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Volume XXVII-No. 14
Hartford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, April 15, 1971
Chaplian Cherry Teaches
Golf To Amputees
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Kitchen Workshop
4 April 28
A Kitchen Planning Workshop
will be held at the County Office
Building in Hertford, on Wed
nesday, April 28. Perquimans
and Chowan Counties Extension
Service will sponsor this
educational opportunity to all
interested homemakers who are
planning to build a new kitchen
or remodel an old one. This
session is a follow-up: of the
housing series held in January
and February.
Miss Charlotte Womble
Housing Specialist from North
Carolina State University in
Raleigh, will conduct the
workshop at which time each
person will work with individual
kitchen measurements and place
appliances in the specified area,
states Mrs. Paige Underwood,
Home Economics Extension
Agent.
Drapery construction will be
taught at an earlier workshop on
Tuesday, April 20 at the County
Office Building. Both workshops
will begin at 9:00 a.m. If you are
interested in either or both
workshops, please contact Mrs.
Underwood at the County Office
Building.
10 Cents Par Copy
Open House At The New
P. C. H, S. Library, April 18
District Homemakers 280 Year Old Brick Goes To Raleigh
seminar Apr. 22
HELPS FELLOW AMPUTEES: Capt. Corbin Cherry
(center), an army chaplain who lost a leg while fighting
in Vietnam, is teaching fellow amputees at Letterman
General Hospital at San Francisco how to play golf.
Capt. Cherry is instructing Dave Rayder (left) of Los
Angeles, and Jim Brooks, of Freemont, Calif.
Two years ago, Capt. Corbin
Cherry lay in an army
hospital bed, his left leg sheared
off nine inches below the knee by
a land mine.
A chaplain's first words to him
were, "You're going to get
depressed. But you'll get over
it." -
"He kept telling me I would be
depressed, and he just made me
mad," recalls Cherry.
Cherry adopted a positive
attitude. He made the best of his
handicap. And he got a chance to
M what pffprt an nntimistic
V chaplain would have on hosptital
paucms. ,
He became one, and currently
is assigned to Letterman
General 'Kospttal'Tnr San Fran
cisco,, where many Vietnam
wounded are taken.
"Come on. we're coins out to
Lrfilay golf," the 30-year-old
Metnoaist minister tens nis
patients, many of them am
, putees. :
"I'll give it a try," responds a
tall young man who never has
held a gob club before and will be
playing on one leg.
"That's all I want you to do,"
Cherry replies and hands him a
five iron.
On his second swing, the first
time golfer hits a ball about 80
yards straight down the middle.
Another beginner, with both legs
gone, grins after connecting
from his wheelchair and sending
a ball about 20 yards.
Golf isn't a formal part of the
hospital's rehabilitation
program, or is it included in the
chaplain's normal duties.
"But it sure makes a 60-hour
work week seem short," said
Cherry, the 1970 National Am
putee Golf Association cham
pion. .
;The chaplain w4 '
handicap golfer, before going to
Vietnam. He lost his leg when he
stepped on a mine after rescuing
two wounded soldiers from a
battlefield.
Cherry is a native of Hertford,
he is the son of Mrs. Elizabeth
Cherry and the late Mr.
Cherry. Chaplain Cherry has
one brother Bill Cherry of
Hertford.
PH Chapter
Meets In Edenton
The Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma Society met recently in
Edenton.
. Mrs. Milah Meekings presided
over the regular business
session. The State Convention
will convene in Wrightsville
Beach, April 23-25. Mrs. Meekins
urged all to attend.
Charter members of Pi
Chapter, were recognized. The
first meeting was held at "Seat
One" Manteo. Each member
was given a carnation and
thanked for their services. Miss
Helen Evans was also
recognized.
Mrs. Mary Browning gave the
invocation. A delicious luncheon
was served at the Edenton
Restaurant.
Highlight of the meeting was
the inspiring talk given by Mrs.
4M. Karris, Regional Director masatjneV
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Joel Hollowell, Jr. Files For
Re-Election Mayor Of Winfall
Her topic was "A Gift for Delta
Kappa Gamma".
Burgess Baptist
To Hold Revival
P.C.H.S. along with the nation
is observing National Library
Week April 18-24. The slogan this
year is "You've Got a Right to
Read, Don't Blow It."
