Bethel - Snug Harbor
Community News
' By FREDA NELSON
. "There's No Business
Like Show Business." For
area residents, who are in
terested in the theatre, there
may still be time to register
for the "Stage Production"
'course which is being of
fered at The College of The
Alberaarje this summer.
Classes are held each Mon
day from 7 to 10 p.m. in the
CO A Gym. Topics include:
acting methods and techni
ques, directing, casting and
rehearsing, set constructing
and design; stage lighting,
makeup and costuming.
Registration fee is $3. Phone
the College Business Office,
3354)821, for more informa
tion., ;;..vi
The Women's Circle of the
First Presbyterian Church
of Edenton met recently at
the home of Mrs. Harold
Thompson of Snug Harbor.
The lesson centered about
the 14th Chapter of John with
its beautiful message .of
hope. The devotional hymn
was "They Cast Their Nets
in Galilee." Morning coffee
was served by the hostess.
Congratulations to Mr. M.
L. Watkins who celebrated
his birthday anniversary
during the weekend. Joining
in the occasion were his
daughters and families, Mr.
and Mrs. Donald T. Faison
Whiteston
The loss of Mrs. Sylvia
Winslow is very grievous to
the members of the
Whiteston Homemakers
Club. Sylvia, as she was
known, served two years as
president of the club and
took an active part in the
County Council. She
represented the club and the
county well on many occa
sions and brought honor to
her club when she was
presented the A & P Leader
ship Award in 1973. The
members discussed how
they could serve her family
during these sorrowful
times in her honor at their
TheBelvidere
Homemakers Club attended
the 100th production entitled
"Showstoppers" at the
Cavalier Dinner Playhouse
in Norfolk last Wednesday.
"Showstoppers" is
. directed and choreographed
by Hugh Copeland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Estes
Copeland of Belvidere.
Hugh also was a leading star
in the play.
Those attending were:
Mr. and Mrs. Copeland,
Mrs. Lillie Mae Lane, Mrs.
C. C. Copeland, Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Winslow, Mr. and
Enlists
In Air
Force
NORFOLK, VA. - Jack
E. Troutt, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Holmes of Hert
ford, enlisted in the Air
Force Delayed Enlistment
Program (DEP) recently
according to Air Force
Technical Sergeant Clark
Sessoms of the Norfolk
rec Anting office.
The Perquimans County
High School senior, is '
already accruing time in the .
Air Force for pay purposes
although he will not report
for active duty until July 29.
. ; On that date, he will board
a' let airliner for Lackland
Air Force Base, Texas,
where he will undergo six.
weeks basic training prior to
receiving specialized train
ing in the Mechanical
Career Field. -1 j
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i MUSIC MAKERS
? LINCOLN. Neb. (UPI)
Parents and older brothers
and sisters can use music to
help younger children learn
basic skills, say Extension
specialists at the University
of Nebraska-Lincoln, i
' Theyrecommendthesound
of bells voices, hollow
blocks, drums and moving
wheels as noises that'
intrigue most children and
encourage them to do tricks
and move rhythmically
vhile listening.
A ttend Dinner Playh
and children, 'Michelle,.
Taylor, and Winter, of
Virginia Beach,,Va. and Mr.
and Mrs. Ric Hoerner of
Fayetteville, N.C. Also, Mr.
and Mrs. Ruppert Watkins,
of Clayton, N.C. Mrs.'M. L.
Watkins hosted the event.
. Birthday congratulations
go also to Mrs. Inez Cor
prew, Mrs. Shirley Drawdy,
and Mr. Wade Jordan;
respectively, who passed
another milestone this
week. '
The Bethel Homemakers
dub -will meet Friday at
2:30 p.m. in the Bethel Com
munity Building.
The Snug Harbor Proper
ty Owners Association .
Board of Governors will
hold the regular monthly
board meeting Saturday at
11 a.m. in the Clubhouse.
Enjoying the Sunday lun
cheon buffet at Mrs. Smith's
Restaurant . in Creswell,
N.C. were Mr. and Mrs. M.
T. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward Rickrnan, and Paul
Holland of Snug Harbor and
Norfolk, Va.
Snug Harbor Chapel
vespers, will be held
Thursday night at 7:30 p.m.'
in the home of Mrs. Ola Mer
ritt. At the Chapel's
business meeting last week,
the group voted to start the
foundation for the building,
and to install driveway pipe
Homemakers Meet
meeting Tuesday night in
the community house.
