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1 - Standard Printing Oo. Z.ouUiUIe, iy. 4C200 THE'PERQUIMAN V Volume XXVII -No. 8 Hertford, Perquimani County, North Carolina, February 25, 1971 10 Cents Per Copy' V EEECLY it R.L Hollowell Is Chaiman Of Peoples Bank & Trust Co. Mr. W.H. Stanley, President of Peoples Bank & Trust Company, Rocky Mount, N.C. todVy an nounced the appointment of Robert L. Hollowell, Hertford Chevrolet Dealer and real estate (developer, as Chairman of the ; Hertford Branch, Peoples Bank ''. Trust Company Advisory i Board. This action was taken at the annual stockholders meeting -held in Rocky Mount, N.C. on February 10, 1971. ' 1 Hollowell Is a graduate of Duke University with a B.A. degree in 'Business Administration and of .the Navy ; Business School Harvard University. He served dboard ship in World War II as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy. a Active in business, he is a 'Director of the Peoples Bank & "Trust Company, Rocky Mount, .H.C. and member of the Hertford Branch Advisory Board. He is Vice President of Hollowell Chevrolet Company, . Hertford, N.C, Vice President Valley Stream Realty Corp., Norfolk, Virginia, Vice President K&L Development Corp., Chesapeake, Virginia, Vice 'President. Crown Point .'Development Corp., Jackson ville, N.C., Secretary 4 'Treasurer Holly Hotel Corp., Elizabeth City, N.C. Interested in community and civic life he has served as ; president of the Albemarle Area Champs Ready For All Expense Journey To Florida And Nassau .Are peanut oil and suntan oil related somehow? Only if you grow the best peanuts in North .Carolina. jULMrs. J.S. HiU of Sunbury and V Mrs. Everett Byrd of Clarkton will accompany their husbands on an expense paid trip to Key Biscayne, Florida, and the island resort, Nassau, this month. . iteyftf-u'1tlieir--att mer clothes for vthe tropical excursion because their ' husbands won the state titles for peanut producing in the Tarheel State. They will be the guests of Elanco Products Company, manufacturers of Balan weed control chemical used in the production of peanuts. J.S. Hill is the champion peanut producer ' in North Carolina, and Byrd is the runner- P- -;V- Elanco is sponsoring a Peanut . Champions Seminar February 19-23 to honor top producers in the peanut producing : regions and to inform the producers about production, harvesting and marketing innovations. ; ! While their husbands par ticipate in the seminar, Mrs. Hill and Mrs. Byrd will join the wives of the champion peanut producers from six other states for four full days of excitement in the resort areas. ' Mrs. Hill, who has lived on a ijfa'rm all her life, is very excited bdoui we trip, "i can t wait," sne said. :, A native of Suffolk, Virginia, Mrs. Hill enjoys gardening at home. She raises vegetables and Aews whenever she can find time. . Mrs. Byrd, who expects to be a grandmother this summer, said ''We're really looking forward to this trip." She has been to San Juan, Puerto Rico, when she was part of the North - Carolina Homemakers Club convention two years ago. . , Mother of three children, Mrs. Byrd's son works with her husband on their farm , in Clarkton. Her son graduated from North ' Carolina State University a few years ago and rms been working on the farm ever since. "I have never seen a father and son team work t ther as well," she points out j pride. 1 . tlrs. Byrd is very -ctive In r.-jniy affair! She served , rr.ty Hom ?ker Club end th -ishfl '0 cnapter r esident of Society at ,iS v-a stay in the Uel In Key rat two days, - ) for L.i i ' over to Nassau where . tly at the Ntrsu -"h jloteL Amc. j r j f a which tv.-y r: charter ti 4 SA-Intnlr3. ryri'i t:n : I : " 1 t3 tL I K) Development Association, Perquimans County Industrial Commission, Perquimans County Recreation Committee, Hertford Rotary Club, and as Vice President of Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce. He is a former City Com missioner. Hollowell is a member of the First Methodist Church having served on the Board of Stewards and as Chairman of the Finance Commission. Married to the former Polly Cely of Easley, S.C.. they have two children, Mrs. W.W. Foreman, Jr. and Bobby Hollowell, both of Raleigh, N.C. their son and his wife along on the trip. Elanco will pay the hotel and food expenses for the son and his wife. Hiram A. Weeks Winner Of man of Year" Award : Hiram A. Weeks, N.C, State Motor Club district manager for Perquimans County, has won the Rocky Mount division's "Man of the Year trophy with cash award for