THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 53, No.20 USPS 42S-OM Hertford. Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday, May 15, 19M 25 CENTS
JAIL-A-THON HELD? Local businessman
and town council member Erie Haste was
one of the first to be apprehended by Patrol
man Timothy Spence last week during the
second annual Jail-A-Thon sponsored by the
Perquimans County Chapter of the Ameri
can Cancer Society. The purpose of the
event is to raise monies for the Society. To
tal figures are not yet available for money
raised during the Jail-A-Thon, but all re
ports indicate that it was a success. (Photo
by Nancy Smith.)
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School Board presents budget
to County Commissioners
By SUSAN HARRIS
The Perquimans County Board
of Education presented their Fis
cal 1966-87 proposed budget to the
Perquimans County Board of
Commissioners Monday night.
The session was held in the Com
missioners' Room at the county
courthouse.
School Board Chairman Clif
ford Winslow labled the
$1,077,000.00 local budget propo
sal "reasonable". He said,
"We've tried to be realistic and I
hope you feel we have been.
Quality education does not come
cheap."
The total proposed budget from
local, state, and federal sources
is $6,484,219.00. The request for
local funds is $113,753.00 over the
fiscal 1985-86 allocation of
$963,247.00.
Included in the $197,240.00 capi
tal outlay budget proposal is the
high school construction-renova
tion project, storage facilities at
Central and Union Schools, re
surfacing driveways at Union
and Hertford Grammar Schools,
and the Union School kitchen and
cafeteria project. A portion of the
$132,240 Union School kitchen
and cafeteria project ($75,000.00)
was earmarked in fiscal 1965-86.
Schools Superintendent Pat
Harrell expressed his apprecia
tion to the Commissioners for
their support of the school sys
tem, most notably for their fund
ing of capital outlay projects.
Harrell .said, "We're at a
point... of having school facilities
as good as any school system in
this region. I really believe
that." Harrell added that the
buildings "have really come a
long way."
The Commissioners assured
the Board of Education Members
that their request would be care
fully reviewed during their bud
On Page Three of this
week's edition yeall find our
New Badness Page. This
page will help keep yon In
farmed of the changes taking
place la the business commu
nity hi and around Perqui
mans Cenaty. This page will
he a regular monthly feature
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get sessions.
Upon reconvening in the
County Schools' Conference
Room, the School Board heard a
grievance from Carolyn Rogers
concerning the criteria for inclu
sion in the annual academic ban
quet.
According to a policy set by an
administrative committee, stu
dents in grades one through six
are allowed to make on "B"
through the fifth six weeks grad
ing period, while all other grades
must be "A's".
Students in grades seven
through 12 can make "A's" and
"B's", but must maintain an
overall "A" average. Rogers
said that one "C" on a midterm
exam can, and has, exempted
some students from the banquet.
Rogers' son, a high school stu
dent, was one of those pupils.
No action was taken on the is
sue, but the Board suggested tak
ing the concern before the proper
committee for review at the be
ginning of the 1966-87 fiscal year.
In a related matter, high
school principal William Byrum
presented a policy regarding se
nior exemptions from final 'jx
ams. Byrum said a delegation of
12th graders had asked him to
consider such a policy.
The Board approved imple
mentation of the plan which
states that a student must:
l.)maintain a 90-average in the
course through the sixth six
weeks, 2.)have an attendance re
cord reflecting no more than ten
absences and 3.) have less than
ten demerits overall.
Other regulations involving
computation of grade average
and attendance during exam pe
riods were approved with the pol
icy.
In other action the Board:
?Voted to enltft in the N.C.
School Board Attociation's pro
posed self-insurance program to
provide comprehensive liability
coverage.
?Vetoed a request by the Cen
tral School PTA to install air con
ditioning in the cafeteria and-or
other portions of the facility due
to recent state suggestions and
inadeuqate electrical capacity
insulation at the site.
?Approved the fiscal 1906-87
school calndar.
?Was informed of the accep
tance of Lee Cooper and Brian
Seay to the N.C. School of Sci
ence and Mathematics. #
?Heard that two seventh grad
ers, Matt Matthews and Sarah
Winslow, will receive awards for
their exceptional performances
in the Duke Talent Search SAT
program.
Perquimans voters to return
to polls for run-off elections
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
Democratic voters in Perqui
mans County will return to the
polls on Tuesday, June 3rd, to se
lect a candidate for sheriff, and
to help choose a candidate to run
on the ticket in the November
General Election for the First
District House of Representative
seat.
The race for sheriff in the
county resumed again on Thurs
day when Julian (Little Man)
Broughton made known his in
tention to seek a run-off against
J.L. (Joe) Lothian, who defeated
the incumbent by a two-percent
margin during the May 6th Pri
mary election. A representative
of the Sheriff's Department con
tacted The Perquimans Weekly
office on Thursday morning to in
form this publication of Brough
ton's plans.
