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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, March 16, 1972
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MAN'S
Mffler Gets 2
On Baby Beating Charge
w R.W. Miller 23, was given a
two year sentence in prison here
last week in Perquimans
County District Court by Judge
Fentress Horner, in the beating
of 18-month-old Douglas
Capehart of Woodville.
Judge Horner in imposing the
sentence said, "My only regret
is that I can't give him 10 years.
Two is the maximum in these
cases." ,;
Testimony ws given by Dr.
William F. Harrell, Elizabeth
City pediatrician who examined
th child. V
When Miller's attorney, O.C.
Abbott of Elizabeth City
pleaded no contest, district
solicitor John Gaw began to
dismiss Dr. Harrell. Judge
Horner said, "I want to hear
what he has to say".
A packed courtroom also
wanted to hear the pediatrician
describe the Injuries the baby
suffered January 11.
Harrell said, "when it was
moved (during examination)
the baby cried out in a most
pitiful manner. Explaining why,
Robertson's Launderette Opens
Robertson's Launderette officially opened bright and
early Monday morning.
A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place at 8 a.m., with
Mayor Bill Cox doing the honors, aided by scissors and a
smile. " ,
Business was booming even before the ceremony,
customers flocking in to do their laundry the easy way and
to get free laundery baskets and boxes of soap.
In the picture is the MayorJim Robertson and his son
Dennis. Linda Robertson was already at work, inside
giving the customers a helping hand.
The launderette is conveniently located at the Harris
Shopping Center, which means there's al plenty of free
parking., v.--: ).
Another convenience, is that customers can shop or
eat while their laundry is being done. For those who would
rather just take it easy, there is a television set in the
launderette.
Beth Browne Named
Spelling Champion
In the picture above Beth
nmmit a shown accepting the
Spelling Contest Award from
WilUam D. Tlce, principal,
Hertford Grammar School, on
Tuesday, March 7.
Beth is the daughter of Mr.
and Mm. Tom Browne of
Hertford and a fifth , grade
student at the local school.
.The contestants In the 18th
Annual Ledger-Star Spelling
Bee include students from the
fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth
grade. .
- Year Term
Dr. Harrell said, multiple
bruises on infant's forehead,
bruises on the collarbone and
hip, a swollen lower lip, burns
on the heck, chest, back and
behind the ear, and brush burns
on the eyelids. Harrell said the
baby's left wrist and right
forearm were swollen,
"suggesting fractures."
He described the infant's face
as "puffy" its eyes red, its lips
swollen. He said some of the
bruises and burns were more
recent than others. No ex
planation of the burns was
given.
Findings from x-rays taken of
the child were also given.
Eyewitness testimony was
given by Alton Pierce of
Woodville.
The baby is the son of Valerie
Capehart, who moved into the
area from Chesapeake, Va. She
is originally from New Jersey.
The woman and her son were
living in a house rented from
them by Miller, a court official
said.
The child is now being cared
for by a foster family.
Bethwffl go to Norfolk, Va.on
Saturday, April 22 to participate
in the Tidewater Semi-Finali i
wntcn wu be new at Le
Taylor Junior High School. This
is a ' written - spelling
examination, The top 18 spellers
as", determined : by this
examination will compete in the
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The Championship Spelling
Bee Finals will be televised'"
over WTAR-TV, Channel 3, on
Saturday, April 29. J
Dr. Poston Speaks To
PCHS Health Careers
Dr. Robert Poston was
speaker at the Perquimans
County High School Health
Careers' Club on Thursday,
March 9.
Dr. Poston spoke on the
Physician's Assistant Program,
and the field of medicine.
The Health Career's Club met
in the school cafeteria and was
called to order by the President
Terry Copeland. Under old
business, the members were
reminded to turn in any money
from the card sale. Then;
Advisor Miss Elaine Prichard
announced the delegates to
attend the State Convention, to
be held March 23-25 in Raleigh.
Delegates are Terry Copeland,
Willie Faye Dail, Diane Win
slow, Sara Winslow and
Frances White.
The club members completed
a survey to determine the
health fields which interested
them. Vice-president Cathy
Keel recognized the speaker for
the evening Dr. Robert Poston.
Dr. Poston explained that he
wished to introduce the Club to
several fields open in Health
Careers. He then introduced
Mrs. Sandra Hudson. Mrs.
Hudson presented to the
members the different health
careers offered in Laboratory.
Robert Fullen was in
troduced. Mr. Fullen, a
registered nurse, spoke on
nursing and training once the
two year program of Nursing is
offered at COA.
