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'fjgd Printing Co. Volume XXVI -No. 12 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, March 20, 1969 10 Cents Per Copy Jorse and Pony Club Trophies are A warded f The Perquimans County Horse wi Poor Cbib mat March U at 7:30 In the Perquimans County Office Building, with President Mfetvia forehand, presiding. Johnnie Smith led those pre sent In prayer. There were thir ty Ave people present. Three new members joined the club at the meeting. During the business the B68 High Point Trophies were given Ealvidere Initiates An Snergency Group Unit J. Thlrty-flve men and women of be BeMdere-Chappell HU1 area t Perquimans County met-Frlday night March 14th to form the Bel. Tldere Emergency Service Unit. The emergency servile unit Is being sponsored by the Perqui. mans County Sheriff's' Do. partment. The emergency ser- . lce unit concept la a community seif-help", program; This com inanity emergency pit can be filed upon to render service In irch and rescue for missing rsons, render first aid in home, firm, and vehicle accidents until other services arrive, and this nliITSv VfiOaTilenaiie T, anpower io bsbmi area un u pertinent In response tothe Bel. vldere area. : f The members of this unit will m trained lnfirstaidby Certified Instructors of the Perquimans County Rescue Squad, wlU.be trained in fire suppression and fire prevention methods, trained in traffic control procedures, electridal safety practices, handling of agricultural cheml cals and hazardous materials, and communication procedures. y At the meeting, Charles Skin, ier, Jr., a fire safety In. tructor with the N. C. Fire fervlce Instructors 'Association presented a program of fire and accident scene slide pictures, pinner explained the organisa tional structure of a community 19th Century Fishing J- our ancestors caught and eon. turned Urge quantities of fish, Host of them fished only to supply t, $elr household needs but there fere some professional fishing fratlona such as .the Nixon. Granbery fishery In DurantsNeck and the Skinner and Wood fisher. ieS on Teopim River. - Here are brief samples of i Sumenta relating to the fishing iiitrv in Perquimans. , U in January 1819 Zachaxlah r.'b leased to John Call andCo. X consisting of John Call, William rreoton and Joseph B Skinner) ' 1 his 'Shore on Teoplm River , ;'-alng as the fence now Is, un 1 it comes In front of hlshouse, i 1 every privilege thereto be. -".n for a Term of Eight years V-1 Jno. call Co. doegree ve to the said Webb Three -4 herrings and one third ! f ;e fish official for every J they hall on his Shore, r S ::1 ;e of the Balance of ..-re ca t: e Elver not above - i bd-ng tosald Webb . j U it give no person a rlctt to ;i i freir) not have a Seln ' awn ei t" Shore, further the e -7 '7 r TcJi" r : - I i tl V i i r ' "i out. They were as follows:Read Ing from left to right, Youth: Harold Thatch, 42 points; Adult: Carter Rogerion, 4Zpolnts; Chil dren: Joey Wlnslow, 22 points. . X was announced that the first horse show of the season will be held Sunday, April 13. ' Following the business, re freshments were enjoyed and the meeting adjourned. - - emergency service unit. The unit will consist of teams of men trained in -handling emergency situations In a community and can respond to other areas on a mutual aid call. Jimmy Chappell was elected Lieutenant of the BelvidereUnit. Beecher Chappell, Paul By rum, Russell Chappell were elected to serve as sergeants of the three teams of seven men each. The Ladles Auxiliary served refreshments at the conclusion of the meeting. The first training meeting for the unit will be on March 18. ' Ue?Wv W.'JL White Hew Owner Bus Station W. A. (Billy) White, has pur chased and assumed management of the Hertford Bus Station. He has a franchise with the Carolina CoacjB Co. and this will be the bus station In Hertford forTrallways Bus, - White, who is alsoan employee of the Hertford Post Office, pur chased the building from the El liott heirs and began operation of the business early this month. Mr. White is married to the former Miss IlaOrey who Is Per quimans County Home Agent, The couple has one child, a daughter. said Webb is to have every privilege on the Shore for him self on the part not above men tioned." What wages did a fisherman earn? In February 