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Volume 28 -No. 52
State School Supt Supports ;
New Teacher Certification Policy
State School Superintendent
Craig Phillips says the new
"iteacher certification policy
yTfy adopted by the State
BoaTc of Education, is "one
more major step in the efforts to
vimprove the quality of teacher
8 training and teacher cer
tification in North Carolina."
In a statement issued at a
briefing for the news media in
Raleigh, Dr. Phillips said "it is
important that people all across
North Carolina understand that
the State Board of Education
has a long standing com
mitment to excellence in
learning and teaching in all the
schools of this state."
' The new certification policy,
effective July 1, 1973, requires
that teachers demonstrate
excellence in three areas:
academic achievement,
professional performance and
personal and social charac
teristics. At present, applicants
are certified by earning a
degree from an approved in
stitute and then scoring 950 on
the National Teacher
Examination (NTE). After July
1, teachers will still take the
NTE but a minimum score will
not be required. Instead,
academic achievement will be
determined by NTE composite
f scores and rank in the college
Birthdays And
y Civic "Meetings
DECEMBER 31 - "
Virginia Mat Winslow
Sue Proctor
Gail Proctor
Peggy Layden
Mr. & Mrs. Bud Miller An
niversary Mr. & Mrs.. Josiah Proctor
Anniversary
-JANUARY 1
. New Years Day
Cecil E, Sawyer
. Alex Cox
Jimmy Winslow
Mrs. Celtic Stokley
, :, Tony Copeland
Lois White
Ronnie Cash
Mrs. L.A. Proctor
Winfall Town Council 7:30
JANUARY 2
Frances White
i Bethel Fire Dept
" Hertford Rotary Club 6:15
' AMasonic Lodge 8:00
phiteston Homemakers Club
" (JANUARY 3
V-Hubert Watson 111
Wayne D. Tarkenton
Sallie Jean Lane
JANUARY 4
Lennie Hurdle
Alvah Madrey
William Wray Chappel
Jane Cherry
Am. Legion Post 126
Am. Legion Aux. Post 126
Lions Club
r JANUARYS
Fenton Cartwright
, Bobby Winslow
Tom Thacker
v Miriam Hurdle
Mr. & Mrs. Bradley Jennings
Anniversary
JANUARY 6
Robert Taylor '
To Conduct A
Watch-Night Service
A Watch-Night service will be
conducted December 31, 1972 at
the Hertford Assembly of God
Church. The service will begin
at 9 p.m. with special singing. A
time of prayer will be centered
around the mid-night hour.
t Rev. Lara Underwood ex
Wis a cordial invitation tjb the
'iblic to attend. ,
graduating class. In addition,
candidates will have to
demonstrate that they are ef
fective teachers and possess the
personal characteristics
necessary for a good teacher.
"The adoption ' of these
requirements comes as close to
assuring quality and fitness to
teach as does any method now
in use throughout the fifty
states," said Dr. Phillips. "This
combination of factors-the
approval of the college or
university program of study by
the State Board of Education;
scholarship as determined by
class rank and NTE scores; and
measures' of performance and
personal quality is a much
better method of determining
all-round teaching
qualifications than is being used
today," the State Superin
tendent added.
Haywood B. Lilly
Attends Training Meeting
Farmers Home Ad
ministration County Com
mitteemen from Perquimans
County attended a training
workshop in Williamston, N.C.
on December U, 1972. The
workshop was conducted by
personnel of the agency.
James T. Johnson, State
Director of the Farmers Home
Administration was the prin
cipal speaker for the occasion, ,
In his remarks Johnson
stressed the important role that
an FHA County Committeeman
could play in developing rural
America. '
Two chief functions of the
FHA County Committee is to
certify eligibility of all ap
plicants for FHA assistance and
recommending actions to be
taken in the making and ser
vicing of loans.
The County Committeeman
attending from Perquimans
County was Haywood B. Lilly,
Belvidere.
Warning For
Party-Goers
' Traffic accidents on North
Carolina highways during
Christmas and New Years could
claim 49 lives, according to the
N.C. State Motor Club.
