UIMAM
WEEKLY
'V-rae XXV--N. 27
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Tnnreday, July 25, 1968
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-H Club Winners
it Furmfure Industry
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state 4-Hwinner Maureen Nixon of Hertford, second from right,
. visits Alderman Studios, Inc., In High Point during a furniture
education tour for 4-H district winners. Mrs. Edith B.
McGlamery, extension home furnishings specialist of North
Carolina State University, left, accompanied the state's six
winners. From left, they are Miss Nixon, Susan Hussof
Llncolnton, Martha Hlghsmith of Burgaw, Luanne Chrismanof;
Greensboro, Ann Britt of Chadbourn and Debra Dixon of
Hendersonvllle. .
Six 4-H Club award winners
and their leaders from through
out North Carolina will be in
High Point Tuesday and Wed
nesday, July 16-17, for a furni
ture education tour.
The trip, sponsored by the
Southern Furniture Manufac
turers Association, is an award
for outstanding records of ser
vice in home furnishings proj
ects. -
Approximately 2300 teen
agers in the state compete for
the six district awards each
year. To be eligible, a 4-H
Club member 14-19 years of age
has carried home furnishings as
a project for three or more
years. Project guidelines and
objectives are established by the
state and national 4-H associ
ations. '..'.
The award winners were ac
companied by Mrs. Edith B,
McGlamery, Extension Home
Finishings Specialist of North
Cirollna State University.' They
are Luanne Chrisman of Greens
boro, Susan Huss of Lincoln
ton, Debra Dixon of Henderson
tlUe, Maureen Nixon of
HERTFORD, Ann Britt of Chad
bourn and Martha Hlghsmith of
Burgaw. V.':.,
Each girl was a top finisher
in her district In home fur
nishings and house design. She
was selected on the basis of
her' long-time record in this
field.
rMlss Nixon, the state win
ieth Hurdle 1968 IFYE to Iran
Sends First Newsletter Home
Mary Beth Hurdle, 1968 IFYE
to Iran has included The Per
ipimans Weekly in her list of
newsletters she Is preparing
throughout her tour. The follow.
L g newsletter was received this
week in which her address Is
t!so Included! Miss Mary Beth
I -irdle - IFYE, co Eng. K.
I ousavl. Director General, Na
tional Extension Service, Miniy-t-y
of Agriculture, Tehran,
in.
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Mary Beth is the daughter of
? ?s. Fannie Hurdle and the late
i in Hurdle.
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--Jo. !'
Greetings from Irani
5ace arriving in Tehran June
, faUow IFYE Les Mergelman
I have spent most of our
getting acquainted with
bers of Iran's Ministry' of
Iculture and National Ext en
a Service. When our orlenta
a is completed June 9, we
1 go to Raxaieeh to live with
" first host families. '
if ore telling you of our ex
cess thus far, perhaps a
t introduction to Iran nad
r.nple would be helpful.
V once called Persia, is
' nately a fourth the size
4 United States. Bordered
t 3 north 1,500 miles by
i, Iran and the U.SJS.R,
) re the Caspian Sea,
t of Iran are Afghanistan and
!-n t-d west of Iran are
t IT. ty, Iran's southern
t is wa:.ed by the Gulf of
a and the Persian Gulf.
c -try Is a broad, dry
4 , t'.wt t irely sur
ty m- . ',s. In the
r, j tnvtr from
f 'to i. Thenar
' ' -It' n"'C'- '-n
t
ner, will go to Chicago in Nov
ember to participate in the
National 4-H Club Conference.
Maureen Nixon QRoute 2, Hert
ford) is 16 years old. She is
the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
Ned Nixon, is state long-time
record winner In home fur
nishings. Represents the North
eastern District. Her supporting
project has been in electricity.
She has done much on the effect
of light on color and the use of
electricity for heating the home
and for better lighting. She has
worked out detailed plans on
color' and wiring, not only in
her own room, but also In a
garage apartment. She began
when her family was remodel
ing their home.
The group arrived In High
Point for lunch on Tuesday and
toured Alderman Studios Inc.
and Globe Furniture Co. Tuesday
evening they were honored at
a dinner at the Top of the Mart.
