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TEE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
District Court Held
Volume 31 No. 37 . Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 25, 1975 IQCENtT
Judge John Chaffin
presided at the regular
session of Perquimans
County Disrict Court and
, heard the following cases:
Probable cause was found
in the case of Wilbur Lee
Banks, charged with rape,
and breaking and entering,
at the preliminary hearing
i and the case was placed on
the Suprior Court Docket for
trial. Bond was increased to
$18,000.00;
" Donald Richard Matthews
was found guilty of non
support and received a 30-
day sentence suspended for 2 ;
years upon payment of cost
of court and payment of
$25.00 weekly for benefit of
his son beginning
September 19, 1975 to June 1,
1976.
In the preliminary
hearing of Arthur E.
Harrison,; charged with
larceny, probable cause was
found, and the case was
placed on the Superior Court
Docket for trial. Bond was
set at $800.00;
Bernice T. White, charged
with driving under the
influence of intoxicating
County Nickels
For Know-How
The Perquimans County Nickels for Know-How
Referendum Committee has released the list of
polling places for the Nov. 25 vote.
John H. Corprew Jr. Perquimans County
referendum committee chairman, said ten polling
places have been established in the county.
,,The places are as follows: Bethel Market, Edenton
Tractor, Co., Perquimans County Office Building,
Perquimans County High School, Hertford Supply
Co., Farmers Feed & Seed, R.W. Turner's Store, Post
Office in New Hope, Charles Layden's Store and W.S.
Winslow's Store.
Corprew explained that any user of feed and
fertilizer will be eligible to vote in the referendum. At
stake will be an assessment program through which
users of feed and fertilizer agree to provide a nickel
per ton for agricultural research and education.
The money is collected at the manufactuer level by
the N.C, Department of Agriculture and turned over
to the N.C. Agricultural Foundation at North Carolina
State University.
About $170,000 is collected annually in this manner.
The "nickels" program has been in effect since 1951.
The vote on Nov. 25 will determine the fate of the
program for another six years.
Civic
Calendar
THURSDAY, SEPT. 25
f Citizens Band Club will meet at 8 p.m. at the Municipal
Bldg. in Hertford.
' Perauimans Countv Javcees
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.' Bethel Ruirtan Club '
FRIDAY. SEPT. 26
. Belvidere-Chappell Hill Fire .Department Auxiliary
Bazaar at the Belvidere Community Bldg. starting at 5 p.m.
All kinds of homemade goodies! ,
SATURDAY, SEPT.. 27
Belvidere-Chappell Hill . Fire Deaprtment Auxilairy
. " Bazaar at the Belvidere Community Bldg. from 10 a.m. 'til 6
p.m. . . v
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The Wyoake 4-H Club will sponsor a Bake.Sale on the
courthouse lawn.
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The Elizabeth City Shrine Club will have a dance at the
Shrine Club from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. for Shriners and
Guest. Admission is $5 a couple. Music will be furnished by
the Solid Golds from Perquimans County.
MONDAY. SEPT. 29 , ,
Inter-Co. Ladies' Auxiliary : ; v , ;.
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Perquimans Lodge No. 106 will have a Special Meeting at,
? v H p.m. All members are urged to please be present. There
will be a presentation of Awards two 50 years awards,
and foyr 25 years awards'. Refreshments will be served.
THURSDAY, OCT. 2 , ,.
."k Hertford Lions Club ' "
'. American Legion 8 p.m.
: American Legion Auxiliary
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Perquimans County Jaycettes Will sponsor a fashion
s how on Friday, Nov. 7 at Hertford Grammar School.
Tickets will be $2 and can be purchased from a Jaycette or
; -cue Squad Ladies' Auxiliary member. Proceeds will go
So L. y an aspirator for the Perqimans County Rescue
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alcohol, was given a 90-day
sentence suspended for 2
years a fine If $100.00 and
cost, ordered not to operate
a motor vehicle in North
Carolina until duly licensed
by the State, and not to
violate any Federal, State,
or local laws. An appeal was
noted;
Shelton L. Riddick was
found guilty of failure to see
intended movement could
be made in safety and
received a 30-day sentence
suspended for 2 years, a fine
of $25.00 and cost, and
ordered to pay or cause to be
paid the amount of $504.08 to
the Town of Hertford, and
not violate .any Federal,
Stateor local laws; :
Irene Welch was taxed
with cost for using profane
language on the highway;
Christopher Smith,
charged with speeding, was
given a 30-day sentence
suspended for 2 years, a fine
of $25.00 and cost, and told
not to violate any Federal,
State, or local laws;
Clarence Everette
Monroe, charged with
speeding, was given a 30
day sentence suspended for 2
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years, a fine of $50.00 and
cost, and told not to violate
any Federal, State, or local
laws; ' .
