. Commissioner Don" Mat thews of Hamilton and Dis trict Engineer E. R. West of Elizabeth City said U. S.' 17 business traffic moving, be- Ween,., JUiaJaeth, City--i and ! Hertford and highway 37 traffic imoving between Win fall and Hertford will be de toured via U. S. 17 business, SR 1300, U. S. 17 bypass and SR 1336. Tliis means traffic will come into-Hertford via the new bridge. West said there will be no delay involved in the five mile paved detour, and said that the detour is well marked. , , Mr. Matthews 'said the de tour was made necessary in order to make needed re pairs to the floor of the old bridge which is used a great deal by local traffic. Law Discussion Set For Farmers "Due to the large amount, of interest in the minimum wage and how it will affect our farmers, there Will be a meeting for Perquimans Coun ty farmers and all other peo ple in the area, at the John -A. Holmes High School audi torium, Edenton, on Monday night, February 13 at 7:00 P. M.," states R. M. Thomp son, County Extension chair man. .' : ' - Raymond Cordelli will be at the school to discuss the new regulation. "If ,you have questions -in your mind con cerning how this will affect you,' I would certainly urge you to attend. v There have been lots of discussions in Perquimans County among farmers, about this particular issue, and this is a real good opportunity fos you to ask those . questions that have been ' bothering you concern ing how the wage and hour law . Is affected," further states Mr." Thompson. Guernsey Cow Finishes Mark Charlton Jewade, -a uhior 3-year-eld Registered Guern sey cow, owned by Clarence Chappell, Sr., Belvidere, has completed an official DHIR actual production record . of 12,220 pounds of milk and 519 pounds of butterfat, in 305 days, two times a -day milking, according to The American Guernsey Cattle Club. . ' - -i i Guernsey milk is world fa mous for its "nigh protein, de licious flavor and golden yel lpw color. - 11 y Thete6ting was supervised by Ndi-th Carina "State' College,- w''':: :::'. Friday, February 10, Bocfd lumbers Plan .leeting The annuai meeting of the District 1 School Boards As sociation will be held at Camden High School, Camk den,' on February 22 - with registration beginning at 4 P. M. The theme for ihii year's gathering of school board members, district committee men and school .administra tors is "The Challenge of Change. In 1967." . j School units ; included in the district are: Bertie, Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Gates, Dare, Hertford, Pas quotank, Perquimans coun ties and Edenton and Eliza beth City units. Following registration, the afternoon program will con sist of discussion groups led by Dr. B. A. Barringer, president, College of the Al bemarle, and Dr. A. C, Daw son, speaking on the UFE program. Prominent lay and profes sional educators from the district . will lead these dis- cussbrts. Dr. Norton L. Beach, dean of the School of Education, will be the principal speak er itor the evening session. His address will follow a banquet to be held in the Camden County High School cafeteria at 6:30 P. M. These area conferences of the North Carolina State School Boards Association annually attract over 4,000 school board members, com imitteemen, educators and other interested persons. An auenuance or aooui no is anticipated for the District 1 meeting. W. F. Williams, chairman of the Camden County Board of Education, is currently serving as dis trict president and Supt. D. B. Burgess is district secre tary. The state association was organized in 1937 and through its history has been dedicated to' seeking im provements in North Caro lina public education. From its offices in Chapel Hill the association works, with- school board members and school committeemen at the local level. Professor Guy B. Phillips of Greensboro, the principal