Classifieds & Legals
CARD OF THANKS
At mis time o I inflation it fills md
with warmth and comfort to know
?H things don't com* with a price on
mom. For some things are more
precious man gold. With my recant
stays m ma hospital and my
recovery at home, my heart has
been filled each day by visits, phone
calls, prayers, cards, f towers and
-*Jaod from relatives and friends
Nor will I ever forget the constant
and unselfish c are of Dr. Jenkins,
. Or. Nash, Or. Eadie and nurses of
. the 2nd and 3rd floor To each of you
may I say a very hearty thank you
and God bless you.
Mrs. Elsie Winslow
For Sale: Shelled pecans $3.00 per
lb. Call 426-7416.
For Sale: 30 inch Kelvinator range
and a Mahogany dresser Call
426-5670 after 6 p.m.
For Sale: J.D. Crawler - OOC
Winch I Blade - $1200 00 42* 5536
daytime. J.C. Blanc Hard Co. Inc.
For Sale Stereo tpMker, Duncan
Phyfe card table, solid Maple bed
with Simmons deluxe mattress &
box springs. 4 solid Maple captains
chairs, large Mahogany dining
room suite. Kodak Instamatic
movie camera with meter, also
Kodak lights t movie projector -
complete outfit. Like new. Profes
sional mandolin. Call 426 5555 after
4 p.m.
Good part time opportunity ? The
News & Observer wants a man or
woman to be our dealer for the
Town of Hertford, to deliver, collect
and do some soliciting. Dealership
now grossing $285.00 monthly.
Hermit Crabs Are
Plucked From Shore
By BARBARAS.
MOFFET
National Geographic
News Service
WASHINGTON - Move
over, pet rocks. Hermit
crabs are here.
Terrestrial hermit crabs
are the latest in sedate pets,
store owners say. Found in
South and Central America
and the Florida Keys, they
have become big sellers at
pet shops and even depart
ment stores in the United
States. Most of the crabs
end up in terrariums.
As one sales pitch goes:
"Hermit crabs are clean,
hardy, eat little, and won't
reproduce in captivity.
They are active, whimsical,
and have a cute little
walk."
"I think they're kind of
cute, but some varieties are
uglier than sin," said Pete
Lieber of the Great
American Crab Company,
which sells 25,000 hermit
crabs a week in the United
States and Canada.
Leashes and
Exercise Kits
Sales of hermit crabs
have climbed in the last
year; one company that
began selling them eight
months ago now imports 1.2
million a month. Proud
owners also supply their
pets with crab chow, crab
leashes, and, for the active
crab, exercise kits.
The hermit crab craze
has some environmen
talists and biologists wor
ried, reports the National
Geographic Society. Land
hermit crab populations ap
pear to be declining,
especially in the Florida
Keys.
"Nobody really knows
how many hermit crabs
there are, but if you're im
porting 1.2 million a month,
you're going to make a dent
in the population," said a
biologist at Florida Interna
tional University in Miami.
Scientists, environmen
talists, industry executives,
and government officials
recently got together at a
symposium in Florida en
titled: "Hermit Crabs as
Pets: To Be Or Not To Be."
Most participants agreed
that more must be learned
about the land hermit crab
and its numbers before the
pet industry can be
regulated.
But not everyone believes
the hermit crab business
needs regulating.
"We get a nice harmless
business going here and
they want to go and spoil
it," moaned an executive of
the largest hermit crab
importer.
Handle With Care
Like other crabs and
shrimp, hermit crabs have
five pairs of legs. The first
two legs have pincers,
which are used for eating
and as weapons. Promoters
say that if the pets are
handled gently, their
pincers pose little hazard
for people.
"I've handled tens of
thousands of them and I've
only been pinched twice,"
Lieber of the crab company
said.
For a hermit crab, home
is where the fit is. Possess
ing no shell of their own,
they spend a good part of
their lives "house hunting,"
trying out shells that have
been cast aside by
mollusks, usually snails.
Delivery tint* approximately IW
hour* each morning. Must have
good car and be able to give good
financial references If interested
please contact: H.D. Jenkins.
District Sales Mgr.. Rt I. Box IMA.
Robersonville, N.C. 27(71
NOTICE TO
CREDITORS AND
DEBTORS OF
RILEV HARRIS
All persons, firms and corpora
tions having claims against Riley
Harris, deceased, are notified to
exhibit them to Hubert Mooney as
E x ecu tor of the decedent's estate at
the law office of John V. Matthews.
103 East Market Street, Hertford,
North Carolina on or before June 2,
1978 or be barred from their
recovery. Debtors of the estate are
asked to make immediate payment
to the above named Executor.
Hubert Mooney
Executor of the Will and Estate of
Riley Harris
Dec. 1, $,15,22-77
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
Having qualified as Ad
ministratrix of the estate of Walter
Raleigh Pr'vott, deceased, late ot
Perquima s County, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned at 331 Dobb St. Hert
ford. N.C. on or before the 5th day
of May 1978 or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment.
This 1st day of November 1977.
Johnsie Ligon Privott
Administratrix of
Walter Raleigh Privott, Dec'd
Nov. 10, 17, 24;Dec. 1,1977
WE CLEAN AND REPAIR
RA0IAT0RS. TURN BRAKE
DRUMS.
DIXIE AUTO SUPPLY
HERTFORD. N.C.
PHONE 426 5716
The
Perquimans Weekly
Court House Square
HERTFORD, N.C. 27944
Entered as second class
matter November 15, 1934
at Post Office in Hertford,
N.C.
RAY WARD
General Manager
KATHY NEWBERN
News Editor
OFFICE HOURS
9 A.M. to S P.M.
Monday-Thursday
PHONE 426-5728
News and advertising deadline: 11
a.m. Tues. prior to Thurs. pub
lication.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ONE YEAR
7.50
"ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS
PAYABLE IN ADVANCE"
Published By
Advance Publications
Inc.
Elizabeth City, N C
"Come to our
OPEN HOUSE
TUESDAY."
We want you to be sure to see our new John Deere Service Center. So we're
having an Open House. Stop in and learn what we have to offer ? part*, shop
and field service, and how we can answer your needs.
Starting at 1:00 p.m., we will have a FIELD DEMONSTRATION Of THE NEW
IRON HORSES. Check performance in action ? here's your chance to see one
up close and operate it in the field.
DATE: Tuesday, December 6th, 1977.
TIME: 1 :00 p.m. til 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: John Deere Service Center 7 miles South
of Elizabeth City on Highway 17.
&
HOBBS
IMPLEMENT CO., INC.
EDENTON, NX. (919)482-7411
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