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(ol - ; Printing0 . Volume XXXII. Number 10 County Board Adopts Freedom Of Choice Method For Schools Dr. A. B. 'Donner, chairman the Pi rquimans County Board of Education, recognized a com mittee representing the Perquim ans High School PTA, who met With tlio Board of Education Jwhen it met in special session on Monday. The group presented recommendations "to hire a quali Jiea guidance counselor lor a ', Family Life Course in High School, a continued study on ve- neral disease control and other health problems and counseling time available to all high school students." The committee was advised that plans were being studied and that .'. funds were available to employ a teacher of introduction to voca tions and guidance counselor com bined. Funds were available last year but matching funds from state and federal sources were not made available. ... Following . lengthy discussion and careful Study, and upon ad- vice of the board's attorney, Silas : M. Whedbee, a motion was made and unanimously approved to sign Form 441, Assurance of Compli ance With the Department of Health, Education .and Welfare Regulation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1984. As further evidence of .good faith in compliance, the following freedom of choice plan was approved to, become effective immediately. On or about April 1, 1965, all child 'Jren now attending school and .through them' their parents' will be notified - by letter distributed through the schools that they ViU be givem1 ft . jrftferenca-bf a school to attend during ' 1965-68. ', Reply stating their preference of a school to attend, shaj'l . be re turned to the, principal of the .school that they are now attend ing by 'April 15, 1W6. The Board of Education win re view the registration request and make assignments to the various schools at its May meeting. No tice of the assignments will be given each child along with the report card at the close of school. Requests for re-assigsments, if any, shall be received within 15 days after the assignment notiae. Pupils entering thes first grade may indicate school of their pref erence on the date of the pre school clinic. If more pupils than can be accommodated request ad mission to any one ; school, the following criteria will be used in assigning them: Health and wel fare of the child; if more curri culum and school offerings most appropriate to the needs of the particular applicant; proximity of home to school; transportation fa cilities; when a class is filled, as signment will be made Id other VWhools without regard to the ap plicant's race, color or nationality. Projected, program of voca tional education for Perquimans schools' were studied and ap iproved. The proposed program will include home economics, ag riculture, introduction to voca tions, distributive education and Continued on Page Three BKENDA KAY SMITH ON HONOR ROLL Brcnda Kay Smith, a junior student of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, was listed among 360 students as hav ing achieved the . top academic grades for the first semester honor roll. She is a " Perquimans High School graduate." Brother Of Mrs. Gregory Drowns In Franklin, Va. Percy P. Bunch, 58-year-old Union Bag-Camp. Paper employ ie, was found partly submerged ) in a shallow drainage ditch on the edge of the company's prop erty near Franklin Monday about '$:30'A. M. V';: j Mr. - Bunch is a brother of Mrs. Noah (Elsie) P. Gregory of 1 Hertford. -' He was a pollution 'control man with the company's technical control department ince 1950. H. S. James, Jr., iiion Bag public relations di i tor said Bunch, "conscienti , employee", , may have gone ; Tier working hours to check HE Productions Set By Choral Group The choral society of Albe marle Area Development Asso ciation has planned a concert for April 11, the final day of the Pilgrimage of Colonial Eden- ton and Countryside. Directed by Dr. Cliff oi d Bair, the combined society, with the added voices of the College of the Albemarle Carole, will be in concert at 4 P. M., at Edenton Baptist Church. The program is expected to last approximately one hour. The members of