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WEEKLY!
Volume 31 No. 4
Hertford, Perquimans County. North Carolina, ThursdayJanuary 23, 1975
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GUEST SPEAKER Gus Tulloss, President of the North
Carolina Jaycees; will be the special guest speaker at an
Awards Night Banquet scheduled for tomorrow night. The
banquet is one of the many activities sponsored during this
National Jaycee Week by the Perquimans' County
Jaycees. The banquet will honor three outstanding citizens
in Perquimans County.
Jaycees To Hold
Awards Banquet
As part of Jaycee Week
Activities, the Perquimans
County Jaycees will honor
three outstanding citizens of
the county at an Awards
Night Banquet to be held
tonight, Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m.
The three major awards to
be presented are' the,
Outstanding YOung
Educator,, the Outstanding
Young Farmer and the
Di at i n gu i s h ed i S er v ice
Award. Other individual
achievement awards will be
presented. -7
- Highlighting the program
will be' remarks by the
special guest speaker,
Augustus T. "Gus" Tulloss,
State Jaycee President.
Tulloss, a native of Martin
County is married to the
former Bettie Jane Mun-
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PRAYER BREAKFAST Members of the Perquimans
. County Jaycees kicked off their Jaycee Week activities on
Sunday, Jan. 19. The group attended a special communion
servjce.at the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church of Hertford.
This was followed by a Prayer Breakfast at Owen's
Restaurant. Shown above are participants in this first
Jaycee Week activity.
ACTIVITY, CHAIRMAN - Phil Purser, Rev. of the Holy
Trinity Episcopal Church and Chaplain of the Perquimans .
County Jaycees served as chairman for .'trie Jaycee
'religious activity which included a special communion
service followed by a Prayer Breakfast. Staff photos by
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den and the couple ' have
. one son, Harrison. Currently
president of the North
Carolina Jaycees, Tulloss
; has heen extremely active
in Jaycees by holding
several offices both on the
local and state level. He has
served as, the National
Director for the Northeast
" Region of the N.C. Jaycees,
: Special Assistant to the N.C.
'"Jaycee President;' Future
Direction Committee of the
N.C. Jaycees, and has
,; served as State Chairman of
the Activation and
Retention Committee of the
N.C. Jaycees. A member of
the Rocky, Mount Jaycees,
Tulloss has served as the
local chapter's president,
first vice-president, director '
and chairman of the Board.
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Perquimans Receives
$20,000 Grant For
Land Use Planning
Erie Haste, Jr. announced
today that Perquimans
County has been notified of a
combined federal and state
grant for land use planning
totaling $22,000. The land
use planning is a principle
WJ.C. Program
To Begin In Are a
. Plans were announced
recently by the Pasquotank
County Health Department
for a new program entitled
W.I.C. to be instituted in this
area. The program, Women,
Infants, and Children is
funded by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
through the Department of
Health, Education and
Welfare and the grant will
total $182,000 a year with the
probability of being an
ongoing grant.
Residents in Camden,
Chowan, Pasquotank and
Perquimans Counties will
be eligible to enroll in the
new program which will try
to provide Women, Infant,
and Children with properly
balanced diets. The
program is aimed, at
children, and women who
are pregnant or -who have
given birth to a child in the
past year. Department
officials pointed out that this
is not a food give-away
program, but instead a
program interested in
providing a theraputic diet
for those involved. In order
to enroll for the W.I.C.
program, participants must
go to their local county
health department. Through
Officials from the North
Carolina y Bicentennial
Committee, an agency of the
Department of Cultural
Resources, and from the
Department of
Transportation and
Highway Safety announced
today the meaning of the
slogan, "First in Freedom,"
. which North Carolinians are ,
finding embossed on their '
new five-year motor vehicle
license plates. Adopted by
the Department of
Transportation in an effort
to prorrfbte recognition of
the . two hundreth
anniversary of the,
American Revolution, 1 the
phrase honors the fact that
colonial North Carolinians
both established a number
of "firsts" in America's War
for Independence and were .
in the forefront of those who ,
waged the battle for
freedom."
Among the' firsts
'. established by r North
Carolinians two centuries
ago were the following: (1)
North Carolina is often
, looked upon as the first
colony to call a provincial
assembly in defiance of a r
' royal governor at New Bern
on August 25 1774. (2 ( North ;
Carolina was the first colony :
to expel its royal governoi1
when Governor Josiah
Martin was caused to flee ,
from New Bern on May, 31, J"
1775. (3) North Carolina was
the first colony to authorize
its delegates '- to ' the
Continental Congress to vote
with delegates from1 other a
colonies for independence
by the adoption of the
Halifax Resolves on April '
12, 1776'. ' . .
means for achieving the
goals of the Coastal
Management System and
for implementing the
policies of both the Coastal
Management System and
for implementing the
medical check-ups, doctor
referrals, and .family
history, for example, an
assessment will be made on
the patient to determine if
there is a need for them to
be enrolled in the program.
