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r pitniro CO xxx :' - L-JJ1J7ILLS, KSMTUSKY 40200 i ; : '; ' J . :. ' -1 y - Hertford, Perquitnant-County, N.C., Thursday, January 8, 1976 10 CENTS 1 . - ivv WEEKLY ft . Volum8f32, No. 2 ' ' . V; Aipplic : r: . '.',".: i i Is Approved r , . " s . ' i ; WASHINGTON, D.C. 4 Congressman Walter B. Jones recently announced the approval of an application submit ted by the Albemarle Resources Conservation Council. The approval of this application will result in making available by the Department of Agriculture technical and financial assistance with which, to develop and improve natural resources, increase agriculture production, and develop, improve and expand cultural, economic and recreational opportunities for rural citizens living in the counties of Per- . v quimans, camaen, uiowan, iuitiiuck, ware, uaies, tiyae, A 'yasquotank, Tyrrell and Washington 4 Congressman Jones had high VAtvu iUiuiiii wuu pave giveii su mucii in uieii time aim Vwiiergy toward makttig this project a reality. t "During the pastthree years : i .i l ii yi jiwve ueen auuiurucu uy uie uungiess, aim i am nappy uiai I have been successful in securing the approval oi two of these projects for the First Congressional District," Jones commented. t . Benefits To Terminate The Employment Security Commission announced this week that federal supplemental unemployment benefits in North Carolina will terminate April 3, 1976. The prdgram was "triggered off" because the State's average insured unemployment rate for 13 weeks has fallen below five percent. Local ESC manager Mrs. Alice W. Bond said she was in formed Friday by the central office that all FSB payments stop in April and claims filed between January 3rd and April 3rd may entitle workers to only half their FSB claim. She said January 3rd is the official trigger-off date of the federal program which has provided up to an additional 26 unemployment checks to workers who have exhausted their regular and extended state benefits. . 'Workers who have FSB claims established prior to January 3rd may receive one half their entitlement or the balance of their claims, whichever is lesser, according to. the ESC. . -.""FSB was established by Congress December 31, 1974. i There are currently 25,400 workers in North Carolina filing claims under th special program and payments last month exceeded $5 million. . In Hertfordabout 5 workers are filing FSB claims. Mrs. Bond says she cannot determine how many workers will establish new FSB claims in the next three months or how many will be effected by the April 3 cut off date. . t 1 4, :; ' - ' !: ' ' ' ' .: . ' -' 'V - ' - . ' ' ' ' 1 : License Office Looking For Owner Of DB9436 If yon have a private, truck plate for 1976 purchased from the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce License Bureau, please check your number and if it is DB 9436, ' please check to see if I gave you both pieces of the renewal card, if so return the one to Jean Harrison that has the dark jp-een on it. It is not; registered with Raleigh: This plate Hvc-uld have been purchased Saturday, January 3. Civic Calendar mmmtf:m: ? h - . ..' FRIDAY, JAN. 9 ' Bethel Honiemakers Club will meet. ; SATURDAY, JAN. 10 The United Methodist Women of Hertford First United .' Methodist Church will sponsor a yard sale at the church from 10 a.m.ivntil 4 p.m. Items on sale will include baked goods, arts and crafts, used clothing and miscellaneous. In paseof rain or bad weather, the sale will be held on Jan. 17. ' -, ' ' -1 The Elizabeth .City Shrine Club will have a dance from ' 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for Shriners and guests. Admission is , $5 a couple. Music will be furnished by Vince Chory and the Squires. t t - ' -', 1 - -' ' ".',' ' ' " ' MONDAY, JAN. 12 ' i ( A Parents Workshop on How Parents Can Help Their ; ' Child With Reading will be held at 1 p.m. at Hertford Gram mar School. The workshop is being" coordinated by ESEA Title L " - . ' - j' I ' TUESDAY. JAN. 13 The Hertford Rotarty Club meets. Tie Perquimans Lodge No. 106 will meet at 8 p.m. at the ' ourthouse in Hertford. K f , ; , . - t ' The Perquimans County Horse and Pony Club meets. , I :' 'WEDNESDAY, JAN. 14 A Citizens United for the Improvement of Reading will meet ' at the Agriculture. Extension Office Building on Edenton' Rd. St. at 2:45 p.m. , - TIIURSDAY, JAN. 15 r.ts Workshop on Kow Parents Can Help Their s j viU be held at 1 p.m at Perquimans ' i. l.'.e woik.hcp is being coor- a r ation praise for members ef the only thirty KC&U projects . i t - l li l 7 ;T-X?i!:. if i 1 t, :,:,,,,'.; - , RIBBON CUTTING A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Tuesday morning marking the opening of the office of Dr. Jack Boone's, Hertford's newest dentist. Pictured above (1. to r.) are Dr. and Mrs. Jack Boone and their son; Wayne Ashley, president of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce; Hertford Mayor Bill Cox; Chamber Secretary Jean Harrison; Joe Meads, building contractor and his wife Irene; Dawn King, dental technician ; and Nancy Gallop, receptionist. A featured article on Dr. Boone and his family will appear in next week's edition of the paper. (Ray Ward photo) Exclusion From HSA Meet William Byrd, Director of Community Health Services East Carolina University was one of two persons ex cluded from most of a meeting of Governor Holshouser newly appointed