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1; . THEPEMUIMAN oluma XXVII -No. 10 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, March 11, 1971 10 Cents Per Copy S WEESCLY ii .,.-. -. ....... , . - locals Guesfs At Executive Mansion .; f f mm ? i 1 :f ) A K - ' :i I J - - iz&mh '3 Some 200 North Carolina Easter Seal volunteers were guests at a coffee hosted by Mrs. Robert W. Scott at the executive mansion In Raleigh for the kick-off of the 1971 Easter Seal appeal. Honored guests were State Easter Seal Chairman, Attorney General Robert Morgan; Mrs. Morgan; and State Easter Seal Child, Miss Jackie Powell of Shallotte. Attending the coffee were Mrs. Marion Swindell and Mrs. appeal, which runs through Easter Sunday, April 11, seeks for crippled children and adults. Bear Swamp Watershed Meet Scheduled There will be an important tieetlng of all people interested n the Bear Swamp Watershed on arch 19, 1971. A. T. Lane, Sr., ftairman of the Bear Swamp ralnage Commissioners states "tafthe meeting will be held at le, center mil community uOding at 7:00 p.m. on March , 1971. : The people in the Bear Swamp tershed have been working to ;ef this project started for eVeral years.-' The Ad ministrator of the Soir Con servation Service authorized planning assistance for the Bear Swamp Watershed on January 25, 97TPlanning assistance will be scheduled to the sponsoring local organizations in the very near uture. -s... This watershed covers 20,300 cres, of which about one-third is jn Chowan County and two-thirds n Perquimans County. Present channels are shallow nd do not have enough capacity ocarry off water from the heavy any storms quick enough to irevent flooding. Poor drainage pf .cropland increases costs of Producing crops and low crop iiiietds. In addition, it provides Joed mosquito breeding areas Jiat increase health hazards. damage caused by poor irainage is estimated to average nearly $20,000 annually. j-To ; remedy watershed roblems, the project proposes m, following measures: L Conservation treatment on bout 50 per cent of the crop and ture land in the watershed 2. About 18 miles of channel improvement on the main 'Team and major lateral drains 3. To improve fish and wildlife resources of the watershed, lbout 2.6 miles of the main hannel at the lower end will be r mproved to provide good fishing ncludlng an access area. About '50 acres of the wet swamp along he lower end of the main run will e- improved to provide water Perquimans Opens ' Baseball Season 1 March 12th The Perquimans County High School Baseball season opens With a game to be played with Northeastern on March 12th. The thedule for the season follows 12, Northeastern ; Away rch 16, Northeastern Home Th30,Ahoskie - Home il 2, Northampton Away ,16, Gates Away J9,Edenton . Home , ;il 13, Williamston Home pril 16, Perquimans OPEN Cril 20, Plymouth Away pril 23, Ahoskle Away -7:30 pril 27, Northampton Home 'ril 30, Gates Home y4,Edanton Away y 7, Williamston ; v Away y 11, Perquimans ' OPEN y 14, Plymouth ; Home J Time 8:30 For March 19th fowl habitat. It is important that all people interested in the watershed attend the meeting on March 19th. All features and proposals of the watershed will be discussed and plans worked out to proceed with the project. Rev. W. A. Seawell Guest Minister - At Revival-- Revival services will begin at The First United Methodist Church on Sunday, March 14, and continue through Friday, March 19 The Rev.- W.A. Seawell, pastor of The First United Methodist Church of Elizabeth City will be the visiting minister. His first sermon will be at 7:30 p.m on Sunday. Services will be held at 7 : 30 each evening throughout the week. At each service there will be special music under the direction of Miss Caroline Wright. Church organist and Choir director. Before entering the ministry, Mr. Seawell was a merchant in the city of Burlington. He Joined the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church in 1950. In these years he has served ' many prominent churches, the more recent one being Grace Church in Wilmington before coming to Elizabeth Citv in June, 1970. Everyone- is cordially invited to attend each ser vice. PTATo Meet Tonight The Hertford Grammar School PTA will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock. Topic of the meeting will be "Where the money goes". There will be a discussion with the school board on distribution of Federal, State and Local school funds.' , President, Mrs. Donald Morris urges all parents to be present .'"Jj.:.