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Volume 30 No. 30
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I HITS PORCH A log truck
Winfall front yard, last Wednesday. The accident hap-
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John Rogerson
Porch
Little
By FRANCINE SAWYER
WINFALL The logs have been cleared and all
that remains for John Rodgerson is memory of the
accident and a damaged porch.
Last Wednesday, the 82-year-old. gentleman was
doing what he always does, Bitting on his porch,
; r watching the cars and trucks travel by his home which
sits in a curve."
' Mr.' Rodgerson doesn't get around, sitting is his
pasttime. He had a stroke back in July 1, 1941. (His
- memory is excellent.) He uses a crutch to get about
So last week at 10:30 a.m. a log truck overturned as
it rounded the curve in front of Rodgerson's house,
and logs crashed through his front porch, with some
coming to rest only a foot away from Rodgerson.
g : : "I didn't think anything
happened in less than two seconds," Rodgerson said.
: As a matter of fact Rodgerson just continued to sit in
' his chair; he didn't even move. He watched as the
clean-up operation continued.
His wife usually sits in the glider next to him. She
s , was at a church meeting this particular day. A log
P crashed into the glider.
S ' Maybe the reason Mr. Rodgerson was unruffled is :
because 11 other times, cars or trucks have hit his j
I ; steps or his porch. ' S
' Mr, Rodgerson, sitting in khaki pants with
s suspenders, told those around him, "this isn't going to
j stop me from siting on my porch." ,
FIRE FIGHTERS A woods fire which got out of control
Monday at about 2 p.m. was quickly extinguished by
members of the Hertford and Winfall Volunteer Fire
Departments. The fire occurred near the New Hope
Community. Above, Ronald Wilder (left and Bob Reed of
the HVFD put out an isolated.blaze. (Staff Photo by Kathy
Newbern)
Hefty Benefits
'Social 'security benefits
were being paid to residents
of Perquimans County at a
ste of $183,000.00 a month
. '' the "close of 1073, Mr,
,! crt W. : Alford, soehl
' -anch rr.i.t r in
loaded with logs soilled into a
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Sitting
when it happened, it
Of the social security
beneficiaries living in
Perquimans County, 1035
are retired workers and
their dependents. Another
405 are receiving benefits as
the survivors of workers
who have (' !. end 153 are
Scary
pened after a truck, driven by Arthur Blount Harrison of I
Hertford, load shifted while in a curve on N.C. 37.
Doctor Recalls Life
As Boy In This Area
By KATHY
M.NEWBERN
Staff Writer
Sooner or later the time
comes when, all of us will
look back with fond
memories of the carefree
days of childhood. A one
time resident of the
$ Albemarle area has been
doing just that and a book
jij resulted. - '
ur. Marion r, fiyier, jr.
has taken : the time to
remember the" growing
pains from the early
twentieth century through
the mid 1930's in his book,
"My Life as a Minister's
Son". Plyler and his family
moved to Elizabeth City
when he was a baby trf -ifc, mediately replied, rion
months.'but his book recalls think tickling her . ears
his summer v visits ; to helped any." According to
Gatesville as being the
fondest memories.
AUTHOR AT WORK Dr. Marion T. Plyler busily works
at his desk during his limited spare time. He has written a
book titled. "My Life as a Minister's Son" which reflect?
hack n fond memories of boyhood and summer visits
Schedule
SECOND ANNUAL FARM FESTIVAL
Wednesday, July 31
Noon 'Ribbon Cutting '
3:00 p.m. Watermelon eating contest and seed
spitting contest .,
5:30 - 8:00 p.m. Fish Fry sponsored by
Perquimans County Jaycees
8:00 p.m. Tractor trailer backing contest
9:00 p.m. Close . . .
Thursday, August 1 , ', . ,
9:00 a.m. Open "f
10:00 a.m. Sack race .
1:00 p.m. Drawing for. $50 savings bond
(sponsored by local banks)
3 :00 p.m. Game or contest (to be announced)
8:30 p.m. Close
Anyone wishing to enter items to be judged must
bring their entries td the Perquimans County High
School gymnasium between noon and 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, July 30. All items must be removed Friday,
August 2. v .
Nonfarn
Nonfarm employment
climbed 18,000 in North
Carolina during June to a ,
total of 2.041.800. Stale
Iahor Commissioner Billy
(' I r-. ' I lod.-v.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, July
From 1916 to 1923, his
happy summers were spent
at his grandmother's
Gatesville home where he
enjoyed hunting, fishing,
frog-gigging, and helped
build an ice plant. He also
recalls with a chuckle the
many experiences he and
his brother, Leroy had with
horses and mules. One such
incident happened when a
balking old "Betsy" refused,
to move. The two boys tried
tickling her ears with a twig.
And the result ' was an
unexpected reaction. Old
"Bet" laid three solid kicks
against the foreboard of the
cart thus splitting it.
Plylers
Dromer im-
nyier, mis is aeiiniteiy an-
understatement.
Of Events
Climbs
The June job total was
r2.4(H) higher than a year
ago as most industries took
on more workers following
several months of lagging
employment ,
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According to N.C. highway
Cnarees were marie Th
Little incidents such as
those make up the book of
nostalgia. Plyler's
descriptions and charac
terizations will bring a
twinkle to the eye of those
who were brought up during
those yesteryears.
