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.'77 , ,: ... .' . .. 7 . 'h .. .. 77.. . . -.rr.vTr'p: rr, i A i-in v v?a '-TOTt- 7 I7 If2i Mi-i! h ;a. xxxiv.-No. 1. Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 6, 1967. AsSe. -: us Per Copy '.V''""' "nrr.ril '3f& ; ' iiPhysicfons in the Chowan ftirquimaas ." Medical ( Society telievti , so ' strongly that measles should, be ftveided if ixwsible they are -urginj all parents to take their chil .tft'fjrv single dose of the fcaccin on End Measles Sun day,' January 29. 7 i 4n Chowan County the will be 12-2:38 P. M. Perquimans County the will be 3:30-5:3 P. M. tr, JJ. O. Wright chair- an,,' .pi : the committee in howan County.- sakl the tlime .was planned this Way "sp,;. that special., Jet-injector guns to be obtained from Cojhmuhieable' pisetse Cen ter, in 'Atlanta could be" ised fi both counties. ; ' . , " ,Dr.' Wright further talked abput the char acterisTics of rrcd'' measles in children. It jeaused by a virus. ; . jfout: stages are usually rec Piftuzed and may merge into 4ch othefc . These ere; (1) Incubation' t period which is time, of exposure to begin ning "symptoms' which Is Usually nine or 10 days.'. (2) feviod of invasion which is ; very much -like the common cold, but nearly. 'always has fleep - cough and reddened eyelids' which last ' three or : four-days. (3) The period of 'Upturn or "breaking out" whith lasts three to five days, ana ' (4) a period of, conva lescence which . varies . in tenjuV ; Fever, varies but is usually highest in the period of invasion or before break ing out I , Children- are very uncom - lettable for several days and v (itfs f, may have senous - complica- j There are many rashes that affect children that may re semble measles but can al ways M differentiated by the TihvKiriatlH. ..i : jf No parent would; wish this liseas? oh, OlelfihJtdJfetirrfiy cting End Measles Sunday ml taking other children by I fcChowan. County Health1 De Vjpartment between the hours 7 of 12-2:30 P. M., you can pre " vent h?m developing it. . Me v Facility Opened At I BUTNER i The ifofth Ca- rolina Department of Mental Health has recently opened a und, muitutandicappea chu- h-.ot twiner. . - . -Located on; the grounds of Murdoch Center for the men- Ijiy,; retarded, thtf ons-hun- bed unit will provide cea for blind retardates with Additional physical, or emotional disabili- Atflil tjoiw, there ba been no-, facility in . North Caro le iu-eubuy Or prhrate-r-do t( specifically ; for ; this gjMjt of handicapped, chil dren, iti facVonly fcand ful of such 'facilities exists iw8hi the enUr, Jpnited An integral part of Mur doch! Center,, the new unit provide training and oth er programs ' lor trainable end. edacable children in the w':to eighteen and" .will serve age group, the-, entire '5taU. Since the ohvsicai fa cilities n4 progrsm were de signee' for ambulatory chil dren who can get around on their own; no semi or non ambulatory children will be admitted.' '. !' : v (.Although it is not definite ly known how many blind, mUttjhBndicapped children are 4ttinjj" in ,North Croljna at Hie present time, surveys made by the State Commis sion for the Blind: end per 'cehtage estimates from other' states indicate group ; of from two to four-hundred ct.iJren may likely fall, Into this, c ' "jory, ' , ' J1.:',-f. ' j-, re .ore, most , or inese j - '-rs have' been eared V i t!(ir homes "by parents i"' 1 -ve lookl everywhere ' both ' i-st: end i. i- 'e. Unfortunately, 1 ' ' - is va:laL"$ ;for - 'ren. -1 f ' -nd -trial ed- e Governor -1 for the X .. : nil at the i ' r ;dyuion ceh- .' y at . Tty ap have , parents. me riiil n ,i the ''re '.hinmfi InAtfX Town .License Plated On Sale Hertford motorists are no tified that; the town vehicle license plates are now on sale at the town office. , Plates must be purchased and displayed by February IS in the Municipal Build ing. While getting your town license, pick up your state license right in the same building, in the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce of fice. snts: Are Increased January 1 brought an in crease in monthly compensa tion payments to parents and children of servicemen and veterans who die of service. connected causes, W. R. Phillips1,' manager of the Winston-Salem Veterans Ad ministration regional office, said today. Legislation calling for In creases" in dependency and Indemnity compensation rates !Was signed into law by IPresident Johnson on No vember 3. .. - Monthly payments for chil dren will be increased