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Loca roim iVeed
Of A Helping Hand
!' f rs. Maude Lane who suf
?:: ferened stroke sometime back
V cad was a patient in the hospital
j and had to be riven 10 pints of
! blood when her left leg had to
bt removedTand mm is In need
' of'1' some donors to repay
. the blood given her at the time
of hex surgery. Neither she,
i nor her husband can give blood.
J-thus this Is a plea to anyone in
-' Perquimans County to donate
.1 blood to repay the hospital,
1' Tn iriirino Mnnri tnr Mm
U IT IIH WUWWW
Lane, it is requested that you
give It in the name of Mildred
Maude Lane. She was a patient
YA10A Plans Exhibition Of
flog! Christmas Past'
Plans for the annual exhibit
"Toys of Christinas Past" are
currently underway at the Mu
seum of the Albemarle. Last
year many Albemarle area re
sidents lent their old family
toys for the six weeks of this
temporary show. Judged- the
most generally popular of all
the Museum's special exhibits,
the toys-dolls, hobby horses,
games and boy's toys-attracted
over 1000 visitors to the bright
ly decorated Museum gallory.
Area residents are asked
to contact the MOA about toys
that they want to lend for this
year's exhibit Toys will be bor-
John W. Holmes
Accepts New Job
John W. Holmes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carrol R. Holmes of
107 East Grubb Street has been
appointed senior brokerage con
sultant at the Charlotte brocker
age office of Connecticut Gen
eral Life Insurance Company,
John D. Gavan, manager, .has
announced.
v In his new position. Holmes
will continue to work directly
with general insurance men in
providing technical assistance
and analytical services relat
ing to life and health insurance
and retirement plans. The office
Is located at 131 Providence Rd,
graduate of North Carolina
7. State University, he Joined the
J office of 1066 as a brokerage
! consultant
k . Holmes and his wife have
. two sons and make their home
at 1120 Coddington Place in
; Charlotte.
7erdb Elected
Student Senator
i..y GJ John Simmons, Jr. di
, rector of Student Affairs at
. .College Of the Albemarle, Ells-
.abeth City, North Carolina an
r .wnced today that William Vln
r. .peat Ward, son of Mr. and Mrs.
.Jean R. Ward, 235 Woodland
i .Circle, Hertford, North Caro
, rlina, was elected a senator from
i the Freshman class. Mr. Ward
, -will represent his class in the
" .student senate at the two year
I community college. He is a
1968 graduate of Perquimans
HjghSchooL .
Ccimtij Contributes To
htierican Cancer Society
j Krs. CJiarlas Murray, Service Chairman of-the Pergul-p-ns
Conjtsy Chit of the American Cancer Society, la shown
iseBtlis a check to Mrs. D.M. Jackson, Chairman of the
Hertford BPW Community Sick Loan Closet Fund.
docsJion was made to theEund In annreclatlon for
. t' fsSr f rvlce to the people of Perquimans County, and'
.:. iTtec aor relents.
u irW Lc i closet has all types of sickroom equip
t t l are a . : i to aU town and county residents
. i ;e. Tbp'- i;e-is include hospital beds, bed rails,
, s lor- 1 t-", wafers, crutches, and many
in the Albemarle Hospital. Any
one in Perquimans that can give
blood, is urged to donate at the
next visit of the Bloodmoblle.
Mrs. Lane will go soon to get
an artificial leg, if she can raise
enough money. We humbly ask
for any contribution that you can
make, send your contribution to
Mrs. Maude Lane, Box 150-A,
Bt 2, Hertford.
If you are one of the more
tortunato, please help this
woman, what ever you give yon
will receive back double, if not
in money in good luck, good
health, or happiness. .
rowed from their owners from
November until the first week in
January.
"Last year for the first toy
exhibit we depended upon a
large number of toys lent by
the Hall of History in Raleigh,"
said Susan Stitt Museum direc
tor. "But the quantity and in
terest value of toys owned
here," she continued, "con
vinced us that mis year the
Albemarle area can success
fully create its own old fash
ioned holiday display. The very
good collection of antique toys
owned by the MOA will be the
nucleus of the outstanding ex
hibit planned."
