Of local interest
Perquimans area service news
SGT. IDELL MALLORY
Sgt. I dell Miliary, son of Mary E.
and William L. Mallory at Rural
Route 4, Hertford, N.C., has been
decorated with the Army Achieve
ment Medal in Wart Germany.
The Achievement Medal ia
awarded to aokhera for meritorious
service, acta of courage, or other ae
Mallory is a cavalry scout with the
77th Armor.
Perquimans birth announcements
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Henry Bell of
Hertford, N.C. announce the birth of
their second child, first daughter,
Jennifer Lynn Bell, born November
19, 1987 in Chowan Hospital, Eden ton,
N.C.
The maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. John Ashley a f Barco,
N.C.
The naternal orandnarents are Mr.
and Mrs. William Clark Bell of Hert
ford, N.C.
Mrs. Bell is the former Suzanne
Virginia Ashley of Barco, N.C.
MARIO LE' GRANDE SKINNER.
JR.
Mr. and Mrs. Mario Skinner of Rt.
4, Hertford, announce the birth of
their son. Mario Le' Grande Skinner
Jr., born November V, 1987 in Cho
wan Hospital, Eden too.
Tbe maternal grandparents are
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Jennings of
Hertford, N.C.
Tbe paternal grandparents are
Mrs. Mary M. Skinner of Elizabeth
City and Milton L. Wilson of
Maryland.
Hertford VFW news and events
The monthly meeting of the Her
ford VFW Poet 8148 was held at Jim
my's Barbecue Place, Wednesday
evening November 11th, with a good
attendance.
The time for these monthly Meet
ings have been changed from 6:00
p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Some of the mem
bers could not attend the early meet
ings.
Commander Eddie Barber con
ducted the meeting. Several VFW
programs were reviewed with the
members. A lengthy discussion took
place concerning the VFW Voice of
Demoracy Program. The program
gives high school students the chance
to win scholarships, which can be
very beneficial to the students.
The attendance award was woo by
Joseph S tailings. However, he was
not present to receive this award.
The member, whose name is drawn
must be present to receive this
award. Hie award will be $25.00 for
some lucky member for December's
meeting.
Veterans are invited to join tbe lo
cal VFW Post, become to active
member, and support tbe Veterans of
Foreign Ware.
Perquimans county area obits
ELIZABETH LANE ROGERSON
Hertford? Mrs. Loula Elizabeth
Line Rogerson, 69, of Route 1, Box
95?, Hertford, died Sunday evening,
November 29, 1987 in Pitt Memorial
Hospital.
A native of Chowan County, she
was the daughter of the late Jack and
Lona Allen Lane and the widow of Jo
seph Wilson Rogerson. She was also
preceeded ir death by a son, Joseph
Richard Rogerson, Sr. She was a
member of Anderson United Method
ist Church and its Blanche Meekins
Circle.
Survivors include three grandchil
dren, Mrs. Susan R. Harris of Rt. 1,
Hertford, Miss Ann Rogerson of
Greenville and Richard Rogerson,
Jr. of Elizabeth City; two great
grandchildren, Andrew and Courtney
Harris, both of Rt. 1, Hertford; six
sisters, Mrs. Alice Davenport and
Mrs. Jessie Mae Adams, both of
Merry Hill, Mrs. Louise Layden of
Edenton, Mrs. Sarah Townsend and
Mrs. Edith Mansfield, both of Rt. 1,
Hertford and Mrs. Jackie Mansfield
of Mobile, Ala.; four brothers, Ver
non Lane, Thomas Lane and Walter
Lane, all of Edenton and Larry Lane
of Et. 2, Hertford.
Graveside services were held
Tuesday at 3:00 p.m. in Cedarwood
Cemetery with Rev. Bobby Jordan
officiating. Swindell Funeral Home
was in charge of the arrangements.
Donations may be made to the Per
quimans County Rescue Squad, in
care of John Beers, 212 Woodland
Circle, Hertford, N.C. 27944.
New public relations manager named
Diana M. Gardner is the new Pub
lic Relations Manager for Albemarle
Hospital according to Administrator
Robert Jeffries.
Gardner has a B.A. degree in En
glish ad Journalism from Rutgers
University. Most recently she held
the position of Resource Developer
for the Albemarle Food Bank. She
also was a lecturer for Journalism
courses at Elizabeth City State Uni
versity and a free-lance photogra
pher for the Virginian Pilot.
A native of New Jersey, Gardner
and her husband, Douglas, and their
two sons have resided in Elizabeth
City for nine years. She is a member
of St. Elizabeth's Parish Council,
Elizabeth City Lions Auxiliary, a vol
unteer at Sheep Harney School, and a
member of the National Federation
of Press Women.
Our weekly constitution corner
by Charles W. Lowry
D.Phil.(Oxon), D.D.
In all the accounts of the Constitu
tional Convention I have read there is
a tendency to gloss over the draft of
the "Committee on detail" and to
jump to the finished product of the
"Committee on stile" as if it were
there in effect all the while. This is
why I analyzed last week the draft
proposed by the first Committee
nearly six weeks before the final doc
ument was signed.
