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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY 40200
PEMdJUIM AN ' WEEKLY
Volume 31 No. 7
Hartford, Ptrquimant County, North Carolina, Thursday, February 13. 1975
10 CENTS
Coastal
UsePlanhing
Begins
, rne following is an
. explanation of the goals and
' objectives of the Coastal
Area Management Act
, (CAMA) and the steps being
taken to develop a plan for
. Perquimans County.
The intent of the CAMA is
for each county government
oi tne coastal recion to set
1 down its own long-range
s , plan for the development of
' it's own county. These local
governmental agencies
have the responsibility to
find exactly what the
residents of the county see
as the best path to follow for
orderly, prosperous growth
for: their area. Without the
' i. t:t. -t l. i a
ucnciii ui ouvu citueu input,
uncontrolled growth could
cause serious misestimates
in community facilities,
County growth policies and
ecological stability-:
: The CAMA calls for each
of the 20 coastal counties to
develop their own set of
goals and objectives. In
coordinating these with
those of adjacent counties,
the Coastal Resources
Commission has developed
a detailed set of guidelines.
' Under the direction of these
4 guidelines, a professional
' planning staff is working in
conjunction with the county
commissioners and
' planning boards to develop
t each individual plan. By
each county. developing it's .
. plan by the same guidelines, .,
uniformity of all 20 coastal
county plans will ; be
achieved.
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WINNING TEAM - Jim "Catfish" Hunter and Taira Cook
' team up to bring a winning streak tp handicapped children
'and adults. Hunter has been named the Easter Seal
Society State Chairman. '
Jim Hunter Is
Named Easter
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The Perquimans Board of
County Commissioners have
begun the task of developing
their county - plan. By
submitting a letter of intent
to the secretary of North
Carolina Department of
Natural and Economic
Resources they have
.expressed their desire to
develop a land use plan for
Perquimans County. With
the technical assistance of
Albemarle. Regional
Planning and Development
Commission and
Department of Natural and
Economic Resources
planning staffs, the '
commissioners and the .
county planning board are
undertaking the
preliminary stages of
coastal land use planning.
Planners are now working
in the county.
T he c o u n t y
commissioners took the first
step by adopting a far
reaching citizen
participation plan at their
meeting of February 3.
Utilizing this method, each
township and municipality
would be represented by a
non-elective, private citizen
who, with each county
commissioner of a given
township, will give a broad
perspective of what type of
county growth is desired.
Those who will serve oathe ,"
citlzens advht'orjr
committee will be named at ,
the February 17 meeting of '
the county commissioners.
more. Little Tara is going to
keep on growing and as she,
does she'll n:d a larger"
arm. If each one of us gives :
a little we can keep helping
her and many more that
need us."
Tara was born without an
arm ar.3 the Easter ZziX
So 'i.ty rns been worLrg
v.! It f 'y to meet the
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FIREMAN OF THE YEAR Charlie Skinner, left, was presented with the Fireman of
the Year award by the Albemarle Firemen's Association at their February meeting.
Making the presentation was Carlton Jackson, A.F.A. president. Skinner, a member of
the Hertford Volunteer Fire Department, is also very involved in several other church
and civic organizations in Perquimans County. (Newbern photo)
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GUEST SPEAKER Mrs. Emily King, editor of the
"Tarheel Firefighter", was the guest speaker at the
Albemarle Firemen's Association special Ladies' Night
meeting held at Camden County High School.
Skinner Is Named
Fireman Of Year
Charlie Skinner,' a
member of the Hertford
Volunteer Fire Department,
was named "Fireman of the
Year" at a meeting of the
Albemarle Fireman's
Association held Feb. 4 in
Camden.
Besides the presentation
of the prestigious award, the
night was also the A.F.A.'s
first Ladies' Night and
business included the
election and installation of
officers for 1975.
Members of the Hertford
Volunteer Fire Department
attending were: Mr. and
: Mrs. Francis Nixon, chief;
Mr. and Mrs. John Beers,
Mr. ' and Mrs. Parker
Newbern, Mr. and Mrs.'
Charlie Skinner,' Mr. and
Mrs, W.L. Tilley and Mr.
and Mrs. W.A. "Billy"
White. ;
' President "- Carlton
Jackson called the meeting,
which was hosted by the
Camden Volunteer Fire
Department, to order.: The
A.F.A.'s chaplain Lawrence.
