RQUIMANS WEEKLY
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Volume XXVI l-No. 36
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, September 16, 1971
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'Dream Of New Don Juan
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The site of the new Don Juan
plant is taking shape despite the
inclement weather that has
followed the groundbreaking
ceremony held last week.
'The above picture doesn't
show the plant dream too plainly
the site will cover a lot of ground
and the firm's , production
facility wWbra;O08 Vquarr
foot building valued at $750,000
It is under construction by the
Preston H. Haskel Company
Engineer Contractors of
Jacksonville, Fla.
Construction of the new Don
Juan Manufacturing Company
plant will enable the company to
increase the 235 present em
ployees to 400.
This new groundbreaking
ceremony is a dream come true
for Everett Ruskay, president of
Don Juan Manufacturing Co.
Ruskay at the ceremony said,
"if credit goes to anyone it
should go to two guys named
Sidney Schwartz and Irving
Rubenstein of New York City,
who started this with eight
people in quarters located over
the Harris Grocery store on
Grubb Street. This dream
couldn't have come true without
the tremendous efforts of the
personnel.
Lester Simpson, Chairman of
the Perquimans County Com
missioners presented Mr.
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Receives
Promotion
Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Perry of
Virginia Beach, Virginia an
nounces the promotion of their
son, Joseph E. Perry, III from
1st Lt. USAF to Capt. Capt.
Perry is the grandson of Mrs.
May Perry and the late Joseph
, E. Perry, Sr. of Hertford, and
also the grandson of Mrs. C.B.
White and the late Mr. C.B.
White formerly of Hertford.
1 , Capt. Perry and his wife, the
former Murrill Overton, are
presently stationed at Patrick
Air Force Base, Florida. -
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Ruskay with a plaque. A large
number attended the ground
breaking ceremony and in
cluded Rep. Walter B. Jones,
State Rep. W.C. Culpepper and
M. Hyoge and Y. Kimura,
president and secretary of Don
Juan Manufacturing an affiliate
of Don Juan Sportswear. Mayor
BirCMeMpas
Darden and Emmett Landing,
plus other county officials.
The Don Juan Manufacturing
Co. , located in Hertford on Grubb
Street and opened on October
23rd, 1946, and started off its
first day's operation with only
three women working at the
machines.
The Company at the time was
owned by Irving Ruberstein and
Sidney Schwartz of New York
City. Ruberstein came to
Hertford in October, moved into
the second floor of the A.A.
Harris Grocery Co., and with
Omar McAllister who came to
Hertford with Rubenstein to
manage the Hertford branch
from Salisbury, Md began
employing and training women
to work the machines in the local
unit. The Unit was a branch of
the Don Juan Manufacturing
Co., of Salisbury, Md., which has
been manufacturing shirts since
January 1929. Rubenstein
started the company in 1929 and
contributed tremendously to the
growth of the company through
his knowledge and experience.
In , the plant in Hertford,
managed by Omar McAllister, a
man with 27 years experience as
production man in the shirt
business, are employed 35
women at the machines. The
local plant was turning out the
entire sport shirt, with the ex
ception of the cutting of . the
material, the shirt was sent here
' from the Salisbury branch cut in
pieces. All of the sewing was
done at the Hertford unit, and
the shirt was sent here from the
Salisbury branch cut in pieces.
All of the sewing was done at
the Hertford unit, and the shirt
was constructed and completed
here and returned to Salisbury,
where it was pressed and taxed
for shipment to various points
all over the United States.
The local plant at the start
was operating eight hours daily,
and was completing more than
900 garments daily, with only
the 35 machines in operation,
which according to McAllister,
was approximately 110 com
pleted garments an hour.
WHY UNIT LOCATED IN
HERTFORD
Looking for a place to set up a
branch to the Salisbury factory.
Rubenstein said that he had
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town not too large nor too small
and dose enough to a neigh-
boring city. He stated he came
through Hertford and was so
attracted and impressed by the
cleanness of the town that he
stopped to see the mayor. After
talking to Mayor V.N. Darden he
was still more impressed with
Hertford, so he decided to move
the unit here.
Rubenstein left Hertford and
returned to New York after
getting the Hertford Unit
organized. McAllister took over
complete charge of the Hertford
branch, and operations con
tinued to speed along at the
plant. Production Manager
Charles Schneer of the Salisbury
plant was a frequent visitor in
Hertford. He visited the Hert
ford Unit every two weeks to see
that the unit was functioning
properly.
