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Volume XXVII - No. S
Promotions Announced
By Peoples Bank
W. H. Stanley, president of
Peoples, Bank and Trust Com
pany, has announced promotions
in the official staff of the bank.
This action was taken at the
regular monthly meeting of the
board of directors held on
Wednesday, January 21.
ROCKY MOUNT
T. W. Harris, the bank's in
vestment officer, from Vice
President to Senior Vice
President
,; H. Kel Landls Jr., Comptroller
4 Auditor to Vice President and
Comptroller : ;
Marion P. Cash from Assistant
Auditor to Auditor
i John A. Hammond from
Assistant Trust Officer to Trust
Officer,;--
Carvey L. Jones, Cashier of
Consumer Credit to Vice
.president
Henry j. nurpny 10 Assistant
Vice President
Other Rocky Mount promotions
are:' :-:.
. R. S. Ward, Assistant Vice
President to Assistant Vice
President and Cashier
Willie E. Alston to Assistant
Cashier, South Office
Doris E. Woo ten to Assistant
Cashier, East Office
Bernice J. Everette to
Assistant Cashier, West Office
NASHVILLE
Betty M. Cary to Assistant
Cashier
WHITAKERS
Peggy L. Denton to Assistant
Cashier
Drug Program Slated
) For Feb. 5 At PCHS
Father Daniel Eean. a Driest
; who works with Junkies, recently
commented ion Qi s mucjj
publicized statement by an
thropologist Margaret Mead who
said that marijuana should be
legalized because, she said, it
was a harmless drug. ,
Father Egan said, "It was an
exception rather than the rule
when I met a heroin addict who
hadn't ; got started on
marijuana."
In Elizabeth City recently, an
18-hour training session was held
on "Narcotics and Sex Crimes."
The two tie In and the topic was
deemed Important enough to
merit the attendance of about 40
area law officers.
Principal H. B. Davenport of
Northeastern High School in
Elizabeth City was quoted in the
TDatly Advance recently as
saying;. "I personally believe we
have some students in this school
using marijuana."
The problem is in Pasquotank,
Chowan , and Perquimans
. counUes and anyone who believes
otherwise is merely hiding his
bead in the sand..
' For the reasons mentioned
above, the Perquimans County
High School PTA, along with the
county's Chamber of Commerce,
is presenting a two-part drug '
program mat is the most im-;
portant presentation on the
subject in the Albemarle Area.
On Thursday, Feb. 5, .Capt.
Lew) Hurst, head of the Norfolk"'
Narcotics Bureau will be on hand
with a film called "Marijuana."
This film, unlike some others on
the subject, . does not merely
explain it, but shows its dangers.
The Captain will be on hand for
Tho Original
Weather Man
Among the more pleasing of
ancient legends is that of
Groundhog Day. Many of us have
trouble remembering just what
the legend says of the Groun
dhog's shadow, as well as the
exact day on which the event is
said to occur For those who have '
trouble with their legends, here
are" the J ' t." Ground,
hog Day falls on February
1 On this day, so the tale goes, a
Crour.l'-.cg comes out Of hlber
r "m. If he sees his shadow, he
1 s jPedly return to his hole
r anotlrr sU weeks of winter
..-.or. l'3 one knows whether
s Gr . j is aided by such
J : i v -,er satellites or
i t . . .i . lc equipment. But,
... t.Mrj is certain. The
CrounJ' '-j has been in the
weather f.. : ?sstlng business
X ; t C -a c J.e else. For that
: i.Ifr.;. -rr. deserves
c -".-la C Z - -f rpect.
BATTLE BORO
Warren Pridgen from Assistant
Cashier, Consumer Credit Office
to Cashier, Battleboro Branch.
