Perspective
File 1 3-How to stuff a camel
I'm trying to figure out how I'll get
the vacuum cleaner in here without
sucking up all the notes and files that
are stacked up on the floor. I need to
organize and review what's been
piled up here for months, years even.
But right this minute I have a fat
folder in my hands marked "File 13."
So, how about some food facts to ac
company your next country meal of
collards and butterbeans:
Did you know that the average
American adult will eat 525 pounds of
food each year of his life? Consider
the following: Taking into account
that your have reached the age of 70,
you will have consumed 35 turkeys,
23 hogs, 14 cattle, 12 sheep, 770
pounds of fish and 880 chickens. I was
planning on going to the supermarket
in a while, but I've suddenly had a
change of heart.
Did you ever hear of Hanson Crock
ett Gregory? Well, it seems that in
1847 Hanson was a 15-year old boy liv
ing in Rockport, Maine. He had a
good case of indigestion due to the
fact that his mother had been frying
round, flat cake with a soggy, half
cooked center, done the same way
the early Dutch settlers introduced
them to Colonial America. Young
Hanson took it upon himself to poke
out the uncooked middles with a fork.
When the dough was fried, it was con
siderably more delicious as well as
easier to digest. Today, doughnut
makers use a special machine to cut
the centers, all because a 15-year old
boy tired of indigestion in 1847.
There's even a plaque commemorat
ing that eventful day, nailed to the
house in Maine where Hanson in
vented the doughnut hole.
I particularly owe a debt of grat
itude to the English nobleman, the
Fourth Earl of Sandwich, who, in the
1700's unknowingly gave his name to
the popular concoction... the sand
wich. The Earl was noted in his time
as a compulsive gambler. He enjoyed
so much that he would not take time
away from the game to eat a decent
meal. Instead, he had his servants
place pieces of roasted meat between
two slices of bread so that he was
able to eat with one hand while
continuing his card game with the
other. McDonalds and I thank thee,
Earl of Sandwich, from the bottom of
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our toasted buns.
And speaking of buns. There is, as
you know, no ham in a hamburger.
The name "hamburger" applies to
our favorite fast food simply because
it originated in Hamburg, Germany.
The hamburger came to this country
with German immigrants in the
1830's, but the bun was not added un
til the early 1900's.
The frankfurter came from Frank
furt, Germany, bologna from Bolo
gna, Italy, and salami from Salamis,
A greek city on the island of Cypress.
Moving on now to birthday cakes.
The big breath needed to blow out the
candle on your delicious cake is
really a test of strength. ..a way for
modern people to carry on the old
custom of children showing their
added skill and strength with each
new year of live, a custom dating
back to centuries ago.
I was horrified to discover that
some Eskimo and South Sea Island
tribes consider belching and burping
at the end of a meal to be a form of
politeness... a way of saying to their
host, "Thank you. The food was ex
cellent." I'd like to see "Miss Man
ners" get ahold of that 'un.
And last, but certainly not
least... for all you devoted cuisine
lovers who long for something other
than cornbread and iced tea to
night... I present to you, the stuffed
and roasted camel. Should you wish
to rush right out fc. one, here's the
way to do it: Cooked eggs are stuffed
into fish. Fish are stuffed into cooked
chickens. Chickens are stuffed into
roasted sheet, and the sheep are
stuffed into a whole camel which is
roasted and then served as one gigan
tic main dish for wedding feasts of
the Bedouin tribes of Africa.
So dear friends, until next week,
Bon Appetit from me and File 13.
1 20 years ago today
20 YEARS AGO
Elbert A. Moore. Jr. Begins Duties
Monday As Conservation Technician.
Eibert A. Moore, Jr., began work on
Monday of this week as Conservation
Technician, Soil Conservation Serv
ice, and will be working with F.A.
McGoogan in servicing the farmers
of Perquimans County. Mr. Moore
was born and raised in Bertie
County. Moore served 38 months in
the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Congressman Jones Visits Perqui
mans: Congressman Walter B.
Jones, visited the Don Juan Manufac
turing Company this week. Don Juan
was just one of the places visited in
the county by the Congressman. He
was well pleased with the Don Juan
operations, and growth since locating
here in Perquimans
School System Is Beady For 1968
<9: -The county school system ma
chinery is ready to go into motion,
and schools are ready to begin their
work on Monday, August 26. Labor
Day holiday will be observed in the
Perquimans Schools on Monday, Sep
tember 2nd. This will be a two-day
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Thanksgiving holiday with the
schools closing on November 28 and
29th. The Christmas holiday will be
gin at the close of school day on De
cember 20. Schools will reopen after
Christmas on January 6. Easter holi
days are April 4, 7 and 8th. In the
event there are make-up days, the
holidays will be used.