Club president Thomas B.
Watkins said that an estimated
27 persons would die over the
Christmas holidays and 22 over
New, Years.' Last year there
were 52 deaths during the
holidays, with 31 during
Christmas and 21 during New
Years.
The state will count its toll
during 78-hour periods over
both weekends. The official
Christmas weekend begins at 6
p.m. December 2 and lasts
until midnight December 25.
New Years runs from 6 p.m.
December 29 until midnight
January 1. Y ,
"Hopefully, the holiday ac
cident situation can be im
proved with good weather and
more alert driving," Watkins
Said.; YY''Y ':
The motor club president had
a special warning for party
goers. "If you drink, don't
drive," he said, "or this could :
be your last holiday." Ten
fatalities last year were at-'
tributed to drinking drivers.
Other major, causes were
Speeding and reckless driving.
' Watkins pointed out that the,
state has already exceeded its
1971 fatality total, i
7 LONDON FLU
1 ATLANTA - "L ondon
Flu." a strain of Type A
Influenza, has been detect
ed In several U.S. cities and
. military ; installations, the
National Center for Disease
Control reports.
Wishing You A
Happy New Year
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Chip Banks, 3 years old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles C. Banks, Jr. of Winston
Salem, takes time out from his toys to
wish you and yours a Happy New Year.
Chip is the grandson of Mrs. C. C. Banks,
Sr. of Woodland Circle. He and his mother
Local Students Make
Dean's List At COA
There were 196 students
named to the Dean's List for the
Fall Quarter 1972, including all
curriculum programs. Students
receiving all "A's" for the Fall
Quarter were: Betty Betts,
John T. Catalina, Kathy W.
Francis, Lois A. Harris, Joseph
W. Marrow, Rita S. Reid, David
B. Ryan, Roberta L. Savin,
Debra W. Temple, Brenda L.
West, and Susan C. White all of
Elizabeth City; Rose M. Baum,
Maxine S. Hunt, Camden;
Patricia Bazemore, Corapeake;
Gay E. Burris, Edenton; Kathy
E. Hurdle, Hobbsville; Gladys
W. Turner, Lowland; Cynthia
M. Ames, Michael M. McCann,
Kathy M. . Sawyer; Marian F.
Sawyer, Moyock; Sandra G.
Albertson, Debra A. Sanderlin,
Shawboro, Anna L. Powell,
South Mills; George T. Scar
borough, Wanchese; Ethel J.
Jones, Norfolk, Virginia. Also
included in this listing are two
husband and wife teams:
Elizabeth N. and Thomas C.
Hand, Gatesville; Brenda L.
and Richard I. Phillips, Hert
ford. The students listed below all
made the Dean's List for the
Fall Quarter, 1972.
Belvidere:
Lu Ann Starlings
Hertford: "
; Linda L. Baker
Val M. Bridgers-
Lawrence L. Bruner
Susan G. Butler
Virginia L. Copeland
Rebecca E. Elliott
Mary B. Forbes
Audrey D. Goodman
Jack S. Harrell ..-,
Wallace E. Nelson
Lillia H. Overton
Dwight M. Perkins
Brenda L. Phillips
- Richard L. Phillips
Kay N. Winslow
Tyner:
' Vickie G. Jordan
Anne S. Jordan
Winfall:
William R. Pinner ,
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 28,
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an. Jul
yd mm mM &
and father are spending the holidays with
Mrs. Banks.
We, the staff at the Perquimans
Weekly, would also like to take this time
to wish each and everyone a Happy New
Year.
A Look Backward
TREES ON CAUSEWAY
WILL NOT BE RUINED: No
more trees will be cut down on
the Causeway or on the county
owned strip of woodland west of
the Perquimans River bridge,
where many of the smaller
trees have recently been cut. A
force of men, under the
direction of the local ERA has
been working on this property
for about ten days, cutting down
trees and trimming and piling
the wood to be used for relief
purposes near the roadside.
