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Ifi lfr-Tae Perquimans Weekly, Hertford, N.C., Thursday, Apr! 1 1978
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teps (or cassettes. Tapes, now supplemental, are the
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Mrs. Robert Jones of the Ubrtry itaff proof-readi a volun
tsproduoed braille book. The Library of Congreu sets
Tarheel
iMore than half the
students who graduated
from North Carolina high
schools last spring went on to
higher education.
This Is one of the findings
of the Survey of 1972 High
School Graduates prepared
by the State Department of
Public Instruction.
The survey revealed that
70,342 students graduated
from public high schools
during 1972, a record
number. That's an increase
of 2.1 per cent over the
previous year. Charlotte
Mecklenburg graduated the
largest number, 4656. Tryon
had the fewest, 64.
the percent of graduates
continuing higher education
was SS.1 percent, about the
same as in 1971. 30.9 percent
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Students
enrolled in senior colleges,
22.7 percent entered Junior
colleges, community
colleges and technical In
stitutes, and 4.6 percent
entered private trade,
business, and nursing
schools.
From the Class of '72, 3,9
per cent joined the military
services, and 28.1 percent
are gainfully employed.
Information is not
available on 9.8 percent of
the '72 graduates.
A total of 35,624 females
and 35,628 males graduated
in 1972.
The survey also shows that
67.5 percent of the students
who were in the fifth grade in
1964-65 went on to graduate
from high school. Wake
County retained the highest
percentage of its fifth
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graders, 64.7 percent. At the
other end of the scale, only
47.6 percent were still
around to graduate In
Halifax County.
Hendersonville sent the
highest percentage of its
graduates on to senior
colleges, 63.7 percent. Clay
County had the fewest, 5.3
percent. Wilson County had
the highest percentage
entering community colleges
and technical institutes, 38.9
percent. Asheboro sent the
fewest,, 1.9 percent. Clay
County had the highest
percentage' going to junior
colleges, 21.4 percent, while
Rutherford, Lincolnton,
Madison and Pasquotank
each sent .5 percent to junior
colleges.
Asheboro had the highest .
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College
percentage of graduates
entering trade, business, or
nursing schools, 21.9 per
cent. Caldwell had the fewest
with .2 percent.
Maxton sent the greatest
number to military service,
12.8 percent, and Shelby the
fewest with .3 percent.
Alexander County has the
highest percentage of its
graduates gainfully em
ployed, 64.5 percent. St.
Paul's has the fewest, VI
percent.
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These Women Live, Not
The difference between
living - and merely existing.
This is what the State
Library Services for the
Blind and Handicapped
provide, according to one
blind reader.
The facility at 1314 Dale
Street in Raleigh serves
approximately 11,000
readers in both Carolines
with its multitude of ser
vices, which include talking
books and magazines, books
on cassette tapes, braille
books and large-type books -11
provided free and by mad,
These are the services that
mean so much to the blind
and handicapped the
difference between living
and simply existing. And
' Marian Leith, enthusiastic
director of the Special
Services Division of the
North Carolina State
Library, declares, "We're
just 'teeming with project
ideas."
Pointing to a shelf losded
with books of all subjects,
'the director explains,
"These large-type books are
mostly printed In England."
The books, printed in 18-point-type
for partially
sighted readers reflect''
subjects for a wide variety of
age groups, Mrs. Leith
mentioned that these are
popular with residents of
. nursing homes and the
. elderly, but noted that there
is little flexibility in the titles
available. "We just can't get
enough," she said. "So few
companies print large-type
books." '
The major services offered
on Dale Street is the talking
books division serving
approximately 8,500 of the
12,000 legally blind in North
Carolina. "It's just like the
public library," Mrs. Leith
observed, "except these
books are on records." And
patrons receive their books
by mail.
The talking book collection
is huge - containing
EVERYTHING except
textbooks or technical
material -- a total of about
5,000 titles in 65,000 con
tainers of talking book
records and cassettes.
Extensive card files
carefully catalogue each
reader according to his likes,
dislikes, age, educational
level, etc., with the books
chosen by the reader by
numbers, For the borrowers
who do not specify a par
ticular title, but simply
request "mystery," or
"historical fiction" . or
"religious," the task is a
little more complicated.
"We try to bring book and
reader together," Mrs. Leith
commented. "We do a pretty
good job, but sometimes
have to guess." She pointed
out that it takes about a year
for the librabians to learn the
selective process - matching
reader and talking book.
"And all our librarians are
avid readers themselves, so
are familiar with what's
available," she wxplalned.
The director observed that
experience plays a major
role In the selection, as well
as concern for the Individual
reader.