Open House will be held in the
new library building Sunday
afternoon April 18 vom 3:00 to
5:00 p.m. to afford the public a
opportunity to inspect the ne
Horary facilities. LKSrary
assistants who will act guides
will also serve refreshments.
The new library building
contains an office, workroom
and storage room for audio-
visuals materials, a large
reading room, three classrooms
and two bathrooms. Metal
shelving encircles three sides of
the library. The library is air
conditioned and electrically
heated, with a seating capacity
for seventy-five students.' -
A library is now referred to as
a multi-media center where not
only are books available, but also
film strips, transparencies,
recordings, tapes and other non
book materials that help further
the educational process.
The library at P.C.H.S. con
tains over 6,000 books and
receives thirty current
magazines. Magazines that are
indexed in the Abridged Readers
Guide are kept to be used in
reference work. When funds are
available at microfilm reader
and microfilms of the most used
will De purchased.
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Joel Hollowell, Jr., has filed
for re-election as Mayor of
Winfall in the upcoming May 4th
election of town officials.
Elijah White, former Mayor of
Winfall who tendered his
resignation in December of 1970,
filed his intentions the last week
in March.
I Hollowell was sworn in to
serve the inexpired term of
White. .
There are four candidates for
. the three seats on the Winfall
. Town Board. Three incumbents,
' Joel Hollowell, Sr., David
rrrueblood and CD. Barclift are
seeking re-election. A new comer
Shelton Morgan has filed for one
of the three seats on the board.
making it a four run for three
Winslow Files For
Seat On Hertford
Town Board
' Billy L. Winslow of Cresent
Drive, has filed for a seat on the
Hertford Town Board. , '
Winslow is married to Janice
Perry, daughter of Mrs. ST.
Perry and the late S.T. Perry of
' Durants Neck. Mrs. Winslow is
Attendance ' Counselor" for
Perquimans County Schools. Mr.
Winslow is employed by Winslow
Oil Company of Hertford, a
position1 he has held for the past
sixteen years.
He is a member of the First
United Methodist Church of
. Hertford where he serves as
Superintendent of Sunday
School, Member of Council on
.Ministry, and Member of the
f Administrative Board. He also is
v a' member of the Perquimans
County Rescue Squad of which
, he has served as Secretary. At'
i present, he is Director for
) Hertford Township.
Mr, and Mrs, Winslow have
three children, a daughter Cindy
"who is a student at East Carolina
University, and two sons, Tony a
lGih grade student and Clark an
G h grade student at Perquimans
:' :h School.
Deadline for filing for one of
the offices in the Winfall Town
Election is set for 12 o'clock
noon, Friday, April 16th.
Assistance Offered
By Social Security
On Proof Of Age
Everyone who expects to draw
a social security retirement
benefit must prove they have
reached retirement age. A great
many of the people who live in
the Perquimans area worry
about proving their age. They
worry and worry but this does
not solve their problems, One of
the reasons they are worrying is
that if they are over 57 years of
age and were born in the state of
North Carolina, they do not have
an original birth certificate. An
original birth certificate is the
best proof-of-age that Can be
furnished but other records can
be used. Generally speaking, the
next best record is a Federal
Census Record made a few years
after the person was born. '
' The personnel in the Elizabeth
City Social Security Office will
assist anyone in completing ah
application to secure a Federal
Census record. All people ever 57
years of age , who have , not
discussed their proof-of-age with
the social security people, should
do so as soon as possible.
THIEU ft ELECTION .
Long Zuyen, Vietnam - Pres
ident Nguyen Van Thieu has
Indicated he will seek t-
e lection by outlining a orocram
in which he stressed rural development.
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Over 1100 audio visuals items are
available to teachers and
students. General and specific
reference books cover many
subjects and are adequate for
class assignments.
The early alumni of P.C.H.S.
will remember the first library
upstairs in the main building
over the rear of the auditorium in
very crowded quarters.
When the Hertford Grammar
School burned this library was
also used as a class room. -Lareer
library Quarters were
madejivaiJable at P.C.H.S. when Hinson.
theiunc'h room was built . The old
-kitchen became the reference
room with adjoining smaller
rooms for periodicals and audio
visuals materials. The dining
area was equipped with new
shelving for books and double
doors gave 'access to the
enlarged library area. As the
library collection grew through
ESEA funds extra shelving was
also obtained through ESEA and
a library aide was employed.
