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PI
HOOTS
OH THANK HEAVEN!
One of the joys of being a
librarian is finding sur
prises in the daily mail. A
large proportion of the
contents of our post office
box every day finds its way
into the “circular file” and
creates problems for the
trash collector but very
often we receive fascinating
items, unsolicited.
For instance, we have
recently received a history
of Campbell College, a
biography of a noted North
Carolinian’s brother and a
detective story written by a
librarian. And now comes a
large paperback book
written by the Public
Relations Manager for The
Southland Corporation, best
known perhaps for the 7-
Eleven stores.
Catchy slogans are an
important part of the ad
vertising business and it
never hurts a book to have a
clever title. “Oh Thank
Heaven for 7-Eleven - it’s
about time” proved to be a
lucrative double-meaning
sentence for the con
venience stores and the first
three words are used as the
title of this history of the
company’s first 50 years.
Did you know that con
venience stores are an
outgrowth of the old comer
ice-house? Did you know
that the automobile is
credited (or blamed?) with
changing our whole way of
life, putting a new emphasis
on the saving of time? Did
you know that there are over
5,600 7-Eleven stores and the
company anticipates 10,000
before too long? These are
only a few of the fascinating
tidbits I gleaned in a quick
perusal of the extravagantly
illustrated book which was
sent with a cover letter
explaining that it was my
“personal copy”.
The author proved his
public relations know-how
By keeping his letter short
but to-the-point. He at
tracted my attention by
promising that the book told
more than the story of one
company, that it traced the
growth of the booming
convenience store industry.
My congratulations to a
“pro” for grabbing some of
my time -1 found it hard to
put the book down and get on
with the rest of the mor
ning’s mail.
SCREECHES
Available to the Public
The mail also brought a
public document which the
library is asked to make
available. This is just one
more service which public
libraries are happy to
perform - making govern
mental information ac
cessible to interested per
sons.
Twenty-nine counties in
eastern North Carolina form
a health service area which
will be vitally affected by a
plan which has been
developed for providing
medical care. A draft copy
of the Health Systems Plan
(HSP) which was produced
with the support of the
Department of Health,
Education & Welfare
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before it can be adopted.
Much information about
present health care in
eastern North Carolina as
well as very interesting
projections for the future
are included in the 182-page
book. I was particularly
interested in the estimated
growth patterns predicted
for the four counties served
by the Pettigrew Regional
Library. Chowan is ex
pected to decrease by 2.3 per
cent from 11,246 in 1975 to
10,995 in 1982. Perquimans is
expected to increase by a
very slight margin from
8,440 to 8,445. Tyrrell County
sets the record with a
projected loss of 7.1 per cent
of its population, going from
4,049 to 3,758. And
Washington County is
predicted to gain 1.7 per
cent, going from 14,251 to
14,502. The source of these
figures is not clearly in
dicated and the 1975 figures
are quite different from the
recent totals for 1976
published just last week.
A public hearing on this
health systems plan will be
held next month and,
meantime, you are invited
to ask for this draft copy at
your public library to see
what is contained in the
plan.
Mrs. Williams
Died Sunday
Mrs. Lottie Wilson
Williams, 76, 816 Johnston
Street, died Sunday in
Chowan Hospital following
an extended illness.
Mrs. Williams was a
native of Chowan County,
the daughter of the late
Lemuel C. and Amy Harrell
Wilson and was the widow of
Ernest B. Williams.
Surviving are five sons:
Lindsey Williams of
Corapeake; Louis Williams
of Windsor; Marvin
Williams of Temple, Tex.;
Hermit Williams of Cary;
and Murray Williams of
Edenton; a daughter, Mrs.
Robert (Bernice) Brooks of
Edenton; a brother, Elton
Wilson of Edenton; two
sisters: Mrs. Lennie Turner
of Edenton; and Miss Viola
Wilson of Elizabeth City; 21
grandchildren; and 12
great-grandchildren.
She was a member of
Edenton Baptist Church.
Funeral services were
conducted at 2:30 P.M.
Tuesday in Williford-
Barham Funeral Chapel
with Rev. Marion G. Zeigler
and Rev. J. Thomas Smith
officiating. Burial was in
Beaver Hill Cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Robbie
and John Brooks, Ken,
Lindsey Ray and Edward
Williams, and C.Y. Parrish,
111.
COREY ELIZABETH
LAYTON
Mr. and Mrs. Hermit L.
Layton, Jr., of Edenton,
announce the birth of a
daughter, Corey Elizabeth,
on June 15 at Chowan
Hospital.
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Thursday, June 23, 1977