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Volume 32, No. 42
Special Guest
Visits Hertford
Rotary
H. C. Cranford,' Jr. of
Durham, governor for
District 771 of Rotary
International, spoke to the
Rotary Club of Hertford at
its dinner meeting at
Angler's Cove Restaurant
on Oct. 5. His topic was
"Extending the Reach of
Rotary".
Cranford, who assumed
his post as district governor
July 1, is making official
visits to each of the 46
Rotary clubs in District 771,
Workers Needed Locally
For Special Census
Mrs. Alice Bond, manager
of the Edenton Employment
Security Office, announces
that beginning about Nov. 3,
the U.S. Bureau of -the Cen
sus will conduct a Special
Census of the population of
Perquimans County. Local
residents are needed to visit
each household and collect a
few facts about each
member, such as: name,
relationship to the head of
the household, sex, race,
age and a few questions
about registration and
voting in the Nov. 2 election.
Those residents who go to
work in this capacity will
first attend a training ses-
Special
am
A Fall Special Interest
Meeting sponsored by the
Perquimans County
Extension Homemakers wll
feature Ms. Susan Bridges,
Home Economist from
Charlotte, N.C. who is with
Oster Small Appliance and
Equipment Company. Ms.
Bridges will be at the
Perquimans County Office
Building on Wednesday,
October 20, for the 2 p.m. ;
Program. Bis. Bridges will
demonstrate and share
interesting recipes for the
fall and Holiday Season,
according , to Paige
Underwood, Home
Economics Extension
Agent.
The public is invited to
this free program. County
Council officers and
Program of Work Leaders
will also be installed at this
time.
meet officers
The American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 126 of Hert
ford met Thursday evening t
the home. of. Mrs. L.D.
Myers.
The following were
elected to office for the com-;
ming year: Geneva Sawyer,
. president: Cathy Mumm,
first vice-president; Flora
Hurdle, second vice
president; Mrs. L.D. Myers,
secretary; and Ann Good
win, treasurer.' President
Sawyer made the following
appointments: Minnie
Miller, corresponding
secretary; Ruth Powell,
historian; Flora Hurdle,
chaplain; Betty Eure, sgt
at arms; Mabel Bilgar,
child welfare; Mrs. LD,
Myers, rehabilitation; and
Mabel Bilgar, membership.
It was decided that the
November meeting would
be preceded by a covered
' dish supper at 6:30 p.m. at
the Legion Hut together with
the American Legion
membership.
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ME FEMdJUIMANS WEEKLY
Club
which has more than 2200
members and includes the
northeastern area of North
Carolina, extending from
Burlington to the coast.
Rotary International has
more than 791,500 members
in 150 countries throughout
the free world. It is the
oldest of the civic
organizations.
A vice president of Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of
North Carolina, Cranford is
a past president of the Rot-
sion where they will learn
the use of Census forms and
Census techniques in inter
viewing and map reading. A
Special Census Supervisor
will do the training and the
participants are paid for the
session. This supervisor will
also be available to answer
questions and will supervise
a crew leader that will later
supervise the local residents
participating in the census
taking exercise. ;
The work will .involve
several weeks starting
around Nov. 3, will include
Saturdays, and will involve
at least eight hours of work
per day. The rate of pay is
13.41 per hour and 15 cents
per mile for use Of a car
when working. r
To qualify for employ
ment with the , Census
Bureau, an applicant must:
be a citizen of the. United
States with a high school
Leadership Award
RALEIGH Mrs. Marian
B. Frierson of Rt. 2, Hert
ford is one of 14 Tar Heel
women to receive a
leadership award for her
work In cooperation with the
North Carolina Agricltural
Extension Service.
The awards, made each
year to the top leaders
from each of seven districts,
are sponsored by A & P.
Based on their efforts in
Extension Homemakers,
Community Development
and 4-H programs, the '
women are scored on their
organizational work, pro
ject work and participation
in club activities. '
In addition, each woman
writes a narrative describ
ing the values she has re
ceived from her leader work.