During the Primary Lothian
received 42-percent of the vote.
In that race there were four con
tenders for the seat. The other
two candidates, Donald Riddick
and B.F. (Ben) Shively., polled
16-percent of the votes cast.
Broughton, who has served as
Sheriff of Perquimans County for
almost 20-years, received 40-per
cent of the ballots cast.
In order to win an election,
without the possibility of a run
off, a candidate must poll a mini
mum of 50-percent plus one of the
votes cast.
Broughton refused any inter
view with this publication on
Monday. When queried about his
reason for not making comments
to our reporters Broughton
said," I'll keep my reasons to
myself."
Lothian, who currently serves
as Chief of Police in Winfall, ac
knowledged his appreciation at
the opportunity to discuss issues
regarding the race.
"The results of the Primary
really made me more enthusias
tic about the race," he said, "be
cause it showed how enthusiastic
the people of Perquimans County
are about their community. They
have shown that they are truly
concerned about the quality of
the law enforcement they are
paying for."
When asked why he felt that it
was important for the county to
change sheriffs at this time Lo
thian stated, "I feel the change is
necessary because the sheriff's
job is a leadership position. He is
the chief law enforcement offi
cial in the county. At this point
the sheriff should be puliing the
See Run-off Page two
LOTHIAN
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Preliminary grant approved for Apricot
By JANE B. WILLIAMS
HERTFORD? Mayor Bill Cox
announced to the Town Board of
Commissioners on Monday night
that the town had been notified of
a preliminary Community Devel
opment Block Grant award for
the Apricot, Incorporated eco
nomic development project. The
notification came from the N.C.
Department of Natural Re
sources and Community Devel
opment. The preliminary award
totals $140,450.00.
A site for the new Apricot fa
cility has been selected near the
Lion's Club Building in Hertford.
Final approval of funding for the
project is pending several re
quirements set up by the state
department that must be met by
the town and the firm.
The council expressed their
pleasure upon hearing the an
nouncement, and briefly dis
cussed plans that would aid in
meeting the requirements set by
the state to insure the award of
the grant.
Carl Terranova, co-owner of
the industry, stated in a tele
phone interview on Tuesday
morning that he was thankful to
the town for "having faith in us."
He said, "We're really elated to
have been awarded the prelimi
nary grant." Terranova added a
special thanks to Cox, the town
council, and the Albemarle Com
mission, including Pat Kelly and
his staff for their help in obtain
ing the grant.
Apricot, Inc. is a local apparel
manufacturer, that currently op
erates in the old shirt factory
building on Grubb Street in Hert
ford. The company is owned by
Terranova and his brother,
Gregg.
The Community Development
Block Grant Program is admin
istered by the N.C. Department
of Natural Resources and Com
munity Development. The pur
pose of the program is to aid mu
nicipalities in development and
redevelopment of small business
and sub-standard housing areas.
The Town of Hertford has partic
ipated in the program for a num
ber of years to improve several
target areas of sub-standard
housing within the municipality.
Monies obtained for projects are
given to the town for disburse
ments, and payments are set up
by the town council when re
imbursement is required.
Extension Homemakers Week observed
National Extension Homemak
ers' Week was observed May 4
10. Perquimans County will be
marking this observance mainly
on Friday, May 16, from 10:00
a.m.? 2:00 p.m. with exhibits on
the Court House Green in Hert
ford.
The public will have the oppor
tunity to visit the participating
members on Friday to promote
membership and Extension
Homtmakers which is part of the
Nortft Carolina Agricultural Ex
tension Service.
Spring time is a perfect time to
browse out-of-doors among crea
tive prople. Also, Belvidere Club
will sell homemade ice cream to
add to the pleasure of the day and
Wlnfall Club will sell ham bis
cuits! Other educational and cre
ative crafts will include : Fashion
Belts by Arlene McGinty? Bethel
Club;l Armenia Needle Lace
Emily Harrell; Stencil by Anne
White from Burgess Club; Corn
Shuck Dolls? Emma Burke from
Pooles Grove; Chair Bottom
ing?Ladies from Holiday Is
land; Quilting? Lib Harris from
Helen Gaither Club; Juanita Bai
ley and Paige Underwood, Home
Economics Extension Agents,
will alio be exhibiting informa
tion, brochure? and displays.
Plan to attend and Join the
sharing of good ideas, food and
fellowship.
In case of rain or bad weather.
the event will be held at the Per
quimans County Extenion Office
Building? Edenton Road St.,
Hertford, NC.
Kicking off the celebration of
Extension Homemakeri
Week, the Perqnimant
Connty ExtensionService
sponsored a balloon launch
last Friday. Activities to com
memorate the week will be
held this Friday from lt:M
a.m. until 2:90 p.m. in front of
the Perquimans Coanty
Courthouse. (Photo by Nancy
Smith.)