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Standard Printing Co. xx LOTiStllle, Kyv ..- 40200 THE QUIMAM 10 Cents Per Copy Volume XX VI I 48 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, November 26, 1970 Christm 4 PER S WEEKLY asfarade Pec. I: Christmas . n i oe LargesT in rears Hie 1870 Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce' aponaered Chrlatmaa parade ia shaping up aa the biggest one in many years. There are already more floats than in the last few parades put together. The parade willlte followed by Hertford Mayor Emmett Lan- i. awn imnung a vunauuaa udv ui tfront of the courthouse, then by a I Chrlatmaa carol program Jl presented by the Hertford f iwaycece ran icmiui uig lucuiucic llof many area churches. People in the county and surrounding counties are invited to be in Hertford for the event. Our tri-centennial parade was viewed by many visitors from Elizabeth City and Edenton. The parade will begin at 4 p.m. on Dec. 4 and the participants will assemble at the high school half-an-hour before that. . The Jaycee Christmas program will begin at 5:30 at the courthouse. - With the parade still over a week away, there are already Perquimans District Court Judge WUton Walker presided at the Wednesday session of LPerqulmans County District r . i i a, n i , Charles Morton Smith, charged wlm driving-under the influence of Intoxicating liquor, was given to suspended -a- fine of llToo and costs U committment is issued time u to be cut by number of days served in Jail); Traffic violations included -Russell Laverne Holstein, speeding, 15.00 and costs; Henry Gardner Harrup, speeding, $45.00 and costs; Walter Sutton Baysden, speeding,, $100.00 and costs; Lee Ernest Warren, speeding, 3.00 and costs; James , Earl Jones, speeding, $30.00 and costs; Herman Lee Sawyer, driving too fast for conditions, $10.00 and costs; and Willie Dudson Colson, careless and reckless driving and failure to report an accident, 90 days, ) Pcrq Public Schoool Systems Receives $34f819 A total of $8,446,476 in federal funds has been received by 10 of the 152 administrative units of the state's public school systems since the program began in Srtember. ;;.- 1 The Emergency School Assistance Program - Title IV- wss requested by President Richard Nixon and approved by Ccr-ress earlier this year. The ftads are to be used to assist chaol units in carrying out their 3aUon program. - ; CcLaol units ia Perquimans lave received 134,819. Robert Strother, Special Assistant to fce State Superior fcmfcst of Pufclie Instruction, said feat 92 wrlttan requests for Etcjacts have kt;n received; and although none ; have Wen rejected, tfeoro are 12 requests ."la bdJiejr vt'z meant ttey ' rre el-.w sttU tz'rj reviewed or 'xi iJLzyzi t. i more .1 'innaiian. - .Tie amt-rst f-rrt received s for 1,0 for AlL:3arle City 1 tve lactst wes Charlotte- ' bura with ra,ioo. -assis were included in re catcrias. Strotheri . i t i cateratea and total Include: special! rrams, tx2,S7; . - rsonDel services, rial cirriculum ic ;,:30; teacher f-. iitira pregramsj V- V, t !al student M " - I " -as, $233,751; ive planning, ' ; i : t tl such id .lis to M Parade To . i w nine floats scheduled. Their sponsors are the Jayceea, Hertford Baptist Church, New Hope United Methodist Church, Piney Woods Friends Church, Elizabeth City State University, College of the Albemarle Hertford United Methodiat Church, Elizabeth City Dally Advance and the Perquimans County High School Beta Club. A number of decorated cars will also be featured including the Perquimans County Varsity Cheerleaders, Perquimans County Junior Varsity Cheerleaders, Hertford Fire Department, Chowan High School Varsity and Chowan High School Junior Varsity Cheerleaders. Music will be supplied by the Perquimans County Marching Unit and the John A. Holmes High School Band of Edenton. There will be many other participants of course, including Santa Claus and all participants and viewers are invited for the after-parade fun. suspended upon the conditions 1. pay $100.00 and costs and 2. not to operate a motor vehicle for 00 days except in working for his rawer ana during daylight