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THE
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Volume XXVII- No. 7
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, February 12, 1970
10 Cents Per Copy
WEEKLY
Economic Study ofPerq. County
To Be Given by VEPC0 Feb. 18
-North Carolina Highway
Commission Chairman D. Mc.
Faircloth will speak, to local
'officials and business leaders
Wednesday, February 18 at the
presentation of an economic
study of Perquimans County, N.
C. The study was made by
Virginia Electric and Power
Company.
The presentation will be made
'.Duncan Mclumltlin 1'iiirt.lntli
to Mrs. Jean Harrison, chairman
of the local study committee, by
Kenneth W. Lane, assistant
manager , of , community
development for Vepco. The
dinner meeting will be held at 7
p.m. at the Perquimans County
High School, Hertford, N. C. Co
sponsors of the dinner are
Peoples Bank and Trust Com
pany, at Hertford, and Vepco.
Vepco conducted the study at
the request of the Perquimans
County Board of Commissioners
and the Perquimans County
jfndustrial Development Com
mission. Company researchers
orked with a local committee
composed of area represen
tatives in obtaining data to be
(included in the report.
'Among the major topics
covered by the study are the
area's physical assets, man
imans
Honored At
Six Perquimans County
students at North Carolina State
University earned academic
'honors during the fall semester.
Chancellor John T. Caldwell
announced that the Perquimans
students were among a record
2,206 undergraduates who earned
places on the coveted Dean's
List. In contrast, just 390 students
were suspended for academic
difficulties.
The Dean's List students
'represent 21 per cent of the un
dergraduate enrollment of 10,500.
The more than 2,000 graduate
Students are not included in
pean's List consideration,
i All six Perquimans students
who earned academic honors are
graduates of Perquimans County
High School. They are taking
studies in agricultural
economics, recreation, physics
and mathematics education.
Two of the students are women
who are among a growing
number of coeds enrolling at
NCSU.
The . Perquimans honor
students, their fields of study and
parents names and addresses
are:
Martha J. Evans, mathematics
education, Mr. and Mrs. J, L.
Evans, Rt. 1; Lela M. Long,
mathematics education, Mr. and
Mrs. F. S. Long, Rt. 1; Ralph E.
Miller,' agricultural economics,
Mr. and Mrs. R. Miller, Church
St. ; " Sheldon O. Bateman Jr.,
physics, Mr. and Mrs. S. O.
Usa Checks, Money
Orders To Pay Taxes
Use check or money order to
pay your 1989 Federal Income tax
J. E. Wall, District Director of
Internal Revenue for North
Carolina, said today.
Unlike a cash payment, a check
or money order gives you a
record of payment in case of loss
or misdellver.
Wall pointed out that payment
can be stopped on a misplaced
check or money order and a new
ryment made.
. Chects or money orders should
ma's payable to the Internal
wvenue Service. Write your
Dclal security number on the
Iwck or money order and state
e exact purpose of the payment
3 help assure your payment Is
jeperly credited. -
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Perqu
power, market resources,
government and finances, and
representative industrial sites.
The report will serve as a
directory of current information
and is designed to be used by
anyone interested in the
economic development of
Perquimans County.
Copies will be distributed to
officials of the county and
municipalities, planning com
mission, area chambers of
commerce, local industrial
development groups, the North
Carolina Division of Commerce
and Industry, North Carolina
State Chamber of Commerce,
railroads, colleges, unviersities,
and local public and school
libraries.
Commenting on the study,
Thomas Brown, director,
Perquimans County Industrial
Development Commission, said,
"The study should prove valuable
Kenneth W. Lane
in promoting the economic
development of our area. We are
grateful to Vepco for their con
tribution to our development
program."
N.C. State
Bateman, 105 Charles St.;
Charles F. Combs, recreation
and park administration, Mrs.
Alice F. Combs, Rt. 2; and
Robert L. Hollowell Jr.,
agricultural economics, Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Hollowell, 404 Front
St..'.
John E. Hurdle, Jr.
Nominated For
Who's Who
John E. Hurdle, Jr., so of Mr.
and Mrs. John E. Hurdle, Sr. of
Hertford, has been nominated by
Wayne Community College as 1 of
12 students from the college for
Who's Who Among Students in
American . Colleges. He is
majoring in Forestry, These
second year students were chosen
by students, instructors, and
administration on the basis of
scholarshp, citizenship, par
ticipation and leadership in
Academic and Extra Curricular
Activities, and general promise
of future usefulness to Business
and Society.
