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Volume XXVt-No. 20
Hertford, Perquimarti County, North Carolina, May 15, 1969
10 Cents Per Copy;'
Judge Fentress Horner
Presides at District Court
Judge Fentress Horner pro
'.sided over the regular session
'Of Perquimans County District
".Court on Wednesday and idls-(
?posed of the following cssest
." Elsie Hung Jones was found
er of asaanltwltha weapon i
.'.sod Inflicting serious Injury to
vMcKlnley Jones and given a sen!
-ience of 6 months in the N,C.
0 House of Correction. Sentence
was suspended upon payment of
all hospital bills and costs-of
:the court; fi , .
l , Milton M. Phelps was given a
'-sentence of 6 months to run
currently with previous Judgment 1
garter being found guilty of a
"L charge of noo-support.. An appeal
Jma noted and Bond was set at
i$200.0(h V, - ir to,'
) James Lee Williams, charged
wlth being drunk on the streets
and resisting arrest, was given
Help
Offered
In Filing Fo r
Medicare Aid
Have you put off fllingforpay.
,mnt of your doctor bills under
Medicare because you dldnt know
-Just what steps to take? Many
people have. . '-v
ij The recent changes in social
." security make it easier to file a
claim. If your doctor will accept
.Assignment, all you need to do
' is sign a Request for payment
Form, SSA-1490, and the doctor
vwiU,do the rest.
v If you wish to file a claim your
.self,, you first need to get an
'.itemised bill from your doctor
(paid or unpaid). Before the 1967
-amendments, the bill had to be
paid before MedlcareHrould pay.
Now you can receive payment
us
efore the bill has beea paid,
vn for charges for last year.
t. Applicants for Medicare pay
4Bente are reminded to complete
the ttsoneat tat Pavmeii Form
sfiSA-MtW). This form feirlhtat-ttt District Columbia,
Vvedlcare Handbook that was
.nailed to Medicare enroll eea. Be
sure to enter your name and claim
.number as theyare shown on your
.Medicare card. Attach all your
Mils to the form and send to the
'Insurance company.
-. ' Anyone who needs assistance In
filing a claim for Medicare bene
fits should come by the Social
Security Office at 401 s. Dyer
Street, Elizabeth City, N. C, or
call 338-3931.
Eight Rod v.
ToEssuty
; If you follow the yellow, green,
red, and orange eigne posted ;
throughout Perquimans County
thle month you will be on the right .
xoad to beauty. The direction on
the daily food guide Is the pathway t
to a lovelier and a healthier life,-,
states today by Mrs. M. B. Tay
lor, Home Economics Extension ;
Agent There are 100 charts en'
lled the Dally Food Oulde posted
te community buildings, office
buildings, court bouse, on store. .
windows, laundromats and other
businesses. The purpose of this ,
project is to help you to become
ware of the foods needed for the
best of health and to promote laa
torsst In the use of the Basic 4
-food Group dally. The daily toe
ulde is a patten to help you se
lect foods for your meals. To
help assure your family's good
health, choose the recommended
number of servings from each
food group. lack group offers a
ride variety of foods of inter
( Xing meals, Foods in each group
"zty widely la cost and calorie
'xteuL Select the ones beat suit
1 to your family's nutritional
- is, tastes, and pocket-book,
-C r reryone should eat a wide var
jr of foods. Scientists have
tTEi that the body needs about
' 3 1 "area nutrients "the essen
Jm" ail of which supplied by
jfjod. By choosing foods that con-,
join certain key nutrients you are
likely to cat the "50 essentlaU"
jrou need. T6 lean more about
! the key nutrients attend one of the
tension Homennakers meet
or Special Interest meet-
t held throughout the county
- s month. SUdes on "How Food
i 'acta Ton" are shown and dls
. ;sed in every meeting. For
bore information contact Mrs,
Ttar, 485-7587. ; v V :
HIE.
