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Perquimans County Schedules 300th Anniversary Celebration In Fall
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Perquimans County will
celebrate its 300th anniversary
this fall. The week long event will
be held either in September or
November.
The celebration will be
sponsored by the Chamber of
, Commerce but will involve all of
; -the local schools, churches and
: -civic organizations.
. An open meeting to discuss
ideas for the celebration will be
.Held Friday, Aug. 7 at 8 p.m. in
. the courthouse. Everyone is
. invited.
The idea for the celebration
had been discussed by the
Chamber's Board of Directors
; since last March and Chamber
1; President, , Joe Nowell, said at
monaays uoara oi Directors
meeting that, "now's the time to
; get it off the ground and to in
. volve everyone in the county."
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Chamber Director, Bill Cox,
who was Instrumental in the
, initiation of the celebration,
' suggested setting aside separate
days during the anniversary
Dr. Gardner Resumes
Regular Schedule
,! Dr. Robert E. Gardner, who
suffered a severe cut on his
forehead and painful chest injur-
ies early this month when return
ing to his home from a night house
call on a curve at Turner's Store
at Forestburg near his summer
home at White Hat and was in
capacitated for a while which
limited his office hours, has
returned to his work and will be
operating on full schedule In the
Community Committee
Election Will Be Held
, me am; community com
mittee election will be held soon
Ballots will be mailed to eligible
voters about September 1, 1970,
The voted ballots must be mailed
or returned in person by Sep
tember 11, 1970.
The ASC communities in the
county are commonly known as
Belvidere, New Hope, Bethel,
Nicanor, Hertford and Parkville
A map showing community
boundaries is posted on the
bulletin board at the ASC office
You are an eligible voter In
Bethel community. The present
members for your community
are: Lawrence Corprew,
uiairman; James k. sawyer,
Vice-Chalrman; Edgar Long,
Regular . Member; Warner L.
Madre, First Alternate and Roy
S. Chappell, Sr., Second Alter-
nate.
Food Conservation
Workshop Held
Food Conservation Workshop
heldThursday, July 23, 1970 at
the Perquimans County Office
Building. The purpose of the
workshop was to show, the
homemakers and older youth
hew to improve their skills in
canning, freezing, preserving,
and, pickling of fruits and
vegetables. During the
workshop, they were shown how
to make Duly Bean Pickles,
Okra Pickles, Watermelon Rind
Pickles, Sliced Green Tomato
Pickles, Beet Relish, Tomato
Apple Chutney, , Carrot Jam,
Carrot and Orange-Marmalade,
Tomato Preserve, and how to
prepare squash, carrot, green
beans, beets, for freezing. They
ware also shown the proper
method in canning how acid and
low add fruits and .vegetables,
tomatoes, peaches, carrots,
corn, green beans and squash
were usedr If you need any
assistance with problems in food!
conservation please contact Mrs.
Ji B. Taylor, your Home
P onomles Extension Agent, 428-j
i Jl or p. o. Box 234, Hertford,
N C. 27544. Mrs. Taylor has a
f "!y of bulletins in cannlngJ
zai, r; 'ling, preserving,
and r. 7najades in her
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week to pay tribute to the various
communities in the county.
Chamber Manager Frank
Roberts said he hoped that
county- wide enthusiasm would
knock the pins out from under
any complacency that
sometimes plagues Perquimans.
Many ideas were discussed at
the meeting, including the
possibility of street dances, a
large anniversary cake to be cut
on the courthouse lawn, horse
drawn wagons, colonial dress,
floats, parades, displays,
business sales, a fish fry, special
clothes and insignia.
Nowell said, "more ideas will
come out of our meeting next
week. The celebration should
really take form then."
An overall committee will be
appointed to head a group of
smaller committees, each of the
latter to concentrate on certain
aspects of the celebration.
Director Robert Sutton said,
"let's make this a big event. We
won't have anything like it to
celebrate for another 100 years."
near future.
In the meanwhile, a schedule
of Dr. Gardner's office hours are
printed elsewhere in this issue of
your Perquimans Weekly.
Dr. Gardner who is the only
practicing physician in
Perquimans County and has
been overloaded with patients
from this county and surroun
ding counties has been limited to
his office practice due to the lack
of space in his present facilities.
A slate of at least six nominees
will be developed for your
community. This is to inform you
of the right, and the opportunity,
to nominate candidates by
petition. Such petitions must be:
1. Limited to one nominee
each.
2. Signed by at least six digible
voters in the community.
(Eligible voters may sign as
many petitions as they desire.)
3. Received at the county office
by August 12, 1970.