If a need is determined,
the participant will, then
receive a voucher
containing a list of the foods
they are eligible to purchase
under the program such as
milk, eggs, baby food and
baby formula. The
participant will then give
this voucher to a
participating grocer who
will in turn bill the health
department for the items
purchased.
Enrollment in the W.I.C.
program will begin
February 1st and the
involved health
departments will attempt to
enroll as many as possible,
after that kick-off date.
Officials pointed out that at
present the funds which will
not only provide food and
clinic costs for participants,
but also the needed new
personnel for the program,
are limited. But, if a need is
shown for more funds, the
application will be made for
them from the state
government.
Of the several firsts, the
adoption of the Hailfax
Resolves was by far the
most -significant. The
Halifax Resolves framed by
North Carolina's Fourth
Provincial Congress
meeting in the town of
Halifax constituted an
aggressive act on the part of
North Carolinians to insure
that the question of
independence should finally
be settled. Left unresolved .
by the Continental Congress
in Philadelphia for nearly a
year after, the onset of
fighting at Lexington and
Concord, Mass., in April,
1775, North Carolinians
urged reluctant rebels in
other colonies to seVer their
ties with Great Britain.
Troubled by the presence
of the British fleet in
Wilmington harbor, by
menacing skirmishes
between Tories and Whigs
at such places as Moore's
Creek Bridge, and by the
Threats of - civil
insurrection, North"
Carolinians at Halifax cut a .
bold swath across the
process which led to the
publication - of the
Dec 1 aV a t ion f
Independence on July ' 4,
1776. ;
But the claim of' North
Carolina to be VFirst in ,
Freedom" rests less upon
what North Carolinians did
before " anyone else than
upon what they stood for
during the American
Revolution. Throughout the .'
period' of- the Revolution,
North Carolinians in great
numbers were deeply
concerned with the
preservation of justice and '
freedom.
policies of both the Coastal
Resources Commission and
of the local people through
the local governement. Of
the $22,000 grant, $5,000 is to
be used for planning in the
Hertford Township, $2,000
for Winfall, leaving $15,000
for land use planning in the
remaining county.
The first phase of local
planning is scheduled to be
completed by November of
this years. All 20 coastal
counties have indicated
their intent to develop land
use plans.
According to James E.
Harrington, Secretary of the
State Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources, his department
has approved a total of
$670,000 in planning grants
for local governments in the
coastal area. Grants for
counties surrounding
Perquimans include:
Currituck, $10,000; Camden.
$15,000; Pasquotank,
$31,500; Chowan, $13,926;
and Gates, $8,850.
The January meeting of
CO A Joins In
Enrollment Drive
College of The Albemarle
will play an active role in a
statewide effort to enroll
more of the 2,000,000
undereducated citizens of
North Carolina into adult
basic education programs
this month and during the
first half of February.
The concerted drive by all
cominunity colleges,
technical ' institutes and
institutions of higher
learning which are equipped
to administer ABE
programs in the state will be
made between January 15
and February 15. The
promotion campaign will be
known as "You Can".
According to Douglas
Sawyer, assistant director
for continuing education at
COA, there are 20,000 adults
in the college's seven-county
service area who have less
than a high school
education. It is this element
of the population which the
"You Can" program will
attempt to interest.
Sawyer explained that
adult ; basic education
provides individuals with
the opportunity for
education at the level
desired. This encompasses
the arts of basic reading and
writing through the
completion of high school.
He added that through
ABE programs, individuals
are given the chance to
CHAMBER MEETS The Perquimans County Chamber
of Commerce held their January meeting Monday night at
the Municipal Building in Hertford. Some of the items
discussed included local activities : planned for the
country's Bicentennial celebration, and the chamber
voted to financially support the newly organized Hertford
Fifes and Drums, (Ray Ward photo)
the Coastal Resources
Commission was held in
Wrightsville Beach on the
14th and 15th.
Chairman Eure appointed
two committees composed
of commission members.
Each was given a portion of
the handbook for elected
officials on public
participation and Sections I
and II of the State Guideline
For. Local Planning. The
first day of the meeting was
devoted to extensive study,
editing and amending these
two documents.