from $77 to-, $80 for ; one child: from: $UQ to $115 ifor two children; from $143 to $140 for three children and from $28 to $29 for each child in excess of . three. Phillips said in the case of dependent parents, monthly payments are increased from $93 to $97 for a Single par ent and ' the maximum in come limitation: Js extended Hf$ry1hTyt80ur Changes in income deduc turns for parents v were made in the new law , to bring it into line With the ' pension and income rules for .veter- ans' widows. . - t - ' tardation centers and schools foil the blind; will also be ad' mjtted to the new facility. Constructed with funds ap propriated by the 1963 Gen eral Assembly, the , newly completed a $764,400 facility was designed by Harris and Pyne, Durham architects. Among its features are four living units each with 24 beds; four ! smaller "quiet rooms for i use by cnuareni having special problems anj Aidoor swimming pool;, gym-' nasium; - e i g h t classrooms; four, dayrooms; a music room; several outside covered areas for play and storage; and additional .uncoyered outdoor' play areas. The new; building is bright and spacious, ; boasting over 6,000 . square feet. Colorful contemporary furniture and vivid yellow bedspreads lend an air' of cheery comfort. ; The first children were ad mitted to the new unit the second . ' week of November. In preparation for their com ing, staff members had dec orated windows, closets, walls and bulletin boards with decorations typical of the sea son. Autumn leaves, scare crows, haystacks, turkeys, and pilgrims brightened the rooms. - i -''v. .' '-'""V.': According- to Joe Eason, business manager of Mur doch. Center, :the new facili ty was constructed in such' a way that an additional iinit could readily be added at a future -fate. 'The manner In which, v, this ,building - was planned and' constructed 'will save : the . state considerable money in the long run, Eason said, "as; .provision was made for easy expansion of 'facill ties." -.c-, ; 7,...- Prelitoinary' evaluation will be eonUucted on the majori ty of children applying for Admission to" the unit, "ac cording, to Dr. James Elliott, superintendent of Murdoch. Frequently, a ''trial - admis sion" 'period of several months will be necessary. - "It is extremely difficult to diagnose 'the' extent to which blind child Is mentally re1 yarded before iWve had chance to robserve and iwork with' him"'fc t a while, 'El-' VA Paym R&hVtta Buys IwVspsx ; Ralph M. . Wallace from Washington, D. C has pur chased, the Beaufort t Hyde News, formerly owned by Rev.; and ; Mrs. Frederick Still. Wallace, . the new publish er of , the Beauiort - Hyde newspaper,; goes to Belhaven from Washington, v. c where he is chief of the con trol and coordination group in the western area office of the Defense Intelligence Agency. - The new publisher was married to the'formcr Miss Mary Wood Koonce in 1945. She is the daughter of the late Benjamin 0-. Koonce and Mary McMullan Koonce of Hertford.- Mr. and Mrs. Wallace are members of the Hertford Methodist Church. They have two daughters, Fran; a junior at MacMurray College in Jacksonville, 111., and Mary Mac, a senior at McLean High School, Mc Lean,' Va. Mr. t Still founded the pa per a year ago and has maintained a high standard oif excellence. The News had been edited by Mrs. Still. News editor of the paper will be . James L. Bond of Washington, N. C. Mr. Still resigned recently as pastor of the Trinity Methodist Church m . Bel haven to assume the duties of public relations director of St. Luke's Methodist Church in Oklahoma City. He was a former minister of the First Methodist Church of Hertford. Church Plansf Gospel Sing ... A big Gospel sing will be held at the First Baptist Church Sunday night. Janu. ary 8,; beginning at. 7:30 o clock. Participants will be "The Gospel C" of Elizabeth City; The Four Stars of, Ahoskie, the Barnette Sisters) of Eliza beth City and the Burke Sisters of Perquimans Counv tv .s. '-'-..r-i. ' ' W7 VrXyons, -Srfit' man of the Gospel and In spirational Services Com mittee; Leslie Wilson is co- chairman. They invite) you to come early and enjoy this program. - - ' " i." ' ' liott said. "During the trial aamission penoa we can get to know the individual, es tablish lines of communica tion with him and his fami ly, and better determine whether or not he can bene fit from the type of program we offer," he said. rnose wno make a reason- able adjustment and whn i demonstrate that they can function , in a group will re- main