J 7 Standard FriKtir Co. xx Loulsttll, Ky. CCCO QUIMAN w: ICLY V Volume 28-No. 16 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, April 20, 1972 10 Cents Per Copy THE PER i Teacher Evaluation Plans Approved The Perquimans County Board of Education meeting in their April session approved an evaluation form to be used in the evaluation of teacher performance. The form was developed and recommended by the instructional personnel of the county schools. The Board approved the purchase of the P.T.A. of new shelving for the library at Hertford Grammar School. The election of Willie Vaughn to represent Bethel Township on the Advisory Council, and A.L. Birthdays And Civic Meetings APRIL 23 Susan Rogerson Sybil Jean Bateman APRIL 24 Belv. - Ch. Hill Firemen Perq. Co. Rescue Squad APRIL 25 Betty Carol Broughton Hertford Rotary Club 6:15 Masonic Lodge 8:00 Belv. Homemakers Club APRIL 26 Welly White Mrs. T.P. Byrum Tracy Heath APRIL 27 Timmy Emory Dina Beers G.R. Tucker Sheryl Ann Walton Bethel Ruritan APRIL 28 (None) APRIL 29 Etta H. Turner Hertford Fire Department Team Up For Clean-Up .This Spring, before your man's fancy has a chance to turn to other things, practice "togetherness" by teaming up with him for some vigorous clean-up activity in and around your house. This advice to local homemakers comes from Fire Chief Nixon as Hertford prepares to launch its annual Spring Clean-Up campaign with improved fire safety as the goal. Quoting figures compiled by the National Fire Protection Association, Chief Nixon notes that in the United States alone some 6,500 lives are lost in home fires annually. These, fires damage or destroy more than half a million houses each year. "Right now, before the lure of the golf course or boat club . takes over with the coming of warmer weather, take time to rid your property of ac cumulated clutter and rub bish," urges the Chief. Indoors, concentrate on the attic, basement and closets -those out-of-sight, out-of-mind places where "treasures" no one will ever want or need again could give fire a place to start. Outdoors, eliminate fire's breeding place by cleaning out dried brush,, dead grass, old papers and other litter left in Winter's wake. ; ; . . i :V.", "Spring Clean-Up activities, conscientiously carried out, will help raise the level of fire safety throughout the community - in homes, businesses, schools and churches, industrial plants, open land, everywhere," Chief Nixon emphasizes. Cooperating with the Fire Department in this year's all-out clean-up effort will be: Chamber of Commerce, merchants, in dustry, service and civic clubs. 1 Sales Tax For March $5,790.99 In Perquimans County the 1 per cent Sales and Use tax collection for the month of March amounted o $5,790.99 it was announced today by J.A. Jones, Jr., Commissioner of The State of North Carolina Department of Revenue. Lane to represent New Hope Township, was approved. Frank Roberts attended the meeting and engaged in a brief discussion of the RISE Program at Hertford Grammar School. It was agreed that this program had been valuable for all con cerned. Members of the Board voted to invite all available roofing contractors to submit a bid for the repairing of the gymnasium roof at Perquimans High School. An architect will not be employed for this project. The recommendation of the staff of the State Division of School planning will be followed in so far as possible. Presidential Candidate Visits Hertford Former Governor of North Carolina Terry Sanford. a candidate seeking nomination for president of the United States, visited Hertford last Friday. Sanford included Hertford in the stops of his one-day tour of the Albemarle Area. Sgt. Thomas F. Jones U.S. Air Force Technical Sergeant Thomas F. Jones, son of Mrs. Addie N. Keegan, 802 W. Grubb St., Hertford, N.C., has been awarded the Strategic Air Command (SAC) Distinguished Educational Achievement Award at Little Rock AFB, Ark. Youth Sunday Youth Sunday was observed recently at the First United Methodist Church at which time the youth of the church had charge of the morning worship service and the Sunday School classes. Leading the morning worship service was Henry Stokes, 3rd. The main speakers were Jenny White who spoke on "Reflec tions of the Washington-U.N. Study Tour" and Brad Fields who chose as his topic, "The Challenge of Today's Youth. The scripture was read by Jennifer Byrum, the Psalter was given by Vicki Haskett and the morning prayer was given b? Charlie Harrell. The anthem was sung by the Youth Choir. Ushers for the morning service were Eugene Landing and Paul Byrum, Jr., Randy Simmerson, Clark Winslow Tony Winslow and Roger White. Greeters were Suzanne Stokes, Betty Byrant, Dawn Boyce and Jeff Haskett. V During the Sunday School hour, Brad Fields acted as superintendent and Vickie Haskett was secretary treasurer. Teachers were as follows: Nursery -Karen Copeland, Jennifer