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Volume 23-No. 37
Hertford, Perquimani County, North Carolina, Thursday, September 13. 1973
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' MEETING WITH HUNT. Lester Simpson, chairman of
Perquimans County Board of Commissioners, took time
i Tuesday night to say hello to guest speaker, Lt. Gov. Jim
i Hunt. Simpson was one of many Perquimans County
residents who went to the AADA meeting.
IANY QUESTIONS Perquimans County residents,
who attended the September AADA meeting had many
questions for Jim Hunt, Lt Gov. From left, but not shown,
pas Jarvis Ward, who was cut from the picture, Sheriff
Julian Broughton, Hunt, W.F. Ainsley and Mayor Bill Cox.
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A POSE FOR PHOTOGRAPHER - Lt. Gov. Hunt and
W.A. (Billy) White agreed to let Francine Sawyer snap
their picture while talking. White is an active and
concerned citizen of Perquimans County.
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SIMPSON. ELECTED '
The first meeting of the
Snug Harbor Youth
Group for the fall season
was held on the veranda
Of the Club House on
Saturday, Sept. 8.
- Officers for the new year
were elected. Mark
Cummings was "re
elected treasurer. The
Hew president will be
'Junior (Ernest) Simpson.
The vice-president will be
George Lewis. Plans for
. Activities to HU in the long
- winter 1 monlhs were
made to the pleasure of .
; all. The group is working '
hard to build up their
' treasury in order to take .
t a trip to some place of
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Shdrt Takes
Movie Sccr.3
) Another; evening of family
entertainment U scheduled at
tl.e Municipal Building on Sept.'
20 at 8 p.m.
The Perrujmans County
Chamber o Commerce will
p-esent more movies - and a
trWle feature is on the agenda.
The show includes "Sad
CDwna," with such famous
, a.-tists as Chaplin, Keaton,
I --'gdon and so many others
can siiU n- ' e you lau.h.
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Perquimans County was one ,
of 11 North Carolina counties
which failed to record at least
one million dollars in travel;
spending, according to N.C.
State Motor Club, '
Thomas - B. ' Watkins,
president of the Club indicated
, travel spending in North
Carolina could hit a billion
dollar mark by the end of this
" year."
"After seeing the figures for
1972,' he said, "this could be the
year.' Earlier estimates pointed
to 1974 or 197$ as the "billion
dollar" year. '
The annual North Carolina
travel survey, sponsored by the
state's Travel and Promotion
Division and the Travel Council
of North Carolina, shows travel
spending of $926 million for last
year, an increase of $76 million
over the previous year, f ; v
Watkins said that a $74
million increase this year;
which would reach the billion
dollars mark, is possible even
though the current year has not
been outstanding, because of
. inflation and the threat of a
gasoline shortage. :
The total includes spending
by out-of-state visitors and by
North Carolinians who are
traveling out of their home
. territory. Total sales by travel
related firms, which includes
spending by all customers,
reached $2.2 billion during 1972.
Mecklenburg County, the
state's most populated, led all
counties with $102 million in
travel spending and $275 million
in total sales. Guilford was
second in both categories with
$70.8 and $176 million respec
tively. Other counties not recording
one million benidas Perquimans
Co'- 'y were Fc nilico, Tyrrell,
C: n, Cfr:ewell, Clay,
C k.C -., Creene, Hyde
BY FRANCINE SAWYER
NAGS HEAD Lt. Gov. Jim
Hunt commended represenjives
from the ten-county area at
Tuesday's. Albemarle Area
Development Association for its
fine work in undertaking the
regionalism concept, ; ..
v Hunt, speaker for the event,
told county and town officials of
Perquimans, Chowan, Gates,
Tyrrell, Washington, Camden,
Currituck, Dare, Hyde,- and
Pasquotnk, "I am convinced
: that the concept can provide
many ef the anwserf to the
problems of our state, nnd I am
pleased that many of your ef
forts are beginning t- bear
fruit." , -
AADA Endorses
Floating Barge
' . By KATHY MARREN ;
N STAFF WRITER
NAGS HEAD - "The Barge
Lady" as Nellie M. Sanders of
Plymouth N.C, Jokingly calls
- herself presented a resolution
before the Albemarle Area
Development Association at
their September meeting, here.
