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The J. E. Winslow Home
This home was built before 182S, according to some
sources. The home, located on Front Street was built on
a New England plan with four fireplaces off each
chimney instead of the usual two in the south. The home
also has a stencilled hall floor, common to New England
but not the South. The house was shelled from the river
by Burnsides' Maraduers in 1862. The inside of the
downstair floor is painted black- and white and is
diamond shaped of the original form. The home un
derwent renovation in 1966 in keeping with the original
federal period of design. The floor are original pine
Doors.
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ATTENDS MEETING Perquimani
County was well represented last
Thursday when the Family Planning
workshop for social workers was held
at the REA building near Hertford.
Commissioners Stay Firm
On Request By Hunters
By Franclne Sawyer
News Editor
HERTFORD A petition
was brought before County
Commissioners Monday night
to seek a reconsideration of
the legislation request
regarding rifles in
Perquimans County.
At the commissioners last
meeting, motion was made
to send the state legislators a
bill making it illegal to
discharge rifle any larger
Snug Harbor Residents
Seeking Telephones
. By Ray Ward
;' ' General Manager
HERTFORD - The
Perquimans CountytCMmber
of . Commerce ".board - of
directors heard residents of "
Snug Harbor Complain of
lack of phone service In the
1 development '
Some six residents of the
Upcoming Events
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
The Perquimans County
Historical Society win meet at
I p.m. next Monday at the
Perquimans County Library.
All members art urged to
attend-"4v'--
BEAUTIFICATION
MEETING
The Perquimans County
Beautlficatlon steering
committee group will meet
Thursday at Sp.m. in the town ;
office building. All members
are urged to attend.
( RESCUE SQUAD
. The Perquimans County '
Rescue Squad meets next
Monday night at the squad
headquarters. -
Perquimans Is one of nine counties in
the Region R Family Planning net
work. (Staff Photo By Franclne
Sawyer)
than a .22 caliber in
Perquimans County.
The petitions which since
Friday has 102 names was
presented to the board by Tom
Proctor.
Tuesday was the final day
any bill could be changed or
modified.
Commissioners took no
action on the petition and the
biU will stay in Raleigh as it is.
The petition read: "We the.
undersigned residents of
area .appealed to board
members to investigate the
possibilltyforhelpingresldenU
obtain a telephone.
Residents complained of
seeking telephone service in
the area for 'a few years with
no result.
Marlon Swindell,' president
of the chamber explained to
residents that bad weather,
lack of equipment, and strikes
could be reasons no telephone :
service hus been installed. .
.Two of the residents have
heart trouble, a resident
stated these people especially
need a phone.
One resident told the board
that there Is a pay phone In the
area, but "it Is out of order
most of the time." ,
Swindell suggested that the
chamber of commerce ap
point a committee to make
personal contact with officials
of the phone company, H
. The board voted support the
efforts of the people of Snug
Harbor in seeking telephone
service.
Fifty permanent residents
live at Snug Harbor. ' -
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The Julian Winslow Home
The Julian Winslow Home will serve as luncheon site
April 25 when the Museum of the Albemarle annual tour
is held in Perquimans County. The home was once
owned by Dr. Brinn. It is contemporary in design and
lovely. Lunch will be served here from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Planning
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Perquimans County oppose
the proposed legislation
making the discharging of any
rifle larger than a .22 caliber
illegal In Perquimans County.
We feel that this proposed
legislation presents an undue
hardship on the resident
hunters of this county. We
would strongly support
legislation providing for harsh
' punishment of any individual
convicted of carelessly or
dangerously discharging any
firearm."
Commissioners also heard
from the person in charge of
looking over the courthouse
for modifications .and
renovations. These plans were
heard with more con
sideration to be given in the
future.
First Aid Course
Being Held
- The Continuing Education '
Department of College of The
. Albemarle announces a
course in Standard First Aid
will begn on Thursday March
29 and end on Thursday, April
28. The five weekcourse will
meet on the Main Campus on
Riverside In room 437 from 7
tO 10 p.m. . ;
The StandarOlrst Aid
' course includes principles of
' emergency action In case of
accidents. Both theory and
skills wlU be Included. Safety "
" will be stressed throughout the '
course and standard First Aid
certificates ' will be Issued
' upon successful completion of
the course. Emphasis will also
be given the Occupational
" Safety and Health Act of 1970.
For further Information call
the Continuing Education
' Department at College of The
Albemarle .-' 335-0821 ex
tension 233.
Hertford, Perquimans CountyNorth Carolina, Thursday, March
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Meeting
Held Here
HERTFORD - A family
planning workshop for social
workers from Perquimans,
Gates, Chowan, Pasquotank,
Camden, Washington, Tyrrell,
Hyde, Dare and Currituck was
held here at the REA building
last Thursday.
