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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 15, 1974
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THE LONE MOWER No, there wasn't grass growing in the Hertford sidewalks when
this picture was taken. Instead, as some hard worker rounded a corner, he suddenly
decided to take a break. (Staff Photo by Kathy Newbern)
Sediment Engineers Are
Undergoing Training Now
Intensive training to
prepare newly employed
civil engineers for their
work with North Carolina's
Sedimentation Control
Commission is being
provided by soil scientists of
the USDA-Soil Conservation
Service, it was disclosed .
today by State Con
servationist JessetMlickrv
in Raleigh.- : i
"Since we have a keen
interest ; in helping make
North Carolina's new V
sedimentation control
program effective, we are ;
glad to provide this type of
assistance," Hicks pointed
out.
Three engineers who have
recently , joined the
Sedimentation Commission
staff were given a five-day
course in soil information.
They are Don Cordell and
Harlan Britt, who will be
stationed at Raleigh, and
Richard Phillips, who will
be assigned to Asheville.
Three soil scientists
conducted the training.
They were Joel Cawthorn of
Raleigh, Moulton A, Bailey
of Asheville, - and James
Dunn of Hillsborough. The
training involved types of
information involved in
modern soil surveys, how
engineers can use soil data
in determining sedimen
Commencement
Exercises Slated
Dr. S. ' Bruce Petteway,
president, announced today
that commencement
exercises for College of the
Albemarle are scheduled for
Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. in the
college gymnasium.
'Associate in arts, associate
in applied science, associate
in science degrees, and
vocation and technical t
diplomas will Jbe awarded to
the 83 candidates '; for,'
graduation. ':W?Z i
Dr. Jesse jL McDaniel,
president of Lenoir Com-1
munity College, wi3 te the
guest speaker. A native of
Kinston, McDaniel received '
his bacht'.or of science
degree frn f :t Carolina
Teachers G. 2 In. 1C19.
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in school f itlvii in
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tation and erosion problems,
and other types of
assistance available from
the Soil Conservation
Service to help with
sedimentation control work.
Other SCS training and
assistance is provided on a
continuing basis in this
program. ;
'In addition tcHhe training,:
Jesse Hicks pointed out that
John F. Rice, civil engineer,
"loaned" to the Sedimen
tation' Commission for the
past tt'n months to help get
the statewide program
underway, has rejoined the
SCS state office staff.
"But I am glad that, in
response to a request for
continued assistance from
the State of North Carolina,
we have been able to detail
another engineer to this
important job."
" S. Taylor Currin, an
experience engineer who
has recently been working
with the Soil Conservation
Service in Columbia, South
Carolina, has transferred to
Raleigh. He is now working
with Director Clarence
Shimer of the Sedimentation
Commission Under an
Intergovernmental , . Pers
onnel Act agreement, on the
same basis that John Rice
di."
The state conservationist
Hillsboro and Creedmoor,
He was also superintendent
of Franklinton City Schools.
In 1967. McDaniel assumed
the duties of Dean at Lenoir
Community College, From
this position, he rose to the
presidency of the college in
1971.
Active in community
affairs in Kinston, McDaniel
has worked closely with the
United Fund there; for
several years. He serves on
the board of directors of the
Kinstoo-Lenoir County
Chamber of Commerce,
Industrial Development
Commission, v : : "
He is the co-author of the
American School Law
Series book "Law Gover
ning Acquisition of School
Property." McDaniels also;
contribu-dl to "Lej'al Issues
in Education" fcy Edward C.
Bolmeir, and has authored
numerous, non-published
papers ' for trustees,
, workshops and seminars.
I'e is married to the
Helen Joyce Perry
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added that "People in the
SCS field offices, located in
all parts of North Carolina,
also stand ready to help
county commissioners and
other local leaders with
scientific data regarding
their local sedimentation
problems and ordinances
enacted to solve these
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Money
For
Schools
State School Superin
tendent Craig Phillips has
been notified , that North
Carolina will receive an
additional allotment of
$2,032,152 for schools with
the heaviest concentrations
of poor children.
Perquimans County Schools
will receive $7,239 of that
allocation under Title I-Part
C of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act.
Phillips noted that this
money is in addition to
approximatly $51 million in
ESEA Title I funds already
awarded school systems for
the 1974-75 school year.
