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THE PEMU1MAN
WEEKLY
Volume XXVII -No. 14
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, April 2, 1970
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Jack Williams of Elisabeth City displays a Court of Honor bridal
print, one of six awards be earned this week at the Winston
Salem convention of the Professional Photographers of North
Carolina. The study shown Is of Mrs. Robert L. Plppen, Jr., of
Cary, N.C., the former Charlene Jones of Elisabeth City.
Williams exhibited five prints placing three in the Court of
Honor and winning the second place trophy for "illustrative"
direct color photohraphy with a study of a P-51 Mustang. His
"pictorial" direct color study of the Navy's "Blue Angels" was
one of the highest scoring photographs in the show of 400 prints.
Print chairman Pete Comer said Williams has earned first,
second, and third or "best in the State" in addition to many
Court of Honor awards since joining the association five years
Mrs. Phillips Donates
Shrubs
The Perquimans County
Library Board of Trustees met in
regular session in the library on
Tuesday, March 16th.
Mrs. J. T. Biggers, Chairman,
welcomed two newly appointed
members, Mrs. Elaine Phillips,
and Mrs. W. C. Stroud. The
circulation. jeporL;8jjowed,JM39
books circulated in January and
February. 78 new books were
added; other routine reports
were given, the budget ap
proved; improvements in the
library were discussed. These
included new equipment and
work on the library grounds.
Mrs. Phillips offered to give
the library six shrubs (low
growing holly) to be planted
around the entrance to the
library as a memorial to her
husband, John J. Phillips. This
planting was done last week by
the Chappell Nursery, and im
proves the appearance of the
Meet Your Perquimans Marching Unit
This week we are beginning a series of pictures that will cover the members of. the Perquimans.
County Marching Unit. We will have three more of the participants in next weeks paper, and will
follow this procedure until we have published each member of the unit. Watch for your issue, and
read about the members of famous
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Starting with this ijsue of the
Perquimans Weekly the people
of Perquimans County wQl be
introduced to the 38 members
of the Marching Unit and their
Instructor. Featured this week
will be Mrs. Joe Rogerson, In
structor, Betty White, Chief
and Judy Hall, Vice-President.
Jfrs. La Claire W. Rogerson,
Instructor for the unit, b a na
tive of Perquimans County,
the daughter of Mrs. Sylvia
Winslow. and the late Lyn
, wood Window and married to,
Joe Rogerson, She has 3 chil
dren: Susan, 12; Ann 9 and
Richard 5. She works as a,
teacher's aide at Hertford
Grammar School. Eer hobby
is the rerquimans County
Ifarchirj Unit and favorite
psctiine is sewing. - ,
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Library
library grounds a great deal.
The following memorial books
have been given to the library
recently: Pageant of Tran
sportation Through the Ages, in
memory of Clinton Trueblood;
History of American Furniture;
America the Beautiful in the
Word ot Henry DJThoreauAnd
the New International Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Art, Vol. 7 all
three in memory of Nellie Fields
Oberst; Early American Gar
dens; Vol. 8 of New International
Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arts'
and 70 Most Unforgettable
Characters (from the Readers
Digest), all three In memory of
Mrs. Hattie Chappell Brinn.
Other new books in the library
recently are: Bad Debts, by
Wolff; And Not to Yield, by
Ullman; Spring edition of
Horizon Periodical; and several
Westernsmysteries, and light
romances.
Perquimans County Marching Unit.
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MISS BETTY WHITE is the
17 year old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Towe White, Sr. ;
of. Route 1, Hertford. She is 5
feet 5 in. tall, with blonde hair
and green eyes. Her hobbies
are collecting silly things such
as ticket stubs and cracker
jack prizes. Her favorite past
time is going to dances and
movies. Betty is Chief Msjor
ette and Marching Unit Presi
dent. As a senior, her other;
interests have been Annual
Staff Organization Editor,
FHA, Health Club, Beta Club.
She works as i Nurse's Aide
at Albemarle Hospital. After
graduation she plans to attend
East CaroLha University and
major in nursing. ,
iHertford Baptist
The Rev. Adlie E. Barefoot,:
Jr., 45, former pastor of the
Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
Church, was killed near'
Greenville Monday when a
tractor he was operating flipped
over in a ditch.