1848 Israel Chappell received fifty cents per day for catching shad for 82 days fin his own boat). ' YTidovs, YTidovers, Ch:t3 Prcvicbd Ey Federal Tax Law GREENSBORO. N. C. Re cent widows and widowers may still qualify for the lower tax rates' assigned to married couples, J. E. WaU, District Di. rector of Internal Revenue for North Carolina, said today. A taxpayer who lost his spouse in 1868 and has not remarried may still file a Joint return, Wall said. Tax law considers you to be married for the entire year of your spouse's death. Tar; ay era who lost a husband or wife in 1966 and 1967 and have not remarried may be entitled to file a return as a surviving spouse. In that case, Wall said, the tax rates will be lower than stack person rates. c:, Ko exemptions may be claimed fT daccased spouse on the r ' i cf f survivor for any . : ; r i t C.e yscr of death, f -c" """jf t mubemet a ejat i (ousels to t c! "i or st : ,'. lr:i 11 l.. .Ion on ! '"sis en. ,i i ', 82 Students On PCHS Honor Roll Eighty two students are listed on the Perquimans High School "A" and "A-B" Honor Rolls for the Grading period ending March 8, as released by Principal Wil liam Byrum. Of the eighty-two students Hat ed, twelve were on the "A"Hon or Roll. "A" Honor Roll: 8C - KathyMarren 8D- June Lane 9D - Bobby Hollowell and Sally Bundy 10B- Linda Harrell IOC - Brant Murray 11A-Janice Wlnslow ' UB - Karen Haskett and Bay HolloweU . HC-WayncRiddlck 12A - Donald Perry IK - Jane Evans "A-B" Honor Rollt 8A - Jennifer Byrum, Freda Godwin and Jenny White 8B - Woody Perry, GallEure, Linda Goodwin andSusaaHumph lett. 8C - Ben Berry, Rhonda Lane andEvaNewby 8D - Frances White, Willie Fay Dall and Vickie Chappell A - Jann DiUlon, Ellen Long, Darlene Williams, Van Harris, Pete Proctor and Archie Smith 9B -Wayne Proctor and Wayne Godfrey 9C - Jack Harrell " 9D - Linda Evans and Terry Copeland 9E - Mackey Lewis, Charles Mathews, Michael Walker and LuAnn Stallings 10A - Julian Baker , Beth Brlnn, Pattl Landing, Anita Smlth.Mar tba Watklns and Johnny Webb 10B - Betty Murray, Nancy Tunnell and Jackie Ward IOC - Archie Blanchard, Anna Brldgers and Darlene Meads 11A - Nann Ambrose and Jim White UB - Johnny Caddy, Dan Nix on, Douglas Perry, Nancy Rid dick, Sandra Smith, Claudia Stokely and Betty White UC - Louise Dak, Mary God frey, Ann Simpson, Delores Spi vey and Gall Watson 12A - Don Morgan,CherylCope land, EUsabeth.lvey,Dlanne Lay den and Eunice Sptvey 12B - Susan Harrell,DougHas ket. Louise. Ivev. Linda Lone. Sheila Morse and Dianhe Stall- ' tags u;r V; " h :.d . . 12C - Cindy Wlnslow, Walter Edwards, Brenda Baccus, Kath ryn Langley and Kay Nixon) Mrs. Jordan Dies In Norfolk Mrs. Lillian Matthews Jor dan,' 74, of Norfolk, a former resident of Hertford diedFTiday at 8:15 p.m. In DePaul Hospital in Norfolk following a long ill ness. A native of Perquimans County, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and' Mrs. W1U Mat thews and the widow of Albert Jordan. She was a member of the First Methodist Church. t Surviving are a daughter, Mrs, Catherine Powell of Norfolk; two sons, A. B, Jordan of Houston, Texas and Donald Jordan of Vir ginia Beach; four brothers, How ard Matthews and Jake Matthews of Hertford, Graham Matthews of Baltimore, Maryland and Henry Matthews of Detroit, Michigan one sister, Mrs. Maude Godwin of Hertford; two half-sisters, Mrs. Russell Baker of Belvldere and Mrs. Will Hotter of William tt on; ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren, A funeral service was held Sun day morning at 10:00 in the Hollo roan Brown Funeral Home. Another service was held Sun day at 2:00 In the First Methodist Church bythe Rev. C.J.Andrews. "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" and "Abide With Me" were snag by the Church Choir, accompan ied by Miss Caroline Wright.or ganlst. ; The casketpallwasmadeof red and white roses and fern. burial was In the Family Ceme tery In cnowan County.' Perquimans In Call For Bids The SUteHighway Commkslon has issued a call for bids for the March 85, 1969 highway letting. Twelve projects in sixteen coun ties are included involving more than 9 miles of road construc tion. V r.yr;'..