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with an artificial lure from the Oregon
Inlet-based cruiser Sportsman when she
Housing Seminar To
Begin Jan. 11th
j 'A -Housing Seminar will
L-behindon Tuesday, January 11 at
V"A P M at thm Pprninmnns
oty Office Building. The 5
pns will continue on
1 18 and 25 and February
.8. The Seminar will be
ixmsored" jointly by Chowan
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jnd Perquimans Counties
ySxtension Service in order to
reach prospective home
VhulMers or those remodeling
with current information on
1 availability of credit, selecting
; materials, plans and sites, and
to help answer questions on
' many phases of home building.
"The objectives of the ; five
sessions," states Mrs. Paige
Underwood, Home Economics
Extension Agent, are to reach
all income levels of prospective
home builders in both counties;
to help homeowners realize the
importance of planning and
analyzing their family needs
before buildina: to helD the
people to become aware of
assistance and materials
available through Extension
. and other agencies; and to
better acquaint many agencies
and businesses of overall
problems in housing, enabling
then to work co-operatively
tft ard solving these problems.
I ! T . t ! ...ill
ype "Sources of Credit". A panel
Y representatives from Loan
ysociation, Banks, and F.H.A.
iv'ill discuss loans and interest
rates.
On January 18- "Selection of
Plans and Sites" will be
discussed by Mr. W.C. Warrick,
Extension Housing Specialist
fjom N.C. State University. Mr.
Warrick will give points to
consider in room arrangement
or floor plan: location;
Miss Gibbs Promoted To Counselor
V Miss J. Olga Gibbs, daughter
of Mrs. R. ' B. Gibbs was
promoted to Guidance Coun-
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landed this 15 pound bluefish during the
holiday season.
(Ay cock Brown Photo)
drainage or elevation of lot; and
orientation for summer breeze,
shade, sun, and view.
January 25- there will be a
two phase program including
"Relationship of Homeowner,
Builder and Contractor" and.
Architectual Styles". "Both
Topics are very important"
states Mrs Underwood, and
Mrs. Charlotte Womble,
Housing Specialist, N. State
University, and Mr. Richard
Perquimans Recreation Potential Booklet
Published By S & W Committee
A publication, "The Potential
For Outdoor Recreation In
Perquimans County" has
recently been completed. This
publication has been compiled
as a result of appraising the
potential for eleven kinds of
William Byrum
Conducts Bible Study
'
VfUrA RantietH
or Hertford Baptists
Churchwide Bible Study on
"Job, A Study In Providence
and Faith" will be led next week
by Mr. William Byrum, Prin
cipal of Perquimans County
High School. This Bible Study
will be conducted each evening
January 10-12 from 7:30 til 9:00
P.M.
This Bible Study will be for
the Youth and Adult Depart
ments. ;
The church extends a cordial
invitation to all in this area to
come and join in this study with
us.
selor in the Copiague Senior
High School. For the past 12
years Miss Gibbs1 has been Lead
Teacher in Physical Education
for girls in the Junior High
SchooU, ,
f Previous experience include,
teaching, physical education in
EllenvOle, N.Y., Cambridge.
Md. and Lt, Joseph P. Kennedy
Jr., Community Center in New
York City.; She holds degrees
from the following schools:
Shaw University, Raleigh A.B.
degree; New York University,
M.A. degree and now is com
pleting her M.S. degree in
Guidance from Queen's College
. Along with the Guidance
work, she has been assigned by
the Supt. of Schools to the
following Committees-Drug,
Social Studies Curriculum,- and
United "Negro College Fund
committee.
Bryant, Perquimans County
Extension Chairman, will be
leading the discussion.
Please check the Perquimans
Weekly for. classes in February
which will include a tour to a
Building Supplier and detailed
sessions on Bathrooms, Kit
chens, Heating and Cooling.
There is no charge for the public
to attend.
Please call the County Office
Building to register for one or
all classes,
outdoor recreation in
Perquimans County.
