North Carolina Newspapers

T j Standard Printing Co. xx LoHisiLlle, Ky. 40200 Y T? TT T TT R fl A TXT :-'. TUT TT7 11 iniift WEEEO .VjpiumeXXVII-No.30 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, August 5, 1971 Workshop In Sewing For Girls 9 To 14 ! 1 -H Series of workshops held for beginners in sewing the week of Uuly 19, 1971, at Perquimans Gountv Office Buildine from b:30 a m. until 4:30 p.m. daily, with gins trom 9 to 14 years oi ige participating. ' The purpose of the workshop vas to help the beginners to earn the basic skills of sewing. The scone of series included: Unloosing Good. . Sewing irtKrFonowiT)e"KuiBs-oi won aewmansnip; i-cai i Use.. the Sewing Machine; What You Should ; Know 'lbout ; the Cloth 'You Buy; 'now To Make a Wrist Pin Cushion; Basic Hand Stitches; An Easy To Make Skirt; Retortion and Use of Pattern; A Simple Dress By A Pattern; and How to Press cotton r aoric. I The beeinners attended and harticipated in the workshops kvere as follow; uau oiiiups, ixtia Eason. Taletia Fletcher, Barbara Carter, Alice Brickhouse, Barbara Ii Bertha Venice McCall, Phyllis r letcner, rol Skinner, Celestine tfodlin,' Joan Gilliam, Bertha iianrf Ethel Jones. Neva . terffiwould, Beverly Carter, Sera Ir.riswould. Cheryl ' Skinner, . lEthel Flythe. Jene Felton, IrasMie L. Felton. Rub v Felton, khnette Felton, Cathy A. Felton, rhrnlvn F. Felton. Andreia plarichard. Phyllis Felton and Mary Felton. At the close of the Wk on Friday, July 23rd, J ' . . I u verai viewers ooserveu me liahed product as the girls mrtetod their earment. There 'ere several expressions made r the viewers as to tne quality the earment completed. They" erf amazed that tne Riris did m exceHent ob in tne construc ts nn nf thpir garment. Mrs. G.W. Winslow, stated that the Library News i.i aa a hetter 10D in finishing the hem than what she has been doing, a very good Jod with hlind stitchina. stated Mrs. Winslow. All of the girls were proud of their garment and Innkino forward to model their garment at the 4-H Leaders and Parents Night in September, The girls expressed tnetr interest in how much the workshop had meant to, them. Several, of tne. lderwirjs- ex pressed interest in maknig some of their school clothing inorder to save money to get otner things needed for school. The workshops were con ducted by the 4-H clothing leaders: Mrs. Hattie William stnn. Mrs. Elsie Felton, Mrs. Mary Harrell, Mrs. Mary Felton. These leaders were assisted bv Mrs. M B. Taylor, Home Economics Extension Aopnt . ,T me is running out to enrou m the Weight Control Campaign, stated todav bv Mrs. M.B. Tavlor. Home Economics Ex tension Agent. July 30, mi w the deadline. The purpose of the! Weight Control Campaign is u help individuals oDtain tuucui weisht. and stamp out malnutrition, in Perquimans County. Slogans jor tne cam paign are: Underweight Develop a pound per month; Over weight Loose a pound per month. Thpre are four steps you should follow stated Mrs. Taylor See vour doctor: Set Your weight goal; Retrain your eatind habits, and pe more active. If you are interested, leave vour name, address, and telephone number by calling 426 7fi7 or if vou prefer drop Mrs. Taylor a note and mail it to Post Office Box 234. Heruora, norm Carolina 27944. The Perauimans Countv library has added more than 50 new books in the last two weeks. Of these, seven are memorials. A Southern Garden, by Uwrence is in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Beverly Tucker. The International Illustrated t-n-cvdooedia of Art Vol. 15: A New Encyclopedia of the Opera; The World or Antiques; And Abundant living by Stanley Jones are in memory of Mrs. Beverly Tucker; The Year the Mets Lost Last Place, by Zimmerman is in menfory of Jack Brinn; and Out of My Life and Thought, by Schweitzer is in memory of Sobelia Winslow. Other non-fiction titles are Lovely She Goes about trawling i; Voyager Beware (about rescues at sea); All My Children (Jacqui Schiff's ex perience with her family ot adopted retarded children); My Own Cape Cod, another popular Gladys Tabor book; The Pastor's Wife (life in a Com munist prison) by Wurmbrack; The Mushroom Handbook; The Book of Herb Lore; Practical Statistics Explained; The Color of Use; The Story of Gravity; Three Biographies; The Great Rogue, Captain John 2mitn; Teacher, Soldier, President, James A Garfield; and Anna Mowatt, Actress; White House Pets, by Margaret Truman; and The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke, by Charles H. Whedbee. New fiction titles include The Shadow of the Lynx, by Victoria Holt; Addie Pray, by Brown; Penelope's Zoo. by James; Ali and Nino, by Said; five Victoria! Ghost Novels; and ine uuiu oi August Fielding, by Helen Tucker. For smaller children the library has 20 new copies of Dr. Seuss books, and several other books that will make good summer reading. New State 4-H Officers 0 f ) .v m. 4-H OFFIC'KRS - New state 4-H officers elected Thursday in Raleigh are (left to right) Ronnie Armstrong, Columbia, Rt. 3, secretary-treasurer; Janet White, New Bern, Rt. 5, reporter; Fred Baggott, Winston-Salem, Rt. 5, vice president; and Carmen Sutton, Hertford, K IS, president. 