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.t1 ii. Volume 23 INio. 39 l,f (! BELVIDERE BAZAAR Church groups, interested citizens and Belvidere Homemakers sponsored a bazaar Friday and Saturday at the Belvidere community " - r-T"- "Birm iteir- -- -- MAKING PLANS Mrs. Jean Harrison, left, and Mrs. Warren Madre, discuss the upcoming American Cancer Crusade for Perquimans County. These women are co chairman of the Perquimans drive. October is Cancer Month in Perquimans County. Volunteers will be calling on donors throughout Hertford and the entire county. (Sawyer Photo) October Is Cancer Month In County By FRANCINE SAWYER . The American Cancer 'Crusade ; for Perquimans 'Cbunty"ill begin in October. October has been . delegated as Cancer Month in the county. Co-chairwomen for the crusade are Mrs. Jean Harrison and Mrs. Warner Madre. Mrs. Harrison will co-ordinate town efforts and Mrs. Madre will co ordinate county efforts. Both women will have from 40 to 45 volunteers in the county arid town to seek donors for the cancer cause. Volunteers will furnish literature to those contacted for Supports ; Woodard's Robbed Thief s broke into a back window of Woodard's Pharmacy sometime between 7 p.m. Friday and 7 a.m. Saturday and made off with $200 worth of merchandise. 1 According to Charles Woodard, owner of Woodard's Pharmacy the person or persons broke Deadline Reminder For" Winfall Seekers WINFALL - Filing ; f deadline for candidates . seeking reflection or first , time election here for Money Order System Changed A new money order with . the limit raised from $100 to ' $300 per order is now available at the Hertford ' post office, according to ' . Postmaster Henry Stokes. 1 Stokes said the new system can save both the ' customer and the U.S. Postal Service money. "For . ' example, until n.ow the 1 buyer of $130 money order payed 40 cent fee for the first $100 and another 35 cent fee for the additional $30," said Postmaster . Stokes. "But now the same $130 money order will cost him only one 40 cents fee. - Postmaster Stokes also says the larger customer receipt will be less easily misplaced, contains a ccrr'.ote record of when t.i where it was p-rchased, t" 2 arunt, Er.d will a"ow ' rectal Service to ":f t:r c!;!..i -rvice o r V i n e rmTriTTT7 ' TTDTTT'TTT) Last year the county collected $1,626.60. Of that amount 80 per cenA.,.. Comes !,,.iack into Perquimans County, with 20 per cent going toward research. At present five patients are being helped in Perquimans County. Aid along the line of supplies and traveling expense are paid for cancer patients in the county. Postage is also being paid for the ostomy group in the county. Officers of the Perquimans County Cancer Society are: ; president, Mrs. Raymond Schofield; vice president, Mrs. Pat Harrell : secretary, Mrs. Bill Tice and treasurer, Gene Boyce. in through a boarded back window and climbed down the wall. ' Missing is 15 watches and 20 cigaret lighters. , Change from both cash registers was also missing. Chief of Hertford Police Ben Gibbs is in charge of investigation. council seats or Mayor's job is Oct. 12 at noon. At Perquimans Weekly press time no one has iiled for the office of Mayor or for. the four council seats. Speculation has it, that. David Trueblood will file for , the mayor's job and Shelton Morgan will file for' a council seat. This in formation came from David Trueblood. However, none of it was official at press time. Registration for voting is Oct. 8. All persons who are on the town books and not registered on the county books - should register ; ' because the town books will vno longer be used. . ' V The county book will be : the book of record and will be used for all ' future elections. ' To clarify this matter, .once a person is registered on the county books, this is the only - registration needed, if a person lives in the town or county. . . . SANDY BOTTOM Sand covers less than a fifth of the vast Sahara, National Gerra.-hic says. The rest is a harsh world of gravel 'plains, s' mountains, and dry salt ; . v Hertford, A. Err Vr-- Ulm'PJ ,; building. Everything' from fudge candy to quilts we,re on sale. The proceeds, which reached over $700 only Friday will go toward the Belvidere-Chappell Hill Fire Depart- Hundreds Attend Opening Of Fair ELIZABETH CITY - The annual Albemarle Craftsman's Fair opened Wednesday at the National Guard Armory with hundreds attending and viewing the numerous handcrafts and exhibitions of how they are made. The fair will remain open each day through the week from 12 o'clock until 9 p.m. and Sunday from 1 until 6 p.m. Ecology is one of the big things for the fair and there are two very old crafts that use nature's cast-offs. Ms. Melton ' Harrell of Corapeake braids stripped cornshucks into hot mats and door mats. Two women are showing what can be done with pine needles, Mrs. Ernest Smith of Eure and .Mrs. H.W. Jackson of Elizabeth City. Ducks, geese and other wildfowl abound at the fair. Natural wood shorebird decoys are created by J.E.B. Stuart of Elizabeth City A native of ' Knotts Island, Curtis Waterfield, carves and paints decoys and wild fowl mounted on weathered wood and