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COPTER MAKES BLIND LANDING NEAR HERTFORD - A Marine helicopter from Camp Le
jeune Marine Base was forced to make a precautionary landing about a quarter of a mile East of the
Hertford City limits at 12:30 a.m. Monday morning. Area residents were awakened by the helicopter
it circled in an effort to find
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Ainsley and Williams
Are Named Chairmen
William J. Ainsley and Rev.
Edwin T. Williams of Hertford
have been named chairman of
Perquimans County for the 1970
Roanoke Island Historical
Association Membership
Campaign.
Their appointment was an
nounced by Mrs. Walter B. Jones
of Farmville, N. C. and
Washington, D. C, who is
General Chairman for the
campaign.
Memberships in the
Association are Regular $5.00,
Sustaining $10.00, Sponsoring
$25,00, and Patron $50.00, which
entitles the member to one
reserved seat ticket for each
$8.00 value of the membership
and a free copy of the Lost Colony
Souvenir Program. Life Mem
berships are $100.00 and the
donor receives a lifetime pass;
Donor Memberships are $250.00
and' the donor receives two
lifetime passes; and Benefactor
Memberships are $500.00 and the
donor receives 'two lifetime
passes and the name is inscribed
on the Benefactors Panel in the
Lost Colony Building. All
memberships are tax deductible.
Memberships for corporations
and other businesses are
available at $100.00, and entitles
the donor to 20 reserved seat
tickets on request.
Memberships may be obtained
by contacting Ainsley or by
writing directly to "The Lost
Colony", Box 68, Manteo, N. C.
J7954.
The Roanoke Island Historical1
Association produces Paul
Green's "The Lost Colony",
which uses pageantry, words,
music and dance to tell the tragic
story of the first English set
tlement in America and employs
a cast of 150 actors, dancers,
singers and technicians. Staged
in 2,000 seat Waterside Theatre
overlooking historic Albemarle
and Croatan Sounds, the play is
presented on the site of the
original happenings of the story
it tells.-.."
"The Lost Colony" is directed
by Joe Layton, director and
1 choreographer for Broadway
I hits "No Strings" and "George
ill"; and recently director of the
smash hit musical "Scarlett" in
1 Tokyo with an all Japanese cast.
( ' The Roanoke Island Historical
'-sociation ' has been largely
sponsible for developing Fort
I Raleigh the spiritual birthplace
of Anglo-American civilization
as a National Historic Site. Along
""1th the Dare County Tourist
Jureau, the Wright Brothers
Memorial, the Cape Hatteras
Blind Landing
a safe landing spot. The pilot reported that he was forced to make
was lost in one engine. The helicopter landed in an open field, owned
National Seashore, the
Elizabethan Garden and other
landmarks on the Outer Banks,
the Association has been in
strumental in making this
coastal area a major summer
attraction.
4-H Conference
4-H CONFERENCE DELEGATES - These outstanding 4-H
members will represent North Carolina at the 40th annual
National 4-H Conference in Washington, D. C, April 19-25. They
are (left to right): Donald Morgan, Wlnfall; Beth Luti, Rt. 3,
Newton; Carmen Sutton, Rt. 3, Hertford; and David Buffaloe,
2506 Averaboro Rd., Garner. Some 225 delegates, representing
nearly tour million youth In every state, Puerto Rico and
Canada, will attend the week-long meeting at the National 4-H
Center.:
Perq. Horn emaken Club
Has 50th. A nniversary
"Congratulations to the Ex
tension Homemaker Clubs of
Perquimans County on the 80th
Anniversary! Thirty-six
members traveled to the Nor
theastern District Meeting at
Chowan College, Murfreesboro,
N. C. on April IS, 1970.
Dr. Naomi Albanese, Dean of
Home Economics, University of
North Carolina at Greensboro,
N. C. spoke to the group on
beauty. She said, "the ravages of
our nation are caused by
prosperity rather than poverty".
She challenged the homemakers
to clean up, green up every spot
kf our country.
Looking at the past" was a
report of the history of home
demonstration work; in the
district givep by Mrs. R. G.
Whitley of Hertford County.
