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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 1, 1968
Volume XXV No. 28
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WEEKLY
Major Lane Is Awarded
Bronze Star Medal
9 X-
Major Keary L. Lane, U. S.
Marine Corp, was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal with Combat
."V" for heroic achievement In
. connection with operations
against insurgent Communist
(Viet Cong) forces In the Re
public of Viet Nam while serv
ing as Commanding Officer of
. Ammunition Co. Supply Battalion
First Force Service Regiment
' Force Logestlc Command.
' On the afternoon of April 10,
1068, several Marines were pre
paring 81 MM morgar rounds
for relocation In Ammunition
Supply Point near Da Nang when
i round was Inadvertently de
tonated, which ignited several
fires among the stacks of am
munition. Disregarding his own
safety, Major Lane skillfully
led a fire truck Into position,
and led the fire fighters Into
i the dangerous area. He observed
several boxes of burning am
munition and quickly ripped the
boxes apart, to spread the amo
Beth Hurdle 1968 Ifye To Iran
ins Life
Dear friends,"...
. Life on the farm, whether you
are in the United States or Iran,
begins as the sun rises and ends
as the sun sets. The work here
varies. Some are wheat farmers,
but most tend sheep and goats or
. raise fruits and vegetables In
their gardens.
At present, lam living with my
first host family in the village
of Sawat-lu. ft Is an Assyrian
village of more than 250 people
located about ten miles from the
4Utt Da.
salyeh In the f
State of West I
Aaarbai- ?
Jan. This J
area of Iran, '
unlike most
of the coun
try, has
many of the
people are
b 1 1 1 n g
uaL For In-
stance all
members of my host family
speak Assyrian, Turklsh.Farsl,
and some Armenian. Luckily,
my host sister Lisa, 19, speaks
French which has become our
xmaln channel of communication
"when my host father, who speaks
English, is away. Regardless of
the means of communication,
the main business at hand each
day is the work within the house
and the fields.
Our home, like those of att the
villages In the area. Is made of
s-n-baked mud and bricks. A
two-story structure.The kitchen
and work rooms are located on
the ground floor and open Into the
dirt and stone courtyard. Also
opening Into the courtyard are
the stable entrances, the bath
house, and the toilet. Sleeping
quarters for the family are on
Vccd Ccrvir-3
il'JSt 1st
Wood Carving workshop was
1 :J at the County Office Build
it, August V Mrs. Ben
sibers of Route 3 Hertford
Jit now to carve wooden
i pes Into useable artloles. The
L -id carved articles may be
; ussd for hot dishes or for wall
r?-'9s. Mrs. Chambers has
t e numerous items since
J -rrd to cTve trderMrs,
, t'. I y it a Crtrs work.
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3 C ' t
Expla
on the ground, directing the fire
fighters to extinguish the fire.
Major Lane's courage, su
perb leadership and unwavering
devotion to duty In the face of
great personal danger Inspired
all who served with him and
were in keeping with the highest
traditions of the United States
Marine Corps., and of the United
States Naval Service'
' The Major is a native of Het
f ord and the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Lane of Rt. 1, Hertford.
He holds the Purple Heart for
action and being wounded In
World War H and the Silver
Star. Major Lane was also in the
Korean Conflict.
His wife Is the former Bar
bara Temple of Zebulon, N. C,
they have three children, Sharon,
15, Mark, 12, and Jeffrey, 4
years old Tbey are making
their home In Garner, N, C.
until Major Lane returns home In
October.
On The Farm
the second floor, above the kitch
en. The family's "den" or prin
ciple living space during the
summer season is the porch
overlooking the courtyard which
serves as an entrance to the
second floor.
After breakfast, the first w.ork
for the ladles of the house ,1s
sweeping the house and court'
yard. Then it is on to gathering
fruits and vegetables or chopping
meat to prepare for lunch. All
cooking for my host family
Is done on top of a small kero
slne, one burner, stove: Con
sequently, most ofthedlshesare
those which can be prepared by
cooking the meats and vegetables
together. One characteristic of
rural Persian cooking is that a
great amount of grease and oil
is used in cooking, regardless of
the type of food. Bread is baked
on a flat. Iron turner that fits
nearly In a small, hole in the
ground. Cow dung Is used as fuel
for baking bread .and sometimes
heating the house. During the
summer, season, fresh salads
are avauaoie. They are usually
tomatoes, onions, and several
varieties of local grass. Most
of these are washed in the river
which serves the entire village.