PINETOPS
Maxine B. Webb to Assistant
Cashier i
ENFIELD
Earnest M. Davis from
Assistant Cashier to Assistant
Vice President
Nancy B. Ellen to Assistant
Cashier
EDENTON
Woody R. Copeland to Assistant
Cashier
George W. Lewis, Executive
Vice President, will assume the
additional duties of Cashier
' HENDERSON
John Madison Foster from
Assistant Vice President to Vice
President
Marie P. Floyd to Assistant
Cashier
NORLINA
William D. Little from Cashier
to Vice President
Helen P. Read from Assistant
Cashier to Cashier
t-:':
SCOTLAND NECK
Paul D. Weeks Jr. from
Cashier to Vice President
Eunice S. Mitchell to Assistant
Cashier
HARRELLSVUXE
Thomas W. THerritt from
Cashier to Vice President and
Cashier
a questlon-and-answer session
and will have a revealing display
of items used by narcotics iad
dictai. On Thursday, Feb. 12, Rev.
John Gimenez, director of
PROCLAIM in Norfolk will be
here. This organization is to
former drug users what
Alcoholics Anonymous is to
former drinkers. .
Rev. Gimenez, who had been a
drug addict for 16 years, will
bring with him some teenagers
who were also drug users.
The Minister and some of the
teeners recently appeared on the
Mildred Alexander Show on
Channel S.WefeelmeoppOrtunity'
to hear them in person will be one
we can't afford to miss,
especially the idea of teenagers
hearing from other teenagers,
who have already gone through a
bad experience. ; t
Perhaps their words can save
others!
Both meetings will be held in
the auditorium - of the
Perquimans County High School
at 8 p.m. and admission is free to
anyone and everyone who is
concerned with the children of
this area. i , :- -
State Bureau of Investigation
Agent 0. L. Wise put it this way:
L"I feel the first burden of
responsibility should be on the
parents." v
' See you at the meetings.
lllite Are Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Lula
Miller Nixon, ,77, who died
Tuesday morning . la the
Albemarle Hospital following a
long illness, were heW Thursday
at 100 p.m. in the Chapel of the
Swindell Funeral Home by the
Rev ,W. R. Pinner, pastor of
Cedar Grove "Methodist Church.
"Beyond the Sunset" was,
played during the service by Mrs.
Chester Winslow, organist.
The casks' pall was made of
white chrysanthemums, pink,
carnations and fern.
Pallbearers were Kenneth
Miller, Irving Perry, William
Ray Miller, Lee White, Johnny
Chappell and Ned Nixon Jr.
Burial was in Cedarwood
Cemetery. .
Sizp!raticn At
HsrJbly Of God
A Singsptration is scheduled to
be held at, The Assembly of God
Church In Hertford on Sunday,
February 1 at 8 pjn. .
The Rev. Gary E, Wilson will
conduct the service and special
music will be presented by
soloists, duets and chorsl groups.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the publk to attend. -
Hartford,
FLOOD COVERS CITY OF 300,000 A mud covered car rests against the side of a house
after rain and melting snow from the Ande3 smashed the Pardo dike on 'he Mendoza
River, releasing a wall of water that covered Mendoza, a city of 300,000 in Ar gentina. Po
lice said at least 20 persons died and another 1,500 were driven from their homes.
County Students Are
Awarded Recently
Of the 1,158 college students
who are recipients of the 1969
Prospective Teacher Scholarship
Loan awards, 2 are from
Perquimans, it is announced this
week in a report released by State
Superintendent Craig Phillips.
Applications for the 1970
wards are nnw twins raoalvari
If by the Department of Public
& Instruction. The program was
created by the 1957 General
Assembly to encourage students
to train as teachers.
New recipients of the
Prospective Teacher Scholarship
Loan Fund will receive $600 per
year for not more than four years.
The aid is a scholarship if the
recipient teaches for one year for
each year he receives assistance
from the fund. It is a loan if the
recipient does not teach in North
Carolina public schools system.
Currently some 2700 students are
receiving, financial aid through
the program.
Donald G. Cotton, coordinator
for the Teacher Scholarship Loan
Program, said that 665 of the 1969
recipients are planning to be
teachers in the elementary
grades, while 493 are enrolled in
high school and other subject
areas. Of the total accepted this
year 805 recently graduated from
high school; 106 are college
sophomores; 103 are juniors; and
44 are college seniors. The
highest SAT score was 1442 and
the median score was 900450.
" Every county in the state but
two is represented in the 35
private institutions and 24 state
supported colleges or universities
participating. Appalachian State
University has the most number
of PTSL 1969-recipients with 308;
East Carolina University has 198;
and 123 at UNC-Greensboro.