Two Teenagers
Two Perquimans County
teenagers have been named
recipients of a high honor
available to North Carolina 4-H
members.
"Carmen Sutton, Rt. 3, Hertford,
and Donald Morgan, Winfall,
have been selected to attend the
40th annual National 4-H Con
ference in Washington. D. C.
Some i 225 . delegates,
representing over three million 4
H members in every state,
Puerto Rico and Canada, will
attend the ; week-long meeting
April 19-25. Two other North
Carolinians will attend: Beth
Lutz, Rt. 3, Newton, and David
Buffaloe, Garner.
Dr. T. C; Blalock, state 4-H
leader at N. C. State University,
says the delegates will par
ticipate in programs designed to
create greater insight into im
portant national Issues and
citizenship responsibilities. The
conference will also help equip
the 4-H'ers to report to the
nation's leaders and to the public
Students
Vet's Educational
Benefits Range
From A To Z
Veterans from Perquimans
county taking advantage of the
educational benefits of the G. I.
Bill will find almost unlimited
educational opportunities, ac
cording to Gilmore Johnson,
coordinator of Veterans
Education for the State Depart
ment of Public Instruction.
Johnson is in charge of approving
the courses of study in North
Carolina in which veterans may
enroll under the G. I. Bill.
The possibilities, according to
State Superintendent, are almost
endless. Veterans may finish
their high school education, enter
or continue in college, enter trade
schools, take on-the-job training,
or even enroll in post doctoral or
medical residency programs.
Veterans with service sub
sequent to January 31, 1955, are
entitled to 36 months of '.'en
titlement" or benefits for 18
months of service under the
Veterans Benefits Statutes.
Veterans with" less than 18
months of service are entitled to
a month and a half of educational
benefits for each month of ser
vice. Various benefits have been
offered to veterans since the
Spanish American War, ac
cording to Johnson. But he noted
that the percentage of present
day veterans taking advantage of
their educational benefits is less
than that of the veterans of World
War II and the Korean conflict.
"We cannot understand why we
don't have more," he said, con
sidering that the opportunitites
range literally from A to Z: auto
mechanics to zoology to name
just two.
Monthly Report Of
Hertford Police
The following monthly report
for January was given by Chief
Ben. L. Gibbs at the regular
council meeting. ARRESTS
MADE: Drunk on the Street 2;
Assaults 1 ; Careless and
Reckless Driving 1 ;
Miscellaneous Traffic Arrests 1;
Miscellaneous Arrests 2; AC
TIVITIES: Calls Answered and
Investigated 108; Accidents
Investigated 1; Funerals Worked
4; Courtesies Extended 119; Fire
Calls Answered 10; Radio Calls
221; Citations Issued for Im
proper Parking 1; Lights
Reported Out 4.
Housing Workshop
Scheduled Feb. 16
"Do You Plan to Build a Home
Someday?" states Mrs. Ila Grey
White, Home Economics Ex
tension Agent. If so, you will want
to attend the special series of
Housing Workshops which will
begin at the County Office
Building on Monday night,
February 16 at 7:30.
Miss Charlotte Womble,
Housing Specialist, will be our
guest speaker for this first
meeting. Anyone who has their
house plan and would like to have
it evaluated may bring it at this
time.
"I'm sure you will find this
series of classes most helpful in
planning your new home and we
certainly hope you will attend,
and tell anyone you think may be
interested", further states Mrs.
White.
Receive Honors
on the status of 4-H work in the
United States.
Miss Sutton and Morgan have
compiled outstanding records of
accomplishments in 4-H projects
and activities. Miss Sutton,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
W. Sutton, was named national
winner in the leadership and
development project at the
National Junior Horticultural
Association meeting in In
dianapolis. Ind., in December.
She was also elected secretary of
the Association for 1970. She
attended National 4-H Congress
in Chicago in December as state
winner in the 4-H food preser
vation project. She is a student at
Albemarle Academy.
Morgan, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas S. Morgan, is a
student at the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is
secretary-treasurer of the State
4-H ' Council. He attended
National 4-H Congress last year
as state winner' in the boys'
citizenship project. (
Crafton Winslow Is
Peanut Champion
Mr. Astor Perry, Peanut Specialist shown with County Peanut
Champion, Mr. Crafton Winslow.
