? THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 34, No. 1 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 5, 1978 urcui
Minimum W age
Is Increased
January 1 was a red
letter day for many
employees of small retail
and service businesses in
North Carolina.
That's the day on which
the Tar Heel State's re
quired minimum wage
moved up from |2.30 an
hour to $2.50 an hour.
On the basis of a 40-hour
workweek, the increase will
bring an extra $8 a week for
thousands of North
Carolina's lowest paid
v/ workers who make no more
than the minimum wage at
' their jobs.
It will be their second
"raise" in six months. By
action of the 1977 General
Assembly, the required
State minimum wage was
raised from $2 an hour to
$2.30 an hour on July 1, 1977.
That increase, plus the
additional 20-cent rise Jan.
1, add up to a 25 percent in
crease over the old $2
minimum.
"The $2.50 statutory
minimum wage will apply
to all non-exempt
employees in establish
ments having four or more
employees who are not
covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act (Federal
Wage-Hour Law)," ex
plained N.C. Commissioner
of Labor John C. Brooks.
"Many North Carolina
employees are covered by
the federal minimum,
which advance from the
present $2.30 an hour to
12.65 an hour on Jan. 1, in
those businesses having a
gross annual income of
$250,000 or more. However,
there are thousands of
other North Carolina
workers in small
establishments to whom the
federal law does not apply.
These workers are often
employed in small retail,
wholesale, food service and
service industry establish
ments. These people are in
debted to the foresight of
our General Assembly
which built in an additional
incrzase in the State
minimum wage in anticipa
tion of the increased federal
minimum."
"Without making a com
prehensive Statewide
survey, for which there is
neither a budget nor per
sonnel, we have no reliable
way of estimating either
how many workers are
covered by the State
minimum wage at present,
or how many of those who
are covered are currently
being paid less than $2.50 an
hour," Commissioner
Brooks stated. "1 believe
that the new minimum
wage will have a substan
tial impact upon the earn
ings of many North
Carolina workers who are
covered by the State law."
Sen. Helms
iy To Be Honored
The North Carolina Con
gressional Club will honor
U.S. Senator Jesse A.
Helms with a dinner at the
National Guard Armory in
Edenton on Friday, Jan. 20
at8p.m.
Senator Helms, one of
America's leading conser
vative spokesmen, has been
instrumental in efforts to
retain U.S. jurisdiction of
the Panama Canal. A critic
of wasteful spending by
Congress, Senator Helms
has returned to the Federal
Treasury over $800,000
allocated to him for use in
bis Senate office during the
past five years. Helms cur
rently serves on the
Agriculture, Nutrition, and
Forestry Committee, the
Armed Services Commit
tee, and the Joint Commit
tee on Congressional
Operations. He has main
tained a 97 percent atten
dance record since taking
office in the Senate.
The North Carolina Con
gressional Club is a bi
partisan organization of
over 2,000 members across
the state. Senator Helms is
the honorary chairman of
the club, which stands for
principles of individual
freedom, the preservation
of the free enterprise
system, and fiscally sound
government.
Tickets for the barbeque
and chicken dinner are
available for $5 each at both
branches of the Bank of
North Carolina in Edenton,
at Southgate Cleaners in
Elizabeth City, and at Hert
ford Hardware in Hertford.
Student tickets are $1 each.
ESEA Council
Members Named
The following persons
have been appointed to
serve on the ESEA Title I
Advisory Council for Per
quimans County Schools.
Mrs. Glennie Miller,
chairman; Mrs. Gladys
Hall, vice chairman; Mrs.
Thelma Wilson, secretary.
Representing the Per
quimans County Health
Department will be Louise
Ervin. Other members in
clude Willie Harvey of the
Economic Improvement
Council, Thelma Wilson of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Col
ored People (NAACP),
principals Bill Tice, Shelton
Davis and Gary Stubbins,
assistant PCHS principal
Henry Felton.
Representing the Per
quimans County Depart
ment of Social Services will
be Emily Holmes. And
parents serving on the
council are: Irma Blan
chard, Jean Chappell,
Theressa Welch, Sandra
Elliott, and Mary Jones.
