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THE:. PETOUIMAMS -WEEKLY
Volume 31 No. 38
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, October 2, 1975
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OFFICERS Officers for Perquimans Union School's
Student Council 1975-76 are (1, to r.) : Maurice Hinton, vice
president; Karen Butt, secretary; Sandy Muldrow,
president; Janie Burton, treasurer.
Co uncil Office rs A re Ins
The Perquimans Union officers took office last
Student Council's new Monday morning in an
Fire Prevention
Week Is Set
"Learn Not To Burn" will
be the nationwide theme for
Fire Prevention Week which
begins October 5, 'and will
continue through October
11. Hertford Fire Dept.
Chief Francis Nixon asks
the public to "Remember to
, practice fire safety fifty-two
weeks oer year."
In connection with Fire
Prevention Week, the
Hertford Volunteer. Fire
Department will conduct
fire drills in .the schools.
Department members will
also participate in the
Albemarle Firemens'
Association Parade in
Plymouth on October 11 at 1
p.m.
Chafer Ballots Mailed
i The ballots for new Board
of Directors for the
Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce are
in the mail to the Chamber
of Commerce members.
They are urged to take the
time to mark these ballots
and return them to .the
;; THURSDAY,
' Hertford Lions Club
.' American Legion 8 p.m.
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I William Paul Stallings Post 126 American Legion will
hold its monthly meeting at 8 p.m. at the Post home.
Commander Applegate has requested as many members be
present as possible, as this will be an important meeting.
The membership drive is now underway. All members are
. ajsked to pay their dues as promptly as possible.
' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4
i The Perquimans County Jaycettes will sponsor a Genera!
Store at The Episcopal Parish House in Hertford from 10
a.m. until 4 p.m. Items for sale will include arts, crafts,
baked goods, used clothing, used furniture and Cokes. A
. babysitting service will be available for a small fee. The
' proceeds .will be donated to the Perquimans County
Marching Unit.
v .MONDAY. OCTOBERS
' Perquimans Co. Commissioners 10 a.m.
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.; Whiteston Homemakers " '
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Hertford Rotary Club i.
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Parksville Ruritan Club '
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. Perquimans Masonic Lodge . ' .
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Perquimans Co. Jaycees . .
Citizens Band Club, will meet at 8 p.m. at the Municipal
Bldg. in Hertford. v , ,
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, Hertford Grammar School PTA will have its 1st meeting
at 8 p.m. An open house will be observed. '
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UP COMING EVENTS
' ' Perquimans County Jaycettes will have a fashion show
.Nov. 7 at Hertford Grammar School. The American Legion
Will have a Turkey btioot on November 8 p.m. at the High
School. Belvidere-Chappcll Hill will have a Turkey Shoot on
'November 22, 1975 at the Fire Station in Belvidere.
Perquimans Union:
Last " Saturday in
Murf reesboro five men took
part in a parade.
For Fire Prevention Week
Chief Nixon proposed
cleaning of heating
apparatus, electric heaters
and wiring. He also said that
every home should have a
fire exit and strongly
recommended by the HFD
is a two-way escape in case
of fire in your home..
All Fire Departments in
the County can be reached
by calling one central
number due to , a newly
completed radio
, communication system. The
number to call in case of fire
is 426-5300.
Chamber Office by October
7. They will be counted at
the Chamber Office at 4
p.m. on this date. A lot of
work and money has gone
into these ballots and it is
important that members
take a few minutes to vote
and return these ballots.
OCTOBER 2 '
STUDENT COUNCIL Members of the Perquimans
Union School Student Council for this school year are
pictured above. (Sid Eley photos)
assembly at Perquimans
Union School. The council's
new president, Sandy
Muldrow, in her. opening
speech related some of the
things the previous councils
have done and things this
council will continue and
also new activities this
council will start. Among
these are the school store, a
field day, assemblies, keep
bulletin boards and a talent
show. The council has added
curtains to the cafeteria,
books to the (library, and
equipment to the physical
education department with
the money they have raised
jn the past years.
