) ALBEMARLE EMC YOUTH TOUR
ISTS ? One of the first stops on last
week's 1978 Youth Tour to
Washington for the 37 North
Carolina high school students on the
trip wits the Mall of the Smithsonian
Institution. The tour, which is spon
sored by North Carolina's Electric
Membership Corporations, featured
visits with members of the Tar Heel
Congressional delegation and stops
at major historic monuments and
government buildings. The two
young people on the tour represent
ing Albemarle Electric Membership
Corporation were: (1. to r.) Celeste
Gwendolyn Wescott of Camden and
Bonnie Rae Sanderlin of South Mills.
Tour Washington
RALEIGH ? Bonnie Rae San
derlin of South Mills and Celeste
Gwendolyn Wescott of Camden,
joined other young North Caro
linians last week for the 1978 Rural
Electric Youth Tour to Washington,
D.C. June 11-16.
They won the expense-paid trip
by competing in a contest sponsored
by Albemarle Electric Member
ship Corporation, headquartered in
Hertford.
They joined approximately 1,000
young people from 21 states for the
tour of the nation's capital city.
During their stay, the Youth
Tourists had individual appoint
ments at their Congressmen's of
fices and attended the Broadway
play, "Annie."
Among the points of interest they
visited in the Washington area were
the Pentagon, Arlington National
Cemetery, the Smithsonian Institu
tion, the National Zoo, the Library of
Congress, the J. Edgar Hoover FBI
Building and other government
agencies.
Meeting planned for highways
RALEIGH ? North Carolina
Department of Transportation
(NCDOT) officials will conduct a
public meeting in Elizabeth City to
provide area residents with an op
portunity to participate in the an
nual update of the State's Highway
Improvement Program.
Scheduled for 2 p.m. on Friday,
June 30, the meeting will be held m
the Pasquotank County Courthouse
in Elizabeth City.
Division One, which encompasses
Bertie, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Nor
thampton, Tyrrell, Washington, Per
quimans, Dare, Currituck, Pas
quotank. Camden, Gates, and
Chowan Counties, is represented on
the North Carolina board of
Transportation by T.G. Joyner of
Garysburg and Marc Basnight of
Manteo.
Basnight, who will chair the
meeting, said, "This important
meeting provides our region with the
opportunity to make area transpor
tation needs known to the board of
transportation."
"It represents our commitment to
fully involve the general public as
well as the local leadership in plan
ning for the future highway im
provements," added Joyner.
The Highway Improvement Pro
gram is a planned and programmed
course for highway construction that
balances anticipated revenues
against estimated highway projects
costs in the coming years.
The Elizabeth City meeting is one
of 14 scheduled throughout the State
to provide maximum possible
citizen participation in the planning
process to improve the Nortn
Carolina highway system.
The Highway Improvement Pro
gram is the department's basic plan
ning document and includes project
son North Carolina's rural primary
and urban highways (generally US
And NC numbered highways).
"These meetings are a key ele
ment in our State's partnership with
the local communities in buliding a
better North Carolina for all of our
citizens," said Secretary of
Transportation Thomas W. Brad
shaw, Jr. "We encourage and ac
tively seek public participation in
these meetings. I have instructed
my staff to record all public com
ment at these meetings so that the
suggestions and concerns voiced by
the citizenry can be reported to the
full Transportation Board for its
consideration," concluded
Bradshaw.
Congressmen rated favorably
BOSTON, VA. - Nine North
Carolina Members of Congress have
received favorable ratings from the
American Security Council for con
sistently representing public opinion
in the American Security Council's
1978 National Security Voting Index
released recently. Included in the
nine rated favorably were Senator
Jesse Helms and Representative
Walter B. Jones.
In that Index, Senator Helms
received a rating of 100 percent com
pared to North Carolina Senator
Robert Morgan, Democrat, who
received an unfavorable 50 percent
rating. Congressman Jones was
among four representatives to
receive a 100 percent rating also.
The Index tabulates individual
voting records of Members of Con
gress on major national security
issues and compares these votes
with public opinion on the same
issues.
John Fisher, President of the
Council, commented that "the peo
ple in North Carolina who are
represented by these Members of
Congress can be proud of the fact
that so many of their elected
representatives have consistently
voted to maintain a strong U.S.
defense posture."
These results were just released in
the 1978 National Security Voting In
dex, which is published every two
years by the American Security
Council as a service to the public.
Covering key national security
Board of Education given updates
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All members were present when
the Perquimans County Board of
Education met in regular session
Monday night.
The board reviewed the 1977-78
budget and the 1978-79 budget.