Byrum and Dawn Boyce ; Kindergarten- Charlie Harrell, Jenny White and Randy Simmerson; First and Second Dina Beers and Susan Bunch; Third and Fourth-rBetty Bryant and Suzanne Stokes; ! Fifth aad Sixth Debbie fhach and Lynn Rose; Seventh and Eighth Tony Winslow and Jeff Haskett. Services Held For Miss Mary C. Bagley Funeral services for Miss , Mary C. Bagley, 92, of Jackson, were' held Tuesday morning at 11:00 in Cedarwood Cemetery by the Rev. Charlie Eakin. Miss ; Bagley, a native of Northampton County, died Sunday in the Guardian Care Nursing Home In - Roanoke Rapids. She was a member of the Jackson United Methodist Church and ; taught art techniques in her home, . v ; She was a daughter of Willis and Mrs. Anna Thomas Bagley. She has no immediate sur vivors.. . : Charles' Eley Completes Training Graduation ceremonies were held Friday April 14, for 26 new State Highway Patrol troopers. Ceremonies for the officers, who have just completed 14 weeks of training, were con ducted at the Institute of Government on the campus of the University of North Carolina. It was the Patrol's 51st graduating class. Appellate Court Judge Raymond B. Mallard and Major E.W. Jones, Director of the Patrol's Transportation and Communication Division, were the featured speakers for the occasion. The class was trained under the direction of Technical Sergeant CD. Fox, com mandant of the basic school. Fox said each new trooper will be given a brief leave before reporting to their duty stations. For the first six weeks, the new officers will work with a veteran member of the patrol as a continuation of the training program. W. Charles Eley of Hertford was among the 26 troopers who graduated. Charles and his wife, Joanne, live in Woodland Circle. They have one child, Charla Ann. Trooper Eley will be stationed in Currituck. Selected For Award Sergeant Jones was selected for the award for his ac complishments in the U.S. Air Force off-duty education program. The sergeant is a missile electronics systems technician with a unit of SAC, America's nuclear deterrent force of long range bombers and in tercontinental ballistic missiles. A 1953 graduate of Perquimans County High School, he attended the State College of Arkansas. Sergeant Jones' wife, Alicia, is the daughter of Mrs. Beatrix G. Cerda, 902 Griner St., Del Rio, Tex. Masons Will Meet The Masons of the first district of North Carolina will conduct their quarterly meeting Friday at 7 p.m. in the Grandy Elementary School, Camden. Hosting the meeting is the Widow's Son Lodge No. 75 AF & am. ; Brother John I. White, Jr. WM, urges all members of Perquimans No. 106 to attend this meeting. Club Holds Tour In . The Garden of Eden Garden Club of Edenton will hold a '.'Home and Garden Show" on Friday, April 21st, from 2:00 to 5:00. Mrs. L.F- Amburn, Jr. President, announced that the theme of the show will be "Edenton Yesterday and Today." Four homes will be opened to the public, and a horticultural exhibit will also be featured, The homes open are: Mr. and Mrs. W.J.P. Earnhardt, Jr., 107 Blount Street, in Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Jones, 201 Blount Keep Perquimans County Clean if ri ' Sfi. s.. Ten-year-old Jerry Chappell of Hertford shows how it's done. He illustrates how easy it is to keep Perquimans County clean - just by using the trash baskets in the area. The stress is always on keeping the area clean, but May is clean-up, paint-up month and the plea for a clean neigh borhood for you and a better county for all of us is being made by Hertford Mayor Bill Cox and the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce. School Bus Safety Week April 1722 School Bus Safety Week will be observed nationwide during the week of April 17 through 22. Commissioner of Motor Vehicles Joe W. Garrett joins other states in asking that motorists observe this Mrs. Williams Dies Mrs. Annie Morton "Pat" Williams, of 334 Pine Valley Drive, Wilmington, N.C. died suddenly Tuesday, April 11 in a Wilmington hospital. Mrs. Williams, a former teacher at Hertford Grammar SchooL was stricken with d heart attack while at work at Pine Valley Elementary School. Funeral services were held Thursday at 4 : 00 in the Andrews Mortuary Chapel in Wilmington by the Rev. Al Morris. Burial was in Oleander Memorial Gardens. Surviving are her husband, Joseph Abner Williams, a former teacher at Perquimans High School; a daughter, Miss Marsha Ann Williams; a son, Joseph Abner Williams, Jr., both of the home; her father, Percy R. Morton of Carolina Beach; and two sisters, Mrs. Kenneth E. "Cooker" Lewis of Greensboro and Mrs. Norman "Bertha"- Phillips, 3rd of Wilmington. nationwide campaign. Garrett says the North Carolina laws state "traffic in both directions must come to a complete stop whenever a school bus is stopped and displaying its mechanical stop signal. On Dual lane roads in which opposite roadways are separated by a dividing space or a physical barrier, traffic in the opposite roadway is not required to stop". North Carolina has over 10,000 school bus drivers. 