The group sang "America
the Beautiful" and Annie
Mae Baker gave the devo
tional reading from Luke
12:22-31 reminding
members that America is
beautiful and to look for the
beauty all around. She
closed with a poem as her
prayer,
Mrs. Paige Underwood
presented the program giv
ing ideas for recycling old
style garments into present
styles and a "trick with
knits." She ended her pro
gram reading do's and
Mrs. Elton Layden, Mr. and
Mrs. Gilliam Underwood,
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ward,
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Rid
dick, Mr. and Mrs. Julian
Long, Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
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GRADUATES SUMMA CUM LAUDE -'
James Mackey Lewis graduated Sunday,
May 30 from East Carolina University. He
received a Bachelor of Arts degree in
- mathematics with. a minor in computer
, science. Lewis graduated summa cum
, laude having a 3.95 grade point average on
a 4.0 scale. This summer, Lewis will pre
sent a paper entitled Continuous Con
' -. vergence in C(X) to the Mathematical
Association of . America in Toronto,
Canada. In! the fall he will continue his
; studies in mathematics' at the University of
. Virginia in Charlottesville. He has received
a fellowship to work on the Ph.D. degree
there. Lewis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl
W, Lewis of Rt. 2, Hertford.
In The News
Mrs. J.E. - Morris has
returned home after spen
ding several weeks in High
Poipt with her son and
daughter-in-law, ' Mr. nd
Mrs. John Morris. , .- ;
Carl Copeland of
Washington, D.C. is a guest
of Mrs. Charles Whedbee.
as soon as weather permits.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Nelson
spent Friday in Portsmouth,
Va. where they visited a
friend, Mrs. Bessie Hurst,
who recently celebrated her
90th birthday anniversary.
She declined an invitation to
visit the Nelsons because of
her busy schedule. She had
just returned home from
visiting relatives in Boston,
Mass. and Friday night was
preparing to attend
Synagogue.
Mrs. Rosa Stalling has
returned home from
Gastonia, N.C. where she at-'
tended her father's funeral
and spent some time with
her mother.
The Bethel Baptist Chur
ch's Vacation Bible School
will end Friday with com
mencement exercises being
held at 7:30 p.m. '
The Editor has approved
this columnist's request to
ask our readers to send in
their definitions of "friend"
or "friendship" and what it
means to them, It may in
clude personals or however
it can best be told by the per
son writing or whomever it
is being written. Direct your
comments to Freda Nelson,
c-o THE PERQUIMANS
WEEKLY, P.O. Box 287,
Hertford, N.C. 27944. ,
"Getting along" depends
about 98 percent on one's
behavior toward others.
don'ts for the mature
woman in fashion by Edith
Head.
Mrs. Barbara Winslow
served as hostess for Mrs.
Marjorie Winslow, who sent
each member a crocheted
pot holder made in the shape
and color of a slice of
watermelon.
Mrs. Underwood urged
the club to participate in the
activities for Flag Day,
June 14, and the July 4th
celebrations.
In closing, the collect was
repeated and the members
enjoyed refreshments
served by the hostess.
ouse
Christensen, Mrs. Tommy
Ellis, Mrs. Dessie Rountree,
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Knopf,
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Roger
son, Jr., and Mr. and Mrs.
Paul E. Byrum.
Mrs. Marshall Owens was
a weekend guest of her
mother, Mrs. Kenyon Bailey
atWeeksville. Mr.' and Mrs. Richard
Wright moved into their
.home on , Pennsylvania
Avenue last week. Mr.
Wright is associated with
the N.C. Wildlife Service.
When you have a valid
complaint about a product
or service, don't keep it
to yourself or just tell
your friends.
Make your voice heard
where it counts, suggests
Dr. Justine Rosier, ex
tension , family resource
management specialist,
North. Carolina State
University.
. Take your problem to
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Voice Valid Complaint To Bring .Satisfaction
the retailer or manufac
turer. Tell how you feel
and why. In most cases,
your problem will be re
solved. Businesses do not want
unsatisfied customers, Dr.
Rozier adds. In fact, many
firms rely on consumer
feedback to pinpoint prob
lem areas, so you may be
doing a service by com
plaining. "' "
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Winslow Olanchard Ford Company
The
"In complaining, always
remember that your main
goal is to get the product
repaired or replaced or to ,
obtain the service you'
contracted for and paid '
for," she explains. "If you
must, vent your anger be
fore you leave the house
and not where it could
antagonize a middleman."
Before you leave home
or call a serviceman, Dr.
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Hertford, N.C.
Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N.C,
Rozier suggests you make
sure there is a genuine
reason for complaint. Be
sure you are not to blame
for the failure.
Is an electrical appli
ance " plugged in and
turned on? Is the circuit
working? Have you fol
lowed the directions that
came with the product?
Double check before ex-
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pending further time and
energy. . .r
Get all the facta to-'
gether. Write out the de-
tails of your complaint
Tell what is wrong, what
the appliance does or ,
doesn't do. List your ef
forts to make it work.
Take, along the sales
slip and warranty, or
photocopies of both.