in the unit. Each in. dividual admitted to the unit , will stay as long as he or she can benefit from the program and progress is be ing made. ; . ' While considerable empha- j sis will be placed on train ing ahd education, many of the program's goals will be geared toward improving the child's i developmental ... level, for. example, in such areas as socialization and self-care skills. - There will be no pat guidelines ' for -determining a child's progress;," rather, this will largely be a matter of regular and careful observa tion on the part of staff members and parents. The academic program will be organized similar to that of a nursery school for kin dergarten. According to Ray Pope, recently named direc tor of the new unit, this ap proach is more' practical than i developing the I, pro gram ah a highly structured basis. ..,v" 777 .7.7.',' Some &2 clinical iperspn nel will staff the new facil ity in addition to clerical and; imaintenance personnel, , '', Said Pope, "Recruibnent is proving to be a real prob lem. , Fortunately "we . have managed to fill most of the positions . for cottage parents and recreation specialists, but we are having a difficult time recruiting several .cate gories of professional per sonnel"' o,:v 7':-:7; -'.:'.',; ( Full-time social workers, a physical and - occupational therapist, , nurses, ' a speech therapist and special educa tion teachers are needed, he said. . A physician ahd clin ical' ' psychologist r wlljf be available on ; k "'.part-time basis from MirdocK Center bd 'the' University' of North Student Teacher Is In Plymouth Sixty North Carolina counties and eight : other states are represented by the 230 East Carolina College students, who., are practice teaching during 1 the current school term. ; The . 230'. education majors are teaching in school sys tems in 23 North Carolina counties. Most of the stu dents, are Tar Heels,, but al so represented in the. group are (Delaware, Florida, Louis iana, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania,- South Caro lina and Virginia. ? Each student is assigned a practice-teaching job through the office of L)r. Thomas A. Chambliss, director of student-teaching at East Caro lina. Miss Jocelyn Hobbs of Route 1, ' is teaching home economics in Plymouth High School. The ECC students conduct regular classes under the di rection of supervisors. They are graded for their on-the-job performances. - Bicycle Rider In Accident Willis Wendell Hunter, 18, of Winfall, ridinj; a bicycle west of Hertford, suffered painful injuries , last Friday when his bicycle collided with an automobile. Hunter collided with a car driven by Carlton Ray Nix on, 19. He suffered a brok en arm and numerous cuts and bruises. Schools Resume Regular Hours School bells sounded on Monday morning here in Per quimans Schools, thus end ing the Christmas and New Year's holidays for all the students attending schools in Perquimans.;:';; -,'." r" : ,-- The students trooped ' back to classrooms in body if not spirit. However, they do have the happy thought that in just three hundred and some days they'll be getting another Christmas holiday. Burner Carolina in Chapel Hill. A full complement of staff will be needed if each child is to be given the indivi dual attention he needs to make progress, Pope said. Since the new facility is not designed to provide long term custodial care, the bit question is, .where do these children go after they've progressed as far as they can in the unit? . .. . According to Dr. Elliott many of the children will return to their homes. Oth ers will be referred to state or community facilities such as schools for the blind and sheltered workshops. "Our social work staff will work closely -with fam ilies and community person nel in placing these children in an environment which will be as beneficial to them as possible," Elliott said. "Especially we will work with families in ; preparing them for the time when the children leave the unit and return to the community," he concluded. The new program at Mur doch Center promises no quick answers no magic cure-all for the many prob lems besetting . the blind, multi-handicapped child. But what it does offer .for many handicapped v children in North Carolina long in need of help -is a i new ray of hope. .. . 7 ENTERTAINS CLUB Mrs. . T. B. ; Sumner enter, tained her bridge club Tues day night i at her home on Front) Street. ? Those playing were Mesdames V. N. Dar den, Charles Whedbee, Nath an Relfe, W. j G. Wright, Montfort Haslam, C. E. John son, Katherine Ward and Miss Kate Blanchard. The high score prize went to Mrs, Harden. A sweet course was served. 