The school year 1970-71 opened
with the library now in its own
building, and for the first time in
the history of the school, a full
time librarian was employed.
With no study halls scheduled
in the library this year the
"atmosphere" of the library is
much improved. Room 24 is
available each period for
teachers to bring an entire class
to the library for reference work.
Seventeen capable student
library assistants attend to the
routine work of charging,
discharging library materials,
"reading" the shelves and doing
housekeeping duties.
Since the merging of the two
hiah schools in September over
1500 bods TroWTerqOlmarTs
Union School have been
classified, accessioned and
catalogued along with a few
tapes.
You are cordially invited to
visit the new library at P.C.H.S.
during open house on Sunday,
April 18 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Would you like to know more
about "You and Your Work
vivid account of the environment
we live in? If so. you are invited
to attend the Northeastern
District Extension Homemakers
Association Home Economics
Seminar Thursday. April 22.
1971. in the Blackwell Memorial
Baptist Church. Elizabeth City,
North Carolina. It is scheduled
from 9:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m
The program will feature Dr,
Don Huisingh. Associate
Professor Plant Pathology
Department. Miss Thelma
Hinson. Extension Home
Management Specialist, and
Miss Dorothy Barrier. Clothing
Specialist. In Charge. These
participants are from North
Carolina Agricultural Extension
Service. Raleigh. North
Carolina.
Dr. Don Huisingh will discuss
Our Space Ship Earth - Where
are we Taking It? Miss Thelma
Family Influences On
Our Environment", and Miss
Dorothy Barrier. The Effect of
Air Pollution on Textiles. The
registration is from 9:00 a.m
10:00 a.m. The registration fee is
25c The lunch will cost $2.00. The
tentative menu is Baked Ham
Yams, String Beans. Cranberry
Salad, Rolls, Tea and Fresh
Apple Cake.
The Sanctuary of Blackwell
Memorial Baptist Church is
located on North Road Street,
Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Mrs. M.B. Taylor, and Mrs
Paige Underwood are urging the
public to attend this Seminar,
Mrs. Winslow Attending
Friends United Meeting Tour
Revival services are scheduled
at Burgess Baptist Church for
April 19 thru April 24th. Services
will begin Monday and continue
each evening at 7:30 through
Saturday, April 24th.
Guest minister is the Rev.
Charles E. Ledford, pastor of
Coinjock Baptist Church.
The Rev. Ledford received his
formal education for the
ministry at Carson-Newman
College in Tenn. and South
western Baptist Theological
Seminary, Fort Worth. Texas.
He is a native of Lincoln County
in N.C. s-s. ,...'
A welcome is extended to all by
the pastor the Rev. Noah Toler.
There will be special music each
evening.
John R. Gardner
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Sylvia W. Winslow left by plane
from Norfolk Va. on Monday April
12th for Miami Beach, Florida
where she will meet other
members of Friends United
Meeting Carribbeaiv Tour with
Eugene Wolfley of Iowa, who
spent three' years under the
Board on Missions in Jamaica,
as Tour leader. They are to
spend a week in Jamaica, at
tending the Semi-Annual
Meeting of the Friends Com
mittee. It emphasizes Quaker
and other Christian activities
overseas', plus briefings by
Government, civic, and church
leaders in each (country with
emphasis " on learning
experiencing new parts of the
world. . ; ' '..
Jamaica, a land of tropical
plantations, breathtaking
mountain scenery, and in
numerable coastal coves, is a
world unto itself. Kingston, the
capital, is a bustling city built
around one of the largest harbors
in the world. Port Antonio, on the
eastern end, is a tropical dream.
Montego Bay on the north shore
offers superb beacnes.m
teresting native restaurants, and
endless rows of sugar-cane
fields. .
Then on to the Port-au-Prince
airport ht;c"olorful Haiti to a
guest hotel'in the mountain side,
where they will enjoy an outdoor
dining and an all day bus trip
along the sea and tnrougn rural
villages to visit the stunning
Memorial Service
Held For Rev.
J.O. Rodges
Riddick Grove Baptist
hurch s Easter service was a
d occasion as the members
eld a memorial service in
ecognition of the last pastor, the
ev. J.O. Rodgers who passed
pril l, 1971 at the Chowan
Hospital.