Those interested in loaning
toys for the exhibit or in giving
toys for preservation In the Mu
seum collection are asked to
call 335-1453 or to stop by the
Museum of the Albemarle on
U.S. 17 at their earliest con
venience.. Mrs. Jackson Urges
Volunteers To
Send Reports
Mrs. D.M. Jackson, Crusade
Chairman for the Perauiman
County Unit of the American
cancer society, urges ail vol
unteers to get their reports in
as soon as possible. If anvone
has been overlooked In the
county by the workers please
send your donation to MrsY Jack.
son or Mrs. Ann Stellga, Trea
surer.
lions Club Sponsors
Fruit Cake Sale
Attention, please! The Hert
ford Lion's Club has' Just re
ceived a new supply of the
famous Benson's Old Home
Fruit Cakes, same quality, size,
ana price as last year, none
better and very few as good.
When you buy one or more of
these cakes you are helping
the blind in Perquimans County
and also getting for yourselves
a high quality fruit cake for
Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Your former purchases have
been more than appreciated and
your continued patronage is ear
nestly solicited. These cakes
can be secured from any mem
ber of the Hertford Lion's Club.
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HERTFORD SOLDIER CITED - Mrs. Irene G.
Nixon, of 110 Railroad Ave., Hertford, N. C,
displays the citations for the award of the
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious achieve
ment and the Purple Heart, awarded post
humously to her son Army Private First Class
Mason Dixon, Jr. Second Lieutenant Willis W.
Travis, survivors assistance officer from Ft
Bragg, N. C, displays the medals and other
awards on a plaque which he presented to Mrs.
Nixon during October 24th ceremonies at her
Miss Barber Is
Teaching At
Perquimans High
Teaching interns from East
Carolina University are now at
work in school systems in more
than one-fourth of Norm Caro
lina's 100 counties.
According to the records of
Dr. Thomas A. Chambliss, di
rector of student teaching, 200
Interns have been assigned this
fall to school systems in 26
counties of the state and also
in Norfolk, Va,, and Lakevlew,
Sixty-eight of them are as
signed A. to schools 1r Pitt
County. Other counties have
from 18 in Beaufort to one each
to Cumberland, Duplin, Hert
ford, Northampton and Tyrrell.
Each intern is given a prac
tice teaching assignment
through the office of Dr. Cham
bliss. They conduct regular
classes under the direction of
supervisors and get grades for
oa-ibe-Job perforjhancea.
Bettie L. Barber, of Ports
mouth, Va., is practice teaching
in The Home Economics Depart
ment at Perquimans High
School.
OBITUARIES
MRS. OLA S. QWNLEY
DURANTS NECK-Mrs. ' Ola
Stallings Ownley, 57, of Durants
neck, died Sunday at 12:25 a.m.
in Albemarle Hospital after a
long illness.
She was a native and life
long resident of Perquimans
County, daughter of the late
Charlie and Ella Baker Stal
lings, and a member of New
Hope Methodist Church.
She is survived by her hus
band, Patrick Henry Ownley,
Jr.; two daughters, Mrs. CD.
Harris, Jr. of Elizabeth City
and Mrs. Charles Perry of
Durants Neck; one son, Henry
M. Ownley of Chesapeake, Va.;
two sisters, Mrs. Haywood
Small of Durants Neck and Mrs.
Wilson Godfrey of Moyock; three
brothers, Charlie, Louis and
Lenford Stallings, allot Durants
Neck, and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services were con
ducted Monday afternoon at 2s 30
o'clock in Twlford Memorial
Chapel by the Rev. Claude
Wilson, pastor of New Hope
Methodist Church and the Rev.
Dan Meadows, a former pastor.
Burial was In the church ceme
tery at New Hope.
MRS. BETTY H. HASTE
BDENTON Mrs. Betty Har
rell Haste, 85, died Sunday
morning in her home.
A native of Chowan County,
she was the widow of Miles Wil
liam E. and Sallie Halsey Har
relL fef
She was a member of Rocky
Hock Baptist Church. - v
Surviving are a son, Erie
Haste, Sr. of Elizabeth City;
three daughters, Mrs. Fannie
Davenport of Roper, Mrs. Lillie
H. Berry of Norfolk, and Mrs.
Bessie McKee of Raleigh; a sis
ter, Miss Minnie Harrell of
Edenton; 17 grandchildren; 25
great-grandchildren; . and a
gmt-great-grandchlld.
A funeral service was held
TuesOy at &S0 p.m. in Rocky
Hock I-'fjt Church by the Rev.
MareJL.h Carre it, Burial was in
t'e f "y w'-'ory with Wil
lwrd I uuiiil 1-ome in charge.