7 7'7"77';77"'7;i' 7.17, . What's niere? ,7 If this country is ever in vaded, . , it : may ' i ibe: because' some dictator wants to . know wbat isi deep in . the heart ofi Texaa. ' : 1 .-v.; . .'-,"-.' 1 ., , 1 ... , Ti-ibune, Cnicaku. fcplica of Seal Shown To Club Replicas of the '1966 Christmas Seal, furnished by the Pasquotank-Perquimans-Camden TB Association and colored by. the first grade pupils were on display for the; Christme j program held Thursday at King Street School. This is the third year Mrs. I. E. Rogerson has promoted a project for the students in King, Street and Perquimans Union for coloring. First award Went to Lynne Down ing second to Rita Brook and third to Evangeline Downing. Mrs. Rogerson also pro moted letters written to San ta and had each student to read their letter, which were judged on spelling, reading and formation. First award for best letter went to Sid ney White, second to Ken neth Blanchard and third to Thomas Feiion. Judges from King Street were Mrs. Mary W. Johnson and Mrs. Katie C. Lighlfoot and judges trim Perqiiim;:ns Union were Mrs. Rosa New by, Miss Betty Griffin, Mrs. Katherine Kelley and Mrs. Pearl Jackson. In this way, Mrs. Rogerson said, teachers frcm Perquimans Union judged King Street pupils and King Street teachers judged the work of students &om Perquimans Union School. These pupils learn early to understand the Christmas Seal and the need of their parents purchasing these tiny stamps, said Mrs. Rog erson. Many of the parents were present for the Christmas program and display of col or charts of the 1966 Christ mas Seal. G." W. " Cooper, Negro Scout leader in Perquimans County, says, as we look around us in every field or in every occupation, the world demands more than ever before, that boys must be trained as individuals. 'Therefore, boys of today must be trained to meet emergency situations. The importance of preparedness is not new to the Boy Scouts of America. In beginning of Scouting boys have always been taught' to be prepared for all types of emergencies. A message to parents: Will you let your boys come over by the Boy Scouts side and meet the challenge of readiness? The basic aims is to teach boys how to take care of them selves and to be helpful to others, and to develop a will to be ready to serve the home, the community, the church, the school, the state and to God and country. In closing his story, Scout Leader Cooper said, "as the New Year is approaching with many opportunities, let us strive for the best in all that we do or say by up holding our American herit age, strengthening our free dom, striving for high ideals and above all, put our trust in God. V.M.Hollovell Taken In Death Walter Myers Hollowell, 87 of Hobbsville died last week, in Greensboro, where lie lived for 'the past eight months. 7- J .- Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday aftefJ noon at the : First - Baptist Church . chapel. Interment was in Forest Lawn, Greens--boro. -. i '. .' He is- survived by his wife, the former ' Nell Ward; one daughter, Mrs. . ; Benjamin Thrift of, Greensboro; two brothers, L. N. Hollowell of Hertford and Noah Hollo well of Hendersonville; one sister, Mrs. Eldon L. Eure of Hobbsville. - . He was a retired executive vice president of the Bank of Hobbsville and was wide ly known in banking and religious circles. He was-a member of the Hobbsville -Baptist Church, a' deacon, teacher: and Sunday School i superintendent for many years,;. 1 ' Preparedness X-ray Clinics Are Maintained Two mobile X-ray clinics are 1 being maintained ih North Carolina, replacing the old X-ray bus, said Dr. Isa Grant,1 district health direc tor, i The object to assist health department unable to meet programs in regard to chest X-ray services. Each clinic or mobile X ray has the capability of making small and large X rays. Funds from Christmas Seals also help financially when the mobile X-ray clinic is brought into the three counties. The mobile X-ray clinic comes to par ticular health departments by request and has been in this area .for the past two years and dates will be an nounced later, said Cr. Grant. New Instrument To Detect TB The old TB X-ray bus, once a familiar sight in many cities, is being used less of ten today. That doesn't mean, unfortunately, that TB is "on the way out": nearly 50,000 new cases are still reported each year. But