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PEMQUIMAKS WEEKLY
Volume 33, No. 7
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Feb. 17, 1977
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STATE CORN CHAMPIONS Dr. George Hyatt Jr.,
Director of the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Ser
vice, is shown presenting trophies and savings bonds to the
State Corn Champions. Left to right are Dr. Hyatt, Benton
Nance of Union County, State Champion who produced
215.95 bushels of corn per acre; second place winner Ned
Local Farmers Take Honors
In Corn Yield Competitions
Ned Nixon Jr., Perquimans County farmer, has received
recognition in both state and national corn yield competi
tion. Another local farmer, Ralph Layden, joined Nixon is
earning state recognition.
First place in the state corn yield contest went to Benton
Nance of Union County. Nixon followed in second place and
Layden was third in the competition.
In the 1976 National 25 Acre Corn Yield Contest, the Na
tional Corn Growers, Association announced first place in
North Carolina In the Class AA Non4rrjgated Division went
to Ned Nixon Jr. with a yield of 211.32 bushels of corn per
ere.
Second place in this division in the state went to Brown
Peanut Trade Show
Schedule
By RICHARD H. BRYANT,
. County Extension Chairman
AHOSKIE - There will be
both education and enter
tainment at the North
Carolina-Virginia Peanut
.Trade Show at Ahoskie on
Feb. 22-24;
"The up-to-the-minute ex
hibits and displays will pro
vide an educational op
portunity for peanut
farmers to see and compare
the various methods, tech
niques, products and ser
vices available for use in
producing and marketing
peanuts," according to
Trade Show President
Shirley Pierce.
The show will be held at
Farmers Warehouse. Pierce
aid all exhibits, including
the farm machinery, will be
under one roof. v:A l;
- In addition to the exhibits
of products and services by
agri-business concerns,
there will be educational ex
hibits on peanut production
jiving the latest production
techniques. .- . ,
A Cook A "Peanut" Con
test wul be conducted by the
women, and a peanut ball
will be held Feb. 19 at the
.Ahoskie Armory. The con-
icai 10 vpcu w ' au uuu-
,. professional cooks of all
vages in the 1m states.
Peanuts must be one of the
main Ingredients, and each
: recipe must be accom
panied by an official entry
. form. . ?
', The door prize for the
Peanut Trade Show will be a
$2300 ' peanut digger
inverter, 5 '
-. The show is sponsored by
the N.C. Agricultural Exten
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman Walter B. Jones
recently announced the approval by the Farmers Home Ad
ministration of a Rural Development Project Grant of
fCJO.O to Perquimans County for the water system in the
corrty. , 1
Tfcese grant funds were nece",ary to replace
Crtit f -JJ t l :r s;rce uJeh failed to
r'"" t.T' .Vr;al icf tl,73f 3 ar.d a grant of
U,J,...ur;jf tbiw U'M... .
Released
sion Service, the Coastal
Plain Development Associa
tion, and the Ahoskie
Chamber of Commerce.
A special board of direc
tors, headed by Ahoskie
agri-businessman Pierce, is
responsible for conducting
theshow.
Agricultural and home
economics agents' in all
commercial peanut growing
counties have details on the
show and the peanut cooking
contest.
The following schedule of
events has been released:
Preliminary Activities
f Feb. 19 -Peanut Ball at Na
tional Guard Armory; Feb.
21 8 a.m. Exhibitors set
: up displays at Farmers
Warehouse; 6 p.m. Goober
Gathering for exhibitors at
Beechwood Country Club;
Show Activities at Farmers
Warehouse Feb. 22 9
a.m. Judging of Educational
Exhibits; 10 a.m. Opening
ceremonies; 10 a.m. Ex-
hibits open; 12 noon Lunch
served by Ahoskie Women's
Club and Lions Club; 5 p.m.
. Exhibits close; Feb. 23 10
a.m. Exhibits open; 11 a.m.
Receive entries in Cook-A-Peanut
Contest; 12 noon
Lunch served by Ahoskie
Kiwanis Club; 1 p.m. Judg
ing of Cook-A-Peanut, eon
test; 4 p.m. Awards Presen
tation. Cook-A-Peanut Con
test JS p.m. Exhibits close; ,
Feb. 24 - 10 a.m. Exhibits
open; 12 noon Lunch served
by Hertford County Shrine
Club; 4 p.m... Awards
Presentation:. Educational
Exhibits, Peanut Posters .
and Essays; 5p.m. Drawing
for door prize and closing of
Peanut Tr,ade Show,. J? sw?
Nixon Jr. of Perquimans County who produced 211.60
bushels per acre; and third place winner Ralph Layden also
of Perquimans County who produced 204.42 bushels per
acre. The awards were presented at the Plant Food
Association meeting in Raleigh.
