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Volume 31 No. 8
ALL TOGETHER NOW Junior High School students in
the county participated in a Music Festival Monday night
at the Perquimans Union School gymtorium. Shown here,
V music teacher Caroline Wright instructs the group.
School
Board
Makes
Members of the
Perquimans County Board
of Education visited
Perquimans Union School
and Central Grammar
School on Mon., Feb. 17. A
visit to Hertford Grammar
School and Perquimans
High School was planned for
the following day,
The purpose of the school
visits was to talk with
principles, teachers, and
students about the
instructional programs in
the sdneoi wl to. view, the
scflo'facilities. The vists
b$ jtfoe board members are
in an effort to keep abreast
of the programs and needs
of the county's school
system. Every member of
the board participated
showing their interest to
know the needs of the
schools and encouraging
communication between the
school and the board.
Also, : the ; Board of
Education attended a
District I. School Board
meeting held at W.T. Grigg
Elementary School in
Camden. Guest speaker was
N.C. School Superintendent
Craig Phillips. , Attending
with all Perquimans County
Board of Education mem
bers, were Mrs. Estelle
Fejton and Mrs. Mary
Bryant, members of the
county advisory council.
Visits
E.I.C. Continues
The Economic
improvement Council, Inc.,
since 1965, has operated
1 under the Office ' of
" Economic Opportunity,
providing services and
Technical assistance to low-
: income residents of the
Albemarle Area. .
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The agency will continue
to . operate 1 under the
Community - Services
Administration (CSA) :
. which Congress approved in
December 1974. The new
agency, which replaces the
OEO, will : become an
Independent Agency, if,
President Ford does not
Changes In Food Stamps
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Food stamp recipients in
North Carolina and across
the nation will have some
marked . changes in their,
food stamps they begin'
purchasing on March 1,
1S75.
The t'jj2st change will be
in the denominations of the
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SPECIAL GUESTS Officers of the North Carolina
Association of Rescue Squads attending the area meeting
in Perquimans County included (1 to r.): Ray Kane,
secretary-treasurer; Max Wesson, vice-commander; and
Charles Swinson, State commander.
Area Rescue
The Perquimans County
Rescue Squad hosted a
district meeting held
Friday, Feb. 14 at the squad
building.
H.B. Miller, captain of the
local squad welcomed all
those in attendance. Dan
Berry gave the invocation.
Special guests recognized
included " the N.C.
Association of Rescue
Squads State Commander
and his wife, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Swinson, Vice
Commander Mas Wesson,
Secretary-Treasurer, Ray
Kane; Jackie Roberson;
Everett Wiggins; and
Robert Binner of Action
Fire and Safety, Inc.
exercise his option of
transferring the CSA to the
Department .; of Health,
Education, and Welfare.
According to Bert A.
Gallegos, the new CSA
Director, there seems to be '
"overwhelming sentiment"
among ' the ; nation's
governors, mayors, and '
officials of the 833 CAPs in
favor of an independent
status.' If the agency's
independence is preserved,
it is possible that Congress
may expand its role. Some
of the original OEO
Programs that - .were
transferred may be
rising amount of monthly
allotments and the
corresponding increase in
the volume of coupons
needed to meet - these "
allotments is the reason for
changing to ' higher '
denominations. Larger
coupon values reduce
shipping and production -cost.
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The change in color and
the new more complicated
d:;;n of the coupons was
r tb stop count tsfciting.
Tcod e' :rp rer, ;onts are
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AND AWAY WE GO - Ms. Ruth Jewell, music consultant
with the Cultural Arts Department division of the State.
Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh, N.C, led a
day long workshop with the students. Shown here, she
participates in the program. '
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Lonnie Skinner, president,
called the meeting to order.
Progress of each of the
squads were given along
with a report of the
Emergency - Medical
Technician Course of the
squads. Approximately 50
rescue squads members
attended representing
Pasquotank, Colerain,
Perquimans, Ahoskie,
Chowan, Moyock, Currituck
and Gates. Officers elected
included Lonnie Skinner
one-year director; Dedrick
White secretary
treasurer; and Durwood
Evans two-year director.