This information should be
useful for local planning by
state, county, and city govern
ments, planning commissions,
tf-ater boards, and promotion
etgencies, and for publicizing
and promoting outdoor
ft creation in the county.
The Soil Conservation Service
'mpiled the information with
cooperative efforts of many
agencies and organizations.
Thev are as follows: North
Carolina Wildlife Resource!
Commission; Agricultural
stabilization and Conservation
Service; Perquimans County
Historical Society; Perquimans
County Industrial Development
Commission; Perquimans
County Board of Com
missioners: North Carolina
Extension Service; and the
Perquimans County Soil and
Water Conservation Com
mittee. Water quality classification
was furnished by the North
Carolina Department of Water
and Air Resources.
: This publication was
published by the Perquimans :
County Soil and Water Con
servation Committee.
In addition to the potential for
eleven kinds, of outdoor
recreation, this publication
contains: data on local and
distant urban centers; all
weather roads; rural ownership
and land use: weather data; a
general soils map of county with
soil interpretations; a list of
Historic sites with map showing
location of each site; a list of the
streams in the county with
water quality classification;
and an information sheet on
wildlife habitat. i. " 1 ..
Anyone who would like a copy
of this publication may obtain
one from the local Soil Con
servation Service office in the
Agricultural Building.
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, January 6, 1972
Restoration And
The Museum Of
With ithe aid of the Depart
ment of Archives and History of
the State of North Carolina, the
excellent color photography of
Newspaperman, Frank
Roberts, and the enthusiasm of
Sgt. White Assigned
To Oklahoma
Army Sergeant George E.
White, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Perry White, 315 Stokes Drive,
Hertford, N.C, recently was
assigned to the 18th Artillery at
Ft. Sill, Okla.
Sgt. White, a wire chief in
Battery A, 1st Battalion of the
18th Artillery, entered the Army
in 1965 and was last stationed in
Vietnam. He holds the purple
heart.
The 25-year-old soldier was
graduated from Perquimans
Union High School in Winfall, in
1964 and attended North
Carolina A - T State University
in Greensboro.
Williams Completes
Electronics Course
Army Staff Sergeant Riley W.
Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs.
(Bill) Alfonzo H. Williams,
Route 1, Hertford, N.C,
Recently completed an elec
tronics specialists course at the
Army Signal School, Ft.
Monmouth, N.J.
During the course the student
was trained to operate and
maintain various kinds of army
electronic equipment.
The 27-year-old soldier is a
1962 graduate of Perquimans
County High school, Hertford,
N.C.
His wife, Delores, lives at 316
Pinebrook Road, Eatontown,
.N.J.
Michael Allen Walker Nominated
Candidate To Police Air Force
, A : -' "VI
Michael Allen Walker, seventeen year old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard A. Walker of Durants Neck has been in
formed that he has been nominated as a candidate to the
United States Air Force Academy.
Walker received the following letter from Walter B.
Jones, Congressman from the 1st District. Congressman
Jones said, "I would like to inform you that I have on this
date nominated you as a candidate to the United States Air
Force Academy. Within a few days you will receive direct
communication from the Academy with further in
formation. I wish you every success in the examination required for
your acceptance."
Bloodmobile Collects
Sixty Pints Of Blood
Sixty pints of blood were
collected at the visit of
Tidewater Bloodmobile in
Hertford on Wednesday at the
First Methodist Church, ac
cording to Mrs. Nathan Sawyer,
Red Cross Blood Chairman.
Quota for the visit was 100 pints.
Mrs. Sawyer stated 5 that
seventy four people presented
themselves as prospective
donors but ten were rejected
due to different reasons.
Although disappointed that the
Preservation At
The Albemarle
the Board of Directors of the
Perquimans County
Restoration Association a color
slide program . has been
assembled for the information
of the people of Perquimans
County and the area generally
on Restoration and Preser
vation. The ancient features of the
Newbold-White House (circ
1684) and the Thepphilus White
House (circ 1700) will be shown
as examples of how old houses
are dated. Such things as the
color of the paint, the type of
nails, the pattern and type of
bricks, the cut and pattern of
the wood, etc. will be examined.
