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Volume 29 No. 20
Hertford, Perquimans County,. North Carolina, Thursday, May 17, 1973
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Service
Offered
. The North Carolina Rural
Manpower Service Office
has been located in Hertford
for some two years now,
The office, a mobile
trailer, is located on the
Municipal Parking Lot.
The Rural Manpower
Service is a unit of the
Employment Security
Commission of North
Carolina. It is designed to
offer full employment ser
vices in rural county areas
that do not have a permanent
employment service office.
The Hertford office is tied in
with the Edenton, Elizabeth
City, and Norfolk, Va..
Employment Service offices
through a computer-Job bank
system. The local office is
served one day a week for
Unemployment Compens
ation purposes by a staff
member from the Edenton
office.
The Hertford Rural
Manpower office serves
Perquimans, Chowan, and
Gates Counties for rural
employment programs.
Some of these programs are:
Service to : Handicapped
Workers, Service to Older
Workers, Veterans
Employment, Youth
Employment, recruitment
for various Manpower
Training programs. Rural
Industries in the three
counties are served from the
Hertford office also.
The Rural Manpower
Service recruits and refers
workers ; for setting pine
seedlings with the N.C.
Forest Service and various
pulp and paper companies.
Workers are recruited and
referred to seafood
processing plants, con
struction work, and in
agricultural employment for
the harvest of fruit, grapes,
various truck crops, and
flowers. There is no migrant
activity in any of the
Qunties now.
i Charles T. Skinner, Jr.,
manager of the Hertford
' office, is I IS year employee
bfx- ther N.C. State
Employment Service.
Skinner has worked as an
Interviewer in the Edenton
office;, as ' a Veterans
Employment Representa
tive in the Elizabeth City
office; and as a Farm
Placement Representative
in the three county area until
the mobile office was moved
Into Hertford in May 1971.
Skinner said one of the
biggest problems in '
referring workers to suitable
employment is the lack of
transportation from rural
areas of workers to Job
locations. , . ,
S B, Seymour; Jr. of
Camden is the Supervisor of
Rural Manpower Service
activities in a ten county
area extending from
rirquimans to Halifax
County,
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Parting Dewntewa Is United Ta It Miaites
Merchants 'Irked
With Parking
BY FRANCINE SAWYER
Some members of the Perquimans County
Chamber jaf Commerce Merchants committee ex
pressed concern with the downtown parking situation.
W.P. Ainsley, a downtown merchant, said he was
"irked" by some persons who work in downtown and
take up a potential shoppers parking space from 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. .
"No one is enforcing the parking ordinance," a
committee member said.
"It's been days since I've seen a policeman walk
downtown. They just ride by occassionally," another
member said. .
When parking meters were taken from downtown,
parking for free was delegated for 90 minutes.
"The ordinance is on the book," Ainsley said. "It
just has to be enforced," he added.
Ainsley cited a working group at an angle across
the street from his business as the biggest violators.
The group decided to send a letter to the town
council asking them to have this ordinance enforced.
At present there are two free municipal parking
la n-rtfcrd.
l!AT,TCn Cr" Ctner, Jr., of Perquiaiana
'County and S.B. Seymour, Jr., of Camden discuss y
manpower activities.
FRANCES WHITE
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Firemen
Hold
Meeting
HERTFORD - The
Quarterly Meeting oP the
Albemarle Firemen's
Association was held at
Perquimans High School
cafeteria and hosted by the
Hertford Volunteer Fire
Department on Tuesday
night, May 1.
i , President W.A. Weeks
'called the meeting' to order;?
He then introduced Chief
F.B. Nixon of Hertford who
welcomed the visiting '
firemen. Chief Nixon then
introduced Mayor W.D. Cox
of Hertford who in turn
welcomed the members of
the Albemarle Association to
Hertford. President Weeks
recognized Miss Franclne
Sawyer of the Perquimans
Weekly newspaper as being
a guest at our meeting.
John Lively, District
Forester with the N.C.