newer methods of case de tection give promise of quicker, more direct results. A Welfare Administration official specializing in TB statistics recently pointed out that people in the following groups, constituting about two per cent of the total population, are at greater risk of developing tuberculosis and thus of spreading it to other people, than any other group: (A) Former patients in whomjthe disease has become inactive; such people must be watched usuailly for five years but in some cases the rest of their lives for signs of breakdown into reactivat ed disease which brings re newed contagiousness. (B) People recently expos ed to infection through con tact with: others who have have the active disease. (C) People who them selves .are TB "suspects" by reason of a strong reaction to the tuberculin test, or other medical signs. From people in the above groups who do become active, more tnan nau me new cases of TB develop. Such people ,can be found through health department registers, laboratories, and doctors' offices. Finding them, and seeing that they are given treatment or pre ventive therapy with the ef fective new anti-TB drugs, could result in a substantial reduction of new cases as well as the general risk of new infection. This is con sidered a major task of pub lic and private anti-TB work ers today. In addition, there are mil lions of Americans who have the TB germ in their bodies but have never broken down into active disease nor given any indication that they are "at high risk" of doing so. Yet a certain number of these break down and be come potential spreaders of TB each year. Your Christ mas Seal association contin ues to recommend a TB test as part of your annual medi cal checkup. Mrs. Miller, 80, Dies In Hospital Irene D. Miller, Route 2, Edenton, died December 28 at Cherry Hospital in Golds boro. She was 80. ' A1 native of Chowan Coun ty, she is survived by her husband, Solomon Miller. ' Also ! surviving are three sons: E. ii Boyce, Sr., Solo mon Miller, Jr., and Alvin Miller; one daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Proctor of Elizabeth City; three step-sons, Mack Miller of Norfolk, Va., Louis Miller of Churchland, Va and Frank Miller of Edenton; three ;' step-daughters: ; Mrs. Glennie , Roberson of Nor folk, Va., Mrs. Bertie Warren of Edenton and Mrs. "Guthrie White of Hertford; one sis ter, Mrs. 1 Martha 'Pendleton Hertford; eight grandchild ren and one great-grartdchild. Funeral services were held at ' Williford Funeral ' Home at 2 P. ,M: Friday with Rev, Douglas - Holland in charge. Teacher Scholarship Applications Sent To Prospective leathers Applications for the Pros pective Teacher Scholarship Loan Fund, a program creat ed by the General Assembly in 1957 to encourage students to train as teachers, are now beinsj mailed to prospective teachers requesting them. Morris C. Brown, supervis or of the Teacher Scholar ship Loan Program for the State Department of Public Instruction, said students in terested in teaching in the North Carolina public schools and who arc in need of fi- nanc'al assistance for col ic, e training during the 1967 68 school year, should write to: Prospective Teachers Scholarship Loan, State De partment of Public Instruc tion, Raleigh, N. C, 27802. Information on the aid and an application will be sent to them. Applications will be ac cepted through March 1, 1967. All applications will be reviewed by the Awards Committee in April and ap plicants will be informed of the results in early May. Recipients of the Prospec tive Teachers Scholarship Loan Fund will receive $350 per year for not 'more than four years, or a total of $1,400. The aid is a scholar ship if the recipient teaches one year for each year they receive assistance from the fund. Brown explained. It is a loan if the recipient does not teach in North Carolina. The program has afforded financial aid to 5,236 stu dents since it began in 1957. Nearly half of the recipients are still in college, almost 2,000 are teaching in the public schools of North Caro lina, and the remainder have been granted an extension of time to begin teaching or they are repaying . the schdlarship'.foahl"' f ' " ' Doctors Head Back To School CHAPEL HILL Indiges tion, heart disease, alcohol ism, back pain, bleeding dis orders and hospital infections will be among the discussion topics during a weekly scries of medical meetings begin ning in Edenton on January U. The meetings constitute a postgraduate course in medi cine for practicing