THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 40, No. 31 USPS 428-090 Hortford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, August 2, 1904 25 CENTS
Appreciation Day,
honoring members age 70
and over, was held at
Bagley Swamp Wesleyan
Church last Sunday.
Thirteen of the church's
senior members were in
attendance
Two of the ladies in the
group, Clara Winslow and
Grace Smith, were
presented plaques of
appreciation for 40 years
of service as
secretary/treasurer and
Sunday School teacher,
respectively.
County receives almost
$ V4 million in allocations for
secondary road improvements
By JANE WILLIAMS
The Perquimans County
Commissioners along with many
area residents received good
news in late July concerning
appropriations made by the
North Carolina General
Assembly for secondary road
improvements through the state.
The North Carolina
Department of Transportation
received word from the General
Assembly early in July that they
would receive 1-3/8 cents of the
state's 12 1/4 cents per gallon
gasoline tax for secondary road
improvements.
On July 20 The Transportation
Board met and approved more
than $45.4 million for secondary
road construction improvements
statewide.
As of January 1, 1984,
Perquimans County had a total
of 89.92 miles of unpaved
secondary roads. Statewide the
total mileage of unpaved
secondary roads is 18,183.
Perquimans County's share of
the $45.4 million dollar allocation
is $224,755.00.
State Secretary of
Transportation W.R. Roberson,
Jr. said that passage of Governor
James B. Hunt Jr.'s "Good
Roads' Program" by the 1981
General Assembly was the
essential step that has ensured
continued funding for secondary
road improvements in North
Carolina.
"Without this action, the
revenues that enable us to
maintain and improve an all
weather secondary road network
would not have been available,"
Roberson said.
The amount of funding that
each county will receive is
determined by a formula
established by the state
legislature. According to the
formula, every county receives a
percentage of the total funds
based on the unpaved secondary
roads in the county in relation to
the total mileage of unpaved
secondary roads in the state.
Roberson noted that North
Carolina's secondary road
system is composed of 59,611
miles. He said, "These roads,
many of which were the old and
narrow farm-to-market roads,
have become vital home-to-work
routes for our citizens."
The funds allocated by the
General Assembly will be used
for improvements to the
secondary road system, such as
new paving, widening exisiting
paved roads, improving unpaved
roadways- to an "all weather
condition," replacing small
bridges and strengthening paved
roads to relieve present weight
restrictions.
Several items of criteria were
approved during the Board of
Transportation meeting,
including the reservation of 15
per cent of each county's
allocated funds, as needed, for
spot stabilization to improve
roads that will not be paved
during 1984.
The Board also recognized the
need to continue to address
safety problems on the paved
and unpaved secondary roads.
Felton appointed to AEMC Board
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The first black and the first
woman was recently appointed
to Albemarle EMC's Board of
Directors.
Estelle Felton, who lives in the
Beach Springs community of
Perquimans County, has been
appointed to serve out the term
of the late Archie T. Lane, Sr.,
whose term would have expired
October, 1984, at the Annual
Meeting.
Felton is one of nine members
of the Board of Directors who
represent some 6,000 members in
Chowan, Perquimans,
Pasquotank, Currituck and
Camden Counties. Felton's
historic appointment came
during the May 28th Board of
Directors meeting.
Felton for the past 10 years has
been employed by the
Perquimans County Board of
Education. Her position is
Chapter I Parent Advisory
Council Coordinator. She also
serves as Migrant Records
Clerk.
The newly appointed Director
has been active in community
life. She is presently serving or
has served the following? First
Vice President of the NAACP,
Director of the Open Door,
President of the choir, church
clerk, and deaconess at Saunders
Grove Baptist Church, past
chairperson of the Democratic
Party for Perquimans County,
and chairperson for the 1983
Nominating Committee of EMC
Directors.
Felton stated she is willing to
learn all she can about the EMC
and be a good board member.
Felton said, "I certainly feel
real honored even to have a
chance to come behind a man
like Mr. Lane, who was not only a
friend but a servant of the
people. Our community
definitely looked up to Mr.
Lane."
MRS. ESTELLE FELTON
Perry promoted
by NCNB firm
Daisy Perry has been
named Office Manager of the
Hertford Office of North
Carolina National Bank,
according to NCNB City
Executive 0. B. Rawls, IV.
Perry, who joined the bank
in 1977 as a teller, began her
new duties on July 9. She was
previously Operations
Manager for NCNB in the
Edenton Office where she
served the Hertford and
Hobbsville Offices as well.
A native of Perquimans
County, she is married to
Carroll S. Perry, Jr., and has
? daughter Shqri Lane.
Perquimans semi-pro baseball team
advances to state tournament play
By JANG WILLIAMS
As youth league baseball winds
down for the remainder of the
summer, die-hard baseball fans
can still get a great deal of
pleasure from the sport through
the Perquimans County Semi
Pro Baseball team.
The team, which is affiliated
with the Albemarle Semi-Pro
Baseball League, has become the
triumphant winner of the local
league, and will advance next
week to state tournament play in
Mooresville, N.C.
If the team remains victorious
throughout the state tournament
they will be eligible to continue
play at the Southeastern
Regionals in Memphis,
Tennessee, and then the National
Tournament in Detroit,
Michigan.
Roy Perkins, President of the
League, said recently that he
saw no reason that the
Perquimans team couldn't make
it into the National play-offs.
"Those boys play good
baseball," Perkins said.
The team is coached by Marvin
Hunter, of Hertford, and Wadell
Harrell, of Chowan County, both
of whom incidentally have sons
playing on the team.
The league is a member of the
American Amatuer Baseball
Conference, headquartered out
of Marshall, Michigan.
Locally the teams are
supported by donations from
Individuals and merchants. c
The Albemarle League was
formed for the 1983 season, and
began with four teams
participating.
This year three teams
participated in the league and it
is expected that the league will
be comprised of nine teams in
1985.
Eight teams have already
committed themselves to the
league (or next year. Those
teams are Manteo,
Robersonville, Pasquotank,
Perquimans, Askewville,
Colerain, Edenton and Mid-Way.
There is a possibility that
Hamilton will also have a team in
the league next year.
Roy Perkins, President of the
Albemarle Semi-Pro
Baseball League presents
Marvin Hunter, coach of the
Perquimans team,' with a
plaque declaring them league
champions. The team will
now trav^| to Mooresrille,
N. C. for the state
tournament. (Photo by Jane
Williams)