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ll'.i Vi I . i-.-;:.7r -1... .U it I . . -T I I J' 5 .ill 10 Cents Per Copy J- --.ty.j North CLItav Friday, August 25, 1967 ,c0: : Towe Heads 4000 ..viOlltel . ? Course Sbtcd Chamber Drive 1 t ; - - Appro- 'r " cal Bui 1 . k - ed .In, the ns,. County' schools' ' "rki back to school n . t . . d-i nesday, August Z ,y f According to. V".fe!e-Bort,- Perquimans tfLiiools are still short 'fo-jr 'teach'- p- ftt ". : i '. " The Perquimans'-schools aid :their princip-ls ff. the JWI7-68 a." ' are:; Hertford .Grauui r ..-hoo! James! Patrick : ;.( ) Har 'sell; King Street - erjt - ary School, DewtyO. 'IJe w by; :! Perguimans.v,JntraI Grammar -ScbOor '&t Wjh? fall, Thomas L.i-f ,ton; Perquimans UiuV.V , Jqpl, Winfall JiteepltrAC'.CeBi ey n Per-jahnansCoun--ty High EfVooVWCafo & Byrum. - - . XV 7, 7 A :M " tn Mav.- "1791,four Jus- quimans 'County issued;, a, Protest' atfamsir t:: ,pt4c tice of cboo?!"g tle v'Shet-., IHs Worn t " V. i, Jus tices. .L . c. er not ellictej'.by'f ri-eoplie' intil 1838), ; j' J iraif- vey,1-Frnci3, ,.Jh-'t . buryr "z-y, Skinner v.r viewa. as follows: ; . - " "Whereas .this Coart at this TermChaih Entered. Into Tes'utiojb t: the Sheriffs .c fee given- to t ;y .t.jjftiie' Court wo U;e (i ' -r 'wiit- 'ten usWeiolA-.e -Teace sented ,fV" d ".t. jorttjt' n the '8 ' 1' rt nin thiaolir'! inin Eifte .ase ed procet,' s,rf. it appears' o us'd fldpjy office by a certain ; Class of Citizens to the lxclu Trfina of all other 4ndly because It . is - 'expressly Contrary to- our CcstJUt fon whereby H says , that i.i penominauons x,i iuiu -fens shall be EUaUy in t'tled to a Canurtisr'-in into JJ5 offices bf the 'Govern nt Srdly Because 'Sltho uch5 Provision : It&s fu)t been made by tfe 'Consti tution re conceive nt in consistent 'with Ce -feplrit of Ooverronent t!ie princi pal object of whUi'is the jnteresl of', the Co.nniunity :in General." s of irve t Tf .. . , ,, t ' r' y-ct j i fill! t V, , -t cc ' j"g in aiy ; ; you -. -"rve i 1 1 . .Third i Class lliarn O. relton; Jr.; USN, son of fr. ."arid 'Mra. William O, relton of.' 220 King St, Hartford, haa landed with MobUe Construction . Bat taUon, Six , in, South Viet Want, f -' t . v pomts-based at avisyiHe, R, f., ;the geabeff unit has begun ' -Hs ' second tour of duty" In Viet Nam.'i ' The primary mission of hii; battalion- while in Viet Nam-wi" be . to ."build and . defendt; while: serving, with. Marines and other' V. S. forcckjthroughout thewun- . During .their .last tour the Scabf e j bailt what is. be- 'rge4 'sold storage area, 353,CS! cupkj-feet and con strUct enougbtin roofed K'. V" ." ' . A'j x ; I A AAA nouses,. ; w pruirvi .i,vuv V.:S.' trpopa frpni the Viet nadiese weather - -' Friar to leaving for yiet JJam the eabees complet- bejeune -ff. C and techni- cat- frainpijg i ; vuiuuj schools 4hroutrhout the U. S. ; t lqbile Construction Bat talion Sixi earned the Pres idpKt'ial;r Unit, CiUUon on Guadalcanal during World War U and gained recog niiidn in Vietnam last year. fc:ItPuS,ll!c!i C:..::3t?:::J the r perqulmaiia County t arjfca..are jnvitfel to display theif footbaU talents in puhiin;. passing and kick ing in the 7h annual - na tionwide Puni, Pass & Kick )Q om it e t i t ion.. Winslow Blahthacd ifartor Co.. Inc. ' will 'award ,18 trotxhies. one toach- of ,tM top' three bpysin eacn 01 tne six age groups' between 8 and lmti winners - in "-the Competition to be held in Hertford ' will " bo . on to hiaher-level combetitions pensored nationally by the Fofd Dealers of ; Amenca and ' the National Football Leaaue.' 