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weekly Perspective Our view Straighten up and fly right The Albemarle Regional Planning and Development Commission in Hertford has been rocked with criticism in recent weeks, both from staff and member governments. And while ARPDC director Robert Whitley blames the failure to complete three land use plan up-dates on inability to attract a qualified planner, the failure to complete con tracted services does not cast ARPDC in a favorable light. Combined, these kinds of problems tend to undermine the credibility of what could be a tremendous asset to the Albemarle region, a strong planning agency. Allegations by staff members should be in vestigated by the ARPDC governing board, and if verified, they should be corrected. This could well mean some changes in staff. Whether those changes came in the directorship, or in other positions would be up to the board to decide. The current amount of dissension, however, has created an unworkable situation at the ARPDC central office. We must get the planning agency back on track to prevent further waste of our tax dollars, and to get some payback in the form of ser vices for our investment in an expensive facility and staff. &Ve-A-Thon Ah! the great joys of beach camping My turn NOEL TODD-McLAUGHLIN Ah, there's nothing like camping, right? A chance to get away from it all ? be at peace with yourself ? get in touch with nature. Wrong. At least partially wrong. It depends on when and where you choose to do your conversing with nature. The beach at the first of June is neither the time nor the place for such dialogue. Nature can't hear you for all the racket. But that's where we found ourselves the first of June. Right there in Duck, sand wiched between a Winnebago complete with eight-track sound system on one side, and Small grains exhibition set An exhibition of a measured crop performance trial of small grains will be conducted at the Albert Eure farm near White Hat on Monday af ternoon, June 9. The trial, conducted by North Carolina State University's agricultural research service, includes wheat, barley and oats. County extension chairman Bill Jester will be on hand at the test plots from 3 to 5 p.m. Jester said that among the more promising varieties in the testing is Roy, a recently released wheat variety from N.C. State University, and several of its sister varieties yet to be released. The performance tests are conducted under controlled conditions that provide growers with a fair com parison of varieties, said Jester. Farmers will be able to observe problems with weeds, time of maturity and other agronomic considerations. They will also be able to "look at new varieties that offer more yields," said Jester. "Growers need to look at the opportunity to double crop," he said. Jaycees retaliate A contingent representing the Perquimans County Jayeees met with 16 other coastal region chapters in Williamston on Friday to discuss state-level mismanagement of charity funds and the alleged padding of membership rosters. According to Doug Um phlett, Perquimans County Jaycee president, several resolutions were adopted in an effort to "take a regional stand" against recent disclosures of top-tevel corruption within the organization. Umphlett said that the coastal region did not condone the transfer of $142,249 of funds intended for the North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center, and that they were "demanding that the entire THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY COURTHOUSE SQUARE. HERTFORD. N.C. 27944 amount be repaid to the charity fund. The region also passed a resolution asking for the recovery of monies from state officials, local chapters, and the individuals responsible for the diversion of charitable funds to pay for the mem bership of nonexistant clubs and members. And finally, the coastal region moved to submit a request to the state executive committee to withdraw its support of former state president J. Harold Herring as a candidate for the U.S. Jaycee presidency. Umphlett said that an audit of all Jaycee funds would be presented at officer's college in Charlotte this weekend, and that all chapter presidents were expected to vote on whether to endorse Herring for national office. An estimated 359 new clubs were formed in North Carolina the year Herring was state president, and Umphlett said they had no idea as to bow many were bogus. a tent full of Cub Scouts prone to periodic fits of hysterical laughter on the other. I have seen bumper stickers reading "Stuck in Duck." Now I know what they mean. But our camp site was not without its good points. We were, after all, convenient to the facilities. They were right across the road. And let me tell you, there's nothing like the continuous and perpetual flush of a toilet to make you feel close to nature. The experience was not totally without merit. 