Morris Kornegay is direc
tor and Estelle Felton is
community service aide.
Civic Calendar
THURSDAY, JAN. 5 v
American Legion Aux. meets.
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: Hertford Lions Club meets.
SATURDAY JAN. 7
The Perquimans Masonic Lodge 106 will have a chit
terling and pig feet supper at Noah Gregory's garage
beginning at 3:90 until. $100 ail you can eat for Masonic
/ Lodge members and guests.
I MONDAY. JAN. 9
I Inter-Co. Fire Dept
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Chamber Commerce Board of Directors. ,
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Jaycee Directors Meet.
TUESDAY, JAN. 10
Hartford Rotary Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
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FIREMEN RESPOND - Members of the
Hertford Fire Department responded to
the site of a three-vehicle accident on U.S.
17 last Friday to extinguish flames in one
of the cars involved and, as shown, above,
to water down the highway to prevent fur
ther fire hazard.
DAMAGES ESTIMATED AT $8,000 -
This car, driven by Agnes Hare Hollowell
of Edenton, received an estimated $8,000 in
damages when it collided with the
jacknifed truck in Friday's three-vehicle
accident. Mrs. Hollowell and passenger 7
year old Dana Darnell were both seriously
injured and are under intensive care.
(Staff photos by Ray Ward)
Two Seriously Injured In Accident
Slick roads and rainy con
ditions resulted in an acci
dent involving three
vehicles Friday, Dec. 30 at
3:45 p.m. The accident
occurred on U.S. 17
approximately two miles
north of Hertford.
A tractor-trailer truck
driven by James W. Belch,
45, of Rt. 1, Tyner was
traveling north on U.S. 17
behind other north bound
traffic. The truck started
slowing behind traffic, then
jacknifed in the path of a
car heading south on U.S.
17. That car was operated
by Agnes Hare Hollowell,
57, of Queen Anne Dr.,
Edenton. The Hollowell car
was being followed by a late
model station wagon
operated by William Davis
Stephenson, 42, of Virginia
Beach, Va.
The Hollowell car struck
the jacknifed truck and
started burning. The sta
tion wagon then struck the
Hollowell car.
According to i n -
vestigating patrolman Y.Z.
Newberry, SBI Agent
William Arden (Doc) Hog
gard was the first on the
TICKETS GO ON SALE - Wayne Winslow
(right), chairman of the Jaycees Annual
Awards Banquet, is shown selling the first
tickets to Ray Ward, President of the Per
quimans County Jaycees. The banquet,
scheduled for Jan. 20 honors four out
standing young people in the community
and is open to the public.
Jaycees Announce Banquet
For Outstanding Service
The Perquimans County
Jaycees haye announced
plans to sponsor their An
nual Awards Night Ban
quet. This year's banquet is
scheduled for Jan. 20 ac
cording to banquet chair
man Wayne Winslow. The
banquet honors deserving
young people between the
ages of 18 and 36. This year,
four oustanding members
of the community will be
recognized.
This year's nominees for
Outstanding Young Farmer
include Ronnie Baker,
Bobby Harreli, Paul Smith
Jr. and Ray Winslow. For
the Outstanding Young
Educator Award, nominees
are Shelton Davis and
Brenda Terranova. One
young fireman in the com
munity will receive the'
Outstanding Young
Firefighter Award.
Nominees for this honor are
Edgar Roberson, Richard
Winslow and Wayne
Winslow. The Distinguished
Service Award, the most
prestigious award
presented annually by the
Jayeees, will also b*
awarded. Nominees for
DBA are Edward Biwwa
Jr.. Parker Newbern and
Douglas Umphlett.
According to Winslow,
winners have been selected
in each category by a panel
of judges and will be named
and honored on the night of
the banquet.
Tickets are available to
the public and may be ob
tained from any Jaycee or
by calling Thomas Hurdle
at 426-7986.
Winslow stated, "These
awards are presented
annually to outstanding in
dividuals. And the Jaycees
urge the public to come and
help us honor those who are
the future of Perquimans
County."
