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Hertford, Perquimam County, North Carolina, December 10, 1970
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: Volume XXVI I -60
WEEKLY
Colonial Stores Present Check To Hertford Fire Dept.
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- James W. Egnot, District Manager of Colonial Stores, presented a check to Francis
Nixon, Hertford Fire Department Chief , Tuesday in the amount of $390.59.
The donation was made by employees of the Local Colonial Store on a payroll deduc
tion basis. Y't '
- Assistant Fire Chief, Charles Harrell, and S. A. Chory, Local Colonial Store Manager,
were on hand to witness the event.
1 1- Chief Nixon stated that he was extremely happy to accept the donation and expressed
,' his appreciation to the employees. The money will be used to purchase fire fighting
equipment.
Santa Claus Makos Visit To Hertford Saturday
Santa Claus made a visit to Hertford Saturday in his sleigh. Other participants included
The Perquimans County Marching Unit, John A. Holmes High School Band, ECSU Band,
floats from various churches, clubs, local organizations, schools and members of the
Perquimans County Horse and Pony Club.
Chamber of
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lumber of Commerce Board of
Srectors sent a letter of thanks,
la this newspaper, to all par
jipants of the 1970 Christmas
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Mten it is said, following such
i event, that it was the biggest
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Commerce Gives Thanks To Participants of 1970 Christmas Parade
and best ever. In this case, that
statement is definitely true.
Local participation was ex
cellent - although we could
always hope for more ... such as
4-H and more in connection with
schools. . ...
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excellent and we had more floats
than in the last two parades
combined.
Outside help came from, as
usual, our good friends at
Elizabeth City State University,
John A. Holmes High School,
Chowan High School and Miss
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Perquimam County; J.J. Walston, Camden County;
Davis M. Sawyer, Pasquotank County and Troy Toppln,
Chowan County. Also sworn in at this time were Judge
Wilton Walker, Solicitor Tom Watts, clerks of court and
mt:!stratet from the seven counties included in the
dl:.rict. ,
Business and Residents Urged
Urged To "Show Off" Christmas
It Is Mid that 'cleanliness it
next to Godliness' and since thli
ll the leaion of the year that we
are closer to our Ood, at least In
PCHS Glee Club To
Present
Christmas Concert
The Perquimam County High
School Glee Club will present its
annual concert of Christmas
music on Sunday, December 13,
1970 at 3:30 p.m. in the school
auditorium. A prelude of
familiar carols will begin at 3: 15.
The program consists of
standard carols, solos and an
thems. Among the carols are
"Silent Night", "I Saw Three
Ships", "Whatts Nativity
Carol", "Go Tell It On The
Mountain" and "Joy To The
World".
Anthems included are Break
Forth Into Joy and Let Earth
Receive Her King. Solos are "O
Holy Night" sung by Jonah
Whedbee, "Sweet Little Jesus
Boy" by Jacob Wills and "Little
Babe in Manager Lay" by Janice
Layden.
Janet Ball, Charlotte Byrum,
Margie Rogerson, Janice
Layden and Anna Brldgers will
sing the West Indies Carol, The
Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy.
Other numbers include "Far,
Far Away," "Mary's Boy
Child", "The Shepherds Carol",
"African Noel" and "Merry
Christmas , Bells." The guitar
will be played by Janice Layden.
Jacob Wills will play bongo
drums for one carol. Barry Lane
is Glee Club pianist and bell
player.
The public is invited to attend
this program of sacred music as
-we present the message of
Christmas in song.
"I Dare You" Award
Presented To Outstanding
Hertford Boy & Girl
Mr. Billy J. Griffin, Assistant
Farm Agent presented the "I
Dare You" Award to the out
standing boy and girl who were
Edmond White and Gail Eure.
The program was concluded
by Sherri Taylor, associate
Home Economics Extension
agent, who presented the Horace
Layden Award to the overall
outstanding boy or girl. This
year the award was presented to
Dianne Layden, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Elton Layden, for her
outstanding state winning long
time record book in Veterinary
Science.
Currituck County.
This was the first year that no
prizes were given. One of the
reasons was criticism of the
idea. So - this year there was
some criticism of no prizes.
The Chamber office would like
your comments on the idea and
thought and deed, the
Perquimans County Chamber of
Commerce feels that cleanliness
should also be emphasized.
