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GAS COMES, GAS GOES The town of Hertford and surrounding areas in the county
; has had a time of it getting gas. When the gas arrives, people hurry and get as much as
alloted. This line at One Stop in downtown Hertford is not as long as it was only moments
before. However, looking on the bright side, service stations have more time for wash
. jobs, tire changes, tune ups and any other duty. (Sawyer Photo)
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Margaret Scaf f Wins
Top Service Award
Mrs. Margaret Scaff of
Hertford has taken state'
honors as outstanding local -board
manager of the year
for class III selective ser-.
vice boards and she is now
' up for the national award.
Mrs. Scaff, whose office is
in the Federal Building in
- Elizabeth City is the local v
t selective service board
I technician. She has 19 years
of selective experience.
Mrs: Fred Haney
Program
i .Mrs. Fred Haney WU1 be the Director of Albemarle
vitlchargeof the program for "Regional Developmeni
I the Northwestern N.C. Commission with
f Ostomy. Group which wUl headquarters in Eden
meet Sunday, Jan. 13 at 2:30 ton. The Ostomy Group '
p.rft;-: :mK.? - . " meets on the second Sunday .
The meeting will be held . of "eacn month and all
at the .REA building in ostomates and interested
Hertford. Guest speaker will persons are cordially in
be Wesley Cullipher of vJted to come and enjoy, the
, Elizabeth City, Cullipher is v programs and social hour. .
Participation Program To
Be Offered On Channel 2
"It's Your Money" a
i television-telephone part
icipation program will come
to you every Monday night
at 7:00 P.M. on 'your
educational television,
i netv rk, Channel 2, live
nor rtaleigh studio during
.! ry anl February.
s series of programs
s sponsored by the
griculture Extension
states Mrs. Paige'
ood, Perquimans
, rme Agent. ,
v J have the op
,iv. i to call and ask
about ;-.".rnsthctbi"?
you, h.. . rntatives of
.biKine;, c cmer groups,
MRS. MARGARET SCAFF
, fj&he"' served Perquimans
County the entire time and
in 1971 Chowan County was
given her as an additional
duty.;.'
There are now two em
ployes in one office. There
used to be eight offices
serving the area with a
number of employes.
..;"Mrs. Scaff was
nominating her included
Chairman
government' agencies and.
economists from N.C. State'
University will v cooperate
with the Home Management
Department., to answer
questions - about.the price of ;
food - the energy crisis - new
insurance plans for - North
Carolina medical costs
property taxes - women's .
right or WHAT IS YOUR
.QUESTION, vi-r'r K'y
If you want to know how to
decide what to buy for your ;
family or feel that yotCve"
' been cheated,1 fccn t'-r.e in
on Monday nights. Call 819-829-5S41
or write "It's Your
Money", Post 0"ice Dox
5546, Raleigh, N.C. ; 27:?7.
PEMQTLJIMANS WEEECLY
Hertford,
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Mrs. Katherine Goodwin,
supervisor, Rebecca Taylor,
area subsitute, Jay W.
Dillion, chairman of the
local board, O.C. Long Jr.,
Chairman of the local board,
number 21, Chowan County.
A recent inspection report
concerning Mrs. Scaff from
her superiors in state
headquarters stated, "The
work in this office is per
formed at a high level of
competence. With only one
or - two exceptions,
procedure has been followed
in strict compliance with the
RPM and related directives.
She applies required
procedure , in Individual
cases with accuracy and
with obvious confidence in
her. i' interpretation of
directives. By her per
formance in this office, it is
apparent that she ' is
-adaptable to changing
conditions, dedicated to the
work of the Selective Ser
vice, and displays out- -standing
leadership
qualities."
A letter . from ' the
Operations Division
Manager, addressed to her
Local Board . Chairman,
states in part "An inspection
report of the quality such as
this is most gratifying to us
in State Headquarters, and ,
it certainly reflects most
admirably on .you, the ;
Executive Secretary, and
the other members. "I will
not hesitate to tell you that
this report on conditions in
your local board is one of the ;
most favorable reports we.'
have; received ; since we
began inspections . of con
ditions in local board of-'
fices."'f'":,:'i'r
The attractive blonde is a
resident of Rt. 2, Hertford. '
She is the mother .of two,
David, 16, and Sandrai' 14.
The family attends , first -Ur.i
rtethodist Church ii"
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Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 10,
County Changes
To Food S tdms
By FRANCINE SAWYER
Beginning Feb. 1
Perquimans County will
switch from its commodity
food program to a food
stamp program.