' tbXW El MTFoXSts fir
i Church wJllhc'd a
jrdcy, ay R, en tie
vm Green. IwiabesSln
a sentence of 30 days on the
roads, suspended upon payment
of costs and payment of $20.0C
payable through Clerk of Court's
office for use of the Town of
Hertford for auto damages;
j . Wayne B. Perry, charged with
non-support, received a sentence
of 12 , months, suspended upon
payment of $50.00 today and
$50.00 every 2 weeks through the
C. S. C. and also costs of court;
v Van G. MaUory, charged with
speeding,- resist,' delay and ob
struction a police officer by re
fusing to enow- his driver's
license, received a fine of $50.00
and costs; :
, . Joshua .Tllley , charged with
speeding, was taxed with a fine
of $25,00 and costs;
: John Henry Davis, charged with
being drunk on the streets and
resisting arrest, was given a
sentence of 12 months on the
roads. An appeal was noted and
Bond was set at $300.00;
-v Ricky Wayne Trueblood, charg
ed with driving a vehicle while his
driver's license was revoked
was given a sentence of 12
months. An appeal was noted and
Bond was set at $500.00;
Fred Douglas Colson, charged
with allowing an unlicensed drlv.
er operate his vehicle, was given
a 12 months sentence. An appeal
was noted and Bond was set at
$500.00.
20 Of Students
On ECU Honor List
Nearly one in five East Caro
lina University students last win
ter made high enough grades to
earn places on the official honor
lists of the university.
That 20 percent of the students
a total of 2,019 got official
commendation from the univer
sity as three honor lists were
listed May 10. The honorees in
eluded 73 North Carolinians
and 349 students from out of the
state, ' TtMratter, represent -23
Japan and Germany,
Most elite among the honor
students are the 234 who made
all A's, the highest grade at the
University. Next are the 454 who
made the Dean's List by earn
ing a solid B-phis average with
no grade lower than C.
The third list the Honor
Boll Includes 1,3?1 students
who made a B average with no
trade below C,
. Perquimans County students
who made the Dean's List were
Wayne Ray Winslow, BeMdere,
and Michael N. Winslow, Hert
ford those listed on the Honor
Roll included Benjamin C.Hobbs,
Gale Sherman Taylor and Harri
ette Williams, all of Hertford.
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Vcacn's Softball
tegua PUcs
Youth Project
The Women's Softball League
had Us first meeting at the home
of . Betty Hurdle on Thursday,
Maya.
B is hoped the community will
help support the League this year,
for all profits at the end of the
Mason, will be put in a fund for the
purpose of sending some of our
jirls to camp next summer. .
, Local businesses are being in
vited to lend their, support to this
worthwhile proJeoUA represen
tative of the League will be can
vassing the downtown area while
girls from the Grammar School
League will be seeking contribu
tions from individuals, Jt is hoped
that the efforts of the program
will have served a useful purpose.
Vernon White will coach the
Women's League this year, and
Linda Perry and Betty Hurdle will
coach the Utile Girl's League.
.: Games will be played on Tues
day and Thursday nights at $ o'
clock starting June 3. V ; (
Practice for the Women's
League will be on every Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 0
p.m. starting May 13.
Women signed With the League
so far are as follows: Betty Hur
dle, Linda Perry, Kitty Brown,
Alice Jean Winslow, Rose Ann
Blddlck, Elaine Cox, Cecil Bur
ton, Nellie Ruth Matthews, Bar
bara Nixon, Valeria Roberts,
Judy Heath, Jane Cherry andRa
cUelMlzelle. : E&rban White' is la charge of
keerlsg scores and taking care of
concesclacs. .. -
Tiare ::i be no admission fee
i every- e is invited to come
c 1 tzi s-s t i gimes.
Perquimans County Girls & Boys
Winners at A lb; Livestock Show
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Paige and Clyde Elliott, son and daughter of Clyde showed
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Elliott of Route 1, Hertford. the Albemarle
Paige showed the Grand Champion Hog and
Gaye Euro, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Belvln
Eure of Route 3, Hertford showed the Grand
87 Donors Present
Bloodmobile Visit
The Bloodmobile Visit on Mon
day was very successful with 87
donors on hand to offer their
help. Of this number 66 pints
were acceptable and 21 were re
jected. The quota for this visit
was 75 pints, but 124 pints were
needed to make up for the deficit
at the present time.
