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Standard Printing Co. xx LoulotUle, Ky. 40200 TEE? T5 mt tttm A ITS W W .Iff Ff TT V Jil- 3 10 Cents Per Copy VoliimtXXVI-No.8 Hartford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, February 20, 1969 S3gt. Thomas L. Jordan Gets Amy Commendztion Medal Army Staff Sergeant Thomas L, Jordan (right), son of Clement T. Jordan, and the late Mrs. Jordan, 716 Pennsyl. vanla Ave., Hertford, N.C., receive the Army Comroenda. tlon Medal during ceremonies December 6 here. Congratulating him Is Lieutenant Colonel Leonard A. Olson, efecutlve officer of the 1st Battalion.U.S.Army Medical Field Service School. :. 8 gt. Jordan received the award for meritorious service during his last assignment with advisory Team 34, Mili tary Assistance Command, Vietnam, advising a Vietnamese military unit, from February 1967 to August 1968. The sergeant, a supervisor with Company A, 1st Battalion, 0. S. Army Medical Field Service School, entered the Army m July 1963 and completed basic training at Ft. Jackson, 8.C. His wife, lives In San Antonio, Tex. Sgt, Jordan is a 1963 graduate of Perquincant County High School. Perquimans Students Win Honors at State University Sis Perquimans County stu dents mastered courses ranging from agricultural economics to Slitlcal science and physics to rn places on the Dean's List at North Carolina State, Univer sity lor the fall semester, ..- ChancelloriJohn T. Caldwell V jcowmendeff ttw vn ana noted rWtat they were among a record number of NCSU men and women earning the honors. t A total of 1,849 students gained the academic honors by attaining "Scholastic averages of "B" or .better during the taU, , That figure represented 16 per cent of the 11,990 men and women enrolled at the Raleigh 'campus for the fall semester. ' In constrast only 444 NCSU students were suspended for aca demic difficulties a ration of better than four honor students for each student who failed. Three of Perquimans men win ning honors were continuing their high academic scoring. . . ' Charles W, Chappell, Ralph E. Miller and Charles W. Stalllngs also earned Dean's List recogni tion during the spring semester. Chappell, son of Mr. and Mrs, Charlie C. Chappell of Star Route, Wlnfall, Is a senior In electrical engineering. . . Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Miller of Church Street, Hertford, is a junior in agricul tural economics. ' Stalllngs, son of Mr. and Mrs. WUlam A. Stalllngs of RU 1, Rites Hold For Vhonas Uorgan ; Thomas Kessler Morgan, 80, or Rt. 2, died Wednesday morn ing around 7j00" in his home. A native of Perquimans County, he was a son of the late Ernest Uriah and Mrs. Arabella Elliott Morgan. He was a member of the Bagley Swamp Pilgrim's Holiness Church and operated llorrui's Repair Shop. ; : Surviving are a daughter , Mrs. Ca " a Etoneham of St, Peters fcrrr l I a son, James Ernest t!a . i ' ' :'"nta,Ga a brother, Cm t X Morgan of Rt, 2 a a' 'r, i:rs, Howard Dawkins of V." m-Salem and a grand chiU. Fu "1 i-r vices were held Frldf y Li 7 "0 in the Chapel of !' e Swl' 1 Funeral Home by a Rev. V i Busick, pastor T'yE ip Pilgrim's Holl :C '', I -ial foUowed In - 1 c lory. . . - ) I - i !.; t'y Shepard was 1 i the service by "low, c nist. , - - ' ; 1'S i scf " ' , "te (.' ":c'J, -if if ;a, . v- e Villlaw i 1' 'n'1 s Z TonCui i i i Hertford, is a Junior In politics. The Hertford list also included a coed, Miss Lydla R. Rlddlck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rlddlck of Belvidere. She earned her honors as a senior in mathe matics education. Miss Rlddlck is one of arapldly K0wlB number ol young ladies studying at NCSU, once a citadel of male education. Durlngthefall some 1,650 coeds were enrolled at the Raleigh campus. Sheldon O. Bateman Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon 0. Bate man of 108 Charles St., Hert ford, earned the Dean's List honor as a freshman In physics, Llnwood L. James, whose guardian Mrs. Mollie Green lives on Rt. 3 Hertford, earned recog nition as a junior in vocational Industrial education. N.C. State Highway Patrol Accepting Applications The North CarolinaStateHlgh- way Patrol announced today that applications are being accepted for its basic training school which will . begin at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government in April. Major E.W, Jones, head of the Patrol's Training and Inspection Division, said there are open gins for 40 men in the 14-week school. v:;.;:-':, The school, according to the Patrol officer, Is "an Intensive college-level course of study covering all aspects of traffic control and law enforcement. In structors are experts in all pertinent fields