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PERQUIMANS RIVER PROJECT A $52,000 boat ramp,
parking area, pilings, dyking, and cleaned area is due to
be ready May 15 near New Hope. The official term,
Perquimans River Project has been given the go ahead by -
DUI
Judge Wilton Walker
presided at the Wednesday
session of Perquimans
County District Court and
heard the following cases:
' Elden Thurman Bates,
charged with driving under
the influence of intoxicating
liquor, received a 90-day
sentence which ' was
suspended for 12 months and
a fine of $125 and costs. The
defendant was ordered not
to operate a motor vehicle
for a period of 12 months
except as allowed by limited
driving privilege; v
Ronnie Newby Owens was
v found guilty of reckless
driving and was given a 60
day sentence suspended
upon payment of a fine of $50
and costs; - ' "
Earnest Westley Hedrick
' received a 90-day sentence
suspended for 12 months and
a fine of $125 and costs and
ordered not to operate. a
motor vehicle for 12 months
after he was found guilty of
driving with no operator's
license;
, Jackie Cradock, charged
with possessing , and con
suming a malt beverage
' (the defendant was under
the age of 18), received a 30
day sentence .suspended
upon payment of a fine of $10
and costs and ordered to be
of good behavior for 12
months arid not to be found
any place where alcoholic
beverages are dispensed;
V Rickie Midgette, charged
with giving a malt beverage
to a person under the age of
18 for the purpose of-consuming,
was given a 60-day
sentence suspended for 2
years and given a fine of $25
and costs. The defendant
was ordered not to Violate
any State or Federal laws
and to be of good behavior
for a period of 2 years; '
Geraldihe Holley was
found guilty of disorderly
conduct and given a 30-day
sentence (suspended for 2
yearswith the following
conditions-l. pay costs and
fine of $10, 2. not tot possess
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Cases Heard In Court
or consume any alcoholic
beverage for 2 years; -
: Eugene Warren, charged
with assault, received a 30 -day
sentence suspended for
12 months and costs and
ordered to pay all hospital
and doctor's bills incurred
" by James Fleming as a
result of this assault. The
defendant was ordered to be
on general good behavior; ,
' Billy Jack Baker was
taxed with costs when found
guilty of driving without
operator's license; V
Shelton . Zachary, Jr.
President Cons iaers Ways
To Hdf Demand For Tapes
' President Nixon is . con
sidering ways to blunt what
. a ranking White House
official calls escalating
requests on all fronts" for
more tapes of presidential
conversations. , . ;
- The official, who would
: not allow use of his name,
said Nixon has made no
decision on precisely how to
' proceed.
He pledged , that the
President would make "a
comprehensive statement, a
comprehensive response" to
a House Judiciary Com-
: mittee subpoena for 42 tapes
which carries a Thursday
deadline. , -; : :..
However, interviews with
several Nixon advisers dis
closed that high-level
unhappiness is growing with
each new subpoena or
request for White House
tapes.
' vindications are that Nixon
himself let his anger show
when the Judiciary Com-
:, mittee formally requested
more tapes' beyond the 42
conversations it has sub
poenaed for its '-' im
peachment inquiry.
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the North Carolina Wildlife Commission. A great deal of
the credit goes to Orville Woodhouse, chairman of the
commission. The public facility is located one-half mile
from New Hope on rural unpaved road No. 1319. The area
charged with assault, was
given a 30-day sentence
suspended 2 years at the
expiration of sentence with
the following conditions
1 1- pay $10 and costs, 2. be of
good behavior and not
violate any State or Federal
laws, 3. not to be in the
company of or threaten
Lorraine Lilly for a period of
2 years.; ; ; ,, :
Shelton Zachary, Jr., was
found guilty of assault on a
female, and given a 30-day
sentence suspended for 2
years with the conditions-l.
, And, inside' : top White
House councils, there are
increasingly bitter-corn-:
plaints : about special
Watergate prosecutor Leon
Jaworski's quest for White
' House tapes and documents.
i One official contended
that "we were misled by
Jaworski" during
negotiations in the months
preceding the prosecutor's
recent subpoena for 64 taped
presidential conversations.
The official responded
"no" when asked whether
Nixon was considering
firing Jaworski.
It is unclear how the high
level unhappiness might be
translated into White House
action. But it is known that
Nixon and his closest ad
visers have been debating
ways to counter the ex
panding requests while pro
viding the "comprehensive
- response" to the House
. subpoena. , ;
- yWe don't want to move to
'a point of confrontation..,.