organizer of the association, currently serves as its consultant. Dr. Ra leigh E. Dingman of Chapel Hill is the association's exe cutive secretary. Scouts Lauded President Lyndon B. John son has told the 5.8 million members of the Boy Scouts of America that "Boy Scout Week calls' our attention to the wholesome influence of Scouting on the lives of mil lions' of Americans and thus on our progress as a nation." He voiced the hope that the XII World Jamboree to be held August 1 to 9 at Farragut State. Park, Idaho "will quicken among boys of many nations the desire for understanding . and . passion for peace Upon which rests the future of all 'i men.", ! The President's message for Boy Scout Week, February 7 to 13. marking Scouting's nnh onnivart, ,o 07tn anniversary, was re leased here by the Tidewater Council, Boy Scouts of Ara Continued oa Page Sevea ; Grant Available For Librarian Carroll.: Powell, 1 1 b r r y supervisor of ; Fpyetteville City Schools and chairman of the North Carolina Asso ciation of School Librarians, announced that a scholarship for school librarians is being made available by the North Carolina Association of School Librarians, a section of the North Carolina Library Asso. ciation. "' ':':'. '.",';". ';.'"' ,-; The scholarship, for the amount , of $350, . shall . be awarded each year to an ap plicant who already holds an undergradute ; degree but who wishes to certify or do graduate work5 in library science and be a school li brarian. .The aim ' of the scholarship is to encourage entrance into "the" field Of school librarianship or' ad vancement for those already members of the profession,, Applications may, be ob tained 'from each county and city-v superintendent, or irom the scholarship,, committee chairman; Mr- Elizabeth S.. Storie;' ' Box '867; Statesvillft w. 't.' 2BH7T. ueadime- ror tbs applications is March 13. By President 1967. Perqu imans High School Students Listed On Students listed on the Honor Rolls at Perquimans uuuniy n,i,n ocnooi lor me - ... it: i. i , ,. 1 grading period ending Janu ary 20 are as follows: ' "A" Honor Roll 8- E Brant Murray. 9- A Wayne Riddick Dan Nixon and Karen Haskett. 9-B Douglas Perry and Janice Winslow. 10-A Doug Haskett., 10- C Jane Evans. 11- C Carol White. 12- A Gerald ine Mead. 12-B Joe Ilakett and Lela Mae Long. "A-B" Honor Roll . 8-A Julian Baker and Don While. . 8-B Linda Baker, Patti Landing, Janice Layden, Ed mond White. 8-C Archie Blanchard. 8-D William Winslow, Darlene Meads, Colleen Per ry, David Ayscue. 8-E Woody Bundy, Linda Harrell, Nancy Tunnell, Jack ie Ward. 9-A Nan Ambrose, Mary Elizabeth Godfrey, Martin Owens, Jim White. 9-B Douglas Perry, Larry Gibbs, Judy Hall, Kathleen O'Connell, Pam Sutton, Betty White. 9-C Johnny Caddy, Mickie Phelps, Louise Dale, Brenda Harrell, Nancy Riddick, Anne Simpson. 10-A Don Morgan, Brenda Baccus, Sharon Godfrey. 10-B Donald Perry, Susan Harrell, Willard Felton, Linda Long. 10-C Cindy Winslow and Virginia Harrell. 10- D Kay Nixon. 11 - A Georgia Stallings Joyce Stallings, Linda Wins-! low, 11-B Jenny Chambers, Shelly Baloman, Belinda Hurdle. 11-C Mifgie Banks;" Tom my Long, Debbie Hurdle, Sharman Taylor, Bea Skip sey. 12-A Grant Chappell. Al ma Copeland, Joyce Cope land, Ava Rae Kirby, Shirley Lilly, Linda Owens, Jackie Simpson. 