Hertford Soldier Cited
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home in Hertford. Pfc. Nixon, a 20-year-old
Hertford native, died on May 25 from wounds
received during a mortar and rocket attack,
while serving with the 1st Battalion, 8th In
fantry of the 4th Infantry Division, Republic
of Vietnam. He had been serving in Vietnam
since March, 1968. Pfc. Nixon is also the son
of Mr. Mason Nixon, Sr., of Rt 1, Box 248,
Hertford.
(U.S. Army Photo by SP4 Kathleen Presky)
County Commissioners Accept
Bid To Purchase County Home
The Perquimans County Com
missioners accepted the high
bid of $3,208.00 for the purchase
of the County Home lot and house
which was submitted by Charlie
Fowler,
R.L. Spivey, chairman, pre
sided over the business session.
The resignation of Sid Har
mon as a member of the In
dustrial Development Commis
sion was accepted by theBaord,
and JJtRogersonwaappolnted
to fill the unexpired term. .
The low bid submitted by Hol
lowell Chevrolet Co. was
accepted wr a car to be used
by the Sheriff's Department,
A special meeting will be
Jaycees To Hold
Turkey Shoot
The Hertford Jaycees will
hold their annual turkey shoot
Saturday, November 9, at the
Perquimans County High School
athletic Held. The event will
begin at 3 p.m. and continue
until 10 p.m.
m the past years, the turkey
shoots held by the Jaycees have
been highly successful and this
year's co-chairman, Frank
Mansfield and Charlie Fowler,
are preparing for a record
crowd. This is the first of two
turkey shoots to be sponsored
by the Hertford Jaycees. The
second event will take place a
few days prior to Christmas.
The date for the second shoot
will be announced later.
" The shooting will be Jlmlted
to 12 guage shotguns andaturkey
will be given away for each 12
shots fired. Co-chairman,
Frank Mansfield, states, "We
need a good turn-out for this
event, so everyone come on
out on Saturday and bring your
favorite shotgun. The turkeys
will be here if you are good
enough to win one."
Horse Show Saturday
The Perquimans County Horse and Pony Club will have
their last show of the season on Saturday, Nov. 9th, 1p.m.
One of the features of the show will be a Pony Halter
Class. This is an opportunity to show off your pony, whether,
you ride or not
Our -community has several new riders who need a chance
to try their skill. This chance will be offered them in a special
class for 1st year riders. Other classes in the show will
Include Western Pleasure, Speed Events, and a Roadster
'Pony Class.
There will be no gate' admission tee for this Show. Come
on out and enjoy an afternoon with the horses. The show ring
Is located on the Preston Nixon Farm, 1 mile west of Hertford.
held Friday Lnlght for the pur
pose of transacting aw business
that may come before the group.
a was approved by the mem
bers to list the dates of the
meetings on the Jaycees Calen
dar .this year.
Disease Meets At
Town & Country
Board of T & R
The mid year meeting of the
Board of Directors of the East
ern Tuberculosis & Respiratory
Disease Association was held
on October 30, 1968 at the town
and country restaurant, Wil
Uamston, North Carolina.
Dr. Lynwood Williams, Kin
stem, N.C., President, presid
ed over the meeting, attended
by board members from the 22
county area served by the asso
ciation. Joe Maynor, staff consultant
of the North Carolina TB & ED
Association, gave a film pre
sentation of the"Calclfledliffs"
a teaching film about f B for
education of the young patient,
and recently shown on WITN
TV, Washington, North Caro
lina. Reports were made by the
program activities committee;
patient service committee; pub
lic relations and campaign com
mittee. Mrs. Ruth Taylor, campaign
director,' discussed the current
Christmas seal campaign acti
vities, involving the volume of
the mailing list approximately
67,000, and the invaluable aid
of the volunteers at this parti
cular time of the year.
To Be Closed
Dr. T. P. Brlnn announced
today that his office will be clos
ed Friday and Saturday of this
week for renovation, He will
be out of town during this time.
American Legion
And Auxiliary In
Joint Session
The American Legion and Au
xiliary will have a Joint meeting
and covered dish supper Thurs
day, November 7, at 7 P.m. at
the American Legion Hut. All
members are urged to attend.
Perquimans
For Wallace
HERTFORD - American In
dependent presidential candi
date George C.Wallace captured
the majority, 1,554, votes
cast by Perquimans Countv
voters. Humphrey received
1,023 and Nixon, 468.