The Annual Peanut Meeting
was held on Wednesday,
February 4 at the County Office
Building. Mr. Astor Perry, Ex
tension Peanut Specialist of
North Carolina State University
was present to present the
program. The program was
centered around the approved
practices for 1970.
Mr. Crafton Winslow was
presented the County Winner in
peanuts with a yield of 3,686 lbs.
per acre on his entire allotment.
Also Mr. Winslow will receive
5,000 lbs of Landplaster which
will be compliments of U. S.
Gypsum Company.
The presentation was made by
Mr. Joe Sugg who is the
Executive Secretary of the North
Carolina Peanut Growers
Association. It was the third year
Winslow has been county winner.
More Than '116,000 Allocated For
Secondary Road Projects in Perq.
Perquimans County has been
allocated more than $116,000 for
five secondary road construction
projects, it was' announced today ;
This was part of more than $12
million approved this month for
secondary road building.
Approval of the projects was
voted at the regular February
meeting of the State Highway
Commission in Raleigh.
The projects and the money
alloted for Perquimans are as
follows: Countywide surveys,
plans, right of way acquisition
(Supp. Proj. 2.03937) $3,000.00.
Complete base and pave, from
SR 1336 eastward 0.40 miles
$8,000.00. Grade, drain, and pave
from end of existing pavement to
Carl W. Lewis Jr.
Accepts C0A Post
A Perquimans County native,
Carl W. Lewis Jr., has joined
"Project COA" as an oc
cupational counselor.
Project COA is funded by a
Rockefeller Foundation grant
and is aimed at finding and
recruiting people who have
proper motivation to take ad
vantage of programs at College
of the Albemarle which will
benefit them.'
Lewis attended Perquimans
High School and was employed by
the Peoples Bank and Trust in
Hertford before accepting this
present position. His parents Mr.
and Mrs. Carl W. Lewis Sr. live
on Rt. 2, Hertford. '
As occupational counselor
Lewis will work with the under
employed anil unemployed in
Perquimans, Chowan and Gates
Counties. He is especially in
terested in young people.
Hertford Livestock Company,
J. F. Hollowell and Sons, and
Hertford Farmers Exchange
each gave a certificate worth
$8.33 in peanut materials to be
presented to the 2nd and 3rd
place winners. Two of these
certificates were given to 2nd
place winner Joe Rogerson, Jr.
who produced a yield of 3,685 lbs.
per acre on his entire allotment.
One certificate was given to
Third Place Winner Mr. Nelson
Lane who had a yield of 3,662 lbs.
on his entire allotment.
"The over-all goal for
Perquimans County in peanut
production in 1970 will be to
produce a county average yield
that will exceed all other counties
producing peanuts ' in North
Carolina", states Mr. Billy
Griffin, Assistant Agricultural
Extension Agent.
Snug Harbor 2.30 miles $86,250.00.
Grade, drain, and pave from end
of existing pavement to SR 1329
0.30 miles $11,250.00, arid coun
tywide spot stabilization (Supp.
Proj. 2.06554) $8,800.00.
Meeting Postponed
The February meeting of the
Hertford Grammar School PTA
has been postponed from tonight
and will be held instead, Thur
sday, Feb. 19. The schedule
switch was made to give
grammar school PTA parents
and children an opportunity to
attend the second of two
programs on brug abuse,
Lewis who is 21 qaid, "I feel
that I can better approach a
younger person since I myself am
closer to that age group . . . and
since I'm not considered because
of my age to be part of 'the
establishment'."
A member of the Perquimans
Rescue Squad, Lewis is also
assistant boy scout leader for the
Hertford troop. He likes hunting,
fishing and other outdoor sports.
Lewis said he has done con
struction work and can em
pathise with young men who
would like to do outdoor work.
Project COA has recruited men
for brick masonry and carpentry
classes which began Feb. 2.
Lewis and his wife Kaye live at
323 N. Church St. in Hertford and
he emphasized that he will be on
cali at all times to talk with
people about Project COA. "The
program is available for people,
and I want to help," he said.
Rites For Mrs.
Daisy Nixon Held
' Funeral services were held
Saturday, January 31, at 2 p.m. in
the Twiford Memorial Chapel in
Elizabeth City for Mrs. Daisy
Symons Perry Nixon of
Chapanoke who died Thursday.
January 29. The Rev. William
Pinner, pastor of Oak Grove
Methodist Church, Winfall,
conducted the service.
The casket was covered with a
pall of yellow chrysanthemums.
