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Volume XXVII - 29
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, July 16, 1970
10 Cents Per Copy
WEEKLY
Mrs. IlaMcIlwean White Has
Resigned as Home Ec. Agent
Mm. IU Mcllwean White,
L Perquimans County Home
PmhaimI 1?vanInn A ft Ant
has accpeted the position of
Home Economics instructor at
Perquimans County High School
for the 1970-71 school term.
" Mrs. White tendered her
resignation in June and will
continue her duties with th the
Extension Service until July 31.
She has been employed by the
county for 12 years, having
served as Assistant Home Agent
for 2 years prior to accepting the
position of Home Agent in 1960.
. She is a native of New Bern
and following her graduation
from high school there, she
entered the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, where she
received a B.S. Degree in Home
Economics in 1958. She is a
member of Epsilon Sigma Phi
Sorority, an honorary society for
Home Economics Extension
Agents, a member of the
American Home Economists
Association, the North Carolina
Home Economists Association,
Past President of the Eastern,
District Home Economists
Association, and has served on
numerous committees on the
L State and National level through
1 the years, including chair
manship of the State Meeting.
She came to Hertford in June
of 1958 and assumed the role of
Perquimans County
Tax Rate Is '1.65
The Board of Perquimans
County Commissioners set the
Tax Rate for the new year at
$1.65 per $100.00 valuation for
Real and Personal property.
' Mrs. Ila Grey White,
Perauimans County Home
Economics Extension Agent,
tendered her resignation to the
Board.
R. S. Monds Jr., member of the
Board, Mrs. T. P. Brinn, Mrs. R.
S. Monds Jr., Erie Haste Jr. and
fJErigar White were appointed to
fn r nnt DMinlmnni fstumtr
the Health. Planning Committee,
jfhe Board voted to donate
$100.00 to the Orthopedic Clinic in
Firemen's Assn.
Plans Training
Conference
the Albemarle Firemen's
Association will sponsor a
training conference on Motorized
Transportation Emergencies In
Hertford on July 23, WJQ. The
training session will begin at 7:30
Sm. at the Perquimans County
Efice Building Complex on US
17A South.
.Training Committeeman Joe
Barber, of the Winfall Fire
Department, said that Dan
HmchmaA and Bill Nelson.
Safety Representatives, with the
American Oil Company of
Ybrktown, Virginia will conduct
the training. The training will
fasti" flrn flohtlno mathnria Ait
vehicles transporting L.P, gas.
gasoline, 1 chemicals, and
.hazardous materials. There will
also be a display of trucks that
tran.port some of these
materials for observation by the
Sremen attending the demon
stration. lieutenant Barber encourages
3& fire fighters in Perquimans
Cmmty and surrounding areas to
fiend this training. Other
iOzens interested in this type
U'Unlng are invited to attend. .,
The Albemarle Firemen's
ociatkn conducted a training
esslon in Elizabeth City
eeently on railroad derailment
nergencies. Some of the fire
Jiters that attended the
fining were called to respond
J the train derailment in
esquotank County a few weeks
iter. -v.
Assistant Home Economics
Extension Agent working mainly
with youth and 4-H programs
During her years as Home
Agent, she has worked with
Homemakers of the county in
areas of Food, Nutrition,
Clothing, Family Relations,
Home Management, Home
Industries, Housing and House
Furnishings, She is quite in
terested in promoting better
housing for people in
Perquimans County, and in the
fall she plans to hold an Interior
Decorating Series. In her work
she has helped the people of the
county in special interest
programs, workshops,
demonstrations, and various
other programs. She has served
as advisor to Home uemon
stration Clubs giving directions
and teaching leadership.
"I have tried to disseminate
and distribute homemaking
information from the University
of North Carolina to the residents
of Perquimans County. I believe
in the purpose of the Extension
Service and its philosophy
'Help People To Help Them
selves'," states Mrs. White.
She is married to William A.