Sanders got her nickname as
a result of a program she
initiated to build and launch a .
- barge as S sort of represen
tation for, Eastern North
Carolina in the : Bicentennial
celebration fast ''approaching.
According to the. resolution
which received a unanimous
vote from the AADA; the barge
would "depict in books, art,
music, : and theater, the
revolutionary history and
continued culture of Eastern
North Carolina.," I
The barge would; include a
library, art museum, theater,
Perquimans
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Waynejishley
By FRANCINE SAWYER
Working with money all day
doesn't seem to bore Wayne
-Ashlev.
' r The attractive and personable
-young men is assistant vice ,
nrMriHrnil and minimr hf fh
Bank of North Carolina, next toy
Harris Shopping Center :
He,'frankly speaking, loves
his job. He wUl ten you. a
The Edenton native has '
assumed responsihilities at the
cans - since n openea in
December of 72. He and his
wife Ingrcd and two daughters,
Deanne, six, and Karen 4 make
thntrknmo at Ittl Cnvmt ClnrAon '
The house is getting a complete
renovation Job. , -
Before entering the business
world, Ashley attended ?uWfc
schools in Edenton. One of five
children, he was reared on a
farm outside of T 'riton in
Chowan County. He raduated
from high school and attended
Hlgh Point Concie. v f ;' ,; f
s One Christmas semester
break, he was borne in Edenton:
and met his future wife. The
two were married six months
later and the union has been on
for eight years. ,-.,:.-
' His first job was with Edenton
Savings k Loan for three years.
He then joined the Bank of
North Carolina in Edenton.'
After four years at the Edenton
bank, he is now in Hertford.
"I am very happy here in
Hertford. Perquimans County is
a very friendly county. My
family and I could not ask for
any nicer people," he said.
. He has something new to look
forward to. In early 74 the P k
of North Carolina is expee ' to
build a permanent builw. i in
the vicinity of the present
location of the mobi'.e unit,
which houses the sta.'f of two
female employes as well as
Ashley. , t.
Civic activities Ip the
Hartford F.otary Cl-b. The
"Moreover, I am encouraged
by the general trend in our
government today. We are
beginning - to realise : that
problems ought to be solved
"close to home"' rather than in
Washington," He sal J.
"I once had a MenTremark
that no one knows more about
the problems of focal law en
forcement than the County
sheriff. And I suspect that his
observation would easily apply
to other areas of our local
government.
"I believe that the trend,
toward problem solving- at the
focal and state level is a healthy
one. I know we want to "do it
ourselves", and I really believe
and historical museum of North
Carolina's history, since the
Revolutionary War. Regular
visits to ports in Eastern North
Carolina would be made for the
purpose of education and en
tertainment., Provisions for a
visit to a particular county will
ha ve to be made by that county.
These would Include such things
as adequate docking, policing,
parking, fire protection, and
similar necessary services.
It is essential to get support
and cooperation by Eastern
N.C. Counties, in order for the
Bicentennial Barge Project to
'become a reality and a success.
The project is still being
studied and funds for financing
are being looked into. With
support' from Perquimans
County, local residents could
benefit from a barge visit and
Hertford certainly has all the
facilities needed to house its
visit. ' -
Personality
family attends Hertford First
United Methodist Church.
Ashley - says business has
exceeded all expectations.
' The full-service bank offers
friendly full-service. -
; could be because Ashley
toveB his work and the people of
:ne miy. i
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: At'Vw,
Bedashed
sa, gecnrUy checks should
ltt cashed within a reasonable
j,im. , nrMont i,. nP ,h.f,
h no '
limit on cashing them.'
