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I W V' 5 P ... ( , A KLY t i LJ li Volume 32, Na. 9 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thuriday; February 26, 1976 15 CENTS TlD EE DEBATE WINNERS Winners in the sectional tourna- nient of the Bicentennial Youth Debates program held in Edenton on Feb. 21 are pictured above. They are (1. to r.) .David Carlton of Warsaw, winner in Extemporaneous .Speaking;-Teresa Hill of Wilmington winner in the L Lincoln-Douglas Debate; BYD Sectional Coordinator Earl linii: TT 4 1 . 1 T 1 IT1 . nana ui xiei uuiu, aim ieiaiiu in Persuasive Speaking. Sectional Tournament Of Bicentennial Youth Debates Held Saturday In Edenton Teresa ; Hill, Leland Rogers,, and David Carlton received top honors at the Sectional Tournament of the Bicentennial Youth Debates program held at the Chowan County Courthouse, The ir dailies iicueu nuusc, nuu the Barker House, Edenton, N.C. on February 21. Each of these winners received a Hamilton medallion presented by State Senator J.J. "Monk" Harrington," State Representative Ver ' non James, and Louis Haf f ermehl, Director of Historic Edenton on behalf of 4he' U.S. . Department ot 4 Treasury. Earl Willis, BYD .-Sectional Coordinator was i. spring Cleanup , Many communities and individuals are now starting their spring cleanup cam paigns. Reynolds Aluminum - Recycling Company en-' courages the public to recy cle all aluminium. Aluminum beverage cans :may be identified by their weight, no seam on side and shiny recessed bottom. All aluminum is nonmagnetic and worth cash. . Fifteen cents per pound will be paid for all-. Tax News GREENSBORO -1 When preparing 1975 Federal in-, come tax returns, residents tpf North Carolina are re quired to complete Blocks rA, B and C of the revenue : sharing section of the 1040A ' or 1040. However, Block D in ' the revenue sharing section I Should be left blank. ; Block D asks Information 'concerning the township in I which the taxpayer resides. North Carolina is not under 1 the township form of GivwCalendar """THURSDAY: Feb. 26 . - ' 1 -Perquimans County Jaycees meet, ' Bethel Ruritan Club meets. -,-'-, , - ' .' :: ' 5. A Talent Show, sponsored by the Perquimans County Headstart Parent Meeting will-take place at the Per-; quimans Unien School beginning at 8 p.m. The charge will : be a donation of 25 . . -?s per person. , , v . , LC. .DAY March 1 ' ' . ' Perquimans County Commissioners meet at 10 a.m. at. the Courthouse in Hertford. . - . Vfi v - - , r rtford Town Council meets at the Municipal Building in ::...:..dat7:30p.m. f ; ' . Winf all Town Council meets. 1 .-,:..' r... :. .ans Ccv.nty Eoar- cf Education meets at 12:30 f.n. ,'.... . ' : ,' ' r ;'. 4v,-:'5- , c-.munily Building. " augers oi uarner, winner responsible for tournament administration. Teresa Hill took top honors in Lincoln-Douglas Debate. The topic was Tta ImAdUi has significanUy overemphasiz- i. u v n ill (I lb B li a 9 -a Snoial wplfarn ai iho ev. pense of individual rights." Each participant debated both' tides of the resolution , and answered questions dur ing cross-examination periods. Miss Hill is from J.T. Hoggard High School, J Wilmington. In 'Extemporaneous Speaking, the winner was 'David CarllonJa'mes"Kenl' nan High School, Warsaw. aluminum beverage cans and other clean household : aluminum such as foil, pie pans, frozen food and dinner . trays, dip and meat and pud ding , containers. Certain other types of aluminum items may be redeemed at a lower price. . The Reynolds mobile unit will be in Hertford located at the Harris Shopping Center on March 4 and 18 and every other Thursday from then on from 1:30 until 2:10p.m. government for revenue sharing purposes. After answering Blocks A, B and C, North Carolina residents should skip Block D. , In Block A, taxpayers are required to name the city, -town or village in which they reside. In Block B, the ques tion is "do you live within, the legal limits of the city. v town, etc?. Block C asks "in what county and state do you live?" , 7 rt 8 p.m. att! e SPIRIT OF 76 Ryan Willis got in the spirit of the Bicentennial as he turned out in this colonial costume for the Bicentennial Youth Debates held last Saturday in Edenton. He is shown above with his father, Earl Willis of Hertford, coordinator for the debates. (Newbern photos) ' : " -. " - Thetopic was "Organiza tion of the Labor Force." Each .Extemporaneous speaker had to talk after on ly 30 minutes of preparation time. Following the speech, the participant was ques tioned by a critic judge. The Persuasive Speaking winner was Leland Rogers, .Garner Sr. High School, Garner. Persuasive speeches were a maximum of ten minutes in length and were prepared in advance. The' topic for ; Persuasive Speaking, was ''The' evoh