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HE.-PEMOUMANS WEEKLY
Volume' 33, No. 26
Hertford, Perquimans County N.C, Thursday, June 30, 1977
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MRS. VIVIAN D. WHITE
Bank
HERTFORD - Peoples
Bank and Trust Company
Executive Vice President,
B..L. Stevenson, today an
nounced the promotion of
four employes of the bank's
Hertford office. Roy S.
Chappell Jr. was elected
Vice President and Mrs.
Jaoie W. Proctor was pro
moted to the office of
Cashier. Mrs, Vivian D.
White and Daniel B. Berry ,
were elected Assistant
Cashiers of Peoples Bank.
"We are extremely
pleased to announce the pro
motion of four outstanding
bankers who have rendered
great service to Peoples
Bank and the people of Hert
ford," Stevenson said.
Chappell, a Perquimans
County native has been
associated with the bank
since 1955. He was elected
an officer in 1957 and was
elevated to the position of
Assistant Vice President
and Cashier in 1973. He is a
graduate of the N.C. School
of Banking and the Mid
Management course offered
jointly by UNC-Chapel Hill
and the N.C. Bankers
Association. A Korean War
veteran, Chappell has been
active in numerous civic af
fairs. He is a past president
Library Update:
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Programs Continue; Books Added
By WAYNE HENRITZE
Story Hours
' There will be three story hours this week and every week
during the. summer for children of different ages.
Preschoolers and kindergarten students are invited to par
ticipate in story hour on Fridays from 10-11 a.m.; first to
third graders on Wednesdays from 10-11 a.m.; and fourth to
sixth graders on Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. The summer
reading derby also continues which offers a free Hardee's
hamburger for every five books read. Participants in this
summer program must be students in grades 1-8. Current
leaders are Brian and Andrea Braymiller and Laura
Brewin.
New Books
i, Last week, the library received 66 new books and more
and expected this week. Some of the new titles Include:
J)evilMay Care by Elizabeth Peters is set in the Virginia
horse country and deals with old mansions and family :
secrets. : l : - '. ,-: ;
- The Lucifer Wine by Irma Walker is the story of a young
Basque girl who travels to California to unravel the
mystery of her birth and her father. -
OliverXStoryby Erich Segal is the sequel to Love Story
in which Oliver tries to find himself after Jenny's death. ,
." Grand National by John Welcome is a novel set at the
world's msot famous steeplechase. s f " , .
' The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum is a novel
dealing with the theft of J. Edgar Hoover's secret personal '
files on men in power. . "
.SAM Tby Richard Cox involves the investigation into the
crash of a jetliner into downtown London which may have :
been caused by a terrorist missile. - v v - ' ,
t The Haigerloch Project by lb Melchior chronicles' a fic
i tlonalized last minute attempt by Nazi scientists to develop
an atomic bomb. , '
DANIEL B. "BEN"
BERRY
Announces Promotions
of the Bethel Ruritan Club
and served as a Director of
the Perquimans County
Youth League from 1972 to
1976. He currently is active
in the work of the Heart
Fund, American Red Cross
and Bethel Fire Depart
ment. Chappell also is an ac
tive member of the Bethel
Baptist Church where he
serves as an ordained
Deacon and Treasurer. He
is married to the former
Jeanette Bunch of Edenton
and they have two children,
Roy, age 13; and Amy, age
9.
Janie Proctor, a native of
Perquimans County, at
tended Perquimans County
High School and graduated
from American Schools,
Chicago, 111. She joined
Peoples Bank in 1968 and
has worked in both the Con
sumer Credit and Commer
cial Loan Departments. She
currently serves as a loan
officer and operations of
ficer for the Hertford office.
Mrs. Proctor has completed
numerous bank educational
programs and is an active
member of the National
Association of Bank Women
serving as an Executive
Committee member ' in
1975-76. She has served as
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MRS. JANIEW. PROCTOR
Secretary of the Little
League and the Hertford
Grammar School PTA and
is a past Treasurer of the
Perquimans County
Chapter of the N.C. Cerebral
Palsy Association. She is ac
tive in the work of the Bethel
Baptist Church having
served as Clerk, Girls Aux
iliary Leader, Choir
member and Sunday School
Teacher. She is married to
Willis Proctor of Hertford
and they have one son, A.