In line with that we are of
fering 125 to the business
establishment having the neatest
and most imaginative Christmas
display and annother 125 will go
to the family with the hand
somest seasonal display.
Representatives of all of the
communities in the county will
make up a committee of five
judges and they will make up
their minds concerning the
winners on Saturday, Dec. 19.
Announcements of the winners
will be made public in local
newspapers on the day before
Christmas.
The Chamber of Commerce
urges business establishments
and residents to really 'show off
Christmas in our community.
Those $25 prizes will make
awfully nice Christmas gifts.
Local Youth To
Wesleyan College's eleventh
Annual Christmas Concert will
be presented by the combined
voices of the Wesleyan Singers
and the Wesleyan Chamber
Singers on Tuesday, Dec. 8, at
8:15 p.m. The public is cordially
invited to attend the per
formance, which will be held in
Everett Gymnasium on the
college campus.
Lester H. Simpson Is New Chairman of Perq. Commissioners
Lester H. Simpson was elected
Chairman of the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners
Monday. He succeeds R. L.
Splveyrwho has held s the
Chairmanship for a number of
years.
The Board accepted the
resignation of Captain Nathaniel
Fulford, who was a Board
member of the Albemarle
Perquimans Library Receives Memorial BoolJ
Another memorial book has
been given to the Perquimans
County Library in memory of
Irvin Long. This is Mine Eyes
Have Seen the Glory, by Anita
Bryant.
New non-fiction titles in the
library this week are: How to be
Your Own Astrologer, by Sybil
Leek; Wild Pets, by Leslie; This
Haunted Land, where Ghosts
Still Roam, by Nancy and Bruce
Roberts; Whisky at the Wheel,
by Grant; Daughters of the
Promised Land. Women in
American History, by Smith;
next year we'll try to please the
majority view, whichever way it
goes.
But the Chamber does want to
thank Billy White and Francis
Nixion, parade co-chairmen, and
all of the hundreds who worked
hard to make the 1970 Christmas
parade the biggest and best yet.
Funeral Services
Held For Mrs.
Lucille S. Sumner
Mrs. Lucille Stutts Sumner, 48,
of 3630 Wedgfield Avenue,
Ingleside, died Sunday at 12:30
p.m. in a hospital following a
brief illness.
A native of Raleigh, N.C, she
lived here 38 years. She was the
wife of Joseph D. Sumner, for
mally of Hertford, and ; a
daughter of Mrs. Cleo Hamilton
Stutts of Raleigh and the late
Arthur C. Stutts.
She was a teller at the Thomas
Corner branch of Virginia
National Bank, :
Surviving, other than her
husband and mother are a v
Paul Leslie Sumner of Norfo.
and a brother, John Stutts oi
Boston. . ".
A funeral service was con
ducted in Cox Funeral Home
Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. by the Rev.
John Richard Hobson of
Ingleside Presbyterian Church.
Burial i was in. Rosewood
Memorial Park.
Christmas Music At
The Hertford Baptist
Church On Sunday
On Sunday, December 13th at
the 11:00 AM. Worship Service
the combined choirs of the
Hertford Baptist Church will
present their annual Christmas
In Music Program,
Included In the morning
musical to be sung by the
combined Youth and Adult
Choirs will be: "O Holy Night,
arranged by Alfred Judson;
"Star of the East", by Amanda
Kennedy; "Gentle Mary Laid
Her Child", by Ernest Mac
Millan; "Silent Night", by Ar
thur Gerecke; a "Good Christian
Men, Rejoice", a German
melody; "The Story that Never
Grows Old" and "The Night
Winds Are Sighing".
Soloists will be Mrs. Charles
Johnson, Mrs. Jimmy Hunter
and Rev. Norman B. Harris.
The Primary and Junior choirs
will also be singing.
At 7:30 p.m. on Sunday,
December 20th, "The Christmas
Story" will be presented by the
Music Department.
Friends are invited to attend
both services.
Participate In Christmas Concert At
Dr. William G. Sasser,
chairman of Wesleyan's Music
Department and director of the
75-member Wesleyan Singers,
announced that the program will
feature Christmas motets, an
thems, folk songs and carol
arrangements popular from the
16th century through the present.