1 learned many things last weekend. First of all, I learned not to attempt any meal that has to be cooked. Even red meat braised over an open flame loses some of its appeal when laced with sand. Lesson two. Do not douse yourself with sticky bug repellent in the middle of the day. If the bugs are biting, let 'em. It's much better than baking bicycloheptene dicarboximide into your skin. Nor should you rely on those bug repelling torches. Upon reading the fine print, we discovered their claim only guaranteed sanctuary within a two feet radius. So if you sit close enough to let the citronella drip all over you, the bugs won't come near. And don't forget to bring your own tree, especially when your only shelter from the hot, glaring sun is a 6' X 4' pup tent. We did do some things right, though. Perhaps the best of which was allowing plenty of time in civilization, (i.e. Nags Head) Restaurants have never been such a treat. We had a very nice, long dinner one night, lingering not so much over the grilled cheese sand wiches as the air conditioning. It was also a treat to be able to shut your mouth without hearing grit. We also discovered the joy of hotel gazing. That's when you drive past all the motels and pick out where you're going to stay on your next trip. If I sound completely disheartened, I'm not. We did, after all, get sunburned. And that's what everybody goes up there for isn't it? Sun & sand , Hertford style Diane Lane and Margie Nixon took their kids out for a little sun and fun at U.S. 17 by-pass beach on a recent sunny day. The kids are Jay and John Nixon and Tracy and Brant Lane. '? V A. > Hanging out downtown Too much noise, residents say Talmadge Rose came before the Hertford Town Council Monday with a complaint about the number of young people gathering nightly at the One Stop Service June is rec month Hertford Mayor Bill Cox has proclaimed the month of June Recreation and Park Month in Perquimans County. 2? The proclamation is in keeping with the national designation from the National Recreation and Park Association. V The proclamation em phasises the important role leisure activities have on a community, and urges all to participate in the offered by the i&9i Station on the corner of Church and Grubb. Rose said that the activity was making it difficult for those living in the vacinity to sleep at night. "I know it's been going on for a long time but it seems to be getting out of hand," said Rose Council member Jesse Harris suggested erecting a no-tresspassing sign on the premises, citing such a warning as a solution to a similar problem in Edenton. Hertford Police Chief Marshall Merritt said that Dennis Hare, proprietor of the One Stop Service Station, had given him permission to ' people off." of the lot, but I Hare had indicated that I not want a BE rr we get there, they're quiet," said Merritt, "and if we don't know who's making the noise we cant make an arrest." Hertford Mayor Bill Cox directed Merritt to ask Hare if be would reconsider allowing the placement of a no tresspassing sign at the One Stop. According to town attorney William Bentley, repeat of fenders could be prosecuted for tresspassing if warned. In other business, Merritt reported that a total of 71 arrests and citations had been issued by the police depart ment during the month of May. instructed to direct attention to left-of-curb offenders after a citizen's complaint that lack of enforcement was creating a safety hazard. - Bentley reported that he was still waiting for the North Carolina Attorney General's response concerning the town's present gun ordinance. The ordinance, which allows the shooting of firearms on one's own property as protection against obnqxioui birds and animals, was questioned several months ago when a town resident cited two incidents of firearms being shot into his boose. Cox updated the progress on Looking back | By VIRGINIA WHITE TRANSEAU JUNK IMS FOURTEEN WHITE MEN LEFT FOR INDUCTION CENTER WEDNESDAY: Fourteen white men left Hertford Wednesday for an induction center, where they will undergo physical examinations before being inducted into the Army. The men were: Alfred Dafl, Sidney White, Clarence Overman, Talbert Pierce, Julian Powell, James Hobbs, Woodrow Stallings, Claude Chappell, Thomas White, Obed Chap peU, Spurgeon Lane, Emmett Umphlett and James Am brose. FARMERS ASKED TO HAUL ON AN EXCHANGE BASIS: Virtually no more rubber is in sight for tires... The shortage of