-,-.rvvi AU bids for the projects must be received by fe Kis&way Com mission no totar than 10:00 a.m., Tuescty, llirch 25, 196 9. Listed in Use call for bids Is Bertie - Perrr mrs - Chowan -I" 'Jk - iXr. 3 mi:.: s of iind as p:xX base and surges, bitumin ous concrete surict and guard-r'-l ei V.? 17-H, I'3 -:3-S;3, JC8 ! l r- ; U i cL" :ns oXl- r.:yr..JUt .Ui, re r -fir" f -jorau. Hertford Grammar PTA Names Officers Recently The nominating committee of the : Hertford Grammar School Parent Teacher Association an nounced me following slate of officers for the next school year, at their regular meeting here last Thursday night. President: Mrs. Donald Mor ris, Vice President, Mrs. Dewey Perry; Secretary, Mrs. Carl Skinner and treasurer, Mrs, Bill Sawyer. Cecil E. Wlnslow, president, presided over the meeting. Pat Harrell, principal at Hert ford Grammar School Introduced the speaker for the evening Dr. Bruce Pettaway, President of the College of the Albemarle. Dr. Pettaway told how Com munity Colleges were started in North Carolina, and also the value of these colleges. We are fortun ate to have COA In Elizabeth City, as it has helped people In Perquimans County who bad not completed their high school edu cations, to finish, and get special training in other fields. Mrs. Grace Coston's 5th6th grade and Miss Mary Sumner's Revival Announced For Bagley Swamp Rev. J. Frank Kernodle, evan gellst and Rev. M. M. Holmes, song evangelist, will begin Re vival Services at the Bagley Swamp Wesley an Church Monday night, March 24 at 7:30 p.m. Services will continue thru Sun- day night, March 30. Rev, Kernodle, who has re cently returned from Israel, will be showing current pictures of the Holy Land and telling some of his experiences at 7:30Monday night. Don't missthis first service. The church is located on Route No. 2, Hertford, between Wlnfall and . Belvldere. The pastor, Rev. Ver lln Buslck, welcomesalltoattend these special services. hliarvm Riddkk Is Local Poster Winner 'L A. If POSTER WINNERS NAMED -Flrstand second place winners of the five county Albemarle Conservation Poster Contest were awarded plaques at an awards luncheon Thursday at Holiday Inn. First place winners are: front row, left to right, Sybil Hall, The six top winners In the 16th annual Albemarle Conservation Poster Contest were awarded plaques by Cecil Reel, president of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce, at the awards lunch eon on Thursday, March 13th. . Those receiving the awards were Sybil Hall, Weeksvillej Bradley Ward, Chowan, Leroy LUley, Currituck; Maru Amburn, Chowan; Marvin Rlddlck, Perqul. ; mans feon of Mr. and Mrs. Ar. chle Rlddlck, Belvldere); and Debbie Gregory, Camden. . AU 90 county winners, named in Individual county contests, re eclved toten lovirg crs present- 6th grade gave the Devotional taken from the 24th Psalm, fol lowed with the singing of This is My Fathers World and the reciting of the poem Your Flag and My Flag. Principal Pat Harrell announced the pre -school clinic will beheld March 26. He called attention to the pictures on the auditorium wall, which the students had drawn and also asked that the bulletin boards be given a look In the hall which had been fixed bythe children. Miss Hinnant Student Teaching AtPCHS Miss Sue Hinnant, a senior from East Carolina University, is stu dent teaching in home economics at Perquimans County High School under the supervision of Miss Frances Newby. Miss Hinnant is from Raleigh and is enjoying being near the coast. She is residing at the W. F. Ainsley home on Covent Gar den St. At East Carolina University Miss Hinnant is a member of the Home Economics Chapter; Chap lain of Phi Upsllon Omicron, the honorary home economics fra ternlght; and a member of the Student National Education As sociation. Following graduation in June, Miss Hinnant hopes to teach vo cational home economics. ' Winfall Election Set For May 6th The Wlnfall Town Election will be held Tuesday, May 6 for a Ma yor and Commissioners. Mayor Elijah White stated that the registration books will open on Friday, April 18, again Satur day April 19, and April 24 will be the last day that qualified vot ers ai&tf ille as fc-ndHaii 'fa either Mayor or Commissioner. Ray Elliott IsClerkoftheTown of WlnfalL Mrs. J. F. Hollowel) Jr. was appointed registrar, and Judges are Mrs. J, F, Hollowell, Sr. and Charlie Lane. Herring Running Is Sign oi Spring The herring are reported to be starting to, run, with small catches being reported by local fishermen. The real herring run, Is not expected until early In April. 