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Vol. XXXIV.-No. 4.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Friday, January 27, 1967.
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' DisGrica Finalises In
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w Joseph ? Ray :Haskctt, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. ' J. Bay
.!-: Jfeskett of 107 Carolina Ave
Que, HertfdraV is among six
nominees (ifrom Pistrict . 1
who have.' been selected as
, flnaUstrf in competition for
1W7 Mtehead' awards to
study ; at i the -University of
tSrtlk Carolina; v .: -. ,
I The announcement 'is made
v"45daj by Roy Armstrong,
executive Secretary , of the
'John!1 Motley Morehead
Inundation. , , i
. Finalists ; are Joseph Ray
fiasttetV- Jr., David .Thomas
1 Tayloey Jr., son of Dr. and
Mrs. D. T. Tayloa of . Wash
ington; ' John" . Patrick , McDowell-
III, son1 of Me." and
Mrs. J.. P McDowell, Jr., of
. Twbord;-' Ronald' Gtaham
, ; Baker-, son of Mr. and .Mrs.
O. w A. Baker of Ahoskier
. John William Meakin, . son
of Mr.' and Mrs. J. U Me'a:
kin of Rocky Mount, and Joe
v fwsley Paget, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jv A. facet of
i Grifton. ; ; ' :
A'Tw 'alternate . finalists
wfe selected from District
; 1 also. First alternate is
Steven Beryl Ayers, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Ayers of
Route 2, Willianwton. . Secr
olftd alternate is Tony Dixon
pall, son of Mr. ' and Mrs. G.
Jf. Oail of Ayden.
nTheso f jnaJists and alter
nates: were selected from - a
field of 21 nominees from 17
of the 19 ''counties compris
ing District "I following-interviews
in Williamston on
JViday, January 20. ' - "
District 1 is composed of
..'Beaufort, Beilie,.; Camden,
Chowan, . Currituck, x Dare,
' Edgecombe, 'Gates, 'Halifax,
- Hertford, Hyde, Martin,
Nash, Northampton, Pasquo-
, tank, Perquimans, Pitt, Tyr
, -, relt and Washington coun
ties. There '.wert no nom-
iymu eounues tais year, v
Ich of tha- JO . Morehead
Awards .TKsW'ieW.lttthtt state
will select six finalists to
( appear for; interview before
the Central MorehM Selc
(ion Cowxnjttee .- in Chapel
Hill, March, 3-7.
A (total-'of " It "nominees
fronV-26 piivte preparatory
schools . on the- Morehead
. FoUnd'6tion' selected list wjl)
; also "bte interviewed at this
lime:-. iThose- chosektc by the
. Central Selection Committee
will then- -be Interviewed by
the board, of trustees of (the
Morehead Foundation, . who
will make the final-, awards
in March. ,
f' Members-' of 4he District -1
loreheacl Selection 'Commity
", tee are Thomas J. Pearsall of
Rocky Mount, chairnian; Lof-
vonunnaa on rago iw ,
'Jr s' , , '', ' r 1 ' , '-, .
iGrand opening is planned est addition'- to thoif busier-Robertson's
Cleaners, who ' ness, Robertson's Cleaners is
opened. .,thi8 week in their now betters' equipped to
' 'spacious beautiful new build- handle every type laundry,
, ing here on Dobb Street, in dry cleaning Cand 7 laundry
- the old -ABC store building, and .- rental, -Vservice.-, The
with , , $.100 ' squaroifreet; of .buslness. urnishes rental ser
; ;dot, sp&ce, plus the,. most vice necessary to . business
nwdernncV equipment, Rob. and professional nien irt Pef
,es new plant now has , quintans , and 'surrounding
. t nost modern fabric tare counties. , TV beauty shops,
' pjdnt:in the olbemaile. ' motels, restaurants, garages
S wThe building has been and now industrial Unifoitms.
vi m ; . :itr jr nunuviitfu, uivu- m expanning tne Dusiness
e I and h s been quip-" Zack Robertson said "WW
p d with fre most modern' expanding our business as a
eV'iipwierit end a cily look, ' thanks to Our many custom
c t'ict 1 rqy-Kiani " can erg and loyal employees, be-
li pri. : , cause of whom we have en
new addition Joyed 1 continuous ' growth
r-la-j'cT busi- the years." . . .