Fifty-year members who were
present and were;, recognized
from Perquimans County in
cluded: , 1
Mrs. J. B. Basnight, Route 1,
Near Hertford
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Chamber Of
Commerce Directors
Will Meet
The Board of Directors of the
Perquimans County Chamber of
Commerce will meet Monday
April 27, 1970 at 8:00 p.m. in the
Municipal Building. All mem
bers are urged to be. present.
Delegates
Hertford; Mrs. Mary Felton.
Route 1, Hertford; Mrs. Arba
Winslow of Route 1, Belvidere;
Mrs. Anderson Layden, Route 2,
Hertford; Mrs. Sylvia Winslow of
Star Rt., Wlnfall; Mrs. Maude
Lane, of Hertford, N. C.
Mrs. L. J. J. Winslow of
Virginia Beach, Va. the first
County Council President in
Perquimans County in 1920 sent a
letter which was read to the
group: 'J:
Mrs. C. T. Rogerson of Route 2,
Hertford, Northeastern District
Corresponding Secretary at
tended the meeting.
Perquimans County Council
officers who attended the
meeting were Mrs. George
Winslow, President, Mrs.
Rogerson, Recording Secretary,
and Mrs. Donald Madre,
Treasurer. ;
Home Economics Extension
Agents who attended were Mrs.
jDa Grey White and Mrs. M. B.
Taylor.
Bloodmobile Quota
Set At 88 Pints
The Red Cross Bloodmobile
will bw in Hertford on Monday,
April 27, from noon until 6:00
p.m. at theFirst United
Methodist Church, according to
Mrs. Nathan Sawyer, Blood
Chairman for the Perquimans
County Chapter of the American
Red Cross.
Quota for the visit is 88 pints.
Mrs. Sawyer urges full support
of this visit. She states that there
Jacqueline Simpson
Wins Scholarship
Academic scholarships
totaling in excess of $11,500. have
been awarded to 65 students for
the 1970-71 academic year at the
University of North Carolina at
Wilmington, according to
Student Financial Aid Director
Calvin L. Lane, Sr.
Scholarships valued at $225.
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BJcxT Kevin
Jones, James Sharpe, Nancy
Arnold, Patricia Medlin, Emelie
Todd, Leonard Temoney, Steven
Tabor, Robert Cox, Beatrice
Nesbitt, Michael Hodges,
Janeice Tancrelle, Gail Hutson,
Karen Costello, Linda Dunn,
Janice Shepard, Debrah Gunter,
William Russ, Perry Dixon,
Diane Cummings, George
Farris and Mary Blackman.
Out-of-town students who
qualified for the $225. scholar-
Livestock Show
And Sale Set
Set For May 6
"The Twenty-Fifth Annual
Albemarle Livestock Show and
Sale will be held on Wednesday,
May 6 at Smalls Produce Ter
minal on Weeksville Road,"
states Mr. Billy J. Griffin,
Assistant Agricultural Extension
Agent.
"Anyone interested in par
ticipating in this show, who has
not contacted the Extension
Office, should do so im
mediately," further states Mr.
Griffin.
Further information per
taining to the show and sale will
be given at a later date.
Mrs. lean Umphlett
Elected President
Hertford BP W Club
Mrs. Jean Humphlett was
elected president of Hertford
BPW Club at a meeting held at
the home of Mrs. Sallie Lane
Thursday night, April 16th, with
Mrs. Mary Dale Lane as co
hostess. The following were
elected to serve with Mrs.
Humphlett; Mrs. Mary W. Cobb,
first vice-president, Mrs. L. B.
Cobb, Sr. recording secretary
and Mrs. Anne Young,
treasurer.
During the business session,
presided over by Mrs. Roxanna
Jackson, president, the - club
voted to sponsor the Easter Seal
Sale another year and to give a
$100.00 scholarship to a deser
ving Health Careers Club
member again this year. Mrs.
Jackson announced that Mr. J.
Emmett Winslow had kindly
consented to the use of the
freezer locker for storage of the
loan closet articles.
Miss Thelma Elliott had
charge of the program and gave
a timely and informative talk on
the role of the school board in the
educational process.
After adjournment, Mrs. Lane
invited the club members into
the candlelit dining room where
delicious refreshments were
enjoyed by all present.
is a critical shortage of available
blood in the Tidewater Blood
Bank due to the fact that open
heart surgery has required so
many pints, plus the many
routine uses of the blood.