9 w J and Marvin Rlddlck; second place, back row, Bradley Ward. Mary Amburn, and Debbie Gregory. Plaques were presented by Cecil Reel, president of the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce. (Staff photo) URoy UUey ed by J. Carroll Abbott, chairman of the agriculture committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Guests were welcomed at the luncheon by Reel and Lloyd Bunch of Edenton, chairman of the Albemarle- District Soil and water Conservation Service, Introduced special guests. Charles L. Keels, of Raleigh, executive secretary of the North Carolina Future Farmers of America spoke on the importance of Integrity, loyalty, and sticking to a Job until completed. It was announced by George Attlx, executive vice-president of the Chamber of Commeroethat 18 From County Enrolled In NCSU The fastest growing school at North Carolina State University is continuing its upward climb, spring enrollment figures re leased Tuesday showed. The School of Liberal Arts, which was organized in 1963 and is already the second largest school on campus In enrollment, again showed the largest In crease, Jumping from 1,786 stu dents last spring semester to 2,185 this spring. Dean of Student Affairs James 3. Stewart announced that the to tal spring enrollment at NCSU is 11,153 students. Sprlngenrollment in 1968 was 10,392. The largest school on campus continues to be engineering, which noted a sizable increase of 130 students over lastsprlng.En glneerlng enrollment is 32 60 students. Next highest increase in the eight schools was in the School of Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics which went from 9 24 last spring to a current enroll ment of 1,015. The coed population at NCSU continues to grow rapidly. There are 1,676 young ladles now study ing at the former center of male education, 379 more than a year ago. The Graduate School also re ported a major increase, from 2,057 in spring, 1968 to 2,316 In 1969. All 100 counties in North Caro lina are represented in the spring enrollment. Spring enrollment figures for the eight schools of the Univer sity are: Agriculture and Life Sciences - 1,764, Design - 456, Education - 844, Engineering -3,260, Forest Resources - 650, Liberal Arts - 2,185, Physical Sciences and Applied Mathema tics - 1,015, Textiles - 711 There are 268 unclassified stu dents enrolled for the spring semester. Of the total, 18 are from Perquimans County, shelley Young People Night At New Hope Methodist -Church i . Young Peoples Night willbe ob served at the New Hope Metho dist Church on Sunday night, March 23, at 7:00 p.m. Joey Wllhams, who has his own radio program on WXRI Christian Broadcasting, will be the speak er. He is bringing singers that sing songs young people like to bear. - The Rev. Claude Wilson Is pas tor of the New Hope Church, The program Is to Introduce these young Christians to the young people in Perquimans and surrounding areas. the 30 winning posters will be displayed next week In the lobby of Wachovia Bank. The award luncheon Is spon sored annually by the Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Albemarle Soil Conservation District covering the counties of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perquimans. Co sponsors were Kenyon Bailey Supply, Inc. Carolina Feed and Seed Co., Inc., Carolina Feed and Seed Co., Continental Grain Co., Bill Flood, grain dealer, and Gulf Oil Corp. 1 ,A 1 Sjf. Perry Awarded On Behalf 0 Perq. County Sgt. William Thomas Perry, NCOIC is shown receiving a Big "O" award for excellent main tenance of War Readiness Mater ial Motor Vehicles Det. 2. The vehicles are part of that material needed to augment peacetime assets for support of forces, missions and activities Over 1,366 People Receive Social Security In County According to Donald S. Morris, Field Representative of the So cial Sec Adm., at the present time there are over 1,366 people In PerquJri&ns County ihi get social security checks each month. Each of these people should know that any change which could affect his check should be reported to the social security office. The report should now be made to the local office rather than to the payment center from which the check is received. With spec ial facilities and