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Travel Opportunities for the Handicapped Vacation Travel to Begin ? . Travel opportunities for mentally retarded and physically handicapped adults are limited. Many have never had a real vacation experience-away from home, away from their families, away from an institutional residence. Yet, the handicapped have the same social recreational needs as other people. Vaction-Travel, a program of Centers for the Handicapped (a non-profit agency in the Washington D.C. area) is meeting this important need for residents of North Carolina. Starting this month, the agency will operate one and two-week trips to Florida. The experience will include visits to many places of interest, highlighted by a trip to Disney World. Going to the beaches, dining out, tight seeing and other social and recreational activities will be in store for participants. Each group will have the opportunity to plan their own activities. The cost of each trip has been kept to a minimum and covers all meals, ac commodations, planned activities and transporta tion in Florida. Airline reservations will be handl ed through Centers for the Handicapped. Super-saver fares are available for those registering at least 30 days in advance of their trip. Vacation-Travel, in its third year of operation, has grown steadily with par ticipation coming from several eastern states. In addition to Florida, a sum mer experience on the Delaware shore is offered. V ? v* * ? Outers for the Han dicapped alto operates various day programs, workshops and services for more than 250 adults with nearly all types of han dicapping conditions. For full details on travel opportunities, please write: Vacation-Travel, P.O. Box 1248B, Rockville, Maryland 20850, or call (301) 445-3350. Vepco Presents Checks ; Virginia Electric and Power Company has presented checks totaling H, Oil, 232 in payment of I9n real estate and per sonal property taxes to the county, city and town tax collectors in the 22 counties that Vepco serves in North Carolina. The largest check of $150,203 went to Halifax County. Other counties receiving checks included Northampton, $107,050; Martin, $69,850; Hertford, $85,673; Dare, $70,125; Cur rituck, $71,678; Washington, $41,068; Ber tie, $31,245; Edgecombe, $27,259; Warren $24,136; Gates, $29,637; Pas quotank, $28,004; Per quimans, $23,413; Pitt, $37,434; Nash, $9,801; Tyrell, $15,142; Beaufort, $11,138; Chowan, $14,014; and Camden, $9,489. The largest town check of $19,189 went to Williamston. Other towns receiving checks included Ahoskie, $11,701; Plymouth, $12,802; Mur freesboro, $4,216; Nags Head, $5,570; Manteo, $6,163; Tarboro, $3,111; Kill Devil Hills, $4,242; Weldon, $2,322; Winfall, $2,477. "Save Power" Scheduled ^Programs on energy Conservation entitled *?Save Power" have been scheduled throughout Per quimans County during the month of January, 1979. They are held during Ex tension Homemakers meetings, Rural Com munity Development meetings, Aging, and 4-H Club meetings. The meetings are scheduled as follows: Wednesday, January 10, 1979, at 3:30 p.m., at Mrs. Eva Hurdle Thursday, January, 11, 1979, at 1 p.m., at Mrs. Bet tie G. Parker Thursday, January 11, 1979 at 3 p.m., at Mrs. Martha Riddick Thursday, January 11, 1979, at 8 p.m., at Mrs. Donald Madre Friday, January 12, 1979, at 2 p.m., at Mrs. G.W. Jordan Monday, January 15, 1979, at 2 p.m., at Mrs. Emma Blanchard Tuesday, January 16, 1979, at 3 p.m., at Perquimans Office Building Wednesday, January 17, 1979, at 1:30 p.m., at Mrs. Isetta Hollowell Wednesday, January 17, 1979, at 6 p.m., at Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer Friday, January, 19, 1979, at 1:30 p.m., at Mrs. Ber tha Mallory Monday, January 22, 1979, at 1:30 p.m., at Mrs. Ulysses Skinner Monday, January 22, 1979, at 5 p.m., at Mrs. Ida Holley Wednesday, x January 24, 1979, at 1:30 p.m., at Mrs. ChariceNewby Wednesday, January 31, 1979, at 2 p.m., at Moore's Rest Home There will be a series of radio programs on Energy Conservation starting Thursday, January 11, 1979, over Radio Staticn WBXB, Edenton at 1 p.m. by M.B. Taylor, Home Economics Extension Agent. Mrs. Taylor urges the citizens to attend one of the meetings on Energy Con servation during this month. | Local Quilts Displayed > In its exhibition of North Carolina country quilts the Ackland Museum is not only focusing on an indigenous rural art form but is significantly raising