ESEA Title I, the largest of
all federal aid programs to
schools, is designed to
provide ; supplementary
instructional activities for
educationally deprived
children, mostly in the areas
of reading, language
development , and
mathematics. I ,
According to Phillips,
ESEA Title I-Part C, Special
Grants for Urban and Rural
Schools, will be used to help
i support new or expanded
projects for preschoolers
and elementary students. To
: be eligible for a grant under
the Urban . and Rural
- Program, twenty percent
(20 per cent) of a school
unit's school-age population
"must be drawn from low
income families or a school
unit must have a minimum
of 5,000 low income children
who comprise 5 per cent or
more of the total school-age
'population. v.-
The amount each school
unit receives under the
special program is limited
by the unit's basic ESEA
Title I grant and the total
funds available for the fiscal
year.
-Revival Services
. Revival services will be
con J '"ted at Piney Woods
Friends Chirch in
Eelvidcre, ust 13th
through the 2 1, closing
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Learning'
Eight teachers in the
Perquimans County School
system recently attended a
four-week reading workshop '
held at John A. Holmes High
School in Edenton. They
were among participants
from six surrounding
counties to undergo in
tensive training and learn
new teaching methods in
reading.
The , workshop was
directed by Dr. Frank
Arwood, chairman of
Elementary Education at
East Carolina University in
Greenville. Instructed by
four professors v of
Elementary Education at
ECU, the workshop par
ticipants learned through
demonstrations, films,
individual and group
More
Benefits
People who apply for
supplemental security in
come payments may be
required to apply for social
security payments and
other benefits. The sup
plemental security income
program makes monthly
payments to people with
little or no income and
limited resources who are 65
and over or blind or
disabled.
The amount people get is
reduced if they receive
social security benefits,
pension payments, and
similar income of more than
S20 a month. &o people
applying for supplemental
security income payments
must also apply if they
haven't already done so
. for other benefits that may
be due them.
People can" 'get in
formation about applying
for supplemental security
income and social security
benefits by contacting any
social security office. About
three out of. five people
getting supplemental
security income payments
also get social security
checks.
Social security
retirement, disability, and
survivors benefits are based
on work and earnings.
Supplemental security
income payments are based
on financial need.
Supplemental security
income payments are
funded by general revenues,
not by social security
contributions. The sup
plemental security income
program is run by the Social
Security Administration, an
agency of the U.S. Depart
ment of Health Education,
and Welfare, v ?
The Elizabeth City social
security office is at 111
Jordan Plaza. The phone
number is 338-2161.
Army
Promotion
Sam Anderson Hour
mouzis, Jr., 22, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Hourmouzis,
Sr. of Rt. 3, Hertford, was
promoted to Spec. 4 in the ,
U.S. Army Medical Center,
Fort Gordon, Ga.
Hourmouzis has worked
with the orthopedic clinic as
a . cast and traction
specialist since his arrival
at Fort Gordon from the '
specializing training center
at Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
; He has been recognized for
- .his outstanding work by the '
orthopedic surgeons and
staff in his field. V
' Hourmouzis attended
j Perquimans and Manteo
High Schools.
Set At Belvidere
v p.m nightly. Guest speaker
will be Billy Edit, pastor of
Spring Garden Friends
Meeting, "Greensboro, N.C. :
; There will be special music.
The fr, Ken Epivey
i--!f-s the r ,!$ to attend.
projects, and exams from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Dr. Lois Staton worked
with those in attendance
concerning approaches to
teaching reading. She cited
three major approaches: ,
language experience, basal
text and linguistics.
Instruction by Dr. Keith
Holmes included the sounds
of English, such as visual
phonics and standardized
English. The third ECU
professor, Dr. Betty Long
explained to the group how
to teach creatively.
The workshop demon
strations proved to be
realistic with the use of
children to show the student
teacher relationship in a
simulated classroom.
The Perquimans teachers
which were involved in the
reading workshop were:
Maggie Williams, Lois
Stokes, Mary Elliott, Dora
Spruill, Hazel Beamon,
Daisy Hollowell, Emma
Lawrence and Lola Mit
chell. All participants found
the well-organized
workshop both helpful and
useful.
One things which makes
the workshop outstanding is
that it will be followed up
during the school year. One
of the ECU instructors will
be assigned to work with the
Perquimans participants by
visiting their classroom one
or two days a month to aid in
implementing and guiding
them on the things they
learned.
The
Hunt
Is On
The hunting season is
open for witchweed that
is.
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is
asking farmers in North
Carolina and South Carolina
to join in the annual hunt for
this parasitic weed.
"Our two goals are to
eradicate witchweed from
the Carolinas and to prevent
the pest's spread to
noninfested areas of the
country," explained Jack
Mercer, state supervisor in
the Carolinas for plant
protection programs in
USDA's Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service
(APHIS).