new procedures, social security offices are able to get changes made faster, and this means improved service to bene ficiaries, with timely payments in the correct amount. The re port can be made by telephone, letter, or in person to the local office. Changes that should be report ed include such things as changes of mailing address, change in ex pected earnings, death of a social security recipient, change in BPW Sponsoring Easter Seal Drive The Hertford Business and Pro fessional Women's Club Is spon soring the 1969 FundDrlve for the Easter Seal Society In Perqui mans County. Letters and Easter Seals are being mailed out to cit izens of the county asking for their financial support In order that the crippled children and adults might be helped. Easter Seal dollars pay for medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment, transportation, wheel chairs, walkers, crutches and other aids as well as for the sup port of local clinics and special treatment programs. Each summer around 200 hand icapped youngsters and young adults go toCamp Easter -ln-the-Plnes In Southern Pines where a specially planned program pro vides an exciting adventure pr the camper in a wheelchair, with braces and with other physical; Umttations. . 'i' Easter Seal dollars also pay fin research into the cause! and cures of handicapping condUooft Locally, wheelchairs have been bought, crippled adults have been sent to summer campJALd.in transportation to clinics jiver (lie state has been made to many m? dividual so your contributions are being used a grec. dea.1 Jo. helping people In our, town and' county, ' Mrs. Marlon' C. tadell is BPW Club chalr- f t4s pro W D, M. urge "t fund i when D give You for Ject and along Jackson, club i everyone to si campaign. She t you give to East ; help, hope and give to a bru, icrippled children . - reflected in the U. S. Air Force wartime requirements docu ments. Sgt. Perry is the son of Mrs, Robert A, White and the late Tom Perry. He Is brother of Mrs. Murriel Layton of Whedbee Drive. marital status, i.e., marriage, divorce or death of a spouse, and change In a student benefi ciary's school attendance. "The , claim number eft the person af fected should always be ' given when notifying social security of changes. An individual is urged to get in touch with the local social security office as soon as pos sible when there is a Change which may affect his check. The Elizabeth City office is located at 401 South Dyer Street, tele phone number 338-3931 Office hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.nu Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m, to 12:00 noon on Saturday. Suicide Prevention To Get Hard Study At East Carolina The problem of suicide will come under hard scrutiny at East Carolina University next montn, thanks to a grant of 88,738 from the National Institute of Mental Health. The grant, approved tor a pro posal submlttedbyDeanEdwlnW. Monroe of the ECU School of Allied Health Professions, will , help finance a five-state re gional seminar on planning com munity psychiatric emergency service. Major focus of the semi nar will be on suicide prevention. Assistant director Brayom An derson of the ECU Division of Continuing Education, contract ing agency for the project, said the seminar will be conducted April 16-18 at the Blockade Run ner Motet, Wrightsvllle Beach. Co-sponsoring agencies, An derson said, will be the N.C. Department of Mental Health, the ECU School of AlUed Health Pro fessions, the Mental Health training Institute of Eastern Sorth Carolina and Region HI of itf Health Services and Mental Health Administration, National Institute of Mental Health. ""Other participating ageodes will include the Departments of Mental Health in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky and Maryland and state mental health groups la North Carolina and the other four states, Dr. Monroe, In his proposal for the seminar, cited a need for development of comprehensive -community mental health centers "which should Include as an es sential element of service 84 hour emergency treatment ser vices." He said many communi ties throughout the nation are at work on such centers. This in cludes the development of sui cide prevention centers offering 24-hour service and trained crisis worker to respond to ft "cry for help,"