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Standard Printing Co. XX Looiatille, Ky. 40200 -WEEKLY Vdum.XXVI-No.41 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, October 9, 1969 .10 Cents Per Copy THE E 5 1 4 v no says youWhcality? i 'li L L ,J , - - - Virginia Graham, formerly of "Girl Talk" TV Program, has accepted tte key volunteer post of 1969 National Crusade Cbair maa of the American Cancer So cjaty. Iflaa Graham's personal 'Victory over cancer motivated ' jier many yaars of volunteer ac !$Mkr tth U Society, culmtn gating la her acceptance of tha r Chairmanship, tha fir at woman la ACS hlatory to bold this vol ' unteer position, PTA Group Keats Tonight Tha Hartford Grammar School PTA will have lta first meeting of tha year tonight at 8 o'clock In the school auditorium. : Mrs. Donald Morris, Presi dent, urgei all parent to attend thla organizational meeting. College Kids a 'In Work-Study Programs , f The Interagency Board of U. HV Civil Service tnmtesrs tor., Jiorth Carolina announces that f?they axe accepting application! I from college students for parti ttpattoa In work-study programs leading to professional careers, Career opportunities for stu dent trainees at the G8-3 and G8-4 levels are lathe positions of Agriculture Management, Ag ricultural Statistician, Soil Coa servationlst. Soil Scientist, En gineer, Accountant, Fishery Bi ologist, Wildlife Biologist, Park Management and Historian, gal arlea for these passions range from lt to fug biweekly. The lists of ellgtlee will be used for filling trainee positions with the Department of Agricul ture, Department of the Interior, ' and other Federal activities with appropriate vacancies la the 0. S. Civil Service Kow Accepted The Raleigh interagency Board of U.S. Civil service Examiners -annmiMea that applleatloee are TJaw being accepted for Clerk, GS l and G8-1. Salaries for GS-2 positions are $84.00 par week and GW poslUons are $94.40 jer week. 'ii- Y Th Ralalgh Board proceese applications for all Federal agon, das , la tha state of forth ' Carolina. . . For further Information and or trpiiontloa forms contact the Federal Job Information canter, 415 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, nrth Carolina 87003, or the tjamlner-ln-Charge, u JS. Post Case, Elisabeth Clty.H.c. Rater to Anoouneement No. AR.9-80. Herd Resource Projects To Do Jcdjed Tcday ; : The Perquimans county Rural Csaimua:y Resource Develop. PrTt- wia be Judged 'ori-' Cier9,l9:j,sUiied "y t the County Eadon yj.Xa, t rs. M. B. Taylor and . w. c. rwrnd. The y 'jirg J b a it 9.C3 an. 1 ex. .""It)t l ' it f ' . p.m. se e- ' s :. j j t.e f c t i j y-rr e r y r ' , r 's ' -:.;, " A, :'. n "-!s t i s ' J i , VEPCO To Make Study 01 Perquimans County Virginia Electric and Power Company representatives today announced plans to prepare an economic study of Perquimans Consty. Kenneth W, Lane, Aaalstant Manager of Community Develop ment for Vepco, stated that the purpose of the atudy Is to pro vide reference of current eco nomic Information on the county. The study will encompaaa the entire county area and will in clude current economic data on all phases of the county's economy as well as a number of representative Industrial alias. S is also to be uaed as a tool to assist In the economic and Industrial development of the ares, v..-, Una said, "in this highly competitive field of Industrial development, It Is essential that you have current economic data on your community, readily available and In preaentable form, In order to work effective ly with Industrial prospects. This study will be prepared at no coat to the county and we welcome this opportunity to work with the people of Perquimans County on this community project." Lane atated that the study had been requested by, the Per quimans County Industrial De velopment Commlsalon and tha County Board of Commissioners, An economic study committee has been formed to aid Vepco in the compulation of current information to be Included In the study. The committee is head ed by Mrs. Jean Harrison, Sec retary, Hertford Chamber of Commerce and Individual areas of the county are represented to Participate states of Alabama," Florida, QwgtvMlUiPPl,NertbCar: oliaa. South Carolina, Tennessee, Crittenden County, Arkansas aad ChrlsUaa County, Kentucky.' ' For further Information andor application forms contact the Federal Job Information Center, Interagency Board of U.S. Civil Service Entailer, 415 Hillsbor ough street, Raleigh, N. C. 17603, or to the Exaauner-ln -charge, U. 8. Post Office, Elizabeth City, N. C. Refer to Announcement AR 9 M. Ohio Tecn&ga Rusavays Stopped In Hcrtf crd Two teenage runawaye from Ohio were stopped la Hertford Friday afternoon by the local police department after arousing suspicion among