LOCAL NEWS
Local briefs
4-H Congress attended
A delegation of three 4-H
members and five adult leaders
represented Perquimans County
at hlortta Carolina 4-H Congress
held July 22-26 in Raleigh.
We Perquimans County dele
gates joined some 900 4-H mem
bers, leaders and extension
agents from across the state for
tfee annual event.
^Registration was held at the
Nfijnth Carolina State University
F&culty Club. Delegates resided
i? NCSU dormitories. Acitivities
included a number of tours and
eftucational workshops.
2The congress officially opened
Hloiiday night with a flag cere
ifofay, 4-H Honor Club tapping,
(ferformances by the Little Ger
iftah Band and comedian-jug
? i ? ? ? ? ? '
gler, Robert Ndaoo, The co a
gress ended with a banquet
Thursday night
Among the events in which
Perquimans Catmty 4-H'ers par
inrM?iH the Electric
Demonstraiton in which Jason
Harrell of the Town 'N Country
4-H Club was named state win
ner. Leah Harrell, Town 'N
Country member, represented
Perquimans County in Live
stock Production and Damion
Burke, Pooles Grove Club
member, participated in the
Craft Demonstration.
Leading the delegation were
Juanita T. Bailey, Home Eco
nomics Extension Agent, 4-H
and Jeff Copeland, Agricultural
Extension Agent.
Savings Bond sales increase
? &les of Series EE Savings
flonds in Perquimans County
Juring April-June of 1965 total
Ad $10,615.00. Total sales for
die. first six months amounted
ft I$ft, 583.00 according to R.L.
Stevenson Volunteer County
Chairman.
Z April-June sales of U.S. Sav
ings Bonds in North Carolina
(ntounted to $17,692,396 34.4
fe^cent above the $13.1 million
^ported for the second quarter
C9$4. January-June sales
?iJounted to $32,638,856, a 19.3
Qefcent of the state's dollar
Coal of $57,500,000.
Nationally, sales int he first
sgymonths of 1965 amounted to
billion, a 23 percent in
Sfe over 1965. U.S. Savings
B redemptions of $3.05 bil
for all series were seven
percent below the $3.28 billion
redeemed during the first six
months of 1964 and the lowest
for any January-June period
since 1973.
The total value of Savings
Bonds held by the public in
creased $415 million in June, a
total of $76.69 billion.
Series EE Savings Bonds
earn market-based rates if held
at least five years from pur
chase date or November 1, 1962,
whichiever is later. The semi
annual rate in effect from May
1 through Ocotber 31, 1965 is
9.49 percent.
Consumers can obtaint be lat
est rate and other useful infor
mation about Savings Bonds by
calling toll-free, 1,800-US
BONDS.
Miller joins staff
Twiford's
^wiford's Memorial Chapel,
Elifapeth City, is proud to an
notmce that Paul MUler of
Eifenton has joined its staff as
Funeral Director and Em
uwunSr .
Mller, the son of Mr. and
Mrs%H.B. Miller of Route 2,
m *
PAUL MILLER
Hertford, is a native of Perqui
mans County, a 1978 graduate
of Perquimans County High
School and a 1980 graduate of
Gupton Jones College of Mortu
ary Science in Atlanta, Ga.
Miller, a North Carolina Fu
neral Service Licensee since
1980, has moved to Elizabeth
City; however, his duties will
be within the entire Twiford's
organization which operates fu
neral homes in Elizabeth City,
Gatesville, Manteo, Hatteras
N.C., Norfolk and Chesapeake,
??
Notice is hereby. J _
given that I will not be
responsible for any in
debtedness or obliga
tions incurred by Diana
M. Hunter or anyone
else other than myself.
29 July 1985, W.G.
"Pete" Hunter, 21 1 Cres
cent Drive, Hertford, NC
27944.
Boys Wear
Sizes 8-18
Come in and see!
our new shipment
of
Buster Brown
12 mos.-siz* 7
Darden Dept. Store
Howell cited as key alumni volunteer
Wayne Howdl of Hertford
was a key alumni volunteer
who helped the North Carolina
State University Alumni Aaso
ciatioo raise almost $1.5 million
during the association'* fiscal
year just ended. Howell served
as NCSU Alumni Loyalty Fund
Chairman for Perquimans
County during the 1SM4S fund
campaign.
According to Charles T. Lam
bert of Virginia Beach, Va.,
1984-85 president of the NCSU
Alumni Association, the year
marked record increases in
membership and contributions,
resulting in the association's
Service
news
FELTON-CATTEN
FORT MONROE, VA.-Ruby
J. Felton-Catten, daughter of
Claude A. and Eula W. Felton
of Route 1, Hertford, has been
promoted In the U.S. Army to
the rank of specialist Ave.
