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Budget (CmOmmdtnmHtel) Cox tiplihwid that the $3,M0 cut oat of polkc department salaries was the elimination at anticipated part time assistance, and did not reflect any pay cut Further chances in general fund ex penses include: a *30 cut from the fire department; a $1,500 boost to the cemetery department, bringing that department's total up to &2J00; a *4,500 cut from the ice plant's budgeted amount of 133,500; $>,500 cut from non departmental expenses; and $2,000 trimmed from contingencies. The recreation department's allotted $41,000 in operating expenses did not change, nor did the inspection depart ment's budgeted $7,500. Utility fund changes The electric fund, originally budgeted $079,770, has been boosted by $34,404, which makes that fund's total $1,014,174. Cox captained that the 9M.4M here** vu bwd on the exr?(W refnnd from the Vepco whotosiW rate eue, and reminded that it had been badfalad as an expense in the general had. Amended electric fund expenditures include salaries and wages, up to $83,57? from $39,000, an increase Cox said ab sorbs budget cuts in administrative departmental wages; electricity for resale, up to fMMiS from #?000; contribution to general fund, down to 1179.23* from *111.300; and the addition of 117,608 to cover electrical depart mental expenses, a move Cox said followed the trend to make every department self-sufficient. The water-sewer department's operating budget is up to $128,427 from $118,500, an increase that is largely due to the recent increase in water-sewer rates, according to Cox. Amendments in water-sewer expenditures include: ?s $4,500 to $1,000; utilities, cut from $12,000 to $11,000; departmental material! add supplies, cot from $10,000 to $11.4ST; captial outlay improvements a ad equipment, cut $2,000 making that * allotment $1,000; contribution to defc service fund, up $31,171, whe<e previously there had been none; con tingencies, cot $1,000, thus eliminating that expense; the elimination of a $90, ON contribution to the general fund; and the addition of $13,000 in "self supporting" departmental expenses, inelndiqg payroll expense, employee benefits, and 201 study expenditures ! (4 A complete copy of the amended budget is available for public inspection at the town office, located in the Municipal Building on Grubb Street in Hertford. } Winfall's mayor pro-tern at an honorary dinner Mooday Words of praise Lloyd R. Morgan often words night of praise for recently retired mayor David Trueblood (left) i Mayor Trueblood is honored by JACK GROVE An appreciation dinner for ; Winfall's 83 year old mayor, David Trueblood, who recently retired, was held Monday night. Trueblood, North Carolina's oldest mayor, had served the town of Winfall in that post i since 1972. All of the Winfall Town Councilmen pitched in to make the dinner a success. Held at the Winfall Fire Department, the dinner featured barbequed chicken. Council member Jack Symons officiated at the barbecue grill. Following the meal, Win fall's new mayor, Lloyd Ray Morgan, introduced guests and termed the dinner "so successful we might make this an annual thing." Gathered to honor Trueblood were the town council, town employees and their wives and guests. Morgan called upon Symons for a few remarks. Symons began by saying that Morgan had called him outside prior to the dinner and said "Since you're the oldest one, you're supposed to do it." Addressing the guest of honor, Symons said "We want to thank Mr. Trueblood for the job he has done. Mr. Trueblood, we wish you a Merry Christinas and it's been a pleasure working with you." I Youths charged with vandalism ; Two Perquimans County ' High School students were arrested last Thursday on ;. charges of damaging a < teacher's car. The crime occurred on Nov. 23 after Don I nscoe, a teacher at the county high school, got ?his car stuck in the sand by the U.S. 17 by-pass bridge in Hertford. Inscoe left his car there for the night, and it was ex tensively damaged, according to Hertford Police Chief Marshall Merritt. A .22 pistol, a spotlight and three boxes of tapes were stolen from the car, Merritt said. Thomas Eric Belch, 16, of Rt. 1, Hertford was arrested and charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle, and aiding and abetting malicious damage to property in connection with the in cident. William Madre III, 17, of Rt. 3, Hertford was charged with larceny of a firearm, malicious damage to personal property and breaking and entering a motor vehicle. Merritt said that the two youths maintained that they did not know that the car belonged to a teacher. : Fires are reported Fast action by the Belvidere-Chapufcll Volunteer Fire Department may have prevented extensive damage to a Whiteston resident's home on Sunday morning. Floyd Stallings was burning trash at his home when the fire went out of control. "It burned right up around the house and all of the out buildings," said Mrs. Beecher Chappell, wife of the assistant fire chief. "We pulled some of our boys out of church to fight fire," she said. Because of the department's quick response, though, very little damage occurred, she said. The department was called out again on Tuesday when V NOW SAVE 50* On Ml (mw Of Rmewai) CHRISTMAS \ Gift Subscriptions ^ I - DISCOUNT RRTE - NOW THRU KC. 22 $7.00 Co. Rtsidwt 58.00 Ortof-Co. 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The program is being made possbile through the co sponsorship of the Nroth Carolina Department of Labor's Skill Training Im provement Program and the Albemarle Area Ap prenticeship Association. Applications will be U- 1 ouch offered here "U-Toueh", the new push button dialing convenience for telephone customers was extended to the following six central offices or exchanges on Dec, 2,: Sligo, Hertford, Moyock, Woodville, South Mills and Sunbury. Terry Daniels, District Commercial Manager, said the equipment for the new service is now available for subscribers of the Elizabeth I City District whos' telephone 1 number begins with: 482, 221, 297, 232, 426, 435, 264, 771 or : 465. Daniels went on to say that the new service is the latest thing in communications. "Many customers have ex pressed interest and we are happy to be able to provide the service at this time," he said. ? processed Thursday, Dec. 18 at Employment Security Commission, 201 W. 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