hours only Monday, through Saturday, SMV 'W1.1 "V 1," ;i-.J . .' . "" !'" Peoples Bank & Trust Co.Declared Dividend The board of directors of Peoples Bank and Trust Com pany declared regular quarterly dividend of 18 a share and an extra dividend of 8. payable on December 31 to shareholders of record December 15. This makes a total dividend for 1970 of 77f a share compared to 63 a share for 1969, which represents a 32 per cent increase in cash dividend over the prior year. In Federal Funds a special President's Committee, headed in North Carolina by Archie K. Davis, Winston-Salem. Assistance was rendered by the State Department of Public Instruction by Strother and the Division of Human Relations. The total allocation for the state was 16,921,648. Lt. Cmdr. Richard C. Rutkiewicz Killed Instantly Lt. (Cmdr. c Richard C. RutUe, 34, husband of Mrs. Patrict ptott Rutkiewics, daughter of Mr. and Mra. Freeland Elliott of Rt. 1, Hert ford, Wis killed instantly Thursday on the carrier rorrestal Lt Rutkiewics, the assistant catapult and arresting gear officer aboard the carrier. was struck by the wing of an A7 Corsair 11 Jet being launched. A native of Mannheim, Get- many, Rutkiewicz was the son of Mrs. Helma Rutkiewics of Ravena, New York. Beoidea his mother and wife, he is survived by a two-year-old ci" .r, uuiatma toituewics of Virginia Beach; a brother, Adolf r.utilewics of Ravena, NT. and s&ter, Mrs. Maria Bourrca of New Baltimore, New York. A funeral sarvice was . held Tucsl:y at 13:C3 sr-a ia Ravena, N.Y. with fuS miliary hesors. Proceedings Per Gets New Books The Perquimans County Library has received the following memorial books recently: Slavery and the Emigration of North Carolina Friends, by McKlever is in memory of Mrs. Msrgaret Elizabeth Winslow Spivey; The American Heritage History of the 20's and 30's in memory of Stephen T. Perry; Country Editor's Boy, by Borland In memory of Herbert Edward Jones; and This Was Trucking, a history, and The Art of the Decoy, both in memory of Irving Long. Other new books in the library this week Include three of special interest to those who like the history of this area. They are: Natural History of North Carolina, by Brlckell first, published in Dublin in 1737; The General! Historie of Virginia New England and the Summer Isles with the names of the Adventurers, Planters, and Governours from their first beginning to this present 1624, by Captain John Smith. (This book is facsimle of the original) Before the Rebal Flag Fell, is a collection of the viewpoints five Eastern North Carolina people telling of events of the Civil War. Witches and Demons in History and folklore, by Johnson, also deals with this area. V Other non-fiction titles are Winning it All, The Chiefs of the National Football League, by McGuff; and The Damned Engineers, How one batallion of Combat Engineera stalled Hitler's offensive In the Battle of the Bulge, by Giles; New fiction titles are: Islands in the Stream, by Hemingway The Spanish Bride, by Heyer and Three Lives of Sharon Spense, by Corbet t; and Lightning Bug, by Harington Among the new Juvenile books are two biographies; John L Lewis and Frederick Douglass. Lamb Assigned To Keesler AFB, Miss. AIRMAN TERRY M. LAMB SAN ANTONIO - Airman Terry M. Lamb, son of Mr, and Mrs. Benny M. Lamb of Rt. 1, Belvidere, N.C., has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., for training in the communications field. Airman Lamb is a 1969 graduate of Chowan High School, Tyner, N.C., and attended the College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, N.C. Cancer Clinic To Be Held Dec. 4 The Northeastern Cancer Clinic will be held on Friday afternoon Dec. 4th, 1970, with Iregistration beginning at 12:30 p.m. A chest x-ray wui oe given to anyone wishing it along with the examination of the five areas of the body where cancer ia most leasily found and cureo- omy so people can he seen at tne venter each month, due to limited facilities, so "it is suggested that anyone who wishes to be assured of an appointment snouia write or call Uie Cancer Center, Health Dept. Elizabeth City, N. C. for a priority. Examinees are asked