Persons who are now on
the commodity program
and those who feel they may
be eligible for food stamps
must be certified this month
to begin the food stamp
program.
According to Edgar
White, social services
director, Perquimans
County residents must
present the following to
apply for food stamps.
proof of income from all
members of the family
(latest pay slips, pay en
Medical Symposium
Beginning Jan. 16
A seven-part Medical
Symposium will begin Jan.
16 with Dr. Alfred L.
Ferguson of Greenville as
guest lecturer. The weekly
sessions will be held1 at
Edenton Restaurant, except
for an all-day public health
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Madre With Plaque
Farm Group
Takes Win
Perquimans County Farm
Bureau came in for special
recognition during the 38th
annual meeting of the N.C.
Farm Bureau Federation in
Durham, recently.
Accepting a handsome
plaque from Marshall Grant
of Garysburg, first vice
president of the . state
organization, was a group of
young farmers and their
wives from Perquimans.
v Purpose of this particular
award is to recognize the
county Farm Bureau that
has done the most out
standing job in providing
opportunities for.:; young
farmers to . develop their
leadership potential and be
active participants in the
total county Farm Bureau
program. '
Grant mentioned several
special activities of the
County Young Farmer and
Rancher Committee. He
said they completed a
survey ! to determine the
number of young farmers in.
the county, held a county
wide meeting . of young
farmers, conducted a safety
program, also a program on
farm credit and farm record
keeping. :-
"The most outstanding
program this year," Grant
$3id,"wa9 a two-day Farm
Festival that brou wide
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Louistllle, Ky. 40200
velopes, pension award
letter)
rent receipts or house
payment book with utility
bills bank book or other
paper that show any
savings. This information
can be taken to the social
services office.
The food stamp program
enables low - income
households to buy more
nutritious food by adding
"bonus" coupons to their
food buying power.
People pay some money
but gej more in food
stamps.
Here are some things to
consider if you think you
need food stamps.
session at Holiday Inn in
Elizabeth City.
Dr. Robert L. Poston of
Elizabeth City is president
of the Fifst district Medical
Society, - sponsors of the
sessions along with the
Division of Health Affairs at
recognition to the county
Farm Bureau through
newspaper and magazine
articles. The event included
more than 50 exhibits, farm
tours, a ballgame, fish fry,
and an address by N.C.
Commissioner of
Agriculture James Graham.
The young Farm Bureau
members were also in
volved in areas of respon
sibly such as serving on
livestock, field crop, and
peanut committees.
; Grant pointed out that
county Young Farmer and
Rancher Committees serve
in leadership capacities
designed to encourage all
young - farmers to par
ticipate, The program is not
, a separate organization, but
an integral part of the total
Farm B u r e a u
organizational structure.
Three Young Farmers &
Ranchers from Perquimans
County were voting
delegates while at the state
convention. They also with
their wives attending were
Billy . Williams, Ed Nixon
' and , Donald Madre. ; '
Perquimans County Farm
' Bureau president, Carroll
Baker also attended.
.. Due to the efforts of all
. Perquimans County Far
mers & Ranchers, this
av r.rd was won. ,.
1974
live in county which
offers food stamp program
work for low wages
are employed part-time
are unemployed
get a small social se
curity payment or some kind
of pension check.
Food stamps are for food
only. They cannot be used
for pet food, soap,
cigarettes, alcoholic
beverages, or paper goods .
Prsons cannot sell or give
away your fod stamps.
Persons cannot use food
stamps to pay credit
accounts.
Most grocery stores in
Perquimans County will be
participating in the food
stamp program.
East Carolina University in
cooperation with Albemarle
Human Resources
Development System and
N.C. Regional Medical
Program.
Each part will be divided
into two sessions, the first
beginning at 4 p.m.
Following dinner the
evening session will begin at
7 p.m.
"Hypertension: Its
f- Diagnosis, Treatment ai'd
Recent Advances" is the
subject for Dr. Ferguson's
lecture. Like all the other
sessions, it is designed to
present Albemarle Area
physicians with the latest
up-to-date medical
knowledge on a variety of
disease entities and new
medical services now
available in the region.
"With the expertise
available as resource in
formation back-up, it is felt
that each section of the
symposium is vital and will
be valuable to every
physician," a spokesman
noted.
Dr. Ferguson is an
assistant clinical professor
at ECU Medical School and
is engaged in the private
practice of internal
medicine and nephrology.
He is owner of Greenville
Hemodialysis Center and
director of the Brooks
Memorial Dialysis Unit at
Pitt Memorial Hospital.
From 1966 to 1969 he was a
fellow in nephrology in the
Department of Medicine,
Duke University Medical
Center.