12-B Larry Godfrey, Phil Graham, Bobby Harrell, Fred Murray, Andy. Rogerson, Bet ty Gail Chappell, Linaa Har rell, Joyce Twine, Nettie Umphlett, Jan White. Lectures Slated By Dr. Helm The Lyceum Conwnittee of the College of the Albemarle takes pleasure in announcing that Dr, Robert M. Helm, noted author, lecturer and world traveler, has accepted an invitation to visit the COA campus February 12 and 13. (During the course of his Visit, Dr. Helm will present two speeches to be followed by question and answer peri ods. The topic of his first talk, open to the public as a wceum evenx scneauiea m ! the auditorium on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 4 P. M.. will be the "Kingdom of the Mind." For his second appearance before a special assembly of COA students and (faculty on Monday morning, Feb. 13 Dr. Helm has chosen the in triguingsubject, "A Time For Tesseracts." In both talks he will ex plore the problems and chal lenges faced by today's youth and family groups and how they can be met "by cre ative, spiritual, cultural and intellectual pursuits. Those planning to attend the Sun day lecture are- Urged to send questions pertaining to problems and challenges' they have encountered to: The Lyceum' Committee, College of the ; Albemarle, Elizabeth Continued on Page Five IRS ASSISTANCE . Taxpayers in the Hertford and Elizabeth City areas are reminded that the U. S. " In ternal Revenue Office- pro vides .full-time taxpayer, as sistance on Fridays,. 8-30 A M., to 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.; M. , to,, 4:45 P. M, , Inters hat Revenue ' employees :aie 'on. 'duty-14 in " the Rochelle Hnildin" at 804 West Ehring naus Street dutmg these hours.' Taxpayers desiring Mnrormaxion snouia cair w phone number 23J 2093. Standard Printing Co xx I.oui:vilIe, Ky. 40200 """" lounty Honor DR. JOHN T. WAYLAND Dr. Wayiand Guest Sjeaker Dr. John T. Wayiand will be the visiting preacher at the Center Hill Baptist Church of Tyner and the Great Hope Baptist Church of Hertford on Sunday, Feb ruary 12, as the churches ob serve world-wide and convention-wide Race Relations Sunday. The service at the Great Hope Baptist Church will be held at 11 A. M:, and at the Center Hill Baptist Church at 7 P. M. Dr. Wayiand is professor of religious education at Southeastern Baptist Theo logical Seminary in Wake Forest. A native of Moberjy, Mo., his career has boon wide spread in his educational preparation... .Dr. .Wayiand has Earned degrees' " from William Jewell College, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School and Yale Graduate Scsool. He has been a Vis iting Fellow at Oxford Uni versity. His exorience includes pas. torates in Monroe, Durham and North Wilkesboro, North Carolina, and Baltimore, Md., including a tour of duty as a U. S. Navy . chaplain. He has served in his present po sition since 1954. He is married to the for mer Eunice Fowler of New Haven, Conn. His family includes three children and six grandchildren. The public is cordially in vited to "' attend these . ser vices, i : . - " Mrs. White, 77,1 Taken In Death ' Mrs." Carrie Thatch3' Whfte? 87, of Route 1, died ' Satur day at 1:10 P. M in her home after a long illness. A native of Perquimans Coun ty, she was the daughter of James Nathan and Mrs. Mar tha Mansfield Thatch and the widow of Joshua T. White. A former schoolteacher, she was a member of Hert ford Baptist Church, the Vera Payne Circle, and was a for mer member of the Helen Gaither Home Demonstration Club. Surviving are several niec es and nephews. Funeral services were held Monday at 11:00 'A. M., .in the Chapel of thC 'Swindell Funeral Home by the . Rev. Norman Harris,, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church,, Burial was in Cedarwo0f' Cemetery. (',- . 'VThe-'Old Rugged Cross" was siing by members of the Hertford ;; Baptist .Church Choir. They' were""- accom panied by Mrs. J. Ellie White, organist.1 . The casket pall was made of white chrysanthemums, white pom poms, white gladi oli and fern. ' Pallbearers , were Brough ton Dail, Milton Dail, Jr., J. O. White III, Jake White, Jr., Joe Towe White and Henry Clay SuUivan. 4Vt , . ON DEAN'S UST f fiurihg ;:the"fall semester, legeY Rachel , Wslow ' was among students, to achieve the honor, of Dean's, List. A "B'! average is the require ment ior mis tonor, , .. , - M I"' ' V ) " ' hi- ' v " ' I . li 'jtx-t-.t-Z.-