Also discussed was progress on
the roofing project at Perquimans
Central School and the athletic fence
project at Perquimans High School.
In personnel matters, the Board
approved the employment of
Frances Hammer as part-time book
keeper and Thomas Reid as a CETA
worker. The Board also accepted the
resignation of Dora Spruill.
Discussion was then heard on re
cent legislative appropriations and
action.
A report was presented on the
teacher-parent conferences held to
review student testing results.
The Board approved an agree
ment with the Department of Social
Services for school social workers.
Status reports were heard on the
field house project and athletic fence
project at Perquimans High School,
the renovation and construction at
the high school, and the tri-county
career center.
Approval was given to list the
Board meetings on the Perquimans
County Marching Unit community
calendar for the coming year.
The next regular meeting,
scheduled for July 3, has been
cancelled due to a conflict for Board
Jaycees outline plans
for July 4th celebration
The Perquimans County Jaycees
have announced tentative plans
for July 4th activities for the
community.
The day's events will include a fish
try with Kenny Stallings as chair
man, an "Anything Goes" activity
headed by Julian "Boogie" Nixon,
county wide church service with club
chaplain Wayne Winslow in charge,
and the annual fireworks display
supervised by Parker Newbern.
All activities will be held in the
high school ballpark.
The fish fry will be held from 5-7
p.m. Tickets are |2.50 per plate and
available from any Jaycee member.
Helping offset the expenses of the
fireworks display this year are
various local businesses and civic
organizations.
More details of the July 4th events
will be announced next week
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f?l? SPECIAL GUESTS - Some
(left), Rurttan Zone n Governor;
and Wilson K. Holland, Put District
Governor of the Holland District
tta11 a (i J MnwnnnnfMl Pa1> Wrenn
nouana representea boo wrenn,
President ofKoritan National, at the
dinner. And Kara, ? member of the
Durante Neck Kuritan Club, aerred
m chairman for the supper. Eure if
also a past District Gorernor in the
Ruritan organisation
members attending another
meeting.
votes during 1977 and early 1978, the
National Security Voting Index com
pares voting records of Members of
Congress to a national scientific
sampling of all voting age
Americans by Decision Making In
formation (DMI).
The DMI Poll revealed, for exam
ple, that 79 percent of the American
public favors a defense posture of
military superiority over the Soviet
Union.
It is significant that the Defense
Making Information Poll showed
that Americans of differing political
ideologies all strongly favor U.S.
military superiority.
For instance, in the DMI Poll, 70
percent of the liberals favored U.S.
superiority, together with 86 percent
of the conservatives, and 80 percent
of the moderates.
The American Security Council
also conducts a National Security
Issues Poll of opinion leaders
throughout the nation, the results of
which reinforce the DMI findings.
Fisher explained that the National
Security Voting Index is an analysis
of ten key Congressional and Senate
votes on important national security
matters, including internal security,
South Vietnam aid, the importation
of Rhodesian chrome, the B-l
bomber, and the Panama Canal.
He went on to say, "During the
past several months, experts and
leaders from both major political
parties and from practically every
other walk of life have expressed in
creasing concern over the dan
gerous growth of Soviet military
power and the reduced capability of
the United States to oppose effec
tively the expansion of Soviet global
influence. Ultimately, the most im
portant decisions regarding our
national security are made by
Congress."
The American Security Council's
role in preparing the Index is strictly
that of analyst-reporter. The Coun
cil, which is headquartered in
Boston, Va., is a non-profit research
and educational organization
devoted exclusively to national
defense issues. Its members and
contributors nationwide number ap
proximately 225,000, with over 3,475
of those members in North Carolina.
LEADERS OF SPONSORING
CLUBS ? The appreciation supper
for firemen and rescue squad per
sonnel, held Thursday night, was
sponsored by the three Ruritan clubs
of Perquimans County. Their
leaders pose above: (1. to r.) J.
Wesley Harrell, Durants Neck
Ruritan Club President; Frank
McGoogan, Bethel Ruritan Club
President; and George Roach,
Parkville Ruritan Club Vice
President.
REPRESENTING THE
HONOREES - Representing the
special men and women of the hour
at Thursday night's appreciation
dinner in their honor were their
leaders shown above. They are (L to
r.) Kelvin Rountree, Inter-County
Fire Deaprtment Chief; Emmett
Elmore, Perquimans County Rescue
Squad Captain; Harold Copeland,
Belvidere Fire Department Assis
tant Chief; Wayne Winslow, Winfall
Fire Department Chief; Charlie
Skinner Jr., Hertford Fire Depart
ment Chief; and Donald Hobbs,
Bethel Fire Department Chief.
(Staff photos by Kathy M. Newborn)