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TEE .IFEMOTIMANS '
WEEKLY
Volunw 31 No. 23 , . Hertford, Perquimani County. North Carolina. Thundav. Juna 12. 197S
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BEEF WEEK IN COUNTY
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Perquimans County Commissioners signs a proclamation
for the observance of beef week In the county during June
' 15-21. Watching the aieninff is Mra Fontnn itiim Ti. Hu
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county chairwoman for Beef for Father's Day. Mrs. Eure
is a member of the N.C. CowBelles Association, an
auxiliary of the N.C. Beef Cattlemen's Association. She
was the first person from the county to become a member
of the auxiliary and sees a possibility of starting a local '
chapter. (Newbern Photo)
Beef Week
Proclaimed
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Beef Week in North Carolina starts with Father's
Day. ' - - .
; Governor James E. Holshouser, Jr. has proclaimed
June 15-21, 1975, as Beef Week for North Carolina and
commends this observance to the citizens, j ,
. The Governor stated that the beef industry is one of
the most important segments of the economy of North
Carolina and it is important that the people of North
Carolina recognize the importance of beef in the
everyday life of our citizens. : : i 5i ' v
Beef is one of the most nutritious foods, rich in
protein and other . health-building factors,
, Scientifically proven beneficial to people, of all ages
and, "the week of June 15-21 is an appropriate time to
honor the beef industry and its contribution to the
strength nnrt welfare it mir
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, Governor Holshouser, in -.his .Beef - Week
proclamation recognized the members of the N.C.
Cattlemen's Association and the N.C. CowBelle
Association.
The N.C. CowBelles, auxiliary of the N.C.
vaiiiciuca s ftssuciauon, promote me use oi rseei tor
Father's Day to honor dad on his special day.
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NEW FIRETRUCK Belvidere-Chappell Hill Volunteer
: Fire Department Chief Jimmy Chappell proudly displays
the new fire, truck purchased recently with a 127,000 loan
from the Farmer's Home Administration. (Newbern
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Loan Received.:
For New Truck ' '
When the fire whistle
blows, members of the
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Volunteer Fire Department
Vvill be rolling in a red,
shiny, new fire truck thanks'
to a $27,030 loan from the
Farmer's Home
A.'. Tiinistration. .
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received about three months
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principle and interest. This
will be done with the help of
the community through the
yearly pledge drive; suppers
and other various fund
raising activities. '
. One such fund raising
event will be held Saturday,
June 14 when the
department sponsors a
miniature tractor pull at the
fire station in Eelvidere.(
The pull will bein at noon
and mors information can
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Summer Reading
Program Begins
During the months of June, July and August, the
Perquimans County library will sponsor a reading
program for children in grades three through nine.
Each child who participates in the summer reading
program will be eligible ; for a certificate of
recognition if he or she reads one book in each of the
following groups:
1. A book about a foreign country (fiction or non
fiction). 2. A book about a famous person (biography),
, 3. A book about a person of a different race or color,
4. A book about a period or event in history,
5. A book about science, stars, sea, earth, etc:
, 6. A sports book or one about fairy tales, legends,
etc. i .
7. AJbook about animals, birds or fish,
; 8. 9. and 10. A book of the reader's own choice. )
Each child must keep a list of the books read for
credit showing the title, author and brief notes about
the book. , f
; Children usually need Very little encouragement to
do summer reading, but the librarians hope this
program will serve as a guide to more profitable
summer reading. Books may be obtained from the
main library or the bookmobile, but only one book in
each category may be taken out by one person at one
time.
The librarians will also conduct a story hour for
small children in the library each Tuesday and
Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m.
During the Summer months the main library will be
closed on Saturday afternoons, but will be open until 5
p.m. on other days. The King Street library will be
open Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. X
State Fair To
Honor Century
Farm Families
Officials of th North
Carolina State Fair . are .
seeking farm families who
have owned their land for
have owned their Jan
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These families qualify' for :
inclusion in the Century
Farm Family Program,
held each five years in a
salute to agriculture. In the
fall of 1975, it will be time
' once again to honor these
families at the 'State Fair.
In 1970, the fair's first
endeavor with the program,'
some 400 such families were
located. -'
This year on September
20, Century Farm Families
will be honored at a
luncheon and receive
certificates from the
governor and the
commissioner of
agriculture.' They will also
be guests of the fair during
the week of October 17-25,
the fair's 180th year.
The recognition day for
Century Farm Families in
1970 included free admission
to v the fair, a luncheon,
greetings from the manager
of the State Fair, a few
remarks from James A.'