If your check is lost or, stolen, '
get in touch with your nearest , 'advancement will be based on
; social security office at once, the date he entered the Delayed
.The check can be replacd, but Enlistment Program,
it takes? time.: Handle i u .-, According to Sergeant Clark
.check carefully when you rot it "Sessoms, Air Force recruiter m
and you wont have 'to wlt ; Elizabeth :.i City, Airman
.while" it's being replaced. .' Saunders successfully com
;,"Sodi4 security pays over $4 ;, pleted a series of tests which
billion a month in benefit checks -,
to almost 29 million people
eligibld re'ired and disabled '
workWs and meirvf'iiilies and .
families of deceased 1 workers
who worked long enoujjh, Ainder
social security.?-'
The Elizabeth-City Social
' Security office is at 401 S. Dyer
Street. The phone number is
338-3931.
SMELLS WITH TONGUE .
A snake darts its tongue in
and out because the tongue tells -n
when food is near. The forked
tongue picks up airborne'
-articles and carries them to a
chemical analyzer in the rear of
Us mouth, according to the-Natir-
I Gec:.'.ic Society
book, ' ' s rnrvels of Animal
P havk. ' ,
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that we can do it," Hunt said.
r "But local initiative to bring
about action needs help. We
. must be concerned about the
capability of State government
to respond to your needs, to
; assist in your efforts. ' ;
believe the state has to assert
a new responsibility in the 1970s
to make sure that every section
J of North Carolina and every
' citizen has a future worth .
' having.'
"This responsibility includes
giving priority to programs
..which strengthen our rural
regions' lability to hold onto
their youth population by
. creating the necessary jobs and
a sound: economic base," He
said.
"It'lncludes giving renewed
emphasis to revitalize
agriculture rather than merely
defending it c
"It means seeing to it that
each area of our state has equal
access to good schools, good
roads, good bousing, and good
health care.
We can do this most readily
by adopting a policy of balanced
growth for North Carolina.
Through such a policy, we can
see to lt that each area of our
v- state shares in its growth and its
development," He added. v
"Through such a policy, we
can channel the state's
' resources toward develop
- mental J environmental, and
human concerns in the areas
' that need them the most.
"Onelof the best ways the
Albemarle region can speed up
. the state's, commitment its
response to the problems of our
time - is to continue to unite
around regional programs.
. "Most of your .towns and
counties have small
populations and can't compete
on their own with Raleigh,
Greensboro, Winston-Salem
-'and Charlotte, The Albemarle
region, however, with its 97,000
population, islargerth an anycity
other than those four
- in the state. '
fr""' "And, by working together as
a region, you have ac
complished some remarkable
things," Hunt remarked.
"In the Albemarle Area are a
multi-county jail, a six-county
mental health department, a 10
county family planning
program, a regional
alcoholism program, and many
other Ongoing cooperative
projects.
"Of equal importance are the
perhaps less tangible programs
that are being carried our
programs in regional planning
that Involve health, water,
housing, land and other aspects
of our lives. ,
"I think it is important for the
critics of the regionalism
concept and there are some
to look at an area like the
Albemarle Area and to realize
that much of what is being done
here would not be done at all if it
were not for the regionalism
concept. '
"Regionalism is working in the
Albemarle Area.
Through this partnership, we
can accomplish things that we
cannot accomplish alone," He
concluded.
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Etiista In Air Force
Rodney -V- Saunders, son of
MtiyEunice Saunders, Route 1,
Tyner'has enlisted in the U.S.
Air Force through the Air Force
recruiting office in Elizabeth
City.
Airman Saunders joined
under the Air Force's Delayed
- Enlistment Program (DEP),
which allows him to accumulate
time In the Air Force Reserve
until he enters active duty on
September 25, 1973.
The program benefits the
airman because his future
qualified hint ;for the general
field of training.
Airman Saunders is a 1969
graduate of D-F. Walker High
School, Edenton.
On bis active duty date,
Airman Saunders will fly by
commercial jet to Lackland Air
Force Base, San, Antonio,
Texas, where he will undergo
six weeks of bask training.
Art Class Held
; An art painting class will be
held at the vocational building of
Perquimans County- High
School beginning Tuesday at 7
p.m. The course is a College of
the Albemarle Adult Interest.