several dti aens. They abandoned their oar when approached by the officers and attempted to flee on foot. Following a search by the Per. quintans Sheriff's Department, the local Police Department and several volunteer1 the couple wis caught In th e Dobb and King Street area. The teenagera were Cindy Phil. " Us, U.of Madison, Ohio, and Paul Chrlstonson, 18, of Ashtabula, Ohio, were enroute to Flordia to get married. They stopped in Hertford to attempt to get money for gas by soliciting fort the Leukemia Fund when police were oauaa to investigate. , . The parents of both runaways arrived la Hertford Saturday and took them back home. - develop and carry out a program of activities that will bring ajout CBea which will make it a bet. tor place to Uve. These eon. munitlea Involved have done fa. actly thla. Their activities have focused on IncreaalLg income, providing better homes a-d in. proving aurro.- "r;s, sponsor. Irj and cot' ; activities (or y; hdsvel-. j,t-; providing t -r i k -ew.i.Tualty ser. vl-a If 'ci. e a i rr "t for thb r 1 Cc - y i -.- X(ri tJ f i for ' . I i J p.m. by the following county leaders: H. Thomas Brown, Jr. R.C. Elliott Bobbys. Heath Edward Hixoa Frank M. Roberts R.M. Thompson C C. Waltera Presentation of the study by Vepco Is tentatively planned for earbjr December 1969. Rites For l!rs. niiimeP.Thach Held Tedaesday : Funeral services for Mrs. Min nie Perry ! Thach, 77, who died Monday, were held Wednesday at 8i30 In the Bethel Baptist Church by tha Rev. Gordon Shaw.paator, "Till we Meet Again" and "Safe In The Arms Of Jesus were sung by the Church Choir. Miss Ellen Long served aa or- ganlst. The casket pall wis made of pink carnations, white chrysan. themums, white stock, baby's breath and fern. Pallbearers were Joe Roger, ana, James Elwood Perry, James Oliver Perry, Julian Towe Perry, Elwood Lee Long and Jimmy Win- slow.' Burial was In the Bethel Ceroe- tery. Fuiiered Rites For Blanche Goodwin Held Sunday i Mlas Blanche Virginia Good. win of 606 Dobb street died Frl day morning at 2:30 In the Albe. marie Hospital following a long illnesa. A native of Perquimans County, she was a daughter of Mra. Mae' Phillips Goodwin and the late Ernest Leroy Goodwin. n She was a member ottha Bethel SapUai Church, the Bethel Home Demonstration Club aad until her Illness, vu employ 1 by Robert. son's Cleaners, , - Besides be mother, she is survived by a tther, Leroy Goodwin er Kil, Hertford and one sietihewr' . FuMrab services were held Sunday st 2:30 In the Chapel of the Swindell Funeral Home by the Rev. Gordon ana, pastor fo Bethel Baptist Church and the Rev. Norman Harris, pastor of Hertford Baptist Church. "How Great Thou Art" was sung by the Bethel Baptist Church Choir. They were accompanied by Miss Linda Evans, organist. Tha casket pall was made of red roses.baby'sbreathandfern. Pallbearers were Johnny Phil, lips, H. C. Latham, Robert Elliott, Whlchard Davis, Thomas Weston and 0. C. Long. . Burial was in the Bethel Ceme. tery.' Jchn Stallings How Registered Fhrm&cist John aalllnge of Greenville re ceived word last week from the N.C. State Board that he passed the State Board Exam and is now a Registered Pharmacist. He is currently working in the Phar. macy Department of PlttMemoo lal Hospital.' Mr. Stalllngs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Stalllngs of Hert. ford, Is married to the former Connie Sawyer, also, of Hertford. KesrtFund Ollicers limed Mra. William Cherry, m. President of the Perauimina County Heart Association, an nounces the appointment of the following officer: John Beers. Heart Fund Chair. mam Mrs, Frank Griffin. un. fit Chairman; Mra. Billy Harrell, Rural Heart Fund Director! Rov ChappeU, Memorial - Gifts and Treasurer Mrs. Virginia Tran seen, Public Education; Mrs. M. B. Taylor. Rural Community Chairman. w j i .7 The Junior KL- urv rt m First flii f hKl!fl rvL.k wlJ hsve a I srAm -t.M- Cjtoi r 11, from lo:CD a.m. u j 1:00 p.m. on the CourShmiu -re. ' 'I t?tes of tiie it a and .' t J t fcr t "a to the Chaplain Chaplain (CPT)Corbln Cherry is congratulated by BG. Carl W. Hughes, Commanding General Chaplain (Captain) Corbln Cherry, last week while a patient in the Walter Reed General Hos pital, received the Silver Star for gallantry In action during cere monies conducted by BG Carl W. Hughes, hospital commander. The Army's third highest decoration Is seldom earned by non-combat soldiers. In the dta. tlon which accompanied Chaplain Cherry's Silver Star his gallantry was explained by what he did for fighting men. Local Woodmen of the World Sponsor Use Handicapped Week The Albemarle Unit 463 of the Woodmen of the World at a recent jneetlng voted to sponsor the ob servance in co-operation with the Employment Security Commis sion of North Carolina, of Nation al