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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY ? - . Volume S3, No. 13 USPS 428-030 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, March 27, 1*M 25 CENTS Search continues for area fisherman By JANE B. WILLIAMS The search for a Bethel man, reported missing late Thursday evening after a day long fishing trip, was still underway at press time Tuesday afternoon. Perquimans County Sheriff Ju lian "Little Man" B rough ton stated in a telephone interview on Tuesday that the search for Billy Corprew wa. still under way, but as of yet the only thing that has been recovered is a new gas tank that authorities are sure was his. The tank was discovered in Bull's Bay in the Albemarle Sound on Sunday morning after more than two days of searching the Sound for Corprew. B rough ton said that the search was being conducted by his de partment, N.C. Wildlife, N.C. Marine Fisheries Dept., the Coast Guard, Hertford and Eden ton Rescue Squads and numer ous volunteers. The Coast Guard has employed the use of planes and boats, but have failed to turn up any trace of Corprew other than the gas tank that was found on Sunday. And A One , And A Two... Local ladies have been getting into the ba sics of physical fitness during the month of March at a series offered by tbe local Ex tension Service that highlighted nutrition and fitness. Earline White, pictured center. was the coordinator for the workshop, that included exercise sessions, aerobics, and a program on food, fitness and health. (Photo by Jane Williams.) Two bus drivers suspended after accidents occur By JANE B. WILLIAMS Two school bus accidents, four days apart and approximately one-mile apart, occured last week in Perquimans County. The first incident occured on Rural Road 1300 (New Hope Road) on Monday morning when Bus 6, driven by Kenny Nixon, apparently ran off the right edge of the road towards the ditch and then veered back onto the road turning over on its right side. Nixon was charged with reck less driving. The accident was in vestigated by Trooper Billy Long of the North Carolina Highway Patrol. The second incident occured on Thursday morning when Bus 7, driven by Robert Andell Mullen of Route 4, Hertford, proceeded across the intersection of Rural Road 1300 and U.S. 17 By-Pass and was hit by a delivery truck owned by Colonial Sales Inc. of Elizabeth City. According to Winfall Police Chief Joe Lothian, Mullen had apparently stopped at a stop sign to cross the intersection, and evi dently did not allow enough time to cross the intersection consid ering the oncoming traffic. The truck was operated by High percentage of county children immunized North Carolina remains a na tional leader in immunizing chil dren against communicable dis eases, according to State Health Director Dr. Ronald Levine. State records show that 99.2 per cent of the 179,443 children who entered kindergarten and first grade last September met the minimum requirements of the immunization law. In Perquimans County, 99.6 percent of the students were properly immunized. "We're very proud of our im munization record in North Caro lina," Levine emphasized. "The persistent efforts of our physi cians, local health departments, licensed day care operators, and public and private school offi cials have helped us reduce the incidence of some vaccine-pre ventable diseases, and practi cally wipe out others." Police investigate local scams By JANE B. WILLIAMS HERTFORD? Local police of ficers are continuing investiga tions into offenses that occured late last week at two of the town's shopping centers. According to Hertford Police Chief Marshall Merritt, on Thursday, March 20, at approxi mately 8:30 p.m. two men en tered a check-out aisle in the Su per Dollar Store at. Harris Shopping Center. The first man asked the clerk for change for a dollar. When the clerk opened her register to retrieve the change the second man, de scribed as a young, thin, black male, approximately 5'5" to 57", and wearing a tan jacket, reached over the check-out coun ter and grabbed five $10.00 bills out of the register. He then ran from the store and allegedly fled in a late model Ford or Mercury car, identified as being red or burgundy with a black vinyl top. The clerk asked the first man This Week. . . In celebration of Easter, a community-wide Sunrise Service will be conducted at Missing Mill Park on Sunday morning. The service will be gin at ?:00 a.m. In the event of rain, the service will be held at the Hertford Pentecostal Church at 715 W. Grubb St. This is an interdenominatio nal service and everyone is welcome to attend. The Perquimans Weekly of fice will be doeed on Monday fa observance of Ihe Easter Monday holiday. All news and for his name, address and tele phone number so that he could be contacted as a potential eye-wit ness. The man gave his name, told the clerk that he lived in Elizabeth City, and gave a tele phone number beginning with an Eden ton exchange. Clerks in the store told police officers that they had observed the two men engaged in conver sation within the confines of the store prior to the larceny. An unnamed Hertford man has been identified by the clerk as the wintess. No arrests have been made in connection with the case; however an investigation is ran tinning In an unrelated case on Friday afternoon, March 21, a middle aged white man, entered the BeLo Supermarket store at Per quimans Village Slopping Cen ter to exchange six rolls of dimes for bills. The check-out clerk agreed to make the exchange and, following normal proce dure, asked the man for his name and telephone number. The man complied and gave a name and a phone number. After he left the store, the clerk found that instead of six rolls of dimes, the man had given her six rolls of pennies in dime wrap pan. Upon being alerted to the inci dent, the Hertford Police Depart ment notified the Elizabeth City and Edenton Police Departments of the acam as a courtesy. When they contacted Elizabeth City they found that the man had al ready been through that munici pality and had used the same dupe at the Pood Lion and Farm Fresh stores there. The name that the man had given the ckrk turned out to be a legitimate name; but when rou tinely the num ber the polk* learned that those people had never heard of the Senior Patrolman Timothy Spence investigated the incident. He pointed out that North Caro lina's immunization law required that children entering school be immunized against diphtheria, tetanus, pertusis (whooping cough), measles, rubella, and po lio. The law applies to school chil dren in -grades K-12 as welf as those in licensed day care facili ties. Levine stressed the impor tance of having children properly immunized and keeping medi cally verified records signed by a physician or clinic. "Parents should start their children's immunizations at two months of age and then complete them on time," he noted. "They also need to keep their children's boosters and records up-to-date. This not only protects our chil dren now, but also the children of future generations." Immunizations are available from private physicians and lo cal health departments through out the State. James Clifton Simpson, Jr. Lothian stated that the truck driver said he realized that he could not avoid hitting the bus, but Lothian commended Simp son on a "very good piece of eva sive driving." The vehicle oper ated by Simpson hit the right front of the bus. No one was in jured. The accident occured at ap proximately 7:40 a.m. on Thurs day morning. Mullen was cited for a safe movement violation. According to Perquimans County School Superintendant Pat Harrell both of the drivers have been suspended from the roster of bus drivers. Harrell stated that the bus drivers are all continually eval uated. Drivers are secretly ob served throughout their routes at varying intervals by school offi cials. Drivers are also checked on whenever the school receives any report of problems on the in dividual bus. Drivers for buses in Perqui mans County are chosen based on factors of driving experience and maturity, and scores on writ ten and driving tests admin stered when they obtain their bus license. Harrell stated that these were the only accidents reported this year involving buses in the school system. When asked to comment on adult drivers vs. student drivers Harrell stated that he did not favor the use of all adult bus drivers. Harrell said that the average bus route was one and one-half hours each morning and afternoon, and that he knew of very few people that would be willing to work those kind of hours at the pay offered by the schools. He also stated that state-wide there was indica tion of a significant difference in the safety records of adult and student drivers. Science Fair Local students at Hertford Grammar School and Perqui mans Central School took part in an annual science fair last week. Projects that cov ered a wide realm of scien tific nature were on display in both of the schools. Students participating in the science fair were in grades two through six. (Photos by Jane Williams.)
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