10 Cents Per Copy Williams Accepted In Physician's Assistant Program Thomas Fleming Williams, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Edwin T. Williams. 206 W. Market St., has been accepted into the Physician's Assistant urogram at Alderson-Broaddus College. A graduate of Dillon High School, he was a science fair winner and participated in football, track, Latin Forum and French Club. He also attended Clemson University and Mount Olive Junior College. W 11 ams attends Hoiy Trinity Episcopal Church where he is an Episcopal Young Churchman and a member of the Accoiyte Alderson-Broaddus. in its Centennial Year, is a fully ac credited, four-year, liberal arts and sciences insitution with Baptist affiliation. Distinctive aspects of the college include its auarter-svstem and its two terms of off-campus education available to each student Professional and pre professional programs with I IJ emphasis on teacher education, nursing, and other allied health sciences, business ad ministration and economics are offered. Dr. Burden Joins ECU Med School Faculty Eighteen-year-old Carmen j 4-H Congress, which opened Sutton. Hertford, Rt. 3, was ( monoay m iwici8ii elected president Thursday of North Carolina's 70,000 4-H members. Miss Sutton's election came during the final day of State She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Sutton and plans to study art at Asbury College, Lexington, Ky. Other officers of the State 4-H Council elected Thursday were Fred Baeeott. 18, Winston- Salem. Rt. 5. vice president; Ronnie Armstrong, 18, Rt. 3, Columbia, secretary-treasurer; and Janet White, 18, New Bern, Rt. 5, reporter. Report On 1970-71 Instructional Personnel In Perquimans Released Craftsmer At Work Mrs. Underwood Schedules Workshops "A series of Craft Workshops have been scheduled by rthe Perquimans County Extension service",, according , to Mrs. Paje Underwood,. Home tJCOnomiCS E,Xiensiun ngeu.i. tfacramci (Techniques ; of moving and rope-making) for elts and other, decorative ob twk win hf offered at an af- Ttwon session on inursaay, Tist 5 at 2:00 P. M. and at a ' session Monday, August 9 6:00 P.M. This will give 'rested homemakers and ,'.hs the opportunity to attend ie session of their choice. Mrs. T. Emily) Harrell will be the .3tructor for this revfced and eful craft. Mrs. Harrell, will rnish : the supplies at a onable fee for all studants, t you must' register im diately by callirl the Home 3nts Office, 7. Qiiiltinc Pillow Tops will be a two day workshop on August 17 anA m tipdinnina at :ao A.' m. This class will be limited to 12 and will be instructed by Mrs Pale Underwood. Rnth Macrame and uuuung has great appeal and indicates an interest in the revived arts. All workshops will be at the County Office Building ft wnrkfihoM Which . -in u. etA if tWe is enOUfitl rinccAa will be: Tole Painting, Candle holders from roofing tin, Antique rou do Refinishlng furniture pofinishlntf picture frames trunk refinishini!, decoupege vi Flower Arrangm and Chrlstma ort. pipnsA contact f.-rs Underwood if you are interectc in any oi uw v - MRS. BLANCH WILLIAMS Oshihana is the Jananese art of loaf and naoer collage. The pressed dried flora Js first prepared tor tne crau oy gathering suitable small plants, ferns and flowers (that can be pressed flat), pressing tnem between newspapers for two uiwti under a heavy weight, and then assembling the previously composed design on nanor wet with Blue. The design is then covered with rice paper and again wet wttn glue, ana snowed tn drv. Pictures may then be pressed between sheets of waxed paper witn a coot iron. Mr Williams , nas peen in- tarastAit in art and crafts since college days. She majored in Biology at the university oi Rinhmond because of the ar tistic forms of nature Two years aon she attended a uistrici Workshop for Craft Leaders sponsored by the Agricultural Extension Service of North rarnlina State University, taklnc InBtrucions in Oshibana and Pressed Dried Flora. She is a member of the