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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, July 17, 1969
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4fH Delates to
VW A WELCOME TO THpA
ATTEiTO ELECTRIC CONGRESS Perquimans County 4-H
members Sbaxi Thompson and Mar (tan Stoke ly were delegates
to th4 State 4-H Electric congress In Charlotte, July 7-8.
Mrs. .Paul Stokely, 4-H Leader, (left) and Jerry Causey,
VKPCo Ag, Representative, and Carol Aldridge, Home Eco
nomic accompanied the delegates. The 4-H'ers were se- '
tooted Ion toe basts of achievement In their sum and home
electrlf projects. Virginia Electric & Power Co. sponsored
their trip to the Electric Congress, :
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A.V. Ilefren
Mr, Woodsman Award
A. wayni Hefren was presented
t "Mr. Woodman of the Year
Award" ooj Friday night July 11th
by the local Woodmen of the World
Unit. The Sward presentation was
made by R. Wilbur Roberson,
president o the WOW Unit 468.
Mr. Hefrw has been a member
of the Woodmen of the World for
66 years, H has' served as local.,
secretary "for 60 years and Is now
honorary secretary of the local
unit. He is considered as "Mr.
-Woodman" Id this area because
of his long years of service,
Mr. Hefren, retired manager of
Major-Loomts Lumber Co., a na
tive of Pennsylvania, has always
been active In local and state ath
letic program,!, served as a Per
quimans County Emissary on the
Washington Redskins annual foot-
baU trip. He 1
i. a charter member
of the Her
Rotary Club, and
la a past pres.
lent of the local
flub. Mr, Hofi
assisted In es-
tabllshlng a (iathollc Chapel In
Hertford.
President ' Roberson said In
presenting the Award to Mr. Hef
ren, HMr.lieftsatBWbeeagreat'
Inspiration to til the memberaof
the Woodmen fit the World thru
his leadership and service. . -,
Officers of be local Woodmen
of the World ntt were installed
at a meeting held on July U. Roy
S Chappell, St., put President
of the local unit served as Install
ing officer. The following Wood'
men were
President, fc.
Wilbur Ri
Vice President
T. Julian Long, Treasurer, W.D,
Landing, Jr.J secretary. Chat,
Ifiklnner, Jr.J Trustees, oras
Winslow, Seymour ChappeU,
Leon Barren, Escort, jarvis
Cope land, Watchman, IrvlnLong,
Jr., Sentry, Martin Sawyer, Mu
sician, Hazel Mathews, Honorary
secretary, A. Wayne Hefren.
The Woodmai of the Year Award
was presented (o A. Wayne Hefren
by President K' Wilbur Roberson.
The secretarVreportedthattbe
wheel chair, walker and crutches
for loan to Woodmen and their
families have ; been received.
These appliances can also be
loaned to people of the commun
Pie. oi
pw
ity for certain periods of time.
Perquimans
Schools Begin
August 28th
School boua throughout Per
quimans county wiQ ring on Au
; gust Mth, ending tt summer va
cation for the students, and the
new 1969-70 school term will of
ficially being.
Teachers will begin work on
""it 85. ;
biUdent OrieuUuatoay laAu-
Cist 17th and the beginning of the
tew 180 day school rear August ,
September 1st, labor Day win
! be observed ty the schools, with
; t!se next holldty of the school year -i
which win be the thanksgiving
r.Uday, November and 23th.
Christmas Holidays begin at
ve close of the school day on
4cember 19, and th4 schools wiU
r satin in vacation uptll January
, 1970,
Easter Holidays will bea
-rch 86 and last hru March
. Cter Holies ilU boused
r make updrys, if needed.)
-; a 1S69-70 t- term win
! m May 3, U.i tMded
k 7 for RaciJrs wiUba
yia-aeUv
Installed:
obenMo,
Ebcfric Cosgrga .
Presented
Social Security
Administration
A record $87,000 In monthly
social security benefits was be
ing pajd to residents of Perqui
mans County atthe end of Decem
ber 1968, an Increase of 4.8
' per cent above the amount pay
able at the. end of February 1988,
according to Mr. Robert W. Al
ford, Branch Manager for social
security. ,
, "Throughout the country,
monthly benefits payable at the
end of 1968 amounted to nearly
82,1 billion, some $350 mil
lion higher than at the end of
1967," Mr. Alford continued.