the northeast and southwest divisions are now in practice for the presentation of the Easter portion of Handel's "Messiah". The Canticle of the Martyr by Dr. Vittorio Giannini will also be- presented. Dr. Gi annini is president of the N. C. School of Arts at Winston Salem. The chorus has been invited to appear at the AADA meeting at Nags Head on April 26. Also, plans are now being made for presentation of English Madrigals and the staged pro duction of the musical play, "Down in the Valley" by Kart Weill in May. Mrs. Raper Dies After Long Illness Mrs. Annie Inez Davis Raper, 76, died at her home, 104 Covent ardeiji S5tjrcet Thursday iworning at 8:20 o'clock after a long ill ness..';'.;,.;; .' v.;.-;;. .'. I 'A native of Pasquotank County, she lived in Hertford for 55 years. She was the widow of Thomas Edward Raper and daugh ter of the late Miles L. and Mrs. Mary 'Louise Thomas Davis. L'n- filef retirement nine years ago, she was employed by' 'the John sort & White Company for 30 years. She was a member of the Hertford Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. 'Dozier Sutton of Mistic, Conn.; five sisters, Mrs. Lina Truoblood, Mrs. Jennie Scott, Mrs, Eula Scott. Mrs. Eliza-White, all of Elizabeth City and Mrs. Mar garet Divers of Hertford; two brothers, James Davis and Char lie Davis, both of Elizabeth City, and three grandchildren. The body was removed to the Swindell Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. Columbia TV Slated To Handle Programs Educational television in this area is getting closer and closer to becoming reality, according to Secretary of Welfare Anthony Cclebrezze, who said that the University of North Carolina re ceived a $120,517 grant to acti vate Channel 2 at Columbia. This will enable re-broadcast of programs now being presented over Channel 4 by WUNC-TV, Chapel Hill. Total cost of the project is $41,034. y , MISS KATHRYN BONNER TO PRACTICE TEACHING Miss Kathryn Bonner, daughter of Dr. and Mrs, A. B. Bonner, left Thursday for Rocky Mount, :N. C, where she will begin her student teaching at West Edge comb High School in the Home Economics Department. the drainage ditch, which carries paper mill effluent to retention ponds nearby. - Death was due to drowning, according to Dr. B. P. Jamison, Isle of Wight Coun ty medical examiner." He is survived by. four broth ers, John Bunch of Courtland, Frank Bunch of Norfolk, Earl Bunch r of Edenton, and Ervin Bunch of Windsor, and seven sis ters, j Mrs. Dixie HarrelL Mrs. Gladys Stallings, Mrs, Mary Ev ans and Miss Lessle? Bunch of Edenton, Mrs. Emma White of Danville, Mrs. Elsie Gregory of Hertford, and Mrs. Grace Pettys of Norfolk. PERQUIMANS Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, March 5, 1965. Philbrick Slates Talk In Area Herbert A. Philbrick, former FIJI counter-spy and author of "I Led Three Lives " will address the opening session of the 17th annual gospel rally and home coming sponsored by the Alumni Association of Roanoke Bible College in the Elizabeth City National Guard armory on Tues lay, March 9 at 7:30 P. M. W. Carl Ketchesider, editor of "Mission Messenger," St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Evelyn Jones, veteran missionary to Bari, Italy, and Jack I). Haris, Newport News, Va., will address the sessions on nr. -l . ..j a. vvcunesuay .morning, atternoon ind evening, respectively. Alumni President Robert L. Johnson, Chatham, Va., states that la.it year's 922 representa tives from 108 churches in 13 states is expected to be sur passed. The Tuesday session, presided over by Ihomas. iii. Davenport, Axton, Va., will feature a 100 voice choir from the Elizabeth City, Camden, Berea and Bethle hem Churches of Christ the host congregations. Robert T. For rester Washington, N. C., will di rect the congregational singing for all this and all other sessions. "This Is My Country" will be sung by the Master's Twelve. President George W. BonDuraht will deliver the address . of wel come. Mr. Philbrick, whose tes timony at the trial, of the 11 top U. S. communists before Judge Harold Medina in 1949 helped convict them of conspiring to overthrow the U. S. government, will speak on "The Communist