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Course Slated
By Methodists
The' annual Chowan - Per
quimans. Christian Workers
School v will be" held next
week 'at Hertford Methodist
Church.
Three courses will be of
fered .during -the sessions
Sundatf througftj Wednesday
nights;' according rto Rev. R.
I. .Bame,' chairman -of the
program. . They ' are: -Old
Testament Content .and
Valie. to- be taught by Rev,
Walter . N. McDonald; Adult
Learning In ' a Changing
World, with Rev. John Sut
ton as Instructor,, and Work
ing With Elementary Boys
and Girls, 4 and 6, Mrs, Ag
nus Cameron,- instructor. . , -1
Sunday night's session will
begin at 7 P. ' M. ' with the
first 30 minutes being devot
ed to orientation. ' The ac
tual ' class period ; will be
from 7:30 o'clock, until 9:30.
Ai car pool v will leave
Edenton Method ist Church
at 7:16 P. M. each' evening,
except Sunday when cars
Will leave 30 minutes earlier.
"Numeral Won
By Fred Combs
Fifteen seniors, " who never
played on 4 losing team,
Were anion? the 35 men
awarded 1966 football letters
at Worth Carolina State Uni
versity, athletics director Roy
B. Clogston announced,
fThe.. Wolfpack team was
runnerup for the 1966 At
lantlc Coast Conference
championship with a 5-2
record.
Seven of the lettcrmen won
all-Atlantic Coast' Conference
honors. ' Tiw , ',-t, -'
Amongrthe letter winners
who -are expected back for
me- iwi." season i-is i iTeo
Combs of Hertford. i
E.L. White, Jr.
Finishes Course
b - Private" Ernest" L, ' White,
it;, 25; whose father lives at
211 North Woodland Street,
Hertford, completed a six
Veek lineman course Janu
ary -1 3 at' the Artny South
eastern , Signal School, Ft.
Gordon, -Ga. : : s " v
Pvt White -was trained to
install and maintain open
wire and field Communica
tion wire. He also received
instruction in laying lead
and rubber-covered cable.
His wife; Genevieve, lives
on; Koute l, Belvidere. -
1 here " Robertson's '. Cleaners ' is
W their ; definitely one of the' grow
t here.ing businesses In the county
rs- ai) -end are forever' seekjng to
t on fjid ' improvement id every
. . i Lt- ay. j - '
Welly White Taking Course
R. M. Riddick, Jr., execu- value of" $100.' . married to the, former Oi-
tive :Vice president of Peo- v Welly is - the son of Mr. anne Divers, and they have
pies Bank & Trust Com- and: Mrs. Bill White and is; one son.
pany, Hertford, is again the ,
'Kev Banker in Perauimans
Cjotinty this year, and he has
announced that the Peoples
Bank & Trust Company of
Hertford is sponsoring ' one
scholarship to, the . Modern
Fanmers Short' Course at N.
Cv State University.
iThfc , young fanner; who
was awarded this scholarship
this- year is Welly White of
Route 1, Hertford.
' Welly . farms about 13d
acres of land, . which is in
corn, soybeans and peanuts,.:
and he also manages a swine
herd. He is having an op-'
portunity to participate in
classroom , discussions on in
secticides, fertilizer, varie-
ties of corn and soybeans
and feeding of swine. This
sHort course wilj last two
weeks. It started on Janu
ary 23 and. will end on Feb
ruary C 3, . and i has a cash
The Perquimans Historical
Society held its quarterly
meeting at the Agriculture
Building on Monday night at
8 o clock. The meeting was
presided over ' by Mrs. Dor
othy : Barbee, the newly
elected president.
A historical tour of Per
quimans County was plan
ned for seventh graders who
are studying North Carolina
history.
The calendar year was
adopted for membership
ratner man a fiscal year,
, The latter was used previ-
ously siniJe the- organization
was formed in June.