physicians in 15 Eastern North Carolina counties and four Southern Virginia counties. The course is sponsored by the University of North Ca rolina School of Medicine and the First District Medical Society. j The first speaker on Janu ary 11 will be a Baylor Uni versity surgeon from Waco, Tex., Dr. George L. Jordan. He will talk about the surgi cal treatment of duedenal ul cers and chronic pancreatitis. .The medical series will continue each Wednesday through February 15. Two sessions, at 4:30 P. M., and 7:30 P. M., will be conducted each week. All sessions will be at the Edenton Restau rant. Practicing physicians from the following North Carolina counties have been invited to attend: Bertie, Beaufort, Cam den, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Mar tin, Northampton, . Pasquo tank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington. " The four Virginia counties included in the plans are the Isle of Wight, Nansemond, Princess Anne and . South Hampton. TAX LISTING NOW n IN PROGRESS HERE Tax listing is -underway here throughout Perquimans County. Property owners are advised of a schedule for each list taker is published elsewhere in this issue of The Weekly, and they may take note of this schedule and see. the .list taker at the most: convenient , time. ' JUDSON MEMORIAL CLASS TO MEET The. Judson Memorial Sun day School, Class -wiUhold "its ' " regular'; monthly : ekss meeting with. Mrs. ..Tom Cox bh Tuesday,! January 10, at 8 o'clock. Ernest White, Jr. Finishes Course Army Private -Ernest L. White, Jr., 25, whose father lives at 211 Woodland Street. Hertford, completed a field communications crew man course at Ft. Dix,.N. J., December 9. During the course, he was trained to string wire from tho field to the communica tion center. Instruction was also given in basic electri city, switchboard installa tion and operation and pole climbing. His wife, Genevieve, lives on Route 1, Box 155, Belvi dere. Farmers Invited To 'Corn Clinic' The "Eastern Belt Corn Clinic" will be held at the College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City on Wednes day, January 25. From the opening concert by the Elizabeth City High School Band at 9 A. M. through the panel discussion period, the present and fu ture trends and practices involved in producing a bumper crop of corn will be discussed. While the topics presented will be varied, they will include: Minimum tillage, narrow rows, early and thick planting, single and three-way cross hybrids, the value of proper amounts of lime and fertilizer, and harvesting corn. Also at the end of the program a panel of experts will answer ques tions submitted by the at- tending fanmers: - ' While the program is a first for the area the con cept was begun in the mid westem corn belt in early 1965 and proved to be very successful. Early indications are that the goal of 1,500 farmers for the Eastern Belt Com Clinic ; will be ex ceeded. This program was con ceived, developed and will be presented by commercial interests drawing from their own vast knowledge and re search experience. These people are well qualified to present their story. A complimentary lunch will be served and door prizes drawn during the day. All interested corn farm ers are invited to attend the first clinic, It. is sponsored by Allis-Chalmers, DeKalb Agricultural Association, Mo bil V-C Fertiluer, Butler Manufacturing Company, the American Potash Institute, James River Limestone Pro ducts and their local dealers throughout Eastern North Carolina end Eastern Vir ginia. See your local dealer for your complimentary ticket. , Dog Owners Must Buy Tags All dog owners are re minded that the 1967 dog tags are now on sale at the Hertford Municipal Building. All dogs are required to be tagged at all times or will be subject to being pick, ed up and impounded. If impounded dog is not claim ed at the end of the three days, then said dog will be disposed of. NEW SHERIFF MAKES DECEMBER REPORT : Julian H.' Broughton, Per quimans County's new Sher iff, issued the following re port oh the office activities during the month of De cember. Four Warrants Were served, six subpoenas, seven summons, one judgment and one execution. ; Sheriff Broughton reported to this office Tuesday a quiet New Years holiday, with no calls. TALMAGE LEWIS ' RETURNS HOME W. Talmage Lewis, of near Hertford . has just returned to. .his. home following surgery at, Chowan---Hospital. t i ' ., Mr.: Lewis is reported as recuperating ' nicely ; at : hia Jm6- . - j - bii