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MANS WEEKLY
Volume 31 No. 32
Hertford, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Thursday, August 14, 1975
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Grants
C ounty And Town
A grant totaling $79,273 has
been awarded : to
Perquimans County and .a
grant totaling $2,889 has
been awarded to Hertford to
aid in financing
improvement to their
respective water supply
systems, according to
Human Resources
Secretary David Flaherty.
Similar grants have been
made - on five other
Zoning &
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The
following article was
submitted by Curt Robbing,
local land use planner, in an
effort to explain planning
and toning.);"-.
One of the most common
mistakes made by people -who
' are. basically
unfamiliar- . with ; the
planning process is the
assumption that , planning
and zoning are the' same
thing. Certainly the two are
both , parts of the planning
process, but they are not the
same. ; Comprehensive
planning is the first step
during which it is decided by
citizen planners what type
of growth should occur in
which areas. Zoning is the
second step in which the
plan . is implemented.
Without it, the plan would be
a useless document and all
the effort put into it, wasted. -Zoning
is a necessary tool to '
help make sure that growth
and development occur in
the most suitable areas. In :
Perquimans County, this '
would mean that the best ,
farm land could be zoned for .
" Drotectinc Drime cron land
-from development
pressures. It would also "
mean that the areas which
had sewer and water or good
. conditions for septic tanks;
did not flood easily and were
near roads, could be zoned
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Civic y J
I Calendar
THURSDAY AUG. 14th
Perquimans County Jaycees REA Building 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, AUG, 16
The Belvidere-Chappell Hill Fire Department will
sponsor a tractor pull beginning at noon to be held at
the fire station. The fee to enter is $2 per pull. Those
attending will be asked for $1 donation. The proceeds
will be used for the upkeep of equipment and fire
station operations. The concession stand will be open.
The public is invited.
"
' Chicken & Fish Dinner. Sale. Sponsored by the men
of the First Baptist Church. 11 a.m. until late
afternoon. $1.75 per plate. Phone 426-5093 or 426-5448
for tickets or see Rev. J.H. London at 211 Hyde Park,
Hertford.
SUNDAY, AUG. 17 -
' The Snug Harbor Civic League will meet on
Sunday, August 17, at 1 p.m. in the Clubhouse.
Election of officers for the new club year will take
place at this meeting. s
MONDAY, AUG. 18
The Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce
Board of Directors will meet at 8 p.m. at the
Municipal Building in Hertford. All Board of
Directors are urged to please be present.
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' Hertford Rotary Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106 will meet at 8
p.m." at the courthouse in Hertford.
- Belvidere Chappell Hill Ladies Auxiliary.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 20
A. meeting to discuss the tentative objectives,
policies, and standards for Perquimans County land
use planning wCl be held in the county courthouse,
Hartford. All interested citizens are enouraged to
attend. , ' '
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occasions to cities and towns
throughout North Carolina.
In all, $53 million has been
awarded totaling 294 grants
since the program began in
1972. .v.
Applications for the
grants were approved in
accordance with the Clean
Water Bond Act of 1971.
Voters approved the
issuance of $150 million in
Planning
for residential or
commercial use. It must be
pointed out, however, that
zoning an area as
residential or commercial
does not mean that the land
cannot be farmed. It is the
decision of the individual
land owner in a commercial
or residential zone whether
he would rather develop the
land, sell it or farm it. But in
an area zoned for
agricultural use, there can
be no residential or
commercial development.
Again, this is designed to
prevent the use of the most
valuable farm land for other
purposes. It recognizes that
agriculture is of basic
importance to the county
and must be protected.
At the present time,
citizen planners are
involved in the first step of
the planning process,
coming up with a good sound
plan for Perquimans County
and the Town of Hertford.
By listening to what the
people have to say . and
looking at such things as soil
maps, flood plain maps,
population estimates for the
future and other technical
information, these citizen
planners will come up with a
guide for future growth and
development. It will not be a
final document because
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clean water bonds in a 1972
referendum.
State grants provide only
a portion of the total project
cost. Most of the financing
comes from local sources
with ; some projects
receiving federal
assistance, though the
amount of federal grant
money had decreased
during recent months.
Grant applications for
water supply construction
projects are now being
received by the Division of
Health Services for
processing during the first
semi-annual review period
of fiscal year 1975-76. Grant
awards for these are
expected to be issued in
January.
School
Receives
Grant
It was announced recently
that Perquimans Central
Grammar School, located in
Winfall, is one of 40 schools
in the state selected to
receive a $15,000 grant to
improve the school's
reading program in grades
one through three.
The grant could only be
received for use in one local
school and the decision was
made locally.
" Central Grammar
,-fTwcipai lommy Mas ton
and - teachers selected Jto
participate m uie program
are - extremely excited,"
said Pat Harrell, assistant
superintendent.
