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Volume 29 No. 3
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, December 13, 1973
10 Cents Per Copy
REMEMBERING THE 50s Can you remember the wonderful times you had as a youth
during the50s when you used your fathers car andparked under the shade of an old oak tree.
This 50s car and tree has lost a lot of its' charm, but the memories remain. (Sawyer
Photo)
C ommunity G ommittee
Elected Dec. 6 Here
The Perquimans County
ASC Committee counted the
community committee
election ballots on Thur
sday, Dec. 6, and deter
mined that the following
persons were elected to
serve as ASC Community ;
Committeemen for the year
beginning. January 1, 1974.
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Perquimans Profile
. Dixie Lee Ingram
By KATHY MARREN ,
' . Staff Writer
, rerqiuinaiu uiuiuy nas a
pretty new resident with
much talent. She is 16-year
old' Dixie' Lee Ingram,
known to most as Dixie Lee.
Dixie has done a lot of
moving around. Before
coming to Hertford, she and
her family lived in
Louisiana, California, and
Charlotte, N.C. But , she
believes that the family will
make this their permanent
home. Dixie said, "I really
like Hertford. Big towns get
on my nerves. There's
always so much' trouble and
a lot of problems at the
schools. And you really
don't get to know people."
' For those of you that don't
know, Dixie Lee is a country
and western sinPfr She has
already made several local
' appearances,' and sings
every Saturday night at the
Bethel fishing Pier.X
Dixie has been singing
country music since she was
in the first grade'. She
became interested when she
heard a Loretta Lynn song. -although
her - parents
thought she would "grow out
of it", Dixie has continued
her i singing and hopes to
someday make it her
career.
At times, Dixie i ac
companies herself on the
guitar. Although, she said
she has only teen playing
about a year an i a half. She
has only had two lessons and
went on from there, Dixie
said that her grandfather
t-""':t her a let on the
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Chairman - Louis L. Spivey
Vice-Chrmn. Emerson R.
Asbell '
Reg. Member Savage Jolliff
1st Alternate L. Clinton
Winslow
2nd Alternate Thomas W'.
Chappell
NEW HOPE
Chairman ' BelvinEure
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Ingram
Bay Barn in Gafney, S.C.
.. She sang "Me and Bobby
McGee" before an audience
of about 200. After that she
sang every Saturday night
at the Bay Barn.
. Then she was auditioning
at Carowinds, and was of
fered a spot on the Carolina '
Country television show in
Spartanburg, S.C. Dixie -accepted.
She said, "It's -hard
to sing on television
- because you have to sing to
a camera. I'm used to
singing to an audience."
Three months after her'
first - public singing, Dixie
entered a contest sponsored
by , the Country Music.
Association of - South
Carolina and walked away
with a first place trophy.
After' that she sang at a
country music : festival at
King's Mountain, N.C. The
three-day festival featured .
' many top country stars
including Conway Twiddy.
You may wonder if Dixie
Js discouraged by the fact
that most young people
today like rock and roll. She
said, "No. I'm proud that I '
like country music. And I '
think that more "young
people today like it than
': they did before."
Singing is Dixie's work; '
but she said that it makes it -nice
that she enjoys it.
Besides singing, she also
likes to tVtwl, ride her 10- ;
speed bike, : watch sports "
(especially baseball), and
date. ; V'i. ;
!Vi, Dixie said, "Someday I
would like to cut a record,
but I need the right song,
time, place, and money."
According to her, the right
song will probably be an old
one she revises or one that
Vice-Chrmn. Wm.Wray
Chappell
Reg. Member James R.
Stokely
1st Alternate Robert H. Eure
2nd Alternate Vernon
Harrell
BETHEL
Chairman R.S. Chappell, Sr.
Vice-Chrmn. Lawrence
Corprew
Reg. Member Warner L.
Madre
1st Alternate S.Edgar Long
2nd Alternate Odist Newby
NICANQR '
Chairman J. Quincj RiSdick
Vice-Chrmn. Seldon Roun
tree Reg. Member J.H. Stallings,
Jr.
