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Nixon, appointed Wayne Ntxoo a f the Bagley Swamp Community , has recently been accepted aa the Perqui mana County repreaentative on toe Dotm of corocton ok im North Carolina Agricultural Foundation. Nixon, who will imi a four-year term on the board, replacee mem ber Paul Smith, Jr. The foundation, originally known aa Nickels far Know-How, is a cooperative effort between fanners and the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service Hie foundation provides supple mental funding to various fann relatad reaaarch projects. Moo WAYNE NIXON in for the foundation come from ? 10-cent per turn assessment on fertilizer and feed sales. Women's farm role A recently completed "women in agriculture" survey, con ducted by a major tractor man ufacturer, shows that farm women occupy a variety of im portant positions in farm activ ities?including full manage ment. It is the First in-depth study in five years to provide research into the woman's changing role in agriculture. The survey findings confirmed that the farm woman's involve ment in farm decisions is in creasing in every area. Farm management has become in creasingly a family affair, shared to varying degrees by husband and wife. The survey also showed that 81 percent of farm women joined their hus bands in making decisions on whether to buy or sell land, up from 58 percent five years ago. Husbands and wives jointly mak ing decisions on whether to pur chase major farm equipment rose from 46 percent in 1980, to 62 percent today. The survey also indicated an increasing number of farm women participating in decisions on whether to start a new crop or a new breed of livestock, whether to try a new production practice, when to sell their products and selecting the brand of farm equipment to purchase. Farm women are also assum ing more responsibility for farm finances, including bookkeeping, maintaining records, paying bills or preparing tax forms, as well as animal care. Of the 3,300 women who re sponded to the survey, 83 percent considered themselves full-time farmers and 13 percent part-time farmers. Approximately 54 per cent consider themselves "one of the main operators" on the farm and another 3 percent said they were the sole operator. Letter to the Editor Editor, Hie Perquimans Weekly Sixty-three Emergency Medi cal Service Personnel and their guests were in attendance re cently at a Pig Pickin' sponsored by Chowan Hospital. Rescue Squad members from Perquimans, Chowan, Gates, Tyrrell and two units of the Ber tie squad were invited to the event in appreciation for the hours they provide emergency treatment and transport to the citizens of the communities served by Chowan Hospital. One-hundred and ninety men and women comprise the squads in these counties, and though some members are full time, paid employees, most are volunteers who have other full time jobs but feel a real obligation and desire to help their follow citizens in time of need. Chowan Hospital salutes these dedicated individuals and says again? thank you for being a member of our healthcare team. Sincerely, Marvin A. Bryan Hospital Director King Jamas I of England, on* of England's most loarnod monarch* and sponsor of tho Authorized Biblo. boHavad in witchcraft. Bankruptcy court handling p^p^qnts All farmers who delivered grain to FCX, Inc, prior to its pe tition for reorganixatioa are be ing paid for their grain as a re sult of recent action by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Thomas Small. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court had allowed PCX to obtain $1.2 million in additional funds to pay fanner* for tbalr grain. How ever, because of an error, this amount was tmuffl cient to pay aQ fanners According to North Carolina Farm Bureau President W.B. Jenkins, about 110 farmers were therefore left holding checks to taling $3,32,000 which could not be cubed. t | ... Jenkins Mid the aeart mfmu ber 10 dented anycehet tar tfeoae farmer*. However, on October 24, Farm Bureau petitioned the court an the farmer*' behalf and the petition waa granted After aubmiaakm of a brief and oral arguments by Farm Bu reau, the bankruptcy court Judge '! ? ? 1 1 1 1 .a pnciiNKiQ tut prior orutr axw JtX ?m authorised to obtain ad ditional funk to honor Km out standing checks. "We are pleased wttfa the court's decision," Jenkins Mid, "and are ratter ed that those fanners affected wiD now be able to collect these fundi. Perquimans man crushed by tractor n YEARS AGO PERQUIMANS MAN IS CRUSHED BY TRACTOR: El bert E. Jordan was seriously in jured last Thursday while work ing on a tractor. In the process the tractor moved over Mr. Jor dan's body, doing serious injury. Mr. Jordan was rushed to Albe marle Hospital, where he is a pa tient. TIME TO SENT CHRISTMAS GIFTS: Hertford Postmaster W.W. (Bill) White stated today the period of October 21 to No vember 10 has ben designated for the mailing of Christmas pack ages parcels by surface trans portation to members of our Armed Forces overseas. SELECTED FOR DISTRICT CONTEST: Cecil E. Winslow of Winslow-Blanchard Motor Com pany has received notification that one oof its participants in the recently held Punt, Pass and Kick contest sponsored by the Ford Motor Company. The par ticipant is Willis Proctor and he ' will participate in the district ccontest to be held in Richmond, Va., on October 30. WINS QOLF TROPHY: Mr. and Mrs. Jesse L. Harris at tended the annual golf banquet at the Chowan Golf And Country Club Thursday night, at which time Mrs. Harris received a tro phy for winning the fourth flight in the recently held ladies; golf tournament. CHINA SUBJECT AT CLUB MEETING' The Hertford Busi ness and Professional Woman's Club held its monthly dinner with Mrs. Essie Burba ge, president, presiding. Miss Thelma Elliott, International Relations Chair man presented a most informa tive and interesting program on "Red China? A pqper Tiger". CHAMBER GROUPS HOLD MEETINGS: The nominating committee of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. met here last week in the Municipal Building and drew up a slate of 10 names from which five positions will be filled in the forthcoming Chamber elections . Two candidates frqti each of Hie' five Townships werti nomiflatfed to run for :he 1966 ChapfMr of Commerce offices.