If six or more digible can
didates are nominated by proper
petition, and they agree to serve,
no further nominations will be
made for the community. If less
than six are nominated by
petition, the present community
committee will add the number
of nominees needed to complete
the date of six. i
Persons nominated should be
(1) currently engaged in the
operation of a farm or ranch and
(2) well qualified for committee
work.
In general, a person is digible
to be ' a community com
mitteeman if he lives in the
community In which he is
eligible to vote. If a person who is
nominated by petition is found to
be ineligible, he will .be notified
and given 15 days in which to
appeal to the county committee.
Steven Swayne On
Oiainell3TV
Steven Swayne, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Rupert E. Swayne, of Route
3, Hertford will appear on the
Romper Room with Miss Connie,
WVEC-TV, Channel 13, July 22
through August 4. ,.
Endings Fc
Operetta Jit COIl
, Open readings for Victor
Herbert's Babes in Toyland will
be hdd In Room 145 at College of
The Albemarle on Wednesday,
August 5 at 7:00 p.m. There is a
large cast of men, women; and
children; and all who are in
terested should appear,' to
register for children's parts, to
sing or dance for major roles, or
to read for straight acting parts.
The operetta will be presented on
September 25 and 26.
PEM
Dealers
ci.AnanM 1071 r,
wuvntuy i vaia
Chrvsler-Plvmouth dealers
of
the Washington region will
preview the new 1971 PlymouthsJ
Phrvstops nnri Imnr1n1a at n?
private showing at the Shorehaml
Hotel in Washington, D. C. orl.
July 27.
About 300 are expected to
attend, according to W. Hughes,
regional manager for the
Chrysler-Plymouth Division.
Showing of the cars will follow
a luncheon and business meeting
at which new product features
and advertising and marketing
plans for the 1971 model year will
be discussed by a team of
Chrysler-Plymouth executives
headed by R. D. McLaughlin,
assistant general manager.
Dealers invited to attend in
dude the top officials of Towe
Motor Co. Inc., 226 Dobb St
Hertford, N. C. 27944.
Judge N. E. Aydlett
Presides Over
District Court
Piene Alexander Serre, who
was charged with driving under
the influence of Intoxicating
liquor, was given a 90 day road
sentence, which was suspended
upon payment of a fine of $100.00.
Prayer for Judgment was
continued In the case of Willla
Mae Jenkins, charged with
forcible trespassing, upon the
condition that she will not go on
the premises of Roberta Griffin
unless invited by her mother tor
a period of 2 years.
Diane Reid paid a fine of szs.ou
and costs on a speeding charge.
Scouts Take Trip
To Jamestown And
Williamsburg
Cub Scouts and Webelos of
Perquimans County's Troop 155
took a summertime trip Sunday
to Jamestown and Williamsburg.
They left Hertford at 7:25 and
returned at 6:30 p.m. after a full
day of touring and riding.
The boys who made the trip
were Grover Morton Jr., Mark
and Troy Pierce, Ricky Owens,
Howard Williams III, Tommy
Harrell, Earlie Byrum, Carlyle
Sawyer, Jerry Martin Chappell,
David Perry, Norman Cherrix,
David Roberts and Jerry White.
The boys were accompanied by
their parents and some other
members of their families.
The group traveled in the
Marching Unit bus. They saw the
movie on the American
Revolution, then went to
Jamestown to picnic and to visit
replicas of old ships and the Fort
there.';:
They returned to Williamsburg
for a 25 minute tour of a small
portion of the old town.
A side-trip to Yorktown's
battlefields was cancelled. The
day's activities were organized
by Cubmaster Wayne White.
MRS. ANNIE G. DAIL .
HERTFORD - Mrs. Annie
Goodwin Dail, 85, died Tuesday
afternoon in a Goldsboro
Hospital, Goldsboro, after a long
illness.
A lifelong resident of
Perquimans County, she was the
widow of Jesse R. Dail and a
daughter of Jacob and Mrs.
Easter Moore Goodwin.
She was a member of Great
Hope Baptist Church.
Surviving are two daughters,
Mrs. Herbert Chappell and Mrs.
Gertrude Lamb of Route . 1,
Tyner,' six grandchildren; 15
great-grandchildren, and two
great-great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be hew
Thursday at 4 p.m. in Swindell
Funeral Home, Hertford, by the
Rev. L. T. Chappell of Hunters
Fork Holiness Church and the
Rev, M. B. Motts of Great Hope
Baptist Church. Burial will be in
the family cemetery -; r
The family will be at the home
of her daughter; Mrs,. Herbert
Chappell of Tyner Route l.
