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Talent Show Winners
The Annual Talent Show was
held on May 27, 1071 at Hertford
Grammar School.There were
14' talent participants in the
show. The narrator for the
program was Jimmy Talley,
County Council President.
Talent winners were as
follows: The Intrepids, Blue
Ribbon for their band selection;
the Singing Cuzins, Blue Ribbon
for their group singing; Tina
and Tammy Kyle, Blue Ribbon
for their pantomine; Beth
Chamber Inaugurating
Big Contest In County
Wide July 4th Sale
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce is
inaugurating one of the most
ambitious contests ever held
4n this area. In another part of
Vhe paper are complete details,
plus the entry blank that could
mean you win $3.00 worth of
merchandise from each of 36
different stores in the county.
That's quite a bonanza. And
it's being done to remind you of
a big county-wide July 4 sale -to
be held July 2 and 3. There'll
be a lot of money-saving values
during that sale. You'll see most
of them advertised in the pages
of the Perquimans Weekly in
weeks to come.
Getting back to the contest.
The second prize will be $10 and
the third prize, $5 - courtesy
your Chamber of Commerce.
The merchandise prizes must
be picked up by August 15.
And the prizes will come from
U.S. Air Force Technical
Sergeant James Marvin
Trueblood received this
promotion earlier this year
and has now assumed hit
duties. He also has received
honor awards from his
studies, among some are a 17
vol. NCO Academic
Leadership, N CO
Professional ' Development
Program, and a 180 hr. course
of special Noh Destructive
Inspection at the Chanute
AFB, 111., where he received
the highest grades and
special recognition from Col.
i A.G. Schrerlng, Commander
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Technical Sergeant Is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan N.
Trueblood of Hertford, N.C.
,r He is :a Perquimans County
' i:!-h School Graduate and
attended Lee College,
Cleveland, Tenn. He entered
. t:e U.S. Air Force Nov. 1830,
.6sJ la at present stationed at
' s Eheppard Base, Witchlta
.-"a, Texas.
WinslowrRed Ribbon for her
piano solo; Victor Roberts, Blue
Ribbon for his drum solo; Sheri
Cartwright, Red Ribbon for
piano solo, Russell Lassiter,
Blue Ribbon for his solo; Larry
Felton, Blue Ribbon for his
piano solo; Barry Lane, Blue
Ribbon for his piano medley;
Melanie Morris, Red Ribbon for
her piano solo; Carmen Sutton,
Blue Ribbon for her piano solo;
Gwayland McClenney, Blue
Ribbon for his solo; Brenda
Sawyer, , Red Ribbon for her
piano solo; Randy Lassiter, Red
Ribbon for his piano solo. The
top three talent winners that
will represent Perquimans
County at 4-H District Activity
Day were Victor Roberts,
Carmen Sutton, and Gwayland
McClenney.
Judges for the event were
Mrs. Gladys White and Mrs.
Frances Ward, Home
Economics Extension Agents,
Chowan County; and Mrs. Eliza
S. Perry of Perquimans County.
"The Talent events were very
good and I feel we will be
represented very well at
District Day", states Billy
Griffin, Assistant Agricultural
Agent.
these merchants:
Rose's Store, Hertford Motor
Co., Gregory's 5 & 10, Byrum
Furniture Co., White's Dress
Shop, Dozier's Florist,
Woodland Dress Shop, Super
Dollar Store, Cannon Cleaners,
Dick's Drive-In, Hollowell Oil
Co., W.M. Divers & Son
Jewelers, Pitt Hardware Co.,
P.H. Onley Grocery of Durante
Neck, E. A. Turner Grocery of
Durants Neck, Keith's Grocery,
Reed Oil Co., W.M. Morgan
Furniture Co., Hertford Far
mers Exchange.
And - prizes from Albemarle
Chemical Co.,' Hertford
Livestock and Supply Co.,
Farmers Feed and Seed,
Harmon's Pharmacy, Darden
Department Store, J.C. Blan
chard Co., Twine Tile and
Carpet Co., C. D. White & Son,
Harris Plumbing and Building
Supply, Hertford Hardware Co.,
Elliott's Beauty Shop, Dixie
Auto Supply, One Stop Service
Station. Towe Motor Co.,'
Winslow-Blanchard Motor Co.,
Hollowell Chevrolet, Harrell's
Inc., Matthews Esso service, ;
and Murray Motors.
So, if you're the big winner
remember - everyone of those
Chamber of Commerce
affiliated business
organizations have prizes for
you. .
Enter now. It costs nothing -but
it could mean a lot to you!
Kathy Marren
Selected To
Task Force
Kathy Marren of Hertford has
been selected to serve as a
member of the Task Force on
Student Involvement, spon
sored by the State Department '
of Public Instruction. She Is a
rising junior at Perquimans Co.