White and they reside with their
two children on Whedbee Drive
m Hertford.
Elizabeth City.
A Resolution was adopted
which requests North Carolina to
designate the 10 counties
(Perquimans, Chowan,
Pasquotank, Gates, Camden,
Currituck, Dare, Tyrrell,
Washington and Hyde) as an
Economic Development District
Motion was approved for the
payment of $150.00 to the office of
District Solicitor of Superior
Court for assistance in defraying
the expense of each Criminal
Session of Superior Court.
Payments will begin in 1971.
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In other matters of business,
the bid for autocar truck tanker
presented by the Belvidere
Chapel Hill Fire Department
was accepted.
The Board accepted the bid
presented by Winslow Oil Co. to
furnish fuel oil for all of the
county agencies In 1970-71.
Completes Basic
Training
Airman Jackie Carroll Win
bourne, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles F. Winbourne, of
Woodland Circle, Hertford has
completed basic training at
Latkland Air Force Base, San
Antonio, Texas.
Airman Winbourne has been
assigned to Williams Air Force
Base, Phoenix. Arizona for
advanced training. He com
pleted his High School education
at the College of the Albemarle.
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For 21 Years
Of Service
An appreciation service for
Mrs. M. B. Taylor was given at
First Baptist Church, Hertford,
N.C. on July 5, at 8 p.m. for 21
years of continued service to
Perquimans County as Home
Economics Extension Agent.
For the occasion, Mrs. Taylor
wore a yellow brocade dress of
Polyester and Dacron with
matching accessories. Her
corsage of yellow mums was
presented to her by Mr. W. F.
Ainsley. manager of Gregory's
Variety Store in Hertford.
Rev. J. H. London was host
pastor, and Miss W. T. Riddick
presided. Mrs. Hattie
Williamston led the devotions
and Mrs. E. L. Perry performed
at the piano.
Tributes were made by
representatives of St. Paul
A.M.E.'Zion Church, First
Baptist Church, Extension
Homemakers County Council,
Community Workers Club,
Senior Citizens Organization.
County 4-H Leader Mr. G. W.
James, and friends.
Mrs. Taylor was presented a
beautiful boquet of pink
Gladiolas and fern. Other
presentations were received
from. St. Paul A.M.E. Zion
Church, Rev. J. H. London, Ex
pastor Rev. Walker, People
Bank & Trust Co., Ex Mayor Mr.
V. N. Darden, Mr. W. F. Ainsley,
Extension Homemakers County
Clubs, Senior Citizens Organiza
tion, and friends.
After the service, a reception
was given in Mrs. Taylor's honor
at her home on Dobbs St. where
all enjoyed a delicious repast and
watched her open her many gifts
and donations given her by her
friends and well-wishers, after
which she made timely remarks,
thanking her friends and co
workers for the fine tribute
payed her.
Local School
Administrator To
Attend Seminar
James P. Harrell of 901 Grubb
St., Hertford, is one of 25 school
administrators who will attend
the In-Service Education
Training Seminar July 20-Aug. 7
at the University of North
Carolina. Harrell is regional-
director of in-service education
in the Edenton-Chowan Schools
in Edenton.
The in-service seminar
provides three weeks of con
centrated study for directors of
local in-service education
training programs for teachers
Administrators are invited to
attend and receive graduate
credit for participation.
In-service training is designed
to permit teachers to renew
teaching certificates within the
local school system without
returning to summer school for
refresher courses. '
Sponsored by UNC and the
State Department of Public
Instruction, the seminar is
directed by Dr. Lester B. Ball,
professor of education at UNC.
Dr. James A. Valsame of the
Department of Public In
struction and Dr. John Goode of
the State Department will assist
in the seminar.
Selective Service
Office Closed
For One Week
The Perquimans County Local
Board No. 73 office will be closed
the week of July 20 through July
24. 1970. "The Executive
Secretary. Mrs. Margaret S.