The fact is that a great deal of de
bate continued during the month of
August and really up to the adoption
of the finished document. Hie new
and controlling reality was that a
fundamental framework was in place
and that there was a general, though
not unanimous, will to come through
with a national Constitution. Hie
principal unresolved issues were:
qualifications for Electors, that is
voters, whether there should be a uni
form rule, or be left to the States as in
the draft form; the origination in
Congress of money bills, whether in
the representative House only as pro
posed or in the Senate as well; prob
lems of import taxes including those
on slaves; the assumption of the
debts of the States; the regulation of
militia in the States and the danger of
a standing army; and a good many
questions regarding the President,
particularly the mode of his election
and his power.
Debate went on hot and heavy, but
the device of resort to committee
continued to be the means of salva
tion The Committee on detail was
kept in being and in addition a
"Grand Committee" with a member
from each State was appointed to
consider and report on the assump
tion of State debts and the militia.
This is also called the Committee of
Eleven. There are a number of refer
ences to it in Madison's meticulous
record, and various other moot ques
tions seem to have been referred to
this Committee.
The reason for the name "Commit
tee of Eleven" is that New York was
unrepresented, as the delegates was
unrepresented, as the delegates of
this State, only three in all, were ab
sent during this period of the Conven
tion. Alexander Hamilton could be a
host in himself, as he proved later in
the flght for ratification. But he
lacked the staying power of a Mad
ison or a Washington.
The North Carolinian on the Com
mittee of Eleven was Hugh William
son. According to William Pierce in
his character sketches at many dele
gates, Mr. Williamson was "a Gen
tleman of education and talents...
Hiere is a great degree of good hu
mour and pleasantry in his charac
ter. .but he is no Orator."
For the record, this Dr. Williamson
was a considerable man of parts. Ed
ucated first in theology, he was a
minister, then at 2S a professor of
mathematics at the College of Phila
delphia (now UPA). From there be
studied medicine at Edinburgh and
Utrecht (Holland). During the Revo
lution he was Surgeon-General of
North Carolina.
Night immunization clinic set
The Perquimans County Health
Department will be holding its
monthly nighttime Immunization
Clinic for working parents on Thurs
day, December S, 1967 from 5:00-7:00
p.m.
Students are encouraged to enroll
in agricultural programs in college
At a time when agriculture-related
job opportunities are increasing, en
rollment in agricultural colleges is
decreasing. Nationwide, this drop
has been 32 percent in the past eight
years.
This enrollment decrease should
concern all of us. Certainly, both pro
duction agriculture and agribusiness
need professionally trained people.
Who fits in that role better than
young people raised on our farms and
ranches?
Statistics show, however, that the
largest number of students in agri
cultural colleges have little or no
farm background. The question at
why naturally arises.
Studies have shown that young peo
ple are guided into career paths more
by parents than any other factor. If
that is so, it appears that we, as par
ents, are guilty of decreasing the sup
ply at that important resource, well
trained people.
Maybe too many young people are
overly influenced by the difficult
times that agriculture has experi
enced in the last taw years. Maybe
they don't see a future for themselves
in an industry that's beset with so
many problems that seem impossible
to solve.
Whatever the case, whatever the
cause, we must change the situation.
We should encourage bright young
people to explore the many career
opportunities in agriculture and agri
business. Farm Bureau cooponsors
an annual Institute for Future Agri
cultural Leaders which is designed to
influence more young people to con
sider the agricultural industry as a
career opportunity. Farm Bureau
also awards scholarships each year
to deserving young people (or study
in agriculture or home economics.
All of us need to do a better job of
telling our young people today that
agriculture is here to stay and that no
problem is insurmountable.
SIDE WALK SALE
at
Woodard's Pharmacy
Friday, Dec. 4
Check Oar Christmas - Specials Inside ft Out
Second graders in Ms. Bethany Godfrey's 2nd grade class recently finished a unit on American
Indians in November. Last Tuesday at the completion of their unit they put on the play "The
Star and the Lilly" which is an Indian legend. The lengend comes from the Chippwa Indians of
Missouri. The students are seen above performing the play for the other students at Hertford
Grammar School as well as for many proud parents.
Farm-City week tour
scheduled, Dec. 9th
PERQUIMANS* FARM-CITY
WEEK TOUR SCHEDULED -
The Perquimans' Farm-City Week
Committee and the Bethel Run tan
Club have arranged a tour of the Per
due Facilities at Lewis ton and Co
field as our 1907 Farm-City Week ac
tivity. Our plans are as follows:
Monday, December 7th, 1987
Depart from Extension Office
8:30 a.m.
Arrive Perdue Poultry Proc
essing Facilities-Lewis ton 10:00 a.m.
Dutch luncheon 11:45 a.m.
Arrive Perdue Grain Elevator
Cofield 1: IS p.m.
Return to Hertford 3:30 p.m.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend. We will drive a high school ac
tivity bus. Cost for the trip will be $3
person. Seats on the bus will be re
served on a first come, first serve ba
sis. If we have more than a bus load,
arrangements will be made to car
pool.
The manager at the Processing
Plant stressed the following items:
-No children will be allowed
-Wear flat shoes which provide good
traction as the floors will be slippery
in places.
-Wear appropriate clothing.
Please call the Extension Office by
Friday, December 4th to reserve
your place. We look forward to seeing
you.
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a suitable monument
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Hertford
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