Felton-Catten is a pharmacy
specialist at Fort Monroe, Va.,
with the U.S. Army Medical De
partment Activity.
She is a 1975 graduate of Per
quimans County High School,
Hertford.
moat successful year ever.
Lambert also noted that more
than one out of every four grad
WAYNE HOWELL
uates of NCSU is a member of
the Alumni Association ? al
most double the national aver
age for public universities.
Edward E. Hood of Fairfield,
Conn., national chairman of the
1964-85 NCSU Alumni Loyalty
Fund Campaign, reported that
strong efforts by alumni volun
teers throughout North Carolina
and across the nation resulted
in 15,244 alumni and friends
contribuing $1,138,617 during the
year.
He also noted that corporate
generosity in the form of
matching funds added another
$271,982 to the association's
fund-raising efforts in 1984-16
for a grand total of $1,410,800,
an increase of 37 percent over
the prior year.
Funds raised by the NCSU
Alumni Association are used to
support academic programs at
North Carolina State Unversity.
The association's main pro
gram, the John T. Caldwell
Alumni Scholarship Program,
will provide 85 scholarships va
lued at $3,000 per year for stu
dents studying at NCSU duirag
the coming academic year.
Out-of-state recipients receive
an extra $15,000 per year to
help defray out-of-state tuition.
Forty-seven of these scholars
are supported by the endow
ment from alumni contribu- 1
tions, and 38 are "adopted" by
alumni who have agreed to pay
the stipend for a scholar for
four years.
In addition to the Caldwell
Alumni Scholarships, the NCSU
Alumni Association supports
professorships; awards for out
standing teaching, research and
extension work at NCSU; a stu
dent loan program; and a num
ber of named inerit-and need
based scholarships.
Death claims Rogerson
Charlie Thomas Rogerson Jr.,
68, of Route 2, Hertford, died
early Tuesday morning at his
home. A native of Perquimans
County, he was the son of the
late Charles Thomas and Sallie
Rountree Lamb Rogerson and
the husband of Mrs. Thelma
Baccus Rogerson.
He was a retired farmer and
member of the Whiteville Grove
Baptist Church; a member of
the Chappell Hill-Bel videre Fire
Department and a former
member of the Perquimans
County Horse and Pony Club.
Besides his wife, he is sur
vived by one daughter, Mrs.
Carolyn Faye Fowler of Route
2, Hertford; one son, Carter Ro
gerson of Phoenix, Ariz.; two
sisters, Mrs. Curtis (Erma)
Chappell and Mrs. Sybil Ward,
both of Route 1, Hobbsville;
and three grandchildren.
Funeral services were incom
plete at press time. Swindell
Funeral Home, Hertford, was in
charge of arrangements.'
Peoples Bank Introduces
"THE (WE ACCOUNT"
I
"Is It a Checking Account,
a Savings Account or an Investment Account?"
"Yes." Peoples Bank introduces
one account that does the work
of three. It's called, simply, "The
One Account," and Peoples Bank
is the only major bank in North
Carolina to offer anything like it.
l.The convenience of a check
ing account
All the funds in your account
are fully accessible with regular
checks and through the hundreds
of PAT and Relay? system auto
matic teller machines. There are
no service charges as long as your
balance is more than $500 - afea
ture competitive with most ordi
nary checking accounts.
earns interest at competitive mar
ket rates set by the bank every 30
days. Higher balances earn at
higher rates.
You can open "The One Account" with any
amount of money. If yuur monthly minimum
halanceLs greater than 1 1 ,000, ?>u will cam in
terest as ftSUuws:
5.25%
with a minimum bal
ance of f 1,000
5.50%
with a minimum bal
ance of S2.S00
6.00%
with a minimum bal
ance uf >5,000
7.00%
with t minimum bal
ance of <10,000
It makes good sense to con
solidate your checking, savings
and investment accounts into
"The One Account," because no
other single account can offer the
high return, insured safety and con
venient access of "The One
Account."
2. The security and steady
earnings of a sav- _
ings account
If your
account
balance is be
tween $1,000
and $2,499, you
earn 5J4%
interest.
3. The higher
yield of an
investment
account
A balance of
$2,500 or more
It's a checking account, sav
ings account and
investment ac
count all rolled
into one. To sign
up for "The One
Account," visit one
of the sixty-two
Peoples Bank
offices serving
Eastern North
Carolina
communities.