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THE PEMUIMAMS WEEKLY
Hartford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, March 15, 1973
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Melvin Son Defend! Football bMblkhment
A Number Of High School Students Attended Meeting
Police Report Released
i The following monthly report
for February was given by
Chief Ben L. Glbbs at the
regular meeting of the Town
Council. ARRESTS MADE:
1 Drunk on the Street 2; Speeders
4; Assaults 3; Operating
Intoxicated 1; Careless and
Reckless . Driving 3;
Miscellaneous Traffic Arrests
Two Men
Two - young ; men were
- arretted and booked for
,. breaking .and entering and
. larceny, last Friday at 2:45 ato.
Arrested and charged by the
f Hertford Police Department
were Johnnie Robert Lawson,
27, Rt. 2, Edehton and Freddie
Ray Jordan, 22, of 144 Eden ton
Road, Hertford, according to
Chief Ben Glbbs.
Perquimans
-Charlie
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By FRANCINE SAWYER
NEW HOPE - He signs his
North Carolina Highway Patrol
reports C.H. Mims, but people
in the Albemarle know him as
Charlie Mims. , -
Since 'first being assigned
here U years ago, the com
munity ia what Charlie Mims
likes. The people, the fresh air,
the Job. Those who are asked
like Mims as well.
Living in 1a rambling farm
house in this community in
Perquimans County is a man
with three loving children
and an attractive
brunette wife. . -i
What is so unique about Mims
is his dedication to his Job,
'Vhlch goes from 50 to 53 hours
per week," his family and civic
activities. ' '" ""
"I like it here," he said.
"People have been good to my
family and I," he said.
Mims and his family first
lived in Poplar Branch in
Currituck County, when he
reported here. "It was cold in
the winter there," he said. The
Ruritan Club at Durants Neck
has been a major project and
satisfaction with him. He has
served as president, vice
president, and a member of the
board of directors of the Poplar
Branch Ruritan Club . In
Currituck. .
He has for the past three
years been Involved in the
Albemarle1 District Ruritan
cabinet as U. Gov., Governor, ,
and this year serves as past
district governor.
Recently the National Con
vention of Ruritans in Atlanta
had him as Sgt.-at-Ams. ,
Other outside activities will
have him as chairman of the
safety committee of the to-be-reorganised
Perquimans
Co -nty Red Cross Ch-ter.
r..imt and the fr :y are
mombars of Wood!a:.J United
r.'-odist Church nar the New
ll.'e community.
A special tearest are the
ys""3 r-' of the csmreislty.
and sjitm. :g area who have
2; Miscellaneous Arrests 1.
ACTIVITIES: Calls Answered
and Investigated 102; Accidents
Investigated -3; Funerals
Worked 3; Courtesies Extended
93; Doors Found Unlocked 2;
Fire Calls Answered S; Radio
Calls 202; Citations Issued for
Improper Parking 3; Lights
Reported Out 2.
Arrested
The two were charged with
' the alleged break-in of a
launder mat in Hertford. :
Xt Both' men are . under $1,00
bond. Trial is set for March 25 In
Perquimans County District
"Court.
Arresting officer was Hert
ford patrolman Robert L.
Harvey.
Personality
Mims
formed "The Young Believers."
This Is a choral and musical
group of young teens and pre
; teens who spread the gospel by
song.'
The children in the Mims
household, Charles, Jr., 13,
Sherry Ann, 11 and Emily Ruth
six, have a hi-fi set. The music
blasting from its speakers is not
hard rock freaky music, but
gospel music. The children play
the piano, and the drums to the
tune of the gospel sound.
Due to the children's school
schedule and singing schedule,
Mims, with his highway patrol
duties sometimes doesn 't tee the
children for two days. But when
they get together Its a real
; reunion.. ' ,
While not busy on the Job or in
civic duties, Mims hunts, fishes
and plays cards with the
children. "
In the summer its cook-outs
and swimming with hundreds of
persons in the community at
Whltehat Landing. ;
Mims nor his wife Pat never
lived in the city. The patrolman
' was the son of a city fireman in
Raleigh, where he grew up.