The documents as
amended were presented to
the full commission on the
second day of the meeting
and after extensive review
they were adopted.
Section III of the
guidelines, "Land Use
Standards For
PotentialAreas of
Environmental Concern" is
to be the subject of a special
meeting of the commission
to be held on January 27 at
the River Forest Manor in
Belhaven, N.C.
improve job potential, to
increase ability in handling
money more efficiently and
to more fully round personal
development.
ABE classes are offered
at no cost to students.
Books, supplies and
instructional costs are paid
from public funds. Classes
are held in local schools,
churches, community
buildings and areas close to
the students' home and jobs.
In COA's service area,
potential students may
attend classes at Swain
Elementary School in
Edenton where an
Individualized Instruction
Center is in operation, at
Manteo High School and at
the Technical Center in
Elizabeth City. Mini-labs
are open at the Perquimans
County High School
Vocational Center, Gates
County High School, and at
Universal Park at Moyock.
Through the course of the
campaign, Sawyer said
extensive details will be
released through area news
media; letters will be sent to
businesses and public
agencies and speakers will
be available to explain the
purpose of the drive to area
civic groups. Tentative
plans also include the use of
an information booth at
Southgate Mall.
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APPOINTED CITY MANAGER At a recent meeting of.
the Town Commissioners, Hertford Mayor Bill Cox was.
appointed full-time city manager. Mayor Cox will take on
the responsibilities of the position as soon as he is able.
(Ray Ward photo)
Cox Named
City Man ager
Hertford Mayor Bill Cox
has been appointed as full
time city manager which
will become effective as
soon as the mayor is able to
take on the responsibilities
of the position.
The appointment of a full
time city manager for the
Town of Hertford has been
in the planning stages for
the past two years. Making
the appointment a reality
will now enable the town to
be eligible to apply for fund- -ing
from the federal and
state governments. At pres
ent, Hertford does not re
ceive funds of this type.
Mayor Cox's appointment
to the position of city
manager, was voted in at the
last meeting of the Town
Commissioners.
According to Mayor Cox,
this will in now effect his
position as mayor. Instead,
he said that he will in fact
now have more time to
serve the citizens of the
town and work more closely
with all town officials.
Erie Haste, Jr.,
commissioner, stated that
this is a step in the right
direction and something the
city has needed for a great
number of years. Haste said ;
that he could not think of
anyone more qualified for
the position than Mayor Cox.
"He has the insight of the
problems that the city faces
and knows the problems
they have now," Haste
commented.
Jessie Harris,
commissioner, said, "We
are lucky to have a man like
Bill Cox already in our
community that can step
into this position as city
manager. I'm for it 100 per
cent. With Bill as full-time
manager, we have a chance
now for the federal funds
that are available with this
position. Arid I'm sure with
(his position Bill will have
more time to devote to the
people. If we had to go out of
MU Calendars
Still Available
The Community Birthday calendars sold by the"
Perquimans County Marching Unit have been .
delivered. There are extra calendars which can be ;
purchased by those who failed to order theirs in the' ;
fall. The 1975 calendar has a beautiful colored picture;
of the Marching Unit and can be bought for $1.00 by!
calling Mrs. Marion Swindell, 426-5614.
' If anyone who ordered their calendar in the fall and ,
has not received it, please contact Mrs. Swindell.;
the county for help, it would
require a lot of training and
more money."
Billy Winslow,
commisioner also
commented on the
appointment. He said, "This
is a position that we have
needed for a long time and I
feel that Bill will make us a
great man. He has the
desire to help the town and I
believe that he will be able
to apply for the money that
we've been losing through
grants that are available to
the city government. There
is no doubt in my mind that
Bill Cox is qualified for the
position. This way, the
commissioners will not have
to go to each department
head for information. We
would simply go to Bill for
answers to the problems. '-'
John Beers,
commissioner for the last
twelve years stated that he'
felt this new position would
prove to be an asset to the
county, and pointed out his
confidence in Mayor Cox
being the right man for the
job. Beers said, "I'm sure
that he will be able to help us
to receive federal and state
funds through grants that
we are not receiving now.'
With this full-time position,
he will be able to work more
closely with any problem
that the town might have.
Keeping this in mind. Bill is
a man that is dedicated and
will put in many hard hours
to see that the job will get
done."
J.W. Dillon, a past
commissioner, pointed out
that the formation of the
position of city manager is
an old idea, and expressed
his delight in seeing the idea
become a reality. ; .
Lester Simpson;
chairman of the county
commissioners, said, !"I
think he'll be a great asset to
the town in this new position
because Bill's a hafd
worker." '.";
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