Accepts Position
Sam Hourmouzls, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hourmouzls of
Kitty Hawk, has. accepted a
position with U. S. Park Service
in Kantao.
OUIMAN
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, July 30, 1970
uxilmry
Hertford Unit 126 of the
American Legion Auxiliary was
given "HONORABLE METION
To Unit sending in most Com
prehensive Story of Unit Ac
tivities" uYNarrative form" with
a note stating "This History is
very good and well written -Keep
up the good work", signed:
Mrs. J. M. Eubanks, Department
Historian, and The Judges.
The complete History book
was not submitted in competition
for an Award, but as requested,
to illustrate what can be done by
peoples Bank & Trust Co. Opens New
Operations
William H. Stanley, President
of Peoples Bank and Trust
Company announced today the
official opening of the bank's new
Operations Center located at 1818
Sunset Avenue in Rocky Mount.
The Operations Center will be
the first of its kind established by
any bank headquartered in
Northeastern North Carolina.
Paul B. Cone, Vice President and
Cashier for Peoples Bank, will be
in charge of the management
and operations of the Operations
Center.
Peoples Bank's new
Operations Center is a 10,000
square foot building located
directly behind the bank's West
End Office."' It houses the
Burroughs 500 electronic data
processing system. The system
will be used initially for demand
deposit, accounts, savings ac
counts and installment loans for
the bank's Rocky Mount
customers. Eventually the
system will serve the bank's
entire network of offices located
Keceives Honorable
Mention At Convention
a small Unit that has not been
writing a History nor sending in
any record to the Department,
and to show what can be done
when, it makes no difference
about a prize nor who gets the
credit.
According to Mrs. Eubanks,
"You shoul have seen the
Histories on display - A record
year. Yours was very good and
won Honorable Mention - Sorry
the complete book arrived too
late. Thanks for all your hard
work and interest. Keep it up."
Center In Rocky Mount
throughout Northeastern North
Carolina. Also, the system will
later serve as a central in
formation file and management
information system for the bank,
as well as providing additional
customer services.
The new facility has been
designed for future growth.
Movable walls have been used so
that as more employees are
added to the operations, offices
can be created for them. Also,
land has been cleared on the side
of the building for future con
struction when needed.
Among the safety features
included in the new facility is a
data processing vault which is
completely fire-proofed so that
tapes cannot be damaged by fire.
Heat and smoke detectors have
been installed throughout for
greater protection and all exits
have burglar alarms wired
directly to the Police Depart
ment. There will be personnel In
the Operations Center 24 hours a
day.
W
The Judges' decision was
before the Convention which was
June 18-21 at Durham, to prevent
a rush during the meeting. That
was the first year this Unit has
sent any History to the Depart
ment. It was written and sub
mitted by the Unit Historian,
Mrs. Julian Powell, who is also
Unit Coomunications Chairman
and First Division Communica
tions Chairman.
Designed especially for
financial data processing, the
Burroughs system can read
customer account numbers and
other data from checks and sort
them at speeds of more than 25
per second.
Commenting on the bank's
opening of the Operations
Center, Stanley said, "By
establishing a more modern
method of handling our paper
work and information handling
systems, we have improved the
bank's ability to service
customers and to maintain up-to-the-minute
control of the paper
work generated by our various
departments. We feel this
Operations Center will enable us
to greatly increase our efficiency
while at the same time increase
our customer services."
: Chartered jn 1931, Peoples
Bank currently reports over f 100
million in assets and has 28 of
fices located in 13 Northeastern
North Carolina communities.
El
SICLY
Safety Afloat
The weeks of summer are upon
us; and, in the warm days to
come, tens of millions of people
will find relaxation and en
joyment in, on or around the
water. Some 42 million
Americans will take to the water
in small boats.
The National Director of the
Cross Safety Programs has
uggested a number of rules
Vhich should be observed by all
individuals who operate small
boats or plan to ride in them as
passengers. Every boat should
be equipped with such safety
iquipment as approved life
jackets for every passenger, an
inchor, extra line, fire ex
tinguisher, tool kit and first aid
kit. Boat operators should keep
an eye on uie weawier anu ovuiu
the pitfalls of overpowering and
overloading with passengers. A
little forethought and care will
make this summer afloat a
happy and enjoyable one. Be
prepared for every situation you
can imagine and then be ready
for the unexoected. Most lm-
aortant of all, if an emergency
Jfccurs - think, don't nanlc. This
the basic rule for a happy
,ding to every story of fun
lost.
