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PERQUIMAN
Volume XXVII-16
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, April 16, 1970
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Meet Your Perquimans Marching Unit
SHERON SWINDELL
Miss Sheron Lynn Swindell,
Co-Chairman of Publicity for the
Marching Unit, is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Marion S. Swindell.
Sheron is 16 years old and a
Junior at Perquimans High
School. She is 5 feet 11 12 in.
tall, has medium brown hair and
brown eyes. Her hobbies are
sewing, reading, dancing and
playing the piano.
For the past 3 years she has
been a drummer in the marching
unit, a member of FHA, and
Health Careers Club, and a
member of Youth. . . National
Association for Retarded
Children for 2 years. She is .a
'member of First united
I pethodist Church and Methodist
Youth Fellowship.
Following graduation Sheron
hopes to go into special educatton
jk some field concerned with
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Auxiliary District Meeting
The First District of the
American Legion Auxiliary held
its Annual April Meeting
Tuesday at Kitty Hawk
Methodist Church.
Mrs. R. E. Leary of Edenton,
First' District President, called
the meeting to order, after which
the Pledge to the Flag was given
in unison led by Mrs. Edith
Jarvis of Engelhard.
Rev. Hank Wilkerson, pastor
of Kitty Hawk Methodist Church,
gave the Invocation.
The National Anthem was
sung, followed by the Preamble,
which was led by Mrs. Eva
emple of Elizabeth City,
Mrs. Carlos Dowdy, President
of Manteo Unit 26 gave the
Welcome, and Robert Wechter,
Manteo Post Commander, ex
pended Greetings from the
Legion. The Response to
Welcome was given by Mrs.
Geneva L. Sawyer, President of
Hertford Unit 126.
Recognition of Gold Star
Members and Department Of
ficers was by Mrs. Leary, who
also gave a Welcome to visitors.
Annual reports were made by
Unit Presidents. After
recognition of Juniors, Special
Music was rendered by Manteo
Unit representatives.
Mrs. Etta Gill of Greenville,
First Division Vice President,
introduced the Department
President, Mrs. Tim T. Craig of
Charlotte, who made the Ad
dress. :'
Return of thanks was by Mrs.
J. L. Chestnutt of Edenton,' Past
Department President.
After a delicious luncheon was
enjoyed, reports of Committees
were made by the chairmen,
Mrs. Julian Powell of Hertford,
Mrs. Dallas Waters of Plymouth
and Mrs. James M. Bond of
Edenton.
Mrs. Martin Temple of
Elizabeth City was nominated
for First District President, and
Mrs. J. G. Brickhouse of
. Columbia was nominated for
I Alternate District President;
Miss Mary G. Wlnstead of Elm
City has been nominated for
First Division Vice President;
Mrs. Dallas Waters of Plymouth
President-elect for Depart
ment of North Carolina and Mrs.
C. R. Barbee of, Winston-Salem,
Department Vice President
elect The Annual Department
invention will be held in
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MARGARET MANSFIELD
Miss Margaret Mansfield, a
Snare Drummer in the Marching
Unit, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Odus Mansfield.
She is 18 years old and a Senior
at Perquimans High School. 5
feet 3 in. tall, with brown hair
and brown eyes. Her hobbies are
sewing, reading and collecting
things.
For the past four years she has
been a member of the Marching
Unit, Health Club, and FHA. She
was Vice-President of FHA in the
11th grade, and President in the
12th grade. She was also
Publicity Chairman for the
Marching Unit in the 11th grade.
Margaret's future plans are to
join the Armed Forces and study
nursing.
Durham June 19-21.
Awards and gifts included
Distance Attendance by
Elizabeth City Unit 84, first to
reach quota, which was early in
November, and the earliest
charter members present were
also won by Unit 84.
Invitation was by Edenton Unit
40 for the District Meeting in
April.
Those attending from Hertford
were: Mrs. Geneva Sawyer, Mrs.
