LOCAL NEWS
Local briefs
Museum to train guides
The Museum of the Albemarle,
on Hwy. 17 South, ii beginning a
new program to train docents
(museum tour guides) this (all.
We are looking for men and
women who would like to
volunteer time at the museum,
giving tours and conducting
educational programs to all age
groups. These volunteers should
be interested in history,
particularly the history of this
area, should be able to give at
least two days a month at the
museum; and above all, enjoy
working with general public
and/or school children.
The museum will conduct a
free training program (or
volunteers which will provide
them with the necessary
background in local history, the
museum, and techniques in
touring. Attendance at this
course if mandatory.
The training course will begin
October S and will run eight
weeks on Monday. Training
sessions will begin at 10 a.m. and
end at noon on these days.
Anyone interested in becoming
a docent at the museum should
call Billie Whitehurst at 335-1453
for further information and to
sign up for class.
Symons named coordinator
The Easter Seal Society of
North Carolina announced that
Mrs. Jack Symons of Winfall will
coordinate the local Community
Round-Up Campaign held
annually in the Fall to raise
funds for disabled and
handicapped North Carolinians.
Donations to the campaign are
used to provide special health
needs such as wheelchairs,
medical equipment, and
rehabilitative appliances for the
physically disabled.
Funds are also used to operate
Camp Easter-in-the-Pines, a
year-round camping facility for
physically and multiply
handicapped individuals, located
near Southern Pines.
Additionally, the funds are used
for Speech Therapy,
Occupational Therapy, Physical
Therapy, Independent Living,
Adaptive Swim Programs,
Stroke Clubs, and Client Public
Information bervice. xnese
services are offered free to the
general public.
Edward L. Kershaw, State
Executive for the Easter Seal
Society of North Carolina said
the Community Round-Up, "it is
becomming a major source of
income for the Society annually
and is extremely important to
the future services offered to
handicapped and disabled
children and adults in our state."
Easter Seals has the reputation
for spending local dollars for
local services, which makes it
important for local people to
support the Round Up with their
time and money. When your
Coordinator calls you to
volunteer your services to help
with the Round-Up, help the
handicapped and disabled
children and adults of North
Carolina by saying YES.
Truck pull slated
The Durants Neck Volunteer
Fire Department will hold a
Truck And Tractor Pull on
Saturday, September 29, 7:30
p.m. and Sunday, September 30,
2:30 p.m.
The pull will be eight miles
north of Hertford at Weigh
Station on Hwy. 17, follow the
signs to Chapanoke to the
Albemarle Pullers Association
Track.
There will be 14 classes in all,
and door prizes will be awarded.
Admission for adults is 16.00 and
$3.00 for children and senior
citizens. Please bring your lawn
chairs, rest rooms and
concessions will be available.
Rain date for the event will be
October 5 and 6. For further
information call Pat Harrell at
264-3393 or Wallace Ownley at
264-2573.
Auction sale planned
The Chapel Ladies of Holiday
Island are collecting items for an
auction sale which will be held
Saturday Sept. 29th on the church
grounds, items will be picked up
if you wish by calling 426-9127,
426-5975 or 426-5906. Please help
us make this sale a big success,
all proceeds go to the Chapel on
the Sound.
Season tickets on sale
There will be a limited number
of reserved seat season tickets on
sale this Friday night, at the
Perquimans game with
Chocowinity. The price of the
tickets will be $8.00.
Republicans to meet
Perquimans County
Republicans will meet on
Tuesday, September 18, at 7:30
p.m. at the Perquimans County
Courthouse.
All interested Republicans and
Democrats are invited to attend.
Harrell joins agency
Doris Harrell has been named
a sales representative with
Home Security Life Insurance
Company's Elizabeth City
agency by manager H. L.
Waterfield
Harrell recently attended the
New Agent's School at Home
Security's headquarters here
and will work in the Agency's
Elizabeth City office. The agency
serves policyholders in Elizabeth
City, Hertfwd, Edenton and
surrounding counties.
Harrell lives in Hertford with
her husband, Billy, and the
couple's three children. She is a
member of Bethel Fire
Department Ladies' Auxiliary.
Two of Hertford's
downtown businesses have
recently traded shop
locations. Left ?
Gregory's, which moved
into the building that was
formerly White's Dress
Sboppe, had s ribbon
cutting for their new
location this week with the
owners grandaughter,
Alice Brewin, completing
the honors. Pictured left to
right are ? Mayor Bill
Cox, County
Commissioner Joe Nowell,
Chamber of Commerce
President Shirley Perry,
Alice, and Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Ainsley, owners.
Right ? Irene Meads
recently re-opened White's
Dress Shoppe in its newly
remodeled and larger
facility. On hand for the
ribbon-cutting were left to
right: Joanne Meads
Jones, Mayor Bill Cox,
Delsie Ward. Joe and
Irene Meads, Pam
Carney, County
Commissioner Welly
White, Chamber of '
Commerce President <
Shirley Perry, and Margie
Winslow.
