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Volume 28-No. 50 Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 14, 1972 " ' 10 Cents Per Coov
4O0 Attend Homemaker s
Christmas Open House
Over 400 attended the
, Homemaker 's Christmas Open
House sponsored by Whiteston,
Snow Hill-White Hat, Bethel,
' Beech Spring, Helen Gaither,
Winfall and Belvidere Ex
tension Homemaker's Clubs on
Wednesday and Thursday
nights.
Displays and exhibitis in
cluded handmade decorations
and gift ideas which 'ranged
from the Navity Scene in
ceramics to a Williamsburg
apple tree on the refreshment
table. The theme for the Open
House was, "Sing A Song of
Christmas".. .Choirs caroled
1 each night which added to the
Christmas spirit as guests were
greeted by Mrs. Ray Godfrey,
and Mrs. Dewey Perry, Jr.
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S and Mrs. Dewey Yeates at the
registration table.
Other scenes included the
complete setting for '.'The Night
Before Christmas" as Helen
Gaither members featured a
hand knitted santa unloading
his pack. Snow Hill-White Hat
featured a globe of the world
and symbols of peace and joy as
they carried out the theme of
"Joy To The World". Beech
Spring and Bethel featured the
Navity Scene as each used a
different carol - "Away In a
Manger" and "Silent Night".
To protray "White Christmas",
Winfall used a window and snow
scene with a family dreaming
and listening. Burgess club
displayed Jingle Bell
arrangements, macrame, and
other items using bells of all
kinds and sizes.
Whiteston finished out the
Holidays with a tree trimmed in
Handmade ornaments and
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is a graduate of W. P.
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College of the Albemarle,
; Elizabeth City, N.C.
Father Time bring in the New
Year.
Refreshments of Cake
Squares, Fruit Cake Balls,
Peanuts and Punch were served
by Belvidere Homemakers.
Presiding at the Punch bowl
and refreshment table were
Mrs. C. T, Rogerson, Jr., Mrs.
Joe Towe White, Sr., Mrs.
Belvin Eure, Mrs. T.T. Harrell
and Mrs. Willard Copeland.
Other hostesses included - Mrs.
Howard Winslow, Mrs. Joseph
Layden, Mrs. Josiah Proctor,
Mrs. Winston Lane, Mrs.
Charles Ward, Mrs. Emmett
Long, Mrs, Freeman Um
phlette, Mrs. Robert Sutton,
Mrs. Warner Madre, Mrs.
Douglas Umphlette, Mrs.
Clifford "Pete" Perry, Mrs.
Fred Matthews, Mrs. Lyndon
White, Mrs. Tommy Stallings,
Mrs. Fannie Hurdle, Mrs. Ned
Nixon Sr. and Mrs. Estes
Copeland.
Other members carrying out
decorations and arrangements
for refreshments were Mrs.
C.T.. Rogerson, Jr., Mrs.
Thurman Riddick, Mrs. Claud
Winslow, Mrs. Elton Layden,
Mrs. Flora Hurdle and Mrs.
George Winslow.
Participating choirs included
Belvidere Community under the
direction of Mrs. McKay
Riddick, "The Young
Believers" directed by Mrs.
Bobby Jones and Mrs. Thomas
Ed Chappell; assisted by Miss
Caroline Wright; Whiteston Up
River Friends under the.
direction of Mr. Elmer
Lassister, Hertford Baptist
Church, directed by Mrs.
Chester Winslow, Woodland
United Methodist directed by
Miss Ann Benton and the Pierce
Boys - Mike, Mark and Troy. ,'.
W.H. Chappell
Dies At Age 86
William Hinton Chappell, 86,
of Rahway,, died Friday,
, December 1 at his home after a
brief illness.
Born in Hertford, N.C. he
moved to Rahway 40 years ago.
He was the son of the late
Lorenzo Dow and Sybil Chap
pell of Hertford.
He retired 16 years ago after
having been a freight conductor
for the Penn Central Railroad 40
years.
He served in the field artillery
in the U.S. Army from 1906 to
1 1912. He was the husband of the
late Bertha Yarbrough Chap
pell. Mr. Chappell was a member
of Trinity Methodist Church and
Rahway Lodge 1363, Loyal
Order of Moose.
Surviving are a son, John, at
home, a daughter, Mrs.
Virginia Sweitzer of Union, and
a granddaughter.
: Funeral services were con
ducted on Monday, December 4
at Rahway.