Employ the Physically Handi capped Week October 6 thru Octo ber 11 In Perquimans County. Hire the Handicapped posters will be distributed thruout the county. J Contacts will be made with var ious employers to promote the hiring Of handicapped workers. The local Woodmen of the World Unit voted also to partici pate in the project of removing architectural barriers to physi cally handicapped in Perquimans County. It was pointed out that citizens confined to wheelchairs Legion Auxiliary Holds Reg. Meet The William Paul Stalling Unit 186 of the American Legion Aux iliary held Its regular meeting Thursday night, October 8 at the Legion Home. The meeting was called to or der by Mrs, Ann Goodwin, Vice President, who presided in the absence of the President, Mrs. Geneva Sawyer. After the regular ceremony, Mrs. Helen Skinner gave a Pray er and devotional. The roll was called and minutes read of the last meeting. Reports were made and a list of cards to be sent was given. Membership dues were collected and gifts, preferrably money, for the Vet erans' Hospital Christmas gift shop were brought. Plans for a covered dish sup per were made for November 6 at 7:00 p,m. Land Use Planning Conference Scheduled Approximately one hundred and fifty leading North Carolinians are scheduled to attend a Land Ue Planning Conference at the Holiday Inn In Bur Us st on on nr. tober 9-10, 1969. Governor Bob Scott will ad. dress a banquet meeting on Thursday venlu. anil rm. re ward Hlgbee, Professor of Land Utilisation at the University of Rhode Island, will give the key note address.;,,,; Attendance has been limUoit a group of key leaders In govern, ment, civic, and private organl. sat loos concerned with "achiev ing a quality environment throuch wise land use policy iand citizen Involvement." ft is hoped that from this conference may develop the beginning of a much needed land use policy for North Caro. Una. . ' I James Griffin. ' Smtthfleld. t' -:h Cerolia, President of the J x inapter the 1 C.-,rv-':on C -lety of Aa.eric3, ar-.7.r.cd tie meetlna- a&d CXed t:.e tt of the Cherry hmrded Silver Star " 1 t i 1 1 WRGH, upon gallant action -GOO- A 1962 graduate of Chandler School of Theology, the chaplain was serving In Vietnam with the 2nd Battalion, 501st Infantry In the A Shaw Valley during an as sault on North Vietnamese units. As soon as he landed In the combat area Chaplain Cherry, a qualified parachutist, began en couraging the men around him. At night he went from position to position holding short services with men and Inspiring them. While the battle escalated Cha. can not enter the county court house, without assistance now, to vote, pay taxes, or transact any legal business because they can not get a wheelchair Inside the building. Same is true with a per son attempting to enter the post office building or ASC office building. A person confined to a wheelchair cannot gain entrance into JL. telephone booUujreat,. room due to door width restric tions... The Woodmen committee will include the local unit secretary, C. T. Skinner, Jr., Leon Harrell, and Henrj' F. Ward, Jr. This committee will make a commun ity survey of barriers to handi capped people and then work with local government groups or agen cies to correct existing condi tions. Recommendations by the Governor's Committee on Em ployment of the Handicapped will be followed and activities wlU be co-ordinated with their executive secretary James E. Massenburg in Raleigh. Lloyd (Hutch) Dail With Hertford Hdwe. & Supply Lloyd (Flutch) Dail began his new duties alike Hertford Hard ware and Supply Co. last week In the Service Dept., which Include small plumbing and electrical re pair. '.::;, (,? .. Prior to joining the staff at Hertford Hardware and Supply Co., Mr. Dail served asMalnten ance Supervisor at Perquimans County High School for over 8 years. conference. They include: North Carolina Chapter, Soil Conserve, tlon Society of America; League of Women Vetera of North Caro lina; north Carolina Associa tion of Soil and.( Water Conser vation Districts; Division of Community Planning, North Car olina Department of Local Af fairs; Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Ag riculture; Nprth Carolina Chap ter, American Institute of Plan ners; aftd the Division of State and Regional ' Planning, North Carolina Department of Admin istration. ''W-'t'i-'' The sponsors of this confer ence note that past developments have occurred wltt sufficient regard for future consequences. Homes, businesses, aad Indus tries have been located Jn flood plains. Adjacent areas hay been subjected to lncompatibl land uses. Housing developments have been bC2 on soil Incapable of proper sewage disposal. Large acreages have been denuded and Ce LAND Page 3) I . T? am r -su receiving the Silver