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Wlnslow-B lanchard Motor Co., Inc., of Hertford, N. C, was
honored bj Ford Division for outstanding sales and service
' performsnc during 1968, Cecil C. Wlnslow (right), president
and genera 1 manager of the dealership, accepts Ford's Dis
tinguished i Achievement Award from J, S. Straub,the division's
: . Richmond' llstrlct sales manager. The award is presented
annually to me nation's outstanding Ford dealerships "In recog-
- nltlon of pi ogresstve management, modern sales and service
faculties, sound merchandising practices, high quality
standards a ui continuing Interest mrenderingsuperior service
: to ford own .
veterans ad nlnlstratton
idn't Get
The above i
i was taken last
Wednesday evening about 7U5,
2lOths of a mil east of Hertford
on the Harvey Point highway.
James Edward I Brothers a na
tive of this county who resides In
Baltlroore,Md.wt' traveling to
ward Harvey Point when the car
left the road on the right hand
side. Brothers tost control of the
1961 Pontlao GTO and It over-'
turned on the opposite side of the
road. There were no Injuries and
I no charges were: preferred.Statr
Trooper V. Z.Nnvberry la shown
mspectlng the overturned vehl-
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In another one-car accident
durtog the July 4tb weekend,
which occurred on Thursday July
8, Brandt Joyce -Prtvott of Rt. 1,
Kdenton wrecked a Mustang she
' -was driving at ajiOB an. travel
ing west of Tynr toward Smalls
Cross Roads,when she fell asleep
at the wheel andran off the road
on the right and rent Into a ditch
and struck lari i gum tree. The
- Chowan Keicue ! luad was called
and she wutakei toCbowanHos
tltal where she as treated and
released. She wi s charged with
'reckless driving.
Stewart E, Copsland, driver of
Dr.Su
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with ESEA Program
On July 1, 196?, thirty child.
1 ren fades 1-8) toured the cam.
put at ECSC a :companled by
thetr: teachers Mr. Zenovak
White and Mrs. ! (, S, Zackery,
on guest Mrs. Hessa McKie,
and Dr. Louise . Sutton o
served as tour gt ide. The first
top was the a R. Little Lib
rary where Mrs. 1 lajetto took the
group to the chlldr w's literature
room, the black s udles collect
loo, tot lectured t i them on sum.
' nor reading tad the value of
books. Next, the gr xm was shown
through the Llttlu Theater by
Mr. Peterson, Dire ctor of Drama
at the College, roll rwing this, the
group want to the wdltorlum la
Moore Han whei i they were
greeted by tfaePresl dnt,Dr.Ms
rlon D. Thorpe, and the Director
of the Summer Scho id, Dr. E. A,
Finney. Picture w art made of
T the group wtthDr.T! orpeandDr.
. irinney. The group then toured
the other campus b illdlngs. Dr.
isutton, wio Is a nati re and rest.
dent of Perquimans county, is
(r an active volunteer la Perqut-
mans where she Is i member of
r e Board Directors of the Per.
ttans County Indui trial DeveU i
-a Corporation, member of
i Perquimans county Good
' Council, Vlcb-chalrman
PntentedDSfii
A Scratch
a pickup truck owned by Joe B.
Hollowell wrecked M miles north
of Edenton In a one vehicle acci
dent during or following a hard
rain. According to Trooper New
berry, the driver reported the
truck skidded and he lost control.
There were six other occupants
who had been cutting corn. No
charges were preferred.
Change Hade In
Board Members
At the meeting of the State
Board of Social Services on June
IS, 1969, Mrs, Riley S. Monds
was appointed to serve as a
member of the Perquimans Coun
ty Board of SocialServlces. Mrs,
Monds succeeds Mrs. Walter G.
Edwards who served for the past
six years. Mrs. Edwards was not
eligible for reappointment.
At the meeting of the Perqui
mans County Board of Social
Services on June 19, 1969 Joel
F, Hollowell, Sr. resigned after
serving for four years. The Per
quimans County Board of Com
missioners on July 7, 1969 ap
pointed Lester H. Simpson to
servo Mr, Hollowell's unexpired
term of two years.
ton Serm as Volunteer
of the East Hertford Precinct,
and a member of the Perquimans
County Democratlvo Executive
Committee. .