Farms, Inc. of Moyock with a yield of 198.68 bushels per
acre.
Third place went to David Burbage, Pinetown, with 185.93
bushels per acre.
The National Corn Growers Association's competition is
the only non-commercial nationwide corn yield contest, re
quiring the largest field size of twenty-five acres. The con
test has been conducted for 12 years.
: Over 1,000 corn producers from 46 states competed for the
top national trophies snd foreign trips. The 1976 contest had
43 entires in the Irrigated Contest, 10 entries in Class AA
Non-Irrigated Division and three in Class A Non-Irrigated
Division with over 200 bushels per acre.
Trophies and awards will be presented this summer at the
National Corn Growers Association awards meeting.
Residents Move
In At
EDENTON - Residents
began moving into Cape Col
ony Haven here Monday and
management- has been
"overwhelmed" with the
display of interest shown in
the nursing facility.
"We have had inquiries
and applications from
throughout Northeastern
North Carolina and from out
of state," said James E.
Lewis, secretary
administrator. He said
residents would continue to
t be accepted on a limited
basis with a projection of 65
occupants within the next 60
days.
Lewis said he is taking
care in not moving too fast
in accepting residents so
that the desirable staffing
, pattern can be maintained.
"We have been extremely
fortunate at this point in ob
taining either esperienced
or highly trainable staff
members," he said.
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Belch, nursing director, has
also expressed her satisfac-
, tion with the professionals
obtained. Staff training is
under the direction of a
second registered nurse
associated with the facility,
'Mrs. Emily G. Amburn.
Dr. Jack . Corley is
medical director and
already out-of-town
residents are being assigned
to him by their family
physicians; .'
Opening of the 96-bed in-
;. termediate care facility off
Paradise Road followed a
highly successful ; open
house January 30 when
some 1,500 people from
throughout the area toured
toured 'the attractive new
; building.
L.F. Amburn - Jr., an
' Edenton publisher and
president of the corporation, ;
, said comments made by
those attending the open
house indicated that the
owners have thus far been
successful in providing a
Colony Haven
Cape
bright, cheerful convales
cent facility. "And we think
we have the professional
staff with the right
philosophy to give the
residents expert medical
care in a home at
mosphere," he added.
Development of the facili
ty, through the Section 232
program of the Department
of Housing & Urban
Development, took nearly
four years and cost in excess
of $1.4-million.
pavisdon & Jones, Inc., of
Raleigh, was the general
contractor and construction
financing was through the
Bank of North Carolina,
N.A. ,.
Cape Colony Haven, Inc.,
has a Certificate of Need
from the N.C. Department
of Human Resources to con
struct a 96-bed facility at
; Nags Head. Thirty-two beds
at the Dare County facility
will be for skilled nursing
patients and 64 beds for in
termediate care residents.
Dr. Corley, who recently
resigned from a position
with the Veterans Ad
ministration, will also serve
as medical director at Outer
. Banks Haven. He resides in
Rodanthe.
30 YEARS OF SERVICE
' NORFOLK, VA.- James
J. Hoggard of Rt. 3, Hert
ford is among fourteen
. employes of Ford Motor
, Company's Norfolk As
sembly Plant who will
celebrate 30-year anniver
; sarieS with the company in
February.
' In individual ceremonies,
each will receive a gold pin
from Plant Manager James
L. Mehne and a message of
appreciation from Henry
Ford II, the company's
chairman of the board. -
Hoggard works in the trim
department at the assembly
plant. . .
Small businesses that are
facing economic setbacks
because of energy shortages
in. the Southeast may be
eligible for SBA Emergency
Energy Shortage Loans, the
U.S. Small Business Ad
ministration (SBA) an
nounced recently.
"The SBA is responding in
accordance with President
Carter's concern over the ef
' fects of the extremely cold
weather on business activi
ty," said Wiley S. Messick,
Southeastern Regional
Director for the U.S. Small
Business Administration.
According to Messick, low
interest loans will be
Waiting Period
To Be Resumed
The one-week waiting
period before a jobless
worker can receive
unemployment insurance
payments again becomes ef
fective in North Carolina
Feb. 16.
Suspended from Jan. 29,
1975 through Feb. 15, 1977,
by the 1975 General
Assembly because of the
sudden and rapid increase
in joblessness at the begin
ning of the recession, the
waiting period will apply on
ly to workers establishing
new claims on or after the
16th.
Workers filing continued
claims for benefits, those
who already have estab
lished their benefit years,
will not be affected by the
provision.
Restoration of the waiting
period means jobless
workers will not receive
unemployment checks for
their first week of
unemployment.
