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Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, January 31, 1974
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TUNNEL TO LIGHT A graphic photo of a sewer pipe, captured by staff photographer
Kathy Marren shows it as a tunnel to light. The more one stares1 at the photo the
longer the cylinder appears.
Promotions Announced
c. By Peoples Bank Go; -
The Board of Directors of
Peoples Bank and Trust
Company of Rocky Mount
today, announced the
promotion of Roy Chappell
to Assistant Vice President
and Cashierand Mrs. Nettie
Leo Chappell to Manager of
Hertford's West Drive-In
Office. Chappell, a
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Craft Workshop
' 4 craft ; workshop,
sponsored by the Extension
Service, will be held on
Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the
County Office Building
beginning at 10 a.m. -12
noon. Salt Ceramic will be
taught by Mrs, Esther
Morgan of the Bethel
Homemaker's Club.
Mrs. Morgan will instruct
the group in making apple
trees using the Salt Ceramic
technique. . . .
graduate of Perquimans
County High School, joined
Peoples Bank in April of
1955 as an officer trainee.
Prior to his employment
with Peoples Bank, Chap
pell served as a Corporal in
the U.S. Army from 1953
1955. The Cashier of Peoples
.
CHAPPELL
Anyone interested in
learning this craft is invited
and should call Mrs. Paige
Underwood, Home
Economics Extension
Agent, 426-7697.
TO SING
Cecil Forbes and his
singing group will be at
Anderson's Methodist .
Church Saturday, Feb. 2 at
7:30 p.m. ;
The public is invited.
Hertford Office has at
tended the Carolina School
of Banking in Chapel Hill as
well as numerous Consumer
Credit Seminars. Chappell's.
civic interests include the
Heart Association, Red
Cross and the Bethel Fire
Department. He is a Ruritan
and serves the Bethel
Baptist Church as Deacon
and Treasurer.
Chappell is married to the
former Jeanette Gail
Bunch, and they have two
children, Kent and Amy.
Mrs. Chappell, also a
Graduate of Perquimans
County High, joined Peoples
Bank in June of 1953 as a
bookkeeper and served as
Head Bookkeeper for
several years. Currently,
" Mrs. Chappell has been
serving as Head Teller in
the West Office.
In the community Mrs.
Chappell is active in the
Perquimans County Mar
ching Unit Parent's Club,
has served as a Counselor
for the New Hope United
Methodist Church M.Y.F.
and as Church Treasurer.
Mrs. Chappell is married
to William Penn Chappell
and they have three
. children, Ella Sue, Jeffrey
and Lori.
She has recently com
pleted the bank's Customer
- Relations and Staff Sales
Training Course.
Court
Judge Fentress Horner
presided at a brief session of
Perquimans County District
Court on Wednesday and
heard the following cases:
Walter Daniel White was
given a 60-day jail sentence
on a shoplifting charge;
James Jones, charged
with disorderly conduct,
received a sentence of 30
days which was suspended
on the conditio that the
defendant stay out of
Teresa's Place pay cost of
court and damage to Gum
machine;
John Henry Davis was
sentenced to not less than 30
davs or more than 6 months
at the Department of
Correction, when found
guilty of being a public
Two Counts Of
ELIZABETH CITY
Johnie A. Myers Monday
pleaded guilty in U.S.
District Cogrt to two counts
ofjaank "robbery in the
Albemarle area last year
and one count of auto theft.
U.S. Eastern District
Judge John Larkins sen
tenced the 31-year-old
Hertford native to an ef-
Farmers
Planting
More Corn
North Carolina farmers
indicate they intend to plant
more corn in 1974, but are
currently planning no
change in soybean acreage.
These findings are based on
a survey of growers con
ducted around January 1 by
the -State's Crop Reporting
Service.
Results showed corn
acreage increasing 10
percent over 1973 to 1,700,000
acres and soybeans holding
at last year's plantings of
1,550,000 acres. The 4
remaining crops included in
the survey all show declines.
Cotton, at 175,000 acres,
would be down 4 percent
from last year, while
sorghum at 115,000 acres
would be off 4 percent.
Intentions for oats fell 3
percent to 155,000 acres,
while barley dropped"; 5
percent to 70,000 acres. '
Due to the large increase
in corn, acreage of the six
' crops would be 129,000 acres
above last year's plantings.
U.S. CORN
ANDCOTTON
UP, SOYBEANS
DOWN
For 35 major agricultural
States in the Nation making
the January acreage sur
vey, combined indications
followed a pattern nearly
similar to that in N.C. Corn
intentions across the U.S.
are up 10 percent. Soybean
states in the group showed
intentions to be down 3
percent. Sorghum grain is
up 1 percent. Cotton is
forecast 17 percent above
last year. Oats and barley
are expected to be under
1973 - oats 1 percent and
barley 15 percent.