convenors for the Eastern Area Health Systems Agen cy at a noon meeting in Greenville on Saturday, December 20. On a vote of seven (7) for and six (6) against, the convenors call ed themselves . into "Ex ecutive Session" thereby ex cluding Byrd and Ms. Bon nie Ray from the executive session. Ms. Ray of North Carolina Heart Association says the, association has tried to monitor such con venors meetings across the state. Both JJyrd and Ms. Ray expressed their opinion that the closed session was illegal in as much as the con venor group is a creature of the governor and is thereby a "public body". More Children Are Eligible All public schools in North Carolina must offer free and reduced-price lunches to eligible school children under a recent law passed by Congress, according to Ralph W. Eaton, director of : the State's School Food Ser vices Program for the Department of " Public In struction. Approximately 92 per cent of North Carolina's schools are presently offering free and reduced-price meals, Eaton noted, but undr the, new law the service isan-, datory. l'. .' "The intent of the legisla tion," explained Eaton, Vis to reach more eligible children. Children of; unemployed parents," for ! example, "whose income ' level has. fallen within the; ; criteria set up for eligibility.-, can now-be included in the program." . . Guidelines have also been revised to require, that" children from families with x incomes : between family;; size income, level, of the. State's standard for free si Great ' RALEIGH, N.C. - Bob Wills, former sports writer;; promoter and , Raleigh businessman, has been named Executive Director of the Great North Carolina Bicycle Race. ." " . . The race, scheduled for June, will be the longest and richest bicycle .race ever attempted in the USA, beginning in the Great Smoky Mountains . and ending on the Outer Banks, 900 miles away. , Willis, president of a p-i-.t, pronictin firm and Byrd pointed out that no meetings of the area Steer ing Committee or the previous convenors group has been closed to the public. After about an hour and a half, Byrd and Ms. Ray were allowed to attend the brief remaining portion of the meeting. Byrd says he will request written assurance from Dr. Clem Lucas of Edenton Chairman of Holshouser's new group, to assure ade quate public notice via the news media well in advance . of future convenors meetings and assurance that they will be open to the public. When asked why the group called for executive session Byrd said the only reason stated was that there may be some discussion of personalities, Byrd said in his own opinion "there has been too much discussion of personalities and too little meals and 195 per cent of the Secretary of Agriculture's income poverty guidelines be served free and reduced price, meals. This is a technical change in eligibili ty, according to Eaton, that will have to be determined by local school officials. Although changes in the law have broadened eligibility; requirements, Congress has given school officials the right to verify income information they receive on applications for free and reduced-price' meals if they have cause to believe it may be incorrect. During the time the in formation is being verified, however, the child must be served free and reduced price meals based on the in formation on the applica tion. Income level charts and guidelines for the free and reduced-price lufich pro gram are available from school principals in Per quimans County and from the Board of Education of fice. . ' N.C. Bike Race publicity director of the North Carolina Slate Fair, has been associated with the Russian-American Track "Meet, the L&M Open, U.S. " Professional Match Play -Championship Golf "Tournament, and several i ladies professional golf tourneys. " - "Mr. Wills' .background will help us establish a solid foundation for this event in its ' initial year," "said Wi:iiam A.V. Cecil of A:," 2ville, chairman of the Eo rd of Directors for the attention to the particulars of the law." Contrary to earlier statements from the Depart ment of Human Resources a State Representative said at the meeting that there were no particular objections on the part of the Department of Human Resources relative to the specific number of members on an HSA governing body. It was stated that the 66 jnember body proposed by the group which Holshouser 'fired a few weeks ago is not the major objection. The major desire of state government is stated to be sure that the new convenor group have the power to ac cept or reject represen tatives named by the County Commissioners and the LRO's. Byrd points out the discrepancies of news releases from Raleigh and the actual facts as represented by state governments staff per sons at this meeting. A story in the News and Observer written by Gary Pearce on the basis of an interview with Dr. Archie Johnson Department of Human Resources attributed to Johnson a statement that the Governor thought that the 66 member board was unwieldy and thai it was for this reason that the gover nor dismissed the old con venor group. "Obviously, two different messages are being presented to the public from the Department of Human Resources," said Byrd. Apparently state government is not yet will ing to trust the local elected officials to have the final say in the appointments of their own representatives to the governing body of an HSA to serve their 29 counties. No explanation was pro