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TO THE EDITOR:
VIEWS ON RESPONSIBILITY IN OUR SOCIETY
Responsibility is extremely important in our chang
ing society to all of us. At present, of course, the at
mosphere in which this generation find themselves is
one that tends to emphasize the right of the individual to
do whatever he or she pleases.
It is true that each one of us have individual rights,
but we must obey the supreme laws of the land.
Liberty is extremely precious, but it must be able to
operate without obstacles, but must be able to operate
toward good faith and mutual understanding, and this
direction is called sense of responsibility to all of us.
Parents are perhaps not giving as much time to the
training of children in their early years as was the case
in many decades ago.
I believe the basic cause of misbehavior in our homes,
in our community, and in our schools today, parents
have failed to set up a guide line for better Americans.
Youths and adults will commit any crime to get
money to buy drugs and dope to satisfy their desire.
I am urging parents and teachers to work together to
save the lives of their children. Crime wave is not con
fined to any country or to any people. It is an interna
tional tragedy.
GEORGE W. COOPER
Local Scout Leader
Dobbs Street
Hertford
Special salute
TO THE EDITOR:
SALUTE TO THE GRADUATION CLASS OF 1953
Hail, Hail Graduation of 1953
Let's take a look at you and me
Twenty-five years of time we have spanned
What have we accomplished for God, Country, and
Man?
We were rocked in the cradle of Perquimans County
Schools,
Taught very strictly, the golden rule,
Named like Woodard, Holmes, Stallings, Jessup and
more
Help shape these lives for our future door.
The door swung open and into the future we went
Forty-nine seniors, ready willing and intent
On finding the proper field, and making our calling sure
Reaching high for our goals with ideals so pure.
Now after twenty-five years let's take another look
As we scan the pages of the annual book
Did this graduation class of 1953
Reach their goals as they set out to be?
As I cast my eyes on each page and each face
j realize the achievements made by this class
A long list of professions, titles and degrees
We are reaching our goals as we have achieved.
I see mothers, fathers, and Sunday School teachers
Men that are well known and great civic leaders
Bankers, Bookkeepers, and car dealers too
Carpenters, Contractors, and Consultants for you.
Farmers, teachers, nurses and electricians
Presidents of companies, accountants and beauticians
Manager, secretaries, and many, many more.
:We have produced almost any profession you could
wish for.
I say once again, Hail, Hail to our graduation class
We are running this race and completing the task.
Yes, we are accomplishing much for God, Country, and
Man,
We are proud of our heritage in this wonderful land.
HAZEL TRUEBLOOD BYRUM
Class of '53
Tyner, N.C.
I Parks named outstanding
0 .
- Jerry Parks, Sanitarian
in Chowan County recently
received the "Outstanding
Young Sanitarian Award"
sponsored by the
Northeastern En
vironmental Health
District. The district in
cludes 28 counties in Nor
theastern North Carolina.
? Parks received this
award for outstanding per
formance in the enviorn
jnental health field. He is
presently employed by the
Pasquotank-Perquimans
Camden-Chowan District
Health Department.
Parks is originally from
Edenton. He graduated
from John A. Holmes High
School in 1972. He enrolled
at East Carolina Universi
ty in September, 1972 and
graduated with a B.S.P. in
environmental health in
May, 1976.
Parks accepted a
sanitarian's position with
the Northampton County
Health Department where
he quickly established a
certified Environmental
Health Laboratory. He
became a Certified
Wastewater Laboratory
Technician and Certified
State Milk Laboratory
Technician in 1977.
Parks accepted a posi
tion with the Pasquotank
Perquimans-Camden
Chowan District Health
Department in May, 1977.
Since that time he has been
certified and has assumed
all responsibilities for the
environmental health pro
gram in Chowan County.
He has actively par
ticipated in food handlers
seminars presented in the
district and is also
assisting in the develop
ment of a program to
determine the quality
of sanitation in
assigned foodhandling
establishments.
Parks is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Parks.
OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT
NOW HAS Ml EXPERT MECHANIC
ON DUTY
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W tirts A kattario.
CALL
T aking a look backward
JULY 1040
By VIRGINIA WHITE
TRANS EAU
WALTER EDWARDS
GOES TO CALIFORNIA
TO TEACH FLEDGLINGS
HOW TO FLY: Walter G.
Edwards, local attorney
and aviator, has gone to
California to teach Uncle
Sam's student fledglings
how to fly. Uncle Sam is
going to turn out trained
aviators by the thousands
to bring this country's air
force to a strength that no
other nation can match.
Edwards left Hertford last
Thursday and his route of
travel was through
Washington and Chicago
by train. In the same corps
of instructors with Ed
wards id California will be
two buddies who were with
him when he was commis
sioned at Kelly Field in
Texas. Edwards' job in
California is linked with
one of Uncle Sam's major
defense problems; he in
tends to train 7,000 new
military pilots a year, and
Class reunion held
The Perquimans County
High School Class of 1953
held its 25th Class Reunion
June 24 at the Holiday Inn
in Elizabeth City.
Fred Matthews, class
president, welcomed the
class members and their
guests. Carlis Roberson
gave the innovation. The
color scheme for the even
ing was the class colors ?
blue and white.
After dinngr, the roll call
was taken with each class
member answering with a
short resume of their ac
tivities since graduation.
Those present from out
of-town were: Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Majette (Ruth
Dawson), Grimisland,
N.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Em
mitt Eason (Kay Stanton),
Suffolk, Va.; Mr. and Mrs.