Applications for 1970 must be
completed and returned prior to
"Live" Shakespeare
To Be Presented At
Perquimans High
A production of scenes from
Love's Labour's Lost will be
presented at Perquimans County
High School on March 19.
The performance will be
presented by . Theatre-In-Education,
inc.,, -a professional
'New Yorkdramatic company
touring the State for the eighth
successive year. The productions
are made possible each year
through funds provided the State
Board of Education by the
General Assembly.
The program will include, in
addition to scenes from Love's
Labour's Lost, a narrative text
written by Marchette Chute to
give continuity arid clarity to the
scenes. . The length of the per
formance is one hour. ,
- According to Raymond K.
Rhodes, student activities con
sultant with the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction, the
presentation of live Shakespeare
drama in the public schools of
Norm Carolina affords the State
the unique opportunity of
bringing students a ; dramatic
awareness of the universal im
portance of Shakespeare.
Bake Sale
The Perquimans High School
Annual Staff will sponsor a Bake
Sale Saturday, January 81, on the
courthouse lawn. ,
The money will be used to cover
this year's annual expenses.
Perquimans County, North Carolina, January 29, 1970
- -it "i i t
LI,,- 4k
March l, 1970; will be reviewed
by the Awards Committee in
March and applicants will be
informed of the results in early
May.
Recipients of the award must
be residents of North Carolina.
Priority of awards will be given
to applicants who plan to teach in
the elementary grades. Financial
need, scholarship, test scores,
character, and personality will be
the major factors in determining
the awards.
Cotton said that detailed in
formation may be obtained from
guidance counselors in each
school or by writing: Scholarship
Section, Department of Public
Instruction, Raleigh, North
Carolina 27602.
Dr. Wadleigh, Gov. Scott
Speak at State Soil Arid
Water Meeting Recently
Soil Conservation movement
has done far more to improve the
quality of environment over vast
expanses of the United States
than any other endeavor un
derway," so stated Dr. Cecil H.
Wadleigh, director of the Soil and
Water Conservation Research
Division at Beltsville, Md., in his
keynote address at the opening
session of the 27th annual
meeting last week in Raleigh,
when the N. C. Association of Soil
and Water Conservation Districts
met.
Continuing, Dr. Wadleigh said,
"Ideally, the soil conservation
job will not be done until virtually
every stream runs clear and
uncontaminated. Let us here re
dedicate ourselves to this ex
citing challenge that looms
before us. . . . The job of soil
conservation and the con
servation of associated water
resources is a long, long way
from being done in these United
States."
Wadleigh suggested that USDA
provide technical and cost
sharing assistance for building
diversions and lagoons to meet
waste disposal problems of
barnyards and feedlots. The soil
conservation movement has been
though of primarily as a program
to prevent land erosion caused by
water and wind. It is much
broader than that he stressed.
"Contour farming, strip crop
ping, use of grassed waterways
these and other practices have
helped to stabilize the land,
purify air and water, and beautify
the countryside. Thus con
servation has made, and will
continue to make major con
tributions to our quality of en
vironment," concluded the
nationally known speaker
Monday.
Governor . Robert W. Scott
made the principle address at the
banquet on Tuesday night, in
which he called on Tar Heel
citizens industrialists and
educators, housewives and school
children, conservationists and
developers to join in a com
mitment to solve the problems of
environmental pollution. In
summing up the complex
problem, he said, "It involves
air, , water, soil and noise
pollution. It involves junk cars
and littered streets. It involves
legal questions, population
patterns, land use questions, It
involves technology and a great
deal of money."
Dates And Events
To Remember
Ray Winslow, widely
recognized local historian, has
begun a class at College of the
Albemarle on History of the
Albemarle. Cf great Interest to
county history buffs is the fact
that a class in Perquimans
County History can be offered by
COA and taught in Hertford by
Mr. Winslow. Let htm know if you
are interested.
The next Members Series of the
Museum of the Albemarle will be
a concert by Drs. Jerry Pickerel
and Joel Carter as pianists. This
will be held, at the music room at
Northeastern High School on
Sunday, Februry 15. In the
meantime, starting February 1st
for two weeks, a mobile unit of
the Department of Archives and
History will be parked on the lot
The subject of the new exhibit is
the Victorian Period (1837-1910).