X, Countr Schol Buses New Officers Installed
Travel 295,031 Miles
Hertford
Christmas Programs
Scheduled Sunday
On Sunday December 17th at
the Morning Worship Service at
11:00 A.M.. the combined
Church Choirs will present their
music for Christmas. Included
in the musical will be: "Good
Christian Men, Rejoice" a 14th
Century German Melody; "O
Come, O Come, Emmanuel" an
Ancient Plain Song; 13th Cen
tury; "Gentle Mary Laid Her
Child", a 14th Century Carol;
"Once in Royal David's City"
by H.J. Gauntlett; '.'As Lately
We Watched" an Austrian
Carol; "There's a Song in the
Air" by K.P. Harrington, Mrs.
Billy Williams, soloist; "Born
This Day in Bethlehem" by
H.B. Franklin, Mrs. Edd Nixon,
soloist; "Sweet Little Jesus
Boy", Rev. N.B. Harris, soloist.
On Sunday Evening,
December 17th at 7:30 P.M. the
Young Adults will present a
religious drama entitled "The
Inn at Bethlehem", under the
direction of Mrs. Jim Robert
son. The Church extends a cordial
invitation to all to come and to
hear the message of Christmas
in music and drama with us.
It cost North Carolina tax
payers 18 cents day to transport
a child to school during 1971-72.
Sixty-six per cent of the public
school children rode the bus to
class during the year, a total of
722,714. That's an increase of
nearly seven per cent over the
previous year.
The figures are from the 1971
72 statistical report on tran
sportation prepared by the
State Board of Ecucation.
The average school bus
carried 67 pupils each day and
made 1.75 trips per day.
The average bus traveled 38.9
miles per day for a yearly total
of 7,058 miles. The total annual
mileage tor all buses was
73,614,515 miles.
There were 10,430 school buses
operated in North Carolina
during the year and slightly
more than 97 per cent of the
students who were tran
sporta ted to school rode the bus.
The cost for this tran
sportation was $24,411,000,
including contract tran
sportation and replacement
buses. The average cost of
Ward Named Manager
Of Perquimans Weekly
Ray Ward of Elizabeth City
has been named general
manager of the Perquimins
Weekly. He will assume his
duties January 1.
Ward has been a retail ad
vertising representative for the
Daily Advance since May, 1972.
The Advance, through its
parent corporation. Dear
Publication & Radio, Inc.,
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The set will be given away Dec. 23, just In time to make
?nice Christmas present. The girls will be at the Lions
lub building in downtown Hertford on that day and the
winner will be annoqnced at 2 p.m.
i - At the same time a delicious selection of cakes, pies,
candv. cookies and miscellaneous Christmas presents will
he sold. ,
1 The hours are 19 a.m. until 2 p.m. Hot coffee will also be
cn sale. Be sure to support this outstanding group of young
! ::es. Two of them are showing off the television set. '
"! ley are Susan Jane Bunch and Ella Sue Chappell.
Two staff members of the
Guilford County Agricultural
Extension Service have
received national recognition
for excellence in programming.
Mre. Kathryn B. Reese, home
economics extension agent, and
Miss Denise Beigbeder,
assistant extension agent, were
first place division winners in
the 1972 Alma award com
petition of the Association of
Home Appliance Manufac
turers. The prize, presented for
"imaginative consumer
communication regarding the
purchase, use, care, main
tenance, and service of major
home appliances,", was
awarded for the Appliance Fair
organized by the young women
in May. -,'-
A full day's program in the
Agricultural Extension
Building on Burlington Road,
the Appliance Fair featured
demonstrations, a slide show
and short films, a decorating
center where homemakers
could chat with interior design
consultants, and information on
appliances and innovations in
the field. .
Mrs. Reese was also awarded .
first place in the 1972 Com
munications Award Program '
sponsored by the National
Association of Extension Home
Economists. v ,
Presented to her at the '
association , conference in
Denver, Colo., the award was
based on three of the 'Young
Homemakers Newsletters
which Mrs. Reese writes and
distributes both in Guilford
County and elsewhere. , Mrs. .
Reese is the dauehter of Dr. and
Mrs. Allen Bonner of Hertford.
Washington, purchased
Weekly December 1.
The change in Ward's position
was announced by W.G.
Sheldon, general manager of
the Advance and several other
Dear publications in this area.
Ward will have complete
responsibility for the operation
of the Hertford newspaper.
As previously announced,
present personnel are expected
to continue with the newspaper.
The office on Court House
Square will be continued, and
refurbished.
"We are pleased to have an
Albemarle native on our staff
we can move into this important
position." Sheldon said. "Ray is
the energetic person the Weekly
and the community needs to
build our business and con
tribute to the county."