85 per cent of these drivers are students and 15 per cent are adults. Department of Motor Vehicles' Driver Education and Accident Records Division has 61 Driver Education Representatives and 4 Super visors who train and certify these drivers. Commissioner Garrett said, "Safe student transportation on school buses has acquired great importance due to the in creasing heavy traffic on our streets and highways throughout the state. School Bus Safety Week is an ideal time for all citizens to rededicate themselves to promote safety on our streets and highways in " all their driving habits and at the same time by protecting our most precious cargo our children." Edenton Street, Col. and Mrs. W.B. Rosevear, 121 West King Street, and Mr. and Mrs. R.T. Harrell, Jr., 300 North Broad Street. ' ' Gardens featured will be those of Mrs. Frank Wood, 115 W. King Street, and Col. and Airs. Rosevear. The horticultural exhibit will be at the Earnhardt home. '. Flower show chairmen are Mrs. Allen L. Hornthal and Mrs. F.A, Jordan. Tickets for the complete tour is $2.00. 4-H Organization Sponsor Workshops North Carolina teenagers will have an opportunity to learn about marine science and ecology of the coastal region at four summer workshops. The workshops will be held at the Harbor House Marine Science Center at Wrightsville Beach, according to Richard H. Bryant. County Extension Chairman. Rising high school juniors and seniors will have their choice of three workshops: July 9-15; July 16-22: and August 13-19. An advanced workshop is scheduled for July 30 through August 5. but it is limited to last year's participants and to college freshmen or sophomores majoring in Marine Science. Bryant said the workshop program includes lectures, films, discussions and field trips to coastal areas and marine science laboratories. The workshops are sponsored by the 4-H organization, but attendance is not limited to 4-H members. However, students must have the endorsement of their science teacher or prin cipal and county extension agent. The workshops are limited to 25 students each week. The cost for the workshops, including meals, lodging and field trips, is $85. Participants must arrange their own transportation. Applications can be obtained by calling or writing to Richard H. Bryant, Box 87, Hertford or 426-5428. The deadline for ap plications is June 15. N.C. Boat Owners Warned North Carolina boat owners are warned to avoid being misled by an unofficial boat registration offer which is currently being circulated through the mail by a private organization. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission issued the warning today after receiving notification from the U.S. Coast Guard. "Many boat owners across the country have received of fers to 'register' their boats for a fee that may be as much as $5," said Ed Jenkins, water safety coordinator for the Wildlife Commission. "My understanding is that these offers arrive on very official looking paper, and many people .have been fooled into sending "money. "However, the organization soliciting these registrations by mail is not an official agency of either the federal government or the State of North Carolina, and the registration is worthless as far as the law is concerned," added Jenkins. Legal boat registration for North Carolina boat owners is a function of the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission, and no other agency or organization has official jurisdiction to register or number boats in North Carolina. Troop 155 Makes Good Showing All three patrols of Hertford Boy Scout Troop 155 earned blue ribbons at Spring Camporee, Albemarle District held April 14-15-16 at the Edenton Police Pistol Range, About-300 scouts from the district competed. Friday evening at six Troop 155 checked into Camporee Headquarters After check -in Scout Leaders are not per mitted to take part in any work, it is entirely up to the boys from this point until final inspection. At check-in the scouts were inspected for appearance, pack appearance, pack water proof and equipment distribution, then they were assigned Campsites. This required the boys to make camp in strange woods after darkness. Saturday afternoon judges made campsite inspections. The troop was graded on Terrain, minimum of ground cover removed, campcran, campsite arrangement, fireprooi, ten; tage, beds, wood cutting VJlCCUl W aiui All Primary Important To Perquimans Co. The Clean Water Bond Act. adopted by the 1971 General Assembly, provides for a $150 million bond issue subject to a vote by the people in the May 6 primary. Perquimans County will be eligible for $80,000 to upgrade its water and sewer systems if the Clean Water Bond referendum is approved by vote. The voting date