Candle Bearers were Deacons
ymond. White and, Howard
orfleet.v -
Scripture was read by Mrs.
Eva Hurdle. The members
bowed in. silent prayer for one
inute followed by a prayer
rom the Rev. W.B. Moore,
inister for the day.
Remarks were given by
eacon junior Burke and the
ev. L.A. Lilley. Mrs. Eunice
ee read the obituary and Mrs.
ulia Winslow read his
inisterial work, followed by the
hoir singing one of his favorite
ongs, "May The Work I've Done
peak For Me".
The service was sponsored by
rs. Camilla Lilley. The late
Rev. Rodgers was also pastor of
t. Riddick Church in Belhaven
nd New Piney Grove Church in
ates County.
Albert Schweitzer Hospital, to
visit an orphanage and other
services of love in A needy land,
fellowship in homes of. rural
Friends families as a part of
International Relations program
of which she is North Carolina
State Chairman for the
Homemakers Association whose
goal is to create better un
derstanding, good will and
friendship between women of
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mis country ana women oi oiner vEverything is farther than it
countries of the world. llsed o he ik'a twufe as far to the
They will visit progressive rnrn fnP Astpe flnH ,h.v.ve
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You Think'
given op rui
leaves fas
and yet an Anerican territory.
OW San Juan is very Spanish and
offers excellent restaurants,
antique ..shops, quaint streets.
Much oWhe excitement of the to makehei
Carribbean erouo of islands is pVnd ha
due' to its varied nationalities, print
ling for my bus, it
.than it used to . . .
Seems
staircase:
e they are making
.sper than they used
in the old days. . .
you noticed the small
thov nr ncino'""
ewspapers are getting farther
and arther away when I hold
them, and I have to squint to
aye out tne news. . . no sense in
sking,io have them read aloud,
varvnno c nooks in cnrh a low
Marine Com. LlllV voice that I can hardly hear
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tnem.
Thev are a concoction of
British. French, Spanish,
Dutch, Creole, and American
cultures.
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If current historical data and
future historical research prove
correct the above brick will have
established as its age 280 years
at least and perhaps much older.
It came from a portion of the
Newbold-White House in
Perquimans County, which is
situated on land granted to
Joseph Scott in 1684 and is
believed to have been built in the
seventeenth century, thus
constituting today one of the very
oldest surviving buildings in
North Carolina. The records
show that the General Assembly
of North Carolina met here in
1689, 1690, 1691, 1696 and 1697.
On this past Thursday the Hon.
W.T. Culpepper, Jr. introduced a
bill in the State Legislature for
the acquisition and restoration of
the Newbold-White House. On
this coming Thursday, Joseph W.
Nowell, President of the
Perquimans County Restoration
Association and the Rev. Edwin
TV Williams, Executive Ad
ministrator of the Association
and "the brick? will appear
before the State Historic Sites
Advisory Committee on behalf of
the bill entered by the Hon. Mr.
Culpepper.
The bill an act to appropriate
funds to assist in the restoration
of the Newbold-White house in
Perquimans is a request for
$40,000 to assist in research,
acquisition and restoration of the
old home, provided a like amount
is raised by the Perquimans
County Restoration Association,
Inc.
The Newbold-White House in
Perquimans County is situated
on land granted to Joseph Scott
in 1684 and is believed to have
been built in the seventeenth
century, thus constituting today
one of the very oldest surviving
buildings in North Carolina: and
Joseph Scott and his son,
Joshua, were both leading
citizens of the Albemarle region,
serving as justices of the county
court which met for several
years at the home of the Scotts
and later owners: and
The General Assembly of
North Carolina met in 1689, 1690,
1691. 1696 and 1967 at the home of
the several owners of the site of
the Newbold-White House; and
The Newbold-White House also
served as the residence of James
Coles, road overseer, constable,
justice, major in the militia,
provost marshal, and member of
the General Assembly; and
The Newbold-White House was
later the home of Henry Clayton,
clerk of the precinct court J
justice, provost marshal of t6e I
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rvonn Carolina, ana member a
the Governor's council;' and (fcVjf'i
in nuuiuuil iu lis lUMUnpv-
associations, the Newbold-White I
House is possibly the earliest
brick dwelling of the hall-and-parlor
type still standing in
North Carolina and exhibits the
persistence of medieval building
practices and architectural
forms better than any other
structure in the state; and
The Perquimans County
Restoration Association, Inc.,
has been formed to acquire,
restore, preserve, and maintain
for public education and en
joyment this unique and out
standing dwelling; and
State assistance is needed to
supplement local resources in
the acquisition and restoration of
the house.
