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weekly Perspective JL Qur view The big step Ob Wednesday night of last week. 114 Pertjuimans High School stadents, the class ever, walked out of the high school gym as certified graduates. For many of them, the event marked the end of their school days. Others will go on to enroll in colleges and universities. But in any case, high school graduation is a big event, a tremendous transition in the life of a young person. We congragulate these young people for successfully completing their high school educations, and offer them our best wishes as they begin life after high school. Hopefully, they will make positive contributions, and the towns and communities in which they choose to settle will become better places to live because of their efforts. Looking back By VIRGINIA WHOT TRANSEAU JUNK IMS GASOLINE RATION UNITS NOW DOUBLE VALUE: NEW BOOKS EF FECTIVE JULY 15: E. Leigh Winslow, chairman of the Perquimans Ration Board, announced Monday that the Board was in receipt of a telegram from the OPA stating, beginning on Monday morning, present gasoline ration units will entitle motorists to six gallons of gasoline, instead of the three gallons issued during the past month. HERTFORD STORES TO OBSERVE HOLIDAY ON MONDAY, JULY 6th: An announcement was made this week by the Hertford Mer chants' Committee that all stores in Hertford will remain open on Saturday, July 4th, and observe the National Holiday on the following Monday, July 6. TO TEACH AT KENLY: Miss Mae Edla Asbell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Asbell, of Belvidere, received her Bachelor of Arts Degree on June 8th, at the commencement exercises of the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina. She has accepted the position of French and English teacher in the Kenly High School, Kenly, N.C. for next year. BIRTH ANNOUNCE MENT: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Byrum, of near Belvidere, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Ronald Roy, born (Hi Friday, June 19. - BIRTH ANNOUNCE MENT: Mr. and Mrs. William Cherry announce the birth of a son, born on Thursday, June 18. RECEIVES PROMOTION: Mrs. George Butler was notified this week of the promotion of her son, Fenton Butler, from Lieutenant to Captain. Captain Butler is stationed at Olympia, Washington. Restoration project lags Although hopes were high on completing restoration work on the Newbold-White house by July of 1900, sources now say completion will be delayed until autumn or after. Considered by some to be the oldest extant building in North Carolina, the Newbold White House is presently being restored to its pre Georgian state for use as a historical house-museum. Restoration of the root cellar behind the house is also planned, as well as public restroom facilites for the historical site located on Harvey Point Road in Perquimans County. According to William Nixon, president of the Perquimans County Restoration Society, delays in restoration work have largely been due to diffculties encountered in securing the heart pine needed for the floor. And although the material was finally located after a year's search, finding a mill willing to cut the pine into the IS foot long planks presented still another a problem. "We finally found a mill in Windsor that would cut it, and it really looks good," said Nixon. Most of the flooring is now in place on the ground floor, while a fef of the original floorboards on the second floor need replacing. Nearly all the leaded-glass windows have been installed and most of the electrical work has been completed, according to Num. "Essentially, all that needs to be done is building a par tition between the two rooms downstairs, and making the two doors," said Nixon. Rick Guthrie, a local blacksmith, is making all the hardware, such as hinges and door latches, for the doors and windows. A furniture report is being prepared by Betsy Overton, of Ahoskie. W.M. Kemp, restoration contractor, is presently at work on another project in Windsor, but is expected back at the site in three weeks. Kemp said he does not foresee any landscape work being done around the house. "I hope it remains bare," said Kemp, "bushes ruin any restoration because they rot the house." Six inches of vine had to be removed from both ends of the house, according to Kemp, when the restoration project initiated. "You couldn't even see the brick," he said. Summer feed set The Perquimans County Board of Education will sponsor a summer feeding program June 23- July 25, from 12 noon to 12:30 p.m. each day (except July 4) at Perquimans County Central Grammar School only. All hincbes, which will meet the minimum nutritional requirements set by federal and state guidelines, will be available without cost to all children under 19 years of age regardless of race, color, national origin, income level or handicap. Actually In laat week's edition of the K? Edmisten speaks Drug crackdown sought The need for cracking down on drug dealers was the primary theme of a speech delivered by N.C. Attorney General Rufus Edmisten to the spring dinner meeting of the Albemarle Law and Order Association at Nags Head on Friday night. Edmisten said that tougher laws are needed to discourage large scale dealers and halt the surge of drug traffic coming through the state of North Carolina. "One priority that I'm a fanatic about is this drug trade in North Carolina," said Edmisten. "If we keep going in this state, we're going to be number one in the country, not number two like we are now." "Anybody who deals in drugs is the scum of the earth, and I don't care who they arte," said Edmisten. The attorney general said he is backing legislation that would make an active jail sentence mandatory for dealing in large quantities of drugs. "The legislation that I, Tom Watts (first district attorney for the state) and the governor propose says this, 'If you deal in LSD, marijuana, heroin or any other illegal drug, you're going to jail," Edmisten said. He said that he would get the help of elected officials of the first district to get the legislation passed. "And we mean business," Edmisten said. "We're going to do it." Here Edmisten was in terrupted by applause. Edmisten also advocated encouraging the governments of South American countries to spray their marijuana and poppie fields with paraquat, a herbicide