The clinical terms as
currently set up to carry out
the Family Planning services
are composed of a clinician,
public health nurses, social
workers, outreach workers,
and clerical personnel, The
administrative support staff
consists of a Family Planning
co-ordinator, assistant co
ordinator, health educator,
outreach supervisor, and
counselor. The overall
" program is supported by the
. Programs Administrator
hU .toff ft ' ." AtkWtWWli
Human Resources
Development System.
The Region will be
blanketed by three teams of
the already assigned persons
to a definite area operation,
This does not Infer one team
cannot be superimposed to
another . area If the need
arises.
A sub-contracting
mechanism is being worked
out with delegate agencies for
like disciplines to hire like
disciplines to become a part of
the local clinical team. The
local management team will
have program input and
direction.
Each area management
team will consist of
representatives from the
health departments, the social
services departments,
Economic Improvement
council and the administrative
team of family planning
program.
The meeting began at 10
a.m. with greetings and in
troductions from Mrs. Aiko
Williams. Goals, philosophy
services of Region R Family
Planning program were
presented by Mrs. Mary
Belch, coordinator of the
program's area family
planning teams.
Methods of family planning
were presented by Mrs. Mary
Belch, Christine Pederson,
health educator, family
planning program, and
Frances Muth, social worker
at N.C. Memorial Hospital,
Chapel Hill. ;
Legal aspects of family
planning were presented by
Frances Muth. Counseling and
referral, on family planning
was presented by Dorothy
Lonon, State Dept. of Social
Services, Raleigh.
; The summary ', and
. evaluation was presented by
; Dorothy Lonon, JoAnn Morris
of Region R. Family Planning
personnel.
i For Area III of Region R,
which . includes Gates,
Chowan, Pasquotank,
Camden and Perquimans, the
social worker is Diane Huff
man, the three public health
nurses are Darlene Asbell,
Sharon Crocker, and Peggy
Wllkins. Five Out Reach
Workers are Shirley Moore, '
Pasquotank; Bertha Ryan,
Gates; Mary Mercer, Cam
den; . Lillian Jordan,.
Perquimans and Valola
Rountree, Chowan.
County Is
Selected
For Tour
HERTFORD The
Museum f he
Albemarle annual tour
will feature Perquimans
C:uny. April 25.
Plans have been made
for the tour to include
II ly Trinity Episcopal
Church, he historic
Newbold-Whiie House,,
he Emme I Winslow
It irae, he Waller Ed
wards home, he
Charles Whedbee home,
he Erie Has e home
and he Julian Winslow
hime.
Perquimans Coumy
members f MOA and
he Perquimans Coumy
His orical Society met
las week a Mrs. Jean
Winslow's home o
discuss and finalize
plans for he April 25
even .
Plans call for he
ours o begin a 11 a.m.,
c including a 5 p.m.
Lunch will be served ai
Mrs. Jean Winslow's
h me fpim noon o 2
p.m.
Each home owner, as
well as he church will
have a "guide.
All persons In
surrounding coun ies
will a end he our.
Sponsored by he
museum f he
Albemarle, proceeds
fr m he $5 luncheon
and our icke s. will go
oward MOA projecis.
X o al of 175 ickeis
will be prin ed. Tickets
can be purchased a
Museum of he
-Albemarle and he
Her ford Chamber of
C immerce.
Mrs. Jean Winslow Is
chairman f he evem.
Perquimans Personality
Frank Roberts
HERTFORD - ."I'm' a
northerner by birth,
southerner by choice," says
Frank Roberts, part-time
manager of the Perquimans
County Chamber of Com
merce. It's been a long haul from
his birth place in Queens in
New York City to this small
southern town. Perquimans
County he says, and his wife
Valeria confirms , it em
phatically, is the final home
for the family.
The reason for such a long
haul from Queen to Hertford is
the business Roberts is in.
Besides working hard to
promote Perquimans County,
Roberts has another duty in
the media. A writer for the
Virginian-Pilot, a Norfolk
newspaper which comes into
Northeastern North Carolina
somewhat, is the trade he is
in.
But even that has not been
so for such a long time.
Roberts life, has been on the
turn table. He was for many
years, a radio announcer and
emcee.
"Even as a kid, just like my
son Clay, I used to pretend in
my room to be an announcer. I
would play records, give a
weather report and chat with
the audience,", he said.
Roberts attended public
schools in New York City. His
father was In advertising, his
mother was a social services
worker. "If you compared our
family to rich, medium, or
poor, we were a little below
medium," he said.
Roberts recalls the city as a
child a safe place. Back in
1939-'40 the New York World
Fair was there.-"A friend and
I used to go over there every
day after school. We knew the
place Inside out. Now when I
go back to the city I'm a
nervous wreck," he said.
. High School was spent In the'
Bently School In Manhattan. It
was an exclusive school
Roberts won a scholarship to.
It was experimenting In
22, 1973
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SERVICE AWARD PRESENTED
Walter W. White, right, was presented
a service award by James Bond,
Edenton staff postmaster, for 26 years
of service to the U.S. Postal service.