High School. The Student Task
Force, created in 1969 by State :
School Superintendent Craig
Phillips, is composed of high
school students in North
Carolina. Duties of the mem
bers emphasize positive in
volvement in all areas of school
activity. i
According to Jerome Melton,
assistant state superintendent
for- program services. 16 new
membershavebeennamedtothe
Task Force. Their participation
on the panel throughout the next
school year has been approved
by their local superintendents
and principals. Each of the ,
state's eight educational
districts has two members.
First meeting for the new group
is scheduled for June 14-15.
Julia Zobel, a student at Apex '
High School In Wake County, has
been named to succeed Ken
Kerman, recently graduated
from Enloe Eljn School In
Raleigh, as student director of
the Task Force. '
Library Given
Memorial Books
Three memorials have been
given the Perquimans County
Library this week. A hand
somely illustrated book, Love,
by the Editors of Country
Beautiful is in memory of
Lucius Blanche rd; The Game
That Was, a beautifully
illustrated lovingly written
account of the great, early days
of pro football, by Myron Cope
is in memory of Jack Elliott
Brinn; Another in memory of
Jack Brinn is a Natural History
of American Birds of Eastern
and Central North America
which is one o the most com
prehensive books on the subject
the library has.
Other new books in the library
this week are: Sports Cars, a
Golden Press book; Bottles,
yesterday's trash, today's
treasure, by Colcleaver; War
Journey, by Grove; The
American Heritage for June
1971; and one mystery, In
spector Chote Breaks an Eggy,
by Keating.
Lambeth One
Carolina SCS Employees Retire
Seven employes of USDA-Soil
Conservation Service in North
Carolina with combined service
of more than two and a half
centuries retired effective May
28. .,
With ah average of more than
36 years each, their actual
service is 252 years and six
months.
The seven are Charles Lind
sey Hunt, 62, of Raleigh,
Assistant Soil Scientist; Area
Conservationist Walter Odell
Lambeth, 60, of Edenton;
District Conservationist Joe N.
Craver, 62, of Shelby; District
Conservationist Ned A. Hood,
61. of Yadkinville; Soil Scientist
James L. Zimmerman, 57, of
Salisbury; District Con
servationist William N. Watt,
61, of Snow Hill; and Soil
Conservation Technician
Gordon Cashwell, 59, of Clinton.
Odell Lambeth joined the Soil
Erosion Service, which became
SCS. in 1934 at High Point. He
has served in positions of In
creasing responsibility,
climaxed by his assignment to
Edenton as Area Con
servationist in 1962. He was
transferred to Edenton from
Lumberton, and will return to
Lumberton after retirement.
Mr. Lambeth and his wife
were honored at a dinner in
Williamston, June 1st. at the
Town and Country Restaurant
hy SCS employees and friends
of Area 5. He is shown above
receiving a book of appreciation
letters front John B. Litchfield,
District Conservationist.
Jackson. N.C. Gifts of a
polaroid camera and a silver
bowl were also presented the
Local Board
No, 73 Changes
Office
:e Hours
Local Board No. 73.
Perquimans County Selective
Service office will be closed the
week of June 14, through June
18. 1971. Mrs. Margaret S. Scaff,
Executive Secretary, of the
board will he on annual leave
during this time.- r
Beginning Monday, June 21.
1971, the office hours will be
changed. The office will be open
only two days per week.
Monday and Tuesday from 8:15
a.m. until 5:15 p.m. Lunch hour
will be from 12:00 noon until
1:00 p.m. ;
Harris And Winslow Win Seats
Incumbent Jesse Harris was
re-elected to his council seat by
taking 301 votes and Billy L.
Winslow was elected to fill the
other seat bv taking a 233 vote
tally In Tuesday special' election
A total of 528 persons turned
Of Seven North
if!
Sti
honorees.
State Conservationist
Charles W. Bartlett in an
nouncing these retirements
commented: "These seven
employees have rendered
valuable service in con
servation work through their
years of service, and aided
environmental quality through
their efforts. They will be
missed. We wish them well in
their retirement."
Mr. Bartlett has announced
that Roy R. Beck. District
Conservatioist of Greenville,
N.C, is acting as Area Con
servationist until this position is
filled.
Named Sales
Representative
Miles E. Hurdle, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Solomon Hurdle, Jr.,
218 King Street, is a sales
representative for Link Smith
Ford Co.. Greensboro, N.C.
Solomon is a graduate of
Perquimans Union School Win
fall, and A and T State Univers
ity. Greensboro. N.C.
