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"J yplunTO 28-.No. 27
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina. Thursday, July 6, 1972
10 Cents Per Copy
Public School Principals Herbert A. Chalek Employed As
National Safe
Boating
Patrick Stephens
Dies At Age 101
Director otAKKUU Health Planning
Week Set July 2-8
LY
Begin
Full
Time
Salary
Working 12 months out of the
year is no new thing for most
public school principals. What
is new, however, is that as of
July 1, 1972, approximately 81
per cent of North Carolina's
princpals will be paid for their
12 months of work.
"Unfortunately," says
George Kahdy, Deputy
Assistant Superintendent for
Program Services with the
State education agency and
former principal himself,
"most principals have always
had to work year round to do a
good job; they just haven't been
paid for that work in the past."
When the fiscal year begins,
1,515 of the State's public school
principals (those having 15 or
more state-allotted teachers)
will begin their first full year of
salaried work.
"Principals' salaries have
been determined in the past by
a confusing formula based on
experience and the number of
teachers in their schools,
ranging from 10y4 months salary
for those with the fewest
teachers to UV4 months salary
for those with the most (usually
high schools)," says Robert
Mohn, Salary Certification
Accountant for the State
education agency. "Under the
new system, a principal's
salary will still be based on
experience and number of
teachers he supervises, but only
19 per cent of the State's
principals will remain on a IOV4
months salary. It will not only
mean a raise in salary for most
, principals," says Mohn, "but
also a much less confusing
formula for determining their
salaries."
Statistics on the difference
between average principals'
salaries for 1971-72 and the new
12 month system cannot - be
determined until, the fiscal year
begins and local school units
send in their salary reports,
Usually around . ..January,
However, as an example Mohn
notea tnat the principal with
eight years experience who was
supervising 15 teachers last
year made a base salary of
11,156 per month as compared
to tne si,2iz per month be will
make under the hew 12-months
system. At the top of the scale, a
principal with eight years ex-
N.C's Birth Rate
At Ail-Time Low
North Carolina's birth rate
was the lowest ever recorded in
the history of the state in 1971
18.6 resident births per 1000
population, compared to 19.3 in
1970, it was reported recently by
:t the Annual Vital Statistics
Report of the N.C. State Board
of Health. Hie white birth rate
was 17.0 and 23.9 for nonwhite.
The report noted that a rising
trend thas been observed in the
illegitimate birth rate during
recent years 12.8 in 1971,
compared to 9.3 in 1960: The
report also indicated that the
nonwhite illegitimate birth rate
is 10 times the white rate.
The North Carolina infant
mortality rate in 1971 was 22.0
deaths per 1000 live births. This'
was the lowest infant mortality
rate ever recorded in the state.
The rate for 1970 was 241, The
white infant mortality rate
dropped from 22.2 in 1960 to 17.7
in 1971. The nonwhite rate
declined from 52.0 in 1960 to 32.0
in 1971. The United States has
experienced similar reductions
in infant mortality in recent
years.
The divorce rate for the state
i was 3.0 per 1000 population in
1971 up from 2.7 in 1970. The
North Carolina divorce rate
accelerated after 1964 when
one-year separations replaced
two-year separations as grounds
for divorce. In ; the United
States, the divorce rate was
estimated at 3.5 In 1970. r
Early Doadlina For July 4
v Due to the 4th of July falling on Tuesday our printers
notified us Saturday that all copy be turned in to them
on Monday, therefore any news left out of this weeks
issue will appear in next week's edition.
perience and supervising 80 or
more teachers . made a base
salary of $1,456 per month in
1971-72 and will make $1,526
under the new calendar. This
represents an increase of $56.00
per month for the principal with
a small school (with at least 15
teachers) and an increase of
$70.00 per month for the prin
cipal with a large school. Mohn
noted that base salaries for
principals going on the 12
months system will range from
$1,102 per month at the lowest to
$1,526 at the highst.