1st Alternate Linwood Twine
2nd Alternate Dickie Win
slow HERTFORD
Chairman OrasW. Winslow
Vice-Chrmn. L. Wayne
Howell
Reg. Member Maurice W.
Byrum
E. Wilbur Roberson
2nd Alternate Ray Lamb
PARKVILLE
Chairman L. Paul Smith
Vice-Chrmn. Ralph L.
Layden
Reg. Member Floyd Long
1st Alternate W.E. (Ned)
Matthews, Jr.
2nd Alternate Johnnie M.
Smith
The Committee Chair
man, Vice-Chairman and
regular members
automatically become
delegates to Uhe county
convention to pe held this
morning at 10; a.m. in the
County Office for the pur
pose of electing members to
fill vacancies on the county
ASC committee. These
delegates will elect one
member for a 3 year term
and two alternate members
for a 1 year term. The
community ASC com
mitteemen will also elect
members of the county ASC
committee to serve as
Chairman and Vice
Chairman. Bobby S. Heath is County
Executive Director.
Due ,(o the fuel shortage
the ASCS Office will be open
from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Producers are reminded
to return peanut cards to
this office if they have not
already done so.
was written and never
recorded.
Dixie's favorite male
artist is Conway Twiddy and
her favorite female' is
Loretta Lynn.
Dixie has written about
ten songs, but she seldom
does them.' As she puts it,
"I'm a singer, not a writer,"
Dixie prefers to sing
before a large crowd that '
participates. And she said
she is more comfortable
singing before strangers
than close friends. She
would also rather sing with
a back up band, rather than
accompany herself. ',
Dixie said, "When I start
sirring, it just changes me
all over." ' '
County Getting Aging
Project Funds $19,000
The North Carolina
Council on Aging at its
quarterly meeting here
today gave its approval for
56 county and regional
: projects totalling
$2,582,959.00. The total
amount involves
$2,276,104.25 in federal fluids
and $306,854.75 in local
matching funds. -
The Council approved 23
Community Sing
Set For Sunday
Don't forget the
community sing Sunday as
combined choirs,
representing Perquimans
County's five townships, join
for a festive Christmas
celebration in song.
People of all churches are
uniting here for the
Christmas season in a
celebration designed to add
to the proper mood of the
season. It takes place
Sunday at 3 p.m. in front of
the courthouse.
For those who have been
Court In
Brief
Session
Judge Fentress, Horner
presided at the Wednesday
session of Perquimans
County District Court and
heard the following cases;
Lamont Burch White,
charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
beverage and being a public
drunk, received a 90 day
sentence suspended upon
payment of a fine of $125.00
and costs;
Charlie Henry 'Johnson,
charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
beverage, was given a
sentence of 6 months
suspended upon payment of
a fine of $150.00 and costs,
and ordered to surrender his
driver's license for a period
of 12 months;
Thomas Wade Stanton
was given a 90-day sentence
suspended upon payment of
a fine of $125.00 and costs,
and ordered to surrender his
driver's license for 12
months, when found guilty
of driving under the
influence of intoxicating
beverage. The defendant
was given a restricted
driving privilege ; from
Monday to Friday,
Eric Lee Wilson was found
guilty of assault and given a
sentence of 6 months
suspended upon payment of
a fine of $100.00 and costs.
The defendant was ordered
to be on good behavior and
not to carry a knife or
. deadly weapon for 3 years;
' Ella Wilson, charged with
assault with a deadly
weapon, received a 6
months sentence suspended
upon payment of a fine of
$100.00 and costs, and
ordered to be on good
behavior and not carry a
knife . or other deadly
weapon for a period of 3
years;
. John Wallace Lowe was
Y taxed with costs when found
guilty of failure to see that
intended movement could'
be made in safety.
NEW HOURS
In an effort to conserve
fuel, all offices in the'
Perquimans County office
building began opening at
8:30 a.m., Monday, instead
of the 8 a.m. opening. '
This includes all offices in
the building.
4.
Title VII projects, which
will provide nutrition
projects to serve a total of
4,493 meals five days a week
to North Carolinians in 14 of
the state's 17 planning
regions.