Officials of the Crop
Reporting Service said the
primary purpose of the
January Survey was to give
growers and agricultural
planners some advance
notice of what farmers are
planning for 1974. The
Statistical agency em
phasized that the report only
expresses farmers thinking
around January 1. Final
plantings may vary con
siderably from those ex
pressed depending upon
such factors as weather, and .
the availability of seed,
fertilizer and fuel, plus the
influence of the report itself
on farmers actions. Another
report on farmers intentions
as, of March . 1, covering
prospective plantings of
most major crops in N.C.
and the U.S. will be
released. March 14.
Action
drunk (second offense);
DavidAlfredDanielswas
taxed with a fine of $15 and
costs on a speeding charge;
Charges of trespassing,
assault, and assault with a
deadly weapon against Jean
G. Ange, Janet L. Lee, and
Leon Ange were dismissed.
GUEST SPEAKER
The Bishop J.W. Wactor,
Presiding Bishop of the
Seventh Episcopal District
will be the guest speaker for
St. Paul A.M.E. Zion Church
Service Sunday, Feb. 3, at 11
a.m. ' '
The public is invited to
attend. Rev., CO. Parker,
Host Pastor. ,
fective prison term of 25
years on all three counts.
Larkins gave the stocky
defendant 20 years each on
the robbery of banks in
Edenton and Hertford, with
the sentences to run con-t
currently.
The judge added five
years for the theft of an
automobile from Pensacola,
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Elected To Board
Charlie H. Mims, of New Hope was elected to the
National Board of Directors, Ruritan International, at the
club's 42rd annual convention in Tampa, Fla., recently.
Mims, a member of the Ruritan Club in Durant's Neck
has iield off ices, ui this ciub, aa weU as. Poplar; Branch
Ruritan Club he belonged to prior. '
He was formerly District Governor of the Albemarle
district Rutitan Clubs.
He was also Lt. Governor and Governor of the Albemarle
District.
Mims represents North Carolina in his new directors job.
He will serve the area as national director for Albemarle,
Ronaoke and Cape Fear Districts.
U.L. (Buddy) Lee of Raleigh was elected national vice
president.
Next year's convention will be held in Chicago.
Abbott Files For
Walkers Judgeship
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O.C. ABBOTT
O.C. Abbott, an Elizabeth
City attorney, has filed for
the district court judgeship,
now being held by Judge
Wilton Walker, Jr. of
Currituck.
The 43-year old attorney is
a native of Vance County.
Other background material
regarding Abbott, according
to biographical information
reveals he graduated from
Vance County public
schools. Abbott spent four
years in the U.S. Air Force,
during the Korean Conflict.
Higher education includes
a B.S. degree from North
Carolina State University in
agricultural education,
earning high honors and
being selected Outstanding
Student in school of
education. He also earned
ranks in Phi Kappa Phi, an
honorary fraternity.
After earning his degree
he work with the Soil Con
servation Service in Troy,
N.C. He transferred to the
Albemarle in December,
1961. He worked in this area
until June, 1965.
- He then took his wife, the
former , Nancy Gilliam of
Kingsport, Tenn. and their
three children to the Chapel
Hill area, while he earned
his J.D. in law, and
Fla., the vehicle used in the
getaway after the Sept. 18
robbery of a branch of
Peoples Bank and Trust Co.
at Edenton.
At his arraignment
shortly after court opened
Monday, Myers pleaded not
guilty to all three in
dictments. But shortly
before the! lunch break at 1
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H. Mims
graduated from UNC in
August of 1967.
It was then back to the
Albemarle, and Elizabeth
City where Abbott became
associated with Russell E.
Twiford. A partnership was
formed in January, 1969.
The firm name now is
Twiford, Abbott, and
Seawell.
Abbott is a member of the
North Carolina State Bar,
North Carolina Bar
Association, and First
District Bar Association.
Civic activities include
membership in the
Elizabeth City Kiwanis
Club, South Camden
Ruritan Club, past
president; a Mason,
assistant scout master,
member Order of Arrow and
in the summer, coaches
pony league and teener
league baseball.
The family attends
Camden Methodist Church.
Abbott is serving as
chairman of the board and is
a past superintendent and
Sunday School teacher.
Abbott paid the $235 filing
fee Jan. 15.
He is a well known
people's attorney, having
defended persons in all of
the first district's county
courtrooms.
There are two district
court judgeships available.
One belongs to Fentress
Horner, who is resigning
because of the state man
datory age limit. The other
seat open belongs to Walker,
who has resigned with eyes
towafd the District Superior
Court Judgeship, belonging '
to W.W. Cahoon, who is
resigning. Herbert Small,
District Attorney is also
seeking Cahoon's seat.
Horner's seat is being
sought by Jack Chaffin, an
Elizabeth City attorney.
Robbery
p.m., he and defense at
torney Herbert Mullen
changed the plea to guilty.