1 v Winslow-Blanchard WotOr Company , ' as. local sponsor hopea that some boy frdm the Perquimans , County area will go to the Nation al: Championships in "Mi ami's Orange- Bowl during1 the NFL play Off Game on January 7 1988. For each succeeding win 'in Zone, District Area; Division and National Competition hand some trophies ere awarded in. addition to the 18 given local winners, by. Winslow Blanchard Motor Co., Inc. ' Local winners in. the six : age ' groups , will compete in ' the . Zone contests which wll result in 2,180 lucky lads progressing to District Competitions, where 228 chamnions will move on to Area Competitions held in f t?j 18 NFL cities. Win-., ''-n become eligible the 8 -NFL-Area i.'s, divided -equally to ""-ra w'!th .the East (' -ent of Nation L ' S"e t;ama. n "TL-Area r.r f ---?.; t. Cox, i tlie Tem ' rt Nor t a '1. "J , f 1 J Leon ;:t Eiwards, t Per-t quimanv County Chamber 6f !Commerce manager,1 on (August gave. his njonUiT. ly report ,to tne citizen oj the county over the Eden-1 ton and Flitabetn City ra. dio stations. , tn the' report the' , Chamber.' manager took issue with those Who would give flrst'prlorlty to . a highwtfy 1 between Eliza beth City and Norfolk. . Mr. Edwards stated, "at. a meeting of the Albemarle Highway Committee it was his conclusion .that the committee had agreed up on a primary goaK of the four county representatives that the ' primary, ,. foal would be a four-lane tl. S. 17 from .Elhtabetl) City .'to Eden ton and further ' that the committee ' cooperate with the Virginia, jarea. to secure , the four-laning1 of U, S. 17 to the Virginia state, line at a mutual time to be 'agreed . upon:.aftef making contact: with - the Highway v: Committee in Virginia. , .J ' y Yet it seems, the Cham ber manager- stated, that certain- little people who would butter their own bread Tthout thinking of the welfare of all of the people of , Northeastern North Carolina haVe i set upon their bwn plan as to what .they v would; - like to accomplish. Either to fur ther themselves I politically, or as a selfish motive to feather their own pocket books. v Edwards continued, "Now gentlemen,. just keep . up the good work and we will be lucky to have , a side walk from Edenton to Nor folk, yet , maybe this, is best, for we could jat least get some exercise and those lik myself eouki re duce by a .two day. , rke eacn i way, r or- we nugm , Continued en .Pal J Bethel StohT Being Gnbed .11 W. W. (BiUrCorprew of the Bethel ccornntunlty In Perquimans Coiihty an nounced to the pertulmans County Chamber of Com merce this week h9 inten tions ; to enlarge his store in Bethel as well ai to in stall self service counters. When x. completed.' the store wiU be 40 by 21 feet with an enlarged stock to meet the needs of the peo ple ' of the Bethel, , and Snug Harbor which , has increased over ', the ',' past year. Mr. Corprew expects . to make the change over and the completion in the , very near future. Corprew Brothers' -also have completed nine .can-, al lots and have 12 .wood-, ed lots ready for sal., m Riverview on' the! 'Yeopim River. ' The Kiverview Ba tata will eventually ' Con tain 82 lots, according to the Chamber manager DcuKc D ii AreRcpcrt:J Thomas - L. Summerln, 22.aon ofFd E'.-merlin and the late Mrs. Vottley Long Summerlid (Mrs. Siwnmerlin : was the .fornlejf Wortley iong,' dai .liter bf' Mr. and Mrs. C C. Long), and . hU- wfe, r na !) P. Summerlin, 2Z.'