vided , from Dr. Lucas, Chairman of the Convenors Group as to why he allowed Mr. Tom Surratt to attend the closed session of the meeting; except that Mr. Surratt had been invited by the Chairman. Mr. Surratt is not a member of the New Convenors Group but was a member of the old group which had been dismissed by Holshouser. Cecil is : first vice president of the Travel Council of North Carolina, which is co-sponsoring the race with the Travel Development Section of the State's Department . of Natural and ; Economic Resources. - The race is to be a 10-day sanctioned International event,: with a purse of $50,000, 'and is expected to attract amateur teams from the United States, Canada, Europe, Mexico and South America. Head - On Collision Occurs Saturday A head-on collision oc curred in Belvidere Satur day, Jan. 3 at 6:30 p.m. resulting in the hospitaliza tion of one driver and one passenger in the two vehicles involved. Involved in the accident was the driver of an early model passenger car, Fen tress Merrill Lane, 57, of Rt. 1, Tyner and the occu pant in his car, Robbie RedCross Asking For Items For Fire Victims The home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Webb was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday, Dec. 27. The Perquimans County Red Cross is seeking aid for this family due to the loss of all their possessions in the fire. Items needed are clothing and appliances such as a stove, refrigerator, etc. Women's clothing is needed for Mrs. Webb who weighs between 90 and 100 pounds. Men's clothing in the following sizes are needed, pants -size 44; shirt - size 17; and shoes - size 12. Items can be brought to or those with items to give should call John Deere at 426-7492 or 426-5536 for items to be picked UP- Complaints Concerning NewStickers RALEIGH - Edward L. Powell, Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, recently announced that there have been problems with the new 1976 validation stickers for renewal of automobile license plates. Powell said complaints coming to his attention have revealed instances where the stickers have torn and citizens are unable to use them. Powell Urged all citizens who have received faulty stickers to return them to their local license plate agent or to the Division of I I " L THREE DEPARTMENTS ANSWER FIRE CALL Tuesday morning was a busy one for volunteer fire departments in Perquimans County. Pictured above firefighters from Belvidere-Chappell Hill, Hertford and Winfall Fire Departments extinguish a blaze at a Winfall home belonging to Ms. Hat tie Harrell who was not at home when the fire started. . All three departments responded to the call but the house was a total loss. Fire officials ' said the probable cause of the fire was faulty wiring. At approximately the same time, another fire broke out in a home on Beech Springs Road in Perquimans County and was answered y the Hertford1 Department. (Ward photo) . 4 Wayne Twiddy, age 7, also of Rt. 1, Tyner. The driver of the other vehicle, a pick-up truck was Ward Grant Blanchard, age 47, of Rt. 1, Sunbury. Gerald W. Blanchard, age 48, of Belvidere was a passenger in the truck driven by Blan chard. At press time, Twid dy and Ward Grant Blan chard were still in Albemarle Hospital. Motor V e h i c 1 e s Headquarters in Raleigh and he assured them that new stickers would be issued to them at no cost. Powell encouraged motorists to inspect the stickers before applying them to determine if they are damaged. Powell said "We don't know the extent of the numbers of damaged stickers, but I have instructed the Registration Officials to begin an immediate investigation into this matter." The accident occured on N.C. 37 in Belvidere, 7.3 miles north of Hertford in the vicinity of Charles Layden's Store. According to an accident report by investigating trooper Y.Z. Newberry, Lane was heading south on N.C. 37 behind another south-bound vehicle. Ward Grant Blanchard was traveling north on N.C. 37 meeting the two vehicles. Lane attempted to overtake the other vehicle in the north-bound lane. Blan chard pulled to the east shoulder of the road to avoid the car driven by Lane but the two vehicles collided. Lane was charged with improper passing. All drivers and passengers in volved were taken to the hospital. Both Lane and Twiddy received in capacitating injuries. Ward Grant Blanchard received nonincapacitating injuries. Damage to both vehicles was estimated at $1500 each. FCX Sends Refunds RALEIGH Farmers of North and South Carolina have just received a record breaking patronage refund of $5,730,857 from FCX, Inc., a two-state agricultural cooperative. The rebates went to 35,232 producers of farm products, according to Marvin McClam, president and general manager of the organization. Largest in the history of FCX, the refund was computed at the rate of 6,8914 per cent on members' purchases in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1974 and ending June 30, 1975. In addition to this refund, McClam said, FCX had paid earlier a marketing refund of $439,201 on eggs, soybeans, corn and other grains, bringing the combined refund total for the year to $6,170,058. FCX is a farmer-owned farm supply and marketing cooperative with facilities and services scattered throughout North and South Carolina. Founded in 1934, it now has an active membership of almost 50,000 farmers, McClam said. y.
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