reputed to be dangerous to humans. Ed misten said be has seen no evidence that the chemical is ; harmful. < In addition, he argued the need for more drug agents in the state. Edmisten said that the 12 additional agents to be appropriated by the General Assembly this year will not be enough to combat the state's drug problem. In comments on crime in general, Edmisten espoused a get tough philosophy in dealing with habitual criminals. *Tm sick and tired of an the sociological excuses for being simply mean," said Ed misten. "Money expended, to build prisons to put (habitual criminals) away will be money well spent," he said. There is a new wave of excuses tor criminal activity, Edmisten said. "People are asking, 'Why don't we do a better job in the schools and churches?' Well it's supposed to start at home." Edmisten said that when a parent asked him why he didn't do something about all the violence on television, he responded, "Lady, I don't mean to be rude, but your television set has a push button that has an 'off and 'on* on it. If you're so con cerned about it, why don't you just push that button to off and tell your kid to go out and play, or simply to read a good book?" The attorney general also encouraged local law en forcement agenies to set priorities and to concentrate on major crimes. "To get picky about somebody driving 37 in a 35 miles per hour zone is just plain foolish when somebody's breaking and entering or selling heroin around the corner," Edmisten said. "Law enforcement officers should set priorities that protect lives, liberty and property and let the little idiosyncrasies go," he said. Recreation (Continued from page one) made to provide joint facilities that could be used by both the schools and the recreation department. "I definitely think if we do something we should work with the schools to create something they both can be proud of. I think it will be a better facility if it's joint than if it's separate," Winslow said. He asked for more time to think about whether or not to call for a referendum. Caddy was still expressing doubts. "I can see an end to the recreation program as we know it," he said, adding "Nobody wants taxes." In an unrelated matter, members of the Perquimans County Chamber of Com merce appeared before the commissioners to press for a county manager. Chamber president Henry Carney said that the orgainzation feels that a manager would more than pay his own salary in service to he county, and should be hired. "We as a chamber feel that it ought to be done," be said. Nowell said he is in agreement with the need for a manager, but that the economic situation and the expense involved dictate putting the matter off for a while. Be said that hiring a manager would add four to five cents to the tax rate. The meeting had gotten onderway with a budget hearing, but as there was do public comment, finance officer Reed called for a special meeting on Tuesday, June 24 at 8 p.m. to consider adoption of the county's 1980 81 budget County , schools get safety awards Chief Deputy Labor Com missioner Taylor McMillan was to prtumt the N.C. Department of Labor's annual award for outstanding safety achievement to employees and management of 41 firms from a seven county area at a dinner in Elizabeth City on Wednesday night, June IS. At the program, co sponsored for the third coa secutive year by the Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce the chief deputy was to honor representatives of businesses, governmental units and service establishments from communities in Camden, Chowan, Currituck,, Dare. Gates, Perquimans and Pasquotank Counties. The Perquimans County Public Schools and Perquimans County fovem ment were to be honored far the second straight year. Editor's Note Letters to the editor are welcome. Each must be signed and include complete address. The subject matter should be of interest to tic community, not a personal gripe. Letters majr be edited for clarity and space limitations No more than one letter per person, concerning the same will ha nu h. ishod ??<-h month - > jt My turn NOEL TODD-McLAUCHLIN An older friend of mine brought in the following in spirational message clipped out of a magazine. Z She said she wishes she had read the piece 60 years ago, and thought its publication - would be beneficial. So this one's for her. The piece was written by Nadine Stair at the age of 85. Oaajum n Vfc a i am n . ? aecooa cnance t If I had to live my live over - again, I'd dare to make more . mistakes next time. I'd relax. I would limber up. ' I would be sillier than I have ' been this trip. I would take fewer things seriously. I would take my chances. I would take more trips. I would climb more - mountains, swim more rivers. n I would eat more ice cream _ and less beans. I would perhaps have more " actual troubles, but I'd have * fewer imaginary ones. You see, I'm one of those people who live seriously and sanely ^our after hoar, day after day. Oh I've had my moments. And if I had it to do over again, I'd have more of them. In fact, I'd try to have nothing else, a just moments, one after w another, instead of living so many years ahead of each day. I've been one of those persons who never goes anywhere without a ther mometer, a hot water bottle, a raincoat and a parachute. If I had it to do again. I would travel lighter than I . have. If I had to live my life vP over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall. I would go to more dances. I would ride more merry-go rounds. I would pick more daisies. My friend added a phrase to the last line: "And pick fewer (fe weeds." Rufus Edmisten Town hires new | police officer The Hertford Police Department has taken on a new officer. Michael Jasielum, 28, of Elizabeth City, was sworn in Monday. Following graduation from Pennsylvania State Univer sity with a B.S.degree in traffic engineering, Jasielum worked with police depart ments in that state. "I enjoyed working with the police departments in traf fie," said Jasielum, "but I felt , I could do more for people as a . police officer." Hertford Police Marshall Merritt saht; Jasielum would spend the neif ? several weeks in training, and , would attend the Elizabeth ' City Police Academy A sometime this fall. " Jasielum said he planned to move to Hertford sometime in the near future. 4> ?O
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