Ward is an Edenton native
and a graduate of Edenton High
School.
He is an Air Force veteran.
Prior to being with the Ad
vance, Ward was with radio
station WGAI for seven years as
an announcer, engineer, and
salesman.
He has been active in the
Elizabeth City Jaycees, the
Moose, the Bloodmobile, the
United Fund, and the local
softball and organized fishing
tournaments. Ward and his
family are members of the First
Christian Church, Edenton.
Ward and his wife Louise
have a young son and daughter
and live on Route 3, Elizabeth
City. They will plan to move to
Hertford.
transportation was $2,225 per
bus for the 181 day school year.
This breaks down to $12.29 per
bus per day, $33.04 per pupil per
school year, and 18 cents per
pupil per day.
The average school bus in
North Carolina gets about five
and a half miles to the gallon, it
costs slightly more than a penny
a mile to repair school buses,
and it costs and 13 cents a mile
to pay drivers salary.
In Perquimans County the
number of regular school buses
operated during the 1971-72
school year was 33. The buses
traveled 295,031 miles and
carried 1,450 pupils. The total
cost to the Perquimans system
was $81,251.50, or an average of
$56.04 per pupil and .2754 per
mile.
Guildofrd County operates the
largest fleet of school buses in
the state, 475. Charlotte
Mecklenburg Schools operate
473, and Winston-Salemr
Forsyth and Wake County
operate 358 each. The smallest
fleet in the state is in Dare
County, where there are only 18
buses.
Tyrrell County transports the
fewest number of students, an
average of 700 per day. Guilford
County transports the most, an
average of 40,475 per day.
Kites Held For Mrs.
Mary W. Chappell
Mrs. Mary Walters Chappell,
84, died December 5 in
Lakeland, Florida. A native of
Perquimans County, she had
lived in Lakeland for 4'2 years.
She was the daughter of the
late Thomas B. and Mrs.
Margaret Stokes Walters and
the widow of Thad Chappell. She
was a member of the first
United Methodist Church in
Hertford. . ,
Prior to her retirement, she
taught school for many years.
Surviving are a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Thad Drake of 1721
Cordova Circle, Lakeland,
Florida; a sister, Mrs. Lloyd
Griffin of Edenton; three
grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 11:00 in Ced
arwood Cemetery by the Rev.
E L. Earhhardt.
The casket pall was made of
white chrysanthemums and
fern.
Pallbearers were Noah
Gregory, Henry Clay Stokes,
Vivian Darden. Henrv C.
Sullivan, Charles Johnson and
Ben Thatch, Jr. '
Swindell Funeral Home was
in charge of arrangements.
At Chamber Of Commerce
The annual banquet of the
Perquimans County Chamber
of Commerce drew a full house
Thursday night at the Hertford
Grammar School, to hear an
excellent speech by former
State Sen. Hargrove (Skipper)
Bowles and entertainment by
The Young Believers.
Both received lengthy,
standing ovations as the C of C
continued its policy of
presenting the outstanding
Albemarle area banquets.
Many fine prizes, donated by
Chamber members, were given
away to lucky winners.
New officers installed were
Marion Swindell, president;
Wayne Winslow, vice
president; Mrs. Charles E.
White, Jr., treasurer; Albert
Eure, director from New Hope
Township; Elmer Lassiter,
director from Belvidere Town
ship; Carl Sawyer, director
from Bethel Township and
Charles Woodard, director from
Hertford Township.
Serving their second terms on
the board are George Baker,
Johnie Gregory, Jr., W.S.
Former State Senator Hargrove Bowles was the guest
speaker at the annual banquet of the Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce held last Thursday night.
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(Wink) Winslow.
Bowles, predictably,
discussed politics, particularly,
the recent election. That has
been covered in other
newspaper. But he also spoke of
towns such as Hertford which
he said hold the state's future
because of the potential they
offer and the people in the area.
He urged continuance of the
Chamber of Commerce spirit of
"getting things done" and
thanked the entire area for their
vote of support in his behalf.
Custom-made shirts from
Don Juan were presented him,
along with a special plaque and
the sincere thanks of everyone
involved for making
Perquimans County the first
place he stopped in officially
since the recent election.
The PTA served a tasty roast ;
beef dinner and credit for the
service goes to Mrs. Clyde
White and her staff
Thanks also to Mr. and Mrs.
Julian Winslow for hosting
Bowles during his visit to the
county.
A plaque and special
recognization were given
outgoing President R.L.