Other members of student
council pictured above:
Cheryl Parker, Curtis Bar-
Mi
iss Perry Is
Scholarship
Sent
Valorie Linette Perry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Perry, of Rt. 2
Hertford, has been
designated a semifinalist in
the 1976 National
Achievement Scholarship
Program for Outstanding
Negro Students:
Valorie, a senior at
Perquimans High School in
Hertford qualified on the
basis of her performance on
the 1974 Preliminary
Scholastic . Aptitude Test
National Merit Scholarship
Qualifying Test (PSAT
NMSQT). Each semifinalist
who wishes to continue in
the competition must
advance to finalist standing
by meeting several require
ments. One requirement to
becomne a finalist is that
the semifinalist must
PP&KToBe
Held Sunday
On Tuesday, September 2,
registration began for the
1975 Punt, Pass & Kick
competition in the
showroom "of;' Winslow
Blanchard Motor Co., Inc.
In y making ;i the
announcement, Cecil
Winslow said: "We're
looking forward to a big
local PP&K competition in
Perquimans County on Oct.
5. We ; hope all the
youngsters 8 through r 13
years of age in this area will
come In to register and take
part."
Winslow pointed out that
PP&K Throughout its six
levels of competition is
free of any charge, and that
youngsters need only have a
parent ' or guardian
accompany them to the
showroom to registers
"Our competition here
will have -1st, 2nd and 3rd
. place trophies for
contestants in each of the six
age groups, or 18 trophies in
all," said , Winslow. -
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cliff, Cindy Smith, Cynthia
Whidbee, Cindy Sawyer,
Sharon Wood, Leah Harris,
Sallie Holley, Pam
Muldrow, Debra Campbell,
Robin Sellers, Timothy
Morgan, Ann Forbes, Lynn
Stallings, Janice Burton,
Kenneth Lightf oot, Gene
Byrum, Wendy Walton,
Sherry Mims, Lois.
Ripperger, Rhonda
Gossage, Teresa Kinton,
Sherry Hollo well, Kim
Rountree, Janet Barber,
Sandy Muldrow, Maurice
Hinton, Janice - Burton,
Karen Butt, Kathy
Rountree, Lori Newberry,
Mary Frances Winslow.
Faculty advisors are Mrs.
Margaret Brothers and Mrs.
Danny Meads.
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confirm her PSAT-NMSQT
scores by an equivalent
performance on the
Scholastic Aptitude Test
(SAT).
"increasing each entrant's
chances of winning is the
fact that youngsters
compete only against others
in their own age group."
said the Ford Dealer.
"Of course there is no
body contact in PP&K. It's
punting, passing and place
kicking for distance and
points, just as the name
says. First place winners in
each age group in our
competition will go on to the
Zone competition. And from
there, top winners go on up
the ladder through District,
Area, Division and National
Finals," he said. .
v '.'This year, the National
Finals will be held at the
Super Bowl X in Miami on
January 18, 1976. Naturally,
we hope some of our
Perquimans PP&K winners ;
will make it all the way to
(he Finals," .Winslow said.
The Ford Dealer further
explained that each entrant,
upon registering, receives a
free PP&K Tips Book.
Albemarle Electric To
Celebrate Co-Op Month
Albemarle Electrie
Meirbership Corporation
will be one of about 40,000
cooperatives throughout the
nation celebrating Co-op
Month, during October,
Albemarle's, manager
Edward E. Brown Jr.
announced today.
"This year's theme,
'Cooperatives Pioneers in
Serving America,' is
especially meaningful to
rural electric cooperatives
as the nation approaches its
200th birthday," Brown
said, "the rural
electrification program has
just celebrated its 40th
birthday this year, and we
feel that the Co-op Month
theme pays special tribute
not Only to the founders of
the program and other
cooperative organizations
but also to the, millions of
people who are today's
consumer-owners."
"When the rural
electrification program was
first started, in 1935, only
about 10 per cent of the
nation's rural areas had
electricity. Now the
countryside is nearly 100 per
cent electrified, and that's
quite a record," he said,
pointing out that the
dedication and enthusiasm
of the people involved were
mainly responsible for the
program's phenomenal
success. There are today
nearly 1,000 rural electric
cooperatives, serving
approximately 25 million
consumers in 46 states.
Melissa Lewis:
Country Singer
By KATHY NEWBERN
By the age of 10, it is not
unusual for young girls to
haveaspirationsof becoming
a singer. However, what
makes Melissa Lewis
different from most girls of
that age is that she is
already doing something
about it.
Melissa daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Lewis of Rt.