Twenty-two members of
the Perquimans County
returned such as Head
Start, Health and Migrant
Programs.
The Economic
Improvement Council, Inc.
expects to operate the first
year beginning June 1, 1975,
with 80 per cent federal
funding and 20 per cent local
matching. The funding level
will be approximately
1306,000 for its local inititive
programs. Currently, the
agency operates Job
Development, - Housing,
Education, Transportation,
Senior Citizens, ' Youth
Development, and Full Year
Head Start, which is funded
by the Department of HEW.
will not accept the old
coupons after that date.:
;; Without the, 50 cent
coupons, grocers will use
the $1 stamps and a credit
slip for any change less than
a dollar or the recipient may
purchase foods worth the '
amount of their change or
pay the difference in cash
between the cost of the food
and the next lowest dollar
amount. ' . J::
Unemployed ' North
Carolinians are swelling the ';
rais of the food stamp '
program. In October, there
were 371,478 tii stamp
reel-' .'.j in t:.3 e -'.3. This
nuruber Increased
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 20, 1975
ELECTED Elected at the area rescue squad meeting
were (L. to r.): Dedrick White, secretary-treasurer;
Lonnie Skinner, one-year director; and Durwood Evans,
two-year director.
Squads Meet
Rescue Squad attended the
meeting. The meal was
furnished by the newly
formed Perquimans County
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THE HONORABLE
THAD EURE,
SEC. OF STATE
North Carolina's
Secretary of State, The
Honorable Thad Eure will
be the guest speaker at the
annual fund raising dinner
and county wide
Democratic Rally to be held
Monday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at
Angler's Cove Restaurant.
,' Eure has served as
Secretary of State ever
drastically by December
with 464,484 recipients - a
25.1 percent increase.
It will be some time before
the number of recipients for
January are known but it is
estimated that over 500,000
North ' . Carolinians are
participating in the food
stamp program or 9.5
percent of the states
estimated population.
a News reports from
Washington indicate that 17
million people nationwide:
were participating in the
food stamp program in
December or eisht percent
of fre population. 4
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SWEET NOTES Junior High girls provide some of the
music for the festival. The program included sacred
songs, spirituals, folk songs, a group of popular songs and
a special patroitic medley.
Rescue Squad Ladies'
Auxiliary.
The next area meeting
will be held in Ahoskie.
Eure
Sneak A tf Coastline
Rally
since he was elected to that
position in the general
election of Nov. 3, 1936.
A native of Gates County,
Eure is a legal resident of
Winton in Hertford County,
He attended Gatesville High
School, and obtained his law
degree from Chapel Hill's
University Law School. In
the past, Eure has served as
mayor of Winston, county
attorney for Hertford
County, and was a 1929
member of the General
Assembly representing
Hertford County. Eure
served as principle clerk of
the N.C. House of
Representatives for several
sessions. He has been
president of the National
Association of Secretaries of
States, and currently serves
as dean of that organization.
Eure was the keynote
speaker at the Democratic
State Convention in 1950,
and permanent chairman in
1962. Eure is also chairman
of the board of trustees of
Elon College. r .
A member of the
Congregational Christian ,
Church, Eure is married to
the former Minta Banks of
Winton. The couple have two
children, a boy and a girl, .
and ' seven grandchildren.
At the county Democratic
Rally, Eure will concentrate
his comments on .more
involvement in the
Democratic Party and
encourage politic
participation.
, .The price for the dinner la
$7.50 per person and tickets
can be obtained from Joe
Nowell, Bill Cox, W.F.
Ainsley or any precinct
chairman.
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Students Participate
In Poetry Contest
Students at Perquimans
County High School have
had the opportunity this
week to participate in a
poetry writing contest with
the motivation being a $50
first prize.
The contest is being
sponsored by the
Perquimans County Arts
Council which operates out
of the Northeastern Arts
Council.
The winner of the contest
will be required to read his
or her poetry at a poetry
reading tonight, Thursday,
Feb. 20 at 7:30 p.m. The
reading, which will be held
in . the Perquimans High
Library, will also feature
readings by two
professional poets, James
Applewhite and Betty
Adcock. Interested citizens
throughout the county are
encouraged to attend.