.t i 'U'.led' 411" B kHI .'BUW . ' The Summe " vhred -,bjs a-'s, Long,, ,11, -At' horr f merhn ia aurvi'" a , rotterj st LI h- ) ty. Newport, Va.; anj: tfr, firs. Norm pi ' r's- Clf Erurswick, Ga. I Ti me. Un is survived ly Let t ,.4ls. Ir. a" 1 . -Tl. J -l L. Keys of I . j- v. ' . I'L . A radiological , monitnrv instructor course will tej held in. Elizabeth ; City H Wednesday, September.;,! i at 7 P. M. in the National. Guard armory on Westovtri Street , , : i The radiological moniton; l ing for instructors course i, offered under .a contr? awarded to the- Univers ' of i North Carolina by Office of . Civil Defense: This course is a 32 ho': course designed to preps- selected individuals tto bv come . instructors of radicl logical monitors to provid the technical background necessary for . advanced training as radiological d( fense officers and to proji vide training for . person! whose assignments require extensive knowledge fof radiological defense. . The course will meet once a week for1 11 wee4 for three hours per meet-) ing. . Maximum use wiu pe; made of ' .standard Civil Defense monitoring devices.' and a 30 millicune cobalt course set ' - is ucx;nj mp The ASC community" committee election will be held soon. Ballots will b mailed to eligible voters' about September' 8, 1987. Tka irniaA KflllAta mnf Ka mailed or returned in per son by September 18, 1987, The community bound aries have not been chang- I eu 41 VIII 'laat cat. n wuu- ty map1 showing boundaries) .is posted in each commun ity. The communities are commonly known as Belvi- dere, Bethel, . Hertford, New Hope. ' Nicanor and Parkyllle. i A slate of nominess wilLJ - De selected" by "the "presept community committee. The county committee may add additional nominees. Oth ers may be added to, the slate of nominees by peti tion if they .are, found -to be eligible and willing to serve if elected. -. Petitions must be: i 1. Limited to one nom inee each. , ; 2. Signed : by at least six eligible voters in the . community. (EUgible vot ers may ..sign as many pe titions as. they desire). , 3. Received at the coun ty office by August 24, 1987. , . The- pcv-soits nemimrbed should be (1) currently en gaged. In.; the operation; of a ..farm of ranch . and (2) well ,, qualified , , for. , om m,ttee .worn. , 5. ,-,;, in genem. a Aperson - is eligible to be. a commun ity committeeman -if ,he lives ( in .the community in UonHttuetJ, on . rage l.L.JruitJ v Willie "Bill" Pierce, 58, of Roujte 3, died suddenly Monday morning at 5:30 in his home. A native of Per quimans County, he was the son of the late William H. and Mrs. ; Ethel Mae White : Pierce. ' He Was a farmer .and was a member of . pakt Grove 'Methodist Church.' -. ..Surviving are his twife, Mrs Ruth. Httrdje Pierce; ' : davghtecMisstRutnuPar) tricja, Jierce 1(of i;the home; a sort, Chief Curtis Pieroei on .the- J.0SCoatf Guard shift ,uilcCupught.f thee brfi;S?rs: Jamea; Pierce-, and: V L!jl4.r?e qftRcMte. and' Clarence Pierce of btar Route, Winfall; four sis ters: Mrs. Otha Garrett of Eionton, Mrs. Matthew Smith of Route 1, Mrs. Ce cil Sawyer of Hertford and tos.. Archie Chappell 'of Vt ' II; - and oe- grand- 1 f i '::i te tl 4C3 in & um m e r.iKeighborhood ' I Youth Corps :reridsivithis. weex ana new irb-ociiooi Project i' begins on, Labor Day,; September 4, 1967, it was announced by' John T. Bi!gersi ; Project to Director ior tne ten couniy AiDc-: marie area, i - . - 1 , The sumnier 1 program, phasing out' this week, lias given 550 high school boys and girls of the Albemarle area training, and work ex perience, necessary for the world of responsibility. It has - alsb': given them a chance' to earn some need ed income . and 'the . oppor tunity to' gain the self-re spect and feeling-pf- belong ing that are ;"musts,, for