A fee of $2 for the course will
be charged.
Mrs. Margaret Brewin wlH
teach the course.
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ELECTED VICE
CHAIRMAN Mayor
Bill Cox, of Hertford, was
, elected vice chairman of
newly formed
Association of Towns &
Counties, at Tuesday's
-AADA meeting. The
objectives of the
organization is to have a
better relation in the
. Albemarle of the town
and county concept. It
will help officials have a
clearer understanding of
community needs rather
than isolated needs.
Elected chairman was
T.R. Spruill of
Washington County and
secretary-treasurer 1 is
W.F. 'Mickey' Thompson
of Elizabeth City.
(Marren Photo)
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ATTENDS MEETING Jim Wilder, Raleigh, S.L.
Dilda, Fountain, N.C; and Andrew H. Winslow, of
Hertford, discussed the American Soybean Assn. annual
meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, earlier this week (Aug. 20
22) as a representative of tine North Carolina Soybean
Assn. The American Soybean Assn. conducts foreign
market development, production research and
government relations programs for all U.S. soybean
growers.
More About Taxes
By CARSON D. SPIVEY
' Tax Collector
The people of Perquimans
County will be required to list
their property in the Courthouse
in the year 1974. This is not a
new law but a decision made by
the taxing office of the County.
All persons are required to list
property at the usual days
during the. month of January.
The office will be open every
working day during January
except on Wednesdays. Listing
will be done in the Com
missioners Room.
Elderly people will be
required to list at this same
time. After the books come back
to the Tax Supervisor, ap
plication may be made to the
Stamps By
Hertford Postmaster, Henry
Stokes announced today a new
"Stamps By Mail" service will
be offered in the Perquimans
County area, beginning later
this month.
According to Stokes, this new
service will permit customers
to purchase stamps and
stamped envelopes through the
mail using a personal check or
money order.
' Stokes said, "this service will
be of great benefit to all our
customers and , especially the
shut-ins, the elderly and
working wives. It will enable
The North Carolina Forest
Service each year provides
millions of pine seedlings to:
landowners, at cost, for
reforestation purposes. In order
to supply these seedlings,
millions of pine cones must be
collected at maturity so seed
can be processed at nurseries.
The Forest Service in this
area is again buying mature
loblolly pine cones from private
individuals. The Forest Service
will pay $3.00 per U.S. bushel
for cones meeting the following
requirements.
Providing S
BY FRANCINE SAWYER
NAGS HEAD Perquimans
County joined the other nine
counties in the Albemarle
Regional Planning k
Development Commission
Tuesday night, passing a
resolution to request the 74
session of the General
Assembly, to seek ways of
dividing the state surplus
among local governments.
The resolution was first
adopted on an individual basis
by all counties in the
Albemarle. It was then adopted
at a unit at the ARPDC meeting
and presented to the Albemarle
Area Development Association.
Last week commissioners
meet in Perquimans County
Courthouse with commissioners
from various Albemarle
counties to discuss the
resolution. Commissioners did
much behind-the-scene plan
ning and preparation for the
resolution.
The resolution stated and
requested a means of equitable
distribution among the various
levels of local government be
created for the purpose of
Tax Supervisor for exemption.
All civic or religious bodies
must list their property in the
same way as the elderly people
and then ask for the exemption
of the property. All exemptions
will be the judgement of the Tax
Supervisor as provided by law.
; Under the new law, elderly
persons whose property Is in a
Life Estate Status will qualify
for exemption. Also persons
living in Mobil Homes can be
exempted. No one applying can
have an income exceeding
$5000.00 (Five Thousand
dollars). Social Security
payments and Social Service
Payments are not considered as
income. Elderly people must be
65 years of age or become 65
during the taxing year to be
eligible.
Mail Offer
them to satisfy their postal
needs simply, rapidly and .
inexpensively from their own
homes." Leaflets spelling Out
the details of the service will be
distributed to area households
and small businesses during the
next few weeks.
