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.'. 'TOffT u:1: ;-A r m U Li Lj W V- IA Stano,v. ... W Iff Iff l? IT V i J 1 , '1,11 J v i 1II VV JUaJlj IT I. Hertford, Perquimans County, if orth Carolina. Friday, June 16, 1967. Vol. XXXIG-No. 24: 10 Cents Per Copy TT I "'i-"! r r Mr M t i,?, Hr ' i; ii.r ;:!: h ! At nn ,ir. : L.,'''r:'j j Members of the Hertford )rti Tuwn" Board, elected to of ' tjce.h May, assumed their duties at a meeting held Monday hight after, being swim into office by Clerk k,v of Court, W; Jarvis Ward. ; Following 'the ceremony the board was ' organized with the newly fleeted Mayor, . Emmett.. Landing . named " as city manager, Charles fi. Johnson, Jr.,' was reappointed ;city at torney and R. C (Bobby) Elliott wa reappointed as town clerk. Members of the new board are Mayor Emmett Landing and- Com missioners W. "D. V(Bill) Cox, Jesse L.v Harris C. C. Winslow and H. C;Sulll- Van, 'a ft'...".-:; "h-r:; Vy$itfl . The old board met earl , ier and appointed out-go- f ing, Mayor V. NM)arden, i who did not seek re-elec-; . tioij, . to serve the ' unexr pired , term of J, Emory . V White on the ABC "Board. . Mr.. White was no elig iblc.to hold the board scat due to the fact that he t no- longer resides in the" ' I Town .bf Hertford. , ' ; The -new Mayors and" Board of Commissioners in x lengthy meeting, ' spent the. bulk of ,ihff Utne re appointing town positions. H. L. Gibbs. was , reap-, pptnted Chidf of Polfcet R HCj. EMptt TowftCterlv4nA i Srtford Fire Chief, and arles i El ..Johnson, Jr., as ; Town Attorney., , W. L. ( Buddy?,, tiliey. , was appointed , to replace Emmett Landing on the Town Planning Board. C. C. Winslow was appointed as Vice .Mayor. . " The proposed budget for 1967-t68 was gone over by the new Mayor and Com missioners..',: However, , no action was. taken ph this. - A, special : meeting will be held on , Monday night : to further discuss the tudgct. h 'th. Isa Grant spoke, to the new board' on an Al bemarle Area . Alcoholic Council. Dr. Grant asked that five per cent of -the net profits from the ABC store be, set aside to help establish, an AAA Council. -The headquarters would oce than . likely be in ltbeth City and would . include Chowan, Perquim- anj, Pasquotank, Curri &uk,fand pare.: counties, Nkf decieion was reached . and the matter was tabled ' unil a later date. .' ft. ,0 'I 1 , ',; in., , .. Bloodmobi! tn County June 21 : The American Red Cross Bloodmobile will be here , on.', Wednesday, June 21, at the First Methodist Church fom the hours of 12 noon until 5 P.lM. , ' . The las, three months have drained the Perquim. imj' County account with the ' Tidewater Blood Cen ter: "Fresh blood was sup ilied immediately for more people in this county in 'the' last three (months than any other period ih recent , history,, ' - ;' 'If you know of anyone who has had blood sup plied to them, please come I'm and help them replace , 'itfor the use ol vomeone elbe in( need. Pree Bfc" ' ' ' and drinks will 1 vei every -SUCC?So?Ul ( ionaay Mrs. Sawyer Awarded 5160 j. Melvin Howell, Coun ty;! Supervisor Farmers Home Administration,- is shown presenting Mrs. Inez H. ; Sawyer, county office Clerk, a $160 check and Certificate oaf ; Appreciation for sustained superior work performance. The award was presented Mrs. Saw yer for outstanding work performed in assisting the county supervisor in re ceiving and processing loan applications' and at the same time performing offi cial duties of her position. The work load in this of fice lias more than doubl ed over the past two years. COAStudents" On Dean's List Wayne Winslow, Belvi-. dere' received A's for all yOrk attempted at the Col lege ,.of the Albemarle dur ing ' the second semester. Other students placed, .on the ' Dean's List for su- . pejriOr academic achieve- mentiSuring ; the see'dnd , semester were: ' , ' ' Aubrey Gayle . Baccus; Hertford; " Rita Jordan,- Hertford-- Archie Miller, , WinfaU; Edith -R. HiddioR, Belvidere; Barbara. Spivey,, " Belvidere; Patricia i..Annr' Banks,! Hertford; Joseph L. , Stallings, Belvidere; Paul Glynn Ward, Hertford; iHariette: Williams. Hert- ford?TphylliB Williams, Bel- videre. America, My Homeland v BjSusan Winterrlnger Some people say patriot ism is' lagging in modern America. It is my opinion that we all should be more patriotic and honor, our country in every way possible to show our love' for America. I All of - us know of Am erica's greatness. America "a ; wonderful ; country With all its vast natural Resources, and beautiful forests. Our country is a melting pot of all nation- : Jlities, races and languages. lb me, America is largef. ustling;cities and quiet J fountrysides where cows (izily t?graze. Busy . ports n.d ..shipyards ; bringing oods (fiom , all (" over the , forld , and export,img food , a . hungry people far Way all- this, is , America, t Churches schools, anything pure anS good, to me, is America. America means help. - It means help ,, to starving children in India,: a poor, unstable government in Southertst Asia,, an elderly person, ii:J a a; : n without a job. I - ' , --.ici-ica is a he , . An ' ! f.'eedonv-T, ,the fi , of speech, , freedon;cf r'1 -n, free ...dara of ,tt e l - k, America; . V-ty' t' ' ' 1 "y where t i v TrisarI- II Hill it Tommy Long, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs; Julian Long, Route 1, Hertford, was chosen as the ' delegate from the rising FFA sen iors of Perquimans County High School to attend the 1967 Resource . Conserva tion Workshop this week, June 12-16 at N. C. State University, Raleigh, N. C. ' Tommy has been a very active . FFA student, ac cording to.. J.. T. .. Tun-neli,- vocational agriculture tetfeher; ! and,,was, a ; mem : ber of the i land ! judging ' team - which won district hohori this spring.' Tom my is president of the Stu-: dent -i government for the coming (school year. -.,.The- workshop is made possible ' through . the com bined efforts of the N.C Associatibn ( of ' Soil and Water Conservation .Dis tricts, the North Carolina ' Continued ' on Page ' 7 - Death Claims Former Citizen - John- Vaughan- Grune wald, 57, husband of "Mrs. Elizabeth Fowler Grune vald formerly s' of Hert ford, died Tuesday morning in his home in Jonesboro, Ga following a heart at tack. A native of Louisville, Ky., he was the son of the late John T.' aod' Mrs. Viv ian Vaughan Grunewald. He was a retire4t civil ser- vW-p omnlftvpp. n member M ee44aniifo.JN4; 251, A. F. St A7 M In Jonesboro.v - in which he was an officer and mem ber of the Scottish Rite Bodies in Atlanta. He was a member of ;, Freemason Street Baptist Church in Norfolk. Besides his wife,:; he is survived .by a brother, Harris, Grunewald of Nor folk; a sister, Mrs. A. E. Ross of . California, and an Uncle, ' M. E. Vaughan of Norfolk. - ' . , , . Funeral services Were held Thursday at 2:30 P.. ' M. in the" chapel " of : the Swindell Funeral Home by - Re v. Norman Harris, pas- ' tor of Hertford Baptist Church. v Burial was ' in Cedar wood Cemetery with . Ma sonic rites ' conducted by ( Perquimans Lodge No. 106, A.. F. & A. M ship every.. Sunday or a . small, white' frame church -in the country, attended by several families thanking God for all their bless ings. America is a school a new, clean school wh"re children, who, in one short generation,! will lead our country, learn well. In deed, America is many good and wonderful things. Yet, there are those Americans who do not ap preciate our country those who burn their draft cards, those who d o hot vote in all ' the " elections, the many high school drop, outs ,and all the ' Persons responsible for the high crime rate - in the United States. v , . J " ' ' Yes, my "generation'' will be the ones ' responsible' for all' those "ugly" 'Am-, ericans. It' is" the 'duly bf each individual to ' show honor and patriotism.! For a nation of patriotic citi zens is, indeed, a great nation. Susan ,was first folace winner in an essay con test on . .Citizenship and Patriotism conducted ' in the school at ,Saa Ar.tonio.i ..Texas. , She, is the .daush ter of , Dr. , and I" s. Jim V.interrin2?r. of,.r i An.-.