Students submitting
poems for competition had
to follow certain
requirements. Each student
was asked to submit three
original, unpublished
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That is the telephone
number citizens can call
collect for answers to their
questions about Coastal
Area Management.
The Coastal Resources
Commission has established
the "Coastline" in an effort
to encourage citizens, local
government employees or
local government officials to
contact an immediate
source for answers to any
questions they may have,
according to T.D. Eure,
Chairman.
"Coastline is designed to
cut red tape. While we may
not be able to answer each
question immediately we'll
direct the person calling to
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. NEW OFFICERS The Perquimans County Horse and Pony Club elected new officers
to serve for 1975 at a meeting held Tues., Feb. 11 at the Perquimans County Office
Building. Officers are (1. to r.): Charlie Fowler, president; Howard L. Askew, vice-,
president ;Thelma Rogerson, secretary; Carolyn Fowler, treasurer, (Nfewberh phot)
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GETTING IT TOGETHER Helping to organize the '
music festival were county music teachers Caroline
Wright and Danny Meads. Special consultant was Ms.
Ruth Jewell. Posing with the group is Perquimans County
School Superintendent C.C. Walters. (Photos courtesy of
Pat Harrell)
poems. Poems could be of
any type, pertaining to any
subject, but limited to 45
lines in length.
Four citizens of the
community served as
judges announcing the
winner yesterday,
Wednesday, Feb. 19.
Applewhite and Ms.
Adcock are two of 38 poets
conducting readings
throughout the state this
spring under grants from
the North Carolina Arts
Council.
Students at the high
school participating in the
poetry contest and the titles
of their poems are as follow :
George Bowser,
"Abortion", "The Loner",
"Bad Boys"; Angela
Stallings, "Good-bye to the
Sea," "Autumn
Departure", "Unsatisfied";
Rita Faye Moore, "He
Lives, "People",
"Thoughts"; Lavern
Woodard, "Blackness Is",
"Death Enters", "A
Mother's Child"; Lynn
Hurdle, "The World
Number
someone who can give him
an answer. Answers to
inquiries on Coastline are
being given top priority,"
Eure said.
The Coastal Area
Management Act was
passed by the 1974 General
Assembly. A major
requirement of the act is
that local governments in
the coastal area will
prepare land use plans by
November of this year.
Guidelines for preparing
the land use plans were
approved by the "Coastal
Commission last month.
They require a great deal of
public participation in
preparation of the land use
plans.
E1LY
10 CENTS
Today", '"The End of
Time," "My Mirror";
Leory Ferebee, "Ghetto
Child," Reality", "Black
Brother, Get Down"; Paul
D. Miller, "Cars",
"America", "Birds"; Tosh
Toe, "The Moon".
"Hamburgers"; Denise
Cullipher, "The Perfect
Place", "Thinking," "The
Guy I Love; Tammy
Speaker, "Bright Seasons",
"Colorful Dreams", "Our
Love Is Sweet"; Paul L.
White, "Roses", "Let Us
Run", "Communist Chant";
Nancy Long, "Sweet
Winter", "Inside and
Outside", "Let Us Bow Our
Heads"; Marvin Ri4dick,
"City Folks", "Ode to the
Sea", "Grass"; Ann Ward,
"A Beautiful Sight",
"Sunrise by the Sea", "The
Lonely Porpoise"; Wanda
Owens, , "Ballad of
a Woman", "Life",
"Fantasies"; Cindy
Hindren, "Future Past";
"Lost: First Love Found:
A Memory", " You're
Journeyed Far"; Ruthie
Ward, "What Is Alone?",
"Longing For the Beach",
"Haiku"; Beth Swindell,
"The Watcher of Time",
"The Pond", "The Day's
Finest Moment"; Johnny
Wilson, "These Are the
Reindeer", "Just Riding",
"The World Today";
Connie Baker, "Changes",
"Diarv" "Ths Thrill la
Gone"; Beth Winslow,
"Quiet", "Peace and
Solitude", "Crucified, New
Times".
BOARD TO MEET
The Executive Board of
the Perquimans County Unit
of the American Cancer
Society will meet Monday,
Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. at the REA
Building.
The public
attend.
is invited to