.Camden, Chowan,
Pasquotank and
Perquimans Home Health
Agency requested $14,376 in
federal funds, $4,792 in local
hoping that Christ would be
put back in Christmas, this
is the opportunity to put
those prayers into action.
The combined groups
from each township will sing
two songs. There will be
music by combined
childrens choirs and, by The
Young Believers.
In case of rain it will be
held at the high school aud.
Everybody will be invited
to join in singing "Come All
Ye Faithful," and "Joy to
the World."
A piano and organ will
complement the voices.
Rev. Milton Mann, who is
in charge of the event, asks
that participants park their
cars on Front Street and
meet at 2:30. He also
suggests "bringing "blankets,
folding chairs and anything
else tor comtort.
The Christmas music
program is sponsored by the
Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce.
And so is Santa. He'll be
bit innewn this and next
Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m.
4-H
News
David Roberts, reporter
for the 4-H Roadrunners
club recently submited the
clubs most recent activities.
"Last Saturday the
Roadrunners 4-H t club
visited the Morgans' Rest
Home. We gave them
presents and sang songs and
some of the presents were
homemade.
Afterwards we had our
Christmas party. A couple
of weeks ago we selected our
projects for the year. So far
we have collected about $77
in selling our candles.
Crossed
Arctic
Navy Machinist Mate
Second Class Gene R.
Appleton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles E. Appleton of
505 W. Grubb St., Hertford,
N.C., crossed the Arctic
Circle while participating
with NATO's Atlantic fleet
in an annual naval exercise
here named "Swift Move."
More than 30 ships from
seven countries took part in
the maneuvers. He is
serving on board the
aircraft carrier USS John F.
Kennedy.
A 1961 graduate of,
Perquimans High School,
Hertford, he joined the Navy
in July 1961.
TURKEY SHOOT
The Durant's Neck
Ruritan Club is sponsoring a
turkey shoot Dec. 15 from
noon to dark. The shoot will
be held in front of the
Durants Neck Community
building. -
. Proceeds go toward club
benefits the cost is $1 per
shot. -"
MEETING -
The Chamber of Com
merce Board of Directors
will hold it monthly meeting
Monday at 8 p.m. in the
Municipal Building. ' -,
All Board of Directors
members are urged to at
tend. The meeting will be
brief, but some important
matters will be taken up.
funds for a total of $19,168.
No allocation of nutrition
projects was made to state
planning regions C, R, and
H. According to Robert Q.
Beard, director of the
Council on Aging, no
projects were approved for
these regions either because
of their lack of interest or
because they could not raise
the matching funds.
Funding for the nutrition
projects totalled $2,277,951,
with $2,050,156.00 in federal
funds and $227,795.00 in local
funds. Title VII projects are
funded on a 90 per cent
federal-10 per cent local
matching basis, under the
Older Americans Act of
1965, as amended.
All but three of the
proposed Title VII projects
will be funded Dec. 31, 1973.
The Mecklenburg County
project was funded in
October and is already in
operation, the only site at
the present that is actually
feeding older persons under
Title VII provisions.
The feeding projects for
the Salisbury-Rowan
Community Services
Council and the Triangle J
Council of Governments
(involving Lee, Chatham,
Orange, Durham, Wake and
Johnston Counties) are
scheduled for funding Dec.
15, 1973.
The Council also gave its
approval to 13 Title III
projects scheduled for
funding Jan. 1, 1974. Twelve
of these projects were for
home health agencies. The
other was to provide funding
to the Wake County Public
Libraries to supply
homebound services for the
aged. Beard called this an
InriuCative approach to
services for the aged.
The new Title III projects
represent total federal
funding of $225,948.25. When
coupled with local matching
funds, the total amount of
the projects is $305,008.00.
Beard said, "Since the totals
represent funding for a full
12-month period, and it is
expected that the Region IV
Office of HEW will approve
them for only the first three
quarters of the year, the
total amount may be cut by
one-fourth."
Stevenson
Named Co.
Key Banker
To coordinate the
agricultural activities of the
N.C. Bankers Association in
this area, R.L. Stevenson
has been named County Key
Banker for Perquimans
County.