Correction Is Noted
In last week's edition of The Perquimans Weekly, a news
release appeared concerning a public bearing for the
Northeastern Rural Health Development Association's
proposal to establish a primary care project in Bertie,
Chowan, , Gates, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington
counties.
The news release, printed in The Perquimans Weekly
and other area newspapers, stated that "competition" was
the reason physicians and pharmacists in the area opposed
the proposal. It has been determined that this was an error.
The competition aspect entered the picture, according to
an out-of-town reporter who attended a meeting in Green
ville, N.C. on Dec. 1, when supporters of a rural health
clinic in Gates County spoke in opposition to the NHRDA
plan.
Fear was expressed that the location of two medical
clinics within II miles of each other, "could create a situa
tion where neither of these facilities, in competition with
each other, and the four larger hospitals, could survive
economical1?, in fact if they drive each other out of
businen, Gates County would be without the service of a
primary car* clinic which so many have worked so long to
get" *
scene and removed Mrs.
Hollowell and Dana
Darnell, 7, a passenger,
from the burning car.
The Hertford Volunteer
Fire Department
responded, putting out the
car fire and washing down
the road to dilute escaping
gasoline.
The Perquimans County
Rescue Squad also
responded. Belch, driver of
the truck, was treated for
pain and released. Mrs.
Hollowell is in the Intensive
Care Unit at Albemarle
Hospital in Elizabeth City.
Dana Darnell is also in the
Intensive Care Unit at
Norfolk General Hospital.
Stephenson and his wife, a
passenger in the car, were
both taken to Albemarle
Hospital and released.
Patrolman Newberry
reported that Belch was
charged with driving too
fast for existing conditions.
Estimated damages to
the truck were $4,000, to the
Hollowell car, $8,000 and to
the Stephenson car, $700.
Searching For Doctor:
Clinic Lease Is Signed
Chowan Medical Center,
P. A. has recently signed a
lease on the Hertford
Medical Clinic, previously
operated by Dr. Robert
Hodgson. Dr. Richard
Hardin, president of the
Edenton corporation of
physicians, signed a three
year lease on the property.
The members of Chowan
Medical Center have been
actively recruiting for the
Hertford Clinic over the
past three months. Thus
far, five doctors have
shown interest in the posi
tion by visiting Edenton
and Hertford. It is believed
that a doctor will be pro
cured in the near future as
a full time physician for
Hertford. At that time
medical back up will be of
fered by the established
Edenton group and the
facilities of Chowan
Hospital, Inc.
All previous patient
charts will remain in the
Hertford Clinic. For the in
terim, until a doctor is ob
tained, patients should con
tact the physician of their
choice atjut any medical
problems or contact their
pharmacist, who in turn
will contact the physician of
the patient's choice about
refills on their medications.
Hunting Accident
A hunting accident oc
curred in the Hurdletown
section of Perquimans
County around 10 a.m. Mon
day morning according to a
report from Perquimans
County Sherrif Julian
Broughton.
Linwood Turner of Rt. 4,
Hertford, who was deer
hunting with friends, was
accidentally shot in the
neck with buckshot. Turner
was taken to Albemarle
Hospital by his father, was
treated and released.
Truck Overturns ; Fire
Built To Keep W arm
LATE NIGHT MISHAP - This tractor
trailer truck hauling corn to Norfolk, Va.
for Pantego Distributing Co. overturned in
Winfall late Monday night. Driver Jimmy
Cooke and passenger Ricky Smith were
making the late night haul when the driver
dropped the truck's registration card in
the floor of the cab. Cooke bent down to
niak it up briefly taking his eyes off the
roti causing the truck to then overturn in
the ditch. The two explained that they built
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a fire Monday night to keep warm and
stayed at the site. The accident was in
vestigated by Trooper C.B. Sanborn. Early
Tuesday morning, efforts were being
made to finish unloading the truck of its re
maining cargo, some of which was lost in
the accident, so the truck could be righted.
Both young men escaped the mishap
without injury. (Staff photo by Yvonne
Baker)
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