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E PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 33, No. 49
Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 8, 1977
15 CENTS
Honor Roll
Released
William E. Byrum ha*
released the following
honor roll lor the tecond six
weeks grading period at
Perquimans High.
AHONORROLL
Robin McAtee, Donna Stall
ings, Brenda Sawyer,
Kathy Godfrey, Phyllis
> Gregory, Paula Killer,
Sharon Riddick, Deborah
Rountree, Kathy Sawyer,
Sheila Spear, Sherie
Woodell, Michael Bullard,
i Lisa Bunch, Eleanora
Rose, Shelton Skinner.
A-B HONOR ROLL
Teresa Jordan, Cassie
Felton, Elisabeth Eure,
Brenda Chappell, Barbara
Zachary. Terese Stallings,
Betty Broughton, Claudia
Lane, Janice Burton, Diane
Harris, Karen Hoogerland,
Mary Wood Hurdle, Mirian
Hurdle, Janet Riddick,
Darrell Stevenson, Ann
Ward, Jackie Arnold,
Cathie Byrum, Vivian
Drawdy, George N. Felton,
Pam HaU, Paul Miller.
Mark Stevenson, David
Peckham, Julie Samuelson,
Jeffery Winslow, Lois Rip
penger, David Stevenson
George Barnett, Jerry
Lane, Michael Haaan,
Karen Hoffpauir, Gary
Langley, Wallace Phillips,
Jim White. Edward White,
Karen Butt, Anna Harrell,
Sandy Muldrow, Cindy
Smith, Gwyn Trueblood,
and Kathryn Wray.
Civic Calendar
THURS. DEC. 8
Hertford Grammar PTA will meet.
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Perquimans County Jaycees will meet.
FRI. DEC. 9
Bethel Homemakers will meet.
SAT. DEC. 10
S.H.O.P. Gov. will meet at lO:00 a.m.
MON. DEC. 12
Perquimans County Board of Directors will meet at the
Perquimans Recreation and Parks Building, 300 Grubb St.,
next to the Little Mint.
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. Perquimans County Rescue Squad Aux. will meet.
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Inter-County Fire Dept. will meet.
TUES. DEC. 13
- Perquimans Masonic Lodge will meet.
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' Hertford Rotary Club will meet at 6:30 p.m.
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Post
Office J
Open
The Hertford Post Office
will be open on Saturday,
Dec. 10 and Dec. 17 from 9
a.m. till 11 a.m. in order to
help people get their
Christmas mailing over
early.
Move
Made
The Hertford Bu Station
ha* moved from Church St.
to Dobbs St. It it now
located beaide Murray
Motor Parta at the NAPA
Service Station and ia ready
and willing to serve you.
Great Cookie
Contest
For Details
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RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE - Charles
Mims of the Durants Neck Ruritan Club
and past National Director in Ruritans,
was recognized for his service to the
organization when the Albemarle District
Ruritan Convention was held Dec. 3.
Shown presenting the plaque to Mims is
Fenton Eure Jr., also a Durants Neck
Ruritan and Albemarle District Gover
nor. Eure presided over the day-long
convention.
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GUEST SPEAKER - Pre
senting comments based on
the Ruritan motto was
Robert C. Wrenn, Vice
President of Ruritan Na
tional. Wrenn served as
guest speaker at the Satur
day night convention ses
sion held in Elizabeth City
and installed the new
officers.
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DISTRICT RURITAN OFFICERS - New
officers for the Albemarle District
Ruritans were installed at the organiza
tion's Saturday night session. Providing
leadership for the coming year will be, 1. to
r. (front row): Walton Carver of Coinjock,
District Governor; Arthur Harrison Jr. of
South Mills, Lieutenant Governor; and
Fahey Harrell of Providence, Secretary;
(back row ) Tom White of South Mills,
Treasurer; John Halstead of South Mills,
Zone I Governor; Jay Gaddy of Pas
quotank, Zone II Governor; and David
Ober of Chowan, Zone III Governor.
RECEIVES CERTIFICATE - Matt
Spivey of the Durants Neck Ruritan Club is
shown accepting a certificate for the club's
outstanding work in the environmental
area of community service. Overall win
ner in this category was the Gates club.
Ruritans Hold District Convention
By KATHY M. NEWBERN
ELIZABETH CITY -
"Working to make the com
munity a better place in
which to live." That is the
motto of Ruritans and was
the message presented to
over 200 people present for
the Albemarle District
Ruritan Convention dinner
held Saturday night at the
Northeastern High School
cafeteria.
The district convention
met earlier in the day for a
business session. Presiding
over the convention was
Fenton Eure Jr.,
Albemarle District Ruritan
Governor and a member of
the Durants Neck Ruritan
Club of Perquimans
County.
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The group then re
convened for a dinner
meeting catered by Tuck's
Bar-B -Q and attended by
wives and dates.
The busy evening session
included entertainment by
"The Exhortations" of
Roanoke Bible College, the
presentation of awards,
comments from guest
speaker Robert C. Wrenn,
and the installation of new
officers.
In the awards area,
several Ruritan clubs were
recognized for outstanding
work during the year, most
notably, the Gates club
which received the*Com
munity Service Plaque. Ed
Self Jr., Albemarle District
Ruritan Secretary was also
rec ognized with an Award
of Honor and was made a
lifetime ex-officio member
of the Ruritan cabinet Re
ceiving the Secretary of the
Year award were Phillip
Hampton of Coinjock and
Jim Tugwell of Gatesville.
Several certificates for
outstanding work (n the
area of community service
were also presented. One of
those went to the Durants
Neck Ruritan Club in the
category of environment.
Recognition in the area of
membership increase went
to the Gatesville club. later
in the evening, Charles
Mims received a plaque
recognizing his service to
the organization. Mims, a
member of the Durants
Neck club and a Per
quimans resident, is a past
National Director of
Ruritans.
On hand for the evening
was Robert C. Wrenn,
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Vice-President of Ruritan
National. Wrenn presented
remarks using the Ruritan
motto as a theme. He said,
"Where there's a Ruritan
club, they're people in com
munities willing to sacrifice
their efforts, time, and
money to make it a better
community." Wrenn
pointed out that Ruritan is
now celebrating 50 years of
FIRST PLACE BAND -
Friday's parade included
participation by the John A.
Holmes High School Band,
named first place winners
in the band division of over
60 members. First place in
the under 60 member divi
sion went to the Per
quimans County Marching
Unit while second place
winners in that category
were the Hertford Fifes and
Drums.
service and has grown to
exist in 31 states having
over 37,000 members. It is
the number one rural ser
vice organization in the na
tion. Wrenn said Ruritan
was first organized in an ef
fort to improve the rela
tions between townspeople
and farmers, working for
such things as better rural
roads, better schools and
rural electrification. That
work spread, he com
mented, to include
assistance with the forma
tion of fire departments,
rescue squads, and help in
youth activities. Wrenn em
phasized these areas as ex
amples of how Ruritans
build better communities
and leadership. In closing,
he said, "Let us use this
golden jubilee year as a
springboard for greatness
in our own communities."
The Albemarle District
Ruritan organization is
comprised of over 700
members of 20 Ruritan
clubs in Perquimans, Pas
quotank, Currituck,
Camden, Chowan and
Gates counties.
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Holmes Hlffa School DKCA club.
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catefory went to Don Juan Manufacturing Corp. (center)
uilnf the then* of Christina* Around the World. Third
place winner m the Hertford Hr*t United Methodist
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Church Senior UMYF, shown at far right Additional
parade highlights can be found on page 8 of this issue.
(Staff photos by Kathy M. Newbern)
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