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i Standard Printing' Co. tooistiUs, Ky , 40200 .id WE Volume XXVII - No. 1 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, January 1, 1970 10 Cents Per Copy ;' , ' ' E : FERQUIMAN Fraternity President Ik.-r.cd State Head ) 1 i v: it 'J, Vincent Townsend of James town, North Carolina has been named State Youth Chairman for The Arthritis Foundation. The appointment is announced by Mrs. Nick Gallfianakis of Durham, Strike Out Arthritis Chairman for North Carolina. Townsend is a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and pre. - stdent of Alpha Phi Omega fra. ternlty. He is majoring In busl. ness administration. Townsend is the son of Mr. , and Mrs.. John V. Townsend of ' 314 Nut Bush Circle In James town and; graduate of Grimesly f High School in Greensboro. He It a member of the Methodist phurch. For the past two sum. l'ars he has served as director -Vfrrnr. ffiMmso at the General Greene ""Council Scout Reserva tion.-; As vouth chairman. Town. end. .jiiU coordinate yolunteer activities amor college ana mgn school groups for The Arthritis Foundation. Mrs. Gallfianakis, wife of Con gressman Nick Gallfianakis, stated, ! am delighted to an. nounce the .appointment of Vin cent Townsend as State Youth Chairman for The Arthritis Foundation. Vlnce is president of the University of North Caro lina chapter of Alpha Phi Omega. This outstanding group of young men has been most helpful In supporting the ' Foundation. As our youth chairman, Vlnce will seek the support of all Alpha Phi Omega chapters In North Carolina for our fund-raising and public education projects." The Arthritis Foundation is the Vflnly national health agency de- ; voted to the problem of arthritis fwhlch Is the nation's number one crippling disease. Currently the ., North Carolina Chapter of The ; Arthritis Foundation is conduct ing a massive public education i effort throughout the state. Mrs. ' Gallfianakis offered a free book- . tot. Today' Facts About Air thrifts, to anyone writing her at P. O. Box 503, Durham, North Carolina 27702. Riot Losers NEW YORK Civil .lisor den and rims in l8 hit Ml (itici in 37 Hints, and the Dis trict of Columbia, according in the Insurance Information In stitute. The upheavals, thicily occurring, in early April follow ing the assassination of Dr. Mart i ii I .ut her K i ng. J r. , a used more than $7!) million in in-; sured losses. 'I'he hardest-hit city was Washington. D. C where , losses totaled sonic S21 million. " Ecczzzzc Improvement Council S&zzn Of "Project Employable" Ver Ion Jones will counsel with them; rorace Reld Senior Job Develc. -, will coordinate all such a -ie," and ' if it's addition 1 U -nlng that is needed either for a r .particular or potenU.l employe, or training needed ty certain Industry for f :r c 7es, then he will see ': t 1 : ) f it up with the em- meats that the dls it looked at civil as an area which i obtain, either be. ' volved or lack of it to erase this i know that they "hout taking a r and when they r employment, itJvatlng factor ' '.-s their educa. Bloodmobile Collects Fifty Pints Of Blood Fifty pints of blood were col lected at the visit of the Tide water Bloodmoblle in Hertford on Monday at the First Methodist Church, according to Mrs. Nathan Sawyer, Red Cross Blood Chair man. Quota for the visit was 88 pints. Mrs. Sawyer stated that sixty people presented them selves as prospective donors but ten were rejected duetodlfferent reasons. Although disappointed that the quota was not met, Mrs. Sawyer expressed her apprecii. tlon to those who did come to donate their blood. V. She expressed her apprecia tion and thanks to the following people who helped her with this visit: Mrs. Gertrude Zachary. WSCS To Meet Monday Night The members of (he Women's Society of Christian Service will meet on Monday night, Jan. 5th., at 8 p.m, in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church, for their regular monthly ses sion. The Wesleyan Service Guild will give a most interesting pro gram on the "Church's Role In Filling Civic Needs," with a general discussion of the parti cular needs of the local com munity. A social hour will fol low. All members are urged to attend. The January schedule is as follows: - Jan. 6th., 9:45 a.m., The Mihiiie Wilsons With Mrs. L.C. Wlnslow; Jan. 7th, 3 p.m., the Mary Towes with Mrs. Anto inette Sutton; Jan. 12th., 8 p.m., the Delia Shamburgers with Mrs. Charles Harrellj Jan. 12th., 8 p.m., the Helen Barnes, with Mrs. BUlie Sloop, of Winf all. Soybean Market In Japan V The effortsthathavebeenmade to develop markets in Japan tor North Carolina Dare soybeans seem to be paying off, said Jim S. Gardner, Executive Vice Pres ident of the North Carolina Soy bean Producers Association, Inc. Last week Mr. Gardner was in formed by the Japanese that the sale of the original 5,000 Ton shipment, last year found its way to many new customers of the Natto Industries. What seemed to be a failure due to the drought last summer (1968) producing a smaller soybean than was thought desirable, has proved to be what the Natto Industry really wants. In view of this . the Japanese have asked the soy bean producers for another 2,000 Ton shipment In July of 1970. 