Area obituaries?
E. ALPHONSO SPIVEY
EDENTON ? Ernest Alphonso
Spivey, 69, of Route 3 died
Saturday in Chowan Hospital. He
was a native of Perquimans
County and the husband of
Mildred Harrell Spivey.
He was a retired farmer and a
retired supervisor for the George
C. Moore Co. and the retire
caretaker of Rocky Hock Baptist
Church. He was a member of
Rocky Hock Baptist Church, the
Murray Tynch Sunday School
Class and Oak Grove Huting
Club.
Other survivors include two
daughters, Linda Oncken of
Newport News, Va. and Nancy
Turner of Sanford; a son, Allen
Spivey of Zebulon; a sister,
Myrtle Layden of Hertford; a
half sister, Alice Spivey, and a
half brother, Thomas Spivey,
both of Newport News; and
seven grandchildren.
The funeral was conducted
Sunday at Rocky Hock Baptist
Church with Rev. Donald
Wagner officiating. Burial
followed in Beaver Hill Cemetery
with Williford-Barham Funeral
Home in charge of
arrangements.
MAXINE BASNIGHT
EDENTON ? Maxine Ashley
Basnight, 63, a native of Chowan
County and the widow of James
H. Basnight, died Monday in a
hospital.
Mrs. Basnight had retired as
owner and operator of Basnight
Grocery Store. She was a
member of First Christian
Church and the Veterans of
Foreigh Wars auxiliary.
Survivors include a daughter,
Dolores Aylseworth of Edenton;
three sisters, Doris Harrell of
Smithfield, Va., Ona Moore of
Winfall and Edna Wright of
Edenton; and three
grandchildren.
The graveside services were
conducted Wednesday at 11:00
a.m. in Beaver Hill Cemetery by
the Rev. Preston Cayton.
Williford-Barham Funeral Home
was in charge.
OLIVIA P. MADRE
Mrs. Olivia Privott Madre, 71,
of Route 5, Box 398 died Tuesday
morning in her home. A native of
Chowan County, she was the
daughter of the late Charles
Daniel and Mary Jane Harrell
Privott and was the wife of
Warner Leafe Madre. She was a
mctnber of the Hertford Baptist
Church, past President of the
Baptist Women, Superintendent
of the Primary Division for many
years, a member of the Mattie
Macon Circle, a member of the
Homemakers Club and a
member of the N. C. Master
Farm Families.
Besides her husband,
surviving are one daughter, Mrs.
George (Joan) Trueblood of
Hertford; two sons, Warner Lee
Madre and Donald Madre, both
of Hertford; five sisters, Miss
Beaulah Privott and Mrs. Grace
Blanchard, both of Edenton,
Mrs. Erma Wiggins of Tyner,
Miss Ann Privott of Rocky
Mount, and Mrs. Mary Ray of
Lillington; three brothers,
Ernest Privott of Edenton,
Wilbur Privott of Tyner and Earl
Privott of Swannanoa; and four
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be
conducted today at 2:00 p.m. in
the Chapel of Swindell Funeral
Home by the Revs. Raymond
Needham and Charles Duling.
Burial follows in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
The letter "f* took its shape from
an ancient Egyptian symbol to
show a hook. About A.O. 114, the
Romans gave it the ef sound we
know today.
The Perquimans County Edmisten Committee
Cordially invite you to attend
A Reception for
Rufus L Edmisten
Candidate for Governor I
Sunday, September 16, 1984
from 3 until 5 p.m.
Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Copeland
Nixon Street
Hertford, North Carolina
$5.00
Paid for by the Perquimans County Edmisten committee
HORTON
Mrs. Dorothy Nixon Horton, 81.
of 314 N. Church Street died
Wednesday morning, September
S, in Chowan Hospital.
A native of Perquimans County
she was the daughter of the late
Thomas and Edna Jones
Granberry Nixon and the widow
of Jessie Lloyd Horton. She was a
member of Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church where she was
a member of the Vestry and
treasurer of the church for many
years.
Survivors include a son, J.
Lloyd Horton of St. Petersburg,
Fla.; two sisters, Mrs. Walter
Oakey (her twin) of Hertford and
Mrs. Braxton Dawson of
Washington, N. C. ; and three
granddaughters.
Funeral services were held
Friday at 10:30 a.m. in Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church with
Rev. Ben Wolverton officiating.
Burial followed in the Church
Cemetery with Swindell Funeral
Home in charge of
arrangements.
Evans earns
pharmacy license
Joseph Lloyd Evans, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lloyd Evans. Sr.
JOSEPH LLOYD EVANS,
of Route 1, Hertford, has recently
passed the N.C. State Board of
Pharmacy tests, qualifying him
as a registered pharmacist in the
state.
Evans, a 1979 graduate of
Perquimans County High School
and a 1984 graduate of the
University of North Carolina
School of Pharmacy, is currently
employed by Peoples Drug Store
in Wilmington, N.C.
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