tiorf of America's workj; 'ethic: X 'change I6r the bet- ter?" "v BPW OFFICERS Officers of the Hertford Business and professional Women's Club pictured above include (1. to r.) Suzy Stanton, president; Essie ; Burbage, vice president; Billie Sloop, secretary; and Addie White, treasurer. The officers explained their duties at a dinner meeting for perspective members held recently. (Newbern photo) '. , ' Get Acquainted Dinner Held By Hertford BPW The Hertford Business " and Professional Women's Club met Febf 19 at the First United Methodist Church; A dinner meeting for perspec tive members was' held. Those attending were Lois Barrett, Jenny Cosner, Susan White, Kay Wiiislow, Brenda Hollowell, V Lizzie Ilarrel;. and Kathy flewbern. '' . ;'' : Bonnie White, - member- ' ' ship chairperson, introduc ed each club member, They then told of different com mittees and jobs each per son, holds in the club. The mainV objective, of the meeting was to inform those lyiessages To Be Aired Coastal area residents will lz'i to hear radio re-r . s and see television fct a 'o'.incements about t 2 rT - Ccrc':;:a Coastal - 1 J -y.Tct program v tf,.,vb.ys. '. f : !ain the ; ( d ia BYD encourages students to examine American history and values. The Sec tional events are part of a nationwide program which involves over 9,900 high schools, colleges, and universities. As one of the few national commemora tions of the Bicentennial, BYD celebrates the continu ing process of debate as a way of testing ideas and writing laws in this country. Bicentennial Youth Debates is a project of the Speech Communication Association and is supported by a grant from the National Endowment- for'-tnv Humanities. perspecitive members at tending of the purpose of BP W and the club goals. Some of the projects undertaken by the Hertford BPW Club have included presenting a " ' scholarship each year, sponsoring the PCHS Health Careers Club, running a loan closet with articles for the sick, spon soring Candystriper classes, work on the U.S. 17 park site and beautification of downtown Hertford. , Any working woman is eligible for membership in the BPW and there is no age . limit. 1 . , and management program. 3 The messages were pro duced by , the Coastal Resources Commission with a grant from the Coastal Tlains Regional.: Commis- T-'"vision and radio sta t re jr:vij;ng t!.e time f 1 a ouncements as 1 :s i Perquimans Fanners Are Named Champs The Tilden Whitehurst family of Hertford is doing is part to provide the world r with more protein. Whitehurst and his sons, v. Tilden Jr. and Gary, produced nearly 62 bushels per acre of soybeans on 3.92 acres in 1975. As a result, they have been declared North 'Carolina's soybean growing champions of 1975 1 in a contest sponsored by the N.C. Soybean Producers Association and the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service. The Whitehursts official yield of 61.6 bushels was .produced in a year in which the average state yield was : about 23 bushels. Contained in their yield were 1,330 pounds of protein enough to provide 10,000 persons with their minimum protein needs for one day. ; Perquimans County Extension Chairman Richard Bryant called the Whitehursts "good corn and bean farmers." They grew about 1,000 acres of soybeans in 1975, he said. 1 Dr. Jim Dunphy, extension soybean specialist a North Carolina State University, said . the Whitehursts grew registered York soybeans in 41-inch rows in a corn soybean rotation. They Tarheel , A delightful collection of North Carolina folk tales, songs, and magic came to Hertford Grammar School when the Theatre for Ydung , People Professional Tourtag Repertory Comaptfy., presented TARHEEC- TALE '76. Presented arena style with the children seated around a magic .carpet, the talent cast of six young performers presented such favorite stories as " Gaily manders, Gallymanders!", f'Soap, Soap, Soap," and "Jack and the Three Sillies", Musical numbers included "Yankle Doodle," "Fahter Grumble," and "The Devil and the Farmer's Wife," and a good old-fashion square ' dance to "Bingo Was His Name." Several North , Carolina artists were in the cast including Steve Street from Mt. Airy. Steve recently received his BFA degree ' from UNC Greensboro where he played a leading role in Arthur Miller's "The Price". Blair Rawlings Trigg is from " Reidsville and her background -includes Job Corps Day The First Annual "Get Ac quainted with Job Corps" Day for Hertford has been set by Mrs, Hazel Tayloe, Job Corps Counselor, for Wednesday, March 24 at the Social Services Department from 9 fi.m. til 12 p.m. Jobless youth between the : ages of 16 and 21, who are no : . longer in school, will be pro ; v.ided with an opportunity to talk at length with the Job Corps