Besides being the source for
drinking water, the river is a
handy spot for washing dishes.
i i a .
ciouies, anu you, a one aesires.
The river Is also the watering
piace xor tne cattle, sheep, and
goats.
The afternoons are spent
working In the gardens, gath
ering fruits, sewing, or washing
clothes if there are any to be
done that day. At present, many
of the fruits are ripening, so
much of our time is spent pick
ing cherries, plums, apricots,
and apples to make Jam, Those
which are not made into Jam are
brought to the roof top to dry In
the sun. - ;
During the month of July there
Is more leisure time here at
Sawat-lu than any other season.
Sometimes there might be a
game of volleyball for the teen
agers before ' dusk. " Evening
mealtime is at 9:00 p.m. and
bedtime comes about 10:00 or
11:00 p.m. The pace will pick up
as mid-August approaches be
cause that is when the grapes
begin to ripen. Grapes are the
principle source of Income for
most , of the villagers, so the
main work season is yet to
come.
, Your friend in Iran,
" Mary Beth Hurdle
Andorra is a republic in a
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tft
Bond Sales For Six
Months Represent
30 County's Goal
U.S. Savings Bond and Free
dom Share sales in the first
six months of this year totaled
$32,498,640 In North Carolina.
Setting a new high for this
period, sales are 5 per cent
greater than in the first half
of last year, and represent over
47 per cent of the state's $68,
800,000 goal for this year.
For the month of June com
bined sales In North Carolina
totaled slightly over $4,800,000
which Is a 3.9 per cent Increase
over June of a year ago.
In Perquimans County, Ss.v
ings Bonds and Freedom Shares
sold during June amounted to
$1,603, bringing the year's total
to $20,617. The January to June
cumulative sales represent 30.0
percent of the County's goal
for this year, according to R.M.
Rlddlck, Perquimans' County
Volunteer Chairman.
963 In Couiitv
Receive Food Aid
. . .
Nine Hundred and Sixty three
persons received free aid in
June) - U. S. Department of
Agriculture food programs aided
156.796 needy persons in
of North Carolina's counties
during June; Nine hundred and
63 were persons In Perquimans
aided under the Commodity Pro
gram.
USDA'S. Consumer and Mar
keting Service said that 110,435
persons in 61 counties took part
in its commodity distribution
program and that 46,361 persons
in 25 icountles took part In its
food stamp program.
Three more counties were
scheduled to begin food as
sistance Droerams In Julv.
June's participation was down
3,912 persons from the number
that took part during May. This
was attributed , mainly to the
seasonal increase in employ
ment. In North Carolina, the com
modity distribution program Is
administered by the North Caro
lina Department of Agriculture,
and the food stamp program is
administered by the North Caro
lina Board of Public Welfare,
bot
both in cooperation with the Con
sumer and Marketing Service.
Commodities distributed dur
ing June to needy North Carolina
families had an estimated retail
value of about $.9 million. These
foods included canned chopped
meat, cheese, dried milk, mar
garlne or butter, peanut butter,
raisins, lard or shortening, rice,
dry beans, roiled oats, rouea
wheat, corn meat, grits and
flour. ' '
Additional foods, such as can
ned whole chicken, scrambled
egg mix. canned vegetables, can
ned fruit juices and corn syrup,
are being bought by the Con
sumer and Marketing Service for
distribution to needy families.
Low-income families taking
rjerl in the food stamn oroeram
during June exchanged $371,0721
of their own money for $673,
481 worth of USDA food stamp
coupons. This means that the
families received $302,409
worth of free, bonus coupons
to Increase their buying power
at local grocery stores.
m May In Perquimans County
981 persons received free food
under the program, ' and this
dropped In the June report of
963 by 18 persons.
Three From County
In 18 Per Cent To
Receive ECU Honors
Nearly one In six East Caro
lina university students last
spring made high enough grades
io earn puces on the official
honor lists of the university.