good citizenships The sum mer.' Neighborhood ; Youth Corps' program , has ' been a gr.eaX hep to, the any. public agencies ; furnishing worksites, ftwv the boys and girls, V " , ,x- The new project besin ! Centiaqed tn. Fagf 5 ReturisHome: . ( Frances ' Newby, ."voca tional "homseA-Veconomics teacher '.at1: Perquimans County High. School, has , returned f ro m " summer conference. '. T h v voca tional v home'vv economics -conference- was held st the University ' of North, Caro- I Una at Greensboro, August 9r12. The, theme ' of the conference, was "Our Task ' -i-Evaluatei Improve,' ; Re direct and. Expand." ' . Several Xry bittstand ing speakers, took part on the-, program. One; was Robert "Anderson,- research BSsistamV'.;.: 4Jniver3.lty : ' of Wisconsin, . Madison, Wis. l&rt&pte Va. ,on teaching consumer , i educaUon v a h d family finance.- Mrs. Marie . Moffitt, associate - state su pervisor of home . econo mics, nd a pahel of teach ers '.discUssed meeting the special .needs '- of , the students.- J.-;"'..; '-, ' . y Miss - N.e.wby , -.presided at the area : meeting ,;at which time Dr. .Catherine Tv Den nis, ; . state : supeVivsor -.. of home . 'economics,- was, the speakert , v.',-;-y ' p2atfi Qklms - Joseph Burke Perry, Sr., 7?,'oi Route 'i, died "Friday afternoon in the Albemarle Hospital after a four-day illness. - A native- of Cho wan County, he was the son of Will and Mrs. Ira Ferry' and the, 'husband , of the late Mrs. Mabel uiap- pell Perry ' , .H, , Jj He was retired; l9figer and farmer and was a member of !, Center , Hill Methodist Church.. .;. Surviving are two sons, Joseph .B. Perry, Jr., of Route 1 and Elwood - H. Perry of Route 2; a daugh-s tit, Mrs. Jessie. P. Perry of Virginia Beach; a broth er, Raleigh Perry of Hert ford; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral - services were held Sunday at 2:30 in the i "Chapel of :4 the' '.Swindell ' Fbneral Home by 'pie'-'Kev,' W.-' D. ' Moore, , iastor of .Center HiU 1 Methodist ChiircB V"and. ' the Rev;' i 'QaudeiUs. V'lofiner l'-lni 1 The-"1 Gardeh"" 'was' sun; by.'PWide 'Ainsiey,' Carroll '' WHlllams!- Tonimy- Bjirym, and Lloyd ftiddick.; During the service, .'-'For A Closer sWalk With Thee" was played by Mri J. El- lie White,' oraanist . " The casket pail was made of red carnations, white cfcry?mt-'mur!;3, white gla dioli a'.J fn.. v' i i . . r- ' c .rs w fa James r f ii ty, Joseph 't r csrsoh, Jsmt-s k. erry, S .-'.tery.:. Sidney . Harmon,. . presi dent of , the;; Perquimans Cdunty Chamber ' of Com merce, announces the ap- Dointment of .Joe. Towe; Sp. 'as chairman 'of,' the- Perquimans County Cham ber of Commerce member- 'ship committe for 1967-68. , Mr,. Towe is the owner and manager of Towe Mo tor Co. Plymouth, Dodge and Chrysler dealership Irt Hertford, . for the past 30 years, one of the oldest automobile dealerships in the Albemarle area. Retail Sales Up In County I An analysis of sales and use tax ' collections and gross retail sales report of Perquimans County from the State Department of Revenue shows gross col lections from Perquimans County businesses for 1966 67 at $198,032.43. Gross retail sales amounted to $13,052,751. Gross collections on food amounted to $56,208.36 and gross retail sales $2,166, 237. Vi auto and planes gross collections, $33,779.33 and gross retail sales, $2,315, 561. General merchandise gross collections, $30,538.32 and gross retail sales, $2, 313,090. Automotive, $28,084.17; gross retail sales, $2,764, 700. Unclassified group gross collections, $20,436.14; re tail gross sales, $1,996,605. One per cent retail sales