Fire Chief Attend* State Conven
tion: R.C. (Bobby) Elliott, Hertford's
Fire Chief, has returned to his desk
after attending the N.C. State Fire
men's Convention held last week in
Raleigh. Chief Elliott was accom
pained to Raleigh by his wife and
daughter.
Public poll
The Perquimans County Schools
will be opening on Aug. 25, 1986, one
week before Labor Day so we went
out on the street and asked "How do
you feel about school starting before
Labor Day?"
"I think that with the weather being
like it is, they should start after La
bor Day, but it will be fine."
Dora Gallop, Hertford
"1 think the kids are about ready.
It's been a nice break and I've en
Joyed having them home."
Cynthia LeRoy, Hertford
' "I think they shooM wait until after
Labor Day because it's too hot. Their
not going t be able to stay but half a
day anyway and its hard on working
parents."
Carolyn Truebiood, Hertford ,
"This it my last year and I want to
get it <xrer with. "
La Parker Harvey, Hertford
It takes a contortionist to vacuum the car.
Mary Pool Nicholson outlived
two husbands
Mary Pool Nicholson Bundy out
lived two husbands (Christopher
Nicholson and William Bundy). By
his will of Decmber 12, 1749, Bundy
left her the feather bed and furniture
he lay on, a side saddle, a black rid
ing horse, a chest of drawers, a small
gilded trunk a looking glass, and a
box iron.
It is possible Mary is the same who
married Willianj Low in 1751, al
though that marriage may have been
for another Mary.
Mary had seven children by Nich
olson and Bundy. Mariam Nicholson
married Thomas Overman. Marga
ret Nicholson married William Bos
well. Deborah Nicholson married Jo
siah Bogue. Thomas Nicholson will
be told of hereafter. Mary Nicholson
married Joseph Robinson. Ann Nich
olson is not traced. Sarah Bundy
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NOTES
BY
RAy
WINSLOW
married Joseph Barrow, Joseph Prit
chard, and Edmund Chancey.
Mary's only son, Thomas Nichol
son, became one of the most impor
tant Friends in pre-Revolutionary
North Caroina. He was born about
17X4, presumably in Perquimans
County. He must have received a
good education for the time and
place, but no details are known.
President and
vice president
agree to drug test
If test results go as expected, all
Americans can be pleased to know
our Oval Office is free of drugs. Pres
ident Reagan and his sidekick, Vice
President Bush have agreed to drug
testing. To think the results from
such testing will be anything less
than negative is to be as foolish as the
pair taking the tests. If they believe
testing themselves for drugs will
have any impact on American's se
rious drug problem, they need to un
dergo additional testing on their
think tanks.
Someone who didn't know different
might think America's drug problem
is something new and we've only
been aware of it since the death of
two ballplayers. Who would believe
drug use has caught the attention of
every president since William McK
inley? And like McKinley, no presi
dent to date has been able to win
against drugs. If the president's ac
tions are any indication of future ef
forts, the war will not be won.
As can be expected, Congress
wants in on the act as well. Not to be
outdone by the Reagan House, our
concerned Democratic Congress
wants to try their favorite approach
to any problem; throw money at all.
While the president is willing to
spend about $100 million to correct
the problem, Democrats, who cer
tainly know something about spend
ing money, are thinking in terms of
least billion dollars
There's no doubt additional dollars
would help. Pew police departments
in the nation have the resources to
develop effective programs to pursue
and catch drug pushers. And if they
do, where will we put them If the
courts decide to convict them? Our
prisons are overflowing now with
smaD-time offenders and pushers.
C-overament does have a responsi
bility to hety solve the drug prcfclem
But foolish examples by national
leaders and money thrown into
worthton programs won't help. Such
does little more than make poll
CF
having an enormous impact on so
ciety. Drugs destroy those who use
them and cause destruction in our so
ciety, especially among our young
people. No victory can be claimed un
til we attack the problem at its
source.
Effective programs designed to
seek and punish those who find reard
in the destruction of others are nec
essary, and anti-drug programs
aimed at educating our young people
will bring greater results than politi
cal foolishness.
The real crisis isn't among White
House employees but the kids on the
street, kids in Harlem, in Raleigh,
Scotland Neck, Hertford, and Just
about any other city or town in the
nation. Testing to prove we have a
drug-free president will have no im
pact on those who use or profit from
drugs.