Veteran's
Administration
Regional Office
, The July 1, 1969, Increase
in the base pay of members of
the Armed Forces will mean aa
automatic Increase In dependen
cy and Indemnity compensation
(DIC) payments to approximately
160,000 recipients of monthly
DIC checks, W. R. Phillips, Man
ager of the North Carolina Voter,
ans Administration Regional Of.
flee, said today.
DIC payments are authorised
for widows, unmarried children
under 18 (cider if attending school
or helpless), and certain parents
of veterans who died as the re
sult of military service.
payments equal 8120 a month,
plus 18 per cent of the monthly
basic pay currently being rece
ived by a serviceman whose rank
-and years of service are the
same as those of the deceased
veteran. -
Food Distribution
In Perquimans
Decreased In May
V. S. Department of Agricul
ture food programs aided 817,964
needy parsons In North Carolina
during Mty, 4,268 persons less
than the number that received
food assistance in April but 61
168 persons more than the
number that took part In the pro
grams a year ago. Inperqulmans
1,028 persons received the do
nated food in May In comparison
to 1,087 In the month of April.
USDA's Consumer and Market
ing Service said that 74,918 per
sons In 38 counties took part in
Its food stamp program and re
ceived $5U,5031n bonus coupons.
CAMS' family food 'distribution
program aided 143,046 persons in
89 counties. The food distributed
had an estimated retail value of
almost $1.6 million and included
dairy products, canned and dried
fruits and vegetables, canned
meat or poultry, grain and cereal
products, as well as other items
such aspeanut butter and scramb
led egg mix.
In North Carolina, the food
distribution program Is admini
stered by the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture, and
the food stamp program is ad
ministered by the North Caro
lina Board of Public Welfare,
both In cooperation vith the Con
sumer and Marketing Service.
C&MS officials generally attri
buted the decreased participation
during May to increased season
al employment opportunities.
Alamance, Columbus and Stan
ly counties have been designated
to begin participation In the food
stamp program and plans are
now being made to set an open
ing date. Columbus County now
takes part In the family food dis
tribution program.
FFA Students
At Camp
Members of Perquimans County
Union FFA Chapter left Monday
morning July 7 to spend a week at
S. B, Simmons Camp - Swans
boro, N, C. The following will
have an opportunity to partici
pate In the many activities of
fered throughout the week:
Kervln Blllups, Larry E.Daugh
try, Oliver M. Felton, Jerry
Hayes, Maury Rogerson, and
Louis Wynn, Jr., Fred T. Rld
dlck, teacher of Agriculture and
Chapter advisor, will accompany
the students,
Kervln Blllups and Larry Light
foot represented the local Chap
ter at the 41st Annual Convention
of the North Carolina FFA Asso
ciation. The Convention was held
June 25-27 on the campus of North
Carolina State University in Ral
eigh, N.C.
Don Morgan
Completes Pr
Registration
Don Morgan of WlnfaU, N.C,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Shelton
Morgan of WlnfaU N.C, has Just
completed a day-long pre-ro
glstratlon session at the Univer
sity of North Carolina here.
Entering students are en
couraged to participate in pre
registration prior to their coming
to the University in the fall. 1969
pre-reglstratlon dates are as fal
lows! June 11, 14, 18, 21, 2 5, and
28; July 9, 12, 19, 26, and 30; and
AUgUSt 2.
During pre-reglstratlon, stu
dents take placement tests, pre
pare their course of study, fami
liarize themselves with campus.
It Is co. sponsored by the Office
of Undergraduate Admissions and
the General college.
The University of North Caro
lina is the nation's first state
university, chartered in 1789 and
open to students in 1798. The
cornerstone of Old East, the Un
iversity's oldest bulldlngandnow
a national shrine, was laid In
1793.
