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Homemakers "Open House" Held
Decorations For Each Room Featured
)', Homemskers' Christmas
A'Open Houss" staged last
Wednesday evening and Thuqr
aSay waa sponsored by Ex
tension Homemaker Club in
Perquimans County. The live.
Chriitmai Tree dressed In 455
lights welcomed the callers to
the County Office Building and
the theme "All Thru The House".
Decorations appropriate for
Ech room in the home were
itured. V . , v.
i Among the decorations in the
entrance hall, arranged by Snow
Hill-White Hat Club, were an
elaborate mule muzzle covered
in silver tinsil and tiny lights, the
registrators table, lighted funnels
in graduated sizes, and IBM
Card Door Wreath. The Family
Room was arranged by Bethel
Club and featured numerous
informal arrangements,
ceramics, nativity scene, and
pictures of fruit and flowers. The
Beech Springs Club members
held a local workshop and
created a Childrens' Gift Tree
which occupied a corner in the
Family Room. The Gift Tree was
J) bare branched tree covered
ivith Handmade toys, or
ments, candies, birds' nests,
land similar fasinations fot
Children of all ages. Christmas
Room decorations of greenery,
candles, and madona, fabric
Sculptured doll and a tradionally
lighted Christmas Tree.
IQelvidere Homemakers
arranged this room and tree.
3; The Dining Room showed
suggestions for buffet and table
arrangements. Among the new
and unusual ideas were an Ad
vent Wreath, two place settings
o? China one informal and an
other formal. Silver candleabra
S twined with red poppies and
eeneryaccompaniedtheformal
glace setting. Burgess Club
members had several other
Interesting dining room
arrangements.
; The bedroom arranged by
infall Club displayed an open
$ible and small trees, doll, and
tamp brought in by a Bethel Club
member, knitted slippers by
Whiteston Club member. The
powder Room featured a
Collection of ideas brought in by
fluh member from Bethel. Oak
mill-Melton Grove, and other
tiuos.
The Whiteston Homemakers
Bad the kitchen arranged for
Christmas with foods from the
oven to wreath for the door. Big
vs, little jars, graters and
oden spoons, and scales were
'ew of the kitchen items
Vated for the Holiday.
ei door wreaths featured
' shucks, fringed burlap,
ills and shovel attached to
.reath sprayed with snow,
,.,er circle wreath sprayed
Jreen, and clothes pin wreaths
Mth ribbons, bows and greenery .
I '.The foods table and
Miscellaneous table gave all
jjUibs including Bay Branch and
yinslow-Nicaner the opportunity
display their combined ideas
ir arrangements to be used
aroughout the house.
Refreshments and punch table
tere prepared by Helen Gaither
Jomemakers. They were
jsiated in serving by members
nun Whiteston, Snow hill-White
tat Burgess and Belvidere
iubs. Mrs. George Winslow,
bounty Council President and
Irs. Joe Towe White, Sr.,
bounty Council Vice President,
presided at the Punch Bowl. The
nter piece for the refreshment
ible featured fresh sugar coated
uit Hostesses for the event
ame from Winfall, Bethel, and
'now Hill-White Hat Clubs. Mrs.
)onald Madre, County Council
treasurer, supervised
sgistratlon and Mrs. Ralph
larrell, Mrs. M. T. Griffin and
Irs. Belvin Eur'e 'welcomed
proximately 300 guests.
!,The 1970 Christmas Open
louse was planned by Mrs.
alph Harrell, County Crafts
ad Housing Chairman, and Club
irait Leaders.
;Mrs. Paige Underwood, and
Jrs. M. B. Taylor Home
Economics ; Extension Agents,
isisted club members . in
aiming the Christmas Open
ause. Mrs. Underwood states
at it would be impossible to
sntion all arrangements and
raons participating, but she
mid like to take this op
rtunlty to comment and thank
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the many individuals and clubs
who worked together to make the
event a success. Special ap
preclatlon is expressed to Mr.
Young North Carolina youth, Wayne Black, accepts WOO schol
arship from David C. Haney, Vice President, Farm Equipment Divi
sion, International Harvester Company, at 49th National 4-H Con
gress in Chicago. Black, 19, of Lexington, was one of six national
winners in the 4-H Agricultural Awards Program sponsored by IH.
A 19-year-old North Caro
lina youth, whp considered
dropping out of 4-H after he
lost money on his first calf, has
earned national winner honors
in the 4-H agricultural pro
gram. Wayne Black, of Route 8,
Lexington, received a $600 ed
ucational scholarship during a
recognition luncheon Nov. 30,
at the 49th National 4-H Con
gross in Chicago. He waa one
of six scholarship winners spon
sored by the International Har
vester Company. The congress
opened Sunday and continues
through Dec. 3.
Black, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Black, is a sophomore at
Davidson County Community
College and plans a career as
an agricultural extension agent
or a veterinarian. He said he
became discouraged when his
first calf incurred more ex
penses than her sale price and
he wondered if he should con
tinue in the program. Older
4-H'ers encouraged him to try
harder.