James Griffin, Farmville,
N.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Carlis
Roberson, Asheboro, N.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Spivey (Audrey Lane),
Tyner; Mr. and Mrs. John
Butler Byrum (Hazel
Trueblood), Tyner; Sgt.
and Mrs. Thomas Jones,
Jacksonville, Ark.; Jack
Robertson, Elizabeth City;
Mr. and Mrs.nGeorge
Welcher (Catherine
Baker), Plainfield, N.J.;
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Harrell,
Cayce, S.C.; Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Branch (Maewood
Nixon), New Bern, N.C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Garland
Walker (Glenda Lane),
Newport News, Va.; Mr.
and Mrs. John Wesley
Chappell, Norfolk, Va.;
Mr. and Mrs. John
Whiteside (Marilyn
Baker), McLean, Va.;
Mrs. Lon Brooks (Shirley
Eure), Austin, Tex.; Mrs.
Ray Meads (Jean White),
Elizabeth City; Mrs. Mar
shall Boyce (Alice Proc
tor), Chuckatuck, Va.; Mr.
SALE COMPLETE
Members of the Per
quimans County Marching
Unit have completed their
canvassing for 1979 Com
munity Birthday Calen
dars. This is their main
money-making project of
the year.
Anyone who has not been
contacted and would like to
have a birthday or an
niversary have a birthday,
anniversary or club
meeting date listed is
asked to contact Mrs. Paul
E. Byrum at 297-2447 or
Mrs. W.D. Allen Jr. at
426-5175 before July 31.
and Mrs. Fred Matthews,
Windsor, Va.; Mr. and
Mrs. James T. Hall (Emily
Sumner), Chesapeake,
Va.; Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Parrish (Mary Esther
Saunders), Newport News,
Va.; Cary Stallings and
daughter, Michelle, of Nor
folk, Va.;
Those present from
Hertford were; Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Thach (Betty
Matthews), Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Lane (Carolyn Mat
thews), Mr. and Mrs. John
William Chappell, Mr. and
Mrs. Earlie Goodwin (Ann
Myers), Mr. and Mrs.
William Penn Chappell
(Leo Long), Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Proctor (Janie
Winslow), Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Boyce, Mr. and
Mrs. L.C. Elliott (Shirley
Copeland), and Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Riddick
(Peggy Stokley).
Classmates that were
unable to attend but sent
letters were: Mollie
Yeates Forehand of Hamp
ton, Va.; Bette Davis Pot
ter of South Shore, Ky.;
and John Holmes of
Charlotte, N.C.
Teachers present for the
reunion were Mrs. Louise
Blades of Elizabeth City
and Ellie Fearing of Nags
Head, N.C.
At the close of the reu
nion, Hazel Trueblood
Byrum read a poem
saluting the class. A copy
appears elsewhere in this
paper.
Future plans for the
class will be another reu
nion in five years.
The
Perquimans Weekly
Court House Square
HERTFORD. N.C. 27944
Entered at second class
matter November 15, 1934
at Post Office in Hertford,
N.C.
RAY WARD
General Manager
KATHY NEW BERN
News Editor
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Elizabeth City, N.C
fellows like Edwards, a
2nd lieutenant in the Air
Corps Reserve, will do the
training. Edwards will
take a little training
himself first, however; he
hasn't flown in four years,
but with a few hops and in
structions he will be ready
to train the younger
fellows in the rudiments of
flying speedy fighter
planes and bombers.
BIRTH ANNOUNCE
MENT: Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Chalk are receiving con
gratulations on the birth of
a daughter on Sunday mor
ning/July 21, 1940.
BIRTH ANNOUNCE
MENT: Mr. and Mrs. M.F.
Jolly of Greenville an
nounce the birth of a
daughter on Monday morn
ing. July 22, 1940. Mrs. Jol
ly was formerly Miss
Katherine Reed of
Hertford.
NEAR-SIGHTED
LADY: One of the funniest
stories we've heard recent
ly concerns a rather near
sighted elderly local lady
who lunched not long ago
in a neighboring town. She
sat at a table facing a large
mirror, and catching a
glimpse of her reflection in
Ft she nodded politely in
faint recognition. The
figure nodded instantly in
reply. "Who is it?" she
asked her luncheon compa
nions. "She looks so
familiar, especially the
hat. And she spoke when I
did." The other ladies cur
cously craned their necks
in search of a familiar
face. It was a Norfolk
restaurant, and they final
ly agreed they didn't know
anotnersoulintheplace.lt
worried the near-sighted
lady all through the
meal... particularly the
hat. (You know how it is
when you can't quite place
a face or speak a name
that's right on the tip of
your tongue.) It was when
they got up to leave the
restaurant, and the other
lady and the hat did too,
that they found it was all
done with mirrors.
FOR GLAZE
Try using a new, clean
paint brash for brushing
dough with flue or melted
Your Pharmacist
Charles Woodard
Says?1
_ , J. 101 N. Church Strwf
H?rtlord. N.C. 1ml. 426-3327
I New approach to blood
pressure control
Can simple, 60-second
isometric exercises reduce
blood pressure ? According
to Prevention Magazine not
only doe* it help to lower
blood preeaure, but it claims
to do ao without side ef
fect*.
Thought you might like to
know. But if you're on blood
pressure medication, by no
means discontinue without
your doctor's okay.
Here's the exercise: Stand
relaxed, tense all muscles
(without clenching fists) for
six seconds while breathing
normally and counting
aloud; then, rest several sec
onds and repeat twice more.
Do this exercise three times
a day and within eight
weeks of regular exercising
your pressure should drop
significantly.
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Woodard's pharmaCy
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