'But the question is, do you
; ever satisfy their curiosity,"
said one official. "It's gone
, from nine tapes to 19 tapes
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pay $10 and costs, 2. be of
good behavior;
James Holley, charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon, received a 6
months sentence suspended
for 2 years with the . con
ditions - 1. pay costs, 2.
within, 24 hours, he shall
move himself and his family
from the home of Geraldine
Holley, 3. within 7 days, the
defendant must move his
trailer from premises of
Geraldine Holley, 4. must be
of good behavior for 2 years,
not violate any State or
Federal laws and not bother '
Geraldine Holley.
to 42 tapes, , and now, even
before we answer, they
want more." ;
Nixon Joins
Fire Staff :
Willian Thomas Nixon of
Hertford has joined the
State of North Carolina as a v
Forest Fire Equipment'
Operator Trainee with the
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources. ' j
A Perquimans County
native, Nixon will be on the
staff of the N.C. Forest
Service in Edenton.
Meeting ;
The Annual meeting of the
Chowan-Perquimans Sub
District of the United
Methodist Women will be
held on Tuesday, April 30 at '
10 a.m. at the Anderson;
United Methodist Church.
The meeting will be a
training session given by the
district officers, and will I
end with lunch at 12:30 p.m. '
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has a great1 deal of potential with its cypress trees and
other natural grasses and bush. (Photos By Francine
Sawyer)
SPRING DUTIES It was time to cut the grass on the
courthouse green this week. This unidentified mower
takes it easy as he decides spring has sprung and the grass
is ready to be cut.
It'sNational
LibraryWeek
This week, April 21-27, is
National Library Week.
Theme for this, the 17th
annual observance is "Grow
With Books" with books
your horizons are
unlimited!
Along with the rest of the
nation, libraries all across
North Carolina will observe
the emphasis week with a
vast reading campaign,
featuring editorials, ar
ticles, radio and television
programs, promotional
displays, exhibits and
mailings.
But in the long run, it is
each of us who must decide
for himself just how much
he wishes to "grow with
books." Think of it
throughout history countless
Americans with minimal
educational opportunities
have enlarged their own
lives as well as the lives of
others with diligent study of
books either borrowed or
purchased with meager
funds. ,:'V: 'm;'. v;v'
Reading has been called
"an important mental
declaration of . in
dependence" and the act
Jleporting
n
Is Urged
Students 18 and over
getting monthly social
security checks will soon get
ah attendance reporting
card that should be filled out
and returned to social
security as soon as possible.
' Social security reporting
cards are mailed to students
getting social security
payments about 3 months
before the end of the school
year. The information on the
attendance report helps us
decide if the student can
continue to get monthly
checks. V;;- -'.
Delay in returning the
reporting card can mean a
delay in future social
security payments. - j
Full-time students 18 and
over who remain unmarried
can get monthly social
ssajrity checks until they're
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of communication between
writer and reader. National
Library Week provides a
further occasion to ent
phasize libraries as an im
portant resource of
education.
. Beginning in the spring of
1958 to "focus attention on
reading," National Library
Week is now an established
year round program to help
build a reading nation and to
spur the use and im
provement of libraries of all
kinds public, academic,
school and special. Spon
sored by the National Book
Committee, Inc., in
cooperation with the
National Library
Association, National
Library Week during its 17
year history has been en
dorsed by all kinds of
groups, including even the
several presidents of the
United States, all reminding
Americans ' that "the
freedom to read is the
privilege and responsibility
of a free, democratic society
it
Polls have indicated that
as few as 15 per cent of
' Americans regularly use the
public libraries. Where are
the rest of us? "Americans
today are envied by people
all over the world for the
free expression we take for,
granted in our books,
magazine s a n d
newspapers."
Libraries today are
aiming at all age groups
preschool through golden
years and literally have
"something for everybody";
, even including such
. things as lending dress
patterns, special programs
of rock or bluegrass music,
programs on how to build
terrarlums, or on
Polynesian culture, or how
to write history, lunchtime
special movie matinees,
. extensive programs for the
homebound and handi
cappedand of course,
all kinds of books.
. . Are you among the 15 per
cent of regular users at your
library or are you one of
the other 85 per cent who is
missing some of the most
.exciting times ever both
in boc' s and out just
dowrtoTsi ?t . library!.
Farmers Know
Seed Variety
Have you just received the
hottest tip on a new variety
of soybeans, or wheat, or
corn? Do you have in
formation ' that you " can
increase your yield, or value
per acre by fifteen percent
just by planting a super
duper new variety, or blend,
that has just become
available? Are you led to
believe that you assume no
risk of production because
Public
Hearing
Is Set
This year there will be
three public hearings on
coastal fishing regulations,
according to Jack Poole,
acting chairman of the
Fisheries Committee of the
N.C. Conservation and
Development Board.
The hearing for ' the
northern district will be at
the Edenton County
Courthouse, today at 2 p.m.
On April 27 at 9:00 a.m., the
hearing for the southern
district will be held in
Wilmington at the County
Courthouse. And the hearing
for the central district will
be held in Beaufort at the
County-Courthouse at 3:00
p.m., April 27.