outstanding performance during 1970. Weeks also won this award In 1966 and in 1963 took the company's highest honor, the "Mr. Motor Club" trophy. Winner of ten major awards since 1959, he also received the Merit Award for 1970. Craftsman's Fair Membership Blanks At Extension Office "Application blanks : for membership in the Albemarle Craftsman's Guild and par-. ticipation in the 1971 Albemarle Craftsman's Fair are now available at the Home Economics Extension Agents' office", announces Mrs. Paige Underwood. Crafts and Home Industries have been increasing in interests and sales in the Albemarle Area for the past ten years. Many men, women, and youth in Perquimans County are already marketing handcrafted and handmade items, but most likely there are many others who would like An opportunity to increase present income with the sales of a hobby. "There is a great ' deal of personal satisfaction gaiaed by producing a quality product," states Mrs. Undarwood. For this reason, every effort should be made to reach a3 interested persons in the county. r!" rr'lfy the xioision c:::cs i--;t; t.!y, if you would l::s to s.T.it an -wcla for approval by April l, 71. 'ymmmiiummimimiim iiiii "'' 1 in. Area Soil & Water Conservation Districts Meet In Chowan A group of about 70 people from the Albemarle, Pamlico and Gates Soil and Water Con servation Districts met at the Chowan Community Building on Monday night, February IS, 1971 to discuss the development of a Resource Conservation and Development Project for this designated region "R". This group consisted of Soil and Water Conservation District Super visors, County Commissioners, members of County Planning Boards, and heads of various other county agencies from the 10 county area of Camden, Currituck, Chowan, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Dare, Hyde, Washington and Gates Counties. Mr. Elmer Graham, Asst. State Conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service, ex plained how a RC&D Project can help solve many of our problems, in our urban as well as our rural areas, such as the use and management of our soil and water resources, pollution, erosion, flooding, and development of our potentials. He stated that development of our historical potential would be mangificent in helping to bring people to this area. It was also brought out that a RC&D Project would be beneficial in helping to bring a major highway through Eastern North Carolina. RC&D funds provide assistance in designated areas covering a wide spectrum of land and people. It is an effort to help people help themselves. It is also an alternate for districts to secure additional funds and trained personnel to help ac celerate resource conservation and development. The group voted to file an application for such a project and a committee was appointed to draft the application. Mr, Worth Chesson, Development Specialist with the Mid-East Economic Development Com mission, stated that his office would provide assistance in developing the application. Upholstery Workshop To Be Held Perquimans and Chowan Counties Home Economics Extension Service will conduct a furniture upholstery workshop on Monday, and Tuesday, March 16 and 17. If you are interested in the workshop and have not registered, please call Mrs Paige Underwood, at the County Office Building. The workshop will be held at the Center Hill Community Building in Tyner and will begin at 8:30 a.m. "It is more desirable for two persons to plan to work on one chair and at least one of the team should be able to sew", states Mrs. Un derwood. Other workshops planned for the first week in March are decoupage and drapery con struction, The time and place will be announced later. If you are Interested in either workshop, please notify the Extension office. Counties Released From Hog Cholera Quarantines The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the N.C. Department of Agriculture announced February 19 that effective immediately, ell areas in Chowan, Gates, Perquimans and Pitt Counties are released from the State and Federal Hog Cholera Quarantines. The release stated that this does not apply to herds under individual quarantine in these areas. R.S. (Ross) Yarbrough Dies In Lexington Word was received here Friday of the death of R.S. (Ross) Yarbrough, father , of Mrs.' W. L. Simmerson of Woodland Circle, in Lexington Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were con ducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at First Ecptlit Church in ; Lexington. Burial followed in the family