from; pursuit driving to marksmanship." Applicants must be 2f to 30 years of age, 8 feet, 9 12 inches tall, and weigh a mini mum Of 160 pounds. They must be U. S, citizens and a resident of North Carolina for, one year im mediate prior to employment, with a high school diploma or the equivalent and must be able to pass rigid physical and men tal tests. Vision requirements of 20-20 are standard, but 20-40 Is accepted If corrected to 20-20 by glasses or contact lenses, ' According to Jones, only per sons measuring up totbese mini mum standards will be consider ed. Applicants should contact the first sergeant at their nearest Highway Patrol Station as soon as possible, , Z771 Uzz'Szj At The . - Hertford EPW Club will meet Thuray nlht, Feb, 20, at C.e r:A tjlUlng (Wlnfall) at Br:. AU members are urged to at- t i i'-i's 1 rportant meeting. Perquimans Rescue Squad Fish Fry & Auction Sale The Perquimans County Res cue Squad Is sponsoring a fish fry and auction sals to be held in Perquimans High School Memor ial Ball Park on Saturday,Marcb 1st, to raise funds to carry on the operation of the rescue squad here in the county. The fish fry-auction sale will be held from 8 until 7 P.M. Tickets are on sale for a TV that will be drawn and given away on March 1st. If you haven't pur chased a ticket you are urged to do so and help the rescue squad. - The Rescue Squad is also ask ing for any donations, cash, old furniture, clothes, books, an tiques, anything. The sale of these Items will also help todefray ex penses of the Rescue Squad, Any donation that you might have, can be sent to the Rescue Squad, Hertford, or phone 426 8688 days or 426-5875 nights, whatever you have to contribute will be picked up. It Is important that you contribute to this worthy cause, It is the means now of your getting tothe hospital should you need an ambulance. Members of the Squad stay on duty day and night without any pay. So a small contribution Is not asking too much, for the work these men are doing, and to support the ser vice here In Perquimans. Final Rites Held For Graham Wood Funeral services for Graham E, Wood who died Monday, Feb ruary 3 in the Albemarle Hospi tal after a long Illness, were conducted Wednesday, February s, 1969 at 8:30 P.M. in the Twi ford Memorial Chapel, Eliza beth City, N. C. The Rev, Merlin Boone, past or of the Woodville Baptist Church conducted the service) he was as sisted by the Rev, Cyrum Base more, who recently retired as assistant editor of the Biblical Recorder., Mrs, Merlin Boone sang "Sate In the Arms of Jesus" and "HmikGreat Thou Art, ac companied by Mrs, Tlldon White hurst, r Pallbearers were Klngsley Wood, Howard Wood, George Wood, John .Hunter, Bill Hurdle, and James Bass. Interment was in the West Lawn Cemetery, Elizabeth City. Mrs. lackson Gets Recognition Mrs, D, M, Jackson, Perqui mans County Cancer Crusade Chairman for 1968-69 (held in October of 1968) was presented a Parker Pen at the North Caro lina Cancer Society Luncheon held at the Sheraton-Sir Walter Hotel on Wednesday, for leading Perquimans County In the best Crusade in history. Grant Whitney, North Carolina Crusade Chairman for 1969, made the presentation at the Open Board of Directors Meeting. Perquimans County is one of four counties in the entire state that exceeded its quota, Two From County Make Honor Roll At University la. Two From 'County Make Honor Roll at University La. Word was received here this week that Ar chie Miller and BUI Chappell, students at North West ern State University, Natch itoches, Louisiana made the hon or roll for the fall semester. Vfeyra Procter On lienor Roll Perquimans County High School In listing the honor roll In last week's Perquimans Week ly left off the name of Wayne Proctor. Proctor's name should have been listed on the A -B honor roll. He is a 8-B student. u : ?To Get Award :: Sixty-four seniors at Atlantic Christian College completed de gree requirements at conclusion of the fall semester and will be awarded bachelors degrees at the college's commencement Sched uled for May 30. Completing degree require ments from Perqiamanst Petri cla Ann Banks of Hertford. Washington's Birthday Sale Friday & Saturday, 21 1 22 Perquimans stores and business places have again this year gone all out to make Washington's annual Birthday Sale the best one ever held in Perquimans. This year's sale will be the biggest ever with 'the sale being conducted two days, Friday, February 21st and Saturday, February 22nd. Many of the stores have put on extra help and added an abundance of merchandise that has been slashed to rock bottom prices. Read each ad in this issue of The Perquimans Weekly, and shop with these advertisers. This is a