THE PERQUIMANS WEEKLY
Volume 58. No.10 USPS 428-080 Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C. Thursday, March ?, 19W ??? >
Sports i
Pirates scalp Redskins;
shot down by Barons
page 10
School
Students to compete in
thinking skills program
page 9
Farm
Grass tetany can be
fatal to cattle
page 1 1
Local
Briefs
Youth pens
winning entry
A Perquimans youth was re
cenlty named one of 104 winners in
the Young Writer's Contest, a com
petition for elementary and junior
high school students conducted na
tionwide. The winners were se
lected from 12,000 submissions.
Christopher Gregory, a sixth
trade student at Perquimans Mid
le School, received the honor.
Christopher was recognized for s
story he submitted.
The prize winning selections will
be published in late April in the
"1989 RAINBOW COLLECTION:
Stories and Poetry by Young Peo
ple". Funding for the book is made
possible by a Ronald McDonald
Children's Charities grant. More
than 25,000 copies of the publica
tion will be distributed to major
public school systems, all chil
dren's hospitals, state Special
> Olympic chapters, Reading is Fun
damental Ronald McDonald
houses and Big Brother-Big Sisters
of America agencies.
All participating students and
schools receive certificates.
Christopher is the son of Paul
and Nellie Gregory and the grand
son of Helen Sumner and Elsie
Gregory.
? Cancer Society
raises $1 ,600
The Perquimans Unit of the
American Cancer Society raised
over $1,600 at their pancake and
sausage day benefit. The Bethel,
Parkville and Durants Neck Ruri
tans cooked country sausage and
flipped pancakes for 370 people
throughout the day.
? Several local businesses donated
the supplies for the meals.
Democrats to
hold meetings
The Perquimans County Demo
cratic Party will have precinct
meetings in all of its seven precinct
.polling places Thursday, March 9
?at 7:30 p.m., County Chairman
John H. London said. Each pre
cinct must have 11 persons pre
sent, and will elect a chairperson,
three vice-chairpersons, a secre
tary, a treasurer and delegates to
the County Convention based on
the number of votes cast in the last
election. Consideration of any reso
lutions and other new business will
be discussed. This is our time for a
jnew beginning.
'Hertford police
arrest seven
Roy Jackson Privott, 46, of 323
Stokes Drive, was arrested on Feb
ruary 12 and charged with driving
while intoxicated.
On February 22, James William
Bogue, Jr., 23, of 714 Parsonage
Street, Elizabeth City, was ar
' rested and charged with shoplift
* ing and carrying a concealed
weapon.
Urskin Glenn, Jr., 38, of Route 5,
Box 964, was arrested on February
23 and charged with larceny.
Arrested and charged with driv
ing while intoxicated on February
23 was Roland Neal Cartwright, 24,
of Route 4, Box 984.
Vera Lee Thatch, 24, of 107 White
Street, was arrested on March 3
f?and charged with injury to real
kr property and resisting arrest.
On March 5, G randy White, 40, of
Meads Trailer Court, was arrested
and charged with trespassing.
Bud Barcliff, 48, of Route 3, was
arrested on March 4 and charged
with shoplifting.
Inside this issue
Farm updates 11
j?/Cburch news 5
Community happenings .2
Obituaries
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Perquimans hosts poster contest
These county soil and water conservation winners are all smiles as they proudly display their projects which captured local prizes.
By: Ginger O'Neal
Perq. Co. Secretary
Once again, the Albemarle Soil
and Water Conservation District
and the Albemarle Electric Mem
bership Corporation sponsored the
annual poster contest in Perqui
mans County for students in grades
four through six. The local contest,
sponsored by the Perquimans Con
servation Committee, got under
way the week of January 30
through February 17.
The topic for this year's contest
was Soil and Water Conservation in
North Carolina. Students were
asked to reflect this in their draw
ings. Posters were judged on the
local level on February 21 with the
winners as follows: first place:
fourth grade-Misti Powers, Central
School; fifth grade-Kelly Layden,
Middle School; sixth grade-Hope
Jennings, Middle School. Second
place: fourth grade-Cindy Ray
burn, Hertford Grammar; fifth
grade-Kristi Roberson, Middle
School; sixth grade- Amy Morgan,
Middle School.