Willis Proctor of Hertford.
Vivian D. White is a native
of Perquimans County and
is a 1970 graduate of Per
quimans High School. She
completed a one year course
in secretarial technology at
College of the Albemarle
where she was a member of
Phi Theta Kappa Honor
Fraternity and Phi Beta
Lambda National Business
Fraternity. She joined the
Peoples Bank Hertford staff
' in 1973 and currently serves
as a Teller in the Commer
cial Loan Department. Mrs.
White has received a 14
week certificate . from the
Dale Carnegie School and is
a new member of the Hert
ford Business and Profes
sional Women's Club. She is
married to J. Richard White
BOAT INSPECTION -Chairmen
of the Boating
Safety Day, Chuck Phelps
and Gary Baker (standing),
look on as Coast Guard Com
mander J.E.B. Stuart in
spects one of the many boats
participating in the free in
spection clinic offered
Saturday by the Per
quimans County Jaycees.
photo by Ray Ward.)
.. Sky fall by Harry Harrison tells of a nuclear powered
space station in a decaying orbit that could crash into a ma
jor city.
The Lonely Ships by Edwin Hoyt is the history of the
small U.S. Navy Asiatic Fleet and its demise in the early
days of World War II.
Successful Small Business Management is a guide to how
not to be part of the 82 per cent of new businesses that fail.
Book of Pistols and Revolvers by Joseph E. Smith is an
encyclopedia of world handguns complete with photographs
and breakdowns of operating mechanisms. '
Veroniqueby Virginia Coffman is a historical novel set in
Paris during the French Revolution.
The Slow Awakeningby Catherine Marchant is a story of
19th century England and an orphan girl who is abused as a
Child but then taken in by a wealthy family.
Loose Changeby Sara Davidson is a biographical collec
tion of three women who were embroiled in the college ac
tivism of the 60's which catalogs the changes in their lives
and attitudes. - ' "
. Careers in Journalism for the New Woman by Megan
Rosenfeld is a career guide for students considering a'
career in journalism. -r
Buffalo Woman by Dorothy M.,' Johnson is a novel of
everyday life in a Sioux village from a woman's point of
View.-.' i, ,;;yv'--0-.;;.-:.i :v.'-. f .-
It's Hard to Leave While the Music's Playing by I.S.
Cooper is a story of a dying man, his friend and doctor, and
death with dignity.
A House for Johnnie O. by Blossom Elf man is a novel
about unwed mothers who decide to keep their babies and
set up housekeeping together. i-
Who Is Teddy Villanova by Thomas Berger was written
as a salute to classic detective fiction and has all the
elements from a seedy office to conniving women. i
ROY S. CHAPPELL JR.
of Belvidere, and they at
tend the Whiteville Grove
Baptist Church.
Daniel B. "Ben" Berry is
a Hertford native and a 1973
graduate of Pirquimans
County High School. He at
tended Chown College
where he majored in
Business Administration.
Berry joined Peoples Bank
in 1974 as a Management
Trainee and has worked in
the bank's Commercial
Loan and Consumer Credit
Departments. He is an ac
tive member of the Per
quimans County Jaycees
having served as Treasurer
in 1975 and Vice President in
1976. He received the
Jaycees Presidential Award
of Honor and Key Man II
Award in 1976. His chair
manship of the 1975 Jaycee
Christmas Parade resulted
in top honors at the 1976
State Jaycee Convention in
Fayetteville. Berry has also
been active in Red Cross
and Chamber of Commerce
activities and presently
serves as Perquimans Coun
ty Heart Fund Chairman.
He is married to the former
Sylvia Gregory and they
have one son, Justin. They
attend Woodville Baptist
Church. -
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Inspected
The Perquimans County
Jaycees sponsored their
third annual Boating Safety
Day on Saturday at the
docking facility located
behind the Municipal
Building in Hertford.