The waiting week does not
reduce their entitlement to
Library
By WAYNE HENRITZE
The Perquimans County Library is pleased to announce a
new series of story hours aimed at pre-school children from
ages 3 to 5. These story hours will be conducted at the
library on Friday mornings from 10 to 11 a.m. During the
summer and during school breaks, there will be additional
programs for primary and intermediate grade school
children.
These programs will vary weekly to include a mixture of
new and exciting children's stories, children's classics,
myths and legends, films, and puppet shows. These sessions
give area children an excellent opportunity to hear some of
the best children's stories told well and in a casual setting.
Feel free to leave your child at the library and go about your
Friday grocery shopping.
MEMORIALS
The following memorial books have been donated to the
local library:
In memory of George R. Carver Riches of the
Kingdom; in memory of Thomas Harrell Carolina Coun
ty Reader, Wild Creatures, and New York Times Book ol
Antiques; in memory of Mrs. Gladys Humphlett I've Got
to Talk to Somebody God; in memory of Joseph Judkin
The History of the First Baptist Church (Hertford); in
memory of Mrs. Betty T. Lamb Preserving the Fruits of
the Earth and Home Decorating; in memory of Ralph C.
Murray History of Christianity, Nostalgic Treasures
from America's Past, and Tarheel N.C. Basketball; in
memory of Joyce, Tyron, and Angenette Peyton and Larry
Broady The History of the First Baptist Church (Hert
ford); in memory of Adrien Smith Jr. Wild America,
Wonderful World of Horses, and Champion Horses of
America; in memory of Mrs. Elethia R. Stallings Fruits
and Vegetables; in memory of Paul "Snooks" White Me
and the Spitter, in memory of Ellis Winslow Book of Anti
ques; and in memory of Sylvia W. Winslow Alaska.
v ADULT BOOKS
Books of adult interest recently added to the library
include:
Raise the Titanic by Cressler.' The famous ship holds a
secret vital to American defenses suspenseful seaspy
story.
Voyage by Sterling Hayden. This ex-actor has written a
tale of the last days of sail.
The Shepherd by Frederic Forsyth..A pilot is lost on a
flight over the North Sea by the author of Day of the
Jacket. -
The Survivors by Kristen Hunter. A ghetto dressmaker
forms an odd alliance with a streetwise kid.
-, Hawthorn Hill by Doris Shannon. An upper class English
girl is forced by sudden poverty to take a job as a servant in
revolution-torn France.
Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet by Harry Kemilman.
Another in the popular mystery series.
Pitcairn: Children of Mutiny by Ian Ball. A new Study of
what really happened on the Bounty and how the mutineers
descendents live today.
Billy Jean by Billy Jean King is an autobiography of the
female tennis star. 1
CHILDREN'S BOOKS -
Recently added children's books include: :,.
The Easter Egg Artists by Adrienne Adams tells how ton
of rabbit artists 'inds a new style of decoration.
Charlie Brown's Super Book of Questions and Answers.
Questions and answers about all kinds of animals. ;
The Mother Goose BookbyAUc and Martin Provensen is
an illustrated collection of rhymes.
Duke Ellington: Young Music Master is a biography of
the famous band leader written by Martha Schaaf. v
available upon request.
Those businesses which are
suffering or likely to suffer
substantial economic injury
because of shortages of
energy or energy-related
materials may apply at the
SBA district office in their
state.
The loans may be used for
working capital to pay
financial obligations which
a concern could have met if
the energy shortage did not
exist. Other alternatives are
to refinance short term (an,
in some cases, long term)
debt, or to convert a small
business to a new and dif
ferent type of fuel source.
benefits, however. A worker
qualified for 20 weeks of
benefits still receives the
full amount, provided he re
mains unemployed.
"The payment period is
shifted back one week," ex
plains Mrs. Alice W. Bond,
manager of the Edenton
Employment Security Com
mission office.
Cold Weather Funds
Area Agencies on Aging
have been authorized to use
specified contingency funds
for any service or activity
for older persons which is
determined needed, as a
result of the cold weather.
Such services may include
the purchase of fuel or
clothing. Public utilities are
urged not to discontinue ser
vices to older people,
because emergency funds
are available for this
situation.
. For 'further information,
contact your local E.I.C.
(Economic Improvement
Center) Resource Center.
Update
The direct, immediate
participation, or bank
guarantee loans may be
made for a period of up to
thirty years. Direct loans
and SBA's share of an im
mediate participation loan
may not exceed $500,000 ex
cept in cases of extreme
hardship, and bear an in
terest rate of 6 percent an
num. Bank guarantee loans
and a bank's share of an im
mediate participation loan
have no dollar limitation. In
terest rates on bank
guarantee loans and a
bank's share of an im
mediate participation loan
are set by the bank.
Rat Poison Now
At Health Depts.