driftwood bases. A couple Perquimans Personality J.E. Hunter By FRANCINE SAWYER . J.E. Hunter will be 94, his next birthday in January, An interview with the retired farmer is one in which history of the region is quickly absorbed. Mr. Hunter has t clear memory and recall of the way things used to be in Perquimans County. ; r. Mr. Hunter, who enjoys sitting on the front porch now, was not always sitting on the front porch. - For many years he farmed 43 cleared acres near Anderson Church. , ' " "Farming was harder in those days," Hunter said with a sparkle in his clear blue eyes. "We farmed with a horse and plow, there was alot of walking," he added. Born in 1880, Hunter said he doesn't remember the aftermath of the War Between the States and how Perquimans County adjusted to the then-bitter-defeat. Juct ten years old during U.e Gey Nineties, t e turn of TMT 7Tfl A Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, September t I who has togetherness in their craft are John and Clara Sawyer; he carves the birds, she does the painting. Clarence T. Sanders of Elizabeth City creates wildfowl reproductions mounted in positions of flight. Monty Dixon of Ahoskie has returned with his outstanding grandfather clocks and ship chandler David Raper has his work on exhibit. Also included in the exhibits and items to be sold are superior pieces of needlework including quilts, needlepoint items along with . crewel work. Christmas is just around the corner with numerous cra.ts available- ; for tree decorating. All of the crafts, madp. by members of the Albemarle Craftsman's Guild, have the distinction of carrying the Guild insignia. Founded to promote the continuation of earlier crafts, to encourage authentic reproductions, and to foster new cfaits,4he Guild is dedicated to maintaining quality standards of crafts produced. The Guild is a cosponsor of the event. r , the ' century was his remembering time. ; Mr. Hunter remembers rearing six children, when - there were no houses on Railroad Avenue V ; in Hertford. He also thinks back of how Perquimans River was once a great shipping area. How, the ships unloaded and loaded its goods in the Belvidere Area. "Fertilizer and everything was shipped in . those days," Mr.. Hunter said. Mr; Hunter attended Thatches School. "It was a i little schoolhouse outside of town. Then I went to the Academy in Hertford," Mr. , Hunter said. "I . understand the Thatches School is still standing," he said. ' When asked how he thought the community and the nation had changed, Hunter replied: "It seems today like a different world. When I was a little boy and (Continued ovJg& i) 1 V ment. From left, Mrs. Ruben Knopf co-chairman and Mrs. C.T. Rogerson, Jr., chairman of the bazaar show a hand made quilt. Next photo shows a young man looking at all l fir' SEEKING SEAT T. Erie Haste, Jr., 38, of 200 W. Grubb Street, Hert ford is seeking a vacant seat on the Hertford Town Council Board. Haste filed last Thurs day. He is married to the former Patricia Howard of High Point. The couple have three children, Sandy, 14, Tommy 12 and Patti 9. They are members of Holy Trinity Epsicopal Church. Haste attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1952-'57. Pf is a member and past president oi' t'ie Hertford Rotary Club, Perquimans County Masonic Lodge No. 106, past president of the Albemarle Area Development Associa tion, past president of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce.i on the Board of Directors of the Bank of North Carolina, Hobbsville, board of directors of Perquimans, County Industrial Development Commission, medical committee of Chamber of Commerce, represent ative of Eastern N.C. Committee for Two Year Medical School at East Carolina University, past secretary and senior warden at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and he is secretary-treasurer of the Hertford Hardware, and secretary treasurer of City Marina in Hert ford and Elizabeth City. C.H. Mims Has New Assignment C. H. Mims, of the North Carolina Highway Patrol has accepted a temporary assignment with the N.C. Highway Patrol Basic Training School Institution of Government for several weeks. Located in Chapel Hill. The appointment came from First Sgt. R.I. Weatherbee, Commandant of the Highway Patrol Basic Training School. Weatherbee was a former highway patrolman in this area. '" Mims has been a patrolman in this area for 11 years. He lives in the New Hope community with his wife Pat and three children. Mims has been active in the Durant's Neck Ruritan Club. He has held offices in the District Ruritan Club and the National Convention of Ruritans. Mims also helped in the American Red Cross, Perquimans County Chapter. - He is a native of Spruce Pine, N.C, , Standard Printing Co. LouistiUe, Ky. W)200 WEEKLY 27, 1973 Walker Hear Cases Judge Wilton Walker presided at the regular session of Perquimans County District Court and heard the following cases: John Willie Skinner, who was found guilty of three charges, reckless driving andfailureto stop at the scene of accident, "received a six failure to stop at the"soene of accident, received a six months sentence suspended for two