Albemarle Praftamani Guild. This past year she exhibited at the Albemarle crattsmans rair m Elizabeth City, N.C, and at the Fair for the State of North Carolina at Raleigh. N.C. In addition to her hobby Mrs. Williams presides over the Episcopal Rectory and teaches Kindergarten in Hertford. Norm Carolina.'; ON DRAFT LOTTERY The Selective Service Sys tem l planning to proceed with the 1972 draft lottery in early Auguat-whetherCongreas acts by then to extend the dft to or not, accordlnt to r Active Service officials. i"-st tile, the July and August l-'-ctt; of 16,000 men Us tisn delayed. Tar Heel public schools students during the 1970-71 school year received the ser vices of 54,209 full-time in structional personnel, according to a recent year-end survey. . ; Prepared . by. the State the report classifies the teachers, principals and supervisors under several headings, includine level ot certification, experience, specialized area of instruction and source of salary.; Carlton H. Willis, manager ot the Division of Data Processing and Statistical Services, noted that the total number of in structional employees paid but of state funds was 44,zj. Locally employed personnel totaled 6,683 and federally paid instructional employees, 2,603. Of the 1,928 teachers in state allotted special education positions, the majority, 1,540, were teaching the educable mentally retarded. Other areas were served as follows: speech impaired, 222; crippled, 26; visually handicapped, 10; hospitalized, 56; hearing im parled," 22; learning disabled, 29; emotionally disturbed, 23; In addition, there were 219 state -allotted teachers of ex ceptionally talented children. Up 369 from the previous school year, vocational education teachers totaled 3,170. Included in that figure were 950 teachers of trade and industrial education courses, 800 home economics instructors and 523 teachers in agricultural programs. All 295 of the full-time driver education teachers in North Carolina last year were em ployed with local funds, as were the 227 teachers of trainable Attending Camp nhiWrm instruction personnel in Perquimans School units for 1970-71, There were sixty plpmentarv teachers. 54 (S) 3 (L) and 3 (F). making a total ot sixty elementary teachers. High School teachers totaled zi, ot these 1 (L) 1(F). There were 3 Elementary Principals, 1 High Srhnni Principal, and l Supervisor. Vocational teachers 6 and 1 Driver Education Teacher. A total of 99 for the schools in Perquimans. t'fT 1 ATTENDING FORKSTRY CAMP. William A. Godfrey, Michael K, Stokley and Kdward A. Williams are among state bovs attending Forestry Camp near Waynesville. Shown with them is Charles Kdwards. Hertford Co. Hanger with the X.C. Forest Service. 1 : V Horse Show Sunday On Saturday August 7, 1971 at 1:00 p.m.. members of the Perquimans County Horse and Pony Club will Sponsor a Western and Enslish Horse Show. The Show ring is located one mile West of Hertford on Preston Nixon's farm. In case of bad weather the show will be held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o.m. Charles Hopkins of Cheaspeake, Virginia will be on hand for a afternoon of judging manv beautiful animals and expert riders. There are twenty- five schedule classes and events including Western and Enslish Pleasure riding, Costume Class, Children's Musical Chairs, Roadster Pony, and many Game Classes such as Barrel Racing. Pole Bendins. Ring Spearing, and many others. Members ot the club are proud to announce that the club has recently purchased an Electric Timer and it will be in use during this show. There will be plenty of food available on the show grounds. There will be no gate charge for admission, but a "Free Will Donation" will be collected during the snow. Dr. Hubert White Burden, a I native of Winfall. N.C. has been appointed assistant professor of anatomy in tne cast larouna University MedicaUSchool. Dr. Michael R. Schweisthal, chairman of the anatomy department made the announcement. Dr. Burden comes to t-CU from Tulane University Medical School, from which he received the PhD degree. He received the AB in 1965 from Atlantic Christian College and the MA in biology from ECU in 1967. Dr. Burden has done extensive research in the area of anatomy and physiology of the mam malian ovary. The research, results of which have Deen oublished in national medical journals, was funded through grants from the U.