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Annual Meeting Os
Albemarle Electric
Corp. March 25th
L. Y. Ballentine on Pro
gram as Principal
Speaker
Announcement is made by Gilbert
L. Whitley, manager of the Albemarle
Electric Membership Corporation, that
the annual meeting of the organiza
tion will be held on Saturday after
noon, March 25, at 2 o'clock in the
Perquimans County High School audi
torium at Hertford.
The principal speaker for the meet
ing will be L. Y. Ballentine, Com
missioner of Agriculture for North
Carolina. Dudley Bagley of Moyock,
first chairman of the North Carolina
Rural Electrification Authority, is al
so expected to attend, as well as rep
resentatives from REA of Washing
ton, D. C.
Mr. Whitley announced that some
appliance dealers and manufacturers j
also plan to exhibit the latest in elec- h
trical appliances. Several valuable 1
prizes, which have been donated by ■
local firms, and electrical manu- 1
facturers will be awarded during the <
meeting. A good representation from j'
the more than 1,700 consumers and 1
their families are expected to attend.
At the meeting nine directors will j
be elected from the counties within 1
the service area. Those placed in 1
nomination are as follows:
Pasquotank County—Tommy Tern- 1
pie, R. C. Hewitt, J. Haywood Bright, -
W. K. Jones, Kenneth W. Markham, «
R T. Meads, Walter R. Lowery. <
Camden County-L. W. Stallings,
W. E. Meiggs, J. Wilson Jones, E. L. ’
Hale, J. A. Whitehurst. . ‘
.Perquimans County—Charles E. 1
White, Floyd Matthews, A. T. Lane, 1
George S. Caddy, W. A. Chappell, E.
W. Long.
Chowan County—J. A. Wiggins, I
John N. Bunch, C. E. Ashell, L. E. ,
Overton.
328 Victims Os IB:
Rehabilitated hi Year
Majority Cases of Dis
ease Found In 25-45
Year Group
During the year 1948-49 a total of
328 North Carolinians who were
handicapped by tuberculosis were re
habilitated into gainful employment
through the services of the Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation. The
Group included 191 men and , 137
women; 247 white clients and 81
Negroes.
Os interest to those persons who
are concerned about the fact that tu
berculosis strikes during the produc
tive years of life is the age distribu
tion of this group:
AGE NO.
16-20 ——. 2
21-25 —— 31
26-30 68
31-35 —— 53
36-40 —— 25
41-45 - 76
46-50 33
51-55 19
56-60 17
61-65 * 4
The majority falls in the 26-45 year
age group. Without the services of
the DVtR it is possible that many of
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Randolph Scott and
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these young people might not have
been able to again become useful
citizens in their community.
According to a report released by
Charles H. Warren, Director, Division
of Vocational Rehabilitation, only
twenty of this group of 328, were em
ployed at the time of acceptance.
The average earning power was $1.24
per week. After rehabilitation there
are 234 persons employed and their
average earning ‘power is $33.95 per
week. The various types of employ
ment are: Bookkeepers, secretaries,
housewives, general farmers, teachers,
laboratory technicians, retail mana
gers, general clerks, barbers, beau
ticians, repairmen and textile work
ers.
Richard A. Rogerson
Dies Monday Evening
Passes Away at Home of
Daughter Following
Long Illness
: Richard Albert Rogerson, 84, died
Ist 6:20 o’clock Monday evening at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. R. L.
Pate. He had been in ill health for
the past 15 months. Bom in Per
quimans County, Mr. Rogerson was a ,
retired cotton mill worker and a mem
ber of the Edenton Baptist Church.
Surviving are two sons, Henry 'S.
Rogerson and Frank Rogerson of
Edenton; five daughters, iMrs. George .
Harrell, Mrs. Joe E. OBasnight, Mrs.
Will Edwards, Mrs. Robert Pate and
Mrs. Leamon Jethro, all of Edenton.
Twenty grandchildren, 33 great grand
children and six great great grand
children also survive.
Funeral services were held at the
Williford Funeral Home Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock, with the Rev.
R. N. Carroll, .pastor of the Edenton
Baptist Church, officiating. Interment
was made Ih Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. E. L. Ward’s Father
Dies After Long Illness
A* L. Ford, father of Mrs. E. I*
Ward died at his home in Conway
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Following an illness of about
two months, Mrs. GeorgeS. T,wid->
dy passed away at Chowan Hos
pital Wednesday afternoon of last
week. Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon in the Edenton
Baptist Church.
Thursday of last week after a long
illness. Mr. Ford visited quite fre
quently as guest of his daughter and
was well known to quite a few Eden
ton people.
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Friday afternoon at the Conway Meth
odist Church. The Rev. J. E. Garling
ton officiated, assisted by the Rev.
Lonnie Sasser. Burial was made in
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Deceased is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Sofie Miller Ford; two daugh
ters, Mrs. H. C. Howell of Stoney
Creek, Va., and Mrs. E. L Ward of
Edenton; one son, Elwood Ford of
Tarbora; two stepdaughters; Rosa
Miller of Conway and Mrs. Numey
Glasgow of Miami, Fla.; two. step
sons, P. W. Miller of Rocky Mount and
J. R. Miller of Elizabeth City; two sis
ters, Mrs. Olive Turner of Miami and
Mrs. W. K. Thurston of Richmond, Va.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
'Services at St. Paul’s Episcopal
Church are announced as follows by
tlie rector, the Rev. Harold W. Gil
a
mer:
Sunday, March 26, fifth Sunday in
Lent, commonly called Passion Sun
day: BA. M., the Holy Communion;
9:45 A. M., Church School; 11 A. M.,
the Holy Eucharist. Corporate Com
munion of the Women’s Auxiliary.
United thank offering; 6:30, Young
People’s Service League. ,
Week Day Services
Friday, March 24—5 P. M., evening
prayer and intercessions.
Tuesday, March 28—5 P. M., even
ing prayer and Litany.
Wednesday, March 29—4 P. M.,
Lenten Study Class; 5 P. M., evening
prayer.
Friday, March 31—Evening prayer
and intercessions.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Shulby an
nounce the birth of a son, Charlie
Christopher, bom Sunday morning,
March 19, at 6 o’clock in Chowan Hos
pital.
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