She reminds those who are 18 to
21 and not married who wish to
give to be sure to bring written
permission from a parent.
Please give that someone may
live!
ships are Larry Nance of
Chadbourn, Jerry Raynor and
Nancy Brinkley of Wallace,
Frances Blake of Hampstead,
Cynthia Ezzell of Mount Olive,
James Maides of Maysville,
Audrey Merritt of Magnolia,
Carol Hardee of Leland, Alice
Parker of Rocky Point, Mary
Maudlin of Elizabethtown,
Isabelle Denkins of Winnabow
and James Parsons of White
Oak.
Scholarships valued at $112.50
were awarded to Brian Benson,
Jon Greene, Linda Lashley,
Douglas Moss, Gail Russ, Mike
Wheeler, Bob Wiard, Madeleine
Dunn, Greg Nelson, Nancy
McCormack, Mike Lewis,
Phyllis Crews, James Foushee,
William Brooks, Virginia
Storms, Carole Nunalee, Vallie
Perry, Phyllis Ruhland and
Larry Nissen, all of New Han
over County.
Out-of-county students who
won the $112.50 scholarships are
Melinda Russell of Hubert,
Richard Bell of Wallace,
Jacqueline Simpson of Hertford,
Ricky Lloyd of Jacksonville,
Rhoda Glover of Atlantic Beach,
and Deborah Newland of Watha.
John Milliken of Wrightsville
Beach has been awarded the
Henry Harrell Memorial
Scholarship valued at $400. per
year.
To retain these scholarships,
the recipients are required to -maintain
a "C" average and to
attend UNC-W as full-time
students.
Meet Your Perquimans
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DONNA TALLEY
Miss Donna Talley is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Talley. She is 5 feet 7 in. tall,
blonde hair, blue eyes. Her
hobbies are music, fun, and
fishing. She is 17 years old and a
Senior at Perquimans High
School.
Donna has been playing the
Bass Drum and Lyre in the
Marching Unit for the past 4
years. Her other activities in
clude Health Club, FHA, and
Glee Club. She is the song leader
for FHA.
Her future plans are to attend
COA and take a Cosmetologist
Course. !
Miss' Nancy Riddick is a 17-
year old Senior at Perquimans
High School, and the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Archie C. Riddick.
Benjamin Thach
Dies Suddenly
Richard Benjamin Thach, 61,
of 111 W. Academy St., died
Friday at 5:40 a. m. in the
Chowan Hospital following an
illness of a day. A native of
Perquimans County, he was the
son of the late Benjamin White
and Mrs. Maude Ballance Thach.
He was employed as a
salesman for the Bagley and
Hurdle Equipment Company and
was a member of the First
United Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Shannonhouse Thach;
a son, R. Benjamin Thach, Jr. of
Hertford; two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth McCloskey of Norfolk
and Mrs. Brenda Hurdle of
Belvidere; three'brothers, the
Rev. Harpld G. Thach of
Fredericksburg, Va.; Phillip B.
Thach of Route 2 and Julian L.
Thach of Chesapeake, Va.; and
six grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Sunday at 2:30 in the Chapel of
the Swindell Funeral Home by
the Rev. C. J. Andrews, pastor of
the First United Methodist
Church.
"Rock of Ages" was sung by
Mrs. G. W. Barbee, Mrs. Ray
Kirby and Mrs. Eugene Boyce.
"The Old Rugged Cross" and
"Peace In The Valley" were
played by Miss Caroline Wright,
organist.
The casket pall was made of
red roses, white chrysan
themums, baby's breath and
fern.
Pallbearers were Julian
Matthews, Harlan A. Hurdle, Sr.,
R. E. Bagley, Dick Long, Sidney
Hofler and Noah Felton, Jr.
Burial was in Cedarwood
Cemetery.
Hertford Police
Monthly Report
The following monthly report
for March was given by Chief
Ben L. Gibbs at the regular
meeting of the Town Council.