Albemarle Electric
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Annodnceis Payment
Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation
has announced payment of
1974 taxes to the State of
North Carolina and to its
i tfive-county service area of
$53,572.
The electric cooperative,
with headquarters in
' Hertford, paid to the State of
North Carolina tit pr cent
f -c 3 receipts tax cf j::,c:7.
Tl.rrj per cent ,cf f : 3
r:c ' 's. within mc
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Mclnturff gave the
invocation.
Following dinner,
Camden Chief Henry
Hughes welcomed the group
and recognized special
guests.
Charlie Skinner, outgoing
secretary, called the roll
and read the minutes of the
last meeting. Under new
business,; Skinner
announced a regional school
for pump operations to be
held May 10-11 in Edenton.
The 12-hour course will be
divided into six hours of
classroom activity on
Saturday followed by six
hours of field operators on
Sunday. The school will be
sponsoredbythe Department
of Insurance. Skinner also
introduced (he evening's
guest speaker, Mrs. Emily
. King, editor of the "Tarheel
Firefighter."
In her comments, Mrs.
King pointed out that there
are some 2500 fully paid
firemen in North Carolina
compared to some 25,000
volunteer one in the state.
-'city limits will be returned
by the State to the cities.
' Ad valorem i taxes
amounting to $17,675 were
paid to the counties served '
by Albemarle , EMC,
including Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,"
Camden and Currituck. The
cooperative, owned by its
member-consumers, serves
s -e 5,030 families in the
AlLemarle region, -v
A.F.A. TREASURER
I At the February meeting,
j W.A. White of Hertford
was elected 1975
treasurer of the
Albemarle Firemen's
Association.
She cited this need to inform
the public of these men
unselfishly devoting their
time as the way her
publication came about. She
' said, "When I saw a fireman
in uniform, I naturally
thought he got paid." "I
started . the thing
(magazine) just on a
shoestring. I had an idea, a
shoestring, and a big
mouth."
Mrs. King pointed out that
some may find it strange
that a woman would be the
editor of a firemens'
magazine. She said, '"I've
always taken on a man's
job, but not as a fireman
although I am an honorary
fireman. I study it and I can
also very much relate with
the wives. I do know what a
dangerous job a fireman has
and what the . wives go
: through. And while we're
giving the firemen such a .
big hand, which is what I've
been trying to do for years,
we should also recognize the
wives."
In closing, Mrs. King
theorized that fireman are a
special kind of people with
some feeling for their fellow
man "because they get very
little thanks and no pay."
. Following the Fireman of
the Year presentation, new
officers were 'elected and
installed. W.A. White of
Hertford was elected as the
A.F.A.'s treasurer for, 1975.
Other officers are: Ervin
Hassell, Washington
County, president; Clifford
Midgett, Dare County, 1st
vice-president; William R.
Forehand, Camden County,
2nd vice-president; Bobty
Winborne, Chowan County,
Secretary; and Lawrence
Mclnturff, Hyde County!
chaplain.
Rollback Will Not
Affect Albemarle EMC
' Consumers of Albemarle
Electric Membership
Corporation should not
expect a 25 percent rollback
on the fuel adjustment on
their bills according to
Edward E. Brown, Jr.,
general manager.
"I am sure that recent
publicity about such a
' rollback will confuse many
County Board Of
Education Meets
The Perquimans County
Board of Education met in
regular session on Monday,
February 3, at 8 p.m. in the
Superintendent's office. All
members were present.
The Chairman called the
meeting to order. The
minutes of two previous
meetings were read and
approved.
Paul Harrelle and
Truman Newberry
appeared before the board
to outline and explain the
services offered by
: Newberry, Ashford and
Associates, Architects and
Planners. -
In the way of other
busines, the Board approved
a change in the formation of
the Professional Advisory
Council. In the future it is to
be composed of the
Principal and two faculty
members from each school.
The faculty members are to
be elected by the school they
represent and they will
serve for a two yearterm on
a staggered 'basis...
On motion duly made,
seconded and passed the
Board gave full time
employee status to any
employee who works four or
more hours each day on a
regular non-temporary
basis. Any employee who
Savings Bond Sales
Set Postwar Record
Sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in
Perquimans County during
the fourth quarter of 1974
were $14,664. Total sales for
1974 Avere $49,115. This
represents 106.2 percent of
their goal of $46,250,
according to R.L.