- v. : V ': ) v Leo Ambrose of Hertford. The support of Easter Seal services To Attend U.N. Washington Study Tour Charles Harrell, III of Hert ford, N.C. will participate in a United Nations-Washington Study Tour during March 13-19, 1971. The Study Tour is being conducted by the United Methodist Youth Fellowship of the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church. Charles will be one of a group of 40 youth selected from United Methodist churches throughout the Eastern fifty-six counties of North Carolina. The purposes of the Study Tour are (1) to un derstand the functions and operations of the United Nations and the United States Govern ment, (2) to provide the op portunity to participate in discussion of current world af fairs, (3) to discuss the Christian's responsibility and the role of the Church in the issues raised before the United Nations and the Federal Government, and (4) to discuss how United Methodist youth can determine his Christian responsibility in these issues. The study tour will attend sessions of the Un'ted Nations and the Congress of the United States. Briefings by various members of world and national governments will be features of the tour. , Charles is a Junior at Perquimans High School and la active in the United Methodist Youth Fellowship at First United Methodist Church where he holds the office of vice-president. The Rev. F. Belton Joyner, Jr., Coordinator of Youth Ministries for the North Carolina Con ference of The United Methodist Church, is serving as Director of the Tour. Other adult counselors are The Rev. and Mrs. G. Paul Phillips of Carolina Beach, The Rev. S. T. Gillespie of Fayet teville, Miss Charity Holland of Kinston, and Miss Gail Walker of Roxboro. Lamb Graduates From Radar School Airman Terry M. Lamb, son of Mr. and Mrs. B.M. Lamb of Belvidere, N.C, has graduated at Keesler AFB, Miss., from the U.S. Air Force radar operator course. v. The airman, trained to operate radar equipment used for air craft control and warning, is being assigned to Incirlik AB, Turkey, for duty with the U.S. Air Force support unit. Airman Lamb Is a 1969 graduate of Chowan High School, Tyner, N.C, attended the College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, N.C. Qualifies For ; Dean's List Thomas Julian Long, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Julian Long of Hertford, Rt. 1, has qualified for the first semester dean's list at Wake Forest University. Long is a junior and is majoring in physical education, QQ( BACKWARD (As Found In The Perquimans Weekly Files of Yesteryear) March, 1940 HOME AGENT HERE: Already at work with the farm women of Perquimans County is Miss Frances Maness, who was appointed to succeed Miss Gladys Hamrick as county home demonstration agent. The State College Extension Service transferred Miaa Hamrick to Stanly County. Miss Maness is a native of Troy and is a graduate of East Carolina Teachers College. For the past two years she has been home economics teacher in the Merry Hill school in Bertie County. TO CIRCULATE FIVE THOUSAND BOOKS, COST Library $13.98: WPA Bookmobile Covered 1,600 miles; Library Board planning to buy more books: To circulate more than 5,000 books throughout the county for two months and over more than 1,600 miles, the county library board itself was put to the expense of only $13.85, according to a statement from Miss Mae Wood Winslow. The method of cir culation was by way of the WPA Bookmobile working in cooperation with the State Library Commission. The traveling bookmobile will be brought bck to the county again, according to Cranberry Tucker, member of the library board. Mr. Tucker requests that people in the county interested in securing a distribution from the local library should contact either Miss Winslow, Mrs. Brooks Whedbee, librarian, or himself, for the purpose of set ting out distribution points. TO CELEBRATE ITS AN NIVERSARY WITH WIDE OPEN HOUSE : The Woodmen of the World are holding open house at the lodge headquarters in the WOW hall above the store of Morgan Walker on the evening of March Nth. It's an "old fashioned breakdown", ac cording to A.A. Nobles, field representative of WOW. Everyone is invited to help Albemarle Camp Number 463 celebrate its fifteenth an niversary. RECREATION PIER BEGINS TO TAKE DEFINITE SHAPE: The recreation pier at the foot of Grubb Street, has reached a lint two hundred feet or more out in the river. The floor of the pier, for a distance of ap proximately 75 feet is yet to be laid. The site of the pavilion is already floored, and the bath houses at the shore end are beginning to take the shape of buildings. A concrete bulkhead rises at the shore end and the walkway has been constructed WinsloW'Blanchard Receives Award HCdT1 ? -; 3 ii Wlnslow-BIanchard Motor Co., Inc., Hertford, N.C, was honored by Ford Division as one of the outstanding Ford dealerships in the country in 1970. Cecil C. Winslow (left), dealership president, accepted Ford's Distinguished Achievement Award from J,S. Straub, the division's Richmond district sales manager. "The Distinguished Achievement Award is Just that - recognition that a dealership has consistently provided the best in automotive sales and service for Its customers over the past year," Mr. Straub said, "at the same time giving Ford Division superb representation in the automotive