collections, $7,232.72; gross retail sales, $743,418. Building materials, $8,- 592.03; gross retail sales, $328,504. Apparel, $6,393.63; gross retail sales. $242,083 Furniture, $$5,147.94 and gross retail sales, $183,553 Use tax, 1 per cent and 3 per. cent, $1,369.79. Licenses Wholesale and tegular, $50.00. RyrumlsOn USS America USS AMERICA Avia tion Boatswain's Mate First Class Jesse L. Byrum, Jr., USN, son of Mr. and Mrs, Jesse L. Byrum, Sr., Route 2, Tyner, N. C, and hus band of the former Miss Mattie M. Newby of Hert ford,. , N. C, is with the U. S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean and serving aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS America, . The America, flagship for the Commander Carrier Division Four, is scheduled to take part in several ex ercises with the armed forces ; of European allies while deployed' to the Mediterranean. i Since arriving in the "Med," the America has visited Greece, Malta and several other Mediterranean countries. Chii!3 Bagley Taken In Death Charlie Alfred Bagley, 88, of Winfall died Thurs day morning at 1:50 o'clock at the Albemarle Hospital following, a long .'illness. 'A native of Perquimans County, he was the son of the late William and Flor ence Twine Bagley and the husband of the late Martha Caroline Layden Bagley. He was a retired" merch ant and almember of Cedar Grove Methodist ' Churth, . . Surviving are three daughters: Mrs. David Trueblood of Winfall, Mrs, W. M Diilman of Jax, Fla, and Mrs. James S. Leigh: one son, W. L. "Bill" Bag ley of Norfolk; 13 grand children and 15 great grandchildren, v Funeral services will be : held Saturday afternoon at '2-'o'clock at the' cta'peT' or :i SWihdelr FonerWHome p.-rrudl'"Bariarwi;i'fc I'.la CfcEjarove Cemetery, ToweToiew:! AH : uo iiuiuiiiyuucis At a preview on August 29, Chrysler and Plymouth dealers and salesmen of Hertford will get their first look at the new 1968 tin es of Chryslers, Ply mouths and Imperials. They have been invited to. a meeting at Washington. The preview is one of 21 being held in various parts of the country for dealers and their sales staffs. The car showing will take place immediately after a closed circuit, simultaneously tele vised business meeting for dealers and salesmen which will originate in Detroit. Chrysler-Plymouth Divi sion executives appearing on the telecast will discuss the 1968 automobiles and their new features. Invited to the preview are the sales and management-personnel from Towe Motor Company, Inc., of Hertford. Chamber Vote Set In County Sidney Harmon, presi dent of the Perquimans County Chamber of Com merce, announces the fol lowing nominations to the board of directors of the Chamber for the year 1967-68, of which one from each township will be elected by thejMmbership at' large -within thV next' month. Belvidere Township Joe Nowell and Elsberry Lane. Bethel Township R. S. Chappell, Sr., and Warner Madre. New Hope Townships Guy (Tuck) Webb and J. Edward Lane. Parkville Township Joel Hollowell, Sr., and C. D. White. Hertford Township Bill Cox and Keith Haskett. The new directors, when elected, will replace Rus sell Baker of Belvidere Township, Gene . Phillips of Bethel Township, Gar land iEure of New Hope Township and Walter Hunrphlett, Jr., of Park yllle .Township and Sidney Harmon of Hertford Town ship. - . m -. n ' . The - new directors will take office at the annual banquet the first part of December and will sit in with the present board for the October and November meetings, so that' they will be. ;up .to date on the Chamber activities. Winfall Utility Work Underway