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DISCUSS ' PROJECTS Discussing
, some, of the Alliance for Progress pro- -
jects at the group's Wednesday night
meeting were (L to r.) C.C. Walters,
( Superintendent of Perquimans County
Schools; Clifford Winslow, Chairman of
Alliance For Progress
Reviews Yearly Projects
By KATHYM. NEWBERN
Discussion of' several
Alliance for Progress pro-
- jects and activities was on ,
' the agenda when the group
met May 19 at the
Tomahawk Restaurant in
Ahoskie, . N.C. Members
' from the six counties in-.
volved in AFP, Bertie,
Chowan, Gates, Hertford,
Martin, : and . Perquimans
-. were present. . , .'. , .
W.T. iModlin.Vice-
:'v'Ciralrjsran nf "AFP.--tmd
. ' Chairman of the Hertford
,County Commissioners, ,
v reported on preliminary
, planning of an Outdoor En
; vironmental Education
Center. He said Union Camp
. had given 3810 acres of land
(n Gates County to be used
for this project. A dedication
ceremony has been planned
4 for June 14 with Governor'
-1 REHEARSAL - Rehearsals are under way for the
June nth and 12th performances of "Freedoms Way"
; ; : and "The Rivals" a play within a play to be presented
;in the Perquimans County High School ballpark by the '
'Perquimans Arts Council. Tickets are S2 tot adults'
v r and $1 for children. In the picture above, Sir Absolute
? t left (Andrell Henry) looks on as Mrs. Malaprop
, . CFrank Roberts) gets into a discussion with tydla
V .Languish (Susan Rogerson). "
; Pliiy To Be Presented
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'-; Some- unusual Bicentennial Year entertainment is
. scV-duled for June 11 and 12 at the Perquimans County '
' i::0h School ballpark.
It is a play within a play, double the fun, and is being pro
duced ty the Perquimans Arts Council. 1
rr ;e of admission will be' S2 for adults and $1 for
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- "Frtcdoms Way" and "The Rivals" js-are directed by
Cl'f Towe who also appears as Eedley Defazio, a British ,
t t, in the plays centered around the pre-Revolutlonary
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i " cr "characrs" are Tc-y Jordan as Crpt Jack Ab
t !f'd A-ireil Essry as Lis f-ther, f Anthony Ah- ,
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Jim Holshouser to be pre
sent , One of the major areas of
discussion during the
meeting was the Alliance
sponsored Access to
Mainstream project which
works 1 in the home with
chidren ages birth to four,
who have special needs. ;
Gaynor Joyner, director of
the project, announced to
the group that a budget of
$105,000 had been approved
for the upcoming year. The '
Aeeess oroifiam has recent-
Aeeess program has recent-
y...
in other, similar programs
such as home-based Head
Start, These training ' ses
sions have been held with
four groups. Ms. Joyner ex
plained that a decision is
now facing the Access to
Mainstream project. "As of
July 1,1977, the service that
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the Perquimans County, Board of Educa
tion; Dr. Walton Jones, Associate Vice
. President in charge of research and
public service with the University of
North Carolina system; and Richard
Baker, AFP Director. (Newbern photo)
Access to Mainstream is
providing to children will
have to be picked up on the
local level," she said. Due to
changes initiated by the
Board of Education for the -'Handicapped,
the Alliance
for Progress must decide if
the project will work next
year ; in , an attempt to
become validated as a
model project on . the na
tional level or will continue"
to work with children in the
six-county area. J ; ;
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' service to children
Will
eventually ha v to be picked
up on the local level and it is
just a matter of deciding
whether this will be done
sooner or later. If the pro
ject decides to take the route
of working toward valida
tion as a model project, very
little to no work will be done
with services to children.