3,000 fons were shipped in November via the Charleston, South Carolina port. 'a have" been confident all along that our efforts would pay off," said Mr. Gardner. "As I have stated many times before, this market has tremendous potential It takes time and the desire. You cant develop markets such as this sitting behind a desk. You have to go to them. Recent de velopments is indicative of this." A program known as "Project Employable" is currently being Implemented through t h e channels of the Economic Im provement Council, Inc. - . "Project Employable" is de signed to reach and have more disadvantaged persons apply for federal and state employment. Spellman saysthattherearequlte a few Jobs open on the state and federal level for people who have not completed high school and do not require a written test,butre eelve a rating based on job exper iences. -Applying for these jobs Is a long range objective, which Rivers is coordinating. . Earl Jones, who' is working directly with private industry, will also in terview these persons to try to place them In Immediate employ ment wherever the need exists. If It Is dealing with the youth. Mrs. Maude Jones, Mrs. Luther Chesson, Mrs. Mary Alice Davis, Mrs. Mattie Matthews, Mrs. Mary White, Misses Georgia Wlnslow, Pam Sutton and Nancy Reed. Veterans Administration The Veterans Administration announced today a record number of veterans and servicemen are now in training programs under the newest GI Bill. An even larger enrollment is expected next month when many schools begin their second semesters. W. RPhilllps, Manager of the Winston-Salem VA Regional Of fice, said that as of November 30, there were more than 736,000 participants In training programs of all types. This includes train, ees in programs at the college level, below college level, and on-the-job training. According to Phillips, Novem ber's enrollment figure repre sents an Increase of 36 per cent over the same period last year when enrollees totaled 542,000. So far, 1,551,000 trainees have taken advantage of educational benefits provided under the latest a Bill since it went into effect June 1, 1966. . A breakdown of trainees by categories includes 65,000 pur suing one-the-job training, 239,. 000 in programs below college level, and -432,000 In programs at the college level. The VA official added that the Increased participation in train ing programs can be attributed in part to the agency's continu ing "Total Outreach" program. Under this program, veterans and. , servicemen are Informed about benefits available to them, and are encouraged to apply. VA contact representatives provide this service at military installations In Vietnam and the United States, as well as at VA hospitals,; VA offices and Veterans Assistance Centers throughout the United States. In addition to these personal con. tacts, VA letters are sent to all recently discharged veterans. American Legion Auxiliary Meeting Is Postponed ' The American Legion Auxl llary of Unit 126 will not meet Thursday, January 1. The meet ing has been postponed until Thursday, January 8, at the Le gion Home at 8 p.m. Questions and Answers on Taxes This column of questions and answers on federal tax matters is provided by the fecal office of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public service to taxpayers. The column answers questions most frequently asked by taxpayers, 3 - What is the surtax rate on 1969 Income? A -.The income tax surcharge Is 19 per cent for 1969. The sur charge was originally scheduled to .expire June 30, 1969, but was extended by Congress to cover all of 1969. ' Q - Several in our family chip in to support our father but no one of us contributes more than half. Can any of us claim him as a dependent? , A - if your combined contribu tion total over half of your fath er's support, than any one of you, i but only one, who Individually contributes more than 10 per (cent may be entitled to