Maude Jones, Mrs. Minnie
Miller, Mrs. Catherine Ward,
Mrs. Gertrude Zachary and Mrs.
Ruth Powell.
Benefit Supper
May 1st At Perq.
High School
Members of the Perquimans
County Marching Unit and of the
civic organizations in the county
are busily selling tickets to the
benefit barbequed chicken
supper to be held May 1 at the
Perquimans County High School
cafeteria.
Proceeds are being used to
help finance the Marching Unit's
trip to Atlantic City for the In
ternational Lions Club Con
vention parade July 1.
The drawing for a 15,000 BTU
air conditioner will also be held
on May 1.
Public support of these
projects will ' be greatly ap
preciated according to Sheron
Swindell and Anzie Layton,
Publicity Chairmen.
Mrs. L. Paul Smith Is
Conducting Class at PCHS
Adults may learn the art of
arranging flowers in the Basic
Flower Arranging I class
scheduled to begin Monday April
20 at Perquimans County High
School. Offered through the Adult
Education Division of College of
the Albemarle, the courses will
meet each Monday from 7-10
p.m. :;
Interested persons may p re
register by calling the Adult
Education Division at COA,
phone 335-0821, or register at the
first class meeting. Persons who
PATRICIA ANN LANE
Miss Patricia Ann Lane is the
17 year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Archie T. Lane, Jr.
She is 5 feet 3 in. tall, has dark
brown hair and blue eyes, her
hobbies are sewing, singing, and
swimming.
She has been a majorette in the
Marching Unit for the past two
years. Her other activities in
clude girls track team 9th grade,
Health Club 10th grade, Library
Assistant 10th - 12th, FHA 9th
12th, and Secretary of FHA in the
12th grade.
Patricia is a senior at
Perquimans High School and her
future plans are to go to CO A
next year, then transfer to East
Carolina University and major in
Home Economics.
Dr. Poston Speaks
At Perquimans Hi
On April 17th
A life saving cancer education
Mother-Daughter Program will
be held at Perquimans High
School auditorium Friday, April
17 at 9:40 a.m.
Miss Frances Mansfield,
Program Chairman of the
Future Homemakers of America
wishes to invite all interested
women to this special program.
It is held in cooperation with
the Perquimans County unit of
the American Cancer Society
and has been endorsed by the
Perquimans County School
Superintendent and the High
School P.T.A.
Dr. R. L. Poston will be the
guest doctor whd- will discuss a
film strip "Jenny." For more
information contact Ila Grey
White Home Economics Ex
tension Agent, Perquimans
County 426-7697.
Fins Trip To
London, England
Mrs. Nellie Mansfield of
Perquimans County represen
tative for the Charlotte Liberty
Mutual Ins. Co. has won an all
expense paid trip to England.
This trip was based on the
increase and collection per
centage for the year 1969.
Mrs. Mansfield will take this
trip on May 21st. She expressed
her thanks to her many policy
holders, for making the trip
possible.
pre-register will have priority
since enrollment will be limited.
Mary Ruth Smith of Doziers
Florist will be the instructor for
the 24 hour course.
Students will be taught an
understanding of depth and
movement in flower arranging.
Emphasis will be on the different
types of arrangements- line,
mass, color, texture and how to
combine these elements in the
p r o p e r containers.
Arrangements for special oc
casions and accessories will also
be considered.
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Paul Green's Carolina
Friday Night At PCHS
Perquimans County residents
will have the opportunity of
hearing a reading of "Paul's
Green's Carolina" when it is
presented by the SATYRS at
Perquimans County High School
on Friday evening, April 17 at 8
o'clock p.m.
While Paul Green, Pulitzer
Prize winning playwright, is best
known in this area for outdoor
drama, such as THE LOST
COLONY ,he is also an excellent
short story writer. Mrs. Lucy
National library Week
Is April IMS, 1970
The week of April 12-18 has
been designated National
Library Week, and the
Perquimans County Library
Board and staff invite all the
people of the area to visit the
library and see and use the
wealth of reading material
available.