From Perquimans, Bonnie Beth
Benton made allA;s, Percy Win
slow and Wayne Ray Wtoslow
made the Honor Roll. . - . :
That 18 per cent of the stu
dentsa total of L578ot of.
ficial commendation from the
university as three honors lists
were : announced today. The
honoreea included 1,272 North
Carolinians and 306 students
from out of state. The iaitr re
present 23 states, Argentine Re
public V
public, Canada, the District of
vuiusiujia, ana uermanv. .
Most elite amont the honor
students are the 210 who mad
all A's, honest grade at the
university. Next are the M9
who made the Dean's List by
ecrnl g a solid B-plus average
wiih no grade below C.
Tret '-dl'tthe Honor Roll
' I' 1 r' ' s who
Mop;tego-To
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Thit diagrammed aerial view depicts land usage at
$100 million perl and resort city under construction
MONTEGO, Jamaica A 20th Century version of Atlantis, the
ancient city said to have slipped into the ocean, is unfolding' in
the Caribbean with a unique reverse twist.
Literally rising from the sea on 500 acres of reclaimed land
just off Jamaica's north coast Is a new city called Montego. The
$100 million port-resort is projected as one of the most travel
minded in the world.
Years of advance planning' have preceded start of construc
tion. Eventually, 10,000 residents will live here and another
20,000 workers from surrounding suburbs will find employment.
Montego will boast its own
deep-water port, first on Ja
maica's north coast, accommo
dating both cruise and cargo
ships. It will have its own ho
tels and apartments, business
district, rail, water and sewer
servlces even a screened In
dustrial park for light Industry.
TABBED a ' "model city,"
Montego is anticipated to have
a dramatic impact on the entire
Jamaican economy, but par
ticularly tourism and commerce.
'It-' will bj i-d a rnronie"Jv'lnl profesaional engmet and
true," said New York consulting
engineer G. Arthur Panero,
whose firm played a major role
in building the Aif Force's
Black Walnut
THE WALNUT TREE, In
much of - the central United
States, is still big business. De
mand for it has jumped to near
ly 40 million board feet yearly.
But cutting trees at this rate
might soon put the black wal
nut in the class with our pas
senger pigeon extinct.
Foresters insist that the wal
nut tree cutting pace is now so
swift that if It continues at the
present rate, the supply of even
low quality logs won't last an
other five years. Choice logs
are nearing exhaustion now.
What has caused It all?
First, the walnut is famed for
its matchless beauty of grain,
its durability. It is known as
"prestige wood" in the lumber
trade. '
For cabinetry, furniture, pan
eling, architectural uses, novel
tiesnot to mention the mili
tary use of It for gunstoc,ks it
is the most sought-after wood
in any section of the U.S.
THE HIGH prices ot walnut
lumber has also put a shyster
into the field, the itinerant log
ger who virtually steals the
trees and later sells them at
enormous profit.
- State forestry men will cite
Incidents where these men have
paid farmers minimal sums for
timber rights, purchasing forest1
studded with walnut that
brought them as much as 250
per cent profit on their Invest
ment, v ::'';' .-
Seriousness of the' plight of
the walnut industry may well
be imagined, from the new
standards of the U. S. Com
merce Department concerning
thickness pf walnut veneer. The
veneer may now be trimmed to
a thickness of l36th of An inch.
Formerly it was l28th of an
Inch minimum. So today, If you
purchase high-prlcecy walnut
furniture, you're actually get
ting a walnut covering over
cheap base wood no thicker
than a slice of chipped beef,
DURING the last decade, men
roamed the timber belts posing
as government buyers, search
ing .for, walnut. When they
found a good stand, they made
an offer, claiming , the armed
forces needed the; trees for gun-
f The muBkiatis regarded by
many furrier j the most Im
portant fur ariimal In the United
tiates. : t . .
Bg Model City
famed DEW Line radar warning
system in the Arctic.
"It is rare that the oppor
tunity arises for the building of
a completely new city, from the
ground up. Here even the land
itself is new. We have conceived
of Montego as a modern hub of
travel and trade, with every
detail planned in advance."
The idyllic site of the city-in-being
was picked by Panero's
longtime friend and prominent
Jamaican, Tony Hurt. They
developer Ellis Chingos of Boca
Raton, Fla., in founding Mon
tego Freeport, Ltd., to bring
the project into being.
Tree Facing Extinction?