3, Hertford, recently made
her first public singing
appearance with "Vince
Chory and the Squires" at
the Country Roads in
Elizabeth City. According to
Chory, "From the moment
Miss Lewis started to sing,
the audience response was
immediate, enthusiastic and
overwhelming as was that of
the musicians. She pours
her heart and soul into the
songs she performs." As a
result of that, Melissa sang
again with "The Squires" on
the Mickey Gilley show last
Friday night at S.L. Sheep
Auditorium in Elizabeth
City. The show was
sponsored by the Elizabeth
City Fraternal Order of
Police.
Melissa, a sixth-grade
honor student at
Perquimans Union School,
said that in the last two
years her interest in music
has grown, She has been
seriously working on her
singing since last June. Last
year, she appeared in a
talent show at her school
and placed second.
According to her parents,
following the show she
announced that she wanted
to become a singer. Her
mother said that Melissa
seriously took on the task
with dedication not
ordinarily exhibited by a
ten-year old and practiced
two hours each day during
the summer.
Melissa prefers to sing
country and western music
and her favorite stars
include Olivia Newton-John,
Loretta - Lynn and Glen
Campbell. She described
her recent claim to fame as
"exciting," and pointed out
"Providing electricity the
cooperative way proves that
people working together can
get a job accomplished
more efficiently than by
individuals working alone,"
Brown said. He explained
that the role of the rural
electric cooperative today
and in the future will be to
continue to provide an
adequate supply of
electricity in spite of the
many problems related to
the energy field such as
rising costs, fuel shortages
and environmental
concerns. "The rural
electric cooperative and its
consumer-members are a
vital part of the community ;
what we do and say has a
direct effect on the
community and what
benefits our community
benefits our country."
This is the twelfth year
that Co-op Month ahs been
celebrated on a nationwide
basis by the nation's many
cooperative organizations
providing such diverse
services as marketing,
purchasing, housing,
nursery schools, health
care, legal services groups,
credit unions, farm credit
associations, insurance
companies, rural electrics
and telephone systems,
funeral societies and TV and
auto repair.
Albemarle EMC serves
some 5,200 consumer
members in parts of
Chowan, Perquimans,
Pasquotank, Camden, and
Currituck counties.
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' Melissa Lewis
that she is treated the same
by her family and
classmates. Concerning the
reaction at school, Melissa
said, "Some of my friends
know about it, but most of
the kids don't even mention
it."
Her home life has
remained the same although
her mother said the entire
family "is proud of her and
excited for her." Besides
Melissa, the other family
members include Lynn, age
15; Johnny, age 13; Tommy,
age 12; Bethany, age 12; and
Jennifer Jo, also known as
J.J. age 3. The family also
owns an assortment of
poodles, puppies, cats,
chickens and a guinea pig.
Melissa is a collector. She
has a stamp, coin, doll and
book collection. She said
that she "loves to read and
at school, she really likes
science."
The family also-has a
record collection which
resulted in Melissa's
interest in music. She has
never had a snging lesson,
but "just sang along with
records." She doesn't play
any musical instruments
but admitted that she would
. like to learn to play the
guitar and piano.
Melissa is a native of
' Exeter, N.H. and has lived in
North Carolina since 1970.
She and her family moved to
New Hope last December.
Despite her origins, she con
siders herself 100 per cent
North Carolinian. V
MANAGER Edward E. Brown Jr., manager of
Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation, announced
that they will be joining some 40,000 other cooperatives
throughout the nation in celebrating October as co-op
month.
Resolution
WHEREAS, wide public participation is an
essential element in carrying out a program of
conservation and environmental quality, and
WHEREAS, The Perquimans Weekly has been
instrumental in bringing information
on conservation needs to the attention of the
public in 1975, thus furthering the work of the
Albemarle Soil and Water Conservation District;
and
WHEREAS, the week of Sunday, October 5,
through Saturday, October 11, has been
designated Newspaper Week with the theme:
Newspapers Spirit of Freedom, with the
express purpose of "emphasizing the continuing
and essential role of newspapers in the
maintenance of a free society;"
NOW, THEREFORE, We, the supervisors of
the Perquimans Soil and Water Conservation
District, in recognition of Newspaper Week and
the valued services provided by The Perquimans
Weekly do unanimously adopt this resolution of
appreciation for these services.
GIVEN under our hand and seal this 25th day
of September, 1975.
For a salute to newspaper week, turn to page 2.
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into the spirit of Fall with this pumpkin-head scarecrow.
Located in a bed of marigolds, the Halloween man greets
people passing by on their way to the New Hope
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