market place.'; Winslow-Blanchard Motor Co.. Inc., has received the award in three previous years. Winslow-Blanchard Mtr. Co. Inc. of Hertford was selected as one of the nation's out standing Ford dealerships and received Ford Motor Company's Distinguished Achievement Award. . The Distinguished Achievement Award Is presented "in recognition of progressive management . , . modern sales and service facilities . . , sound merchandising practices . , . high quality standards . , ... and continuing Interest In rendering superior service to Ford owners." Cecil C. Winslow has been a Ford dealer in Hertford since 1939. The dealership is located on U.S. Hwy. 17 North of Hertford. all the distance out to the pavilion. WPA labor and a Federal grant of more than $5,000 are building the recreation pier. PROMINENT STORES MAKE PERSONNEL CHANGE: A shift in personnel of two Hertford businesses sends Marshall Owens, formerly in charge of the J.C. Blanchard & Co. hardware department, to the store of J.G. Roberson to replace James Byrum who left his job there to enter the bookkeeping department of J.C. Blanchard & Co. Mr. Byrum after finishing a business course, will take up his duties with the Blanchard firm to replace Miss Hazel Mayes who has resigned her position. Miss Mayes will be married this month to J. A. Hooper of Elizabeth City. Arthur (Frog) White is now in charge of both the hardware and grocery department at Blanchard's BOY SCOUTS ENTERTAIN AT CHAPEL PROGRAM IN HERTFORD SCHOOL: Seventh Grade members of the Boy Scouts of America had charge of the chapel program at Hertford Grammar School Friday mor ning. Howard Pitt is Scout master of the Hertford Troop and with Miss Mary Sumner, seventh grade teacher, directed the program. Taking part in the program were: Billy White, Johnnie Hunter, Francis Sawyer, Jimmy Clark, Bobby Elliott, Doward Jones and Charles Skinner. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT: Mr. and Mrs. Vivian Mathews wish to announce the birth of a daughter, Catherine Alice, on Monday. March 4th. Mother and baby are doing nicely. Asbury College Singer Here March 12 The -"Asbury Singing Am bassadors from Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky will present a program at Evangelical Methodist Church Friday night, March 12, 1971 at 8 p.m. Alden Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Winslow, will be singing in the group. This will be the only appearance in state of North Carolina. Class To Be Held A Flower Arranging Class will be held at the COA Water Street Annex on Tuesday mornings starting March 16. This 24-hour course will meet from 9-12 noon. Registration will be at the first class meeting. 113 r mm i Sdm Draft All school systems in the State, including Perquimans, have recently received curriculum materials on the draft. The materials were prepared by the Selective Service System and sent to superintendents and principals with the recom mendation of State School Superintendent Craig Phillips. "The draft is a reality in the lives of virtually all young men. All of them want and need ac curate and current information. The Selective Service System recognizes this and has prepared instructional materials on the draft for this purpose," he said. Phillips noted that a young man's initial contact with the draft generally occurs during the high school years, when decisions concerning personal plans in relation to military obligations must be made. "The schools might assist these young men in making informed, in telligent decisions," he said. The information for school systems includes a com prehensive "Curriculum Guide to the Draft" and several pamphlets for student use. The materials, according to Phillips, could be utilized in social studies courses or guidance counseling sessions, as local schools choose. Further information on the draft education program may be obtained from William H. Mc Cachren, State Director, Selective Service System, Federal Building, Raleigh, N.C. Honored For Contributions To Rural Electrification Tommie F. Temple of Rt. 5, Elizabeth City, has been honored for outstanding contributions to the rural electrification program and Albemarle Electric Mem bership Corporate of Hertford. Chairman Gwyn B. Price of N.C. Rural Electrification Authority presented Temple a certificate for 20 years meritorious service with the program at a meeting of Tarheel Electric Membership Association in Raleigh March 2 4. Temple is a member of the board of directors of Albemarle Electric Membership Cor poration. Albemarle ' EMC serves over 4,200 consumer owners families in sections of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. John D. Coston is Albemarle EMC's general manager. Gre9ry Parficlpafes '" "Tolk '"" J. 7'Mtr L Thomas Earl Gregory of Hertford, left, participates in'a recent "Talk-in" at Chowan College. The discussion series provides students and faculty the opportunity to communicate on current issues confronting Americans. Mr. Gregory is a graduate of Perquimans County High ' School enrolled in the Pre-education curriculum. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Gregory. Blanchard Contributes To Record Phil G. Sawyer Jr., District Manger, local representative of Southern Life Insurance Co., home offices in Greensboro, N.C, today reported that sales of $113,121,982 made by representatives of the com pany's three sales divisions during 1970, represented a 6 increase over sales made the previous year. The 9.1 increase in insurance in force of $57,914,116, brought the total in force to $653,714,231 at year end. This figure includes $88,501,627 in Servicemens Group Life Insurance as Southrn Life is one of the participating com panies. In releasing the company's annual report, he stated assets had climbed to $67,889,373, an increase of $4,985,282 over the amount on record at the end of 1969. In commenting on the company's investment portfolio, he stated mortgage loans on real estate within the Southern Life 12 state and District of Columbia operating area continued to be prominent. New loans of $6,444,547 were made during the year at an average interest yield of 8.77. This increased the total mortgage loan investment to $36,697,223 for a 7.5 average yield. In 1970, $4,010,346 in benefits were paid to Southern Life policyowners and their beneficiaries, making an ac cumulated total of $48,471,212 paid in benefits since the organization of the company in 1927. The 5 interest rate currently being paid on proceeds of policies left on deposit with the company has provided a sub stantial source of additional income to Southern Life policyowners and ' their beneficiaries. In comparing the company's standing in the industry, Southern Life ranks among the top 14 of the 1,800 U.S. based life companies and included in the company's corporate ob jectives is the intention to build to a billion dollars insurance in force in the 70's. In describing the progress experienced in all areas of Southern Life's operation during the first year in the new decade, credit was given to the efforts of the company s Betas Make Loyalty Display It was service with a smile for members of the Beta Club of the Perquimans High School when they recently conducted their door-to-door solicitation for the local Heart Fund of 1971. The volunteer workers rendered their efforts throughout the county as well as in some sec tions of the town of Hertford. The young honor students are exceptionally appreciative for the splendid co-operation of everyone who helped make the campaign a success. Their financial report is as indicated below: Virginia Copeland $17.69 Archie Blanchard 31.23 Lu Ann Stallings Darlene Williams 18.65 Patti Landing 20.00 Nancy Tunnell 13.71 Linda & Jack Harrell 30.001 Anita Smith 47.71 Sally Bundy- Betty C.Russell 17.00 Mackey Lewis 13.55 Terry Copeland 9.90 Jackie Ward 19.47 Patricia Morse r . 30.19 Lynne Landing - Incomplete Jann Dillon Incomplete $269.10 Total 875 employes. Local represen tative contribuing toward the outstanding record of progress is E.A. Blanchard of Belvidere. SgUMonds Completes Tour Of Duty In Vietnam Sgt. Perry Monds, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.S. Monds, will return to Hertford March 14 from a 13 months tour of duty with the U.S. Air Force in Vietnam. Sgt. Monds has served as an Education Specialist, teaching English to Viet namese Army Cadets, at Nah Trang Air Base in Vietnam. After a two weeks leave, Sgt. Monds will report to Sheppard Air Force Base in Witchita Falls, Texas. r lag Day Celebration Set A Flag Day Celebration parade will be held JuvHertford on June 14, WV-wllliam Paul Stallings Legion Post will also sponsor a fish fry to take place after the parade. This an nouncement was made this week by Commander Lloyd Stallings of Post 126. Commander Stallings has appointed Julian H. Broughton as chairman of the Flag Day parade. E. L. Hurdle and Melvin Rountree are chairmen of the fish fry. Perquimans County Veterans Service Officer Hilton M. White explained to the Post mem bership certain veteran benefits available to Vietnam veterans. They can now obtain loans to purchase mobile homes and later obtain additional loans for the purchase of a permanent dwelling. White reported that there were several veterans from Perquimans County in hospitals at this time. A report was given by Com mander Stallings on the Legion Conference held recently In Fayetteville. Stallings, E. L. Hurdle, and Melvin Rountree attended this meeting to represent Post 126. A mem bership report was made that Post 126 now has over 200 1971 members. The Post has pur chased new parade flags to be used by the Post Color Guard in parades and other post ac tivities. The Legion Auxiliary ; Unit served refreshments after the meeting in commemoration of the Legions 51st birthday of March 15, 1971 . Mrs. Nathan Sawyer la President of the Auxiliary Unit.