^Ae candi dates are: Bethel Mvnship? W.W. Bunday and Lester Simp son; New Hope Township ? Gar land Eure and Johnnie Gregory, Jr., Belvidere Townahip? Rus sell Baker and Ellis Winslow; Hertford Township? Sidney Har mon and Jessie Lee Haijis; and Parkville? Walter Humphlett, Jr., and Thomas Nixon. CAPTAIN HOSKINS HOME AFTER DUTY IN VIETNAM: Captain and Mrs. Richard Hos kins and children of Langlely Field spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Winslpw, Mrs. Hoskins parent. Capt. Hoskins has just returned from active duty in Vietnam. MARCHING UNIT WELL BE ON TV : The Perquimans County High School Marching Unit will be the star of a Channel 7 tele vision program on Saturday morning, October 23, at 8:00 o'clock. The Marching Unit is in its third year of operation and has become widely known as a unique and excellent organiza tion. County residents are urged to see this organization of Per quimans County High School marcher* on Channel 7 TV Satur day morning. LOCAL FOOTBALL FANS AT GAME: Seventeen Perquimans County sport fans saw the Redskins (day last Sunday in Washington, D.C. It was North Carolina Day, ideal football weather. Attending from Perquimans: Noah Gre gory, Walter Harrison, Julian B rough ton, Jimmy Sawyer, Ak len Winslow, D.A. Carver, Jimmy Baker, Claude Brinn, Hi riam Weeks, Herbert Eure, Ear lie Goodwin, Bobby Carter, Wil lie Ainsley, Buddy Tilley, J.W. Dillion, Tommy Tilley and Bry ant Woodell. POWELL BILL FUNDS FOR THIS COUNTY HITS NEW FIG URE $9,816: Perquimans Coun ty's share in the 1965 allocation of street aid monies from the North Carolina State Highway fund to munipalities under the Powell Bill as of July 1, 1965, N.C. State Highway Commission Planning Department amounts to $9,816.79 and Winfall's amounted to $1,485.10. A provided by Chapter 136 of the General Statutes of N.C., state street aid allocations are made rnnuaUy to legally in corporated cities and towns which establish their eligibility and qualify under the law. HERTFORD DRUGS PLAN NING MOVE: Sidney Harmon, owner and operator of Harmon's Pharmacy, announced today that Hartford Drugs, Inc. will be opened in the Harris Shopping Center next to the new Colonial Store within the next 30 days. Mr. Harmon is the owner of the new store and states W. L. (Buddy) Tiliey will be the manager of the store. Harmons Pharmacy will remain at the Harmon Phar macy on Church Street. The store will feature a lunch counter to seat SO to 60 people, the store will handle gifts, sundries, tobac cos, cosmetics and patent drugs. In announcing the new store Mr. Harmon further stated that the store will in no way alter the pre sent operation of Harmon's Pharmacy, which has just re cently under gone complete reno vation and been modernized in keeping with drug stores in cit ies. DOVE HUNTING SEASON TO OPEN : You probably won't need a timepeace to tell you when it's 12 o'clock September 11 comes at high noon will be announced by blasts of shotguns across Tarhee lia announcing the opening Dove season. Street aid sent to municipalities RALEIGH? Help is on the way for the state's cites and towns plagued by potholes and other street maintenance problems. Checks totaling over $47.1 mil lion in State Street Aid Alloca tions (Powell Bill) funds were mailed by the North Carolina De partment of Transportation (NCDOT) Octoberl to 467 munic ipalities across the state. The money will be used to pay for maintenance and improvement projects on streets inside munici palities that are not included on the state's highway system. The money comes from funds produced by 1 and % cents of the state's 12 and V* cents per gallon gas tax and is distributed under a formula set by the North Caro lina General Assembly. Seventy-five percent of the funds are allocated on the basis of population, while the number of non-state system street miles in each town or city is used to cal culate the remaining 25 percent. This year's allocations are $2 ? Hang it under a kitchen cabinet ? Use it on a countertop ? Use It on a shelf Use optional Kit (MA691YE) for hanging oven under cabinet million more than the $45.4 mil lion allocated last year. Charlotte received the largest amounr, $5.6 million, while the Pitt County town of Falkland re ceived the smallest amount, $1,717.84. Charlotte's share was bassed on an estimated 1964 population figure of 342,901 and 1,340.02 non system street miles, while Falk land's allocation was based on a population figure of 121 and .18 miles of non-system street miles. In Perquimans County, the Town of Hertford will receive $37,672.24. This amount is based on 1964 estimated population fig ures of 2,236 and 10.01 of non-sys tem miles. The Town of Winf all's allocation is $12,293.67 based on a 1964 population estimate of 726 and 3.32 miles of non-system roads. SUGGEST TO YOUR ROOFER THAT HE FIND THE LEAK BEFORE MAKING THE REPAIR. presenter: Mark Maland This is a FREE workshop. For further information, call 335 0821, ext. 231.
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