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XX PERQUIMAN Volume XXVII-16 Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, April 16, 1970 10 Cents Per Copy Standard Printing Co. Lotiisiille, Ky. i0200 THE WEEKLY Mi Meet Your Perquimans Marching Unit SHERON SWINDELL Miss Sheron Lynn Swindell, Co-Chairman of Publicity for the Marching Unit, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marion S. Swindell. Sheron is 16 years old and a Junior at Perquimans High School. She is 5 feet 11 12 in. tall, has medium brown hair and brown eyes. Her hobbies are sewing, reading, dancing and playing the piano. For the past 3 years she has been a drummer in the marching unit, a member of FHA, and Health Careers Club, and a member of Youth. . . National Association for Retarded Children for 2 years. She is .a 'member of First united I pethodist Church and Methodist Youth Fellowship. Following graduation Sheron hopes to go into special educatton jk some field concerned with wuiiuug wiui uic imuuiuawcu. Auxiliary District Meeting The First District of the American Legion Auxiliary held its Annual April Meeting Tuesday at Kitty Hawk Methodist Church. Mrs. R. E. Leary of Edenton, First' District President, called the meeting to order, after which the Pledge to the Flag was given in unison led by Mrs. Edith Jarvis of Engelhard. Rev. Hank Wilkerson, pastor of Kitty Hawk Methodist Church, gave the Invocation. The National Anthem was sung, followed by the Preamble, which was led by Mrs. Eva emple of Elizabeth City, Mrs. Carlos Dowdy, President of Manteo Unit 26 gave the Welcome, and Robert Wechter, Manteo Post Commander, ex pended Greetings from the Legion. The Response to Welcome was given by Mrs. Geneva L. Sawyer, President of Hertford Unit 126. Recognition of Gold Star Members and Department Of ficers was by Mrs. Leary, who also gave a Welcome to visitors. Annual reports were made by Unit Presidents. After recognition of Juniors, Special Music was rendered by Manteo Unit representatives. Mrs. Etta Gill of Greenville, First Division Vice President, introduced the Department President, Mrs. Tim T. Craig of Charlotte, who made the Ad dress. :' Return of thanks was by Mrs. J. L. Chestnutt of Edenton,' Past Department President. After a delicious luncheon was enjoyed, reports of Committees were made by the chairmen, Mrs. Julian Powell of Hertford, Mrs. Dallas Waters of Plymouth and Mrs. James M. Bond of Edenton. Mrs. Martin Temple of Elizabeth City was nominated for First District President, and Mrs. J. G. Brickhouse of . Columbia was nominated for I Alternate District President; Miss Mary G. Wlnstead of Elm City has been nominated for First Division Vice President; Mrs. Dallas Waters of Plymouth President-elect for Depart ment of North Carolina and Mrs. C. R. Barbee of, Winston-Salem, Department Vice President elect The Annual Department invention will be held in mm 1 Dr)M MARGARET MANSFIELD Miss Margaret Mansfield, a Snare Drummer in the Marching Unit, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Odus Mansfield. She is 18 years old and a Senior at Perquimans High School. 5 feet 3 in. tall, with brown hair and brown eyes. Her hobbies are sewing, reading and collecting things. For the past four years she has been a member of the Marching Unit, Health Club, and FHA. She was Vice-President of FHA in the 11th grade, and President in the 12th grade. She was also Publicity Chairman for the Marching Unit in the 11th grade. Margaret's future plans are to join the Armed Forces and study nursing. Durham June 19-21. Awards and gifts included Distance Attendance by Elizabeth City Unit 84, first to reach quota, which was early in November, and the earliest charter members present were also won by Unit 84. Invitation was by Edenton Unit 40 for the District Meeting in April. Those attending from Hertford were: Mrs. Geneva Sawyer, Mrs. Maude Jones, Mrs. Minnie Miller, Mrs. Catherine Ward, Mrs. Gertrude Zachary and Mrs. Ruth Powell. Benefit Supper May 1st At Perq. High School Members of the Perquimans County Marching Unit and of the civic organizations in the county are busily selling tickets to the benefit barbequed chicken supper to be held May 1 at the Perquimans County High School cafeteria. Proceeds are being used to help finance the Marching Unit's trip to Atlantic City for the In ternational Lions Club Con vention parade July 1. The drawing for a 15,000 BTU air conditioner will also be held on May 1. Public support of these projects will ' be greatly ap preciated according to Sheron Swindell and Anzie Layton, Publicity Chairmen. Mrs. L. Paul Smith Is Conducting Class at PCHS Adults may learn the art of arranging flowers in the Basic Flower Arranging I class scheduled to begin Monday April 20 at Perquimans County High School. Offered through the Adult Education Division of College of the