When Hertford residents saw
the result of these activities and
learned that no trees were to be
left standing, a mighty protest
arose because the beauty of this
strip of woodland, which is a
source of pride to many residents
of Hertford, was being spoiled.
It seems there was some
misunderstanding about the
matter, and there was little
difficulty in having the work ,
stopped.
MANY VIEW NEW TRAIN:
The new stream lined train of
the Norfolk Southern Railroad
made its initial stop in Hertford,
one of the three stops made on
this side of the Sound, on its
second trip to Raleigh, Thurs
day of this week.
WOMAN WIPES TEARS:
The woman wiped the tears
from her eyes and looked up as
her Swedish servant girl en
tered. "What for you crying?"
asked the maid. "I have just
said goodby to my boy,", an
swered the mistress. You know
he had been spending Christ
mas holidays at home and he
left this morning to return to
Yale." "es", answered the girl,
sympathetically, "I know yust
how you feel. My brother he
bane in yale two times since the
Christmas holiday began."
Chief Britt: Chief Britt
' arrested his eight-year-old son
for shooting firecrackers on the
. street The little lad was h ied in
Juvenile Court before Howard
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Pitt, Clerk of Superior Court,
and ordered to pay the fine of
one dollar. That was the only
arrest Chief Britt made of
violators of the new town or
dinance prohibiting the shooting
'of firecrackers on the street.
IMPRESSIVE WEDDING
HELD IN LOCAL CHURCH: A
wedding of unusual beauty and
simplicity took place at the
Hertford Methodist Church on
Wednesday, at 10 o'clock in the
morning, when Miss Hannah
Margaret Stephens, became the
bride of Mr. Alfred Carver
Shannonhouse, of Elizabeth
City. Miss Kate M. Blanchard
was organist and Miss Blanche
Cannon sang "Shuberts
Serenade". Miss Patricia
Stephens a sister of the bride,
lighted the candles. Miss Mary
Onella Relfe was maid of
honor. The Rev. B.P. Robinson,
performed the ceremony. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. P.L. SteDhens.
Birth Announcement: Born to
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Matthews, at
their home at Burgess, on
Wednesday, December 19, 1934,
a son.
Pvt. Terry Completes
Basic Training
Private Deborah C. Terry,
daughter of MrA and Mrs.
William E. Burtoi, Route 3,
Hertford, N.C-A. recently
completed eight 'DySpf basic
training at the Vonie!?s Army
Corps Center, Ft ' McClellan,
Ata.:1.'v;..;.:;' . :,
She received instruction in
Army history and traditions,
. administrative procedures,
military justice, first aid and
field training. j
Pvt. Terry received training
with Company B, WAC Training
Battalion. :
She is a 1972 graduate of
Perquimans County Hjgh
School.
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1972
Funeral Services Held
For W.B. StaUings
William Bryant Stallings, 71,
a farmer of Route 1, Belvidere,
died suddenly Wednesday at
10:00 at his home.
A native of Perquimans
County, he was the son of the
late James Noah and Mrs.
Delilah Stallings. He was a
member of the Bethany United
Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Ella Mae Vann Stallings; a son,
William Bryant Stallings, Jr. of
Route 1, Belvidere; two
daughters, Mrs. Ruby Hughes
of Hertford and Miss Barbara
Stallings of Route 1, Belvidere;
three brothers, Louis Stallings
of Route 1, Belvidere, Aleck
Stallings of Route 2, Hertford
and Floyd Stallings of Route 1,
Belvidere; and two grand
children. Funeral services were held
Friday at 2:00 in the Bethany
United Methodist Church by the
Rev. Daniel Forbes and the
Rev. Waldo Smith.
"I'll Meet You In the Morn
ing" and "Sweet By and By"
were sung by Carlton and
Seldon Rountree. They were
accompanied by Miss Wilma
Jolliff.
The casket pall was made of
red carnations and fern cen
tered with a cross of white
carnations.
Pallbearers were Glenwood
Stallings, Jimmy Stallings,
Clyde Stallings, Richard
Stallings, Woodrow Stallings
and Asa Stallings.