Mrs. Frierson has served
'Get Out The Vote'
Campaign
HERTFORD A nationwide "Get Out the Vote" cam
paign is being waged by The American Legion this year ac
cording to Commander Tom Applegate of the William Paul
Stalling Post No. 126 here.
.; Citing the apathy of voters in past presidential election
years. Commander Applegate said, "We want to stress to
the people of America the importance of their individual
Vote. It's a tough task getting Americans to exercise their
right to vote," he said, but added that if Americans would
only realize what "one vote" can mean in an election, it
might open their eyes. ..
He cited the 1948 election when Harry Truman won the
presidential election by carrying two states, California and
Ohio, by less than one vote per precinct. ;
;. Commander Applegate said that The American Legion is
' made up of nearly three million war-tested veterans who
value freedom because they have experienced the hard
ships and pain of having to fight for it . -
"We as Legionnaires gladly assume the obligation of
helping to point out the one way all Americans can
safeguard that freedom. That one way is the way to the polls
In the upcoming general election which is now less than a
month away," Commander Applegate said.
Post No. 126 will provide all the help and support possible
during the general election to insure a record turnout of
voters, he added. ,
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H.C. CRANFORD JR.
ary Club of Durham. He has
also served as president of
the Greater Durham Cham
ber of Commerce and the
Durham United Fund, and
has been active in many
other Durham and North
Carolina civic and health
organizations.
education or the equivalent
and must be at least 18 years
old; must pass a written test
on following instructions,
doing simple math and
reading maps; must be a
resident of Perquimans
County and able to attend
the training session; must
be in good physical condi
tion and of high moral
character; must work full
time each day including
some evening work; and
must have a car available
for exclusive use during
the period of Census
employment.
Any local resident in
terested in applying for this
work with the Census
Bureau or interested in ob
taining more., information
should contact the Edenton
Employment Security Com
mission office at 709 N.
Broad St. in Edentonor call
482-2195.
as president of thg Bay
Branch Ex ten! on
Homemakers Club an as
secretary of he
Perquimans County
Extension Homemakers
Council.
She has also served as :
public information chair
man for the Perquimans
County and Northeastern
District councils.
Mrs. Frierson has been a
4-H leader eight years and
active in community
development work for ten
' ytfara; .
As. leadership award
winner, Mrs. Frierson
received a silver tray.
Awards were presented at
the fall meeting of . the
North Carolina Extension
Homemakers Association
held here Oct. 6.
Underway
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 14,
Imp
RALEIGH State Secondary Roads Councilman Ken
neth H. Roberson of Robersonville recently announced that
$17,800 of supplemental road construction funds have been
allocated for use to improve secondary roads in
Perquimans County.
This allocation is part of a $4-6 million statewide sup
plemental allocation of secondary road construction funds
for Fiscal Year 1976-77 and was approved by the Board of
Transportation last month. These funds are in addition to
the $30 million dollar allocation enacted by the General
Assembly during its Second 1976 session.
Perquimans County's share of the $30 million allocation
released in July was $115,100, bringing the county's total
share of secondary road construction funds for this fiscal
year to $132,900.
"The Perquimans County share of the funds is based on
PROGRAM SPEAKER Dr. JoAnne Pine (pictured
above), gynecologist from Elizabeth City, presented a pro
gram Monday night on Breast Cancer Awareness.
(Newbern photo)
Dr. Pine Speaks Here
Approximately 25 people
attended a public service
program held at Hertford
Grammar School Monday
night. The Breast Cancer
Awareness Program was
sponsored by the Per
quimans County Jaycettes
am featured Dr. JoAnne
Pine, gynecologist from
Elizabeth City, as guest
speaker.
v Special guests included
Ann White, president of the
Perquimans County chapter
, of the American Cancer
Society; and Virginia
Byrum, area director for the
Cancer Society. It was
pointed out that October is
Cancer Crusade month
across the nation.