Shirley Copeland Brooks
was taxed with a fine of $10.00.
and cost for a stop sign
violation;
McDonald Arnold was
found guilty of an Inspection,
Certificate charge and given
a 30-day sentence suspended
for 2 years and fined $50.00
and cost;
William Haywood Weaver
was found guilty of reckless
driving and was given a 90
day sentence. An appeal
was noted. '
Additional
Teachers
Mrs. Frances T.
Hollowell, Headmistress at
Chowan Academy,
announces an increased
enrollment and the
appointment of two
additional teachers for the
1975-76 school year.
Miss Carolyn Asbell of
Tyner is assisting Mrs.
Hollowell in . the
mathematics department.
She is teaching math in the
seventh and eighth grades
and beginning typing. Miss
Asbell attended Mount Olive
College and earned her B.S.
degree from East Carolina
University. She did her
student teaching in the Pitt
county schools in
Winterville. N.C, after
which she was employed by
the Edenton-Chowan School
System. Miss Asbell is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carlton Asbell of Tyner.
Mrs. J. Scott Harrell, Jr.
of Edenton is offering art
lessons to students in grades
seven through twelve. Mrs.
Harrell received her degree
in art from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. These lessons are given
weekly. She is also teaching
adult art classes under the
auspices of the Chowan Arts
Council. She had a private
showing of her works in
Edenton this summer.
NOW YOU KNOW
The word kidnap was
coined in 1680 in Britain by
linking the slang
expressions of . "kid,"
meaning a child, and "nap"
or "wab," meaning to
snatch, to describe the then
prevalent practice of
stealing children and
sending them to seyitude on
British plantations in
America.
In order to help with some
of the financial needs of the
Perquimans County
Marching . Unit, , the
Perquimans County
Jaycettes have planned to
sponsor a General Store on
Saturday, Oct. 4 at the
Episcopal Parish House on
Church St. in Hertford, from
10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
, Some of the itmes to be
featured for sale will include
arts and crafts, baked
goods, cokes, used clothing
and used furniture. All of the
proceeds will go to the
marching unit.
Members of the Marching
Unit Parents' Club will be
assisting the Jaycettes- in
making itmes to sell and
operating the General Store.
Also, . marching unit
members will be on hand
Saturday to offer a
babysitting service for
shopping mothers at a small
fee. i
. Persons who would like to
donate used items or who
have a craft or homemade
item they would like to sell
on consignment, should
contact Jaycette President
Jean Brown at 42&-5009 or
General Store Chairperson,
Claudia Bunch at 426-5659
before October 1.
General
Store
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ALLIANCE CHAIRMAN Paul Barber of Martin
County, chairman of the Alliance for Progress, presided
over the meeting last Tuesday night in Edenton, He
explained how the six counties in the alliance had united
their efforts and were a stronger union due to their coming
together to form the alliance.
Alliance
Six
By KATHY NEWBERN
Members of the Alliance
for Progress, Inc. along with
School Board members and
county commissioner from
the six-county "area makings
up the alliance met last
Tuesday night in Edenton.
During the appreciation
dinner, several committee
members made reports to
the group with the main
order of business being a '
computer program
proposal.
Attending from
Perquimans County were all
school board members,
Local Schools
Receive Over
$169,000 In
Title 1 Grant
The Perquimans County schools have received a
grant of $169,504 under part A of Title I, Elementary
and Secondary Education Act, according to State
School Superintendent Craig Phillips. This grant will
support special education programs during the school
year 1975-76.
According to Harold Webb, Deputy Assistant
Superintendent for Compensatory Education for the
State Education Agency, "Title I provides funds to
local education agencies for use in helping to break
the cycle' bf poverty through equalization of
educational opportunity. These funds must be used to
expand and improve education programs
contributing to the special needs of educationally
deprived children."
Nearly all North Carolina school units have used
Title I funds to support special reading programs.
Seventy-eight units have Title I kindergartens, and 36
units have special programs in mathematics. One
unit has started an experimental program in
pre-kindergarteh for 4-year-olds.