- ,,t! io end t-e gra; ' ' V t -r f T s, ' ' - ' 'x. , vr tf I i. CONNIE JENKINS Outstanding Mr. and Mrs. Free land Copeland of Route 2, Hert ford, are the grandparents of two outstanding- 4-H Club members of North ampton County. Connie and Arthur Jen kins, daughter and son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Jen kins of Potecasi are 1967 4-H State Project Winners. : Connie is state 4-H foods and nutrition winner." - A 4-H club member six years, she. has completed 24 ' pro jects, county winner Jn: the foods and nutrition project four years. She was dis trict foods and nutrition winner in' 1965, county win- ner in- breads and cereal project in 1966 and district demonstration in 1966! She has held all major offices in::-; her local 4-H Club arid - has been . secre tary i of the county council and is presently serving as reporter of the , council. She is a. member of the county 4-H . honor club' and is serving as secretary .'of the organization. In 1966 she was a delegate to the National 4-H Short course in Washington, D. C. .She also received the 4-H Key AWard in 1966 1 for out-, standing achievement v and, leadership. , . ': ',.'., ' Connie is a member of the Beta Club of the Northampton County High School and due to her ' scholastic rating has 'been selected as a marshal for the 1967 graduating class. Connie's award as a Dies Suddenly Fred Tunstall ' Mat thews, 58, of Route 1, Windsor, Va., died sudden ly Wednesday night at 6:15 o'clock. A native of Perquimans County.V he was the son of the late Pete and Mrs. -Amanda Hcbbs Matthews. He was owner and operator' of the Windsor, " Va; Auto " Auc tion, was '' a "' real ' estate broker and a firmer. '' . He was. a member of the Hertfordf BaDtist Church and "Perquinnaris Masonic Lodgs No. 106, ,Ai F. , ,& a. M.;;;;,::,,-;;;;,;,,.;' . Surviving are. his . wife, Mrs. HazeJ i Keaton Mat , thews; three sons, Fred T. Matthews, ' Jr., and John Thomas Matthews of Suf folk and : Dr. Robert S. Matthews of , Durham; three brothers, Glenn Mat thews of.. Hertford, Alton Matthews of Norfolk ' and Wendell Matthews of Eliz abeth City, and eight grandchildren. :( Funeral, services will be i -conducted Friday afternoon ;3o'olock oin j the., Hertf fitri Baptist y Churohii by h.RovI.'. Norman .Harrisi-paB ,tor.t Burial will ibe'ifiv-C' . darwood Cemetery, v ; , i - Arthur jenkins 4 - H Members State winner will be a trip to National 4-H Club Con gress in Chicago. This . trip i sponsored by the Gen eral Foods Corporation. Arthur is State 4-H Pea nut Winner. A club mem ber four years, Arthur has 18 projects in He was coun A"'''"-'"-" field crops, ty junior peanut champion in 1964 and 1965 and coun ty senior champion in 1966. Last year he was declared county" winner in four oth er" agricultural projects and. was tapped for the County Honor Club. , ' . .. ; 4, Arthur has held several tjjffices in his local 4-H lub and has served on sev eral jtounty committees. He ecatne a member of the W"cToneariut-Cliib m? 1966. Arthur is a freshman - in; the Northampton County High School and a Life Scout with Troop 98 of Woodland. - . .. His award as a 4-H state winner is a trip to the Na tional 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. His trip is be-.-ing sponsored by the : Re- liance Lime arid Fertilizer Company. ' . In announcing the State winners, Dr. X- C. Blalock, state 4-H leader at North Carolina State s University; remarked, "These members are being honored for pro ject achievement, but they have also demonstrated su perior leadership ability, citizenship responsibility, and other characteristics of wel-rounded, talented young men and women." Limitation On Irish Potatoes The U. S. Department of Agriculture's Consumer and Marketing Service issued a limitation of shipments reg-' ulation for potatoes in des ignated counties of Vir ginia , and North ' Carolina to be effective June 15 to August 1, 1967. The regulation limits all fresh market shipments of Irish potatoes produced in District 1, 2, 3, or 4 of the production area to U.. S. No. 2. or better grade, ' as certified, by. the , Federal-. State Inspection. Service. ' The production area reg ulated includes the i Vir ginia counties of Accomack, Northampton,' Nansemond, Princess