The yearly quota for, Perqui
mans County Is 225 pints of blood.
On the three yearly visits of the
Bloodmobile a total of 167 Pints
Perquimans Man
Charged In Death
a Rfl.vaar-old man has been
charged with the shooting death
Sunday of his fiancee, pouce saia.
Deputy Sheriff waiter Harrison
said the shootine occurred at
about 11 a,m Sunday and that
Mary Dixon died enroute to tne
Albemarle Hospital in EUaabeth
City, Sherman Hinton, who Uvea
about four mites norm oi Hert
ford, was charged with muroer
and is being held without bond.
police said the shooting took
place in Hlnton's home and that
Hinton said he and Miss Dixon
were to be married soon.
Perquimans High
School Seniors
Present Play
The Senior" Class of Perqui
mans County High School pre
sents "Tom Jones", a comedy
in thre acts adapted by David
Rogers and based on the novel,
"Tom Jonest The History of a
Foundling", by Henry FleldMna
The play will be presented in the
Perquimans High School
auditorium on Friday, May 16.
There will be 2 performances,
a matinee at 130 p.m. and a
night performance at 8s00. The
tickets for the matinee are 50
cents for students and 75 cents
for adults. Th " tickets tor the
night performance are 79 cents
for students and $1.25 for adults.
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have been donated 1st Visit -45
pints - 2nd - 56 pints - 3
66 pints.
Mrs, Nathan Sawyer, Red Cross
Chapter Chairman for Perqui
mans county, expresses her ap
preciation to everyone who par
ticipated in making this Bloodmo
bile Visit a success. Names of
participants are as follows:
Doctor - Dr. L A. Ward;
. Nurses Mrs. Charles Mur
ray and Mrs.. S. O. Bateman;
Registrars ind Typists - Mrs.
John Beers, Mrs. Cecil Winslow,
Mrs, Gertrude Zachary and Mrs.
LouKalaposj
Canteen Workers - Mrs. Ev
elyn Whedbee, Mrs. W. B. Land
ing, Jr., and Mrs. Mattle Ma
thews. '
Mrs. Sawyer also would like
to thank the Wonder Bread Com
pany for' the bread, the Pepsi
Cola and Coca Cola Bottling Com
panies for the drinks and Colon
ial Stores for the ice used in the
Canteen,
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Wind Erosion
Watermelons planted on the L, D.Copeland's farm, in Chapel
. Hill community of Perquimans County, with strips of rye left
between the rows of watermelon, for protection against wind
erosion. This is a good conservation practice on sandy land for
wind erosion protection. . '
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the Reserve Champion Hog in
Livestock Show and Sale.
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Champion Pen of Three (3) Hogs In the Albe
marle Livestock Show and Sale.
Monthly Report Of
Hertford Police
Department
The following monthly report
for April was given by Chief Ben
L, Glbbs at the regular Council
meeting. Arrests Made: Drunks
on the Street 3; Disorderly Con
duct 1; Speeders 1; Assault 2;
Operating Intoxicated l; care
less and Reckless Driving 1; Lar
ceny 2; Miscellaneous Traffic
Arrests 2; Miscellaneous Ar
rests 1; citations issued for Bi
cycle Violations L Activities:
Calls Answered and Investigated
107; Accidents Investigated 2;
Funerals Worked 6; Courtesies
Extended 116; Doors Found Un
locked 5; Fire Calls Answered
7; Radio Calls Received 223;
Lights Reported Out 2.
Father Of Coach
Bobby Carter Dies
In WUliamston
Word was received here this
week of the death of Bobby Car
ter's father in WUliamston on
Saturday.
Protection !
m
The 24th Annual Albemarle
Livestock Show and Sale was held
on Wednesday, May 7 at Small's
Warehouse on Weeksvllle Road.