Classrooms involved in
the program will be self
controlled with
heterogeneously grouped
students. Reading will be
afforded top priority in
these classrooms and it is
hoped that other classrooms
and teachers can observe
new approaches.
- Harrell said, "We are
really excited to be one of
the school systems funded in
our district. We feel that
Central Grammar School
will serve as an excellent
demonstration center under
the leadership of Mr.
Maston and his faculty."
According to State School
Superintendent Craig
Phillips, the grant is part of
$750,000 appropriated by the
1975 General Assembly to
implement a primary
reading program during
fiscal 1975-76. Another
$2,000,000, according to
Phillips, has been
appropriated for use during
the second year of the
biennium, and will make
possible the funding of over
200 additional classrooms
next year. .
The $15,000 grant will be
divided among three
classrooms in the school
with each classroom '
receiving approximately
$5,000. According, to the
approved plan, the money,
will be used for a teacher
aide in each classroom for
ten months, for staff
development for the teacher
and aide, for supplies and
materials, and for
research and evaluation.
The ' 40 schools were
selected from nearly one
hundred applications,
submitted. "Each unit'
chosen,'? said Phillips,
"indicated a ' strong
commitment to the
improvement of reading
instruction, and showed the
leadership to successfully
implement the program."'
Phillips added, "We are.
hopeful that his $2,750,000
appropriated specifically to
be used to teach reading in
the primary grades will go a
long way toward getting our
primary children off to a
good start darisg those
crucial yesrs in lcarcinj to.
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WRITER'S WORKSHOP Members of the Northeastern
Arts Council participating in the recent writer's workshop
at Chowan College are pictured above: Nancie Allen,
Margaret and Frank Adams, Katherine Whitley, Alton
Hopewell and Karlis Frievalds. (Photo courtesy of Pat
Flynn)
Workshop
Successful
In the first of many
planned weekend
workshops, members of the
Northeastern Arts Council
(NAC) and interested
writers from the area, met
August 1-3 at Chowan
College in Murfreesboro,
N.C. .
Writers present
represented the six counties
of the NAC: Hertford,
Gates, Bertie, Martin,
Chowan and Perquimans.
There was one traveler from
Suffolk, Va.
. The writers attending the
workshop described the
meeting as a successful first
organizational . meeting.
v Quarterly meetings-are to
be spaced between eacn
workshop.
The writers attending
read their works which were
LunchPolicy
Perquimans County Board of Education today announced
its policy for free and reduced-price meals, free milk for
children unable to pay the full price of meals and milk
served under the National School Lunch, and Special Milk
Program.
Local school officials have adopted the following family
size and income criteria for determining eligibility:
INCOME
Family Size
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Each
additional
family
INCOME
Family Size Free Reduced
1 3231 - 4520
2 4241 - 5930
3 5251 - 7350
4 6261 - 8770
5 7191 - 10060
6 8111 - 11360
7. ' 8951 - 12530
8 9791 13700
9 , " 10550 - 14770
10 , ' 1L3U - 15840
11 12061 - 16890
12 12811 - 17940
Each additional family member 1050
Children from families whose income is at or below the
levels shown are eligible for free or reduced-price meals or
free milk. In addition, families hot meeting these criteria
but with other unusual expenses due to unusually high
medical expenses, shelter costs in excess of 30 per cent of
income, special education expenses due to the mental or
physical condition of a child, and disaster or casualty losses
are urged to apply. :
Application forms are being sent to all homes in a letter to
parents. Additional copies are1 available at the principal's
office in each school. The information provided, on the
application is confidential and will be used only for the
purpose of determining eligibility. Applications may be
submitted at any time during the year,
In certain cases foster children are also eligible for these
benefits. If a family has foster children living with them and
' wishes to apply for such meals and milk for them, it should '
contact trie school. ' ' -
In the operation of child feeding programs, no child will
be discriminated against because of race, sex, color, or
national origin. -.:
Under the provisions of the policy the Principals will
review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is
dissatisfied with the ruling of the official, he may make a
request either orally or in writing to Janice P. Winslow,
Attendance Counselor, Hertford, N.C. 27944, phone 426-7440
, for a rrirs to appeal the decision. The policy contains an
outline of the nesting procedure. , ' 1
then left to group discussion.
Poetry, short stories and a
chapter of a novel were
read. Writing related topics
and dicussion ran from
technique to social
commentary.
Planned projects include
a booklet representing each
writer's talent. The pages
representing the author's
work would be produced by
the author and collated at a
future time.
The group hopes to secure
funds from the North
Carolina Arts Council for a
future publication. The book
would ' represent regional
writers ; writing about
? regional topics of interest to
be presented to interested
listeners such as school
classes, library readings
and labor camps.
