THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume S3, No. ? USPS 42S-0M Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, February M, 19M 2S CENTS
Sweethearts
Remembered
Valentine's Day didn't go
unnoticed by the youth in
Perquimans County.
Roses were in abundance
last Friday at Perquimans
County High School as stu
dents professed their love
and friendship on a day set
aside for sweethearts.
(Photo by Jane Williams.)
Commissioners discussed variety of topics
By DEBBIE T. STALUNGS
The Perquimans County Board
of Commissioners met in regua
lar session on Monday night,
February 17, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. in
the Perquimans County Court
house.
As set out in their agenda, the
Commissioners heard first a pre
sentation by Paul Gregory of
budget amendments for Social
Services line items. The Board
approved the ammendments.
In further action, the Board dis
cussed the proposed purchase of
a county tanker with representa
tives from Durante Neck, Bethel,
Belvidere, and Inter-County Fire
Departments. The Board will
consider all facts and opinions
I presented and bring the matter
before the Board for decision at a
later date.
A four-month leave of absence
without pay had been requested
by Sharon Lane and was ap
proved by the Board of Commis
sioners.
The Board approved installa
tion of additional panel boxes at
Albemarje Commission building
to serve new computers in
FmHA and ASCS offices.
A report was presented on the
scheduled closing of the Winfall
Water Plant on Monday, Feb
ruary 24, 1966 for sandblasting
and painting of the facility. The
plant will be closed for approxi
mately two weeks in order to
complete the necessary repairs.
No interuption of service is fore
seen.
The Board approved a recom
mendation from the Planning
Board that the Board of Commis
sioners apply for a grant to de
velop a zoning ordinance and mo
bile home park ordinance for
Perquimans County.
Discussion was held on the pro
posal by the Dispatch Board to
institute a 911 emergency phone
system for Perquimans County.
The Board of Commissioners
postponed action on this proposal
until action is taken on the 911
system in Chowan County as the
action of Chowan County may af
fect the Perquimans County sys
tem.
Following a requesLtrom land
owners in New Hope Township,
the Board of County Commis
sioners began researching the
feasibility of a law that would
protect both the rights of the
landowners and the rights of le
gitimate hunters in the commu
nity.
The request from New Hope
property owners stems from
problems with hunters trespass
ing on private land and also hunt
ing on the highway right of way
in that community.
The original proposal for the
bill would make it unlawful to
hunt, take, or kill any bird or ani
mal from any public road, street
or highway thoroughfare.
A concerned group of hunters
who could be affected by the new
hunting ordinances attended
Monday night's meeting. The
group will formally present a pe
tition for the Board's consider
ation at its next regularly sched
uled meeting.
Judge Williams presides over Superior Court
From Staff Reports
The Honorable Fred J. Wil
liams of Durham presided over
the February session of Superior
Court in Perquimans County.
The following cases were heard:
Cameo Winslow was sentenced
to a nine-month term in the North
Carolina Department of Correc
tions for a probation violation.
Winslow was originally charged
with possession of a controlled
substance and given a suspended
Red Cross
in need
of funds
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
^ The Perquimans County Chap
; ter of the American Red Cross is
; in danger of losing funds from
the national organization if mon
; ies aren't soon collected to pay
annual dues.
The Red Cross provides disas
: ter relief nationwide to victims of
disaster through monetary sup
port, food and emergency shelter
provisions.
During 1984 and 1965 the Na
tional Red Cross spent more than
$30,000.00 in Perquimans County
alone to aid victims of fires and
storms.
Numerous county residents
? were aided by the Red Cross
. when a herd of tornadoes swept
: through the county during the
; winter of 1964; and countless
other have received aid when
their homes were destroyed by
fire.
Perquimans County's eligibil
ity payment to the Red Cross is
$460 per year. This money must
be paid to insure the continued
support of the Red Cross in this
county. Additional (taurfkms are
also needed to replenish the orga
nization's emergency relief fund
.. /
sentence.
Mary Lucille Etheridge plead
guilty to accessory after the fact
to a sexual offense. She was sen
tenced to three-years in the cus
tody of the North Carolina De
partment of Corrections,
suspended upon conditional su
pervised probation for a five
year period.
Conditions of probation in
clude: that she must obtain a
G.E.D.; gainemploymet; donate
200-hours of community service;
and attend Albemarle Mental
Health Center.
