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Chamber sponsors Social Security
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seminar March 28 in Hertford
Ia there Social Security in your
future? This concern ia not limited to
the elderly and handicapped, but ia a
concern shared by many others as
well.
Aa a means of having some of your
concerns and questions about Social
Security addressed, the Perquimans
Chamber of Commerce is planning a
aeminar on Monday, March 28 at the
municipal building in Hertford at
7:10P.M.
Peter Curtis, from the Elizabeth
City Social Security office, will
preaent the Bipartisan recom
mend aliens of the National Com
mission on Social Security Reform
and will answer questions on the
subject.
This meeting will be open to the
general public. Interest in at
tendance will determine whether or
not the seminar will be held.
Therefore, anyone interested in
attending is asked to call the
Chamber office in advance.
To register, please call the
Perquiamans Chamber of Com
merce at 426-5657 by Monday af
ternoon March 21.
Republicans set precinct meetings
The Perquimans County
Republican Party will hold its
precinct meetings and county con
vention on March 26 at 3 P.M. at the
Perquimans County Courthouse. All
Republicans are encouraged to
attend.
Business includes electing new
officers and delegates to the State
Convention scheduled for May 19-21.
Republician County conventions
are being held across the state this
month in preparation for the State
Convention. The State Convention
will be held in Raleigh and business
includes electing officers and
ratification of a new state plan of
organization.
Corson to speak at Holy Trinity
Dr. Candace Corson of Edenton
will lead a discussion on nuclear
disarmament at the Holy Trinity
Episcopal Church in Hertford on
Wednesday, March 16.
The discussion will follow a Lent
Service at 5:30 P.M. and a covered
dish supper at 6 P.M.
Everyone is invited to bring a dish
and join the discussion.
Optimists sponsor dance March 12
Take advantage of Edenton's first
Spring Break Music Explosion and
help support many of the youth
oriented projects sponsord by The
Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club. A
rock concert featuring the fabulous
"Robbin Thompson Band" and a
dance featuring the highly acclaimed
Union Pacific Band will blast its way
into Chowan County's new National
Guard Armory next Saturday night
on March 12 at 8 P.M.
Members of the Optimist Club are
working to bring the area something
to do besides cruise Broad St. or
leave town to enjoy professional
entertainment. Neal Griffin, concert
coordinator stated, "With the
tremendous potential exhibited by
our youth to be productive members
and future leaders of our society, we
owe them a chance to demonstrate
their support and make Edenton an
attractive community for younger
generations. School is out on March
10-11 and we want to give students a
"Spring Break" that they will long
remember." An expected crowd of
over 500 people, alone, will be
something to remember, but the
experiences that the crowd will enjoy
will be tremendous.
Jerry Parks, president of the
Chowan-Edenton Optimist Club
stated, "This dance and concert is
our effort to fill the void of things to
do on Saturday night. All the club
members and their wives will be
working to make the evening a huge
success. I hope that our young people
will come out and enjoy themselves."
Advance tickets are now being sold
at J.A. Holmes High School, Griffin's
liusicenter, LaDall Distributor and
Music Center, and radio station
WCDJ in Edenton. In Hertford, Sea
Jay's is selling tickets. In Elizabeth
City, Dockside Audio in Jordan Plaza
is selling tickets. Tickets are $5 per
person and the Optimist Club
requests that those in attendance
"Dress to Impress" and that there
will be no alcoholic beverages
allowed inside.
PI chapter meets March 5
Pi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gartima
Society met in Edenton on March S at
the Sound View Restaurant, Route 32
South.
Reservations and regrets are being
handled by Mary Lee Copeland.
Coffee and pastry are being hosted
by the Chowan-Perquimans Com
mittees. Diane Cameron will open
the meeting with devotions. Jean
Newell will conduct the business
meeting at 10 A M. The program will
follow with Jeannie Meiggs, first
vice-president, presenting a slide
presentation of the history of nor
theastern N.C.
For Delta Kappa Gamma the year
of 1982-83 is a time to explore. Since
northeastern N.C. will soon celebrate
its 400th birthday we will enjoy a
presentation of the development of
this area during these years. Who
settled the area? What types of
cultues did they bring? How were
those cultures translated into the new
environment? With this background
we turn immediately to the future.
What are the projections for the year
2000 for N.C., the Nation and the
World?
The next meeting of Pi Chapter will
be held in Elizabeth City on Satur
day, May 7. Pasquotank Committee
"A" will be in charge of coffee hour
and luncheon arrangements. Carroll
Harrell will be in charge of devotions
and the Professional Affairs Com
mittee will provide the program.
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Area obituaries
SMITH
PORTSMOUTH - Roscoe Lee
Smith, 7t, of 2806 Greenwood Drive
died Monday in Portsmouth.
He was ? native of Hertford, and
had retired from Consolidated Shoe
Co. of Lynchburg. He wai a member
of St. John's Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife,
Swannie Bray Smith; two daughters,
Barbara S. Pardo and Bettie S.