Ms. Joyner did add that hav
ing a model project in Nor
theastern North Carolina
would bring "prestige" to
the area. If it does become a
model project, many groups
and various program per
sonnel will be coming into
the area to observe the pro
ject. In order to make the decl
sion, the Alliance for Pro
gress voted to form a com
mittee to further look into
the possible routes which
could be taken in regard to
the project. This committee '
will meet and report back to
the group during the June 14
dedication ceremony.
In pther business, the
nominating committee sub
mitted the names of W.T.
Modlin of Hertford County
and R.S. Monds of Per
quimans County as chair
man and vice-chairman '
respectively of Alliance for
Progress for the upcoming
year. These nominations
were accepted by acclama
tion. Also, a wrap-up report
was given by Dr. J.H. Hor
ton of Edenton concerning
the Elected Boards Institute -in
which County -Commissioners
and Board of Educa
tion members in the six-,
county area - have par
ticipated. Dr. Horton -pointed
out the value of the
three institute meetings
held this year and recom-;
mended more institute ses-'
sions be held next year. It
was also suggested that the
Fall Institute meeting
center around - teacher
evaluation. Dr. Horton also
i" :ithc:e present to strtrs .
the irrort-r.ee of alien
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Hertford, Perquimans County,
Firemen with aH departments in Perquimans Coun
ty were on the scene Friday night when the old Veneer
Mill oa Grubb St. in Hertford burned to the ground.
The blaze. lit the skies and was seen miles away.
At approximately 10:30 p.m., the alarm was turned
in by Hertford Police Officer J.R. Logan. By the time
members of the Hertford Volunteer Fire Department
arrived, the building was nearly engulfed in flames.
WinfaD, Belvidere-Chappell Hill, Bethel, and Inter
county Fire Departments were all notified. Firemen
from each of those departments were eventually on
the scene, ? "
According to Hertford Fire Department Chief C.T.
Skinner Jr., the fire originated in the rear of the metal
warehouse and there were actually three buildings,
all connected, involved. Skinner said, "Our concern
was to keep it from spreading to other buildings." He
added that the origin of the fire was "undetermined"
at this time. Also, the estimate of damages to the
building is still unknown. It was owned by Frank and
Jack Habit of Elizabeth City and Edenton respective
ly. The building w most recently used to house the
Hertford Frames three years ago, a company which
manufactured bed frames. The building had not been
used since. ; f.. .,
The same building also caught fire on Friday, May
14th but firemen caught it in time. Chief Skinner said,
"We are reasonably sure it was set on fire on the
GUEST SPEAKER Shown above is Hayward Starl
ing, Director of the North Carolina State Bureau of In'
vestigation, speaking before the Albemarle Law and
Order Association. In his remarks, Starling stressed
.. earlier detection and prevention of crime in North
Carolina. ' .
Grime Prevention Is Stressed
- By KATIIY M. NEWBERN
Citizens involved in all
facets . of law enforcement
were present Friday night
for the spring dinner
' meeting of the Albemarle
jLaw and Order Association
held at the Seafare
Restaurant in Nags Head,
N.C:
Attending from Per
quimans County were
Mayer and Mrs. Bill Coxi
LZr. arl XIrs. L, Paul Smith
Sr.; I'-:!3trate and Mrs.
Brcu;hton Dail; , R.S.
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N.C., Thursday, May 27, 1976
Foraier Veneer Mill Burns
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sioners,' Town Councilman
Erie Haste; and Clerk of
Court Jarvis Ward. -
Followinga hospitality
hour and dinner, a welcome
was issued 10 we group rrom
Charles Evans, Mayor of
nags ueaa. . ' ,,.. ,
' Chief of the Elizabeth City
Police Department, W.C.
Owens recognized special '
guests which included Con-,
gressman waiter a. jones,
Representatives Vernon
James and Stanford White;
and Senators Melvin
Daniels and J. J. "Monk"
Harrington. v:-'"'.
M.E. Bunch, ' Planning
Director, presented the an-.,
umhouhoikiii. , .