NCBA President Claude
Henson of Asheboro has
announced that Stevenson
will serve as County Key
Banker during the next 12
months. He is Executive
Vice President of Peoples
Bank & Trust Company in
Hertford.
For 28 years the NCBA
has received national
recognition for its far
reaching program of service
to agriculture in North
Carolina. President Henson
noting the work of bankers
in behalf of agriculture,
thanked the 100 County Key
Bankers for their role in this
record.
Henson called attention to
the projects that are
sponsored by the association
such as the Annual
Agricultural Credit Con
ference which will again be
held in Raleigh, February
12-13, 1974, the two-week
school at N.C. State
University for young far
mers who are provided
scholarships given by their
home community banks,
and the co-sponsorship of
the Land Judging Meet in
the interest of soil con
servation. He also said that
the banks of North Carolina '
continue to be a major
source of agricultural credit
to farmers.
A - Snow
County Gets
Snowfall
Without a doubt, Northeastern North Carolina
could be the only area in the world where a person
goes swimming in the river one day and the next he is
trying to locate his snow suit.
The snow came down Tuesday. Weather reports
from weather services had predicted only 10 per cent
chance of wetness in any form, with the remaining
forecast calling for clear and cold temperatures.
At press time it was not known if the snow was
going to be another northeastern North Carolina
blizzard or just a little teasing snow.
Colonial
Refund
Colonial Stores, Inc., one
of the nation's large retail
grocery firms, has agreed to
refund to the general public
$22,724 it overcharged its
customers in North Carolina
and Virginia.
RECOGNIZED Ms.
Louise Barnett,
Perquimans County
extension secretary was
recognized recently in the
North Carolina State
University Extension
News Salute. The article
stated: "For . her
unassuming attitude,
devotion and efficency as
a secretary, for her
willingness to co-operate
with agents and clients in
her kind, pleasant way;
for contributing to the
unity of the office
operation for eight years ;
and for being herself and
handling each situation
wisely and with con
fidence." Ms. Barnett
attended Elizabeth City
State University and is
the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Barnett, Sr.
of Rt. 2, Elizabeth City.
She is active in her
church, which is
i Memorial Baptist.
Hertford
Grammar
Menu
The . Hertford Grammar
School menu for Dec. 17, has
been . released. It is as
..follows: Monday, Sloppy
Joes on bun; green peas,
orange juice, chocolate cake
and milk, Tuesday, Pizza,
toss salad, fruit cup, and
milk; Wednesday) hot dogs
with roll, slaw, baked beans,
cookie and milk.
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- Mobile
Stores To
$22,724
The firm s Raleigh
Division alreadv has
reiurnea 3iwu 10 me puDiic,
11 A I
leaving a Daiance ra db
refunded of $19,634.
the refunds, jtr oelv'
completed by March !. 23fl
1974, will be made by l
meat and produce items
below the levels permitted
under Phase IV regulations.
The Raleigh Division of
Colonial Stores serves 74
stores in North Carolina and
Virginia.
The refunds are the result
of an investigation begun
August 20. 1973 by the IRS
L. 1 J .1 C -. -
uiai reveaieu me nrm was
not in compliance with the
regulations of the Economic
Stabilization Act. The
investigation covered the
period July 19 to September
9, 1973.
SELECTED A 5
Hertford student, Anne H.
Simpson, is one of ten N.C.
Wesleyan College students
n Q mo1 In tho nQlinnol lictlntf
of America's most out-
stanHinff nnivercitv nnH
"college campus leaders.
These Wesleyan students
are included in the ' 1973
edition of Who's Who Among
Students in American ,
Universities and Colleges, a
listing of outstanding
students from more than
1,000 of the nation's in
stitutions of higher
education. The Who's Who
directory, published each
year, sts only those
studen' ; whose academic
standing, community ,
service, leadership qualities ,
and future potential are '
above average. . I
Miss Simpson.: a senior ;
religion major,, is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'iJ
Lester H. Simpson of Route .
1, Hertford.'. She is a "
frequent : Dean's List i
student, business 'manager )
for the Dissenter,; the 4
college yearbook, and has -
been a member of the ;i
Wesleyan Singers.
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