These aren't baseballs adorning this tree's limbs
they're black walnuts nearing maturity. The nuts are
net valuable but the tree is truly "prestige weed,"
valued at $150 to $500 en the stump when-matured.
stocks. They even condemned
trees for this purpose, until the
FBI broke up the movement.
Today a fully matured veneer
quality walnut tree brings prices
that are often amazing. One
would " Uilnk that reseeding
would be popular, on the pre
mise of later profit. But the
rub is simple: it takes a walnut
tree 40 years to mature. So un
less you're young in years, you
won't see the profit.
TODAY,' sizeable walnut for
ests still remaining have dwin
dled down to a handful of states,
Indiana, Illinois and Ohio pre
dominating. ' I : , " . v-V-;
The walnut tree, its value rec
ognised long years ago, as early
as the 17th century, was an
article of export to England.
Once an abundant tree and con
stituting a considerable portion
or large tracts of forest, partic
in Caribbean
Montego, the new
in Montego Bay.
Though still in its infancy,
Montego already has begun to
change both the Jamaican land
and .seascape.
INTENSIVE economic, en
gineering, architectural, ocean
ographlc and other feasibility
studies were followed by a mas
sive land reclamation program.
That was completed earlier
this year and the city now is
getting ready to celebrate com
pletion of its deep-water harbor
nnd the first of its six piers.
The "birthday" ceremonies
will be celebrated July 2S with
arrival of the fiirt muse ship,
the Sunward, out of Miami.
Prime Minister Hugh Shearer,
members of his cabinet and
other top officials of the Ja
maican government will be on
hand for the occasion.
Work on rail, water and
sewep- services, as well as roads,
also is well under way. Next
step calls for evolvenient of in
dustrial, commercial, residential
and support facilities.
V4
ularly in the Mississippi Basin,
its valuable wood has caused its
almost complete destruction to
day. . ; ' .
If you are the owner of wal
nut trees today, and you are
made an offer for them, it
might first be wise to call your
state forester, and. have t he-
trees appraised. You might be
surprised at the worth of a
single giant.
However, if you live in an ur
ban community and have a
walnut tree on the back lot,
don't try to sell it. Through
the years the kids have driven
nails into it, and metal and
high-speed saws don't mix. So
lumber scouts usually pass up
back yard walnuts for this rea
son. -
Even a walnut stump has
value todav. for soma of th
finest wood-grain la found In
tne stump. .
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Commission Finds
Schools Cheat Many.
N. C. Youngsters
An Investigation by the Gover
nor's Study Commission on Pub
lic Schools has found the small
high school which abounds In
the small communities and rural
sections of the State to be one of
the main deterrents to progress
in North Carolina.
The widespread existence of
small high schools, which have
little to offer any but a few
students, is one of the most
unsettling findings by a special
subcommittee which looked into
the State's high schools.
The subcommittee has report
ed that the "comprehensive high
school" which provides enough
different type course to give
every youngster a fair chance
to develop his individual abili
ties "is not now a reality In
North Carolina."
The talents of many North
Carolina youngsters in small
communities are now being
neglected or discounted by
schools too small topay attention
to the student who needs business
or Industrial education, the sub
committee found.
"Our study reveals only 76
of the 735 schools serving high
school age students have a
general comprehensive high
school program," the report
says. "By and large, North
Carolina has small, specialized
college, preparatory high
schools."
Tragically, most of these
small high schools are in small
or rural communities where stu
dents are least likely to go to
college, one member of the sub
committee said.
Consequently, many students
who are getting little out of high
school that will help them in
future life, become discouraged
or disinterested and drop out.
The subcommittee found a
definite link between those high
schools without comprehensive
programs and high drop - out
rates.
Some of these youngsters find
the education they couldnt get
In high school in community
colleges of technical Institutes.
Other committees of the com
mission found repeated In
stances of community colleges
and technical institutes as
suming the responsibilities high
schools had failed to meet.
The failure of these high
schools to prepare none but the
college - bound for life con
tributes to statistics which rank
North Carolina low in terms of
education achievement.
Forty-five per cent of this
State's students drop out before
graduation. According to the
latest census, the median school
years completed by persons
25 or older in North Carolina
was 9.8 for whites and 7.0 for
non-whites. North Carolina tied
Arkansas and Mississippi for
43rd position In the United
States.