A total of 22 boat owners
participated in the free in
spection clinic.
Co-sponsoring the event
was the U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flotilla 16-1 with
Commander J.E.B. Stuart
conducting the inspections
assisted by Lester Baines
and Bill Taylor, examiners.
Of the 22 participants,
nine boats were awarded the
Courtesy Motorboat Ex
amination (CME) decal.
Minimum Wage Increases
RALEIGH Commis
sioner of Labor John C.
Brooks has commended the
action of the N.C. General
Assembly increasing the
state minimum wage from
12.00 to $2.30 per hour effec
tive July 1, 1977. He
estimated the increase will
directly affect approxi
mately 35,000 North
Carolina workers.
The bill passed on June 8
sets the state minimum
wage at $2.30 an hour, the
same as the current
minimum wage under the
Federal Fair Labor Stan
dards Act (Wage-Hour
Law). It further provides
July Fourth
Celebration Set
July Fourth activities will begin Monday at 2 p.m. for
citizens in Perquimans County and visitors. The day-long
events for the Fourth are being sponsored by the Per
quimans County Jaycees and all events will be held in the
ballpark at Perquimans County High School.
Beginning the day's activities will be the traditional
Fourth of July parade. The parade begins in the ballpark
with the starting time set at 2 p.m. From the high school,
the parade participants will proceed down Edenton Road
St., turn up Grubb St., continue along Church St., turn down
Dobbs St., and proceed back along Edenton Road St. ending
at the ballpark.
Following the parade, the Hertford Fifes and Drums will
present a flag pageant in the ballpark. This presentation
will be followed by a fried chicken supper and a countywide
church service. Rounding out the day's events will be a Fun
Festival patterned after the television program, "Anything
Goes." The final activity, which promises to be a highlight,
will be a fireworks display in the high school ballpark.
During the day, members of the Hertford Business and
Professional Women's (BPW) Club will be selling
homemade ice cream and will be located between the main
high school building and the high school gymnasium.
Tickets for the fried chicken supper may be purchased in
advance from any member of the Perquimans County
Jaycees for $2.50 per plate or may be purchased at the gate
on July Fourth, All proceeds from the supper will be used to
defray the expenses of the fireworks.
According to the Fourth of July chairman, more parade
participation is needed. Anyone who wishes additional in
formation is asked to contact Gary Kennedy at the
Chamber of Commerce office, 426-5657, or Parker Newbern,
426-7873.
The following is the schedule for the Fourth of July :
EVENT TIME
Parade
Homemade Ice Cream Sale
Fife & Drum Flag Pageant
Fried Chicken Supper
Countywide Church Service
Fun Festival
Fireworks Display
Holiday
Traffic
CHARLOTTE Twenty
people could lose their lives
and about 1,000 injured in
traffic accidents in North
Carolina over the long
Fourth of July weekend, the
N.C. State Motor Club has
estimated.
The state will count its toll
over a 78-hour period begin
ning at 6 p.m. Friday, July
1, until midnight, Monday,
July 4.
Motor vehicle records for
past years indicate that in
1976 there were 19 fatalities
and in 1975 there were. 22.
Motor club officials cite im
proved economic conditions
as the reason for there being
more .. travelers on the
highway this year and that
is the reason for the
estimate of 20 fatalities this
year over 19 for 1976. -
Excessive use of speed
and fatigue coupled with the
. use of alcohol and drugs are
two of the primary causes of
traffic accidents.
N.C. State Motor Club of
ficials stated that fatalities
so far this year are lower
than this time last year.
Therefore, all motorists are
urged to use caution and
common sense so the up
coming holiday can be made
the safest in many years. -
that the state minimum
wage will increase to $2.50
an hour on the same day
that the federal minimum
wage equals or exceeds
$2.50 an hour.
Brooks said the United
States Congress is currently
considering legislation
which would increase the
federal minimum to $2.50 or
more sometime later this
year. The federal minimum
wage applies to industries
and businesses engaged in
interstate commerce, but
exempts retail enterprises
grossing less than $250,000 a
year. Any employer covered
2 to 3 p.m.