Albemarle, the courses will meet each Monday from 7-10 p.m. :; Interested persons may p re register by calling the Adult Education Division at COA, phone 335-0821, or register at the first class meeting. Persons who PATRICIA ANN LANE Miss Patricia Ann Lane is the 17 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie T. Lane, Jr. She is 5 feet 3 in. tall, has dark brown hair and blue eyes, her hobbies are sewing, singing, and swimming. She has been a majorette in the Marching Unit for the past two years. Her other activities in clude girls track team 9th grade, Health Club 10th grade, Library Assistant 10th - 12th, FHA 9th 12th, and Secretary of FHA in the 12th grade. Patricia is a senior at Perquimans High School and her future plans are to go to CO A next year, then transfer to East Carolina University and major in Home Economics. Dr. Poston Speaks At Perquimans Hi On April 17th A life saving cancer education Mother-Daughter Program will be held at Perquimans High School auditorium Friday, April 17 at 9:40 a.m. Miss Frances Mansfield, Program Chairman of the Future Homemakers of America wishes to invite all interested women to this special program. It is held in cooperation with the Perquimans County unit of the American Cancer Society and has been endorsed by the Perquimans County School Superintendent and the High School P.T.A. Dr. R. L. Poston will be the guest doctor whd- will discuss a film strip "Jenny." For more information contact Ila Grey White Home Economics Ex tension Agent, Perquimans County 426-7697. Fins Trip To London, England Mrs. Nellie Mansfield of Perquimans County represen tative for the Charlotte Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. has won an all expense paid trip to England. This trip was based on the increase and collection per centage for the year 1969. Mrs. Mansfield will take this trip on May 21st. She expressed her thanks to her many policy holders, for making the trip possible. pre-register will have priority since enrollment will be limited. Mary Ruth Smith of Doziers Florist will be the instructor for the 24 hour course. Students will be taught an understanding of depth and movement in flower arranging. Emphasis will be on the different types of arrangements- line, mass, color, texture and how to combine these elements in the p r o p e r containers. Arrangements for special oc casions and accessories will also be considered. iiiii," Paul Green's Carolina Friday Night At PCHS Perquimans County residents will have the opportunity of hearing a reading of "Paul's Green's Carolina" when it is presented by the SATYRS at Perquimans County High School on Friday evening, April 17 at 8 o'clock p.m. While Paul Green, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, is best known in this area for outdoor drama, such as THE LOST COLONY ,he is also an excellent short story writer. Mrs. Lucy National library Week Is April IMS, 1970 The week of April 12-18 has been designated National Library Week, and the Perquimans County Library Board and staff invite all the people of the area to visit the library and see and use the wealth of reading material available. The books (about 20,000 in number) cover a wide variety of subjects offering something for everyone, ranging from reference books for the serious student to "bestsellers" and other fiction and non-fiction for the general reader to picture books for the pre-schoolers. Perquimans County has a library to be proud of, and its people are urged to use it. The library has received two memorial books this week: The biography of Mary Queen of Scots, by Fraser, given in memory of Hattie Chappell Brinn and the Eighteenth Cen tury, Europe in the Age of Enlightenment, also in memory of Mrs. Brinn. Other new titles in the library are: Wellington, the Year of tne Sword, by Longford; Between Parent and Teen-ager, by Ginott; Brother, can you Spare a Dime, by Meltzer; DeepWater Family, by Duncan; Dare County, a history, by David Stick. Also the following fiction Waiting for Willa, by Dorothy Eden; The Poseidon Adventure, by Gallico; Tax Office Opens GREENSBORO -- All IRS offices in North Carolina will have personnel available to give assistance to taxpayers in preparing their tax returns on April 15, the final day for filing. J E. Wall, District Director, said that calendar year tax payers should have their returns in the mail to the Service Center in Chamblee, Georgia by mid night Wednesday, April 15, in order for the return to be ac cepted as timely filed. Winfall Fire Department Note Burning SHOWN IN THE ABOVE PHOTO are three Winfall men who have served at Chief of the Winfall Volunteer Fire Department since it was organized, they are George Thomas Roach, Lloyd Ray Morgan and Wayne Wlnslow. The picture was taken prior to the note burning which took place at a dinner held the early part of this year, when