A number of showings in the
area have been scheduled, the
first being on Sunday afternoon,
January 9th, at 3:00 p.m. for the
Membership and their guest of
ths Museum of the Albemarle at
the Museum. Other showings
scheduled to date include each
of the Homemaker Clubs in
Perquimans County, The
Hertford Rotary Club, The
Hertford Lions Club, The
Perquimans County Historical
Society, The Elizabeth City
Garden Club and others until all
of the groups in the area who
are interested have seen, heard
and asked questions.
The series will be presented
by the Rev. Edwin T. Williams,
Executive Director of the
Perquimans County
Restoration Association. The
Rev. Mr. Williams, although
comparatively new to North
eastern North Carolina, is not
new to restoration and
preservation. He has been
associated with this type of
activity in Virginia, Kentucky
and South Carolina before
coming to Hertford where he is
Rector of the Church of the Holy
Trinity.
quota was not met, Mrs. Sawyer
expressed her appreciation to
those who did come to donate
their blood.
: She expressed her ap
preciation and thanks to the
following people who helped her
with this visit: Mrs. Maude
Jones, Mrs. Mattie Matthews,
Mrs. Helen Wlnslow, Mrs.
Laura Sutton, Mrs. Dorothy
Owens, Mrs. Ann Copeland,
Mrs. Fern Simmerson and Mrs.
Lessie White.
Mrs. Ruth Baker Makes Preparations
For Reception At Chowan College
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Mrs. Ruth Baker, head
resident in Jenkins Hall, a
facility housing 100 Chowan
College coeds, lights the last
candle in making final
preparations for a reception
hosted by Jenkins Hall girls for
guests, students, and panelists
participating in a two-day
conference on "The
Professional - A Woman."
The Conference wns planned
by the Department 'of Student
Personnel and directed by
Vickie J. Tolston, associate
dean of students, to motivate
Chowan coeds toward
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Walter Jones To Speak At
AADA Meeting Jan. 13
U.S. Rep. Walter B. Jones of
Farmville (D-NC) will speak at
the regular monthly meeting of
Albemarle Area Development
Association to be held in
Edenton Thursday, January 13.
The meeting will begin at 7 P.M.
at Edenton Restaurant here.
L.F. Amburn, Jr., AADA
president, said he is especially
pleased that Rep. Jones has
agreed to speak at the first
meeting of the new year. "I feel
the appearance of a man who
has demonstrated such a keen
Interest in the total develop
ment of Northeastern North
Carolina will set the tone for a
banner year for this
organization," ths president
stated. He pointed out that
pace at the restaurant will be
limited and those who desire to
attend should make reser-
Library Receives
Contributions
The Perquimans County
Library Memorial Fund started
last fall as a fund to be used as
needed for improvements or
possible addition to the library
has been given two con
tributions recently, one by Mrs.
Trim Wilson in memory of her
brother, Hubert Toxey, the
other by the Woodmen of the
World (along with a memorial
book) in memory of Jacob L.
White.
A memorial book, Man's Best
Friend, the national Geographic
Book of Dogs, has been given in
memory of C.C. Boze, of Ports
mouth. Other new books in ths library
are: Since You Ask Me, by Ann
Landers; Golda, the Life of
Israel's Prime Minister, by
Mann ; The Fourth World of the
Hopi, by Courtlander; The
Vantage Point, by Lyndon
Johnson; The 1972 World
Almanac; inside Hockey, by
Mikita; Memo for a Movie, a
short life of Deitrich
Bonhoeffer; Oh how They
played the Game, football in the
early days, by Gill; and the
following novels:' The Joiner, by
Whitehead; The Zoo Gang, by
Gallico; Rabbit Redux, by
Updike; Nemisis, by Agatha
Christie ; - The Night, of the
Party, by Conway; A goergian
Love Story, by Raymond; and A
Rose for Virtue, by lofts.