Stevenson from the Chamber in
behalf of a grateful community.
Ticket sales were the highest
ever, in spite of a conflicting
meeting in the county. Empty
chairs were not to be seen. In
behalf of the Chamber Com
merce, thanks go to everyone
who contributed to making the
1972 banquet the most suc
cessful yet.
Birthdays And Civic Meetings Board 0f DIrcctor
A Look Backward
By Virginia White Transeau
November 1934
NEW PROSECUTOR HAS
FIRST COURT SESSION : W.G.
Edwards the new Prosecuting
Attorney for Perquimans,
sworn in on Monday, had a
fulldocket in his first session of
court held on Tuesday.
FOUR COUNTY OFFICERS
TAKE OATH OF . OFFICE:
Among the county officers
sworn in on Monday at the
Board of County Com
missioners were new officers,
W.H. Pitt, Clerk Superior
Court; W.G. Edwards,
Prosecuting Attorney; John O.
White, Commissioner for
Hertford Township, J.C. Baker,
Commissioner for Belvidere
Township.
HERTFORD STORES
TAKING ON FESTIVE AIR:
Hertford stores are taking on a
festive air, with their i gay
Christmas decorations and
their interesting displays.
RELIEF WAGES REDUCED
FROM FORMER SCALE: The
wages to be paid by the
Emergency Relief Ad
ministration on projects in
Perquimans County has been
considerably reduced from the
former scale. . The cut In the
wage scale for men represents a
ten cent per day cut. For
women's work the cut is from
five to ten cents per hour, Brick
layers will be paid 50 cents,
Carpenters will receive 40 cent,
Plumbers will receive 50 cents,
Electricians, iron workers,
plasters, roofers, will receive 50
cents. Painters will receive 30
cents. Truck drives will be paid
25 cents for driving ton
trucks. All unskilled labor will
be paid 20 cents per hour. Thee
highest rate to be paid per hour
to women is 40 cents, which
includes bookkeepers,
dietitians, recreation directors.
IN THE ADVERTISE
M E N T S : W . M .
Morgan Furniture Co., was
adveruding a four poster bed,
dresser chest of drawers,
dressing table, heavy folding
springs and a Dandy matress,
all for $49.95. Morgan's Modern
Grocery was advertising Swift's
Brookfield Butter .34 cents lb.
Frankfurters, 2 lbs for 31 cents,
smoked sausage 16 cents pound.
Picnic shoulders 12M cents lb.
Oysters quarter .35 cents and
sugar s cents pound.
Now some folks say, "they
were the good ole days",
however back then the modern
conveiences that we have now,
far surpass those prices of
yesteryear.
DECEMBER 17
Mary Margaret White
Joyce Winslow
Mrs. Mary B. Keaton
Christy White
Jeffrey P. Chappell
DECEMBER 18
Dickie White
Vickie Chappell
L.C. Elliott "
P.H. Ownley, Jr.
Michael Miller
Chamber Com. Bd. Dir.
DECEMBER 19
Jay Dillon
Dion Dale
Mrs. Adrian Smith, Sr.
Thelma Appleton
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Howell
Anniversary.
Hertford Rotary Club 6:15
Masonic Lodge 8:00
Belv. Homemakers Club
DECEMBER 20
Edgar Roberson
Byron Paul
Mr. & Mrs. L.E. Pierce An
niversary Durants Neck Ruritan
DECEMBER 21
Mr. & Mrs. R.S. Chappell, Sr.
Anniversary
Robin Thatch
LloydEvans.Jr.
lola Stallings.
Preston Lowe
Mr. & Ms. Oliver Winslow
Anniversary
B.P.W. Club
Hertford Fire Dept
Lions Club
DECEMBER 22
Eddie Trueblood
L.B. Sitterson
DECEMBER 23
Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Smith, Sr.
Anniversary
Linda Ann Winslow
Restoration Assoc.
The Perquimans County
Restoration Association will
meet tonight at 8 p.m. in the
REA Building. Everyone
connected with the organization
is urged to attend.
Will Meet Monday
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce Board
of Directors will hold their
December meeting Monday at 8
p.m. in the Municipal Building.
This will be the first meeting
encompassing the full 1972-73
board and it is hoped by
President Marion Swindell that
everyone will be present.
Bank Of North Carolina
To Have Ribbon Cutting
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located in Harris Shopping Center, will officially open
Monday. December 18th. The ribbon cutting will be held at '
10 a.m. . .
Jint "Catfish" Hunter will make a personal appearance
at this time.