to museum status one of the many natural elements of art making created by generations of anonymous women. Organized by students Joyce Joines Newman and Laurel Horton through the Folklore Curriculum of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the exhibi tion attempts to prove that certain quilt patterns are native to parts of the state, using quilts from Perquimans-Chowan, Rowan-Cabarrus and tfie Sampson-Duplin areas to prove their point. The examples on display except for a few of the oldest are in beautiful condition, yet even the most perfect show the marks of continuous washing in the fading of most of the fabrics. The point, of course, is that these very beautiful examples of a woman's talent were Aever created to hang on the wall but to be used for warmth by the household. The exhibition makes a clear distinction between the quilts created out of scraps garnered from cast off and worn out squard is perfectly matched with material bought just for the specific quilt. . The "Carpenters Wheel" quilt from Chowan is an ex ample of the finest materials available bought by a woman who, as the catalogue reports, "...never plung ed her hands into soap suds until the age of 27..." while a "Strip" quilt from Sampson County exemplifies the salvaging of odd-shaped scrapes and home-dyed flour sacks. Patterns of the courthouse steps, bear paws, the cross, or animals, representative of their world are presented block-like over which the fine quilting stit ches have been overlaid. It is this stitchery subtly ex ploited which gives these quilts their life and their dynamism. Because most needle work has been done by women after they finished tending the domestic animals, the house hold chores, the children and their husbands and because such work was always utilitarian, it was never considered important art. In fact, up until ten years ago the few women who did make it in the male-dominated art world had to shun all such creativity as too feminine and attempt an drogynous themes. Today, however, women artists pre sent such articles with pride and use domestic themes as the center of their artistic offerings celebrating the art of women and its right to be considered. * TAX PREPARATION ASSISTANCE OFFICE HOURS MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. SATURDAY 9 A.M. TO NOON Office Number 426-8373 in the News Miss Susan Matthews of New Bern is a guest of her grandparents, Mr. and MrS. Howard Matthews, Mrs. Phillip Thach spent last weekend in Raleigh with Mr. and Mrs. Bill Beckwith. Miss Beth Swindell returned to Guilford College this week after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Marion Swindell. Miss Sara Winslow spent the weekend at Pinehurst with friends. Miss Ma none Hefren returned to her home in IjamsviDe. Md. on Friday after spending several weeks with Mrs. Pearl Banks and Miss Louise Chalk. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Matthews, Jr. and family of New Bern were over night guest of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Matthews, Sr. on Friday. J.H. Towe was tran sferred to the Albemarle Hospital from Norfolk^. General last week. U Miss Nancy Thach, David Thach, and Eric Smith of New Bern were weekend guests of Mrs. P.B. Thach. Miss Ann Winslow has returned to UNO Wilmington, to resume her studies after spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Winslow. Mrs. Ray (Marty Lou) White is a surgery patient in the Albemarle Hospital. FARM FOR SALE J.J. JE5SUP HOMEPLACE, Belvidere Township, Perquimans County, N.C. lying on both sides of and abutting road leading from Belvidere to Nicanor; also on both sides of tne Belvidere to Hickory Cross Roads road. ? % 30.70 acres cleared 1 1 5.83 acr4s woods 1 46.53 acres per survey 3.4 acre peanut allotment DATE OF SALE: Saturday, January 20, 1 979 TIME OF SALE: 12 o'clock Noon PLACE OF SALE: Court house, Hertford, N.C. TERMS OF SALE: Cash to highest bidder; Sale being conducted by authority of the heirs of J .J. Jessu. Owners reserve the right to refuse all bids. If high bid is ac cepted, bidder will be notified of the acceptance at the date of the sale. For further information, including survey, contact Phillip P. Godwin Attorney at Law Gatesville, N.C. Telephone 9 1 9-357-0438 Come By And Check Our Energy Savers! THROUGH JANUARY 20? AlUMMUM COVER FITS ANY STANDARD 8" X U* GHUEl IENSION SMNG CATCH. NEVER HOSTS.
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