oncea-year sale, and some of the prices on items are almost unbelievable, having been cut below cost. You are invited to attend this Birthday Sale, and cut yourself a nice slice out of the Washington Birthday Sales pie. We are tipping you off, if ifs a bargain you are looking for, it is waiting for you here in Perquimans County. The merchants are giving you their profits. Plan now to at' tend both days of the sale, this Friday and Saturday. Your shopping here, keeping your money in your own county, is a way you cm help your own community grow. Remember, the growth of this community depends on you, just as much as it does on anyone else. Harrison and Hollowell Are The Winners in District Essay Contest The Hertford Grammar School P.TJU met Thursday night Feb. 13, 1969 at the school with the president,.CecU E. Wlnslow pre siding, The Devotional was given by the Rev. Gordon B. Shaw, of the Bethel Baptist Church. The executive committee re commended the P.T.A. give $25 to purchase towels for the kit chen. Mr. Wlnslow urged each individual to be aware of legisla tion consjig up and to inform the legislators of their convictions and reasons for voting for or against specific legislation, es pecially that concerned with the improvement of our schools and education. v ' Two Students Troy Harrison and Joyce Hollowell of the 6th and 7th grades were winners In the District DAR Essay contest this week in Edenton, N. C. The stu dents and their teachers were In vited to the meeting in Edenton, at which time the students read their winning essays, subject: "Heroines of the American Revo lution". . '; First of March will be time for pre-school Clinic again, ' those parents present were asked to keep this in mind and tell new families so they may bring their children who will enter first grade In September so they may begin to get ready. Mrs. Hurdle, Program Chair man, presented the following who made up the panel discussion "Moral and Spiritual Values" moderated by Rev.: Norman B. Harris, representing: the clergy and a parent; C, Edgar White, of the field of Welfare and Social Work and a parent; Julian Brough ton of the field of Law Enforce ment and a parent! and Pat Har- Cub Scouts Boost Relations National Boy 'fcouif Week was February 7-13 and local Cub Scouts, pack 158, Den 1. celebrated "Operation YIP." re cently on Tuesday, February ilth at the Municipal Building In Hertford with Mayor Emmett Landing. The program is de , signed to; improve Boy Scout relations by asking support of Community Leaders, Shown above with Mayor Landing is Cub Scouts Lee Humphlett, CarlyU Sawyer, Buck Wlnslow, Mark Wlnslow, Gary Wlnslow, Art Lane, Lonnle Bunch and Jay Matthews aU of Den. 1. reU, of the field of Education and acting as a parent to all the chil dren of the Hertford Grammar School each school day. Mr. Har ris opened tbe discussion with a question to the audience, How do you know that the moral and spir itual values you teach yor child are best for him? Other questions discussed were: How does the family as a unit Influence or In troduce moral and spiritual val ues in the child? What causes each child to react to environ mental pressures In his own par ticular way? What is the school's role In teaching moral and spiri tual values? How can families develop proper moral and spiri tual values? Would you like to have Family Life Education taught in the schools? Mr. Harrell responded to this by saying that Family Life Education Is taught in the schools today, beginning In the first grade with animal and plant life study and continuing at different levels as the child de velops. It seems evident that the group was in agreement that through love, good example, the right convictions, rules to go by, listening to children, responsible relations In the family unit all would teach the moral and spiri tual values we know are best for our children. First responsibility lies with the family and then schools could help build and re enforce these values and atti tudes, ; Mrs Wlnslow's 23 grade won the attendance banner. Mrs. Elton Hurdle announced that Dr. Bruce Petteway, Presi dent of the C.O.A. would be guest speaker at the March meeting, and urged a good attendance. .' . y" '' 1 ft s - 'X" I i:r on s By R. A. Wlnslow, Jr. Among the many sources of In formation about Perquimans County are the minutes of the various religious groups. Here is a digest of such records for the year 1882. The Virginia Conference ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, South, met In Portsmouth Nov. 18-24, 1882. The minister ap pointed to serve In Hertford was E. M. Jordan. The Chowan Baptist Associa. tlon met in Middle Swamp Church, Gates County, May 16 -18, 