Mr. Joel Hollowell standing next to Roach aim Morgan presented the group a note which he held to that the Winfall Fire Department building could be constructed. nn Vaughn, Assistant Professor of English at the College of the Albemarle, has taken some of her most appealing short stories and set them to a background of folk guitar music for this presen tation. The Perquimans County Arts Council urges everyone to attend this performance which it is sponsoring as one of several "Experiences in the Arts" for the people of Perquimans County. Malady in Madeira, by Bridge; The Andromeda Strain, by Crichton; Take What You Want, by Baldwin; The Past Tense of love, by Cadell; The Eye of the Needle, by Garland; Reardon, by Pike; and Mesabi, by Banning. Sounder, by Armstrong and Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, by Steig, the winners of the Newberry and Caldecott awards as best children's books of the year, are new additions to the childrens collection. Brant Murray Is Named To Governor's School Brant Murray, Perquimans High School student has been invited to attend the Governor's School, a summer session for indepth study on the Salem College Campus. The selection of academically and artistically gifted students to study with outstanding educators in each field gives the student an opportunity for experimentation and preparation for more ad vanced study on the college level. Murray will study English. Four hundred of North Carolina's most intelligent and talented students are chosen every year to attend the school. Vf I Mrs. Baccus Dies After Short Illness Mrs. Maggie Winslow Baccus. 68, died Friday at 6:43 p.m. in the Albemarle Hospital following an I'lness of four months. A native of Perquimans County, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Benjamin and Mrs. Eleanor ChaDDell Winslow and the widow of the late Johnny C. Baccus. She was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are three daughters, M-s. Leona Meads of Route 2, Mrs. Pauline White of Wood bridge, Va. and Mrs. Phyllis Mansfield of Hertford: five sons. i Odell Baccus and Lindsey ' Baccus of Route 2, Gilbert Baccus and Marvin Baccus of Elizabeth City and Aubrey Baccus of Louisiana; a sister, Mrs. Mary Shipley of Baltimore, Maryland; 15 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:00 in the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Elizabeth City by the Rev. W. A. Renfro, Rev. A. B. Ham and the Rev. Irving Baccus. "Heaven" and "Suppertime" were sung by Latitcia Lind auckler, Judy Overman and Linda Meads, they were ac companied by Danny Meads. Miss Edna Earl Meads served as irganist. The casket pall was made of sink carnations, white chrysanthemums, baby's breath and fern. Pallbearers were Elton Baccus, Jimmy Baccus, Dickie Medas, Wayne Owens, Joe Meiggs and James O. Perry. Burial was in Westlawn femetery, Elizabety City. Ervin Lane Dies After Brief Illness Ervin Julian Lane, 83, of Route 1, Tyner, died at 4:50, Saturday morning in the Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, following an illness of one day. A native of Chowan County, he was a retired farmer and a member of the Chappell's Hill Baptist Church. He was a son of the late Hosea James and Mrs.. Jane Layden and the husband of Pearl Layden Lane. Surviving besides his wife are four sons, Fentress, Forrest, Duwood and Creg Lane all of Tyner, N. C; two daughters, Mrs. Trythenea Baker and Mrs. Do t mega n Rogerson of Tyner, N. C; one brother, Murray D. Lane of Route 2, Tyner, N. C; one sister, Mrs. Eunice Lamb of Newport News, Va.; 18 grand children and 4 great grand children. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 in the Chappell's Hill Baptist Church by the Rev. John Allen. Burial was in the Lane Family Cemetery. "Beyond , the Sunset" and "Sweet By and By" were sung by Mrs. Carlton Goodwin and Mrs. Joseph Byrum. They were ac companied by Mrs. Bunch, pianist. The casket pall was made of red carnations, white chrysanthemums, and fern. Pallbearers were Carlton Goodwin, Mabe Lamb, Lester Lane, Donald Lane, Jack Lane and M. T. Lane. Burial was in the Lane Family Cemetery. Concert At Bagley's Swamp Wesley an Church The public is cordially invited to hear good inspirational singing in a Concert presented by the Kernersville Wesleyan College Choir at the, Bagley Swamp Wesleyan Church Sun day, April 19, at 7 P. M. The Choir is under the direction of Professor Gordon E. Miller, who is recognized as one of the best musical directors in the Piedmont Area. You will be glad you came to hear this group perform. Rev. W. F. Page is Pastor of the local Church. IPtIL flert. Colonial Store Robbed Fri. Morning BERNARD WARD Two suspected armed robbers were apprehended in Elizabeth City Friday morning shortly after allegedly robbing the Colonial Store located in the Harris Shopping Center here holding employees at