Anne, ' Norfolk, and i James City, and the. North Carolina counties of Northampton, Gates, Hert-' ford, Bertie, Chowan, Per quimans, Pasquotank, Cur rituck, and . Camden. - t ; f These quality and in spection requirements ' for Virginia and North-: Caro lina potatoes were recom mended by the Southeast ern Potato Committee at its organizational meeting May 26 in Norfolk, Va. : Interested persons ' had' until June 6, to file com-' ments on the proposed reg' , ulation. ; , None were filed. ' ' This r- marketing order spnogram had been inactive since, 1959, . but , Jias been reactivated this year. . School Lists Honor Students , '' ' " y'- 1 Students listed on the Perquimans County ' High School Honor Roll for the final grading period were announced this week by Principal William Byrum. The list follows: "A" Honor Roll 9A Wayne Riddick. 9B Janice Winslow. 9C Anne Simpson. 12B Joe Haskett. "A-B" Honor Roll 8B Linda Baker and Ed mond White. ; 8C A r c h i e Blanchard and Patricia Morse. 8E Linda Hanell, Nan cy Tunnell, Woody Bundy and Brant Murray. 9A Nan Ambrose, Mary Elizabeth Godfrey, ; Karen Haskett and Dan Nixon. 9B Douglas Perry, Judy Hall and Betty Hall. '' . . 9C Johnny Caddy, Ray Holowell, Louise Dale, De lores Spivey, Nancy Ri'd dick and Geneva White.. 10A Doug Haskett, Don Morgan, Brenda Baccus and Sharon Bundy. 10B Susan Harrell, Don ald Perry, Mark Thomp son, Willard Felton and Mike Bunch. . 10D Kay Nixon. 11 A Ethel Ruth Spruill, Georgia Stallings, Joyce Stallings and Linda Wins low. , 1 IB S h e 1 1 y Bateman, Jenny Chambers, Belinda Hurdle and Dianne Stall ings. ."fBanksKaj; Dail, Bea Skipsey, Shar man Taylor and Carole White. 12A Alma Copeland, Joyce Copeland, Geraldine Meads, , and Jackie Simp son. ! . .'. . ; i . . . ;i j . 12B Lei a Mae Long, Joyce Twine, Nettie Um phlett and Jan White. National Group Meets June 22 The Albemarle : Chapter of the National Association of Retired Civil Employees wil hold an old-fashioned pot luck picnic at the Snug Harbor Park at the mouth of the Yeopim River .on Albemarle Sound in Per quimans County . June 22, at 12:00 noon, according to Lean I. Edwards, president. All retired federal .. civil service employees are urg ed to be present and' bring your spouse. There will b ample recreation and fel lowship for all. .'" ' BACK IN 1789 By R. A. Winslow, Jr. :, The Perquimans County Interior Court in July 1789 heard the following report: "It appearing to the Sat isfaction of this Court, That the frequent Escapes which , are made from the Gaol in the Town of Hertford is in a great Measure Owing to the want of a . Gaolers House & some Careful pert son to reside therein as Gaoler It is therefore Ordered that Charles Moore and William Skinner Es quires be appointed . as Commissioners to Contract, "with Some workman '. for, Erecting a Gaolers . House, Contiguous ? to t the t said Gaol, of Such Dimensions and ; Constructed in. such manner as they shall think best for the Security of Prisoners, and it is further , ordered ::, that the Several Collectors of the Taxes in this County, account with & Pay the Net amount of the Gaol Tax by them Col lected, to the said Commis'-' sioners,: to be 'by the'fn apv plyd : for :. - the ' Purposes aforesaid, and that the said' "Commissioners " render tin account of the transactions and Expenditure lef April Perq uimans Urged To Support Effort Raise $10,000 A 5? "Ski'' "4 , At ; CAROLYN LONG Carolyn Long Wins Award Carolyn Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Long of Route 1, Hertford, received the first College of the Albemarle Music Achievement Award at the commencement recital at the college. Dr. L. L. Barlow, dean of the college, presented the award to Miss Long during intermission. The award goes to the student s'who over a two j,year enijre : at ..COA has made outstanding progress in his or her chosen per formance field and in other music studies has achieved a commendable scholastic record, thus contributing to the advancement of the college's fine arts pro grain. A piano student of Mrs. Clifford Bair, Miss Long is . the secretary and ac companist of the