Scarf, will be on vacation.
Male persons becoming 18
years of age during the week the
office is closed should report to
the office for registration on the
following week (July 27-31).
Revival Services
Piney Woods Friends Church
In Belvidere will hold revival
services beginning Sunday night.
July 19. through Friday night.
July 24. at 8 p.m. each night.
Rev. Leslie Winslow. native of
Perquimans County, who is
currently pastor of Asheboro
Friends Meeting, will be the
guest speaker. There will be
special music.
The pastor, Rev; Larry
McEntire, invites everyone to
attend the services.
Town of Hertford Entered
In Governor's A Ward Plan
Tom Brown, Director of the
Industrial Development Com
mission in Perquimans County
announced today that the Town
of Hertford has been entered in
the Governor's Award Program.
This program, recently an
nounced by Governor Scott, is
designed to be of assistance to
the smaller communities in
North Carolina in their industrial
development efforts. It is based
on the achievement of various
goals, which when reached, will
place the community in a better
competitive position for the
attraction of industry and for
general economic growth. It is a
program that - has been
established to help those com
munities in North Carolina that
need assistance most - the small
towns.
In order to qualify as a
"Governor's Award Com
munity" a town must have a
chartered Development Cor
poration, an industrial
promotion organization, an up-to-date
community audit, a
specified number of industrial
sites, some form of up-to-date
promotional literature, and an
organized cleanup-fixup cam
paign. Director Brown points out
L. Wayne Owens
Completes Studies
At School
Lloyd Wayne Owens, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McCoy
Owens of Hertford, North
Carolina, completed his studies
today at the Apprentice School of
the Newport News Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company, a
subsidiary of Tenneco Inc. He
will continue his work as an
ATOMIC POWER DESIGNER
in the Virginia Shipyard.
Owens entered the school in
July, 1965, after graduating from
Perquimans High School.
During his apprenticeship he
won Honorable Mention for
Broad A in 1966; was Dormitory
Chairman in 1966.
During its 50 years of
operation, the Newport News
Shipyard's Apprentice School
has graduated more than 2,700
skilled workmen in 25 crafts.
Vocational Training and
academic instruction equivalent
to a junior college education are
provided during the four- and
five-year courses offered by the
school. The program also in
cludes, athletics and other ex
tracurricular activities.
The Newport News Ship
building and Dry Dock Company
is the world's largest and most
fully integrated Shipyard.
Among its most famous products
are the UNITED STATES,
FORRESTAL, ENTERPRISE,
and JOHN F. KENNEDY.
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Perq. County Residents Get
$90M0aMonthfromS.S.
Social security benefits paid toj
residents of Perquimans County
totaled $90,000 a month as 1969
ended Robert W. Alford. social
security manager, reported
today. .' . '
A benefit increase, signed into
law by President Nixon on
December 30. 1969. has since
raised the monthly rate of
payment by 15 per cent for the
403 social security
beneficiaries in Perquimans
County. Mr. Alford noted.
Of the social security
beneficiaries living in
Perquimans County, 903 are
retired workers and their
dependents. Another 348 are
that Perquimans County already
has many of these things as a
result of past efforts, and he
indicates that he feels that
Hertford can qualify with very
little-additional effort. As soon as
work can be completed on the
Hertford application. Brown
plans to submit an application
for the Town of Winfall, with the
hope that both of them will be
designated Award Communities.
"The important thing." said
Brown, "Is that a Governor's
Award Community will be
recognized on the state level as a
community that is better
prepared for industrial and
economic growth."
Dillons Attend
Summer Furniture
Market
The Southeast's leading fur
niture stores, department stores,
interior design studios and
speciality shops were
represented in High Point last
week as their buyers attended
the Summer Furniture Market,
July 6-9.
According to Leo J. Heer,
managing director of the
mammoth Southern Furniture
Exposition Building complex,
nowhere else in the world can a
retailer find the breadth and
depth of home furnishings as
right here in High Point.