plot at Center HIU Baptist Church Cemetery. New Field House Efforts at P.CH.S. are being made to raise money for a new field house to replace the existing structure. Th- house has survived sixteen years. At presi felt, by the coaching tne ouiiaing cannot se: school's athletic teams. Conditions that require a new building are, among other things, rotten timber, lack of workable toilet and shower facilities, and most of all over crowdedness. These conditions have been brought on by age, not by a lack of care. The size of the field house has long been too small to accommodate the in creasing squad' members oi baseball, football and track. The new structure, in order to B Old IieiQ miner more thanuoyner l 4 staff, Miat ryV the Restoration Association Directors Are Named A meeting was held in the Perquimans County Courthouse last week to more fully organize the activities of the Restoration Association. It was sponsored by the association and the Chamber of Commerce. About 35 people were on hand. including some who had not been working on the project before, and it gave the association the opportunity to set up com mittees. Memberships will be open to both individuals and organizations at a variety of prices. These initial mem bership solicitations will be of great import to the purchaser and to the Restoration Association - an aid to both. A lot of the money to be used for restoration will , come from private and governmental sources, but a lot must be raised locally in matching funds. If all goes according to schedule the first project, the Newbold-White House Restoration, will be open to the public in about five years and economically, should equal a new industry. Rev. Edwin Williams as chairman of the membership committee. Its directors will be from the townships in Perquimans County. They are King A. Winslow, Belvidere and Warner Madre, Bethel. A Hertford director will be announced at a later date. Other chairman named at the meeting were Ray Winslow, Historical Research and Frank M. Roberts, Public Relations. The directors of each town ship's Membership Committee will be chairmen of the Finance Committee. Overall director of that committee will be George Jackson. The drive for members of the Restoration Association will Percy Brothers Receives Certificate of Merit OH" Percy Brothers of Hertford received the Certificate of Merit after having completed a service training course on tractors at Rocky Mount, N.C. The training course was conducted by John Deere Company. Brothers Is employed at Blanchard'i Farm Equipment Co. Needed At P.CH.S. save money and to give needed experience, will be built by a al Construction class the direction of E.C. These young men have studied bricklaying and general building and, hopefully, will now have the opportunity to put their study to work. If weather conditions turn for the better, the building may be finished by mid-baseball season. Letters have been mailed to the business community and some individuals requesting donations. If anyone desires to contribute, make checks payable to the P.CH.S. Field House Fund and send them to the high school For further information contact any member of the coaching staff or Monogram Club. begin in May and further details will be announced later. Joe Nowell was in charge of the meeting. He is president of the association. It was also announced that the state will require a complete photographic record (slides) of the project and the buildings involved. '- Five v shots ; of everything are required, in cluding aerieal photographs. The Coast Guard will be asked to help with the latter. Roberts will handle the 'ground' photography. Funeral Services Mr. Carson Glenco Holleman, 80, of Route 1, Hertford, died Thursday at 12:30 p.m. in the Chowan Hospital following an illness of eight months. A native of Wake County, N.C, he was a son of the late Charles Johnson and Mrs. Pattie Elizabeth Penny Holleman. He was a member of the Cary Methodist Church and a retired farmer. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Terrine H. Woodlief of Cary, N.C, Mrs. Virginia H. Warren , of Laurel, Md., Mrs. Imogene H. Ponzillo of Baltimore, Md., and Mrs. Elaine H. Phillips of Rt. 1, Hertford; one brother, Bryce B. Holleman of Raleigh, N.C. A funeral service was held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at the graveside in Hillcrest Cemetery, Cary, N.C. by the Rev. W.M. Howard, pastor of the Cary Methodist Church. The casket pall was made of white chrysanthemums, white carnations, and fern. Pallbearers were Kenneth Pierce, Charles Boyce Holleman, Joe Allen, Thomas Harris, Willie Proctor and Lawrence Corprew. Genef .7 To Hold Vegetable Garden Production & Conservation Contest Enroll now in the Camden, Currituck, Gates, Pasquotank, and Perquimans Counties' Vegetables Garden Production and Conservation Contest. This contest is sponsored by the Vegetable Garden and Foods and Nutrition leaders. The purpose is to encourage the production and conservation of an ample spring garden which will meet the family's health needs and stretch the house hold dollar. The requirements are as follows Contestant must: 1. Have garden of adequate size -lio acre for each member of the family and located in a convenient spot. 2. Produce and harvest at least 15 or more vegetables for family use, of which five should be high in Vitamin A and C, such as cabbage, tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, bell peppers, greens, sweet potatoes etc. 3. Each participant must submit a soil sample of the vegetable garden plot. 4. Fill out entry form and mail to your County Extension Chairman, Agricultural Ex tension Agent or Home Economics Extension Agent on or before March 19, 1971. The first prize will be a trophy and blue ribbon; the second prize is a red ribbon, and the third prize is a white ribbon. A gold plaque will be given to the first place winner in the food con servation project. You may secure an enrollment form from the Agricultural Extension Office, stated Mrs. M. B. Taylor, Home Economics Extension Agent and Mr. W. C. Strowd, County Agricultural Extension Agent. Jackie Simpson Begins Practice Teaching Jackie Simpson, student at UNC-Wilmington, has begun her practice teaching in the 6th Grade at Sunset Park Elementary School in Wilmington. Miss Simpson is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Simpson of Dobb St., Hertford. Haywood A. Smith On Honor Roll At Chowan College Haywood A. Smith of Hertford, N.C. has been named to the Honor Roll for the fall semester at Chowan College. To be eligible, a student must maintain a 2.00-2.49 quality point average on all work attempted with no grade below C. Chowan operates on a 3.00 system for an A. Mr. Smith is a graduate of Albemarle Academy High School and a Business Ad ministration major. Close Wednesday's At12 Noon ; The Pirouimans County Chamber of 'Commerce and the License Bureau offices will close each Wednesday at 12 noon it was announced today by Mrs. Jean Harrison, chamber secretary. . PARENTS CIVE KIDNEYS Sawyer, N.D.-Edward Klein has already liven one of his kidneys to his 11-y ear-old son Michael, who had both kidneys and spleen removed last year. 1 "V i- V ' , Lin R.L Stevenson Named Chairman Of Group 1 At NCBA Annual Meet At the 55th annual meeting of Group One, North Carolina Bankers Association, held in Greenville, N.C. on February 20, R.L. Stevenson, Executive Vice President, Peoples Bank & Trust Company, Hertford, was elected Chairman of Group One. Group One is a regional association representing sixteen north eastern counties of North Carolina and eighty-one banking offices. Stevenson, a native of Perquimans County, is a World War II Veteran, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated from the U.S. Naval Reserve Mid shipmen's School, Cornell University in 1945. He served, as a Naval Officer, in the Pacific aboard the USS Fanshaw Bay, CVE 70 and the USS Comstock, LSD 19. Stevenson began his banking career as a bookkeeper with the Hertford Banking Company in 1946, has held each office in the bank and now serves as Manager of the Hertford Branch, Peoples Bank & Trust Company. He has been active in many church, business and civic organizations. In addition to serving as Chairman of NCBA Group One, he is Chairman of the Peoples Bank's Executive Committee and Vice Chairman of its Local Advisory Board. He is Perquimans County Key Banker for 1971 as well as Perquimans Farmers Urged To Read Seed Labels once again, it seems necessary to urge farmers and dealers to read their seed labels," says North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture, James A. Graham. He said that complaints are being received at the N.C. Department of Agriculture about verbal misrepresentations of seeds. "The North Carolina Seed Law and the Federal Seed Act are considered truthful labeling laws," Graham said. "Such a label precludes the need to depend on statements from dealers, distributors, salesmen, truck drivers, or others about the seeds offered for sale. "I want to remind the persons involved in the sale and