The winner did and the very
next year he showed a profit
on his dairy calf and it won a
blue ribbon at the Davidson
county show. Hp also was
awarded a medal as the coun
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Pete Howell and Mr, Billy Griffin
who placed lights on the live tree
and participating clubs who
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ty's junior champion in the
tractor project and went home
smiling.
The youth was North Caro
lina's forage crops project
award winner in both 1967 and
1968 and was state runnenip
in the conservation of natural
resources demonstration in
1969. He also earned county
dairy judging achievement cer-;
tificates in each of the last six
years. Black was county agri
cultural award winner five of
the last six years and district
champion in 1968.
The youth won the coveted
1970 North Carolina 4-H Com
missioner of Agriculture Award
and trophy. He was county
winner in the veterinary sci
ence program in 1969 and in
small engines in 1968. He has
been in 4-H seven years.
Black was an honor roll stu
dent in high school and made,
the dean's list at college. He is
a member of the Student Gov
ernment Judicial Board, the
Freshman Advisory Council
and the Operation Drug Alert
Committee in college. .
The 4-H program is super
vised by the Cooperative Exten
sion Service. The awards pro-'
gram is arranged by the Na
tional 4-H Service Committee.
DEC. 24th every
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Ilixon Prodi Hanoi
Seeks Progress In
WahinKion, O.C.-Critics have charged President Nixon
risked upsetting the agreement between Hanoi and Washing
ton in approving the recent commando-type raid in search of
U.S. prisoners near Hanoi. The President, however, be
lieves a firm posture, and reminder of the potential of U.S.
airpower, will do more to bring about meaningful ceasefire
negotiations in Paris than anything else.
It is, of course, a pity that the American people have
never been fully informed on the tacit agreement between
Hanoi and Washington-which brought an end to U.S. bomb
ing of North Vietnam two years ago. In brief, that agreement
-which Hanoi will not publicly acknowledge for face-saving
reasons-included three basic understandings.
First, the demilitarized zone was not to be used as a bat
tlefield or for the invasion of South Vietnam. Second, the
North Vietnamese and guerrillas were to end rocket attacks
on South Vietnamese population centers. Third, "productive"
discussions were to be held at a conference table.
The North Vietnamese agreed to these terms act
ing through third-country diplomats, on condition that all
"acts of war" against North Vietnam were terminated. The
U.S. position, which has never changed, was that acts of
war were acts involving the use of force; these would not be
undertaken against North Vietnam. This left the way clear
for U.S. aerial reconnaissance over North Vietnam.
Xhc North Vietnamese have objected to this aerial recon
naissance and on several occasions have shot down U.S.
Air Force reconnaissance aircraft. U.S. military forces have
retaliated-and the question critics of the recent commando
raid asked was whether the retaliation in this case was
more than just that. It was.
There is evidence that President Nixon himself did not
know the full extent of U.S. air strikes in the Hanoi region
until after the event. And the Pentagon, including Defense
Secretary Melvin Laird, seemed unaware of some of the
aerial blows struck-because it was forced to admit it had
erred in saying no bombs had been dropped on Hanoi. (At
first Laird had insinuated North Vietnamese anti-aircraft
fire had been mistaken for U.S. bombing.)
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Paris Talks
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The Perquimans County Weekly, Hertford, N. C, Thursday, December 10, 1970 - Page 5
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This column of questions and answers on federal
tax matters is provided by the local office of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service and is published as a public
service to taxpayers. The column answers questions
most frequently asked by taxpayers.
Q) 1 took a loss on some
stock shares I sold this year.
Is there any change in the way
I handle this for tax purposes?
A) Ves, the Tax Reform
Act of 1969 made changes in
the tax treatment of capital
losses.
Capital losses continue to be
deductible and can be used to
offset capital gains. In addi
tion, capital losses can be used
to offset other income up to a
maximum of $1,000 a year.
However, while short term
capital losses are 'ully deducti
ble from ordinary income only
one half of net long term losses
are deductible. For example, if
your net long term capital loss
is $1,000 and there are no
other gains or losses, then half
of it or $500 can he used to
offset your other income.
Q) My dentist is Aoine some
bridgework for me. Can I de
duct the full cost on my 1970
return?
A ) Dental expenses are sub
ject to the same provisions as
medical expenses. The total of
the expenses that qualify may
he deducted to the extent it
exceeds 3 percent of your ad
justed gross income.
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Taxpayers Ashim
Include dental expenses only
if they were paid in your 1970
tax year. If the expenses come
to $:J50, but you paid only $175
of that in 1970, just list the
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Card of Thanks
I wish to thank all iiy friends
and relatives for the cards, gifts
and visits while I was a patient in
the hospital and since my return
home.
May God bless each one of you.
DoraW. Roberson
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