to bring a robe or housecoat with them. . O Makes 8g Cafch hi Ml1 Dont White, well known fisherman, of Wlnfall displays prise catch, 13 lb. catfish, she made in the Perquimans River Monday afternoon. Homemakers Award Program Held Friday, Nov. 20 The Perquimans County Extension Homemakers Award Program was held Friday, November 20, 1970 at 7:00 p.m. in the Perquimans County Office Building with Mrs. Joe Towe White presiding. The devotion was given by Mrs. I. E Rogerson. She used as subject "We Are Thankful". The program featured Mrs. Doris Nixon, NBS Registered Bridal Consultant and Mrs. John Bonner of Elizabeth City, North Carolina. They discussed and demonstrated Holiday Tables, County Achievement reports were given by the following chairmen: International, Mrs. Sylvia Winslow; Public Relations, Mrs. Marion Frierson and Mrs. Delwin Eure; Education, Mrs. M. T. Guffin; Clothing, Mrs. T. T. Harrell; Housing and House Furnishing, Creative Crafts, Mrs Ralph Harrell; Health, Mrs. Floral Hurdle; Music, Mrs. J. D. Yeates, and Family Life, Mrs, Archie Riddlck. The perfect attendance awards were presented by Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Home Economics Ex tension Agent. The following ladies received a perfect at tendance certificate: for one year, Mrs. I. E. Rogerson, Mrs. Sam Trueblood, ' Mra. Johnny Stallings, Mrs. Dellann R Boyce, Mrs. Estelle T. Hurdle, Mrs. Kate Johnson, Mrs. Bettie Modlin, Mrs. Izetta Hollowell, Mrs. Eula Riddlck, Mrs. Vanora Brothers, Mrs. Elsie Felton, Mrs. Tallue Perry, Mrs. John Hill, Mrs. Naomi Perry, Mrs. Mattie Whidbee, Mrs. Lucy Johnikins, Mrs. Matilda Skinner, Mrs. Reba Hurdle, Mrs. Nannie White; for two years, Mrs, Gladys Gough, Mrs. Preston Long; for three years, Mrs. Roy Brockett, Mrs. E. T. Stallings; for four years, Mrs. T. T. Harrell; for five, years, Mrs. Donald Madre; for six years, Mrs. Mary Belle Skinner, Mrs, Annie Jones; for twenty years, Mrs. Elmer Wood, Sr. ; for thirty- two years, Mrs. Maurice Cridlln, Mrs. J. B. BSsnlgnt. The 50 year awarde and the A and P Leadership Awards were presented by Mrs Paige Un derwood. The so year award winners were Mrs, J. B. Basnight, Mrs. Anderson Layden, Mrs. Nosh Felton. Mrs. L. J. Winslow, Mrs. Sylvia Winslow, Mrs. Shelto Long, Mrs. Will Dail, Mrs, Arba Winslow, Mrs. Singleton Lane, BCS Workers Receive Award In Raleigh Franklin A. - McGoogan, Perquimans-Chowan; George L. Ccer, Windsor; and George A. Conner, Jr., Currituck were recognised for Outstanding Performance at the Soil Con servation Service - Annual Awards Ceremony in Raleigh on October 30th. 1 :. ' Ceitincates were presented by Charles W. Bartlett, State Conservationist, on behalf of the Soil Conservation Service, USDA. 2 Mrs. Joe Harrell, and Mrs. Mary Long. The A and P Leadership Award winners were Mrs. T. T. Harrell, County Winner; Mrs. Warner Madre, Helen Gaither Club; Mrs. Lydon White, Whiteston Club; and Mrs. George Winslow, Belvidere Club. The award committee con sisted of Mrs. Joe Towe White, Sr., Mrs. I. E. Rogerson, Mrs. Russell Baker, and Mrs. Delwin Eure. Refreshments were com pliments of the Louis Selig Jewelry. Mrs. M. B. Taylor and Mrs. Paige Underwood would like to thank the. Extension Homemakers - and other par ticipants for the cooperative spirit shared in helping to make the Extension Homemaker clubs to have a successful year of club work. Drive With Care During Holiday As a Thanksgiving leftover, cold turkey is fine but there's nothing good about lt if you barrel cold turkey into one of the 1,600 traffic accidents which may kill 30 persons and injure 900 others on North Carolina's streets and highways during the long Thanksgiving holiday, the N.C. State Motor Club said today. V The holiday highway toll will be counted from 6 p.m. Thurs day, Nov. 25, through midnight " Sunday, Nov. 29, a 102-hour period. In a similar period last year, the casualty count soared to 35 killed and 876 injured in 1,557 accidents. The death toll equalled the previous high set during the 1967 Thanksgiving holiday. Speeding topped the list of accident causes in 342 crashes, followed by failure to yield right of way and driving left of