gunpoint and making off with $1,978. They are identified as Bernard Ward, 23, and Jerry Hilliard, Jr., 23 both of Portsmouth, Va. A third man George Washington Sutton of Hertford was arrested by Hertford police in connection with the robbery. The man was seen talking to the two arrested men Drior to the robbery. fj The robbery occurred at 8:40 a.m. Friday morning while customers and employes were in the Hertford store. The two Portsmouth men entered the Colonial Store and held the store manager Stanley Chory, the produce manager Jake Chessun; cashier. Joe Hunter, and two milk delivery men at gunpoint. Manager Chory was ordered to open the safe and hand over the money. It was estimated the pair of bandits were in the store approximately 10 minutes before leaving with the money in a Winall fire Insurance Rates Drop Mayor Elizah White of the Town of Winfall was notified in February of this year by the North Carolina Fire Insurance Rating Bureau that the new Rate Books for Winfall, N. C. with rates established under Grade 9A for properties within the corporate limits and effective February 1, 1970 have been mailed to the interested agents. Wayne Winslow, Chief of the Winfall Volunteer Fire Depart ment said that due to the establishment of the Winfall Fire Department the insurance rate was lowered. The Winfall Volunteer Fire Department was organized in 1968. The Fire Department building was actually con structed and paid for by the volunteer firemen working giving benefit suppers and thru contributions from interested persons. Approximately $5, to $7,000 has been rraised by these energetic volunteer firemen. A note bur- Pentecostal Crusade There will be a Pentecostal Crusade at The Assembly of God Church at 715 West Grubb Street Hertford, nightly at 7:30 p.m. The Crusade will begin Sunday night April 19 and will last through Sunday April 26. There will be special singing nightly. Guest speaker will be the Rev. Raymond Tidwell, from Lewiston, N. C. There will a Christ Am bassadors Rally, April 18, cen tered for the youth. Service being conducted by the young People of The Edenton Assembly of God Church. "The Crossbearers Quartet" will be featured in Gospel singing on Saturday night, April 25. The pastor the Rev. Gary E. Wilson issues a welcome to everyone to attend the Crusade. 17 th - , S i JERRY HILLIARD JR. brown paper bag. The robbers victims were ordered to give the pair five minutes before leaving the office or contacting the police. Manager Chory called Chief of Police B. L. Gibbs immediately. Police throughout the area were alerted and the tip that led to the arrest was relayed by Sheriff Julian Broughton, who had seen earlier Friday morning a suspicious looking car on Market Street. Elizabeth City police were alerted at 9:01 a.m. to be on the lookout and within minutes of receiving the description four officers made the arrest at Bright's Service Station on Hughes Blvd., at 9:10 a.m. where the pair had stopped for gas. The pair is charged by Perquimans police with armed robbery and placed under arrest op a technical charge by Elizabeth City police for carrying concealed weapons. Hilliard was armed with a .32 calibre Harrington- Richardson revolver and Ward carried a .32 calibre Smith and Wesson. Both guns were loaded and an extra supply of ammunition was found in the car. ning ceremony was held the first part of this year, when the building was paid for. Lloyd Ray Morgan was the first chief of the young Winfall Volunteer Fire Department, the second year, George Thomas Roach served as chief, and the Chief for 1970 is Wayne Winslow. Winslow said to be sure and give the ladies and wives of the department credit, that they helped with all suppers and in anyway they possibly could. The department has twenty three members they are : Joe Barber, C. D. Barclift, Richard Bryant, Grover Hollowell, Robert Halsey, Floyd Long, E. W. (Dick) Long, Lloyd R. Morgan, William Ray Miller, Ned Nixon, Jr., Ned Nixon, Sr., Thomas Nixon, Bobby Riddick, George T. Roach, Bobby Stallings, Grover Sloop, Charles Smith, Paul Smith, Josiah Smith, D. M. Trueblood, Wayne White, Wayne Winslow and Arland Winslow. The Volunteer Firemen carry their own insurance, paying it out of their pocket. There is a great deal of cost in maintaining the department. Any con tributions will be appreciated.. Chief Winslow also said, that anyone wanting an old dwelling destroyed, the department will be glad to do the job, as they receive valuable training when they have a delipated building to burn. ' Peggy Copeland Is Elected Class Officer At ACC Twenty-five student leaders at Atlantic Christian College were recently elected to fill top posts in the college's Student Government Association during the 1970-71 academic year. Peggy Lou Copeland, a graduate of Perquimans County High School, was ' elected secretary of the senior class.