White retired as Hertford postmaster,
Blaze Destroys Home ;
Family Needs Clothes
CHAPANOKE - The
Perquimans Chapter of the
American Red Cross is asking
help for one of its families
which lost all of its belongings
in a fire which destroyed their
home in the Chapanoke sec
tion of Perquimans County
Sunday evening.
The George Parker family
was wiped out after blazes
swept their home. There are
14 members in the family. The
father, mother, six boys
ranging in ages of 8 months to
18 year, and six girls ranging
in ages of 8 to 14 years old.
The clothes sizes for the
father and boys are; father,
pants, 32W-31 inseam, shoes
8'i or 9, shirt, large. Boys 8
months, size 1 to 2; shoes 3.
progressive education
methods and "not co
educational, until Roberts and
three other young boys at
tended there.
After graduation from high
school it was Army time.
Roberts pulled some time in
Nome, Ala., then only a U.S.
territory. He worked with the
Armed Forces Radio there.
After military duty he came
back to New York and worked
in the U.S. Post Office
department for one year then
the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
Neither of these jobs were
exactly his calling. So taking
advantage of the GI Bill he
attended at DJ (disc Jockey)
school for six months and
landed his first radio job with
WWBX in New Jersey and
started an all night radio
program.
From there It was on to
Maryland, then Rome, N.Y.
While in Rome, a sandwich
was named for Roberts' radio
show and for him. The entire
time as serving as a DJ at
various points Frank also did
promotions In the city.
: After many more interviews
with famous band per
sonalities, and various other
radio jobs, ("I used to move
for $5 more,") Roberts got
into television in the golden
days of live shows. He used to
do commercials among his
duties. One involved
demonstrating a sewing
machine. After continuous
rehearsal it was time for the
spot. As he let the fabric go
through the machine, it got
hung and began piling up.
"It's so simple even a child
could do it, unfortunately, I'm
not a child," he told the
audience. With that, the
camera was panned off him.
. Somehow Roberts began
working In-Edenton for the
radio station there in the
middle '50s. He then came
back there In '59 after leaving.
He married a Hertford girl,
Valeria White, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William (Billy)
White of 721 Grubb St. Valeria
was the baby of 11 children.
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Dec. 31, 1972. Looking on as the
presentation was made last week is
acting Hertford postmaster, Henry
Stokes. (Staff Photo By Francine
Sawyer)
Nineteen months, size 3 or 4,
shoes size 5V4 or 8. Six-year-old,
size 7 or 8; shoes size 12,
shirt 6 to 8. Twelve year old
boy wears size 14-16, size 4,
and shirt size 14. The 15-year-old
boy wears size 29W-30
inseam, wears 81 shoes and a
medium shirt. Ths 18-year-old
boy wears a 30W-31 inseam,
size nine shoe and a medium
shirt.
The clothes size for the
mother and girls are: Mother,
dress size, 22'i, shoe size 8'
or 9, The girl, 8 years old
wears a 7-8 dress, shoe size 2;
9 year old girl wears 10 size
dress and 6' or 7 shoe; The
ten-year-old girl wears 18
dress and 8Mi shoe; the 11 year
old girl wears a 16Mi chubby
dress and$ 5Mi shoe; the 14-
Frank and Valeria have three
children of their own, David,
U, Clay, 9 and Jennifer 7,
Before the Edenton radio
station Roberts worked with
television stations in
Washington and Greenville.
The first newspaper Roberts
worked with was in
Jacksonville, N.C.
So now it's Perquimans
County and the Chamber of
Commerce and contentment
for Roberts.
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FRANK & FAMILY Frank Roberts shares record
collection of over 3,000 with wife Valeria. A time to
romp with children is a time Frank enjoys as much as
children. (Staff Photos By Francine Sawyer)
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year-old girl wears a 18's
dress and a 9'i shoe.
Persons with items to aid
this needy family are urged to
contact the Perquimans
County Economic Resource
Center, at 210 Hyde Park,
Hertford or call 426-7868 or the
EIC Headstart center in
Hertford. The phone number
is 426-7070.
Please see what you and
your neighbor can do.
Questions on Your
Family's
Move...
anewtred byXy'
Alice Bowman
Home Moving Coniultant
Allltd V.o lln.i. Inc. fl
Dear Miss Bowman: We will
have the chanc to make one
houM-hunting trip before our
move to Los Angeles. Any sug
gestions? Mrs. J. H., Green
wich, Conn.
ANSWER: Make a thtMM
that Includes neighborhood fa
cilities as well aa what you
want In a house. Things to
look (or Include the avallabU.
lty of good schools and com
plete shopping centers, auto
traffic patterns, play areas for
children, adult recreational (a.
clUties, and cultural opportun
ities such as theaters and mu
seums. Another point to con
sider might be the posslbUlty
oi luiure major
oonstructum.