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- f ' STbBARD PRINTING CO XXX i - LO'JlSVILLB, KENTUCKY 40200 r, EROUIMANS WEEKLY 1 "" ion Discusses School IE PI Volume 32, No. 4T x Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday Oct. 7, 1976 ... Boatrd Of Ediicat Proposed Plan For High PENNIES FOR EASTER SEALS throughout the state collecting pennies Wayne Winslow (left), President of the &r the N.C. Jaycees ten million pennies Perquimans County Jaycees, Jurns in Project to build a summing faculty for the first quart jar of pennies to penny crippled children antf'tjMts The local project chairman Mike Byrum. The ml is $1,000 or 100,000 pennies. (Ward local Jaycees are one of many chapters photo) ' ayc0s Cbntiniie PemvyCampsdgn "On Sept. 23, the Per quimans County Jaycees kicked off their campaign to ' collect 100,000 pennies or $1,000 in an effort to help col lect 10,000,000 pennies for the statewide Jaycee ten million Penny project. Local residents are encouraged to collect pennies;': or other change in whatever Vessel ' they choose and contribute to the growing pile of pen nies at Winslow-Blanchard Motor Company, the local collection point. The cam paigning will continue from now until Nov. 18 and pen nies can be taken to the col lection point during regular business hours. Home Five members of Per quimans County's ' Exten sion Homemakers Clubs are attending the N.C. Exten sion Homemaners Associa tion neeting in Raleigh, Oct. 6-7. One highlight of the ses sion is a family-living seminar with Dr. Edward Metzen, president of the American Council on Con sumer Interests, as keynote speaker. . Metzen will look at family life styles and resources for the future. : Other seminar par Raleigh M OPEN HOUSE Open House at the Ter imarj p"nty Liary.was held Sun t ? f-f resiJontSto view recent renova t! i fid overall improvements. Par--- i pictured above are (L to r.) t i r-u, chairman of the County 7 Ten Million pennies is a lot of pennies, but that is the goal of the state-wide' Jaycee ten million Penny Project to raise ten million pennies or $100,000 to help the North Carolina Easter Seals Sociaty to build a special swimming facility at their new tamp for handi-4 capped children and adults in North Carolina, Camp Sertoma. The project bsgan Sept. 23 and climaxes with a parade down the streets of Charlotte to the Federal Reserve Bank on Nov. 20. Each of the Jaycee regions across the state has as its goal the collection of eeting ticipants include Grace Rohrer, Secretary of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources; John Redmond Jr., executive vice president of the N.C. Council on ' Economic Education; A.C. Barefoot, University Coordinator for En- vironmental Studies, N.C. State; Jean Eason, Director of Continuing Education, UNC-Greensboro; and Ber nadette Watts, home economics extension agent, Durham. " ' During the meeting, awards and national honors makers Attending Commissioners; Nellie Fevers', Pet tigrew Regional Library Lector; Mrs. f Addie Keegan and tlrr ""is Whete, local librarians; t " T x J. T. lagers,: J chairman of d i v. , linens County Librarj Board. 1 .f; 1,550,000 pennies, or, as Gerald Wheeler, state chair man for the project says, "about six pounds of pennies per member. Ten million pennies to provide a special swimming facility at the Easter Seal Society's Camp Sertoma is a dream a dream that will become a reality with your help and participation." , He em phasized that "anything goes during the drive nickels, dimes, quarters," and that the Jaycees will convert all proceeds to pen nies, so that at the end of the campaign they will be able to say, "Thanks ten million." - Oct. 6-7 are being received for ex tension homemakers members for their pro grams in citizenship, cultural arts, international, . public relations and safety. ' Those attending from Per " quimans County include: " Mrs. Marion Frierson, Mrs. Emma Blanchard, Mrs. Elsie Felton, Mrs. Ernestine Felton and Mrs. . Raymond L. Schofield. They are being accompanied by Mrs. M.B. Taylor and Mrs. Paige Underwood, Home Econo mics Extension Agents for i Perquimans County. Discussion of the proposed building - plans for Per quimans County High School was the main order of business as the Board of Education held their regular meeting Monday night. Sam Ashford, architect, was pre sent to discuss the plans with the local board. The board decided to have Ashford, Pat Harrell and the Division of School Planning obtain updated cost figures on the proposed buildings as well as an overall updated total cost. This action is necessary due to the in crease in costs since the plan was