Mullen told Judge Larkins
that he and U.S. attorney
Tom McNamara had
engaged in plea bargaining
in the case.
The bargain called for a
guilty plea with the gov
ernment to recommend
to the court that the bank
robbery judgments run
concurrently. McNamaradid
not make a recom
mendation on the charge of
interstate transportation of
a stolen vehicle.
Mullen said he entered the
plea bargaining at the
request of the defendant.
Myers pleaded guilty to
taking more than $11,000 in
the armed robbery of the
Edenton bank and more
than $13,000 from a branch
of the Bank of North
Carolina at Hertford on Dec.
20, about two months later.
Two Plead Guilty
To Bank Robbery
Three men are being
arraigned for the Nov. 21
robbery of $11,315.07 from
Wesl Drive-in Branch of
Peoples Bank and Trust Co.
in Hertford . Two pled guilty
in U.S. District Court to a
count of bank robbery.
The men accused of the
robbery are Kevin Marquel
Christian, 22; Ricky Riddick
and Russell Lee F.pps Jr..
both 20. The second count is
assault by forceful
intimidation and putting two
bank tellers in danger of
their lives by use of a 38
calibre revolver while the
bank robbery was taking
place.
Only Riddick pled not
Filing Deadline
Is Set Feb. 25
Filing deadline for per
sons wishing to file for any
political office, which is
open in 1974 is Noon,
Monday, Feb. 25, according
to state election law.
Candidates for the state
legislature (senate or
house) file with the county
board of elections in the
county of their residence.
Candidates for all county
offices also file with the
county board of elections.
The primary election,
unless changed by the 1974
General Assembly is
scheduled for Tuesday, May
7. The second primary, if
needed is set for June 4.
Assistance
Financial assistance is
still available for students at
the College of The
Albemarle. A new federal
program for assistance
called the Basic Opportunity
Grant has been so
successful thai the deadline
for applying has been
extended from February 1
to April l.
4-H Club
The Wynn-Fork 4-H Club
met recently at the Hertford
Grammar School. President
Lyn Hurdle called the
meeting to order. Anne
Rogerson gave the devotion
- reading Psalms 1, followed
by The Lords' Prayer. The
Pledge to the American and
4-H Flags were said.
Corinne Underwood,
Secretary, read the minutes
of the last meeting. The roll
Grafton Beaman, an
Elizabeth City attorney and
former Federal Magistrate,
has announced his can
didacy for Walker's post. At
deadline Tuesday morning,
no announcement was made
if Beaman had filed yet. .
He was captured in neigh
boring Gates County after
the second holdup.
The only sworn witnesses
in the trial were FBI agents,
who said Myers told them
that he spent the loot from
the Edenton bank robbery
but that all the money taken
in the second holdup was
recovered.
One of the items bought
with the money from the
Edenton robbery was a
$5,300 automobile, im
pounded by the FBI.
Mullen said Myers is
willing to turn over the title
to the car once the
prosecution determines who
should be the rightful owner,
the Edenton bank or the
Federal Deposit Insurance
Corpotation.
At the time of the rob
beries, Myers was a fugitive
from the state prison unit at
Creswell in Washington
County.
guilty to both counts,
Christian and Epps pled not
guilty to the second count.
Proceedings for, Veror
Tyrone Riddick 17, also
charged with the robbery,
will be held in the judge's
chambers in closed session
because he is considered a
juvenile under federal law.
Maximum sentence for
the baiik rrbbery charge is a
$5,000 or 20 years in prison
or both. Assault by
intimidation calls for a
maximum sentence of
$10,000 or 25 years in jail or
both.
Presiding over the
District Federal Court is
Judge John T. Larkins Jr.
Candidates may file a
proper "Notice of Can
didacy" form with the
proper board of elections
(county or state) in person
or by mail. Candidates filing
by mail must have their
form executed by a Notary
or other officer authorized
to execute documents.
The registration deadline
for persons not already
registered and who want to
vote in the primary elec
tions is Monday, April 8.
At press deadline Tuesday
morning, no Perquimans
County persons have filed
for any of the available
seats.
Available
Any student qualifying for
a B.O.G., as the grant is
called, may receive up to
$452 to help pay for tuition,
fees, books, and other
expenses. Any student
wishing to apply for this
grant should contact the
Student Financial Aid Office
at the College before April 1.
Meets
was called with 9 members
present.
For new business, Mrs.
Earline White announced to
the group about 4-H District
Day which will be held in
Perquimans County in June,
and participation is ex
pected from all 4-H clubs.
Dean's list
Phyllis Moore has been
placed on the Dean's List for
the first semester at Mount
Olive College in Mount
Olive. N.C. Mrs. Moore is
the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Moore of
Goldsboro. . N.C. and I he
granddaughter, of Mr. and
Mrs. W.P, Lane of Route 1.
Hertford.