"Approximately three-quarters
of the increased monthly amount
resulted from higher benefit
; rates authorized bythe1967
Amendments to the Social Se.
curtty Act. The remainder of the
Increase was simple due to a
nfMefexf -number beneOcUr
les." - .
By the end of May 1669, social
security will be paying monthly
benefits to more than 88 million
people -1 out of every SAmerl-
- cans. Although retired workers
comprise the largest group of
beneficiaries, almost one-fourth
of all people receiving benefits
are under 60. There are cur-
. rently more than 8.8 million
children and .8 million young
widowed mothers receiving pay
ments. Yet the public continues
to think of social security as a
program for old people.
Many students would have been
unable to continue their educa
tions were It not for the 1968
Amendments to the Social Secur
ity Act which extended survivors
and dependents Insurance bene
fits to students until their 82nd
birthdays, in 1968, that provi
sion resulted In continuing bene
fits for 470,000 students. ,
Monthly payments to the family
of a worker who dies leaving a,
widow and two more children
range from $82.50 to $434.40 a
month, depending on the worker's
average earnings under Social
Security. Payments to the young
family of a worker who dies at
an early age could total as much
as $88,000 to $100,000,
Mr. Alfoxd also pointed out that
by the end of 1968, approximate
ly 90 per cent of Americans 68
and over were either receiving
cash benefits or would have been
: eligible lor such benefits if they ,
or their spouses had not been
working.
, m terms of Medicare, almost
aU people a the country 68 or
over are eligible for hospital
Insurance benefits. likewise, 98
per oent of all older persons in
' the country nave elected cover- .
age under the voluntary supple
: mentary medical insurance plan
i which pays physicians fees.
fifthly Rcpcrt Of
PcIIcd DGpirfcr.C2t
The following monthly report
for June was given by Chief Ben
h, ptbbs at the regular Council
meeting. Arrests madet Drunks
on the street 8; Disorderly con
duct 1 Assaults I; careless and
reckless driving 1; Larceny 1;
MlsceUaneous traffic arrests 3;
Miscellaneous arrests 2; Cita
tions issued for Improper park
ing U Activest Calls answered
and lavc..d ICS Accidents
lnvesC2ted t Funerals worked
10 course'" extended U8;
Doors tt'i u '.-xfted 8; Fire
calls answered t$t:lo calls 224;
Liis rsporied out 8, .
Elizabeth Manden
Dies In Norfolk
Mrs. Elizabeth NoweU Munden
died Sunday in a Norfolk Hospital.
She was the wife of Reginald if.
Munden and the owner and opera
tor of Tidewater Beauty Academy
In Norfolk.
A native u Perquimans County
and a former resident of Suffolk, ,
Va., she had lived in Norfolk for
the past 10 years. She. was the
daughter of Mrs. Sallie White
NoweU of WlnfaU,' and the late
Joseph W. NoweU.
She was a member of Epworth
Methodist Church, the National
Association - of - Cosmetology
Schools, Inc. Schools Associa
tion. . i
Survlvlng In addition to her
husband and mother are a daugh
ter, Mrs. Frances M. Strickland
of Norfolk; two sisters, Miss
Hatty P. NoweU of Norfolk, and
Mrs. Selby E. Stokes of Raleigh,
N. C and two brothers; Walter
T. NoweU and Joe W. NoweU,
both of WlnfaU, N. C.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. In the'
Cox Funeral Chapel In Norfolk
by the Rev. Owen T.Kelly, pastor
of Epworth Methodist Church.
Burial was In the NoweU-White
Family Cemetery In Perquimans
County.
Perquimans Native
Dies in Burlington
Mrs. Inez White Walker, 68, a
former resident of Perquimans
County, died June 29 in Burling
ton. '
A native of the Whiteston Com
munity in Perquimans County,
she was a daughter of the late
James F, and Mrs. Mary Lane
White and the wife of Claude L.
Walker.
She had taught school In the
Burlington area for many years
until about three years ago.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by a son, James Walker
of R alelgh; a daughter, Miss Car
olyn White Walker of Burlington;
a sister, Miss Pearl White of RU
1, Belvidere; three brothers, Ar
chie White of Rt. 1, Belvidere,
Hugh White of Wlnston-Satemand
Berry Lee Whlte-of Woodland fmd
three grandchildren.
Funeral services and burial
were held July 1 In Burlington.
