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"jpSTATDraD PHMTMO CO XXX - LOUISVILLE, -KEHTUClH, 40200 ME WE MANS WEEKLY Board Of Education Holds MOT v Volume 32, No. 43 - Hertford, Perquimans County, N.C., Thursday. Oct. 21. 197A - Special Meeting Monday All members of the Perquimans County Board of Educa tion were present for a special meeting held Monday night at the Perquimans County Office Building. Pat Harrell, Superintendent of Perquimans County Schoolsr and Sam Ashford, architect, presented information to the board concerning updated cost figures for the pro posed plan for Perquimans County High School. No action was taken. Members of the Board of Education will now thoroughly study the updated information to decide future directions. Following this study, the Board of Education and the Board of County Commissioners win schedule a joint meeting to review the Board of Education's recom mendations concerning the proposed plan. District Court Meets Here Judge John Chaff in presided at the Wednesday session of Perquimans County District Court and disposed of the following . cases: : James Taylor, charged with having' no operator's . license, was given a 30-day ' sentence uspenueu iut iwu years, a fine of $50 and cost. The defendant was told not to violate any Federal; State, or local laws, and not to operate a motor vehicle until licensed to do so. An appeal was noted; V : k$ Gaither Williams was found -guilty of issuing a worthless check and received a 30-day sentence suspended for two years, a fine of $25 and cost, and was told not to violate any Federal, State, or local ' laws;'. ' V7 ... Fred Norman, charged with driving under- the in ' fluence, received a 90-day V? 1 : ' V ' ,) ANN MCNEIL - Ms. McNeil Joins Dr. Jack Boone There is a new face in town in the form of 21-year old' Ann McNeil, a registered dental hygienist employed at Dr. Jack Boone's dental office in Hertford. ' The St. Pauls, N.C. native is a graduate of the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she received her B.S. degree in dental' hygiene. She graduated in August, 1976 and this is-her first Job in her major field of study, Concerning her career choice, Ms. McNeil said that h had always been in terested in medicine and that this fie was par ticularly appealing to her. - She stated teat she finds sentence suspended for two years; a fine of $150 and cost. : The defendant was ordered not to operate a motor vehicle on the high way until licensed to do so, and not to violate any Federal, ; State, on local .'laws;:; ;v- Theodore Cox was taxed with cost of court on an assault charge; George Thomas Smith Jr. was found guilty of assault by pointing a gun, and received a 90-day sentence suspended for two years, a One of $250 and cost. The defendant was ordered not to come to Hertford except during. daylight hours for two years, and not to violate any Federal State, or local laws for 12 months. The gun was turned over to the Sheriffs Department; - Calvin Bryant, charged with assault and battery, was given a 30-day sentence , her work enjoyable. Her responsibilities at the den tist's office mainly include taking x-rays, scaling and polishing teeth, and topical flouride applications. She will eventually become in volved in work on preven tive programs. ; ; ; Ms. McNeill came to work on Sept. 20 and was able to find lodging in Hertford. Concerning her new home she said, "Everybody has been real nice and .they've made me feel at home." y, In addition to her interests in denistry work, the young blond also enjoys horseback riding, playing the piano and is a ioesine enthusiast rt She is the darker of Mr, and Mrs. Lewis wcweu ox St Pauls, N.C. Dr. Julio George, Director of the Leadership Develop ment Program sponsored through the Alliance for Progress and Rockefeller Foundation, was also present, pr, George presented to the board, results, of a cUmate leadership survey conducted in each of the county's four schools last Spring. These count wide results were shared with the Board of Education members with no action being taken. Discussion, was also held on the North Carolina School Boards Association Convention to be held Nov. 4-6 in Ashevffle,N.C. . The only action taken at the special meeting was the board's approval of the policy and procedures for Per quimans County teachers having written lesson plans. suspended for two years, a fine of $25 and