The Perquimans County boys
and girls did very well In the com
petition, with PalgeandClyde El
liott, daughter and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Elliott of Route 1,
Hertford, placing 1st. and 2nd.
with the individual hogs and Clar
ence Chappell, HI, placing Third.
Gaye Eure, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Belvln Eure, of Route 3,
Hertford had the Grand Champion
Pen of Three and Clyde Elliott
winning the Grand Champion Pen
of Eight.
Boys and girls showing steers
were Earl and Bobby Lane, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Winston E. Lane,
Jr. of Route 1, Hertford, with Earl
winning the Rurttan Trophy for
the best steer In Perquimans
County. Johnny Wood, son of Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Wood, Jr., of
Route 3, Hertford showed a prime
steer as did Earl Lane, Those
showing steers that graded choice
were Joey Winslow and Alvln
Winslow, sons of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Lee Winslow of Belvldere;
Jarvln Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B. M. Miller, Sr., of Route
2, Hertford; Claudia and Stan
Winslow, daughter and son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clifford Winslow, Route
1 Belvldere; Edmond White, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. White,
Jr., Route 1, Hertford, and Clar
ence Chappell, IH, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Chappell of Bel
vldere.
Gwaltney Packing Company and
Hertford Hog Market bought the
Grand and Reserve Champion
hogs, Grand Champion Pen of
Three (3), and Grand Champion
Pen of Eight (8), with Bagley and
Hurdle of Sunbury buying the
Third Place Pig.
Those merchants purchasing
the steers were Farmers Feed
and Seed, Peoples Bank and Trust
Company, Darden Dept. Store,
Towe-Chrysler Plymouth, Eliza
beth City, and Towe Motor Com
pany, Hertford; Bagley and Hur
dle of Sunbury bought two steers
from Perquimans County; Swin
dell Funeral Home, Winslow-,
uiancnara Motor company, Rob
erts Bros, of Currituck, Baker
Oil Company, Hertford Hard
ware, J, F. Hollowell and Sons of
Wlnfall; Winslow Oil Company,
Albemarle Chemical Company,
and Rogerson Chemical Com
pany. "The businesses In Perquimans
County and surrounding areas
really supported this sale as the
steers and hogs sold for a higher
price than they have in many,
many years", stated R. M.
Thompson, County Extension
Chairman. There were other bus
iness men who bid on these ani
mals, and even though they did
not buy, helped to make the sale
the success that it was. "The boys
and girls and their parents really
do appreciate the support they are
given in this event, because with
out the merchants it would not be
near as successful as it is and the
boys and girls would not be en
couraged to participate", further
states Mr. Thompson.
C0A Will Conduct
Vocational Classes
The College of the Albemarle's
Vocational Department will con.
duct its registration for night
classes on May 12, 13, 14, 15,
from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at
the Main College Building.
The following courses will be
offereds Auto Entlnes. Small
Engines, Welding, Radio It TV
Repair in, and Introduction to
Machinist Trade.
The classes will run for 12
weeks.
Marching Unit
Parents Club Meets
The Perquimans County March
ing Unit Parents Club held their
regular meeting Monday night in
the High School cafeteria. Mrs,
Durward Reed, Jr., president,
presided.
Mrs. Archie T, Lane, Jr.,
Chairman of the nominating com
mittee, presented the following
slate of officers for the coming
year: -::.,.v-.".'-H:
President Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Towe White; V. President - Mr.
and Mrs. Hilton White; Secre
tary - Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Swin
dell; Trees. - Mrs. Becky D.
White; Publicity Chairman Mr.
and Mrs. W. Q. Elliott.
iMrs. LaClalre Rogerson was
named director of the Unit. She
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Mrs. Yearns
Slides Of
Mrs. W. B. Yearns will present a program of slides on India
in the Hertford Baptist Church's Fellowship Hall on Sunday
Evening at 7:30 p.m. in lieu of the Evening Worship Service.
Mrs. Yearns, who is the daughter of Dr. L A. Ward, has spent
a year In India with her .husband who was appointed as a Full
bright Lecturer in American History to Jodapur University for
the academic year of July 1, 1968 until April 1, 1969.