"Style and color are the most
important factors to
homemakers in furniture
selection and the Southern
Market is the recognized
leader," Heer said.
Store owners and their buyers
were selecting from a broad
variety of merchandise to suit
the demands and needs of their
customers at home. The coun
try's leading interior designers
created room settings where
furniture-v displayed to its
best advantage and retailers
bring these ideas to their
customers by adapting them to
their stores.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Dillon of
the W. M. Morgan Furniture Co.
in Hertford attended.
Open House Held Sun.
At Lightfoot Home
"Perquimans County has
many housing resources
available". This was certainly
evidenced by the several hun
dred people who toured the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Lightfoot,
Route 2, Hertford on Sunday,
July 12.
Families could see what a low
cost housing loan would include
and find out how such loans can
be obtained.
The Perquimans County
Extension Service and Farmers
Home Administration and
Albemarle Electric Membership
Corp. cooperated in giving
families an opportunity to see
and hear about availability of
resources in housing.
Richard Bryant, Perquimans
County Extension Chairman,
remarked that "we need several
thousand houses like this in the
county". He encouraged families
to consider making their homes
better places to live.
Lester Simpson. Perquimans
receiving benefits as the sur
vivors of workers who have died,
and 152 are getting benefits as
disabled workers or the
dependents of disabled workers.
Mr. Alford pointed out that
although the majority of social
security beneficiaries are older
people, about one out of every
four is under age 60.
A number are the children of
retired, disabled, or deceased
workers who became disabled
before they reached 18 and who
will probably never be able to go
to work and become self sup
porting. The benefits of these
young people, severely handi
capped by physical or mental
Wins.-Bian. Motor
Co. Achievement
Award Recipient
Winslow-Blanchard Motor Co..
Inc.. Hertford. N.C. has been
selected as one of the out
standing Ford dealerships in the
country. Jack S. Straub. Rich
mond district sales manager for
Ford Division, announced.
Cecil C. Winslow, dealership
president, will receive the Ford
Distinguished Achievement
Award at a luncheon at the
Downtown Gub here. July 16.
The citation, in recognition of
"superior representation." is the
highest award Ford Division
presents to its dealers. It is given
to those dealers who excel in
managing their business,
merchandising their products,
serving their customers and
providing quality facilities.
"We are proud of your
record," Mr. Straub said in
announcing the award "and we
appreciate the extra effort you
have exerted in establishing your
dealership as a better and more
profitable retailing organization.
Your accomplishment in the
vital areas of management,
merchandising, facilities and
service has been exemplary."
Revival Meeting
At Berea Church
Of Christ
A Revival meeting will be held
at the Berea Church of Christ
near Hertford beginning June
20th and lasting thru June 26th.
The time will be at 8:00 p.m.
Raymond Bennett, a dynamic
evangelist from Seaford,
Delaware, will be the speaker.
Berea's minister Thomas Biggs,
will be in charge. There will be
special singing groups at each
meeting. . If you want to hear
good gospel preaching be sure to
be present. If you wish to bring
singing groups with you it will be
welcomed.
$5,697.45 Sales Tax
Collected For June
Local 1 Sales and Use Tax
collected in Perquimans County
for the month of June, as
reported by the State Depart
ment of Revenue, amounted to
$5,697.45.
County Commissioner praised
the efforts of the various
agencies in the county to im
prove housing.
Chamber of Commerce
President, Joe No well, Jr. said
he was proud of the participation
by the people involved. "We need
homes like this to maintain a
decent standard of living that
will keep our young people
here".
Melvin Howell, Farmers Home
Administration, said they would
be happy to talk with any family,
that loans are available to
almost anyone who had a good
work record and good credit
rating. He announced that lots
are available for homes in the
county.