claim the 'dependence exemption under a multiple support agreement, v Each ' of the others, nho contributes more than 10 per cent, must file a written state-; ment that he will not claim the exemption this year, . IIIIIIIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMIIHIINamMIMIIIimitllll iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii llllllll Mrs. lean Harrison Displays 1970 MRS. JEAN HARRISON, local license plate agent, is shown displaying the new reflectorized red and white plate that will go on sale throughout the state on January 2. IRS Explains Consolidated January will bring a surprise from the internal Revenue Ser vice to taxpayers. Each taxpayer will receive a brand new consoli dated tax form 1040 in a booklet which will also contain various schedules which may be needed to file the return. The card form 1040-Ahasbeen discarded. All taxpayers, regard less of Income, will receive exactly the same tax form pack age, except that self-employed business men and farmers will have Included in their package Schedule C and Schedule F, re spectively, on which to report their business and farm income and expenses. Taxpayers who formerly tiled 1040-A will need only to file the one-sheet form 1040 which includes essentially the same information as the front and back of the discarded 1040-A, sothere Is actually very little difference in the single sheet form 1040 and the old form 1040-A, except in size and format. Taxpayers whose allowable de ductions exceed 10 percent of their adjusted gross income will benefit by Itemizing their de ductions. These taxpayers will need only to file the single sheet 1040 plus schedule A upon which to ltemizetheir deductions. About 53 million taxpayers are expected to file only these two sheets as their tax returns. Schedule B is to be used only by those taxpayers who have dl vldend and interest Income to report. ; ; ., . Schedule D is to be used only by those taxpayers who sold or exchanged capital property such as stocks, bonds, personal as sets, etc. during the year. Schedule E Is to be used only by those taxpayers who received supplemental or miscellaneous Income such as pensions, rents and royalties, partnership, es tate, trust, small business cor poration income, etc. during the year. Schedule R is to be used only by those taxpayer claiming re tirement Income credit. A separate schedule T is to be used to compute the amount of tax due. This schedule Is not to be filed with the return unless income tax credits are claimed, or self-employment tax is due, or tax is due from recomputing prior-year investment credit. Re latively few taxpayers fall in these categories.: . The tax package also contains instructions on the back of each form . and schedule explaining fully how to complete each parti cular form. The booklet also contains tab les of allowable gas and sales tax deductions which may be claimed a itemized deductions ' on Schedule A. . J.E. Wall, District Director Revised Tax Form for IRS, says that he is confi dent that taxpayers will like the new look in tax forms inasmuch as each taxpayer will be afford ed equal opportunity to claim all deductions' and tax credits to which-he is entitled. Wall also urged taxpayers to file only the forms he needs. The unused forms should be discarded. Wall also said that required schedules should be attached to the back of Form 1040 in the same sequence they appear lnthe tax form booklet. This will ex pedite processing at the Service Center in Chamblee, Georgia. He added that forms W-2 are to be attached to the back of form 1040 this year instead of to the front as has been required in the past. FHA Has Recent Meeting The December meeting of the Perquimans County High School Future Homemakers of America met Friday 19th. The meeting was opened with the devotion given by Judy Hall and Betty White. Following the roll call by Secretary- Pat Lane, the December FHA'er of the month was announced by Delores Spivey. The deserving student, Susan Godfrey, was selected for her outstanding salesmanship in the Magazine Drive. The members voted on making favors for hospital trays. It was suggested to make these favors for no special occasion. Carol Aldridge, Vepco Home Economist presented the program centered around Christmas ornaments. The program, enjoyed by all, demonstrated simple and economical ways to make Christmas decorations. The meeting closed refreshments. with Dividend Declared By Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Here The Board of Director of Peoples Bank and Trust Company has declared a fourth quarter dlvident