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THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY 25 CENTS Candidates to speak at BPW rally The voters of Perquimans County will be afforded the op * portunity to meet and hear the area's political hopefuls tonight (Thursday, May 1) at 7:00 p.m. The Perquimans County Busi ness and Professional Women's Club will host a "Meet the Candi dates" night at the Perquimans County Courthouse in Hertford Slated to participate in the fo rum are the following candidates for the House of Representatives seat from the First District: Ver non James, Winnie Wood, Harry Schiffman, Sam Walker, and Pete Thompson. The following candidates for the office of the Sheriff of Perquimans County are scheduled to take part: Ju lian Broughton, Joe Lothian, Donald Riddick, and Ben Shi vely. Several other candidates for local offices will be on hand to answer questions and express themselves on the issues of their particular campaigns. The Perquimans County Busi ness and Professional Women's Club is proud to sponsor this event in an effort to help the vot ers of Perquimans County to be as well informed as possible. The goal of the BPW is to make the working world, as well as the world in general, a more produc tive and enlightened place in which to function. By providing political candidates with forums for the exchange of opinions and facts, a more informed public can make the choices that are so important to our future. The public is cordially invited to become involved in the politi cal process of our county by eng aging in exchange of information with the people who hope to be serving them as elected officials. Church Destroyed A fire on Friday evening gutted the interior of the First Pentecostal Church in the Bag ley Swamp community. The Are, which oc cur ed during a revival meeting, was thought to be caused by an overheated electric cord. None of the approximately 100 people in the church were injured. (Photo by Jane Wil liams) Voters to choose from large slate of candidates in Tuesday Primary By JANE B. WILLIAMS Two statewide issues and seve ral political seats will be voted on in the May 6th Primary Election | next week in North Carolina. Voters will be asked to decide in favor of or against the proposi tion of a high-level radiocative waste repository site in North Carolina; and on constitutional amendments providing for the election of state and county- offi cers in odd-numbered years. Local voters will cast their bal lots to fill two seats on the County | Board of Education. Running for the seat available in Belvidere Township is Incumbent Clifford S. Winslow, who currently serves as chairman of that board. Winslow faces no opposition in his bid for re-election. Incumbent Mack E. Nixon is being challenged by the Rev. Walter L. Leigh for his spot on the board representing New Hope Township. This is a non-partisan race and all registered voters in the county may cast a ballot. Republican voters will, in addi tion to the above-stated ballots, cast their vote for their choice as a candidate for the United States Senate Seat. Contenders for that office are James T. (Jim) Broy hill, David B. Funderburk, and Glenn Miller. Democratic voters will have the widest array of candidates to choose from as they select a can didate for Sheriff of Perquimans County; two candidates for the First District House of Represen tatives; a United States Senate candidate; and candidate for Judge of the Court ot Appeals. Candidates vying for the office of Sheriff of Perquimans County are: Incumbent Julian H. (Little Man) Broughton, Joe Lothian, Donald Riddick, and B.F. (Ben) Shively. Those seeking the two avail able seats in the House of Rep resentatives are: Incumbent Vernon G. James, Harry Brink ley Schiffman, Audie V. Simon, R.M. (Pete) Thompson, S.A. (Sam) Walker, and Winifred J. (Winnie) Wood. Polls will open at 6:30 a.m. and close at 7:30 p.m. Results of local races will be published in the May 8th edition of The Perqui man? Weekly. * Polling places set for local voters By JANE B. WILLIAMS Perquimans County voters will have the opportunity to cast their ballots on Tuesday, May 6, when. 4 the polls open here for the 1986 Primary Election. AO voters will be given the op portunity to mark their choice on three of the ballots offered dur ing the Primary. Those are for the two non-partisan seats on the Perquimans County Board of Ed ucation; a statewide referendum on nuclear waste; andaconstitu tional amendment. (P In addition to these ballots there will also be a ballot for Re publican registered voters far a ' United States Senator. Demo cratic voters will mark their choice for Perquimans County Sheriff; two First District House of Representative Candidates; a United States Senator; and a Judge for the Court of Appeals. Polls will open in the county at # 6:30 a.m. and will close at 7:90 p.m. Voting will be as follows: Bethel Township at the Bethel Community Building; Nicanor Township at the Nicanor Com munity Building; Belvidere Township at the Belvidere Com munity Building; Parkville Township at the Winfall Commu nity Building; New Hope Town ship at the New Hope Community Building; East Hertford Town ship at the Perquimans County Courthouse; and West Hertford Township voters will cast their ballots at Hertford Grammar School. The Perquimans County Board of Election has announced that the foHowing will be the precinct registrars: Mrs. Dehie Ward in Bethel Township; Mrs. Becky White in Nicanor; Mrs. Arlene Laydsn in Belvidere; Mrs. Eve lyn Ann Smith in Parkville; Mrs. Card Roberts in New Hope; Mrs. Carol Bate in East Hertford and Mrs. Earline White in West Hertford* School Board reviews bids for Union cafeteria By SUSAN HARRIS The final general contract bids for the Perquimans Union School cafeteria and kitchen project were reviewed by the