Mrs. Mims Is' from an N.C.
mountain area,' called Spruce
Pine. The rich full life ill the
country is one which they both
' now love...
' During the last snow fall the
Ruritan Club members at New
Hope got tractors together and
opened up a section of roadway
in the area for people to pass.i
This sort of working togeTir
as well as living together Im
presses Mims. .
. District court Judges In the
area has said Mims is a
professional person, on duty
and off.
One of the ssts. at the hlch
way patrol station, commented
on "what a Kne person Charge
Is." A r J pro and jut a gaod
person.
The area has been good to
Mims, and he has been good for
tt-e area.
!t was time for. A-K8 to
t.umo duty.
Uncle
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: HERTFORD An alledged
move to dote Uncle Melvins, a
foozball establishment at the
Harris shopping center here
was denied by town council
members at Its regular monthly
meeting Monday.
A host of high school students,
along with Melvin Sons, foozball
owner appeared before the
board with prepared argument,
as to why the place should not
be closed.
Council members beard the
reasoning, after which Bill Cox,
Hertford Mayor said, "the town
council had no intention of
closing It (foozball), it has all
been s mtasunderstanding. As a
matter of fact, itwas not even to
be discussed tonight."
According to a council
member, complaints have come i
in to Hertford Police Depart
ment concerning noise and
other alledged activities at the
youth recreation spot.
' The Perquimans County
Chamber of Commerce will
present the third In Its series
of monthly movies. They are
free and provide the com
munity with some fine family
entertainment. Showtime is 8
p.m. The 'theatre' is the
Munclpal Building.
Tonight' t presentation is
"Mr. Hulot's Holiday" a film
produced, directed, written by
and starring Jacques Tati. If
the name is unfamiliar to
American audiences, it is not
to those on the continent. As
his talent implies he is like
Chaplin "' and critics and
audiences have lona
compared him to Chaplin .and
Movies Tonight
Fields. One viewer called the Pipljigaboul X and R films
brilliant tour-de-force -'one.of support these -free .family
the funniest films ever mad,f"Pnv.
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NEW NOISE
. At noon each day, Belvidere
residents will near a whistle
coming from the fire station. It
should not alarm anyone, the
noise is a new time dock device
at the station.
The sound will alert everyone
when noon is here, each day.
GLAUCOMA CLINIC
A free glaucoma-diabetes
detection .clinic will be held
Wednesday March 28 at the
National Guard Armory In
Elisabeth City from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m. "v -.;
Persons over 38 who have not
had a glaucoma or diabetes test
during the past 12 months are
urged to do so. The tests are
virtually painless and take only
a few minutes.
The clinic Is sponsored by the
Hertford Lions Clubs as well as
the Elisabeth City and
Weeksville Lions Cujb.
TO MEET
The Board of Directors of the
Perquimans County Chamber
of ; Commerce will have its
monthly meeting Monday at 8
p.m. in the Municipal Building
In Hertford. "
c Everyone 'is urged to be
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Mel's Staying
Somehow, word fiot around
' council members were going to
close the place. In a matter of
only a few hours, local Ugh
school students got a petition
together with 86 signatures,
plealng for the place to remain
. open. The petition was
presented by Kathy Marren, a
senior at Perquimans County
HighSchooL
Sons, in his statement before
the board, declared the football
place was safer than the high
schools. "There Is no dope,
drinking or people having to get
married as a result of the
football place," Sons' said.
Board members heard a
report on ABC board revenue
Intake for February.
: Perquimans took in $21,837.40
during February for the sale of
alcoholic beverages. It was an
increase of 81,823.60 over last
: February.