Since principals will be con
sidered full-time state em
ployees, will they receive the
same benefits as other state
employees? "They will get the
same number of holidays
(although dates of holidays may
vary according to local school
board policies), vacation and
sick leave," says Mohn, "with
one exception. Vacation time
cannot be accumulated and
carried over from one fiscal
year to the next." Mohn ex
plained that this is because the
State is footing the entire bill for
the extra salaries and the
allocation of funds must be re
evaluated, each year and re
negotiated with the General
Assembly every two years.
What will principals do with
their "extra" time? "Most
won't have a whole lot of extra
time," says Kahdy, "but many
local units have already
scheduled in-service op
portunities to help strengthen
principals' management skills.
Some principals are attending
institutes sponsored by the
Department of Public In
struction, and a few will be
using their educational leave
(leave with pay that is available
to all full-time State employees)
to take job-related Courses at
local colleges and universities."
Several local school units have
already pooled their resources
to sponsor a week-long
workshop for principals at
Banner Elk to prepare them for
their full-time status.
" The State Board of Education
recently -approved a policy
statement : suggesting that
principals use their time to
review and evaluate their
school's educational programs,
to initiate new ones that they
feel are necessary, to involve
the community in more school
community activities, and to
conduct summer programs
appropriate for both the school
and the community.
State School Superin-
Birthdays And
Civic Meetings
JULY 9
Sherry Bunch .
Stacey Pierce
Sherwood Blanchard
Coleman Webb
JULY 10
Susan Harrell
Mary Ann Copeland
Cheryl Jones
Westeyan Service Guild
Anderson Methodist Men
Belv.-Ch. Hill Fire Dept.
Hertford Town Council
JULY 14
John Linwood Benton
Helaine Jones -.
Mary Faith Adams
Hertford Rotary Club 6:15
Masonic Lodge 8:00
Perq. Horse & Pony Club
Whiteston H.D. Club
JULY 12
Mrs. C.C. Mansfield, Jr.
Sharon Bundy Downes '
JULY 13
Cindy Miller
JULY 14
Eugene Boyce r .
JULY 15
Debbie Jones . . '
GlennTwine
Mr. Roland Gilliam, Jr.
Wesley E. Nelson
tendent Craig Phillips is
suggesting two new emphases
for principals as they become
full-time employees. "We hope
principals will put more time
into evaluating and improving
their instructional programs,
such as offering a wider variety
of choices to students. And we
hope each principal will strive
to involve the community in
what is going on in his or her
school."
The Department of Public
Instruction is sponsoring a
series of ten two-day con
ferences in ten locations across
the state this summer
(beginning July 10 at East
Bladen High School in
Elizabethtown) to emphasize
the importance of broadening
the role of the public school
principal. Superintendent
Phillips added, "The principal
who has a good instructional
program and involves the
community in that program
usually has both a cooperative
student body and a cooperative
community with which to
work."
January-May Bond
Sales Total $41,872
Sales of U.S. Series E and
Series H Savings Bonds in
Perquimans County for May
were $2,533.00. January-May
sales totaled $41,872.00. This
represents 55.6 per cent of
Perquimans County's goal of
$75,285.00, according to R.L.
Stevenson, Perquimans County
Volunteer Chairman.
May sales of U.S. Savings
Bonds in North Carolina were
over $7 million for the fifth
consecutive month, setting a
record for any May since 1945.
May E Bond sales were up 9.4
per cent over May 1971.
Cumulative sales for E & H
Bonds for January-May
amounted to $38,424,120, an
increase of 14.9 per cent over
sales for the same period: last
year . . . ANOTHER 27-YEAR
RECORD. This represents 50.8
per cent of the state's" 1972
dollar goal of $71,700,000.
Nationally, total May sales
were $573 million, 24.1 per cent
above 1971. Total cash sales of E
& H Bonds for January-May
amounted to $2,715 million, 18.1
per cent above a year earlier.
May E & H sales exceeded
redemption at cost price for the
20th consecutive month, by $213
million. The cash value of
Series E and H Bonds and
Freedom Shares outstanding on
May 31 topped $56 billion for the
first time.