Threat to America." At the close he will answer questions from the floor. Wednesday morning the ses sion will start at 9:30 with Thomas'Vferiryi.vErwin, Tenn. presiding and a 100 voice choir from Churches of Christ in Vir ginia from Tidewater to the South Central area. The Roan oke Bible College Ladies' Trio will ulso sing. Mr. Ketcherside, one of the most widely-read and most sought-after speakers among the Churches of Christ, will dis cuss "Cnnstian Fellowship." Again, there will be a question period at the close. Terry R. Tuttle Winchester, Va.. will call the Wednesday af ternoon session to order at 1 o'clock. This will be a special youth program, featuring a 100 voice teenage choir and a sympo sium, "A Challenge for Missions," with the following teenage speak ers: Michael R. Turner, Powells ville, N. G; Gladys I. Watson Rose Hill, N. C; Mary A. Nealis, Martinsburg, W. Va.; Larry W. Veatch, Winchester, Va.; Mary Ann Jones, Elizabeth City, and Dale Jackson. Clarence. N. Y. Miss Evelyn Jones, who has com pleted three terms of missionary service,: will present "The Medi- Coniinued on Page Six Future Homemaker Club Has Meeting The Perquimans Chapter the Future Homemakers America met Friday afternoon, February 26, in the high school auditorium, The meeting was called to order by the president and the minutes were read. The members joined together in sing ing the prayer song. Aileen Skinner gave a talk on the flag Of the United States of America, drawing comical sketches for il lustrations. It was announced that the Federation Rally would toe held at Chowan on March 25. Delores Chappell will represent the Perquimans chapter with a skit. It was also-announced that the FHA State Convention will be held at Raleigh March 20. Reports were given by commit tee chairmen for the Mother Daughter Banquet, . The. meeting was . then ad journed. AT ALUMNAE MEETING Mrs. J. I Harris, Mrs. Walter Oakey and Mrs. Joe .Towe, Jr., attended the St. . Mary's Junior College Alumnae area meeting, which was held in 'Edenton on February 24 th. WSCS TO MEET The Woman's Society of Chris tian Service of the First Metho dist .Church will ' meet Monday night at 8 o'clock in the Fellow ship Hall. ' , tn! . : IJ-Mi -jty v-'f-x fw : POLE PROTECTION .This train may seem to have trouble maneuvering through the wooden poles at Mut tenz, Switzerland, but the poles are really safety pre County Officials Meet In Hertford Town and county officials from Perquimans, Pasquotank, Gates, Chowan, Camden and Currituck Counties participated in a con ference Wednesday evening, March 3, in Hertford at 6:45 at the Per quimans County High School cafeteria. Registration opened at 5:45 and a "dutch" dinner preceded, the scheduled mooting, fhreetinffgifevre filmed from Governor Dan K. Moore. Welcome address was made by Mayor V. N. Darden of Hertford and R. L. (Dob) ISpivey, crairman of Perquimans County Board of Commissioners. University of North Carolina Extension Division presented a special program pertaining to ra dioactive failout, radiation shield ing, natural disaster operation and the responsbility of local govern ment to provide for protection of their citizens in emergency. Conrad Knight, Duke University safety officer; James C. Harper, UNC Institute of Government, and State Civil Defense Director Ed ward F. Griffin addressed the group. Dates Are Set For Week Of Prayer Week of Prayer for Home Missions will be observed by the Hertford Baptist Church March 8 Woman's Missionary Union of the to 12. The theme for the week is "Our Land Shall Own Thee Lord." Call to worship is taken from the 3.3rd Psalm, the 12th verse: "Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inherit ance." Prayer services will be hold in the circles Monday night. Sci1 viees will be held in the church at 3:30 on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoon, and at 7:30 on Wednesday evening. Members of the WMU are urg ed to attend and to bring a 'Bible to each meeting. Visitors are welcome. . Rural Contribution To Fund Planned ' Mrs. 