The books (about 20,000 in
number) cover a wide variety of
subjects offering something for
everyone, ranging from
reference books for the serious
student to "bestsellers" and
other fiction and non-fiction for
the general reader to picture
books for the pre-schoolers.
Perquimans County has a
library to be proud of, and its
people are urged to use it.
The library has received two
memorial books this week: The
biography of Mary Queen of
Scots, by Fraser, given in
memory of Hattie Chappell
Brinn and the Eighteenth Cen
tury, Europe in the Age of
Enlightenment, also in memory
of Mrs. Brinn.
Other new titles in the library
are: Wellington, the Year of tne
Sword, by Longford; Between
Parent and Teen-ager, by
Ginott; Brother, can you Spare a
Dime, by Meltzer; DeepWater
Family, by Duncan; Dare
County, a history, by David Stick.
Also the following fiction Waiting
for Willa, by Dorothy Eden; The
Poseidon Adventure, by Gallico;
Tax Office Opens
GREENSBORO -- All IRS
offices in North Carolina will
have personnel available to give
assistance to taxpayers in
preparing their tax returns on
April 15, the final day for filing.
J E. Wall, District Director,
said that calendar year tax
payers should have their returns
in the mail to the Service Center
in Chamblee, Georgia by mid
night Wednesday, April 15, in
order for the return to be ac
cepted as timely filed.
Winfall Fire Department Note Burning
SHOWN IN THE ABOVE PHOTO are three Winfall men who
have served at Chief of the Winfall Volunteer Fire Department
since it was organized, they are George Thomas Roach, Lloyd
Ray Morgan and Wayne Wlnslow. The picture was taken prior to
the note burning which took place at a dinner held the early part
of this year, when Mr. Joel Hollowell standing next to Roach aim
Morgan presented the group a note which he held to that the
Winfall Fire Department building could be constructed.
nn
Vaughn, Assistant Professor of
English at the College of the
Albemarle, has taken some of her
most appealing short stories and
set them to a background of folk
guitar music for this presen
tation. The Perquimans County Arts
Council urges everyone to attend
this performance which it is
sponsoring as one of several
"Experiences in the Arts" for
the people of Perquimans
County.
Malady in Madeira, by Bridge;
The Andromeda Strain, by
Crichton; Take What You Want,
by Baldwin; The Past Tense of
love, by Cadell; The Eye of the
Needle, by Garland; Reardon, by
Pike; and Mesabi, by Banning.
Sounder, by Armstrong and
Sylvester and the Magic Pebble,
by Steig, the winners of the
Newberry and Caldecott awards
as best children's books of the
year, are new additions to the
childrens collection.
Brant Murray Is
Named To
Governor's School
Brant Murray, Perquimans
High School student has been
invited to attend the Governor's
School, a summer session for
indepth study on the Salem
College Campus.
The selection of academically
and artistically gifted students to
study with outstanding educators
in each field gives the student an
opportunity for experimentation
and preparation for more ad
vanced study on the college level.
Murray will study English.
Four hundred of North
Carolina's most intelligent and
talented students are chosen
every year to attend the school.
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Mrs. Baccus Dies
After Short Illness
Mrs. Maggie Winslow Baccus.
68, died Friday at 6:43 p.m. in the
Albemarle Hospital following an
I'lness of four months.
A native of Perquimans
County, she was a daughter of
the late Joseph Benjamin and
Mrs. Eleanor ChaDDell Winslow
and the widow of the late Johnny
C. Baccus. She was a member of
the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Surviving are three daughters,
M-s. Leona Meads of Route 2,
Mrs. Pauline White of Wood
bridge, Va. and Mrs. Phyllis
Mansfield of Hertford: five sons.
i Odell Baccus and Lindsey
' Baccus of Route 2, Gilbert
Baccus and Marvin Baccus of
Elizabeth City and Aubrey
Baccus of Louisiana; a sister,
Mrs. Mary Shipley of Baltimore,
Maryland; 15 grandchildren and
4 great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 3:00 in the Pentecostal
Holiness Church in Elizabeth
City by the Rev. W. A. Renfro,
Rev. A. B. Ham and the Rev.