New Business Opens Here
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Hertford Mayor, Bill Cox, Engages in merce secretary, Jean B. Harrison, is
some ribbon cutting and welcomes a new supervising the activities.
business to town. It's Mishler's Tire Co. in Mishler says he can guarantee tires as
the Harris Shopping Center. Lawrence good or better than can be purchased
Mishler is second from left, salesman anywhere else "and at a much lower
Charles Williams next to him, and price".
Perquimans County Chamber of Com-
Herbert Alan Chalek has been
employed as the Director of
Health Planning for the
Albemarle Health Planning
Council. It was announced by
W.B. Gardner, Chairman of the
Albemarle Regional Planning
and Development Commission.
Chalek began his duties June
5th at the ARPDC office at 102
E. Queen Street, Edenton. He
will develop a comprehensive
health plan for the 10 counties,
which will include facilities,
services and health heeds: "" "
Chalek, 24, received his
masters degree in June from
Partial Eclipse Of
A partial eclipse of the sun
will occur in this area on
Monday, July 10th. A word
concerning past eclipses and a
note of caution about the up
coming one seem to be in order.
Dr. Wilfred D. David
Executive Director of" the
National Society for the
Prevention of Blindness, slates
that a survey following the 1963
eclipse turned up 247 cases of
visual damage. Eye injuries
resulting from the March 7..1970
solar eclipse numbered 134
cases, as indicated in a survey
conducted to determine the
effectiveness of the intensive
information campaign to "warn
the public about the eye hazards
of direct viewing of the eclipse.
No cases were reported hi the
state of North Carolina. Credit
for preventing many cases of
visual damage or blindness can
certainly be given to these
warnings.
The. North Carolina Society
Duke University. He is a
graduate of Brown University,
Providence, R.I. While in
graduate school, he served as
an administrative resident at
Memorial Hospital, Chapel
Hill; Watts Hospital, Durham;
and Durham County Hospital
Corporation. He is a student
member ot the American
College of Hospital Ad
ministrators. '
A native of Cranston, R.I., he
is married to the former Miss
Kathleen Adams of Chadds
Ford, Penn.
Sun Will Occur
for the Prevention of Blindness,
Mrs. Judy Nooney, Executive
Director, 1006 Lamond Street,
Durham, North Carolina, urges
viewers to take precautions in
observing the July 10th eclipse
and warns against looking at it
with the naked eye.
The safest of all viewing
methods is watching the eclipse
on television. Other safe
methods may be obtained by
writing the North Carolina
Society for the Prevention of
Blindness, P.O. Box 3852,
Durham, N.C. 27701. '
It must be remembered that
observing the sun is basically a
hazardous thing to do, and that
any method used to reduce, the
hazard must be applied
carefully. For this reason,
children should not be allowed
to view the exlipse unattended
by an adult who is
knowledgeable about safe
practices.
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Boating at night can be fun
and it's sometimes necessary.
The Hampton Roads Safe
Boating Council for National
Safe Boating Week July 2-8
reminds nocturnal skippers to
reduce speed and keep a sharp
lookout. Shoals and other fixed
obstacles can be dangerous, but
so can moving ones like a
string of barges with a white
light in front, a light in back and
600 feet of darkness in between.
Remember: SAFE BOATING
IS NO ACCIDENT.
There was a time when only
motorboats were required to
carry an approved lifesaving
device for each passenger. The
new Federal Boat Safety Act
has changed all that. Now,
sailors, canoeists and just about
everyone else afloat must carry
one.
July 2-8 has been proclaimed
National Safe Boating Week by
President Nixon. And,
remember: SAFE BOATING IS
NO ACCIDENT.
That extra can of fuel aboard
your boat might be a margin of
safety, but not if it runs the
boat's load over recommended
capacity. The Hampton Roads
Safe Boating Council reminds
boatmen that pleasure craft can
be overloaded. Common sense
demands that boat owners
make sure they know their
craft's capacity and never
exceed it. If you must leave
something ashore to stay within
the limits do it. But don't start
with your wife.