Rat poison is now
available at all four health
departments in the counties
of Pasquotank, Per
quimans, Camden and
Chowan. The Sanitation
Supervisor has been
licensed by the North
Carolina Department of
Agriculture and is certified
to dispense this pesticide.
The rat poison is a mix
ture of Warfarin and corn
meal. Warfarin is an anti
coagulent and thins the
blood. The rat cannot
regurgitate this poison and
often seeks water which
may lead him away from
the area. Within a few days
the rat hemorrhages or in
ternally bleeds to death.
Animals should not be
allowed to eat rats killed by
Warfarin as there is a slight
chance of secondary poison
ing. These rats should be
burned or buried to a depth
of at least two feet.
It is a good idea to mix the
poison with a little sugar,
parmesan cheese, or other
finely ground food scraps.
This may attract the rat to
the poison instead of other
available foods. To be effec
tive, the rat poison should be
freshened up about every
two weeks, especially if it
has gotten wet. Thus for
. home use, only one 2-lb. bag
may be needed at a time. If
rat poison is used year
Civic Calendar
THURSDAY, FEB. 17
The Hertford BPW Club meets.
A meeting of the Hertford Lions Club is planned.
The Hertford Fire Department meets.
The Helen Gaither Home Extension Club will meet at 8
p.m.
An Estate Planning Seminar sponsored by the Coastal
Plains Area Economics Program of the North Carolina Ex
tension Service will be held tonight in the Perquimans Coun
ty Courthouse at 7:30 p.m. Conducting the seminar will be
Dr. R.C. Wells from N.C. State University. Another seminar
will be held on Feb. 24.
SUNDAY, FEB. 20
The Snug Harbor Civic League will meet at the clubhouse
at lp.m.
MONDAY, FEB. 21
The Perquimans County Board of Education will meet at
lp.m. at the County Office Building.
The Memory Lane Senior Citizens Club will meet at the
County Extension Building at 2 p.m.
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The Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce Board of
Directors will meet.
The Perquimans Board of County Commissioners will
meet at 7:30 p.m.
The Marching Unit Parents' Club meets.
y TUESDAY. FEB. 22
The Belvidere Homemakers Club meets.
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The Hertford Rotary Club will have a meeting.
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A meeting of the Perquimans Masonic Lodge will be held.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23
A Plant Selection and Care Program sponsored by the Ex
tension Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Albemarle
EMC Building. Dr. Joe Love, horticulture and floriculture
specialist from NtC. State University, will present the
program. -
THURSDAY, FEB. 24
The Perquimans County Jaycees will meet in the
auditorium of Albemarle EMC building.
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The Bethel Rurttal Club meets. v
- - UPCOMING EVENTS
The Perquimans County Democratic Party will sponsor a
fund raising pig picking on Feb. 28 at Angler's Cove
Restaurant. Guest s-eaker will be North Carolina Attorney
General Rufus EdmUen. Tickets are $7.50 each and may be
purchased from Estelle Felton, county chairman of the
Democratic Party. -
- EDUCATION CLASSES
Education Classes on Family Planning will be held at the
Perquimans County Health Department in Hertford every
first, second and third Tuesday of the month. They will last
from 12 noon until 12:30 p.m. which is right before the clinic.
The public is invited and urged to take advantage of this
free public service.
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These loans are in addi
tion to loans that may be
made under the regular
physical disaster loan pro
gram to businesses of all
sizes in states and areas that
have been declared disaster
areas by the President or
disaster areas declared by
the Administrator of SB A.
Small business owners in
terested in applying for SBA
Bmergency Energy Shor
tage Loans or Economic In
jury Disaster Loans should
contact their nearest SBA
office, which is listed in the
telephone directory under
"U.S. Government."
round, the health depart
ment recommends that a
change be made to another
brand besides Warfarin for
about two weeks and then
switched back.
The chances of a child
eating this corn meal mix
ture is slim but the poison
should be placed where
children or pets cannot
reach it. If some is
swallowed, contact a doctor
and take the empty bag with
you.
Rat-proofing homes or
places of business can
reduce problems caused by
rats. This can be done by fit
ting all openings around the
building with sheets of
metal. The most effective
method of eliminating rats
is to deprive them of food
and a place to hide. Keep
food protected by storing it
in rat-proof containers and
do not leave scraps of food
on the table, floor or any
place where rats can reach
it. Do not throw garbage on
the ground. Use garbage
cans with a tight-fitting lid
and do not let garbage ac
cumulate for long.
Since both man and rats
are dependent on food,
water and a place to live, it
will be difficult to eliminate
rats. However, through rat
proofing, clean habits, and
rat poison, it is hoped that
the number of rats will one
day be controled. But,
cooperation is needed.