Leon Edwards, manager of
the Perquimans Chamber of
Commerce, requested a com
mittee to work with a travel
committee of the Chamber
and Mr. Honeycutt ot the
State Archives Department
in ', locating and dating au
thentic ' old buildings, ' homes
and sites m the county" Rajf
Winslow, Mr-, and Mrs.' Oor-
bm twzicr and Mrs. J. Em
nictt (Lucille) Winslow. were
appointed. t
Mrs. T. P. Brinn, member
oi the Albetnarle Museum
Committee, ' introduced Mr.
George Attix. seWetary of
the Elizabeth CityiChamber
oi Commerce, who" in turn
introduced the speaker for
the- evehing, Miss ' Susan
Stitt, , curator of the Museum
of the Albemarle. ,
Miss SUM. transmitted her
enthusiasm and pride in the
project to the audience. Her
talk was entitled "The Func
tion of a Museum." She
based her remarks on four
phases of operation, "A mu
seum collects, preserves, in
terprets and exhibits." ; This
will be, a 10-county project
and : its success- will depend
on the. interest and pride o
the people of the entire
area. , It will be a historical
museum and its exhibits will
tend to teach the folk: art
and life of the section from
its beginning. The exhibits
will - be gifts or loans for
particular exhibits.) - They
will reach the student, the
t-oMuwed on rage Two
Talk Scheduled
By Mr. Peterson
: Rev.t M, I Peterson, a
missionary from the Depart
ment of World Missions, will
speak at 1 1 A. M., Sunday,
January . 29, at the Baeley
Swamp Pilgrim Holiness
Church, Route 2, Hertford.
Mr. feterson has - served
the Pilgrim Church as a
missionary on Antigua, St.
vmcent and Barbados irt the
West Indies. He superintend
ed the district work Oh these
various fields and also pas
tored a number, of churches.
He has also' done evangelistic
work in Mexico, served in
Jamaica and South Ameriea.
He is an effective speaker
and a dedicated missionary:
There will-, be- cm-ion from
the field 6n display. .;
The pastor, ; Rev, ' Verlin
Busick, extends an invitation
to all in the community to
hear Mr. Peterson.' . :
. PTA MEETS FEB, &jf
'The- Perquimans High
School PTA will meet Thurs
day, February 2, at P. M.
in the school cafetenai 3 :'f ,; !
. Mrs. Anna Harmon) Iruid
ance counselor, and i the
Health - Careers , -Club'-' iU'
present thfe "prdgrant; '' ;
''R. t Li'- SteVehson; jtresi-'
denA tuges ' all ; taeaibers' ' 'to
attend; '- ;.' '
Society Meets
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R. M. Riddick. Jr.. execauve va-e pieutut u , rc.uo.es
Bank ft Trust Company of
scholarship to We Jy White
Perquimans. County, farm agent, looks on
Hertford BPW
Holds Meeting
The Hertford Business and
Professional Women's Club
met Thursday night at the
home of Mrs. Dora T. Rid
dick with Mrs. Mary Cobb,
president, presiding. .
In keeping with the pro
gram topic of Personal De
velopment, a demonstration
on correct usage wf cosmet
ics and their application was.
given by Mrs, Eugene Boyce
and Miss Glennie Morse;
"During the short business
meeting, reports were given
on the results of the candy
sale held by the club. Mrs.
Essie Burbage and Mrs. Rid
dick were appointed to serve
on the Welcome Committee
for the next month. ; Mrs.
Riddick gave a report on the
progress of selecting the
Voung Career Woman of the
Year, and Mrs. Roxanna C.
Jackson reported on the
club's sponsorship of a $50
scholarship to some imember
of the Health Careers Club.
Mrs.' Xobb asked for. fight
volunteers to assist in the
Measles Clinic to be held on
January 29.. She also an
nounced that the Spotlight
on Women "'will be held
February 25 and 26.
',: Mrs, Phyllis ', B.., Mansfield
was welcomed as, a special
guest:
The hostess " served deli
cious refreshments to the
members and guesls present.
Field Trials
To Be Jan. 29
The Albemarle Beagle Club
will hold a "Plan B Sanc
tion Field Trial Sunday, Jan
uary Z, at its running
grounds located on Harvey
Point , road just outside . of
Hertford.