Dr. Pine concentrated her
talk oniwo types of cancer
being, prevalent in the
female population, breast
cancer a(jj uterine cancer.
She emphasized the fact
that breast cancer is the
mosf common type of
cancer found m females and
is the bumper one cause of
death by disease in women.
According j-to Dr. Pine,
breast cancer',, appears in
about four out of every 1,000 :
women worldwide. She ex
plained some of the symp
toms which accompany
breast cancer and some of
the signs which indicate the
i
Many Observances
This week can be described as a week of celebrations and
observances both locally, across North Carolina and in the
nation.
Oct. 10 through Oct. 16 has been designated as National
Newspaper Week with emphasis on freedom of the press
and its role in history. At press time, it was learned that
same time period has been declared Jaycee Ten Million
Penny Week in North Carolina by Governor James E.
Holshouser Jr. . t s -' "; '
Locally, this week hi Homecoming week at Perquimans
High School with a host of activities planned including the
homecoming football game against Murfreesboro on
Friday night, the crowning of homecoming queens and an
afternoonhomecoming parade.
And the week of pet. 17-23 is National Business and Pro-'
fessional Women's Week being sponsored locally by the
Hertford BPW club. j
And probably there is at least one other observance going 1
on. At any rate local citizens can certainly find something to .
celebrate with this host of offerings. - -, :
Funds Allotted For Road
rovem
possible existence of the
disease. Dr. Pine particular
ly emphasized the im
portance of women perform
ing breast self-examination
as a way of detecting
unusual lumps in the breasts
and then pointed out that if
anything unusual is
discovered it should be
reported to a doctor. I
Dr. Pine also explained
the pap smear procedure
used to detect uterine
cancer in the female. She
said that pap smears prove
to be from 85 to 95 percent
effective in detecting the
existence of cancer.
She added that the very
simple and painless pap
smear procedure can be
performed by a doctor,
nurse or other trained per
sonnel and can be obtained
at a doctor's office or at any
local health department
often at no charge.
Dr. Pine's talk was
followed with questions
from the group. The local
chapter of the Cancer Socie
ty provided brochures, pam
phletts, and booklets at no
charge to those attending
the program as part of the
society's continuing pro
gram of educating the
public on various forms of
cancer. - ,
1976,
Health Dept. To Begin
Swine Flu Vaccinations
The Perquimans County
Health Department will be
holding an open clinic on
Oct. 20 and 21 for I Bivalent
Swine Flu vaccinations for
those persons 60 years and
older and high risk or
chronically ill individuals.
EMC To Hold
Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the members of Albemarle Elec
tric Membership Corporation will be held Saturday, Oct. 16
at the Perquimans County High School Auditorium in Hert
ford, according to James A. Whitehurst of South Mills,
president of the electric cooperative.
Items of business at the meeting will include an audio
visual report on the year's 1975 operations in addition to the
election of directors.
A Nominating Committee of member-consumers has
nominated a slate of directors to be voted on at the meeting.
The committee was composed of J.W. Burnham Jr. and '
George T. White Jr. of Camden County; Dallas Jethro Jr.
and Wayland Spivey of Chowan County; Everett L.
Markham Jr. and Ernest Cole of Pasquotank County; and
Joe L. Tunnell and Latham Felton of Perquimans County.
. The Nominating Committee has made the following
nominations: for District No. 1 (Camden County) Everett
L. Sawyer and James A. Whitehurst, both of South Mills;
District No. 3 (Pasquotank County) Walter R. Lowry Jr.,
Rt. 4, Elizabeth City, and Josh Tunnell Jr., Rt. 2, Elizabeth
City; and District No. 5 (all counties served) John N.
Bunch Jr. and James H. Chappell, both of Rt. 2, Edenton.