first presented some time ago. This in formation will then be presented to the Board of Education at a special : meeting scheduled for Oct. 18. After this review of the plans and the total costs, the . . Board will decide what direction to take. Under other business, members of the board discussed several policy areas. Members of the board were advised of ac tion by the County Commis Layden Quasar FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. Elliott Layden of Layden's T.V. Service, 125 Church St., Hertford, was among a group of North Carolina c-rr- Virginia retailers who toured a ma jor color television set assembly plant on a recent business trip to the Chicago area. The Hertford business man was among the visitors who inspected the multi million dollar new produc tion and testing facilities of the Quasar Electronics , Company color television set manufacturing plant in Franklin Park, a western suburb of Chicago. The trip was arranged by the E.A. Holsten, Inc. of Richmond, Va., the area wholesale distributor for Quasar home television receivers. The visiting retailers were familiarized with new pro duction and quality control techniques now employed on assembly lines which have been rebuilt with the latest and most highly sophis ticated TV production equip ment available. They saw the production of 1977 Quasar television products, including the installation of the replaceable "Super Module," a major circuit panel designed to improve product reliability and ser viceability. Automatic component in lU. - , - iiiiiiiBwimiTf wr"rr m r-Tw ir,mTT-1frJTrr-tjlJJL- 'm TiiliW BROT7SING These two Edenton residents, Mrs. M.B. Burch and Mrs. George Mack, took advantage of Sunday's open house to view the library improvements and browse through some of the books available. . v - . sioners for compensation for travel and subsistence by Board of 'Education members on representative business. Also the area of in ternational relations was discussed. It has been sug gested by the North Carolina School Boards Association that local boards adopt a policy in an attempt to develop harmony with other nations and en courage student awareness of the contributions of other countries, their cultures, people, etc. And in relation with the policy, it is hopeful that activities emphasizing international relations will be conducted in the schools. In other policy matters, the Board was informed that a committee has been estab lished to work on promotion and retention policies and will report to the board at a later . date. And two previously adopted policies on lesson plans and teacher evaluation were discussed by board members. In the area of Budget, an amendment to reflect State Public School Fund was Visits Plant sertion and sequencing machines, all computer pro grammed, were examined as part of the group's exten sive inspection of the , puuouf aether's many newly installed quality controls. The visitors also observed the operation of new "aging areas" on the final assembly lines where each color television set is operated for nearly an hour for quality review before reaching - final inspection checkpoints. ' The retail group visited the manufacturing plant as part of a national program which will bring some 2,000 retailers and servicers from all parts of the country to the Chicago area for the fac tory tour and product review meetings at Quasar Electronics Company. Resignation Is Accepted The Board of Perquimans County Commissioners reluctantly accepted the resignation of County At torney, S.M. Whedbee, at their meeting on Monday. The next meeting of the Board will be, held on the ' third Tuesday in October at 8 p.m. - irk 'ill 3 discussed and it was an nounced that Perquimans County will receive $1,375,309 from this fund as amended. Under personnel matters, the Board of Education ap proved the employment of Roy Forehand as Industrial Arts teacher at Perquimans High School and the employ ment of Janie Foster as primary teacher at Per quimans Central Grammar School. It was also an nounced that Perquimans County Schools were now eligible for two additional state alloted teaching posi tions. One of these will go to Central Grammar School and the other to Perquimans Union School to relieve over crowded classrooms. The board also accepted the resignation of Jackie Boyd as ESEA reading teacher at Perquimans Central and Lucy Simpson as aide at Perquimans Central. ' In other business, the board endorsed efforts to work with the Perquimans Arts Council, as requested by Council President Danny Meads, to bring the North Carolina Little Symphony to Perquimans County for a performance. In