tires, gasoline and repair parts will become more serious...a truck is just as good as its weakest tire... When the day comes that there is no more rubber available for civilian users, permission to buy will mean nothing. Farmers must cooperate and pool their trips. Do your hauling on an ex change basis. Arrange with your neighbors to exchange trips. Do all your hauling, so far as possible, on that basis. Form a little group on yoif road to do this on a systeniaft basis. Pod your loads. It ;i? most important. LOCAL GIRL AWARDER NURSE'S SCHOLARSHIP Miss Anna Penelope Tuckfci daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ft! B. Tucker, who was gradu^tM^] May 30 from the University <4< Maryland Hospital, w$ awarded the Edwin Leander M. Zimmermfj scholarship offered each ye to a member of the gradual class of the school, scholarship, a ISO prise, wa|' awarded for excellency practical nursing and f|p: displaying the greatest terest and sympathy for tbt patients. BIRTH A N NOUNCEMENT: Mr. agJ Mrs. Jack Brinn announce the birth of a son, born Sunday June 7th, 1942, in Norfolk, V& * BIRTH A ? NOUNCEMENT: Mr. aftd Mrs. Nat White, of New City, are receivii^ congratulations on the birth of a daughter. Mrs. White before her marriage was Miss Maty Lou Perry, daughter of ifv and Mrs. J. P. Perry of Fropt Street, Hertford. BIRTH A N1 NOUNCEMENT: Born to Ifrii and Mrs. Maryland Boyce pt Chapanoke on Thursday, May. 28, 1942, a son. Letter Thanks for help Editors, THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY: How important our volun teers are. My thanks go out to the people who helped clean up the baseball park last Saturday morning. They were: Ben Thach, Thurman Whedbee, Larry Corprewj Ronald Boyce, Bill Newberp* Gene Appleton, Gill Un^ derwood. Worth Dale, J?.j# Jimmy Godwin, and about of the ball-players. Billy Wooten, Director Perquimans County Parks and Recreation Department > ' Social security | aids husbands b by LEE WALLIO For some men, the good old days were when women were in the kitchen and the work place was the exclusive province of males. Others are happy to note that those days are as out dated as the Modle T. This is because, they are quite literally reaping the benefits of the work of their wives. About 73,000 men in the U.S. are currently receiving Social Security benefits as widowers, fathers of minor children, husbands, or disabled widowers on their wife's work record under social security. This is partly the result of a 3-year-old Supreme Court decision that men no longer had to prove they were dependent on their wives in order to receive benefits as a husband or widower of a retired, disabled, or deceased working woman. While the decision did not exactly open a floodgate of Social Security benefits to men, it has made it easier for those, who for some reason do not qualify for a benefit based on their own work, to get Social Security based on their wives' work. Benefits may be paid essentially on the same basis that they are paid to women. A man can receive a retirement benefit on his wife's record at age 62, if his wife receives retirement benefits. He can get a survivor's benefit at age 60 if bis died after working lojig enough under Soic&l Security ^ He may qualify for disabled widower's benefit} jf he becomes disabled betwe?ft 50 and 60 years of age. A widower's benefit vtiKA generally end if he remarr^a before age 60. Benefits continue, howevit if he marries a person gettihg checks as a widow, parent, pt 1 11 ?! LI. J 1- .L!IJI a m * I * A widower's benefit continue if he remarries age 60. However, many men BH would otherwise qualify f< benefit based on the work wife have earnings that ceed the Social Security nualearnings limit. In 1S60, you can earn $3,720 without affecting your Soctyl Security benefits if you ire under 65. At 65 and older {hb Umit is 5,000. Earnings above the andiU Umit reduce the benefit every $2 of earnings. A husband's benefit > Is generally reduced by A|e amount of any pension bafal on federal, state, or total government employment Q*t covered by Social Security; ; '-M More information at Social Security benefits husbands and available from the Security office in city at 111 Jordan 1 to Southgate Mall, open 4:45 weekdays. Phone an. Band fe'M The second annual Band Day, set for Jane 14, will kick off at the Hertford Saddle Chib Show Ring at 10 a.m. The day-long event will include a hone show, per formances Iran sc h pol bands Crafts, plant*, ton. & miscellaneous items will beta sale all day. ]2 Persons wishing to drop) toys or crafts to be si - Band Day may do so at i the county schools, at Hardware in
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