Adult Driver
Education
At COA
A course in "Adult Driver
Education" coordinated by the
Adult Education Division of
College of The Albemarle, will
be offered on Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 7 to 10 p.m. from
March 14 through April 20 in
Room 436 of the main COA
building on Riverside Avenue.
Instructor for the course is
Mr. Joel McLendon who will
instruct the thirty hours of
classroom instruction and six
hours of behind-the-wheel
driving for each student.
A registration fee of $16.00
will be charged Registration
will be at the first class meeting
on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Participants must be eighteen
years of age or older and not
enrolled in the public schools.
Conservation Po ster Winners
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The above county winnert
were named in the Conservation
Poster Contest Friday by
Carroll R. Williams,
Perquimans Soil & Water
Committeemen and Chairman
of the County Contest. Six
students, the first and second
place winners, will be guests of
the Elizabeth City Chamber of
Commerce on Friday, March
24th, at a luncheon honoring the
five.County winners in the
Albemarle Diatrict; and at
which time the district winners
will be announced. Teachers or
principals will accompany the
winners as guests of the county
committee. Third place winners
will have their posters on
''jtlanlatf at th A flrfolllf Ifr At
Building for the remainder of
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First place winners received
$5 cashr seeond place winnert
Baptist Students In
Week Service Activities Here
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A. VICTOR LAMB
A week of activities for the
youth of the Hertford Baptist
Church began on Sunday,
March 12th with the youth
observing the work of the
teachers and officers of the
church, and the young people
under the direction of Frank
Roberts presented a drama in
the Evening Worship Service.
The Wednesday night Mid-Week
Service was conducted by the
Youth Pastor, Victor Lamb, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lamb
Hertford, N.C.
The week's activities will
highlighted on Friday Evening
at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday Mor
ning at 11:00 a.m. when a
College Youth Team from
Chowan College in Mur-
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Commissioners To Issue Bonds
Perquimans County Com
missioners meeting here
Monday adopted a resolution to
take immediate steps to issue
bonds of the County of
Perquimans in the sum of
$26,000.00 to raise funds to
finance the site acquisition, site
preparation and equipment
necessary to set up and operate a
sanitary landfill. '
The commissioners deter
mined that it is necessary for
the health and general welfare
of the people of the county that
Perquimans set up and operate
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a Sanitary Landfill, it was
determined after consultation
with the State Board of Health
and other interested
organizations that it would be for
the best interest of the county of
Perquimans to establish a
Sanitary Landfill with the
County of Chowan and operate
it jointly.
It was determined that it is
necessary for the county, in
order to finance the land
acquisition, site preparation
and equipment purchases
necessary to construct and
operate the Landfill to expend
$3; and third place winners
$1.00. ;
In presenting the awards to
the students, Mr. Williams
expressed his gratitude, on
behalf of the sponsors, for the
fine effort and thought
displayed by the children in
making the posters; and also
for the guidance given the
students in the classrooms.
In picture (1) Mr. Tommy
Maston, principal, and Mr.
Williams is pictured with the
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners
from the fourth grade, they are :
Mark Stevenson, Timothy
Selman, and Sandy Muldrow all
from Perquimans Central
Grammar School.
Two girls from Hertford
Grammar School appear in
picture (2) who placed third in
5th and 6th grades, they are:
Youth
C. STEVEN BENNETT
E. DONNA SMITH
the sum of $26,000 in addition to
any funds now available to the
county.
Another resolution adopted at
the meeting was that for the
year 1972, that all real and
personal property be the same
is asessed at 50 per cent of the
appraised value, and the 50 per
cent of the appraised value will
be the value used fcr taxing
property.
Chairman Lester H. Simpson
was authorized by the Board to
sign agreement with land
owners for water taps on County
water and sewer lines.
Melonie Morris and Lynn
Hurdle.
Four students from
Perquimans Union School
captured 1st and 2nd place
awards in the 5th and 6th
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Board Of Education Meets Here
R. Marion Riddick, Director
of the ESEA Title I Program
met with the Perquimans
County Board of Education on
Monday, March 6 and a
thorough discussion of the
ESEA Program took place.
It was pointed out that this
program would be subject to
extensive revision in order to be
approved for another year. The
State and Federal regulations
that deal with this program will
be more rigid and less flexible
for the coming year.
Schools Begin Good
Friday Holidays
C.C. Walters, superintendeht
of Perquimans County Schools,
announced today that the
schools in Perquimans will
begin Easter and Spring
holidays on Good Friday,
March 31 thru Monday, April
3rd.