Gail Eure
1971 4-H Dress
Revue Winner
GAIL EURE 1971 4-H Dress
Revue Winner will represent
Perquimans County at North
eastern District 4-H Activity
iDay at Scotland Neck High
I School Thursday, June 24,
1971
'"i"7"""i " m'rm
out at the polls, more than in the
May 4 election.
Other candidates and their
showing revealed. Erie Haste,
Jr. took 221 votes. W.F. Ainsley
got 186 votes, and G.W. Cooper
had 97 votes.
The reason for the special
election Tuesday was due to
candidates in May 4 election did
not receive the necessary
majority to take a seat. '
A review of votes cast in that
election shows 512 votes were
cast with Jesse Harris getting
240 votes, W. F. Ainsley taking
207 votes, G.W. Cooper got 107
votes, Erie Haste, Jr. 154 votes,
and Billy L, Winslow 193 votes.
Judge Walker
Presides At
District Court
Judge Wilton Walker presided
at the regular session of
Perquimans County District
Court Wednesday and heard the
following cases:
Teddy Turner, charged with
non-support (non-compliance
with judgment), was ordered to
pay $112.50 arrearage and costs
of capias and to keep current
$7.50 weekly payments;
William Theodore Field,
charged with failure to stop for
marked school bus while same
was stopped and passengers
were being received, was given
a 30 day sentence, which was
suspended upon payment of a
fine of $25.00 and costs;
James Lee Williams, charged
with being drunk on the streets,
received a fine of $50.00 and
costs with the condition that the
he will not be convicted of any
penal law involving use if
alcohol or assault; 2nd charge -destruction
personal property,
was given a 6 months sentence,
which was suspended for 3
years with the following con
ditions 1. $50.00 fine and costs;
2. Make restitution to Isaac
Lowe for sash and screen in an
amount sufficient to reimburse;
3. Probation for 3 years (usual
conditions) and added condition
not possess or consume any
alcohol or narcotic drugs; 4.
Stay out of presence of Robert
L. Revelle; 5. Stay away from
Willie Mae Felton during term
of probation.
Kent Inscoe
Graduates
From ECU
Kent Inscoe, son of former
residents of Hertford, Sgt.
and Mrs. B. R Inscoe,
graduated v from ; East
Carolina University on May
30th with a BS Degree In
Industrial . and Technical
Education,., .
Roses Employees
Share In Profits
Manger Kathreen Nelson of
the local Rose's Stores. Inc.
announced today the 1970
Company contribution to the
Profit Sharing Trust was
$1,834,343.00 and would be
shared by people in nine
Southern states. This was the
largest of twenty-seven con
secutive annual payments
made by the Rose Company
since the Fund was started in
1944. The Central Carolina Bank
& Trust Company, trustee of the
Rose's" Profit Sharing Trust,
reports that the Fund now totals
over 15. 146,000.
Manager Nelson handed to
each participant statements of
their personal accounts showing
how each shared in the Com
pany's 1970 profits and what
each individual had ac
cumulated in the Fund. He
pointed out that a typical
participant in the Plan (a
saleslady in one of the stores)
who had shared in all of the
twenty-seven contributions of
the Company now has a balance
in her account equal to ap
proximately three times her
1970 earnings.
He stated that the Company's
contribution to the Fund was
one of the many ways in which
the Company continues to show
its appreciation to, and interest
in the people who make the
Rose Company successful.
Phyllis Byrum
Initiated Into ECU
Honorary Fraternity
Phyllis Byrum was among
Fifteen East Carolina
University students inducted
into Pi Mu Epsilon, national
.honorary mathematics
fraternity, at ceremonies
recently held.
Dr. Tullio J. Pignani,
chairman of the ECU
mathematics department gave
the major address.
Robert Woodside of the
mathematics faculty is advisor
to the local chapter which was
organized at East Carolina in
1968.
Linda Evans
Wins DAR Award
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Each year, in the spring, a
girl is chosen from the rising
Senior Class at Perquimans
County High School to be the
DAR Good Citizen. The award is
in the form of a pin and cer
tificate, and is presented to her
In recognition of her depen-,
dability. service. leadership,
and patriotism. In the fall she
will be given a questionnaire tc
answer and an essay to write on
patriotism and democracy,
which will be entered in district,
state and national competition.
Also in the fall, the local win
ners from all over the district,
with their mothers, are guests
at a luncheon and tour of one of
the historic sites in the state.
Linda Evans, daughter of Mr,
and Mrs. J. L. Evans of Route 1,
Hertford, was chosen to be the
DAR Good Citizen at
Perquimans County High
School for 1971-72. Mrs. Allan B.
Bonner, regent of Edenton Tea
Party Chapter. Daughters of
the American Revolution, the
chapter which sponsors the
program in Perquimans
County, made the presentation
of the award to Miss Evans at
Awards Day held at
Perquimans County High
School on Friday afternoon,
June 4.