Star for his in Vietnam. plain Cherry often had to protect fallen comrades. On March 23 he received a severe wound from a mine while aiding a wounded com rade. Although In great pain and unable to move he continued to show the spirit which Inspired the men around him. The same spirit is still active for while the chaplain's wounds caused him to lose his left foot, he took second place In an am putee's golf tournament just last week. 7 Warning Signs if every American recognized and acted promptly upon the dis covery of cancer's warning sig nals, thousands of lives could be saved every year. The seven warning signs of cancer are somewhat like a build ing's alarm system to protect against fire or like a ship's radar to warn of danger. The American Cancer Society urges all citizens to familiarize themselves with cancer's warning signals to help -1 reduce the number of fatal cancer cases. :. 7 ; The survival rate from cancer today Is one out of three cases, but with our knowledge of the disease increasing each year, we know that we could save one out of two, provided detection of the disease was early and the treat ment prompt. Cancer's seven warning signs are; 1) Unusual bleeding or dis charge. 2) A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere. 3) A sore that does not heal. 4) Change in bowel or bladder hab its. 5) Hoarseness or cough. 6) Indigestion or difficulty In -swallowing. 7) Change in size or color of a wart or mole. Should any of these' signals last longer than two weeks the person Is urged to make a prompt visit to the doctor. Only he can tell If cancer la present. In detailing the urgency for public knowledge of cancer's warning signals It has been pointed out that cancer beings aa a localized disease. At the start, a single cell or perhaps two or three becomes cancerous and reproduces by dividing Into two cells. The process. is repeated over and over, and If left un checked the cells tend to spread via the lymph glands or blood vessels to other parts of the body. It Is to prevent this spreading that prompt action must be taken once a warning sign is discov ered. And prompt action means aa immediate visit to a doctor, for the longer the cancer is al lowed freedom to spread the more dangerous the case becomes. ' The slogan for this year Is: "Help yourself with a checkup aad others with a check." J. D. Hunt To Speak At Berea Church Of Christ J. D. Hunt will be the speaker at the Berea church of Christ Thursday, October 9, at 7:30p.m. He will speak and show slides of work being done in Italy by Miss Evelyn Jones and the Coffey fami ly. Everyone 1 Invited. Percfjiinans Hcrse fed Pcay Club Show Sunday . The Perqulmana County Horse and Pony Club will have a Horse show on Sunday, October 18, at' 8 p.m. ' The Horse and Pony Club will have the concession stand. Come out and enjoy the funl Hospitality Training Program fit C0A A course at no cost to the public will be offered tothose interested in becoming or those already em ployed aa front office personnel in hotels and motels. Registration for the Hospitality Training program, Hotel-Motel Front Office Procedures will be held on Wednesday and Thursday nights, Oct. 8 and 9 from 7 8:30 p.m. at College Of the Albe marie In room 229. The course is the first In a series of courses in hospitality training to be offered in the Eliz abeth City area. These courses are desinged to promote tourist trade in the entire Albemarle area. The Front Office Procedure Course Is planned for desk clerks and front office personnel recent ly or now employed and for those who would like to work in this field. The course objectives will be to teach front office personnel the importance of their job lnthe over-all hotel or motel operation so that they will develop good techniques of operation. Em phasls will be on the areas of front office management routines and public relations. For further Information, call the Adult Education Division at COA. 335-5461. Shuford Matthews Sentenced On Income Tax Charge Shuford R. Matthews, a Certl fled Public Accountant and mem ber of the Greensboro City Coun cil from 1961 through 1967, received a three month suspend ed sentence,a$5,000.00flneanda 5 years probation today for willful failure to file a timely federal in come tax return for 1967. Sentence was passed by Judge Edwin M. Stanley of the Middle Judicial District Court In Greens boro. Matthews pled guilty to the charge. Matthews was also charged with willful failure to file timely federal income tax returns for 1966, 1966. He pled not guilty to these charges and the counts were dismissed at the time of sentenc ing tor failure to file a 1967 re turn. U.S. Attorney, William L. Os teon represented the government in the case. ' Democratic Rally Saturday Night A Democratic Rally