The University Is composed of
14 colleges and schools and more
than 70 departments. The student
body enrollment Is expected to
exceed 16,000 in the fall-2400
of these are freshmen and 900
are transfer students. There are
nearly 1300 faculty members.
Ccsmurdty
Action Mating
The Hertford Community Ac
tion Meeting will be held Wed
nesday July,16, 1969 at 8t00 p.m.
at the Perquimans County Multi
Service Center, it Is announced
by the Pres. O. James. All resi
dents of Hertford are asked to
please be present. There are im
portant matters that need the at
tention of all Hertford residents.
Hwtford, Pwqulmam County,
MEMORIAL PRESENTED - Mrs. T. P. Bruin
presents a check for $600 to Robert Aldridge,
chairman of the Albemarle Hospital Board.
The money, donated as a memorial to the late
Dr. T. P. Brimvy former patients, will be
VEPCO Presents '12,562
Check to County for Tax
J. R. Haden, Albemarle Dis
trict Manager of the Virginia
Electric and Power Company,
has presented real estate and
personal property tax checks
totaling $162)60 to county and
town tax collectors in Vepco's
Albemarle District.
The largest check of $25,294
Went to Currituck County. Other
counties receiving checks in
cluded! Dare, $23,814; Edge
combe, $2223; Pasquotank,
$19,784; Bertie, $18,027; Per
quimans, $12,562; Gates, $1V
949; Chowan, $1003; Beaufort,
$8,673; Tyrrell, $7,760; and
Camden, $426. Property taxes
due Martin, Pitt and Washing
ton Counties and the Town of
'Willia Alston will be paid later
In the year.
The largest town check of
$669 went to Plymouth. Other
towns receiving checks Includ
ed! Nags Head, $3190; Tarboro,
$2404; Kill Devil Hills, $2,166;
and Columbia, $1,133.
Copeland Wins TV
M. Elwood Copeland recently
won a 19" Sylvanla Color Tela
vision set In a drawing celebra
ting the grand opening of the
new J. B. Hunter Co. Military cir
cle, Norfolk, Va. The value of the
set exceeds $400.00.
Mr. Copeland Is the Highway
Equipment Office Manager for
the N. C. State Highway Com
mission, Division One, In Hert
ford. He is married to the for
mer Sara Lou Pritchard and they
reside at Route 3, Elizabeth City.
Clean-Up Underway fn Penuu'maiu
BEFORE
AFTER
Shown In the above photo Is the One Stop Service Station
where extensive remodeling has been completed In connection
Vflth the plea by the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce for the
, residents of the county to clean up and help beautify the com
munltv. --
Tto One Stop Is operated by W. D. (Bill) Cox, president of
the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce. J. E mmett Wlnslow
and Mr, Cox working together have certainly made a different
look out of the business.
North Carollm, July 10, 1969
Memorial Is Presented
J
used to dedicate a room at the hospital and to
purchase a cardiac monitor. Dr. L. Everett
Sawyer, a member of the Memorial Fund
committee, looks on,
(Photo by Bessie Culpepper)
Vepco's total real estate and
personal property tax bill for all
localities In North Carolina In
which the Company operates
totals over $1,080,000 for 1969.
In addition, Vepco also paid
North Carolina state taxes of
$1,383,700 during 1968. Vepco's
total Federal, state and local
taxes in 1968 amounted to
$59,230,000. Of each dollar of
customers' bills, Vepco In 1968
paid out almost 20 cents In taxes.
Drycleaner Is
Honored Here
LiEKle Har re 11, Cannon Clean
ers, 405 Grubb St., was honored
this week for her professional
drycleanlng skill. Mrs. Harrell
accepted the challenge of DRY
CLEANING WORLD magazine
and successfully removed a dif
ficult Mystery Spot on a swatch
of material affixed to a maga
zine page. DRYCLE ANING
WORLD dared Its 32,000 readers
to clean the spot without dam
aging the material. Mrs, Harrell
was one of thedrycleanerslnthls
area who did a perfect Job,
The "Spotting & Finishing
Award'', which is now prominent
ly displayed in her store, reads!