Anyone who would like to
express opinions about
existing regulations, or who
would like to propose new
ones is urged to attend. The
annual public hearings are
held only -once each year.
The hearings will be
conducted by the Fisheries
Committee of the N.C.
Conservation and
Development Board.
Officials of the Division of
Commercial and Sports
Fisheries will attend the
hearings.
Named Top
Salesman
Nearly 300 Ford dealer
ship car and truck salesmen
in Ford Division's Richmond
sales district have been
named members of Ford
Division's exclusive 300
500 Club, an organization of
top salesmen.
They were honored at a
dinner at the Holiday Inn
Scope in Norfolk, Va., last
Saturday (April 6) for their
individual sales success
during the 1973 calendar
year.
Included among the
award winners from
southern ' Virginia and
eastern North Carolina were
10 car and truck salesmen
who earned Ford Division's
highest salesman honor, the
Top Hatter Award.
Nationally, only 486 of the
28,000 Ford dealership
salesmen were named Top
Hatters for 1973. In addition,
special Sales Awards were
presented to salesmen
whose achievements neared
Top Hatter level.
M.J. Ellsworth, Ford
Division's Richmond
district sales manager,
congratulated the car and
truck salesmen on their
achievements. He said the
purpose of the 300-500 Club is
to recognize outstanding
salesmen and to highlight
automotive sales positions
as a "valuable service to the
national economy and the
local community. .
Award winning salesmen
from Winslow-Blanchard
Mtr Co. Hertford,
Are: C.H. Davis-11 Year
300 Club Winner, O.W.
Wlnslow-four Year 300 Club
Winner, Allen Winslow-Two
Year 300 Club Winner.
COOKOUT
, The members and family
of the Perquimans Lodge
No. 106 AF & AM.will have a
cookout Friday at 7 p.m. at
Whitehat Beach at Jim
Bass' cotta-e. , .
such seeds are "certified?"
Such claims as these "aint
necessarily so."
Seed varieties are only
required by law to be truth
fully labeled, for variety as
well as other seed qualities. (
In fact, they are not
required to be labeled by
variety name if the seller
wishes to say, instead,
"variety not stated."
Very few varieties just
become available suddenly.
New varieties of seeds
usually are entered into
official variety tests, or
demonstrated through
private company plantings
or cooperative Extension
plantings in the area in
which distribution is
planned, even before they
are distributed for sale. This
is not a requirement of la w,
but it makes good sense for
both the sincere seedsman
and the farmer.
Watch carefully for
varieties that are so great in
other states but not tested in
North Carolina. There are
presently soybean seeds for
sale in North Carolina that
are classified as number
four on a maturity scale.
This maturity grouping is
most often used from
Delaware across to Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois. It
seems to be an excellent
variety for those locations.
(Incidentally, the seeds are
certified by an agency from
another state.) There are a
few people in North Carolina
who have used the variety,
and seem to find it
satisfactory. However, the
variety is expected to
mature in late summer and
defoliate. This will allow
weed growth, and
deterioration of the seeds in "
the field unless they are
harvested as quickly as they
mature. The whole point is
this, "If you do not know the
variety and its charac
teristics, don't risk your
farm income on it," says
George Spain, Director of
Seed Testing for the North
Carolina Department of
Agriculture.
With the development of
new varieties under the
plant Variety Protection
Act, which works like a
patent, newer varieties will
be appearing more
frequently than ever before.
New corn hybrids are quite
numerous. What is a farmer
to do in choosing his.
varieties? "
precautions in choosing
varieties:
(1) Always look at the
label, and determine if a
variety or hybrid name is
declared.
(2) Buy varieties and
hybrids that you have used,
or seen growing suc
cessfully in your geographic
area.
(3) Seeds certified by the'
North Carolina Crop'
Improvement Association -are
grown in North
Carolina, and are most
likely adapted to certain "
areas within this state; -Seeds
"certified" by cer
tifying agencies in other
states may include seeds not
satisfactorily adapted to our
climatic conditions
"Certified" seeds means;
"known genetic origin."'
Seed certification does not
assure adaptation to all;
areas of the country.
' (4) If you are tempted to
buy seeds you are not sure
of, or if you do not tin--derstand
the label iderv-'
tif ication, do not buy until
you have assured yourself
by calling your county'
agricultural agent, your
local seedsman, or the
North Carolina Department
of Agriculture. It costs little '
to ask questions, and may ;
save a lot of disap:
pointment
(5) Avoid "blends." There
are no "blends" of seeds
recorded for lawful sale in
North Carolina.
' "If ; you are ad-
' venturesome, and like to try
new varieties, go ahead, but '
iuc jh uueni in ine amount w
investment of dependance
you put into an unknown
variety just to try it out," ;
Spain concluded. V .