2 p.m. until
3 to 4 p.m.
4 to 7 p.m.
7 to 7:30 p.m.
7:30to9:30p.m.
9:30 p.m. until
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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT - Mrs.
Bonnie White, (left) president of the
Hertford BPW Club, presents the club's
BPWAwards Scholarship
The Hertford Business
and Professional Women's
(BPW) Club annually
awards a $100 scholarship to
a graduating senior at Per
quimans County High
School who is planning to
enter a health-related
career. The recipient,
selected by a faculty com
mittee, must also be a
member of the Health
Careers Club at the school
which is also sponsored by
the Hertford BPW Club.,
This year's recipient of
the BPW scholarship is Miss
by the federal law is not sub
ject to the state law.
Brooks said the approxi
mately 35,000 North
Carolina workers who will
be affected by the change in
the state law July 1 are
employed mainly in retail
and wholesale trade
establishments, service
oriented businesses, food
service and other small
business establishments
which have four or more
employes, but which gross
less than $250,000 a year.
Many North Carolina
workers continue to be ex
empt from both the state
and federal minimum wage
YVONNE BAKER
'Weekly' Staff
Changes Noted
The Perquimans Weekly
announces the addition of
Yvonne Baker to its staff.
Miss Baker will be replacing
Mrs. Freda B. Nelson.
Mrs. Nelson, who has
served as circulation
manager of the newspaper
for one and one-half years,
will be returning to the
Portsmouth, Va. area to
work with the Norfolk City
Schools where she was
previously employed. Mrs.
Nelson has resided in Per
quimans County for the past
six years. Prior to her
employment with the
newspaper, she was the
originator and author of the
Bethel-Snug Harbor Com
munity News column. Dur
ing her stay at The Weekly,
she initiated the community
news page and served as
coordinator for the con
tributing editors in addition
to her duties as circulation
manager. Thursday will
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Beth Winslow, daughter of
Mr., and Mrs. Clinton
Winslow Jr. of Belvidere.
Miss Winslow was president
of the Health Careers Club,
was named one of the Ten
Outstanding Seniors, and
was named to Who's Who
Among American High
School Students for two
years. During her high
school career, the honor stu
dent held memberships in
the Beta, Biology,
Chemistry, and French
clubs, was on the annual
staff, and was a candy-
laws, such as employes of
small farms, state and local
government employes,
some domestic workers and
vouth under 16 vears of aee.
Brooks hailed this latest
action as a major step for
ward in providing a better
living standard for a
substantial number of the
state's citizens who need it
most.
For information concern
ing the specific coverage of
the state Minimum Wage
Law, interested citizens
may contact the Employ
ment Standards Division of
the North Carolina Depart
ment of Labor, 919733-2152.
FREDA NELSON
mark Mrs. Nelson's last
day at the newspaper where
she has been a welcomed
asset and reliable employe.
Miss Baker, has already
started work in the
newspaper office. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Billy Baker of Rt. 1, Hrt--ford
and a 1977 graduate uf
Perquimans County High
School. During her high
school career, she was in
volved in the Beta, FBLA,
Letter and Biology Clubs.
She was a member of the
Perquimans County March
ing Unit and a member of
the high school girl's soft
ball team. During her senior
year, she was enrolled in the
Cooperative Office Occupa
tions (COO) Class and did
her on-the-field training for
secretarial and office duties
at Hertford Hardware and
Supply Company. The staff
welcomes her.
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annual $100 scholarship to this year's
recipient, Miss Beth Winslow. (Staff
photo by Kathy Newbern)
striper at Albemarle
Hospital. She is an active
member of Up River
Friends Meeting where she
serves as pianist and works
with the youth group. Miss
Winslow has also done
volunteer work at Quaker
Lake Camp and was a par-;
ticipant in the Albemarle! '
Craftsman's Fair for!
several years.
Miss Winslow plans to
enter East Carolina Univer
sity in the fall where she will
major in some area of
, special education.
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