Linda Harrell Selected
For Scholarship
Linda Gail Harrell of Hert
ford, a Perquimans County
High School senior, has been
selected by Campbell to receive
a Campbell College
Scholarship. She is one of the
first to receive scholarship aid
under an allocation recently
made by the trustees of the
school to support grants for 40
qualified incoming freshmen
and 10 transfer students from
junior colleges.
The scholarships, awarded on
the basis of merit, are
renewable: and the new
program will involve an annual
outlay of $60,000 by the end of
three-year period.
At Perquimans Miss Harrell
is a member of the Beta Club,
and she is business manager of
the school paper. At the 1970
graduation exercises she served
as chief marshal.
Miss Harrell will enter
Pick Winning Slogan
Pick the winning slogan and the Chamber of Commerce
may pick you as the winner of more than $100 worth of
merchndise.
Here's how the contest works. It's simple. Pick the slogan
you like best that will describe the terrific July 4 sale coming
up.
If you pick the most popular - you can win a first prize of
$3.00 worth of merchandise from each of 36 different stores in
the county , A second prize of $10 or a third prize of $5.00.
So - pick a slogan for the July 4 sale in Perquimans
County:
Values that are hotter than a
firecracker.
Independence Day specials you'll salute.
Mail your entry to the Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 27,
Hertford, or bring to the Chamber office in the Municipal
Building before June 18. The winners will be chosen in a
drawing the following day and announced in the June 24
edition of the Perquimans Weekly. And look for the big July 4
bargains you'll see advertised in the paper.
Commander Y eager 95 Parade
Marshall For Flag Day Parade
John William Yeager of Gates
County will be the parade
marshal for the June 14, 1971
Flag Day Celebration in Hert
ford. The Flag Day parade will
be sponsored by the William
Paul Stallings Post 126.
Commander Yeager is a 95-year-old
Spanish-American
War veteran. He served with
the U.S. Army infantry in Cuba
and Puerto Rico from 1898 thru
1901. Mr. Yeager is currently
serving as State Commander of
the Virginia United Spanish
American War veterans. He is a
member of the Austin R. Davis
Camp 3 in Portsmouth, a
member of the William Paul
Stallings Post 126 American
Legion, a member of the VFW
Post in Gates County. Mr.
Yeager is still very active in
veteran meetings and finds
time toattend a large garden at
his home in Gates County.
The Flag Day Parade
beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the
Legion Post home on Grubb
Street, will feature the atlantic
Fleet Marine Drum & Bugle
Corps, the Atlantic Fleet Navy
Band from Norfolk, Virginia,
various veteran organization
marching units, Cub Scouts,
civic clubs, a amphibious
vehicl". the Perquimans County
Marching Unit, the Perquimans
County Horse and Pony Club,
and will have on display a army
tank the type used by General
Patton on his sweep across
Europe during World War II.
Parade route is Grubb, Church,
Dobbs. & Edenton Road Street.
After the parade is com
pleted, the Legion will hold a
fish fry starting at 5 p.m. at the
Legion Home on Grubb Street.
j'ulian H. Broughton,
Chairman of the Flag Day
Parade will welcome any units
or marchers that would like to
participate in the parade. He
mist know who will be in
Historical
Society Meets
Monday Night
The Perquimans County
Historical Society will meet
Monday night, June 14, at 8 p.m.
at the County Library.
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Campbell in the fall of 1971 ; she
plans to study elementary
education. Her parents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jack White Harrell of
Route 2. Hertford.
Scorching hot July 4 bargains.
parade by June 11th. J.W.
Dillon is in charge of Flag
Display.
All merchants as well as all
homes are requested to display
their flags all day Monday. E.L.
Hurdle and Melvin Rountree
are in charge of the fish fry.
Commander of Post 126, Lloyd
"Punch" Stallings said he is
expecting a large turnout for
this event on June 14th.
Wins Health
Career Scholarship
Anita Ruth Smith student at
Perquimans High School has
been awarded the 1971 Health
Careers Scholarship given by
the Ladies Auxiliary of the
Albemarle Hospital at
Elizabeth City. N.C.
She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred M. Smith of Rt. 3,
Hertford.
Her many school activities
include; member of the Beta
Club, Health Careers Club.
F.H.A., ' Guidance Club;--:
reporter for the school
newspaper staff, and treasurer
of the Senior Class. Anita also,
ranked fifth In the Senior Class
composed of 139 students.
She plans to attend the
University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill this fall and major .
in Physical Therapy.
The Smith Family moved to ;
Hertford three years ago from
Harreman, Tenn. They attend '
the Berea Church of Christ and -
plan to make Hertford their S.
premanent home. . .: '
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