Two additional counts of the
same charge were voluntarily
dismissed by the State.
Samuel Louis Cohen was found
not guilty by jury trial to break
ing and entering and fellonious
larceny.
Cleaveland Alexander Sutton
plead guilty to driving while im
paired. He was sentenced to not
less than 24-hours and not more
than 72-hours in the custody of
the Sheriff of Perquimans
County.
Eddie Lee Rankins was found
girilty of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill, inflict
ing serious bodily injury. He was
senteced to eight-years undo* the
jurisdiction of the North Carolina
Department of Corrections. An
appeal was noted.
Rankins was also convicted of
simple assault, for which he re
ceived a 30-day sentence. An ap
peal Was noted.
The State of North Carolina
voluntarily dismissed a case
against Ella Mae Privott for two
counts of assault with a deadly
weapon.
A case against Donald Felton
for injury to real property was
voluntarily dismissed.
Bobby Winslow plead guilty to
simple assault and was sen
tenced to 30-days in the custody
of the Sheriff of Perquimans
County. The sentence was sus
in lieu of conditional un
conditions are: that
. a 48-hour term in
DMfct Jail; pay a
$50.00 fine and costs of court; and
that he must not go on the prem
ises of Mr. Gregg Biggs, Route 4,
Hertford, or in any way contact
him or any member of his family
during the suspended portion of
this sentence.
A case involving two counts of
communicating threats against
Arlene Frances White received
voluntary dismissal by the State
of North Carolina.
Salvin Perkins plead guilty to
driving while impaired, and driv
ing left of the center line. He was
sentenced to 90-days in the cus
tody of the Sheriff of Perquimans
County. The sentence was sus
pended in favor of conditional su
pervised probation for an 18
month period.
Probation conditions are: He
must reimburse the State of
North Carolina for attorney fees;
complete 72-hours of community
service work; complete Alcohol
and Drug Education Traffic
School ; and surrender operator's
license.
He was also fined $50.00 for
driving left of the center line.
A limited driving permit was
granted.
A charge of driving 70 m.p.h.in
a 55 m.p.h. zone and was volun
tarily dismissed.
A case against Karen Berry
Mitchell for expired registration
was remanded back to Perqui
mans County District Court. She
was ordered to pay a fine of
920.00 and costs of court.
Martin Edward Bateman
plead guilty to simple assault. He
was sentenced to 30-days sus
pended, with unsupervised pro
bation for a period of one-year.
He was ordered to pay a fine of
$25.00 and costs of court ; and or
dered not to assault, strike, or in
any way contact or threaten
Thomas Ambrose for a one-year
period.
The following cases were con
tinued until the next scheduled
session of Perquimans County
SuDerior Court:
TheState of North Carolina vs.
Sffmiri ]t Cohen accused of
intimidating a witness and com
munknttog threats; ;? ' *
The State of North Carolina vs.
Thomas James Clauson on
charges of simple assault and fe
lonious breaking and entering.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Joel Felix Hollowell, Jr. on one
count of felonious larceny and
possession.
The State of North Carolina vs.
James Irvin White on the
charges of felonious larceny and
possession.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Edward Junior Woodard (alias
Buddy Woodard) on the charge
of murder.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Diane Linda Perry oo a charge of
perjury.
liie State of North Carolina vs.
Christopher Scott Dance on the
charges of breaking and entering
and felonious larceny and posses
sion.
The State of North Carolina vs.
LeVerne Sargent Howard on the
charges of possession of drug
paraphernalia, misdemeanor
possession of marijuana, and
selling and delivering of a con
trolled substance pursuant to
Schedule VI.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Clarence Ayers Chestnut on the
charges of two counts of larceny
by an employee, attempted lar
ceny by employee.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Eddie Lee Rankin* on the
charges of assault on a female,
injury to personal property, two
counts of communicating
threats, and unauthorised use of
a conveyance.
The State of North Carolina v.
Wayne Corprew on the charge of
assault inflicting serious injury.
The State of North Carolina rs.
June CtayreU Bateman on the
charges of simple assault, two
counts of assault by pointed gun,
and assault with a deadly
weapon.
The State of North Carolina vs.
Barnice T. White on the charges
of tearing the scene of an acci
dent and assault on a female.