'Julian. Powell, rural chair man of the Heart Fund in Per quimans County, reports contribu tions as follows from the differ ent sections of the county amount ing to $484.55. From the Harvey Neck section, which Included Bethel, $42; Bur gess, $31; Durants Neck-New Hope, $26.32; White Hat-Show Hill, $51.75; Belvidere, $63.37; Whiteston, $82.26; Great Hope, $26; Beech Spring, $53.43 and Winfall and ParkviUe, $107.63. Reports from Mrs. J. H. Towe Sr., Perquimans County chair man of the Heart Fund, has not reported yet f rom the local con tributions and the over-all county contributions. It js - expected, though, the quota for, the county was or will be reached. Poster Contest Winners Named The judges in the Conservation Poster Contest, sponsored by the Perquimans County Supervisors of the Albemarle Soil and Wattr Conservation District, selected the posters prepared by the following students as first and second placi winners: Fourth Grade First place, Sus sie Elliott; second place, Sara Winslow.V. Fifth Grade First place, Tom my Fleetwood; second place, Mar tin Fleetwood. Sixth Grade First place, Bar bara Elliott; second place, Billy Nixon. Each first place winner in each grade will receive a prize of $5.00 and second place winner jr. each grade will receive $3.00. Judges for the ' contest ' were J. L. Tunnell, vocational agricultural teacher; Joseph W. 'Nowell, Jr., farmer, and Horace Cohoon, Wild life Protector. The first and second place post ers in each grade will be entered in the district contest in Kiiza beth City on March 5. The dis trict contest is sponsored by the Klizabeth City Chamber of Com merce. The Soil and Water Conserva tion District Supervisors for Per quimans County are George G. Winslow, chairman; Floyd Math ews, vice chairman and Willard Copeland, secretary-treasurer. Two Doctors Meet With Cancer Group The executive board of directors of the Perquimans unit of the American Cancer Society met Monday night in the Municipal liuildng. the program, which was a film on Dr. Robert L. Poston presented cancer. Dr. Jenkins of Elizabeth City was in, charge of the dis cussion period following the film. Charles M. Harrell, Jr., presi dent, presided over the business session and presented Mrs. Ruth Peterson of Greenville, district superintendent, who explained the duties of the committee mem bers. High Court Upholds Perquimans Ruling The (North Carolina Supreme Court last Wednesday upheld a Perquimans County Superior Court ruling that x would allow the Town of Hertford to condemn five acres of a 15-acre parcel of land to be used for construction of a sewage treatment plant . The court also told Hertford to go ahead in appointing a three-member commission to set a price for the land. The land . is j owned by Jesse Harris, who is to the -process of developing a shopping center and already has a Colonial store un der' construction. The town will; vote March 20 on a $500,000 bond issue to finance the sewage plant. WEEKL Sale Of Bonds Reported Good The 1965 annual dollar goal as signed to North Carolina is $5:i,l(i0,0i'0. which is an increase of $3,100,01)0 over last year's goal. In the month of January Series K and H Bond sales for the stab totaled $4,730.(124 a 3.7 percent drop from January a year ago. Hales in January amounted to S.9 ' percent cf this year's goal. According !) K. M. Kiddick, Perquimans County volunlier chairman, sales in Perquimans County during January were C6,r.r0, which is 11.2 percent of the county's 1905 quota of $58 410. "Having achieved our state's annual quota for the past two years, we arc confident that !!('' ni be ancuier banner year Js. Savings Bonds continue to grow) in popularity," said W. II. An 'irews jr., Male V oliiiiteer (Jnair- nian. "Too, w,. are bejrinnin mis yiar wnn an enlarged group of well-organized volunteers, and with their leadership we look for waia to a most successlul year in the promotion of Savings Bond sales through over-th -counte sales a i Plan." id by the Payroll Saving: A Look Backward As Tumid In The IVrriuinmis Weekly Files of Yester.vrar MARCH, 1938 Farmers Mass Meeting Mon day Night: Called by Agent to discuss referendum controlling cotton. Perquimans County farmers are called to attend a mass meeting to be held on Monday night in the new Per quimans County Central Gram mar School building at