1882. The lay delegates from each Per quimans Church were as follows: Bethel A W. Myers, R. Pratt and Nathan Dale; Chappell Hill B. Ward and W.H. Bufkln; Great Hope P. Lane, L. W. Parker and M. B. Chappell; Hertford Ell EUlott, Joslah Elliott and R. Q. Skinner; Whttevllle Grove Isaac Layden, Moses P. White and Nathan Wlnslow; and Wood vlUe D. A. Sanderlin, W. N. Newbold and T. S. White. The ministers were: W. P. Jordan (Bethel and Whltevllle Grove), W. Askew (Chappell Hill), T. T. Speight (Great Hope) and O. C. Norton (Woodville). The Convention of the Episcopal Diocese of North Caro lina met In Calvary Church, Tar boro, May 10-14, 1882. The Lay Delegates from Perquimans were Dr. J. T. Smith, C. W. Wood, J. L. Skinner, Wm. Nixon, J. G. Granbery, Dr. W. W. Rlddlck, B. S. Skinner and W. S. Whedbee. The Rector of Holy Trinity Church in Hertford (also In charge of St. Barnabas Chapel at Woodville) was James A. Weston. The Yearly Meeting of theSoc iety of Friends was held at New Garden (Guilford) 17-22 ofthe 8th month (August) 1882. The dele gates from the Eastern Quarter (which included .'Perquimans) were David White, Apram Fisher, James W. Copeland, Henry F. Outland, Joslah Nicholson, Geo. rge W. White, Thomas B. EUlott and RoWt J.i Whfflf. The aide, taies to the Women's Meeting were Isabella White, Deborah Parker, Ann Elizabeth White, Lizzie A. White, Sarah IsabeUa White and Mattle P. White. George Washington, Top Farmer And No. One Conservationist Saturday Is George Washing ton's Birthday. Schools, civic clubs and other organizations of men, women and children throughout the United States wiU honor Washington by participat ing in special programs designed to commemorate the 236th anni versary of the birth ofthe Father of Our Country. These programs, for the most part, wiU point out that Washington was first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. Few, if any, wiU emphasize the fact that George Washington was also a Master Farmer - a scientific farmer at that and one of Ike first men in this country to re cognize the Importance of proper land use In controlling erosion and conserving soil. The problem of erosion wasn't new in Washington's day. Even the early American colonists were guilty of single-cropping their land to death. The differ ence between land decline In those days compared with the situation today lay almost entirely in the amount of available land. There was plenty of good land free land at that. If a man cropped his farm to death, he abandoned it and moved on to clear up a new piece of ground. We've become aware of the graveness of the erosion problem during the past 30 years principally because there isn't any more tree land, and good land is expensive, Wash ington and other patriots raised their, voices In the wilderness to oppose the mistreatment of land because they wanted to stay where they werei they didn't want to move on I They knew they had to take care of the soil or face de clining crop yields and eventual abandonment ofthe land. . Were the erosion control Ideas of George Washington and others of Colonial days pretty much like those of our modern conserva tionists ? Strange as It may seem, erosion control practices advo cated by Washington closely par allel those In use today, Wash ington's preoccupation with gully healing; his Insistence upon the virtues of a rough land surface w'.th mingled vegetation rubbish to help hold top-soil; his practice Birthday KiiiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiHiiiiiMiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiii 1 Pierce Is Outstanding I Farmer Award Winner i 5 ' !" m L. E. Pierce of Rt. 2, Hert ford, has been selected the Out standing Young Farmer from Perquimans County for 1968. He is married to the former Dlanne Chappell. The couple has two children, Corey 6 and Stacy 19 months. Pierce, known as Tiny, Is the son of L. L. Pierce of Rt. 3, Hertford. Fierce operates 425 acres of farm land which include corn, soybeans, peanuts, and small grain as his crops. He is a 1957 School Board Discusses Proposed Construction The Perquimans County Board of Education meeting here early this month were In lengthy discus sion on proposed construction plans. . James P. Milan, Architect, ap peared before the Board to dis cuss building plans. He presented preliminary sketches of each new facility which is being planned. The Board approved the loca tion of each new building as pre sented by Mr. Milam. It was agreed that further study would be made concerning the mefhoil of heat to be used and other as. pects of the new buildings before final decisions will be made. February 11 the Board of Edu cation met in a called session of