Whlchard Davis, owner and
operator of a service station on
Dobb, Street appeared before
the board requesting the council
II is replete with gags and
gimmicks. "Mr. , Hulot's
Holiday'! is a full-length film
with W minutes of madness.
Also on the bill, a 1933
animated short subject:
"Night on Bald Mountain" in
technicolor and featuring the
music of Moutsorgsky - as
background for goblins,
scarecrows, skeletons and
forms emerging and disap-
pearing. .
There are always com
plaints about nothing to do
yet this series of excellent
films have been, playing to
very small audiences. It will
continue until July unless
more interest is shown. Stop
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MAKE UP DAYS
HERTFORD - C.C. Walters,
superintendent of Perquimans
County Schools snnounced
today makeup days for school
due to snowy weather.
School will be held Saturday
March 31 and Saturday April 28.
The final day of school for
students is June 7, s Thursday.
Easter Vacation will be ob
served on Good Friday (April
20) and Easter Monday (April
23). ?.
Teachers will work Friday
June 8 and Saturday June 9.
ARPDC MEETING
EDENTON The annual
meeting and dinner of the
Albemarle Regional Planning
and Development Commission
will meet March 21 at 7 p.m. at
the Jaycee Building, located at
the airport here.
The speaker will be N.C.
Secretary of Natural and
Economic ; Resources, Jim
Harrington.
: FOLLOW-UP .'
A follow up meeting on the
Hertford Clean Up Campaign
will be held Wednesday, March
21 at the Municipal Building at
7:30 pjn.
Jot it down on your calendar
and try to attend.
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FARCILY CharMe Mims takes
-?iterB E;erry Ann ani Emily Ruth, before taking off for
t-ty. 12ms listens to Sherry Ann at piano. Finally a chance to
to look into the no parking signs
near his place of business.
" Council members promised to
look into the matter.
Bids were opened and ac
cepted for a garbage truck body
and cab. Locally Winslow
Blanehard Motor Co. won the
low bid for the truck cab.
Joint Meeting
Certain staff members of the
Albemarle Production Credit
Association (PCA) and The
Federal Land Bank Association
of Ahoskie-Eliiebeth City
Branch (FLBA) have just
returned from Raleigh, where
they attended a two-day
Management - Development
Conference for vice presidents,
assistant vice Presidents;
Branch Office Managers and
Representatives of PCAs and'
FLBAs, according to Roy
Miller, President of the
Albemarle Production Credit
Association and J.L. Rowe,
President of the Federal Land
Bank Association of Ahoskie
Elisabeth City.
. The conference was con
ducted by the Federal Inter
mediate Credit Bank and The
Federal Land Bank of
Columbia, South Carolina..
Those attending from ' the
Albemarle PCA were: Harry L.
Winslow, Vice President;
Thomas J. Long, Jr., assistant
Secretary and Treasurer;
Garland O'Brien, Branch Office
Manager. Those attending from
the Federal Land . Bank
Association- : of Ahoskie
Elizabeth City were: L, Gary
Taylor, .Vice President, and
Francis Benthal, Assistant Vice
President:
Some of the more important
topics : presented during the
conference Included Credit
Investigation and Reporting
anc Importance of Appraisals.
There also - was a panel
discassk(tt'''bQ .''How to
Capitalize . on Business
Development Programs" on
which L. Gary Taylor, Vice
President of the FLBA of
Ahoskie-EUxebeth City sad
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President of the Albemarle PCA
participated.
The Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank provides leader
ship, supervision end
agricultural loan funds for 80
PCAs which make agricultural
loans through 195 complete
service offices -in North
Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia and Florida. The PCAs
serve over 53,000 farmers,
growers, and ranchers with
more than 8801 million of short
and intermediate term credit.
Of that amount Albemarle PCA
has an outstanding loan volume
of over 89 million to farmer
members of their needs for
operating and capital in
vestment credit on an In-,
termediate term basis.