Graham, Commissioner of
Agriculture and Pat Taylor,
N.C. Lt; " Governor,
entertainment and tickets to
' the night performance in
Dorton Arena. ,
Swimming
Lessons
Perquimans County
.Extension Homemaker's
and 4-H Gubs will sponsor
American Red Cross
Summer Swimming Classes
for beginners, advanced
beginne r 8 . and
intermediates,: , starting
June 9. Thomas Gregory,
certified Water Safety
Instructor, will teach the
A' Salute-
We proudly salute the two
top rj-aSuclrs cf the senior
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Earl
Lane,
1 Carolyn
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' According to records; in
1970, six" families from
Perquimans ' County were
eligible for inclusion in -the
CentUryyvm 'Families
recognition. They were:
Henry Thomas Brown Jr.
Mrs. Sallie-S. Halsey Mrs.
Melinda Gooding Hunter,
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jethro,
Samuel N.' and Levent
Winslow Riddick and MrS.
Kate Lawrence Walters. :
. It is expected that' other
Century Farm Families
reside in Perquimans;
County and would be eligible
to be honored at the 1975
State Fair: Management of
the fair' welcomes new
participants. Interested '
families who are eligible
and those previously listed
who have not been contacted -should
, Bob Wills in
care of Farm FamiliesKP.O.
Box 33007. Raleigh, N.C.
27606. X ,
, The Deadline for inclusion
in the program is July 1.
Requirements are that
deeds to farms must be
passed down through sons or
daughters for 100 years or
more as of October 1, 1975.
Officials will accept
abstracts of titles, land
patents, original deeds, '
county land records or other
authentic proof of
ownership. '
classes each day af the river
home and water front of Mr.s
and Mrs. Clifford "Pete";
Perry, Route 3, Hertford,
N.C.
The five sessions will run
for a two weeks period as
follows:
. June 9 -20; June 23- July 4;'
July 7-18; July 21-Aug. 1;
Aug. 4 - Aug. 15. -
There is a limit to the
. number in each class and
special ', rules and
regulations. Instructions
are on the application which
must must be signed by the
parent or guardian when the
$10 registration fee is paid at
; the Extension Office,
according to Mrs. Paie
Underwood . Home
Economics Extension
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LOCAL ATTENDANCE - Some of the local residents
attending the law and order meeting are shown with
Edmisten above. Front row (1. to r.) Edmisten, chairman
of the county commissioners Lester Simpson, and
Hertford Police Chief Ben Gibbs. Second row (1. to r )
Commissioner Tuck Webb, Hertford Mayor Bill Cox,
Commissioner R.S. Monds and Town Commissioner John
Beers. (Newbern photos)
Edmisten Speaks At
La And Order Meeting
"The greatest problem
that we have in America and
North Carolina today is the
lack of speedy trials. The
most important thing that
we have to do is speed up the
trial process.'"
These words were spoken
Friday night by Attorney
General Rufus Edmisten at
the spring dinner meeting of
the Albemarle Law and
Order Association held in
Nags Head, N.C. ,
In his brief remarks to the
group, Edmisten also
advocated raising the
Junk Car
Clean-Up
WANTED: Junk cars in
the Town of Hertford.
It may seem unusual but
junk 'cars in the ; Town of
Hertford are on a wanted
list. They are Wanted by the
town's newly appointed
beautification committee.
The removal of the junk
cars is the first in a series of
efforts to be undertaken by
. the permanent committee in
order to clean up and
beautify Hertford.
Appointed by the Town
Board, the member
committee will for the next
two years be drawing up
beautification plans and
sponsoring clean ups in the
town. :
The first step, removing
the junk cars, is an effort to
start the clean up in time
for the July 4th cele
bration, a ' kick-off, for
the Bicentennial activities
in the town and county.
Owners of junk cars are
required to sign a release
form and then their cars will
be towed away free of
charge. The forms and
further information may be
obtained from Mayor Bill
Cox's office in the Municipal
Building in Hertford phone
426-7805. Residents of the
town are also encouraged to
clean up vacant lots they
own as well as other
properties in time for the
Fourth of July which will
see many visitors coming
into the town.
The finance for projects to
be sponsored by the Town
Beautification Committee
are coming from town funds
as they become available.