Perq. One Of Four Counties
In N.C. With No Anti-Litter
Violations In 1970
Arrives In Japan
Marine Lance Corporal Joshua
W. Lilly Jr., son of Mrs. Addie M.
Overton of Route 3, Hertford,
N.C. has arrived at Camp Fuji,
Japan, for six weeks of firing
exercises and cold weather
training with the Third Marine
Division. :'.:.
YounaGafdner, a first grade
student; upon hearing the verdict
on television of Lt. Calley, got out
his pencil and paper and wrote
Lt Calley is not guilty. He had
to Hht for his country. He had to
protect himself. He had to kill the
Vietkong children because they finding who is . seeking re-
www MUftwt tv aim nuviiv., Election to nu feat.
hree More Candidates-file li
Hertford ibwniection Race
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first to toss hiihaHTTthe politicalJ
ring for theflfflce of Mayor of the
Town of Hertford in the May 4th
lelection so far is faced with only
lone apponent Mayor Emmett
Seeking "the two available
commissioners seats, are in-
taumbent - Jesse L. Harris,
seeking . re-eiection, and w.r.
Ainsley, Herbert Nixon and now
the latest three to file are Billy L.
Winslow, Wesley Nelson and
George W. Cooper.
The barber doesn t hold a
mirror behind me any more so
that I can see the back of my
head. The material in my suits is
always too skimpy around the
waist and the seat. Even my shoe
laces are so short they are all but
impossible to reach.
Even people are changing,
they are so much younger than
they used to be when I was their
ige. On the other hand, people
my own age are so much older
than I am. I ran into an old
classmate the other night and he
had aged so he didn't recognize
me. I got to thinking about the
poor old fellow while I was
shaving this morning, and while
doing so I glanced at my own
reflection in the mirror .
CONFOUND IT! they don't even
use the same kind of glass in the
mirrors anymore!!!
The Governor's Beautification
Committee today announced that
the counties of Mecklenburg,
Gaston, Cumberland, and
Guilford placed highest in the
State in 1970 in the number of
citations issued by the North
Carolina Highway Patrol for
anti-litter law violations.
Mecklenburg was highest with
56 cases made, followed closely
by Gaston with 55. Cumberland
had 53, and Guilford recorded 51
cases.
Chowan, Jones, Perquimans,
and Graham counties composed
the elite group of counties which
had no cases made in 1970 for
anti-litter law violations.
In March, the Beautification
Committee announced totals
from official Highway Patrol
arrest records showing that in
1970, 1,220 cases were made
against motorists for littering
North Carolina's streets and
How Personal
Is Cod
The Rev. Edwin T. Williams.
rector of the church of the Holy
Trinity, Hertford, will deliver a
special series of sermons on,
"How Personal is God," on the
morning ' devotion program
heard on Radio Station WCNC,
Elizabeth City, at 9:30 a.m. The
series to begin on Mondav.
April 19 and continue at the Mine
time each morning through April
23.
highways. This figure showed an
increase from 1,043 in 1969, and
989 in 1968.
In releasing complete county-
by-county figures on "litterbug"
citations, Beautification Com
mittee Chairman Pat Huff of
Charlotte said, "The North
Carolina Highway Patrol is to be
commended for their increased
vigilance and desire to help all of
us keep our State free of un
sightly litter and trash." . ;
Veterans
Administration
The Veterans Administration
reported today that 175,000
widows of veterans who died of
service-connected disabilities,
and 65,000 wives of veterans
totally disabled in service are
eligible for generally up to 38
months of educational benefits.
W.R. Phillips, Director of the
Winston-Salem VA Region1
Office, noted that 8,324 widov
and 168 wives (a combin
total of 270 in North Carolin.
have already received sue -
benefits.
December 1970 was the peak
month when 4,582 were la
training. The number of par
ticipants is expected to go even
higher in the upcoming spring
school semester.