'We are bringing witch
weed under control with
new control techniques, plus
enthusiastic cooperation
from the North Carolina and
South Carolina . state
departments of Agriculture
and concerned individuals,"
Mercer added. : '. v;
To achieve an eventual
eradication, every
suspected witchweed plant
must be reported to the local
county agricultural agent or
plant protection official for
on-the-farm identification.
Then, proper control
methods can be applied.
Witchweed is a bright
green plant that sucks food
and water from corn,
sorghum and other grassy
crops. The foot tall weed
blooms red, or sometimes
yellow, from mid-July to the
first frost.
Mercer warned that
witchweed plants should not
be pulled up for iden
tification. This could spread
viable seeds to nearby
gardens and farms.
One witchweed ; plant
annually produces up to
500,000 seeds. Each can lie
dormant, yet viable, in the
soil for 12 years.
Witchweed a native of
South Africa and parts of the
Eastern Hemisphere -r
invaded the Carolinas in
1956. At one time in the
current federal-state control
effort, 36 counties were
infested, Now the number is
down to 28-21 counties in,
North Carolina and seven in
South Carolina.
BOND WINNER During the Farm Festival, Mrs. Warner Madre of Hertford was the ;;
winner of a $50 savings bond. The drawing was sponsored by Bank of N.C, Peoples Bank '
and Hertford Savings and Loan. Wayne Ashley (left) of Bank of N.C. and George Lewis
of Peoples Bank made the presentation. (Staff Photo by Kathy Newbern).
Channel Change
For Three States
Commencing October 1,
1974 the Coast Guard within
Maryland, Virginia and
North Carolina will shift
VHF-FM broadcasting from
channel 12 to channel 22.
Presently the Coast Guard
makes VHF-FM safety
broadcasts on channel 12
after a preliminary an
nouncement on channel 16.
These brief messages
consist of important marine
information, storm or
hurricane warning or ad
visory. Additionally, urgent
broadcasts are made en
tirely on channel 16
generally consisting of
information regarding
overdue aircraft or vessels,
man overboard, vessel fires,
groundings, sinkings or
medical cases. s
The Coast Guard has
recently authorized channel
22 in the VHF-FM Maritime
Band for the use by the
boating and maritime public
for communicating directly
with the Coast Guard.
Additionally, limited
Marine Information
Broadcasts will be made by
the Coast Guard on channel
22.
The Coast Guard would
like to remind all mariners
that the VHF-FM maritime
distress system is very near
if
'it
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LET-ALL Ti:s SUN IN The true beauty of nature can be seen in this photo. Two tall
and sturdy trees frame the sun's ray as they erjlode. (Staff Photo b Kathy Nevem)'
completion. Eighteen of
twenty-three sites are fully
operational. They system is
designed to provide highly
reliable continuous
coverage on channel 16
(calling and distress) to at
least 20 miles offshore for
the entire Maryland,
Virginia and North Carolina
coastline and on major
inland bodies of water such
as Chesapeake Bay,
Albemarle and Pamlico
Sounds and coverage of the
major portions of the
coastal river complexes and
all the Intra-Coastal
waterway.
. ,The Coast Guard
recommends that the
maritime public install
channel 22. The Coast Guard
generally does not monitor
channel 22, therefore
communication with the
Coast Guard should first be
established on channel 16
with a shift to channel 22 for
working. When
crystallizng, it should be
noted that internationally
channel 22 is a duplex
channel. However within the
U.S. it is simplex, i.e.
transmit and receive
frequencies are the same
(157.10 MHz), and is
sometimes referred to as
22a. The simplex
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crystallization is required to
talk to the Coast Guard. ' "
Verification of coverage
in a particular area may be
made by contacting the
Coast Guard on channel 16
for a radio check. Further
communications should be
on channel 22. Mariners are
cautioned that their
receiver coverage may
exceed their boats transmit
range due to the higher
powered sets used at Coast
Guard base stations.
Therefore verification of
coverage in your normal
operating area is recom
mended. Deployment
Coast Guard Ensign
George E. Crain, husband of
the former Miss Phyllis
Williams of Route 1,
Belvidere, N.C, left his
homeport of Baltimore
aboard the Coast Guard
Icebreaker Edisto for a
three-month deployment in
Arctic waters. During the
cruise, he and his shipmates
will perform oceanographic
research and will provide
supply and logistic support
for military and scientific
stations in the polar region.
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