Douglas Kerr SFMA Director
of Public Relations, and Betty
Marsh, the association's Direct
or of Consumer Information,
discussed the furniture industry.
Wednesday's agenda included
Founders Furniture, Inc. in
Pleasant Garden, the Southern
Furniture Exposition Building In
High Point and Burlington In
dustries' Burlington House di
vision plants In Williamsburg
and ReldsvlUe. 1
live in the capital city, Tehran,
wniie ine ouier su million live
In more than 50,000 villages
throughout the country. An esti
mated 98 per cent of the people
.are followers of Islam, j
If therels any such person
as a "typical" Iranian, he might
be described as having fair or
olive skin, black wavy hair
and heavy eyebrows, large and
lustrous eyes, and a slender
build.
v Ruled by His Imperial Majesty
Mohammad-Resa Shah Pahlavl
Aryamelu, Iran today is a nation
of many striking contrasts.
There are few places in the
world where one could stand on
the main street in the capitol
city of a country and observe
donkeys being ridden along side
of a "yellow cab" or Volks
wagen; see a woman wearing a
chardor (ancient veiled garment
of the Persian women), and
another walking beside her
wearing a "mini" skirt. :
: Although agriculturally
speaking, Iran's greatest prob
lems: are lack of water and
technology, her greatest prob
lem Is digesting and assimilating
the rapid pace of modernization.
Closing the gap between modern
technology and the ways of the
ancients of over 2j000 years
ago within 15-20 years has and
is being done in Iran. Since 70
percent of the country's people
looki to agriculture for a liveli
hood, the farmer Is receiving
much attention these days.
The Iranians are a very ener
getic people. As one official
in the National Extension Service
explained, "We are In the midst
of an Agricultural and Industrial
Revolution- here sreJsave no
time for vacations." This par
ticular man has not had a day
off In 6 years. His typical dcy
at the office begins at 7:00 a.m,
lie : works until 2;C0 p.m.,
ft which time he uauaUy rs
F"claUy betwe i 2.1 D
i 4, 0 p.m. In the s. .irer
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BumkriaiigBMix
Robert M. Murphy, special
Agent in Charge of the Charlotte
Office of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, stated that Joseph
Junior Smith of HarrellsviUe, ;
North Carolina, was arrest d
by Agents of the Federal Bureau -of
Investigation. Smith was ar
rested on a warrant obtained as
the result of a complaint filed
which charged him with burglar
ising the Bank of HarrellsviUe.
HarreUsvllle, North Carolina
on April 14-15, 1968.
Smith was afforded a pre
liminary hearing before United
States Commissioner L. Thomas
Gallop, Elizabeth City, North
Carolina. At the conclusion of
the hearing, Commission Gal
lop stated that he had found
"probable cause" and set bond
for Smith at $10,000.00 Smith
could not make bond and was
taken to the Pasquotank
County Jail, Elizabeth City, N. C.
epulis) y
020o
For Information leading to the arrest and
conviction of person or persons willfully
and wantonly damaging official State
. ' : highway signs.
Program To Curtail Abuse And
Destruction Of Highway Signs
Here is the official art work adopted by the N. C. Highway
Users Conference to call attention to its new program to
curtail abuse and destruction of highway signs. This first
phase of the project, launched by Gov Dan K. Moore, will be
active through December 31, 1969.
At 4:00 p.m. he is back at the
office and usually works until
9:00 p.m., but many times he
does not get away until midnight.
There are few tea or coffee
breaks and if there are, he
continues his work while sipping
his tea. And there's no extra
pay for overtime. It is a matter
of dedication to one's people and
country. This is perhaps one
of the most impressive things
which I have observed thus far.
Whether it be the Minister of
Agriculture, the Director of Ex
tension, or a staffed member,
this dedication is evident. Along
work day Is the usual, not an
exception.
m the future, I will be writing
to you about the many aspects of
the Iranian way of life. Until
then-as we say in Farsl-Kho-Daw
haw-FEZ or good-by.