Board of Education
discusses improved
security measures
at schools
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
The Perquimans County Board
of Education met in special ses
sion last Thursday morning at
Hertford Grammar School in or
der to give board members the
opportunity to tour the facility.
Board members discussed the
need for a revision of the school
system's promotion-retention
policy to become consistent with
new state regulations.
Under the new state guidelines
students in grades three, six, and
eight who score below 28-per
centile in reading and math on
state tests will be administered a
second test. If the students don't
achieve a satisfactory score on
the second test, they will be re
quired to attend summer school
in order to be promoted.
A draft for the new policy was
drawn up for review and will be
discussed at a later meeting.
Pat Harrell reported to the
board that an accreditation study
team had visited the county two
weeks ago to review reports.
They expressed a favorable re
sponse to the reports and stated
that they would recommend ac
creditation for the system under
the new state guidelines this fall.
The board also discussed in
stallation of security systems at
Perquimans Union School in
Winfall and at Perquimans
County high School to help deter
future break-ins. Recent break
ins at the two school's have re
quired costly repair work at the
points of entry. The board in
structed Harrell to look into the
costs and availability of such sys
tems
The board voted to install secu
rity gates at all three drive-way
entrances at Perquimans Union
School to prevent unauthorized
vehicles from entering the cam
pus at night.
A project designed to alleviate
the traffic problem in front of
Hertford Grammar School was
submitted to the North Carolina
Department of Transportation
last week for approval.
The project calls for a separate
drive-way and parking lot for
school buses. At present there is
a congestion problem in front of
the facility due to buses loading,
unloading and parking on the cir
cle drive.
The board also discussed the
state-wide one-half cents sales
tax increase proposed in the sen
ate. The tax would go directly
into individual counties to be
used for school facility buildings
construction and improvements.
Locally the tax would amount to
an excess of $280,000.00 in avail
able funds for facility im
provements.
Broughton ordered
to close restaurant
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
HERTFORD? Perquimans
County Sheriff Julian "Little
Man" Broughton was issued a
criminal summons last week for
operating a restaurant without
obtaining a permit from the local
health department.
The restaurant was operated
out of the Hertford Bus Station,
an establishment that is owned
and operated by Broughton.
Perquimans County Sanitarian
Ronald McDougald sought the
aid of the courts after ordering
the restaurant to cease opera
tion. The incident came about af
ter a man in McDougald's de
partment purchased a sandwich
from the eatery last Sunday
morning.
McDougald stated this his of
fice had received complaints
about the business selling food
without a permit since the re-lo
cation of the operation to its cur
rent address on Edenton-Road
Street. The business had pre
viously been operated on Church
Street, where a restaurant-type
facility was in use with proper
permits.
McDougald said that he had
disclosed the complaints to
Broughton prior to last week's
shutdown, and had urged
Broughton to obtain a permit
from the county health depart
ment.
There is no charge for the per
mit, which certifies that a restau
rant meets health regulations. A
permit is required for any estab
lishment that sells food at a
profit.
Broughton was scheduled to
make a court appearance this
week on the charges of operating
a restaurant without a permit.
The restaurant portion of the
business was ordered to remain
closed until after the court date.
According to McDougald, once
the case is tried the restaurant
may re-open if it is brought up to
health department standards,
and a permit is obtained.
NCNB names Rawls
Vice president
EDENTON, NC ? O.B. Rawls
IV hat been promoted to vice
president at NCNB National
Bank. He is branch administra
tor in Eden ton.
Rawls joined NCNB in 1977 as a
consumer credit adjuster. Since
then he has held a number of po
sitions, including branch man
ager and city executive in seve
ral cities, including Washington,
Tarboro and Hertford.
A native of Washington, Raids
graduated from Washington
High School and received his
bachelor of science in correctio
nal services from East Carolina
University.
Rawh, who is active in his
community, is president-elect of
the Hertford Rotary Club and a
board member of the Perqui
mans Restoration Association,
Partners with Youth and the Per
quimans County Committee of
100. He received the Jaycees Di?
tinguished Service Award in
1979.
Rawls has been a member of
the N.C. Aftny National Guard
since 1970.
He and his wife Mary have one
son, Brad, 3.
NCNB National Bank is the
main subsidiary of Charlotte
based NCNB Corp., the largest
bank holding company in the
South with $22 billion in assets.
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