Funeral Rites Held
For R.C. Wilson
. Raymond C, (Red) Wilson, 67,
of Route 3, Hertford, and for
merly of Norfolk, died in a
Norfolk hospital Thursday at
5:25 A.M.
He was the husband of Mrs.
Sallie L. Wilson and son of
Benjamin F. and Mrs. Cora
Saunders Wilson. He was a
native of Bertie County and
lived in Norfolk until 1966 when
he moved to Hertford.
He was a member of the
Norfolk Masonic Lodge 1,
Norfolk Consistory, Scottish
Rite Bodies, Sudan Temple of
the Shrine and a past patron of
Virginia Chapter 22, Order of
Eastern Star and past patron of
Hertford Order of Eastern Star.
He was a member of Car
penter's Union Local 133 and a
retired contractor.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by a daughter, Mrs. John
R. Sisson of Kobe, Japan; two
sisters, Mrs. Mary Hyatt and '
Mrs. Hazel Early of Ahoskie; a
brother, Ernest B. Wilson, of
Whaleyville, Va.; and three
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in
Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home
in Norfolk Sunday at 3:30 by the
Rev. Edwin Williams of Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church.
'Burial followed in Forest
Lawn Cemetery with Masonic
rites.
Luna Proctor Hobbs
Dies Monday
Luna Proctor Hobbs, 82, of Rt.
1, died early Monday morning
in the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Freeman Long. A native of
Perquimans County, she was
the daughter of the late Joseph
Edward and Olena Bagley
Proctor and the widow of John
Calvin Hobbs.
She was a member of the
Bethel Baptist Church and the
Bethel Home Demonstration
Club.
Surviving besides Mrs. Long
are one other daughter: Mrs.
Edith Butt of Rt. 3, one son: J.
Wallace Hobbs of Rt. l, one
brother : Elmer J. Proctor of Rt.
1, 10 grandchildren, and 8 great
grandchildren.
A funeral service was held
Tuesday at 3:30 in the chapel of
the Swindell Funeral Home with
the Rev. Gordon B. Shaw of
ficiating. Burial was in the
Bethel Cemetery.
Check the manufacturer's
capacity plate for his recom
mendation. If your craft does
not have such a plate, your
marine dealer can advise you
on your boat's safe weight limit.
The more you know about
boating, the more fun it is, says
the Hampton Roads Safe
Boating Council for National
Safe Boating Week, July 2-8.
And one of the best ways to
learn more about the sport is to
join the quarter-million boat
men who annually take part in
some form of formal education
in things nautical.
For information on Coast
Guard Auxiliary courses, call
your local Coast Guard number.
To learn about U.S. Power
Squadron boating instruction,
call this toll-free number: 800-243-6000.
Household Help
Urged To Report
Earnings To S.S.
i
Most housewives would be
upset if anyone said they
weren t law abiding citizens.
Yet manv of these same
housewives daily break the law
without realizing it.
Anyone who employs a maid,
babysitter, cook, yardman, or
other household help that earns
at least $50 cash wages in a
calendar quarter is required by
law to report these earnings and
to pay the Social Security tax on
them. Many householders do
not realize that earnings of as
little as $4 a week meets the $50
cash wages requirement.
Failure to file these reports
and pay the tax can make you
liable not only for the original
tax but also a penalty and in
terest. The easiest way to handle the
report is to withhold the
required tax every payday from
the employees wages. Then the
employer matches this with an
equal amount. This money,
along with the quarterly report
r .1 : 1 I t- i u
I luriu, la men uicuieu iu me
District Director of Internal
Revenue Service who serves
your area. Filing of these
reports is required no later than
the end of the month following
the month the quarter ends.
So, if you employ household
help, do not break the law
by not filling the report. Pay
the Social Security tax when
due. If you need help concerning
reporting household help, call
your Social Security Office at
338-3931.