Mrs, Yearns will be showing some of her Impressions of and
experiences In India.
The Hertford Baptist Church extends a cordial invitation to
all In this area who would like to know mure about India.
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11,255 People in Perquimans
! Receive USD A Food Aid
USDA's Consumer and Market
lr.g Service said Its food pro
grams aided 228,165 needy per
sons in 96 North Carolina coun
ties during March, 1,255 of these
Governor Scott
Proclaims Soil
Stewardship Week
Governor Robert W, Scott has
proclaimed the week of May Il
ls, 1969, as Soli Stewardship Week
In North Carolina. At a ceremony
In the Governor's Office on Wed
nesday, May 7, officials of the
North Carolina Association of
Soil and Water Conservation Dis
tricts Joined Governor Scott In
emphasizing the need for more
vigorous conservation of all our
natural resources In the years to
come.
In commending the observance
to the citizens of the State, Gov
ernor Scott said:
"I am pleased to call attention
of the citizens of North Carolina
to the array of Issues that has
emerged concerning the wise use
and management of our precious
natural resources. With more
people in more places imposing
steadily greater demands on the
limited supply of natural re
sources, we must devise methods
to avoid waste, erosion, disorder,
and ultimate shortages.
Soli Stewardship Week is a
national observance calling at
tention of all responsible citizens
to the need for 'Confronting the
Issues' in natural resources
management.
The North Carolina Association
of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts in an attempt to Im
press upon us our individual re
sponsibilities is sponsoring a
special week dedicated to this
effort. Therefore, I am pleased
to designate May U-18, 1969, as
Soil Stewardship Week In North
Carolina, and I commend the ob
servance as being a worthwhile
endeavor." : ,
Scholarship
Winner
Louis Godfrey has been select
ed recipient of the 1969 annual P.
E. Bembry Scholarship. Louis is
currently a senior at the Perqui
mans County Union School. His
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Godfrey, Sr. of New Hope.
Young Godfrey plans to enter
the Pitt Technical institute in the
fall where he will pursue a study
of electronics, !.'
To Show
India Trip
were from Perquimans County.
Of this, 155,654 persons in 59
counties took part In the family
food distribution program, an In
:rease of 2,096 for these same
counties from February,
The foods distributed had an
estimated retail value of $1.7
million and included dairy pro
ducts, canned and dried fruits
and vegetables, canned meat or
poultry, grain and cereal pro
ducts, as well as other Items such
as peanut butter and scrambled
egg mix.
In the other 37 counties 72,511
persons took part In the food
stamp program during March and
received $522,529 In bonus cou.
pons.
North Carolina's food stamp
participation was up 9 ,872 per
sons over February, primarily
due to the addition of 4 new coun
ties in the program. Of these 4
counties, Pitt and Robeson pre
viously had the family food dis
tribution program, with a partici
pation of 19,957 persons In Feb
ruary. In North Carolina, the food
distribution program Is adminis
tered by the North Carolina De
partment of Agriculture, and the
food stamp program Is adminis
tered by the North Carolina Board
of Public Welfare, both In co
operation with the Consumer and
Marketing Service.
Piney Woods
Friends Church
To Hold Meet
Eastern Quarterly Meeting of
Friends will be held Saturday
May 17th. at Piney Woods Friends
Church. Belvldere. Minister 4t
Council meeting will begin at
10- o'clock A.M. Seth Hinshaw
will give the devotion. Worship
service will be at 11 o'clock.
Victor Murchinson, Executive
Secretary of N.C, Friends will
deliver the message. Young Fri
ends will have their services at
10 a.m.
Lunch will be served at noon.
The afternoon business session
will begin at 1.30.
On Sunday May 18th Piney
Woods and Up River Friends will
meet at Piney Woods Church.
Sabbath School will begin at 10
o'clock with Joyce Copeland gtv- -lng
the, devotion; Harold White
will glvf the lesson. At the 11
o'clock worship hour Mark Hod
gins, pastor of Up River church,
will deliver the message.
The pastor, Elmer Thomas,
Invites you to attend.
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