The Federal Land Bank of
Columbia makes long-term
farm loans through farmer
owned Federal Land Bank
Associations serving every
county in the two Carollnas,'
Georgia and Florida. The Bank
has loans outstanding to over
44,000 farmers, growers, ran
chers and rural homeowners In
the amount of over $1 billion
through the 44 Land Bank
time to get a Use
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OFFICERS INSTALLED - New officers
of the Perquimans County Restoration
Association are (seated) Mrs. Dorris
Nixon, vice-president; Tom Brown,
president; Herbert Nixon, restoration
chairman and (standing) George
Young
Up In Perquimans
By FRANCINE SAWYER
News Editor
HERTFORD - "I am
alarmed at the number of
younger girls who are reporting
pregnancies to this office," said
Edgar Wtyte, director of the
Social Services department
here.
The young girls range in age
from 13 years on to teenagers.
In 1971, data shows
Perquimans County had 129 live
births. Twenty-five of these
were out of ' wedlock. Con
sidering the population, and the
PRICKLY SITUATION Four-month-old Tony Miller got
a "baby shot" last week at the Perquimans County Health
Department. Mrs. Kay Whedbee had the chore. Holding
Tony is his mother, Mr. William Ray Miller of Winfall.
The health department offers a number of shots for tots.
(Staff Photo By Francine Sawyer)
Associations in the four-state
district. Of that amount the
FLBA of Ahoekle-Elizabeth City
has a loan volume of over 814
million In long-term credit to
their farmer members.
talk over the days activities with'wife pat. Not shown is Charles, Jr.,
who, an accomplish drummer, was busy practicing.
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Jackson, treasurer; Mrs. Jean Harrison,
secretary; Ray Winslow, archivist. They
will serve a two-year term as the
association continues its, so far very
successful efforts, at restoring the state's
oldest house the Newbold-White House.
Pregnancy
number of births which were
not reported in the county, due
to delivery outside the county,
the rate is high.
Perquimans has the highest
ration of children born out of
wedlock than any other county
in the ten-county Albemarle
Area. ,
Abortion, in many cases is the
answer, so some of the county
social services and health
department officials think.
Recently White went before
the county commissioners to
request funds for an abortion to
STUMPY POINT
ACCESS AREA OPEN
The state's newest free public
boating access area is now open
at Stumpy Point in Dare County
not far off desolate Rt. 264 in
eastern North Carolina.
' The new area built by the
N.C. Wildlife Resources
Commission gives access to
Stumpy Point Bay and Pamlico
Sound.
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be performed on a 12-year-old
girl, whose family was not
eligible for Aid to Families With
Dependent Children funds.
Commissioners expressed
concern with the matter,
however, many of the board
members expressed opposing
views to abortion. Nonetheless,
commissioners approved the
request, firmly stating, each
case would be considered
separate, and no blanket rule
would be approved.
The situation is like this,
according to White: "the
mother of the pregnant girl
. usually comes into office to
. discuss the child and the
Jfellngs of the father 'of the ,
unborn child. The mother
decides what she thinks she
should do. If termination of the
baby is desired, calls are made
from this office to Chapel Hill
and surrounding clinics for
appointments."
People who are getting Aid to
Dependent Families With
Children funds are eligible for
Medl-cade to finance the
abortion,
White feels education Of -young
girls and boys is the.
answer. "Parents must know
the behavior and habits of their
children. If a parent suspects
their daughter of conducting
sexual behavior, the parent
should get the child on some
sort of birth control to inhibit
the number of pregnancies."
White, who is a conservative
person, does face reality. "The
situation is here, it is a matter
of selecting the best course for
all parties."
In all cases, the pregnant
mother has a choice. She can
have the baby here, and keep it,
go away to deliver and keep it, '
or deliver and put the child up
for adoption.
After the delivery or ter-
' minatlon, Family Planning,
conducted by the Perquimans
County Health Department is
urged.
An official of the Health
Department in Perquimans
County sees the Family
Planning Clinic as an answer to
all health problems.