The first step in the
permanent , beautification
campaign will be to clean up
what already exists in the
town, such as the junk car
removals. This will
hopefully later be followed
by adding to the beauty of
the town with such things as
shrubbery and trees. . v ;
Members ' of . the
committee are: Thelma
Appleton, Joan Chappell,
David Cox, EHly Griffin, Lib
Harris, John London, Laura
Lowe, Kaihjj N-"vbern, J.P.
Irry, V a B. Taylor,
Lr:'.e Ward, I!ay Ward,
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minimum salary for law
enforcement officers from
$6,000 a year to $7,500. He
explained that a bill to this
effect is up before the
legislature and encouraged
concerned citizens to
request its passage. He
also attacked the state Law
and Order Committee
saying that far too much
"bureaucratic red tape"
existed and that since the
establishment of the
committee, it has been
prone to ignore the local law
enforcement officer.
Land
By KATHY NEWBERN
Curt , Robbins, an
Alabama native, will be
working with officials in
Perquimans County and
Hertford as the new land use
planner. His office will be
located in the County Office
Building where he may be
reached on Tuesdays and
Thursdays.
Working with the local
advisory committee and
land use planning board,
Robbins will be drawing up
land use plans for the town
and county acceptable to the
Coastal Resources
Commission as outlined in
the . Coastal Area
Management Act.
Robbins said, "I've never
met so many friendly people
in such a short time. I am
sincerely looking forward to
working with the people in
Perquimans County." He
got that chance when he met
with city and county
officials last Tuesday night
to review the land use
questionnaires recently
returned by citizens in the
county.
Of the 3,250 questionnaires
CURT ROBBINS
News Briefs
BOARD TO MEET
The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors will meet
June 16 at 8 p.m at the
Municipal Building in
Hertford.
COOK OUT '
Perquimans Lodge No.
106 AF & AM will have a
steak cook out at Jim Bass'
cottr-2 at White Hat at 7
p.m. 1'r: '-y, June 13.
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GUEST SPEAKER Attorney General Rufus Edmisten '.
(left) talks with RpnrespntativA
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and R.L. Spivey (right) of Hertford during the spring !
meeting of the Albemarle Law and Order Association of
which Spivey is president. t
In closing, Edmisten said,
"I support a measure to
make it absolutely certain
that local law enforcement
and the local governmental
level have an equal voice on
the law enforcement
committee."
During a brief business
session, the association
elected new officers.
Serving as president once
again will be R.L. Spivey of
Hertford. Chief of Elizabeth
City Police W.C. Owens will
be the first vice-president.
Use Planner
Comes To County
sent out, approximately 25
per cent of them were
returned which officials said
was fairly good for this type
of survey. Included in the
final results were the
opinions of seniors at
Perquimans High School
who were also questioned.
The questionnaires
revealed that 54 per cent of
those answering received
their information about
activities in the county
through newspapers. This
was followed by word of
mouth at 35 per cent.
Concerning the growth of
the county, 43 per cent felt
there should be a small
population increase while 35
per cent felt the next decade
should see a substantial
increase. An overwhelming
75 per cent would like to see
more tourists .come to
Perquimans County. The
same percentage also felt
AS
CANCER SOCIETY TRIBUTE Mrs. Birch E. Bayh Jr.
of Edenton and John T. Eiders of Hertford recently '
attended a luncheon meeting in Raleigh where Mrs. Bayh
paid tribute to North Carolina's American Cancer Society ,
volunteers representing the Brenst Project, Reach to
Recovery and the Uterine Task Force. Eiders is also on
the vL:an b"-rd. . ' .
Second vice-president will
. be Troy Toppin. Sheriff of
Chowan County. Service as
secretary with be Troy
Toppin, Sheriff of Chowan
County. Service as
secretary with he Dura
County Sheriff Frank
Cahoon and Camden Sheriff
John Walston will be the
association's treasurer.
A few of the special guests
at the Albemarle Law and
Order Association meeting
included legislators Walter
B. Jones, Vernon James and
Stanford White.
that the county had
inadequate shopping
facilities. .
Of those answering the
questionnaire, 63 per cent
felt that residents of the.
county have an adequate
opportunity to participate in
local government and
community affairs.
Concerning industry, 80
per cent felt that more
industry is needed to
supplement the existing
agricultural base and 72 per
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tern leu uie cuuiuy snouia
attract the more industry.
About 56 per cent agreed
that county should remain
rural and agriculturally
oriented while 28 per cent
disagreed and some were
neutral. -:.
Sixty per cent answering
felt there should be limited
control of shoreline
development while 16 pet
cent disagreed with 24 per
cent neutral.
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