THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY V?lwm? 54, No. 33 USPS 428-OW Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, August 21, 1984 25 CENTS Kindermath program to start Kindergarten teachers at Hertford Grammar School wil be teaching math a new way this fall. Principal Tice, and the teachers gathered in the Hertford Grammar School library Friday, August 15 for a workshop on the new program called Kindermath. The program which serves as both a teacher's aid, and an aid to the chil dren consist of 90 lessons which are completed in sequence. Kindermath assists the teacher in the individual ized teaching of first level mathemat ics. Kindermath does not require the children to have paper and pencil skills to master the concept, but en courages the children to progress from learning concrete classification skills to understanding more abs tract skills. The children must mas ter each basic skill before they can progress to the next lesson. Evaluation and placement will also play an important role in the pro gram. Testing is an essential part of the Kindermath program, and the teachers are being trained to eval uate the levels of their students. Ev erything is provided for the teachers in this program including lesson plans, materials, procedural advice, and evaluations. Research done on Kindermath shows that as a result of working through the program, children showed a significant gain in their knowledge of mathematics. The workshop was given by Mary Alice Pellison of the Nation Defu shion Network. Fellision developed the Kindermath program approxi mately 5 years ago as a spin-off of a broader based program called Cope. Cope has been used in both North Carolina and South Carolina school systems for a number of years. Mrs. Fellison stated that Kinder math uses concrete materials to help children understand abstract con cepts with familar things. 'The chil dren work with objects and things that they can pick up and touch, and it is easy for them to grasp the con cepts,' she said. Fellison, who is from Devon, Penn sylvania travels all over the country to give workshops, and assist teach ers with the Kindermath program which is made possible by grant mon ies. Mary Alice estimates that she has worked with 10,000 teachers in 45 states during the five years since Kindermath was developed. The program in Perquimans county is being overseen by Jeannnie Umphlett, director of programs for exceptional children for the Perqui mans County schools. Class of 1 936 honors teachers Mrs. Josie Privott, Mrs. Marian B. Morris, Mrs. Irene D. Deloatch, Mrs. Alberta Eason, and Mrs. Geraldine Lowe were honored as the Class of 1936 of Hertford High School gath ered to celebrate their 50th class re union. Five of the sixteen members of the class were deceased at the be ginning of the celebration; one ex pired on the last day of the cele bration. The following seven of the remain ing ten attended the three-days of ac tivities: Essie Welch Bembry of New York City, Gladys Whitehurst Bunch of Williamston, N.C., Cassie Wil liams Holland of Washington, D.C., Thomas R. Nixon of Hartford, Con necticut, James A. Reid of Fayette ville, N.C., Ruth Hunter Richardson, of New York City, Dora Manley Spr uill of Hertford, N.C. Spearheaded by Cassie Holland, the celebration in cluded a picnic at the home of Dora Spruill on July 4; breakfast at the Hertford Cafe; cocktails at the home of Armecia Lloyd, an associate mem ber of the class; banquet at Tucks Restaurant in Elizabeth City, all on July 5, and group worship at First Baptist Church on July 6. The living teachers were honored at the banquet where each received a plaque and other gifts. Family and friends who attended one or more of the events were ; mates of Cassie Hol land, Thomas Nixon, James Reid, and Armecia Lloyd, daughter and son-in-law of Mrs. Irene Deloatch, Mr. & Mrs. John Blanchard, Mrs. Sa die Davis, the former Vivian Everett, and Mrs. Gladys Hall. Also, Mrs. Elizabeth Manley, De wey Newby and daughter, Dr. Sandra Shorter and husband, Mrs. Daisy Perkins, Mrs. Doris Perry, Mrs. Williamson, Mr. & Mrs. G.N. Reid, Isaac Lowe, Mrs. Helen Shaw, . Mrs. Mattie Burkes, Mrs. Vivian Bush, Mrs. Mary James, Mrs. Annie Rodgers, Dr. Louise N. Sutton, Mrs. Vivian Trent and last but not least, the 93 year old mother-in-law of Ar mecia Lloyd. A $100 donation was made to the building fund at First Baptist Church. Planters names Towe to post ROCKY MOUNT, NC-Planters Bank has announced the election of Suzy Towe to Operations Officer in its Operations Department. ' In 1962, Towe joined Planters as a teller in tM Nags Head office. Towe gained banking experience in the Customer Service area as a Market ing Representative. In 1965, she transferred to Rocky Mount? Opera tions Department as the superivsor of Inquiry and Customer Information in the Customer Accounting area. Currently, Towe serves as Operatio nal Trainer of Tellers and Customer Service Representatives-Branch Support -Operations. A native of Hertford, Towe