Other results are: Governor:
Scott, 1,903 and Gardner, 1,029.
1,903 and Gardner, 1,029.
Senator: Ervin, 2,137, and
Sommers, 490.
First congressional dis
trict Jones, 2,186, and Gardner,
709.
-State senators George Wood
and W. J. (Monk) Harrington,
Democrats, won unopposed.
House of Representatives:
Culpepper, 2,363, and Houtz,
306.
The following local officials
were elected unopposed: county
commissioners; Lester Simp
son, Thomas Nixon and Ellis
Winslow; board of education
members, Mrs. Thelma Elliott,
George Baker and Emmett Long;
Julian Powell, register of deeds;
Floyd Benton, county treasurer;
Dr. T. P. Brinn, county coroner.
Student Council
Makes Plans For
Powder Puff Game
The Student Council of Per
quimans County High School re
cently made plans for the annual
Powder Puff Football Game. The
event, scheduled for 8 P.M.
November 15, features repre
sentatives of the Junior Class
pitted against female contenders
,from the Senior Class, The class
of '69 is hoping for a second
straight victory, a clean sweep
in two years of competition. As
the girls fight hard for their
classmates, there will be cheer
leaders of the male gender to
inspire and entertain the fans.
Demonstration Of
Decorations
Frances Newby, Home Eco
nomics teacher at Perquimans
County High School, announces
a demonstration of Christmas
decorations to be given Friday,
November 15 at 3:30 p.m. in.
the high school cafeteria.
Miss Carol Aldrldge. VEPCO
Home Economist, will be pre
sent to discuss and show ideas
for Christmas decorations you
may make.
Hertford Grammar School
Sponsors Student Book Fair
The Hertford Grammar
School will sponsor a Student
Book Fair from November 11 to
November 15.
Students will be able to
browse during the week and
purchase books on Thursday
night, November 14, immediate
ly following the PTA meeting
on Friday, November 15, when
there will be someone on duty
from 1:00 - 4:00 to take orders.
Books will be on display in the
library of the school.
The book fair committee in-'
vites all students, parents and
visitors to attend the fair. The
fair will not only help spur stu
dent interest m reading and
building home libraries, but will
also contribute to a worthwhile
project. The school earns 20
per cent of all sales and profits
will be used for purchasing more
books for the library.
The Hertford Grammar PTA
is sponsoring this event, with
Mrs. George Fields serving as
book fair chairman. The com
mittee includes Mrs. Tom
Brown, Mrs. Charles Harrell,
Mrs. Ray Haskett, and Mrs.
Jar vis ward and Mrs. Phillip
Thach.
The book fair display will in
clude attractive new books from
Ladies' Night
Banquet
' Perquimans Lodge- No. 106
AF & AM will hold its annual
Ladies Night Banquet on Novem
ber 8, 1968 at the Hertford
Grammar School. All brothers
are cordially invited to attend.
Ticket may be attained from
any officer or at the door. Let
us make this our best Ladies
Night
Perq. Co. Farm Bureau
Holds Annual Meeting
The PerqulmansCountyFarm
Bureau held it's Annual Farm
Bureau meeting at Perquimans
County High School Cafeteria
Friday night October 25 at 7j30
p.m. The presldent,AlbertEure
presided over the meeting and
the meeting opened by George
Baker giving the Invocation,
The minutes of the previous
year were read and approved
and also the Treasurers report
was read, It was approved, so
was recorded as read by the
Secretary.
Eure then gave a warm wel
come to the group and reported
that much progress had been
made in the past year. He ex
plained, Farm Bureau was an
organization that identified
Farmers and the Rural people
In that it afforded many services
to it's members, such av the
tire and battery program and
all lines of Insurance, m re
gards to Legislation, Eure told
about Farm Bureau supporting
Senate Bill 109 which gives the
farmer the tight to bargain for
bis commodities without being
discriminated against. Also
stated that Farm Bureau was
opposed to unfair organized la
bor laws and against the law that
Infringed on our right to bear
arms. Insurance Agency Man
ager Walter Humphlett gave a
brief report on how N.C. Farm
Bureau Mutual Life Ins. Co,
was started and the progress
that had been made. Walter also
reported on the progress made
by our Life Ins. Co. and our
Blue Cross Blue Shield Pro
gram. President Eure, announced to
the membership present that
the most Important part of the
meeting was the Resolutions
which were to be read and ad-
Savings Bonds
Sales Climb Up
Combined sales of Savings
Bonds and Freedom Shares dur
ing September showed the
largest percentage of increase
for any month this year when
compared with trie comparable
month a year ago. Sales were
$5,131,367, and 11.4 per cent
increase over September 1967,
and the best September sales
since 1946.