Board of Education in special session Monday night. The engineer for the project, Dan Knight, summarized the out come of the bidding process. Three general contract bids were received. Rick Gardner Con struction presented a low-base bid of $129,890, with an alternate of $15,249 for kitchen equipment. Knight reported that the pro ject will cost approximately $191,991, which includes general plumbing, electrical, and heating and air condtioning contracts, but does include the alternate funds for kitchen equipment. Su perintendent Pat Harrell and Board Chairman Clifford Winslow were authorized to meet with the county commissioners to discuss the project before awarding the contracts. Harrell updated the Board on the high school construction-ren ovation project. He said that all the pads for new construction had been approved by Frolling and Robinson. The next step will be paving the footings for the new buildings. He announced that architect Sam Ashford -ould meet with the Board on May 19th, along with Bob Worthington, to discuss the project. Jeanie Umphlett and Susan Winslow reviewed with the Board tentative plans for the state-mandated funded summer school program. Included in the classes will be students from grades three, six and eight. The session will be held at Hertford Grammar School, from June 23rd through July 28th. The state has appropriated $19,414, which includes funds for salaries for three teachers, three aides, transportation materials and supplies. No more than 15 students from each grade can at tend according to state guidelines. Inclusion in the remedial pro gram will be determined by scores earned in the annual test ing program, along with other state promotion standards as outlined in the Basic Education Program. Umphlett and Winslow will co ordinate the program. Harrell told the Board that the second annual Arts Extrava ganza was quite successful, according to art instructor Debo rah Coates, who reported that ap proximately 400 visitors viewed the exhibits. The event included participation by 32 local artists, 92 teachers, and two clubs. There were 112 exhibits and 18 perfor mances. Harrell praised the efforts of Coates, Jean Mansfield, and Su san Winslow in organizing the project. Five cdUnty students are pres ently attending the North Caro lina School of Science and Math, Harrell said. He added that only one school system in District I, Greenville City Schools, has a larger number of students at tending the high school. Three other local students are awaiting a final decision on their bid to attend the school next year. They are Lee Cooper, Cal vin Hobbs, and Brian Seay. This Week During the month of may The Perquimans Weekly will begin offering several new features. In this weeks' edi tion you will find a new page entitled "Clubs." The first Thursday of every month we'll offer, with your help, a look at the people who make up the civic, church, and school groups in our com munity, and the work that those groups are doing. Also, in this weeks' edition, you'll discover a new feature called "Just for Fun." We hope you enjoy it. Cancer Society to sponsor Jail-A-Thon Is there someone who has been bugging you lately? Husband hasn't complimented your cook ing in a while? Has you boss for gotten how valuable you are? Are you looking for a fun way to contribute to a very good cause? You're in luck! The American Cancer Society is having its sec ond annual Jail-a-thon on Wednesday, May 7. For a contribution of a mere $25.00 you can have your "favor ite" person (or people, if life is really tough) busted. The "of-, fender" will be read his or her rights and led away to jail. Once at the jail, bail will be set by a "bailor" in accordance with of fenses committed by the "crimi nal." The jailbird will then be im prisoned until he can raise pledges to equal the amount of his bail. Once the bail has been satisfied, the "convict" is free to go his way and perpetrate more dastardly deeds. All this fun is to take place on Wednesday, May 7th from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Courthouse Lawn. The American Cancer So ciety is looking for a few good people who would volunteer their time and energy for this fun event. Prior to May 7, you may ar range the commital of the person of your choice by calling Debbie Sutton at Oft-61* after 4 p.m. On the day of the Jail-a-thon, a sim C phone call to 4X-7M5 will re your favorite poraon out of your hair and incarcerated in no The arrest will fbUow the same routine as a regular arrMt begin ning with the suspect being read his rights. The "offenders" in this case will hear the following: "You have the right to remain healthy. If you give up the right to remain healthy, anything you do not try to prevent can be held against, if you have questions, we will be glad to answer them at any time. You have the right to speak to a r doctor, and get a second opinion. If you cannot afford a doctok, there is guidance and aid avail able through your local Ameri can Cancer Society." To submit to an arrest is com pletely voluntary and a person is free to leave his cell at any time. Last year's Jail-a-thon raised $5,000 for the work of the Ameri can Cancer Society. This year's goal has been set at $7,300. All donations are tax dedctible and support imprtant programs of cancer research, education and service. It will take a lot of "busts" to reach the goal. The American Cancer Society is counting on the GOOD people of Perquimans County to make this event a suc cess. Art Extravaganza Approximately 4M people atteaded the sec om aaaaal Arts Extravagaaxa at Perqvl maas Uake School last weekend. Mere ttaaa IM exhibits were sa display, aad 18 perfer mucci were given daring the event. The project is sponsored by the local school sys tem. (Photo by Jane Williams).
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