Soft organ music was played
during the service by Mrs. Calvin
Chappell. Pallbearers were
Walter Symons, Jack Symons,
Edgar Fields. George Fields,
Macon Nixon, Thomas Nixon,
Roy Symons and L. L. Pierce.
Burial followed in New
Hollywood Cemetery,
She is survived by her husband,
Leroy S. Nixon, and one grand
daughter, Mrs. Shirley Perry
Culpepper of Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Cherry Urges
Everyone Support
Heart Fund
Mrs. Jane Cherry, President of
the Perquimans County Heart
Fund Association, urges every
one to support the Heart Fund
Drive which is now in progress.
The Goal for 1970 has been set
at $1,500.00 for the county.
Benefits for the Drive include
Balloon and Tag Day held last
Saturday under the supervision of
Mrs. Emmett Landing and Mrs.
Paul Byrum; a Talent Show,
March 6, "Those Were The
Days", directed by Mrs. Ed
Griffin; and Heart Sunday with
Mrs. Bill Cox, Mrs. Donald
Morris, Mrs. Carl Sawyer and
Miss Bill Cooper serving as
Captains.
Music Recital
Offered Sunday
"The hardest part of the recital
is getting together to practice,"
says Dr. Jerry Pickrel. And small
wonder. In preparing for Sun
day's concert, Dr. Pickrel has
had to find time from his busy
practice as pathologist at
Albemarle Hospital to meet with
Dr. Joel Carter, bass baritone,
who is Professor of Voice and
Music Education at the
University of North Carolina. In
the summer Dr. Carter is an
actor in the "Lost Colony."
This is the second concert of
fered by Dr. Pickrel for the
Museum of the Albemarle. Those
who were fortunate enough to
hear him last year enjoyed
hearing his explanation of each
piece, and the easy informality of
his presentation. In this program,
Dr. Carter will sing a cycle of 18
songs by Robert Schummann,
and Dr. Pickrel will present a
cycle of piano pieces.
This event, Sunday, February
15 at 3 o'clock in the Music Bldg.
of Northeastern High School, is
open to the public without charge,
a treat for music lovers from the
Museum of the Albemarle.
Petty Officer
Phillip N. Dobie
Stationed In E. C.
Coast Guard Petty Officer First
Class Phillio N. Dobie. husband
of the former Miss Marilene E,
Elloitof 320 Market St., Hertford,
is serving at the U.S. Coast Ouarrf
Air Station at Elizabeth City.
Parents and Teenagers Urged To
Attend Program About Drugs
The Perquimans County High
School PTA will present the
second in a series of two
programs on drugs, tonight at 8
p.m. in the high school
auditorium.
On the program will be Rev.
John Gimenez, head of
PROCLAIM in Norfolk, and three
teenagers who are former drug
addicts. 1
Rev, Gimenez was on drugs
for 16 yea r s. Now he
heads an organization that is
devoted to working with young
people that are slaves of the drug
habit.
He has been on the Mildred
Alexander Show on rhannpl SnnH
the subject of a number of
newspaper articles.
Parents and teenagers are
urged to be at the high school
tonight at 8 for this important
program.
The first program, presented
J. E. Winslow, Jr.
Elected To Chowan
Advisory Board
, 1
Julian Emmett Winslow, Jr.,
Vice President and General
Manager of Albemarle Chemical
Company, Inc., Hertford, has
been elected to the Board of
Advisors of Chowan College,
Murfreesboro, by the Executive
Committee of the Board of
Trustees. Winslow resides with
his wife and fiv children at 308 N.
Church St. in Hertford.
Mary E. Godfrey
Named PCHS Betty
Crocker Winner
Mary E. Godfrey has been
named Perquimans high school's
1970 Betty Crocker Homemaker
of Tomorrow. Selected on the
basis of her score in a Dec. 2
homemaking knowledge and
attitudes examination for which a
record 646,041 senior girls in
15,040 of the nation's high schools
were enrolled, she is now eligible
for state and national honors. She
will also receive a specially
designed silver charm from
General Mills, sponsor of the
annual educational program.
Test papers of all school
winners in the state are currently
undergoing additional judging,
and a State Homemaker of
Tomorrow will be named in
March. She will be awarded a
$1,500 college scholarship; the
second-rankking girl in the state
receives a $500 educational grant.