of 15 cents per share plus an extra cash dividand of 8 cents per share payable Decem ber 31, 1969 for shareholders of record on December 15, 1969. Peoples Bank and Trust Com pany serves 14. North Carolina Communities. . .;. ';?' ; CONCRKSS DATE SLT : 4 Hous SpeakerJohn W. Mo. Cormack(D-Mass)has announced the second session of the 91st Congress 'will begin Monday, January 19. ' License Plates Motorists Are Urged To Start New Year Right In leaving the "Soaring Sixties" for what the traffic safety experts hope will be the "Sensible Seventies," the N. C. State Motor Club urges motorists to start the New Year off right by steering away from the 900 accidents that might bring death to up to 25 persons and Injuries to 500 others on North Caro Una's streets and highways during the long holiday weekend. The state's holiday highway toll will be counted from 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31, through mid night Sunday, Jan. 4, a period of 102 hours. In a 30-hour period a year ago, when the holiday fell in the middle of the week, the count showed four killed and 196 injured in 350 accidents. Leading driver violations caus ing the accidents were: speeding, 116; failed to yield right of way, 68; drove left of center, 67; failed to see If movement safe, 50; and under the Influence of alcohol, 31. "North Carolina started put. ting the brakes on its traffic toll this year," said Thomas B. Wat- kins, motor club president. "Let's really decelerate the deaths, Injuries and accidents on our highways during 1970. We can do it if each of us makes and keeps a New Year's resolution to drive thoughtfully and at tentively." Farm Owners And Farm Machinery Course At C0A Farm owners and farm mach inery operators can benefit great ly from a course to be given at no cost by the Adult Education Division of College of The Albe marle. Entitled Farm Equipment Maintenance and Repairs, the course will be taught by Don Craft of Ahoskie, a graduate of N.C. State In Agriculture Engi neering and presently operating a farm equipment dealership in Ahoskie. The seven week course will be gin Jan. 6 and will meet each Tuesday night from 6-9 p.m. at Buddy Fletcher's Farm Shop lo cated on the Weeksville Rd. The course will deal with job attitudes when working with farm equipment, particularly tractors, combines and planters. Topics which will be covered range from the meaning and importance of preventative maintenance to the relationship of various tractor systems. ' However, this Is not a course to train mechanics to work on farm equipment, it is designed for the farmer or the equipment operator to take better care of his equipment and to get better service from it. For more In formation call the Adult Educa. tlon Division, 335-0821. Hertford BPW Club Has Christmas Party Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Jackson hosted a lovely Christmas party at their home on Friday Night, December 19th, when they enter- tained Hertford BPW Club mem bers, their husbands and other invited guests. As guests arrived, the ladles were presented a Christmas cor sage and the men werepresented a boutonniere, made by the hos tess, Mrs. Jackson. They were then invited Into the dining room where they were served Christ mas punch from the beautifully decorated dining room table. Miss Hulda Wood gave the in vocation, after which all present enjoyed a covered dish supper, featuring ham and turkey, and prepared by the ladles present. Year-End Report Of N.C. Department of Agriculture As usual, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture has had a busy year serving the needs of North Carolina farmers and consumers, facing new prob lems and new opportunities lnthe various areas of its responsibili ties. - Among the problems havebeen Holding our own In the hog cholera eradication program. In cidents or threats of this costly and dread disease have necessi tated definitive action to prevent further spread. The Commission, er has Issued emergency quaran tine proclamations, later for mally approved by the Board of Agriculture. We have paid out nearly $300,000 in Indemnities on hog cholera. We have cooperat ed fully with federal quarantines designed to work toward eradi cation. Pressures to ban DDT and restrict other persistent pesti cides. The Board of Agriculture and the Commissioner have met this problem In a straight-forward manner and are moving to restrict registration and sale of DDT for most uses. After changes in federal re gulations concerning the use of cyclamates in diet foods, the Board of Agriculture met in em ergency session to change the state regulations to permit soft drink bottlers in the state to mix saccharin and sugar in bev. erages. Other services of the Depart ment have been felt by a wide spectrum of the state's popula tion: 4.393 lots of wain were In spected to determine the grade of 8 million bushels of grain. 