Pitt County officials said the
minister was plowing a vacant
jot next to the First Wesleyan
'Church, of which he was pastor.
They said the tractor slipped into
a deep ditch and pinned the Rev.
Mr. Barefoot underneath.
A native of North Carolina, he
was the husband, of Mrs. Xoretta
Smith Barefoot and a son df Adlie
E. Barefoot and the late Mrs.
Myrtle Kissiah Barefoot.
He was an Army veteran of
World War II.
Besides his widow and father,
surviving are a son, John Albert
'Barefoot of the home in Ayden;
five daughters, Mrs. Mary B.
Powell of Greenville, Mrs. Marie
Fiske of Maryland and Miss
Patricia Barefoot. Miss Grace
Barefoot and Miss Rachel
Barefoot of Ayden; three bro
thers, Howard Barefoot of In
diana, James Barefoot of Alaska
and Paul Barefoot of California;
three sisters, Mrs. Juanita Veale
of Atlanta, Mrs. Myrlene Byrd of
Durham, and Mrs. Josephine
Parker of Hillsboro; and three
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted Thursday at 11:00
A.M. in the First Wesleyan
Church by the Rev. R. S. Shelton.
Burial will be in the Bagley
Swamp Wesleyan Church
Cemetery at 3:00 P.M. Thursday.
Registration
Books Open
Registrars appointed by the
Perquimans County Board of
Elections for a Primary Election
Saturday, May 2, will sit at
precinct polling places beginning
Saturday, April 4 from 9:00 a.m.
until 6:30 p.m. to register voters.
The registrars will sit again on
April 11 and April 18.
All. persons not registered,
must do so in order to be eligible
to vote in the election.
jf you are one of the persons
who not re-register last
October during the new
registration, you will be unable
to vote until you have registered,
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MISS JUDY HALL, daughter
of Mrs.'Eura Hall, is Vice
President of the Unit and a
Majorette. She is 18 years old,
has blonde hair and blue eyes.
Judy enjoys swimming, danc
ing, piano playing, reading and
listening to records. She is a
. senior and her activities during
her 4 years have included
FHA, Health Club, Beta Club,
Student Codncfl, Marching
Unit, Library Assistant, Pow
der Puff ball game, newspaper
'typist, home room sec. and
treat, Her future plans include
marriage and a two year. Secre
tarial course at CO A.
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At the Hertford Baptist Church
on Sunday Evening at the 7:30
Worship Service those who at
tended the North Carolina State
Baptist Men's Convention and R.
A. Congress on March 20th and
21st will share their impressions
of their respective state meeting.
They were privileged to hear
Miss Patricia Johnson, Miss
North Carolina, speak and sing;
Mr. Bobby Richardson, Famous
Baseball Star and Christian
Athlete; and Dr. Robert
Hingson, Famous Doctor "The
Doctor With a Gun".
Final Rites Held
For Nathan Riddick
Funeral services for Nathan
Riddick, 63, who died March 24 at
his home, were held Thursday at
2:30 in the Chapel of the Swindell
Funeral Home by the Rev. Waldo
Smith and Mr. Daniel Forbes.
"In The Garden" and "Some
Golden Daybreak" were sung by
the Rev. and Mrs. Elmer
Thomas. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Chester
Winslow, organist.
The casket pall was made of
yellow carnations, white
chrysanthemums, and fern and
was centered with yellow roses
and orchids.
Pallbearers were E. L. Hurdle,
'Arlie Carver, Lindsey Stallings,
Tom Brickhouse, Kenneth Stolly
and Bobby Stallings.
Burial was in the Family
Cemetery.
MRS. BESSIE WARD
WINFALL -- Mrs. Bessie
Overman Ward, 75, died sud
denly Tuesday at 8:30 p.m.
A native of Perquimans
County, she was the daughter of
the late Joe and Mrs. Ella
Lassiter Overman and a
member of Epworth Methodist
Church.
Surviving are her husband,
British Haywood Ward; three
daughters, Mrs. Gladys Demp
aey of Norfolk, Mrs. Ruth Hurdle
and Mrs. Bessie Chappell of
Elizabeth City; one son, Roy
Ward; eight grandchildren and
three great grandchildren.