The main speaker for the meeting will be Hugh A. Wells,
former State Utilities Commissioner. Wells is now serving
as chief counsel for the General Assembly's Utilities
Review Committee, a post he assumed effective Sept. 1. He
is on an indefinite leave of absence from his post as chief
counsel for North Carolina Electric Membership Corpora
tion, the statewide association of electric cooperatives.
Registration will begin at 1 p.m. and the annual meeting
will begin at 2 p.m. Attendance prizes will be drawn for
lucky winners.
President Whitehurst urges all member-consumers of the
cooperative to attend the meeting. "The annual meeting of
the members is the time for members to show both their
support and control of the cooperative by coming and
tending to their own business," he stated.
Albemarle EMC serves some 5,300 consumer-members in
parts of Chowan, Perquimans, Pasquotank, Camden and
Currituck counties.
IV
PROCLAIMS BPW WEEK - Hertford Mayor Bill Cox is
pictured signing a proclamation encouraging the local
observance of National Business and Professional Women's
Week, Oct. 17-23. The week in honor of working and career
women is sponsored annually on a national level by the Na
tional Federation of Business and Professional Women. The
local observance is being sponsored by the Hertford BPW
Club. Local BPW president Bonnie White is also pictured
above. (Newbern photo)
a formula that puts all counties on an equal footing by
considering estimated local construction costs, the number
of unpaved miles of secondary roads in any given county
and the relationship of this mileage to the overall mileage of
unpaved secondary roads in the State," Roberson ex
plained. .
There are 80 miles of unpaved secondary roads in
Perquimans County and the average cost of constructing a
single mile of roadway in Perquimans County is estimated
at $48,825.
Roberson will coordinate the planning and selection of
construction projects within Perquimans County that will
be financed by this supplemental allocation. "We will be
working very closely with the county commissioners in
determining what projects to present to the Secondary
Roads Council for its final approval," concluded Roberson.
The clinic will be from 9
a.m. until 12 noon on Oct. 20
and will be open from 9 a.m.
until 5 p.m. on Oct. 21 for
those persons whose last
names begin with the letter
A.BorC.
The local health depart-
15 CENTS
ment will be receiving five
shipments of the vaccine.
The first shipment was
received last week which
counts for ten percent of the
total amount to be received.
The next four shipments will
be received within the next
month. As other shipments
of the vaccine arrive, the
public will be informed of
the dates and times the
department will offer the
Swine Flu vaccinations.
Visit In
Michigan
On Sept. 27-28,
superintendents, board of
education members, county
commissioners and com
munity college presidents in
counties belonging to the
Alliance for Progress
visited Flint, Michigan to
observe the community
school concept being suc
cessfully used there.
Those attending the visita
tion from Perquimans Coun
ty included Pat Harrell,
school superintendent; Clif
ford Winslow, board of
education member; Lester
Simpson, board of county
commissioners member;
and Dr. Parker Chesson,
president of the College of
the Albemarle located in
Elizabeth City.
Some of the programs em
phasized in the community
school concept observed by
the visitors included the use
of school buildings and
facilities by students and
members of the community,
after school recreational
programs, cultural ac
tivities for the schools and
community, and the con
struction of additional
buildings on existing school
sites.
Those attending the visit
to Flint described the school
concept as successful. One
of the reasons for the suc
cess of the project is the
total community support
and the coordinated efforts
of school and community
personnel. Much emphasis
is placed on the use of com
munity agencies and re
source persons in connec
tion with school activities
and visa versa. Much of the
funding for the Flint project
has come through the Mott
Foundation and in addition
to visltng the school site, the
northeastern North Carolina
participants also visited the
Mott Farm which is de
scribed as a cooperative ef
fort between the Parks and
Recreation Department and
the school system to provide
a farmlike natural environ
ment for the students and
the public.
As a result of the visit to
Flint, the Alliance for Pro
gress has established a com
mittee to look into the com
munity school concept and
consider the possibilities of
initiating such a program
locally.
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