140,000 head of feeder pigs have been sold through the 14 monthly graded quality feeder pig sales in the state at seven locations. Ten farmer cooperatives and seven promotional groups were formed with the assistance of the markets division. One full-time specialist is working with the foreign trade in promoting the export of North Carolina products. Commission er Graham participated in an Ag ribusiness tour. North Carolina Products were shown at a Trade Fair in Cologne, Germany. The first nine-day N.C. State Fair was held and it showed a profit. The fairgrounds and arena were used 319 times, with an attendance of 360,OOOpersons, not including the State Fair. $512,000 has been approprl- Six Week Driving Class For Extension Adult Driving Education Class' for Extension Homemakers Club women and other Interested adults-men and women- will be gin Wednesday, January 14, at 2 pjn. in the auditorium of the Perquimans County Office Build, lng, was stated today by Mr. M.B. Taylor, Home Economic Extension Agent. The class la scheduled to meet on Monday and Wednesday from I iwn. S p.m. for six weeks. The first class will bedn Januarv 14. : An evening of conversationand fellowship followed and, Instead of exchanging gifts, a contribu tion was taken for a needy family. Those present other than Mr. and Mrs. Jackson were: Mr. and Mrs. Walter Humphlett, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burbage, Mr. and Mrs. Dllbon Young, Mrs. Betty Swindell, Mrs. Dora Rlddick, Mrs. Marie Elliott, Mrs. Mac Kanoy, Miss Hulda Wood and Miss Thelma Elliott, Also, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Riddlck, Mr.and Mrs. A. T. Lane, Sr. and Mr.and Mrs. A. T. Lane, Jr. At theendof theevening,guests departed in the holiday mood of goodwill and peace in their hearts and with grateful appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Jackson for such an enjoyable party. making a total of 78,lC0separate analyses. They also tested 1G20 samples of foods and meats, 1CG0 pesticide samples and 3300 sam- tests run by the division was 101.300. the warehouse division guar anteed warehouse receipts for farm commodities valued at more than 14 million dollars. 10,304,771 pounds of meat were produced and processed In nin... .1.. mnll I n NUI. . lite auir uiiuc ui;ai iiioyz tion in 200 plants. Many more will come under inspection when the new law goes Into effect Jar., uary 1, 1970. The new law was passed to meet federal regula tions. 2,C01 Inspections were made by the structural pest control division to assure North Caro. Una Consumers that they git their money's worth from pest control operators. Fourteen per sons were tried for violations of this law. Passage of the Federal Fair Packaging and Labeling Act gave the department's weights and measures division increased work In inspecting prepackaged food and merchandise to Insure compliance with this new act. Consumer' complaints have In creased and all complaints have been investigated. The new tax ated for a new diagnostic labors atory to be constructed In Ha- - - - O" - 250,000 visitors toured the North Carolina Museum of Natur al History. Continuing improve ments in the Museum have en hanced the attractiveness and added greatly to its effective ness. 105,000 sollsamples were test ed by the soil testing divislontor rural and urban citizens of the state. Of these, 83.5 per cent were for farms; 9 per cent edu-' cational institutions; 2.7 percent greenhouses; and 1.3 per. cent golf courses. 150,333 tons of peanutswerc Traded. were tested by the state chemist. on gasoline has caused a new awareness of theaccuracyof ser vice station eq"ipment. These .AmnlQlnts k.ir. !)tcft hfiOTI lllUM. ll-Tl ttgated, with few violations being found. " Many samples, of milk were taken by the dairy at vision ror determination of pesticide resi due levels. Homemakers The purpose of the class is to provide learning experience for Extension Homemakers Club wo. men and other Interested adults to learn how to operate an auto mobile' In order to have more and better transportation. . If you are interested in learn ing how to drive, please contact Mrs. M.B. Taylor, Home Econo mica Extension Agent, P. O. P 234, Hertford, NXl 27944 or call 420.T397. I 'V r
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