C. T. Rogerson
Dies Following
Long Illness
Charlie Thomas Rogerson,Sr.,
. 80, of Belvidere died Wednesday
at llt55 p.m. In his home follow
ing a long illness. A native of
Perquimans County, he was a
son of the late Daniel B and
Mrs. Martha Webb Rogerson.
He was a retired farmer and
a member of the Whitevlll Grove
Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Sallie Rebecca Lamb Rogerson;
a son, Charlie Thomas Rogerson,
Jr. of Belvidere; two daughters,
Mrs. Erma Chappell and Mrs.
Sybil Ward of Hobbsvlltot and
three grandchildren and one great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 4t00 in the Chapel of
the Swindell Funderal Home by
the Rev, Noah Toler, pastor of
Wbitevllle Grove BaptistCburch.
, "The UncloudedDay" was sung
by Mrs.WalterHUl,accompanled
by Mrs. Chester Winslow, or
ganist. -;
The casket pall was made of
red carnations, white chrysan
themums, baby's breath and fern.
Pallbearers were Paul Smith,
Wlllard, Copeland, Roy Baccus,
Bobble Smith, Harold Copeland
and Car roll Williams.
Burial was in WestlawnCeme
tery. ' .
Stenoscript Course
Offered at C0A
Stenoscript, an easy-to-toara
shorthand system, which Is ac
cepted by civil service, com
merce, and Industry for steno
graphic and secretarial positions
as well as being valuable for note
taking will be taught at the Col-'
lege of the Albemarle beginning
September 9, on Mondays through
Thursday from 18:30 p.m. to
1:45 p.m.
The course, lasting three
months (not six, as originally
reported), should enable most
students to achieve at toast an
80 word--mlnute shorthand
speed by the end of that period,
Certificates of proficiency will
be awarded upon successful com
pletion of the course.
Registration forthoeoursewlU
be at the college gymnasium on
Monday, September 8. The total
cost mclndmg registration and
text wlU be approximately
$20.00.
Perquimans Rescue Squad
Real A ngels Of Mercy
Perquimans County may be
smaU In population and geograph
ical area, but In the area of pub
lic service the Perquimans Coun
ty Rescue Squad la a GIANT! B
Is of particular Importance now
that there Is no physician living
In Perquimans County and all
emergency cases have to be tak
en to doctors and hospitals out
side the County.
THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
would like to pay tribute td the
men who make up the squad. They
are tod by Captain Eldon Wins
low, popular young postal em
ployee and Lieutenant Allen
Winslow. There are seventy-five
members and sixty-five of them
are medically certified. This
means that they have completed
the First Aid and emergency
training given by the CoUege of
the Albemarle.
The vehicles for use by the
Rescue Squad were donated by
Swindell Funeral Home, Hollo
weU Chevrolet Co., Towe Motor
Co, and Wmslow-Blanchard Mo
tor Co. They are all equipped
with oxygen and two of them have
two-way radios by which they
may receive emergency medical
advice while they are en route to
the hospital.
None of the members receive
any pay; but the County supports
the program financially. Stutter's
Pure OU Station contributes one
tank of gasoline per month and
other contributions of this kind
would be welcomed.
The Perquimans Rescue Squad
consists of one day time squad
and four squads for nights and
week-ends. Three men are al
ways on call from 6 a.m. to 6
p.m. Monday through Friday and
three men are on duty at the
Squad Room from 6jwn.to6a.rn.
Monday through Friday. Three
men are on duty around the clock
on week-ends. The Perquimans
County Rescue Squad never4
sleeps; so other citizens may
Perquimans Tax Rate
The Perquimans County Board
of Commissioners approved and
adopted a 1969-70 tax rate of
$1.66 per $100.00 of assessed
value on real and personal prop
erty withlng the County, togeth
er with a poU tax of $2.00, a
dog tax of $1.00 for male dogs,
$2,00 for female dogs, and sched
ule "B" taxes In amounts set
out In the General Statues of North
Carolina, at their July meeting
here Monday.
Thus, the 1969-70 tax rate Is
up 10 cents from the 1968-69
rate. The Health Budget was in
creased the sum of $690.00.
Other business handled by the
Board at the meeting was the ac
cepting of the low bid submitted
by Winslow OU Co. to furnish
County Agencies, fuel oU for the
fiscal year 1969-70, beginning
July, 1969 and ending June 30,
1970.
The Board autborlzedihe Tax
Supervisor to correct the 1968
tax list of Charlie F. Wlnbourne.