He received both his B.S.
and M.D. degrees from the
University of Tennessee.
Dr. Ferguson is quite
active in professional
societies as well as com
munity activities in the Pitt
County area.
Meeting
Set
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce is
inviting all interested people
to attend a meeting tonight
concerning the county's
plans in the forthcoming
Eddie Byrum of the North
Carolina Bicentennial
Commission will be on hand
to help in organization of the
activities which will be two
years in the planning,
He will give the county
some ideas concerning their
part in the celebration and
will show a film about
bicentennial plans.
It is an important
meeting. City and county
, officials have been invited,
as well as those who at
tended an earlier meeting
concerning the bicentennial.
Meeting time will be 8
p.m. in ihe Municipal
Building in Hertford.
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EDWARD E.
Brown Named
EMC Manager
Edward E. Brown, Jr.
has been named general
manager of Albemarle
Electric Membership
Corporation headquartered
in Hertford effective J an.
1. The announcement was
made by James A.
Whitehurst of South Mills,
president of the electric
cooperative.
Brown wili ajsume the
position held by John D.
Coston for the past 23 years.
Coston retired as manager
effective the end of
December, 1973.
Brown comes to
Albemarle EMC from North
Carolina Electric Mem
bership Corporation in
Raleigh, the statewide,
trade-service association of
North Carolina's 28 electric
membership corporations.
He joined N.C. EMC in
February, 1968 and has
VEPGO Pays
$18,733
Virginia Electric and
Power Company has
presented checks totaling
$1,234,829 in payment of 1973
real estate and personal
property taxes to the
county, city and town tax
collectors in the 22 counties
that Vepco serves in North
Carolina.
The largest check of
ASCS Co.
Convention
The Perquimans County
ASC Community Com
mitteemen held a County
Convention on December 13,
1973 in the ASCS Office to
elect farmers to fill
vacancies on the County
Committee. The ASC
Community Committee
Chairman, Vice-Chairman
and Regular Members were
delegates to the convention.
There were fifteen delegates
present from the six com
munities. The results of the
election are as follows:
Marvin Caddy was elected
to a 3 year term of office on
the County Committee.
Wayne Howell was elected
to serve as first alternate on
the County Committee for
: 1974. . ;
Ralph Layden was elected
to serve as second alternate
on the County Committee
for 1974. v . "
The ' delegates , also
designated Lester J. Baker
as Chairman, Marvin Caddy
as Vice-Chairmari and Wade
Morgan as regular member
of the County Committee for
1974. -y
10 CENTS
BROWN, JR.
served as Director of
Advertising and Associate
Editor of "Carolina
Country," the publication
of electric cooperatives,
since that time.
A native of Martin County
and graduate of Jamesville
High School, Brown holds a
B.A. Degree from North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
He is nwnei lo (lie
former Jean Andrews of
Plymouth and is the father
of two children: Denise, 6,
and Tripp, 3. The family will
live in Hertford on
Whedbee Drive. Brown's
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Edward E. Brown, live in
Plymouth.
Albemarle EMC serves
over 5,000 consumer
members in Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck
counties.
$315,569 went to North
ampton County. Other
counties receiving checks
included Halifax, $238,210;
Dare, $88,053; Martin,
$73,522; Hertford, $60,829;
Bertie, $28,659; Edgecombe,
$27,957; Warren, $27,050;
Washington, $26,956;
Currituck, $23,611; Pitt,
$21,888; Pasquotank,
$21,282; Perquimans,
$18,733; Gates, $19,088;
Nash, $14,340; Tyrrell,
$12,404; Chowan, $11,452;
Beaufort, $7,941; and
Camden, $5,254.
PRESTON NIXON'S
TERM ENDS
Preston Nixon was not
eligible to be re-elected to
the County ASC Committee
for 1974 as the regulations
prevent any person from
serving more than three
consecutive terms on the
committee.
Nixon rendered valuable
service to the farmers in
Perquimans County and our
special thanks go to him for
his many years of dedicated
service.
1973 PEANUT YIELD
With approximately 98 per
cent of the 1973 peanut cards
returned, the average yield
per acre by communities is
as follows: ,
Community, acres,
pounds, average per yield
Belvidere, 459.8, 1,303,617,
2R35: Bethel. 781.2.2.356.531.
3017; Hertford, .1017.4,
3,035,292, 2983; New Hope,
151.3, 428,531, 2832; Nicanor,
238.3, 780,704,-3276; Park
ville, 600.7, 1,884,424, 3137;
County totals 3248.7,
9,789,099, 30W. f