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Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February 12, 1976
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FORMER GOV. BOB SCOTT
County Demos To
Hear Bob Scott
The Perquimans County Democratic Party has scheduled
its annual fund-raising dinner for February 26 at 7 p.m. to
be held at Angler's Cove Seafood Restaurant.
Guest speaker for the evening is Bob Scott, former Gover
nor of North Carolina. Tickets for the dinner are $7.50 per
person and can be obtained from the Democratic precinct
chairmen.
1 Scott is a resident of Haw River in Alamance County and
received his B.S. degree in Dairy Husbandry from Duke
University.
' His past political involvements have been extensive. He
was elected North Carolina Governor in Nov., 1968 for the
term which expired January, 1973. Scott has also served as
Lieutenant Governor of the Tar Heel State. He has served in
the capacities of Democratic precinct chairman, county
vice chairman and the Solicitorial District Executive Com
mittee; ' ".
Bob Scott has been awarded honorary Doctor of Law
degrees from Elon College, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel' Hill, Campbell College, Davidson Col
" lege, the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and
Fayetteville State University. The former governor has
received several distinguisbd service awards "and holds
membership on a variety of state committees and commis
sions related to both politics and farming. -
'Democratic County Chairman Joe Nowell said he was
, pleased to have Bob Scott coming to speak with Democrats
in Perquimans County and he may be contacted to make
dinner reservations at 297-2436 or tickets can be purchased
' from the Democratic precinct chairmen. " y
Civic Calendar
THURSDAY. FEB. 12 '
Hertford Grammar School PTA will meet at the gram
mar school at 8 p.m. The theme of the program is "Know
Your School."
Perquimans County Democratic Precinct meeting will be
held at 8 p.m. at each Precinct polling place. The purpose of
the meetings is the elections of precinct officers. .
' - FRIDAY, FEB. 13
; Bethel Homemakers will meet at 2:30 p.m.
; SATURDAY, FEB. 14
The Elizabeth City Shrine Club will have a Valeritine
Sweetheart Ball for Shriners and Guest from 9:30 p.m. to
12:30 a.m. Music will be by the Countryman. Admission is
S5.00 per couple.
; ' MONDAY, FEB. 16
Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce Board of
directors will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Municipal Bidding in
Hertford. All members are urged to please be present.
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J ". The Perquimans County Senior Citizens Club will meet at
2 p.m. at the American Legion Home. Members and Guest
are invited. -
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' Perquimans County Commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. at
the Courthouse in Hertford. 11 '
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' ' Marching Unit Parents Club will meet.
' ' TUESDAY, FEB. 17
. Snow-Hill White Hat Home Extension Club will have a
supper, starting at 6 p.m. at the Community Building. All
members are urged to please come and 'enjoy the
fellowship. ' . , v
I Hertford Rotary Club will meet. '
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: Perquimans Lodge No. 106 will meet at 8 p.m. at the Cour
thouse in Hertford. . ,
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:Belvidere-Chapel Hill Ladies Aux. will meet. ". '
7, -WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18 '
. Durants Neck Ruritan Club will meet.
THURSDAY, FEB. 19 . ,.
Hertford BPW Club will meet.
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'- Hertford Fire Department will meet. ' v -
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Hertford Lions Club will meet. "
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The movie, "Airport '.75" will be shown in the Perquimans
County High School auditorium beginning at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets in advance are 75 cents and at the door will be $1.25.
Tickets can be bought from any member of the high school
Student Council. Proceeds go to support Student Council
projects such as the Miss PCHS pageant and to send
students to a workshop in Roanoke Rapids. : - - '
UPCOMING EVENTS
- Perquimans County Jaycees will have a Clay Pigeon
Shoot from 9 a.m. until at Bob White Farm lcoated 1 mile
South of ABC store on Wynn Ford Rd. on March 6, 1976.
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. The Perquimans County Jaycettes will have a dance
E'arch 27 at Snug Harbor Club House. The theme will be
'riAr.rr.CCX". Price will be $15 per couple. Music will be
t ' "Jy 5. t"C J3""s Town Ferry." , , ,
Grant Approved For Local
Educators To Attend Session
Assistant School
Superintendent Pat Harrell
has announced that word
has been received notifying
local school officials that the
State Board of Education
has approved a travel
training grant proposal
under ESEA Title IV
funding.
The grant application was
proposed and now approved
in order to allow a team of
five local educators to travel
to Rock Hill, S.C. to observe
and participate in an
exemplary reading project.
The project is ECRI,
Exemplary . Center for
Reading Instruction and is
based in Salt Lake City,
Utah. A team from the Utah
center will be in South
Carolina for one week to
conduct the project training. -The
local five-member team
will participate in the one
week of training from Feb.
23 through 27.