Lester H. Simpson was ap
pointed by the Board, to the De
partment of social services, to
OU the' unexpired term of Joel
F. HoUoweU, Sr.
The County Accountant, D.F.
Reed, Jr., was authorized to
make a temporary loan to the
Perquimans Board of Education,
not to exceed $10,000.00, to be
funded from county general fund.
The Board wlU receive seated
bids for the lease of farm In
Parkvllle Township, generally
known as the County Home Prop
erty, for the year 1970, begin
ning January 1, 1970, aol ending
December Si, 1970, The lease
will be for the cultivated farm
land only, and no buildings and
woodland are Included. This farm
has a peanut allotment acreage
of 3 acres. Bids must be tiled
, M .
in writing with Julian C PowelL
Clerk to the Board of County
Commissioners, on or before
1st Grade Students jit Perq. Unibn Are
Assigned To Perq.-Cehtral Grammar
The Perquimans County Board
of Education meeting here July
7th voted to assign aU first grade
students from Perquimans union
School to Perquimans. Central
Grammar school for the' 1969-70
term. ,
; The appointment of Mrs. T, Z.
Newberry to the District Com
mittee was approved by the '
Board. Mrs. Newberry wlU re r
place Calvin Banks who resigned ,
- . ,
sleep more soundly remember
ing that someone Is watching
over their welfare at aU times.
The Squad Room Is located In the
new County Office Building on the
Edenton Highway and the equip
ment is kept there. The telephone
No. is 426-5511.
Since January L 1969 the Squad
has made the following out of town
trips to hospitals other than the
Chowan County and Albemarle
H ospttab 3 trips to Norfolk, Va.;
I trip to Windsor, N. C; 2 trips
to Duke Hospital at Durham; 3
trips to Chapel Hill; 1 trip to Ke
coughtan, va.; 1 trip to Washing
ton, N. C; 1 trip to Goldsboro.
This isatotalof over 3,000 miles,
and as stated does not Include
Edenton and Elizabeth City. F am
ilies who are able usually reim
burse the Squad, although there
are "some patients who are unable
to do this. Since the service is on
a purely voluntary basis these
men and their employers are to
be highly commended tor this un
selfish contribution of their time.
There is a woman's auxiliary
consisting of licensed praitlcal
nurses who wUl ride with the pa
tient when needed. But doctors
who have worked with the Squad
say that it is best for the mem
bers of the family not to ride with
the patient as they are usually in
a state of panic and tend to ex
cite him. The trained rescue
corpsman is able to do things
which members of the family
cannot do, and the family will do
well to follow in a private car.
As the service Is on a purely
voluntary basis it is also re
commended that whenever pos
sible the patient should be trans
ported by private car as aU of
these men are working at full
time jobs in addition to their
Rescue Squad work. But remem
ber that your Perquimans County
Rescue Squad is ready and will
ing if you need them and their
telephone is 426-5511.
10:00 sum., August 4, 1969.
The Board endorsed the Youth
Program of the Economic Im
provement Council, Inc.
tit
Chaplain (Captain) Corbin L.
Cherry will be guest minister at
the First United Methodist
Church, Hertford, N, C. on Sunday
morning, July 20th, He has' chosen
for his topic: "Mud : on the
Crossi"
m making this announcement,
the Reverend C. J. Andrews, said,
"B is a real privilege for us to
have Chaplain Cherry, one of our
very own with us. We are sure
his ministry will be a spiritual
blessing to us".
A special invitation is extended
to all.
Chamber Directors
licet Monday Night
The Board of Directors of the
Perquimans County Chamber of
aMMmAWAA will mkA UVtftta W
VVUlUiOA vn nut . Iiiww wvus
ioro . .nn n.m.
uwtoipH Building. AU
members are urged to attend.
nmmi
from the Committee.
James P. Milam, architect, ap- .
peered before the Board and pre
sented the completed plan for the
new construction at Hertford
Grammar School and Perqjlmaj?:
High School.
The architect was instructed
1 to do everything possible to ex
pedite the construction work at
Hertford Grammar School.
The Board Instructed Mr. Mi
f
f .? Vtsr 'I
Pitt Tech To
Offer Program
Pitt Technical Institute an
nounced today that a two-year
program in electronic date pro
cessing for business would be
offered beginning in the Fall
quarter. Pitt Tech was one of
seven chosen to initiate the as
sociate in applied Science de
gree program by the Depart
ment of Community Colleges,
The decision to offer this pro
gram through the community col
lege system was a result of a
state-wide study by a select com
mittee. The new data processing cur
riculum will include program
ming experience In Ave com
puter languages. In addition to
programming, the curriculum
is designed to give the student
an understanding of the prin
ciples of business operation and
functional competence in the ap
plication of data processing
systems.