Be sure to stop by.
"Resource Conservation and
Development is Everybody's
Business" was the conference
theme followed throughout the
three-day meeting held at the
Hotel Sir Walter January 18-21.
Dr. Craig Phillips, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction,
spoke on Conservation Education
in the public schools; and Mr.
Ralph Winkworth, State
Forester, reported on a new
program to develop our forest
resources.
Some 470 supervisors from the
state's 88 conservation districts
make up the membership of the
N. C. Association. Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Mathews, Mr. and Mrs.
Carroll Williams, and Mr. and
Mrs. F. A. McGoogan attended
the meeting from Perquimans. In
addition to the various addresses
made, they heard reports on
research, watersheds, finance,
public lands and forestry,
recreation and wildlife, and
education. The ladies were guests
of Mrs. Scott at the Governor's
mansion for tea on Tuesday af
ternoon ; a tout of the capital and
legislative tuilding followed.
They were special guests that
evening at the banquet.
The association presented its
first "State Conservation Farmer
of the Year" award to Onard
Winters of Avery County, who,
according to his citation, "has
proved beyond a doubt that a
good living can still be made on a
rather small mountain farm."
Mr. Lloyd C. Bunch, Chairman
of the Albemarle Soil and Water
Conservation District was
presented a plaque by the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber
Company for the Albemarle
District for second place winner
in the State., Mr. Bunch was
presented by the State
Association a 25-year pin for
serving 25 years ai a district
Supervisor.
Mr. George L. Winchester, in
his President's Report, left this
challenge with the group: "Do we
dare to do the things that must be
done? Are we willing to work for
the conservation and resource
development program and to
forego some inconvenience that
others might live and enjoy the
results of our efforts? It is my
firm belief that the assistance is
available if we only ask; that we
have the know-how and the
deafre. It f also my firm belief
that we will discharge the
responsibility placed upon us."
Judge Homer
Presiding Judge
Perquimans County District
Court was in brief session
Wednesday with Judge Fentress
Horner presiding.
Cases heard included - Willis
Sylvester Brower, charged with
driving while license were
revoked or suspended, was given
a fine of $175.
Roy Clifton Copeland, charged
with driving without a operator's
or chauffeur's license, received a
fine of $25 and costs.
Augustus Daniel Bass was
taxed with costs of the court after
being found guilty of failure to see
that movement could be mode in
safety.
Linwood Chester Copeland was
found not guilty of a charge of
reckless driving.
Speeding violators and fines
were as follows: Joseph McClean
Moore, $35 and costs; Leon
White, $5 and costs; Frank
Charles Owens, costs.
Infant Dies
In Fire
A 5-month-old baby girl died
Saturday in her Winfall home,
which was partially destroyed by
fire around 1:30 p.m.
Leisa White, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Horace White, was
alone in the house at the time of
the fire. Her mother was across
the street when she saw the
flames, but was unable to reach
her baby because of the heat.
The volunteer fire departments
of Winfall and Hertford fought
the fire for 2-12 hours. Many
personal items were saved but
the house was badly damaged. No
estimate of the loss has been
given to date.
Lloyd R. Morgan, Winfall
fireman, stated that the fire
probably started from an
overheated stove upstairs.
Mrs. Maston Named
Local Coordinator
In-Serv. Education
Mrs. Margaret M. Maston,
General Supervisor of
Perquimans County Schools, has
been named Local Coordinator of
In-Service Education in North
Carolina by Craig Phillips,
Superintendent of the Depart
ment of Public Instruction.
The Program for the
Professional Improvement of
Teachers, a State financed
program, provides funds to
administrative units for local in
service programs in accordance
with regulations and procedures
adopted by the State Board oi
Education.
James Valsame, acting
director, Division of Staff
Development, explained that the
local coordinator will be invited
periodically to regional meetings
to bring them up to date on State
sponsored in-service education
and staff development op
portunities. "Funds are still available for
all phases on the program for the
current school year, and all
teachers are encouraged to take
advantage of these programs.