Burial was in the Family
Cemetery with Swindell
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
Snug Harbor Youth
Group To Organize
The yound people of Snug
Harbor will hold an
organizational meeting at the
Club House on January 13 at 2
p.m.
Election of officers will take
place. Plans for future meetings
will be made. Refreshments
will be served.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Thompson will be on hand for
this meeting. A staff of interest
Snug Harbor parents will assist
in future activities.
Alaska awarded title to
submerged land.
Auto makers ordered to
remove device.
Pictured is the Perquimans County Jail opening of the new Albemarle Area jail
after the chain fence had been removed, located in Elizabeth City.
The jail is not used as much with the
North Carolina Schools Enjoy
Low Fire Insurance Rates
Fire insurance rates for
North Carolina schools are
among the lowest in the nation,
thanks to a unique program that
allows the schools to buy in
surance from the State Board of
Education.
The program was authorized
by the 1949 legislature after the
insurance companies had an
nounced a whopping 25 percent
increase in the fire insurance
rates for the public schools. To
combat the increase, the
legislature authorized the State
Board of Education to establish
its own school building in
surance fund.
The first year of operation
1950 just under $42,000,000
worth of insurance was in force.
But that figure had grown to
over $743,000,000 at the end of
the 1972 fiscal year.
Insuring with the fund is
N.C. Museum Of"
Art Selects Print By
Michael Winslow
The North Carolina Museum
of Art in Raleigh has opened its
35th Annual North Carolina
Artists Exhibition. The
exhibition represents a long
tradition which has grown from
a modest competition to one of
major regional importance and
which has consistently
exhibited work of quality
comparable to that found
anywhere in the United States.
864 works were entered in the
competition and 108 were
selected for exhibition. Twenty
works were selected for a
traveling exhibition to be shown
in educational institutions,
libraries and art centers
throughout North Carolina.
Selected for the Museum
Show and traveling exhibition
was a woodcut print by Michael
Winslow, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John N. Winslow of Route 2,
Hertford.
Winslow is an Art Director
and designer with the
McKinney and Silver Agency in
Raleigh.
Another artist whose work
was chosen for the show was
Victor Huggins of Blacksburg,
Virginia. Huggins is married to
the former Miss Jo Pat Stokes
of Hertford.
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optional. A school unit may
insure with a stock or mutual'
company instead. But last year,
105 of the state's 152 school units
insured with the fund, along
with 40 of the 56 community
colleges and technical in
stitutes. The Director of the School
Insurance Fund, Thomas B.
Winborne, reports that total
insurance in force at the end of
the 1972 fiscal year was
$743,141,500, an increase of
more than $52 million over 1971.
Earned premiums for 1972 were
$950,062 with losses of $149,105,
for a loss ratio to earned
premiums of 15.69 percent The
fund showed a net profit for the
year of $1,047,563.
Perquimaiis School System
had $1,993,300.00 insurance in
force as of June 30, 1972, with no
fire and other losses, as of that
date.
According to Winborne, one of
the major results of the fund has
been lower rates charged public
schools by commercial in
surance companies. "I am
convinced that no such relief
would have been granted if the
insurance companies had not
been forced to compete for
business," said Winborne.
Sufficient coverage of school
buildings is another asset. When
the fund was established many
school systems were carrying
insufficient insurance. Today,
these same units have taken
advantage of lower charges to
increase their coverage.
But the greatest benefit,
acco4ing to Winborne, has
been the establishment and
maintenance of a fire inspection
service by the State. He said
that about one-half of the funds
budget goes to inspection ac
tivities designed to minimh
the risk of fire. Four engineers
are employed by the State
Board of Education for this
purpose.
WHALE WASHES ASHORE
CHARLESTON. S.C.-The
body of a 45 -foot whale
washed ashore here recent
ly. The mammal, weighing
30.000 pounds, has been
identified by biologist as an
adult sei whale. It was ship
ped to the Smithsonian In
stitution for scientific
data.