Winfall. L. W. Anderson, County Agent, is calling the meeting for the purpose of discussing the refer endum as to the control of the cotton crop, which is to be held on March 12, and is very anxi ous that all of the farmers of the county attend. Old Age Assistance Given To 60 In Perquimans County: Sixty persons over 65 years of age in Perquimans County are now re ceiving old age assistance under the Social Security Act provision by which the county pays one fourth, the State one-fourth and the federal government one-half. Nine more will receive checks in March. These have been ap proved since the first of the year. A total amount of $425 is paid monthly, being distributed among the 60 persons. The amount will be increased to take care of the nine extra cases recently acted upon. The aver age amount paid to the 60 old persons averages $7.00. The lar gest amount paid to any one person is $15.00, the lowest amount being $5.00. Thomas Nixon Dies Monday Morning After Brief Illness: Thomas Nixon, one of the coun ty's most prominent citizens died at his home in Hertford early Monday morning, following a brief illness. Mr. Nixon, who was 68 years of age, was a na tive of Perquimans, being a son of the late Thomas Nixon and Mrs. Cornelia Townsend Nixon, and a member of one of the oldest and most prominent fami lies of the county. Perquimans Senior Dies In Hospital: Bertha Clarissa Wins low, 17, of the Whiteston com munity, died Wednesday morn Continued On Page Six Sheriff Reports On February Work Sheriff Glenn R. Matthews, in a report " of the department's ac tivities for the month of Febru ary, included 18 inmates in jail, 10 summons were issued, 5 war rants, 3 capias, 3 executions and 1 claim of delivery. The report stated one moon- shine still captured in the Chapel Hill section of the county for the month. ST. CATHERINE AUXILIARY WILL MEET ON MARCH 8 , The 'iSaint Catherine Auxiliary of : the Holy ,; Trinity Episcopal Church will meet Monday night, March 8, at 8 o'clock in 'the Par ish House of the church," Mrs. Charles Payne will be hostess. All members are urged to attend. . Red Cross Bloodmobile Scheduled In Hertford On Monday, March 8th Blanchard Holds Hospitality Day J. ('. Blanchard & Company. Inc., John Deere farm equipment dealer issues a cordial invitati in to the pulili,: to be their guests on John Dei re Day, "Hospitality Day," Tuesday, March !). It's their way of thanking their cus tomers. Thi. will be a real special day. The event "ill begin Tuesday morning at .i::;) o'clock at J. (,'. lilanchard ec Company's m w John Deere farm equipment location in the former Winslow - lilanchard Ali.lor Company building, corner of Church and Crubb Streets. It's open house. There will be prizes and served. refreshments will be Rural Community Seeking Fire Unit The peopie of the llethel com nunity met Thursday night in he Community Uuilding there and discussed ways and means of forming a volunteer fire depart nent in the Bethel community. Meeting with the interested citi :ens were R. C. Elliott, chief f he Hertford Fire Department and Charles Skinner, assistant chief. Methods in which to raise money to equip a fire department .vere discussed, along with duties if t''e firemen. Skinner showed the group slides I f.K that iia.e occurred in ;his county over a period of the jast two years. Also pictures aken of the training of volun teer firemen in the Wilson Fire School. Wynn-Fork I II Meeting Held The monthly meeting of the Wynn-Fcrk 4-H Club was held at the Perquimans County Agricul- ural Building on February 11. Betty White, president, called ihe meeting 'to order. Everyone tood and pledged allegiance to the Hag and repeated the 4-H pledge, after which they sang America." The 2.'