The Chamber Singers, a small
selected group of voices, will be
Mental Health Authority. Rev.
Edwin T. Williams and R. L.
Spivey were appointed to
represent Perquimans County on
the Board (or a period of 2 years.
A Resolution was adopted by
the Board stating that Peoples
Bank and Trust Company has
been designated as the official
depository for funds belonging to
and The American Heritage for
December.
New fiction this week will be
very popular with many of the
regular readers. The titles are:
Whistle and I'll Come to You, by
Turnbull; Doctor's Kingdom, bv
Seifert; Lost Island, by Whitney;
The Homecoming (about
Spencer's Mountain) by , Ham
mer; Melbury Square, by
Dorothy Eden; The Dark of the
Other Side, by Michaels; A
Reasonable Doubt, by Smith;
and QB VII, by Uris.
rerquimans Marching
Unit Finishes
Fall Season
The Perquimans County
Marching Unit has finished a
very busy fall season. Following
many hours of practice, the unit
was ready for participation in all
of the football games played by
the Pirates.
Among the highlights of the
season was marching in the
Oyster Bowl parade in Norfolk,
leading the Perquimans County
Tricentennial Parade and
performing 'at the Christmas
parades in Norfolk, Elizabeth
City and Hertford.
Each girl in the unit would like
to thank everyone for the support
given them in their work and
projects.
Chief Majorette this year is
Dee Boyce. Director is Mrs. Le
Clair Rogerson.
Floyd Mathews
District Supervisor
Floyd Mathews was re-elected
for a third term as Soil and
Water District Supervisor In the
December 3rd special election
held throughout the County but
week.
Mr. Mathews has been serving
as Chairman to the Perquimans
County Board of Supervisors,
Albemarle District, along with L.
E. Pierce as Vice-Chairman end
Carrol R. Williams, Secretary
Treasurer.
Hertford Grammar School Setting
For 4-H Achievement Program
The Annual 4-H Achievement
Program was held Mondsy
night, November 30 at Hertford
Grammar School. Carmen
Sutton, President of Senior 4-H
Club, called the program to
order. Sheron Swindell,
presented the welcome, and
Lydla Stalllnp led in the pledges
of the American and 4-H Flags.
Gall Eure gave the devotional.
The program was presented by
four 4-H'ers. They are follows:
Eddie Baker and Sybil Hobbs,
delegates to 4-H Citizenship
Short Course, and Barry Lane
and Rhonda Lane, delegates to 4
H Electric Congress. All four 4
H'ers gave a short report on each
trip they took.
The County Champion Cer
tificates were presented by Mr.
Ernest W. Sutton, President of 4
H Adult Leaders. They were
presented to the following 4
H'ers: Darlene Davenport,
Canning I; Jill Harrell, Canning
II and Foods-Nutrition II; Vickie
Godfrey, Child Care I It Clothing
I; Carmen Sutton, Junior
Leadership; Gall Eure, Jr.
Leadership, Crafts. Clothing II,
VUrected by Dr. John Davis,
assistant professor of music at
Wesleyan.
Concert soloists will include
(sopranos Lisa Cox, a freshman
from Alexandria, Va.; Ann
Simpson, a freshman from
Hertford, NX.; Earnestine
Dancy, a junior from Battleboro,
N.C; Christine Scott, a
or collected for Perquimans
County.
Tax Listers and Crop Report
takers for 1971 were appointed as
follows: Mrs. EstesO. Copeland,
Belvidere; T. Julian Long,
Bethel; Percy Rogerson, Hert
ford; Melvin Eure, New Hope;
and Mrs. Floyd Long, Parkville.
The clerk was authorized to
notify the list Takers of their
appointments. They are
scheduled to meet with the Board
December 14 to receive their
instructions for 1971.
County Officers reelected
included Julian Broughton,
Sheriff; Silas M. Whedbee,
County Attorney; Julian C.
Powell, Clerk to the Board; W.
Jarvis Ward, Clerk of Superior
Court; Keith Haskett, Coroner;
Floyd Benton, Treasurer.
The County Accountant was
authorized to pay for 'material
purchased by the County Fire
Marshall.
Report were heard from the
Agricultural Extension and
Social Service Departments.
The Board approved Notices of
intention to apply to N.C.