Additionally, first-place winners
from the 51 states and the District
of Columbia - together with
advisors from their schools - will
receive an expense-paid
educational tour of Washington,
D. C, and Colonial Williamsburg,
Va., this spring. Climax of the
tour will be naming of the 1970
Betty Crocker Ail-American
Homemaker of Tomorrow, whose
scholarship will be increased to
$5,000. Three runners-up will al
so be selected and will be award
ed $4,000, $3,000 and $2,000
scholarships. National judging
will center on personal ob
servation and interviews during
the tour.
Begun by General Mills in the
1954-55 school year, the Betty
Crocker Search for the American
Homemaker of Tomorrow is
designed to emphasize the im
portance of homemaking as a
career. During its 16-year
history, more than seven million
young women have been enrolled
in the program and scholarship
grants total approximately $1
3 4 million.
The test which forms the basis
for selection of winners is
prepared and scored by Science
Research Associates, Chicago.
last Thursday, played to a
completely full auditorium and
featured Lt. Lewis Hurst, head of
Norfolk's Narcotics Bureau. He
spoke on the subject, conducted a
question-and-answer session and
had a display of items used by
addicts.
In addition, a film was shown
called "Marijuana" which
featured 1 Sonny Bono of the
singing team of Sonny and Cher.
Attitude of the film and talk
centered around the importance
of not legalizing marijuana.
V The PTA and the Chamber of
Commerce, co-sponsors of the
program, wish to thank the
Grammar School , PTA for
changing their meeting night
from tonight to next Thursday.
They also wish to thank the
Hertford Baptist Church for
printing and distributing pam
pntets on drugs. They were
presented free to those at last
week's meeting.
Youth Hurt
In Accident
Calvin McCoy Warren, 16,
Merry Hill, was reported in
satisfactory condition Tuesday at
Chowan Hospital. Warren is
being treated for injuries he
received in an accident Sunday at
12:50 a.m. when he was thrown
from his car into the path of an
oncoming vehicle.
Trooper C. H. Mims who in
vestigated for the District High
way Patrol Station said the ac
cident happened 3.8 miles South
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tersection of rural unpaved road
1342 when Warren attempted to
make a U-turn at the intersection
and his 1965 Ford was hit by a
northbound car.
The second car was operated
by Carlton Ray McCray, 28, of
Roper
Both Warrenand a passenger in
his car, Charles White, 17, of
Merry Hill, were thrown from the
car by the impact and another
car operated by Roscoe Jack
Frymter, 73, of Plymouth was
linahlp tn ctnn in Hmo tn mmift
hitting Warren.
The report showed that Warren
was dragged by the Frymter
vehicle onto tht shoulder of the
road. White was not admitted to
the hospital.
Both the McCray and Warren
cars were considered total losses.
Investigation is incomplete.
Awarded Purple
Heart In Vietnam
Army Staff Sergeant James W.
Butler III, whose parents live at
1429 Kearny St., N. E.,
Washington, D. C, received the
Purple Heart near Pleiku,
Vietnam.
S. Sgt. Butler received the
award for wounds received in
action while serving in Vietnam.
A platoon sergeant in Company
A, 2nd Battalion of the 4th In
fantry Division's 8th Infantry, he
entered the Army in June 1968,
completed basic training at Ft.
Bragg, N.C, stationed at Ft. Dix,
N. J. before arriving overseas
last August.
Butler is an honor graduate of
Perquimans Union School. He is
the stepson of Alice Knight Butler
and the grandson of the late Mrs,
Lucille Knight of Hertford.
Benjamin C. Hobbs
Interns At Grifton
High School
Benjamin C. Hobbs. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Wallace Hobbs of Rt.
1, Hertford, has been listed
among the 246 practice teachers
from East Carolina University
this quarter. He hs been assigned
to Grifton High School in the
subject of Math.
The intern teachers came from
59 counties and 11 other states."
Navy Fireman
Larry A. Pierce
Serving In Pacific
Navy i'ireman Larry A. Pierce,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James A.
Pierce of Rt. 3, Hertford; is
serving aboard the destroyer USS
Brinkley Bass in the Western
pacific,
While operating as a unit of the
U. S. Seventh Fleet, the Brinkley
Bass will serve in support of U. S.
and Allied forces in Vietnam.
COMMUNITY MEETING
The Winfall Community
Meeting will be held Monday,.
February 16, at 8 p.m. at the
Perquimans Union Agriculture
Building.
All residents of Winfall are
asked to please be present. , :
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