withdrawing too-steep slopes from cultivation and his Insis tence above all on cover crops and rotations, as opposed to soil scalping by one-crop mothods, suggest in fairly complete out line the curative program ofthe most modern of soil conserva tionists. Contour cultivation, terracing and strip cropping apparently did not enter into his program. With such gentle slopes as the fields of Mount Vernon, and with ero sion troublesome but not ruinous at the time Washington farmed there, terracing probably would not have been justified anyway. At the time of death he was fol lowing a 7-year crop rotation, admirably adapted to sustain and hold his soiL There isn't much doubt of the accuracy ofthe state ment that Washington was 150 years ahead of his time in the matter of SOIL CONSERVATION. Washington was a great be liever in vegetation to stabilize eroded areas or to prevent the occurrence of erosion and was right In line with present ad vocates of this soil saving prac tice. An illustration of his far seeing wisdom in this respect is found in his Instructions to a Mr. Anderson of the Muddy Hole farm in Virginia. Washington wrote I "The washed parts of th farm ought to be leveled and smoothed and covered with Ut ter, straw, weeds, corn stalks or any other kind of vegetable rubbish to bind together the soil and to prevent the earth from gullying. It's too bad that Washington didn't know much about winter cover crops. Then he could have used living vegetation instead of various types of crop residues and mulch to protect his fields during the winter. But that is beside the point. It Is to any farmer's advantage to take care of his working capital the soli. It is very fitting that at this time we take the opportunity to examine a little-mentioned ac complishment of a great patriot and statesman, George Washing ton who was also a good farm er and number oneconservatlon lst. Bargains graduate from Perquimans County High School. He has' at i?nded the Short Course In Mod ern Farming at N. C. State Uni versity. He is a very active member of the Perquimans County Rescue Squad, a member of Woodland Methodist Church. He is also Albemarle District Supervisor with the Soli Conservation Ser vice. Pierce was honored by the Hertford Jaycees at their annual OYF-DSA banquet in January. with Principal Pat HarreU of Hertford Grammar School pres ent. , The purpose ofthe meeting was to further study the proposed building plans which had been presented to the Board. After a lengthy period of study and dis cussion, the Board voted to ap prove the general shape and type of building for Hertford Gram mar School as presented by the architect Mr, Milam. , ' It was also agreed that each room wouhl be enclosed lV tour walls. In some cases these walls might be constructed so that they could be removed at a later time if so desired. The Board also voted to request outside doors for each class room, and doors between the rooms. The building Is to be air conditioned If the money Is avail, able. Plans were approved for the library at Perquimans High School as presented by the architect. The Library will also be electrically heated, and be air conditioned. The newly elected Board of Education members will be Invit ed to attend the March meeting of the Board ol Education as obser. vers. They wUl take office in April. It was reported that Superin tendent C. C. Walters is planning to attend the annual convention of The American Association of School Administrators, to be held in Atlantic City, N.J., from Feb ruary 15 through February 19. The Board approved the con tinuation in school after marriage of Jean Gilliam Johnson. Corn, Soybean Production Meet February 24th "On Monday, February 24 at 2:00 P.M, there wiU be a Corn and Soybean Production meeting at the County Office Building," states Mr. R. M. Thompson, County Extension Chairman. Dr. A. D. Stuart and Dr. John Clapp wiU conduct this session which wiU involve the latest In formation on varieties, fertili zation, and production in general. Corn and soybeans comprise about 40,000 acres of our land and figure heavily in our econo my. It touches every farmer in Perquimans County and an in crease of one bushel per acre average would mean much to our economy, "For this reason, we hope you wiU take advantage of this opportunity and attend this session", states Mr, Thompson. Cancer Board Meet Monday, Feb. 24th A meeting of the Executive Board of the Perquimans County Unit of the American Cancer So ciety wiU be held Monday night, Feb, 24, at the REA Building in WihfaU at 8 VJUl. , , Dr. Robert Poston wlUpresent the program. The public Is invited to attend. Galore
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