Before leaving Hertford in
Feb. of 1946, Mr. Reubenstein
revealed that the company
planned to extend its activities
here and plans in the making
with Z.A. Harris Company to
construct a building 50 to 150 feet
to be completed in June of that
year.
As the plant grew in size and
production Charles Scheer took
over the reins and has been
operating the Hertford unit of
the Don Juan Manufacturing Co.
right up to date and has played a
big part in the Company's
production and growth here.
Women who were the first to
work with Don Juan when they
opened here were: Mrs. Maude
Godwin, Mrs. Elizabeth Turner,
Mrs. Laura Stallings, Mrs. W.A.
Hofler, Mrs. Cassie Matthews,
Mrs. Edna Elliott, Mrs. Eva
White, Mrs. Edith Elliott, Mrs.
Lydia Symons, Mrs. Peanie
Copeland, Mrs. Mildred Dail,
Mrs. Minnie Miller, Mrs.
Elizabeth Boyce, Mrs. Carrie
Spivey; Mrs. Nina White, Mrs.
Ely Forehand, Mrs. Helen
Mrs. Nannie Sutton, Miss Belle
Landing, Mrs. Lessie Perry,
Mrs. Raye Nungezer and Mrs.
Roxanna Dail.
(In our next issue of The
Perquimans Weekly we will give
a complete story on Charles
Scheer who has managed Don
Juan Manufacturing Co. in
Hertford over the years, and
who incidentally is one of
Perquimans County's most civic
minded citizens. )
Got?. Scott For
Punt, Pass & Kick
Governor Bob Scott, acting to
boost youth interest in athletic
and competitive endeavor, has
issued a proclamation to en
courage North Carolina boys
aged eight through 13 to par
ticipate in this year's Punt. Pass
and Kick program.
PP&K. the largest youth
program of its kind in the
country, is sponsored jointly by
the National Football League
and the Ford Dealers of
America. More than seven
million boys have participated
in PP&K since the program
began in 1961. and registrations
this year are expected to top
1.100.000.
Boys aged eight through 13
punt, pass and placekick against
boys their own age. Scoring is
based on distance and accuracy.
Registrations for PP&K will
be taken at participating Ford
dealerships until September 30.
Local competitions are
scheduled for October 2 or 3.
followed by zone competitions.
October 9. and district com
petitions on October 16.
District champions from
North Carolina will participate
in the area competition at
halftime of the Washington
Redskins-Dallas Cowboys game
in Washington. November 21.
Following divisional
semifinals. 12 national finalists,
two in each of the six age
groups, will compete for the
championship during halftime
of the NFC-AFC Super Bowl
game in New Orleans. January
id winners will have their
18. Winners will have tneir
names permanently enshrined
in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
In Canton, Ohio. Their trophies
will be presented by NFL
Commissioner Pete Rozelle. ,
Bi Gw Sins
For The Youth
A Gospel sing, featuring the
"Singing Stairsteps" "The
Travelers" "The Daniels" "The
Kindred Trio" and others will be
held Saturday September 18th at
7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at
the Perquimans High School.
The program is being sponsored
by the Christ's Ambassadors, a
Young Peoples Group, who are
interested in winning the Youth
to Christ.
There is a mighty movement
of the Holy Spirit throughout the
nation and the world.
The public is invited to attend.
All of the singing groups are well
known and Hertford is fortunate
in being able to see and hear
them. The singing will include
songs of today as well as all of
the old favorites.
Better Late
Than Never
The August 15 edition of The
State magazine contains a
picture of Hertford's new
downtown dock facilities along
with a few words about it.
Since that particular edition is
no longer available on the
newsstands, and since there are
some people who might want to
look at a copy of the magazine,
your Chamber of Commerce
suggests a trip to the local
library.
The picture and paragraphs
are on page 21.
These new facilities were also
publicized in the August edition
of Wildlife Magazine.
Information on that came
from an earlier Chamber of,
Commerce release.
Letting others know about the
many good things we have in
this county is a part of our
Chamber job.
Banquet
Being
Planned
One of the major annual
events in Perquimans County is
the Chamber of Commerce
banquet hald each fall.
This year the date has been set
for Friday, December 10. The
place, once again, will be the
Hertford Grammar School.