distribution of corn seed that they have a responsibility to their customers to present their Statewide Home Economics Workshop Slated More than 800 Tar Heel home economics teachers are expected to attend one of a series of 33 workshops being sponsored this month and next by the Consumer and Homemaking Education Sections of the State education agency. Chief Homemaking Consultant Ernestine Frazier noted that the workshops are designed to help teachers understand how to provide and manage a learning environment in which students may reach individual objectives through diversified learning experiences. Experiences will be provided in the area of foods and nutrition, she said. Principals, superintendents, and local and area directors of occupational education are also invited to attend the meetings. Educators in the Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank or Perquimans school systems will meet March 4 at North eastern High, Elizabeth City. The series began February 2 in Gastonia and will conclude March 25 in Creedmoor. The workshops will be conducted by consultants with the State education agency. The workshops will feature laboratory experiences in preparing and serving foods and evaluation of these experiences and the laboratory projects used. In addition, participants will develop learning activity packages for students to use in exercises with foods, table settings, and consumer ac tivities. Teachers will also conduct experiments dealing with food nutrients and consider menu planning, bulletin board and other types of exhibits, and working with students who are IV ,r 1 County United States Savings Bond Chairman. Stevenson is a Trustee of John Wesley College, Greensboro, N.C; Trustee of the Museum of the Albemarle; Vice Chairman of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce and President of Wakefield Camp (an interdenominational adult and youth retreat com plex), Wakefield, Va. He is a member of the Wesleyan Church, it's Official Board and a teacher of it's Teenage Class. Stevenson is married to the former Helen Harrison, of Greensboro, N.C, and they have three children, Gary, Joy and David. product in a truthful manner. "I have discussed this situation with a representative of the Attorney General, and we have agreed to investigate cases of alleged misrepresentation if they are reported to me or to the Attorney General. "It is especially noteworthy at this time that seed laws permit the legal sale of seeds without variety (or hybrid) identity. Many seeds are sold each year without such identification. NCDA does not necessarily consider such seeds to be of triAmf hut th a nntineinn Falle within the law. "A person who buys seeds which are labeled 'No variety stated' should also question their merit, and he should especially question why a salesman would verbally identify seeds which his company would not identify on the label." according to Graham. "It may be remembered that North Carolina was the first state to adopt the model regulations requiring cytoplasm identity as the best guide available for blight resistance," said Graham. "The N.C. Department of Agriculture has participated in many meetings this spring, especially corn meetings; and I want to urge farmers and dealers to read their seed tags as their best guide to information concerning seeds, especially during this time of confusion caused by the corn blight. "Do not depend on the elusive statements of those who either do not know, or cannot support, their statements about seeds," urges Commissioner Graham. "The tag on the bag is our only legal control in this situation, and I urge you to take full ad vantage of it." Foreign Mission Service At First Baptist Church The Annual Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Service con ducted by the churches of the Roanoke Missionary Baptist Association will be held with the First Baptist Church of Hertford, Sunday, February 28, 171 at 3:00 o'clock p.m. A special feature of this service since it was organized several years ago has been a report of the work of missionaries in the foreign field, and a sermon by Dr. W.C. Somervllle, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Lett Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, Washington, D.C Music for this annual occasion will be furnished by New Bethel Baptist Church Senior Choir of Hertford, New Hope Baptist Church Young People's Choir of Gatesville and the Junior Chdr of St Stephens Baptist Church cf ., Elizabeth City.
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