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Child Safely Awareness Week
Attention ALL Parents: Feb
ruary 23? March 1, 1986 is Child
Passenger Safety Awareness
Week. Do you put your child in a
safety seat or seat belt? Are you
sure your car seat is placed prop
erly in your car? Here is your
chance to find out! Hie Pasquo
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wan District Health Department
in cooperation with Local Law
Enforcement officials is holding
a car seat check in each county
during Child Passenger Safety
Week. A health educator trained
in the use of child safety seats
will be available to answer ques
tions and check seats on the fol
lowing days:
February 24? Chowan Health
Dept.? 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
February 26? Pasquotank
Health Dept.? 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. February 27? Camden
Health Dept.? 8:00 a.m. to 12:00
p.m. February 28? Perquimans
Health Dept.? 1:00 p.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Program set for working women
"Women In The World Of
Work" is a quarterly newsletter
which has been requested by and
distributed to approximately 75
working women in Perquimans
County during the past year. This
publication is available from the
Agricultural Extension Service
and Home Economics Extension
Agents, Page Underwood and
Juanita Bailey.
A special program for these
women is scheduled for Wednes
day, March 5, at 7:30 P.M. at the
Perquimans County Extension
Office in order for them to be
come better acquainted and
more familiar with the many ex
citing and educational opportuni
ties available through the Agri
cultural Extension Service in
Perquimans County.
This invitation is open to other
working women and you are en
couraged to attend this occasion
on Wednesday, March 5th, at
which time demonstrations will
include: "Decorating With The
Accent Table" and Osteoporosis :
What's In It For You.
For more information call 426
7697.
Reed accepts
new commission
20 YEARS AGO
REED ACCEPTS NAVAL
COMMISSION : Daniel Marvin
Reed, Jr., grandson of Mr. and
Mrs. Daniel L. Reed of Hertford
and son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
M. Reed, Sr., of Arcadia, Fla. re
cently accepted appointment to a
commission in the United States
Navy after completing sixteen
weeks of intensive training at the
Naval officer candidate school,
Newport, R.I. Before reporting
aboard the USS Northampton
(CC-I). homeported in Norfolk,
Va., Ensign Reed and his wife
Joan are spending a few days
with his aunt, Mrs. Fred
Winslow, in Winfall, N.C.
HERTFORD JAYCEES HON
ORED ED NIXON, WILLIAM
ELLIOTT: Ed Nixon of Rt. 1,
Hertford was named the 1967 Dis
tinguished Service winner and
William C. Elliott also of Rt. 1,
was named the outstanding
Farmer of 1967 at a banquet
Wednesday night sponsored by
the Hertford Jaycees and Vir
ginia Electric and Power Co.
Jaycee Sidney Harmon told the
65 Jaycees, wives and guests that
a private corporation has been
set up to build an 18-hole golf
course and club facilities. Hert
ford Mayor Emmett Landing
presented the DSA Award to
Nixon. The award is given to a
man between the ages of 21 and
35 for his achievements.
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Area obituaries
MARY E. EVERETT
HOLIDAY ISLAND-Mrt.
Mary Es telle Everett, 77, of
Route 1, Box 320, (Holiday Is
land) Hertford, died Wednesday
morning, February 5, 1966, at
1:15 in Chowan Hospital Unit C.
A native of Pantego she was
the wife of William Curtis Ever
ett and the daughter of the late
Alexander and Hattie Powell
Steele. She formerly worked in
the meat department of Food
Fair in Norfolk. She was a mem
ber of the Chapel On The Sound.
Besides her husband survivors
include five sons, Edwin E.
Pulley of Holiday Island, Gene A.
Pulley of Chesapeake, Vn., Wil
liam E. Pulley of Rt. 3, Hertford,
Richard A. Everett and William
Robert Everett, both of Norfolk,
Va.; a brother, Alexander Steele
of Tallahassee, Fla.; 16 grand
children and 10 great-grandchil
dren.
The body was cremated.
Memorial services were held
Sunday, February 9, at 11:00
a.m. in the Chapel On The Sound
with the Rev. Jim Hodge officiat
ing. Swindell Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
Memorial donations may be
made to the Chapel On The
Sound.
JAMES E. STALLINGS, JR.
HERTFORD, NC-James E.
S tailings, Jr., 57, a native of Per
quimans County, died Wednes
day, Feb. 5, 1986, in a hospital.
Mr. Stalings was a truck driver
for Charles Ward Trucking. He
was a member of Cape Colony
Church of Christ.