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Free
0- 3230
0- 4240
0- 5250
0- 6260
0-7190
0- 8110
0- 8950
0- 9790
0-10550
0-11310
0-12060
0-12810
750
member
COA President
Resigns Aug. 31
Dr. S. Bruce Petteway,
president of College of The
Albemarle "since 1968, has
resigned his position,
effective August 31. He will
become president of North
Carolina Wesleyan College
in Rocky Mount on
September 1.
The announcement was
made last Wednesday
morning by Selby Scott,
chairman of the COA Board
of Trustees, following a
called meeting of the board
Tuesday night. Scott said
the resignation was
approved with reluctance by
the governing body of the
institution.
In tendering his
resignation, Petteway told
the board, "It is with mixed
emotions that I leave
Elizabeth City and College
of The Albemarle." He said
the past seven years had
been among the most
pleasant in his life. "It has
been both exciting and
challenging to work with the
college family and the
Albemarle community
toward the common goal of
moving College of ' The
Albemarle forward," the
president said.
Petteway's tenure in
office has seen many far
reaching accomplishments
since he occupied the
president's chair on August
1, 1968. At that time, COA
had a full-time equivalent
enrollment of 776 students in
college transfer curriculum
and 3,932 students involved
County Named
Bicentennial
Community
The American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration has designated Perquimans
County as a national Bicentennial Community, it
was announced recently by Dr. Lawrence J.
Wheeler, Communities consultant for the North
Carolina Bicentennial.
To qualify for this distinction, the Board of
County Commissioners appointed a committee,
representative of cross-section interests in the
community, to design a program utilizing the
three theme focuses of the national Bicentennial
program: Heritage, Festivals and Horizons.
Under the chairmanship of Joseph W. Nowell
Jr., the Perquimans County Bicentennial
Committee proposes to recall the county's
history and the part it had in the development of
the country. The committee with the help of the
various clubs and organizations plans to have
programs, events and other festivals that will
make the public aware of the great assets of
Perquimans County's history. The committee
shall strive to preserve as much of this as
possible in order to make 1976 as memorable as
1776.
BICENTENNIAL DONATION At the August meeting of the Perquimans County
Jaycettes, Sylvia Barnes, chairwoman of the July 4th Bicentennial Kick-Off for the club,
. presented a check for $85 to Joe Nowell, chairman of the Perquimans Bicentennial
, Committee, The donation represented the proceeds from the July 4th games and events
'sponsored by the Jaycettes and will, be used by the Bicentennial Committee for
Bicentennial activities. (Newbern photo)
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in Adult Education and
Project COA programs. By
the Fall of 1974, there were
1,411 FTE students and 7,022
others.
As the college has grown
in service and responsibility
to the people of the seven
county region which . it
serves, so has its budget. In
1968, the budget was
$642,557 The 1974 figures
totaled $2,023,931. During
the past year, 53 full-time
and 75 part-time faculty
members earned $1,364,340,
which is more than double
the $547,504 earned by the 34
full-time and 13 part-time
instructors in 1968.
Of the people he has
worked with, he said, "It
has been my pleasure to
work with the finest staff of
administrators and faculty
that could be assembled
anywhere. Our trustees
have given unselfishly of
their time and talents to
provide quality education to
all at low cost." He urged
the area to continue working
to undergird and support
College of The Albemarle.
Perhaps one of the most
notable achievements
during Petteway's
administration was the
formulation of a Master
Plan for the orderly
physical development of the
college. In 1968-69, with
$90,000 in "seed" money
from a $440,000 Rockefeller
Foundation grant, the first
such ever to a community
college, he was successful in
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DR. S. BRUCE
PETTEWAY
capturing state and federal
funds for the construction of
an occupational education
building. Construction
began on a 42-acre site
which had been acquired the
following year, and the COA
Technical Center was
formally dedicated in April
of 1973.
Even while the first bricks
were being laid for the
"Phase I" construction, the
energetic administrator was
busy organizing and
implementing a capital fund
drive for Phase II
construction on the new
campus. Although expected
federal matching funds
were cut off, COA has
approximately $300,000
available to it as a result of
the effort.
During his first year in
office, Petteway was
successful in having COA
fully accredited by the
Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools. The
initial accreditation was
reaffirmed in 1972, and
again during the past year,
accepting the second-year
foiiow-up report "wiinoui
qualification". The years
between 1968 and 1975, have
seen COA increasingly
earning a reputation in
North Carolina and the
Southeastern United States
as a leader of unsurpassed
quality among institutions
of its size and composition.
As the institution grew
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programs and services in
every division, reaching out
to more and more people
each year, its cost of
operation also increased.
Petteway, with the
assistance and support of
area legislators, was
successful in obtaining state
aid for operating and
maintaining the physical
facilities of the institution,
thereby offering some
relief to Pasquotank
County which is committed
to this obligation. College of
The Albemarle is the only
community college' in the 57
institutioh system receiving
such funds.
In taking stock pf his
years as president of
College of The Albemarle,
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