The body was removed to
Swindell Funeral Home pending
completion of arrangements.
Group Sponsors
Hem Supper
The United Methodist Youth
Fellowship will sponsor a ham
supper on Friday, April 3. The
plates can be delivered or picked
up at the United First Methodist
Church anytime between 5:00
and 7:00 p.m.
Tickets for the supper can be
purchased from any Senior-High
UMYF member or by contacting
Peggy White at 426-7151.
The purpose of the supper is to
earn enough money for a week's
program planning retreat at
Nags Head. ,
Meeting
The above Baptist Men and R.
A. Boys who attended the State
Baptist Men's Convention and R.
A. Congress are standing in front
of the Old Market House, a
landmark building in Fayet
teville, N. C. Those attending
were: First row: Brian Harris,
Scott Tilley, and Carlyle Sawyer;
Second row: Jeff Broughton,
Wayne Tarkenton and Tim
Gregory; Third row: Eddie
Riddick, Danny Gregory and Bill
Berry; Fourth row: Pete Rid
dick, Johnny Gregory, George
Winslow, Carroll Williams and
Noah Gregory.
Health Careers
Bake Sale
The Perquimans County
Health Careers Club will sponsor
a bake sale April 4 on the court
house lawn. On sale will be pies,
cakes, and candies made by the
members. The public is urged to
support the sale since all money
will go towards the club's
projects.
Marine All -
MILESTONE ATTAINED - Lieutenant Colonel Stanley P. Lewis, (Fresno, Calif.), (2nd from
right), commanding officer, married to former Faye Haste, daughter of Mr. and Mn. Erie Haste,
Sr., Marine All Weather Attack Squadron (VMA(AW) 242, and hisbombardkrnavigator, First
Lieutenant James J. Ewing Jr., (Havertown, Pa.), (right), are congratulated by Major General
William G. Thrash, commanding general, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) with a glass of cham
pagne following the aviator's completion of the squadron's 15,000th combat mission in Vietnam.
Colonel Grover S. Stewart, (Tustin, Calif.), (left), commanding officer, Marine Aircraft Group
11, Colonel Robert W. Teller, (St. Joseph, Mo.), chief of staff, 1st MAW, and Staff Sergeant
David Ernes, (Wheeling, W. Va.), VMA(AW242 squadron member, witness the ceremony.
(Official V. S. Marine Corpi Photo by Stt John E MariottL)
DANANG, Vietnam - Aviators
of Marine All Weather Attack
Squadron (VMA(AW) 242,
chalked up a milestone recently,
logging their 15,000th combat
mission in less than a three and a
half year period.
; Since their arrival in Vietnam
in November, 1966, the squadron
has averaged 12.2 combat
missions per day in the versatile
A-6A Intruder, accumulating
19,451 combat flight hours and
Bids Received For
Perq.-Pasq.-Gato
Chowan Roads
Bids totaling $18,985,759.35
were received by the State High
way Commission at its regular
mdhthly letting. There were
thirty projects in 37 counties
involving 420 miles of road
construction.
All apparent low bids will be
reviewed by the State Highwa)
Commission when it meets in
Lenoir on April 2, 1970, at 9:30
a.m. at the Holiday Inn.
A complete list of projects and
apparent low bids is as follows:
Gates, Pasquotank, Chowan,
and Perquimans Counties - 20.7
miles of resurfacing, sand
asphalt base, surface and
bituminous concrete surface on
six sections of Primary Roads on
U.S. 17-158 and N.C. 32-168
(part), and 5 sections of
Secondary Roads. $199,749.45
Birsch Construction Corp.
Norfolk, Va.
Final completion date:
November 2, 1970
Peoples Bank Mails
Dividends To
Shareholders
Peoples Bank and Trust
Company on March 31, 1970
mailed its regular quarterly
dividend on the bank's common
stock to shareholders of record
as of March 13. The current
dividend rate of 15 cents per
share represents an increase
from 12-1 2 cents for the first
quarter of last year.
Office Hours Changed
For New Physician
In last weeks issue of The
Perquimans Weekly, in the
formal announcement of Dr.
Robert E. Gardner, M.D., who
has opened offices in Peoples
Bank Building, on East Market
Street., for the general practice
of medicine the office hours have
been changed.