cost. The defendant was ordered not to assault Matthew Miller or Paul Applegate for 2 years, and not to violate any Fed eral, State, or local laws for 12 months; Robert Jackson was found guilty of communicating threats and received a 90 day sentence suspended for two years, a fine of $100 and cost, and ordered not to assault the prosecuting witness or the family for two years. The defendant was told not to violate any Federal, State, or local laws for 12 months, to report to the Mental Health Clinic within five days, was told to pay or cause to be paid in the .amount of $391 to the prosecuting witness. The gun was confiscated by the Sheriffs Department; Howard L. Eaves was Civic ' THURSDAY: October 21 Hertford Lions Club meets. ; Hertford BPW Club meets. Hertford Fire Department meets. ' SATURDAY: October 23 The Perquimans County Jaycettes will be sponsoring a steak supper and dance at the Snug Harbor Clubhouse. The supper will be from 7:304:30 p.m. with the dance following from 9-12. Music will be provided by "Jay and the Jamestown Ferry." Tickets are $15 per couple and may be purchased from Betty Hare at Betty's Boutique. The Elizabeth City Shrine Club will have a dance for Shriners and Guest from 9:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at the Elizabeth City Shrine Club. Admission is $5 a couple. Music will by Vince Chory and the Squires. MONDAY: October 25 Inter-Co. Ladies Aux. will meet. - ; , "' Perquimans County Rescue Squad will meet. " TUESDAY: October 26 Perquimans Masonic Lodge No. 106 will meet at 8 p.m. at the Lodge Hall. - v. ; ' Hertford Rotary Club will meet. ' ,V ' ' . Belvidere Homemakers will meet. THURSDAY: October 28 ' Perquimans County Jaycees will meet. 1 . ... . Bethel Ruritan Club will meet UPCOMING EVENTS v The Hertford American Legion Post 126 has scheduled a , Turkey Shoot for Saturday, Nov. 6 at the high school athletic Jield. Drawing for the Remington Model 1100 automatic gotgun will be held that evening. Food, beverages and fun e scheduled as the order of the day. BPW WEEK OBSERVED Jp observance of National Business Women's Week, the' Hertford Business and Professional Women held an inspirational breakfast Sun day morning at the Conway House with the devotional being given by Mrs. Betty Swindell. Following the breakfast the members at "tended the Hertford Baptist Church in a group. To continue their pbser 'JJ, C.3 found guilty of failure to stop at the scene of an accident resulting in property damage, was given a 90-day .sentence suspended for two years, a fine of $100 and cost, and told not to violate any Federal, State, or local laws for 12 months. The defendant was ordered to1 furnish Mrs. Jordan with adequate- information concerning his insurance coverage before his release from custody (credit for 13 days served to be given); Robert Overton was found guilty of non-support and received a 6 months sen tence suspended for five ' years and was taxed with cost. The Defendant was ordered to pay Mrs. Overton $200 immediately, and beginning next week and each Friday thereafter until the 18th birthday of the child or until further orders of the court. vance of this week which salutes all working women, the Hertford Club will meet Thursday night at the home of Mrs. Ann Young at which time : Patrolman Charles Mims will speak on the problems of rape and its ef fect on the victim and her family. Another special guest will be Mrs. Bugs Dempsey, district director. Calendar Jl L.:3 Ce r"r:ecf tr.e j-'tnand .uo Lurching ' . W . II t t'K ti I I I 1 ii T 1 I Bill GUEST SPEAKER - Hugh A. Wells, former North Carolina Utilities Commissioner, served as guest speaker for the Albemarle EMC annual meeting. DIRECTORS AND GUESTS Members of the cooper ative's Board of Directors and the special guests are shown in discussion during the balloting. Incumbent Dire ctors Re ele cted At Albemarle EMC Annual Meeting By KATHYM. NEWBERN Over 200 members of Albemarle Electric Membership Corporation were present Saturday for the cooperative's annual meeting held at the Perquimans County High School auditorium. The main order of business was the election of three' members to the board, each to serve a three-year term. The member-owners reelected the incumbents: James A. Whitehurst of South Mills to represent District 1, Camden County; Walter R. Lbwry Jr. of Rt. 4, Elizabeth City to represent District 3, Pasquotank County; and