Cumulative sales of Bonds
and Shares for January-September
totaled $48,466,554- a 6
per cent increase over the same
nine-month period a year ago.
This represents 70.4 percentof
the State's annual quota of $68,
800,000. Savings Bond and Freedom
Share sales in Perquimans
County were $3,970 for Septem
ber. For the year, cumulative
sales amounted to $29,625,
which is 43.1 per cent of the
county's $68,800 quota for 1968,
according to R. M. Riddick
Volunteer Chairman of the Sav
ings Bonds Program in Perqui
mans County.
many publishers In all popular
price ranges. All reading areas
of Interest to students will be
represented, including class
ics, fiction, biographies, adven
ture stories, science, nature,
crafts, mystery and reference
books. Wonderful books to read
or to give as gifts. The com
mittee Is working with Educa
tional Reading Service, a pro
fessional book fair company,
to furnish an individual selec
tion of books for the fair.
Mrs, Wmslow Examines
Marine Life in Nassau
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Mrs. Azalea Winslow, proprietor of Louis WlnsloWs Appliance
.Store in Beividere. examines . curious specimen of Bahamas,
marine life, a porcupine fish. The prlcuy sea creature was caugm
near Nassur's Balmoral Beach Hotel, where Mrs. Winslow re
cently spent a relaxing four-day vacation. She visited the popular
resort with a group of Carolina Sales Corp. members.
dopted, which would be sent to
the State Farm Bureau Con
vention to be held in Durham, at
the Jack Tar Hotel Nov. 17
through Nov, 20.
The chairman of each com
modity presented their resolu
tions. George Baker the Peanut
Commodity Chairman read his
resolution In regards to pea
nuts, which was No. 1. We sup
part the principles of HA 18213
(a certificate plan) that was
introduced in Congress, This
was adopted,
Floyd Mathews, Chairman of
field crops presented his re
solutions which was discussed
at length and adopted being the
following.
No. 1 Sufficient checks
should be made by the N.C. Dept.
of Agriculture to assure that
farmers receiver proper weight
grade basis on moisture con
tent of grains.
No. 2 We recommend that
our objective should be a mois
ture reading machine that auto
matically stamps the moisture
reading on a ticket.
No. 3 - We recommend In
creased efforts bemadetocom
bat Mexican Bean Beetle and
nematodes In N.C.
No. 4 -Grain should be grad
ed on quality and condition basis
Instead of on a test weight basis.
Caroll Baker Chairman of
Livestock presented resolu
tions In regards to Livestock
which was discussed and
adopted, these being as follows.
No. I We recommend that
Farm Bureau hire a full time
Marekting specialist to coor
dinate our livestock Marekting
program.
No. 2 The official UJ5.D.A.
grade of meats be the grade
shown on the retail package.
Mr. Bob Jenkins Field Rep.
of Farm Bureau was recognis
ed by the president, and Mr.
Jenkins spoke about the urgent
need for farmers to organize
and use their combined efforts
to a better advantage. The
speaker also explained the new
Farm Bureau Marekting Pro
gram and how this will help
farmers get in a position to
bargain with the buyers of our'
products.
Chairman of Nominating
Committee, Rollo P. White pre
sented the names for Direc
tors and officers for the year
of 1969. They were voted on and
accepted by the membership.
Drawing for door prize was
conducted by Walter Humphlett.
Mrs. Albert Eure was the win
ner which was a stainless steel
set and a tire which was given
by Shelion Morgan was won by
Mr. Bryant Miller. Many other
useful gifts were awarded the
winners in the drawing. At the
close of the drawing a social
hour followed and refreshments
were served, which consisted
of drinks) cookies and peanuts.
Marching Unit
Receives Trophy
The Perquimans County
Marching Unit was reclpelnt
of a trophy for belncr the first
place winner In the Norfolk Jun
ior Miss Parade on October 11
In Hampton, Va, Approximately
50 bands and Units participated
in the Parade.
The award was presented to
them at the Junior Miss Page
ant on October 28 at the Nor
folk Center Theatre. Accepting
the trophy for the Unit was Mrs.
Janiid Y. Boyce, Director. At
tending the Pageant were the
Unit girls, their Instructors
and parents.