Your Friend,
' Mary Beth
(The mternationalFarm Youth
Exchange 0FYE1 conducted by
the National 4-H Club Foundation
in behalf of the Cooperative Ex
tension Service, is a rural
educational program operated
between the United States and
about 35 countries annually. The
united states-Iran exchange Is
conducted in cooperation with
the National Extension Service,
Ministry of Agriculture. Finan
cial support on the state level
comes from the North Carolina
4-H Development Fund and 4-H
Clubs, local civic organizations
and business firms and inter
ested Individuals in Perquimans
County.
Draft Beard Will
Clzz2 Fcr Week
Local Eoard No. 73, Perqui
mans Cc .ty Selective Service
cClce will be closed the week
cf Ja'y 29 throufh August 2,
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Brown Fflrmer Assistant County
Agent Hired as Industry Hunter
V
TOM BROWN
Bonnie Benton
Elected V-P At
East Carolina U.
Miss Bonnie Benton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Wendell S.
Benton was . recently elected
vice - president of Greene
Dormitory tor the summer ses
sion at East Carolina University.
Miss Benton received her
B. C. degree ln Elementary
Education and is now working to
ward her Masters' Degree In
Guidance.
Marching Unit practice Is
scheduled for August 1 at 9. a.m.
on the Perquimans County High
School Athletic Field.
All members are requested to
be present.
Gosh Daddy This Perquimans
River Is Tha Most . . .
Ti?'a I Trsasoa ud her day, R. Mittoa Ttansou,
an Indr 'rlr En-neer for Western Electric, whose home is
Winstca-CJi n, N. C. They are enjoying a vacation at White
Hat at tt Transou cottage. Mrs. Traasou, the former Pat
Lawreace of ElUn, N. C. is not shown in the picture. She
has g-ne in for skin diving and was out in the deep at the
time Ue plioto was snapped by staff photographer J. D. Divers.
Henry Thomas (Tom) Brown
Jr., 28, an Ahoskle native and a
former assistant farm agent for
Perquimans County, began work
Monday at a salary of $8,000 a
year as the first director of
its Economic Development Com
mission, making Perquimans
County the first county in the
Albemarle Area to have such an
executive.
Brown's job will be to lead the
commission in "encouraging
new business, Industrial deve
lopment and the agricultural,
educational and cultural prog
ress, of Perquimans County"
according to the commission's
by-laws.
Brown is president of the
Hertford Jaycees a member of
the Hertford Methodist Church,
and i the Perquimans County
Rescue Squad, He and his wife
Kathryn, have one child, Eliza
beth Leigh, 6.
Mr. Brown held a number of
positions. He has worked with
Planter's National Bank ti Trust
Co., Albemarle Chemical Co.
and as a salesman for the F. S.
Royster Guano Co., as well as
the N. C. Agricultural Extension
Service. He Is a graduate of
N. C. State University and has
done post-graduate work at East
Carolina University in psychol
ogy. Upon the hiring of a director
of the Economic Development
Commission, there has been
much controversery. Much of It
the same that has always been
said before anyone was given a
chance at their job. One man
on the street had this to say, we
need a high salaried director
of this sort, like we need to go
to the moon. Another said, "for
goodness sakes lets give this
man a chance and all the co
operation we can. With coopera
tion and harmony among the tax
payers and Interested persons
in this country, we can have the
same things other communities
are getting. If we get something
in here, maybe we can get some
doctors to help out the two we
have here that are worked to
death, at the present time. E
will improve the business's we
now have, afford them the op
portunity to stay in business,
and the ' prospects of more
businesses to locate here.
Blocking every move and being
pessimistic and saying "ain't no
Industry coming here, can make
It so", just as giving all the
cooperation possible to Mr.
Brown in his endeavors can make
lit so, that we get industry and
business in the county.
Leadership Institute
To Be Held July 23
One of twelve summer
Leadership Institutes will be
held at Pitt Technical Institute,
Greenville, on July 23. New PTA
officers and chairmen are
Invited to attend.
Registration Is at 9:30 a.m.,
and the program will be finished
at 3:00 p.m. state Officers,
Chairmen, Directors, and the
Field Secretary will be the
staff to teach new officers
leadership techniques and the
basic knowledge necessary to
fulfill their responsibilities, Ex
perience has proven that the
majority ox people wno begin
community service through PTA
soon, become leaders in othex.
civic organizations.
The entire community may
profit from the leadership train
ing provided by PTA.