The Lightfoots and their three
children have economy, con
venience, privacy and comfort in
three bedrooms, a living room, a
bath, a combination kitchen and
dining room in 863 square feet of
space.
disabilities, will continue in
definitely and benefits are also
payable to their mothers if the
disabled son or daughter is in the
mother's care.
Another small but significant
group of youthful social security
beneficiaries are those who are
receiving social security benefits
as disabled workers. Under a
1967 change in the law, disability
benefits can be paid to a person
who becomes disabled for work
even if he has less than five years
of work under social security. As
little as a year and a half is
required in the case of a worker
who becomes disabled before
age 24.
Jim Hunter Is Selected
On All-Star Squad
JIM "CATFISH" HUNTER of the Oakland Athletics has
been selected as one of the pitchers for the American
League All-Star Squad. He was selected by Earl Weaver
of the Baltimore Orioles, who will manage the American
League stars. This is the second time Jimmy has been
selected. When he was chosen, his record was 13 wins and,
5 losses. To this date, this is the best season he has had
since becoming a big leaguer right out of Perquimans
High.
Perq. District
Judge N. E. Aydlett' presided
over the Wednesday session of
Perquimans County District
Court and disposed of the
following cases:
John Henry White was tried on
two charges - possession of tax
paid whiskey for resale and
possession of tax paid beer for
SP4 W. Roberson
Awarded Purple
Heart, Bronze Star
SP4 WILLIAM ROBER
SON Is spending some time
home on a leave from Valley
Forge General Hospital. On
April 22, he was wounded in
action In Viet Nam. Roberson
has been awarded the Purple
Heart and Bronze Star for
heroism. He is the son of Mrs.
Elmer Roberson, and the late
Mr. Roberson, and Is
married to the former
Sandra Bunch of .Edenton.
They have a daughter named
Penny.
Winfall Fire Dept.
Sponsors Fish Fry
The Winfall Volunteer Fire
Department will sponsor a Fish
Fry July 25 from 5:00 7:30 p.m.
at the Perquimans County
Central Grammar School.
All plates will be to go. Tickets
can be purchased from any
Winfall Fireman or at the Fish
Fry.
Proceeds will be used to
maintain and purchase equipment.
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Court Convenes
resale. The defendant received a
60 day road sentence on the first
charge which was suspended for
2 years upon payment of a fine of
$100.00 and the further condition
that he will not violate any
alcoholic beverage laws. On the
second charge he received the
same fine and sentence
suspended for the 2 year period,
which will continue after the
expiration date of the previous
charge, with the further con
dition that the defendant give
wruien permission 10 me snerui,
A. B.C. or- other Law En
forcement Officers to visit his
premises at any time. Thirty
cases of beer and 51 pints of gin
and whiskey were confiscated
and turned over to the Sheriff for
disposition.
George Butler, charged with
being drunk and disorderly, was
given a 60 day sentence, which
was suspended upon payment of
a $25.00 fine and costs and with
the condition that he will not be
drunk publicly for 2 years, that
he will remain off the premises
of the Hertford Bus Station and
will not molest W. A. While nr
any of the Bus Station clerks on
or off the premises.
James Arthur Williams,
charged with escape from
custody, was given a 60 day
sentence, which was suspended
upon payment of a fine of $50.00
and costs. The defendant was not
tried for assault with a deadly
weapon (the original charge) so
the sentence was not finished at
this time.
C. T. Dixon To
Serve As Area
NCADA Chairman
C. T. DIXON, Towe Motor
Company, Inc., Hertford, has
been appointed to serve as
Perquimans County Area
Chairman for the North Carolina
Automobile Dealers
Association, according to an
announcement by NCADA
President George O. Stovall of
Albemarle. Mr. Dixon succeeds
R. L. HolloweU of Hertford.
Dixon will act as liaison officer '
between new car and truck
dealers in this area and NCADA
and the National Automobile
Dealers Association. He will be
responsible for promoting the
various programs and activities
of NCADA and NADA and will
head a county-wide membership
campaign for both organizations
in the fall.