John N. Bunch Jr. of Rt. 2, Edenton to represent District 5, all coun ties served. Registration for members in attendance opened at 1 p.m. with the business session beginning at 2 p.m. by Albemarle EMC President James A. Whitehurst. Secretary-Treasurer Floyd Mathews presented the official meeting notice and the minutes of the last meeting. Albemarle EMC General Manager Ed Brown made brief comments and presented an audio-visual report. Through the report, members learned the operating revenue for 1975 was about $60,000 more than in 1974 representing an almost 50 percent increase. Also, out of each one dollar paid by the consumer in 1975, 59 cents went for the purchase of wholesale power, 19 cents was used for operating costs such as maintaining the coop's 800 plus miles of line in five coun ties, nine cents went for taxes and interest, and six cents represented depreciation. This 93 cents of every one dollar left a seven cents per one dollar margin. The coop paid 56 percent more in 1975 for wholesale power per KWH than in 1974. The fossil fuel adjustment Charge was also explained. Guest speaker for the annual meeting was Hugh A. Well, formeU North Carolina Utilities Commissioner. Introduced as "a man with the consumer's' interest in mind,"' Wells briefly traced rural electrification since Depression days and discussed the energy future, In his comments, Wells said that in those early years', "many hard battles were fought to obtain electricity tor the cooperatives and for the people at prices they could afford," The Shelby, N.C. native pointed out that in the 1960'$ and early 1970's the private power companies . planned; construction of generating sources often independent of the electric cooperatives, especially in North Carolina. WeBs said, "These people are Eand, and t s wianing spirit as exhibited by one of the high school's varsity , cheerleaders. Following a week;" of Homecoming activities at the high school the Pirates did - 4 II lll'ih: D 1 I V 0" ''' SPECIAL GUEST Also present for the Saturday meeting was Albemarle EMC member Vernon James, Represen tative, who gave a few brief remarks. BALLOTING One of the highlights of the meeting was the election of three directors to serve on the board. Shown above is balloting which resulted in the reelection of the in cumbents. (Newbern photos) still rowing the power boat pretty much." Due to these and other reasons, Wells stressed the importance of urging local cooperatives, such as Albemarle, to build their own generating plants, thereby reducing their dependency on others. Concerning the future, Wells reminded the audience of the still present energy crisis, and discussed the unpleasant possibility of rationing electricity. He added, however, that the public "cannot accept propositions that we can, may, or will Tun out of electricity." He said, "You, along with everybody else in North Carolina, must do your part to help. I'm urging you here today to understand that we still have a very big part of the job to be done. We must make com mitments and stick to them." Following the business meeting and election of directors, conducted by AEMC attorney John Matthews, attendance prizes were awarded. Grand prize winner of a color televi sion sat was Nicie Boone of Hertford. The early bird draw ing for $100 free electricity went to B.L. Ballance. Other prize winners included J.C. Temple, Hazel B. Matthews, Mrs. Lonnie L. Pritchard, William J. Sheldon, John E. Stuller, John W. Chappell, Henry M. Copeland, William II. Desmond, Eleanor P. Gavin and Mark Shannon. Puppet Show Planned A Halloween puppet show entitled, "Georgie" will be presented at the Per quimans County Library on Monday, Oct. 25 beginning at 4 p. si. The show represents the first joint ef fort by local library person nel and the Pettigrew Regional fibrary system Since the approval of Per quimans County Library not let their supporters and fans down pulling out a last minute 9-6 victory over the Red Raiders, (Photos courtesy of Kathl Starling, The Daily Advance.) v F f ' J joining the regional system. Conducting the show will be Vickie Chappell, assis tant librarian at the-' Shepard-Pruden Library in Edenton; and Evelyn Nep tune, children's regional librarian assistant, . The puppet show is open for children , 'ages four to eight and there will be no ad mission charge.' 1
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