Although the author, who
is still a practicing doctor at
64, is an educated man, his
style is not so sophisticated
that the average reader
cannot enjoy it. He said
"This book could be an
insight to those of future
generations of what the
ideal American boyhood
should have been for all
boys of that dav, but was
not."-. .:
; InHhe' foreword JMl, "My
; Life as a Minister's Son,"
Plyler states that the book is
not intended to be an
autobiography, but merely a
group of incidents. A second
book has been completed by
the author in longhand and
is ready to be typed for
publication. It will tell about
his life as a doctor,
Dr. Plyler continues his
general practice in
Whaleyville, Va. just 17
miles from the happy
memories, he has of
Gatesville.
He doesn't expect "My
Life as a Minister's Son" to
be a best seller and that was
- not his intention. He got the
idea to write the book while
. talking about family hap
penings with his sister in
March of 1973. He completed
the book in his spare time in
a few months. He then paid
Teagle and Little of Norfolk
$4,100 to print it. He doesn't
expect to make money from
his literary venture, but
does hope to break even.
The 114-page illustrated
book is in hardback and sells
for $5.95. It's on sale at the
Museum of -the Albemarle,
Roanoke Island, ' Dot's
Coffee Shop in Gatesville,
Washington Square Mall
Gifts .and Bradshaw's
Picture Shop at Suffolk, and
Walden Books at Tower
Mall, Portsmouth.
Examination
The United States Postal
-Service announces an
examination for substitute
rural carrier of record at the
Hertford Post Office.
Opening date July 22 -Aug.
2.
Anyon? interested may
pick up applications at the
Hertford Post Office.
REVIVAL SERVICES
.'. SET '"
Revival services have
been set for Mount Sinai
Church, Route 2, Hertford,
to be held August 4th
through 9th. Services will
begin at 8 p.m. each night.
rhe guest speaker will" be
lev. Bill Pruitt of Calvary -Japtist
Church, Elizabeth
Jity. Rev. Charles W.
paUrg and the Mt. Sinai
rongresation cordially i
r.vite t.s public to attend ,
L-"s s:rvices.
25, 1974
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patrolman, Ben Chappell, no
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Perquimans County Courthouse
Records Are Saved If
Courthouse D amaged
What do you do if your
local courthouse burns
down? First of all, of course,
you call the fire department,
but then don't worry,
because there is a microfilm
copy of your county 's
records stored away in a
safe vault in the state ar
chives section of the
Department of Cultural
Resources.
Since the creation of the
state Department of
Archives and History in
1903, there has been quite a
bit of concern about many
public records lost in fires
and other disasters. Many
counties did not have the
Attending
Institute
Daphnne Higgins of
Perquimans County Schools
will be among some 100
teachers of learning
disabled children attending
a week-long institute at
UNC-Chapel Hill, July 28
August 2. The purpose of the
session is to provide the
State's teachers of learning
disabled children an in
tensive study in evaluation
techniques, materials and
methods, program
organization, and classroom
management.
CLW8 VTSITS - Members of the Tidewater area's Sixty
Plus Club enjoy lunch at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ward
(Bud) Miller. This is the second time the club has visited
Hertford. (Sawyer Photo)
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Stallings, of Belvidere. There were no injuries. (Francine
cn,.,.,n. Dhnin,.!
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knowledge or money to see
that their records were
properly stored and cared
for.
A local records section
was established in the
divisjon of archives and
history in 1959 to aid local
counties in the preservation
of records. Soon thereafter,
two teams of microfilmers
began recording all
available records in the
state's counties.
The program continued
for 11 years. During 1971,
the task of microfilming all
past available records in all
100 North Carolina counties
was completed. During this
Special
n
feature
The Perquimans County
Farm Bureau's Young
Farmer and Rancher
committee will be holding
their second annual Farm
Festival July 31 August 1.
Inside today's second
section of The Perquimans
Weekly are stories of the
farm outlook in Perquimans
County was well as vital
information and support
from area advertisers.
10 CENTS
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period more than 80
thousand record books
containing deeds, court
records and other in
formation were filmed;
more than 42 million pages
of local county records were
recorded.
Forty thousand reels or
750 miles of microfilmed
records are now in storage
in a special vault in the
Archives and History
Building for use if local
records are destroyed.
As the program continues,
the teams of filmers will
visit a county ap
proximately every three
S
rm
years to update all records.
While the teams film the
local records, they also
appraise and arrange them.
Consequently, many old
documents are given to the
state archives by the
counties. These documents
are transferred to Raleigh
where four specially trained
archivists evaluate them for
historical information.
These records, deemed
valuable to history, are then
preserved in the state ar
chives to be used by those
tracing their families,
history students and others
in search of historical in
formation. By searching through a
local county's records,
many .old deeds, wills, civil
papers, slave records,
military records and court
records can be added to the
archives. Many times
vacancies in a past
governor's papers can be
filled by recovering copies
- of documents he sent to a
county.
; The preservation and
recording of local county
records will continue. The
filming teams and record
preservation experts in the
Department of Cultural
Resources will continue to
advise Tarheel counties on
preserving their - own
valuable documents. Such
things as the proper types of
paper to use for record
keeping and inks that will
last for many years , .
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