Survivors include his wife,
Myrdes Downs Stallings; his
mother, Cora Riddick Stallings
of Elizabeth City, NC; two
daughters, Leondra Stallings of
Norfolk and Angelia Robinson of
Greenville, NC; two stepdaugh
ters, Virginia Morgan of Hert
ford and Deborah Pierce of
Windsor, NC; four sisters, Lessie
Riddick and Pauline Stallings,
both of Belvidere, NC, Frances
Layden of Elizabeth City and Do
ris Ferrier of Newport News; a
grandchild; and six step-grand
children.
The funeral was conducted at 2
IMPORTANT NOTICE
To All Residents of The
TOWN OF WINFALL
1986 TOWN TAGS ARE
NOW ON SALE AT THE
WINFALL TOWN OFFICE
Residents are required to purchase a tag for each
vehicle owned and 1986 TOWN TAGS must be
purchased and displayed no later than February
15, 1986.
COST OF TAGS ? *1.00
p.m. Friday, Feb. 7th, in Willi
ford-Barham Funeral Home,
Edenton, N.C., by the Rev.
Thomas Biggs. Burial was in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
EDGAR H. HURDLE
Edgar H. Hurdle, age 71, of Ha
venwood, Camden, N.C. died Sat
urday morning, February 8, 1906,
at 5:15 a.m. in Norfolk General
Hospital. He was a native of Per
quimans County, but lived in
Elizabeth City, for many years.
He was manager and part owner
of the Kitty Hawk Fishing Pier, a
member of the BPOE Lodge 856,
was past Exalter Ruler, and a
Trustee. He was a verteran of
WWII In the U.S. Navy and was a
member of the VFW Clarence
Jackson Past 8060, Elizabeth
City.
He was son of the late Lemuel
and Laura Perry Hurdle and the
widower of Ruth Ward Hurdle.
Survivors include one step
daughter, Mrs. Barbara Pickett
of Havenwood, Camden, NC; a
step-son, Robert Lee Jennings of
Virginia Beach, Va.; three sis
ters, Mrs. Blanche Moore of
Portsmouth, Va.; Mrs. Frances
Sexton of Columbia, NC and Mrs.
Laura Davis of Eliz. City; one
brother, Ralph Hurdle at Eliz.
City and 4 step-grandchildren.
Funeral services were Sunday,
Feb. 9th, at 2:90 p.m. Services
were conducted by the Rev. Rob
ert Poole.
Pallbearers were Robert Pick- {
ett, Jack Hurdle, Jimmy Hurdle,
Jim Edwards, Linwood Sawyer,
Tom Tilley and Pete Hooker
Burial was in CedarWood Ceme
tery, Hertford, NC. Twiford's
Memorial Chapel, Eliz. City, was
in charge. . . ' ?' ;
Service news
AKMY SPEC. 4
MARK S. BRITE
Army Spec. 4 Mark S. Brite,
son of Vernon G. Brite, Sr. of 2 N.
Carol St., Laurel, Md., was in
volved in a NATO-sponsored
exercise by participating in the
Army's return of forces to Ger
many (REFORGER) and the Air
Force's Crested Cap exercises.
The exercises are designed to
develop uniformity of doctrine,
standardize procedures for rapid
response to a crisis and demon
strate solidarity in committment
to NATO goals and objectives.
Brite is a cavalry scout with
the 4th Cavalry at Fort Riley,
Kan.
His wife, Jan, is the daughter
of James C. and Fannie M. West
of Rural Route 4, Hertford, NC.
You or your organi
zation can assist
taxpayers in the
preparation of sim
ple tax returns. Call
the IRS for details.
He is a 1983 graduate of North
eastern High School, Elizabeth
City, NC.
ARMY SGT.
WILLIAM E. HOLLEY
Army Sgt. William E. Holley,
nephew of Prances M. and Willie
C. Cofield of Rural Route 1,
Tyner, N.C., has arrived for duty
with the 4th Infantry, West Ger
many.
Holley, an administrative spe
cialist, was previously assigned
at Fort Lee, Va.
He is a 1960 graduate of Cho
wan High School, Tyner.
ELECT
JOE LOTHIAN
SHERIFF
OF PERQUIMANS COUNTY
YOUR VOTE WILL BE APPRECIATED
PAID FOR BY FRIENDS OF JOE LOTHIAN
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing will be held on Monday,
February 24, 1986, at 7:00 pm at the Hertford
Town Hall. This will be the first of two public
hearings to be held for citizens to review a
Community Development Block Grant appli
cation for the Town of Hertford.
The purpose of this first public hearing will
be to solicit citizen's comments, suggestions,
and objections prior to the preparation of
the proposal.
All Hertford residents are invited to attend
this public meeting.