other pro- Attending Kally The Perquimans High School FHA'ers are attend ding the Annual District I FHA-HERO Rally being, held Thursday, Oct. 7, at D.H. Conley High School in Greenville, N.C. The FHA'ers in District I have chosen as their theme "Free To Be Involved Like Me." The highlights of the rally are Mini Sessions covering such topics as: Adjustment of the Elderly, Cultural Food Patterns, Death and Dying, Coping with Emo tions, Reading for Fun, Dealing with Stress, Teenage. Morals in Today's Society and many others. Consultants for the Mini Sessions are represen tatives from East Carolina University, North Carolina Association of Educators, North Carolina Division of Human Relations, Atlantic Christian College, Pitt Coun ty Sheriff's Department, Christian Committee of Con cern -r Hertford County and many many more. Invita tions to attend the rally are extended to every FHA -HERO member in District I, superintendents, prin cipals, chapter parents, honorary members, ad visors, and anyone in terested in being involved through FKA-HERO. NEW FURNISHINGS Some of the library improvements includes new fur nishings such as these bean bag chairs for chiidr i. Pictured above, taking ad vantage ii we comfortable reading gram areas, Clifford Winslow reported to the board on the recent trip to Flint, Michigan sponsored by the Mott Foundation and the Alliance for Progress. It was also decided to have Dr. Julio George meet with the Board of Education to discuss the results of a survey of teachers concern ing school climate and leadership. Other items discussed fell Civic Calendar THURSDAY: OCTOBER 7 American Legion meets. American Legion Aux. meets at 8 p.m. at the home of Mrs. L.D. Myers (109 Academy St.) all members are asked to be present. Hertford Lions Club meets. FRIDAY: OCTOBER 8 Bethel Homemaker's meet at 2:30 p.m. SATURDAY: OCTOBER 9 Elizabeth City Shrine Club will have a dance at the Elizabeth City Shrine Club for Shriners and Guest from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Price is $5.00 a couple. Music will be by the Sounds of Time. Cedar Grove United Methodist Women will have a rum mage and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Winfall Community Building. Winfall Volunteer Fire Deparment will have a BB Gun Turkey Shoot from 3 p.m. until at the Winfall Fire Station. Any BB gun can be used. Bring your own or furnished by the Fire Dept. No limit. Home movies by Maude Ellis will be shown at the Belvidere-Chappell Hill Fire Department beginnng at 8 p.m. Admission will be a $1 donation to the Ladies' Aux iliary. The movies include highlights of the Nashville trip, the wagon train visit, and others. A fish fry will be sponsored by the Durants Neck Ruritan Club from 4-7 p.m. at the Durants Neck Community House. Tickets are $2 each and can be purchased from any member. The Senior MYF of Cedar Grove and Epworth churches will have a bake sale from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Winfall Post Office. MONDAY: OCTOBER 11 Wesley Circle will meet. Inter-County Fire Department will meet. The Perquimans County Jaycettes wil sponsor a Breast Cancer Awareness Program at the Hertford Grammar School starting at 7:30 p.m. Dr. Joanne Pine, gynecologist, from Elizabeth City, will be the guest speaker. The public is invited to attend. No charge. The Town's Beautification Committee will meet at 8 p.m. at the Municipal Building in Hertford. . Perquimans County Rescue Squad Ladies Auxiliary will meet at 8 p.m. at the Rescue Squad Building. TUESDAY: OCTOBER 12 Perquimans County Horse & Pony Club will meefT PerquimamfMasonic Lodge No. 106 will meet at 8 p.m. at the Lodge Hall in Hertford. ' : Hertford Rotary Club will meet. WEDNESDAY: OCTOBER 13 The regular monthly meeting of Garland Onley Post 8148 Veterans of Foreign Wars will be held at the Municipal Building at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to attend. THURSDAY: OCTOBER 14 Hertford Grammar School PTA will meet. ' , . --' Perquimans County Jaycees willmeet. ' J J J X area, are Laura Brewin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Brewin and Richard Skinner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Skinner Jr., both of Hertford. (Newborn Photos) : " '. t under the category of Ad ministrative Operations in cluding a status report of the schools' food service. It was also announced that the enrollment in Perquimans County Schools this year now totals 1,959 a figure representing a slight in crease over last year's enrollment and about 60 more pupils than the pro1 (Continued on page 6) c V. ' -'Ml 7.
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