Perquimans County
District Court Convenes
Judge Wilton Walker presided
at the regular session of
Perquimans County District
Court Wednesday and disposed
of the following cases:
William David Moore, charged
with fraud, was given a 12
months sentence, which was
suspended upon payment 1. of
costs of court; 2. pay to office for
use of Welfare Department
$50.00 monthly until $831.00 is
paid. The first payment is to be
no later than January 3, 1971, and
by this date of each month
thereafter;
Mildred Lee Manus, who
escaped from the custody of
Sheriff Julian Broughton
following arrest on charges of
breaking and entering and
larceny, was given a 6 months
sentence to be served at the N.C.
Woman's Division of Correction
with special recommendation of
Psychiatric evaluation ana
treated as may be indicated. It
was directed by the court that
monthly prognosis reports be
forwarded. The State took a Nol
Pros on the charges of breaking
and entering and larceny;
4 Levi Revell was found guilty of I
being, drunk on the streets
(secoMtaffonse in U months)
and was ordered to serve sot less
than 30 days and not more than 6
months under the supervision of
and Frozen Foods (Sr. Teen);
David Trueblood, Home Grounds
Beautlficatlon III; Debbie
Harrell, Bicycle I and Frosra
Foods (early Teen), Marvin
Riddlck, Annual Flower
Growing, Swine (early teen, and
Garden (early Teen); Steven
Chambers, Small Engines and
Field Crops; Barry Lane,
Photoemnhv and Electric;
Rhonda Lane, Electric and
Bicycle II; Murden Stokely,
Wildlife; Beverly Eure, Foods
Nutrition I; Linda Ownley,
Foods-Nutrition III; Clyde
Elliott, Veterinary Science I and
Swine (Sr. Teen); Dianne
Layden, Veterinary Science III
and Dog Care (Sr. Teen);
Carolyn Casper, Girls Personal
Appearance; Stan Winslow, Beef
(Sr. Teen); Claudia Winslow,
Beef (pre-teen); Janet Riddlck,
Swine (pre-teen); Michelle
Boyce, Horse (Pre-teen); Ricky
Lane, Horse (early teen);
Wallace Ownley, Dog Care (pre-
iteen) ana Bicycle (early teen);
Ray Rountree, Garden (Sr.
Teen) and Cathy Newberry, All
American Foods.
Wesleyan College
sophomore from Seabrook, Md,,
and Debbie Pifer, a sophomore
from Durham, N.C. Male soloists
are Scott Wilkinson, tenor, a
freshman from Kitty Hawk, N.C.
and Paul Tuttle, baritone, a
junior from Buchanan, N.Y.
Miss Simpson is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Lester H.
Simpson of Rt. 1 Hertford.
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board for a permit to sell Beer
submitted by Alphonso Hudson,
Mary Lillie Foreman, and
Dewey Overton.
Savings Bonds
Sales
October sales of U. S. Savings
Bonds in N.C. were at a 26-year
high-the largest October dollar
volume since 1944. Series E Bond
sales alone totaled $5,560,386,
which is more than an 11 per cent
increase over sales for October a
year ago.
Cumulative sales for January-
October were the highest
recorded for the period since
1944. Amounting to $54,881,121,
Bond sales for the first 10 months
were 4.4 per cent over the same
period in 1969. This amounts to
87.1 per cent of the state's 1970
dollar goal of $63,300,000.
At the end of October, 20
counties had achieved 100 per
cent or more of their 1970 goal.
State Department Commission
for treatment foi dtcnhnllim
recommended by the om;
Donna Gayle Rawls was taxed
with costs on a speeding charge.
Now Is The Time
To File Your
Medicare Claim
Right now is the beat time to
file your Medicare claim tt you
have already had at least 180 in
doctor bills this year. A recent
bulletin received from the Part B
Medicare -Carrier (The
Prudential Insurance Company
of America) stated that most
claims properly submitted now
are being paid rapidly but a
large Inereaaei in Medicare
claims receipts in January and
February may result in a
backlog and a delay in payment
Claims should be seat to
Medicare, The Prudential In
surance Company of America, P.
O. Box 1483, High Point, N. C
17261. If you need n
filing, call or come by the social
security omce at 401 South Dyer
Street, Elisabeth City, North
Carolina. The phone numb la
S38-S931...
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