Irving Baccus.
"Heaven" and "Suppertime"
were sung by Latitcia Lind
auckler, Judy Overman and
Linda Meads, they were ac
companied by Danny Meads.
Miss Edna Earl Meads served as
irganist.
The casket pall was made of
sink carnations, white
chrysanthemums, baby's breath
and fern.
Pallbearers were Elton
Baccus, Jimmy Baccus, Dickie
Medas, Wayne Owens, Joe
Meiggs and James O. Perry.
Burial was in Westlawn
femetery, Elizabety City.
Ervin Lane Dies
After Brief Illness
Ervin Julian Lane, 83, of Route
1, Tyner, died at 4:50, Saturday
morning in the Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City,
following an illness of one day. A
native of Chowan County, he was
a retired farmer and a member
of the Chappell's Hill Baptist
Church. He was a son of the late
Hosea James and Mrs.. Jane
Layden and the husband of Pearl
Layden Lane.
Surviving besides his wife are
four sons, Fentress, Forrest,
Duwood and Creg Lane all of
Tyner, N. C; two daughters,
Mrs. Trythenea Baker and Mrs.
Do t mega n Rogerson of Tyner, N.
C; one brother, Murray D.
Lane of Route 2, Tyner, N. C;
one sister, Mrs. Eunice Lamb of
Newport News, Va.; 18 grand
children and 4 great grand
children. Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:00 in the Chappell's
Hill Baptist Church by the Rev.
John Allen. Burial was in the
Lane Family Cemetery.
"Beyond , the Sunset" and
"Sweet By and By" were sung by
Mrs. Carlton Goodwin and Mrs.
Joseph Byrum. They were ac
companied by Mrs. Bunch,
pianist.
The casket pall was made of
red carnations, white
chrysanthemums, and fern.
Pallbearers were Carlton
Goodwin, Mabe Lamb, Lester
Lane, Donald Lane, Jack Lane
and M. T. Lane.
Burial was in the Lane Family
Cemetery.
Concert At
Bagley's Swamp
Wesley an Church
The public is cordially invited
to hear good inspirational
singing in a Concert presented by
the Kernersville Wesleyan
College Choir at the, Bagley
Swamp Wesleyan Church Sun
day, April 19, at 7 P. M.
The Choir is under the
direction of Professor Gordon E.
Miller, who is recognized as one
of the best musical directors in
the Piedmont Area.
You will be glad you came to
hear this group perform.
Rev. W. F. Page is Pastor of
the local Church.
IPtIL
flert. Colonial Store
Robbed Fri. Morning
BERNARD WARD
Two suspected armed robbers
were apprehended in Elizabeth
City Friday morning shortly
after allegedly robbing the
Colonial Store located in the
Harris Shopping Center here
holding employees at gunpoint
and making off with $1,978.
They are identified as Bernard
Ward, 23, and Jerry Hilliard, Jr.,
23 both of Portsmouth, Va.
A third man George
Washington Sutton of Hertford
was arrested by Hertford police
in connection with the robbery.
The man was seen talking to the
two arrested men Drior to the
robbery. fj
The robbery occurred at 8:40
a.m. Friday morning while
customers and employes were in
the Hertford store.
The two Portsmouth men
entered the Colonial Store and
held the store manager Stanley
Chory, the produce manager
Jake Chessun; cashier. Joe
Hunter, and two milk delivery
men at gunpoint.
Manager Chory was ordered to
open the safe and hand over the
money. It was estimated the pair
of bandits were in the store
approximately 10 minutes before
leaving with the money in a
Winall fire Insurance Rates Drop
Mayor Elizah White of the
Town of Winfall was notified in
February of this year by the
North Carolina Fire Insurance
Rating Bureau that the new Rate
Books for Winfall, N. C. with
rates established under Grade
9A for properties within the
corporate limits and effective
February 1, 1970 have been
mailed to the interested agents.