' iiu uox or ' ueruora,
chairman of the" nominating
comrc.lcs, rc: rtcd to the
group, lie t-socisllca's
current cfricers were
I Hit
WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED - Pic
tured above is the remains of the old
Veneer Mill on Grubb St. in Hertford
following a. blaze Friday night which
kept firemen on watch throughout the
REPORTS TO ALOA - Bill Cox, Mayor of Hertford,
gives the report of the nominating committee to the
Albemarle Law and Order Association during the
Friday night meeting. The current ALOA officers
were reelected for another term.
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elected for another term.
They are R.L Spivey of Per
quimans County, president;
WVC. Owens of Pasquotank
County, first vice-president;
Troy Toppin of Chowan
County, second vice-
president; Frank M.Cahoon
of Dare County, secretary;
and J. J, Walston of Camden
County, treasurer. Follow
ing'' the election, newly
elected t president Spivey
..14. r wat to thank vou
for this expression of con-'
fidence. I hope it's
merited." y,.
Frank M. Cahoon, Sheriff
of Dare County introduced
the pue:t
Hayward
t::LeN.c.
siarurT.crec.
State Lureau u" I. v; "-a-tion.
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In t'i re.rj;, tarL'-g
said, "'Lis ti it prir.arJy ,
an as:' l;nca rendering '.
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REPRESENTATIVES OF
, COUNTY Some of the
citizens of Perquimans
County involved in law en
forcement were present at
the Friday night meeting of
the association. They are
pictured above with Presi
dent R.L. Spivey (at left)
; and guest speaker Hayward
Starling (second from left).
Newbern photos) '
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organization. We are not a
state police." He stressed
. the prevention of crime
before it occurs with the
help of the citizens of North
t Carolina. He said, "In calen
dar year 1974, there was a 27
i percent increase in serious
crimes in North Carolina.
According to statistics by
the SBI, this was a 33 per
cent increase." Starling
4 cited several contributing
.factors to crime in the state
and in the nation. These in
cluded abusive uses of drugs
including alcohol and too
' much public apathy. He
said, "We in law enforce-'
ment need to look at the role,
we've been playing at after '
the fact preventers and con
sider working toward,
becoming before the fact
preventers." . .
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night and most of early Saturday morn
ing. The origin of the fire has still not
been determined. (Staff photo by Ray
Ward)
Albemarle
EMC To
Get Loan
Congressman Walter B.
Jones recently announced
the approval by the Rural
Electrification Administra
tion of a loan of $429,000 to
the Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation in
Hertford. The loan is to be
repaid at five percent in
terestThe corporation will
obtain supplemental financ
ing from the National Rural
Utilities Cooperative
Finance Corporation.
The Albemarle Electric
Membership Corporation
serves Chowan, Camden,
Currituck, Pasquotank and
Perquimans counties and
will use the funds to finance
service for 430 additional
consumers, 21 miles of
distribution line, and
various sy tem im
provements. Bond
Sales
Are Up
Sales of Series E and H
Savings Bonds in Per
quimans County during the
first quarter of 1976 were
$29,011. This represents 27
percent of the county's goal
of $107,600 according to R.L
Stevenson, county volunteer
chairman.
Not since the War Loans,
of 1945 have North Caroli
nians purchased more Sav
ings Bonds in any quarter of
any year. First quarter 1976
Series E and H sales were
$26,225,496 which is 5.6 per
cent above a year ago and
represents 24.4 percent of
the state's 1976 dollar goal of
107,600.000.
Nationally, total cash
sales of E and H Bonds for
the first three monts of 1976
amounted to $1,979 million,
4.7 nercent above a vear
earlier.;' Sales exceeded
redemptions at cost price by
$606 million, as March 1970
marked the 30th consecutive
month sales have exceeded
: redemptions at cost price.
. The cash value of Series E
and H Bonds outstanding on
March 31 amounted to $68.6
billion, up by $1,103 million
to the first quarter. Holdings
of Series E and H Bonds and
Freedom Shares reached
$38,984 million. ' '