"We get to know our
people pretty well," she
added. "Some (readers)
even drop notes and letter in
the (mailing) containers."
She also mentioned that
despite their care, oc
casional mixups do occur,
Some learned physician once
received a third grade book,
and now and then some older
person will receive one of
today's popular novels - and
be thoroughly shocked!
The mailing containers,
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us now for Immediate delivery,
color coded for the sighted
staff, carry both braille and
printed labels. There is no
wrapping or addressing for
the reader -when he's ready,
to return the talking book, he
simply slips the pre
addressed card from the slot
on the front and turns it over.
A hole punched in the right
side indicates to him which
side (of the address card) is
showing.
A function of the Library of
congress, both the talking
book machines . and the
talking books are furnished
to qualified readers free of
cost and free of postage.
They're even repaired free
of charge by the Telephone
Pioneers of America,
utilising volunteer help.
Battery operated machines
serve homes without elec
tricity. A whole new world was
opened to blind readers in
1931 when President Hoover
signed, the Pratt-Smoot Act
making the service to the
blind nationwide. Later, in
1952, the act was amended to
delete the word "adult" thus
permitting service to
children as well as adults. In
1966, Congress enacted laws
extending national books-for-the-blind
service to all
persons unable to read
conventional printed
materials because of
physical or visual limitations
(these include paralyzed
individuals, those in iron
lungs or other medical
devices, amputees, etc.).
In addition to all kinds of
books, the library provides
magazines on the records
and cassettes. "Readers
Digest and Newsweek are
probably the most popular
magazines," the director
pointed out. "We have about
1,000 copies of each." Other
magazine selections run the
gamut from National
Geographic to Jack and Jill
and Ranger Rick for
children.
The talking book machines
utilize three speeds - eight,
16 and 33 revolutions per
minute, with magazines
most usually recorded at the
8 rpm speed. Magazines are
reproduced all three ways,
Mrs. Leith pointed out '
(braille, talking books and
cassette tapes), "but not all
on each" type."
The three-speed talking
book machines are easy to
adjust - if a blind reader
puts on a record and it
sounds "like Donald Duck"
Mrs. Leith explained that all
he has to do is switch to the
next speed.
Books on tape are a fast
growing service, the director
mentioned. So far, tape is a
supplement since the service
is new, but is fast catching
up. The service now offers a
limited number of reel-to-reel
tapes for those readera
with tape players of their
own; and cassette tapes,
Notice
of Public Securing
Take notice that the Board of County Commission
of Perquimans County, N. C, incompliance with Chapter
153, Article 20AV Section 266.2 will on Monday the m ;
day of May, 1973,
Meeting Place in the Courthouse in Hertford, Perquimans
county, N. C, hold a PUBLIC HEARING on a proposed '
Ordinance for the CONTROL AND REGULATION of
SUBDIVISIONS in
All interested
the Hearing.
Dated and
library-supplied
players. Mrs. Leith predicts
that in 10 years cassettes
may supplant talking books.
A cassette, she explained,
plays aDout the same
amount of time as a record -which
is about 45 minutes on
each side. Various books, of
course, have more than one
record or cassette. "War and
Peace, for instance, has four
records or tapes," she
remarked, "and Gone With
the Wind has three."
'The only children now
servea witn cassettes are
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at 10:00 o'clock A.M.,
Perquimans County,
citizens are urged to
Posted this 13th day
Dy order of the Board of pounty
Commissioners of Perquimans
County, M. C.
'::':'''h:::- :'i;r;;;i';: 'iiv"':
JULIAN C. POWELL, .
Clerk to the Board.
Exist
' kindergarten age-c&roughi,
uiuu giaue. un P( WI,
Leith 's plans for the ftrfiire is
to expand the ;serye- to
dyslexic (children wlttffeadi
ing 'difficvdtleshVrtdmen-L
fmiv rat jj:-;i.i."rfx.T"
taTTy retardeqvcifflaren
beyond third graded
But thm"raryo&ers
many books in baflle;"for
children, as weD V -uKhe ,
talking books. AJq. offered
.are the "twin-vision? 6oks
for a sighted pareiifauiB a
blind child or Vice- 'versa,
which feature brSifie;' ;and
. print on facing oases. '
EDENTOliJkp.
WednssdityfcThufsday
April 18-19-Ratln9iX
"EASY VIRTU":'
Friday fc Saturday.
Apri20-21-Ratinf(PG)
Double Feature
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"Dracula, Prince
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"Frankenstein
Created Woman"
Sunday, Monday, 9-
&Tuesday
Aprl 22-23-24 '
Rating (PG) i
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