&. Public Health Service and the National Institute of Health. He is a member of the honorary societies Chi Beta Phi and Sigma Xi, an associate member of the Southern Society of Anatomists and a member or the American Society of Zoologists. Among his honors was nis selection as a National Institute of Health predoctoral trainee in anatomy, 1968-71. Of Burdens appointment, Schweisthal said; "We are most pleased to have a native of eastern North Carolina on our teaching staff to heto develop and implement tne School of Medicine at East Carolina." Dr. Burden's appointment is effective at the beginning ol the fall quarter. Dr. Burden is the son of Mrs. Ruth H. Burden of Winfall and Jackson M. Burden of Lewiston, N.C. He is married to the former Ann Satterthwait of Kinston. The couple has two daughters, Kimberly Ann and saran Elizabeth. William A. Godfrey, Michael E. ' Stokley and Edward . A. (Eddie) Williams, all of Hert ford . are .: T representing Perquimans County at North Carolina's 25th Annual Forestry Camp near Waynesville. The camp, was held July 25-31, Ss conducted . by the North Carolina Forest Service with the sponsorship of the Southern Forest Institute. Financing for the camp is contributed by pulp and paper company members of SFI including: International Paper Company, wumington; U.S. Plywood-Champion Papers Inc. , ' Canton; Westvaco Cor? poration, ' Manteo; and Weyerhaeuser . company, Plymouth. . ' Mora than 90 bovs are lear ning wise use and appreciation of the forest. America's major renewable resource. Professional forest managers from NCFS and the paper companies are providing in struction in ecology. , renewal and management, u-ee Mortification, timber har- vesting and processing. and forest protection. ; The boys also have frequent ..ntnniMna for swimming, softball. volleybally, horseshoe pitching and other recreational activities. , a tha mrvluslon of the camp. ..ttanriina campers will receive prizes for excellence In forestry work, camping and athletic events. Split Vote Among Perquimans Commissioners Raises County Taxes Five Cents Thp Pernuimans County commissioners met Monday and gave final approval to me new 1971-72 budizet Of $1,153,652, calling for a county wide tax rate of $1.70 for eacn iuu assessed evaluation. The hike in the county taxes is a nickle, the 1970-71 budget was $1,138,584 and the tax rate was $1.65. The adoption of the budget for ta7i-72 was a split vote among the commissioners. R.S. Monds, Jr., Guy Webb and Lester Simpson voted to aoopt me budget, while Thomas wixon and Ellis Winslow voted against. Other business at Monoay s meeting was the adoption of a Collects 54 Pints Of Blood Mmm XT of ban SfllVVef. Red Cross Blood Chairman, reported a very successful visit ot me RinmimnhUe Monday with 54 donors and 8 rejects. The quota for this visit was 58 points. Thorn asaistiiui were Mrs. Maude Jones, Mrs. Mattie Matthews, Mrs. Clara Gibbs, Mn norothv Owens. Mrs. Laura Sutton. Mrs. Linda Rnhortcon- Mri. Fern Sim merson, Mrs. Myrtle Layden, and Mrs. Ann Copeland. John Beers was the recipient of 15 gallon pin. AM A Cycle Races In E. City Sunday AMA sanctioned cycle races will be sponsored by the Elizabeth Citv Motorcycle Club at Elizabeth CHy Speedway, Sundav Auffust 8. Races start at 2 p.m. with sign-up at 12:00 and practice from l to 2. Five cusses ot motorcycles will run with strong competition nromised. I Mutt Owe riders . musi ue under 14 years of age, wear biather coats and helments. Bikes should be no longer than 70cc with a maximum 17" wneet with number displayed. Top three places n eacn aass will be awarded cropnies. club offers complete con- rmsinn stand, rest room, ample narking and bleachers for tans comfort. resolution authorizing Director of Social. Service to process , applications f or Aid to tne neeuy Blind. The bid from George i. Roach, Jr., was accepted for rental of the County Home Property (farm land only). ; A resolution was aaupieu setting discount on taxes for 1971-same as 1970. uitc for LP Gas were ac- cepted by the Board, the bid ( submitted by Joe opruui mi , Community Gas, and service for . same starting September ivn ui by the board. The Board requested we ou .. Highway Commission to pave secondary road isa i iw miles) in the New Hope Township. Perquimans Football All bovs coming out for the 1971 Perauimans Hieh School Football team are asked to meet with Coach James S. Midgette in the School gymnasium Monoay morning, August 9 at eight i o'clock. Catches Baby Blue Marlin Donald Hurdle, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Hurdle of Hertford, latched on to a 73 pound baby blue iharlin while fishing aboard the Carolinian off the Outer. Banks. The young angler made : the unusual catch of the baby blue huffish recently.