Forest Service, was in
troduced. Mr. Lively in
troduced Lewis Stallings,
9 Perquimans County Ranger.
. Mr. Lively showed a series of
slide pictures on the various
- aircraft used by the Forst
Service in fire fighting. He
also thanked the fire fighters
of this area and thru out the
state for their support in
handling forest fires with his
department.
The minutes of the
February meeting were read
and stood as being correct.
Roll Call of the AFA
membership departments
was called. Ten departments
were represented with a
total of 67 people in at
tendance. President Weeks
read the minutes of the
Board of Directors meeting
held in Hertford on March 16,
1973.
President Weeks called on
Kermit Layton, Executive
Director, to explain the shot
gun raffle to be held among
member departments.
Motion was made, seconded,
- and carried to accept the
recommendation of the
Board of Directors. Mr.
Layton then gave a report
from the Executive Direc
tors Office and his activities.
He reported that donations
amounting to 1225.00 from
the AFA had been forwarded
, to the N.C. Firemen's Burn
Center Fund at Chapel Hill,
N.C. He welcomed .
' Englehard Fire Department
into the Association as a new
member. The committee
. vruff on . agricultural
ehemicat emergencies was
Tlhrcossed. : Mr. " Layton
reported that the Weeksville '
Department is working on a
rating for their department
and assistance Is being .
rendered by , the Executive
- Director. He closed after -
commenting on the various
area, training programs in r
the past and now underway.
' Kathy Marren, daughter of
Mrs. Peggy Muldrow, is
valedictorian, and Frances
White, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. White, Jr., is
salutatorian of the 1973
graduating class of
Perquimans High School.
The Gr.and Honor Roll for
, Perquimans County High
School for the class of 1973
consists of 16 members. To
be onSue Grand Honor Roll,
a student -must average 90
foft his four years in high
schVpl-
Members of the Grand
Hondr Roll are: Kathy
Marren, Frances White,
Willie Faye Dail, Gail Eure,
Gail Proctor, Eva Newby,
June Lane, Brad Fields,
Freda Godwin, Vickie
Chappell, Mary Brinkley
Ward, Jenny White, Allen
Lassiter, Robin Perry, Vicki
Haskett, and Lucy Frier-son.
Exercises
Planned
Plans are being f nadf
Commencement exMpis
be held at PerpiMr
uunw Mign scnqon
rtasium Friday, Jujie '
p.m. the Revefaia R.
Lorenzo Newby, Pastor of
the St. Paul and Oak Hill
A.M.E.Z. Churches, will give
the invocation and
benediction. The speaker for
the occasion will be Dr. W.O.
Fields, Jr., Assistant
Superintendent, State
. Department . otJPublic
Instruction. Baccalaureate
and commencement exer
cises are being combined
this year into one exercise.
Special music will be
presented by the Glee Gub
under the direction of Miss
Caroline Wright.
There are 156 candidates
in line for the presentation of
diplomas. The valedictorian
is Kathy Marren, daughter
of Mrs. Peggy Muldrow. The
salutatorian is - Frances
White, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. White, Jr.
Trophies will be presented to
the valedictorian and
salutatorianV
Members of the County
board of Education, Mr.
William E. Byrum, Principal
of PCHS, Mr. C.C. Walters,
Superintendent of
Perquimans County Schools,
will be seated on the stage
for the graduating exercises.
Mr. Clifford Winslow,
Chairman of the Board of
Education, will present the
diplomas.
Senior
Citizens
Events
BY FRANCINE SAWYER
HERTFORD - The
merchants committee of the
Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce
voted Friday to "treat senior
citizens special" in ob
servance of senior citizens
week being : observed
nationally and statewide.
Perquimans County
chairman of the com
missioners board declared
and recognized Senior
Citizens Week as May 20
through 28 in the county.
He is calling : on the
agencies, : organizations,
churches, businesses, and
other groups to join In ob
serving this week as senior
Citizens Week.