V" ' - . Winfall's long dream of water lines will soon be a reality. The Town of Winfall will have water lines at an early date. The companies awarded, con tracts for the 'installation ; of the 5 water system' have moved' into 'Winfall arid .begun-work.' L',;- 'V,, Dkkerson, Inc., frdm Monfo; N. C.','WuT install the pipe lines. ' They have set up- office 'in' the J.f F. Holtowell' ft'SoilxV'nuaaing in WinfeUa mm Cole .Contracting. Com pany, from Atlanta, - Ga will set up the water tank and - Kitchen Construction Company, from Warsaw, N. C, Will install the Water tank foundation. ' II FROM PERQUIMANS CHAPEL HILL PATIENTS Memorial Hospital a the University of Norh Caro-, ,'lini fit Cnapfel' Kill' record-; ' . ..... " J.iy.i ed i29,ouv visits' during I9tf5-8d;"mcluttn'y pa tent., visits, by residents'" of The Perquimans County Rescue Squad was organ ilzed on August 14 at a ""meeting announced by C. L. "Dick" Brewer, with 30 members. Mr. Brewer says, We need the support of the entire county and con tributions are needed to finance the project. Joe H. Towe, Sr., of the Towe Motor Company, has donated a 1968 Dodge sta tion wagon to the Rescue Squud . and Robert L. "Boh" Hollowell of Hollo well Chevrolet Company, has donated a 1968 Chev rolet station wagon. The first training session of the Rescue Squad was held Monday, August 21 in the new REA building at Winfall. This was the be ginning of a standard first aid course. Persons interested in joining the Rescue Squad or wishing to donate, are requested to contact C. L. "Dick" Brewer or the pub licity and public relations chairman, Pete Overman, or any -of the members of the Squad. The-next first aid train ing session will be held in the REA building next Monday night. All. per sons interested are urged to attend. Mrs. Baker, 91, Taken In Death - Mrs. Rebecca Jane Stall ings Baker, 91, died Sator--day moniwg-at.2-ta4iet-' home on Route 1, Belvi dere, following a week's illness. A native of Per quimans County, she was the daughter of the late James Noah and Mrs. Sarah Stallings and the widow of James C. BakPi. She was a member of Bethany Methodist Chim.Vi and the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Surviving are a dauep ter, Mrs. Walter Dale; three sons: Rossie M. . Baker, Wallace Baker and Russell C. Baker, all of Route 1, Belvidere; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Sunday at 4:30 in Bethany . Church.. by Rev. W. D: Moorfe,-. past6r, and the Rev. Claud; Wilson, a former pasjtof. r. , ." "in The -GYrden"- and "Old Rugged Cross" were sung by Miss Menola Jol liff and Miss Rachel Wins low. . . They were accom panied by Miss Wilma Jol I'ff. The casket pall was made of p nk roses, white carna tions, white gladioli and fern. Pallbearers were Cecil Stallings, Asa Stallings," Bryant Stallings, Vick Stallings, Lester Baker and Raymond Gregory. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. . . " COMPLETE COURSE Seven members of the Woodville Volunteer Fire Department, Johnnie Greg- ' ory,' Eugene Rountree, E. A Bray, S, ,E., Jennings, .Bra.d ley ' Jennings. .S he rm 4)r Long and Charles Whiter recently -completed 42h- I hour., course jit fire fighting. sponsored , py t tne uoiiege of The ",' Albemarle. They , will now take a 10-hour course in first aid conduct ed . by the Pasquotank County Rescue Squad. : .' CANCEL MEEtlNQ ' " SCHEDULED MONDAY ' The Perauimans Countv unit of the American-Can cer Society will, meet Monti ! day, Au-usn, at 8 P M.. at the t:nic"l r'Jil"!. , 'The public b mvit- i ct attend, - ' -
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