is May 6. the date a general election with respect to the bond program. The clean water bond program would be divided in this manner: $75 million for pollution control: $70 million for water supply systems and $5 million for a contingency ac count and not more than $1.5 million of the $5 million would be used for administrative purposes. All counties, towns and cities will get their share for the abatement of pollution resulting in clean water, on the basis of population and need. Voters are expected to look with favor on the referendum which will not cost the local taxpayer. Money for the water and sewer improvements will come from the sale of bonds. A favorable vote will mean better health and better living con ditions for all citizens of the county. No matter who you are or where you live, you will be affected by the clean water program if it is approved. For several years this state has had a law in effect prohibiting the dumping of waste material of any kind into rivers, streams, etc., the ob jective being to prevent the polluting of the fresh water supply. The state has had a water pollution abatement and control program for some twenty years, much progress has been Firemen Sponsor Exhibit At Housing Fair The Albemarle Firemen's Association will . sponsor an exhibit booth on Home Fire Safety at the Albemarle Housing Fair to be held at the Municipal Airport in Edenton on April 28-30th. Chief Al Poole of the Elizabeth City Fire Depart ment, Chairman of the Albemarle Firemen's Association Home Fire Safety Committee stated that the booth would promote home fire safety thru displays and color slide picture presentations. Also uniformed firemen will be on hand to discuss fire safety with visitors at the Housing Fair. location, axes, and tools. Also for this inspection our troop had built tables, pack racks, towel racks, wash stands, benchs using only rope and materials from the woods. Saturday'evening meal came under inspection also. They were graded on menu, cooking, baking reach scout was required to bake his own bread serve on time, cleanliness. After the meal they were graded on health, safety, first aid, and sanitation. Sunday morning after Church services they begin breaking camp. Campsite must be left clean and all natural ground cover replaced, leaving the area in the same condition as it was on arrival. Sunday Noon was fieneral assembly for awards and final retreat. While our troop did not sive the trophy for being the :st, with all patrols winning blue ribbons they came close. made, but there is still a long way to go. Population growth, industrial expansion, in creasing ubanization and rising construction costs have tended to compound the problem. Brenda Joyce Baccua Krenda Joyce Kaccus. was among those who graduated from the Louise Obici School of Nursing at com mencement exercises held Sunday. April Hi. 1972 at the Suffolk Christian Church in Suffolk, Va. Miss Kaccus is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. MO. Kaccus of Koute 2. Hertford. Perquimans Co. Easter Seal Sales Total $606 .A total of $606.00 has been received in Perquimans County on the 1972 Easter Seal Drive for Crippled Children and Adults. Mrs,. Leo Ambrose, chair man, expressed her thanks today . for the heart warming response of the people to this appeal. The money is used locally to provide needed items for crippled adults and children' such as wheelchairs, crutches;: artificial limbs, etc. Also, help is given on transportation costs to medical centers for diagnosis and care. Each summer the local chapter helps to send someone to camp for two weeks. For many this is a chance to have camping experiences geared to their limited capabilities and supervised by well trained counselors. Mrs. Ambrose and chapter treasurer, Mrs. Joe T. White, Sr., urge those who have not done so to please send their contribution in as soon as possible. Outpatient Hospital Care Covered By Medicare Outpatient hospital charges are covered under Part B of Medicare. When a person goes to a hospital for treatment or . diagnosis and is not admitted as a bed patient, the services received are known as out patient hospital services. The cost for services such as emergency room treatment, X rays. laboratory work, medical supplies anq certain medications are paid by Part B, medical insurance. ' Reimbursement for these costs is the same as for doctor bill costs under Part B. After the annual $50 deductible is met, Part B coverage will pay 80 per cent of the reasonable charge for outpatient hospital, services. The hospital will apply; for the Medicare payment and will charge the beneficiary for any part of the $50 deductible not met plus 20 per cent of the reasonable charges for the services rendered. If you have any questions about your Medicare coverage, call your social security of flee in ' Elizabeth City, N.C. The telephone number is 338-3931. iff ; l - - '