will be held at the Hertford Grammar School Saturday at 7 p.m. J, J, Harring ton Is guest speaker for the event. Tickets are $5.00 per plate. Perquimans Are In Regular Session The Board of Perquimans County Commissioners adopted a resolution Monday to explore the possibility of establishing a district Jail in cooperation with other counties in the area. The Board, also, adopted a re solution concerning a One Cent Sales Tax as follows: Whereas the cost of operation of Schools and other Governmen tal facilities has Increased tre mendously over Us past few years and will continue to Increase even more over the next few years. And whereas the Governing bodies Of the Counties of the State must have new and additional sources of revenue to provide these facilities. Aad whereas the One Cent Bales Tax to be voted on at the Nov. 4 Special Election provides one of the fairest and most equitable sources of revenue to meet these Increased demands. (-Now therefore, the Board of Commlaaloners of Perqulmana County urges all ofthe citizens of Perquimans County to go to the polls on November 4 and vote In favor of the One Cent Sales Tax. . In other matters of business, the resignation of Miss Tbebna Elliott as a member of the Per quintans County Library Board was accepted. Mrs. Elaine Phil lip and Mrs. W. c. Stroud were appointed to complete the unex pired Board member terms of MUa Elliott and Mra. W, H. Pitt, who also tendered her resigna tion recently. '. V : Henry Clay Stoke waa appoint ed to serve as a member ofthe Perquimans County Jury Com mlsalon. - The Board authorized the transfer of 88,00040 from Uve Current Expense Fund to the Cap. ttal Outlay Fund. . Who Is Going To Win This Cup? 4 a fcwra I ir H rJttsri .pries-. "- .MWm -:fV- pmm tint 1 is Who Is going to win this beau tiful cup Is the big question being asked today by the 102 Perqui mans County 1969 Vegetable Gar den Contest Participants, stated today by Mrs. M. B. Taylor, W. C. Strowd, and R. M. Thompson, Home Economics, and Agricul tural Extension Agents for Per quimans County. Mr. and Mrs. Wllmer Perry, Route 2, Hertford, N, C. and Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fetton of Route 1, Hertford, N.C. said, "We are not sure who the winners will be, but they had enough vegetables to take care of their family needs and 3 or more families. They join in with other vegetable garden participants in saying that a good vegetable gar den pays off In dividends. It is a life saver. They can Uve at home Instead of In the grocery store. A good vegetable garden values 8444.00. This is one way In which the family Income is being in creased in the county. The purpose of the contest was to encourage the production and conservation of an ample spring garden which will meet the fam ily's health needs and stretch the household dollar'. The parti cipants were required to have a - gaiCden of adequate size, 12 acre per family and located in a con venient spot. They were also re quired to produce and harvest at least 15 or more vegetables in ch ding 3 new varieties for fam ily use. This cup which is being spon sored by the Albemarle Electric Co-op will be presented to the family who wins the first place In the Vegetable Garden Contest during the award night program Monday October 20, 1969 at 8:00 p.m. in the Perquimans County Union School, Winfall, N. C, Principal, Mr. J. A. Dempsey. w Commissioners Clegg Returned To Hertford Gregory Ellis Clegg, 16, Col umbia, was arrested by the Nas sau County Police Department, Mlneola, N, Y. on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with Intent to kffl, and has been returned to Perquimans County by Sheriff Julian H. Brought on to face trial. The charge against Clegg stems from an Incident that oc curred April 27 on RU 17 near gye Chowan County line, in which Gary Wayne Splvey was shot. A warrant was Immediately is sued for the arrest of Clegg, and after reliable sources reported Clegg to be in the New York area, the arrest was made there. Sher iff Brought on traveled to New York where he obtained custody of the prisoner, and returned him to Hertford. Clegg Is currently being held In the Perquimans County jail with bond set at 85,000. The caso is scheduled for trial on Wednesday, Penrdrasss High Lcscs To Plymouth Perquimans High had Us third traight loss Friday night nere when Plymouth scored a44-0vlo. tory over the Indians. Coach Tom sawyer of the In. dlans said that Injuries had bean ' playing a large part in the team's . plea. Halfback Charles stmnaon ' haa been out tor several weeks with an ankle injuried his ankle and will be out another two weeks. Plymouth scored touchdowns In every period. , 1Ua week Peraulmana wintnr.. I for a victory at wiuiamston.
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