Mandated or even voluntary drug
testing isn't going to defeat the prob
lem. The only ones who will benefit
from such testing will be civil-liberty
lawyers who will have a field day de
fending individual rights. The impact
of such testing on individual rights
could be immense, and the loss of ad
ditional civil liberties will not defeat
the real problems.
It is time to take a responsible ap
proach to the drug problems facing
the nation. We must make every ef
fort to remove those responsible for
pushing such drugs in our society
while providing programs to assist
those who have become dependent on
drop. And we must begin a vary
comprehensive program of educa
tion aimed at our youth. Perhaps if
tbey can be convinced at an early age
of the dangers of drugs, the market
When he was about nine years old his
father died, bequeathing him the
family's dwelling plantation in Per
quimans and some other property.
In 1724 Thomas' mother remarried
and the boy grew to manhood under
the tutelage of his stepfather, Wil
liam Bundy.
Before he came of age, Thomas
married. The minutes of Perquimans
Monthly Meeting for March 7, 1733,
detail the Quaker approach to mar
riage: "Thomas Nicholson and Mary
Hill appeared laid their intentions of
taking each other in marriage before
the Meeting. John Nixon and Joseph
Robertson are appointed to inquire
into the conversation and clearness
in relation to marriage of Thomas
Nicholson."
The next step came at the Monthly
Meeting on April 2: "Thomas Nichol
son and Mary Hill appeared and de
sired an answer to the proposals of
taking each other in marriage. The
inspectors bringing in a good report,
the Meeting leaves them to their lib
erty to appoint a day to accomplish
their said marriage according to or
der."
The day they appointed was April
18, and Thomas and Mary were mar
ried in Chowan County, the home of
Mary's father William Hill. (Hill was
one of three men who prompted the
establishment of a Quaker meeting
at Piney Woods, a congregation
which still worships. )
Although Thomas was from Per
quimans and Mary from Chowan, the
couple spent the early years of their
married life in Pasquotank County,
occupying a plantation belonging to
Samuel Bundy.
Festival of skills scheduled
The Annual Extension Homemak
ers Festival of Skills is "right around
the corner", at the Albemarle Com
mission (ARPDC) Building, Hert
ford, N.C. on Saturday, September 6.
Many tantalizing crafts and foods
will be on sale from 10:00 a.m.? 5:00
p.m.
The Extension Homemakers will
offer a concession for everyones'
pleasure and convenience.
The following menu will be avail
able: V4 lb. hamburger-1.25, hotdogs
with or without chili-$.75, primento
cheese sandwiches--$.85, dessert
(tarts)-$.50, brownies -$.50 and cof
fee--!. 30 (Chili, mustard, relish,
mayo., lettuce, onion, tomato will be
available for dressing hotdogs and
hamburgers.)
We know you'll want to be part of
this fun filled day.
Other booths will also feature
baked and canned specialities that
can be enjoyed immediately or
stored for special or unexpected
guests.
To highlight the festival there will
be many talented craftsmen offering
wonderful handmade items. New
comers, Celia and Oliver Dail from
Virginia Beach, will have an interest
ing line of handcrafted dolls, primi
tive paintings, and woodcraft. There
touch will be welcomed as it blends in
and adds to the one dozen other ex
hibitors. From angels to woodwork
there will be exciting, useful and dec
orative items. Something for every
one!
For more information, call the Ex
tension Office, 426-7697.
Agricultural embalance
We should have had an idea of what
was happening when the South Amer
ican country of Chile was advertising
table grapes in U.S. radio stations
this past winter. It was a sign of the
times. Agricultural imports have ex
ceeded exports for the first time in at
least 20 years.
It's a blow to the American econ
omy, not just the farm economy. We
used to pat ourselves on the backs
and say the positive balance of agri
cultural trade helps pay the cost of
imported petroleum and consumer
goods. Now, agriculture is contribut
ing to the nation's trade deficit.
The problem is twofold. We've lost
overseas markets and experienced a
flood of food imports from Canadian
hogs to European apple juice. No
longer are we just importing the so
called complementary products like
coffee and bananas. U.S. producers,
however, are seeking relief through
the International Trade Commission,
Customs Service and other means.
The other problems, the export
slump, could be about to end since
the 1965 farm bill prices farm exports
more competitively.
For the first few weeks of the new
crop year, wheat sales are up 17 per
cent from a year ago. Rice exports
are running 30 percent ahead be
cause they have the added benefit of
a marketing loan, another pricing
tool. Hopefully, the agricultural
trade imbalance won't last long.
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