Class Of 1955
Hold Reunion
The Graduating Class of 1955 of
Perquimans High School met
recently for its third class
reunion at the Perquimans
County High School. Twenty
eight classmates with their
wives and husbands enjoyed
dinner in the cafeteria. Charles
Smith, President of the class
gave the welcome and invocation
was given by Billy Elliott
Recognition of the classmates
was given by the secretary
Carolyn Eure Harrell. Honored
guests were Mrs. G. W. Barbee
and Mrs. C. R. Holmes, class
sponsors for the 1955 class.
Evelyn Stanton Smith an
nounced a memorial book would
be purchased and placed in the
Perquimans High School Library
in loving memory of classmate
Joanna Williford Stiles who
passed away suddenly in
December, 1969. Notes of regret
from classmates unable to at
tend were noted by Mrs. Joan
Trueblood, Chairman of the
William Cameron
Is Cited For
Meritorious Service
Navy Petty Officer William B.
Cameron, husband of the former
Miss Rosalie C. Cobb of 512
Grubb St., Hertford, N. C, was
awarded the Joint Service
Commendation Medal during
ceremonies at Headquarters,
U.S. European Command,
Stuttgart, Germany.
He was cited for Meritorious
service as a naval intelligence-
administrative specialist in
Stuttgart. He distinguished
himself with his professional and
technical knowledge of security
procedures of Allied Command
Europe.
Spec. 4 Donald Perry
Keceives Medal
Army Specialist Four Donald
G. Perry, son of Mr. and Mrs-
James E. Perry, Route 1, Hert
ford, N, C, recently received the
Army Commendation Medal
while serving with the 4th In
fantry Division near the An Khe,
Vietnam.
Spec 4 Perry earned the award
for meritorious service as a
section chief with Company B of
he division's 124th Signal
3attalion.
J. W. Lilly, Jr.
Promoted To P.F.C.
Marine Private First Class
Joshua W. Lilly Jr., son of Mrs.
Addle M. Lilly of Route 3, Hert
ford, N. C, was promoted to his
present rank while serving at
Marine Corp Base, Campl
Lejeune, N. C.
10 Cents Per Copy ,
Makes President's
List.
Royce E. Vickers Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Royce E. Vickers
Sr., graduated from Wilson
Technical College recently. He
received a Degree of Associate in
Applied Science.
Royce made the "President's
List, which means he had no
grade lower than 86 (B).
Royce has accepted a position
with Synder Buick Co. in
Virginia Beach, Va. He is the
grandson of Mrs. Ellie White and
the late Mr. White of Hertford.
Planning Committee.
Good fellowship followed with
many reminiscence of the 'good
ole days'. Those att' nding were
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mathews
(Barbara Edwards), having
traveled the farthest distance,
Winston -Salem, N. C; Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Warthen (Lucy
Eure), Dutton, Va.; Mrs. Harold
McGee, (Mary Eure) Ports
mouth, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Harrell (Carolyn Eure),
Elizabeth City, N. C; Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Hazel Eure (Lois
Kirby), Dover, Delaware; Mr.
and Mrs. James Griffin (Celia
White), Elizabeth City, N. C;
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adams (Ann
Thatch), Norfolk, Virginia; Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Harris
(Phyllis Trueblood), Elizabeth
City, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Wilson (Louise White), Elizabeth
City, N. C; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold
Chappell, Hampton, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. Hazel Godfrey,
Virginia Beach, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. John Hill, Wilmington,
North Carolina; Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Overton, Edenton, N. C;
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Stallings,
Edenton, N. C. and Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Stallings, Mr. and Mrs.
n,irfHv Tillov Mr flnH Mrs
Charles Smith (Evelyn Stanton) ;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Trueblood
(Joan Madre); Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Elliott, Mr. and Mrs.
Darvin Carver, Mr. and Mrs. A.
I . Lane (Barbara Sawyer), Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene White, (Jill
Miller), Mary Elliott Brinn and
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Barclift
(Emllie White), from Hertford,
N. C.
The class decided to meet
again in five years and Mrs.
Celia W. Griffin was appointed
chairman of committee to make
these arrangements.
E.C.U. AFR0TC f
Offers Scholarships
To Women Cadets
Women students may now
enroll in both two-year and four
year programs in Air Force
Reserve Officers Training Corps
(ROTO. East Carolina
University is one of a few schools
which offer this program.
Young women enrolled in the
Air Force ROTC four-year
program may apply for an Air
Force ROTC College Scholarship
to cover the one, two or three
years that they have remaining
as cadets at the time of ap
plication. Air Force ROTC College
Scholarships provide full tuition
and fees, textbook allowance and ,
$50 per month tax tree.
Inquiries may be made at 128
Austin Building on the ECU
campus or by telephone at the
ECU AFROTC headquarters. :
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