Ward Accepts
Teaching Job
Billy Ward, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Ward of Woodland
Circle, Hertford, graduated
from the Technical Institute of
the Alamance at Burlington on
February 29, 1972. He is a 1968
graduate of Perquimans County
High School.
Ward has accepted a teaching
position at South Eastern
Community College in
Whiteville, N.C.
Birthdays
And Civic
Meetings
Birthday and civic meetings
from the Community Birthday
Calendar sponsored by the
Perquimans County Marching
Unit.
MARCH 19
Heather Umphlett
Edmond White
Jimmy Woodell
M. Aileen Beck
MARCH 20
Chamber Com. Bd. Dir.
Johnny McDonald
Connie Arnold
John T. Biggers
MARCH 21
6:15 Hertford Rotary Club
Masonic Lodge 8: on
Anthony Downing
MARCH 22
Julian A. White
Mary Brinkley Ward
Ann Ward
Elliott Layden
John Symons
Dale Carson Copeland
Floyd "Dina" Matthews
MARCH 23
Bethel Ruritan
MARCH 24
C. R. Ward
Denna Copeland
Larry Ray Godfrey
grades, they are: Reggie
Boyce, Annette Johnson, Burt
A. Eure and Darrell Stevenson.
Mr. Gary Stubbing (principal)
and Mr. Williams are shown,
also.
Other business at the meeting
was a discussion by the Board on
Teacher In-Service activities.
The Board approved the
employmnt of Miss Mary
Sumner to finish the school
term as a teacher in
Perquimans Union School.
The Board voted to purchase
a new tractor and mower for
use on the school grounds. This
equipment will be purchased
thrugh the State Division of
Purchase and Contract.
Rev. J.Kern
Ormond Speaker
For Revival
First United Methodist
Church of Hertford will conduct
revival services March 19-24.
The Reverend J. Kern Ormond,
minister of First United
Methodist Church of Elizabeth
City, Will be the visiting speaker
for these services, wfiich will be
at 7:30 each evening.
Mr. Ormond is the son of the
late Reverend J.M. Ormond and
Mrs. Ormond of Durham. He
was graduated from Durham
High School and Duke
University. He was admitted
into the North Carolina Con
ference of the Methodist Church
in 1937. Some of his more recent
pastorates have been Farm
ville, Garner, and Hamlet. He
began his ministry at Elizabeth
City in June, 1971.
In announcing the revival
services, the Rev. C.J. Andrews,
pastor of the Hertford United
Methodist Church cordially
invites the public to attend each
service.
Royce Vickers Dies
After Long Illness
Royce Eli Vickers Sr., 63, of
200 S. Church St. died Monday
at 6:50 a.m. in Albemarle
Hospital, Elizabeth City, after
an illness of a month.
A native of Ambrose,
Georgia, he was a son of Henry
L. and Mrs. Delia McCraney
Vickers and the husband of Mrs.
Ellen Mae White Vickers.
He was a retired Manager of a
Roses Store.
He was a former deacon and
Sunday School teacher of
Hertford Baptist Church,
member of the American
Legion, and a Navy veteran of
World War II.
Besides his widow, Surviving
are a daughter, Mrs. Lou
Vickers Gregory of Raleigh; a
son, Royce Vickers Jr. of
Virginia Beach; two brothers,
G. Pitts Vickers of Jacksonville,
Fla. and Vernon Vickers of
Highland Park, Mich.; two
sisters, Mrs. John Perry of
Orlando,' Fla. and Mrs. Hubert
McDermitt of Wray, Ga.; and
two grandchildren.
A funeral service was held
Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the
Swindell Funeral Home by the
Rev. Norman Harris. Burial
was in Cedarwood Cemetery.
"In the Garden" was sung by
the Men's Chorus of the Hert
ford Baptist Church and "My
Task" was sung by Rev. Harris.
Both were accompanied by
Mrs. Chester Winslow, organist.
The pall was made of A
mixture of roses and baby's
breath.
Pallbearers were Dahl Mc
Dermitt, E.W. Vickers, Willie
Jessup, Vivian Matthews.
Corbin Dozier, and Joe
Carovella.
Commissioners To
Hold Special Mooting
The Perquimand County
Board of Commissioners, will
hold a special meeting at 3:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon,
March 16, in the Courthouse, for
opening water and sewer bids
and to consider and act on
matters pertaining to the
issuance of bonds to finance the
construction and equlping of a
Sanitary Landfill, and any other
business to come before the
Board.'
The Board held a special
meeting last Friday night, for
the purpose of taking up mat
ters with representatives of the
various Fire Department in the
County.