years and 1. pay a fine of $150 and costs 2. not to operate a motor vehicle for two years on the first count; on 2nd charge, the defendant was given a six months sentence suspended for two years and 1. pay a fine of $125 and costs, 2. not to operate a motor vehicle for two years 3. shall pay as cause to be paid all damages on highway signs, utility poles, and-or autos on the occasion of arrest for these charges; on 3rd charge, the defendant received a six months sentence suspended for two years at the ex piration of the first sen tence, and given a fine of $150 and costs, and ordered not to operate a motor vehicle for two years; George Louis Sutton, charged with failure to report an accident, was given a three months sen tence suspended for 12 months upon condition that he pay a fine of $125 and costs and ordered not to operate a motor vehicle while license are revoked by State; Raymond Luther Mason, charged with aiding and abett in failing to report accident, received a 30 day sentence suspended upon payment of a fine of $10 and costs; Elsberry Boone, Jr. was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol, and not having a driver's license and given a 90 day sentence suspended for 12 months upon payment of a fine of $150 and costs, and ordered not to operate a motor vehicle while license are revoked; Albert L. Yukas, charged with driving under the in fluence of intoxicating alcohol, received a sentence of 90 days suspended upon payment of a fine of $125 and costs, and ordered not to operate a motor vehicle for 12 months in North Carolina; Gary Leroy Rouse was given a sentence of 30 days suspended upon payment of a fine of $10 and costs on a speeding charge; (Continued on Page 4) County Demos Collect $213 . County Democrats in Perquimans County collected $213 of their telethon quota last week. The county quota was $270.10 based on ten cents per registered democrat in the county. Treasurer, Mrs. A. 'H. Eason, expressed her thanks to all, precinct chairmen who solicted. funds.. "We must reach our r quota," Mrs. Eason reported. All registered Democrats are urged to contribute 10 cents if they have not done XX the items for sale; third photo shows two women just looking and the final photo shows Leon Lane with a band made duck. (Francine Sawyer Photos) IN NEW HEADQUARTERS The Perquimans County Rescue Squad has a new building to house its operations. Top photo shows an ambulance and bottom photo snows the new building itself. (Staff Photos by Kathy Marren) , Rescue Squad In New Place By FRANCINE SAWYER The Perquimans County Rescue Squad is now settled in its new $22,000 building. Organized more than five years ago, the unit has some 65 active members. Lloyd Dail, squad captain said the new building has square footage of 2,400 feet. The building houses two ambulances, a lounge with a color television, a bedroom, a kitchen, a game room and bathroom with shower. The headquarters is fully air conditioned and heated. Joe Meads of Hertford built the building and the county commissioners paid the tab. With the new headquarters comes a request from Dail. "The squad is in need of more men who can take daytime Men Must Register With Local Board Jay Wilson Dillon, Chairman of Selective Service Local Board No. 73 reminds young men in Perquimans County that even though there is no induction they still are required to register with Selective Service at the time of their, eighteenth birthday. He said, "I am concerned that many of our young men may fail to register when they reach 18 years of age because they are unaware of their responsibilities to Selective Service. It would be unfortunate if a young man should break the law because . the proper in formation has not been made available to him." Failure to register is a violation of the law and could result in prosecution by the r Department of Justice. ' 10 Cents Per Copy duty." "We need something money can't buy, someone who can give up his time in the day to leave his business or job to go on a call," Dail said. "Employers who let their men off in the daytime to go on a call are real assets to their community," Dail added. The Perquimans County Rescue Squad is a member of the N.C. Rescue Squad Association. All members of the local unit are required to have an ambulance certificate. Dail indicated the squad is appreciative to the county commissioners for the allocation of funds to build the new building. Persons interested in joining can contact any squad member. "A very important point that has been missed in most reporting on the cessation of inductions is the fact that the Military Selective ServiceAct remains in force." Dillon stated. "The act states that all young men have a continuing legal obligation to register with Selective Service at age 18. They have 60 days to do this, beginning 30 days before their 18th birthday.. . Men not registering within that period may be considered as -violators. "I would urge the parents and friend 8 of all young men who reach 18to remind them of their legal responsibility to registerw with Selective Service' Dillon said. " - (Continued on Papy It)
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