The Perquimans Weekly in the
news story of Dr. Gardner s
arrival and moving here to the
Swindell Home on Dobb Street
Extended, must have misled
Weather Attack Squadron
1 1
unleashing 76,650 tons of ord
nance on the enemy to top all
other Navy and Marine Corps A
6A squadrons in Vietnam. ,
Lieutenant Colonel Stanley P.
Lewis, (Fresno, Calif.), com
manding officer, of VMA(AW)-
242, and his bom
bardier navigator, First
Lieutenant James J. Ewing Jr.,
(Havertown, Pa.), were
congratulated by Major General
William G. Thrash, commanding
Perquimans Veehij
Presented Certificate
R. L. Stevenson, Executive
Vice President of Peoples Bank
& Trust Co., who serves as
Perquimans County Volunteer
Chairman for U. S. Savings
Bonds, is shown presenting
Virginia Transeau, editor of The
Perquimans Weekly a certificate
of appreciation from the U. S.
Savings Bonds Program. In
making the presentation Mr.
Stevenson said, "During 1969 the
U. S. Savings Bonds Program
experienced one of its most
successful years in . North
Carolina.
"Sales of Savings Bonds in oi
state amounted to $62,9$4,H
which is 104.6 per cent ef the
state's annual dollar goal of
$59,600,000. Among the 50 states,
North Carolina ranked 6th in the
per cent of its dollar goal at
some of the residents of the
county, as some people have
visited the home for treatment
instead of the office.
Please not, Dr. Gardner's
office is on Market Street in
Peoples Bank Building, not in his
residence.
Changes in the office hours are
due to the large number of day
and night calls required, and a
new schedule of hours is
published elsewhere in this issue
of your paper.
general, 1st Marine Aircraft
Wing, following the ac
complishment. Shortly after arriving in
Vietnam, VMA(AW)-242 set a 1st
Marine Aircraft Wing monthly
ordnance dropped record of 1,132
tons in 319 missions.
The squadron air role in
Vietnam includes armed'
reconnaissance, direct and close
air support and ground con-
trolled radar bombing, in all
weather elements.
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tained. Bland W. Worley, State
Volunteer Chairman for the
Savings Bonds Program, called
this achievement "truly out
standing in view of the very
unsettled money market and the
"Bond sales in Perquimans
Countv totaled $70,529.00. which
is 187.8 per cent of the county'i
dollar goal for1 1969.
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fnrmance could not have been
realized without the cooperation
of The Pernuimans Weeklv. I. as
Volunteer Chairman of the
Tlt-nAa Drnaram fnr mtv nnnntv
nersonallv want vou to know of
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tinued suDoort vou have eiven to
the Bonds Proeram and the fine
service vou are renaerine 10 our
county, state and nation."
if. C. Attorney Gen.
To Speak At Bapt.
Church Sunday
Kooert Morgan, Attorney
General of North Carolina will
speak at the 11:00 a.m. Worship
Service on Sunday, April 5th at
the Hertford Baptist Church.
Mr. Morgan is a native of
Lillington, N.C. and a graduate
from Lillington High School. He
attended East Carolina College
where he graduated with a B. S.
Degree and Wake Forest College
Law School where he received an
L. B. Degree.
The political career of North
Carolina's Attorney General
began early. While still a student
at the Wake ForestLaw School he
filed for the office of Clerk of
Superior Court of Harnet County
and was elected. He served in
this position for four years and
then resigned, entered the
private practice of law, and
began campaigning for the office
of State Senator.
He was elected and served his
first term in the State
Legislature in 1955. He served in
four other sessions and in 1965
was elected to the highest office
of the Senate - President Pro
Tern. He won the Democratic
nomination for the office of
Attorney General in May, 1968.
He is married to the former
Katie Owen of Roseboro. He is
the father of two young
daughters, Mary and Margaret,
and a foster son, Rupert.
An invitation is extended to our
friends to share with us in this
service.
Serving At.NAS
Navy Master Chief Jesse N.
Criss, husband of the former
Miss Elizabeth B. Overton of
Hertford, N. C, is now serving
with Fleet Composite Squadron
Four at Naval Air station
Oceana, Virginia Beach, Va.