In 1966 , 24.8 per cent of North
Carolina's draftees failed the
preinductlon and Induction
mental tests. North Carolina
ranked In 46th position among
the 50 states.
Research indicates that few, If
any, school with less than 750
students in grades 10, II and 12
are large enough to support a
comprehensive program,
Consolidation has solved the
problem of inadequate, small
high schools in many North
Carolina communities.
The Commission, which will
deliver its full report on the
changes needed In the state's
schools of Governor Dan Moore
sometime in November, is con
sidering the inclusion of a strong
and encouragement of consolida
tion of small high schools not
now providing comprehensive
programs.
The curriculum areas, a com
prehensive high school offers
Include business education,
foreign languages, distributive
education, English language
arts, fine arts, home economics,
industrial arts, mathematics,!
natural sciences, physical ed
ucation - health - safety, social
sciences, and trade, agricul
tural, and technical education.
The subcommittee says size
and curriculum alone do not
make a comprehensive high
school. ;
. A comprehensive high school
must also have specialists and
counselors to diagnose the indi
vidual student's potential abili
ties and guide hlmnto the proper
program of courses.
: The subcommittee has sug
gested that where necessary
even county lines be disregarded
in gathering enough students Into
a single school district to pro
vide for creation of compre
hensive high school.
George N. Reid
Resigns; Accepts
College Post
George N. Reld who has taught
In Perquimans County for the
past twenty-five years has re
signed to accept a position as
Assistant Professor of Edu
cation and Assistant Director of
Basic Education at the Eliza
beth City State College for the
school year, 1968-69.
A native of Hertford and Per
quimans County, he attended
public school In Hertford and
was awarded a Bachelor of
Science Degree from the Eliza
beth City State College In 1942,
and awarded a Master of Edu
cation Degree from the Penn-.
sy'vanla State University in
1957. He did further study at
the Pennsylvania State Univer
sity from 1957 to 1959, with a
continued study at Temple Uni
versity in 1960, Hampton In
stitute In 1964, the University
of North Carolina in 1965, and
the Western Carolina Univer
sity in 1966.
George M. Reld was select-
represent North Carolina In the
"Coe Institute of American
Studies" in 1964, and continued
study was done on a grant spon
sored by the State Department
of Education, this study includ
ed "Higher Education" in the
following areas; Staff Morale
and Selection, Administrative
Policies In the Junior and Senior
Colleges accompanied with
Scheduling and Supervisory
Planning In Academic and Gen
eral Education, which was speci
fically based on curriculum con
struction in the Secondary
School, Junior and Senior Col
lege. He holds the following cer
tificates: a Principal's Certi
ficate based upon thirty semest
er hours above the Master De
gree, a Social Studies Graduate,
an Elementary Graduate, and a
certificate In Driver Educa
tion which was sponsored by the
State Department of Public In
struction and the American Au
tomobile Association with the
Director, John C. Moe.
Married with two daughters
and one son who is currently
completing his work for a Mast
er Degree in History and Po
litical Science at North Caro
lina College in Durham, one
daughter, Mrs. Gloria R. Al
ford, who is teaching French
in the Jacock's Junior High
School in Norfolk, Virginia, and
Mr s.Mamie R. James, a music
teacher in the city of New York,
and Mrs. Hester B. Reld, a First
Grade teacher in the D. F,
Walker High School in Edenton.
A son, George Willis Reld, will
be an instructor of History at
the Fayetteville State College In
September 1968. Reld is a mem
ber of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fra
ternity. Dail Completes
Basic Training
At Texas Base
Airman Mike E. Dail, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Murray E. Dail
of 209 Woodland Circle, Hert
ford, N. C, has completed basic
training at Lackland AFB, Tex.
He has been assigned to the Air
Force Technical Training
Center at Lowry AFB, Colo.,
for specialized schooling as a
munltpons specialist. Airman
Dail Is a 1968 graduate of Per
quimans County High School.
SHOW RESTRAINT
LONDON (UPI) Gerald
Moss, who "apparently has a
grudge against those In the
law," has been forbidden to site
anyone without obtaining per.
mission from a judge.
In the past three years, Mors
has sued or tried to sue
county court judges and f V
wife of one of them; a r -j
police chief and his wifo; t a
police inspectors and Iri 3
Minister Harold Wilson.