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Volume 30 No. 39 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina Thursday, September 26, 1974 10 CENTS ECU Medical School; 'PrimeSite' Is Found -1 ' Vf" r -- LOCAL PRESIDENTS Presidents of the local chapters of the Jaycees reported on Iheir dub's activities at the Area C. Jaycee meeting. They are: (row 1 ) Andy Johnson, Plymouth; Qscar White, Edenton; Zackie Harrell, Gates County; Wayne Ashley, I Perquimans County; (row 2) Harry Burrus, Maple; Jack Adams, Dare County; Homer RobbinsJ Mattamuskeet; and Lindy Cockman, Elizabeth City. Area Jaycee Meeting Held in Hertford By KATIIY NEWBERN Perquimans County High School cafeteria was the site of the fall Area "C" meeting of - the North Carolina - Jaycees held last Wed nesday night. Area C in cludes nine local Jaycee chapters for Northeastern North Carolina. They in clude ; Creswell. Dare County, Edenton, Elizabeth .City, Gates County, Maple, Mattamuskeet, Perquimans County and Plymouth-5 After a social hour,' the meeting got underway with the invocation given by Rev. M'hir Purser, a Perquimans Jaycee. After the steak dinner, Perquimans County Jaycee President Wayne Ashley welcomed the group of about 80. . - One of the highlights of the meeting was the Speak-Up-competition. Each local club was allowed to enter two members which gave a five to seven-minute speech on some line from the Jaycee Creed. Competition, was divided into two classes, open and novice. Representing Perquimans was Robert Halsey and Ray Ward. The first and second place winners for the public st caking event were the two Contestants from the Plymouth chapter. During the business session, a ' Relevant Organizational Concept (ROC.) workshop was conducted by Frank Her. R.O.C. is a program of chapter and project plan r SPEAK-UP JUDGES - The judges for the speak-up competition at the area Jaycee meeting included local, teachers and other qualified persons. Shown in the top -cture, they are (1, to r.) Eiily Griffin," Joe Tunnell and abeth Britt, The picture on tl:3 t ot torn includes judges Knox (1.), Ccr,.';'ri I ' if J C :i Ui;.'..rv3od. V ning which requires an analysis of current position, future goals and priority objectives. Workshop pa r t i c i pa n t s f r o m Perquimans County were Archie Miller, local R.O.C. chairman, and Douglas Imphlett. One of the programs for the night included a slide presentation about the Boy's Home and the National Jaycee Convention of 1975. Boys Home of N.C Inc. is located at Lake Waccamaw and is One of the many worthwhile groups that the JayceCs support with contributions. Fifteen percent of the Home's ex penses are paid for by civic clubs such as the Jaycees. The Boys Home offers a home of Christian en vironment to neglected, under-privileged, and in many cases homeless boys who may be sent to a training school if they do not receive help and guidance, Following t he program chapter presidents reported on activities of their local clubs. Special speakers for the night included Woody Copeland, national director for the northeast region; and Joe Hollowell, vice president of Area C. In their messages, they pointed out that Northeastern North ' Carolina is one of the fastest growing areas of Jaycee involvement in the state. Announcements included mention of the Fall Regional meeting to be 'held Oct. 26 and hosted by the Dare County Jaycees. The Perquimans County Jaycees awarded door prizes which had been donated by Hertford mer chants, and the Jaycee Creed adjourned the meeting. Fire Prevention Week Parade . The Hertford Fire Department will host the 6th annual Albemarle Fireman's Association Fire Prevention Week Parade The Pequimans County all-girl marching unit will lead the 2:30 p.m. parade followed by bands, animated figures, and fire apparatus. The parade will form near the Hertford Fire Road Street, down Dobb Church Street business section, on to Grubb Street, returning to the fire station area. Civic clubs, service groups, and other organizations are invited to enter a parade mobile float using the theme Albemarle Firemen s Association will present an award to the group that portrays the N.F.P.A. theme most effectively; Contact Parade Chairman, by September 30th for parade entry. . Ruritans Clean Up County Dump Sites By LEO BOATRIGHT . . Courtesy of -Daily Advance NEW HOPE The Durant's Neck Ruritan Club is doing something about the roadside dumps in the lower section of Perquimans County, Last Saturday they spent : nearly nine hours cleaning up a trash dump near the Little River and they plan to tackle 13 other dumps in the area within the next six months. The some 50 members of the Ruritan Club will be alternating - Saturday mornings workings on the dumps which have been divided into ; three classifications. Dumps that require less than two hours of work are tagged with blue dots, those requiring " less than four hours have a green classification and the red tag means a hard day ahead for those working on the detail. The Saturday detail, first of the project, required two dump trucks, one tractor, two loads of sand and a number of shovels, pitch forks and rakes. Besides the numerous gallons of sweat lost and the number of .blisters received, six loads of solid waste were removed from the site. Some of this waste, according to FrtiiJant Peter Hunter, GREENVILLE An option on a "prime site" adjacent to a proposed new Pitt County Memorial Hospital west of Greenville will be recommended to the University Board of Governors for location of the East Carolina University medical school complex. . Dr. Andrew Best of Greenville, chairman of the ECU trustees site selection committee, presented the proposal of accepting a $1 option on the property with a December 1 deadline for exercising the option to buy the land at approximately $7,000 an acre, or a total of about $338,000. Closing of the deal would be next March. Best said his committee found the site on the Old Stantonsburg Road "a prime site, the best available in the area" for locating of a basic medical sciences complex for which the 1974 General Assembly appropriated $15 million. Dr. Edwin Monroe, Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs who was formerly in charge of the ECU Medical School program, said the property had been evaluated by the medical school faculty and ad ministration and