These students won cash prizes
and went on to compete at the dis
trict level of competition with
award winning posters from Pas
quotank, Chowan, Currituck and
Camden counties. The district con
test was held at the ARPDC build
ing in Hertford on March 1.
Winning students from this con
test will now go on to compete at
the area contest with 16 counties on
March 15 in Elizabeth City. Win
ners from that round will go to the
state competition in Raleigh.
Winners of the Albemarle Dis
trict poster contest were: first
lace: fourth grade-Jennie New
em, Currituck County; fifth
grade-Nicole Williams, Chowan
County; sixth grade-Corey Bem
bry, Chowan County. Second
place: fourth grade-Matthew Swi
cegood, Chowan County; fifth
grade-Joanne Drury, Currituck
County; sixth grade-Mike Luzcz,
Chowan County.
Congratulations to all the win
ners for submitting excellent pro
jects.
Henson joins
schools staff
PERQUIMANS SCHOOLS
NEWS RELEASE-Ted Henson, Di
rector of Instructional Support
Programs for Perquimans County
Schools, is a native of Franklin
ville, North Carolina. He received
His B.A., M.Ed., and Curriculum
Specialist Level I certification
from Campbell University, where
he was named Distinguished Alum
nus in 1983. He has taught for the
past twenty years in the Vance
County School System.
He will work with the exceptional
children's, Chapter I and testing
programs in the Perquimans
School system.
In 1976, Henson was named Out
standing Young Educator of North
Carolina by the Jaycees. The fol
lowing year he was named the
North Carolina Teacher of the
Year. During this year, he had a
leave of absence from the class
room and traveled throughout the
state and southeast speaking and
conducting workshops for teach
ers. In the role, he served as chair
man of the State Teacher Recogni
tion Committee for the North
Carolina Association jf Classroom
Teachers.
In 1978, Henson was named Out
reach Assistant for the Canadian
Studies Center at Duke University.
In this position, he has conducted
workshops and seminars for teach
ers throughout North Caorlina and
the southeast. In addition, he has
helped direct summer institutes in
seven provinces of Canada and at
the University of Hawaii.
In 1988, Henson was named the
Outstanding Social Studies Tea
cher for Region 3. Last summer he
was chosen to be one of four el
ementary teachers from North
Carolina to be trained as teacher
consultants in Geography by Na
tional Geographic. This training in
volved an intensive one-month
seminar at the N.G.S. Headquar
ters in Washington, D. C. This sum
mer, Henson will be on the staff for
the two-week North Carolina Sum
mer Institute at Applachian State
University. This institute is open to
any teacher, K-12, wishing to
sharpen their skills in teaching ge
ography.
Just prior to moving to Hertford,
Henson was named as one of
eleven finalists for the Teacher of
the World Award by the North Car
olina World Center in Raleigh. In
the immediate future, he wifi con
duct two workshops at the North
Carolina State Social Studies Con
ference in Charlotte on March 9-10,
1969.
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Ted Henson has joined the Perquimans County Schools staff.
Board asks state to enact changes
The Perquimans County Board
of Education voted to send a reso
lution and proposed legislation to
enact electoral changes in Perqui
mans County to local legislators
Monday night.
Facilities needs
Dr. Martin informed the board
that facilities needs should be ex
amined closely due to the upcom
ing budget workshops. The board
members will visit all buildings
Monday to see if the meet the Basic
Education Plan requirements.
Since enrollment in Perquimans
Middle School is up, and is ex
pected to remain high over the next
few years, that school will be ex
amined very closely.
The state sets facilities utiliza
tion and equipment guidelines
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which must be met under BEP.
The guidelines address occupancy,
classroom size, evaluation proce
dures, accounting records, local
long-range plans and annual pro
gress towards compliance
Land transfer tax
As requested by the county com
missioners, the school board en
dorsed the one percent land trans
fer tax bill submitted to the
legislature for passage. The mon
ies would be used for school con
struction and capital outlay expen
ditures.