Wayne Winslow, Chief of the
Winfall Volunteer Fire Depart
ment said that due to the
establishment of the Winfall Fire
Department the insurance rate
was lowered.
The Winfall Volunteer Fire
Department was organized in
1968. The Fire Department
building was actually con
structed and paid for by the
volunteer firemen working
giving benefit suppers and thru
contributions from interested
persons.
Approximately $5, to $7,000 has
been rraised by these energetic
volunteer firemen. A note bur-
Pentecostal
Crusade
There will be a Pentecostal
Crusade at The Assembly of God
Church at 715 West Grubb Street
Hertford, nightly at 7:30 p.m.
The Crusade will begin Sunday
night April 19 and will last
through Sunday April 26.
There will be special singing
nightly.
Guest speaker will be the Rev.
Raymond Tidwell, from
Lewiston, N. C.
There will a Christ Am
bassadors Rally, April 18, cen
tered for the youth. Service being
conducted by the young People of
The Edenton Assembly of God
Church. "The Crossbearers
Quartet" will be featured in
Gospel singing on Saturday
night, April 25.
The pastor the Rev. Gary E.
Wilson issues a welcome to
everyone to attend the Crusade.
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JERRY HILLIARD JR.
brown paper bag. The robbers
victims were ordered to give the
pair five minutes before leaving
the office or contacting the
police.
Manager Chory called Chief of
Police B. L. Gibbs immediately.
Police throughout the area
were alerted and the tip that led
to the arrest was relayed by
Sheriff Julian Broughton, who
had seen earlier Friday morning
a suspicious looking car on
Market Street.
Elizabeth City police were
alerted at 9:01 a.m. to be on the
lookout and within minutes of
receiving the description four
officers made the arrest at
Bright's Service Station on
Hughes Blvd., at 9:10 a.m. where
the pair had stopped for gas.
The pair is charged by
Perquimans police with armed
robbery and placed under arrest
op a technical charge by
Elizabeth City police for
carrying concealed weapons.
Hilliard was armed with a .32
calibre Harrington- Richardson
revolver and Ward carried a .32
calibre Smith and Wesson. Both
guns were loaded and an extra
supply of ammunition was found
in the car.
ning ceremony was held the first
part of this year, when the
building was paid for.
Lloyd Ray Morgan was the
first chief of the young Winfall
Volunteer Fire Department, the
second year, George Thomas
Roach served as chief, and the
Chief for 1970 is Wayne Winslow.
Winslow said to be sure and
give the ladies and wives of the
department credit, that they
helped with all suppers and in
anyway they possibly could.
The department has twenty
three members they are : Joe
Barber, C. D. Barclift, Richard
Bryant, Grover Hollowell,
Robert Halsey, Floyd Long, E.
W. (Dick) Long, Lloyd R.
Morgan, William Ray Miller,
Ned Nixon, Jr., Ned Nixon, Sr.,
Thomas Nixon, Bobby Riddick,
George T. Roach, Bobby
Stallings, Grover Sloop, Charles
Smith, Paul Smith, Josiah Smith,
D. M. Trueblood, Wayne White,
Wayne Winslow and Arland
Winslow.
The Volunteer Firemen carry
their own insurance, paying it
out of their pocket. There is a
great deal of cost in maintaining
the department. Any con
tributions will be appreciated..
Chief Winslow also said, that
anyone wanting an old dwelling
destroyed, the department will
be glad to do the job, as they
receive valuable training when
they have a delipated building to
burn. '
Peggy Copeland Is
Elected Class
Officer At ACC
Twenty-five student leaders at
Atlantic Christian College were
recently elected to fill top posts
in the college's Student
Government Association during
the 1970-71 academic year.
Peggy Lou Copeland, a
graduate of Perquimans County
High School, was ' elected
secretary of the senior class.