For fiscal 1976 North Carolina has been granted a
total of $48,615,109 in Title I Part A funds. This is
slightly more, statewide, than-the total of $47,964,045
received during the 1974-75 school year.
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File For Election
The Perquimans County Board of Elections has
announced that three candidates have filed for the non
partisan municipal election for the Town of Hertford to be
held November 4. At press time no candidates had filed for
the Town of Winfall election on that same date. Voting on
this election will be for mayor and two town commissioners
for both towns. The filing date will close at 12 noon on
October 3. ' "
Hertford Mayor Bill Cox has filed for re-election to that
position. Incumbent Billy L. Winslow has fUed;for Hertford
town councilman along with a newcomer,! George W.
Cooper who has alsq filed for town councilman for Hertford.
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iscusses Proposal
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Superintendent C.C. Walters
and Commissioners R.S.
Monds and Thomas Nixon.
Alton G. Elmore,
chairman of the committee
to look into the possibility of
obtaining a computer for the
six-county area reported on
the feasibility of the project.
He pointed out that in the
surrounding area there is no
access to a computer
system and that if the
alliance agrees to the plan,
much time could be saved.
Elmore added that one
possible problem would be
funding for such an
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BOARD OF EDUCATION MEMBERS - Attending the recent Alliance For Progress
meeting were all of the Perquimans County Board of Education members the Alliance
chairman are: (1. to r.) Emmett Long, Ralph Harrell, Thelma Elliott, Clifford Winslow
chairman; Paul Barber, alliance chairman; George Baker and Supt. C C Walters
(Newbern photos)
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undertaking. He explained
that often such a project can
be funded from outside
sources at first, but is later
left to stand on its own. One
possible solution for the
operation expenses, Elmore
continued, would be to do
computer work for other
agencies besides the schools
in the six counties, such as
tax departments, sheriffs'
departments, social
services, etc.
Clifford Winslow,
chairman of the
Perquimans County Board
of Education, also a member
of the committee, explained
some of the estimates for
purchasing and operating'
such a computer center. The
figures given were the
highest estimates for the
first three years of
operation. Total estimate
for personnel came to
$66,120 per year. This
included a data processing
manager, a program
analyst, a machine
operator, a secretary
operator, maid services and
employe benefits. The
estimated total for
operational expenses
including such tings as
machine rental, office
supplies, office furniture,
etc. amounted to $71,200 for
the first year and $66,600 for
each of the second and third
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. UPCOMING BAZAAR Mrs. Beulah Mae Chappell, vice-president of the Belvidere
Chappell Hill Fire Department Ladies' Auxiliary displays some of the crafts which will
; be sold during the bazaar on Friday and Saturday at the Belvidere Community Building.
The dollsand pillows shown were made by the club president Mrs. Maude Ellis.
Progress
years. The committee
presented an estimate of
$4,900 which would be
necessary for the first
year only to adapt the
facilities available into a
computer center. It was
announced that Bertie
County has offered a
building to house the
computer if the program is
approved. An estimate of
transportation costs, in
order to decentralize the
center as much as possible
for access by each of the six
counties, amounted to $6,700
for the first year, $3,300 for
the second and $3,400 for the
third year of operation. The
total estimated cost for a
three-year period came to
$421,060.
W.T. Modlin, chairman of
the Hertford County
Commissioners, pointed out
some of the organizational
structure for the computer
center. It would be owned by
the Alliance for Progress,
Inc. and each of the six
counties would have a key
punch machine which they
would choose to own, rent or
lease.
In connection with the
computer program proposal,
Neil Flemmins of Alamance
County was present to
explain how such a system
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has worked in his area.
Some of the services
rendered by their computer
include assistance in
financial management,
budget control, inventory,
"School payrolls, general
ledgers, tax receipts, voter
registration and grouped
print-outs of such, class
scheduling for students,
attendance records and
student report cards.
In other business, Alliance
for Progress chairman Paul
Barber of Martin County
explained some of the
programs currently being
offered through the help of
the alliance, some of the
sources for financing the
groups undertakings and
some of the projects being
proposed but not yet funded
such as the computer
center.
Counties making up the
Alliance for Progress, Inc.
include Perquimans, Gates,
Bertie, Martin, Chowan and
Hertford. The board is made
up of one county
commissioner, one board of
education member, one
superintendent, one
planning region
representative and a
municipal representative
from each of the six
counties. '
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