Tribute*, memories, gift policy
Assistant Superintendant Jack
Bqyce submitted to the board a pol
icy on tribute, memorial and gift
presentations to the school system
in the form at art work, furniture,
applicances and equipment
Calendar change
The day missed due to the snow
storm will be made up on April 24.
This date was originally scheduled
as a teacher work day. Should any
additional days be missed between
now and the Easter holidays, the
board decided that the day will be
made up on Good Friday, March
24.
Odyssey of the Mind
Boyce apprised the board of the
upcoming Odyssey of the Mind
competition in Wilmington involv
ing students from Perquimans
Middle School. The board ap
proved the overnight field trip for
the students
Dr. Martin to meet with governor
It was announced that Dr. Mar
tin was scheduled to meet with
Governor Jim Martin and the su
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perintendant of the State Board of
Education on Tuesday to discuss
the career ladder program. On
Wednesday, she will join other su
perintendants from across the
state to further discuss the pro
gram.
Bus routes
The board approved bus rerout
ing as was recommended by the
N.C. Department of Public Trans
portation due to safety factors. The
department reviewed some con
cerns of the local board about en
tering private subdivisions to pick
upstudents.
The communication received by
the board from the state em
phasized that student safety is the
only reason they felt that exten
sions to the state s policy should be
made at HoUoweU Mobile Court
and Long View Estates.
Board votes
to raise
water deposit
County Water Department Su
pervisor told county commission
ers Monday morning that the $25
deposit renters are now required to
pay to get water turned on is not
enough. "We're having too many
people to leave owing more than
that," Haskett told the board.
Haskett quoted recent losses of
$84.45, 88.68, 30.00, and 85.00 as ex
amples.
At present, there is a $15 tap fee
for all customers to have their wa
ter turned on. Renters must pay
the additional $25 which is re
funded after receipt by the county
of their final water bill.
The commissioners voted to
raise the renter's fee to $40 at the
recommendation of Haskett, who
said that other counties in the area
used the $40 figure.
Gun control ordinance
County attorney John Matthews
submitted shooting and firearm or
dinances for review by the com
missioners. The ordinances were
drafted after a delegation of Snug
Harbor residents approached the
board several weeks ago, and
asked them to adopt stiff laws to
control the shooting problem in the
subdivision.
In addition to prohibiting the use
or firearms, the proposed ordi
nance disallows shooting or pro
jecting stone, rock, shot or other
hard substances from a sling shot,
bean shooter, air rifle, pop gun,
bow or other similar device in the
Snug Harbor Subdivision.
Penalties for violating the ordi
nance could result in a $50 fine or 30
days imprisonment.
Clarification of snow day absences
County Manager Paul Gregory
told the commissioners that the
policy regarding employee ab
sences due to inclement weather
needed clarification and uniform
implementation.
The commissioners agreed that
the intent of the policy was to con
sider days that the offices were
closed as administrative days off.
They further agreed that personnel
who do not report for work on days
the offices are to remain open will
have the option to take a day of
leave or have their pay docked.
Electoral legislation
A resolution requesting the elec
toral changes agreed upon in the
joint meeting of the commission
ers, school board, NAACP rep
resentatives and electoral study
committee was approved. The res
olution, along with a copy of the
proposed legislation enacting the
new standards, will be sent to all
three state representatives with a
request to introduce the bill in the
legislature.
The bill must be approved by the
U.S. Justice Department after its
ssage on the state level. It should
effective by October.
Other business
In other business, the board:
agreed to forgive a $206.50 water
bill sent to Erie Haste. Haste
loaned the old FCX building to the
county to house its annual Festival
of Skills crafts fair. The water was
turned on for the festival, and a
leak allowed the loss of 91,000 gal
lons of water.
agreed to review the agreement
between the county and the N.C.
Extension Service which expires
every four years.
reappointed Thomas Nixon to the
jail committee for a two-year
term.
Paper asks
for support
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