Merchants in the local
stores will be giving
discounts at their discretion
to senior citizens on the
Thursday, "Friday and
Saturday who show their
senior citizen card.
THE LEGS WHICH CARRY THE MAIL - Eldon Winslow, of the Hertford Post
office jumped into spring fashion while setting the pace with his regulation
Bermuda shorts. Winslow didn't say it, but we suspect dogs don't bite but women
whistle as he makes his mail rounds. (Staff Photo By Francine Sawyer )
Movies
Tonightt
Two of the greatest names
in movies will be spotlighted
tonight at 8 p.m. in the
Municipal Building in
Hertford for the next
presentation of free family
films presented by your
Chamber of Commerce.
They are Charlie Chaplin
and Walt Disney.
One of Chaplin's earliest
films, one of his funiest, but
one that is not often viewed is
"Mabel at the Wheel" co
starring another great name
of the silent screen, Mabel
Normand. Also appearing is
Mack Sennett who later
became famous as the
producer of many great
movies featuring Sennett's
bathing beauties.
Also - Walt Disney 's "Rite
of Spring" a portion of his
outstanding film "Fan
tasia," and regarded by
many as the most exciting
scene from that well-known
movie.
Plus - "Sunday Lark"
fascinating short subject
about the adventures of a
little girl in a Wall Street
brokerage office.
Remember, you're in
vited. And it's free.
- KATHY MARREN
ANNUAL VISITOR
Blue mold la an annual
visitor, to North Caro
lina's big tobaoco coun
try. The fungus disease
was first identified in the
state In 1931. and it has
been found somewhere in
the state each spring
slnoe that date. ' It was
first identified this year
around the last of April.
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OBSERVES 34th ANNIVERSARY The Hertford
Lions Gub celebrated its 34th anniversary Monday
night at the Angler's Cove. From left, Wm. Claude
Brinn, C. Ray Pruitte, second vice president to N.C.
Association For The Blind, Charles Woodard,
president and John T. Biggers, secretary. (Sawyer
Photo)
PerquimansPersonality
Kathy Marran
By FRANCINE SAWYER
Kathy Marren believes
students should get involved
while in high school. "That's
the reason apathy strikes, if
a student isn't involved," she
said.
Kathy should know. She is
valedictorian of the up
coming graduation class at
Perquimans County High
School. She has an overall
average of 95.7. That's in
volved. She said she always
wanted to do well in high
school because she wanted to
go to college. Knowing the
expense of college Kathy
decided scholarships on
merit were the answer.
Any impression one has of
Kathy, perhaps that of her
aoee always stuck in a book
should be dispelled.
Her idea of involvement
didn't stop with the text
book, rather it expanded into
extra after-school activities.
' For starters, the honor
student for her entire four
year high school stint was a
cheerleader, chief this year,
member of the health club,
on the newspaper staff, this
year she is editor, member of
the N.C. State Dept. of
Public Instruction Student
Involvement Task Force,
she's listed in "Who's Who in
High School" and Society of
Outstanding American High
School Students.
Not only that, but an after'
school job at a local
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restaurant.
The long-haired girl, with
a wide smile does in her
spare time enjoy poetry,
reading, creative writing,
handwork, swimming and
"loves to bowl."
Kathy cited The Governors
School she attended last
summer as a highlight of her
high school career. "So
many gifted students in one
place was really an ex
perience," she said.
Liked by teachers and
popular with students, she is
somewhat a moderator
between students sad
teachers. Wise enough to
understand both parties.
As far as Perquimans'
County School system,
Kathy had this to say: "I like
the school system. It is small
enough to be personal yet
large enough to offer a
varied course."
Her favorite subject is
English and history. Con
tempt is what she has for
math.
She wants to major in
English and "get into
journalism." Either
teaching it or doing it.
This summer she plans on
getting married. Then th
will go to College of tlx,
Albemarle and hopefully t'
University of North Carollri
at Chapel Hill.
She's the girl' of today who
wears her jeans and doesn't
wear her shoes. Her toenails
are painted red.