center. "The Thanksgiving holiday has been marred by 160 highway deaths in this state over the last five years," Thomas B. Watklns, motor club president, said. "Despite any other so-called suryeyv the' National Safety council the real authority in this field - reports that traffic deaths during holiday weekends average about 25 per cent higher than they do during comparable non-holiday weekends. Special Achievement Cer tificates were awarded to William C. Boyce, Windsor and Adrian Meads, Elizabeth City, N. "Years of experience make it possible for SCS employees to improve their professional skills, and thus serve the public bet ter,'; said Mr. Bartlett, when presenting a 30-year Din to Mr. McGoogan and six others during the awards program Thirty employees won performance la wards. , Motorists Urged To "Slow Down" During Holiday Department of Motor Vehicles officials joined today in a plea to North Carolina motorists to "slow it down" during the up coming Thanksgiving Holiday weekend and help maintain the state's decreased highway fatality rate for 1970. In a joint statement issued by Moto; Vehicles Commissioner Joe W. Garrett and Highway Patrol Commander Edwin C Guy, Tar Heel motorist were reminded that the Thanksgiving weekend is traditionally one of the most dangerous of the year on North Carolina highways. Garrett called attention to the, fact that there were 1,557 traffic crashes, 876 injuries and 35 fatalities during the holiday weekend last year. He said, "We approach this normally tragic weekend this year with ap proximately 100 fewer traffic deaths than last year. If every Thanksgiving traveler will approach this weekend with the promise that he will drive with exceptional care, we can im prove on this record." The Commissioner said that well over 100 unmarked cars, manned by Patrol troopers and officers of the department s License and Theft Division, will be on the highways to discourage improper driving when no ob vious police vehicles are in sight, Patrol Commander Guy said the 933 officers under his com Completes Basic Training At Lackland AFB AIRMAN TIM J. RIDDICK Airman Tim J. Riddlck, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Riddlck, Rt. 1, Belvidere, N.C, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for training in aircraft main tenance. Airman Riddlck, i 1967 graduate of Perquimans County High School in Hertford, N.C, received his associate's degree in 1970 from the College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, N.C. . Gov. Scott Will Join N G 4-Wers In Chicago Forty-one North Carolina 4-H members will fly to Chicago, 111., on Friday, Nov. 27, for the 49th National 4-H Congress. They will be Joined in Chicago on Tuesday, Dec. 1 by Governor Bob Scott, who is scheduled to get a national award during the Congress. The Tar Heel delegation will also be Joined by about 1,600 4-H members from the 50 states, Canada and Puerto Rico for the week-long Congress. Each delegate is a state winner in a 4-H project or activity, ac cording to Dr. Chester Black, state 4-H leader at N. C. State University. They will be com peting in Chicago for $600 educational scholarships and numerous other awards. "We Care" will be the Congreas theme. Prominent leaders from . government, education and business will be present as the delegates focus their attention on concerns of knand would concentrate on speeders and drinking drivers. He pointed out that ap proximately half of the accidents involving fatalities last Thanksgiving were attributed to excessive speed and that driving under the influence was a factor in at least half of the deaths. Funeral Services Held Friday For Mrs. Tucker Mrs. Isa Gordan Granberry Tucker, 94, widow of the late Nathan Tucker, died Wed nesday, November 18 at 1:25 p.m. in her home in Hertford. Mrs. Tucker was born in Hert ford and was the daughter of Joseph Gordon Granberry and Isa B. Gordon Granberry. With the exception of one year in Roper, two years in Washington, D.C., eight years in Plymouth, and two years in Raleigh she was a resident of Hertford. Surviving are her three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Tucker Bryant of Greensboro, Misses Virginia and Elizabeth Tucker of Hertford; three grandchildren, W. Alfred Williams, Jr. of Durham, Miss Betsy Brinkley of Washington, D. C. and J.W Bryant, Jr. of Greensboro; one great granddaughter Marse wuuams oi uurnam. Funeral services were held Friday at 11:00 in Holy Trinity Episcopal Church by the Rev. Edwin Williams. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Julian Winslow, Durward Reed Jr., B.B. Dawson, Walter Oakey, Marion Riddick and Billy Prudeik The casket pall was made of pink roses, pink carnations and white chrysanthemums. Funeral Services Held For Irvin C. Long, Sr. Funeral services for Irvin C. Long Sr., of Route 2, Edenton, who died Tuesday afternoor. were held Thursday at 2:30 in thi Bethel Baptist Church by th Rev. Gordon shaw, pastor. 'Safe in the Arms of Jesus" was sung by the Church Choir, They were accompanied by Mist Ellen Long, Organist. The casket pall was made of red roses, white chrysan themums and fern. Pallbearers were R.S. ChappeU, Sr., Willis Proctor. Edgar Long, John Corprew, Julian Long, and Emmett Long. Bunai waa in cedarwood Cemetery, Hertford, N.C. youth, society, and the en vironment. About 60 business, foun dations, associations and in dividuals contribute about $l million annually for the 4-H Congress trips and scholarships. The event is planned by the National 4-H Service Committee in cooperation with the Ex tension Service of the land-grant universities. ON DANGEROUS TOYS Washington - Representative James O. O'Han said recently that the Government has not ordered a single dangerous toy off the market despite a new act of Congress authorising such action. The Michigan De mocrat, coaponsor of the Child Protection and Toy Ssftty Act of I960, urged the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Elliot Nchatdaon to act before the Chrlatmaa toy-buying sea son, . Airman Nixon Completes Basic Training Airman Andrew L. Nixon, son of Mrs. Irene G. Nixon of 110 E. Railroad St., Hertford, N.C, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for training in aircraft main tenance. Airman Nixon is a 1970 graduate of Perquimans. County Union High School,. Wlnfall. N.C Advanced To Petty Officer leer Second White, husband t Miss Deboran Route 2, Hertford, N.C, sus advanced to hla present rate while serving at Naval Air Station, Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Fla.v , Mrs. Hurdle Accepts Position Towe Motor Co. Mrs. Fannie E. Hurdle will begbVsWork in the Towe Motor Company business office here December l. Employed as Chowan-Gates- Perquimansi'arm Bureau office secretary forythe last 8 years, Mrs. Hurdle says she ap preciates the Vpoperation and Isupport given her by farm Bureau members and Policy Holders during her years serving the Tri-County office in Hertford. Know Your Social Security It is usually not necessary to come to the social security office to make a claim under Part B of Medicare. Many people fill out the forms themselves, and what questions they might have are solved by a phone call, rawer than a visit, to their social security office. The form used in making a claim under the Supplementary Medical Insursnce part of Medicare is brief and simple. It was designed in such a way that many people can fill out their own forms at nome in a lew minutes. Individuals should follow these few brief rules to filling out their own requests for payment First, answer the questions In Part I of the form. Make sure that the name and Medicare number are copied exactly as they are shown on the Medicare card. In structions for the questions in Part I are found on the back of the form. Next, attach the bills for which payment ia being Navy Petty Of! Chui Ernest Wf of toe forntt Stokelv of claimed, after first putting the ' Medicare claim number on each bill, in case they get separated. ; Finally, the signed claim form and bills should be mailed to the insurance company shown in tbe . Medicare Handbook for the area in which the services were received, not , where the beneficiary lives. The people at the Elisabeth City Social Security Office wU always help anyone who eeeda help ia filling cut the form. X