Those participating will
include Clara DuBois and
Sandra Simpson from
Hertford Grammar School;
Jackie Boyd from
Perquimans Central; Lola
Mitchel from Perquimans
Union and Walker Morris
Bicentennial
Observance At
Union
: Bicentennial Is the mood
at Perquimans Union
School. ; Recently, a
committee of teachers
developed - a plan for
Bicentennial activities to be
carried out at the school
each month for the
remainder of the year.
In March, there will be an
essay contest with the topic
being "The Most Important
Event or Person in Our
History."; Classroom
winners will be selected and
their essays will be taped.
The winning essays will be
read during Happy Birthday
America Week to be held at
the school in April. ,
April will hold several
contests for Perquimans
Union students. These will
include ciphering,
penmanship, a spelling bee,
and a recitation contest.
Winners will be recognized
at a special assembly. Also
in April, an art contest
including such divisions as
needlework, crafts, cooking,
Vocational Education
Week Is Proclaimed
- North Carolina James E.
Holshouser Jr. has
proclaimed the week of Feb.
8-14 as North' Carolina
Vocational Education Week.
The , purpose of this
national observance is to
bring attention to the merits i
and accomplishments of
vocational education., The
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HOMETOWN SUPPORT A chartered bus carrying 25
Perquimans County residents (pictured at left) ventured
to Raleigh on Feb. 4 to witness the presentation of the Will
Wynne Award to Jim "Catfish! Hunter, the cbunty's
favorite son. Hertford Mayor Bill Cox (pictured in the
center) was on the program at the 26th annual Wilj Wynne 1
from Perquimans High
School. t..
After the local team has
completed the in-depth -training
session, they will be
familiar with the ECRI
project and will be able to
train other teachers in their
respective schools upon their
return. ,
The ECRI project works
under the premise that
critical teacher behavior is
essential to prevent reading
failure. The project center
has identified several
teaching techniques as
being essential to prevent
reading failure. These
include eliciting correct
responses from non
responding pupils;
diagnosing and prescribing
instantly when errors or no
responses occur; moving
students from a prompted to
unprompted level of recall;
increasing the rate of
correct response; adjusting
the amount of practice to
individual learning rates;
focusing on the output of
languages and utilizing
effective management and
monitoring system.
When the participants
return from the training
School
painting ' and historical
displays wil) be held. Each
of these must relate to the
Bicentennial. The winning
entries in each category will
be displayed in a
merchant's 6tore window in
Hertford.
Happy Birthday America
Week will be observed at
Union School from April 26
through May 1 with students
dressing in colonial
costumes one day during the
week. The week's activities
also include a movie
concerning colonial times,
colonial games in the
physical education classes,
and an assembly featuring
the winners in the various
contests sponsored. Each
grade will also present a gift
' to the school and a colonial
birthday party will be held
including homemade ice
cream.
As the school year winds
up in May, Union students
will put on an antique show
and demonstration.
week is being observed
throughout the country by
educational institutions,
teachers and students.
Local teachers will be
viewing Educational
Television on Feb. 12 for a
Forum scheduled to begin at
7:30 p.m. as part of the
week's observance.
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session in Rock Hill, if they
have found the project to be
worthwhile, all or any part
Whitehursts Named
State Soybean Champs
RALEIGH Perquimans
County farmers Tildon
Whitehurst and sons Gary
and Tildon Jr., have been
named State Soybean Yield
Champions for 1975,
according to Jim Wilder,
Executive Vice President of
the North Carolina Soybean
Producers Association.
Announcement was made
during the Annual
Membership Meeting of the
North Carolina Soybean
Producers Association here
on February 6. The
Whitehursts have a family
partnership farming
operation.
The Whitehurst . yield of
61.62 bushels per acre is,
nearly eleven bushels less
than the 72.5 bushels state
record set back in 1971,
however, it was still very
impressive considering the
extremes of weather and
other conditions that
prevailed last year. Tildon
Jr. was on hand to receive
the award on Friday night.
As the State Yield
Champion, the Whitehursts
were presented a plaque and
an all-expense-paid trip for
one family member to the
Bond Sales
Sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in
Perquimans County during
the fourth quarter of 1975
were $13,762. Total sales for
1975 were $92,252. This
represents 187.1, per cent of
their goal of $49,300,
according to R.L.
Stevenson, County
Volunteer Chairman.
Total cash sales of E and
H Bonds for the past year in
North Carolina were
$97,910,586, which
represents 99.3 per cent of
the state's dollar goal of
$98,600,000. Of that amount,
$25,032,635 was sold in the
fourth quarter. ,
Nationally, United States
Savings Bonds sales hit a
record high of more than $7
billion during 1975. Total
year-end holdings of Series
E and H Bonds were $67.5
billion. Including Freedom
Shares which were
withdrawn from sale in 1970
the total adds up to $67.9
billion.
Speaking of the program,
Secretary of the Treasury
William E. Simon said,
"The 1975 United States
Savings Bonds story is one
of gratifying achievement.
