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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY Volume St No. 47 USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquinw n? County, N.C., Wednesday, November 27, IMS \ 25 CEHTS Open House highlights Farm-City Week observance By JANE B. WILLIAMS Approximately 200 people vis ited the Perquimans County Ex tension Department and the county's Rescue Squad building in commemoration of Farm-City Week on Sunday afternoon. Among the day's highlights were displays, talks by local officials, entertainment from local groups and choirs, and refreshments. The open house was sponsored by the Extension Service and the local Ruritans. Stan Winslow, chairman of the county's Exten sion Service said, "We were real pleased with the support people showed for the Farm-City com memoration oo Sunday. It really emphasized people helping peo ple, and showed how well people of Perquimans County work to gether." Winslow expressed his appre ciation to the Ruritans, his staff, and those who were responsible for entertainment, booths and re freshments. Tying in to the 'People helping people' theme, Milton Dail, Cap tain of the Perquimans County Volunteer Rescue Squad, stressed the importance of ev erybody working together for a common cause. Dail told the group that the Rescue Squad was chartered in 1967, and has rendered aid and trasnportation to the sick and in jured in this county since then. The local squad is manned en tirely by volunteers including, 24 EMT's, 10 ambulance atten dants, and 10 others in the proc ess of training or performing spe cial duties. There is also an eight member junior squad. Dail said that the dedication of those members showed ded icated people working together. "When peopls help others they help themselves," he said. More than a dozen educatio nal displays were viewed by local citizens on Sunday af ternoon at the Farm-City Week open house held at the county Extension Depart ment and Rescue Squad Building. (Photos by Jane B. Williams.) Chamber of Commerce banquet set for Dec. 12 By Nancy Smith Plans are being finalized for the annual meeting of the Perqui ) mans County Chamber of Com merce. The banquet will be held at Angler's Cove Restaurant on Monday, December 2. A social hour at 6:30 p.m. will get the evening started. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. Those attending the banquet will be en tertained after dinner with the antedotes of after-dinner speaker Ray S. Jones, Jr. I Mr. Jones is a native of Ra leigh, NC and attended public sh cool in Elizabeth City and Kins ton. After completeing high school, he enrolled at Duke Uni versity. After serving in the Army Medical Corps, Mr. Jones completed his collegiate work at Wake Forest College. He was awarded a Masters Degree from | East Carolina University in 1958. Mr. Jones was a teacher and coach at Eliza betrh City Junior Senior High School from 1954 to 1964. He Taught and coached at The College of the Albemarle from 1964 to 1965. For the past 20 years, Mr. Jones has been a member of the Jefferson Stan dard Life Insurance Company in Elizabeth City. to Many civic activities claim w Mr. Jones' time including the Elizabeth City Jaycees, The Al bemarle Players, and the Eliza beth City Rotary Club. He cur rently is a member of the College of the Albemarle Board of Trust ees and Executive Director of the Elizabeth City Foundation. "I have been married to the same wife since 1949.. .have a daughter, Lynn Lacy, and a grandson, Evan, living in Cary, NC. The only other member of my family is a 14 year old Beagle hound, Poochie." An additional highlight of the evening will be the induction of officers for the 1966 calendar year. In a telephone interview Monday morning, outgoing Chamber President Walter Humphlett stated that the past year had been a very good one. He cited the tremendous success of the Indian Summer Festival as a prime example of the spirit of cooperation between the Cham ber membership and the public. Humphlett also expressed his gratitude to the many volunteers who gave of themselves . "It's a frustrating time for the outgoing President," Humphlett stated. "Your term is at an end. You see good things you've accomplished but so many things you would like to have seen done." Humphlett continued, "It's been my pleasure to serve as President and to have been fortu nate enough to have a hard-work in# Board of Directors to work with." Humphlett expressed ap preciation for the hard work and dedication of Executive Secre tary Mary Harrell. He wished the Chamber the best of luck in the coming year. Executive Secretary Mary Harrell said in a telephone inter view Monday morning that this had been a progressive year and that she had enjoyed working with the 1985 President and Board of Directors. "They have been most cooperative; a good board to work with," said Mrs. Harrell. She stated that she is looking forward to working with the 1986 President and Board of Directors and feels that there are areas of work that will need to be concentrated upon. The Cham ber continuously is working on membership and invites anyone interested