See North Carolina First
'-m.
Miss Marvy V. Transou, and
Miss Bonnie Bovender of Boon
vllle, are shown above as they
arrived Sunday by Piedmont Air
lines to vacation at White Hat in
Perquimans County. These two
young ladies are sophomore stu
dents at Starmount High School
in Yadkin County.
Miss Transou Is a member of
the Flag Team at the school, and
Miss Bovender Is a member of
the band.
Childless Marriages
Approximately 3,500,000
couples In the United States
share a common and, to them,
distressing problem: the child
less marriage.
Dr. Roscoe L. Wall Jr., direc
tor of the recently established
Fertility Clinic of the Bowman
Gray School of Medicine, said
that for reasons of infertility or
recurrent miscarriages, about
15 per cent of all marriages
go childless.
Most of these couples want'
children and their inability to
have them often creates
emotion tensions which not
only compound the problem of
infertility but say also threaten
the marriage itself.
Many childless couples seek
the aid of medical specialists.
The majority do not, although,
as Dr. Wall stated, proper evalu
ation, diagnosis and treatment
could make it possible for about
40 per cent of the childless
couples to have children of their
own. .,
"The main deterrent is the ex
pense," Dr. Wall explained.
"Evaluation and treatment Is a
costly and time-consuming pro
cedure, often requiring as long
as two years to achieve success
or prove failure," he said.
The cost factor was one of the
principal reasons the local Fer
tility Clinic was established by
the Bowman Gray School of Med
icine's Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology.
Organized as a unit of the
medical school's Family Plan
ning Program, It is designed to
provide infertility evaluation,
diagnosis and treatment for
childless couples who can not
afford the services of a private
physician.
The clinic operates every
Wednesday in the obstetrlcs
gynecology department's Out
patient Clinic at North Carolina
Baptist Hospital. Appointments
usually are arranged by the
family physician. However, any
deserving couple may obtain an
appointment for fertility evalu
ation. There are numerous causes
of infertility, Dr. Wall said,
any one of which can prevent
Five Boys At Camp
Members of thePerqulmans
High School FF A Chapter are
enjoying themselves this week
at the R.J. Peeler FFA Camp
at White Lack, N.C. All the
boys will participate in the fol
lowing sports: soft ball,
ping pong, s hfuffle board, check
ers, horse shoe, water ball,
volley ball, basketball, track
and swimming events. All sports
are well supervised and played
strictly according to official
rules. Stunt night Friday con
cludes the program for the week.
The following boys made the
trip; Jule Fleetwood, Rufus Hud
son, Johnny Webb, Richard Win
slow, Gary Eure, Coley Ether-
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Wood, Kenneth Ray Winslow,
Donald S tailings, CJ. S tailings,
Jr., C.L.Godfrey,DonaM Hobos,
Dan Nixon, Kenneth Bateman
Jr., Earl Godfrey, Mike Byrum,
Woody Bundy, Edmond White
and Marlon Godfrey. Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Tunnell and Paul Smith
Jr. accompanied the boys on
the trip.
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Miss Transou is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Ralph M.
Transou of Boonvllle and a niece
of Virginia White Transeau
editor of The Perquimans
Weekly, and of Mrs. John W.
Zachary of Hertford. Miss
Bovender is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bovender
of Boonvllle. Mr, Bovender is
the owner of a large Supermarket
there, and Mrs. Bovender Is a
Distressing Problem
pregnancy. One or many factors,
either male or female, may be
at fault. Therefore, complete
evaluation of both marital part
ners Is essential.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -Dr.
Edward D. Bird, who recently
was appointed to the faculty of
the Bowman Gray School of
medicine, is now on a three
week assignment in Istanbul,
Turkey.
He will represent the United
States as visiting lecturer at the
CENTO Summer Institute on
"Activation Analysis."
Dr. Bird, a former assistant
professor of medicine at the
University of Florida College
of Medcine, joined the Bowman
Gray faculty July 1 as associate
professor of medicine and asso
ciate director of the medical
school's Clinical Research Cen
ter. He is scheduled to present
seven lectures at the Instanbul
lnstutue which Is sponsored by
the Central European Nations
Treaty Organization. The pur
pose of the institute is to pro
vide special training to
scientists and technologists
from Turkey, Iran and Pakistan
in the use of atomic energy
for peaceful purposes.