"To Lizzie Harrell, Cannon
Cleaners, in recognition of pro
fessional drycleanlng skill dem
onstrated by actual test performance.'
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American Legion
Post 362 Has
Successful Drive
Information received here
from Department Headquarters
of The American Legion in Ra
leigh indicates that Hertford Post
332 has conducted a highly suc
cessful membership drive.
David Brooklns, Commander
of the Post, has received a letter
from Department Adjutant J.
Carroll Wilson reporting that
Post 363 has exceeded Its Leg
ton Membership Incentive Goal
for 1969.. The Legion Adjutant
expressed congratulations and
thanks to the Post leaders and
membership workers for their
effort.
A statement of high praise for
the local Post was issued by
C. Marcelle Williams of Faith,
North Carolina, Department
Commander of The American
Legion.
Commander Williams said,
"The membership of every Leg
ionnaire makes is possible for
The American Legion to maintain
service for the sick and disabled
in hospitals. Memberships make
possible all the Legion programs,
such as care for needy children,
Baseball, Boys' State, Boy Scout
Troops, Oratorical Contests,
Community Service, and all the
others, I am proud to congratulate
Post 302 upon this notable ach
ievement." Post Commander Brooklns ex
plained that "69- The Golden
Year" the theme of this year's
drive was to remind all Ameri
ca of the 50 years' service The
American Legion has rendered
our country and accept the chal
lenge of "Forging the Future"
of America by her war veterans
whose service makes them
eligible to become Legionnaires.
"We are accepting dues pay
ments now from Legionnaires
and eligible veterans whose
membership is essential if the
local organization Is to continue
its service program?," Com
mander Brooklns stated. Also, he
reported that the Postls planning
to expand its local programs and
activities, depending on the final
results of the 1969 membership
drive,
July Starting
Date For Wool
Sewing Contest
Travel, scholarships, bonds
and many other exciting prizes
await girls 14 through 21 whasew
their way intothel969-1970Make
It Yourself With Wool contest,
which officially opened July 1.
. The national fashion sewing
contest Is sponsored annually by
the American Wool Council, a
division of the American Sheep
Producers Council, Denver, and
the Women's Auxiliary to the
National Wool Growers Associa
tion, salt Lake City, Utah. There
vill be 40 finalists. . .two rep
resenting each of the ASPC's 20
councils.
Two trips abroad are the grand
prizes awarded topwinnors.Run.
ners-up receive sewing mach
ines, college scholarship grants,
government bonds, luggage, wool
fabric, cosmetics and numerous
other merchandise awards.
Denver will be the scene of
the national finals, which will be
held January 22, 1970, In con
junction vith the annual conven
tion of the National Wool Growers
Association.
The Junior division of the con
test is open to girls from 14
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Horse and Pony Show
July 4th Is Big Success
The big July 4 th Horse and Pony
Club show was well attended with
sportsmen who saw 'A entering
classes in the show.
First placewlnners werei Pony
Halter, Jay Lane; Open Halter,
C. T. Rogerson, Jr.; Children's
Western Pleasure, Addle Palm
er; Open Go-As-You-Please,
Glenda Childress; Children's
Barrel Race, Lucky Har ris;0 pen
Barrel Race, Wllbert Parker and
Youth BarrelRace,MarkieCoop
er. Other winners were: Youth
Western Pleasure, Doyle Palm
er; Drink Race, Joey Winslow;
Ladies Western Pleasure, Patsy
Davis; Youth Pole Bending,Davld
Childress; Open Pole Bending,
Marshall FlemmtngjOpen Roast
er Pony, Tommy Stallings; Open
Barrel Crawl, Tommy Coltrain
and Richard West; Men's West
ern Pleasure, Doyle Palmer;
Youth Ring Spearing, Charles
Coltrain and Fastest Pony Around
the Ring, Alvin Wlnslow.
Open Western Pleasure, Tom
my Estes and Georgie Ferrell;
Open Ring Spearing, Wllbert
Parker; Children's Go-As-You-Please,
Cindy Modlin; Open
Western Pleasure, Glenda Chil
dress and Fastest Horse Around
the Rlng,Wilbert Parker.