The Local Coordinator will be
invaluable to the teachers in their
administrative unit and to the
Department of Public Instruction
in helping to make this program
even more meaningful to the
improvement of public
education," Dr. Phillips said.
"Not Too Early"
It takes time to paint pictures
and whittle birds, cast pottery,
and embroider a family
heirloom. With this in mind, the
Perquimans County Arts Council
at its regular meeting Monday
put out a call to Perquimans
County artists and craftsmen to
be ready for the 2nd Biennual
Arts and Crafts Show, to be held
in conjunction with Flag Day
observances next June. Judged a
big success by participants and
viewers alike, this year's event
promises to be bigger and better
as interests in the arts grow in
this whole area of North
Carolina.
Anyone who expresses an in
terest or who showed last time,
will be contacted in the next few
months. For information, call
members of the Arts Council, and
watch for dates in the
Perquimans Weekly.
The next regular meeting of the
Arts Council will be Monday,
February 23, at 8:00, at the
Winfall Grammar School
Library.
Medicare Ins. Premium
To Increase $130 Monthly
Health, Education and Welfare
Secretary Robert H. Finch an
nounced recently that the
voluntary medical insurance
premium older people pay for
Medicare will be $5.30 a month
for the 12- month period that
begins next July 1.
Secretary Finch noted that the
present $4 premium rate, set in
December 1968, is tcr low to
cover costs during thf current
premium period and that the
special Medical Insurance Trust
Fund is now drawing on ita
reserves.
He stressed that failure to
increase the premium rate last
December, in accordance with
advice from Social Security
Administration actuaries has
made it necessary now, in effect,
to promulgate two increases at
once. Moreover, the depletion of
the trust fund that has occurred
because of the inadequate rate
has made it necessary, Secretary
Finch said, to provide for a
somewhat higher margin of
contingency than would otherwise
be necessary.
About half the increase an
nounced today - 64 cents - is
needed just to finance the
program at the level of current
operations. The other 66 cents of
the $1.30 increase m the monthly
premium rate will be needed for
the following purposes:
- 26 cents to cover an estimated
increase of about 6 per cent in the
Perquimans County
High School Honor List
Principal William Byrum has
announced the Perquimans
County High School honor roll for
the grading period ending
January 19 as follows:
"A" Honor Roll: 8A Dianne
Eure. 8D - Debbie Perry. 9C -Kathy
Marreh. 10A - Linda
Evans. 10B - Bobby Hollowell.
10C - Mackey Lewis, Terry
Copeland and Jann Dillon. 11B -Beth
Brinn and Patti Landing.
11C - Linda Harrell and Darlene
Meads. 12A - Nancy Riddick. 12B
- wayne Riddick and Janice
Winslow. 12C - Karen Haskett.
"A-B" Honor Roll: 8A - Vickie
Meads and Stan Winslow. 8B -Joyce
Hollowell. 8C - Karen
Copeland and Wade Winslow. I'D -Suzanne
Stokes. 8E - Sandra
North Carolina
Ranks High In
Bond Sales
North Carolina was one ui ine
top performing states in the
nation in the sale of U.S. Savings
Bonds. Among the states of the
nation it ranked sixth in the
per cent or 1969 dollar goal
achieved.
U.S. Savings Bond sales in
North Carolina last year
amounted to $62,364,160. This is
104.6 per cent of its 1969 goal of
$59,600,000. Sixty-eight counties
in the state exceeded their dollar
goal for last year, while the
remaining counties lame very
close to 100 per cent per
formance. "All North Carolinians can
take pride in the fact that the
state concluded one of the most
successful years in the sale of
Savings Bond as reflected by the
per cent of quota achieved. Now
that the Savings Bonds rate of
interest has been raised to 5 per
cent, we are confident of Savings
Bond sales being the greatest
ever in our state in 1970," said
Bland W. WorleyState Volunteer
Chairman for U.S. Savings
Bonds.
Worley commended the News
and Advertising Media, banks
and employes, as well as other
volunteers, for their invaluable
support of this patriotic, thrift
program. -
R. L. Stevenson, Perquimans
County Volunteer Chairman
expressed his gratitude to the
people of Perquimans County for
their purchase of Savings Bonds
in the past year. He said that he is
"optimistic about the Savings
Bond sales in 1970 as the new S
per cent rate of interest is so
attractive."