COA Chorale. .' A June, graduate, she intends to major in church music at .,, East Carolina College. MEL WRIGHT AMONG UNC GRADUATES Mel Wright, son of Mr." and Mrs. Melvin Wright of Elizabeth City, and grand son of Mrs. J. E. Everett of Hertford, was among the graduating class at the University at Chapel Hill. Wright was also on the Dean's List for the last school semester. Court Next." At the April Term of Court 1790, William Skin ner reported that the Jail er's House was completed and Alexander Stafford was placed as Jailer. The Court ordered that Stafford "pay due attention to the Receipt of all Prisoners committed to the Jail & . .furnish them with neces saries as the Law may Di-' rect & that he be intitled to the fees arising for all , Committments & release ments as well as feeding agreeable to Law and as a further compensation to . the sd Jailer it is agreed to by the unanimous Voice of this Court that he be j permitted to entertain all f persons whatever as a pub- : lican without any other Li sense than ' this order & that he may Charge the : Same ; as other Publicans agreeable to the Rates Es- ' tablished by this Court and I the Court do consider that the sd Jailer shall be an swerable for any- miscon' duct in Office and remove able at Pleasure.", (A'pub'1, " lican was a tavern 'keeper, II the. eighteenth-century tav ern" being both saloon and ' hotel) ' ' ' ' ''; " .. ' ." Citizens "We now enter the third week of our .efforts to raifs $10,000 to secure industry for our county and thereby create employment for you and your loved ones," says Leon I. Edwards, Perquim ans County Chamber of Commerce manager. "Many of you still have not taken pwt in this pro gram so why not show that you really have the interest of your community at heart, by stepping for ward and saying yes you can count on me by plac ing your check in the mail today?" asks Edwards. Mr, Edwards points out further that "it is up to us to provide for ' the future generation so that they will be able to secure em ployment when they are through school. In fact it is just as important as their education itself. What good does it do to edu cate them unless the chil dren have a place to use the knowledge they ac quire. "It is nice for John ;ind Mary to have a good car. It is good that you are able to provide that which you didn't have when growing up. "But did you ever stop to think that at least you had a place to go, to work. Our parents provided ibis for us, yet many times we see even where they could have done a better job. We, ourselves, should not criticize unless we are will ing to do our part for the future generation which follow us. "So please fill out th ad you will find elsewneie in this " paper and send along your check to help," concluded Edwards. MerfsDayAt Baptist Church Men's Day will be cele brated at Fiit Baptist Church,' Hertford, Sunday, June 18th at 11:00 A. M. The guest speaker for this service is Rev. James A. Felton, author of the timely book, "Fruits of Enduring-Faith."- Rev. Mr. Felton Js a na tive of Hertford and a member of New Bethel Baptist Church. At pres ent he resides in Winton, N. C. He is a graduate of Elizabeth City State. CoJ-7, lege, where he earned the BS degree. " He also is a graduate of North Carolina State College, where he re ceived the MA degree. Mr. Felton recently completed 20 years of teaching and recentely accepted a new job as Director of Hous ing for Peoples Program on Poverty. This housing program serves four 'coun ties and towns of Chowan oke area. Rev. Felton is also founder ; of West Cho wan Historical and Arts Society. - Rev.--Felton will speak to this audience from the. subject, "My Father's Traits.", Music will be presented by the men of the church and county; r ; " 1 ' The public is invited to attend. GRADUATES David Broughton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney' Broughton of Wilmington, DeL, Was among the 1967 , graduating class of a Wil mingtbh," Del. high . school, ' "' Broughton vls, the grand- ' son, o(''Mrs.J Vera 'Batten Hertfrd:";Wrs. ' Batton. -Jfeft. r Wednesday ' to attend . the -' 'exercises, "