re ceived her Bachelor of Arts in His tory from the University of North Carolina? Chapel Hill. She was a Morehead Scholarship Nominee and attended the Governor s School of North Carolina. Towe is a graduate of The Business Management Insti tute. Towe is a member of the American Society for Training and Devel opment. Planters Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Planters Corpora tic*, serves 19 North Carolina cities with 52 full-service offices. Program funds are allocated for county . The N.C. Arts Council has allo cated $1,213,129 in state Grassroots Arts Program funds appropriated by the General Assembly. The funds are distributed on a per capita basis to county arts organizations for local projects and in some cases for sub grants to local arts groups. ' The Grassroots grants were an nounced by Gov. James G. Martin and Pa trie G. Dorsey, secretary of the Department of Cultural Re sources. The N.C. Arts Council is a division of the Cultural Resources Department. The Grassroots program is the Arts Council's main source of fund ing for community arts activities. The program was established by the General Assembly in 1877, when the per capita allocation was about 5 cents per person. Grassroots funds must be matched oo a doUarfor-dollar basis by the fe cal arts groups Arts Council Director Mary Regan said the Grassroots program allows each community to determine what arts programs and events are best suited for funding locally. "The Grassroots Arts program filters down to every North Carolinian, by bringing the arts into each commu nity," Mrs. Regan said. "It's a part nership between the state and its citi sens. The General Assembly provides prnfaertonal Judgment and administrative help, and individuals te decisions at the local level ow the money can best be The Perquimans County allocation and agency is the Perquimans County Recreation Department, W.015 oats Arts as of the N.C. Arts Jack LeSuer, N.C. of Cultural 27611, or call Clouds gather as Charley passes through the county on Sunday. Hurricane does little damage to county Hurricane Charley swept over Per quimans County Sunday afternoon with heavy rain and gusts of wind which caused only minor problems for county residents. , The hurricane passed over the county bringing with it plenty of rain. Same county residents recorded as much as 2 inches in their rain gages. Charley left many yards littered with tree limbs and debris, but the county suffered little or no apparent Mayor Bill Cox reported only a few power outages in the city of Hertford occured, and other county officials gave similar reports. Stan Winslow, county extension chairman reported that there was only minor damage to crops in the county. Mr. Winslow stated that the county was very fortunate. A small amount of corn was blown down in some fanner's fields, but it was not a serious problem. 'The county was lucky that It did not receive a lot more damage. If the storm had come through here harder it may have caused some real problems'stated Winslow. Winslow did state however, % that one problem the recent rain and the storm have caused is that farm ers can not go into the fields and spray for corn ear worm. The aerial sprayers have all that they can do, and corn ear worm is beginning to damage local craps. Overall the county was lucky and Charley did little more than spoil weekend plans for most county resi dents Even though Charley passed over Perquimans county with little dam age several in the C*roIinas were killed as a result of the storm. Mayor Cox is shown cutting the ribbon at the municipal building annex as Ellen Harrell, police department, Mary Roach, DMV, Marshal Meritt, police chief, Stephen Terrill, police dept., Lester Simpson, County commissioner, Mary Harrell, Chamber of commerce, Billy Winslow, City counciman, Erie Haste, City council, and Hal Byrum, Pres. chamber of commerce look on. Tax office cracks down If you owe Perquimans County taxes then beware because the county tax office has begun a new venture in an effort to collect the owed monies according to Keith Has kett. county tax supervisor. In a recent interview Mr. Haskett outlined the procedure. The state of North Carolina now has a statement on your driver's reg istration card which asks if you owe ? taxes on the motor vehicle. If you sign this card stating that you do not owe taxes when you go to buy your license tags or tag renewal stickers, and you do then beware. You are breaking the law, and you may find yourself facing a court date. "Three people have been taken to court on this issue and more can ex pect to go if they break this law," stated Mr. Haskett. Mr. Haskett and the tax office have found that this is an effective way to collect the money owed in delinquent taxes, and they are going to pursue the issue. "The tax office takes other mea sures before taking someone to court," says Haskett, "but many peo ple do not heed their warnings and will end up there if they are not care ful." The law does not allow for the taxes owed >