The course is designed to show
chemists and biologists how they
may use neutron activation anal
ysis for projects in their home
laboratories. Great Britain and
the United States were asked to
each provide an expert In this
area to lecture and assist in
the organization of laboratory
exercises. -
Dr. Bird, an endocrinologist,
has developed a new technique
for the use of radioactive com
pounds In analyzing trace metals
in biological tissue.
He holds the B.S. and M.B.
degrees from the University of
London and the C.M. from
the Medical Council of Canada.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -Dr.
Frank Farrell Jr., an assistant
resident in radiology, has been
elected president of the House
Staff Association of North Caro
lina Baptist Hospital and the
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine.: ; ''.';
The house staff Is composed
of doctors who are receiving
Internship and residency train
ing at the medical center. Re
cently, 49 doctors were
appointed to the staff, which
now numbers 121.
Dr. Farrell. a native or Ra
leigh, is a 1962 graduate of the
Bowman Gray School of Medi
cine. He succeeds Dr. George
Podgorny as president of the
association.
Other newly-elected officers
are Dr. Kent Oliver, resident
in obstetrics and gynecology,
vice president, and Dr. William
King, assistant resident in
urology, secretary-treasurer.
FOOD TALKS
NIAMEY, Niger
Nigerian federal government
and secessionist Eastern Region
negotiators discussed Sundayl
proposals for getting food and
medical supplies to civilians ofj
the Eastern Region, cut off bjrt
v - ''
clerk In the Boonvllle Post
Office.
After arriving here, and
having enjoyed the beautiful Per
quimans River, and visited the
Leigh Home and other historical
points of Interest in Perquimans
County, these girls had this
to say, "everyone In this state
should see beautiful North Caro
lina first.
Grand Clean-Up
Sale Day Aug. 3
The merchant in Per
quimans County wiU
hold a Grand Clean-Up
Sale on Saturday, Aug.
3rd. This is not an ordi
nary sale, the merchants
have rounded up mer
chandise and tied price
tags to them, that is
bound to move them
out.
This is an apprecia
tion of year patronage
sale, and the merchants
have marked this mer
chandise some below
cost to give their custo
mers the profit on the
items they are dis
playing. Wm. Whitley, Jr.
Dies At Home
William Benjamin Whitley, Jr.
died at his home on Route 3,
Hertford, Friday at 1:15 p.m.
after a short illness. He was
a native of Washington, N. C.
and had resided in Perqui
mans County for 21 years.
He was the son of the late
William Benjamin and Betty
Thlgpen Whitley. He served In
the U. S, Navy for 30 years and
retired with the rank of Lleuten.
ant. After his retirement from
naval services, he served 12
years as a Captain In the Marl
time Service. He was a mem
ber of WoodvHle Baptist Church
and a teacher of the Men's Bible
Class.
Besides his wife, Mrs. Anna
belle Wood Whitley, he Is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Alice
Smith of ShaUotte, and two nieces
Mrs. Fred Watkins of Wash,
lngton, N. C. and Mrs. Harris
Smith of Easley, S. C.
Funeral services were con
ducted in the chapel of the Swin
dell Funeral Home Sunday at 2
p.m. wltS the Interment in the
Oakdale Cemetery In Washing
ton, N. C, The Rev. Norman
Harris, pastor of Hertford Bap
tist Church, conducted the ser
vice. Mrs. Johnny Bray sang "How
Great Thy Art", accompanied
by Mrs. Ellle White, oranlst.
The pall bearers wereSenator
George Wood, Kingsley Wood
Roy Miller, John Miller, Fred
Watkins, and Alton Ivey.
Revival Services
Being Held At
Pineywoods Church
Revival services are being
held at Plney Woods Friends
Church, Belvldere, they began
Sunday night July 21st and will
continue through Sunday night
July 28th.
These services will be con
ducted by Rev. Wlnfred Grouse
of snow Camp, N. C pastor of
South Fork Friends Meetltg,
and will start each " night at
8 o'clock. There will be special
music The pastor Rev. Elr-r
Thomas inviies you to a,w.C