Alexander, both of Portsmouth; a
son, James M- Smith of McKenney;
two sisters, Ullie Mae Yeates and
Edna S. Newbern, and a brother,
Murray S. Smith, all of Hertford; and
six grandchildren.
The graveside service was con
ducted at 1 P.M. Thursday in Olive
Branch Cemetery by the Rev. Joseph
R. Kerr. Snellings Funeral Home,
Churchland Chapel, has charge.
The family was at the residence.
| BONNER
EDENTON ? Chowan County
native Harry Lee Bonner, Sr., 68,
died Sunday in a hospital.
A funeral was held at 1 P.M.
Thursday in Kingdom Hall of
Jehovah's Witnesses by Roy Long,
Sr. Burial was in Beaver Hill
Cemetery with Rowsom Funeral
Home in charge.
Survivors include his wife, Annie
Bonner; five daughters, Rosemary
Walton, Eunice Jones, Dollie
Gaylord and Edith Jackson, all of
Edenton, and Ruby Nowell of Ger
many; four sons, Joe W. Bonner and
Isaac Bonner, both of Brooklyn,
N.Y., and Harry Lee Bonner, Jr. and
Donald Bonner, both of Norfold, Va.;
three sisters, Mary Bonner and Alice
Bonner, both of Hertford, and Daisy
Downing of Edenton; a brother,
Andrew Bonner of Edenton; 22
grandchildren; and a great
grandchild.
BANKS
Mrs. Alma Billups Banks, 49, died
Sunday night in Norfolk General
Hospital.
A funeral was conducted Wed
nesday at 4 P.M. in Cornerstone
Missionary Baptist Church by the
Rev. John E. Trotman. Burial was in
Oak Grove Cemetery with Walson
Funeral Home in charge of
arrangements.
A native ol Perquimans County,
she had lived most of her life in
Elisabeth City. She was a member of
New Bethel Baptist Church in Hert
ford and was also affiliated with
Cornerstone Missionary Baptist
Church where she was a member of
the Deaconess Board, the Celestial
Chorus Mothers Club and an advisor
to the Sunbeams. She was a teacher
of special education at Perquiamans
Central School.
She was a member of the National
Education Association, the N.C.
Association of Educators, the
Perquimans County Unit of the N.C.
Association of Educators, the ECSU
Alumni Association, the American
Legion Auxiliary, the Bethel Home
Society Lodge and the Hood Chapter
S3, Order of the Eaitern Star.
She wai the daughter of Charlie
Billups and Mr*. Emma Spruill
Billupa and the wife of Garnie Banks.
Besides her husband and parents,
she is survived by a daughter, Miss
Robin M. Banks of the home; a
stepdaughter, Mrs. Sandra Batise of
Alexandria, La.; and three
stepgrandchildren.
DUNNING
AHOSKIE ? Eula Rountree
Dunning, 75, a native of Hertford
County and the widow of Haywood
Dunning, died Sunday in a hospital.
Survivors include three step
daughters, Nita Cooke of Norfolk,
Inez Parker of Hertford and Mildred
Bipere of Va. Beach.
The funeral was held at 1:30 P.M.
Wednesday in Garrett Funeral Home
by the Rev. Edward Revelle.
DAUGHTKY
BROOKLYN. N.Y. - Willie Ed
ward Daughtry, T2, died March 1 at
hi* home In Brooklyn, New York.
He waa a native of Perquimans
County and the aon of the latl'
Lorenia and Iaabelle Daughtry. He - O
waa a member of Melton Grove
Baptist Church and later Joined Zion
Baptist Church where he taught
Sunday School. He waa a member of
the Deacon Board and sexton.
He is survived by his wife, five; ?
sons, Roger, John, Leonard,.
Clarence and James all of Brooklyn? _
three brothers, Earl Daughtry of / O
Hertford, Raymond Daughtry and .j
Wilson Daughtry of Brooklyn; one
sister, Mrs. Loretta Small of Hert
ford; 13 grandchildren and one.K
grandchild. Five daughters-in-law, ,?
Gloria, Edith, Maxine, Beverly and
Veronica, as well as several nieces
and nephews.
Public Announcement
Mayor Bill Cox of the Town of Hertford has announced
that a public hearing concerning application for a
grant from the Small Cities Community Development
Block Grant Program will be held on March 21, 1983 at
7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Building.
The Community Development Block Grant Program is in
tended to benefit low and moderate income families
or aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or
blight by providing grants for public services facil
ities (water, wastewater, fire protection, etc.),
housing rehabilitation, economic development activ
ities, facilities for the elderly or handicapped,
and a variety of other activites. This public hearing
is being held in the preliminary stages of the ap
plication process in order to obtain suggestions,
provide information, and respond to comments from
the citizens of the Town of Hertford. All interested
citizens are invited to participate in this meeting.
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