The Perquimans Horse and Pony
Club voiced their thanks to all
those who helped with the success
of the July 4th Horse show and the
concession stand. A special
thanks goes to the Perquimans
Dixie Auto Supply Opens
In Harris Shopping Center
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The Dixie Auto Supply at the Harris Shopping Center is now
open for business and the public is invited to see their com
plete selection of low-priced items for cars ad trucks - plus
lawn mowers, small tractors, appliances and many household
necessities.
Shown welcoming Dixie to the Perquimans County business
community, are Chamber of Commerce President Bill Cox
(left), and Chamber Manager Frank Roberts (right). With them
are Charles Henry Ward, Dixie's owner; Thomas Ward and
Charles Ward, the manaeer.
Charles Ward, the manager, Is well known in Perquimans.
He Is a native and has long been In business here. Charles and
Thomas Ward are sons of the manager, Allthree men are well
known and are qualified men for the Dtxie Auto Supply business.
Free Psychological Services
Are Available In County
CThls is the eighth In a series
of articles on The Department
of Social Service In Perquimans
County. Today's article expUlns
Psychological Services, one of
the many services provided by
the local department of social
services.)
Many people think the county
social service department works
only with the poor. This is
not true however, and Psycholo
gical Services Is one of several
services designed to helr any
citizen of this county.
By means of traveling clinics,
the Psychological Services staff
of the State Department of Social
Services provide diagnostic and
consultative psychological ser
vices to citizens throughout North
Carolina, irrespective of finan
cial status, and with particular
emphasis upon the needs of the
rural population. During the past
fiscal year over 3,615 persons
were given individual psycholo
gical evaluations throughout the
State by the psychologists on the
State Department of Social Ser
vices staff. Almost 82 percent
of these were children. 25 psy
chological evaluations were con
ducted In Perquimans County this
past fiscal year.
All cases are referred through
the local department of social
services. The caseworkers in
the local county social services
department gather the social his
tory data, prepare the referral
forms to be sent into the State
10 Cents Per Copy
Rescue Squad who stood by
throughout the show and also the
Perquimans Weekly for the pub-.
Uclty given the show.
Youth Council
Meeting
There's going to be plenty of
activities this summer. Activi
ties that you will enjoy. All types
of recreations will be offered,
such as dancing, tennis, basket
ball, etc., also trade such as
sewing, IBM, carpentering,
bricklaying, etc. "Hie choice is
entirely yours. Harold Murrlll
will coordinate this program. If
you are between the ages 10-25
please come to a meeting Thurs
day July 10, 1969 at the Perqui
mans County Court House, at
8 p.m. For further information
contact the Multi-Service Cen
ter, 210 Hyde Park Street, Hert
ford or call 426-7868. Miss Jac
queline Turner is youth coordin
ator for Perquimans County.
First Cotton
Blossom
Nurney D. Chappell of Bel
videre called In last week and
reported the first cotton bloom
of the season. Mr. Chappellstat
ed not only had he found the first
bloom, his entire field was
blooming.
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Office, and give appropriate case
work services where need has v
been shown by the psychological
examination. Psychological clin-'
les are conducted periodically
in the office of the Perquimans
County Department of SoclalSer.
vices at intervals of one to two
months, depending upon the num. i
special requests which have been
received at the State Office. The
State psychologists have assigned
territories which they visit re
gularly. Although the majority
of referrals originate In the
county departments of social ser
vices, a great many come from
schools, parents, doctors, health
department, courts, and else
where. Many different kinds of cases
are valuated. Infants are examin
ed to determine their rate of
development and suitability for
adoption. School age children are
referred tor truancy, Inability to
keep up with their grade, speech
or reading difficulties, emotional
or behavior problems, delin
quency, to determine school
readiness, to be consluered for
special classes for educable at
trainable children, or for re
placement in a child-caring In
stitution, foster boarding home,
correctional school, or center
for the mentally retarded. :
If a child Is not succeeding
with his school work, is having
temper tantrums, la truant from
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