This is a fun sport for
the whole ' family. Running
grounds are fenced . in' and
supplied with rabbits.
Judges for this competition
will be R. W.. Bridwell of
Kinstori; S. D. Griffin of
Edenton and Donnie Lassiter
of Edenton.' All field trials
are held under the rules and
procedures of the American
Kennel Club.
,: Membership is open to any
person in the area who is
really interested in the sport.
If you own beagles you are
invited to- come and partici
pate, in this competition. You
do not have to be a member
to run in this trial. Tro
phies and ribbons will be
awarded.
Drawing will be held at
8:00 A. M., at the clubhouse,
located five miles out of
Hertford on the Harvey Point
Road (signs ha vo been erect
ed , in the area to help in
the location ' of, , the ; club
house). 'Lunch Will' be ser
ved at the clubhouse. . -
If you are interested in
the sport i of Beagling, you
are,, urged to attend this trial.
ANGUS BULLS SOLD
W. Lane, Hertford, re
cently sold an Aberdeen-An
gus , bull each - to Tlldon
Whitehurst, Hertford, North
Carolina and to T. O, White
hurst, . Elisabeth . City, North
Carolina. . ' - N '
PERQUIMANST)RAFT
CALL NEGATIVE FOR FEB.
"Mrs. Margaret Sefiff, Clerk
to the local draft board, an
nounced today .that the call
for : the month of February is
negative! There- arc no calls
or j induction nof for- physi
eull examinations for! Febrtt-
Hertford, is shown presenting
as R. M. (Pete) Thompson,
Sunday Is Day
To End Measles
r The Medical Society of
Perquimans and Chowan
bounties are sponsoring a
campaign against measles
this Sunday. Dr. T. P.
Brinn of Hertford is chair
man in Perquimans County
and Dr. David Wright is
chainman of the committee
in Chowan County.
End Measles Sunday to be
held by the Chowan-Per
quimans Medical Society at
the Chowan and Perquimans
Health Departments.
,. At Chowan County the
time will be from 12 noon
to 2:30 and include children
from one to six years old
Who have not had measles,
and in Perquimans County
the time will be from 3:30
to 5:30 P. M. and includes
children from one to 12
years old who have not had
measles.
The clinic is free and par
ents are- urged to take then-
children from one to 12 to
the clinic which is the medi
cal society doctors' idea to
help avoid the usual spring
epidemic whifch we usually
have of red measles.
Dr. T. P. Brinn will be at
the clinic on Sunday after
noon, again giving of his
time, to give all those child
ren attending their - immun
ization shot. The shot will
be given by jet injector,
wnich is .almost painless.
Dr. Isa C. Grant, M.D..
M.P.H., publicity chairman of
the t-nd Measles campaign,
urges all to take their child
ren to the clinic.
Production
Meetings Set
"We will have a series of
crop production meetings,
starting on- Thursday, Febru
ary 2," states R. M. Thomp
son, County Extension Chair
man. .
The first one will be on
soybeans and will be held
at the Agricultural Building
in Hertford beginning at 2
P. M. Dr. Howard Small,
extension soybean specialist,
will be here to conduct this
meeting.
"For many people, in 1966
the income from soybeans
exceeded income from any
other crop, and we are still
producing about the same
number of bushels of soy
beans that were being pro
duced per acre many years
ago. Part of this has to do
with attitudes of the farm
ers in the production of soy
beans and part of it is due
to the lack of research. It
is thought that more knowl
edge is being gained aboUt
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SUMNER REED'S DEATH
, Word '. was received "here
last Tuesday, ! January 17th
of the sudden' death of Sum
ner Reed at his home in De
troit, Miqbv. MrH Ree.d . was
the brother of Mrs. Charlotte
Reed Mathews. ; '
INTERNAL REVENUE
OFFERING ASSISTANCE
The Internal Revenue Ser
vice located on : the second
floor at 804 West Ehring
haus Street in Elizabeth City,
will help you with your in
come tax report. j; u
James C. Ingram, taxpay
er,i assistant representative,
stated taxpayers; ; who i wish
-assistance with their ; filing
may receive 'liielp at the-wfr
lice . tmmr- v a.-mv ntu,- w
mi h'om' t until 4:30 P. M.