Stevenson; County
Volunteer Chairman.
Spurred by the best fourth
quarter since 1945, sales of
Series E and H Savings
Bonds in North Carolina
during 1974 amounted to
$100,698,422 11 per cent
higher than 1973, 108.9 per
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RECEIVES RECOGNITION Pictured above, Edwin C. Baker, President of American
Defender Life Insurance Company 11.) presents r) Wayne Winslow and wife
Ann of Hertford, a certificate of recognition at the North Carolina Jaycees Awards
Banquet held in Raleigh Saturday night. Winslow was recognized for his outstanding
performance in his county, and community which led to his nomination as one of North
Carolina's five outstanding young men. This is the third consecutive year American
Defender jife has sponsored the event In connection with the North Carolina Jaycees.
consumers across the state
including ours," he
stated. "But that order
issued by the N.C. Utilities
Commission on February 3
applies only to residential
customers of investor
owned companies like
VEPCO and CP&L."
Brown pointed out that
Albemarle EMC buys power
works less than this is a part
time or temporary
employee and not entitled to
the regular benefits of a full
time employee.
The board approved a
revised testing program for
the county schools. After
some discussion the board
approved a project which
calls for the employment of
two security guards for the
schools. This project is to be
financed by the
Comprehensive
Employment and Training
Act.
The Board approved the
employment of Mrs. Betty
Crawford as part time
teacher in the ESEA Title I
Program. In other business
the Board voted to pay the
expenses incurred by
Chairman Winslow in
attending a Federal
Relations Network
Conference.
The board made plans to
attend the Annual Meeting
of District I of the North
Carolina School Boards
Association. This meeting
will be held at the W.T.
Griggs Elementary School
in Currituck County on
Wednesday, February 12.
There being no further
business at this time, the
meeting was adjourned by
the Chairman.
cent of the state's 1974 dollar
goal of $92,500,000, and the
best recorded since 1945. E
Bond sales were $99,193,422.
H sales $1,505,000.
Fourth-quarter E and H
Bond sales in N.C. were
$28,830,572, an increase of 24
per cent over 1973. E sales
were $28,496,072. H sales
$334,500.
Nationally, 1974 sales of E
and H Bonds amounted to
$6.86 billion 9.4 per cent
higher than 1973. Fourth
quarter E and H Bond sales
of $1.55 billion were
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wholesale from VEPCO
under a rate contract
approved by the Federal
Power Commission in
Washington, D.C. Should the
FPC order VEPCO to
rollback its wholesale rate
on the fuel charge, he said,
then the EMC would follow
with such a reduction also.
"Our Cooperative paid
VEPCO $228,000 in fuel
charges in 1974," he stated.
The charge has risen to such
tremendous proportions
that we have no choice but to
pass the full amount of the
charge on to our
consumers."
According to Brown, the
fuel charge cost the
Cooperative less than $4,000
in January of 1974 but the
cost in January of 1975 had
risen to nearly $40,000 an
increase of 1,000 percent.
He also stated that the fuel
adjustment would be even
higher in February based on
figures he had received that
now put the adjustment at
approximately 1.2 cents per
kwh.
"Only two years ago out
total cost of power was less
than one cent per kwh,"
Brown added. "Now, the
fuel adjustments alone is in
excess of one cent, and
that's part of the blame for
rates doubling in many
instances.
"It appears that energy
related products and
services will continued to
cost consumers much more
than ever before," he said.
"However, should our costs,
be reduced we will
imediately pass on the
savings to our consumers."
Albemarle EMC serves
over 5100 consumer
member in Chowan,
Perquimans, Pasquotank,
Camden and Currituck
electric cooperatives which
buy power wholesales from
VEPCO in North Carolina.
reported, an increase of 19.1
per cent over 1973. For the
year, E and H sales also
exceeded redemptions
including accrued interest
for a net cash inflow of $38
million. Holdings of E, H
and Freedom Shares
amounted to $63.8 billion on
December 31, 1974.
Much of the credit for the
successful 1974 sales year
goes to thousands of
volunteers across the nation
who spearhead the "Take
Stock in America"
campaigns to sell Bonds.
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