Arrest Made:. Drunk on the
Street 3; Speeders 1; Assault 1;
Miscellaneous Traffic Arrests 3;
Miscellaneous Arrests 1;
ACTIVITIES: Calls Answered
and Investigated 93; Accidents
Investigated 2; Funerals Worked
4; Courtesies Extended 105;
Doors Found Unlocked 6; Fire
Calls Answered 6; Radio Calls
223; Lights Reported Out 4;
Bicycles Recovered 1.
NANCY RIDDICK
She is 5 feet 4 in. tall, has light
brown hair and brown yes. Her
hobbies are sewing, reading, and
collecting souvenirs for a scrap
book.
Her four years of high school
have been filled- with extra
curricular activities, including 4
years as a majorette in the
Marching Unit, 4 years in FHA.
Home room Vicei President in
10th grade. In the 11th grade she
was Sec. and Treas. of the Junior
Class, Sec. and Treas. of Mar
ching Unit, Student Council
home room representative, Beta
Club. In the 12th grade she is
Beta Club President, Treas. of
Student Council, Treas. of home
room, FHA Historian, and
Library assistant.
. Nancy's future plans are to
Stephen Hanover Conducts
Classes In Woodworking
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Stephen Hanover, Wood
Products Specialist of North
Carolina State University at
Raleigh held a two day class in
wood and wood finishes.
The class was held April 13 and
14 at the County Office Building
in Hertford. On Monday night he
spoke on wood product
specifications including plywood,
particle board, lumber and the
importance of treated products.
Fungi is one of the greatest
enemies of good housing. In
duced by an atmosphere of
moisture, lack of ventilation and
heat, a house can rot in a very
short time. Proper construction
methods are very important to
good ventilation.
390 Families Contribute
To Seal Sales in Perq.
A total of $777.10 has been
realized from the 1970 Easter
Seal appeal in Perquimans
County, according to Mrs.
Marion Swindell, chairman. This
amount is the largest received in
GENEVA WHITE
attend the College of the
Albemarle and transfer to East
Carolina University and major in
Home Economics, specializing in
Housing or Interior Decoration.
Miss Geneva White is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Harold
White. She is 5 feet 4 in. tall, has
brown hair and blue eyes. Her
hobbies are reading, cooking,
and listening to records.
Geneva is a senior at
Perquimans High School and has
been a Majorette in the Mar
ching Unit for the past 4 years.
Her other activities include
FHA, Beta Club, Health Club,
and Library Assistant.
Her future plans are to attend
East Carolina University and
major in Speech Pathology.
Hanover discussed the
finishing processes and
techniques used for mill work
and for furniture.
On Tuesday, he worked with
individuals to teach methods of
finishing. The group had an
opportunity to make and mix
stain, stain and finish woods to
match paneling. Several types of
finishes were used to show
comparisons.
According to Ila Grey White,
Home Economics Extension
Agent "the session was most
helpful and beneficial to persons
planning to build a home and to
persons interested in working
with furniture."
an Easter Seal appeal in recent'
years. There were 390 families
who contributed.
Of the money collected, 60 per
cent remains in the county for
local work. During the past year,
the Easter Seal Society has
neipea 10 pay transportation
costs for patients to hospitals a!
Chapel Hill and Duke for
treatment, helped to purchase
artifical limbs and purchased
two collapsible wheelchairs for
the BPW Sick Loan Closet for the
use of a crippled child and a
crippled adult. Plans are being
made to send a young girl to
Camp Easter in the Pines at
Southern Pines.
Mry. Swindell stated she would
like to express her thanks and
the thanks of the sponsoring
organization, the Hertford BPW
Club, for the wonderful support
given the appeal this year. Mrs.
Joe Towe White is treasurer of
the Easter Seal Society.
Program At County
Office Building
ByRossInglis
"Archectural Styles" will be a
program given by Ross Inglis of
Edenton on April 27 at the County
Office Building at 7:30 p.m.
You are invited to hear a
discussion on how to change
doors, windows, mouldings, etc.
to change the style of house. Mr.
Inglis will show how to transform
one house style to another.
Mrs. Ila Grey White, Home
Economics Extension Agent,
says "The purpose of this session
is to give individuals an op
portunity to take given floor
plan for a home and. transform
-the exterior. "It will aiv
families who plan to remodel an
opportunity to study what is
important in changing the lines
of the house inrder to establish
a certain archetectural style,"
furter states Mrs. White.