Electronic date processing Is
only one of the three new pro
grams beginning In the Fall quar
ter. One of these will be a two
year degree program in com
mercial art and advertising de
sign. The other wiU be a one
year diploma program in mech
anical drafting and design.
All persons desiring additional
information concerning these new
programs should either write to
Mr. G. S. McRorie, director of
student personnel, Pitt Techni
cal Institute, P.O. Box 97, Green
ville, North Carolina, 27834. Call
Mr. McRorie at 756-3130 or come
by the institute.
Area Students On
ECU Honor lists
Eighteen per cent of East Car
olina University's students last
spring made high enough grades
to earn places on the official hon
or lists of the university.
The students - a total of 1,850,
were officially commended as
three honor lists were an
nounced today. The honorees In
clude 1,487 North Carolinians and
363 students from out of state.
The latter represent 24 states,
the District of Columbia, Ger
many, France, Norway and P uer
to Rico.
Most outstanding among the
honor students are the 229 who
made all A's (1), highest grade at
the university. Next are the 439
who made the Dean's List (2) by
earning a solid B-plus average
with no grade below C.
The third list, the Honor Roll
(3), Includes 1,182 students who
made a B average with no grade
below C.
Students from Hertford on the
honor lists included; Harlette A.
Williams, Noah Paul Gregory,
Jane C. Walters and Michael N.
Winslow who made the honor roll.
From Belvidere listed on the
honor roll were Phyllis W. Craln,
Percy L, Winslow and Wayne Ray
Winslow.
Registration For
Second Summer
Session At C0A
The second term of summer
school at the College of the Al
bemarle wUl begin July 14, 1969.
AU students planning to attend
are asked to report to the ad
missions office on July 10 or 11
so that pre-reglstratiou forms
can be completed. Counselors
will be available to consult with
students relevant to course work
and fees.
Pre-registration for the sec
ond term of summer school at
the College of the Albemarle is
.already underway, classes for
the second term will begin July
14,, 1969. Pre-registratlon forms
can be completed in the admis
sions office prior to that date.
Counselors are available to con
sult with students relevant to
course work and fees.
M..HM
lam to proceed with advertising
for bids on the project, and to
work with the Superintendent in
setting a date for the bid open
ing. ' : !
The present School Accident
Insurance Policy was renewed
with Walker Insurance Agency,
Superintendent C. C, Walters ,
was Instructed to secure an addK
tlonal estimate on contemplated
electrical work at Perquimans
Central Grammar School.
Hertford Club Presents
Award To Lynda Copeland
m
Miss Lynda Cheryl Copeland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Sid
ney Copeland of Route 1, Hertford, was the 1969 recipient of the
Commercial Award, presented annually by the Hertford BPW
Club. The Award Is given to the senior wtio lus the nluliet
scholastic average In the Commercial Department at I'trqul
mans County High School.
Cheryl's school activities Include: 9th grade - FHA; 10th
grade FHA, Bus Driver's Club and Health Room Assita:ilj
11th grade - FHA Sec, and Bus Driver's Club; lath grade -FHA
Reporter, Bus Driver's Club, Newspaper Stall Typist,
Glee Club and Publicity Chairman for Senior Hay.
She is a member of Burgess Baptist Church juui its Youth
Choir.
She will enter COA,EllzabethCity,ln the fall, where she will
take a course In Secretarial Administration.
How You Can Adopt Child
(This Is the ninth In a series
of articles on social services in
Perquimans County. This county
like all of the 100 county social
services departments provides
child adoption services. Today's
article explains this service and
how it functions.)
"..To provide for the placing
anil supervision of dependent . . .
diildren." "To investigate o&ses
for adoption and supervise place
ments for adoption."
These words of the General
Statutes of North Carolina make
each of the 100 county social ser
vices departments an adoption
agency, and adoption service thus
becomes another of the many non
' fitMuwta) .-serwVws rendered by
the local social services depart
ment to the residents of Perqui
mans County. As might be ex
pected, this is a pooular service
and one for which there is an
ever increasing demand as more
children become available for
placement and more families
seek to adopt thp .