was "deemed the most desirable site." "It is good high land, accessible, very valuable property," trustee Herb Lee of Greenville said. The proposed site was on October 5th in Hertford Station move to Edenton Street, then along the "Things That Burn". The Charles Skinner, Jr., dated back a quarter of a century. By the end of the year the club members hope to have all the roadside dumps in the area bound f by U.S. 17 to the North, the Little River to , the East 'and the Perquimans River to the West, eliminated. Ten large trash containers have been placed in the area along paved roads by the Sanitation Department. Most of the dumps are along unpaved roads and the Ruritan members hope residents will use them in the future, eliminating the need for future projects of this type. v Kicking off the project last Saturday were volunteers Peter Hunter, Ed Baker, Charlie R. Cartwright, Lionel Byrum, Jimmie Cayton and Rod Stralaue. . DANCE '. The Elizabeth City Shrine Club will have a . dance Saturday Night, September 28, from 9:30 p.m. to 12:3Ci a;m. for Shriners and. Guests. Admission will W $3.00 a couple. Music wil furnished by The Trar Trucking Co. ; I bought some months ago by a group of Greenville doctors who planned to use it for a complex of medical buildings and offices near the new multi-million dollar hospital, but who have agreed to extend an option for its use as a site for the ECU medical school complex. Best said other land in the area considered , as possible sites was much higher priced. National Teacher Exam At ECSU The National Teacher 'Examinations will be ad ministered Nov. 9, 1974 at Elizabeth City State University which has been designated as a test center. According to Otis Fluker, acting director of Guidance, Counseling and Testing, many college seniors preparing to teach and teachers applying for cer tification, licensure, or those seeking positions in school systems which en courage or require the NTE will be taking the tests. In addition, the designation of Elizabeth City State University as a test center for these examinations will give prospective teachers in this area an opportunity to compare their performance on the examination with candidates throughout the country who take the tests, Fluker said. Last year approximately 100,000 candidates registered to take the examinations which are designed to assess cognitive knowledge and un derstanding in professional education, general education and subject-field specialization. The examinations, which are prepared and administered by Educational Testing Service of Princeton, N.J., are limited to assessment of those aspects of teacher education that are validly and reliably measured by well constructed paper-and-pencil tests. Bullctines of Information FE. FI, FO, Fl'M No, this is not the legendary beanstalk that Jack climbed, although it does seem to reach the sky. The beanstalk, located beside the new courthouse annex, started growing purely by accident and was not the result of magic beans. (Newbern photo) Tests To Be Given At Perquimans High Students at Perquimans High School will have the opportunity to join over 1 million other students around the world in taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test-National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT NMSQT) as an important step in making college plans. The test, to be given here on October 22, is designed to measure verbal and mathematical abilities that are important in doing college work. The PSAT NMSQT is cosponsored by the College Board and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. In addition to helping students find out more about themselves and their abilities, the PSAT-NMSQT : . l I ;X ill 'III i- JHI ',' mi... ... from colleges that may be looking for students like them. These are described in the PSAT-NMSQT Student Bulletin, available in the counseling office. To help student get the most out of their par ticipation, they will receive a booklet called About Your PSAT-NMSQT Scores with score reports. It will show them where to find and how to use more detailed in formation about colleges and financial aid and how to plan for a college education. It will also explain how they can estimate their SAT scores. When they get their scores, students can use the College Board's College Handbook to compare themselves with enrolled students at hundreds of colleges and universities and find out their chances of getting into and suc ceeding at the colleges of their choice . NEDT Perquimans County High School will administer the National Educational Development Tests, a 4 ernor, Jim Hunt stopped in ,beth City. Shown here, Hunt (Newbern pnoto it T1 I' testing program that helps professional educators, parents, and students plan together for the educational and vocational future of the students. James S. Midgette, Director of Guidance, says that the NEDT Program is being used because it will give the school the type of information it needs to help the students make realistic decisions. "The NEDT will help us to help the student plan wisely for his future education and for his future career. "The program will reveal how well the students can apply the skills they have acquired since entering school. It will help us recognize the strengths in each student's educational development and, at the same time, will pinpoint weaknesses. This in formation will enable us to know how we can help a particular student while he is still in school, and will guide us in improving our program so that other youngsters can be helped earlier in their education." GATHERING DATA Coast Guard Ensign George E- Grain, husband of the former Miss Phyllis Williams of Route 1 Belvidere, is participating in "Arctic East 74," a three phase series of tests to gather oceanographic data,, aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Edisto. He arrived in Reykjavik, Iceland, after the com pletion of phase two, which involved a study of water content in the East Greenland Current. Upon departing Reyk javik, Crain is scheduled to take part in phase three of , the tests. He will help record: water salinity, temperature and density in the Labrador -Sea off the east coast of Canada. , . 1 ' A 1965 . graduate of -Elizabeth gty High School, ha-joinCu the Coast Guard in ' April 1970. , TP
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