The speaker for the 1971
banquet is a speaker, indeed. It
will be speaker of the House Phil
Godwin, Gates County
representative and an important
man in state politics, helping to
give this section of Tarheelia
some proper representation.
Entertainment will be
provided by Sybil Jean Bateman
of Woodville. who recently did a
handsome job of representing
the area in the Miss North
Carolina Teenage American
Pageant.
As usual there will be a
number of gifts to be given
away, courtesy of our generous
Chamber of Commerce mer
chants. There will be more in
formation later so far as time is
concerned, and when ticket
sales will begin.
Meanwhile, mark the date on
the calendar.
Revival Hertford
Assembly Of God
The Hertford Assembly of God
will-be holding revival service!
September 12th through Sep
tember 25th. Services will begin
at 7:30 each night with guest
evangelist Hubert L. Hatley.
who will preach old time gospel
messages, Special prayer for
the sick nightly and special
singing music. Everyone is
invited. Remember, there will
be no denominations in heaven.
Enters School
Of Pharmacy,
Michael Miller entered the
UNC School of Pharmacy in
Chapel Hill, N.C. September 1.
MichaelisthesonofMr.andMrs.
H.B. Miller of- Route 2, Hert-
ford.
Perquimans Officials Entertained
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Af N':iH --auk
The Hertford Lion's Club played host to
Perquimans Officials at a meeting this
month held at the Lion's Den.
The program and planning of getting
together the officials, representatives of
Hertford and Winfall government, the
mayors of both towns, and com-'
missioners, the Board of Education.
Chamber of Commerce and the Industrial
Development Commission was instigated
and planned by Lion Claude Brinn.
Dr. Sutton Named Outstanding
Educator Of America
Dr. Louise N. Sutton,
Professor of Mathematics and
Chairman of the Department of
Physical Sciences and
Mathematics at Elizabeth City
State University, was named an
Outstanding Educator of
America for 1971 in recognition
of contributions to the ad
vancement of higher education
and service to community. She
was also selected to appear in
the 1971 edition of Personalities
of the South in recognition of
past achievements, outstanding
ability, and service to com
munity and state.
Dr. Sutton is a native and
resident of Hertford. She serves
as Vice-president of the Board of
Directors of the Perquimans
County Industrial Development
Corporation. Her other af
filiations include member of the
Board of the Directors, Division
of Higher Education of the North
Carolina Association of
Educators and NAACP
Representative on the General
To Preach At Hertford Baptist Revival
Hertford Baptist Church will
begin their Revival Services on
Sunday September 19th at 11:00
A.M. with Bill Baird.
Evangelist, preaching.
Baird. an Asheboro native,
now calls Greensboro home
because that is the base of his
evangelistic association which
was formed by a group of 10
businessmen.
By Hertford lions
Advisory Committee to the State
Board of Social Services. She is
a former member of the
Perquimans County Good
Neighbor Council and the
Perquimans County Democratic
Convention. She was a delegate
to two State Democratic Con
ventions from Perquimans
County. She is a member of St.
Paul A.N.E. Zion Church, Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, The
National Association of College
Women, The National
Association of the Professions,
The Mathematical Association
of America, and the National
Association of Mathematicians.
Last summer she co-directed
with Dr. Floyd Mattheis of East
Carolina University an Institute
in Life Science funded by the
National Science Foundation.
She served the National Science
Foundation last summer
reading proposals for 1972
Summer Institutes in
Mathematics. Dr. Sutton is
listed in all editions of Who's
He played football at Guilford
College and got a tryout with the
Minnesota Vikings as a kicking
specialist. The pro tryout was
"pretty disappointing," he said.
But he also doesn't prefer to
talk about football "although I
loved athletics." Instead, he
talks about "what Christ has
done for me." He said that he
wants his ministery's appeal to
be the message of Christ "not
as a football player."
Baird. who is holding services
at 7:45 each evening through
Friday September 24th (7:30
P.M. on Sunday) at Hertford
Baptist said. "I started
preaching three days after I got
saved. I read (in the Bible)
where it said 'go ye..' and I felt
compelled to do so. I saw so
many people who needed
Christ."
His conversion was in a
crusade meeting in Greensboro
conducted by Harrington, the
famed Chaplain of Bourbon
Street in New Orleans, La.