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professional careers.
The progl-am consisted of four
panel discussions conducted by
12 professional women who,
according to Dean Tolston, "are
in touch with our time."
Program personalities included
legislators from North and
South Carolina, television
personalities, a psychologist, an
author, Miss North Carolina,
two educators, a cirriculum
director and a superviser, a
representative from the
Women's Bureau, Washington.
D.C., and a Raleigh der
matologist. vations with thnir AADA
chairman in their respective
county.
Executive committee
members as well as members of
division and county committees
are encouraged to attend since
information relative to the
AADA program for the coming
year will be explained.
Rep. Jones was first elected
to Congress in a special election
of February 5, 1966 to fill the
unexpired term of the late Rep.
Herbert C. Bonner. He is
currently in his third full term.
The Congressman has served
as mayor, Recorder's Court
jurist, and representative in
both the State House and
Senate.
County Chairmen and
Representatives include:
Camden: Grady Stevens,
chairman; Don Steel, Vivian
Jones and Melvin Albertson.
Chowan: Wallace Evans,
chairman; Mrs. E.N. Elliott,
Carlton Perry, James C. Dail
and Jimmy Ward.
Mrs. Michael Bel
Girl Scout Chief
Mrs. Michael Bell, 1013 W.
Church St., Elizabeth City, has
been appointed Professional
Field Director for the Greater
Tidewater Council of Girl
Scouts of America.
She will serve Area III which
includes Camden, Chowan,
Currituck, Pasquotank and
Perquimans Counties.
Mrs. Bell will serve as the
liason officer between area
adult volunteers and the
council. She also will work to
develop the overall Girl Scout
program in the area.
Thenewfielddirector hasbeen
associated with the Girl
Scouting several years. She was
a Girl Scout in Tokyo, Japan
and then as an adult volunteer
locally- She Is now leader of
Troop 784, a group of Junior Girl
Scouts. She has held the position
for 18 months:
Mrs. Bell is a graduate of -Suitland
High School in
Maryland. She attended the
University of Maryland. She is
' married to Michad W. Bell, a
native of Belcross and farm
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opportunities '.' ask r:
questions and give
reactions during 'juwti
answer periods a;l j,t
tions which followed cu.1
discussion.
Chowan College is i
prehensive hheral arts
college and ? vnii;
among the top rive
junior colleges ii the
States. The l.5;t3 stucit
whom 500 are women.,
at Chowan repjv .,
and eight foreign n-ur
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Currituck: Waiter irimor..
Chan-mar: " o,-;;e , , ), :;,
Robert Ferreil. A.- f . v -Mmm;
and Mrs. Norman (errors.
Dare: Philip uialey,
chairman, hd.i: s ' 1
White ana Mrs !.ee. Musette.
Gates: James Aright,
chairman; Mrs, h.v- Hum
phries, John K .!jfv, 'l.li.
hudgms, U.K. Mi;e.:r. ana
Mrs. Cltmori James.
Hyde: Leon Haiiance,
chairman. Mrv W,t. 1 iv-n
Mrs. Jean Bal'am.e and
Reginald McKimiev.
Pasquotank: J.M. br.h ,
chairman, W T .Jar -v- '1 iy
Causey and Claude Mi-er..
Perquunans: Leste h Simp
son, chairman; K.I.. SieVr'.-,0!l,
Flovd Mat!iev,s he, 1 '-a .
Williams, Mrs. .I T Win'..- Sr.
and Mrs. I'.'I . Harreil.
Tyrrell: Jo" wadinc.
chairman, I.en 1 '
Margaret f,rii'i: '' ' .
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Eugene Pailm and John .bini'li
manager for Eddie (: Hell
Mrs. Bell is the mother 0! iwr.
children. Anay, six. and KePs
five. They are memoe; c.f
Christ Episcopal CMiirrfi ari-i
have lived m LI zabeih 1 ,
years.
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Girl Scout program, cmfift
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