Savings Bond Sales in
Perquimans County in December
amounted " to $4,697.00.
Cumulative sales for 1969
amounted to $70,529.00. This is
187.8 per cent of the county's goal
for last year.
10 Cents Per Copy
level of physicians' fees;
- about 12 cents to cover an
estimated Increase of 2 per cent
in the utilization of service under
the program ;
- about 6 cents because the $50
deductible which a patient pays
will be a smaller proportion of the
total covered charges;
- the remaining 22 cents to
provide a 4 per cent margin for
contingencies. This margin is
needed because the estimates are
based upon minimum reasonable
assumptions and because the
trust fund out of which this
program is financed will be a low
level at the beginntoR of the
premium,period on July I, 1870.
The ;r.edica! insurance
program supplements the basic
hospital insurance part of
Medicare by helping to pay
doctor bills and a wide variety of
other medical expenses in and
out of the hospital. The premiums
paid by people 65 and older who
are enrolled in the medical in
surance part of Medicare, cover
half the cost of their protection.
The other half comes out of
general Federal revenues. The
Medicare law provides for annual
review of the costs of the medical
insurance program and for any
necessary adjustments in the
premium rate by January l. The
law requires that the premium
rate be sufficient to cover all
expenses incurred during each
premium period.
Elliott, Judy Harrell, Brenda
Mansfield, Barry Lane and Roger
White.
9A - Willie Faye Dail and
Juanita Turner. 9B - Allen
Lassiter, Woody Perry, Vickie
Haskett and Jenny White. 9C -Frances
White, Evn Newby and
Gail Proctor. 9D - June Lane,
Paula Harrison, Gail Eure and
Freda Godwin. 9E - Vickie
Chappell and Susan Humphlett.
10A - Sally Bundy, Gail
Chappell, Virginia Copeland,
Ellen Long, Betty Carol Russell
and Darlene Williams. 10B - Lu
Ann Stalling, Jack Harrell, Van
Han is and Michael Walker. 10C -Wayne
Proctor.
11A - Patricia Morse, Jackie
Ward, Martha Watkins, Minnie
Norma White and Archie
Blanchard. 113 - Linda Baker,
Herbert Copelar.u, San God
frey, Betty Murray, Rita Skinner,
Nancy Tunnell and Edmund
White. 11C - Brant Murray and
Sharon Elliott.
12A - Dan Nixon, Mickie
Phelps, Mary Ruth Dail, Beckie
Elliott, Anne Simpson, Gail
Watson, Geneva White and
Martha White. 12B - Johnny
Caddy, Louise Dale, Patricia
Lane, Martin Ownes, Donald
Stallings. Pam Sutton and Peggy
White. 12C - Nann Ambrose,
Angela Lane, Sandra Smith,
janice Stallings, Betty White,
Michael Miller, Douglas Perry,
Ray Hollowell and Jeryl Zachary.
Perquimans FHA
Meets In Cafeteria
The Perquimans County High
School Future Homemakers of
America met January 23 in the
school cafeteria. The meeting
opened with the FHA Prayer
Song followed by the devotion
presented by Jonetta Ward and
Darlene Goodman. Pat Lane,
Secretary, gave the minutes of
the last meeting and the roll call.
Reporting on a constructive
project for the Chapter was Betty
White. Favors for hospital trays
will be made and sent to. the
Albemarle Hospital on Valen
tine's Day.. Members on the
committee heading the project
are: Jud) Hall, Pam Sutton, Pam
Winslow, Nancy Riddick, Kathy
Keel and Linda Banks. '
Margaret Mansfield,
President, introduced Mrs.
Stewart, the new Home
Economics teacher and faculty
advisor.
Announcing the FHA'er of the
month was Delores Splvey. The
honored student, Pat Lane, was
chosen for her outstanding ability .
to fill the capacity of Chapter
Secretary.
The program for the meeting
was presented by Mrs. John
Elma Wood. She displayed the
various utensils necessary for
cake decorating.