to join the Chamber and give their support to the community according to Mrs. Harrell. Tickets for this year's banquet are still available. They can be purchased for $8.00 each at the Chamber Office or can be re served by calling 426-5657. Winslow, Harrell represent school board at convention The Perquimans County Board of Education was represented at the NCSBA Annual Conference in High Point, NC on Thursday Saturday, November 14?16 by Cliford Winslow, Chairman and Pat Harrell, Superintendent. They joined over 800 other lo cal board members and superin tendents from across North Car olina. Delegates to the Conference took action on these items: (1) Election of 1966 officers candidates for office were TER RELL DUNCAN of Burlington for President, PENNIE BAT TLE of Gates County for First Vice-President, SHELBY SHORE of Yadkin County for Second Vice-President, and BOB CABAN1SS of Cleveland County for Treasurer. Candidates for Board of Direc tors were: MARY ELLEN MAX WELL of Currituck County, JAMES RAPER of Beaufort County, and HARDY CALD WELL of Henderson County. (2)1986 NCSBA Legislative Program? the process for devel opment of the Program officially begins at the 8 Regional Fall Dis trict Meetings across the state where board members vote on the legislative issues. The totals are then brought to the Annual Conference where the delegate assembly takes final action. Among the top concerns are funds for school facilities. Highlights of the Program agenda included: Opening keynote address by Representative WILHELMINA DELCO of Texas at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 14th. Panel on "The Role of the Board of Education and Boards of County Commissioners : Two Sides to the Story." Panel mem bers were all county commis sioners who were formerly local school board members. Presentation by Lt. Governor BOB JORDAN at 8:30 a.m. Fri day, Nov. 15. Also recognition of the RALEIGH DINGMAN AWARD winner and members of the NCSBA All-State School Board Members. Several speakers addressed is sues related to legislative action at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15th. They were: JAY ROBINSON, Su perintendent, Charlotte-Meck lenburg County, "Attempts to Discredit Public Instruction, "Anticipated Future Directions of the Basic Education Pro gram"; and DAVID CROTIS, Economist, N.C. General Assem bly, "A Brief Overview of the Economy." Governor JAMES G. Martin was the keynote speaker for the 12:30 luncheon on Friday, Nov. 15th. Clinic Sessions at 2:15?3:15 and 3:30 ? 4:30. Topics were: "Basic Education Program (BEP)", "How to Win a Referen dum", "Opportunities and Prob lems of Rural School Systems", "Writing to Read", "Dealing Re sponsibily with Church-State Is sues." "Curriculum? The Role Role of the Board Member". "Drugs and Alcohol Abuse? How you can help", "Agreeing to Dis agree", "Opportunities and Problems of Urban School Sys tems", "Worshop with Special Focus on Minority Concerns", "Working with the Media? Fo cus on Television", "Ethics are Still in Vogue", "North Carolina High School Athletic Associa tion?How it Operates". Delegate Assembly 4 : 45-5 : 15 at which officers were elected and 1986 legislative program was es tablished. Speaker BEN BURTON, of Weyerhauser Company at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15th. Saturday morning session fea tured presentations by N.C. Tea cher of the year PAMELA F. BREWER and GENE CAUSBY, NCSBA Executive Director. Entry deadline for parade nears By Nancy Smith The 1965 Christmas parade will bring "The Twelve Days of Christmas" to the town of Hert ford on Saturday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m. The Christmas parade is sponsored for the enjoyment of the citizens of Perquimans County by the Perquimans County Jaycees with the assis tance of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce. In the tradition of years past, this year's parade will include floats, bands, and other march ing units. The entries will be judged and prizes will be awarded. The floats entered in this year's event will be designated to one of the two float catagories. The first category is for schools and the second is for church and civic organizations. Prize money will be awarded with first place in each category bringing $25.00 cash to the winner. The float judged second in each category will receive a $15.00 cash prize with honorable mention going to the third place entry. Bands and marching units en tered in the parade will be judged a little differently. A first and second place trophy will be awared to the best band with 60 or more members. A first and second place trophy will also be available to the two best units with 60 members or less. Parade chairman Edgar Ro berson is looking forward to an exciting parade and a large turn out to observe this year's produc tion. He urges all area civic groups, churches, and other or ganizations to participate in the parade. Deadline for entering is November 28, 1965. Entry forms and more information can be ob tained by contacting Roberson at 426-5225 or 426-7719. Happy Thanksgiving
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