"I had searched," he said,
"for peace and happiness and I
had found success in athletics, in
social acceptance and in
Club
A first of it's kind, was very informative
as the representatives told of their
governing body's recent activities. Thirty
local government officials attended the
dinner meeting.
The delicious dinner of barbecued
chicken served at the Lion's dinner was
prepared by Lion members. Shown in the
above photo are Lion members
(Perquimans County Sheriff) Julian H.
Broughton, Lloyd Stallings and Cleveland
Buck.
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Americans.
business, but it all drifted away.
I found that Christ is the answer.
"I found myself - great big me
- standing there (at the
Harrington meeting) crying.
But as soon as I took a start (to
the altar) the weight was lifted
off my shoulders."
He added, "I went back home
to Asheboro and the news (of his
conversion) beat me home.
They couldn't believe it was me.
I started telling people about it.
I've found that if you get excited
about something that others get
excited. But some of the
preachers come out in a black
robe and act like God is sick or
something.
"Young people want
something they can enjoy, not
endure. Three days after I was
saved a pastor told me I'd get
over it. I told him that I hoped
not. And I haven't"
Baird has been on a three
week crusade in South America
this summer and also plans
another crusade at Applachian
State University at Boone
among his several meetings this
year.
Lures Couple
From The Sky
The Bethel Fire Departments
fish fry was a hugh success with
the aroma ofthe delicious rock
and bluefish acending to the sky
and luring the helicopter flown
by Bob Dunham and wife of
Florida from their duties of
dusting the crops in Chowan.
The couple landed in the field
of Kramer Williams and enjoyed
the hospitality of the friendly
Firemen and the Auxiliary
sponsoring the event to raise
funds for the Fire Department.
When Mr. and Mrs. Dunham
had enjoyed the supper and
returned to their duty in the sky
they put on an aerial display of
what a helicopter can really do.
Floyd Hurdle also circled with
his cub plane over head but
finding it unsuitable for ap
proach he flew back to New
Hope and returned to the supper
by car to obtain his fish plate.
There were many families
from Virginia-first timers with
Snug Harbor and Holiday Island
well represented. They assured
the Bethel Fire Departnent
members that they would surely
be back for their next "Fish
Fry".
Brenda
Stallings
Dies At 22
Miss Brenda Sue Stallings. 22,
daughter of Rountree and Mrs.
Ruby Lee Riddick of Route 1,
Belvidere, died Thursday
morning at 11:25 in the Chowan
Hospital following an illness of
five days.
A native of Suffolk, Virginia,
she was a member of the Sandy
Cross Baptist Church and its
Young People's Class.
Besides her parents, she is
survived by a sister, Mrs. Mark
Land; two brothers, Kenneth
Stallings and Arden Stallings
and her paternal grandmother,
Mrs. Alethia Kountree Stallings
all of Route 1. Belvidere.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2:30 in the Chapel of
the Swindell Funeral Home in
Hertford by the Rev. Thomas
Clark, pastor of the Sandy Cross
Baptist Church, and the Rev.
Wayne Gardner, pastor of the
Congregational Christian
Church in Sanford.
"Beyond The Sunset" and
"Goodnight and Goodmorning"
were played during the service
by Mrs. Elton Trotman,
organist.
The casket pall was made of
pink roses, white carnations and
fern.
Pallbearers were Horace
Overman, Jr., Jimmy Wiggins,
Richard Stallings, Donald
Stallings, Henry Lee Joyner,
Larry Stallings and Allen Ray
Stallings.
Burial was in the Riddick
Family Cemetery at Belvidere.
Several persons have said -even
the famed Harrington -that
Baird has "con. j a long way
in a short time," but he hopes to
do even more." i can't depend
on myself," he- - aid, "if I do, I'll
fail. I'm depending on Him. I'm
praying that my evangelist
association a.i grow stronger
and gain m re support so that
more and nore can be done.
"What I'm after is getting the
church on fire, and when the
church gets on fire then will be
people won tc Christ months and
months after I leave a church. I
start (evangelism) in each
church with the pastor and the
deacons. You've got to talk to
them before you start preaching
to the congregation.
"I don't want to preach in a
church for a few days and leave
and the meeting is all over and
the church settles back into its
same old unconcern. If the
church gets on fire you are going
to see a sweeping revival
throughout America and I think
we're going to see it."
All in the area are invited to
comeand share in theseservjees
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