Counselor from the North Carolina Department of Human Resources. Op portunities in 'residential Job Corps Centers include individual and group counseling, job training with a variety of trades ,from which to choose, and remedial " education.' A number of North Carolina youths earn their G.E.D. High , School Equivalency Diploma each year in Job ' Corps camps in" North Carolina, - Kentucky, and , Tennessee. ' , ' . For further information about "Get Acquainted with Job Corps" Day, the public is invite J to cr '1 C INCLINE t '.l-frc- i ' 7C33. , WSSt limed the field in 1974 and fertilized in 1975 with 15 pounds of nitrogen, 45 pounds of phosphorus and 90 pounds of potassium per acre. Granular Lasso was used in a band to supplement two cultivations in controlling weedv The field was sprayed twice with Lannate to control insects and with Benlate to control foliar diseases. . Five area winners in the annual contest have been selected in addition to the state champions. They are: Central area, Bill Johnson and D.C. Tysinger, Lillington, 57 bushels; Southeast, Gene Hickman, Bladenboro, 57 bushels; Southern Piedmont, Murray Corriher, China Grove, 55 bushels; Tidewater, J.P. O'Neal, Swan Quarter, 54 bushels; and Northern Piedmont, Albert Seaman, Norlina, 53 bushels. As state winner, Whitehurst will receive an expense-paid trip to the American Soybean Association meeting in Kansas City next summer. He also received a membership certificate in the 60 Bushel Soybean Club. Area winners received a plaque and $50 cash award from the N.C. Soybean Producers Association. indents View Tales '76 summer stock, and college productions as well as training in London. Angela K. Gwyn has an extensive background in musical , comedy and has worked in several dinner theatres including those in - Greensboro and Kincsoort. Tennessee. Dana K. Warner is ian accomplished musician, juggler, acrobat, and c mime who recently played the lead in the Greensboro Barn Dinner Theatre production of "Annie " Get Your Gun." Steve Washer played major roles in the UNt-J Theatre productions of . "The Boys . From Syracuse" and Moliere's "School?-, for Wives" last Fall, and,Ken Allen has had considerable experience as a dancer and. actor including a national tour with "Disney on Parade." The TYP.; Touring Repertory Company is a major activity of the Department of Drama and Speech at UNC-Greensboro. t1 : HSU ' y, FT LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT Mrs. Ruth Winslow's third grade class at Hertford Grammar School received a reply last week concerning their letter written to President Ford only a week earlier. The letter began as a class project taken from a Weekly Reader; it being a Happy Birthday, America Letter sent to the White House. The President promptly sent a reply to the students commending them for participating in the Eicentennial celebration. He also stated that he was very pleased to see their deep f-.se of gatriotin and civic pride.' , ; -f . , .' , . , , " f JOEKUCZO Kuczo To Hall Joe Kuczo, head trainer of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League and former trainer at Georgetown University has been selected an honorary member of the Georgetown University Hall of Fame. Kuczo is married to the former Rosa Lassiter of Hertford and the couple now reside in Arlington, Va. The Wallingford trainer who retired from his duties at Georgetown in 1970 after a 21-year tenure was formal ly inducted into the Hall of Fame at special:eremonies held on the college campus Van. 31. In a separate announce ment, the Washington Red skins issued an official release on Kuczo's selection which said, "The Redskin players and staff are very proud of Joe Kuczo, our VISITS HERE - Thomas Strickland, candidate for Governor, was in Perquimans County on Monday tb talk with the people. A small crowd gathered at the courthouse to hear Strickland's remarks and ask questions. Pictured above is Strickland (left) with Garland Eure (center) and Archie T. Lane Sr. (right). """"111 iiifffl-jli'lJi Named Of Fame head trainer, for having been selected as an honorary member of the Georgetown University Athletic Hall of Fame." auczo served in ine u.a. : Navy Medical Corps for four years before becoming an assistant football trainer at ; Yale University. He . later served in a similar capacity with the New York Yankees f .. - u,.f ting the position of head trainer at Georgetown. While at Georgetown, Kuczo was hired by the , Washington iledskins as an assistant trainer from 1953 to 1961. The Redskins signed him as head trainer in 1962, and during his tenure has served under seven head coaches, including the legendary Vince Lombardi, and the present coach, George Allen. I- O ! I
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