. "This new service has been
tested in selected cities .
nationwide with very positive;',
results," said Stokes. !;
A 40 cents fee will be charged;
to defray the cost of two-way
postage, internal processing of
checks and other costs, v
associated with this new ser-j
. vice. -
eedlings J
nJ
species, mature green and
closed. No open cones accepted, ' ;
; 2. Cones must not be picked on
areas cut before September 17.
Cones before this time are not
! near enough to maturity.
3. Cones must be clean of
sticks, straw, etc.
. 4. Cones must be delivered to
County Ranger unless otherr
wise arranged.
5. Burlap bags will be loaned to
pickers.
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snaring the surplus with local
government and returning part
of the tax dollar paid by the
taxpayer on a level where the
' tax payer will be conscious of
his tax dollar being spent for his
and his family's betterment. ,
The resolution stated that,
demands upon local : govern
ment for additional services has
increased many times, in the
past year and the cost of ad;
' ditional services has h.ac:
celerated at the same pace and
the same increase that the cost
of living has Increased ; that the
income received from focal
government has not increased,
proportionately to the ex
penditures, -''l
The Tuesday night meeting
was the ARPDC and A ADA'S
September meeting. It - was
highlighted by a speech by Lt
Gov. Jim Hunt. 1 . ;
The meeting was held at a
Nags Head restaurant. ,
Judge Horner :
Hears County
Court Cases
Perquimans County District
Court was in regular session on
Wednesday with Judge Fen-:
tress Horner presiding.
Charges, sentences, and fines
were as follows:
Jack William Harrell, driving
under the influence of in
toxicating liquor, six months
suspended upon payment of $250
and costs, and ordered to
surrender driver's license for 12
months;
Alvah Eugene Cartwright,
bigamy, probable cause was
found during the preliminary
hearing, and the case was
placed on the Superior Court
Docket for trial;
Davis Redell Lay den, driving
under the influence of in
toxicating liquor (2nd offense),
six months suspended upon
payment of (300 and costs and
' surrender driver's license for 2
years;
Robert Lee Thatch, driving
under the influence of in
toxicating liquor, 90 days'
suspended upon pay ment of $125
and costs, and ordered to
surrender driver's license for 12 ,
months; I
Ernest Lee Cowell, driving t
without chauffeur's license, $25 i
and costs; j
Shelton Zachary, Jr., assault i
on a female, 60 days suspended
upon payment of $15 and costs j
pay damages to prosecuting j
witness, and be actively em- ;
ployed within 30 days; '
Wendell White, larceny, not
guilty; public drunk, 20 days in :
jail; carrying concealed!
weapon, 60 days upon ex- i
piration of previous sentence,
weapon to be confiscated;
Levi Revell, public drunk, 10 j
days suspended upon payment :
of $10 and costs; '
Mary Dale Copeland,
speeding, 30 days suspended
upon payment of $100 and costs,
and surrender driver's license
for 12 months. An appeal was
noted and bond was set at $200;
Curtis Lincoln Godfrey,
speeding, 90 days suspended
upon payment ot i50 ana costs,
and ordered to surrender I .
driver's license for 12 months; 1
George Edward . By rum, j
failure to drice on the right half
of highway, and litterbugging,
30 days suspended upon on
condition that defendant must
pick up 10 bags of bottles, and
beer cans immediately and pay
costs of court.
Open House . :
Perquimans County : high,,
school students, especially;
juniors and seniors, are inviteo
to Open . House at pNMt;
Carolina State Uhlversy
Saturday,, September S&-0-I
Four schools at Wfflj
open their doors to visitors on
thai day. They are the School of,
Agriculture and Life Sciences,)
School of Forest Resources,
School of Engineering and the:
School of Physical Vo4
Mathematical Sciences, f::
.: Open House is designed,
especially for . career-minded
high school students, parents
teachers, counselors, alumni
and other adults interested in
NCSU.
Richard H. Bryants chairman,
of a Perquimans County Open
House - Committee, which is
handling focal arrangements
for people who want to attend. :
Exhibits, . tours and
discussions by students ' and
faculty members will ; be
featured at the Open House.