Meetings Slated
By askjorce'
Under date of December
12, 1966, Gov. Dan Moore
was informed by Secretary
of Commerce John T. Con
nor that establishment of the
Atlantic Coastal Plains Reg
ional Commission for North
Carolina, South Carolina and
Georgia was approved. .
; Secretary Connor said the
creation of a regional com
mission for tne Coastal
Plains Region "provides op
portunity for new and con
structive approaches in federal-state
relations for the
good of the nation and the
economic development of the
region."
The counties below the
"fall-line" in the three states
constitute the Atlantic Coas
tal Plains Economic Devel
opment Region. Forty-five
counties in North Carolina
are included.
i Meetings are scheduled for
February 1, 1967, at the
Perquimans County Agricul
ture Building in Hertford at
10:30 A. M. and in the grand
jury room at the Nash Coun
ty Court House in Nashville
at 4 P. M.
Pursuant to the formation
of this regional commission,
the State Planning Task
Force is planning several
meetings to inform public
officials, planning boards,
civic groups, education lead
ers and all other interested
citizens of the scope, purpose
and potential of the tri-state
establishment. State and
federal officials will be in
attendance.
These two meetings are
being held primarily Sor the
benefit of the citizens of the
counties of Hamett, Johns
ton, Wake, Wilson, Nash,
Edgecombe, Franklin, Vance,
Warren, Halifax, Northamp
ton, Hertford, Gates, Cho
wan, Perquimans, Pasquo
tank, Camden, Currituck,
Tyrrell and Dare.
Junior Miss
Third In State
The Hertford Jaycees sent
Hertford's Junior Miss, Miss
Linda Hand, to Charlotte on
January 13 and 14 to com
pete in North Carolina's
Junior Miss Pageant.
Miss Hand did the local
Jaycees proud when she
started off by winning one
of the two preliminary
awards. She won a $100
scholarship bond for placisg
first in the Breck beauty
editors' award competitiin.
She was second runner-up
lor the other preliminary
award and won a sterling
stiver chip and dip bowl in
the Scott Paper hostess com
petition. Both of these pre
liminary awards were judged
prior to the pageant Satur
day night.
When the pageant started
at 8 o clock Saturday night,
Miss Hand had a large
group in the audience to
cheer her on. Her parents.
Dr. and Mrs. Leroy Hand,
her aunt and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Wagoner and her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Nixon and Mr. and Mrs.
Sid Harmon and a group of
local Jaycees were on hand
to give her moral support.
: When the finalists were
named, Linda was among the
top five. She was the top
winner in the youth fitness
Continued on Paice Six
Prison Escapee
Given Sentence
Joseph Smith, charted
with escape from costudy of
uaies county Prison Unit,
was given a four months sen
tence to begin at the expira
tion of sentences imposed in
Hertford County Recorders
Court in district court here
last Wednesday.
Diane Leary Werner.
charged with expired , opera
tors license, was fined $25
and taxed With the court
costs. '. V-' :, : ' '.: -'
James Preston Jordan,
charged with allowing , an un
licensed person to Operate a
motor vehicle, was fined $25
and court costs. '
Willie Skittlethorpe, charg
ed with depositing litter on
the highway, was fined $5.00
and taxed with the costs.
Joseph Henry Goodman.
charged with 1 speeding, was
fined $13.00 and costs. James
Henry Riddick, charged with
speeding, was fined $5.00 and
COStS. S ' - , Y :'?'
.Cornelius Sharp, .-: charged
with ; improper jights, was
assessed wuo, tne costs.-
ioey . Simpson Qwens. chaia
td with impeding the normal
Concluded on Page Tom,
Harmon, Madre Given
Hertford Jay cee Award
At Annual Banquet
Sidney Harmon, Hertford
druggist, was presented the
1966 Distinguished Service
Award and Donald Madre,
farmer of Route 1, Hertford,
was presented the 1967 Out
standing Young Farmer
Award at the annual Jaycee
banquet held last Wednesday
night at the Hertford Gram
mar School.
v' ' fen
Madre is the son of Mr. and James A. Auman, John G.
