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HERTFORD, N. C.
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To all oar wonderful friends
and patrons, we extend best wishes!
HARRIS FLOG. & DLDG. SUPPLY GO.
Telephone 426-5576 Hertford, N. C.
merry season,
ire pleased to
greet and thank
all our loyal
customers.
PHILLIPS FURNITURE CO.
HERTFORD, N. C.
Early Birders Set Record In Annual Christmas Bird Count
' On the first day of Christmas,
dedicated bird watchers rise at
dawn to seek-not a partridge in
a pear tree but perhaps a red
eyed vireo.
On the first day of New Year,
red-eyed bird -watchers rouse,
themselves from dreams to see,
perchance, the blue-faced
booby.'
The birders, 15,000 strong, get
up with the lark and 700 other
species to take part in the
National Audubon Society's
Christmas Bird Count
throughout the United States
land Canada.
Conducted from December 23
to January 2, the census in
dicates bird population trends
and migration patterns. But the
counters enjoy it primarily as
PERQUIMANS COUNTY
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
sport-a mammoth tournament
of bird spotting.
Surplus of Starlings
The volunteers are divided
into teams; each take a cir
cular area 15 miles across and
records all the birds that can be
seen in it between dawn and
dusk, the National Geographic
Society says.
One year,, Washington, D.C.,
counters reported 200,000
starlings in a noisy, messy
congregation downtown and a
lone common loon over the
Potomac River.
Counters endure all manner
of hardships. Members of the
birding team at Cape Kennedy,
Florida, strap aluminum snake
guards on their legs and wade
through mosquito infested
swamps to break their record
for the most species-200-seen
in one day.
A Connecticut birder picked
his way across a slippery log
anchored three inches below the
surface of a frigid stream. He
was rewarded with the sight of a
pine grosbeak-and wet feet.
In Aklavik, deep in the
Canadian north, two bird
watchers spent five hours in 10-below-zero
weather and saw
just two species-the willow
ptarmigan and the common
raven. Nevermore, they said.
Placid or Dangerous
In the National Geographic
Society's book, "Song and
Garden Birds of North
America," the noted or
nithologist Roger Tory Peterson
describes the many species of
bird watchers:
"Birding can be a placid
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...tbt most sincere expression we
know to convey our appreciation for
your friendliness and patronage this
past year.
OYDULl FURNITURE COMPANY
"ANTIQUES A SPECIALTY
HERTFORD, N. C.
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To Our Loyal Friends ...
May Peace, Good Will and
Happiness Follow You Through all the Year.
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Tt Christmas,
and time to greet
good friends . . . '
: time too, to count our
blessing. One of
the greatest of these is
the friendship of those
whom we are privileged to serve.
TO ALL, OUR THANKS AND BEST WISHES
FlCr.2DS FEED fi SEED
HERTFORD, N. C. ,
The Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N. C, Thursday, December 23, 197l-f ge Yi 1
occupation for maiden aunts, a j
Omar Bradley
rough-and-tumble sport, or a
hair-raising adventure. One of
my more sedentary friends
describes himself as the 'white
breasted nuthatch type of a bird
watcher. On the other hand,
consider the late Robert Porter
Allen. Tough as nails, Bob
pursued whooping cranes
through almost Impassable
muskeg to their Alberta nesting
grounds. When he returned to
civilization, he had the look of a
man who had visited hell."
Ornithologists have fallen
from cliffs and trees. They have
broken arms, legs, and ribs.
They have been chased by
tribesmen, robbed by bandits.
charged by bulls. A leading
British bird photographer lost
an eye to a tawny owl he was
documenting.
Mr. Peterson himself and four
colleagues once were sitting in a
car parked on a roadside at 3
a.m. A flashlight suddenly
blazed upon the five, and a state
trooper growled, "What do you
guys think you're doing?"
Silence. Then Mr. Peterson
explained, "We're listening for
whip-poor-wills." The men were
promptly hustled off and held
for several hours until they
could tell it to a justice of the
peace.
He laughed and let them go.
Television showman Ralph Edwards recently devoted i .1
"This Is Your Life" program to General of the Army Omai t
Bradley. While many deserving individuals have been :fiyi
tured over the years, Bradley is surely oneof the more iU
serving. ' ; '
A poor boy from Missouri who rose to general and nave
lost the common touch, who served as first Chairman of th:-i
Joint Chiefs of Staff (two terms), as director of the Veterans!'!
Administration, he is now the only remaining five-star gen
eral. He was the commanding general of the largest Anieri- ,;
can field force in Europe in World War II.
The tributes Bradley received from former P'residente-l
Truman and Johnson, and President Nixon, make it abun-
dantly clear the nation hasn't forgotten the G.I.'s general.;,;
NIXON ON PENSIONS
President Nixon has pro
posed pension reforms which'
would allow all workers to
claim tax deductions for con
tributions and some guaran
tees they could retain their
retirement even if they lose
or change jobs.
lie Greet Yon
It Christmas
1 - and thank you
for your kind
patronage this past year.
YOUTHLAND
Hertford, N. C.
Joy To All at Christmas!
To our many friends:
Merry Christmas Greetings
we send to you And, our
warmest wishes, too . . . May then
be special joys in store
It's such a pleasure to sav
thank you to our many friends
and customers at Christmas.
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(BILL and JESSIE COX)
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CUSTOMERS, THE BEST OF THE HOLIDAY SEASON!
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