Keeping Pace
With The Joneses
Whether you live in an ex
pensive city such as Honolulu,
Hawaii, or in a cheaper urban
area like Austin, Texas, you'll
probably agree that keeping up
with the Joneses is becoming
more difficult each day.
FINANCE FACTS, a monthly
newsletter on consumer
financial behavior published by
the National Consumer Finance
Association and a study made
by the United States Bureau of
Labor Statistics, show the living
costs for a family of 4 on three
different standards of living.
These new budgets are about 3
per cent higher than previous
budgets for Spring 1970.
The budget-type family is
carefully defined. It consists of
a 38 year old husband, em
ployed full time, a wife not
employed outside the
household, a boy of 13, and a girl
of 8. The family group has
average inventories of clothing,
home furnishings, major
durables and other equipment.
In the lower budget, the
United States urban average
cost was $7,214 in Autumn 1971.
The cost for the moderate
budget was $10,971. The higher
budget amounted to $15,905.
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Patrick Leonard Stephens,
101 died Wednesday at 8:30
P.M. in his home, 105 South
Griffin Street, Elizabeth City.
A native of Wake County, he
was the son of the late Robert
Henry and Mrs. Eliza Jane
Rowland and the husband of the
late Mrs. Hannah Kennan
Stephens.
He was a member of the First
United Methodist Church in
Hertford, which he helped to
build, was a 67 year member of
Perquimans Masonic Lodge no.
106 AF & AM and was a retired
cabinet maker.
Surviving are six daughters,
Mrs. Martha Haskett and Mrs.
Hannah Shannonhouse of
Elizabeth City, Mrs. Dorothy
Hooton of Richmond, Va., Mrs.
Daphne Jackson of Evensville,
Tenn., Mrs. Katherine Hall of
Trussville, Ala. and Mrs.
Patricia Fuller of Gainsville,
Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 32 great
grandchildren and 1 great great
grandchild.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 11 :00 in Cedarwood
Cemetery by the Rev. Milton
Mann, pastor of the First United
Methodist Church and the Rev.
C.J. Andrews, a former pastor.
Masonic Rites were conducted
by Perquimans Lodge no. 106
AF & AM.
The casket pall was made of
pink carnations, white gladioli
and fern.
Pallbearers were Willie
Ainsley, Henry Clay Sullivan,
Dempsey White, Noah Gregory,
Jim Bass and Charles Johnson.
Swidell Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. .
Rites Held Thursday
For W. Boyd Clark
W. Boyd Clark, 82, father of
Mrs. Jesse Lee Harris, died
suddenly Tuesday at 1:30 in h'?
home, 904 Kenan St., Wilson;. ;
A native of South Carolina, he
was the husband of the late
Bessie Spivey Clark. .;.
He owned and operated the
Clark Tobacco Warehouse, was
an Honorary member oi the
Tobacco Board of Trade and
was a member of the United
Methodist Church in Wilson. .
Besides Mrs. Harris, he is
survived by another daughter,
Mrs. Nelle C. Pender of
Marietta, Georgia; two sons,
Dr. W.B.Clark Jr. and Bob
Clark of Wilson; and 12 grand
children. Funeral services were held
Thursday morning at 11:00 in a
Wilson Cemetery.
Legion Meets
The American Legion Post
126 will hold the regular month
ly meeting Thursday at 8 p m
in the Post Home.
Commander Stallings
requests all members to be
present. ,
Fireman's Ball
The Hertford Volunteer
Firemen will sponsor a dance to
be held July 8, 1972. The dance
will be held in the buidling
formerly occupied by Super
Dollar Store in Harris Shopping
Center from 9:00 til 12:00.
The Hertford Fire Depart
ment is in the process of
sponsoring special events
throughout the year to raise
funds for the Departments
needs. As everyone knows new
equipment is needed and their
old equipment has . to be
replaced.
The Department is asking for
the cooperation of all the
citizens of the county in their
endeavor.