Mrs. Warner Madre of Hert- Beers, Marion S. Swindell.
""Uker was Dick Dall.
Brewer Beers, Conald Norman, Bud
Presentation of DSA award dy Tilley, Joel F. Hollowcll',
to Sidney (Sid) Harmon was Jr.. Sidney Harmon, who
made by Erie Haste, chair- again won the honor thi.-
man of the DSA Commit- year.
tee. Former OYF winners since
The meeting closed with 1952 include Allen Tom
the Jaycee creed by Clyde Banks, Benjamin Chambers,
Lane, vice president. Elmer C. Lassiter, Clarence
Former DSA winners since C. Chappell, Jr., William F.
1952 and "through the years Elliott, Jr., Walter W. Cart
to date are: Francis B. Nix- wright, Clifford S. Winslow,
on, George A. Fields, Henry Garland Eure, Tildon White
C.Stokes, Jr., Charles Skin- hurst, Paul Smith, Clyde
ner, Jr., William A, White, Lane, Jr., and Ed Nixon.
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Naval - Military Operations
In Perquimans In 1863
On 30 January 1(163, the Briggs. Steamed down the
USS Commodore Perry, a 513 river, and at 10:30 came to
ton side-wheel steamer of the a-hor off the town of Hert-
fnrn T.annorl tita .cnlHinria
United States Navy, captain-
ed by Lieut. Commander C.
W. Flusser, conducted naval
and military operations in
Perquimans County. This ex-
pedition was part of an at-.cd a bridge across the ,Per
tempt to prevent, the civilian quimans River. From 4 to
population of the area from midnight, expedition return
rendering aid to the Con- cd."
federate government. The Further details arc triveti
ihip's log contains the follow-
ing report: "January 30-At
1:45 A. M., sent cutler and
launch ashore. At 5:30 they
eturnea wun nny-onc soia-
ers of the Twenty-seventh
Massachusetts Regiment, Cap-
tain Sanford and Lieutenant
USE OF FUMAZONE
EXPLAINED BY FILM
The Hertford Farmers Ex
change is ; announcing ' that
ther will be an education
program put on by the Dow
Chemical Company - Friday,
February 3, at 7:30 P. M. in
the Agriculture Building in
Hertford, cone.-nninfe tne use
of the new . Dow : Fumazone
8S ,v for, peanuts. This . is a
new product and air peanut
growers' C in Perquiman; ,are
urged to attend this meeting
an! -,get' , the , full deitails ,, on
its ; use. . '
Welly While, president -of
the Hertford Jaycees, called
the meeting to older. The
invocation was given by
.Doug Taylor, local chaplain,
after which Welly Whitu
recognized the guests.
Presentation of the OYF
award was made by 'L5ou;
Taylor, chairman of the OYF
Committee, to Donald Madre.
j
and thirtv sailors belonging
to the boat under command
of Captain Flusser. At 1
P. M., manned two boats,
went on shore, and destroy-
in ,,. rn).lin.s ..on,t. .-r
loft pivmol,,h with fiftv-
ntl, nf ,ho T,n,,i,.
cnth Massachusetts, under
Captain Sanford. landed the
, r, , Hpi.ffnl.H witu
..hml. ninptv mpn mar..h(,d
8 or ,0 mite8i destroyed two
bridges over the Perquimans
River, and returned to Plym-,
outh the same night. There
are how no bridges remain
ing on the Perquimans, so
that the goods sent from Nor
folk " to the enemy on the
' south side of the Chowan
(by whom they are conveyed
to Richmond) have to be
passed over a ford, and the
roads leading from that ford
can be guarded by the troops
at Winfield."
CANCER CLINIC
The Northeastern Cancer
Clinic will be held on Fri
day afternoon, February 3rd,
with registration beginning at
12:45 P, M. Only 30 peP'e
can be:, seen at the Center
each month due to limited
facilities, so it is suggested
that anyone who wishes to be
assured of an appointment
should write or call the Can""
cer.. Center," Health Depart
men't, Elisabeth City, for a -priority.
1 Examinees are ask-;
ed touring a, robe, or house"
coat with tljein.'.'' : '",