!rd Psalm was read by Frances White. A pro gram on Lincoln was presented by Jakie White. A demonstration en making u circuit : tc ster and repairing m extension cord was given by lid mond White, Mrs. Paige Underwood gave a talk on preparing and presenting a demonstration. She then gave demonstration on carrots. Secretary Catherine Sawyer called the roll and read the min utes. All 10 members weic present.: Refreshments Were served by Mrs. Charles E. White Jr. Martha White, Reporter. Hertford Girl In Observance The Girl Scouts of Hertford will join with almost three and three quarter million Girl Scouts throughout the country in cele brating Girl Scout Week from Sunday, March 7, through Satur day, March 13. "A Promise In Action" is the theme of Girl Scout Weak and of the Girl Scouts' 53rd birthday, which occurs on March 12. This date marks the anniversary of the first meeting of the first troop organized in Savannah, Ga., by Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the movement in the 'U. S. 'A. Since that first troop of a few girls more than 20 million mem bers have made the Girt Scout promise to do their duty to God and country, to help other people at all times, and to obey the Girl Scout , laws of loyalty, honesty, courtesy, cheerfulness, usefulness kindness and thrift. This year Girl iScouts are pay ing special . attention to the "bridges" jvhich give continuity to their program. The program adapts activities related to the 5 Cents Per Copy Sid Harmon and John Beers, co-chairmen of the Perquimans Red Cross bloodmobile program, urge the residents of the county to visit the bloodmobile Monday, March 8, when it arrives for a visit from 12 noon until 6 P. M , and be a donor. Ninety-five pints of blood arc urgently needed to fill the quota for Perquimans. Refreshments will be served it all those attending. The unit will set up at the Hertford Methodist Church as it has in the past. Fine Arts Group Continue Plans Art classes will start in L'den ton on March '.). Registration will be at 7:31) P. M. at the Art Council Studio over the Kdentcn Savings and Loan Association, corner of King and Broad Streets. There will be 1 1 sessions on Tues day evenings from 7:.'lt) to 9:.'!0, Teachers will be Prof. Don Dor land and M. A. Bradley of Kast Carolina College, Greenville. Conditioning classes under Mrs. Janice Barringer, ballet toucher, started on Monday, March 1 at 9:30 at the National Guard arm ory in Elizabeth City. If as many as 15 enroll in Hertford, she will start here. Until then, students will enroll in Elizabeth City. There will be an art sale iti Elizabeth City c,n March 12 an 1 12 a the Woman's' C!.lm u:.4tx -on Church Street, sponsonn by the Pasquotank Arts Council and the Junior Woman's Club. Pro ceeds win go to tne L.nldren s Home Society. People wishing to submit painting, drawings or cer amics should contact Mrs. B. T. Lewis of Elizabeth City. The BPW Club will hold open house on ISunday, March 14, at the Perquimans Library in Hert ford from 3 to o P. M., display ing an unusual collection of old books art. All art lovers are welcome. Superior Court Opens Monday The March term of Perquimans County Superior Court will con vene Here Monday morning, M irch 8 with Judge Joseph W. Parker of tile .Sixth Judicial District from Windsor, presiding over the all civil term of court. Fourteen cases are on the docket for trial as prepared by W. Jarvis Ward, Clerk of Court. HERTFORD PTA TO MEET The Hertford 'Grammar School PTA will hold its regular monthly- meeting Thursday, March 1 1, at the Hertford Grammar School. All members are urged to attend. Scouts Join Next Week arts, the home and the out-of-doors, to the changing inleresti. and needs of girls seven through seventeen, thus "bridging" the four age levels: Brownie Girl Scouts (ages 7 and 8) to senior Girl Scouts (ages 1!) through 17). Special days are earmarked throughout Girl Scout Week to il lustrate the various aspects of tho Girl Scout program. They are: Girl Scout Sunday; Monday, home making; Tuesday, citizenship; Wednesday, health and safety; Thursday, ; international friend ship; Friday, arts; Saturday, out-of-doors. . The Hertford Girl Scouts will observe Girl Scout Week in a va riety of ways. The troops will attend church on Sunday. Dis plays will be in local store win dows. The Cirl Scout cookies will arrive on .Wednesday and will be delivered to the persons giv ing orders to the girls several weeks ago, ,v 1 The. local troops are sponsored by tbhe Hertford Grammar School PTA and meetings are held in the Methodist Church, ' -' , -,
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