Adoption Its i is a legal pro
cedure widen establishes the re
lationship of parent and child be
tween persons who are not so re
lated by birth. Adoption service
is the method by which author
ized agencies seek to help those
children who must be perman
ently separated from their natur
al parents to become a part of a
new family. The primary goals
of a good adoption service are to
promote the best Interest of chil
dren and to protect the rights of
the natural and the adoptive par
ents, and this is the kind of re
sponsibility that the legislature'
gave to the Department of Social
Services when it framed the adop
tion statutes.
There are three kinds of adop
tions - agency, Independent, and
relative adoptions. An agency
placement Is one In which the
child has been placed by an au
thorized child-placing agency af
ter a social study of both the
adoptive family and the child. An
Independent or direct placement
is one in which the parents place
the child directly with the adop
tive family without help or prior
study by an agency. Relative
adoptions are those in which the
child is adopted by members of
his own family in order to give
him greater legal protection and
security.
When a petition Is filed for the
adoption of a relative child or for
a child who has been placed inde
pendently, the court must order
the county director of social ser
vices to make an investigation as
to the suitability of the child and
the family, and report back all in- '
formation of which the court
should have knowledge. This is
the procedure prescribed by law
for providing the court with the
kind of Information It needs In
order to make a sound Judgment
about whether the adoption should
be granted. In the case of adop
tions by certain close relatives,
the court may grant the final or
der Immediately after receiving a
report which indicates that the
adoption is a suitable one. In in
dependent placements an inter
locutory decree must be Issued
and the family supervised for at
least a year except in certain In
stances specified by law. When
an interlocutory decree is issued,
the county department of social
services has responsibility for -providing
the supervisory ser--ncs
and making another report
to the court before the final or-
' ltd
k w
der may be granted.
These responsibilities of the
departments in relative and in
dependent adoptions are Ui addi
tion to those involved In receiving
and placing children U agency
placements. The children avail
able for adoption are those whose
parents, for a variety of reasons,
are unabie to carp for them. The
parents may U uimarrled, di
vorced', dtfsi-rifd, or simply un
able to orrry ius n-sponslb ;'.: of
the pai't-ni&l roiii, Ttif p.; cats
may ask help from flit- ;iSy ncy In
planning for (heir . ini.in.n
through voluntary r..i. jm foi
adoption or, at ttmes, no ag-ncy
may fine )t necessary p soek
legal c'varanct of, Uw
di oil ;'if u!;!r t u j : ,.
Hon. Vnfoilunatfely, t)i..ii
many t idldren Us $mcy -uht ,
for whom there is little prosjct
of a return to their natural fam
ilies but who cannot lie cleared
for adoption under our present
laws.
Most of the t-liildren pUa tct by
agencies are "norma!" U;:i;its
under two years ofae. How- .'er,
there are Increasing nuuib'.-r- of
older children who need adoptive
homes. There are also chllttrcn of
various racial and nationality
backgrounds, andthose v.ith vary
ing degrees of liandlcaps. For
tunately, there are families who
can love and accept tliese children
and who find special satisfaction
In being parents to a "hard to
place" child.
In 1968, county departments of
social services placed bV chil
dren In adoptive homes. The Per
quimans County Department of
Public Welfare placed i children.
These figures represent a great
deal of hard work and a ral ser
vice to the children Involved ana
to the families who wanted thenu
There are many more children
across the state who are waiting
to be adopted. The efforts of coun
ty agencies to brtiis together the
families and children who need
each other are fre;iuently frus
trated by shortage of staff and
heavy caseloads In other areas of
service. However, adopflon Is an
important and rewarding part of
the agency's program and every
effort is made to give service as
promptly as possible.
Families Interested In applying
or in obtaining further informa
tion about the program should
contact the Perquimans Coiuit.y
Department of Social Services.
Dillons Attend
Furniture Market
J. W, Dillion of VV, M, Morgan
Furniture Co., and, his son Jan,
attended the Summer Furniture
Market in High Point, N. C. last
week.
The Southeast's leading furni
ture stores, department stores,
Interior design studios and
speciality shops were represent
ed In High Point at the Summer
Furniture Market.
Hurdle Accepts
Bank Position
Harold Llndsev Hurdle, son
of Mr, and MrsHarold H. Hur
dle, of Hertford, has graduated
In Data Processing andComputer
Programming from the North,
Carolina School of Automation,
Inc., at Greensboro, and has
been employed by First Union
National Bank, according to De
Mar, H, Boyles, president.