Savings Bonds are good for
America, good for
individual - Americans and
good for our future. They
are a safe, convenient and
intelligent way for millions
of Americans to save. They
help the government to
manage the national debt in
probably ' the least
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Award banquet held at Scott Pavilion. Cox praised Hunter
as not only being an outstanding ball player, but also for
being ai outstanding father, husband and member of the
community. The Mayor also thanked Hunter for what he
has done for Hertford and Perquimans County. Pictured
,at right, Hunter holds up his award. With hhn are his wife,
of it may be implemented in
the Perquimans County
Schools next year.
American Soybean
Association Annual Meeting
in Kansas City, Missouri
next August. They also were
presented a Certificate of
Membership into the elite
60-Bushel Soybean Club
sponsored by the North
Carolina Extension Service.
The trip and plaque were
presented by the North
Carolina Soybean
Producers Association.
North Carolina State
University Extension
Service and the North
Carolina Soybean
Producers Association are
co-sponsors of the contest.
The Whitehursts planted
registered York seed on
their contest acreage. Row
width was 41 inches and the
crop was cultivated twice. A
granular herbicide (Lasso)
was used in the row as a
band treatment and the crop
also received two
cultivations and a double
treatment of a combination
insecticide and fungicide
during the fruiting period.
Lime was applied on the soil
in 1974 at the rate of one ton
per acre. Then a granular 3-9-18
was applied at the rate
of 500 pounds per acre.
Reported
.inflationary way possible.
And they are a pratical way
for all of us to 'take stock in
America' to say 'Thanks'
for our national past and
'yes' to our collective future.
"For these reasons, we at
Treasury hope and expect
that 1976, America's
Bicentennial year, will be
another record-breaking
'buy bonds' year as well."
RECOGNIZED Pictured above, H. Duke Fentress, CLU, Senior Vice President of
American Defender Life Insurance Company (1.) presents Wayne Ashley and wife Ingred
of Perquimans County a certificate of recognition at the North Carolina Jaycees Awards
Banquet held in Raleigh, Saturday night. Ashley was recognized for his outstanding
performance in his city and community which led to his nomination as one of North
Carolina's five outstanding young men. This is the fourth consecutive year American
Defender Life has sponsored the event in connection with the North Carolina Jaycees.
Minutes From
Bd. Of Education
The Perquimans County Board of Education met in
regular session on Monday, February 2 at 9 a.m. in the
Superintendent's office.
AH members were present.
The Chairman called the meeting to order. The minutes of
two previous meetings were read and approved. The Board
approved the use of CETA Funds to employ two persons to
work as maintenance helpers in the county schools.
A budget amendment approving an increase in expend
iture in the amount of $5,000.00 on Capital Outlay was ap
proved by the Board. This money is to come from invested
surplus funds.
On motion duly made, seconded and carried the Board
voted to relinquish any claim or interest to a parcel of pro
perty in New Hope Township which had at one time been
used for school purposes. This parcel situated near the old
Concord Church was given to the District School Committee
on February 18, 1904 by Charles O. Riddick to be used as a
school site. The Deed of Conveyance specified that the
ownership of the land will revert to Chales O. Riddick, or his
assigns should it ever be permanently abandoned as a
school site.
In the way of other business the Board granted permis
sion for Christine Kirkland to continue to be assigned to
Perquimans Central School for the remainder of the present
school year. This permission was granted at the request of
her Mother, Mrs. Sherry Kirkland with the understanding
that Christine will be assigned to Hertford Grammar School
for the 1976-77 term.
The Board approved a schedule performance of a "Court
Room Trial" by the Division of Cultural Arts of the State
Department of Public Instruction. This performance is
scheduled for the morning of April 7, 1976.
The Board made plans for a meeting with the Board of
Commissioners at 2 p.m. February 3 at the County Court
House.
Chairman Clifford Winslow reported on a National School
Boards Association Committee Meeting which he had at
tended. There being no further business at this time, the meeting
was adjourned by the Chair.
Farm Operating
Agreements Will
Be Discussed
On Thursday night, Feb.
12, at 7:30 p.m., Jim
Allgood, Extension
Economist, N.C. State
University will lead a
discussion on Farm
Operating Agreements for
Commercial Farmers. The
meeting will be held in
Hertford at the County
Office Building, which is
located on the Hertford
Edenton Highway.
Helen; his mother and mother-in-law. The presentation
made the third consecutive year that Hunter has received
the award honoring the North Carolinian who has con
tributed the most to the game of baseball during the year.
This made the fifth time totaled, Hunter has received the
honor. (Newbern photos)
Charles E. Hammond,
Area Management
Marketing Specialist with
the Agricultural Extension
Service, Coastal Plains
Area Economics Program
encourages all family
members involved in the
farm business to attend
because a satisfactory
operating agreement
requires the understanding
of all family members.
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